1880-08-20; Clare County Press

              -..  "ffETE MSNNIUESs ORPHAN.
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B\' HATTIE E. 6. CBESSX.
Ok I 1 ana oil tdonb4gihfc»oria,    - •
■      And the -world co$s!Klot Tor me;
_    The- rich man Bhoves i?2e rudely aside;
I am poor, but 'whatFcares he ?     -lik},,
-"■A F'tanjr, sir," but no, it'B refusedO?*'
~Z&o bids me not to annoy; ^
He ne-rer felt the biting want
Of the penniless orphan boy.
A, lady arrayed.In jewels and silks
Is still more heartless tfian ho;
She sullenly asks if the walks -were mado
For such a wretch as me;
And she shuns the path that I have trod,
As though 'twere a heinous sin
To even step where the shodless feet
Of thfe beggar hoy had heen.
A wretch!»   Oh, the tears are starting now.
* _For I remember that mother dear ' '
-Who always called me sweet, pet names,
. , But she is no longer here ;
• For God has taken her spirit home,    -
^Whore the holy angels dwell;
Oh, He was kind to take hor away,
"He doeth all things well."
'.   In the dim old attic yonder she died!  **
And none save me was nigh;
«' ^ ioreet, the angels were there,       \
■ And the stars wero in th9 sky ;
• . -1 know I held her in my wee armB,
-    Close by the window pane,
And told her; to look npon the world
She ne'er wonld view-again.
And then, upon a pallet of Btraw, '-,
I jaid her down to die,
And there we layj heart pressed to heart,
aly dying mother and I; .
The firo in the grate was low,
.And the lamps were burning dim,
And the walls of that low attic cell
were than death more gum.
„ ' She died just as the morning woke
To usher in the new-b8rn day,
^ And soon the dark-browed sexton came
" " And bore her form away;
' • Andl was thrust into the street,     .
- A beggar child-, to roam
• -' Amid the city-wilderness, v
With neither friends nor home.
-?I2TS3XEEt)j M^SS." - * '■ .     .
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Air,
VOLUME III.
CLAKE, MICHIGAN, FRID^fAtGUST 20, 1880.
NUMBER .16.'
en lier, ihe immediately determined
upon a course of action. She resolved
that she would be turned out of doors
before she would consent to go* to the|'millionaire.
opera "with an antedfiuyian. rehCj.who''
waited for her in the parior. She called
her father back and told hip* lier determination. The result wits tbat the proud
.young beauty 'was' promptly ejected?
-through the hall door; for sbe it was
wbo bad passed; George Adolphus as he
wandered in searcb of his level.
"Wben Mr. Muggleton had waited for
Maud until be was tired, and on tbe"
point of leaving, Mr. Muller entered-tbe
oom, and," apologizing for the non-ap
pearance of his daughter by saying that
she bad a violent beadacbe, begged bim
-a mans of Tibo'vataE.*
'A
f sn eiJgfe tpvxth^
EtelE&g ai$iY» T^SStfifelahas,.
0&iore3t3hUsck as nighty   \ .-  > --
Fair fields and'd?sert-gands,
• -   * .- i '
Sees the,traveler below. -      .   .
losing heartjj|S, league on league,
Long-TOlderaesEes show.'
^No end to hisfatiguel
So Faith, amid ier stars,        **    .,
Beholding far beneath
The, bright or gloomy bars
In. the weh of life and death,
Sees weary hearts that deem
„ The dark breadth is the whole,
Sees nappy hearts that dream
The bright rays all their goal.      * .
Ah! let this faith be ours—
That, even 'mid the pain.
Above the present towers,
And sees tha nearing gain; 2 i
.,
While, breadth by breadth, appears,
As from the weaver's hand,
Thc pattern of the years
Which GodHimself has planned!   .
Tff| .GpLDEiS HAIR-PIN.
£>£■-"*»
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v     George ; Adolphus   Clarendon was   a
|^r'7'^V^'^'y-OIU^S™;ai1 of-pleasing presence, whose
"' "»i*r l'-"-'^e was  not-; far from 20 years.    His
^-^'--father bad long' and successfully con-
V.c-? ^^ducted a,most .exemplary meat-market at
Z*~Z.- the- <$6rner of Market, and -St;  Clair
■Zl'A"    streets, in- tbe-tbriving .village of West-
:".':{: .   -fe»'3j hx Central .New  York,- -and liad
,, %~Z' 1 .fmassed" a competence by*fair and hon-
'.•.^..".j.'o^le-'. means/.  But'the son held fche
to come again in a few days, -as -Maud
seat^him:
'dleiteeJsdtbr^ciitotoeiabanisbni^rtt.-Se
reasohed tliat' slie,:HpuldK8urely~.go to
some pf fber fiends, and return in.-peni-
tenqeintbe morning. ., ."<     .     ;Z
dfeobe-". itiiJns s?ete-t6o'imch'.:'fc
I*?}!
-*",££> e'.ro^ibllqmQg-ife'forjalivelibood..,: He eoh-
i'M^^i^-^^®nself to'be formed, of ;a; quality
_ about
--     Old Mr.
Clar£hdda«was.a stem father, and be de-
teamined$i&t,-if George Adolphus would
p. srr.spton'. -^George" 'Adol^lius accepted- tbe-
jj;.^r.,:_^rpat§.£ic  alterative^with"   cheerful
*v,   - ^a^t^ahdrwehtbii an aimless .tramp.
:'r VlMi4-gS?9,a-4^^earcli of his
rK-r*  ...*'.-
aesJ
fc>J»^r
it&®&i-'AI
W'j^if-
A
Mle^wast^rp^vc^jj^,^^
ige-- in
one of tbe eastern eounties of Ohio.
Maud's charms, botb pbysieal and mental, were tbe rarest ever lavished upon
woman, and she bad been favored witb
every advantage of education tbat money
could purchase. Her beauty and accomplishments bact made her the idol of
a large circle of young men, to not one
of whom had sbe ever given the slight
est encouragement. - Tbey swarmed under ber cbamber windows on moonlight
nigbts and made tbe long hours hideous
witb tbeir caterwaulings, until old Muller got tired of it, and stole around tbe
corner of the bouse witb a gun loaded
with tenpenny nails and let drive at the
flock, killing three outrigbt: and wounding four otbers so tbat tbey died tbe following morning. That was the kind of
man Mr. Muller was, but be was. exceed-
inglyfond of bis daugbter and bad always been kind to ber.
One evening as Maud was emerging
from bier boudoir, where she bad been
scrutinizing, a large mirror and dressing
for tbe opera, sbe was met by .her father
witb the information that Mr. Muggle-
ton waited iu the parlor.
Now Mr. Muggleton was an ancient
fossil, who bad taken a great fancy to
Maud, and, as be was a man of bigb
social standing and great wealthy Mr.
Muller bad thoiigbt best to encourage
bim as much, as possible', boping that
his^ daugbter would ba,ve tbe good
sense to offer no objection on account"
of age.
