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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-09-22

James w Taft is man Of about sixty
years Of age He formerly liged in Cum
bcrlaud bat about two years ago he mar
ricd Miss Annie McGuirc, a resident u
Johnston. After his marriage Mr.
Taft came here 60 reside, taking up his
residence in one Of Mr Pixies cottages
on Plainfel1 street, his wife's mother
and two sisters and brother also living
in the same family. Mr. Taft was at one
time in very lucrative manufacturing
business in company with his father, and
was supposed 20 be the possessor of con
siderable wealth. Dame Rumor al the time
Of hiH marriage putting IL NJ high as
$4,000. AZ all events, Mr. Taft seemed
20 have plenty Of money, and he was far
from being close and stingy with IL. His
family had all that they could desire and
accounts were opened with various trades
men in this vicinity. Grocera, market
men. dry goods men, druggists and
bakers sold goods 90 the Tafts. and for
some time, all bills were promptly paid
on presentation. Finally, the time came,
when these biilr were harder 30 collect.
and the family began 20 tInasfer their
patronage from one store 30 another.
About si1 weeks ago the "butcher, the
baker and candle stick maker" despair
ing of getting a direct settlement of the
claims. brought civil actions for debt
against Mr James W. Taft. These
cases were postponed from time 70 time
for various reasons, and were not up for
hearing IN the Eight District Court, until
Monday, when judgment was givsn 90
Fred &. Thompson Tor s122.3ji 20 ". L
Brown for sj3.3Ii and 30 Mr. 81 Tucke
f0r s2G.3G. Mr.. Blgars, u the Bee
Hive, had a claim II $4,000, bat owing
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-09-22
UsENiENTs.

For the last three nights of next week
Sept, ~. - and Goth and Saturday
matinee. the Howard Speciality Com
pany will be the attraction at the Provi-
dence Opera House. This company give
what is known az "great show" and all
lovers Of good variety entertainment
cannot fail 20 be pleased
Another week of wonderful success
has been scored at the Gaieiy Opera
House and Messrs. Keith Il Jacobs are
swimming on the full tide of popularity.
| For the coming week the great New
York musical comedy success, "hinder-
garten," will be given with all that atten-
! tion 10 detail which characterized the
performances at W. IL. X. Jacobs
Thalia Theatre, New York. Tie charm-
ing Katie Hart, and the fayoritc eccen-
trio comedian, Alfred Mcdowell, who
became So popular in "Mugg's Landing"
will play the leading roles, being sup
ported. by strong company. "hinder-
garten" will be given every evening at
eight o'clock, and on Monday. wednes-
day and Saturday ma,inees at 2'l5.
Popular prices will prevail
"A Parlor Match" an amusing absur-
dity from the clever pen of Charles
lIoyt. was presented for the fourth or
fifth engagement, at Hooley's Theatre,
last evening Mr.. Evans M l. McCorker
Esq. "A literary man, and Mr. llocy as
Old lloss, n collector for an auction room.
kept the large audience uproariously
merry, through the three acts of the
play. Several new and catchy songs
we're introduced 10y Miss Minnie French
and the remainder of the company.
How long "Parlor Match" il going to
hold the boards nobody seems To know.
In one respect it's like the Rag Baby;
everybody says it's rot, without being Mt
all dramatic. but everybody gocs to see
II, and everybody laughs and goes away
happy-and then good many of them
40 back and see IL IA second ume.-Chi-
cago Herald.
~ lIbNlltHi' bI'Ih ''l''
% and both aud Wednesday matinee.
At salary Of $500 90 the management
os the Macomber Il stones Musee have
secured as an attraction for the coming
week the latest European importation.
"Che Mah." the smallest man who
walks. But ,riilo over two feet In
height. this intellectual celestial lilliput,
carries upon his diminutive shoulders, n
symmetrically developed head lie has
the advantage Of nm excellent education
and II well verscd in the political history
of all Europe In China he was noted M
diplomat, where tact and ingenuity
made him n formidable opponent. He
has figured prominently in the wars of
China aud was eventually banished from
his native land M rebel and n outlaw
Besides "Che Nah" there will be n long
list Of curiositics. The stage chow wilt
be given by Sanford a. Wilson's Brigh-
Lights including Sanford n Wilson's
musical artists; Prof Savindos, ven,rill
oquiH lar,y in his act entitled, Silence
and Fun; BE Barr Bros. contortioniHts
Rittie Proctor the bewiiching little song
and dance lady; Wenzell n Morris, char
acter artists; Ed CriHsc and Lille
Pease, sketch artists Worleys "fata
Morgana" art views; and Midale,onc
MariOncttcs.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-09-22
Institute.

