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WHOLE NUIKBLK 026 CORUHNA MICHIGAN DECEMBER 17th, /691.
THE CORUNNA JOURNAL,
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tomtit*. Itevot+H m the ita*rc*» tf tha
Hon of focal and jtmm-ml new*.
&3RSUCH & WELCH. FdLlMl.
jf itJMf»';-On« Year, 75c ts: tx months, forty
eats, three months twenty cents.
Advertising rates tn e known at tho office
FIRST l US FACILITIES FOR
4m& GeMMERCIAL
PRINTING.
TOLEDO K
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NUKTH—AiMti adit Express
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SOUTH-looiJ freight
£:60 a. m
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Mall and EsurcftS
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t; A SIIAKP, Depot; igcot, Corunna
W. H. DENNETT Oeti • VWM. Agt.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
A J as. M. Goodell,
ATTORNEY A.T 3L*A.T*r.
OH'O/toO, MWlf.
Office In Thomas lllock, Opposite National
Hotel,
II WATSON ODELCHAPMAN
WATSON & CHAPMAN,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law.
Over Second National Bank, Owosso, Mien.
HomoeopaUtK Physician
OWCBOVBIV^ McMciXRys CIJOTHINO STOKE.
Residence, Hn\, tlockeast of Jail, on
JtcAjthtti > . . . stroet
— COUNSELOR AT LAW.
UAceover 1st National Bank, Corunna,MIeb.
PHYSICI4N AND SURGEON,
COUUNNA, MICH
Orncs UPf-osrrB COUKX aou».
JMr€T0Il W. S. JONES.
Special attention given to Di* ascot Women
aud Children.
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TELEGRAPHY AND TYPE-WRITING
TAUGHT QUICKLY AND CORRECTLY
The BaUrosd W1T*« run to our Offices, Durand
to Owo*K>. Student* on our city lines soon become
expert operators. ^ *«. „
C. A. SHARP, E. 1«. LEMON,
(Sty Telegraph Co., Corunna, Miob. 11,30
IRST NATIONAL BANK
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W. D, GARAISON, I L. W. 8nrMOH«,
President. | Vlce-P/ealdeut.
runnier, A. T.XlCB«*a.
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Otuiir Car, Huffet Car, Sleeping Car Hcrvlve.
RHSfwatd No. li-, ban Ptilman sleeper, Cbfoiiro
to »>etrr»lt. N'o. 1* has Waa*ner onatr and
buffet ear, vagrner slt>v ladies quartette, Mr. Thomas as
humorist and Mr. pick, a celebrated
pianist. Th( company comes highly
recommended by the press. We hope
our people will show their appreciation
by giying them a full house,
Admission, 50,35 and 25cts.
—There is probably no firm in Shiawassee
county that has grown iu popular
favor :»s fast as the grocery firm
of Chase & Kellogg, of this city, Having
some business with one of the pio>
prietors last Friday, we culled at the
btore and found it densely packed with
—Following is a list of the adver­ enstomers; all hands were busy eutised
letters at Corunna Postofilce: deavoring to wait on the multitude,
Jennie Wilson, Clara Milcher. liertha
—The Commatdery of Knights Tern;
comprised of people from our city and
Mors^i Ester Ferguson,Lucinda Chane
plar of this city, is'doing an unusaai
surrounding ountry. Even our sister
Eliiia liristel, Mrs, Maggie Deeiihofer,
amount of work this season. At its
city was represented by buyers, who
Mrs. James Dumoud, Bsrtha Burger,
last regular convocation, the order of
had waited in vain for the streetcars,
Harry C. Miller, Eugeue Steward and
the temple waft confered on two appli­
hired a rig, and claim they made mon­
Geo. Taylor. Persons calling for the
cants. Four Sir Knights of Flushing,
ey thereby. We rejoice in their pro*-
above letters, will say "advertised"
were numl»ered among its visitors.
l>erity for they are deserving of suc­
aud pay uiie ceut ou receipt of letter. cess. A choice lot of family groceries -
—The street cars are not running
yet; owing to a difference of opinion, — The methodist people, made a con­ constantly on hand at the lowest living,
between tho two companies, as to the. tract last week for 250 upholstered prices.
.kind of crossing' that shall be put in
chairs to take the place of the back-
The T. A. A., company wanting on
breaking pews, that have done service
CircaR Ca ut.
kind and the street railway desiring
for the past fortv years. The chairs
another. Both of the children ought <
will cost $725 aud are to be delivered
Court opened Monday morning for -
the usual quarterly grind. Judge New
to be spanked.
the first of February. It is quite an ton looking well and hat py on the
expense to the society, but believing bench.
—Frank Serr, son of George Serr
that what is worth doing, is worth do­ The names of tbe jurors were called
of this city, after an absence of eight
ing well, -they concluded to buy good by the Clerk, and twenty-four live and
years in North Dakota, returned home
intelligent looking men responded.
seats. We feel confident that our peo­
last Thursday aud will take up his
John Shay of Rush aud C. H. Calple
will approve of their action by aid­
residence in this city. A family rekins,
of Perry, were excused. The
ing in paying for them. A sample of Court ordered an additional name to be
union was held on Friday, and besides
the ones purchased may be seen at drawn from the lists of Burns and Ver­
the father and mother there were pres­
R. A. Haughton's store.
non and the lots fell ou Barney Havent
all the children numbering nine.
iiand and M. V.Russell
—Charles McKons, of Antrim, com­ —A correspondent of of the Mich­ —The Calendar was called and the
following case? continued until next
plaining witness in the case of the igan Christian Advocate scored Rev.
terra: The People vs John C. Haynes,
People vs Babcock, was taken violent­ W. J. vlruey, the horse loving parson The People vs Wm. Gage. Wm. Duly
ill at the Grand Central on Monday, of Saranac, for takirg diner with Don moud et al, vs Thos. Goodwill et al,
caused byheurt failure. Dr. Hume J. Leathers of Grand Rapids. The Elmer Travis vs the T. A, A. & N. M.
worked over him all tbe afternoon and
correspc udeiit called leathers a "sport"
R»y 1-0., Estate of Polly Howe dee'd
vs Charles Parkill et al.
succeeded in bringing him out of the
Parson Amey replies courteously Stella Shelp vs Monroe Simonson and
difficulty. It was, however, a close
as follows: "I know no man as a Monroe Trumble appellant vs Johu C.
call.
sport, but as a Christian minister I Trumble, appellee, were settled.
—Corunna Chapter No. 33, R. A. M„
know men only to love them. Christ Alonzo Ackley vs Union t entra In­
has elected k-he following persons as
himself was likewise criticised by the
surance company. Plaintiff given until
the first day of next term to settle
officers for the coming year: F. E.
Pharisees who said: "This man re- bill of exception.
Welch, H. P.; L. M- Jackson, X.; A.
ceiveth sinners and eateth with them." Mary Kei^htlin vs city of Corunna
E. Richards, S,; A. T. Nichols, Treas.;
Had some of the good people whom I Piaintaiff given twelve days to file «e-
C. M, Peacock, Sec.; J. N. Lemon, 0.
met there, had courteously invited me, curity for costs.
Heinrich Heikeand Julius R. Negro
of n.: Frank Deyo, P. $.; J. E, Keith,
I would as willingly have dined with former subjects of Emperor William,
R. A, C; Frank Pettibone, G. M. 3d,
them. And, as for horses, I often find were admitted to full citizenship of
V.; F«d Northway, G. M. 2nd, V.;
it quite a relief and very agreeable to Uncle Sam. \
8- H, MeCurdy, G. M. 1st, V.; W. H.
turn from the braying of sanctimonial Thomas Haley, accusod of burglar­
Carleton, S. Installation of officers
asses to tbe friendship of an intelliizing
the hardware store of J. F.
Lee, at Lairgsborg, was Uied by a jo J
will take place Dec 17.
gent horse.
and found guilty.
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WrfOLE NUM81R€2€ CORIMHA. M1CHI6A* DECEMBER 17tti# 1891
j THE CORUNHA JOURNAL,
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G3HSDCH & WELCH, FtfisMn.
fmRMS.—Oiws Year* 75cto: lx montha.forty
eats, tiiree months twenty cent*.
Advertising rate* m e known at the office
FIRST ILRSS FACILITIES FOR
dOB & COMMERCIAL
PRINTING.
TOLEDO rv
HARBOR
AND
fH MICHIGAN
RAIUrYAY.
NOUTH—MH>. and Bxpre«« - - *-M *.m
JLocttt rreigiit - - - 4:40 p. m
Ciar* Pasw^jsts* . - 7:18 a. m
S04JTH—local FreJgfct - - 5dioii.ni
dan* PaewnL-tr - « * 8:Stta. m
Hail and Bxprefta . - - KW p. m
__ ir A SUA HP, Depot agent,Corunna
W. H.BBNNBTTGeu. Vmtm. Aact.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Office over 1st National Bank. Corunna.Micb.
E. SI BATTiTTS".
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
CORUNNA,
Omcs OPPOSITE
MICH
COVKT HOUSK.
DOCTOR W. S* JONES.
•Special attention given to Di» ase of Women
aud ChUdren.
OFFICE OVSR • ESOLL STOKE.
TELEGRAPHY AND TYPE-WRITING
TAUGHT QUICKLY AND CORRECTLY
The Railroad Wlret run to our Offices, Durand
to Owoftso. Students on our city lines soon become
expert operators. „„,„.„
a A - SHARP, B- It. LEMON,
Otty Telegraph Co. v Corunna. Mich. 11.30
IKftTMATTONAI. BANK
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OORUNNA.
W,». GAMWSON, {L.W.Snr¥ON?f
President. { Ylce>Pre«id«ut
Caahier, A. T. NiCHOiA.
Aaalstani Caahier, W A. Boawncnxfa.
DIBBCTOR8.
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TAKING EFFECT
DEC, 6th, 1891,
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1 would as willingly have dined with former subjects of Empercv William,
them. And, a? for horses,! often find weie admitted to foil citizenship of
it quite a relief and very agreeable to Uncle Sam.,--¾
turn from the braying of sanctimonial Tbom»B Haley, accused of burglai-
«. . . * , . . , - t , „, izing - the hardware store of J. F.
asses to the friendship of an intellU j ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ washed by a jo j
gent horse. and found guilty.

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THE MESSAGE.
,t gantecm's Stated Annual
Measagw to Oosgres&
amiL REVIEW OF STATE AFFAIRS.
, tho Tariff. Finance, Silver and
Qoestlea*—Tho Chilian u4
Imbroglio*—View* oa the
"Gesrjniaader"—Suggestions.
VmMt&SNT HABRISOX'S OPEN IONS.
WABHE^GTOK, Dec «.—The following
4» President Harrison's message to the
8%y*t*e^ond congress:
VO THB &BXATS AND BOUSE OF RXFRKSKXT-
ottxwxa: The reports of the beads of the sever­
al executive departments, required by law to
9» ewamitted to me, which are herewith trans-
' V and the reports of the secretary of the
and the attorney general, made Question.
