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The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1889-12-11
DIED..

J. +. Martin died in Richmond, KY,
on Saturday, December 7th, 1889, and
was buried ia the Richmond Cemetery
on Sunday.
Mrs. Mary B. Downey died at Paris
on the 4lh inst. She was the widow of
w. H. Downey, deceased, brother of
Miss MOllie Downey, Of this county.
James B. HORNE died in Richmond,
Ky, on Tuesday night, December 3rd,
1889, at II O'Clock, Of typhoid fever, al
ter an illness Of one week, aged %
years. Buried in Cemetery Oh Thurs
day.
Mrs. Mary Walden Cobb. wife Of
Harvey Cobb, Jr., died at Pontiac,
Ills, November 2sth, 1889. Deceased
was native OF Madison cuunty, and
a sister-in-law of Mrs. billiard Cox.
Her infant survives her.
Mrs. Dora Carson Thomas died i'm
Madison county, KY, on Saturday.
December 7Ih, 1889, Of pneumonia aud
typhoid fever, aged % years. Burial
on Sunday at ,he Edmund Baxter bur
ial ground at BrookstOwn. Deceased
was the wife Of John Thomas, and
granddaughter of Edmund Baxter, de-
ceased.
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NEARLY ALL GONE.

The death Of jefferson Davis
leaves few conspicuous figures OF
the Lost Cause. Beauregard.
Early. Gordon and Longstreet are
all that remain of the foremost
men in the Rebellion. Lee, Jack
son, the two Johnstons, Breckin-
ridge, Stephens, Toombs, Benja-
mine, Yancy, Hill, Hood, Hardie,
Bragg, Marmaduke, Morgan.
Semmes, Stuart, Forrest, Van
Dorm, Price, Polk, MacCulloch,
Pillow, Floyd, Hunter, Magru-
der, Pemberton, Marshall-all are
gone. The cabinet officers, save
Memminger, Reagan and Watts.
have passed away.
And how is it with the other
side Lincoln, Seward, Chase.
Cameron, Stanton, Scott, McCIel-
Ian, Fremont, Grant, Dupont.
Garfield, Greeley, Hancock. Hal
leck, FOOte, Farragut, Shields,
Dahlgreen, Ehrricson, Brown
low, Thomas, Sheridan, Meade,
Beecher, Douglas and others have
gone with them.
But few noted men Of the North
are left. Butler, Rosecrans, Siegal,
Sherman, Buell., Porter, Hooker
and SchOfeld are about all.
But nearly twenty-nine years
have elapsed since Beauregard
sent the first shell screaming into
Fort Sumter, and that length Of
time makes many turns of the
kaleidoscope.
JEFF Davis was a great man in
The brOadest sense of the word,
and a pure man.
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ARELIC OF BUENA VISTA.

In 1917, DR.. J.. c. Jeffries, Of this
county, a gallant ex- soldier Of the Mex
lean war, raised fund by subscription,
for the purpose Of bringing back our
dead from the battlefield Of Buena
Vista That subscription list, stained
and worn by Times defa cling fingers.
hangs in the Exchange Bank, this
city, neatly framed in An old fashioned
frame Ofhslf round moulding in yellow
aud guilt The caption reads thus
"for the purpose Of retaining our
soldiers who fell at Buena Vista in
the defense Of the rights and honor Of
our country, we whose names are
hereuntO subscribed agree TO give the
following amounts"
il bears tie signature ofII2 old clti.
zens, and only y Of them are now llv-
ing The amounts subscribed amount
20 several hundred dollars. 90 the
face Of the document is the following
note:
Il Ien Mt Sterling May Is, ls47.
Went 10 Buena Vista, Mexico. and
brought back Henry Edwards, Ives. I.
Thorough and Abraham Goodpastor
who were killed at Buena Vista, and
11uoeh BruiOn, who died At Csmargo.
Mexico. They were buried at Frank
iosl, Ky. returned on Sept. ?, 1917.
! wrote Tie heading Of these papers.
Joseph Deere. who was Frenchmen
gave $780, Ives. / Thorough whom I
brought back was his nephew. Henry
Daniel gave $50. l. c. JEFFRrEs -
All Sterling Sentinel Democrat.
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TIE MESSAGE.

