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The Clifton clarion., 1888-05-16
License Collections.

I, S. W. Pomeroy, County Treasurer of Graham county, do hereby certify that the following is true and correct copy of the statement as filled by the Sheriff, of all licenses collected during the month of April, 1888.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-05-16

Hovey's stearr arrastra is run ming day and nigt-
The Clifton clarion., 1888-05-16

The Clifton hotel is assuming a much improvsdeppearance.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-05-16

$. w. PoMERoY, Treasurer Graham Go FRED M. NEWELL, Deputy.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-05-16
The Convention.
.RGONAUT.

SoLoMoNvILLE, May 13.
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the Senate, on the 22d, Mr.. Dolph in
Produced a bill to provide for the pay ment
of claims for damages by Indian depre'
dations. Mr.. Eustis reported bill au'
thorizing the removal of the quarantine
station from Ship Island, Miss. Mr.
Dolph's joint resolution proposing con-
sttutonal amendment on the subject OF
marriage and divorce was taken up and
discussed, and ordered to lie on the table.
Bills to establish two additional land Of
fees in Colorado and to remove the polit-
ical disabilities of Abraham Z.
Meyers were passed. After an
executive session a message was
was received from the House announcing
the death Of Representative Moffatt, Of
Michigan. The usual resolutions were
adopted and committee appointed to at
tend the funeral, after which the Senate
adjourned, to meet on January 4, 1885,.
In the House short and unimportant
session was held. Mr.. Burrows, Of Mich
igan announced the death of Hon Seth
c. Moffatt, and after the adoption of
series of resolutions OF regret and the an
pointment of committee of seven to at
tend the funeral, the House, as mark OF
respect to the memory of the deceased,
adjourned to meet on Wednesday, JAN
uary 1, 1888.
THE National Cigarmakers' Union is
preparing for an immense strike.
DIR. F V. HAYDEN, a distinguished ge.
ologist, died at Philadelphia on the 22d.
KING MILAN of Servia says that nation
will be neutral in case of q Rrsso-German
war.
THREE firemen were seriously injured on
the 22d by falling walls in fire at Pitts
burgh, Pa.
CONGRESSMAN SETH C. MoFFATT, Of
Michigan, died at Washington, on the
22d, of blood poison.
DR.. TELESCHow, German court dentist
reports the Crown Prince improved in ap
pearance
Az explosion of naphtha in Jersey City,
n. j., on the 22d, fatally injured an office
boy and seriously hurt two others.
FATHER MATTHEW RYAN, of County
Limerick, Ireland, has been sent to prison
for one month on a charge of melting his
people to unlawful acts. He refused tc
lay aside the clerical garb.
TIE Government receipts for this month,
up to the 22d, amour ted to 81, 697, ,S36, be.
ing an excess of So, 927, l37 over the dis.
bursements for the same period.
THE President will receive on New
Years day, according to the usual pro
gramme. He will be assisted by Mrs.
Cleveland and the ladies of the Cabinet
Mrs. CLEvELAND's Saturday afternoon
receptions, from three till five O'Clock
will begin on Saturday, January I, anc
continue on alternate Saturdays through
out the season.
THREE steel steamers, of 5000 tons each
are to be built at the Fairfield yard, OF
the Clyde, to run in the Canadian PacIfi,
railways Japan and British Columbi
service.
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.

