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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-24

The unearned land grant of the
Pacific railroads was Sc million acres
"a state larger than Iowa-this was
the UNEARNED land which the roads
had no claim to. A, bill in congress
to bring back this land to the gov
eminent was defeated! By whom
was it defeated?
BY Senator Allison, of Iowa-who
practically amended it to make it re-
turn only three million acres in the
worthless, barren, stony Cascade
mountain range! Oh Allison, how
the farmers of Iowa do love you
The Alliance there has pronounced
dead against him.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-24

Next week we will publish a power
full article written by Ignatius Donnel--
ly for the Wisconsin Agriculturist. -
When Mr.. Donnelly raises his voice
or yields his pen the laboring man
can listen and read with profit. A
lot of nerveless political echoes who
take their keynote from the corrupt
rings of st. Paul and Minneapolis,
have been trying to down Mr.. Don
nelly for years-how wonderfully he
does down!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-24
The "Warhoss.'

The warhorse is a very dangerous
animal-at times. In conflict he gets
hitched to the artillery SO that the
guns point away from him. 1t is a
good deal this way in politics. An
active sympathizer becomes identified
with movement. He rushes nobly
to the front, kicks from the rear,
usually, and generally makes himself
known. The enemy holds corn to his
nose in the night time, and the war
horse becomes q mule! The Alliance
has these mules! They bray a good
deal, and they prey good deal. But
at the same time they keep the loaves
and fishes in full sight. There is no
reason why an Alliance man should
not run for ofice-and hold office.
But there is no reason why an official.
elected or appointed, should hide
his warhorse principles, or stand in
with public robbers. You take the
quiet, peaceable. soft spoken, palliat-
ing, once-was-alliance man, who was
once fiery, but now creamy, and
who holds a fat office, and he can do
more injury to the Alliance than ten
enemies. The kind of warhorse we
like is the one who kicks the enemy
not who gets his fodder of the
enemy and kicks us lone who is not
ironed out smooth by his commission.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-24

If any one man is to blame for put
ting BOnd-man Washburn in the
Senate it is Crossfield, OF Stevens
Co. Is it true that Crossfeld was
the man who put the stereotyped
Washburn article and picture in
nearly all the country papers last
winter? If SO, he got cheap figure
in Pope County-only $25 in a sheet
then known as the "Times." But
it killed the paper! We understand
that the travelling agent" whoever
he was, was allowed 500 each for
every paper in which it was inserted.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-24

We wish to repeat, and kindly re-
peat, that the N. w. Agriculturist, of
Minneapolis, is NOT published by the
Farmers Alliance Publishing Co., in
solar as such a Company has any
thing to do with the Farmers ALI
ance of this state. They may take
the name with fraudulent intent-or
may not. What ever the intent, it
is a fraud because the Farmers ALI
ance has no Publishing Company un-
less the GREAT WEST be such. The
central MINNEsoTIAN, our former
paper, was the official organ of the
Alliance, and a paper was drawn up
to have us start this journal in st.
Paul. But, practically, there is no
Publishing Company attached to the
Alliance-nor should there be-
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-24

The Wheaton Reporter quotes the
st. Paul Pioneer Press as laying
down coal at st. Paul at $3.50 a ton.
Hard coal is laid on the wharfs at
Duluth for 1915. But in St. Paul it
costs the combine about $3.50 a ton.
1t costs the consumer in the city
1925 ton-and before the late
"warm snap" it cost us $500.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-24

Bills looking to the suppression OF
grain gambling, or dealings in fu-
lures, have been introduced in Con-
gress. We are glad to know it. But
the scamps who make our prices for
us need not be frightened. The bills
will none OF them pass! A bill has
also been introduced to repeal the
Interstate commerce bill. Neither
will that pass!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-24

A few barking ANIMALS are still at
the heels of the GREAT WEST, yelping
and swapping. One of them, the
Appleton Press. says we starved out
publishing a country paper at Glen
wood. Well, as we landed in Glen
wood with 1915, put in an office,
hoisted the Alliance standard, and
to start a State organ, sold out in
~ months for nearly five times that
amount spot cash, and took away
with us $2, 200 and our mortgaged
farm paid for, it did not look much
like starvation! Besides this little
item foursuccessive monopoly, Wash
burn, gang organs were successfully
knocked out, in opposition, in those
two years, and we left a circulation
twice that ever enjoyed by a local
paper there before. It was a queer
case OF starving ont!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-24

Our reporter developed the fact
last week that station was refused
an agent because they were doing a
business of less than 5000 q year.
He examined the matter and found
the station doing a business Of
$4,000.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-24

In Illinois the average price paid
for mining coal is 73c. per ton. We
take this from the Illinois Labor
Bureau statistics as published in the
great coal journal-s'The Black Dia-
mOnd.'
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-24
Next week we give an article on the
grain rates of Todd County.

