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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-15
A Vivid Tale.

Years ago, when guano was hrst oiscoFcTed
as n fertilizer, an OLD friend Of mine sent me
2 bottle full to experiment vita. didn't
think much Of IL, bat ono day while IN my
narica planting some cucumber seed !
thought 0i the grano, So took II along with
me into the garden and sat down on the
GROUND. scratched a hole in the earth, put IN
nv euano ami on 1t placed my cucumber
sa.d. covered both carefully with tho SOIL,
and while sitting there but "a few moments
noticed the earth over the seeds
beria 10 move, and az the same time the
Young cucumber plants made their APP
,sarancs. IL was such strange occurrence
that 80. perfectly dum,ounded, forgetting
everything clse. The vines began 70 spring
and grow off like magic and when besan
to raise 10 found ny feet entansled with
the vines. ], howeyei, forced myself to q
Standing position. By this time / was COM
p,s.eiv enyeloped with the vines. made for
M ln;.s and succeeded Ia cutting myself
loose and made ny escape Bus what aston
ishcA no most WIS., the fac. that when got
over the excitement and went To return my
knifc - ny pocset. foaad my pockets iull
OF voung cGcum5e.s which lad formed Ia ily
rockets, since which t.us have had 10 Us
for guano. Lagrange Ca Grepa.c.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-15

The Oriental legend that represents
cholera meeting the traveller flying from
the scourge. and telling linn that the
majority OF the dead were the victims of
fright, not Of the plague, seems TO apply
10 the yellow fever scare IL thy United
States. Ii the same number Of people
who die in New York in a single season
Of pneumonia, consumption, or ayoidable
accidents, fell victims to yellow fever OF
any other epidemic, the city would be
cmptied If inhabitants, and panic ard
CONSERVATION would prevail. The scare
created causes much moro suffering and
disturbance than the disease itself. Hence
in some southern countries where it i:
endemic it attracts no more notice than
most OF tine other evils that aftiict the
human family. Courage Is one Of the
best Of medicines. -Onco Week.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-15
4 sure Way.

"Johr." said Mrs Bentley, "suppose YOU
heard a noise down stairs and 0idn't know
whether it was the dog or a burglar, would
YOU DO 50 cruel as to send me down TO find
outn
NO. DEAR" said Mr.. Bentley; Il have a
better ,,ay than that I'll wait until next
morning. Ii the silver was gone, III know II
was burglars. and II the silver was not gone,
III Enor il was the dog. '-Harper's Bazar
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-15
nor Any Paragrapher's Column.

every time enter your Office" said
Abba T. Omega, Il find you porting over
The Congressional Record. Why don't You
read some other paper for a changer
Tho Congressional Record replied
Oncsa, contains no baseball news. Nor.
r,stOwn Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-15

\ Spanish general Of Barcelona las be
queathcl 100000 francs 10 found a refuge
for tie orphan daughters Of poor officers, o
proyiso being that each must be beautiful IN
face and form. because the more lovely a
woman is the moro she Is exposed - danger
in this world r-Ncw Norl, sun.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-15
An Explanation.

jay Gou'G, it Is said, pays $4,000 year
TO his attending physician, Dr. William
Mum, and thus commands his entire time.
This may explain why, every two or three
dsys during the entire year, the papers an
nCunce that Mr. Goulds health is IN 4 crit.
zeal condition. -NOrrlstO.n Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-15
ratiscrly Fore;hough,.

Hs-I must break OF my engagement,
Violet.
Shc-Why should YOU 10 thati
He--Wen, your father has failed; how can
he support a son-in-law in the style in which
lhaye lived!
She-Why, you goose, be failed on purpose
" inset the extra xpensel-HarPer's Bazaar.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-15

Men are more positive about uncertainties
tllsn anything clse. About every man You
meet knows who Is going TO be elected =
Marthas Vineyard Herald.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25
HOVEY AND THE HEBREWS.