A MEMORIAL was presneted to the Senate
on the 18Th. asking the admission Of Utah as
State, which was referred to the terrltorlai
committee. Among the bills introduced was
one by Mr. Cullom, to annex portion OF Moh-
tana to Idaho; TO extirpate contagious diseases
among cattle and to facilitate expectation OF
cattle. Mr. Sherman moved that the Presl-
dents message and accompanying docu-
ments be referred to the committee on nhahce'
and gave notice that he would address the
Senate on the subject after the hOhdays. MI
Pugh presented resolution to the eHect that
the Senate should concur in no joint resolution
for the final adjournment of the present session
of Congress until the tariff question had been
acted upon, and followed 1t up
with an eloquent address. LIN the
House the Speaker announced the ap-
pointment OF the committee on rules MI
Dibblc, OF South Carolina, offered resolution
referring the reports on the French sponaIioh
claims to the committee on appropriations
with instructions to that committee to report
all claims which have been decided faVoraDly
to the claiman in the general deficiency Dill.
which, after lively debate, was passed
In the Senate, on the Goth, Mr.. Davis report
ed bill to place the name OF Mrs. Johh a.
Logan on the pension roll at S?,'Oo year,
which was placed on the calendar Mr' Ea-
munds' Postal Telegraph bill was taken from
the table and referred to the postofhce com
mlttee as was Mr.. Cullom's bill on the same
subject Mr. Call called up his resolu-
ton introduced the preceding oay'
in regard to the memorial OF the con
Stitutional convention OF Utah, "hlcn
aroused lively debate, and he was compelled
to withdraw the resolution, The Blair ECU
cational bill was then calledup In the House
Mr.. Brumm, OF Pennsylvania, offered resolu'
ton requesting the President to urge the
Treasury Department to use special efforts 10
prevent the landing Of imported Belgian
miners proposition to provide for com
mittee on the American isthmus was introduced
and referred.
In the Senate, on the 2lst, Mr.. Cockrell Of
fered resolution, which was adopted, dlrect-
ing the Fish Commission to report What meas
ures have been taken for the selection OF site
for fsh-culture station in the Ozark region OF
Southwest Missouri. resolution by MI
'utler for the appointment OF committee
five to investigate the condition
NJ the five civilized Indian tribes
was taken up Mr.. Dawes Dill, pro-
viding for the appointment OF hsh com
missioner was called up and passed. The holl,
day recess resolution was then called up, ano
after O long and warm debate, in which the
President was attacked by Senator Plumb,
was adopted. ..I In the House Mr.. Randall
presented partial report OF the
committees on rules, recommending
among other things, the establishment
| of committee on merchant marine ano
fisheries, on reform in the ci vii service, on
elections of President and VicePresident and
Representatives in Congress, on the eleventh
census, on Indian depreciation claims and on
the alcoholic liquor traffic. The report was
adopted and the House adjourned.
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

THE President has decided to appoint
Stephen A, DeWolffe to be an associate
Justice of the Supreme Court OF Montana
in the place of Judge Galbraith, whose
term has expired.
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

CABANNEsE, the German official who re-
vealed the contents of state documents TO
France, has been sentenced to ten years
penal servtude and deprived of all civil
rights for ten years thereafter
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

THE railroad commissioners of Nebraska
have made q formal demand on the roads
of that State that they revise and reduce
through and local rates to correspond with
reductions already made in Iowa, Illinois
and Missouri.
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

Mr.. BELL, the superintendent of foreign
mails, states that the Post Office Depart
ment has made a merchandise parcels
post convention with the Bahama islands,
which is to take effect January ]. 1t con-
tains practically the same provisions as
the postal treaty made with Jamaica and
the Barbados,
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

BUSINESS in the United States Court at
BOSTON is suspended, owing to the fact
that Marshal Banks term of Office has ex'
pired and no successor being appointed.
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

THE Queen of the Gypsies was crowned
on the night of the 18th at Fort George,
on the Sioux reservation in Dakota. The
Queen is Mrs. Douglas Carlin, the intelli-
gent Indian Princess recently married to
a white man. The coronation was wit
messed by number of whites and hun
dreds of Indians.
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

JUSTICE GRAY, of the United States
Supreme Court on the 10th, appointed
General N. P. Banks, whose term of office
as United States marshal for the district
of Massachusetts expired on that day, to
act as marshal pending the appointment
of his successor by the President.
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12
TOPICS OF THE DAY,
News from Everywhere.

