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THE BUTLER HERALD.
W. X. BEHN8.
Btlltt and Pullnhar.
i $1.00. Pn A«MJK
TTXSDAt MARCH asth 1879
RMlJbmd Freight.,
W« bar* aavar joined in the
general clamor against railroads,
tor we hare sometimes thought
that the; were more often tho op
pressed than the oppressor. Whm
we now purpose saying is not
therefore dictated by prejudice or
ill-will.
Within the past few years how-
erer there hea come a great change
in the management of railroads.
The managers of these corporations
hare inaugurated a system of pool
ing, by means of which all compe
tition has been destroyed and the
people plaoed in a large measure
at their mercy; and what that mer
cy is, and will be, may be learned
from the truthful proverb that
“corporations have no souls."
One of the great advantages de
rived by the people from railroads
has been cheep and speedy trans
portation; but since the inji'gura-
tionof the pooling system freig/ts
have been advancing with such
rapid strides that they have gone so
high they have beobme intolerably
andoutrageonsly oppressive, ex-
cept to the few who have the good
fortune to be in it position in
whieh they can obtain "through
rates/’
Now we do not demand uniform
rates, but wo do think we are en
titled to rates that, ate reasonable
We think we have a right to com
plain, and if emu] luint be ttnheed
ed, that we have a right to invoke
the strong arm of the law for our
protection, whenever the fteigh
demanded is largely in excess of
what would be a just ami fair com
pensatiou for the service rendered
Take fur instance the rates of
tha South-western Railroad. A
buggy waa shipped from Indian
apolis to Geneva at a cost of six
dollars; about the tame time a bog.
gy was shipped from Jlacon to the
same placeat a cost of nine dolllors
Again,a party in tijis town bought
about sixty dollars , worth of fur
niture in Atlanta; t\e freight cn
toe lot was nineteen . dollars. He
could have wagoned It home and
caved money. Until' recently the
freight on a bugg; from Macon to
this place was leas than four dol
Ur.; now, the freight on the same
artiole is twelve Collars. Flour
and many other articles of prime
necessity, have alsi be m large
ly advanced.
Now why thiseno-mous advanci
in freights? The Foad has been
/ 'egutarly declaring i dividend ot
even per cent j the eipenscs of run
ning it have not incensed, and no
good teosmi can be asiigned for the
advance, ex^-pt that the corpora
lion has the power and is deter,
mined to use it.
We had imped that after action
•f the late constitutional conven
tion the- various railroad compa
nies in this State would, of their
two motion take such actions with
reference to this matter as would
give general eatiefaetion; but we
cherish that hope no longer. There
are twtjltnod-s in which the peo
ple mayohta n redress; One is
through the General Assembly of
the State; the other, ia for parties
interested to organize a wagon line
and transport by that all I their
"way freight." Of the two, the
former is thespediest and will per
haps be the plan adopted
We would even at this late hour
urge the roade to make seme ef
fort to meet the wishes of thepBo-
pie; if the legislature is forced to
interfere, measures may be adopt
ed that will be very distasteful aqd
vnacc ptable to the rai T r>ads
The Speaker ottlie House ot R«i •
reseu tat Ires.
It affords u» the greatest pleas
ure to chiouiele the elect iuu ot
Hou*. Satuuel J. Randall to be
8peake of the Hou-o of Represen
tatives in the new Congress.
Mr. Raudali’s character ia above
reproach and lobyists may expect
no favors at his hands. He has
several years experit »ce as presi
ding officer of t' e House and this
will enable him to despatch busi
ness much more rapidly than anew
man could have done. He is cool,
keeping his temper well io hand
under the must exciting debates
that have occured since 1860.
The present Congress will count
the yote for the next President ami
it is fortunate lor u» that the D m
ocrats have a mtu of nerve and ex-
peri^ooeyo preside over iho House,
lor we toay need b >th uervo ami
experience to prevent a second
UHurpdT'ion of the highest« ffice in
the gittof the people. With Rtu-
dttli for Speaker, and the Demo*
crate in control of the Senate, we
(eel that we have good ground fur
hope that the next Pnaideut will
be a Democrat.
