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VOL; Pledged butto Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favora Win ua and no Pear ShallAwe." M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1884. NO. 11. JlaWetlef, . Publi-tliel Wednesday t»y J. HIJY EDITOR AVD PUBLISHER. Office in Bishop's Block, ,-#/ ftJQttOSTTB PBKKT ft OtH%«" . TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Jne fear (In Aftvaao.e). .'.$1.50 if Hot Paid within Three Months... 100 Subscriptions mceivel for three or 8lx nonths in the same proportion. Kates of Advertising. We announce liberal rates for advertising in the Pt,ArNriEALER, Sind en leav.tr to state them so plainly that thev will be reu<lily tin. ierstood. They areas follows: 11nch one vear Inches one year ? Inches one year . Column one year Jtf Column one year- Column one year 500 10 AO IS 00 30 00 00 00 100 00 One inch meana the measurement of one ach down the column, single column width. Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have the 'privilege of changing as'often as they thoose, without extra charge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having •landing cards) will be entitled to insertion •f local notices at the rate of n cents per line each week. All others will be charged 10 cents per !ine the fl^st week, and 5 cents per line for each subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be,charged at the rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareil type, same as this is set in) the flrst Issue, and I cents per line for subsequent issues. This, Mi inch advertisement will cost f 1.00 for ene week, $1.50 for two weeks, $2.00 for three weeks, and so on. The PLAINDRALER will be liberal in giving •ditorial notices, but, as a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the u&o of its columns for pecuniary gain. BUSINESS CARDS. a T. BROWS, M. D. PHV810IAN A!fD 3URGEOX. Offlce over the Post Office, opposite Perry ft.Martin's Store up stairs, McHenry, 111. J. H. SOOT HILL, M. D. H1TSIOIAX AND SURliEON. Office oppo­ site Post Office, Ringwood, III. C. H. FEGERS, M, D- IVIVSICtW AND SURGEON. McHenry, Ills. Offlce at Residence, on the Corner, Opposite Blake's Furniture Store. O. J. HOWARD, M. D. -OHYSIOIAN AND SURGEON. Office at I my residence, opposite M. B. Church, MtaHenry. 111. BARBIAN BROS. CIGAR Manufacturers, McHenry, 111. Or­ders solicited. Shop, In Old McHenry, jiKeiter Block, two doors west of PfcAiN- JKALKK Office. | WASHINGTON, D. C •The popular palace hotel of the National Capital. Convenientlv located and accessible to all the street car lines of the city. Open all the year. Q Q gTAPLES, v PROPRIETOR. Late of the Thousand Island House. M A R C U S * GERMAN Manufactured by | g. MARCUS, •DEALER IN-- PURE WINES. LIOUORS AND CIGARS. Woodstock, III. The best Tonic in the world. Put up in "'Pintand Quart Bottles. F. MARCUS, Patentee. - JlMiin. Ill . - DEALERS W Saidwaie, Stoves, Lumber 8hingle«i, Lath, : Fence Posts Coal etc l> In abort, we keep everything in the above mentioned lines, which we are offe ing to the buy­ ing public as cheap as any other house in this section. Call and S©e JOBBING & REPAIRING, ' ̂ " PROM PIXY ATTENDED TO. HELM & PETER. Algonquin, Feb. 18,1884. BUSINESS CARDS. pr DON'T YOU FORGET IT! ASAW. WoodMoc^ . Backed by Millions of money offer INDEMNITY against damage by - 1111b6«*. yon damage oy Flr«f, Lightning, Wind Storms, CYCLONES AND TORNADOES. . - Drop me a postal card and I will visit yon; eall oi me and I will write you a policy, and 5 " Wen either or any of these destructive ele­ ments devastates your property, happy will yon be if you hold one of my policies, for I will surety visit you, and minister unto vou. r * ,> *< ASA W. SMITH, m'. • » Gen'I humranoeAgl MART «. BARBIAN. HAIR WORKER. All fciiids of Hair work done in flrst class stvle and at reasonable prices. Rooms at residence, north, east corner of Public Square, McHenry, III. JESSE A. BALDWIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Law bneiness in Every part of the State receive* prompt attention. Room 24, 99 Washington St., Chi- cago, 111.