" Mr. Muggleton is waiting," repeated
Mr. Muller;
"Well,, give bim my compliments,
aud tell bim to keep on waiting," returned Maud, witb some spirit.
" But don't you intend to go down?
Are you going to be rude ?"
"Oh, yfes," replied Maiid, with an
injured air, "■I'll go down and stroke
bis shiny old bald bead, and ■ ask him
about his children a?nd bis grandchildren, and I'll ask bim to give me some
personal .recollections of JNoab. And, if
you like, I'll go to tbe opera witb bin,
and X'E ask him if there was. better talent on tbe boards wben be and Metbu-
.selah were young !"
' Now, Maud," said Mr, Muller, "you
- are -making a'fool of yourself. Mr. Muggleton never saw Noah in bis life. As
to grandchildren,- yoii- know very well
that be is a bachelor and hasn't a relation in the world, so far as be knows. I
.command you to present yourself- at
once, and if you don't 'behave properly
tbere will be a young lady about your
size begging ber bread in tbe streets before sbe is aware of it."
Witb these words the indignant father
turned on bis heel and left;,'Maud to
cboose whicb alteruativevshe "vvoiild.
George 'Adolpbus followed Swiftly'bn?
after the yoiirij
why-Tie did so, "
by some^ imaCcountabk .-presentiment
that aE was not weir.with'lier." *" In. a! few"
moments _ he came np witb her and followed at. "a" little distance, watching* ber
movements witb" the keenest interest/
BufMaud was so intent uppn some purpose wliich. lay deep bidden in ber heart
that she .did not notice bim. .The street
now began-to be deserted, but still tbe„
restless girl kept walking rapidly on. '&$,
length a small .^foot-bridge across tbe
canal was reached. The girl paused;
was her' purpose a desperate' one?,
George - Adolphus asked' himself this-
'question and many more beside as be
bngered,.in tbe shadows close behind*
her.        " '  . f
Murmuring something to the effect
that the beavitig, white-crested billows
which rolled at ber feet would soon embrace her and free her from her wretchedness, -Maud began, ,to take down her
hair.
'' Going to swim ?" asked a voice behind her.
She turned ahd beheld a stranger
standing close at her hand. At first she
conld not utter a word. Presently, however, she said, in tones tbat betrayed her
intense excitement.
"" Oh, sir, do hot thwart my purpose..
I desire to put an end to my trouble—-I
wish to sleep beneath the wave."
" There isn't any wave there," said
George Adolphus. "The canal's dry.
You'll breSk-your neck if you jump off
this bridge." ."
"BiitI' want to find a grave in the
restless deep. I want the blue billows
,to fold me in everlasting slumber, where
the sea-weeds grow in sunless gloom."
"But I tell you, my dear lady, there
isn't any restless deep anywhere around
here^? -You'd better  put it' off till the
MiLalijDpenSf-Here/yoiT are talking about
water won't be let" bn~in~a—a^nth~^!^^giib^~xft5e'
And, besides, if  you want to be folded
in everlasting slumber, it would be wise
for you to jump into a well. You'd have
nr.
a sure thing then,
" That would be horrible!" exclaimed'
Maud, with a shudder.
"Yes," replied George Adolpbus; "it
would spoil the web."
Maud felt that George Adolphus was
right. True, he did not appear to enter
very much into tbe tragic spirit of tbe
situation. He ought to have dropped
upon his knees-and implored her to forget her trouble and sip a little longer
the/nectar of life^ He ought to have
pictured to her imagination a fair-haired
girl lying with pallid faee and marble
form in the silent bosom of" the canal,
where the dolphin sports unseen and
the mermaids comb their locks in shadowy solitude. But he did nothing of
tbe sort. He told ber to go home and
practice in the cistern.
Maud thought the matter over for a
moment, then' bursting into tears she
wrung the hand of pur hero and ran
swiftly home. ,
George Adolphus stood upon the
bridge and watched Maud till she was
out of sight. As he stood there, wondering what it was tbat weighed so
heavily upon the mind of this fair young
girl, he saw something glittering at his
feet. He stooped and eagerly picked it
up. It was a golden hair-pin of peculiar pattern. It occurred to him at once
tbat it must bave been lost by tbe girl
when she took down her hair. He put
it in his trousers'pocket, thinking tbat
it would be a handy thing to pawn for
breakfast. The more he toed to forget
about tbis fair girl,, and tbe previous
cirfcums^tance under which he had met
her, the more persistently tbey rose before bim. Presently he found, himself
laying plans to find out more about her,
and tben it dawned npon bim tbat he
was in love. He tben tenderly removed
the hair-pin £rom: his trousers pocket,
and placed it next his beart. It was
now getting very late,1 and the police
were beginning to glance suspiciously at
our hero, and so he turned into a more
retired street and determined to search
for a cheap-lodging plaOe, -..,
The next morning there was crape on
the door of the Muggleton mansion, and
Geoyge Adolphus Clarendon was a
He had suddenly landed
in-4he'lap. of luxury." He "could not
have* been more completely taken by
surprise- if he had suddenly succeeded
to the English crOwn. And yet his
magical-elevation, to wealth and position
did not so engage his mind a's to "dispel
certain memories that were lingering there—memories that'' 'carried
bim back to the , foot-bridge "across
the -canal. Who*-was "the beautiful
stranger 'that had almost made the
canal bridge"a Abridge of sighs?" Why
hadrshe sought s, watery grave ? And if
she wanted to ridlierself of sorrow why.
didn't ^she* jump- off' a,' house.-instead' of
huIltmfi^^%^acy■-cana^;v fiilKoI .bjsokeii.
rtfons ^retef oo;-im^'.:'f6s..jGe^
plfus.'-. In'legs-than a, week'he found
GEN. GARFIELD.
eyen
may|
Der
hims'eHin'a perfect' fever rbf mental excitement^* He felt'that-he was growing
rapidly'.worse. It did seem as if he coidd
not get that 'hair-pin -near enough tq his
■heart. ' He .thought of swallowing it,
but changed his mind and" had it made
ifito a bosom-pin. In another week the
malady bad obtained so complete a mastery-over-him that he began to write
poetry^ ' T3,e could-not even think in
sprose/ind when he read a newspaper
■the lines all seemed .to commence with a
capital letter.'and end with a jingle.    *
Thus the 'weeks passed, .wearily by
without bringing tbe slightest intelligence of the'owner of the golden hairpin; ■ - "    - -      .-->■■■
Yin.
Kin Kppccli Jn Kcw "Srorls—A GJo-.Viisur
arxposili'ou. o£,tlso Clrana Silc-J» ior
Whicli Wc Fought .Xl«wn «»c itc-
S>oiHon.