Next week we shall open a discussion
upon the treatment of the settlers in
Marshall, Polk and Kittson Counties
bv the railroads and the U. S. gov
eminent.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-24

There is q letter on our table which
says that ''lots OF papers haven't
found which way to Jump yet!''
Well, why? What do they want to.
find?
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-24

A member of the st. Paul clearing
house turned up $500 check one
day which had political smell to it
1t first schmelt of Washburn and
thenit schmelt in the committe room
and toward evening it evanished like
a dream into the misty pool of pc.
litical things-to-b e-forgotten-soon as.
possible! Oh, what a story some
men could tell if they cared to.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-24

The dressed beef question (inspec-
ton law) was argued before the @.
S. Supreme Court this week. No
news therefrom at present writing.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-24

In our editorial this week on the
amount of money in circulation now,
per capita, we tied down to figures
given in the Treasury report. With
amounts in vaults where they can
not be used in exchange we really
have to-day but one billion of cur
rency-whereas in 1866 we had
two billions ($1, 1886, 900 ,OOO). Then
the population was about 80 million,
and the South FRUSTRATED. Today we
are IS million and the south full Of
business.
1t is sickening to hear the goldbugs
talk about the single standard. Why,
bless their sOulk-in 1867 gold became
so valueless that four great nations
DEMONETlzED GoLD:-Austria, Ger
many, Belgium and Holland! And
it was thought that "gold must
go!" Now, the same hungry Shylocks
are crying to down silver. And vet
while 1877 millions Of people have laid
still keep 1t las standard. Silver is
OAAC olu11uOA u vi CkxC WOIlu To-
day, and it always will be. Let a
bushel of wheat count for one dollar
and silver will hold it's own right un-
der the British lions nose.
We cordially invite the Chief Dep
uty Grain Inspector at St. Paul, who
has in former years been an Alliance
man, to read the extract from the
Kittson County Enterprise, in this
issue. The answer 60 all this will be,
''But the meanness and robbery of
the railways does not belong to the
Grain Commissioner No, SO it don't
but a system Of grain inspection
which makes the wheat gambler safe
at his end and the farmer victim at
the other end is not so perfect that
''if that system don't remedy the
farmers wrongs nothing under
heaven will!'' Then, when this is
digested thoroughly, we have more
deals just wait q little longer, )"
and we'll get under this whole INFER
nal scheme of wholesale robbery and
commercial debanchery and under
some of it's sspillers" tool
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-24

We need a. new substantive word
in the English language to accom-
modate the requirements of the new
work of the GREAT WEST. 1t must
be word which gets clear over the
word "hate." A modification of the
word despicable will do-despication
for instance. We have an intense
despication-how will that do?-for
a newspaper that will call the work
OF this paper "rOt''-and tell us that
the farmer is not in a precarious stu
alton. 1t is sickening under present
circumstances, when even papers like
the New York Times, and plutocrat-
ic organs like the New York Finan-
cier, all admit that the money mar
ket must be lOOsened or che people
will be wrecked, to have some miser-
able little Winona upstart tell the
world that it's all a mistake-every-
body is happy and the farmers get
ting rich! Within thirty miles OF
Winona county is Goodhue. The
Goodhue county papers tell us that
within two years the valuation of
that county has decreased some two
million thirds the to-
tai! The U. S. census says farm pro-
ducts have decreased from $15 an
acre to 1915. The government ac-
countant looks over his books and
says 600 million dollars have been
practically tied up in bags. Call ex-
change on Wall Street goes up to IS
per cent in one days, 0OO,O 900 tossed
out by the government does no good,
and relief only comes when the q. S.
Treasurer secretly backs up one bank
against the field! The best counties
are seeing farms go under the ham,
mer at the rate of one a day for 365
days, and still, this WinOna fool
straddles his mighty pen and says
the fight of the GREAT WEST for the
toiler is ''rOt!" Well, he will get his
gummy eyes opened some day-and
know more as he sees more!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-24
ST. PAUL, MINI, JAN. "a, 1890.

