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WORK OF THE CONVENTION.
It Is Received by the Preee and
People.
Augusta Evening News (Dem.)
The ticket of Cleveland and Hendricks
S, universal delight to all Democrats,
«T«5l no doabt will in November. It
not well be stronger.
^ Baltimore Day (Dem.)
rhicaco Democratic platform of coyotes,' not
Iff. made to be rend, pondered, digest- Ilia, Ben Butler.
ct> 8U *t < .. j ..IU/1 an Tta aniinH. iirff * * **
THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, JULY 18,1884.
ployed by Tammany in just tho same
manner as that notorious orgonizati jn did
with Tilden eight years ago. The result
was tire same m both Instances, and it may
be expected that the parallel will be car
ried out on the day of election. There it
will undoubtedly cease, for even with such
a reckless political freebooter as the Re
publican nominee that party will hardly
venture to repeat the Presidential steal of
1870, All respectable citizens will rejoice
at the ignominious defeat of Kelly and his
the political guer-
urcepted and relied on. Its sounds are
- .^certain; its views are not amblgii-
““I ts purposes are clearly defined. It
murks a new era in which success will
/>»itwd desert.
** jj cw orleani Tlmes-Democrat (Dem.)
The Democratic convention, after four
,B deliberation, has given to the country
fhe strongest ticket it was possible to norn-
£?ie a ticket presenting so many elements
fj vigor that its success cannot be doubt-
tnlon Globe (Democratlc-Butler Organ.)
The Democratic convention at Chicago
the next President of the United
Sri&wbim it bestowed the highest nomi-
nation In its gift upon Grover Cleve.and,
° f flrover Cleveland will be supported by a
and aggressive Democratic party.
He will have the votes of tens of thousand
5independent Republicans. Hewitt have
thesnpport of tbe larger part of the sue.
St newspapers o? the country, both
fectilar and religious.
Boston Herald (Ind. Dem. Antt-Butler.)
n nominating Governor Cleveland for
esident the Democratic party has dis
,ved the wisdom of the opportunity, at
^Republican party, in nominating Mr.
Blaine; manifested the audacity of Us de-
tires There are corrupt and dangerous
elements in both parties. In the Republi
can partv they have at last prevailed. In
the Democratic party they have been beat
en down. The Republican party is led by
its tail, the Democratic party by tbe bead.
Boston Journal (Rep)
11 Mr Blaine's friends had had the se-
'eetionof a candidate who is to oppose
Wm they would have acted in harmony
with the majority of tbe Democratic con
vention. Tnis is not an after convention
statement in the spirit of Mark Taplev,
but an Opinion that lias been freely ex
pressed in tbe Journal and in ail tbe prom
(neat Republican papers.
Sew Haven Morning Newa (tnd.)
toy one whose sense of good citizenship
risfs above his party must contemplate the
nomination of Cleveland with immense
satisfaction.
Charleston Sews and Courier (Dem.)
Grover Cleveland for President! The
name is platform enough for any honest
party—a pledge adequate for tbe require
ments of every honest voter. It means re
form-reform in administration, reform
in taxation. It means justice, justice to
friends and foes alike. It means honesty
-that frank honesty in dealing with the
people which is so rarely found nowadays
mpublic servants. It means a wise aud
democratic impartiality, an unswerving
integrity of purpose and a faithful dis
charge of the public trusts.
». Y. Sun.
the platform escapes the great dangers
that have beset the Democracy, and es
capes them not by any compromise of
doctrine or any juggle of words. Tbe
whole question is placed on the ground of
pracUcal statesmanship and tbe necessities
oI the country. The free trader surrenders
no lota of bis aspirations; the protectionist
has nothing to ci nstrue away or apologize
for. It is judicious, wise and progressive.
Ills what the Sim has contended for
during tbe last two years. We are content
with it!
Courier-Journal (Dem.)
But the ticket in itself it a strikingly
■trongone. It Is probably ai near invin
cible and irresistible as could have been
named. Grover Cleveland was unques-
tlonsby the most available man in the
Eut whom tbe party coaid have nomi
nated, in him is represented that spirit
otadministrative reform which drew the
party to Tilden in 1876, and which to-day
the beet elements of tbe American people,
Irreipectlve of party, seek to apply to the
administration of the national government.
Jacksonville (Fla.) Timca-Vnton (Dem.)
And while we are fortunate In tbe plat
form, we are peculiarly fortunate tn Hie
min pieced on It. Mr. Cleveland li in
himself the embodiment of that declaration
ot principles. Aa we have before said In
these columns, be is a natural-born re
former. He la fresh from tbe people and
knows their wants, and In hla administra
tion we shall hare personified that funda
mental principle which underlies true re
publicanism, a government of tbe people,
by the people, and for the people.
Augusta «3e.) Chronicle end ConttltuiloiaMit
(Dem.)
The convention has spoken. Grower
Cleveland now Governor of tbe Empire
State of the North, baa been nommatrd
lor tbe Presidency In opposition to James
U. Blaine. In Ibc presence of the party
nominee all fa-dtoni should be silent. We
ere all Cleveland man and good, true Dem
ocrats. Ssme prefened one man. some an
other. Tho untied wisdom ot tbe party
has chosen the champion and be Is our
choice. The drift toward him has for somn-
uine been manifest and unmistakable; but
u is just as well that ba should have won
bis high honor by a apeclee of fiery tribil-
Ulion and Inquiry, like that to which gold
Is subjected, and from which It emerge*
tbe'test'd n,ore v * IubW ® ln consequence of
I'tlca Herald (Rep.) .
Tbe expected baa happened. The Dem
ocrats bare blundered once more. They
bare chosen the one candidate for Presi
dent whom every atarewd politician In the
Republican counsels desired to be nomi
nated. They hare rejected the leaders of
the party, tbe men of might and mind,
end have rmhed after a man lifted up by
•cetdent and without training tn national
politics. \
Albany (Ot.) Nevi tnd Advertiser (Dam.)
In the nomination of CltToltnd tbe De
mocracy ha* giren the country an evi
dence of their sincerity to try and blot oat
me corruption *hich baa of late years
®»de American politico a synonym for til
mat U low and degrading, and Instead of
saving our political system made a target
*or all the nations of the earth to sneer at
We c »a now proudly hold up our heads,
bnd declare ourselves freemen once more,
ns stand tirm nnd the victory la ouri.