1* view of the reports which have been re­
ceived as to the diminution of the seal herds in
tfce Befaring sea, I deemed it wise to propose to
• mejegty's government in February last
"an agreement as to a closed season should
mde pending the negotiations for arbitra-
i which then seemed to be approaching a
favorable conclusion. After much correspood-
«aos and delays for which this government
era* wot responsible, aa agreement was reached
•mi signed; on the 15th of June, by which
are** Britain undertook, from that date
until May 1,180«, to prohibit the killing by
subjects of soalB in the Behrrag sea, and
i government of the United 5taf«s. during
same period, to enforce its existing pro-
ittoa against pelagic sealing and to limit
catch by the For Sealing Company upon
islands to 7,500 skins. If this agreement
have been reached earlier, in response to
strenuous efforts of this government, it
have been more effective; but, coming
ewe* *s late as It did, it unquestionably resulv
f* Imgreatry dlmfnlsbfag the destruction of
by the Canadian sealers.
Oar Fork AfcreodL
laws of the last congress providing a
of inspection for our meats intended
exports, and clothing the president with
to exclude foreign products from our
1» case the country sending them
»14 perpetrate unjust discrimination*
any product of the United States,
tutt government In a position
_ _ effectively urge the removal of
owe* discriminations against our meats, It is
SBattfytng to be able to state that Germany,
uesunark, Italy. Austria and France, in the cr­
ater named, have opened thtilr ports to inspected
fork product*. The removal of these restrie-
*su in every instance was asked for and given
eetety UIMJQ the ground (oat we had
provided a meat Inspection that should
accepted as adequate to the complete re-
snore! of the dangers, real or fancied, which
'. been previously urged.
Brazilian Troubles.
i recent political disturbances in the re­
nte of Brazil have excited regret and solid-
The information we possessed was too
^jerto enable us to form a satisfactory
tedjrmest of the causes leading to the tern-
iry assumption of supreme power by Fresi-
it Fonseca: but this government did not fail
no express to him it3 anxious solicitude for the
yeace of Brazil a*d for the maintenance
•* the free political institutions which had re­
cently been established there, nor to offer our
advice that -jneat moderation should b« ob-
werved iu the clash of parties and the contest
u sincerely hope that neither party
nor sectional lines .will be drawn upon this
great American project so full of interest to
the people of all our states and so influential in
its effects upon the prestige and prosperity of
our common country.
International Copyright.
International copyright has been secured, in
accordance with the conditions of the act of
March a, 1B91, with Belgium, France, Great
Britain and the British possessions, and
Switzerland, the laws of those countries per­
mitting to our citizens the benefit of copyright
on substantially the same basis as to their own
citizens and subjects. With Germany a spe­
cial convention has been negotiat.ad upon this
subject waich'Will bring that country within
the reciprocal benefits of our legislation.
Effect of Tariff Legislation,
The geuefal interest- in the operations of the
treasury department has been much autrmeat-
ed during the last year by reason of the con­
flicting predktions which accompanied »nd
followed the tariff and other legislation of the
last congress aflectin? the revenues as to the
results cf this lesislatlin upon the treasury
and upon the country. On the one hand it was
contended tbat imports would so fall off as to
leave the treasury bankrupt, and that prices
of articles entering into the living of the
people would be so enhanced as to dis­
astrously aSe^t their comfort and happiness,
while on the other it was argued that the loss
to the revenue, largely the result of placing
sugar on the free list, would be a direct gain to
the people; tbat the prices of the necessaries
of life, including those most highly protected,
would not be enhanced; that labor would have
a larger market and the products of the farm
advanced prices; while tho treasury surplus
and receipts would be adequate to meet the
appropriations, inciadkng the largo exceptional
expenditures for the refunding to tbe states of
the direct tax and the redemption of the 4^j
per cent, bonds.
It is not my purpose to enter at any length
into a discussion of the effects of the legisla­
tion to wnlcii I have referred: but » brief ex­
amination of the statistics of the treasury and
a general glanco at tbe state of business
throughout tho country will, 1 think, satisfy
any impartial inquirer that its results have dis
appointed the evil prophecies of its opponents
and in a large measure realized tke hopeful
predictions of its friends. Rarely, if ever be­
fore, in the history of the country has there
bcrn a,time- when tho proceeds of one dav's
labor or tha product of one farmed acre would
purchase so targe an amount of those things
that enter into tire living of the masses of the
people.:••• I believe that u full test *ill develop
the fact tbat the tariff act of the Fifty-first
congress is very favorable In its avontge effect
upon the prices of articles, entering into com­
mon' use. •'•'.'
Exp .rts and Import*.
During the twelve months from October 1,
2890, to September 30, 1891, the tot!?t value of
our foreign commerce (imports and exports
combined) was ¢1,748,806,4^ which was the
largest of an" year in the history of the United
fctaies. The largest in any previous year was
in l&K), when our oozumerce amounted to
«.©#,139,038, and the last year exceeds this
enormous aggregate by over »100, «».000. It »
iniereattag, ted to some will he.:>urnrtalag; to
know^J&at ffarinK the year ending Septem*
ef more than ¥if£C£fa) orar the value of the
o* the eorvewpoadtag month* of tho
ling year, wheuthe imports of merehan*
were unusually large in antietpatfam of
tho tariff legislation then pending. The av-
srage annual value of the import* of merchan­
dise for the ten years from 1881 to 1890 was
1603,186,5½ and during the year ending Sep­
tember 30, 1391, this annual average wus ex­
ceeded by ¢133,523,469, The value of free im­
ports during the twelve months end­
ing September 90, 1891, was 1118,002
«W more than ^he value of free imports
daring the corresponding twelve months of tbe
preceding yea?, and there was during ths same
per!od a decrease of 3109.846,508 in the
value of imports of dutiable merchandise.
The percentage of merchandise admitted free
of duty during the year to which I bare re­
ferred, Uie first under the new tariff, was 48.18,
while during the preceding twelvemonths, un­
der the old tariff, the percentage was 34.?^- an
increase of 13.91 per cent If we take the six
months ending September 30 last, which covers
the time during which sugars have been ad­
mitted free of duty, the per cent of
value of merchandise imported free of
duty is found to be 55.37, which Is
a larger percentage of free imports than
during any other fiscal year in the history of
the government. If we turn to exports of mer­
chandise the statistics are full of gratification.
The value of such exports of merchandise for
the tw«lve months ending September 30, 1891,
wast*23,aiU3d, while for the corresponding
previous twelve mouths it was (560,177.115, an
increase of «3,914,031. which is nearly three
times the average animal increase of expbrto
of merchandise during any year in the history
of the government. Tbe increase in the valie
of exports of agricultural products during the
year referred to over tbe corresponding twelve
mouths of the prior year was tis.846.1*7, while
the increase in the value of export* of manu­
factured products was 116,838,940.
Prvaperity Under tho Stow ILaw.
Them 1* certainty nothing in tho condition of
trade, foreign or domestic, there Is certainly
nothing in the condition of our people of any
class, to suggest that existing tariff and rev­
enue legislation bears oppressively upon the
people or retards the commercial dev^topment
of the nation. It may be argued that our con­
dition would be bettor if our tariff loglsiatlon
vera upoo a free trade bads, but n can­
not he denied that *A tho eoadUloa*. of
prosperity and of general contentment are
K sent in a larger degree than ever
ore in our history, and that, too, just when
It was prophesied they would be m the worst
state. Agnation for radical change* to tariff
and finsaoial legtelotioa cannot help, bet may
seriously impede, business, to tho prosperity of
which some degree of stability In legislation i*
essential. I think there are conclusive evi­
dence* that the new tariff has created several
great Industries whieh will, within a few years,
give employment to several hundred thousand
American workhtgmen and women. In view of
the somewhat overcrowded condition of the
-labor market of tho United States, every pn-
triotic citizen should rejotoe at such a result.
Tho FMiSMiee*.
. The report of the secretary of tho tnasory
shows that the total receipt* of tho govern­
ment from all touices for the ft&eal year ending
June 3), 18*1, were »158.544.333.03, while the ex­
penditures for the same period were tisiJKtt,-
470.46, leaving a surplus of *37^3»,T«57.
The receipts of the fiscal year ending June
S3, 18«, actual and estimated, are $433,000,000,
and the expenditures $409,000,000. For the
fiscal year ending June SO. 1893, tho estimated
receipts are ttM», 336,350 and the expenditure*
8441,300,003. Tmosaotfons hi SUvor.
Under the law of July 14, USD,, the secretary
of the treasury has purchased since August 18
during the fiscal year 48,^3,113 ounces of silver
bullion at an average co»t of $1,043 per ounce.
Thehlghest price paid during the year via*
*L30S3, and the lowest 90.9188. In exchange for
this sliver bullion have been issued 861,677,498
of tbe, treasury notes authorised by the act.
the lowest price of silver reached during the
fiscal year v» 80.9630 on April t*. 1891; but on
November i the market price was only
80.98, which would give to the silver dollar a
bullion value of 74¼ cent*.
Before the influence of the prospective ailver
legislation was felt In the market stiver was
Worth in New York about 0.96S per ounce. The
Ablest advocates of ftee coinage in tbe last
congress wore moiit confident in their predic­
tion that the purchases Cy the government re­
quired by tbe law should at once bring the
price of stiver to..li99JV per ounce, which would
make tbe bullion value of a dollar lOO cents and
hold it there. Tbe prophecies of the anti-sil­
ver men of disasters to result from the coinage
of 83,01)0.000 per month were not wider of the
mark. The friends of free silver are not agreed,
I think, as to the causes that brought their
hopeful predictions to naught. Some facte are
known. Tbe exports of silver from London to
India during the first nine mouths of this cal­
endar year fell off 817.403 730, compared with
tbe same months of the preceding year. The
exports of domestic silver bullion for this coun
try, which had averaged for the last ten years
over 8l7,OJO,00O, Ml in the last fiscal year to
813,797,391; while, for the first time in recent
years, the imports of silver Into ibis country
exceeded the exports by the sum of «,745.305.
In tbe previous year the net exports of silver
from the United State* amounted to 88,.545.455.
The production of the United States increased
from 50,000,000 ounces in 1889 to54,500,000 in 1890.
The government is now buying and putting
aside annually 54,«00,OJ0 ounces which, allow­
ing for 7,140,Oto ounces of new bullion used in
the arts, is. 6,640,000 mo?e than our domestic
product available for coinage,
I hope the depression in the price of silver is
temporary and that a further trial of this legis­
lation will more favorably affect it. That the
inereased volume of currency thus supplied for
the use of the people was neerted and that ben­
eficial results upon trade and prices have fol­
lowed this legislation I think must be very
clear to everyone; nor should it be forgotten
that for every dollar of these notes issued a
full dollar's worth of silver bullion is at the
time deposited in the treasury as a security for
its redemption.
Upon this subject, as upon the tariff, my rec-
ommeudation is that the existing laws be given
a full trial and that our business interests be
spared the distressing ir.fiuence whieh threats
of ru-dkiil changes always impart. Under ex*
luting legislation it is in the power of the treas­
ury department to maintain that essential
condition of national finance as well as of com­
mercial prosperity—the party in use cf the coin
dollars and their payer representatives. The
assurance that these powers would be freely
and unhesitatingly-used has done much to pro-
due* and sustain the present favorable busi­
ness conditions.
Views on Free Coinage.