A teachers institute, under the direc-
tion of Mr.. Thomas b. Stockwell, Com
missioner of the Public Schools, is being
held at the Plainfeld street church to-day
(Friday) The exercises during the day
consist of the reading of papers on school
work. "School Management being Mr..
Stockwell's theme. In the forenoon MIR.
Wilson, superintendent of the Johnston
schools. will read n paper on the "Aims
and Limits of Reading" In the afternoon
Gen. Morgan, of the Normal School,
speaks on the "Principles of Primary
Work." and other interesting school topics
will be discussed 10y several public school
teachers. In the evening addresses will
be delivered by DR., Morgan and Mr..
stockwell. There will also be singing
10y the scholars of the public schools, and
reading 10y Mr.. John Matteson, of Provi-
dencc. Teachers of the Johnston, North
Providence and Cranston schools are
expected 10 attend the institute. and the
public are cordially invited to attend all
the sessions, and particularly in the
evening.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-09-22

to an error in writ, her case was dis
missed Several other tradesman in
olneyville and Johnston have bills Of
more or less size against Mr.. Taft. and
those having large ones are wishing they
were smaller. and those with small
accounts are congra,ulatinG themselves
that they are no larger. Mr.. Taft is now
AT his farm in Cumberland, while his
wife remains in Johnston.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-09-22

w l. Brown, Hiram Short, lierbcr
Short, James Greenup, Thomas Tucker
and job Belknap went TO Coventry one
evening this week in pursuit Of the willy
raccoon Soon after arriving in the
primeval forests Of that sequestered town,
"A coon track was truck 10y two excel
lent dogs belonging 20 Mr.. Brown, and
after following them "A long distance the
animal was treed in large hollow
oak There was no way TO get at the game
but Go cut down the tree, and though IL
was large one, the party made the
attack, and after some very brisk exer-
else and blistercd hands the monarch Of
the forest fell The coon now poked out
his head 10 see what was going on and
was promptly shot by Mr.. Brown. But
his coOnship was not dead, and escaping
from the hollow started from another
hiding place close 10y pursued by the
dogs. On being overtaken by them, the
beast showed his excellent fighting quail
tiles by nearly killing one of the hounds.
Another bullet well aimed put An end 10
the coon hunt, and having spent night
and part Of day in Coventry the party
returned home with the spoil The coon
was large one weighing twenty-five
pounds. II has been on exhibition
several days at W l.. Browns market
aud attracted considerable attention
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-23

EMPEROR FREDERIoK's pathetic question,
Glow much longer of thisfv shows what is
passing through his mind, and will elicit a
sympathetic response from the public. 1t is
painfully evident that his remaining days of
life are very few, and, perhaps, are not even
prolonged by the efforts of the physicians He
is past hope and past the point of caring
for public affairs. In the nature of things his
only concern must be regarding his personal
relations and sufferings. Itseems almost cruel
that the resources of science should he ex-
hausted to torture dying man when the in
even the public welfare cannot be served by
prolonging his snfferings. Happily. however,
there cannot be much longer of this"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-23

most loyal adherents OF that DISTINGUISHED
gentleman. Their love once transferred 90 him.
IL will be sincere attachment. and, all differ
ences buried they viii wLrk zealously for his
triumphans election.
Kokomo Gazette-Tribune: Tho party with
extraordinary unanimity has spoken for Gen.
Harrison to lead the country in Its return 70
Republicansm. All over the State there was
the most marked and pronounced preference for
his candidacy. The sentiment found expression
in word and deed. The resolutions adopted at
earnestly and enthusiastically for him, and the
delegation chosen Is composed of Republicans
reliable to execute the party will with signal
ability and ardent zeal There is in all this JUS
tice TO a most deserving and eminent Repub-
lican. The party has spoken it's appreciation of
his distinguished leadership, it's gratitude for
his superior service it's admiration for his ex-
allied character, its supreme faith In the GER
tainty of success attending his nomination.
Anderson Herald: The list OF delegates ia a
strong and will be honor to the State.
The sentiments expressed at the different gather
ings was decidedly in favor of General Hsrri-
loud and unanimous that there is no resist
ing IL. and he will go into the convention with
the solid support of the Indiana delegation, as
well large following from other States.
With General Harrison the ticket, there can
he doubt but the State will go Republican
this fall by larger majority than it has been
carried by either party for many years past
1t will not be profitable to longer continue any
differences of opinion to the propriety of urg-
pie, through their representatives have spoken,
and the choice has fallen on InGiana's favorite
son, the gallant soldier and distinguished states
man, Benjamin Harrison.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-23