Entered as second class matter at the St. Paul
PoHtOf6ce.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-24

eminent.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-21
GREENWOOD AVENUE.
improvements That are Being made
Along That Thoroughfare.

Greenwood avenue is coming. 1t
is destined to become one Of the incest
thoroughfares about the city in a
short time. These are not saeet
nothings, but are facts Since the
street car line has been put on that
street people seem to have taken on
new life, and when one property
owner makes an Improvement an
other follows suit.
70 btgin with, DIR. Marahle has
Just about finished having his com
modiou5 residence treated to a new
coat of pant, which gives it a de-
cidedly new and elegant appearance.
Almost opposite his residence r. d.
Caldwell will begin, tomorrow
morning, the construction of a nice
cottage dwelling. The house will oc-
cupy the vacant lot south Of Squire
CaldwelPs residence. This building
will be completed as som as possible
and will nicely fill up the gap b.
tween Squire Caldwell and r.. S.
Broaddus' house.
Passing on out the street one is
bound to notice the improvement
made by j. Sterling Neblett As
is well known he has just completed
residence that would do honor to
any Of the main thoroughfares Of the
city. He has moved into his new
dwelling and has about completed
tearing away his old residence in the
rear of the new one, aud the change
mas worke ed wonders in the appear
lnce of this lot
The vacant lot between Mr.. Neb
lett and Mrs. Larkin will be trans
formed into a different looking piece
of ground. A street is going through
It at right angles with Greenwood
nd the South Clarksvlle line II
street cars will ran out this street
A force OF surveyors is engaged to-
day making a survey for this new
line.
Jas. A. Grant has a force employed
to-day moving his fences back
widening the street, and putting
him on line with McCulIoch'-. In
addition 70 this the county has gon.
to work and is metaIing Greenwood
avenue from the intersection of Madi,
son street to the property of the Land
Improvement Company. This work
will be completed in time to insure a
90 d street for winter. Besides the
improvents already noted, it seems
that all the property owners on the
thoroughtare have decided to make
their premises look rs meet as possible
Many Of them are using paint fr, ely
on their premises, and this enhances
the entrinsic value as we'll as i'm.
proves the appearance Of property
Greenwood is coming, and it is com.
ing fast, and to st y.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-21
HE PASSES AWAY.
Leopold Bloch Called From
Earth to Another World.
Services at the Residence This Evening
ny The Masonic Fraternity Inter
ment at Cincinnati.

Leopold Bloch is dead. The
news will send deep feeling
of sorrow to the hearts of the citi-
zens OF GAINESVILLE For several
weeks the deceased had lain upon the
bed o. affliction resignedly awaiting
the summons. The watchers at his
bedside, two DAYS before the end,
saw that death was inevitable. They
watched the flame as it would blaze
up with new energy, and then sink
back until it would flicker on the
threshold of the great beyond.
Aagaiu would the indomita6le will
of the man assert itself and for a
time new hope would warm the
hearts of his loved ones. Again
would the lamp burn low and almost
20 out. Thus he fingered between
life and death until 9:15 O'clock last
night when the spirit lett the casket
and sought the unknown fields Of the
hereafter. He died as he had
lived, in peace with his Maker and
fell0wmen.
That in the death Of Leopold
Bloch the city loses one of its best
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-21
REVIVAL SERVICES.
A Good Congregation at the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.

There was good congregation at
the Cumberland Presbyterian church
last night TO take part in the revival
services now being conducted there.
The Rev. Mr.. Flaniken, who is as.
sisting in the meeting, preached an
eloquent and impressive sermon last
night. He took for his text the ia
miIiar passage OF scripture: "This
is the victory that overcometh the
worId,' etc.
People overcome evil, said the
minister, or evil OvercOmes them as
sure as the world stan Is. Man is beset
by evils on every hand; thorns and
thiatles will bcset him on his path
way through life at every turn. Shall
he conquer thes' evils, is the question.
In order to overcome them he must
have a power within him. Faith IN
God viii overcome every obstacle
lhis faith gives rs justification, and
wi h ii a man can stand against all
rombincd assaults Of the evil world.
Mr.. Flaniken is strong man and
presents his views on the scripture
intelligently and with much force.
Nhe congregation last night was
greatly pleased with his preaching.
rhe choir music was splendid, many
of the voices from other city churches
being RECOGNIZABLE in the choir.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-21
REV. q. A. BARNES.
He Gives Detailed Account of His
Stewardship.