Cosieades, anc Boys rs Bote, asd Felmw-
CiTiZEjis oi; New Yoek: • I cannot look'upon
this gieat assemblage-and th3Se old veterans
.hat have marched past us, "and'listen to-the
welcome   from  our  comiade  who has  just
spoken,   -without remembering  how .g?6at" sv
thing it is' to live in this Union-and-be pdrt pf
it.   This ij New York, and yonder, toward the1;
JB ittery, more than 100 yoars ago, a young stu-
tlenl o£ Columbia College was arguiiig the idea,?.,
of  the  American EoVolulion  aiid^Amerfc^ri;
Union against iut"AtiiericAn loyalty, to the,irion>*
" aa-chj1, qf Jtiis, d£(leg< *""  ' *'  " "'
^^^yj.^'weiit
"placed on tLo staff of JJasMiigtoiif tbfi.gh.tithe-
TiattleffofEis ,countrytra.adiii»"!o'ia-campf-hi?-*;itp£!
- fore ho was 21 years old.'upori a'd^niheaii Jie" y^g,
» rote a letter wliich contained' over^gorta q£ tho."''"  J
apn'stituliop. of the United States, ThiitBtuiJoufc,-'
«o'dier, statesman, and great leader of thought,.
A'.-'vnnder Hamilton, of New York, made, this"
rapnb'io glor'ous by his thinking and left hiB"
lasting imprecsioti.upon.NewYprk, the foremost.
State "of the Union, and'liero on this island, tlio
scene oE his early triumphs.  AVe go there to-,
night, soldiers of a new war representing the
samo idSas of union and glory, and adding to
th&columnof the monument thatHamilton and
■Washington and the lief Oes Of tho Revolution
re red.   Gentlempn, ideas outline men.   Ideas
outlive all things," and .tho^e-who'f ought in the
war for the Union foUgllt for»immortal ideas,
smd by their might you_ crowned our war with
victory.,. But victory wa"s worth Sothing, except
for-tiTefi'mts'that.w6reundef iff, initj and above
iQ   "We »ou^lit to-night-as veterans^ ahd com-„
rades to-stand ."sacred gpiard^aroiHi^the traths
fpf .wMch w,eioughfc, Aj^yW^g^^feJife^'
.VI. .--'._-
. Old Mr. Muggletoh, Whom we left
at the residence of Maud's father, wended, bis way homeward,, filled: with bitter
disappointment. He bad long regarded
Maud with tenderness," and had desired
to offer his hand and fortune, and now
he felt that he was rejected. He bad
seen nearly four-score years of bachelorhood, and it was getting monotonous.
He dragged himself wearily and sadly
home, and retired to bis couch in wretchedness.
While the events.above narrated were
transpiring; a young man possessing a
dignified bearing, aiid'85 cents in money,
was just entering-the * brilliantiy-ligbted
town of -Couponville- in .search of his
level. - Itwas a larger town than he had
ever before seen, and he'was' consequently somewhat dazzled and bewildered.' He began to be doubtful about
finding bis level that night, as the evening was .rapidly wearing away, and another question was beginning to trouble
bim, .namely: How. was he going to
reach the higher walk of life without more
money'? How was he'to be >a high-
toned gentleman and live in a loftier at-,
mospbere than that "which pervaded the
meat-shops, with- so small a sum as 85
cents in. his. ^pocket? As he walked
.gloomily along the strange thorough-
are busy-with these troublesome reflections,' he heard loud tones, issuing from
a mansion-which he wasjust passing. A
moment later the front door openedjmd
ft slight female figure hurried sflfotly
ont into the street, and, passing- by^^him
with a quick, determined tread; was
soon oufc of sight.
•   -   " '      iv. ■'   A .
When Maud recovered from the shock
which her father's angry words bad giy-
vn.
Jhv.' a' brilliantly lighted", ball-room, in
Couponville,-gayest of the'gay, and admired of all admirers, Maud Muller
promenaded to and fro like a fairy quepn.
Her wretchedness had departed "with old
Mr. Muggleton, but she had not forgotten', the night when a stranger had
rescued hei* from self-destruction, and
she secretly longed to know who it
was that had saved her from herself.
She closely scanned every* gentleman
that entered the room, as if in half-
frightened expectancy. She had heard
of Mr. Clarendon, the young millionaire,
but, as he had not appeared much in society, she had not met him. Of cqiirSe.'
she was not curious, for sbe was a woman, and women are not'euripjis ; yet she
could not feel easy after learning tbat
Mr. Muggletoii's heir' was present, till
she had signified'her "willingness to have
him presented.
As George Adolphus advanced, arm-
in-arm with an acquaintance, a percepts
ble pallor overspread Maud's countenance. Was it caused by the peculiar
pin that ornamented his shirt-bosom?
She tried to convince herself that" ."the.'
pin signified nothing. Perhaps he had
picked up the hair-pin in the the street
on that eventful evening she so "wella-.e-;
membered. But whei -she heard his
voice she withered like a stricken flower. Geoi-ge Adolplius was. pu&zled.^So
j^^4--Mvaxj^^y!ri^w^afat..h.{EMfe^^''"
-indeea~"tll8^*misaii
Presently, however, Maud rallied, as
she and George Adolphus were left
alone.
"Do you remember me?" she asked,
falteringly. " Do you remember having
seen me before ?"
Suddenly the truth flashed upon
George Adolphus hke a national convention bulletin.
"Yes," he replied, making an effort to
control himself; " 1 remember a former
meeting with you very well."
" I think papa would give his consent," said Maud, very timidly.
.   "But you are not going to- try it
again ? " said George Adolphus in surprise.
" Oh, dear, no !" exclaimed Maud,
"I don't mean that. I think papa
would give his consent to—that is—I
don't think he'd object."
"Object to what?" asked George
Adolphus, blandly.
" Oh, dear!" exclaimed Maud.
"Do you mean to say/' continued
George Adolphus, " that you don't think
tbe old man would object to your trying
it again after the water is let out ? "
"No," said Maud, "I don'u mean
that, for he is very fond of me, and I
am sure he would be glad to encourage
so worthy a—that is—oh, what am I
saying?"
. Then George Adolphus began to see
how the land lay, but, as a ball-room is
not a favorable place for a tableau, he
mastered his impulse to catch Maud in
bis arms, and merely observed in a
whisper that she was a gem of the first
water, and that he would give his consent, too.
Old Muller sat in his library tbat
night when Maud and Adolphus entered
the house, and tbe young man was soon
prostrated at his feet, clasping him
tightly around the legs, and imploring
his permission to marry his daughter.
"Ahem!" remarked Muller.
^George Adolphus thought tbis rather
meaningless remark was a favorable indication, and so squeezed the old man's
legs harder than before.
" Come, young man," said Mr. Muller, "you are filling my slippers with
tears.   Kise iip and let'gO my legs." *
"Oh, do you give your consent?"
sobbed George Adolphus.
"Consent!" roared the old banker,
"heavens and earth ! Of course I do.
Here, Maud, take this lunatic away and
get me a dry pair of socks."
And they were happy eyer afterward.