- DR. C. E. WILLIAMS. DENTIST. Residence Dundee. Will be at McHenry, at Parker House, the lOtli 11th 25th and '20th of each month. When dates occur Saturday or Snnday I make my visits on the following Monday,and the first day of such visit occurs on Friday, I will stay but one day. a JOHN KLEirGEW. HOUSE Painter, Grainer, Calciminer and Paper Hanger. Residence one Block West of Riveftiile House. Work attended to prom ply and on reasonable terms. JOHN WIEDEMANN, HARNESS MAKER, RINGWOOD, ILLINOIS. On hand at all times to make on short notice Single or Double Harness,of the best material and warrnnt satisfaction. REPAIRINU promptly attended to. Shop next door to the Cheese factory. PATRONAGE SOLICITED. John Wiedemann. ention Horsemen! I would call the attention of the public to my Stable <of Stock Horses, four in number: two Morgans, one 3-4 Percheron, and one Imported Horse. They are all good representatives of their breed. Also a few Merino Sheep for sale. The public are cordially invited to call and examine stock, get prices, etc. No business done on Sunday. N. S. COLBY. 10 7-tf McHKNRY, ILL ROBERT C. 3mm, -- BREEDEit OK -- FOWLS TlfecHMOND, ILL. (FIRST PREMIUM AT MCIIRNRT COUNT Y My fowls are of the celebrated DUKE OF YORK strain, remarkable for their great size and laying qualities. I can show a trio of last season's chicks weighing 31 pounds. Eggs, per setting of thirteen, $1.5(1, delivered to purchaser in Richmond, Shipped, securely packed, $2.00. ,. ROBERT a BEJSNKTT. ft «•' HEADQUARTERS -- FOB- TRUCKS, An-i all kinds of Vehicles, at J. 'W- CRIMOLBY'S Ringwood, 111. I will not be undersold, luaterial and Workmanship considered. General Blacksmithing, And Repairing of all kinds, in both Wood and Iron. Yirst cla§s workmen employed and Satisfaction Guaranteed. J. W. CRIMOLBY. Ringwood, March lltli, 1S84. THE CBTCAOO HEAT HIUIICET. St :flr Freslanl Salt Meats, OF ALL KIND?, Sausgge, Smoked Meats, &c., ' -AT THE- Living Prices. We buy none but the best of Meats, and flatter ourselves that we can offer our ens- tomera meats in better shape than any other abop in this section. Thankful for past favors we solicit a con­ tinuance of the same, and we will guarantee to satisfy you both in quality and price. A- M FRETT. McHenry, 111., March 17th, 1884. Having recently fitted up our snop near the bridge, we are now prepared to furnish our customers with PUMP REPAIRING, CEMENTING, ETC. The undersigned is prepared to do all wbs in the line of I>iggmg Wells Be.miriifg ' „ Pumpf, Cementing Wells, or will put in •- Ne-w Pumps On short notice and warrant satisfaction. In short will do all work in this line. Can furaish you a ne>v I'uinp, either wool • or iron, warranted, as cheap as any ether man. Good references furnished if desired. If you want a Well Dug, a Pump Repaired or a new Pump, give me a call. «"Orders bv mail promptly attended to. Post Office, J*hn8burgh, 111. Johaaburgh, L. BANTES. Ill", May 26th, 1864. ASA W. SMITH, ATTORNEY AT LAW and Solicitor la Chancery.--Woodstock, 111. , S. F. BENNETT,JM. D. VJHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Also United JL States Examining Surgeon. Richmond, Illinois. A. f*. CHILD!*, M. D., HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SUR­GEON, West McHenrv, III. Calls promptly attended to, day or night. DR. C. R. WELLS. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Wauconda, 1 Lake Co., 111. AH calls promptly attend­ ed, day or night. Office on Main St., east of Barker's harness shop. A. M. CHURCH, • Watchmaker and Jew eer NO. 35 FIKTH AVJ3,, Chicago, 111. Special attention given to repairing Fine watch • es and Chronoinc ters. WA Full Assortment of Goods in his line AT THE OLD STAND, JACOB BOXSLETT, ^ALOON AND RESTAURANT, at the old J stand, opposite Bishop's mill, McHenry, 111. The choirest. Wines, Liquors an-l Cigars to be found in the county. Warm or celd meals on short notice on application. GOOD STABLING FOR HORSES. J. PEKOV8KY, CIGAlt MANUFACTURER, Wholesale and Retail Dealer. HANDLES nore but bis oyvn make,and will compare bis Brands with the best mad4 in the State. Store and Manufactory next door to <he Post Offlce, McHenry, I1L Culver House, 4^1 RICHMOND. LL. C. N. CUI.VER, - , - PROPRIETOR. HAVING recently purchased the above House, I have put it in thorough repair, with new furniture throughout, and would respectfully invite the patronage of the trav­ eling public ami others. The tables will al- ways ne provided with the best th»t can be procured, and polite ami attentive waiters will be in readiness atall times to attend to the wants of guests. No pains will be spared to make tins a First Class House. Large and commodious barns on the premises. Free Omnibus to and from all trains. Sample. Rooms on first floor. t SALOON and BESTATJRAKT Buck's Old Stand, McHENRY, ILLINOIS. Fine Kentucky Liquors, French Bitters, '"McHenry Lager