II u TIu Somerset Herald! MTaBliaMVO on. Ter ns of Publication PuMlfs I every Wednesday morale)? at fi'C I -T annua. If paid In advance; otherwise i f willtova.hly be enare-ed. No fubtr'.p'Jon U1 be dlsouaUoned onttl t arrearage ae paid up. Pottmaatew neglectfa to notify when fmbeer-her do cot take OS their parrYfcloeheMMpenslule for tbe ini scrli'tlon. I I SnloTitr. irrooriM from one oitofflce to an ot tier should jive ns tbe name ol the former iatj well as the parent office. Addresa H l j $he SonieTset Herald, f , Somerset, Pa. A-lOl'NKY-AT-LAW. m.j.j t somerset, -. 1 7RKD. wJtrESKCKER, I 1 A TOliNEY-ATXAW J Office, np-stairs kCook fc Beenu- b;oc!i. 5 George rcrLL. nr ATl'ViNEY-AT-UAW, i SomcrMt Pa. V J 01 IN II. SCOjT. ; attok. :y-at law, fconierse Fa. x. - J. KUUMUu - -i-w. .1 J V AWT. AY t - tra. IT. s.endsle ATTOKNfcY ATLAW, mcrsct, i- Su.tITkst. A ATTOKNKY-AV I T7D B. SCULT ! XJ ATToKNEY-AT-eA !Suc II. atioKNEY-ATLAV, SouVrwtPa Will practice in Somerset and adiofclniienuntlet. AH t'ue'nef eutru.-;el to loin will Dep..!! ftiiemled to. . 7T,"ruT w:xiilTI'KL. c I0FFROTII A- r.UPPEL; i ATTOKNEYS-AT-LAW. All Hfliw" entrusted to their cane will be I eelliv and punctually aueu'iio ' . h TZ';JzL,X -,is.in iw street, opptlte the T ...... .....H ltlolk t 1UU1 IU"" A J.OOLBOP.K. L. C. CO.I10RN. COLBORN l'XHA h..v 1 ATTHR.NEYS AT4.AW. I lU.ulne Intrusted to ourcare will to ptrnpt- ert. rledlord. and adenine V nSl le teraS lnif a. Cuvcyancinis dune on reasonable termt. WILLIAM TI. KOCNTZ. V TORNEY-ALA , Will rlvr I'TwifH attention to business mmii ,d to hlfrnre In Somerset and adJOiuinK CoantlOf. tjiai in PrinliiiB lioute K. ' DENNIS MEYERS. ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW All letal l.urins entruste.1 t his rare will be j .".dediihVrnr-rtfldH ti.nce on Main Cruse Sireet next 1T to Sny- ilc r fc o.'sst"re. opr6 J ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW. " Sonserset Fa- Oiflr. Mamnvnh Block no l-,.En. Main Cross street 1' settle.1. titles ewinined. and bnslncM attended to with promptness and fidelity Y. KIM MEL. J ATTOKN EY-AT-LAW, Somcrpet, Pa. JL Bisy3 j rniTTs, ATTt.KN EY-AT-LAW Somerset, Pa Office, up-rtalre ic Mammoth Blwk. TOHN O.KIMMEL. J ATTOKN EY-AT-LAW , Sonsersct P- W 111 attend to all business entra? ic.l to bis care luS nmcTM and advn"",4e' ,llth W,,B1I,,r cem and n teltty. Oihec on Main t:rots street. HEXUY F. SCH ELL. ATTOKN EY-AT-LAW, BountT and Pension AKnt Somerset Ps Othce in'Mammotn Black. I "IfALEXTIXE HAY. ATTOKN EY-AT-LAW And Ieal.-r In Real Estate, Somer t, P will attend to all business entrusted to his care wun ' promptness and hdcty. TOHN H. rilL. l ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW ' Somerset Pa, Will-promptly attend to all business entrusted t him. Wonev advanoeii on collections, fce. Ol lu Mammoth Buiblinu. r G.OGLE. ) . ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW, Somerset Pa., ! Professional business entrusted to mj care at- ded to with promptness and fidelity. HEGI'S. - ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW, . Somerset Penn'a. I) II. J. M. LOl'THER, (Formerly ol Stoyetown.) I'lIYSlClAS AND SLHG1.0S, 1 H i lucatrd twnnanently in Somerset for the pruc 'ce ot nts trolvssiou. i puiee a noun t-ci oi ent-il Hole I. in rear oi ifrup: uire. uiuj-i D E. W. r, LOUGH, noH.arATinc nirsicAS asd svrgeos Tenitrs his services to the peoide of Somerset and vanity. Calls in town or country promptly attvudVto. ( anletound atuthoe riuy orniht unless r.fessionally emtmjed. w-Oltice on Soulb.t eormr ol Diamond, over Kneper's ShocaiTt. apna-itt. T-H H. R. KIM MEL 1 t-rsers his prolesslonal serrlce to the citl- y nt oi Biemei aiol leintty. i niess proiosion. a! ensiiH be can le tound "at his eliiee, on Main St , e; ' 'the Diamona. ria T. ItRUDAKER tmders hit! a iiriiMlonal services to the rititens of Rom erst um ctoiiilty. tfl' ha residence on Main s treet -,oi ihe Diamond. VM. RAUCH tenders his pwl-ssional services to the chirms oi Som enet at .tclnity. oih- One door east of Wayne A Berkehlle's fnmitusi nore. Hoc. 6, c. it: "npOHN HILI-S. XJ DENTIST. OBlce natrj hi (Took fc Beerits Block , Somer set Pa. i ' DR. WILLIAM COLLINS. 