I am still of the opinion that the free coinage
of silver under existing conditions would dis­
astrously affect our business Interests at home
and abroad. We could not hope to maintain
an equality ia the purchasing power of the
gold and silver dollar in our own markets, and
ia foreign trade the stamp gives no added value
to tbe bullion contained in coins. The producers
of the country, its farmers and laborers,
have the highest interest that every
dollar, paper or coin, issued by the
government shall be as good as any
other. It there is one less valnable than an­
other its sqre and constant errand wMl be to
pay them tor their toil and for their crops. The
money-lender will protect himself by stipula­
ting for payment in gold, but the laborer has
never been able to do that. To place business
upon a silver basis would mean a sudden and
severe contraction ot the currency, by the
withdrawal of gold and gold notes, and such an
unsettling of all values as would produce a
commercial panic I cannot believe that a
people so strong and prosperous as eurs will
promote such a policy.
Movement of Gold Abroad.
Tho exports of gold to Europe, which began
in February last and continued until the last
of July, aggregated over 870,003,00^. The net
loss of gold during the fiscal year was nearly
(0S,OOO,(XX). That no serious monetary disturb­
ance resulted was most gratifying t>nd gave to
Europe fresh evidence of the strength and
stability of our financial institutions. With
the moVvtfaeut of crops this outflow of gold was
speedily stopped, and a return set in. Up to
December l we had recovered of our gold loss
at the port of New York 837,854,000 aad it is
confidently oelicved that during the winter and
spring this aggregate will be steadily and
largely increased.
Reducing tho Surplus.
The presence of a large cash surplus In the
treasury has for many years been the sabjeci;
of much unfavorable criticism and has fur­
nished an argument to those who have desired
to place the tariff upon a purely revenue basis.
r s m m
*8nw**ii*j*ni
m
and
which it attained when the best instrument of
ocean commerce was the clipper ship and the
most impressive exhibit of naval power the old
wooden threp-decker man of war.
I commend to your favorable consideration
the recommendation of the secretary, who has,
I am sure, given to them the most conscientious
study. Tnere should bs no hesitation in prompt­
ly completing a »avy of the best modern type,
lrtrge enough to enable this country to display
Its flag in all sea* for the protection of its cit­
izens and its extending commerce.
Indian Schools.
JThe report of the secretary of the Interior
shows that a very gratifying progress has beia
made in all of the bureaus which make up that
oomplex dHncuit department. The work U tap
It 4«< agroad by all that the SAtbdraw*>-fro|*:
ciroulitioc of so large *» amown of m*o#y w%f la*
•& emrj**nmn>K to Jh» boslfes*.-,¾ tjj.
tho eounuy and made necessary tho io-Ttrii
tejventkm of tho department at freouent
Interval* to reliev* jr 5ff*iT»l*d me^tary
panies. Tho surplus on March i, 1889, wa*
;?I*,8S7JS0.9». The policy erf apply*i* tola sur­
plus to the redemption of the Interest roaring
•aouritfaaol tho United Stat** wa* thought to
be preferable to that of depositing it without
Interest in selected national bank*. There
have been redeemed since the date last men­
tioned of interest-bearing •eouritie* 8tSa,0f9,-
360, resulting Lx a reduction of the annual in­
terest charge of *i 1,684,675. The money which
bad been deposited in banks without interest
has been gradually withdrawn and used ia tho
redemption of bond*.
Increased Cirenlatloo.
The result of this policy, of the silver legisla­
tion and of the refunding of the i% per cent
bonds has been a large increase of the money
in circulation. At the date last named the
circulation was 81,404,205,936, or 8&U3 per
capita; while on tbe first day of Dcc«aibcr, 1891,
it had increased to 11,577,262,070, of 9»U8 per
capita. The offer of the secretary of the'treasury
to the holders of the 4½ per cent, bonds to ex-
tend thetliiie of redemption, «t the option of
the government at an interest of 8 per cent.
was accepted by too holders of about one-half
the amount, and the unextended bond* are be­
ing redeemed oa preseutati en.
Tho War Department.
The report of the secretary of war exhibit*
the results or an intelligent, progressive and
business-like administration of a department
whieh has been too much regarded as one of
mere Routine. The separation of Secretary
Proctor from the deoartment by reason of hi*
appointment as a Senator from the state of
Vermont is a source of great regret to me and
to bis colleagues in tbe cabinet, as 1 am sure it
will be to all those who have had business with
tho department while under his charge.
The project of enlisting Indians, and organis­
ing them into separate com pan tea upon tho
same basis as other soldiers, was made {the
subject of a very careful study by the secretary.
Tho L*w Doportneat.
I concur in the recommendation of the at­
torney general that the right in felony ease* to
a review by the Supreme court be limited; It
would seem that personal liberty would have
a safe guaranty if tho right of review fs
oases involving only fine and impriaonmomt
was limited to the circuit eoart of appeals, wa­
les* a constitutional question should in sosne
way b* involved. The lodges of the court of
private land elalma provided tot by tho act of
March 3, 1891, have been appointed and tho
court organized. It is now possible to gtvo
early relief to communities long reproason la
their development by unsettled land titles and
to establish the possession aad right of *e*-
tier* whose land* have been rendered vatuolo**
by adverse and unfounded claims. ..„_
JKxdusion of
which have boon proceeding wit* tha
or a reduction of the reservations, with
Incident labor of making allotment!,
was oevor more earefnUy conducted,
provision of adeqsat* school facilities
Indjan children aad the loaatiost
adult Indians upon farms invoivo
solution of the "Indian question."
Everything else—rations, annuities and tribal
negotiation* with the agents, inspectors and
commissioner* who distribute and eonduot
them—must pas* away when the Indian has
become a citizen, secure la tbe individual own­
ership of a farm from which he derives his sub­
sistence by hi* own labor, protected by and
subordinate to the laws which govern the
white man. aad provided by the general gov­
ernment or by the local communities In which
be lives with tine mean* of educating his chil­
dren. When an Indian becomes a citizen
in an organized state or territory his
relation to tho general government
ceases, in great measure, to be that
of award; but the general government ought
not at once to put upon the state or territory
the burden of the education of his children It
ha* been my thought that the government
schools and school buildings upon the reserva­
tions would be absorbed by the^chool systems
of the states and territories; bat, as it ha*
been found necessary to protect the Indian
•gainst the compulsory education of hlj land
by exempting him from taxation for a period
of twenty-fire years, it would seem to be right
that the general government, certainly where
there are tribal fund* 1« it* poaseasion. should
pay to the school fund of the st^ta
what would be equivalent to the lo­
cal school tax rnon the property of
the Indian. It will ho noticed from the report
of the costznlssloaor of Indian affair* that al­
ready some contracts have been made with dl*-
trlet school* for tho odneatloa of Indian chil­
dren. The** Is groat advantage, I think, ia
bringing tho laeHw* children into mixofi
school*. Thl* prunes* sm bo gradual, and id
the meoatfsn* tho iiwiit educational pro­
vision* and arraagoaaoats, As result of tho
heat sxpansso* of thoao who have bees
charged with this work, afwaln ho coauaoed.
This will soaker thoso rcttgton* bodie*.tha*
have •wdevtahaa the wotfe oTSdati
with so mash seal aad with result* so
to niaee their
to
.t*a»i_„
V- _
eYthereduc-
aadta th*>
__^__aad
~„-~ «x***ed by
wh* preached the
"'""• waatogtve
. In view
the white
aad of tho
woald have resulted
~ t at tho dls-
, , . tho division
of tho affascnrl, all asch foveas as ware thought
by htm to ^* loqwlrod. Bo fa entitled to the
credit of having groea the heroic protection to
tho settlers and of bringing the hostites Into
subjection with tha least possible tan of life.
SV 4jhOBgO xrsossssry.
Tho relation of tho five dvUixad tribes now
occupying the Iadian territory to the United
State* la not, I believe, tho best calculated to
promote the highest ad^ancenveot of these In­
dians. Tbat there ahoald he within our bor­
der* five Independent states, having no rela­
tion* except those growing oat of treaties with
the government of tho United Statrs. no repre-
eeatatlott la tho notional legislature, it*
people not citizens, 1* a atartUsg anomaly.
It seem* to mo to be inevitable that there
shall ho before umg some organic changes in
the relation of these people to the United
State*. Whs* form those changes should take
I do not think it destrabki now to suggest, oven
If they were well denned in my own mind.
Tttey should certainly Involve the acceptance
of citizenship by the Indian* and a reprr*-«t»-
tlon in congress. These Indiana should
hare opportunity to present their claims
and grievance* upon the floor rather
than, as now, in the lobby. If a commission
could be appointed to visit these tribe* to con­
fer with them In a friendly spirit upon this
whole subject, even if no agreement were pres­
ently reached, the feeling of the tribes upon
this question would ba developed and diacus-
eton would prepare the way for changes which
must come sooner or later.
ftantts Opened to Settlement.
The good work of reducing the larger Indian
reservations, by allotments In severalty to the
Indians and the cession of the remaining lands
to the United States for disposition under tbe
homestead law, has been prosecuted during
the year with energy and success. In Septem­
ber last I was enabled to open to settlement ia
the territory of Oklahoma 900,000 acres of land,
all of which was taken up by settlers in a
single day. The. rush for these lands was ac­
companied by a great deal of excitement, but
was happily-free from incidents of violence.
It was a source of great regret that
I was not able to open at the.
same time the surplus lands of the Cheyenne
and Arapahoe reservation, amounting to about
3,000,000 acres, by reason of tbe Insufficiency
of the appropriation for making tbe allotments.
Deserving und impatient settlers are waiting
to occupy these lands, and I urgently recom­
mend that a special def-rtency appropriation
be promptly made of the small amount needed;
BO that tbe allotments may be completed and
the surplus lands opened in time to permit tho
settlers to get upon their homesteads in tho
early spring.
Pensions,
The administration of the pension bureau
has b^en characterized during the year by
great diligence. The total number of pension­
ers upon the roll on the 30th day of Jiine, JSM.
was 676,1ft). There were allowed during the
fiscal year ending at that tin:?, 250.5&> cases.
Of this number, lue,387 were allowed under the
law of Juno S7, 1890. The issuing of certificates
has been proceeding at the rate of about &>.IA>0
per month, about 7-> per cent, of these being
cases under the new law. The comroissiODer
expresse? tlie opinion that he will \ e able to
carefully adjudicate aad allow SJO/JJO claims
during the present fiscal year. The appropria­
tion for the payment of pensions for the fiscal
year 1890-W was tl27,C8a,',93.«> and the amount
expended *I1S,5

Mi
eo>ft&ee a*4 the treat holK a*_to*eaonaoaa
ata^atic*4 etbfbit and less aveAHnbered by essays
than ft* unmodjat* predecessors. The
Methods nn«ed have Men fair, careful and
intelligent and nave secured the approval of
the statisticians, who hare followed them with
a anteatlfle and nonpartiaan interest. Theapprcprlattone
necessary to tha early completion
MA early pabllcailon of the authorised vol*
antes shonla be given in time to seoure against
delays, which, increase the east nod at tbn
i time diminish the value of the work.
The Territories.
The repoit of the secretary exhibits, withinterestinjr
fullness, the condition of toe territoHos.