WASHINGTON August 81 General
hoveY whom the republicans OF indIala
have nominated for governor, was, III
the winter of 1862, in command OF the
eastern district of Arkansas. In II re-
port to his superior officer, dated DO
cGmbcr 3 of that year and on file here,
he thus stigmatiZes the Jewish lner-
chants OF that section of the country,
and insulted the whole Jewish race
81 cannot refrain from stating to you
the effects of the great evil growing out
of our commercial intercourse with the
rebels. Unprinciplcd sharpers and
Jews arc supplying the enemy with all
they want Our forces penetrated
ninety miles into the very heart OF
Mississippi, and everywhere we were
Incl with boots, shoes, clothing and
good purchased by open and avOwed
rebels ut Delta and Friars' Point. The
Yankees are deluging the country with
contraband goods, and letters inter
copied from the enemy show from where
they arc receiving their supplies. War
and commerce with the same people !
What a UtOpian dreaml Every secret
of our camp is carried, by tho same men
that formerly sold their God for thirty
pieces of silver, to our worst enemies
for n few pounds of cotton. | have
made these expeditions iHtO the enemy's
country beyond Helena and everywhere
L find the blighting effects of their
cupidity. No expedition has ever been
dreamed of at Helena that these blood
hounds of commerce have not scented
out and carried TO our enemies days il
adVance.s
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25
NEW ORLEANS BIG STORM.

New Orleans, La, Aug. 2l.-The
gale which has prevailed here since
Saturday, has almost ceased, but the
damage done will reach many thou
sands of dollars. In this city houses
were unroofed, fences Frustrated, and
trees uprOoted. The entire city was
flooded for a time, and goods in many
stores were damaged. The portion of
the city west of Claiborne street Is still
Inundated. In addition to the fifty
cogi- boats, the small steamboats, w.
q. Little, Laura, and Barataria were
sunk. The steamboat Ed. Richardson
went adrift, lost her chimueys, and
was otherwise damaged. AT Plaque
meme many building were wrecked.
Crops in that district were injured. IL
is feared that the rice crop is severely
damaged. AT DOnaldsonville churches,
school houses, and other buildings
were destroyed. st. JOseph's Academy
was destroyed, and two Of the BROTH
ers were seriously injured by falling
timbers. Almost every house in the
place was more or less damaged. The
storm was general along the gulf coast.
The water was forced up over the
| Louisville Il Nashville railroad embank-
ment from Michon to Lookout, n dis
lance of twenty miles. The track was
washed out in several places. Mails
and passengers will be sent by boat TO
| Pearl river until the track is repaired.
Washouts also occurred near DE Sair,
On the Illinois Central, delaying trains,
The steamship Keokuk was wrecked
near Baton Rouge in last nights storm
No lives were lost. Last night, for the
first time Oh record, no press reports
were received for the morning papers.
Telegraphic communication was entire.
ly cut off.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

to %IIenncssy and his nomination was
made unanimous.
After the nomination of MIR. Hen
messy for railroad commissioner, Il. T..
&. Wilson, of Platte, John +. Williams,
of Macon, Charles IL. Morgan, OF Ben
ton and Nat g. Dryden, of Lincoln,
were placed in nomination for electors
at large. Mr.. Morgan and Mr.. Will
hams were elected on the first ballot
by the following vote: Williams, 257 !;
Morgan, 37S; Dryden, 172; Wilson,
1863.
The convention then adjourned sine
die.
THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ORGANIZED,
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Aug. 23.-The
state central committee met aLthe Mad
isOn house this evening. The old com,
mittee adjourned after passing the usual
resolutions and the new committee or
ganized by electing g. g. Moffit OF st.
Louis chairman, John p. Sebree OF
Jefferson City, secretary and Joseph l.,
Brown of St. Louis county treasurer.
The following committee on bylaws
W as appointed: Edwin Silver of Cole,
w. H.. Phelps OF Jasper and w. W,
Ramsey of Nodaway. The chairman
was instructed to appoint ali executive
committee of seven vi the next meeting
which will be held at the Laclede hotel
in st. Louis, September 10.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

The colored men promise to take a
much more prominent part in this CALI
paign for the democrats than eve be-
fore. An interesting feature is that
they do not ask the national committee
for any help, but have raised a campaign
fnnd of their own, because they believe
their race ought TO be Independent. A
number of their leaders, nearly all OF
them educated men-editOrs, teachers,
lawyers, ministers and college profess
sors, have offered their services to the
national committee, and they will make
all the speeches desired tor Cleveland
and Thurman. Here are the names OF
some oftln most prominent speakers:
Prof. Peter III. CLARK, Cincinnati; Geo.
T. Downing, Newport, X. L.; Edwin
&. Walker, Boston =; T.. McCurtis
Stewart, New York j. Milton Turner,
| Washington; James g. Matthews,
Albany; Chas. A. Bradley, Nantucket,
Mass. ; Il. Il. Robinson, Washington
Il. A. J. Clements, Washington; w. ii.
Furbush, Little Rock, Ark. /; Charles
III. Sheldon, Evansville, Ind. A, Is.
| Wilson, Baltimore Walter Brown
: Pittsburg, and G. .. Ii. Thomas,
Paducab, Ky.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

