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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-05-20
CITY LAW MAKERS.
A Long Session Held Last Night-Tbe
Financial Question Discussed
About the trade for street
Improvements.

The city council met in regular
session last night and transacted
considerable business.
The matter of electric lights for
the city was the most important
subject before the council at this
meeting. Sometime ago committee
was appointed to make contract
with the electric light company for
lights for the next three years, the
old contract haYing expired the first
OF the year. This committee report
ed TO the council that they had Sc
cured contract with that company
Tor the city to be lighted at the rate
OF $40 month for each light. The
council confirmed the report on
condition that the contract should
begin with the first of Jan. 1891.
Mr.. Holman objects to that part of
the contract and claims $l2 a month
up to the time the committee called
on him. The council, however were
firm in their decision and passed a
vote last night that if the contract
could not be complied with as under
stood by them that all lights would
be shut off June 1st, 1891.
The financial question received
some discussion. The report of the
committee on ways and means was
adopted. This committee reported
they had examined the assessment
roll and recommended that tax of
ten mills be levied on all property as
shown by said tax roll, for defraying
city expenses. The committee re
ported the financial condition as fol-
lows.
! Delinquent tax -------- $500
| sewer assessment 94S.0 .0S
Cash compound --------- 5,356.5S
Food resources s-----------$ 6,94O &C
Net liabilities ----------- u, ,537.34
The amount of assessable property
as shown by tax roll is 81, 744, 900.
rhe ten mill tax will give S17, 440 in
come. The expense of the city for
the year was estimated at $4,000.
The city treasurer submitted the
following statement: Amount of
warrants endorsed to Jan. 1st, 1891,
$17, 118; amount of warrants endorsed
since that date, $1l, ,974; total $29, ,092
amount of warrants called May II,
$4, 161. 81; warrants drawing interest
S24, ,93O.13.
The committee on accounts and
current expenses reported favorably
on the following bills and warrants
Wara Or6praI 6ra WI for the same.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-05-20

brosssn ssALE;.-rwo -. good mares, well
Inopi,. os ~ Al work. Both with fOal,
= N, Payne, State street.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-05-20

rAssIsTANT PHYsICIAN.-Dr.
HS riAhS l.. Griffith is assisting DR..
""llamson at the asylum. The
"'ulcal aid has been short since the
ae'ghalion Of Or. Irwin. Owing to
,1e sickness of State Secretary Nc
D''ue The board has not made any
appointments. DIR. Griffith is a
lpe'ent young physician. Du-
lug ''e past year he has been assis'
Au' physician in the Vanderbilt
PlIal IN Nashville, Tenn.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-05-20

WANTED ADMITTANCE, Yesterday
unknown man made his appear
aDcs at the Oregon State Asylum
aud asked to be taken in out of the
cold world. He said he was crazy
and wanted to live at the asylum.
when informed that he could not
Oe admitted on his own recOmmen-
ua'lon he seemed much grieved.
IL was not learned from where the
Ian came or how crazy he was.
ne must have been a little dement,
VI 70 make such an application.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-05-20
BARGAINS FOR MEN

Mems oyeralls cut 20 fit. Mems
working pants, well made, for 81 %
Jeans pants-We will not meG-
ton tit IA too low. g"od wo"ien
working mems dTefs pants for Sun
day wear, ..------------.- 80 70 ~ u
Nice dressy, striped----
cottoDades pantaloons 25 10 IS
These are but few tegia Of our
clothing stock, the great low price
house II salem. We have "A general
sto0k Of clothing, running up to the
finest grades. We aim % GARY the
most complete stock Of general mer-
cbandlse kept Ia Salem, and our
prices all around are lower than the
lowest.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-05-20
LOCAL MARKET.