They hare shared with the states the
mat increase in farm products aud are bring
lag yearly large areas into cultivation by extending
their irrigating canals. This work is
. being done by individuals or local corporations
and without that system which a full prelim
faary survey of the water supoly and of the irritable
lands would enable th*jm to adopt The
future of tbe territories of New Mexico, Arb>
aona and Utah in their material growth and In
the increase, independence and happiness of
their people is very largely dependent Upon
Wise and timely legislation, either by cen&ross
or their own legislatures, regulating the distribution
of the water supply furnished by their
streams. If this matter is much longer neglected,
private corporations will have unrestricted
control of one of the elements
of life and the patentees of the arid lands will
be tenants at will of the water companies. .The
improvident granting of franchises of enormous
value without recompense to the state or mu-
Bicipality from which they proceed and wtth-
#nt proper protection of the public interests
fa the most noticeable and flagrant evil of mod*
•n legislation. This fault should not be eora-
Klttedin dealing with a subject that will be*
Sere many years affleet so vitally thousands of
people.
Saovresalosi of Polygamy.
Tie iegfflition of congress for the impression
•f potygamy has, after years of resistance on
«mt jaan at tbe Mormons, at last brought them
mataeeonelasiou that resistance is nnprofitaaCeaod
ttfttvaUfng; The power of congress
aver this subject should not be surrendered until
we aave satisfactory evidence that tbe pee-
~ t of the states to be created «roal3 exercise
> power of the state over this subway.
for Alaska.
I Hintnainnrt that provision be made for the
: «f a simple form of town govnrata
Alaska "xtth power to regulate such
» are asaanj in the states
eoatroL.
Agricttltstral
B the oirtabHahment of the dopartmest of
was regarded by anyone as a mere
to the unenlightened demand of a
worthy elaaa of people, that impression baa
' moat eSectually removed by the great re-
> already attained. Its bomsi influence has
wry great la disseminating agricultural
aorticnUeral ntforatation: vx stimulating
and dtrectlag a further diversification of crops;
SB detecting and eradteatikkg diseases of domestie
aabaam; and awte than all. m the close
and informal contact which ft has established
and maintained with the farmers and stock
raisers of the whole country. Every request
for intosjsation has had prompt attention and
•very subject merited consideration. The sci
entlflc oorps of the department is of a high
order and is pushing lis Investigations with.
1 ettT&usiasm.
Tab inspection by this department of cattle
ad york prodasts intended for shipment
abroad baa been tbe basis of the success wnlcfe
baa attended oar eaorta to secure the removal
at the rastriettona maintained by tbe European
its. Fur tab jeers protests and pei
this subject from, the packers and
» of tbe United States have been
directed against these restrictions, which so
astirtasty limited our market* and curtailed the
aroflte of tbe farm. It is amerce of general
songralulatioa that success has at last been
attained, for tbe effect k of an enlarged
foreign market for these meats will be
felt, not only by tbe farmer, but in our pabtte
Basncew and la every branch of trade.
Oar Great Grata Crop.
Tbe grain crop of this year was the largest
In our history, SO per cent, greater than that of
last year, and yet the new markets that have
been opened and the large demand resulting
from sbottt crops In Europe have sustained
prices to such an extent that the enormous
surplus of meats and breadstuffs will be marketed
at good prices, bringing relief and prosperity
to an industry that was much depressed.
The value of the grain crop of the
United States is estimated bv tbe secretary to
be this year ¢500,0)0,000 more than last; of
meats. tlW.OJO.000 more, and or all products of
the farm 1750,000,000 more. It is not lnapproiriate,
I think, bere to suggest that our satis-
J
action in the contemplation of this marvelous
addition to the national wealth is unclouded
by any suspicion of tbe currency by which it is
measured and in which the farmer is paid for
the product of his fields.
The Civil Service.
Tbe report of the civil service commission
Should receive the careful attention of tbe op*
uouetrU as well as the friends of this reform.
The commission invites a personal inspection
of senators and representatives of its records
and methods, and every fair critic will feel
that such an examination should precede judgment
of condemnation either of the system or
its administration. It is not Claimed that
either is perfect, but I believe that
the law has been executed with impartiality,
and that the system is incomparably
better and fairer than that of appointments
upon favor. X have during the year extended
the classified service to include superintendents,
•eachers, matrons and physicians in tbe
Indian service. This branch of the service Is
largely related to educational and philanthropic
work and will obviously be the better for
the change, The heads of the several executive
departments have been directed to establish
at once an efficient record as
the basis of a comparative rating of
the clerks within tbe classified service with &
•lew to placing promotions therein upon tbe
basis of merit. I am confident that such a
record, fairly kept and open to the inspection
of those interested, will powerfully stimulate
the work of ihe departments and wil! be accepted
by ail as placing the troublesome matter
of all promotions upon a just ba^ia. 'I recommend
that tbe appropriaiions for the civil service
commission be made adequate to the increased
work ot tbe next fiscal year.
Safety Appliance* for Kail ways.
I have twice before urjcntly called the attention
of congress to the necessity of legislation
for the protection of the lives of railroad employes,
but nothing has yet been done. Duriaz
the year ending- June 30, 1890, 369 brakemeu
were killed and 7.S41 maimed while engaged in
coupling cars. Tbe total number of railroad
employes killed durin? tbe year was :*,4M. and
the number injured 22,330. This is a cruel and
largely a needless sacrifice. The government is
spending nearly $1,003,000 annually to ears
the live* of shipwrecked iseumen; every
vessel is rigidly inspected and required
to adopt tbe most approved
Safety appliances. All this is pood, but how
Shall we excuse their iac* of interest and effort
in behalf of tbl« army of brave young men
who in our land of O mmerce are being sacrificed
every year by t e continued use of antiquated
and dangerous appliances? A law re-
Quiring of every railroad entru^t-d in interstate
commerce the equirment each year of a given
per cent, or its freight cars with uuiomatic
couplers and air brakes, would very soon and
very greatly reduce the present fearful death
rate among railroad employes.
Presidential Electors,
The method of appointment by the states of
electors of president and vice president has
recently attracted renewed interest by reason
of a departure by the state of Michigan from
the method which had become uniform in all
tbe states. Prior to 1833 various methods had
been used by the different states ano even by
the same state. In some the choice wa» mada
the legislature, in others electors were
oscn b* districts, but more generally by tbe
S
TOtens of the whole state uoon a gcner.il ticket.
The movement toward the adoption of the
last named method had an early be
ginning and went steadily forward amonff
the state?, until in 1838 there remained bo*
a single state, South Carolina, that had
act adopted it. That state, until the civil war.
' continued to choose its clestom by a vote of
tbe legislature, but after the war changed Us
method and conformed to the practice of the
«tfa*r states. For nearly sixty years all tfca
; sate one hare appointed their electors
aw a popular vote ufroa a gsseral
AMF*tearW thirty J oars sbJa^metfc* ticket,
awtfera was unV
teat of otaer method*, with.
at Ire must believe. »ot ssjejy upon the considerations
that unttormity was desirable
and that a general election In territorial divisions
not subject to change was most consistent
with the popular character of our institutions,
best preserved tbe equality of the voters,
and perfectly removed the choice of president
from (he baneful influence of the "gerrymander,"
the practice of all the states was.
brought into harmony. That this coaourrence
should now be broken is, I think, aa unfortunate
and even threatening episode, and one
that may well suggest whether states that still
give their approval to the old and prevailing
meth- dought not to secure, by a constitutional
amendment, a practise which has the approval
of alL
The recent Michigan legislation provides for
choosing what are popularly known as the congressional
electors for president by congressional
districts, and the two senatorial electors
by districts created for that purpose. This legislation
was. of course, accompanied by a new
congressional apportionment and the two slat
utes bring the electoral vote of the state under
ethe influence of the "gerrymander." These
rrymanders for cocgrossional purposes are
most vases buttressed by a gerrymander of
the legislative districts, thus making it impossible
for a majority of the legal voters of the
state to correct the apportionment and equalize
the Congressional districts. A minority rule is
established that only a political convulsion can
overthrow.
An election implies a body of electors having
rescribed qualifications, each ouo of whom
Pas an eaual value and influence in determining
the result. So when the constitution provides
that "each state shall appoint" (elect),
"in such manner as the legislature thereof
may direct, a number of electors, etc, rt aa
unrestricted power was not given to the legislatures
in the selection of the methods to be
used. "Arepuliean form of government" is
guaranteed by the eonstltatiou to each state,
and the power given by the sumo
instrument . to tbe legislatures of
the states, to prescribe methods for
the choice by the state of electors, must be ex*
erased under that limitation. The essential
features''of such a government are the right of
the people to choose their own officers and the
nearest practicable equality of value in the
suffrages given in determining that choice. It
will not be claimed that tbe power given to the
legislature would support a law providing that
the persons receiving the smallest vote should
be the electors or a law that allows that the
electors should be chosen by the voters of a
single congressional district. The state is to
choose, and under the pretense of regulating
methods the legislature can neither vest the
right of choice elsewhere nor adopt methods
not conformable to republican institutions.
Tbe Gerrymander Most Go. -
It is not my purpose here to discuss the question
whether a choice by the legislature or by
the voters of equal single districts is a choice
by the state, but only to recommend such regulations
of this matter by constitutional amendment
which will secure uniformity and prevent
that disgraceful partisan Jugglery to which
such a liberty of choice, if it exists, offers a
temptation. Nothing just now is more important
than to provide every guaranty for the
absolutely fair and free choice by an equal suffrage
within the respective states of all the
officers of the national governments, whether
that suffrage is applied directly, as in the
choice Of members of the house of representstives,
or indirectly, as in the choice ci senators
and*electors of president. Respect for public
officers and obedience to law will not cease to
be the characteristics of our people until our
elections cease to declare tbe will of majorities
fairly ascertained, without fraud, suppression
or gerrymander.
Oar Cblef Naf&aaal imager.
If I were called upon to declare wherein our
ehief national danger lies, I should say, without
hesitation, in the overthrow of majority control
by tbe suppression or supervision of the
popular suffrage. That there is real danger
here all must agree, but the energies of those
who see it have been chiefly expended in trying
to fix responsibility upon the opposite
party, rather than in efforts to make such p:raetlees
impossible by either party.
Is it not possible now to adjourn that interminable
and inconclusive debate while we tabs,
by consent, one Step in the direction cf reform
by eliminating the gerrymander which has
been denounced by all parties, as an influence
in tbe selection of electors ot president and
members of congress?
Frauds Against tbe §aJTr»ge.
An attempt was made in tbe last congress
to bring to bear the Constitutional powers
of the general government for tbe correction
of frauds against the suffrage. It lslmportant
to know whether the opposition to such
measures is really vested iii particular features
supposed to be objectionable or includes any
proposition to rive to the election laws of the
United States powers adequate to the correction
of gra\e and acknowledged evils. I must
yet entertain tho hope that it is possible to secure
a calm, patriotic consideration of such
constitutional or statutory changes as.may be
necessary to secure the Choice of the officers of
the government to the people by fair apportionments
and free Sections.
I have alluded to the gerrymander as affecting
the method of selecting electors of president
by congressional districts, but the primary
intent and effect of this form of political
robbery have relation to the selection of members
of the bouse of representatives. The
power of congress is ample to deal with this
threatening and intolerable abuse. The unfailing
test of sincerity in election reform will
be found in a willingness to confer as to remedies
and to put into for je such measures as
will most effectually preserve the right of people
to free and equal representation.
A Commission Needed.