The Presidents message Is
given at great length in our sup
plement to-day. 1t is admirable
in form and comprehensive in
scope, but Is mostly a paraphrase
of the Chicago platform. Protec
tive tariff Is a prominent feature.
The President believes in heaping
up the tariff 10 shut out foreign
competition. That simply raises
the price in this country. High
tariff means high prices. He pro
poses to reduce the surplus by
raising the tariff so high that for
eign products Will not come to this
country, therefore import duties
viii fall off. The inequalities Of
the tariff he admits, but advises
leveling up rather than cutting
down. He advises the removal Of
taxes on tobacco, and on whisky
used in the arts. The President
thinks the colored man has not
his full rights in the South.
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THREE MEN DROWNED.

On last Monday evening about dark,
Sid Harris, a man named Grinestaff
and another by the name Of Bomgard-
ner, all colored, attempted to cross the
river above the dam, when the current
got the best Of them and carried them
over the dam, the skiff upsetting, aud
they went into the river and were
drowned. Geo. p Cote, who went out
in a skift TO rescue them, came very
near losing his life, and had il not been
for log that went over the dam just
behind him, which he caught on to aud
held till BrOwnlOw Jameson and Kills
MaitOx could get to him with a skiff,
he would perhaps gone down with the
others. The bodies Of the drowned men
haven't been found up to this writing.
This makes seven persons who have
been drowned at this place since the
dam was built in 1856. Persons cross
ing the river above the dam cannot use
too much pTecauiiOu. II is dangerous.
-Beattyville Enterprise.
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GOOD WORDS.

The Democratic caucus compli-
mented ex-Speaker Carlisle by
nominating him for reelection.
and Governor McCreary was com
plimented with the selection as
orator to put the nomination be-
fore the House. In the course of
his remarks, which had the pro-
found attention OF his hearers, he
said: "As a Congressman he has
been courageous, careful and con-
sentative; as a debater, he has
been eloquent, able and logical ;
and he has discharged the duties
of Speaker with a comprehensive
craftsmanship, a fervid patriotism
and an unchanging fairness and
wisdom never before excelled by
any previous Speaker OF the House
of Representatives"
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LIVING LONGER.

Those pessimists who think that
people are getting more and more
wicked in this world as tile years roll
on, and who think as well that the
average age Of man at the present time
is less than it was a hundred or a
thousand years ago, may perhaps be
interested in reading the following /:
In Rome, in the days OF Cesar, the
average length Of life was Is years.
Now it is 40. Fifty years ago in France
the average life lasted IS years. In
1887 this had been increased by Il years
TO 45. In the days Of Queen Elizabeth
in England the average duration Of
life was 20 years. In London at the
present time it is A. years. In Sweden
the average life expectation has in
creased from IS in 1870 to A. in 1855.
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RELIGIOUS.

Rev. J. Pike Powers, a prominent Bap-
fist minister in Clark county, will remove
to Knoxville.
The Darsie-Williamson protracted
meeting continues at the Christian church.
Twenty-Five additions and full houses.
Two more attractive speakers or earnester
christians could scarcely be found in the
State.
DR.. Bartlett called on his congregation
on Sunday morning last for a contribution
Of 500 for State Eyangelistic work, and
when the sums paid in were counted, they
amounted to 81, 200, five hundred more
than was asked for. lie will fill his pulpit
on next Sunday, and no collection will be
taken up, as the church treasury is full for
the Present.-Lexington Gazette.
Rev. J. c. wingate, rectOr of the Epis-
copal church, this place, has signifed his
intention OF removing to Durham, N. c.
His health demands change. Mr.. Win
gate is an unusually able man, learned
and accomplished, and his loss will be
great. He purposes going about the
middle Of January. The Durham church
is to be congratulated on its acquisition.
You would not be so rough on that man
if you knew by what process he had lost
his faith in Christianity. have known
men skeptical from the fact that they
grew up in houses where religion was
overdone. Sunday was the most awful
day in the week. They had religion driven
into them with a trip-hammer They were
surfeited with prayer meetings. They
were stuffed and choked with catechisms.
They were often told that they were the
worst boys the parents ever knew. be-
cause they liked to ride down hill better
than to read Bunyan's Pilgrims Prog
ress." Whenever father and mother talked
Of religion they drew down the corners Of
their mouths and rolled up their eyes. If
any one thing viii send boy or a girl to
ruin sooner than another, that is it. If 1
had had such father and mother / fear
should have been an inideI Rev. Tai
mage.
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be married. in January to Mr. Fer