IOmcial Report.l

The democracy of the seventeenth
state senatorial district, composed OF
Johnson and Lafayette counties, met IN
Euglossian Hall, Holden, Mo-, at 2
o'clock, Wednesday afternoon, August
18th, and effected a temporary organ
~ization by electIng M. g. Ryland, of
Lafayette county chairman, and William
Rose, of johnson county, secretary.
On motion of j. E. Robinson q COM
nittee of 2 from johnson and l from
Lafayette was appointed on permanent
organization. The convention selected
g. B. Booth and A. w. Bryan, from
Johnson, and !. w. Whitsett, OF La
fayette.
In the same way the committee on
credentials was selected az follows =
G. NJ. Sorency and VIM. p. Green
lee, of johnson, and j. B. Anderson
and j. B. Santmeyer, of Lafayette.
The two men named from johnson in
each committee was II from each dis
trict.
The committee on credentials made
the following report, which was
adopted
We, your committee on credentials,
find the following delegates entitled to
seats l this convention
Lafayette county:-R. S. Colvin JAS.
Callahan, |. W. Whitsett, e. b. Cook,
M. G. Ryland, (%alternate) &. b. Winn,
Isaac Neale, j. Ii. Lay, G. M. Porter,
II. IL. Filing, L. Buford, II. G. Fran.
cisco, J. b. Santmyer, DIR. o. A..
Jones, Il. =. Metcalf, Jno. K. Corder
and j. H.. Gibbons.
Johnson county, western district: -
7. X. Thomas, Ed. King, e. Nj Soren-
cy, A. w. Byram, John 5. Graves, G..
G. Rice and j. G. Geery.
Eastern district:-C. Is Booth, w. j.
Mays, William Rose, VIM. p. Grcenlee,
j. d. Carney, j. K. Robinson and ID.
ID. Williams. Respectfully submitted,
j. b. SANTMEYER, Chairman.
w. z. GRERNLEE, Secretary.
The committee Oh permanent organ
ization reported that the temporary
organization be made permanent, which
Yas done by unanimous vote, and the
committee was discharged.
Nominations for state senator were
then called for.
Mr.. l. w. Whitsett, of Lafayette
county, in a short and well delivered
speech, placed Senator s. Z. Sparks in
nomination. No other name being
presented, on motion of q johnson
county delegate the nomination was
made by acclamation.
The nominee was called for and de-
lighted the convention with a forty
minutes speech, giving an account OF
what he had done and what he intend
ed to do.
Next in order was the appointment
Of a new senatorial committee for the
next four years.
On motion, Johnson was given three
and Lafayette three, and they were
named as fOllows:-
Johnson cOunty:-William Steele,
w. w. Wood and w. j. Mayes.
Lafayette county,. w. Whitseti,
M. G. Ryland and j.. ii. Lay.
Convention adjourned.
M. g. RYLAND, Chairman.
WILLIAM ROSE, Secretary.
COMMITTEE MEETING.
Immediately after the Adjournment
of the convention the senatorial com
mitiee met and organized by electing
Nj &. Ryland chairman aud Wm Steele
secretary.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

MIR. breckenridge, of Arkansas, has
introduced in tho honse five very i'm
portant measures, intended to correct
abuses arising under the existing tariff
laws in relation TO bagging for cotton,
sugar fiji Tor consumption, coal oil,
alcohol and cotton seed oil. Some of
the republican orators, and nearly all
OF the republican newspapers, have
been saying a great deal about trusts.
Ii they are sincere in their professions,
the day is not far distant when ropub-
licans in congress will be given ample
opportunity to prove whether dr. not
they really want trusts broken up.
These bills which have been prepared
by Mr.. Breckenridge will be speedily
reported by the ways and means COM
mittee, and il is the purpose and inten-
ton Of the author to press them to a
vote at the earliest possible moment.
In Introducing five separate measures
Mr.. breckenridge, according to the
general opinion of those who have been
heard to comment on his action, has
done wisely. lie will call them mp one
after the other, and there is going to
be some of the worst squirming on the
part OF the republicans that has ever
been observed in congress, in view of
the fact that the move about to be
made will place manyif not most of the
republicans in an awkward and embar-
RAISING situa ION.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

