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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-07-18
DEATHS.

Obituaries are charged for at advertising rates
Notices of deaths published gratuitously.
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WHITMORE, DENNY O. LIGGET.

WHI7M0RE, DENNY d LIGGETT.
Space will not permit US to mention
each line of goods which we intend to
close during the next 60 days, but ask
that you call and see that we mean Just
what we advertise.
WhitmOre, Denny & Liggett.
No. 10 w. MAIN ST., STAUNToN, Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-07-18

Beef CattIe.-Pr1ceS OF Beef Cattle ranged as
follows:
Best..... 121l @525
Generally rated first quality. 5 90 a 5 121%
Medium or good fair quality...... 4 50 q 800
Ordinary thin steers, Oxen and
Extreme range of prices...~..-.. 225 @525
Most of the sales were from......... 400 @475
Total receipts this week 1908. Total sales $40.
or the receipts 935 came from Virginia.
The offerings this week show a considerable
improvement as to quality. in comparison
with last weeks recei pts. There were few COM
mon cattle on the bulk of the offerings being
medium and top grades. Prices are said to be
&c higher than last Thursday.
sheep and Landslide supply is reported as
light by dealers the numbers being some 800
head less than those recorded last Thursday.
The domand is fair for good sheep and lambs
at values. We quote butcher sheep at 3a41a per
10 gross. Lambs sold at 413s611c per ID gross.
Receipts this week of sheep and lambs 6l59
head.
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BEEVES-Hecelpts today 390O; fa1r 10 good
natives Steers were ffrmer and small fraction
higher, but inferior natives and Texans and
range Cattle were dull and 10al5 cts per 100 bs
lower; native Steers sold at 35aS6 per 100 lbs.
Texans at 65aS4 65 per 100 TBS.
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Receipts II 400; market
barely steady for Sheep at 25aS5 Is per 100 lbs,
and 19c per n lower for Lambs at 50aS7 50 per
100 lbs.
HoGs-Receipts 1850, live Hogs nearly nomi-
nal, with few sales at sass Is per 100 lbs.
philadelphia livestock Market,
July 16.
CATTLE-Receipts 24l0; demand good and
market firm; extra 614a611 cts, good 53s4a6 let's,
SHEEP-Market steady; receipts 5000, extra
Sheep cts, good 419a4A cts, mediCm 334a4A
cts, and common 219a31a cts per ID. Lambs 4a717
cts per ID.
HoGs-Receipts 5000; market nc higher;
Western S14aS11 cts per tb.
Baltimore Livestock Market July IL
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IN MEMORY OF OUR SISTER JOSIE.
Dear Josie. you have left us,
In brighter fields to dwell;
Free, free from toll and sorrow,
Where God does all things well.
Where sickness and where partings,
Are never. never known.
Where Christs' our Lords redeemed ones,
Shall dwell before His throne,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-04-04
ingalls, Defends Himself.