be married. in January to Mr.. Fer
guson.
Miss Mamie Harding, daughter of
Elder }. w. Harding, Of Winchester,
will be married tomorrow to Mr. WIN.
WalcOtt, that place.
Mr.. D. McCord Phelps, Of this county,
and Miss Bette Gibson, of Fayetle
county, daughter of Mr. Stephen Glib
son, late OF this county, will be married
to-day.
Mr.. w. A. Powell, Of this place, and
Miss Ida b. Deatherage, of College
Hill, will be married tomorrow, Thurs
day. December 18th, at O'Clock, Ed.
J. W. Harding will perform the eere-
mOny. The groom is the senior mem
Der of the new clothing firm of w. a.
Powell & CO., and the bride is daugh-
ter Of Mr.. Achilles Deatherage
Mr.. G. b Simmons, Of Kirkleving-
ton, this county, will marry Miss Marie
Hamilton, from Montgomery county,
near Mt. Sterliog, December 18th. On
the same day Mr.. Winston WOodson,
Of Liberty, Mo-, and a nephew of the
late Moses f. Lard, will wed Miss
Georgia Hamilton. The two young
ladies' are sisters, and are the daughters
of Mr.. George Hamilton, of MOntgom-
cry. The ceremony will take place Mt
Stoniugton, the home Of MIR. Hamil-
ton, as a double wedding The cere-
mnny will be performed by Dr. f. 0.
GueTant, and only the immediate
friends Of the family are invited.-Lex-
ington Gazette.
Mr. J. F. Slusher, of Pinevi!le, and
Miss Bette Boggs, of this county, were
married at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Boggs, near
Richmond, Friday, December 9Th, 80.
Miss Minnie L Elliott, Of Kirksville
Miss Halle BOggs, Mr.. John Fiizpat-
rick, of Pineville, and Hon. NJ. G. Al.
ford, OF Lexington, were the attend
ants. Rev. c. P. Williamson said the
ceremony. A dinner followed, and the
couple left for home. The groom is
President of the Pineville National
Bank, County Clerk, merchant, real
estate dealer and otherwise engaged
having made large am cunt of money
in the new towns of Pineville and
MiddiesbOrough. The bride is rep
resentative member Of the old, extern
sive and prosperous Boggs family.
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WILL CANADA ANNEX OR BE INDIE
PENDENT?

Straws show which way the
wind blows. This from the Nova
Scotia Chronicle is a case in point.
II says: what good is the
Canadian flag 1t is not recog-
nized by any nation on earth. 1t
has no place among the flags OF
the nations Of the world and
would be no more protection to a
man than one Of printed cotton.
Why, then, should our children be
taught to place confidence III a
flag that will give them no pro-
lection when they leave their
homes . If Canada is ambitious
of having a flag worth a baubee
Jet her strike out for herself among
the nations of the world. Until
she has the courage to do so, for
goodness sake, let up on the flag
business"
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AID TEE SCHOOLS.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, !
CENSUS OFFICE,


CENSUS OFFICE,
WAsHTNGToN, d. c., Dec. / 1851
Editor Climaz, Richmond. Ky., Dear
Sir:
This Office desires TO secure the best
results possible regarding the schools
Of the country with few salient in
quiries.
James H. Blodgett, A. NJ, OF Rock
ford, ILL.,, gentleman of long exper-
len &c in educational work and 10 pub
lie affairs, has been appointed a special
agent for the collection Of statistics Of
education for the United States
Public schools are So related to sys-
TENS Of public record that their stalls
ties are Obtainable through established
methods.
incorporated private schools have
place in public records.
Parochial schools generally render
stated reports to some controlling body
? Unincorporated private schools form
considerable element Of usefulness
hitherto unmeasured. 1t Is desirable to
gather reports of the number of teach
els and pupils in such schools, with
out troubling them for the financial
statements that schools supported 10y
public funds owe to the tax payers.
The enumeratOrs of population will
report each person who has attended
school within the year, and whether
at public or at private school aud,
for all persons ten years Of age aud
over, those who eau read and write.
This will be more than has been done
heretofore. Other educational Stats
tics must be reached by different
methods, in which every one interested
may TeEder some aid.
Any lists Of private schools, no mat
ter how brief, or names Of single
schools, no matter how humble, open
in any part of the present school year,
with the address cf the principal teach
er Of each, will he Of assistance to this
office. Very respectfully,
ROBERT P. PORTER,
Superintendent Of Census.
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THE NICARAGUA CANAL ENTERPRISE.