—-Detroit Free Press.
meet and grasptfie'fendwyViwmraderWo.wilL1
. stand iy the (-great ttruths■'.of-rihe»S!ar^v.AlKli,
comfadfes; "ftm'Ong the connectibns -ofvihatjiraT
which have punk, deep in our hearts there ."aife,
some we-can. never torget.   Thfeik ot AhTeTgfrSat-5
•elevatifig-sphit of tbe-waritself.- jWejjatbeyfcds'
boys irom all".of  our .farms and shojfsriwul-,
sehools and homes irom- all-over th&rapulSSP?
thei they went forth unknown to fa'paj^-biit-r^
turned  enrolled on 'the,roster-immortal he^r
roes.   Thej. went =in'. tho   spirit 'of 'tho'se^
-soldiers - of-- Henry   at   Agihcojart, Of" wlion?
it is'said:  ;"Who tins _day sheds* hiq blood-
..with me, totday shall be my brother.   .AVere he
ne'er so vile, this "day shall- -gentle his con-
'tlition-."'  Audit did. gentle theyc£>ndition'and
elevate the heart of every, working, soldier who.
fought in it.   AJid.he"shall be bxirbtbtlier forever more, and we will remember bar allies who"
*f bughtwith us, ' Soon after the great straggly
began we-looked" bebJn&'the army, of white
rebels and saw-4,000,000 of-black people condemned to toil as slaves lor our enemies, and
we found- that the hearts  of these. 4,000,600
.were Gdd-inspired with the spirit of-liberty, and
.thatthey were our friends. "We have'seen white
men betray the flag-and fight to. kill thfe Union,
biit in"'all tk'ab:lons£ :and 'dreary war jve never
saw a traitor in a black skin.   Our-prisoners, es-'
caping from'tlie starvation of prison,'fle'uiiig to
•our"fines by:the light' of* the'Northitgr,"nOver
rfeaied.to-enter'a black man's cabin an'd aBk^for
bread.     ["Good,  good.   That's soT.']"  Iriljdlv
that period of suffering and danger no Ur$fi
soldier-\yas ..ever betrayed by a black isi
woman. .'And now ..that*.we .haYe*iiia''de't!
free soloijg as w.e.live we will, stand by tgo 1
'citizens. "We will■sfen3.:byttfe^imtih*the'"'sun
lot. liberty fixed in the firinnhlentof pur consti-'
."tution shall shine witlvjeqnsl rays upon eY^ry
 " """   houttheUnitiii'r * *
Ttbtg
^or
OW .soldi&fe'ii
The clock bad just struck 11, and the
town was as silent as the grave, when
two villainous-looking men, "with muffled
faces, broke open the street door of a
large mansion where an ancient bachelor
lay dreaming of a supercilious maiden
who had declined to.meet bim in her parlor a few hours before. The men passed
safely into the house, and were seen
standing by tbe bedside of the dreamer.
A moment later a swift blow fell upon
the unconscious millionaire, but before
it could be repeated the assassin was
stricken to the floor. His companion escaped." The police were summoned by
the servants, who had by tbis tame been
aroused by the noise, and the captured
man was led away in irons.
", Who is this young man that has
followed these villains and risked his
own hfe to save mine?'' asked the
wounded man.
" My name is George Adolphus Clar-
endpn," was the prompt replV.
" George Adolphus," said the millionaire, " you have done a brave and
noble deed. I ain mortally wounded
and must die in « few hours, but .you
shall be rewarded, You shall be my
heir,"     --" ' h
A, Young Widow.
A certain census enumerator of this
city called upon a woman the other day
who residesfsnotfar from the Capitol, and
propounded the usual question as by
law directed. The woman said she .was
a widow, her age was twenty-five and
her husband died two years ago. The
faitiiful recorder, on receiving uie name
of the woman's deceased husband and
his occupation when alive surmised that
he mlist have been a relative, if not the
same Mr. B who was a member of
the One Hundred and Seventy-seventh
Hew York Volunteers during the war.
A conversation ensued, when finally the
enumerator innocently asked if her husband was the same Mr. B.—— who died
during the war, saying that he himself
was a member of the same regiment, and
that he was well acquainted with the
man. The widow, in a modified tone,
replied: " Oh, yes, but that was a long
time ago." The amusing part of the affair is that the man has been dead about
seventeen yearSj and if the woman is
only twenty-five, she became a widow at
the early age of eight years.—-Albany
'Argus.
A HHNTEit down in the city of 340,000
inhabitants, says "that the Cliicago type
of a girl has a .nonpareil head on a
brevier body, and along primer foot."
But you bet she is alive and counts one
1 of that 602,931 inhabitants.—Chicago
I Jnier-Qcvan,
'man, black or white, tbrpu.
Now,    lello^m^M "
"  " ,er&iCafie;-.Denefico:
..*iHiiSii5*«sMHS*l     ._          ^ .    w
posfhas Baid that in mdivJdual life we rise " on .
the stepping-stones gfotn^ioad selves to higher •
fhings, ' and tho replttrtlO'1'inoai.rin.i tlMwtaciagsa.
achievements of its dead and living heroes to
higher and nobler national hfe. We must
stand guard over our past as soldiers, as patriots, and over pur country as the common h rib-
age of us all. I thank you, fellow-citizens, for
this magnificent demonstration.
In so far as I represent in my heart and life
the great doctrines for which you fought, I accept this demonstration aB a tribute to my rep-
r sentative character. In the strength of your
hands, in the fervor of your hearts, in the firmness of your faith, in all that betokens the greatness of manhood and the nobleness of character, the republic finds its security and glory. I
do not enter upon controverted questions. The
time, the place, the situation forbid it. I respect the traditions tliat require u e to speak
on'y of those themes which elevate us all. Again
I thaikyou for the kindness and enthusiasm of
your greeting.
Gen. Garfield's Address at Chautauqua—An. Eloquent '.Tribute to Labor.
Fellow-Citizens : You have done so much
to me since I arrived on this shore that I am
quite unable to tell what sort of a man I am
this morning. I had never been here and
really did not know what you were doing.
Last evening I asked Mr. Vincent rather
brusquely to tell me what Chautauqua means—
what your work here means—and he filled me
so full of your idea that I have not yet .assimilated it so as to be quite Bure what man I am
Bince I got hold of it; but this I see, you are
struggling with one of the two groat problems
of civilization : The first one is a very old question, "How shall we got leisure?" That is the
object of every hammer-strike, of every blow
that labor has struck since tho foundation of
tho world. The fight for bread is tho great
primal fight, and it Ls so absorbing a struggle
that, until one conquers to some extent, ho can
have no leisure. "VYo may divide tlie struggles
of the human race mto two chapters—first, the
fight to get leisure, and second, what to do
with our leisure when we have won it. I take
it that Cliautauqna has assailed this second
Eroblem. Like all- blessings, leisure is a very
ad thing unless it is well used. The man with
a fortune ready made and with leisure on. his
hands is likely to get sick of tho world, sick of
himself, tired of lifo, and become a useless,
wasted man. What shall you do with your
business ? I understand Chautauqua is trying
to develop new energies, largeness of mind and
culture in the better sense, with the varnish
scratched off, as our friend Gov. Kirlcwood
sass. We are getting over the fashion of painting and varnishing pur native woods. We are
getting down to real grain, and finding whatever is best and most beautiful in it, and, if
Chautauqua is helping to develop in our people
the native stuff that is in them, rather than to
give them the varnish and gewgaws of culture,
it is doing welL Chautauqua, then, has filled
me with thought, and, in addition to that, you
have filled me with gratitude for your kindness,
and for this great spontaneous greeting in early
morning, earlier than men of leisure get up.