Wheat, net 80 cents per bu.
,Ioos active; % to % cents per ID.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
GOVERNORS PRIVATE SECRETARY
NIr. James p. Bean Resigns-His Success
sor Appointed.
THE State, 2nd.7

Just about one week ago Mr.. James
P. Bean, who has been the private Sec
retary to the governor ever since he
went into office, rendered his resigna-
ton to Governor Tillman, but nothing
was said oft pending the selection of a
successor. The resignation is to take
effect on the 18th instant.
Yesterday Governor Tillman ap-
pointed Mr.. w. H. Tompkins, whose
postoffice is Ninety-Six, but who lives
in Edgefeld County, to fill the vacancy.
Mr.. Tompkins is man about forty
years OF age, and has family. He has
relatives in Columbia.
Mr.. Bean says that his reasons for re-
signing were that his business at home
had changed considerably since be
came into office, and now required his
undivided attention. He says his re-
lations with the Governor have been
extremely pleasant and he leaves with
the best Of feelings.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
NINE MILLIONS IN BoUNTIEs.
What the Louisiana Sugar Planters May
Cost the Nation.

New ORLEANS, June 29.-The new
bounty law passed by the last Congress
equires that all applications for the
bounty must be filed with the internal
revenue department before July l.
They have been pouring IN since the
beginning of June at the rate of from
twenty to fifty day, and it is supposed
that all of them have been filed.
There are eight hundred and forty
sugar plantations in Louisiana, but
only about six hundred have applied
for the bounty, and it is probable that
a number of these will make no appli-
cation for the funds, as the sugar they
turn out will not come within the pro-
visions of the law requiring that it
should contain so per cent of saccharine
matter, and it would cost them too
much to make the improvements
needed to turn out better grade of
sugar upon which the bounty is paid.
The applications show that the plant
ers expected big crop.
! they are for $50, 100000 pounds of su-
gar an1 will call for 50, 100000 from the
Federal treasury if the crop turns out
near what is expected. The
chances are that it will.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
NORRIS IN TROUBLE.
The Colored Third Party Leader Indicted
for Obtaining Bricks under False
PretenceS.

Especial to the Ne rs and Courier.1
UNION, July John D. Norris,
President of the colored Farmers AL
lance of this county, school teacher,
has been indicted for obtaining bricks
under false pretences to the amount of
five dollars. Norris was convicted in
the United States Court several years
ago for blackmailing another negro on
postal card, charging him with en-
bezzlement.
It will be remembered that Norris
was one Of the signers for the Third
Party movement. He also attended
the Convention at Ocala, Fla, last year.
If the other signers are of the same
character as Norris, there need be no
fear Of the third party, as they will
find no followers. Norris is tricky
negro having been caught several times.
He now has an application on file at
Washington for the postmastership of
this place.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
a NEW head FOR TIE ASYLUM.
Dr. Babcock, OF Chester, Made Superinten-
dent-The Office Seeks the Man.
Special to News and Courier

Especial to News and Courier.l
COLUMBIA, July 1.-The vacancy il
the superintendency of the Asylum
was filled to-day by the appointment
to that position of DR.. James w. Bah
cock, of Chester. The appointee will
assume charge of the Office on the Isl
DAY of August. The position, it j.
understood, was offered to DR.. n. S
Hardin, of Anderson, from whom
Governor Tillinan received letter O
declination with appreciative acknowl
edgement of the tender of the honor
DR.. Hardin modestly in his letter states
that he felt conscious of his inability te
fill the place, and gives the further rea'
son for declining that he did not care
to have his family near the Asylum.
1t will, of course, be interesting tc
know something about Superintendent
Babcock, He is a South Carolinian,
and is about IS years of age. He began
the study of medicine in 1774. He
studied for four years at Exeter Acad.
emy, from which be entered Harvard
College and was there graduated in
1882. He took a medical course at
Harvard and studied practically at the
Tewkesbury Aims House during the
vacation of 1883 and 1884.
In 1885 he took a position at the Nc
Lean Asylum, which he filled until the
present time. In 1888 he went to Eu-
rope and made a critical examination
of the methods of practice and treat
ment of some of the more prominent
institutions in the old country. He
is also familiar with the working of
the larger asylums of the country, hav-
ing visited them from time to time.
DR.. Babcock's highest testimonials
are from Dr. Cowles, the director of the
Mclean Asylum at Somervi!le, Mass,
where Lr. Babcock holds the poeition
of assistant superintendent. DR.. Bah
cock did not apply for the place to
which be has been appointed, and from
all the ''external exidencen it is a case
of the place seeking the man, and es-
pecially as Governor Tillman had
offered the place to another physician.
The testimonials on behalf of DR..
Babcock are furnished by friends de-
string his appointment. 1t is worthy
of mention that at Harvard DR.. Bah
cock was awarded the Story scholar
ship, which is given to men Of the
highest moral character and intellect
ual attainments.
It is learned that DR.. Babcock will
spend a month or so making investiga-
tiens as to the executive details aad.
management at the asylums in North
Carolina, Alabama and Pennsylvania.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
LIE. the World Know You are in It.