5 DENTIST, SOMERSET, PA. Otflee ii H.mmoth Block, above Boyd s Drut: Store, wlw ie can at all times ! fonnd prear ed !olo mi kinds ot work, such as flllliitr. reitu l;h K. ext-vtlnar. Ac. Artificial teethof all klnde. anil of th tst material Inserted. Operations warranted H. Howard wynne, md. 1 '- rrdi .v, VESXA. Disease tf;h Kve. Fjt, Nose and 5 Throat. Special ami Cielusiv practice. Hours, a. H. to r. at. Lniw k Ore on BUk, 2ui Main St T TJOMIVON, m7d7 . ft UUF.MN DENTIST. Johnstown, Pa. Jls had a'lpro'essinnsl experience ot mote than thirty yean. Ftti.iNo TKrrn Smkiai.tt. rttli-e rooms No. rl Main street (up stairs) pver John Ibbert'i Hr.lwre sure. It will I nere- sary for ersotis w!h. want work done u makeen- Itaaemeuls twioMiano . ".'tle 83. TAMES 0. KIERNAN, M. ten- I dert his pr'ional services to the eitltens of Somerset an1finltT. Hecan be found at the residence el hit lather on Main etreot or at the oraceol Dr. Herry Brubaker. Sept lk-X DR. J. K. MILLER has ionna oently loct'w" n Berlin for the practice ot his prolession. O&ee opposite Charles KrissinK er's store. ar. tl, TO-a QIAM0NI) HOTEL, SI OYSTOWN. I'KNN'A. This popular a: well known house has lately ten tbomuahly am newly reiitted with all new wnd best ot turn I a. r, which has made It a vry desirable stotptrt ;bce lor the trauellna; public. H is table and rwu cannot be snrjissxM, n t-na-hrst eUsa, will t irxe public hall attached to the same. Aav Mrire and roomy stablinc. Elm class board ins ra he bad at the lowest pos sible prices, by the rk, day or meat SAItt'ELOTKTEK, Prop. si. E. Cor. Dianxind 1 Susy stow ,Pa Y5S1U XEES NOTltJE. K otice 1, her. 1 kl'fetv.. n. i i n ,r reea,li, township. C Panfel D. Haer- r oi Summit township: A,f 'l0'1 V "1 aid bar wUl plea,, Ji 1 JT.?' u .ajSltt. It'ELM.KATLOR, 3 onee Daniel D. Kacr. el. Penn'a. V. A -t, Pa. imi V VOL. XXXIII. NO 1. JLU Eifigeay Patent RefrigeratorTIiB Best.1 It aolvea the difficult prohlom of Perfect Refrigeration. It driei aad pnrlfiea ltaeir while In mse by an Aatoi.a ic CirculaiK.n of Air. It dispenses with metal llnmn.so ob)ectlonable becanie of labor neon-nary v keep It clean,and permitaura wood linim rciinirti really no cleaninK at all aa Ions a iee supply If maintained. JU Hit, Hutter, Mrata. FiU, fruit, eio., can be kept in tnie Ketrlirerator at anBietlint withoBt imparting Iht llav.Tof rllher to the others. Ji It uiorh more economical in ewisoDiptli otice than any other Kefrienrator. Insnlatwl with dead air ipacea made in beet manner, with papet walls. No risk in purchasing. Satlf faction iniaranteed. or mouey refunded. 4-Senl lurlilustruied Oatnl oue. Frdt Jars, Jelly Classes, Tnnlj Cans, Caxctt Latles, Jar filers, Chsrry Seeders, F. W. HAY, Manufacturer and Dealer In ! PLAIN'. STAMPED fc. JAPANNED ! TINAVARE. KANtJES, STOVES, AND House Furnishing Goods, CPlM,r& Sheet Iron Ware. Brushes fcc. ; AT W HULESALE and K ETA II.. i N' t. 278, LMJ andSW Waahlneloa St, i JOHNSTOWN, PA. ,;e Ware. Laris, Cloyes Wrirgers, Fly Traps," Zrd?cs and Forks, Casters, Etc Wholesale Agent for Self Melting and Self-Sealing "Wax Strings l or scaling Fruit Cans and .lar. The Simplest, Oln-npesU and most reliable method ..r Sen line Fruit Jnrs ever used. From bo to 60 cts. per loce SMved tr using them. Deal ers mpp lld nt inKnulaclurcr s price. iSeud lor cirniars. "tT1A."D THIS ! I -: o:- It will interest Customers of i Limited Means, as well as tlid.se who do not wish ;.o spend much for SHOES jT1 TTI"ni7T J f 18 J YM i I f ! . JJJJLJ JL14 JL KJ -: o: THIS WEEK WE ARE OFFERING : TS Pti s of Ladies Sliiv pcr.