Some of these gentlemen of the press around
me look distressed at the early rising by wbich
. you have compelled our whole party to look at
the early sun. The greeting on the lake slope
toward the sun is very precious to me,
and I thank you alL This is a mixed audience
of citizens, and I will not offend the proprieties
of the occasion by discussing controverted questions or entering upo a any political discussion. I
look in the faces of men of all shades of opinion, but, whatever our party difficulties, I trust
there is in all this audience a love of our beneficent institutions which makes it possible for
free labor to earn leisure, and for institutions
to make that leisure worth something. Our
Union and our institutions, under the blessing
of equallawB, equal to all colors and all conditions, open a career for every man. however
humble, to rise to whatever placo or power the
strong arm, the strength of a clear head, and
the associations of a pure heart can lift him.
That prospect ought to inspire every young
man in this vast audience. I heard yesterday
and last nightthe songs of those who were lately
redeemed from slavery, and I felt that there.too,
was one of the great triumphs ofthe republic.
I believe in the efficiency of tho forces that
come down from the ages behind us, and I wondered if the tropical sun had not distilled its
sweetness, and if the sorrow of cienturics of
slavery had not distilled its sadness into" verso,
which Were teaching sweet voices to sing' the
songs of liberty as they sang them, wherever
they go. *"
I thank that choir for the lesson they have
taught me here, and now, fellow-citizens,, thanking you all, good-by. ■
pon in the South similar to
*ten by Weaver,, the" Green-
i$e for President.   He re-
lachthe s&me experience" as
It found mat the Southern
olerance extends not merely
ublicans of the North, but
IGreenbackers) because it is
\i%  the  latter .organization
lly aid iii the defeat of the
_party.".' Among other-thin'gs
jJa.Matyr told a reporter'of-
Oiis. journal were the fol-
not .talk upon the question of
iCirjipeeches were mnud up en-'
IU to the passions of the  Sqiith-
jsthey charged that we were, en-
~ ni tq-idwi^ipb'lhe' Democratic
li, And' that^'ttiereforei. -tM>x|
*"'fc ■*fJor-'> -Tl16 Democrats
_ pftd-stoodfiv^efiCctur-
jpar, had been their friendfoy resisting
b«S oppression, that'-they .were the only
rough whom';they_ could hope to retain
e8enfea*c«SSaency in the Southern States,
kthtfjr c6uia.':not think of lending any
jjnee tb li party whose influence was un-
»tfto the .success of the Democratic
•my of the* close Northern States.   We
^engaged,, they said, in a life-and-dcath
'}, and cannot afford to do. anything
rtljL risk . the success which seems now
~Bi!l.g1fj§. "We want overy Democratic
i year^nd then, when our party gets
vcr^ae will settle thiB  and  all other
Sch arose out of the bad adauiiiK-
fairs while the Eepublicans have
[ of the country.   Their appeals to
le were ba^ed wholly upon seciional is-
iiid.'their speeches were  as   intensely
tn as anything Thave ever heard oivBe-
i "platforms in the North has been of an
i character.   I "told them that in aU
empts to array tlie South against tho
&ejrwould be certain to bo beaten, and
'■ would "deserve to be.
ided.to this statement the fact
Southern Democrats told him
hat their purpose was to allow
iposition, whether Eepublican or
fndent,:the broadest latitude  in
■ meetings, .and even in  voting,
fijJf.Vo 'count the votes as to insure
"scrafic majority." De La Matyr
|eed. liimself. by personal scrutiny
".relative strength of  parties in
ia ,fhat   "it is  impossible  the,
urate can have a majority of 50,-
fcept by false count."   In fact, the
b'rats'before election only claimed
0 majority over the Eepublicans at
ite'sj that ignored tbe Greenback
together.   The practice iB to ap-
tetwo shrewd Democratic judges in
blling-plaee along with oneigno-v
|br pliable colored man; to throw
lopposition ballots that have even
sidental pencil-mark; to take ev-
Ivantage pending the vote, and,
».'necessary, make any changes in
Aftfit that may be required to give
enJlerats a majority.
iswv'Weaver and DeLaMatyr are
id'comfpetent witnesses as to the
CQraition and methods of tne
"These1 gentlemen have no sym-
|with the Eepublican. party per se.
. ihey jire more hostile to it than
__,ta "ihe 'Democratic party, be
'■M-.iM,
to be retained in power after it has been
shown to be corrupt, unfit or incapable.
But, so far from this being the case with
the Bspublicari party, it has given most
signal proof of ite capacity to 'administer
the Government, and to-day every branch
of the" civil service is in a higher state of'
effi'ciency than • ever before, and all
classes'are enjoying" the benefits .of good
government. ^Under these circumstances, why incur the risk of the disadvantages "and dangers involved,in a change,
especially as the Democratic'party has'
most conspicuously demonstrated its utter -unfitness to, be intrusted with power, and ita incapacity to administer the-.
Government?, .....
wants to-ky.t^^?!™?^ <*
tmstingthenational4^ t^STY11
the hi of this pfcS^   ^^rals, In,
dependents,    Eepub|.f
sprt who have eiitift
it of
the
SOME JEIGUKES,
-/■_•
  'uti' |unv. 	
SBSS-; defeated   and   resumptioni"ta Alubamiiiii-ig'rs?
*§fioiir5if ^iv:tti(U^ul|i(«a.,I|e^o^.
■'• -racj: ■maintain a Free Ballot an<l a
Fair Count.
[From the Now York Tribune.]
One of the best sentences in Gen.
Hancock's letter .'of acceptance, wbich
left upon the mind the' same impression of neatness and vacancy as a schoolboy's copy-book, was that in whiolythe
candidate of the Democracy demanded
" a full vote, free ballot and fair- count."
It was an excellent sentiment, to which
every Eepublican would • heartily sub-
' scribe. But Gen. Hancock's letter professed to be a statement of Democratic
principles. With- the platform to winch
it was a response it is an appeal tothe.
country to trust the 80,000 offices of the
Government in the hands of the Democratic party. The question for voters,
therefore, is, not whether the declaration is.a sound one, but whether, being
put forth by the Democratic party, it is-
an honest one; ojs is a fraud and cheat.
The answer is easy.