It seems almost a crime for a man
to "hide his light under bushel." If
he has something new, that will ben
eft the human race, he should make it
known. Old-fogy physicians tread the
beaten path of their grandfathers, de-
nounce advertised remedies, and never
learn anything new. Medical science
knows no parallel to DR.. Pierce's Fav-
orite Prescription, compounded by a
physician of skill and long experience,
especially for the maladies which
afflict women. It effects permanent
cure of those agonizing disorders which
attack her fraii organism, and is an an
chor of hope alike to delicate girls and
suffering women; contains no dele
terious drugs. A guarantee on the
bottle-wraper, refundiug the price in
case of failure. Of druggists, SLIGO.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
He Manufactures Rain.

SPRINGFIELD, o., June 29.-Frank
Melbourne, the Australian inventor of
the alleged rain machine, with which
he asserts that be has caused frequent
heavy rain-storms in Canton, Ohio, in
the past month, has arranged for a
public test on next Tuesday. He says
he will cause rain to fall over 10000
square miles. The Government au-
thorities have invited the inventor to
Kansas to experiment.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
Mr.. Clews' Costly Bathroom.
lErom the Upholsterer.

Henry Clews devotes a great deal of
time and money to beautifying his
house. He is particularly well pleased
with any one who expresses desire to
go through it, and one of the first rooms
he will take visitor into is his bath
room. He is said to have expended
$4,000 on this room. The walls, floor,
bath, in fact, every part of the room is
of onyx.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09


placed the saddles. At this moment
kezia retrlrned-her father having
called her to hold the brides, while he
and Polly and Nancy tied the reviving
men to their horses, by means Of the
ropes which he had taken from the bed
steads. After they had securely tied on
the first trooper, Jacob cried out: "Now,
run for bunch of peppers ~ 1t was
speedily brought to him, and he pressed
it down securely under the saddle upon
the ulcer. Away went Mazeppa No. l.,
the bay mare kicking and snorting
from the smarting Of the pepper.
At this juncture two strong neighbors
came, who were cognizant Of Jacobs
terrible gift, and had judged, from GER
tain sounds and sights, that he was
now in the act of putting it in force
upon some person or persons. Their
presence was quite opportune; because
the mother and daughters were again,
in the womanly spirit of pity, inclin-
ing to mercy. Jacob led them away so
that he could not see their tears, while
he and his two friends could dispose of
the two remaining villains. This was
speedily accomplished. Mazeppa No.
, went off after No: l bowling the
howIs of the eternally damned, as the
poor sorrel horse leaped and kicked
through the forest surrounding the
locality o. the present Hopes Station,-
little below the direction of the first,
but certainly towards the river. Ma
zeppa No. shrieked toward the shrieks
of the guilty, as the gray horse charged
ventre q teyre through the briar-bram-
bles of the muddy water-course, now
known as Cannon's creek,-a direction
that carried him to the river bank,
mile below Shirer's, now Hughey's
Ferry.
1T is true" remarked Jacob pathet-
ically, "de red peppers purns de poor
critters like fire, but dat puruin' will
heal deir sores after a while. Shust
now it will make dem jump into de
river; and wen dey gifts out on de odder
pank, dey will pc rid of de peppers and
de outda' us shboundrels, at de same
time"
Here Polly came forward and begged
her neighbors to give her their aid in
impressing upon Yokkely the lesson
she had learned that morning from her
Bible, namely, "For the wrath of man
worketh not the righteousness Of God"
Jacob turred upon his wife and ex-
claimed stoically: woman, keep your
mout shetr'
Neither the horses nor the men were
ever heard of; and Jacob-never,. for one
year afterwards, would eat any fish
that were caught in Broad RiyeE:within
SIX miles belo;F Hughey'5 Ferry.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09