-t IS ;"! 41 9.j 109 1 of Ladies' Kid CrcxiV-t Slippers 97 ra:rsif Ladies Ser-c . .Slippy, 118 Tiirs ljadiesOpera loe hlir tiers, 2S9 Piirs tidies' Xew- porls, tie and button, 1 00 4S Tars Intnts' Strap Slirpers, -Purs Intnts' Fine I Kic , Slipper, - 3S Pairs Chilth?ns' Op ! era Toe Slipp rs, -211 Tairs Iniaiits' Kid i Button Shoes, -9 Pairs Mens' Clo'h-top Low Button ShVos. 3SPai:s Men's Ix)Cut ; Working Shoes, V Men's Better-grade low Cut Button, - 18 Pairs Youths' Butk'e j Shois, - II Pars Misses' Coari Shtcs, - 18 33 M5 .iiz lairs L.aaics oers; lace Shoes, 213 lairs Indies' Grain Po Lacu Shoes, I atSIDE THESE WE OFFEK Tlf 1 ron tjis n V;X'. : o : THE POPULAR OISTE-PHICK SHOE STORE i No. 212 Main St, Johnstown, Pa. J. B. Don't forget (Vr o k of Fine Shoes for Ladi t .i tic: i ft.;. vjtiucmen, jjlisscsj, duis,viiii dm. Youths and Infants. Ve h.iv marked down our large Stc-k of Plain Shoes. Don't buy beire vou see. ours, r v : SrARGABDTEK. N.iyr. mm mm mi iistabljsiii:d irtTT.) CHILES. 1. HARBISON. H. I. PB1TTSL Pregident. Cashier Oeeetloiia made In nil pnrts of the I'nlted Sltl. CHAEQES MODERATE. ' i Pntles wishing to send money West can le ao .iailated by dratl on New York in any anm. (visVuwnc made with promptness, t'. S. Bonds hotsjut and sold. Money and valuables secured W,.( Dlclwld't oelebrated aales, with a liar (eota. V&le t&A 00 time ldVk. ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. . s Altler bolidavi observed. STAlMffl'S e S2.00 Will parchate a Kitchen Outfit, Oonslatinc !ot the fol lowing 38 pieces: 1 IMeh Pan, I tV.flee Pot 1 Water Docket 1 Oorered Bucket, 1 Larye (J rater, 2 Tin Cups, 4 Pie Plates. I Cake Cutler, 1 Sauce Pan, I Wafih Basin, 6 Table Knivts, Table Forks, t Table Soons, 6 Tea Spoons. Enamelea anl GalvanM In Water Coolers, LEMftV SOVEFZKRS. Tn Pinir it-v T DliAlNElU, IOECKEASI MOLDS wtW'K MIXEKS, ETC ALBEBT A- J. Scott Ward, HOME & WARD SD008SOKS TO EATON & BROS, X0. 27 FIFTH AVEJiUE, PITTSBURGH, PA. BmiSTGr, 1882. NEW GOODS EVE2Y DAY SPECIALTIES imbrciderles, Laces, Millinery, White Goods, Hand kerchiefs, Dress Trimmings, Hosiery, Gloves, Corsets, Muslin and Merlae Underwear, In fants' and Children's Clothing. Fancy Goods, Yarns, Zephyrs, Mate rial! of Alt Kinds for FANCY WORK, Gent's Femisteg Goofe fc, fc. VGtTB, PATIOS AOB IB BKSFBOTVtTLLT BOLIO' T Onlers by Mail attended to with I'rompt m and lispatch. Examine thoroughly before voti buy your Summer Clothing. Our goods will stand a severe inspection. You will be sur prised at the low prices, and wonder how We do it and make it pay. A. C. YATES & CO., yi?rBffii,fle&6!liSti PHILI'DEIiPHIA. FASHIONABLE PUTTER & TAILOR, Having had many vears experience in all branches of he Tailoring; bus iness. 1 guarantee Satisfaction to all who may call up on me and favor me with their pat ronage. Yours, x-, win. m. nocnTE n.ER, snarS QUEMAHONING WOOLEN MILLS. If.W. S. MOllGAX, Proprietor, riHE Aitcntsof tin s, well-known Mills are now X isiliDK their customers with a splendid aa. tortmeut ol WOOLEN GOODS, h thev'wisb to trade fcr Wool. These Goods iade In our own County, from Pure Stock, e Latest Improved Machinery, and bj first- SDS of trooL this year, and will nuke It workmen, we want un r i waiau p" l'.o to deal with as. mw, are aim prefrarwa to uo vnstom opiw- mnc ana w ool tarainK. aoonw. aprAim. Uuemabcolng, fa. f it a, week at home. tS ontflt free, lj