Beef;' Phil. Best's tfilwaukts Bm By the Bottle or Case. We buy none but the best and sell at Reasonable Prices, Call and see me and I #0 use you well. ANTONY ENGELN. McHenry, Jtl^ 1884. •Si-i WJ M'M™™ > :r/' i HE . WIG IITM AN, Proprietor. First , class rigs, with or without drirers furnished at reasonable rates. Teaming ot all kinds done on short notice. WEST ItcHENBY. Invite th<? attention of the buyin/r public toan entirely new stock of m 60008, 10T1QI&, CLOTHING, SGR OCERIES, Boots, Shoes Hats Caps, Granite Koddngham Glassware* and Trunks, Hand Bags and Valises, O. H. Fargo's celebrated Boots and Shoes, etc. All grades Chick's Favorite Flour in stock. Every sack wai ranted. The highest price paid for produce. All goods sold at one price and marked in plain figures. Thank­ ing our patrons for past fevors and hoping for a continuance of the same, >ve shall strive to please all who may give us a call, both, in quality and price of goods. BONSLETT, Jb STOFFIL West McHenry, 111., March 24, M64. Plaoo Minneapolis #tljf Binder, it £ 11 Oweu &> Son's. Soldiers* Department. COHDCCTED BT DB. S. F. BEXXKTT. Cleveland and the Soldiers. Soldier* of McHenry County, Read the . 'ft Record! OTK RECORD. Cleveland Is otf rpcofd as to the esteem in which he holds the soldiers. Let thcro read.|he record. The assertion of the Democratic preas that Governor Cleveland signed any , . , ... , , „ .... ,, " , pensioning the soldiers of the South original bill favoring the Ireterans is ^ ^ false. The only bills favoring the ex-soldiers of the Northern States. The Southern soldier disabled In war and the widows and orphans of those who died can only hope for relief by a second tax which may he voluntarily paid by the people tor, whom thev fought ind who suffered with them .it is not the least of your meritorious msuii- festation8 that you meet this discrim­ ination without complaint and brace yourselves to bear this double burden wltli no ill feeling to the Government for this offensive favoritism. OdrTING READY TO PENSION REBELS. The Democratic party, as every one knows, has long cherished the idea of Grand Army that he lias'signed are tiros- which the veterans demanded, amending bills that were already in ex­ istence 1>y the f^yor' of -liepublican Governors. For instance, the bill to provide headstones for tl» graves of soldiers was not signed b*fj Cleveland, as has been claimed; Governor Cornell, a Republican, signed the Original bill and Cleveland merely signed an amended bill. The bill compelling the local authorities to providl^proper in­ terment for the bodies deceased veterans was not signed bgCleveland, as has been stated, hut bjr Governor Cornell. This bill as ainei4led wss the one that Cleveland signedl He had nothing to do with the orljpi&l bill. It was so with all the soldier^ bills. He would sign none that originated legis­ lation on their behalf and only with great reluctance even approved the amendments to such bill?. Yet every soldieri' bill that Cleveland vetoed had passed both houses of thefLegislature by a unanimous vote! NOTHING FOR THE ST&DIBRS. Even the bills that heljMd the sol­ diers out Indirectly or that favored the militia of the State Governor Cleve­ land took special pains ta kill. We might mention the act to incorporate Uniformed* Veterans of Hie Twenty- third Regiment, National Guard. The Governor, in declining to sign the bill, said he tho.ight the present law suffi­ cient to permit the organization. If so. what harm would it bave done to have signed the bill? f'or a similar reason Cleveland deelinei} to sign the bill to incorporate the Vfteran Associ­ ation, Seventy-first Regiment,National Guard. He also declin^Hto sign the bill to organize the Veflmui Associa­ tion of the National CiuaM^ giving the absurd reason that he was unwilling to do anvthing that wouM«iiupair the efficiency of ttie NiWtellW «4«artl "or injure its morale." This was an Insult that stung every veteran in the State, the meanest insult ever offered them. NOTHING FOR THE GETTYSBURG MONU­ MENT. In !