Matters are beginning to take a
serious turn in France and Germany.
Ii the election of Boulanger in three
departments means anything it means
that the people believe in his reUancc
doctrines. The Alsatians are Begin
ming to grow FESTIVE, the news from
Paris undoubtedly creating a wal feel
ing among them. sympathy runs high
for France in the captive province and
Germany understands it. There is
some reason to believe that trouble on
the border may occur at any time.
France wants q 1t is another
thing to get it, but she can at least
make a play for it.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

The republican county convention
met at the courthouse last Saturday
and placed in nomination the follow
ing ticket:-For representative, ii. G..
Swartz; for prosecuting attorney, John
Welborn; for collector, Henry Ficken;
for treasurer, Joseph l.. Youngs; for
sheriff, Samuel McBurDey for asses
sor, Thomas Hare ; for coroner, DIR.
W. b. Graham; surveyor,G. ID. Sstter-
field county southeastern district,
Chris. Temple; county court-western
district T. ii Casteel a; constable-Lex-
ington township, James M. Crowdcr.
With the exception of the office of
treasurer, all the nominations were by
reclamation.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

1t is a fact of peculiar significance
that the democratic campaign docu-
ments that are most in demand among
the people are those which contain
extracts from the republican platforms
of 1868 and 1884, and from speeches
and writings of Mr.. Blaine, Gen. Grant,
President Garfield, Levi P. Morton,
John Sherman, Benjamin Harrison,
Gen. Logan, Senator Allison, Senator
Morrill,. Senator Hale, Senator Ingalls,,
Senator Dawes and several other dis
tinguished republicans advocating
tariff reform as late as 1884. This
seems to show that the people have
got on their thinking caps and aren't
going to be humbugged.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

A man named Sullens, living near
8 hell City, skinned q COW which had
been killed by lightning and left the
carcass where bis hogs could eat it
Thirty of them died from the effects of
IL, and both Of Sullens' arms swelled
up to an enormous size. The doctors
don't know what to make of 1t and
thtpkthey may have to amputate both
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

Congressman Warner, last Thursday e.,
in Washington, reiterated his determi-
nation not to again accept a re-nomi-
nation. He said that even IL the unan-
imous nomination was rendered him he
could not and would not accept. This
would seem to definitely settle the mat.
ter and the republicans will have to
look about for q new man.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25
STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
o GOVERNOR,

FoH GOVERNOR,
DAVID r. FRANCIS, of st. Louis.
o NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
3 rEPHEN II. CLAYCOMB, OF Jasper County
o SECRETARY OF STATE,
ALEX. A. LEsUEUR. Of Lafayette County.
FOR STATE AUDITOR,
JAMES NJ. sEIBERT, Cape Girardeau County
ron STATE TREASURER,
EDWARD T. holland, OF Jackson County.
FoR TOR
JOHN n. WOOD, of Clarke County.
FOR REGIsrRR OF LANDs,
ROBERT McCULLOCH, OF Cooper County.
FOR RAILROAD ooMMIssIoNRR,
TIMOTHY HRNNESsEY, Of Randolph County.
YoR JUDGE OF THR SUPREME COURT,
SHEPARD BARCLAY. OF st. Louis.
EoR JUDoEs OF KANSAS CITY COURT OF APPEALs,
TURNER A. GILL, OF jackson County.
JACKSON l.. SMITH, OF Cole County.
JAMES ELLISON, OF Adair County.
FOR JUDGE OF ST. LOUIS COURT Dr. APPEALs,
w. II. BIGGs, OF Pike County.
FOR MEMBER OF CoNGREss-FIFTH DISTRICT,
JOHN G. TARsNEY, OF Jackson County.
FOR STATE ~sENAroR-l7rH DIsrRIcr,
SAMUEL p. SPARKS, of johnson County.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

The New York Post, IN referring to
the republican managers statement
that there should be no Burchard in
this campaign, says it is one OF the
things "easier said than DONE" Our
contemporary then refers to the follow
ing extract from a letter written by
Bishop John II. Vincent: 81 did not
90 10 Ellenville to talk politics, there
fore the uncertainty abOut my position
among those who heard me. | am not
a third party man. Being a trne
prohibitionisi aud anti Romanist, l am
. republican"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