I believe it would be possible to constitute a
commission, non-partisan in its managership
and comvosed of patriotic wise and impartial
men, to whom a consideration of the question
of the evils connected with our election system
and methods might be committed with a good
prospect of securing unanimity in some plan
for removing or mitigating these evils. Tbe
constitution would permit the selection of tbe
commission to be vested in the supreme
court, if that method would give the
best guaranty of impartiality. This commission
siiouid be charged with tbe duty of
inquiring iato the wcoie subject of the law of
elections as related to the choice of officers oft
the national government with a view to secur-'
ing to every elector a fr^e and unmolested exercise
of the suffrage und as near an approach
to an equality of value in each ballot oust as is
attainabie. While tbe policies of the general
trovernment upon tbe tariff, upon the restore
tion cf our merchant marine, upon river and
harbor improvements and other such matters
of grieve and general concern are liable
to be turned this way or that by the results
of congressional elections* and administrative
pclicSes sometimes involving issues that tend
to pecce or war, to be turned this way or thai
by the results of a presidential election, thore
is a rightful interest in all the states and in
every congressional district that will not be
deceived or silenced by the audacious pretense
that the question of tne right of
any bady of legal voters in any state
or in any congressional district to give
their suffrages force upon those general
questions is a matter of only local concern
or control. The demand that the limitation
of suffrage should be fotuid in the law and
only there is a just demand and no just man
should resent or resist it. My appeal is, and
must continue to be, for a consultation that
shall "proceed with candor, calmness and
patience upon tbe lines of justice and humanity,
not of prejudice and cruelty." To the consideration
of these very grave questions I invite,
not only the attention of congress, but
that of all patriotic citizens. We must not entertain
the delusion that our people have
ceased to regard a free ballot and equal representation
as the price of their allegiance to
laws and to civil magistrates.
Conclusion*
I have been greatly rejoiced to notice many
evidences of the increased unification of our
people and of a revived national spirit. The
vista that now opens U> u>> is wider and more
glorious than ever before. Gratification and
amazement struggle for supremacy as we contemplate
the population, wenllb and moral
strength o* our country, A trust, momentous
in its influence upon our people and upon the
world, is for a bii?f tiroo committed to us, and
we must not be truthless to its ttrst condition—
tbe de-fens j ot ihe free and equal influences of
the peop e in the eir Ice of public officers &n4
in the control of yubiic affairs. (Sljpiei;
BBxjAM;y liA^igCai
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Dec t, 129L ^
CHEAT YOUNG MEN.
QOAVXR JAMES For was in parUavment
at nineteen.
TB» great CromwfeU left the tmirersity
ax Cambridge at eighteen.
GLADSTONE was in parliament at
twenty-two, and at twenty-four was
lord of the treasury. ,
LORD BACON graduated at Cambridge
at sixteen and was called to the bar at
twenty-one.
HEXBY CLAY was in the senate of the
United States, contrary to the constitution,
at twenty-nine.
PKEI* was in parliament at twentyone,
and Palmerstbn was lord of the admiralty
at twenty-three,
WASHINGTON was a colonel in the army
at twenty-two, commander of the forces
at forty-two, president at fiftyrseven.
MOBBIS, of Saxony, died at thirty-two,
conceded to have been one of the pro*
fonudest statesmen and one of the best
generals. Christendom had seen.
NAPOLEON at twenty-five commended
the army of Italy. At thirty hie was
not only one of the most illustrious generals
of the time, but one of the great
law givers of the world. At forty-six
he saw Waterloo.
WrLUAii PITT entered the ministry at
fourteen, was chancellor of the exchequer
at twenty-two, prime, minister at
twenty-four, and so continued for twenty
years, and when thirty-five was the
moat powerful uncrowned head in Europe.—Young
Men's Era,
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The Oar/ OBO Ever Printed—Caa Y/oa Find
theWerdf
There is a S inch, display advertisement
In this paper, this week, which has no two
words alike except one word. The same is
true of each new one t^pearing each week,
from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This
house places a "Crescent" on everything
they make and publish. Look for ii, send
them the name of the word and they will
return yon book, beautiful lithographs or
samples free.
THE study of bee culture is of no earthly
use to a man who has the hives.—Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
— •>
TBE parting words of your barber aregenerally:
"Which side, please?"—Yonkers
Statesman.
m — -
NEVER hire a person who wants to know
why you want something dona—Milwaukee
Journal.
TALKING of the thieves of the present day,
the greatest pirate of old was a mere Kidd
to them,—Philadelphia Times.
m > ••••''•
BLOWS are not always exchanged when
yon strike an acquaintance.—N. Y. Hews.
'» FasnlJj Madicsae Mores
The bowels eaahoay. A plaaasnt herb drink.
THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK, Dec la,
LIVE BTOCK-Catttle «3 70 ©. a O)
Sboep ........ V> 5u 11^47}
Hogs... „, 3 *> ©4 00
FLOUR- Fair to fancy ....... 4 3J «• 5 00
Minnesota Patents 4 7\> ^ & 50
WHEAT—No. S Ked 1 09^«ft 1 08¾
Ungraded Rsd V>7Hi«fi l'UK\
COICX—No. a ... Gi fit €*'/•
Ungraded Mixed M) © 03
OATS-M1xed Western. 40 & 4»
KYE— Western I 7
Self Working *>,•,s,B*nTnT»i^
•ellwt «s*e«t after taking the trrt doss. g*w *r
*»aMn ovwTirfcm. l«««fc*t&i«),W«tt««*4$LaX
DreuLus
,'m >>{.:;• p..?
SaalraaOoaOa^^^JS^
"Dtxio Flyor."
Tlriaiiftw throng steeping ear line com*
meaced running Nov. 16th netwean Nashville,
Tena.,- and Jacksonville and St Angus*
tine, Florida, via the Nashvilta, Chattanooga
& St Louis and Western A Atiantic Railways,
through Chattanooga, Atlanta and
Macon. This is tbe ideal route to the South.
For tickets and sleeping car berths apply to
B. F. Neville, Passenger Agent Room 2,
1½ South Clark St, Chicago.
THE doctrine that 4, like cures like" is illustrated
by tbe faet that when people tire,
the best thing for them to do is to retire.—
Washington Star.
— . . . I. • »
Florida aud t&« Gulf Coast.
The through car &&rvice of the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad is this season more
perfect than ever. Pullman Buffett Sleepers
are run from the Ohio Rivet* cities to
Thomasville, Jacksonville] Ocala, Tampa,
Mobile, New Orleans and the Gulf Coast
Winter Presorts without charge. Full particulars
cheerfully furuiahe-J by Mr. Geo.
L. Cross, Northwestern Pass. Agent, No.
S32 Clark St., Chicago.
.--. • . .—
Ax upstart is a man who has been more
successful than the man who tells you about
him.—Eluiira Gazette.
TAKEN a^ & whole the Country Circus at
McVicker's Theater, Chicago, is one of the
most amusing and interesting performances
ever witnessed. It runs till the first of the
year. - •
•Tins light that failed 4 ' is the title of tne
only match a man uad that weut out before
he could light the gas.—Lowell Courier.
»
COUGHS AXD COLDS. Those who are suffering
from Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat,
etc, should try BBorora BBOXCHIAL
T&OCHE& Sold omj/in boxt*.
•
A XAXDEST'S dressmaker is the only one
who finds a mis* fit suits her customer,—
Baltimore American.
Dos-Tfool with^indigestion nor with a
disordered liver, but tak« Beecham*a Fills
for immediate relief. 85 cents a box.
JAGSO* says it putties him to think that a
standing rdvertisement must run all the
time.—Emura Gasatte.
am-'
FORTTJPT Feeble Lungs Against Winter
with Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tor.
Pike's Toothache Drops Core in one minute.
S^UP-EGS
Both the method and results
Syrup of Figs ia taken; It is pleasaat
and re&efiLing to the taete, and wetm
gently yet promptl/ on the Kidneys
liver and Bowels, cleanses the system
effectually, dispels colds, headaches
and fevers aud cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs ia the
only remedy^
wishes to try it. Do not accept
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP COL
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CRICABO iEDICaL 0 SUtfltCAL MSTHtlE
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Th* otoi«et J«ct of ( oar SMltariam iltartsm
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U t* t**mUk seteattae aifllt—t M*
CbrotMie, limit asrgtwly _ .^.-, Kf*, Kor »s4 finow .. Dii—ei, . M4 .. ft* nepotist vME
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rtnuuntt, AMMIUM, mmdirtmy eta. Wo treat .r
tb#bttsaiibcd7. W*«*« ti# omij SMtflosl **tai>!
«(««t«u^ii« Hwrfrtcal IIHN sad ir^ll***** for ««fc
c*»*. TnuH* M»d to«rder.
Womi * •peeLtftr. Etoctrldty In mil its forms, k«tb«, dow
,1111, bUui^tfo&s, hanlac, etc., »re prtjTtded «• m»y b* re
{Mt lenu, Ut MiMttom to ndi otssr maiicai treatment u siaj-1
•tfvimbl*. 'BOOKS FKEE upon Special as4 Kerrou DtMtNt.
mmk VuicoKic. CN««Af«S OF THC KVB and 1A« T
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CORUNNA JOURNAL
IT ?B roported ibat Joseph Gauwsl
["Yusef"] who for tbe past 21 years
tata-been connected with tb« Detroit
F;ee Press, and its most able Jfegisi*tivu
correspondent,..will leave that
paper Jan. 1.
THE lower branch of the South Carol!
m Legislature has passed a prohibitory
liquor law. If it passes the Senate
the governor of South Carolina
Will uot Hi rt ioontion of tbe etoctr
lrxsa^n oi - the electric »i£rbts would most tr
s- < tfwl!yret»ort. that they have performed
thj\t dnry ana h:\ve located the lights at the
f"iUiwinfc:nii?r:Ofl Tto-Ints to-w-it:
SHTAWASS^P, VVR>3 , TTR.
T, Cor»^-r A vnue and nop.l Red Road.
" Mary At.
** " " Feirj'at
North end of Bri NORTRWAT.
fTH»S, n.OJ.ARK.
JOHNJAUVJS.
__ ^ _ . . Committee
Tne report of the eni...,ilrtce was acccpte* 4
and committee dlsohsrml.
On motion of AMArmnnPcttibonethe recoipnrendimnoTtherommitTeein
re. \^2
Special ex».nination April ^9, l^w
ile.crular examination August i, 5, l^rJ
First and second srane certificates pnranfod
only at the regular examitiation*. All rtpptifttnts
at the regular examioarions should be
,)re*eut the iir^t day. Ai'iplicants for third
;?rade certificates must ones a swirlr;factory ox-'
•raliiat.ion in Orthography, Kcaciin^, Penmsinvliip,
Geography, Grammar, Arithmetic', U. S.
History, Theory arid Are of Teaching, Civil
OovenirnoTit, »nd Physiology and Hygiene.
'Kxammat ions begin at ti^ht o'clock. Ail ex-
-033o.
HUDSON THKLDGV Commissioner
Corunna.
OMMISSIONERS NOTICE—Tn the matter
Cof the estate of Sarah Bird, Deceased
Wc iheundersijrned bavinir been apjpointoil
by the Hon Matthew fttisb. .iudffc of Pnibate
n and for snid county of Shtawapsee, State of
Michigan, coromissiouer.* to receive, examine
andadjustflll elifms sirddercomts of all persons
ftjralnpt $aid estate, do hereby jrive notice
that we will meet at the office of Charics Ho!nan
fo thdeity of Corunna, in said cunty, on
Monday, the llth clayof January, 1892, and on
fhe 12th day of April, 1802, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon, on each of wild day*, for the purpose
of recclTinsr and adjusting all clsims
against wiid estate, and thm six months from
fhe Kth day of Octobw, 18M, are allowed to
creditors to pros* nt theirclalms to said commissioners
for adjustment and allowance,
Oated, the 12th day of October, 10».