\pcord with the veto of Mayor Cleveland, of Buffalo, of an appropria­ tion for the observance of Memorial Day was the veto by Governor Cleve­ land of the enactment appropriating 910,000 "for the Comptroller, to be ex­ pended under the supervision of the officers of the Gettysburg Battle-field Memorial Association, in the erection of suitable permanent monuments to mark the positions occupied by New York troops in the decisive battle ot Gettysburg, and in preserving or re­ producing and perpetuating the several defensive works thrown up by them." Governor Cleveland declared the ap­ propriation was to be expended by a private corporation, and that it was unconstitutional. MOT A DOLLAR FOR PENSIONS. In 1883 the Legislature passed As­ sembly bill No. 360, providing for the relief of the few remaining members of the First Regiment of New Yoric Mexican Volunteers. Governor Cleve­ land vetoed this bill, saying: "I am by no means certain that the legislation thus proposed involves a correct prin­ ciple or that the appeal on which it rests should b* answered by favorable action." He also declared that "enOygh has been done in this direction." So Governor Cleveland puts himself on record as opposed to pensioning the veterans of the war. He thus puts himself on equal footing with Governor Hendricks, liis companion on the Dem­ ocratic ticket, who was one of the eleven United States Senators on record as voting against Section 4 of Hie Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which provides that "the validity of the public debt of the United States authorized by law, lijt' eluding debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services In suppressing insurrection or rebellion, should not be questioned." AN EMINENT DEMOCRAT WANTS REBELS PENSIONED. At the reunion ol Confederate sol­ diers in Monroe County, Ga., held dur­ ing the week ending Augu3t 27th, 1884, a letter from Jeff Davis was read. In which he complained of the pensioning of Federal soldiers as discrimination. He says: The annual meeting of the old Con­ federate soldiers, both pleasant and useful in itself as reviving memories over which disaster couli? bring no cloud of shame, and serving to teach the rising generation the truths lor which you so nobly struggled, is con­ nected by you with the beneficent pur­ pose of relieving your needy and sufter ing comrades and protecting the or­ phans ol those who sacrificed their lives in the effort to maintain the state sovereignty won by Georgia in the war of the Revolution. Though the States are again reunited, and all contribute to fllll the Treasury of the general Government, the funds collected are only appropriated to provide for th« In the recent Democratic National Convention the proposition was con­ sidered in the Committee on Resolu­ tions together with the free-trade planks, and on both the Democratic party straddled^ To such of our Demo­ cratic friends a6 are fond of printing ill parallel columns portions of tbe platforms we commend republication of the appended declarations concern­ ing pensions. The Republican plat­ form favors Union soldiers o»ly« The Democratic platform does not mention Union soldiers, but speaks of "worthy" soldiers. Every one knows that Jeff Davis aiid all his followers insist today that rebel soldiers are as "worthy" of pensions as Union soldiers. The fact is that at the meeting of the Democratic Committee on Resolutions a plank in favor of pensioning Confederate sol­ diers was presented, and, to satisfy those who favored It the word "Union" was .omitted from the platform, and the resolution is thus made to apply to the brave soldiers of the North and also to the traitors of the South. We quote from the platform.as follows: Republican. I Democratic. The priit«fnl thanks The system of illrcct of tlie Americtin jieoplcltaxniioii known as the arc ilue to the I'niun internal revenue is a soldiers and sailor* <>! the l.i te war, ami the republican party stand pledged to suitable pensions for all who were disabled and lor the widows and or ph'ins of those who •tied in the war. The Kepuhlican party also pledges itself to the repeal ot the limitation contained in the Ar­ rears act of 1879. So that alt invalid soldier- war lax, and to long as ihe law continues the money derived therefrom should be sacredly devoted to the relief of the peo­ ple from the remaining burdens ot the war., and be made a fund to defray the expense of the care and com tort of worthy soldiers dis­ abled In line of duty in the wars ot the re­ public, and for the shall share alike and;payuieiit of such pen their pensions l»egin;sions as Congress may with the date of dis-ltrom time to time ability or discharge.