Detroit Post-Tribune, (Rep.)
The nominees of the Democratic National
convention are now before the people. The
llc .1 }a probably as good as the party
oonld have chosen both In quality and
availability, and it Is therefore fair to as-
•jnie that it presents tho forlorn hope of
the Democracy. They have for onco dis
regarded the worst elements of their party
a ^d sirivtji to win on the
Ia ents of both their nominees.
KiuhvUla Banner (Dem.)
The tariff plank of tbe Democratic plat-
declares in favor of tarill reform
within a revenue basis. The resolution
^res ingeniously worded, after hours of
•eraest effort upon the part of the commit
ted with a view of making an expression
which would admit of suen latitude of con
duction as would enable protection Dem
ocrats and revenue-only Democrats tofive
terprefp?rt’ BU ^ ect llieIr rCTerietl * n ‘
Columbus Enquirer (Dem.)
Orover Cleveland, of New York, is the
n »*n. The nomination of this statesman
and patriot by the national convention ia
well calculated to impart oomfidence and
inspire hope to the Democratic party
throughout the country. The delegations
from the States which nominated Cleveland
were formed of prominent and representa
tive men, embracing many names ill us-
in national history, and an earnest
for harmony, and the selection of a
candidate that would secure it was one of
me chief characteristics of tbe occasion.
J-leveland Is a candidate worthy of the
heartiest support of all patriotic dtlr
New York Evening Telegram (Ind.)
’ Democratic c ormMion has pr»,—
worthy of the confidence placed in
Jto judgment and good **•-*. Or > er
c * eT «If«w, of New York, was chosen on the
jeeood ballot today aa tbe standard
Cleveland will attract the hearty support
of the Independent Republicans to the
Democratic ticket.
* New York 8un.
Well, the convention has nominated Gro
ver Cleveland, and now the question will
be whether he or Blaine is to be elected.
We have had our own opinion, but per
haps there was some mistake about it. We
shall live and learn, we hope.
The question may be somewhat compli
cated by the Tunning of a third candidate,
or it way not. As to thispoiot the decision
will rest with General Butler. He has been
nominated by the Greenbackers and Anti-
Monopolists, but it is not yet known
whether or not he will stand. Should he
stand, will he get votes enough to render
doubtful the election of f ither Blaine or
Heveland? If not, what would be the ef
fect of his presence as a third candidate?
Would he draw away votes from Cleveland
or from Blaine? Would the workingmen
and tire citizens of Irish descent, who are
undoubtedly hostile to Cleveland, prefer to
vote for Butler, or would they go straight
‘Hi AAUVIC1. V* "UltlU h UD11UI V“
over to Blaine? Will tbe canvass go with
a rush one way or the other, or will it be
dull and dubious? All these are problems
that will add to tbe peculiar Interest of tiff,
election.
Nashville American (Dem.)
In a word, there is nothing in the some
what voluminous platform which should
shake the confidence of the business and
industrial elements of the American peo
ple. As to how far that confidence had
been disturbed, if at all, bv the emphasis
given to the traditional tendencies of the
party, by the agitation of tbe last eix
months, is only a matter of conjecture, to
be determined definitely by the popular
verdict in November.' Our own judgment
is that the general demand for a change of
party administration, for a reform of the
public service and condemnation ot the
notorions delinquencies of the party in
power, ami a .rebuke of its stealthy but
landmarks will far outweigh minor con
siderations of political economy, since both
parties have formally avowed the principle
of reduced taxation.
N. Y. Times (Independent and antt-Blatne.)
It is not only in what he clearly repre
sents but in wbat be distinctly opposes
that Grover Cleveland is stroDg before the
American people. His career has made
him the exponent of clean and honest pol
itics. In the administration of public
trusts he has shown that he is superior to
partisan bias, indifferent to such party in
terests os in conflict with official probity
and the publiclwelfare. He has been se.
verely tried in the important and responsi
ble post he now occupies. He has restat
ed the importunities of designing poli
ticians, he has defeated the purposes of
selfish schemers. All those members of
bis own party who are not absorbed in
private aims which are In conflict with the
public good are outspoken in his praise;
and he bs won the good opinion ot all Re
publicans who are not so far gone in par.
tisanship as to have lost the power to com.
mend upright conduct in a political adver
sary. - <
The Timet will heartily support Gov.
Cleveland. In opposing Mr. Blame it finds
itielf already upon impregnable ground
and in excellent company. It has closely
watched the career of the candidate nom
inated at Chicago yesterday, aud it has en
tire confidence in his probity, in his Intel
ligence and in his administrative ability.
He ought to be the next President of the
United States, nnd we believe he will he.
N. Y. World (Dem.)
The Democratic convention has done its
work well. Tho nomination of Grover
Cleveland, demanded by the overwhelm
ing sentiment of the party, will he Imtled
as an omen of success all over the United
Btates—from the lakes to the ocean, from
Maine to California.
The association of the name of Thomas
A. Hendricks with that of New York's
Governor brings into the campaign the
great Repnblicancrlmeof 1876. SamuelJ.
Tilden steps aside. With his approval,
his friends and admirers put Into his place
Grover Cleveland, the heir to his reform
principles as well as to State and national
honors. Cleveland and Hendricks stand
practically as tbe representatives of Tilden
and Hendricks.
Governor Cleveland's nomination meant
a triumph for the better elements of the
party and for better methods ol govern
ment and reform, over maehtnes and dis
appointed office holders. It is precisely
the opposite ot the nomination of Blaine,
which was clearly the triumph of the basest
and most corrupt elements of Republican
ism over its reform elements.
Philadelphia Press (Rep.)
The Democratic convention has thrown
a wet blanket over the Democratic party.
Its nominations call out no answering
cheer, because they deserve none. Grover
Cleveland has no post; Thomas A. Hen
dricks long since became ot the past. The
head of tbe ticket has has no experience
in affairs, and public experience ot the
other shows that lie cannot carry his own
fitate. The people know nothing of one
and they know too much of the other. The
very party which place* Hendricks ln the
direct succession of the Presidency baa
thrice refused to nominate him for the of
fice, and Orover Cleveland la the accident
of an accident, put In the way of an aid
dental majority by an accidental nomina
tion—his whole fitness for the first office
in the land and the most arduous elective
office in existence resting on a year and a
half in a tingle State office.