CHAS. HODMAN,
O S DKVORR,
F 9AVAQB.
Oammtaalonars*
C
HAKVKET S*XB-«aie of Mk*lfr- -Ifce
circuit court for tbe county of fehiawaxoo
in chaucerT. Peter N Cook va. Eran fo«sc
and Elleo Fosse.
In pursuance and by virtue of a tern of
•aid court made In the above entitled cause,
on the Hth day of October, A. f> 1W1, notice
Is hereby given, that I, the undMstaned, one
of the circuit court commissioners of the eooB*
ty of Shiawassee, will sell by public auction or
vendue V\ the highest bidder, at die front door
of the court house in the city of Corunna, in
said county, on Saturday, the second day of
January, A. T). l«a>, at one o'clock In tbe afterpcon,
tbe following land and premises, towit:
the northeast quarter of the southeast
narter of section 18 in township eight north
qf range three east, in the county of Shtawasoee.
state of Michigan. Bated Nov. 1«, it»i.
AUSTIN B. BICHABDS,
Circuit Court Commissioner for the
county of Shiawassee.
OSCAR J, Hoo , Solicitor for Complainant.
•fit ?~J-. «*> rvJMMHT'^shsMWBIPis^dMMiVWMpHHfefllfl^^^MBMiaril^HHMsVM^
STATE OF MICHIGAN, ISS>
COUNTY OF SfllAWASSEK f
At a session of the Probate Court for said
county held at the Probate office, in the city
of Corunna,on Monday, the l«th day of Nov. in
the year one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-one.
Present: Matthew Bush, Judge of Probate,
In tbe matter of the estate of George
Whittem(»re, Deceased.
Alfred Deihatn as administrator of said estate,
comes into court and represents that he is
now prepared to render final account as such
administrator.
Thereupon It Is ordered that Monday,
the Xitt *y o/ Dee«in*er next at ten
o'clock in tbe forenoon, be assigned for
tbe examining and allowing of said account
and that the heirs at taw of said deceased.
and atl other persons interested in said estate,
are required to appear at a session of
said Court, then to be holden at the Prooate
Office in the City of Corunna, in said county,
and show cause, If »uy there be, w>vthe>
said account should not be allowed.
And It is further ordered that said adminlatra
tor give notice to tfeeperoousinterestedin said
estate, of thependency of said account and the
hearing thereof, by causing a copy of this
order to be pubti bed in tbe CORCNN A
JOURNAL a newspaper printed and circulated
in said county three successive weeks previous
to said day of hearing. MATTM JTW BC8H,
JudYe of Probate
A. W.Green, •,:•*• '** 1st ** »> W
Chas> Hussell. 42i days on street......
A. Dcttench, mgnt watch etc.... ...
Independent, printing
Ed McAvoy.stooe for hutments...
John Wilson,itemized bill lor lumber..
feAiyer, i%. days work oa etreets.... .
Sg&taredgt*, 6¾ days on streets—
John Lewis, «?i " . **
W, Hamilton 6* •• '«
Fred Martin,% " " -i.
^08.811803^15¾ 44 BOBATB ORDEB-State of Michigan
Puxmty of Shtiiwasaae, Atasssejonof th-
Probate court for said county held at the
Probate offee tn the efty of Corunna, on
the 80th day of November In the year of
30 40 our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and
*+++*+*+*
• * , \ « ninety one
Present, Matthew But&Jodgeof Probate.
In the matter of the estate of OrdeUa
. 5Sf Foster, deceased
. «56 on reading and filing tbe petition, duty* veri­
. 7 SI fied of George 6. Foster. prayUuj that a
. 7 1« certain instrument now on file in this court,
. ton purporting to be the last will and testament of
"
. 7J5 said deceased may be admitted to probate, and
J&s. Wcfjdft " **
. •*«> that said petitioner or some other suitable
A. Williaios. 4¾ " »• ....... person may be appointed executor of said es­
A. D. Nc Arthur. 14¾ days work on sts. . 37 14 tate.
A. iac-vrthurJr. %
Thereupon it ts ordered that Monday, the
J, M. FttCh &, Son, lumber bill
.11$ 15 88th day of December, uext, at ten o'clock in
. »err. city engineer and load of straw h>1 60 the forenoon, be assigned for the hearing of
berr, Vt days work ou streets ; .tfliC3 said petition and that the heirs at law of said
a.rierrJra •*" *• •' .'.:' 2 90 deceased and all other persons interested in
£. E. Phillips, cleaning strs. for season.. 13 7a said estate are required to appear av a session
sM»udardOilCo.,%bbli«, gaKilene........ S «3 of said court then to beholden at the Probate
Xi. Oui)ti,6?i days on sts. with team IS fi> OBIcein the sity of Corunna in said county,
cba^e A Keho^R, 5¾ days on sts, team... li 38 and show cause, if anythere be, why thepra>-
E, ti veietn. 6¾ days o« »ts. wito team.... 14 »8 er of the petitioner should not be granted.
A. Johnson Va
And it is further ordered that eatd petition­
JiiS.CrtigH ** •*.... er give notice to the persons interested In
Jotin 'f tars, i% days work on streets... »94 aid estate, of the pendency of said petition
KttANK t. BOMFS and the hearing thereof by causing a copy of
Uty Clerk. this order to be published in the Corunna
Journal, a newspaper printed And circulating
In said county, three successive weeks previous
to said day of hearing,
MATTHEW P • JSH J ndge of Prolwte.
RO BATH ORDER-St«te ato Court for said county held at
tlie Probate office in t'ne city of Corunna, on
the 20th da? of Nr>vember in the year one
thousand eigbt hundred ard ninty-one.
Present, Matthew Bush, Judfc-e c»f I'robflt«v
In the mutter of the estate of Jacob T, Mi 1cr,
deceased.
Un rending ftnd filing tho petition, dulj' veiiiBec granted.
And ft Is further ordeied that said petit Jo or
give notice to tbo rer*ins fm>>reeted in said
estate, ot the pernancy of snid petition and
tile hearing there >f, by causing a copy of tbia
orJertobe published in thi Corunna Jounmt.
a newspaper printed and dnmUtad in **bi
county of shlawnAiee for three suooewlvc
weeks prevpvus to *4& day of hearing
[A truo oopy.]
MATTHB^r BU8B,
Judrv of Probaie.
Should all be botxgkt of
M. I J.
Whohava many tkiogs, twdfal as wmli as omame&tal, SJB.
Silk Maff lera, Handkercheife a&d Jackets
w LAMPS MdSneljr
tiful decorated
in the very Ut%st
styles ot shape.
Chenile Curtains and Covers for Stands, in the new colors—Dado at
both ends and fringe and Tassels.
Beautiful Fancy Balls and Tassels for fancy work, in fact everything
you want The most complete stock of
^CANDY, NUiS, ORflNGES AND FRUIT FOR H0L1DJY m m
Ever shpwn here. Just think—i lbs Nice Candy for tlZcts. Coxm
and see us and get a present.
The Easiest way to MAKE MONEY is to save money, and one
way to save money is save fuai
&&WFL Fira&BT BITTING
SOOKINi
©T^O^Ei
A. W
Our Oil Heater is the Best on in tha Market.
GENERAL HARDWARE,
PAIx TS AND OILS
AGRICULTTJEAL IMPLEMENTS.
CABRIAGES & CUTTERS.
.)ue f n»ui approved reserve saonts.. l&JVlr, 21
•senI estate, furniture and Bxttires . 6,000 0t>
• 'urn.nt.expenses and tsxos paid.... 1,105 70
*'"becks and oilier cash items 1,«11 lft
Bills of other banks lyVC 00
Fractions I paper currency, nickels
snd cents , • • ?0
^p(*ie, J'V'fuJ 'S
Lc%!\l tender notes., c,"tii •- 1
ItdiMiiprion fund with U. S. Tretvsurer
(5per cent, of circulation^..... Sv'J 03
Total. 19
LIABILITIES.
CapUai stock paid in $.50,000
Surplufifnnd 12,000
Undivided profits «,797 94
National Bank not^s outstan diua-. ll,3«o Ou
rndividiial deposits subject to chock. .'51,049 SJ7
Demand certificates of denosi t.; 1W.8C0 27
Total.
S^«l,9£8 38
STATE OF MTCinGAN,
OOOWTY OF SRtAWASSKE. I f 83,
"juroRTtiAQE SALTS-tWaolt havtnjr been
AVA made in the condition? of a morftra^e
made by Smith N>Mlaway, Kben«M»r Nethaway
an»f Paulinec Ncthaway, wife of Kbeneror
Netftawij«yT to Eliza Ihirron, d-itrx). Novem-
•IKV* 23d, A. D. J9Ki. and recorded IVccml'eT iM.
18SIS, in tbe ofhee or The Kegister of Deeds for
siiiHwn«»oe„Couuty, In Mtcbiv'an, In llt.erH'usf
mortmuren, on nagc W^S on which" uiorta-ajje
tbete is claimed to lie due at tlie d»to or th}^
notico, nineteen hundred and twenty.rhi-ef
dollars and fhirty-flve cents, besides Jthe
costs nnd an nttorney fee of twent.'five
dollars stlp>!Uteu iu **U\ mortgage
to be paid should any proee^-d-
•ugi he taken to foreclose said toorVwr^e, and
no suitor proct^erlinMfl at law ee»» iiifltinited to recover any part of
Thedtrbt secured by «aid mortgage, thari*r>»re.
by vlriJie ot the power of sale in caid moirgHffe
coatKtned, :iadof theStstutein ftuehcasenuuie
and provide!, notice is hereby jrivun that on
Saturday, March Mb, l^w, nt 13 o'elw k in the
forenoon, at trie frontdoor of tne court house
for Shiawa.*Boe county, in the "rit.v of (' >nmu*.
in said county. Michigan, said m

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T6 close out my stock of
Dig Goods, lots
T!THE>ELR.WElftJFL AND
GENT'S FURNISHING GooDo.
I will sell at COST
every day until the en­
tire stock is closed
DRESS
Jl ISpial Sale of
BOY'S BICYCLE HOSE
/\
HMD /.
• MISSES AND CHILDREN'S
ALL WOOL HOSE
AT C ' SLN
AU of Extra Quality for ONE WEEK ONLY.
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY.
Great Reduction on
Base Ball and Lawn Tenis Outfits.
REMEMBER
That you will find the finest
o*
MRS A E. LEMON'S.
&*ttdten' for * bOtuM or otber this** but
tton**.
It in not advertJ«£og talk, ltla «11 fads.
Io*h>d0k>ftcre»offw* faralu* toad*. lov
proved «nflpftrtl«ttyi»prov«dlarrai of from
40 to 100 wire*, weU located in good lands* good
neighborhood*, gocji ro«ds. schools and ©very
borne advantage, iu Shiawassee and aoatt tier
of townships in Saginaw county, now at a
time *beu all weU informed parties believe a
rapid and permanent advance in price and demand
of tfiis kind of property 1» We. Owing
to recent bnstoess arrangamcnu that will prevent
in v personal supervision of my farming
latere tsi will s*H these farms at a low price
considering their real value and aside from
an amount paid down sufficient to guarantee
•ale baianoe on time and terms to suit puronacers.