[grant to such soldiers, and not with the <iate;a Ilk'! fund tor the of application. {sailors having been al­ ready provided; and anv 'surplus shall be paid into the Treas- Jury. Further proof of the tendency of tlie Democracy to .pension rebels is found in the action of the Democrats in the South at tile l'ite~*essTon. ' 'Whtte ttWs Mexican Pension hill was pending, a motion was made to repeal Section No. 4.716 of the Revised Statutes, which provides that no money on account of pensions shall be paid to any per«on,or to the widow, children or heirs of any deceased person, who In any manner voluntarily engaged in or aided or abetted the late rebellion against the authority of the United States. This motion .was defeated--yeas 28. nays 29. Every vote In favor of the motion was by a Democrat. Resignation of Colonel Dudley, Commis­ sioner of Pensions--Secretary Teller's Reply. COMMISSIONER DUDLKT BR8IGH8. WASHINGTON, D. C., September 22:-- The following is the correspondence relative to the resignation of Commis­ sioner of Pensions Dudley : WASHINGTON, D. I\. September 20:-- /ion. Henry M. Teller. Secretary of the Interior-. DEAR Sin--1 hereby have the honor herewith to hand you my renig nation an Commissioner of Pensions, and beg you will forward the same to the President with your approval, I desire it shall take effect on the 10th of November. In severing the relations which have subsisted between us for so long a time, and which to me have been extremely pleasant, I can not re­ frain from expressing to you my thanks lor your uniform kindness slio»vn to, and the confidence you have always re­ posed in me, or for expressing the hope that the same have not been entirely undeserved on my part. I have labored diligently and with my heart In the work, to administer the great trust Imposed upon me in such a way that, while discharging my duty faithfully to the Government, I might hold the confidence and respect of the people, the beneficiaries my superiors and my­ self. I shall leave the otfieg l:i good working order, with a clerics*force or corps of officers unsurpassed in the Government service for etliafeucy, zeal and integrity, and I part from them and you with deep regret. I assure you. With assurances of profound regatd for yourself, and in tlie hope that iny serv­ ices as Commissioner of Pensions have contributed somewhat to the success of this Administration, 1 have the honor to subscribe mywlf your obedient ser­ vant, ' W. W. DUDT-ET", Commissioner of Pensious. SECRETARY TELLER'S REPLY. DBPARTMENT OP THE INTERIOR, WASHINGTON, D. C., September 22.-- Hon. W. W. Dudley. Commissioner ot Pensions, Washington: DEAR SIR--I have the honor, by direction of the President, to signify to you his accept­ ance of your resignation a9 tendered, and convey to you at the same time hi6 sincere regret that you should decide to retire from office. In so doing, and while expressing my own regret at your decision, 1 desire at the same time to congratulate you cordially upon the high measure of success you have been able to achieve in the administration ol affairs in the Petition Bureau. Since you have been at its head, the duties of the bureau have been greatly en­ larged and the number of Its employes doubled. In the organization and the equipment of this large force, and in the development of its powers for the rapid dispatch of business, you have displayed executive ability of the highest order, while in that more im- fiortaut branch of your duties, gratit-ng or rejecting claims for pension,you have shown at all t.imes the sympathy of a comrade in arms with the suffering soldiers acd those dependent upon them, without forgetting your respon­ sible position as an officer of the Gov­ ernment and a custodian under the laws of the bounty It bestows upon its hon­ ored defenders. I congratulate you upon the large amount of excellent work accomplished during your ad­ ministration, and upon the admirable condition in which,: upon your retire­ ment. you are able to leave the affairs of the office. With the best wishes for your future success, I am very truly y o t i f i ^ ' - ' O ' . > • H. M. TELLER, Secretary of the Interior. In tho memorandum book of an I1IK nOis soldier occurs a significant entry, which has recently been published. It WHS dated on election day. 1864, It re­ ferred to the fact that the soldiers of New York, Ohio and other States had been authorized to vote, and that their regimental elections had been held that day, wiille a copperhead Legislature had refused to confer this right on Illi­ nois soldiers. Nevertheless the Thirty- second Illinois Infantry, which formed part of the command, held an informal ballot, which resulted in 206 votes for Lincoln and 58 for McClellan. This represented about the average propor­ tion of Republicans and Democrats in all the Illinois regiments during the war. 4?