81. louts Ulcbc-Dcnocrat (Rep )
Cleveland is perhaps the best example
ever seen of one who has greatness thrust
upon him. An accidental sberltl, be be
came an accidental mayor, and bv a quar
rel in tbe Republican family of Nee York
be accidentally became Governor, elected
as has been shown tn these columns, by
the aid of the Republicans. From begin
ning to end. neither marked ability nor
popularity- of hla own has accomplished
aught for him; he is the creature of chance,
from the time he was elected sheriff to the
hour of yesterday'snomlnatlon.'The Dem
ocratic party ia sadly fallen when ita high
est honor Urns goes to one what* chief
merit is the fact that he Is Governor ot
New York, and, in th* biased judgment of
a faction of New York Democracy, is sup
posed to be able to carry that Bute.
"World” Interview with Beecher (Rep.)
“Now," laid the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, as he sat comfortably on the front
stoop ofbis residence, No. 121 Hicks street.
Brooklyn, lsst evening, "lam not going to
worry about this election; I am going to
let the I-ord take care of bis own affaire."
"Wbat do tbinkof the nomination of
Mr. Cleveland?”
“I am entirely satisfied srith it. I am
glad be has been nominated. I should not
have voted fur If endricks and I have never
been satisfied with Mr. Bayard since he
k wtd* a letter going bock on bis own con
victions. Thurman-well, I recognise hla
wondrous ability, bot h* coquetted with
the Greenback party till he runted hla own
prospects. On the whole, there art non*
of the names that have been prominently
mentioned that would have been as satis
factory tu me as Mr. Cleveland. I
am a Republican and I am no-
posed to Mr. Blaine, because 1 think that
bis election would h# tbe moat damaging
tiling for the Republican party that could
occur. For this reason I shall vote for
Grover Cleveland and I shall use whatever
influence 1 am possessed of .to further his
election, and this I shall do. nbt because I
am a Democrat, for I am not, but because
i »m s Republican. After working for
fifteen yeareto bring the Republican party
np to a higher plane on revenue reform,
esvil-aervlce reform and eo oo, I think it
wae an Insult to all good Bepublkan* to
nominate a man like Blaine, who more
than any other mao antagonizes those re
forms. I resolved at the Bret not to vote
lor him. tod l! u l«jod man «u rmt uo
against him I resolved to work for his
" ‘ a man, I urn glad to
great conflict that is upon us. It involves
a sweeping political revolution—not merely
the transfer of power from one political
party to another, but the revolutionary
overthrow of the worst methods and pur
poses of both parties and the triumph of
the best inspirations of every political
faith. It is not simply whether there shall
be a Republican or a Democratc President,
nor is it a struggle to make James G
Blaine or Grover Cleveland the chief mag
istrate of the republic. A revolution .has
dawned upon both parties and it has been
born of supreme necessity. Its seeds have
b<fcu lavishh strewn by the Republican
abuses and Democratic follies of the past
halt generation, and they have been
watered and nourished ana grown to ap
parent harvest time by the distinctly op
posite men and measures declared by the
two Chicago conventions of 1884.
Philadelphia Press Telegram.
Nkw York, July 11.—Geoigo William
Curtis, the leader o! the Independent Re
publican movement, declined to be inter
viewed in regard to the nomination of
Cleveland.
“I will say this, however,” said Mr. Cur
tis, “I regard the nomination as the
wisest one the Democratic party could
have made, and believe that it will be sat
isfactory to the Independent voters.” He
declined to express his views further.
Hon. Carl Schurz said: “I am pleased
with the nomination of Governor Cleveland
and shall give him my support. I think
he is the strongest candidate the Demo
crats could have nominated, and he will
undoubtedly receive large support outside
of his own party among the Independent
voters. 1
N. Y. Herald.
The IUrald puts at the head of its col
umns the Democratic ticket for President
and Vice-President of the United States.
We congratulate the Democratic party
upon the work of its convention at Chicago
and the opportunity it offers to the Amer
ican people, through a union of patriotic
voters by whatever name they call them
selves—Democrats, Independents, labor
reformers, or whatsoever else—to redeem
the country from the disgrace and peril to
which the Repu blican party had plotted
to expose it by the thoroughly bad nomi
nations of Blaine and Logan.
New York Tribune (Rep.)
Wlmt men call good fortune still abides
witli the Republican party. Grover Cleve
land has been nominated for President by
the Democratic party, and nmy perhaps re
ceive the electoral votes of the Southern
States. If the friends of Mr. Blaine do
their duty from this time, he ought to
carry every Northern State, and some of
the Southern States besides. For the
present, there will be great shouting
among Democrats and Dependents, and
boundless contidence of success. So it was
for a month after General Hancock was
nominated. But it will be found that Mr.
Cleveland, like his predecessor in defeat,
has a gift of great speed in running back
ward. Starting at the winning post, in the
belief of his followers, he will be further
from success every day until the votes are
cast.
The Tribune has earnestly desired the
nomination of Governor Cleveland, because
it has believed that ho would be beaten
more surely than any other Democratic
candidate. Mr. Kelly and the New York
Sun have not been mistaken in declaring
that Governor Cleveland could not carry
this State. General Butler was not mista
ken in declaring that Governor Cleveland
would lose the vote of a host of work
ingmen, and could not carry a New
Kngland State. The friends of Thurman
in Ohio, were not blind when they said
that Cleveland could not carry that S’ate;
nor was Gov. Abbett talking at random
when he uttered the same warning as to
New Jersey; nor were the friends of Messis.
Hendricks and McDonald ignorant when
they predicted the defeat of Cleveland in
Indiana. Republicans will not coant upon
assistance from these or any other leading
Democrats. It is nonsense to say that Mr.
Kelly may defeat Cleveland. The Tam
many leader stated the simple truth when
he said that ho would be absolutely power
less to secure the support of the working
men of tliis city for the Governor. Neither
will Republicans rest their hopes upon de
fects in Gov. Cleveland’s private character.
They will leave Mr. Curtis, Mr. Bowen or
Mr. Beecher to discuss that, if either
chooses. Apart from all this, it is enough
that Mr. Cleveland is not qualified to be
President, and that the party which has
nominated him cannot be safely intrusted
with power.