Fy-SrCRETARY DANIEL MANNING was
reported critically ill at his sons resi-
dence in Albany, n Y, on the 18th.
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

RIGHT REV. JAMES JOSEPH CARBERY,
Catholic Bishop of the diocese of Hamil-
Ton, Ont, whose death is reported by
cable, was consecrated Bishop of Hamil-
ton three years ago. He went to Rome
last September to attend the Pope's jubi-
lee. He was suddenly taken i'll at Cork,
and died there on the 10Th.
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

FROM semi-oflicial sources in Bucharest,
it is learned that in view of the uncertain
political situation, preparation is quietly
being made by Roumania to meet any
sudden emergency, and thai Hi,dhsAtfigseEaGBaa' EaGBaa
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

THE New York American Merino Sheep
Breeders Association, at their annual
meeting in Rochester, on the 2)th, passed
resolutions condemuing the message OF
the President, so far as it favored putting
wool on the free list
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

AT the quarterly meeting of the Hi
bernian Society in Philadelphia President
Cleveland, William E. Gladstone, Gov
ernors .Brigg of Delaware, Beaver of
Pennsylvania, FitzhIgh Lee of Virginia,
and Gordon of Georgia were elected hon
orary members.
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

A PERUsAL of the congression direc-
tory recen ty issued shows that only six
of the thirty.eight States have sent to the
Fiftieth Congress Senators and Represent
atives who are all natives of the States
they represent. These States are Maine,
Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina,
South Carolina and West Virginia.
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

THE New York Central Labor Union, on
the 18th, refused to adopt resolution de-
manding that Congress should remove the
duty from Canadian and other British
coal, to protect the American people
from the grasping greed of the coal
barOnS,
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

JOHN HOOPER, member of Parliament
was sentenced at Dublin, on the l9sh, to
two months Imprisonment for publishing
reports in his paper, the Cork Herald, of
meetings of the suppressed branches of
the National League.
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

Mr.. HOPKINS, of Illinois, will introduce
general bankruptcy bill in the House of
Representatives just after the holidays.
1t is the bill approved by the American
Bar Association. 1t provides that any
man in debt $500 or more may take ad-
vantage of the law. 1t gives such cases
precedence in the courts over all except
criminal cases, and provides against un-
necessary delays.
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

THE police of Queenstown, Ireland,
have warned the newsmen that they will
be arrested if they sell copies of the
Dublin Freeman'S Journal which contain
reports of meetings of the suppressed
branches of the National League.
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

FoREFATHERs' DAY was celebrated at
Boston, on the goth, with a banquet in
Music Hall in the evening. Addresses
were made by Governor AmeS, Lieuten.
ant-Governor Brackett, "Mark Twain,
Chauncey M. Depew aud Others
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

BERNARD c. CAULFIELD, ex.member
of Congress from the Chicago district,
died at Deadwood, Oak, on the morning
of the 10Th, from general debility, aged
fifty-eight. He has been prominently
identified at Washington recently with
the effort to have the Sioux reservation
opened, and two years ago was promi-
nently mentioned as candidate for
Governor of Dakota.
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

THE British Government has decided
TO Danish King Jaja of Oporbo, West
Africa to st. Helena. The King recently
caused 15) of his subjects to be beheaded,
as warning to others not to permit
traders to go into the interior.
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

MAJOR w. w. VAN ANTWERP, post
master at Jackson, Mich, has been at the
point of death for several days and his
recovery is regarded impossible by the
doctors. A citizen of that place is said to
have sent in an application for the posi-
tion on the 10th, but the Michigan Con-
gressmen are so incensed at this want of
feeling and greed for office that they are
determined that this impatient fellow
shall not receive the appointment when
there is ya9 ncy
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

lEPRE Lilo TIVE O'DoNNELL, of Michi-
: v'eAoeii0n' lly introduced the bill 10
a various SCaGhildren of Lieu
. perform theirs killed IL savine with
satisfactorily; but . the the
eN ;%Sc,ggested that the, 1t
~ ing an extended 8
use we might not |
,oa2 We thil
Sharp County record., 1888-01-12

Tho following ia correct list OF tne
members of Congress on It's recent assem-
bling in Washington:
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-01-07
POOR PAINTINGS.
A War ming for Mothers Who Allow Their
Children to Have Button Hooks.