Editors Of the Tobacco Leai-CToniele.
SrRs lin your issue Of Oct. 10, /
notice an announcement of meet
ing at Dover Furnace for the pur-
pose Of forming new association,
and that | am on the program as al
ternate for the Introductory sermon.
/ wish to say that was done with
out my knowledge or consent, that
have been asked twice to take part in
such meeting, and have refused to
have anything to do with the move,
as | think it is useless at present to
form another weak association, the
most, If not all the territory being
missionary ground, and besides, l
have just cast my lot with Cumber-
land association and propose to use
my influence if | have any to the
building up of her waste places, and
while | am writing | wish to give an
account of my stewardship, being
told by friend that it was the wish
of my ministerial friends, if not Of
others They seem to want to know
why ! do not confer with the board.
In answer | would say that the board
is not engaged in building houses of
worship, but in having preaching
done on the field. Some four years
ago | appealed to the board to help
me pay for the house near Clarks.
vile, (Ple SAINT View and was told
that they did not do that kind of
work. Then there was nothing more
for me to do but to appeal to the peo-
pie, and besides | am not in the en-
ploy of the board, and think as ! ana
in The territory where there is
so much destitnton that /
am better prepared to judge
of these things than those no
know nothing about our wants only
by hearsay, and if any one thinks
that | am run wild out in these
woods, would like to corr ct that
mi take Some five years ago when
| stood in need of friends, Bro. Sears
and his noble band of co.workers
took me up and gave me employ
ment, sending me out in the vast
field of dtstitution on the south side
Of the river. My first work was at
Kecsee's chapel; after preaching
there a short time, we purchased the
house from the Episcopalians, and
are holding our ground with a church
eff eighty or ninety members, with
prayer meeting and Sunday school.
The next move was to Kirkwood,
where we built a neat house, that
will compare favorably with the
country churches in the county, and
have a noble band of brethren and
sisters who are interc sted in the
Sunday school work. The next eff
fort was at Reuben Ross, building Il
nice frame building, with a good
church and Sunday school ; and from
there to Center Point, where we
have built a neat, comfortable house.
The church Is small, but it is strong
in the Sunday school cause, having a
little over 100 regular scholars and
now we are trying to build at Rig
gins Post Office, ON Big Yellow Creek.
During this time the GAINESVILLE
church has contributed to my sup
polt and helped on two of the build
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-21
PALMYRA. Tenn.
Nav Thank her stars.

The narrow escape Of Mrs. B. M.
Searles, Of EllIhart, Ind, from per-
mature death is wonderful. She
states that ''for twenty years my
heart troubled me greatly. / became
worse. Had smothering spells, short
breath, fiuttering; could not sleep on
my left side, had much pain in breast,
shoulder and stomach. Ankles
swelled. Had mu h headache and
dizziness. Treatment did me no good,
until [ tried DR.. Miles New Heart
Cure and Restorative Nervine. The
first bottle helped me, and was vir-
tually cured. For sale at Owen &
Moore's drug store. A fine book on
the heart and nerve free. A
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-21
LEOPOLD BLOCH.