' J Dr 1-hltou.
We are informed that this dis
tinguislied surgeou will again
visit our town on the first day of
April next. He will tome prepar
ed to treat all such cases as r«qu
surgical treatment and skill. He
abo treats many cases successfully
by aid of nuchanical contrivances
l)r. Kuton is very emiuent in Ins
profession and is the representative
ot one of the most successful nut*- j
goal institutions in the United
states. His immediate object in
visiting our town is io treat the
rase of our fellow-townsman O. M
Colbert Esq., who lias eugriged
his seivic.es tor that purpose. This
alone should he evidence to the
people of this county that he is
kill(ul and eminent in uis proles
ion. ** *
We trust that all our people
who have car<es requiring Kurgie.il
treatment w.ll bring them lorwaid
on the day named and avail them
8* Ives of Dr. Eatous’s services
Another opportunity like this may
not be aflbrdid them again for
yeai 8.
. Tourist for 187 ft.
The'Kansas Pee tic Railway ap
pear in the fi«*ljiuai ly for the pleas
ure travel 'for ,tl^e cqmtng seasou.
James F. Aglar* the General
Agent of that company, at St.
Louis having to-day laid out on
our table the finest, and we would
call it the most attractive, valua
ble illustrated book ever publish
ed on Colorado. It is a volume
of Sixty Five pagetyff printed mat
ter with nearly qjle hundred illus
trations of the remarkable scenery
of the Rock Mountains.
This beok is published for fre-‘
distribution and will he very val
uable not only torXlolorado Tour
ists, but for thouwds who are
now seeking fortunS in the new
ly discovered Silver districts of the
Rockies
An Affrctlo* Scene.
We culled at Mr. Brown's a few
daya ago on bueiuess, and to oui
astonishment, found him pacing
the floor and weeping as though
his heart would break. We ap
proached him very reverently took
his trembling had in puiaaud held
it in silence for a tew minutes, wlnlt
great tears of lympathy swelled
out in our eyes tor we kuew that
. ome great sorrow had come upon
him.
As soou as we could get our
teeliugs under control sufficiently
to enable us to do we a.-^d.
“What means this great anguish
of epiiit, this deep, this dark ties
pair? Why these tears and where
fore these groans?
He raised his bleared and blood
shot eyes to ours and explained.
“My wife!"
Another fit of weeping choked
tils utterance, but we knew that
•ho was dead. We endeavored to
edmlort him by telling him that
he would meet her ere long in an
other uud belter world; that it was
wrong for us to grieve alter our
f ei d
I. . Pr.par.tlon .1 183k ..3 C«U9«Y» BASK. I. OMkll
X.d«Md ./IS. Mealed Sr***
■wflWlWiS ky turn Dr. Mtartsr NwIMm C*., Na. elk K. Mala
TlM following ia on* of tlM v#rjr nan? UkUmouUU wo nr*. rood via* dotty
; ; . ■ nesRafe
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doM^rlMUM
of many MuKU who kawjli vlrtuoo.
Ubor «u •xM*dln«ly buraonot
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the Tonic. Sin
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j tranquil norvo and vjjror of body, hu cornu ulao » olearnuM of
Tonic hu not dona tbu work, I know not whut. I flvult tbu
Mod crutufully youru,
J. P. Watuon, PMtor Chrlatlan Church, Troy, Ok
■ala by Bra—Into and «am oral Dwltn Bvurywkuru.
B U T L E 11
AND
MALE INSTITUTE.
departed friends when we knew it
The next session of this Institutin'. wilt rqrn Juminiv 13th
, word j
oiistiniti
iipbnid
was for their good and ours that
they were taken uWuy.
“{She's nut d*-ad! # ’ t.e exclaimed,
as he turned his swoleu eyes upoti
»;s with'a look of uuutipivible woe.