-It. is. in the South that the Democratic
liarfcy does its perfect -work.- There are
no ateadily-Dtmocratic -States north of
Delaware. In the Souths the parfcy has
gained complete control. * In .the South,
therefore, it hashad a noble opportunity
to put into practice Gen. Hancock's
motto of "a full vote, free ballot and
fair count." Has it done so? What
are the facts? Det us look for a
moment at this dark page in American
. history.
Even Democrats will.- admit that by
the year 1872 the Democratic party was
well organized in every Southern State.
In Alabama, for example, in that year
the Democratic' vote was only 10,000
less than it was in the election'of 1878,
two years ago. Yet this is the way in
wliich the Eepubhcan parfcy has prospered under the ride of the party of "a
free ballot and fair count," the figures
being the votes cast in the years named:
Dem.
1872  70,444
1874....
1876....
187&-...
aeusbvedf "When, therefore, they bring
NolJUl att explicit confirmation of the
intolerance, fraud and desperation of
the Southern Bourbons, their statements must be received witb entire confidence. "What does it mean? Why is
it that the ex-Confederates now contend
that they axe engaged in " a fife-and-
death struggle ? " What is the ultimate
.purpose tliat suggests all manner of
fraud and violence to achieve a Democratic victory this year ? It is no longer
a 'devotion to " Home Bule," for the ex-
Confederates enjoy that in tue fullest
sense. The proposed seizure of the
General Government must have some
deep design that is concealed from the
general view if the effort to that end is
really "a life-and-death struggle."
.107,118
.102,002
. 89,S71
Hep.
90,272
93,028
C8,230
00,000
TVHY CHANGE!
the
AMONG THE BULLDOZERS.
JLa   iHatj-r'n   Ex-
South—1 iii]>ar tial
Congressman   Dc
pcrience   in   the
Testimony.
CFrpjn the Chicago Tribune.]
Mr. De Da Matyr, the Greenback
Congressman from the Indianapolis
district in Indiana, has been on a proge.
[From, the Indianapolis Journal.]
The Philadelphia Press relates
following incident of recent occurrence
in that city:
•' Three men, strangers to each other,
stood together the other night on the
edge of a political assemblage. Unable
to-get into the meeting or hear the
speaker, they fell into conversation.
After a little preliminary talk, one said
to another : ' I don't know what your
politics may be, but I have always been
a Democrat. For three or four years I
have had great difficulty in getting employment ; the shop where I work has
been closed much of the time; I have
had a hard struggle to support my family. Now we are busy again; work is
steady; pay comes every week ; everything has brightened up ; I am afraid of
a change, and, though I never voted
anytliing but the Democratic ticket, I
am now going to vote for Garfield'
' That's just my case exactly,' said the
third, who had stood listening; ' I have
always been a Democrat, but I shall
v^te for Garfield because I don't want a
change.'"
iWe have no doubt this. expresses the
feeling of thousands of persons throughout the country, who have heretofore
voted for the Democraticparty, and that
this class includes not only workingmen,
but manufacturers, business men, and
all who are profiting by the universal
and extraordinary season of prosperity
whicli the country is now enjoying. The
question for all such to answer in connection with politics is, why make a
change in the national administration a3
long as the country is as well and honestly governed as it is at present ? There
never was "a time when every branch of
business was more prosperous. Manufactories of all kinds are running full
time, and are overwhelmed with
orders. Workingmen have steady
and remunerative employment,
is no unemployed labor
country—that desires employ-
Our agricultural, commercial
aiid mining interests were never more
prosperous. Our foreign and domestic
trade were never as great. The Government is honestly, economically and
faithfully administered, and every citizen enjoys its blessings in as high a degree as is possible. Why, then, should
any person desire a change, except from
-purely selfish motives, such as a desire
•ior office, or personal advantages of some,
sort? , The political and financial policy
Of the Republican party are settled and
understood, and under them the country
is'prospering as it never prospered before. The policy of the Democratio
party is a mystery. It is impossible to
predict what it would be except that it
would be in all respects different from
that under which the country is now
prospering so grandly. If the country
were misgoverned, or if the Eepublican
party had in any way demonstrated its
unfitness or incapacity to administer
tiiei Government we should say, let us
*Me a clismge.   No patty ought .ip ask
There
in the
ment.
ia stutl xliak.tliey
ran no ticket.because defeat was inevitable. Are parfcies.in the habit of doing
tliis ? Do Democrats give up voting in
Vermont, or Republicans in Missouri?
It was because the Eepublicans of Alabama had been taught by midnight
miu'ders and whippings, by social ostracism, and by the tyranny of employers,
that the less they had to do with politics
the better. TMs is the kind of "free
ballot and fair count" the Alabama Eepublicans have enjoyed It remains to
be seen how much better they have fared
in the election just held under the new
system which prefers cheating to bulldozing as being easier.
Take the case of Mississippi, where bulldozing was invented, and was made
known to the world as "the Mississippi
plan." These are the votes of the State
from 1873 to the last election of a State
ticket:
Dem. Jlep.
1873  52,857 78,324
1870 ...112,173 55,605
1877    97,727 1,16S
This is what the Eepublican party of
Mississippi has come to through fear of
Ku-Klux assassins, tlirough the operation of the tissue-ballot, through the
frauds of Democratic canvassers. And
Gen. Hancock has the assurance to prate
to us about " a full vote, free ballot and
fair count I"
Take the case of South Carolina, where
the parties were so evenly divided f our
years ago that it took four months to
decide the electoral vote of the State.
This is what the rifle-clubs and tissue-
ballots, the assassins and swindlers of
the party, led by Wade Hampton and
Hamburg Butler, have done for the Eepubhcan parfcy in South Carolina in two
years: '
Dem. .        Kep.
1876 .*  90,896 91,7S0
1878 119,550 213
It should be noticed that, in spite of
fche notorious and universal use of the
tissue ballot in 1878, the Democratic
vote shows an increase of only 28,000
votes. The Eepubhcan vote shows a
decrease of 91,000 votes. Supposing for
the sake of argument that the Democratic votes were honest, it would still
be true that 63,000 votes were "withheld
from the ballot-boxes. Why this change
in two years ?v Was it a sudden indifference on the part of the blacks, whose
greatest pride is that they are citizens
and voters, or was it a chilling fear ?
Let the murderers and ballot-box staffers who are the brightest'ornaments of
the South Carolina chivalry make answer, and then let Gen. Hancock ponder
awhile upon the beauties of their style
of " a free ballot and fair count."
Almost every Southern State makes
the same showing. Here is the record
of .Arkansas :
Dem. Rep.
1872....... 38,415 41,081
1876 58,071 38,669
1878 88,728     00,000
The same is true in a lesser degree in
Louisiana. There was no general election between 1876 and last year, and for
the former year we take the official figures :
Dem.      Sep.