A War ming for Mothers Who Allow Their
Children to Have Button Hooks.
had an experience with button
hook which I wish to relate for the
warning of any mothers who are not
already su fficiently afraid of them: II
was good Efortune once that saved
my baby of twenty Lone months from a
terrible accident. The cause was a
button-hook--a pretty, fancy-handled
button-hook. 1t belongs to the FIVE
year-old sister of the little one, and
has always been ill demand as play
thing On this particular morning,
the fve-year-old having buttoned her
shoes. the not quite two-year-old ask.
ed for the hook. l handed it to her,
and turned to some toilet duty.
Presently my baby screamed loudly.
Turning, I was Mortified to see the
button-hook fast in the little throat.
caught up my baby, took away the
hands that clu tched at the hook,
and attempted to remove it
myself 1t was fast under
the palate. which was pulled forward
in frightful way when | drew the
hook. do not know how l did it, but
in some way I safely pressed down
and back and released the hook. The
lacerated throat bled somewhat. and
the baby complained ola hut" there
through the day occasionally. But
that was all. 4 do not write for what
happened, but for what might have
happened. Had I been out of the
room, how might the throat have been
torn by the efforts OF the agoniAed
child! Or had the hook cauA faEther,
the child might have gone into efasms
before it could be exsricated. Also,
had the palate been injured, her speech
might have been forever imperfect. |
suppose she must have put the hook
far enough into her'throat so gag
herself, and this threw the palate for
ward and eaukht the hook--Sodys
Remorsstasz Mother, IN Ba6yhood.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-01-07
--3-G-Es1----.----s...
THE IVORY TRADE.
How Tt Is Conducted by the Mercha nts
of Zanzibar and Their Agents.

How Tt Is Conducted by the IercIla nts
of Zanzibar and Their Agents.
For many years Zanzibar was the
great ivory mart of the world. For
nerly that commodity was all brought
there, whether it came from the coast
or the interior, but with the increased
consumption and value of ivory ele-
plants are fast being exterminated
and now have to be sought far in the
interior to the west of Tanganyika
and northwest of Victoria Nyanza.
The chief trading center in the in
terror is Tabara, in Myamwesi, where
various caravan routes meet, and the
method pursued at present is for In
dian traders to equip a caravan In
Zanzi bar and place it in charge of an
experienced and trustworthy Arab,
who takes it from Bagamoyo, OPP
posite Zanzibar, to Tabara- II
he can find enough ivory
there he makes an exchange for it
with the goods which he has brought
for the purpose. and starts on the re-
ouih Jul hCJ Ous' % 9 luAes tA0 Gal a
van has to 60 farther, and the con-
ductor must judge where he can go
with most chance of speedy success
Large quantities of ivory are usually
in the hands of native chief. with
whom is is kind CT treasure and
sometimes the Arab conductors, who
are usually accompanied by we'll
armed escorts. are said to make war
on chief. seize his ivory and sell
his people into slavery. If the trader
can not secure quantity suf-
ficient to make a return journey
at once he must buy in small quanti-
ties from time to time as occasion
arises, and sometimes is forced to
wait in the interior for years before he
can part with all his merchandise and
obtain his loads Of ivory The greater
part of the ivory arrives in Zanzibar
in July and August, and is then
either sent by the Indian merchants
direct to Bombay OF London, or is
sold to German or American merchants
on the spot.
There are no statistics OF the an
nual export of ivory Irom Zanzibar,
but for the last ten years the quantity
has been very nearly the same. The
price, however, has trebled since 18A0
=. yosrogers' WpeLl,s
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-01-07
MISTAKEN IDEAS.
Republican Campaign Lies Which Car
But Little Weight Nowadays.

Republican Campaign Lies Which Garry
But Little Weight Nowadays.
The question OF the issue between
the races in American politics is one
which the good sense of the negro will
be most important factor in settling.
When he shall learn to act independ-
emily for himself in political matters;
when he shall cease to be worse
slave in politics than he was in person
in ante belEum days. then will he at
tain to, and be able 10 exercise the
power in the government of the Affairs
Of this country which is legitimately his.
That this condition of affairs is rap
idly being brought about in the South
is manifest. With the fear removed
forever that Democratic supremacy
meant the re-establishment of slavery,
the colored man is row in condition to
look about him. aud. as every other
discriminating citizen must do, de-.
tesnaine ip what direction his interests
lie and vote that way
OF course IL is natural for partisan
Republican papers to try to keep alive
the feeling shat the negroes Of the
Souti, vote always under system Of
Democratic coercion, but the country
has advanced in understanding too
far, for this idea longer to have ere,
denoa. u is being exploded along
nzith the equally erroneous idea thai
JEFF. Davis, who has lately grown 80
garrulous. is the spokesman for SO
South. Harrisburg lPa. Pahiot
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-01-07
PRESS OPINIONS.