“The old fool put CHych(if ; pepper
in mi ey* s been ire 1 v. uuMu’l bqy
her a new bonnet!'*
Then he went off into another
t. n il 1.* spasmod c.il fit of weej iug
and we went h une.-^Ex.
Friendship
What is >t? Do smii
ofeiiter mid kind a ti »n?
it? Are tho-e who mm
hot m et all their del (U wtlii word
of drau-e, who ti nier us ou every
possible oceHsiu.q #iXx lp.be o msiueied
true triends? ..Their intentions
may l/e pleasant to our van ty ami
it, and keep us in the be t ot
hu/im(,w|tjli>iuw''elv. s, and we may
tbiuU their c /uipauy ve»y desira
ble, yet. they will not do to put
faith in, for their amiable behav
is otteu the cloak of self-inteiest.
The persons who will tell us our
faults—kindly of course—who will
try to teach iis to see ourselves us
others H-e us. who will show by
acts rather thun words that he
kind y regards us, is more worthy
of trust than one who agrees with
us in oil I our m?^i men's, right
wrong, and who,j* equailv ready
to coincide with some one else,
even il the subject should happen
to be our short-comiugs. Give
me the tiieud wlm has the same
love for me illway*, -who is ready
to “speak up” for lilts in the midst
of eneiiiies, and repeal; what h«
len iuv virtues us an offset to
the failings they may rehearse,and
who will hold last.to his faith in
my truth and goodness in spite of
defamation.^ Such friends may bo
scurce, but whefi* found tire price
less treasnft-s.
Tho rates of tuition will he ns f-dlows:
Prim ary depar tny,'u t. -*• —
Academic. .—-— —-
Higher *“*—* — 4 —
Incidootal Fee —•—-
M o Imvft mailfl n hbvrn! d«'1lt2tirm ou
in«1 dkclpl’/nb Blriot. All tlib d^Mrtbii
A'Hidvnt will rIyc Mie(;iftl n'lpnjiy
— — $1 50 oar mnnth.
2 50 “
. __ 8.50“ “
.75 |n‘f Raaainn.
o*v pn-’ tnU-x Tn'tnvlinii will b« tlinv.»uph
•i.u will l»• ftUrrt \vlf 1* bnrtip.’icisl tsmlu-H Tin
he eirtrtinj of rjn« peYwiJ.iSi'titiiii. Tl>$ iiHmmy
ckpiirUn/iit* ul
depnrtni'.-ut will 1.e vihilcJ ui<>ruint; uiul uttclacti b; liiih runl Uic
leant once wery dur.
Tho aolionl rooiu will be made rniqfor'iible nml every t'n*'iliry afforded the bfftde
rapid pruQreM. Gm*«1 reeifntwiw Will bo roqu red uud nu atiuKnl will be ali/iwid
over n lesson until he understands it.
We Odrm-Ktiv »sk the coutinur.d support of nnr pnlr'»^s nml promise m tti.iko
effort to deserve their support, Fer six-yews wu havn had the itudiVnted „u t i
this onmmnnity nnd wo uiHition thik iin our besl r. ouimucmlHtloh to flume wis
;ond school for their children.
Board and tuition conbinud cun be hud fnr less ilr u SI2 h(l p- r ifiortli. Libi t
co'iuth will be niude iV»r eaytoetiis in ndvaueo Fol’ furilt/ r b.fi»tlti;itldu nddr/’*s,
JAMES T. WHITE, President.
ver d
Jk
Secretary Sherman says he
would like to see tho greenback is-
me tested in the Snjm tne Court
as proposed by General Butler anil
Mr. Chittenden, but doubts wheth
er it can be done, since the issue
to he presented would be fictitious,
and he thinks the court would re
fuse to adjudicate upon a pretend
ed cause. He refers to a cose pie-
seated some years ago to the Eng
lish courts, and which Lord Manr-
field refused to entertain, upon
the general ground that charts
were created to decide between
real litigants, and could not be
I have the • pleasure of inlorniittg my friend;. ; i:d | i.trons
hut I am now leeching my
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