1876 : 70,636  75,135
1879 .63,944  26,611
Every one of these. States—and at
least one other, North Carolina—would
be Eepubhcan upon a full vote,* a free
ballot, and a fair count. Gen. Hancock knows it. Every Democrat knows
it. But, simply to serve the purposes of
the illustration, let us say that these
five States are fairly Eepublican. They
give, all told, thirty-nine electoralvotes,
which will honestly belong to James A.
Garfield. The South could then give
Gen. Hancock only ninety-nine electoral
votes at best, and he could never by any
possibility be President of the United
States. By all means,let us have "a
full vote, free ballot and fair count."   ,
They did not use any army to force
slavery into" Kansas.. ..
They did not fire upon Fort Sumter. -
They did not attempt secession,'   .
They did not plunder the nation of its
arms.
They did-not-maugurafe rebellion. " '
They' di*3. not;drive .American ;comT
merce from the seas.-. ; «
They did. Jiot Mliuzza" over TTidon
disasters. /'..'■',.
They did not'"huzza" over rebel victories. .        '' • '    '     .  "   -■
: -They did- not.- mourn over rebel defeats.       >   - "    --.,„'. .    . ,
Tliey did.not oppose -enlistments in
. the Union army..   * *     - "   '       -'■
Tliey wefe.ndfc draffc^fioters.- .- ,-_
They were not "Knights! Of- fcbe-Gol^:
' den Circled", •*jy...    '•"-'- -■-■ 1 -. i
A >;Th6$"4id3*>j'"i
-Labby, Bell§?^;.§afligSkry',:^dA^e|:-;
sonville. ". --   _-'---"-'-. -• '^_^
Tbey did not oppose emancipatio:
They were not'/Ku-Klux."
■ They did uot commit the butchery at *
'Fort Pillow.' Z    -
They did not" commit the horrible
massacre at New Orleans,
- They did not murder Dixon.'
They did not butcher the Chisholm
family.
They 'did not massacre black men at
Hamburg. ."
They did not scourge, and hang, and
shoot,*and murder men for* opinion's
sake. " .      .
They did not organize the Louisiana
White League or the South Carolina
Eiffe Clubs. *
They did not drench the South with
the blood of inoffensive colored meii<
They did not invent the "Mississippi
plan."
They did not use the tissue'ballots.
They are not " moonshiners."
Tliey do not resist the national authority.
They did not set up their States above
the nation. • -
They did not try to destroy the nation's credit.
They do not try to pauperize' the
American mechanic, t ■"
They have not been an impediment,
to national-growth.
They have, not been'a hindrance'to
the people's prosperity. ' .
: Can the Democratic party and all
democrats say as much?' The .people,
can trust a party that has ;not done
these things, but* they cannot tiusfc a
party that in whole or in part did do
them.—Detroit Tribune.
The Issues of 1880.
The following paragraph from Col.
IngersollV speech, delivered before the
Indiana soldiers, is as gpo&r to-day as
when firsfc uttered, and as graphically
describes the Democratic party :
" I stood a httle while ago in tho city
of Paris, where stood the Bastile, where
.now stands the Column of July, surmounted by the figure of Jiberty.   In
"^;^htjv*a^3j» rtihioke}
upon ita  s:
and,
What the Republicans Have Not Done.
The Eepublicans have done some
noble things—things that will be remembered as long as' there is history.
But there are some things they did
notAo;
left tana 13 a, .banner
forehead a glittering star.
Ipoked upon it, I said: 'Such is "the
Eepubhcan party of my country.' The
other day, being along the road, I came
to a place where the road had been
changed, but" the guide-board was "as
they put ifc years before. It pointed
diligently in the direction of a desolate
field. Now tb'^t guide-board had been
therefor twenty year'--. Thousands of
people haid passed, but nobody had
heeded the hand on the guide-post, and
it stuck there through storm and shine,
and it pointed as hard as ever, as if the
road was through the desolate field.
I said to. myself: . * Such is the Democratic party of the United States.' The
other day I came to a river where there
had been a mill. Part of it
was there yet. An old sign ■
said, 'Cash for Wheat.' The old
water-wheel was broken; it had been
warped by the sun, cracked and split by
many winds and storms. There hadn't
been a grain of wheat ground there for
twenty years. There was nothing in
good order but the dam; it was as good-
a dam as lever saw; and I said to myself: 'Such is the Democratic party.' I
was going along a road the other day,
when I Oame to where there had been a
hotel. But the hotel and barn had
burned down; nothing remained there
but the two chimneys, monuments of
the disaster. In the road there was an
old sign, upon "vghich were the words,
'Entertainment for man and beast.'
The word man was nearly burned out.
There hadn't been a hotel there for
thirty years. That sign had hung and
creaked in the wind; the snow had fall-
on upon it in the winter; the birds had
swung upon ifc in the summer. Nobody
ever stopped at that hotel; but the sign
stuck to it, and kept swearing to it—entertainment for man and beast; andl
said to myself : ' Such is the Democratic
party of the United States.'"
A Man of Ideas.
The candor of impartial criticism compels it to be said of the fifty or sixty
brief impromptu speeches which Mr.
Garfield has made during;, his journey to
New York and^return, that in .some respects they are very remarkable. Though
there was, throughout,, a needlessly •
careful avoidance of any expression of
opinion upon .unsettled political' questions, it can not be said of any one of
them that it was an expression of words
without ideas. There has perhaps-never
been nlade in this country,-by any ,one
citizen, an equal number of impromptu
responses to popular greetings that were
so full of ideas, clothed in language of
so much force, eloquence, and beauty.
Ordinarily, the politician who is prohibited from "talking politics" can
not talk to a popular crowd at all; at
least, cannot employ words to express
ideas. Some of the ablest of our Presidents, under, like circumstances, have
given utterance only to the feeblest
verbal inanities. But in all the many
responses Mr. Garfield made during liis
journey there is not found a, single inane expression. He has shown liimself
a man of information and ideas upon
otiier than political subjects, who is at
no loss to make appropriate and very
admirable use of them in a quick emergency. It is not merely in the art of
off-hand responses that few public men .
have shown themselves his equal; but it
is in their fullness and eloquence of ideas
that his off-hand responses rise preeminent over all others,—Chicago Times
{Dem,). '
United and Harmonious.
Since the Presidential campaign of
1868 the Eepublican party has not been
so solid as it is iri the present contest.
All delusions about the Democratic
party have vanished. It has had a full
trial in both houses of Congress, and
has demonstrated that.no good thing
can come ou$ of it. Tha old virus of
disloyalty and subserviency to the South
poisons the whole body.   No Pepiib-
Loans    of    every
fiised the manage-
ment of th.fr .pa^^^g-
ing the past   eig^f   rf» ■"    f
ed to the conduct,^ - belieyin|
its leaders, axe now unij^ ^ Jo^g|
that at is not safe totR" OM diffi■ I
over to the Democrats 1    ^ .
ees are forgotten, old <l!iiealed, by the
ciledand old jealousies^ creditf the
conviction that the pub]^ ^tlie
currency, the safety of b«% the War are
peipetuity of the results 0%^^ ^
all menaced by the alhance!|jum Demoe.
solid South and the Northff
MXe Mk. . W§£3£
'united, harmonious and detet   ^k(r
win   -There axe no -grumble*^  ^
gards,  no .deserters.   The  Mv.  , „^.,
formed, and "every man identiL «J™"
the great party of freedo^ an»^uon-
aHt^rs to the-rg-U. Jgegg
Sis" ^^ Sf-^*".