LEOPOLD BLOCH.
For the last twenty-five years II
bad been intimately connected with
the business and social life Of the
city, and in that time he had identi
fed himself with the best and most
enterprising citizens.
The deceased was not a native OF
America. He was bora in Hechingpn
U0henzollern, South Prussia, July "a,
1923. His parents were also native
born Germans and lived upon tht
sod that gave them birth. After re-
ceiving a liberal education in the
schools OF his II tive country Leopold
B'Och came to America in 1852 and
located at Dover in Stewart county
He and his brother, Simon Bloch ca
gagged in the dry goods business at
Dover and continued there until 1868
when they came to this city. AT
this time the firm did a small bust
ness, but by energy and hard labor
their business increased until it
now ranks among the leading firms in
the Safe.
The public career of Leopold Bloch
is without blemish. He was Il
Democrat in politics and believed in
the teachings of the great eXpOun-
ders of democracy as much as he did
in anything. He served two terms
as a member of the board of alder.
men and during his tenure of Office
he voted fer such measures as in his
Judgment were for the good Of his
constituents. He was also secretary
and treasurer of the board Of educa.
ton, and no man in the city ever
took more pride in the public schools
than he. He made them a special
study and his efforts have done much
in peri citing The public school system
of Clrksville. His annual reports
were documents of accuracy and
neatness, which would at once de
note him pains-iaking, efficient sec
rotary. He was also treasurer Of
The Blue Lodge and the Royal Arch
Chapter f. & a. NJ
AS friend of the poor Mr.. Bloch
will also be missed. He was ever
ready to relieve suffering humanity
when it sought him, regardless OF
creed or color.
In his religious views Mr.. Bloch
was liberal. He believed fully the
teachings Of the scripture, and in his
daily wllks he acted out his religious
beIi-f. As gentleman remarked TO
a LEAF-CHRONICLE reporter this
he believed in living his
religion, let that be what it may.
Tde deceased leaves "A wife, toI
whom he was much devoted, and
who has the sympathy Of n wide
circle OF frien $. They had 40 chill
n son
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-21
---------
They Fell In Love with It

BY mistake carrier left few
copies OF the LEAF-CHRoNIoLE at
the residence of a citizen who was
not subscriber. A reporters atten-
ton was called to the fact this morn
ing, and while he was making note
to discontinue the papsr the citizen
exclaimed "Don't you do that !;
let her come On, my wife and have
fallen in love with it."
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-21

ings, and l suppose whenever they
get tired # their servant they will
notify him Of the fact They EN-
ployed me in the kindness OF their
hearts, have encouraged me in my
work, ard when in their wisdom
they have no further need of my
services, / have confidence enough
in them to think they will LET me
know. In the meantime, brethren
who want to help in a good cause
will send on their contributions.
Respectfully,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-21
Tribute Of Respect.

Nobio GraHd ami BrotArcR:
It's with feelings of profound sor.
row aud sadness that we are called up
ON TO record the death of our late broth
er Charles w. Whcalley, who depart
ed this life October the 18th, 1890 aged
Is years. Brother Whea;iey became
p member OF this lodge by Initiation.
July 10th, 1855, during which time he
has been "A faithful odd Fellow, dis.
charging all duties davulving upon
him, whetheraS "a private in our ranks,
or rs an officer, Illustrating i'm his life
and character the pre- eminent priuci
pies of the order Therefore,
Resolved, That in this sad stroke of
afiliction, we tender ia the relatives OF
the deceased our heartfelt sympathy
aud coincidence, and Ak an assurance of
our profound regard for the memory %
our departed brother, we will attend
his funeral in body and wear the
usual badge of mourning for thirty
DAYS.
Resolved, That the foregoing reso-
buttons be spread on the records of the
lodge, and published in the ToBACcp
LEAF CHRONICLE, also copy he fur
uished the family Of the deceased.
Respectfully submitted,
JuuN NcvNG,
Il. 6 HNrTIER,
l.. i. ASltEw,
Committee.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-21
Bcachcd Domestic, yard wide, 5 cts. pr yald

BIeached Domestic, yard wide, cts. pr yard
CaiicOs ~ cent and upward.
GinghamS cts and npw.ld
Windsor Ptneng II ~ per yard.
Cotton Flannel. IN all ; ad,S, x cts per yard
All wool Flann,l, in all shades, from 20 cts
aud upward.
Bed Ticking $ cts pr yard and upward.
Dress Goods from 10 cts per yard 10 81 80.
Linen Goods with very low prices.
Handkerchiefs 2 for 5 cts, aud up TO zoe each
Bsfge assortment OF Ladies' Underwear.
Ladies Vests from 30 cts TO $3.50
Ladies' Hose from ~ cents to 300
Examine my full line Of Ethiopian black
Hosiery.
--latest style Swiss Embroidery and Laces
with very low prices.
SILK Yelling from 10 cts per ward upward
Is III Gloves from 80 cts to ~ g.
Hoods and Toboggans for ladies aud children,