# s. L i *<•»r i'tsi life . Jf L .. .#*. . & A ^ WASHINGTON LKTTKR Frmnofttllegu lar Correspondent. WASHINGTON, Septemer 29tli , 1984 Business is quite lively around poli­ tical headquarters and returns of estimates are coming in from all the States. Ohio and West Virginia have the most attentive consideration, while every visitor seems instinctively to ask tho same question, "What do you get. from Ohio and West Virginia?" For the information of the readers of the PLAINDKALER, your correspondent can. say that so far the report from both Ohio and West Virginia are most flattering, and no doubt Is expressed as to the result in the former State, while the latter givee promise of victory or substantially a victory In October which wiM be made sure in November, if Ohio does all that is ex­ pected next month. Without desiring or intending to give away Hendricks' --d Dutch- mm," Carl Schttrz. or as the brilliant Senator from Kinsas, John J. Ingalls, would put It, "the Dutch tratnp," I can assure your readers that up to the time ot Carl's trip to the West all hope from the minds of the faithful, and York ami New England were conceded to Blaine and Logau. In the great wisdom of the Mugwumps, or that breed of animals resulting from a cross between an Independent Republican and a Dependent Domocrat. it was concluded that success could only be obtained through a vigorous cam­ paign in the Northwest. That if Schurz could only capture the Ger iiiatis of Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and Kansas,without New York, the father of Maria's child might with the aid of the solid South, be made President. With a devotion to self characteristic of the man. Scliurz agreed for the small sum of 9300 per speech to do the heroic and patriotic- act and started to capture the great West. 1 know whereof I speak when I state that Scliurz before he started West, in conversation with Horace White conceded the defeat of Cleve­ land in New York and the ease, and stated that the only ealvatlon for him was In the West, where he, Scliurz, would go, for a small consideration, and scoop in the Germans, and make victory possible from or through a quatter unlooked for by the Republi­ cans. It is an open secret that Scliurz is now*beginning to see that the mis­ sion was and is ais failure. In the ex­ pressive language of the people of Missouri, who made Carl all he is and whom he foolishly betrayed,"he cut of) more than he could chew." and gone among the honest, independent Ger­ mans of the West with his 1-own-you- all style, he has met with a rubufl that lias taken a little of the conceit out o;f him, and in his leisure moments he indulges in his favorite song of "The heart bowed down," The news at headquarters from all the States named is to the eflect that they will be found returning their old-fashioned Repub­ lican majorities, and that £he waving ol Carl's dirty Schurtz has not so pol­ luted tiie at nosphere as to blind the eyes of the people to the hideous moral deformity of the 20-inch necked father of Maria Halpin's child. The "lovely Dutch" are uot coming to the arms of the debauched, deformed, free- trade Democracy with the alacrity that Carl had promised, arid there Is consequent mourning on the banks of the Hudson and fears are expressed that the little scheme won't work. Secretary of the Interior Teller is one of the first department official*. return to his official duties frbto his summer vacation. * He came back to Washington the first Of the week, and at once jumped inio the work of his department. It is not probabja^hat be will leave Washington agi^JpfOr any considerable length ot tfaie until March next, when he wIU rot I re from his present position though it is not likely that tbe Interior Department will then be given a more efficient head. -- Word has gone o«t from Washing- ton that Postmaster General Ores fi­ nnan as soon to resign his position In the Cabinet snd to be given Judge Drummond's place on the bench of the" United States Circuit Court. The re­ port, however, is not true. According to General Gresham's own statement he will remain at the head of the Postoffice Department to fhe end of Arthur's administration. For want of better Washington^ news i now adays correspondtnts at tbe ' National Capitol are informing the i anxious public of the dflferent styles of ^ hats worn by permanent officials, and . telling of the