I will also sell my residence with % acre
or more laud in Coruun* besides the above I
have between IfiUO and £rt> acres of good lands
consisting' of several good improved farms
now occupied by tenants and situated In the
above named counties, which will be for re tit
after Feb. 1st, lfttt, present occupants who
have paid all rente etc. to that date will have
preferanco, but in ail or any case where ail
past rente have not been paid or assured at
that date, the holding will be rented to the
first approved applicant and for reasons ebovo
1 alse offea at private Mle until Feb. 15th all
my stock, 38 high grade horses, colts aod
mulee,&bout 30 high grade (Durhamsand Jer*
seys) cows and heifers and between 200 and 800
thoroughbred merino sheep, the balauce will
be dosed out later at auction. This is a
chance of a lifetime to buy a home or good
stack. Ail will be aokL see or write
P. N. COOK,
Coranna, Mich.
S. W. COOPER
Has been in tlw Insurance Business for over
» years. Hels Ageutfor several of the beet
STOCK. PRAM
ComtMUiiss iu America.
FIB
Be Insures against
IGHTNING-,
TORNADO,
OR CYCLONE.
fie is agent for the Michigan
Mutual Life, of Detroit, and the
Travelers Life and Accident, of
Hartford, which is admitted to be
•:hc best Accident company in the
wprld. He sells the Travelers rail
.•oad tickets, ih > 3000 and 15
jer week for 25cts^>er day. He
also insures horses and cattle
igainst cfca from any cause
'OOftUNXA, - MICHIGAN.
$1.' per. 6wt.br .1(1¾
%
• *V? * "
I \-i l.piy 1.10 per hundred lbs.
f'or streight milk from the first of
.November till April, delivered at
Owosso. *•
Farmers who make summer butter
or sell cream, think this matter
over. 1 .10 is exual to 28 cents a
pound for buttery DT thirty

GORUKNA* » 4 t MICHIGAN.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from £11 Quarters.
CONGRESSIONAL.
IK the house of represent\tlves on the 0th the
president's message vac received and read.
Mr. Outhwaite, of Ohio, submitted A resolution
referring the message to the committee of the
whole house on the state of the Union and pro
•iding'ior ite printing. This was agreed to Mr.
Miller/ of Wisconsin iwbmittejj a resolution requesting
the speaker to appoint the committees
of the house among the several states ac*
cording to population, aM that each state receive
at least one chairmanship. The resolu
tlna was referred-to the committee oh rules and
the house adjourned until the lvth..... In the
senate no business was transacted except the
tending of the president's message. •
IN the senate on the 10th a number of depart
anent reports were presented and.referred; also
various petitions in favour of closing the world's
lair on Sunday. Mr. Paddock reintroduced h*«
pure food bilL Bills were also introduced for
-free coinage of silver; for penny postage; for
constitutional amendment faulting the preei
dentialterm end April .30 instead of March 4,
and making the president ineligible for a second
term; to provide a service pension for sur-
Tivlttg soldiers of the war, xritta an additional
•mount to prisoners of war; tc create a per
ssanent tariff commission; for direct rote for
presidential electors. The president traasaedttod
to the senate the Appointments made during
the recess. Mr. Plumb's resolution for the renoval
of Gen Grant's body to Artinstoa wis
sntrodneed and the senate after a brief executive
session adjonrned tin the Mth.
IH the bouse on the 12th Speaker Crisp ansMtmeed
the appointment of committees on aceexmtsand
on ntfiesge as follows: On Accounts
—Rusk of Maryland, chairman; Cooper of IntUaua,
Dtridnaon of Kentucky, Moses ox South
Carolina, Serley of Iowa, Pennon of Ohio,
Qnsckenbnsh of New York, Griswold of PennatrlTsaia,
and Cutting of California. On Mileage
—CasUe of Minnesota, chairman; Crawford of
North Carolina, Kendal of Kentucky, CsMwell
of Ohio, and FHek of Iowa. WIthont transactsag
any business the house adjourned until the
DOMESTIC
A JAIL delivery occctrred at Gaiesfoxrg,
III, on the night of the 9th.
ELeren prisoners escaped from prison.
Three iron bars an inch thick which
guarded one of the windows were cut
and by ropes made of bed ticking the
prisoners descended in safety.
JOUST HKftBERT . PHILUM», the man
-ttriaoae picture was identified Vy Russell
Safe aa the dynamiter, is in Chicago,
alhne and weU.
JAMBS WsutLTand/Joeeph McNerias
were arreated at St Louis on the 10th
for a $10,000 robbery-. On November 18
last a sample trunk containing $13,000
worth of diamonds and jewelry belong*
fag to a drummer for A. Peabody & Ca
wholesale Jewelers of New York was
Stolen from the Union depot at St
Loots. The robbery was traced to
Weekly and McNcvin* through articles
which they had sold and pawned.
THK suprcsae court of New Hampshire
on the 9th disposed of the Sawtelle
ease by declining to grant a new trial.
OVEB 800 of the 2,000 steerage passenger*
who arrived at the barge office,
New York, on the 11th hare been detained
on suspicion of being contract
laborers. Seventy-five laborers stated
that they were bound for Pennsylvania.
KOBBBT RUSTON and wife were instantly
killed at Erskine Station, Ind., on
the 11th by an Evansville & Terre
Haute engrine. Ruston tried to drive
across the tracks ahead of the locomotive.
: •
THE missing men supposed to be in
the ruins at the candy factory at Louis*
ville, Ky., have returned to their homes
and the record closed with eight lost at
Ifenne's and four at the Boone Paper
Company. The search has ended. The
total loss is now placed at $506,000.
ABTHUB SLOAN, who murdered his
stepfather and stepbrother at Fontsnelle,
Washington county. Neb., two
months ago, and who was afterward
captured in Iowa, broke jail at Blair,
Neb., on the 11th and made his escape.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MILLER has decided
to test the right of railroad companies
under the inter-state commerce
law to issue free passes over their lines.
The suit will be brought against a railroad
in New Hampshire.
THB business failures during the week
ending December 11 number for the
United States 280 and for Canada 40, a
total of 820, as compared with totals of
SS0 the previous weelj For the corresponding
week of last year the figures
were 874, representing 347 failures in
the United States and 27 in Canada.
EXTRA engine No. 8S and work train
engine No. 53 on the Mobile & Ohio
road, collided near Mountain (ilen, III,
on the 11th. Engineer Flippe and trainmen
Simon Olson and J. Miller were instantly
killed. A dozen laborers on the
construction train were badly injured,
ALBERT HOPE, actor and poet, who
Las been oft trial at Memphis, Term.,
for forging a draft on the National
Broadway bank, was found guilty on
the 11th aad sentenced to serve four
years in the penitentiary. Six years
ego Hope inherited $50,000 from his father
and went to New Yor 1 ;, where he
lived like a prince.
DIHECTOBS of the world's fair decided
on the 11th to ask congress to take $5,-
000,000 stock in the exposition, instead
of lending that amount to the fair.
THE bark General Butler, together
with 1,000,000 feet of lumber and nine
men, was lost about 100 miles southwest
of Cape Arago, Ore., on the 11th,
1 A boat containing Capt Parker and five
men was picked up, but another in
charge of Second Mate John Willoughby,
containing nine men, was lost
r.jftf.
JMNM a* •Mi
JOSEPH MABXBY. one of the most
noted burglars in the country, who was
under afreet, walked onobserved from
the criminal court room at Pittsburgh
on the Uth and made his escape.
JAME« " W. MCNALLT, leader of a notorious
gang of "green goods" men, was
arrested at New York City on the 12th.
He has been wanted for a long time in
eoTiiwctioTV with green goods transactions.
Ah" explosion of gas in the Ab*bott
vein of the Hilln&n Coal Company at
WUkesbarre, Pa., on the 12th killed
James Kitterrick, » miner, and fatally
injured Hugh Jones, foreman of the
mine.
NEAR Grand Junction, Col., on the
12th, a gang of section men were removing
the debris of a landslide from
the tracks of the Rio Grande railroad
by the aid of dynamite, when an explosion
occurred prematurely, killing Dennis
0* Neil, the foreman, and fatally injuring
three Italians.
AT Kansas City the jury in the case of
City Treasurer Peake, who was charged
with having embezzled $30,000 of the
city's money, after being out twentyfour
hours returned a verdict on the 12th
of not guilty.
DB. PBIXST, chief dispensary physician
of St Louis, estimated the number of
cases of la grippe in St Louis on the
12th at 20,000.
ASSEMBLYMAN FBAKK P. DEMABKBT,
who was acquitted of the charge of forgery
by a Rockland county (N. Y.) jury
recently, has been elected president of
the Rockland County Industrial association.
ON the 12th the fail of a scaffolding
at the Anamosa (la.) penitentiary upon
which five convicts Were at work, precipitated
all but one to the ground.
Three of the men were fatally hurt
THE Yale catalogue, just issued, places
the number of students in that institution
at 1,784,
BBEABSTUFFS exports from the United
States for the eleven months of the
current year have aggregated in value
§104,077,007, against 512«,719,160 during
the corresponding period of the preceding
year.
IT is said that a large number of the
20,000 men, women and children affected
by the strike hi the Indiana coal fields
have been for the last two weeks
subsisting on but one meal a day, and
that a very scant one. An appeal has
been issued asking the miners of the
United State* for aid.
WHILE threshing was in progress on
the farm of 1^ Boyce near Maysvilla,
Mick, on the 12th, the engine boiler
burst Biehard Far land was instantly
killed; Bert Bamberg was so badly hurt
that he died la an hour and James
Mitchell was seriously injured.
SHERIFF SHORKS and a posse of twenty-five
men were fired on by 150 strik*
lag miners at the coal mines of the Colorado
Coal and Iron Company at Crested
Butte, Col., on the 12th. The posse returned
the fire and shot seven men,
three of whom will die
LA GRIPPE is epidemic in Denver, CoL
It m«"de its appearance three weeks
ago. Since then the number of cases
have been gradually on the increase
until there arc now 5,000 cases.
THE man who threw the bomb in
Russell Sage's office with such disastrous
results to himself and a clerk employed
therein, has been positively
identified as Henry L. Norcross, of
Somerville, Mass.
HANK LOYETT and two of his companions,
all notorious cattle thieves,
were hanged near Cnster City, S. D., on
the 12th and the bodies riddled with
bullets.
A HOBBIBLE murder was committed
a few days ago, it is supposed by
tramps, of four people who came to
East Coast Fla., to spend the winter.
The names of the victims are Miss A.
Bruce, Master Frank Packard, Mrs. T.
D. Hatch and her son. The bodies of
the victims were found in the house
which they occupied with the throats of
all four cut from ear to ear.
A TORNADO which raged in the vicinity
of Los Angeles, Cal., on the 12th
wrecked several churches, many dwellings
and caused the death of two persons.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL*
WiLLtAM ADAIR, who was elected to
the New York assembly in November
from the Twenty-second district as the
republican and anti-Tammany candt*
date, has written a letter to the effect
that he is a democrat, favors democratic
measures and principles and intends to
support the democratic party.
THE special election held in the Eighth
Virginia congressional district on the
9th to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Gen. \V, H. Lee, resulted in
the election of E. E. Meredith, the democratic
candidate.