AT last accounts the Democratic majority
In Louisiana was still increasing, and may
stop anywhere from 60, 900 to sc, 900. BY the
methods adopted it would have been just as
easy to make it l00 600. Even as it is Demo
cratic papers evidently think it rather too
large and have had very little to say about it.
1t would have looked better on paper if the
Democratic election officers and returning
boards had permitted Republican majorities
to be recorded in few parishes that are no
toriously and Overwhelmingly Republican,
but they thought differently. The Spring
field Republican, mugwump. commenting on
the unprecedented majority, says;
Companions in the vote of State that
has for years been gwen over to fraudulent
election methods of no particular value
but when the Democrats alone return q vote
for their ticket nearly three times as large as
the total cast for Cleveland, and a majority
four times as large as his, it looks as if they
had grossly overdone the thing In all the
history of returning board times, no such to-
tai vote and no such majorities were ever
turned out Thus Rapides parish, which in
the ripest days of fraud and plumber never
cast total vote of much over 2, 800 now
comes boldly forward with plurality of 1000.
for Nichols"
Rapides parish, by the census Of 1880, had
a colored population of 1892 and white
population of 9,512. Its total voting popula-
ton was 5, 2S7. Thus the Democratic major
ity returned from this parish In the recent
election was nearly so per cent. more than
the entire voting population, colored as well
as white. Really the Louisiana Democrats
should be careful, or they viii give the whole
enan awav
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-23
Genera. harrison. triumph.

New York Press.
diana district delegates to the Chicago convex
tion places him in the front rank OF the Re-
publican presidential possibilities. Since ex-
Governor Morton's death General Harrison has
been tho foremost Republican citizen of tie
State. A man of great force as well as purity
of character. he well deserves the cordial in
dorsement which he has received at the hands
of his party at home. The completeness of his
victory proves that spirit of harmony and
wisdom prevails among the Republicans OF To-
diana. No other man could have been APP
propriately put forward as the States favorite
son, and the general recognition of this fact
speaks well for the condition of the party in the
great pivotal State that is second only TO New
York in imnortance
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-23

nor unreasonable. Neither have they been
blind. Nor have they forgotten. nor viii they
forget, that their first duty is TO cause. not
to man, nor to party. nor to an admins
tration.D The New York Post announces that
it will stand by Mr.. Cleveland until some bet
ter candidate is offered, and then goes on to
say:
'.Our aim is to get the civil service of the
government put and kept on business foot
ing. If Mr.. Cleveland does not do all that
was expected of him in this matter, the need
for trying other instrumentalities is greater
than ever. IF he will not investigate COM
plants of abuses, ye must get some one else
to do it. IL ne will not stop the blunders of
his ovar-zealous friends, we must appeal to
the public against them both.
This is rather cabalistic and probably means
as little as great many other mugwump ut
terances; but if it signifies anything it is that
the lot of the independent" in politics is
very unhappy one, and that if hole conven-
lent for crawling out presents itself, it viii
be speedily utilized.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-23
POLITICAL NOTES.

TERRE HAUTE Express: Mr. Voorhees, is hay
ing world of trouble at Washington between
the pap-suckers and convicted party managers.
PHILADELPHIA Times: The election of a solid
Indiana delegation to Chicago favorable to Gen
eral Harrison for President bowls Judge Gresh-
am out OF the presidential race.
BRooKLYN Eagle Ind. Dem.l: 1t is incontro-
vertible that John Sherman has obtained the
confidence of q very large and influential section
of the American people. not only in the West,
but in the Middle States aud New England.
TERRE HAUTE Express: A Senator of the
United States and department official holding
q judicial position volunteering their services in
tiary. presents spectacle that is fairly repre-
sentative OF Indiana Democracy.
OF the eight Republicans who received votes
for the Presidential nomination at the Chicago
convention of 1880 four are dead. four still live
Grant, Garfield. Washburne and Conkline have
passed away. The four who remain are Blaine,
Sherman, Edmunds and Window.
NEW YORK World: Mr.. Barnum is growing
weary and he 10 inclined to give up the chair
manship OF the Democratic national committee
1t is intimated by the Boston Herald that Mr.
Barnum is not particularly delighted with the
attitude of his party on the tariff question.
LOUISVILLE Commercial: The Republicans
Of the Third Indiana district are evidently q
temperance crowd. as will be vouched for by the
bartender at the Lynn House, Seymour. who
stated Thursday evening that he had sold but
one drink of whisky since Wednesday evening.
DEMOCRATIC Collector Bradley B. Smalley. of
Vermont, gives the cheerful information that
'the Republicans in Vermont are preparing for
active campaign, and intend to leave gaps
down for the Democrats to go in. In every town
and hamlet they have organized clubs and
rolled all the lukewarm and doubling Republic
ans in the community"
PHILADELPHIA Press: It is altogether proba-
bic that Mr.. Sherman will show more votes at
the outset than any other candidate. Besides
Ohio he will have large proportion of the
delegates from the South. and if he could gain
two or three of the leading States of the North
be would enter the convention with q good pros
pect of success. The fate of his candidacy will
depend upon the Judgment of it which may be
entertained by the larger Republican States
which have no local favorites and especially by
the doubtful States At present it cannot be
said that there is any concentration of opinion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-23