pay absolutely sure. No risk. Cap .aTirmital not reaulred. Header. If rom lf VJ Vwant business nt which persons of ei , her sc, young or old, ean maae treat pay a the time tier work, with aheolale eertalnty writcfur itkulars te H. Hau.ktT, Portlaod,le. AGHNTSi? wanted for the live ot all the Presidents of the The Ur- rest. bandsoiaftt. best book ever told for let mer- twice our (irlra.. The fastest selling book. Agent ea. Immeu kirunts to agent. All tniiuioi eonle waut iti .idi one ean become a sueeeenrt aeut Terms t-e. Hjkuxrr Boos. Co, Port aiyt, JHaitic. Lime, Lime, Vom the Celrbr! Peck Limestone Led re, farnUbed aboard Uemrt at mtt kiln near Pine pimpt7 Hnd. VtAlirtker ptvrticnlari oailoa 9 ove at 8 cents m nuheL aaaiUeked. On l snuersirnea. i J. M. WOlltKSBESOEB fc BBO . Bock wood. Pan or miylI 3ntSAACO.a IKES, Btwerta , P t ft 11 fj?&t M Ti ft. -U . Lime I W-! oner Blaine and Logan. THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. Brief Biographical Sketch ef I:h of the Distinguished Standard Bearers Who Are to Iiead the Party to Victory ia the Great Campaign or 1884. HON. JAMES O. BLAINE. Hon. James Gillispie Blaine, the great and magnetic statesman from Maine, nominated for rresident oi the United States by the Republican National Convention at Chicago on Friday, June Gth, ia one of the ablest and best known men in America. His brilliancy, courage and frank ness as a statesman, his sympathet ic nature, his charming social quali ties, and his remarkable magnetic presence have combined to win lor him a place in the allectioiis of the people which no other living states man enjoys, which sentiment is best illustrated by the unanimity with which his nominatioti was asked for bv the masses in every section of the Union, and the enthusiasm with which the result is received. He is t la ,1 a man ot tne people ana lor me peo ple, and as such will receive a spon taneous support which will make his candidacy irresistible. James U. Blaine was born in Washington county, Pa., January 30, ISoU, and is therefore 51 years old. His boyhoad was much like other men's. He had the same troubles, the same quarrels, the same successes, the same youthful sorrows, the same disappointments. It is only phenomenal men who have no childhood with the stone-uruises, the chapped hands and the bloody noses of the country boy. Mr. Blaine comes from tine old Revolutionary stock. His great-grandfather was a colonel in the Revolutionary war. He lived in the great Cumberland Vallev. whose golden helds of grain, and bright green meadows charm all beholders to the present day. The Blaine family is still well remembered in the lovely village of Carlisle. Colonel -Blaine was the intimate friend of General Washing ton. He was commissary-general in the northern department of Washington's army, and advanced from his own means, and from con tributions obtained by him from his friends, large Bums of money to ward purchasing supplies lor tne armv during the terrible winter at Valley Forge, and Washington at tributed the preservation of his troorjs from absolute starvation to the heroic and self-sacrificing efforts of Colonel Blaine. Mr. Blaine gets his middle name (Gilleepie) from his maternal grandfather, a pioneer of distinction in Western Pennsylva nia. His father lived at Little Wash ington, Pa., and was prothonotary of the county several terms. x oung Blaine received a thorougn common-school education, and in 1843. at the age of 13. entered Wash ington College, from which he grad uated in 134, at the age oi seven teen, and at the head of a large, able class. blaise's youthful days. At the college, with two or three hundred students Irom all sections of the country, Blaine was frem