"The readiness with which Mr.
Blaine's plans have been adopted by
the republican senator's" says the
Charleston News and Courier (dem. J,
"shows, at any rate, how utterly de-
moralized the republican leaders are,
at this last stage Of The campaign, on
the most important questions of the
day. The effort to reconcile their con
flicting opinions has been tried and
has failed co~nspicuously. Their failure
Is likely TO prove no less embarrassing
than the passage OF a senate tariff bill
would have been"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

Trusts and combinations aim to de-
stroy competition in trade and establish
monopoly. Their purpose is to enrich
capitalists. the effect is to make II hard
or for poor people to live. The demo-
cratic party under the lead OF President
Cleveland is pledged to deal with these
combines as a great public abuse. The
republican party through its dictator,
McGregor Blaine, declares that they
are ''largsly private affairs, with which
neither President Cleveland nor any
private citizen has any particular right
to interfere"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

Hartford, Connecticut, Times:-
A Methodist minister, whose church
is within five miles of the Connecticut
capitol, was asked this week il it was
true that 80 many republicans in his
fold were this year going with the pro-
hibitionists. He answered with al
most vehement emphasis, that the re-
ports as to his and other churches had
not done justice to the truth. "Why !"
he added, sin my church almost the
entire number of members who are
republicans will vote for Fisk; and 1t
is SO in other churches of our denomi-
nation. There are whole synods of
Methodist republicans who will this
year vote with the prohibitionists.
They cannot and will not stand the
free whisky platform put up at Chicago,
nor the Bob Ingersollism that seemed
to rule the convention. We have got
through with the republicans, and the
election returns will show it."
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

The New York Star, wants to know
"what can be Mr.. Blaine's opinion OF
the intelligence Of the present genera
ton Of his fellow citizens when he asks
them to believe such monstrous asser-
lions "a that protection has nothing to
do with the formation and prosperity
of truafa.u
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

Mr.. Powderly, in his testimony be-
fore the congressional committee on
immigration, gave an interesting pic
ture OF the Indebtedness Of the Penn
sylvania miners and the degration of
the imported foreign laborers who
supplant them. He described their
filth and Immortality, and said that
they were designated by brass checks
instead of names, like chattels, and
that the checks were often changed TO
cheat the poor wretches out OF their
earninRs.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

A prominent treasury official esti-
mates that unless the government rev.
enues are reduced by tariff reform leg
islstion the surplus will be increased
to S2l4,00 o 900 by the end Of the cur
rent fiscal year.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

A statement prepared by the treasury
department estimates the surplus for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1889,
based on house appropriations, at
S26. $50. $50.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25
puoLian,s Arnioa Saliva.

The best snlvc in the world for Cuts. Brussels.
Sores, Ulcers, Salt isleum. Fever Sores. letter,
Chapped Hands, Ciilbiains, Corns, and all Skin
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pay required. II IL guaranteed to give perfec
satIsf ,ction. or money refunded. Price Is cent?
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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

Boulanger has been reelected to the
chamber of deputies by a ~rousing
majority. This means business for the
present French ministry and, perhaps.
mischief for the present French republic.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25
STRAY NOTICE.

CTtAIED from the sub-cribcr on or
- about the 10Th Or July, ii dark FEfEL
Brown Mare Mule, 49, or IA hands Nh
high, two years old past, heavy butt, ~
short lsga, never been shcared. white spot on
one fOie sirm just above knee JOINT. from q
wound. short heck and wtIi-sliapeti head. Nov
er been haTnrsBed nor shOd. \ suitable reward
Will he paid for her recovery Address,
FRANK Hilton Wellington. Mo
Or. DO. A WILSON. IcXtng on. Mo. pIIt3
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25
Plated Goods.

Reed Il Barton's silver Plated Knives,
Forks, Fable and Tea Spoons. We desire 10
call especial attentions of persons desiring IA
first class article, to the high character of
these goods, the beauty of the design and fin
ish, and the quality being without equal,
make them the most desirable goods to use.
We have been selling these goods over twen-
ty-ive wears and can warrant them as rep
resented. Call ut
a1St4 GRIMES e VENABLE'S.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

Mr.. Blaine is going to do Mr.. Cleve-
land mp In q magazine article and
when Mi. Cleveland gets through with
Mr.. Blaine all that there is left of him
may be done up in a postage stamp.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

An immense distillery is to be built
at st. Louis by a corporation of whole
sale liquor dealers formed to fight the
whisky trust.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

Storms in Louisiana have done great
damage to the rice and sugar-cane
crops. Cotton crops in Tennessee and
Alabama were injured by the rain.