various ways in which they wear them. There is no such thing as estimating the effect upon the political canvass which the in­ formation wvill have that President Arthur wears a tali silk ht>t of the ex­ treme Broadway style ; ̂ that Mr. Blaine'8 favorite hat ts a black slouch, ! and that Secretary Teller's caput makes hlra look like an Episcopal bishop. ' " From New York the tnAnagers OT7 " the New Orleans Exposition report that the applications for spice are coming in eo rapidly that it is doubt­ ful whether the buildings, the largest ever before erected for tli9 World's fixposi tion. will accommodate all the applicants. It is now certain that the display will be the finest and most varid, covering more indutries than was ever aggregated in dne place; not only so. but the dispay of curiosities will surpass those at the Centeniai at Philadelphia in 1876. The success of this Exposition lias been phenomenal. < From what was orgitutlly intended as a mere cotton exposition it ha* grown to be an exhibition of the world's in­ dustries. together with its arts, scien- ? ces, and great natural and artificial ' curiosities. The people of all civilized count! ie%.«eem to be conspiring ot make it the Exposition of the century. General Grant's View of the Political Contest, It Is reported that, during the niflcMiit call ot General Grant on Mr. Blaine, in New York City, last Satur­ day, the veteran commander ot the ; Union arms said: "For my own part, I do nnt. know of any time when Re­ publican success was more e^snntial to national prosperity than at *present.l» General Grunt has a special gift for sayiKg in the fewest possible words ea> " actly the right tiling at exactly tne time. It has alike in war and peace". phrases from his military dispatches during ft lie war became mottoes of patriotic enthusiasm throughout the country, and often rescued the Uniort-^ loving people from the gloom of dis- appointment and weariness, if not of ^ despair. In his civil «tate papers and in his political utterances the sftme characteristic has been notable. His sententious declarations are a remark- ^is|p able part of the public history of the , . country since lie first becaiM" coospicl- • 't ous in its affairs. But General Grant lutf never pressed in fewer words a truism of • V /; greater import than that contained in ' his conversation at the council of Re­ publican leaders two days *go in New York. There hevcr was a time when interests more important lhati those now pending were at stake, nor when a Republican victory Was more urgently demanded for the national welfare. If the Democratic party should now cure a victory,it would be through the efiorts of every surviving rebel at the South, by the ai^ of the Kulkux Clans under new names and disguises, and of the banded comspi r.itors and scoun­ drels by whom half the voters in the South are disfranchised by violence or fraud. If, among the mysterious dis­ pensations of Providence, a Democrat­ ic victory at the coming election Is In store for the people of the country, the officers who may be elected will owe their success to the labors of traitors to the Government, and to the traitors scarcely less depraved by whom the vote of the South is corrupted. Officers of {lie Government elected by these agencies would be compelled to submit to their control iu offlce, and to administer public affairs In their In-, terest. , , Every interest of trade, Wlustry aud^ ^ commerce requires continued Republi­ can ascendency in the Nation. Tho danger of industrial, commercial and finaccial ruin is involved In the pos». sibility of Democratic success. The partial dullness oi some branches of industry and the paralysis of others have been Owing to the assaults of the Democrats |n Oongress on tips indus­ trial interest of the country, (f they should be completely successful at tbe approaching elections, no tuouument of industry or of busine^success would be safe feeui destruction. .» General Grant spoke wisely and well when he said that no time in the past has Republican success been more essenuial than it now is to national pros pe ri tj.--Journal. m ( j ) t "'•V -X' & . >5 "i _ i. ,F- t Try Ayer's Pills, and be> Misery is a mild word to describe the mischief to the body and mind caused by habitual constipatUm. The regular use of Ayer's UathaHle Pills, lu mild doses, will Restore the torpid viscera to healthy action. Late styles of transparent curtains, shades and lamberquios at Bousiett« r , k i t e - i l . l ' L v - J