his first entrance a. leader, tndowea with a splendid physique, he was foremost in all athletic sports. He is not remembered as a hard student, who burned the midnight oil. It was not necessary for him to do this, ,i , .i i-1 as he learneu everyining quicmy and easily, and his standing in his classes was always among the very first In the annual commence ments and the frequent contents of the rival literary societies of the col lege he was never conspicuous as a debater or wrangler, but he was known and acknowledged as the power that managed and controlled these things. Goethe has said : " One builds his talents in the still ness and builds his character in the storms of the world." To the new boys and young fresh man Blaine was alwavs a hero. To them he was uniformly kind, ever ready to assist and aa vise them, and to make smooth and pleasant their initiation into college life. His hand- W , , . 1 some person and neat auire, nis ready sympathy and prompt assist ance, his lrank, generous nature, ana his brave, manly bearing, made him the best known, the best loved, and the most poDular boy at college. He was the arbiter among younger bovs in all their disputes, and the authority with those of his own age on all q'uastions. He was always for the " under dog in the fight."'' Like most college boys, he had his sobriquet. Owing to the fact that he was possessed of a somewhat prominent, though shapely probos- cis, he received me apptuauuu m Nosey Blaine "which clung to nim all through his college life. His is one of those noses that would haye been the pride ahd admiration of NaDoleon 1, and would doubtless have ranked high and gained great glory among other prominent noses, whose owners were seiectea oy ria- poleon to form the shining ranks of his favorite generals, as a prominent nose was considered by him a true indication of genius and courage. After the usual term at college he graduated with distinguished honor, and carried with him into the world the enduring affection of all those who knew him, and with whom he was associated in his alma mater. . carving jus own future. From this point in life Mr. Blaine began to carve out bis own future. In those days the young college graduate did not loaf about home, a villa (to honn omnVincr cigarettes. w " fo , r es . and devoting most of his time to his hair at least Blaine didn't ne struck out at once to seek his for tune. It wits a very lucky strike for him, for if he.had not struck out as he did, if he had not gone to Ken tucky, and had not located near Mil lersburg, he might never have met Miss Harriet Stan wood, a woman who will"d him good, and not eyil, all the days of his life." But oi this again. ESTABLISHED, 1827. SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 18, 1884. Mr. Blaine, after he left College, went to Blue-Lick Springs, Ken tucky, and became one of the pro fessors in the Western Military In stitute, in this school there were about four hundred and fifty boys. A gentleman living in Washington was a student in this school. He well remembers Blaine and describes him as a thin, handsome, earnest young man, with the same fascin ating manners he has now. He was very popular with the boys, who trusted him, and made friends with him from the first He knew the given names ol every one, and he knew thair shortcomings and their strong points, and to this day he asks about this boy and that who went to school at the Blue-Lick Springs, then a very popular water ing place. A friend says that Blaine was a nan of great personal courage and that during a bloody fight be tween the faculty of the school and the owners of the Springs, involving some questions about the removal of the school, he behaved in