THAT HEROIC CHARGE.
Items In the $7,000 Dental BUI ns Fur-
ntshed by "Life."
From Lite.
Several of oar esteemed cotemporaries
have recently made a prodigious fuss over
bill of $7,000, which woe presented by a
prominent local dentist to a Venezuela
general for four days' work upon the teeth
of the latter’s wife. It Is very evident that
our esteemed cotemporaries have but little
idea of the expense Involved In gold min
ing in Venezuelan back teeth, and as a
simple act of justice we publish the follow
ing items. It will be borne in mind that
the rules are those fixed by tbe College of
Odontological Ethics, and are in vogue
throughout tbe United States and Canada;
inquiring patient's name $ 5 00
trying to recollect same 2 50
appointing hour for visit lo 00
To recording same
keeping appointment with pa
tient
Asking patient what's tbe matter.
Requesting patient to watt a few
minutes, at $2 a minute 70 00
Screwing up a chair, $2.80 a turn. 17 80
Telling patient to open month.... 10 00
Punching tooth with crowbar to
see if it la sensitive, at $8 a
punch
Finding ont it is sensitive
Examining tooth without mirror.
Examining tooth with mirror....
Use of cuspidor
I.aughing gas, at $80 a snicker...
28 00
0 00
20 00
20 00
80 00
. 250 00
„ ... full of cotton, at $50
a bale 150 00
Looking over box of Instruments... 72 00
Selecting instruments 300 00
Rolling up sleeves 80 to
Getting to work on tooth 950 00
Pulling ont wrong molar 500 00
Use of enspidor 50 00
Blasting and dredging 450 00
Six bales extra cotton, at $80 300 00
Ascertaining which Is right molar.. 700 00
Jerking same 1 00
Use of enspidor 90 00
Showing tooth to patient SO 00
Asking her how she feels 150 00
Asking her if she’d like to have
tbe tooth wrapped up in a nice
white paper to take home 150 00
Being told "no” 50 00
Charging items ln book 500 00
Use of cuspidor 50 00
Incidentals 950 00
Intereston account rendered 000 00
Wear and tear on nervous system. 250 00
Tilden Talks.
New York Morning Journal.
'The J/erm'nyJoiimnl printed an inter
view bad with Mr. Tilden at Grejrstone.
Mr. Tilden sat by a closed window,
wrapped In a heavy drab cloak, which
covered his shoulder,. He sat in a reclin
ing altitude, in a big arm chair, and bla
right band could be seen shaking with tbe
palsy, which has troubled him for so long.
A pair of red sllppera and a bln* smoking-
cap gave him an oriental appearance.
"Mr. Tilden, how do you regard the
nomination of Mr. Cleveland?” Inquired
the reporter.
Mr.Tilden did not seem to be enthu
siastic about it, and replied somewhat
coldly:
"It Is a good nomination. Mr. Cleveland
is very popular outside of hts own 8tate,
and 1 think he will beat Blaine.”
"You think he Is not so popular in New
York?”
“ Well, there is a good deal of opposition
likely to come from a faction in New York
city, and I do not think bis actions as
governor have met with general approval
among the workingmen of that city. Still,
I have no doubt be will carry the State?',
"What do you think ot the nomination
of Hendricks?” „ ,
"It ia rather queer that Mr. Hendricks
should be put in the second placeupon tbe
ticket. He will give it great strength, how
ever, especially in Indiana and the \\ est.
Mr. Hendricks Is a man who would sacri
fice hia own ambition for the benefit of his
patty, and, of courts, will do all in his
power to help bis own elsction. I had an
idea that be wae not to popular aa the out
bursts ln bia favor at the convention haa
proved. With hearty work alt around,
lioce the ticket will pal! through.
"Will you take any part tn th*
paten 1”
••Mr. Tilden untied sadly a* he replied:
No: I have withdrawn fr .ra political lift
forever. Still I want to :e* this (treat
country in houc»t baud* before-1 ai$l'
MELANCKOLV MtLON MEN.
Frofit..
$7,000 00
The Railroad Commission Law.
Waycross Reporter.
It is Important in thadiscussion of State
policy, no matter what tbe subject,
that it be treated dispassionately, and
eq ually importan: that the issnt t be clear
ly stated.
A brief review of tbe position we have
taken we deem proper at this time.
We oppose all suggestion of repeal of
the law; first, because the constitution of
the State reanlres such a law. and the
Supreme Court of the United States baa
declared It not in conflict with the con
stitution of tbe United States; and second,
because we believe it to tbe Interest of tbe
people and the railroad* to have a com
mission with a certain power modifying
the law in the particulars hereinafter
named.
We would remand the power to make
rates to the railroad managers, subject to
review of sny rate or class of rates ou com
plaint made, with due notice, under fixed
rales of procedure, the commission sitting
as a coart, with the right of appeal from
tbe comnilislon to the Supreme Court, bv
some prompt method, insuring a speedy
bearing in th it tribunal.
No law Is perfect From time to time
our laws need amendment, even in matters
which have long been the subject of legis-
latlon. How much more probable that in
experimental legislation, snch as the com
mission law confessedly Is, amendment
will prove necessary. If thl* lswts not
perfect, it wo* experimental, If it attempt-
esta. That which benefits one benefits the
other. Ours Is a great State, a growing
State. We need branch roads, as feeders
to ofir main lines of road, all over the
Btste. We need capital to build them.
Amend this law as proposed and capital
will pour into the State to build them.
Leave it as it Is and the citizens of Dooly,
of Sumter, of Muscogee, and the countlee
toward Albany and other counties will
salt for capital in vain.
There ia a sense ot justice, a desire for
fair play in this State, which we firmly be
lieve will demand these changes at- the
next session of our Legislature.
Ceneral Hancock's Fighting Brigadier.
New York Letter.