Senator ingalls, has written the fol-
lowing letter to gentleman in Phila-
delphia who addressed him regarding
his late attack upon President Cleve-
land:
"MY DEAR SIR: Accept my thanks
for your kind and obliging letter of
the 9th inst. When l recall the course
of the Democratic party toward Mr..
Lincoln, whom they habitually charac-
terized as baboon and O clown; to-
ward Grant, whom they styled butch
er ard drunkard; Hayes, whom they
described as fraud end thief, and
Garfield as public plunderer, and
Arthur as wine-bibber and glutton,
it is interesting to inquire upon what
theory Mr.. Cleveland is entitled to alb
solute immunity from anything but
praise and eulogy. / adhere to my
definition of Mr.. Cleveland, and shall
never hesitate to say that when he was
elected to the Presidency the public
service reached low-water mark, bC III
morally and intellectually. Very truly
yours, JOHN j. INGALLS,"
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Office. The relations between the
President and himself were very close.
They had served together in the House,
and they had acted together on almost
every question of public policy, with
the exception, perhaps, OF that involved
in the silver bill. Mr.. Garfield was
DESTROYS that the Iowa Senator should
be his Finance Minister, but the latter
was unwilling to quit the Senate, and
Mr.. Window was appointed. Mr.. AL
lison has sturdy frame and fine face.
He comes from strong Scoteh-lrish
stock His ancestors settled in Penn
sylvania, where his father was born in
179S. His early days were passed on
farm, and when he began his pro-
fessional and public life he had the
vigor which has kept him young, for
his sixty years sit as lightly upon him
as many another mans fifty. There
are very few men who have been 80 long
in public life as Mr.. Allison who are SO
scrupulously devoted to their work. Men
like him are oftener found in the Brit
ish Parliament, where tenure of Office
is more secure. Practically, Mr.. ALI
sons tenure has been as strong as
theirs, and his familiarity with the
business of Legislation is as accurate
and thorough as that of the Under
Secretaries OF the British Cabinet.
This is especially true of his acquaint-
ance with fiscal matters.
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of being Buckeye, having been born
at Lafayette, Medina County, Ohio,
Feb. 26, 1886. His parents were of
New England stock, and his great
grandfather was gallant soldier in the
was left fatherless and moneyless at a
very early age, and. young as he was,
he sturdily attempted not only to earn
his own living but to help his mother
in her sore distress. For eight years
he worked for the farmers In that part
of Ohio, finally rising to the dignity of
a school teacher. In 1857 he be
gan the study of law at Akron,
Ohio, and in the following
year went to Grand Rapids, Mich, and
began practice. At the breaking out
of the war he enlisted in the Second
Michigan Cavalry, and was soon after
sworn in as Captain of Company G of
that regiment. His military record, as
given in the military history of the
State, is as follows: Captain Second
Cavalry, Sept. 2, 1861; Major. April ?,
1862; wounded and taken prisoner at
Bonneville, Miss, July /, 1862; es-
capped same day; Lieutenant Colonel
Sixth Michigan Cavalry. Oct. 16, 1862;
Colonel Fifty-fourth Michigan In
fantry, Feb. %, 1868; wounded
in action at Boonsboro, Nd.
July g, 1864; Brevet Brig
adler General Z. S. Volunteers, for
gallant and meritorious service at Ire
william Station, June IL, 1864; Brevet
Major General u. s. Volunteers, June
II, 1865, for gallant and meritorious
services during the war. After the
war General Alger entered the lumber
business at Grand Rapids, and in a
few years accumulated large fortune.
He has been successful in all his under
takings, and it is worthy of note that
no business that he has conducted has
had one hour of trouble between cap
ital" and labor" Ia 1884 he was the
nominee of the Republican party for
the office of Governor of Michigan.
He served for two years, and peremp-
torily declined denomination.
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SHERMAN. OF OHIO.

John Shermans paternal ancestors
emigrated from Essex County, in old
England, to Massachusetts and Con-
necticut, in New England. John, the
eighth child of a family of eleven,
was only six years of age when his
father died. A cousin of his fathers
then took charge of the boy, in the
spring of 1881, with whom he remained
four years, attending school. Mr..
Sherman was admitted to the bar on
the 18th of May, 1874, at Springfield,
Ohio, and he at once entered into part
nership with his brother Charles To-
at Mansfield. From that time forward
he was constantly, actively, and profit
ably employed in the practice of his
profession, until he was elected q men,
Der of Congress in 1854. Mr.. Sherman
took his seat in the United States Sen
ote on the I'D of March, 1861.
President Hayes was inaugurated on
the 4th of March, 1877, and in select
ing his cabinet appointed Mr.. Sher-
man Secretary of the Treasury. The
transfer of Mr.. Sherman from the FL
nance Committee of the Senate to the
Treasury Department was regarded
with great satisfaction 10y all who were
in favor of refunding the public debt
into bonds bearing low rate of inter
est, and by all who desired the success
of specie resumption in 1879. His large
experience in the Senate Finance Com
mittee, his thorough familiarity with
all financial legislation and with the
business condition and financial needs
OF the country at that time, and his
extensive knowledge of the monetary
systems and policies of other conn
tries, all gave assurance that his adj
ministration Of the Treasury would be
successful. 1t was eminently so.
During his two years at the head OF
the Treasury Department. he refunded
nearly eight hundred and fifty mill
ions Of the pablo debt. making q saw
ing in annual interest of nearly So,
600, 900 per annum. The multifarious
duties of his Office were at the same
time administered by him with great
executive ability, decision, and prompt
ness.
Mr.. Sherman is now in the prime OF
manhood-tall, firmly built, yet grace
full in his movements. and capable oil
great endurance. His features are ex.
pressive, and there is a good-humored
twinkle in his bluish-gray eyes, while
his forehead and the lower portion oil
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-04-04
Presidential Gossip in New England.