MAJOR M. F. WATSON died in the
Soldiers' home at Dayton, O., on the
9th. He graduated from West Point in
1860 and served throughout the rebellion
in the Union army.
A MONTREAL dispatch states that the
archbishop of Canterbury will visit
A merica next year and will make a trip
through the United States and Canada,
REV. OSCAR C. MCCULLOCH, ex-president
of the national conference of charities
and corrections, died at his »ome
in Indianapolis on the 10th. He was
born at Fremont 0., in 184a
OLIVES WILSON DOUD, the well
known stage manager and actor, died
at Mount Hope retreat near Baltimore,
Md., on the 10th. He was 37 years old.
CHARLES B. EVABTS, son of ex-Senator
William M. Everts, was found dead
In bed at Windsor, Vt, on the 10th.
BET. JAMS* MUIBHEAD, of the Metho-1
dist Episcopal Illinois eonierence. died
suddenly at Champaign, IlL. on the Uth
aged sixty-five He was widely known
throughout the middle and western
REV. IGNATIUS F. HOBSTMAXX, chancellor
of the archdiocese of Philadelphia,
has been notified of his appoint*
ment as bishop of Cleveland, Ov, to succeed
the late Bishop Gilmour.
RUSSELL M. LITTLE died at Glens
Falls, N. Y... on the 11th, aged 32. He
founded the Glens Falls Insurance Com*
pany and was its president since 18G4.
He was a delegate to the Cnicago convention
which first nominated Lincoln
and had been presidential elector and
state senator.
THE state department has made public
the reciprocity agreement entered
into with Germany, whereby bee fc sugar
from that country secures fre« admission
into the United States and American
products obtain admission into Germany
at reduced rates. The tables
show a reduction of German import
duties on wheat of 30 per cent, rye 40,
oats 3?K> corn 20, butter 15, salted and
pickled pork and beef 15, and wheat
flour and corn meal SO per cent
R. G. DOVE, for sixty-three years continuously
a clerk in the treasury department
died at Washington on the
11th.
SAXFORD HAZEN, aged 70, died at his
home in Ripon, Wis., on the 12th. Mr.
Hazen was one of the eight brothers
comprising the Hazen band who accompanied
the log cabin on its journey
fifty-one years ago in the campaign for
William Henry Harrison, and thirtyone
years ago played for Abraham)
Lincoln.
PROF. GEORGE d SMITH, for twentyfive
years president of the Drew Seminary,
died at CarmeL N. Y.vo6 the 13th.
FOREIGN. *
A TERRIBLE explosion took place on
the 10th in the Frieldngs-Hoffnnng
mine at Hennsdorf, in Silesia, killing
twenty miners and severely wounding *
number of others.
ADOLPH ALBERT, a prominent banker
of Marlitz, in Prussian Silesia, has absconded,
after having embezzled over
2,000,000 marks, including one deposit
of 7SS.OO0 marks. He,is believed to be
on his way to the United States.
A DISPATCH from Melbourne says thai
an official of the Melbourne Building
society has embezzled £500,009 of the
funds of the instftvtion.
GREAT excitement was created at Lou*
don on the 11th by the news of the capture
of a fort held by tribesmen under
Russian protection on the western frontier
of India, English troops attacked
the fort and a number of men on both
sides were killed. It is feared that the
affair may lead to serious trouble between
England and Russia.
SHORTLY after the steamer Calabria
left Genoa on the 12th her boiler exploded
and the vessel sank in a few
minutes. Only twelve persons were
saved out of thirty-three who composed
the passengers and crew*
IN the United States senate on the
Uth bills were introduced to define
options in "futures" and imposing
taxes thereon; to establish a permanent
census office and to provide for
taking the twelfth and subsequent censuses;
to prohibit absolutely the coming
of Chinese into the United States
whether they are Chinese subjects or
otherwise: to reimburse the several
states for interest paid on moneys expended
in raising troops. The president
sent in the entire list of recess
appointments.
session.
The house was not in
THE eleventh annual meeting of the
Federation of ,^abor convened at Birmingham,
Ala.
THE best part of the town of Oakes,
N. D., was destroyed by fire, and G.
Nelson, a newspaper man, perished in
the flames.
THIRTY persons were reported lost by
the founder! ag of the Uriti&h ship En*
terkin near Ramsgate.
A MOB broke into the jail at Waycross,
Ga., and shot Welcome Golden
and Robert Knight, leaders in a recent
riot
CHARLES SMITH (colored) . was
hanged at Canon City, CoLt for murdering
Taylor Sillman.
INHABITANTS of villages adjacent to
the volcano of Colima, in Mexico, have
been advised to abandon their homes
lest tbey should share the fate of
Pompeii.
HENRY FITZSIMMONS, aged 19, and his
brother Michael, aged 24, were asphyxiated
by gas in Chicago.
THK exports of breadstuffs from the
United States for the eleven months
ended November 30, 1S01, amounted in
value to $194,077,007, against $130,719,-
160 for the same period in 1S90.
MAY WHITE, the Ingham township
(Mich) girl who had slept almost all
the time for the past 18Q days, seemed
on the 14th to be recovering slowly.
THE issue of standard silver dollars
during the week ended December 12
was §578,013. The issue during the
corresponding period of last year was
§700,535.
JAMES MCCABK, of Lima, 0., was
murdered by Solomon Folk. The
trouble originated over some chickens.
JOEL B. MAYES, chief of the Cherokee
nation, died at Tahleqnah, Ind. TM
aged 58 years.
THE exports of beef, hog and dairy
products from the United States for
eleven months ended November 80,
1891« were $108,839,919, as compared
with $118,190,027 for the same time in
1890.
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sulnaala. My (pccisl Mtentloa to mppew c»»e« is 17, S. COCKT
of ATFEALS U ST. LOCiS. CS~ COGBWOHMSKB 8
PEHSIOVfi ^oasands made happy. Soldier*,
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m*KLTUN W a Wheeler to F B
KLBG A.NT JU38QW1M*VT OF
Ferry? i of e f of a w J aeo*fcr,$UOO:
Pan Ctaenteliwi family have mov, A Bailey to C Pnitt et al, w pt of u }
fed to Balding, wiitre their three eldest s e fl i see ft, $1800.
daughters areempljvfd In the Bilk fac­ NEW HAVEN K Carr to B Monroe, DRESS SHIRTS,
tory.
20 a on sec 11, $600; P Brand to J M
TUere is a little *?ii*i here at the cor­ Omlry 65 a on sec 1, «2000
ners, who is -tw«lw years of age -and Owosso F Dean to L VanDoseu,
UHH bad thirty-six pair of shoes. How lots 13 & 14 bk 34 $200;, G V Abrey to TIES,
many pareuU keep accouut of the to S F Dean, lots 13 & 14, $200; ' I
alioes they hny their little ©lies and Van Dusen to E J Keagle lots 13 & 14
4tow much they cost?
bk 84, $50; W Carey to D Carey, mid SUSPENDEES,
Charley Stanhope has returned home £ lots 21 & 22. Cumstocks add, $1500.
trom Ohio, where be h»s been for the G Abrey to R Harnioi , lots 58 & 59. bk
past two years.
17 Woodlawn Park, SI00; D 0 Clapp NECK SCARFS,
The concert given at the methodist to W Clank, lot on sec 24, §250; O
dmrch last Tuesday evening, by Mr. Under to J) M Estey &J J* Calkins
JmneBRoot and wife, was very fine,, lot on sec 24 $150; N J Lattimer to Kid Gloves, Mittens,
Mrs. Root presided at the organ and Zulinger lot 6 bk 2 Williams add, ?200;
la totally blind. She can play any May O Dew«y E C Passage lot 23 bk
piece of music on the piano or ofgan 27, $375; J House to J House to E C
by having it read to her aj»d Jier voice Passage lot on bk28, $1200; OS&OB Hats and Caps,
ia sweet and mu^kai. Mr. Root h Williams t^> Isaac Drain, pt lots 25 &
nearly biiud, has a deep bass voice 26 aub out lot 8, $250; J Frieseke to
and si?fgs solos with good effect. An E Carr, s J lota 7 & 8 bk 3 Dewey & Umbrellas.
inte^ting feature of the entertain- Stewarts add, $100; H S Williams to
men: was the reading of raised print,' E Woodard lot 2 reserve 1 W'ms add
bral svriting and threading of needles $550,
In fact Every thing you want that
by ,.vra. Root. They leave" many i RUSH C E Hershey to H Call* w 4
fsiv.ds in this community, who wish f 0f a j 0f n w J sec 18,$160
will make a useful present to a
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School Iteatt.
Friend.
Iterta Venice.
Teachers can get reduced rates to
There will be a Christmas tree
t atteitd the lorty-fi^t annual meeting
the north-west luethudist church, on
of the State Teachers' Association,
Christmas eve.
held at Grand Rapids Dec. 28, 29 and II oil ay Bates TU TV A. A. ft N. ». By.
30. Every teacher can afford to go.
JSobert Dnteber who has been on
The i solid ay vacation will extend The T. A, A. & N. M. B'y take
the sick list, is again able to be around
from Dee, 23 1831, to Jan. 4th, 1S92. pleasure in announcing that ea Dee.
•gain,
24th 25th nud 31st 18»!, and January
• - Once more we have muddy roads. As soon as Owosso learned that the
1st 1892, round trip tickets will be sold
Corunna school board bad Introduced
between all stations on its line, at
Seal Estate Transfers. McCouu's Historical Charts, the board which tickets are on sale, also to all
at that place, purchased two. That is points on following railroads, at one
BTEOS IT II Roseukrans toGHav- right brothers keep up with the baud and one-third fare for the round trip.
Hand, bks 56 & 88, $600
wagon.
Manistee & Northeastern, Frankfurt
BURNS B Haviland et al to II II The pupils will give public exercis­ & South Eastern, Grand Rapids & In­
Roseukrans, &w mill property on sec es the last day or School. All are in diana, Flint & Fere Marquette, Toledo
24, $600
vited.
Saginaw & Muskeg >n,Cnieinnatti Saginaw
cV Mackinaw, Detroit Grand Ha*
BANCBOI.T H ^ Ufc^meii way to Ami —J. Collins has a full line Of Felt ven & Milwaukee, Chicago & Grand
£ Baker, lot 4 A pt lot 3 bk 12. & lot 3 goods, which he will close out for the
Trunk, Detroit Lansing & Northern,
ttfc 3, $1200
uext thirty days, at fifty cents a pair.
Toledo Columbus & Cincinnati, Toledo
CORUNNA Rollin Pond to Ida J
ft Ohio Central, Columbus flocking
Come early and take advantage of Valley & Toleco, Wheeling & Lake
Palmer lot 1 bk 21. $25); R>!!luPoiid this low price.
Erie, Toledo St, Louis & Kansas City,
to CM Palmer, 7 & 8 bk 64, $250 — Rough and Dressed lumber, lath Cineiniifeti Hamilton & Dayton and
CALEDONIA J (Touley to W Br^nrf, and shingl**}, sash and doors, turning
Wabash lt'y. Tickets will be good on
lai.'J on sec 18, $700; Ida J Palmer to
above dates and retnrmog on any reg­
and scroll sawing, go to the Corunna ular train until until Jan. 4th inclu­
Rollin Pond, | a on sec ¢0, $860 G Pal­ planing mill, J. M. Fitch & Son. tf. sive.mer
to Bollin Pond. 1 a on sec 20, $350
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