That truth is stranger than fiction is a
trite saying; but I was never more im
pressed with this fact than la reading tn
one of the morning pipers a day or two
since a local paragraph giving an account
of the arrest of Thomas W. Eagan for va
grancy and his commitment to the work-
house. Thomas W. Eagan was one of the
most brilliant soldiers ot the late war. He
was the colonel of the Fortieth New York
Volunteers, known as tbe Mozart Regi
ment, and was afterward s major-general,
with a splendid record. He was one of the
most dashing officers in the Army of the
Potomac. Wherever there was a fight
there General Eagan's command was sure
to be, and in the thickest of the fight the
General rode his fiery war-horse, a horse
that was almost as well known in the
army as its owner. General Ea-
gsn a record before he went Into
the army was not -a very creditable
°ue- He was said to be a professional
gambler and a local politician of pretty
low type; but bfs war record wiped out Iris
record ot peace and gavo him a brilliant
position. When the war was over he was
made an officer of internal revenue in New
York, but gambling and a love of drink
proved too much for him. The first time
1 saw General Eagan lie was dressed in a
colonel's uniform, marching at the head of
his regiment. I afterward saw him as a
general mounted on his famous charger,
rooking the picture of a gallant soldier.
The last time I saw him he was walking
•long Printing House Square, old and bent,
though he is really not more than 48 or 50,
snd so seedy that I took him for a tramp.
He recognized me, though I did not recog
nize him, and he stopped and wept maudlin
tears to think that one who had known
him could pass him on the street and not
recognize him now. He had sunk pretty
low then, and he kept on the downward
scale until be finally became an out-and-
ont tramp, and as drink bad touched his
brain, lie was quite insane at times, so
it was thought best to arrest him. lie was
taken before Justice Smith, of the Tombs
court. Justice Smith bad known General
Ifcigan in bis palmiest days, and they
called each other Tom and Sol: bat times
bad changed. When the Justice sen
tenced him to the workhouse, tbe court
officer who was to take him there begged
the Justice to change ,the commitment to
the asylum as the man was evidently out
of his head, and he conld not bear to lead
iris old General, one whom he bad fought
under during the wer, to the workhouse,
so the sentence whs changed.
TK:
!*«.«! the Democratic'party of 4** I mrrtud uTlfL
JiJgjl h tales, its reform candidate for the Ib*v#i»T*r regretted !L II
1 residency. All UsetaRtottf ead>tte-l —jeeRya|j
peration could Ming to I ear against the , I. K- 1 ' *re In I r-hl* Titles, (tnd.)} v
:-j‘— na'.;-jn of < .creiend »ai *:•>• I : c..-,- mi: :. .-stand y:«
ctood Weather far Sailing Melons Better
Than Cood Weather lor KeepInsThem.
New York Etin.
Under a Washington market shed were
long, low pile* of ripe watermelons, yester
day. A man ln an ink-stained Unen dus
ter stood at a high, rough-board desk at
one aide of the melons, jotting an order
in a blotter, when a young man said to
him:
“Nice cod weather.”
•• Yee,” laid tta man, gtoosnfiy.
“Keep tbe melons from spoiling, eh?"
“Yee, they’ll keep.”
“You don t seem pleased with the pros-
D€Ct?”
••No reason I should be. Here is a lot of
melons, and no buyers. Melons are ilk*
•oda water and ice cream and sherry cob
bler*. They tell beat when everybody is
melting down. Cool weather may preserve
them, but we’d rather see a few get over
"‘■"How many watermelon* come here?"
“About 150.000 a week at this season.
One steamer brought 37,000 this week.
They are rather smaller, poorer In quality
and lower in price than last year. They
an also fewes ia number. From fifteen to
twenty.five dollar* a hundred are this
year’s prices. Savannah ia th* great ship
ping point. Melons com* from the Interior
5«sSrgta and Florida to that tort by raU.
and are shipped thence in bulk piled on
the decks of steameri.”
“Ia tta loss In transportation aa great aa
In tta shipment of other warm country
fruits?”.
"Tta ihrinkag* is considerable. Tbe
deck bands <» tta steamers are mostly
colored. Those that reach New York from
Savannah are generally of better quality
than thorn shipped further Sooth, Fernan
da*, for instance; but there is no special
call lor improved methods of shipment.’
pviivvt. II WIM II II RIVCIUUI*
ed to deal with a new domain of legisla
tion, has not four years practical experi
ence of its workings been long enough ln
which to ascertain what amendment will
improve it? ,
Will the three amendments suggested
detract from the benefit* to the peoiJe de
sired in the passage of the law ? Will they
not, instead, make the law mure effective
for good, while making it leas arbitrary,
partaking less ot tbe character of class leg
islation, and tonformlng mote to the
genius ot our laws, our system of govern-
ment?
The railroad commlsrioners make .
schedule of rates for the State. To meet
tbe different conditions of different roads
they permit certain roads to charge on
tain classes of goods an increase by a.
centage above tbe standard rate, and cir
culars are issued making tneae modifica
tions,
Thera are tn round figure* 2,500 mite* of
railroad in Georgia. There are seven cor-
K ' ms which control thelargest propor-
this mileage. Each corporation has
a corps of officer*. Each officer, from the
president down, familiar wlm hla partlcu
Ur road, ita patrons, its special industries,
the condition of those industries, the effect
on those Industrie* of local conditions, cir
cumstances, surrounding, writ anyone as
sert that a railroad commission, sitting in
Atlanta, can make aa wise a tariff for any
one of these roads aa these officer*—can
modify rates as speedily as to meet changed
conditions of business? We think noL
But the objection may ta urged tliat if
given this power tta railroad managers,
guided by eelf-lntereat, would Impose ex
tortionate tariffs. With the csmmhsian
prepared tc ri dress grievance*, It would, on
th* contrary, be to the interest of the com
panies to model their tariff eo aa to satisfy
patrons, and thus obviate appeal* to the could
commission. mnnov
Should grievances arise there should ta m0 ? c ) r :
a bearing under special rales, or under
the rales that govern ln our Superior
Courts. Tbe commission now take the
statement* of partiea at their hearing, of
ten, If not always, not under oath. We
see no reason why an oath should not be
required a* in Judicial proceedings in other
courts. There is wisdom in tta law that
require* the oath. Some men will tell the
truth as conscientiously without as with an
oath. Others If not under oath will stretch
the truth. AndetiU others if not under
oath will lie and see no barm in it, who, if
under oath, would tell the truth.
Axain, service ot the complaint should
be made a certain number of daye before
the bearing. Now, a party complains of
a rat*. The commissioners instruct the
secretary to notify the railroad company,
not ot the full extentof the complaint, but
■Imply that complaint has been made and
day ot hearing. Olten the complaint even
is not prepared in writing until tbe day of
the bearing, and the railroad must prepare
ita answer at once, ewty from its records,
and office. This ia not just, ia not calcu
lated V) promote e clear presentation of
lariat, or a clear and just conclusion.