The inestimable value of Ayers Sar-
saparilla as a blood-purifer should be
known to every wife and mother. IT
corrects irregularities, gives tone and
strength to the vital organs, and
cleanses the system of all impurities.
The best family medicine.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
The Rich Mans Son.
The rich mans son inherits lands,
And piles of brick and stones and

gold,
And he inherits soft white hands,
And tender flesh that fears the cold.
Like soft hands, and tender flesh,
many diseases are inherited ; especially
tendencies to Asthma, Consumption,
Bronchitis, and Stomach and Liver
troubles but there is remedy, known
as the "Golden Medical Discovery"
which overcomes these diseases, and
cut off ali tendencies toward a fatal re-
suit. DR.. Pierce of Buffalo, has put
this remedy within the reach of all, so
that even the poor as we'll as the rich,
can obtainit. It is worth more to you
than "piles of brick and stone and
gold.n Ask your druggist for it. It's
guaranteed to benefit or cure iu every
case, or money paid for it will be re-
funded.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09

With this Number I close for the
present. If the proposition to publish
a volume meets with encouragement,
I shall revise these sketches entirely,
and make large additions to them of
material purposely withheld, and much
that has recently come to my knowl-
edge. The stories kept in reserve were
quite pleasing to the public at the time
of their first publication from twenty
to forty years ago.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09

Cold. cough, coffin is what philoso-
pliers term "a logical sequence" One
is very liable to follow the other; but
by curing the cold with dose OF Ayers
Cherry Pectoral, the cough will be
stopped and the coffin not aeeded-lcst
at present. !,
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
PITCHING INTO MACUNE.
Organ-Ee is Accused of Being in the
Pay of Railroad Monopolist.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, June 27.-Tbe
American will tomorrow print the
following sensational expose Of Editor
Macune, of the National Economist,
national organ of the Farmers Alli-
ance. The information is alleged to
have been given by prcmineat ALI
ance man of national repute, and the
American declares that it is prepared
to substantiate it n Court. The story
is as follows:
"Another Moses, just now engaged
in leading people out of the wilderness,
is c.. w. Macune--Charles Wesley
Macunc-the base tool of Jay Gculd's
legislative attorney. When the Ocala
Convention of the Farmers Alliance
met, grave charges were made against
Macune in connection with the Ger
gia Senatorial contest, in which be
figured as special champion OF Pat CAL
houn, head of the West Point Termi-
nal Railroad lobby. a committee was
appointed to Investigate these charges,
of which J. H. Mcdowell, president Of
the Tennessee Alliance, was 6, men-
Der. That investigation showed from
Macune's own confession, wrung by
severe and torturing cross-examination
from. his unwilling lips, that Macune
had gone from his home in Washing
ton to Georgia to aid Pat Calhoun in
his fight for the United States Senator
ship against Gen. Gordon. 1t showed
that he went there on a-free annual
pass issued to him by Calhoun's road
that he Immediately began tc work
the Alliance members for Calhoun, and
that he received from the latter several
thousand dollars in money, which he
said was loan.
ToFURTHER cALHoUS's ELECTION.
''It was also shown that be and
Sledge bought out the Alliance Far
mer, the organ Of the Georgia Alli-
ance, published in Atlanta, paying
therefor $1,000 in cash; that he used
this organ to further the election of
Calhoun and also to defeat certain rail-
road legislation which Calhoun had
been fighting IN the interest of his
road. DR.. Macune was then SIS now,
editor of the National Economist. He
admitted that he had gone to Wash
ington to take charge of this paper a
penniless man and that he had lost
$4,000 on his paper, yet that ne had
bought an $4,000 dollar homein Wash
ington, and. had bought with Sledge,
a $1,000 paper in Atlanta. He declined
TO explain newhere he got-al,sthe money
to meet these obligations and expenses
wien cross-questionei on that point.
"In the absence Of such explanation
the conclusion is irresistible that he
got it from the railroad company,
whose attorney he was trying to elect
to the United States Senate and whose
cause he espoused against the railroad
bills pending in the Georgia Legisla-
ture. These facts were all wrung from
Macune himself. He did not give
them voluntarily; he concealed them
until the questions were driven home
to him by President Hall, of the Mis-
souri, Alliance. All that was known of
his exploits was obtained from himself
alone.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
THE DUTCH PORK.
BY DIR. o. 3. MAYER, SR.
NO. T,-Conclud,