Boston special to Chicago Tribune.
No man can be said to be the New
England candidate for President now
that Mr.. Blaine has retired. Lincoln
meets with considerable approval as an
available candidate in Massachusetts,.
Depew, Hawley, Harrison, and Allison
are also favorably mentioned. Sher-
man has never had many friends here,
and it is fully agreed among those who
sympathize with him and those who do
not that he is unavailable as candi-
date. Lincoln, too, is a favorite in
New Hampshire and Vermont. Allison
is well liked in New Hampshire, while
Sherman is respected, but wholly I'M
loved. State railroad troubles have
made the State wary for Depew. Haw-
lev would be stoutly supported. All
the New England delegations, how
ever, will go to Chicago unpledged.
Senator Hoar's letter on this point,
despite criticisms to the effect that
such course would deprive New En-
gland of influence in the convention, is
generally commended by the rank and
file
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-04-04

Aug. 20, 1888; received classical ed
ucation, graduating at Miami Uni
versity, Oxford, Ohio. in 1852; studied
law at Cincinnati, Ohio; removed in
March, 1854, to Indianapolis, where
he has since resided, and has been
engaged in the practice OF law;
was elected in October, 1860, by the
people, reporter of the decisions OF
the Supreme Court of the State; was
commissioned in July, 1862, as Second
Lieutenant of Indiana Volunteers;
raised Company A of the Seven
tieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
was commissioned Captain, and on
the organization OF the regi-
ment was commissioned Colonel; In
August went with the regiment to
Kentucky, and served until mustered
out in June, 1865; was brevetted Brig
adler General in 1865; In October,
1864, while in the field, he was re-
elected reporter of the Supreme Court,
which Office he had lost by accepting
his commission in the army; after hav-
ing been mustered out, he entered upon
the duties of reporter, and served for
four years; in 1876 he was the candi-
date of the Republican party for Gov
ernor of Indiana, but was defeated ;
was appointed member of the Missis-
sippi River Commission in 1879; was
elected to the United States Senate to
succeed Joseph L. Mcdonald, and took
his seat March 4, 1881. His term OF
Office expired March 3, 1887.
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What an American Mechanic Can DO.

For the first time in the worlds his
tory, says Western exchange, a
skilled mechanic can buy barrel of
-four with single days labor. And
the United States is the only country
on the globe where they can do that. -
Boston Bulletin.
He can buy suit of clothes ready
to put on for second days labor,
adds the New York Press, pair of
good wooden blankets for third, and
an excellent pair of boots for fourth.
In short, with the cheapest food in the
world, for which 90 per cent. of the
income of the common laborer goes,
he can clothe himself, keep himself
warm, furnish his house and admins
ter to his comfort as cheaply as in any
country in the world. And yet his
wages are, as a rule, more than double
those paid in any European country
MiliCdukce Sentinel.
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University at Bloomington, Ind, but
was not graduated. He then studied
law in Corydon, Ind, was admitted to
the bar in 1853, and became . success-
full lawyer. He was elected to the
Legislature in 1860, but resigned In
August, 1861. to become Lieutenant
Colonel of the Thirty Eighth Indiana
regiment. He was promoted to Colonel
of the Fifty-third Indiana in Decem-
Der, and on Aug IL, 1868, after the fall
of Vicksburg, was made Brigadier Gen
eral of Volunteers. He commanded
the fourth division of Blair's corps In
the fighting before Atlanta, and re-
ceived q severe wound that disabled
him for year, and prevented him from
seeing further service. On March IL,
1865. he was brevetted Major General
of Volunteers for his gallantry at At
lanta. After the war he resumed prac-
tice at New Albany, Ind. He. was an
unsuccessful Republican candidate for
Congress in 1866, and in 1868 was
financial agent of his State in New
York. President Grant, who held him in
great esteem, made him u. 5. Judge
for the District of Indiana in 1859, and
in 1880 he was an unsuccessful candi-
date for U. s. Senator. He resigned
his Judgeship in April, 1882, to accept
the place of Postmaster General in
President Arthur's Cabinet, and in
July, 1884, on the death of Secretary
Folger, was transferred to the Treasury
portfolio. In October of that year he
was appointed u. s. Judge for the
Seventh Judicial Circuit, which Office
he still holds. Judge Gresham was
strong supporter of Gen. Grant
for third term in the Chicago conven-
ton of 1880, but has not been conspic-
-. .u11s4;oo
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Protected Salt Per Barrel.