Very considerable progress has been
made, il appears, in the work Of prep
aratiOn for the construction of the
Nicaragua canal since the landing Of
the cOmpany's working force at the
scene Of its labOrs on June last. In
five months q great deal has been
effected, notwithstanding the heavy
tropical rains. Some IS miles Of tele-
graph have been put in operation a
mile Of railroad has been constructed;
the San Juan, Juanillo, Desesda and
SillieO rivers have been cleared Of
snags and opened TO navigation; over
twenty permanent camps have been
constructed; a town, 10 be called
America has been located and well
advanced toward completion the
material for twelve mile acqueduct
has been landed and part Of the aeque-
duct has been built; the first part Of
the canal route las been cleared pile
drivers aud piles for the breakwateTs
have been brought together in readi-
ness for use and, finally, an efficient
supply and transportation service has
been organized. Throughout the win
ter the further preparatory work will
be pushed, so that the giant dredges
now being constructed for the COM
pany in This country aud la Scotland
may be put in operation i'm the early
spring. Chief Engineer Menrcal is on
the ground Inspiring the construction
party with his own enthusiasm, and
at the same time conciliaiing with the
local authorities. There is reason TO
believe, therefore, that, unlike the
Panama canal, the Nicaragua canal is
a genuine enterprise, seriously under
taken. What is more 10 the point is
the fact That il can be completed-
Ralfimora SIM
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abundant and sell at15 to IS cts. apiece.
Baltimore Sun.

abundant and sell al Is 10 25 cts. apiece.
Baltimore Sun.
Commercial Agent Smith, of May
ence, makes a report to the Depart
ment Of State, at Washington concern
ing the European grain crops OF the
present year. which contains informa-
ton Of benefit to the exporters of this
country. In Austro-Hungary the
grain crops have turned out very poor
ly, and are said to be the worst of the
decade. Hardly farm in either Hun
gary or Austria proper have given a
full yield. Wheat, rye aud oats are all
short. In Prussia the harvests did not
reach expectations. Wheat and rye
were only 81 per cent. Of the average,
and barley and oats respectively 50 and
s. per cent. All the Russian crops
have been light, and those districts
which usually make the best showing
have done the poorest this year. There
is likewise failure in Roumania and
nearly all of Southern Europe. France,
England and Switzerland show i'm
proved harvests. Wheat is by far the
most important European grain crop,
aud the average yield is about twelve
hundred million bushels, but Mr..
Smith estimates that there will this
year be a shortage Of at least Is per
cent. or 1S0,0O0,O0O bushels. Under
the most favorable circumstances
Europe does not raise enough
wheat for her own consumption, and
the United States and India supply
the deficit. But this season India's
own crop is short, aud to the United
States alone can the Europeans look
for considerable quantities Of wheat
COurier-JuuTnaI
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LOUISIANA MORTGAGES.

The New Orleans Times-Demoerat
estimates that from S3OOO,OOO 10
5000, 900 Of foreign capital have been
placed on the Louisiana farms in the
form Of mortgage loans, at varying
rates Of interest, within the past year.
The Times-DemOcrat fears disaster from
this excessive borrowing. II says /:
at is very wise man who knows
how to expend borrowed money judi
ciOusly, and ifthe cautious. industrious
farmers Of the West and Northwest
were wrecked by it, can We hope to do
better? We fear not"
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AGAINST THE TARIFF.

In closing his speech in his late
campaign in Iowa, MIR. Allison discuss
ed the tariff question, and said that
"the vote in Iowa will be taken as an
instruction 10 its representative in
Congress" Now let it be taken.
Let it also be taken as an in-
struction to the Iowa Legislature
to drop a Senator who deliberately
and knowingly sacrifices the inter-
ests Of his own agricultural State to
the interests Of some scores OF monop-
olies in other States-tO drop such
Senator and chuose one who will
worthily represent the agricultural
State Of IOwa.-Chicago Times.
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Superintendent Of Census