the bravest manner, lighting hard, but keeping cool. Revolvers and knives were freely used, but Blaine only ued his well-disciplined muscle. CoL Thornton F. Johnson was the prin cipal of the school, aad his wife, (both most excellent, well-bred, and highly-cultured persons) had a ladies' scheol at Millersburg, twenty miles distant It was at this place that Blaine met Miss Stan wood, who belonged to an excellent family in Massachusetts, and she afterward became his wife. Blaine, after an experience of a year ot two, discov ered that he was not born to be a school teacher, and he returned to Pennsylvania to study law, but nev er practiced it. In 1853 he removed to Alaine, and there began a career that has to-day made him the most talked-of and the most popular man in the country. BLAINE A3 AN EDITOR. It was at Portland, Me., that Mr. Blaine first became an editor, and had he not a few years later aban doned journalism to enter upon his long and conspicuous public career, he would undoubtedly have made a great editor as great perhaps as Greeley. He possessed all the qual ities necessary to win eminence in the profession, and has often been heard to remark during his past life that he believed he would never be so happy as he would have been at the head of a great political journal. He has a phenomenal memory, and there is no quality more valuable in journalism than this. He remem bers circumstances, dates, names, and places with astonishing exact ness, and it is this wonderlully avail able memory that makes him such a ready speaker and such a charm ing companion. He has also great quickness and accuracy ofjudgment, another excellent and indispensable quality. He writes as readily and strongly as he speaks, and very rap idly. In many respects he resem bles Mr. Greeley as a writer he goes straight to the point, and wastes no time in painting with pretty words a background for his thoughts. His ether striking quali ties are: he is courageous, he is fair-minded ; be grasps and weighs the events of the day, and finally, like all good journalists, he is a good husband and father, and a good fellow. HIS TUBLIC CAREER. Mr. Blaine held his first public of fice in 1858, when he was elected to the Maine Legislature. He had al read' achieved distinction as a pub lic speaker in the Fremont campaign of 1856. He was five times elected to the Legislature, . and in 1861 and again in 1862 he was chosen Speak er of the House, in which position he exhibited peculiar fitness lor a rirpsifiinc officer. aualitieB that he more fully exhibited subsequently as Speaker of the National House of Representatives. In 1863 Mr. Blaine was elected to Congress, and was re-elected and served continuously for 14 years. During his first term he gave him self up mostly to study and 'obser vation, but in the XXXIXth Con gress he began to be felt, and from that time on he was foremost in all legislation. He has an aptitude for legislative business that few possess. He could see the weak and the strnnir tninta in the bill, and his judgment was so quick and accurate that he was as ready to taice nis po sition in a minute as most Con gressmen are after a day's reflec tion. He was three times elected Speak er of the House of Representatives, succeeding Colfax in the chair. As a Speaker he never had a superior in the history e-f the country, and it is a question whether, in all respects, he ever had an equal in that posi tion. His control over the House is described as being simply wonder ful. An eloquent talker and a thor ough parlimentarian, familiar with almost every precedent from the birth of Congress to the very hour in which he spoke, he was never at a loss to answer the-most difficult questions, to