From the decision there should be a
speedy right of appeal. The Judgment to
ta final if the party dissatisfied failed to
avail himself of it in a given time—given
tta amendment as to power to make rates,
and w* would ta willing to see the ruling
ot tta commissioners take effect pending
tbs appeal to ta revoked only on reversal
of ttair ruling, although we see no especial
rev son why a rale so different from all
other snpeele should ta needed, especially
with a speedy method of appeal—which,
like a fast writ of error, would have pre
cedence in tta Supreme Court of other
SOUTHERN WAR MEMORIES.
How Little Children Were Served-Substl-
tutesfor Candles ot a Party.
A Southern ulrl ln the Boston Watchman.
As my home at the time was in
Marietta, Ga., quite near Atlanta, and
directly in Sherman's line of march, I
saw a great many strange and exciting
things, and suppose that is the reason
I remember my life there 87 well, for,
although a very small girl at the time,
it is far more vividly real to me than the
events of last year.
I can picture to myself distinctly the
S piaint figures of my little 'playmates,
or invention, like charity, begins at
home, and we little ones showed the
fruits of our mothers’ talent in that di
rection. YVe always wore “homespun,”
and os the cloth stood a good deal of
wear, our dresses were made large
enough to last .two seasons. Some of
us wore shoos, but they were sucli odd
looking things, made of coarse
leather and only reselling our ankles.
As the leather shoestrings wore out they
had to bo replaced by the cover
ing from the wires of hoop-skirts, dyed
black. Onr stocking* were knit of plain
white varn, also homespun. For “every
day” wo wore calico sun bonnets, but
on "stato” occasions hats braided at
homo from the palinettu straw. As one
tiling after another gave out the women
were always equal to the emergency
and quick in finding substitutes, just as
our great-graudmothers did during the
Revolution. American women are,
I think, remarkable for that sort
of thing. My mother must
have been unusually clever, for I
remember so many bright things that
■he did. Trifles never seemed to daunt
her. Our table was always delight
fully served, although her inventive
faculties were constantly called upon
to supply some need in the kitchen
There is one very clever thing tiling
that I recollect about her. She had
sent out invitations for a very largo
and “swell” psit.v; for Marietta was
quite gay at one time, as a number of
refugees, besides a great many officers
“on leave” were in town, and my moth
er, who was delighted to be able to
collect together so many charming peo
ple, determined to give something very
grand. Her preparations were all com-
f ilcted, as she supposed, on the morn-
ng of the appointed ilav. and she was
actually arranging the' flowers in her
rooms when she received the very de
pressing tidings that not a candle
jtouid be found in Atlanta for love or
Mott women would have de
spaired at mch ill luck as this,
and would have sent Immediately
to inform expected guests that
they need not come, bot my mother
did nothing of the sort. She pat on her
“thinking esp” at once. She tent for
and near to borrow all the wine glasses
poasible. These ahe filled with pure,
white lard, and every one who conld
be spared on the place was set to work
cutting ont little round pieces of paper,
about the aixe of a half-dollar. Each
of these she twisted in the centre to
form a taper, and placed on the lard in
the glasses, ready for use, for site
meant to light her rooms with them.
SOFT AS A TENDER FOOT.
Broncho Bill Coes Back to I'.ls OIJ Ma
and Cries*
Boston Herald.
“YVhen I struck Philadelphia,” said
Broncho Bill, ono of the best known
cowboys now traveling with the "Wild
YVest show, i‘I wanted to seo my
mother. I knew she was livin’ thar,
but I was blamed if I could quite ketch
tho exae’ spot, an’ it kind of stumped
me. Didn’t know wliat to do. lino
day a preacher feller that I had knowed
at Fine Ridge agency, Nebraska, came
up to me when tiie afternoon Bhow was
over. He had come Fast on a
visit. I told him 'bout not
bein’ able to locate my
mother, an’ he said he'd fix it ail right.
8o away he goes an’ finds some sort of
a big book—I think it was a register.
Anyhow, it had my'mother’s name in it
an’ the street an’ number of her house.
You bet I was glad. I told the boys
an’ they fixed up right away—goin’ to
see all fair, yon know; that's the boys
every time. We took a car an’ rode
away down into the city to Twelfth
street, I think they called it. I left the
lioys there an’ asked a feller the
way to Catharine street. ‘Fifteen
blocks,’ ses lio. ' ‘Phew,’ says I
‘All right, though; I guess I
kin do it,’ an’ off I walked through the
shops an’ the people an' the horses
an’ carriages, till I came to Catharino
street. YVall, I foun’ the house an’ I
knocked at it, an’ my mother opened
the door. I hadn’t seen her for twenty
years—not since I went West. .She
was sweepin’ out, an’ had the broom
in her hand, an’ she started like, when
she seen my cowboy dress an' looked
hard at me. ' I lied med up my mind
to play off stranger, an’ tell her I was
a friend of her son. Ses I, ‘are you
Mrs. Irving?’ ses she, kinder
chokin’ like, an’ lookin’ at mo harder
nor before. Ses J, ‘Wall, I’m from
Pine Ridge agency, Nebraska, an’ I
know your son Bill. He told me for to
call on yon.’ Ses she, chokin’ agin,
‘If you ain’t my son I never had one.’
‘Oh, no, ma’am,’ ses I, ‘yon’so mista
ken, ma’am.’ Witli that she begun for
to cry, an’ most fell down. YVhat—
well—that broke me up. I began
cryin’, too. ‘Yes, 1 am your son.
mother,’ I said, 'I am Bill;’ She cried
harder titan ever then, an' oh, never
mind just what happened. We had so
much to tell each other that I was late
in getting to the show. Next day I
brought my wife to see mother, the
same as I’d promised. My brothers
and sisters was in an’ waitin’ fer me
an’ didn’t we have the dum’dst time?
So glad to see me they didn’t know
what to do. Mother got a cryin’ first,
an’ then my sisters took it up, then
my brothers they chipped in, an’ I’m
hanged if I wasn’t cryin’ away as bad
as any of ’em before long. My old
woman, too, was cryin’ fer all she was
worth. That made me mad. ‘YVhat
are you cryin' about?’ sez I. ‘I don’t
know,’ sez she. ‘Well, I’d shut up,
then,’'sez I. But there was nary a
shut up to her.”