The importance Of purifying the blood can
not be overestimated, for without pure blood
you cannot enjoy good health
At this season nearly every one needs a
good medicine to purify, vitalize, and enrich
the blood, and we ask you to try Hoods
Poo,,I;or Sarsaparilla. Itstrengthens
ONNIlc1I and builds up the system,
creates an appetite, and tones the digestion,
while it eradicates disease. The peculiar
combination, proportion, and preparation
Of the vegetable remedies used give to
Hoods Sarsaparilla pecul- T. I4zIE
lar curative powers. No Q iISelT
Othermedicinehassu such arecord Of wonderful
cures. II you have made up your mind to
buy Hoods Sarsaparilla do not be induced to
take any other instead. 1t is 4 Peculiar
Medicine, and is worthy your confidence.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is sold by all druggists.
Prepared by c. I. Hood s. Co., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
% 90
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Mr.. Ewing Watterson, son Of
the editor Of the CourierJOurnal,
elOped with and married Miss
Jennie Black, of McMinville,
Tenn. last week.
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Lexington is excited over two
skeletons found while excavating
for the Belt railway. The larger
skeleton had a crushed skull.
Possibly killed in some political
struggle.
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BORN.

To the wife OF DR.. J. P. Reeves, on
Wednesday, December 4th, IA Chill
pounds.
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MATRIMONIAL.

Miss Evelyn Peal, Of Harrodsburg,
who has often visited Richmond, will
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Is worth a column Of rhetoric, said an
American statesman. II is fact, es-
tablished by the testimony Of thou
sands Of people, that Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla does cure scrOfula, salt rheum,
aud other affections arising from i'm
pure state or low condition OF the
blood. 1t also overcOmes that tired
feeling, creates good appetite, aud
gives strength to every part Of the sys-
ten. Try il. II
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Judge David Suggeti. who arrived at
the advanced age Of 50 years on last
Sunday, celebrated the occasion by
having a number Of friends aud rela-
tives to dine with him on that dag.
AIrs. Suggett has also turned her 18th
mile stone, and both are remarkably
well preserved to have arrived at such
mature sges.-MidWsy Clipper.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-21

about 30 different new and fashionable
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-21
THE SPEECH FAXED.

Supf. Pitcairn Says President Roberts
Didn't Talk ms Reported.
In face of the strong desire of the gentle
men connected with the dinner given to the
Pennsylvania Railroad officials at the Pitts
burg Club on last Friday, that no undue
publicity should be given to the affair,
as the entertainment was of q
purely private and informal nature, as
already reported in The DISPATCH,
considerable surprise was expressed
in many quarters yesterday at the publica-
ton in a contemporary of what purported to
be speech delivered by President Roberts
during the dinner. The opinions on some
of the matters with which Mr.. Roberts is
credited with dealing are so much at
variance with the previous utterances and
well known ways of thinking of that gentle
man, that it was more than limited Yester-
day that the report must have emanated
from the imaginative brain and fertile re-
source of its author, who, perhaps, though
not necessarily, had overheard some or
other of the guests in casual allusion to
what President Roberts did say.
That the reported speech deserved to be
classed under the category of flakes" was
amply proved yesterday, when Mr.. Robert
Pitcairn was seen for an expression of his
opinion on its authenticity. This gentleman
said that, while the report contained one or
two things that would be touched upon by
such man on such an occasion, that in the
main, as far as his recollection served him,
Mr.. Roberts had not made any allusions to
pools or syndicates or the extensive COM
ments on railroad development with which
he was credited.
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THERE WILL BE A BIG TURN OUT.
The dwelling of the Armstrong Monument
Will be a Big Affair,

The dwelling of the Armstrong Monument
Will be Big Affair.
The dedication of the Thomas A. Arm
strong monument on Thanksgiving Day
Will mark an epoch in the history of Or
ganized labor in Western Pennsylvania. 1t
is expected that some $4,000 men will take
part in the proceedings The Passenger
Agents Association is considering the
question of issuing excursion rates, and also
of extending their period, so as to accomo-
date delegates coming from q distance.
Many of the iron and steel mills will close
down to allow their men to attend. At
Scottdale the request of the men that the
mill would shut down on the day was
acceded to. The printers demonstration
will be large one and delegations from the
printers unions from Steubenville, Wheel
ing, Youngstown and other points are ex-
pected to be in line. The turnout of the
coal and coke miners will be large one; no
class of men held Thomas Armstrong in
greater esteem. 1t was said that the paint
ers would not take any part in the demon
stration, but this was incorrect. They will
be present in full force.
The monument is nearly completed and
about to be placed in position. The orator
Of the occasion will be Miles Humphreys,
than whom probably no one could so well
fulfill the task of reviewing the life and
works of the great labor organizer.