This was the kind of placard that we
saw few days ago, standing upon a
row of barrels in Abba. We thought,
can it be that England has been ship
ping in her cheap salt? But an inspec-
ton showed the brand, Saginaw,
Mich. And then we said, can it be pos
sible that protected salt, produced by
high-priced labor, can be sold for 81. 10
per barrel after shipping from Sagi-
nav to Abba. Then we began TO
ponder the question-how much does
the farmer lose on every pound of but
ter sailed with salt at the ruinous price
of $1.l0 per barrel, and how much of
this was chargeable to protection
After puzzling our brain for long time
we came to the conclusion that our
knowledge of vulgar fractions
was too limited to tell. We as
certained that, like the man that
jumped into the brier bush and
scratched out both his eyes, he re-
versed the motion and jumped into the
brier bush and scratched them in again.
So we would have to reverse the ma
chine, for we found the per cent. was
on the other leg, and would be in favor
of the farmer all the time. The differ
ence of 81 in Chicago before the tariff
was put on, and $l.10 in Abba now,
took all the wind out of our calcula-
tion, our machine reversed, and we
were lost in reflection. Perhaps it
would be well for those farmers so
heavily weighted down by this inquit-
GUS tax, to wait till Mills bill passes,
and then you can get pure English
salt at $3.50 or more, but then it will
be English, you know. and that will be
a satisfaction. But farmers who have
no faith in free trade had better lay in a
supply while they can get it cheap
Abba (Ia.) Union.
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CIrIIOM OLE ILLINOIS