An old physician, retiree iron
tice having bad plac ed in his hi
an East India missionary tin- formu—
of a simple vegetable remedy f,.r the
speedy and permanent cure of Con
sumption, Bronchitis,Catarrh, Asthma
and all Throat and Lung Affections,
also a positive and radical cure for Ner
vous Complaints, after having tested
its wonderful curative powers in thou
sands of cases, lias felt it his duty to
make it known to his suffering fellows.
Actuated by his motive and a desire to
relieve human suffering, I will send
free of cliargo to all who desire it this
recipe, in German, French or English,
with full directions for preparing and
using. Sent by mail by addressing
witli stamp, naming this paper, YY. A.
Noyes, 149, Poiceri Block, Rochttler,
New York. sepl4w<^jvl9t
—Mr. Cleveland was beaten for the
first office for which he ever ran—that of
district attorney of Erie county, New
York.
Give your boy Smith’s YVorm Oil.
For Tax Receiver.
T ) THE CITIZENS OF HOU8TON
County—I have made a partial canvass
of the county and met with due courtesy
and hospitality from tbe people, and I
hope yon will give my caae a proper ari
thoughtful consideration. I am a pernm-
neut cripple, which unfits me for manual
labor, consequently ask your suffrage. I
ask this of you tliat I may make my own
support with my pen. So yau esn regard
me ms one that's in for the race to the end,
and for a hopeful consideration in the
primary election.
I am, very respectfully,
H. N. SPINKS.
jylOweditsumtwlt
CWCAPITAL PRIZE, Z73,000."ffkS
Tickets only S3. Shares In Proportion
Louisiana State Lottery Company.
“We do hereby certify that we supervise the
arrangements of all the Monthly uu-t fieml-
snuusl Drawings of toe Louisiana Ststo Lit
tery Company, sndln person manage ami con
trol the drawings themselves, ana that the
same are conducted with honesty,fairness and
In good faith toward all parties, ami we au
thorize the company tones this certificate.with
fac similes of our signatures altaehecl, lu li
advertisements."
An Enterprlslna, Reliable House.*'
Lamar, Rankin A Lamar can always be
relied npon. not only to carry in stock the
best of everything, but to secure the agen
cy for such articles as hare well-known
merit, and are popular with the people,
thereby sustaining tbe reputation of being
always enterprising, and ever reliable.
Having'secured the agency of Dr. King’s
New Discovery for consumption, will sell
it on a positive guarantee. It will sureiy
cure any and every affection of the throat,
lungs and chest, and to show onr confi
dence, we invito you to call and get a
trial bottle free.
Commissioner*,
Incorporated in 1868 for 25 year* by the Lej?-
Ulatnre ior educational and Charitable pur-
poscs-wlth a capital iof f 1.000,000-to which a
rcscrTo fund of orer $565,000 haa since been
added.
By an overwhelming popular rote Ita fran
chise was made a part of the present State con-
stitution adopted December 2d, A. D., 1879.
The only lottery ever voted on and endorsed
by the people of anritate.
It never scale* or postpones,
placemoat£iy n *! # Number Drawlnsa t 1 " 1 ®
H, IN THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NKW
(mLEAN.4, TUESDAY, August 12. 1884**
171 at Monthly drawing.
CAPITAL PRIZE. S7S.OOO.
109.030 Tickets nt Five Dollare Each
Fractions in Fifths in Proportion. Hi
list or razzia.
1 CAPITAL PRIZE....m.
U do
90 do
100 do
800 do
10,000
1'J.COO
RUSSELL PACE TO TAKE A REST.
Rumors that He Intends to Retire from
Business.
New York Times.
Russell Sage’s physical and mental
condition formed one of the active top
ics of YVall street talk yesterday. Tho
fact that the veteran broker’s health
has been impaired by recent events is
generally believed. It was stated
yesterday, with a semblance of
authority, that Mr. Sage was con
templating retirement from active
business. He certainly will take a
much-needed rest. Since the panic he
lisa been devoting but little attention
to bis usual business of selling stock
privileges, and it ia said tliat lie ban
been quietly liquidating his obligations
arising from the great shrinkage of
values. Mr. Sage’s losses daring the
past six months are estimated hy some
of tbe down town brokers at not leaa
than $5,000,000. The mental strain at
tendant upon the excitement of the
panic is said to have resulted in serious
nervous prostration. TSSS^Bmb*ffoflJ^MK m tta
Mr. bage’s phymcians have advised ttrvmises, at «te»m saw mill of M. n. i>e-
him to devote very little time to buai- ?****&, ihr— mlU* w#*ofDoboU. ln Dodjfo
1000 a>
APfBOXlXATlON VKIZIS.
9 Approximation prises of 6,730
9 *• •• 500 4.300
9_ “ ” 250 (2,250
1,967 Prises, amounting to......... H . M . M ^..|2<;\500
Application for rates to olnbs should be mado
onlyu, the office ol tbe company ln New Or-
For further Information write clearly, giving
full address. Make P. O. Money orders paya
ble and address Registered Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
New Orleans. La.
■ P03TAL NOTES and ordinary later* by
mall or Express (all sums of $6 and upwarda
express at our expense) to
M. A. DAUPHIN,
. New Orleane. Ln„
light will be tried inth_,,
ffiool jA New York next! Th
It cannot be said too often that tta arbi
trary powers given tta commissi no by this
law, are contrary to tta genius of our gov
ernment Give any set of men, however
honest, arbitrary power and sooner or later
thejr will abuse it, very probably without
It cannot to said too often that a law ia
tad and needs amendment, which giro
power to the men chosen to enforce it, to
oppress the railroads on the one hand, or
Ita people on tta other, without tta right
ot appeal from ttair mandate*, given to
YVe always had used them in the
bedrooms and i u e sickness, as
they would last all night, and
candles were far too precious to be
wasted in that way. But the idea of
making them, ornamental was. my
mother's, and you cannot realize how
lovely the house looked that night.