that this 10 a matter with which the general
government has nothing 70 do. That il true,
strictly speaking; and yer il In On matter which
has great deal to do with the general
OF President and the control OF one
branch of Congress Obtained by just such
means. and that the Democrats hope 20 get the
control of everything in the same way Mr.
Lowell and the men who look up to him would
have scorned TO cooperate with Tweed. Yet
the men they associate themselves with are the
architects, ars the benehciaries of frauds more
colossal than Tweed ever dreamed of for he
worked within q narrow range, after all. The
early Abol itionists, to whom Mr.. Lowell was
vain enough to compare the mugwump move
ment cried cut INCREASINGLY against slavery,
even if il was thousands of miles away. They
threw their moral influence the right side,
But the mugwump, when you talk about the no
litcal slavery of the negroes. ehrugs his shout
ders and charges you with .'reviving the pas
sions Of the civil war; which you have probably
not mentioned at all.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-23
THE REPUBLICAN STATE LEAGUE,

The next step IN the Repu 5lican campaign
gramme of victory, will be the annual conven-
ton of the State Republican League, to be
held in this city on May 2, one week from
next Wednesday. The object of the conven-
ton is to discuss matters pertaining to the
League organization and that of the party
throughout the State. Every Republican
club in the State is entitled to five delegates,
and if any have not yet elected delegates they
should do so at once. The convention will be
interesting and important, and every club in
the State should be represented by a full dele
CATION. The League is now fairly well or
ganized, and is destined to play an important
part in the coming campaign. In the work
of local organization it can accomplish great
deal before the machinery of the State COM
mittee is set in motion, and can supplement-
the labors Of the latter in many important
ways. Nearly all of the New England and
several of the Western States have such or
CARNATIONS, and they are proving exceedingly
interesting to the members, and useful to
the party. The shird annual convention
of the Ohio league has just been
held at Dayton, with 400 delegates
present representing seventy-fve clubs.
Wisconsin has league of 600 clubs, Illinois
one of 400, New York one of more than 200,
and many other States have leagues formed
or forming. Indiana Republicans must not
be behind those of other States in this regard
The eyes of the country are on Indiana now,
and the party expects every Indiana Repub-
lican to do his duty. Events are evidently
shaping to make this pivotal State, and
probably the decisive battle-ground of the
coming contest. The conditions are extreme
ly favorable for the nomination of an Indi-
anian to head the national ticket and for
placing the State solidly and permanently IN
the Republican line. The league ought to
be an important factor in tae accomplish
ment of these results, and to that end the
convention next week should be such con-
vocation as will challenge the attention Of the
cOunkru
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-23

ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

LESLIE STEPHEN says. in lecture Cole-
ridge: Never marry a man Of genius; don't be
his brother-in law. nor his publisher, nor his
editor. nor anything that 10 his"
NEARLY all OF the United States Senators are
large men, their average weight running close
to $50 pounds. Their entire weight, according
TO a statistical correspondent, is nearly 1000
pounds.
MISS AMELIA RrvEs the Southern novelist
who has so recently sprung into fame, is re-
ported sick s.abed," after having Cancelled All
her engagements owing to the adverse remarks
upon her late story in Lippincott's.
GEN. HENRY S. SANFORD believes that the
diffusion process will revolutionize the manufact-
urs of sugar ia this country; that five years
hence not an ounce of sugar will be inportad
and that Florida is destined to take the lead in
the production of sugar in the United
States.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON has joined party
20 go to Maryland for the good of his health.
Notwithstanding he has been for q long time in
the north woods he is far from being we'll He
has done little work of late, and when be has
written anything at all ne has bad to lie down
to do it.
The Chinese minister and his suite will soon
leave Washington for a three months tour
throueh Peru. He goes by tn ,nls Of his Office,
every three Years 60 Peru to Acquains himself
with the condition of the Chinese in that conn
try. The party will return in time 70 spend
August &c Saratoga
ZoI.A's new novel. which is now appearing az
a serial in the Revue Ilustree. bears the title
lie Reven Il will be followed by I've more in
the great Rougon- Maequart cycle The hrss
will deal with the army. tha second with the
judiciary the third with the press aud finances,
the fourth and fifth with war and socialism.
NEGRO bishop of the MsIhodiss Church. ad-
vocatipg the reimbursement Of shareholders for
thais humaa ehattels. singular spectacle
prssented In Esw York city the other day. Il