Shelby Moore Cullom is native of
Kentucky, having been born in Month
cello, Wayne County, on the 22d day
of November, 1929. His father settled
in Tazewell County, Illinois, in 1880,
where he became prominent among the
pioneers of the State, member of the
Legislature, and q trusted friend of
Abraham Lincoln. The son received a
classical education, began the study of
law in Springfield, ILL.,, in 1853, and as
soon as he was admitted to the bar was
elected City Attorney. He practiced
law in Springfield, was candidate for
Presidential Elector on the Fillmore
ticket in 1856, elected to the Legisla-
ture in 1856 and 1860, chosen Speaker
In his second term, member of the
war commission that sat at Cairo in
1862, and a member of Congress from
Illinois from Dec. 4, 1865, till March 3,
1871, representing the Springfield dis
trict, which before his election was
Democratic. During his third term he
served as Chairman of the Committee
on Territories, conducted an investiga-
ton into the question of polygamy in
Utah, and secured the passage of bill
for the extirpation of polygamy, which
failed to come to vote in the Senate.
In 1872 he returned to the Illinois
House of Representatives, was elected
Speaker in 1878, and in 1874 served
another term in the Legislature. After
his return from Washington he became
a banker at Springfield. He was a
member of the Republican National
Convention in 1868, and, as Chairman
of the Illinois delegation, placed Gen.
Grant in nomination at Philadelphia in
1872 and Gen. Logan IN lSS4. He was
elected Governor of Illinois in 1876,
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and reelected in 1880, serving from
Jan. s, 1877, to Feb. 5, 1883, when he
resigned, having been chosen u. 5.
Senator as Republican, to succeed
David Davis, Independent Democrat,
for the term expiring on March 3, 1889.
Mr.. Cullom has been prominently con-
nected with the question of railroad
regulation. AS Speaker of the House
of Representatives he appointed the
committee that drafted the
stringent railroad law of Illinois,
which was one of the first States to take
action on the subject. During his SER
vice of six years as Governor it became
his duty to appoint the Illinois railroad
commissioners, and to see that they Sc
cured the enforcement of the law,
which was sustained by the courts and
practically put in operation during his
administration. AS Senator he has
been Jealous and active in endeavoring
to secure national legislation upon the
same subject, and in 1885, as
Chairman of the Senate Committee on
Interstate Commerce, conducted an in
vestigation into the question of the
regulation of railroad corporations by
national legislation. His report upon
this sub. ect, submitted to the Senate,
Jan. Is, 1856. is an elaborate review of
the whole subject, and has attracted
attention at home and abroad, result
ing in the passage by the Senate of the
bill that bears his name, which was re-
ferred to q conference committee OF
the two houses.
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March. 1929. He was educated at the
Western Reserve College, and prac-
ticed law in his native State in 1857.
Then he went further west in Iowa,
which is now, so far as regards quick
ness and ease OF communication, nearer
the Atlantic seaboard than Ohio was
in 1929 or 1857. He began his public
career when the war broke out as a
member of the staff OF the Governor, and
his first task was to aid in the organiza-
ton Of the volunteer regiments that were
destined to serve in the war of the rebel
lion. He was sent to Congress whilo
the war was going on, and has been
Representative and Senator from that
time to the present, except 1871 and
1873, when he declined an election, so
he has participates in all the legisla-
ton that has been enacted during and
since the great conflict. Mr.. Allison
served as a member of the Thirty
eighth, Thirty-ninth, Fortieth and
Forth-first Congresses. and was elected
to the Senate to succeed James Harlan (;
took his seat March 4, 1873, and was
reelected in 1878 and 1881. His term
of service will expire March 3, 1891.
When Mr.. Garfield was elected Presi-
dent, Mr.. Allison might have been
Secretary OF the Treasury. Taere has
been general consensus of opinion
that, next to Mr.. Sherman, he was the
best equipped of his party for that
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his face indicate positive determination
and adherence. His style of oratory
Is colloquisl and convincing. q vein
Of practical common-sense running
through its series OF arguments until .
convincing conclusion is reached. The
rapidity with which he takes up the
strong points of q case and successfully
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The committee appointed to select .
permanent site for the Big Rapids District
coup-meeting have decided to secure
grounds near Reed CITY, that enterprising
town having offered to donate 500 toward
purchasing the required real estate.
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MICHIGAN man has chicken which
is sixteen years old. Sealed proposals
for the purchase of it will be received
from boarding-house keepers. Hotel
Mail
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There is between 60.Oo0,OOO and
65 600, 900 feet of logs in An Ores River 1t
present for different parties, awaiting the
"drive." The indications now are that
the brcaking-up of the logging camps will
room take place.
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DIR. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
wants to know what civilization would
be without piano. Nobody can tell,
but we shouldn't be afraid to try it
for week or So philadelphia Press.
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A SPRING overcoat is not among the
needs of a man who is wearing mus
tard plaster.
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Western Statesmen Who Are Mentioned In
Connection With the Presl-
deAcy.
-Alger, Allison, Cullom, Gresh-
am, Harrison, and Sher-
man.
Portraits and Brief Sketches OLA Sex
tet Of Prominent Republican
Statesmen,
One of Whom Will in All Probability Be
the Next Occupant of the
~ White House.
ALGER. OF MICHIGAN.

Among the Presidential candidates
who are receiving public attention OF
late, General Russell A. Alger, OF
Michigan, holds an honorable place.
Like Senator Allison and so many
other candidates, he has the advantage
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ALLISON. OF IOWA.

William b. Allison was born at Per-
", WAYNE County, o., on the I'd OF
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