York Tribune-.-
MicHieA5:gKif^ . -   *
A Saginaw man r'is -shipping sawdus
to Chicago. •    --..,-?-     t--,,-<*
' State Fish GbMsrissio'NES" Poetman;
has :Snisiied the new Slate Fish Hatchery
near Petoskey.- - -  -- ^ ^ ::-.-, .   "   -,
Theee hundbed. pounds bf steel are.
used up per day at- J^k«©n:ihthe manu
faefcure of corsets. ,'.-'-. .;      - - «
'•fewifnaiik1 for the s^aa^^a^y^q-;
:j__BM^^ilQTil, an .Increa'se- o'f 1308,^
128 tons o^:er- the same'pafiod,Iast year.,
->Thb amount of salt 'inspected hr Michigan during the month' of. Jttiy;wa:s 2.75,-
958 barrels; being 'an -excess-over the
corresponding month last year df 43j350.
barrels: _        — •> ---  '.~f?~..t   -
' Hiram Johi?son,' of Montcalm county, .
had forty-three sheep"killed by the,cars.
one night recently; .and the remaining
^ixty-seveu" of the flock "were most pf
tbem injured.        ..,r,..Z
Bichard Page, of Forrester, Sanilae
county/whilg extricating a horse that-
had become tangled in his'haltei'fsfrapf
was'kicked in -the .side by another horsa=
and fatally injured. •    -      -; •- - *
Cram's salt block at Midland is "in
full operation. - The depth of the welbis
1,315 feet, and the brine- is of the high- _
fist strength.    The* capacity of the works -
is 100 barrels per day.   '
A Petoskei paper is informed by a
gentleman ihat, while coming from Point -.
St Ignace to Mackihaw"a.few days ago,'"
he saw a waterspout on the strait about •
three miles off. It'was visible for sbme.l
time, and when it. broke it hidfrom view. ■
for several minutes the entire island,-
.At Battle-Creek, Ada Galkuis,.about *
16 years of age, employed as. a cigar- '
maker, has, with'the'view "of beautify- •
ing her complexion, beeniii the habit of"r
taking morphine,, and on Sunday took:
an overdose, which resulted in-her death.-.
A jury of inquest' rendered a verdict of '
" Accidental poisoning.-""   "'-."'■    '*
The people of Petoskey voted against".
establishing water-works' because the <"
first cost would.be &12,000;;ahd the' an--,
nual expense of a steam engine .$2,Q0O« „
The Democrat suggests that the water"
-power of the river be. utilized' foi* pumping purposes,.which-would-ieduqe the
running "expenses to $100 a-yeai.-.    -.
The Cadillac[News gives a description,
of a water-spout seen on.Clam lake .om
day last week. It began about-half a
toilefrom -the shore, disturbing about
half an acre of' water, raising it in a gigantic tube <as high as the tallest pines.
As itwas borne toward the shore ite
•tubulsorah^e *aa broken
'SililMtCi&kWWi'** " *"*"**"
Sevekximetve Iowa editors, with
twenfy-five" of their "wives, have beett
roving; in the Upper- Peninsula. They
reached Marquette July 31, where they
remained a couple of days and then left
for lshpeming. They were going to
examine tlie mines of Marquette county
and then look over the Menominee.
range.
. Jackson Patriot: "The mother of
Mr. McCoy, of Parma, who was poisoned* •
from eating toadstools, supposing them
to be mushrooms, has recovered, but his
wife and children gradually failed and
died. Mr. McCoy, who is a native of
Norway, states that his father; brother
and sister died in that countiy from a -
similar cause."
Two members of ,the Board ;of_ the -
State School ;for the Blind,' were in Lansing last week inspecting the progress df .
the alterations and repairs on the Odd
.Fellows' Institute, preparatory  to the
opening of the institution in Septem-'.
ber.   Prof. J. F. McEfroy, who has for *
four years filled the position of Assistant
Superintendent of  the  Institution for
the Blind at Indianapolis, Ind, is to be
Principal of this school.
The population of Huron county has ;
more than doubled in the past decade;
in 1870 having 9,049, and in 1874, 11,-
964, while the complete returns for 1880
foot up 20,126, an increase of 8,162 in
six years. How many counties in "the
State of like population have done bet-'
ter? Huron county has twenty-six
townships and eighty-five miles of water
front, aboufc half of which is on Lake
Huron and half on Saginaw bay, and
still the county is not* more than <one-
fourth settled, and land can be bought
for from $5 to $10 per acre. ....
Internal Improvements. .
From Gen. Humphrey's annual report
is taken the following statement of estimates for improvements in this Stats for
the next fiscal year:        " " * '       ,
Monroe Harbor.—-The amount avail-
able is §2,000. For the next fiscal year
$3,000 is asked for. repairs to piers and
revetment of the United States canals.
St. Mary's Biver and St. Mary's Fall
Canal.—Amount available, $475,485.20.
For the fiscal year',ending Jime30,1882;.
an appropriation of $150,000 is asked '
for, which will complete all the work
projected. - - . .
Harbor ofBefuge, Sand Beach, Lake
Michigan. —Amount available, $100,-
829.87. An appropriation ©f. $100,-
000..is asked for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1882,- which will be expended
in extending the lake-arm of the breakwater and dredging inside the harbor, to
increase the capacity for large vessels.
Detroit Biver.—Amount available,
$125,182.55. For tlie fiscal year ending
June 30,1882, an appropriati&n of. $125,-
000 is asked, wliich will be applied to
continuing the excavation at Lime-Kiln
crossing. ;
Ontonagon Harbor.—Amount estimated for completion of existing project,
$146,170; amount asked for the fiscal
year ending July 30,1882, $60,000.
Eagle Harbor.—Amount now available, $4,000. No appropriation is asked, -
as the improved condition bf the harbor
meets all present commercial, requirements. .      ' -
Marquette Harbor.—Amount available, $5,006.36. No appropriation is
asked for at present, though the breakwater should eventually be extended 400
feet.
Harbor af Befuge at Grand Marr
aios..—Amount available, $10,000. Ifc is
estimated that there cau be expended
profitably in the fiscal year ending July
30, 1882, $80,000. It is proposed to hold
available fuijffe until further appropriations accumulate sufficiently to allow
economical commencement of the work.
Manistique Harbor.—Amount available, $5,000. Amount assessed for the
fiscal year ending July 30, 1882, $J,000.
Menominee Harbor.—Amount availr
able, $10,000. Asked for the fiscal year
eu^ng Juije §0,1882, $49,000,
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