at thy command,
Again the crrmbled halls shall rise;
LoI as on Evans bank we stand,
The past returns-:he present flies
CADyow CASTLE.
Perhaps the surest way of bringing
the practice of using into proper under
standing, would be to give the reader
the words pronounced in the cure OF a
disease called the schleoT, swelling OF
the law near the ear in children. My
belief is that this disease has almost
disappeared of late years. The child
thus suffering (for it was avery painful
affection) was taken to brook and,
while the water was dipped up in the
hollow of the hand and poured upon
the swelling, these German lines were
recited in a low tone,-
Der Schlear und der Drach
Gingen NIT einander ueber m Bach:
Der Schlear sich verdrank;
Und der Drach ve,swand.
Gott, der Water;
Gott, der Sohn;
And Gott, der heilige Geist;
Amen.
In English
The schlear ana the dragon
Went together over the brook:
The schlear was drowned;
And the dragon disappeared.
God, the Father;
God, the Son;
And God the Holy Ghost;
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
THE TWO REPORTS.

"The committee prepared two re-
ports. One was whitewashing re-
port; another gave the facts as they
have been stated above. Mcdowell
declared that his right hand should
wither before he wonld sign the report
which represented Macune as anything
but a dishonored man. But some Sc
cret power, some hidden influence,
began to work. Mcdowell withdrew
his signature from the damniDg state
ment prepared and attached it to the
other. Others did the same, until Hall,
of Missouri, stood alone, the only man
with the nerve and manhood to defy
the secret power. The whitewash re-
port, thus unanimously signed. care
fully avoided all statement of evil
dence. It was - general declaration Of
not guilty; but such was the weight Of
the committees SHINING that it carried
conviction to the Convention, ard
Halls single protest was drowned in
hurricane of boots and hisses.
''The evidence in the case was never
heard or known by the Convention,
but these whitewashers were destined
to drink deep Of the cup of humilia-
ton and to feel heavily the mighty
hand of Macune crushing their mau-
hood to earth. Macune was chairman
and had absolute control of the execu-
tive board, so powerful to make or mar
the fortunes of members of the Order,
He was editor of the national organ.
and controlled various other organs
throughout the country. He was
mighty IL his power and merciless IN
nis exertions. President Polk himself,
who hated Macune like poison, first
felt the tyrant's power and issued that
famous proclamation pronouncing his
anathema upon all who dared to open
ly assail a member of the Order, which
meant Macune.
A QUESTION FOR CONSIDERATION.
"In pursuance of this policy he has
demanded the resignation from the
legislative committee of Hall, of Mis-
sour, who has kept up his fight on Ma
cune, though giving another reason for
his demand. Hall, by the way, is the
only farmer on this committee. Bur
kit, of Mississippi, and others likewise
bowed to the tyrant and became his
obedient and slavsh defenders. ln the
meanwhile we suggest for deliberate
and earnest consideration OF honest
Alliance men whether they can safely
trust the leadership of a man who
takes the money and espouses the
cause or railroad monopoly and its
hired lobbyist or of men who conspire
to deceive them as to the unworthiness
of the former and to keep him in po-
sition of power and influence in the
Order"