She had placed them everywhere, and
had built pyramids of lights, banked in
with flowers, in every available nook
am! comer. Tbe rooms and halls were
brilliantly lighted by the tiny flames,
which seemed tome to be flashing from
floor to ceiling in every direction, and
looked like some lovely fairy scene,
tar prettier than any ballroom 1 have
since seen.
averred yesterdav that he was inclined
to follow their advice. He has some
outstanding privileges which it is be
lieved he intends to take up as fast as
poaaibie. YVhether he will retire from
the directories oi the various enter
prises with whiclt he has been so long
and so prominently identified is not
known. Mr. Sage ia over 70 years of
age and has lived a busy life, lie seems
to have always enjoyed hanl
work. Of late, however, he has occa
sionally complained ot feeling tired and
some of his friends have told him that
he was in danger of breaking dotfn
mentally and physically unlesa he
abandoned hia desk, at least for a
time.
The “king of pots and calls” has not
licen at hia office since last Thursday,
having left the city tor a season of
recreation at Qoogue, Long Island. At
his house, last night, a servant said
that it wok uncertain when ho would
return, as it was understood that he
contemplated a prolonged absence
when be left home.
leoaaese eonpwte. 811
tvt in line loesifon for limber, sml In rood r
ning order. Track Iron, two tram cars, 40,00*
feet of lumber, Are or six yoke of oxen, tools,
etc; three log certs.<lrer, wagon,en<! sit Ins pee-
ggc is
heirs an<l creditor*, sad m the property o( M.
B. DeVxugbn’s estate. Jonesboro, (ia., July
3, ISM. F. M. KIMBLE. AdmiuUtrator.
P. 8.—'Terms cash. Hale from dajr to <laf,
| until all told. jljri-vt
IIow mi Savannah market-men got
cheap ice, is told by the Tinat: “The
buti her* of the Savannah market have
tried the experiment of gettingdieaper
ice. On Monday about 10 a. m., they
telegraphed for a carload of ice, which
wae here at 7 a. m. today. This ice
coat* them $0.23 per ton, delivered in
Savannah, against $13, which they
have been paying to tbe dealer* here.
They expect to order from two to three
carloads each week.’’
’’To do Cood nnd Dlstrlbuto-Foraet Not:
In tha fierce heat of noonday, at New
Orleans. La., on Tuesday, June 17, aa usu
al. Gen'ls. O. T. Beauregard, of Ls., and
Jubal A. Early, of Va., met to aid that
|most meritorious Institution—the ancient
"Charity Hospital”—by eiring away at tbe
Grand Ootdm> Drawing (the 109th month
ly) of the Louisiana Bute tottery. The
Wheel whirled aroond and scattered over
helf a million of dollars right and Left, j
lVilbout particularising too many of the
winners to become tediour, we report that
Ticket No. 86.440 drew the First Capital
prize of iW.'rx. It was sold in halves,
one of which fell to a lucky New Yorker
who has not alllowed bis name to he used.
Ticket No. 53.870 drew the Second Capital
of LVJ.000, one half of which was held by
S. M. Rothschild, a merchant of No. 232
Church street. New Y’ork city. Ticket No.
27,870 drew tta Third Capital of $20,000; U
was told ln tenths, one to Mr. D. Geo.
Uepkels, a well known citizen of Philadel
phia, Pa; another to Mr. Chaa. Clark.: of
the lane city: another to A. V. Bedlam,
collected through YVells, Fargo ft Co.’s.l
Bank of Ben Frauciaco, CaL; another to
PhU. G. Gruber. Milwaukee, YVi*. Noe. 11.-
1181 end 41 Jto drew tbe Fourth Capital cf
S ' Ot each: sold in fractions, one-fifth to
Boyd. No. 3122 School street, tom
Mo.: Nos. 17,252,06 til. 7J,-)ji
ItoL drew »YOOieach. mud, so It. wvta
The next, ilramiuatlTl-'
Administrator’s Sale!
M. B. DeVaugha's Estate.
” Court of Ordinary, July Term, 183L—Upon
learinc and considering the above and forego
ne petition of (loo. D. Mathews exectftor of the
xst will nnd test&ment of Enoch Mnthetrs.
ate of sold county, decensed: whereupon it
ls ordered that Kiln hi Is tier, n logs tee irndor
said will. If In life, nnd her heirs nt Jnw it
be decensed, be and nppenr before cuf'i
my office on the first Monday in D« < f urfcr
next to witness a final settle me at of the ac
counts of said exacutor with said estate. It
further appearing to the court that said
Ellen blatter, when last heard of, resided In
the State of Texas,
Ordered: that service be perfected by pub
lication of this order once a month for four
mouths tn tha Telegraph and M*‘«eogcr, a
paper ln whl< h said c ounty adrertlslMHi
are published, and in the ualreston Hews, a
paper published la Ualreston. Mid htate-of
Texas. By the*Court. JulyT.isst
H YlRrilL H. HOLTON, Orditutry.
True extract from minutes.
Jyll-w-Ua-ta
OEORGIA..BIBB COOflYv-Wbereei. J. A.
roiubanhas nwte application lor letter, of
administration on the estate of Mrs M. E.
I’rqnhart, late of sold county, deceased.
Alt Is to idle and admonish ell persons
concerned to ).u snd eppear at the court ot
nrdtnirro! Yatd roomy on the' Ont Mondsy
in AugueC next to show . ante. If any Ihey
can, why said upltcaiion mould not bo
granted. *
wiiuum my band and official «1«nature, this
July *, last. J. A. MenANUS,
Jlyi-tewlw Ordinary.
Mxsv medicines now on tbr market owe
what virtue they pow-M to the' powerful■SMHHHiaRpap
and petajoou*ilrugc. Hunt's Musty end j tnattonVsn t&l ■ I fmrM
IzCer Remedy,is partly rntstabtemr.il will New OrWensi tA. pJS.Mos
not Injury the Jteiblctt and most: ilv.luaU:, to bolder*of tickets ending
lentm. . nut delay tta oj p'-r'.auity.'-
Lrtas Atmm east SELL .at an
t r tiU-M C.'.J"M- I'.trumr
ir**wissssr^^
$80.5 TON
YVAGON SCALES.
C’jcen the South
w r-crc’r.A.TTaOe
FARM MIL S
-- a £ (buit irig Cat
‘ ■ , K'-xCO.
$ H'.lUi.
irlRFSHERS;’’