The Presidents message is able
and statesmanlike; luminous in style;
perspicuous in statement; clear in its
reasoning, and irrefutable in its con-
illusions. - Chicago Tribune (Rod5cal
Rep.).
President Cleveland, in filing
the vacancy on the Supreme Bench,
could hardly have found typical and
representative Southern Democrat less
Objectionable to the North than Mr..
Lamar. - Philadelphia Press (Radical
Rep.).
The talk about Senator-elect
Turpie's seat being contested is mere
nonsense. No one else claims to have
been elected. His title is as clear as
that Of Senator-elect Sherman, and
there is not a speck of cloud on either.
= WashinQtom Post.
According to the New York
Herald. Mr.. B,,aine will receive the
Committee of Notification somewhere
in the Yosemite Valley. In that event
Mr.. Blaine should remain on the Pa
cific coast and receive the returns of
the election somewhere in the petritied
forest. Kansas City Times.
The vote of Ohio will not be in
teresting until the good sense of her
voters has better opportunities Of ex-
pressing itself than the politicians have
permitted of late; yet, in the mean
time, there is encouragement in learn
ing that Foraker, as candidate for
Governor at the late election, came out
with 5, 40 majority less than the low
est OF his Republican associates on the
ticket, and 7 1000 less than the highest.
It doesn't pay to be a fool even in these
degenerate days in Ohio. Boston
Herald.
Hon. James G. Blaine is reported
as saying, not very long ago, that he
considered the "Senatorship OF good,
sound State equal. if not superior, to
the Presidency as a position worth
seeking. 1t is comforting to know
that. Mr.. Blaine has reached such
cheerful frame Of mind. A man is al
ways to be congratulated who can easily
adapt himself to circumstances Mr..
Blaine might adopt as his coat-of-arms
a white plume, famboyant, inscribed
underneath with that good old Ameri-
can motto: IF / can't git puddin', I'll
take pie. = Louisville Courier Journal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-01-07
CABINET CHANGES.
Compliment to the Democratic Masssl
of the Great Northwest.

A Compliment to the Democratic Massa
of the Great Northwest.
7 President Cleveland has sent to the
Senate the nomination Of Lucius @. c.
Lamar, OF Mississippi, to be Justice Of
the Supreme Court Of the United
States; w. F. Villas, of Wisconsin. to
be Secretary of the Interior, and Don
M. Dickinson, of Michigan, to be Post
master General.
The appointments, taken together,
again enforce the thought that the
Democratic party is the only National
party, the only party strong in the
confidence of the people of all parts of
the Union, and everywhere growing
daily stronger. When Mr. Lamar was
appointed to the position of Secretary
of the Interior, from which he has
just been promoted, those warmest in
praise of his abilities were Senators
Edmunds, Sherman and Hoar, his po-
litical opponents, who had served with
him in the Senate, and had learned to
respect his powerful intellect and
strong grasp of the subjects to which
he turned his mind. Against SUCH
character as his, and against such
abilities, the mean, snarling words of
anonymous scribblers avail little. The
breastworks "behind which James G.
Blaine always rose, musk6t in hand"
Ito quote Senator Edmunds-will
doubtless open fire on him, but men
of intelligence, in every party, will ap-
plaud the appointment of an incor-
ruptible, able man to this highest
place within the Presidents gift.
Postmaster-General Villas, who is
transferred to more congenial de-
partment, and Don M. Dickinson,
chosen to succeed him, are types of the
vigorous manhood that has developed
the Northwest and is drawing to it the
younger life of older States and many
Of our self-sustalning immigrants.
The Northwest is already growing
weary of paying largess to Pennsyl-
vania, and the recognition of these two
typical Northwestern Democrats will
hasten the day when that part of the
country will furnish its quota to the
augmenting National Democratic
electoral column. Albany argus.