solve the hardest prob- . . w . i ii. i a; a lem, or to disentangle tne Anoiueui. network of procedure into which the House might have drifted. It is hardly worth while to follow Mrl Blaine through his 14 years' ser vice in the House. He always com manded the attention of the House, and before he had been three years a member he ranked with the high est as a debater. With him in the House were Thad. Stevens, Ben. Butler, Schenck, Allison, Colfax, Banks, John A. Bingham, Boutwell, James Brooks, Conkling, Dawes, De lano, R. B. Hayes, George W.Julian, Scofield, and other well-known names. Before the close of his sec ond term he had that angry contro versy with Conkling', since become so famous. -All our readers will re member that of the XLIst, XLIId, and XLIIId Congresses Mr. Blaine was Speaker. His quickness, hia thorough knowledge of parliamenta ry law and of the rules, nia firmness, hia clear voice, hia impressive man ner, hia ready comprehension of subjects and situations, and his dash and brilliancy made him a great presiding officer. He managed the most turbulent of all bodies with an iron hand. His management of his own case when the Mulligan letters came out, was worthy of any gener al who ever set a squadron in the field. H. J. Ramsdell. writing of him in Congress four years ago, said : " For nearly 15 years I have looked down from the galleries of the House and benate, and 1 never saw, and never expect to see, and never have read of such a scene, where the grandeur of human effort waa better illustrated than when this great orator rushed down the aisle, and, in the very face of Proctor Knott, charged him with suppress ing a telegram favorable to Blaine. The whole Moor and all the galleries were wild- with excitement Men yelled and cheered, women waved their handkerchiefs and went off into hysterica, and the floor was lit tle less than a mob." In 1876 Mr. Blaine was appointed United States Senator to fill the va cancy occasioned by the resignation of Lot M. Merril, appointed Secreta ry of the Treasury under Hayes and stepped frera the lower to the up per House. He was re-elected for the full term, but retired when call ed to Garfield's Cabinet as Secreta ry of State. In that position he in augurated "a yigorous foreign poli cy," which excited some criticism, yet had a vigor and justice in it, characteristic of the man, and which but for the meddling of officious per sons who failed to properly grasp hia policy or appreciate his pur pose, would undoubtedly have been a grand success. His object was to pacify the warring republics of South America, hoping thereby to prevent the lamentable scenes that followed, at the same time hoping that our in tervention would lead to desirable commercial relations. Before his plans were matured Garfield died, and Blaine retired from the Cabinet Since then he has kept entirely aloof from politics, devoting the most of his time to the literary work involved in the preparation of his great book, "Twenty Years of Con gress," a wrk which demonstrates the wonderful versatility, discrimi nation, and judgment of the author. HIS PRIVATE LIFE is as charming as his public life is grand and brilliant. He has a de lightful home, characterized by re finement and taste, adorned by vir tue and unclouded affection. Mrs. Blaine is a charming woman and a model wife and mother, a woman of strong judgmeut. perceptions, and marked moral courage, a ht com panion for such a man. They have six children, three boys and three girls, all possessing more or less ol the characteristics of their parents. Mr. Blaine is the companion and confidant of every member of his fan.ily. His children trust him im plicitly, he does them. His . iiv.i- -j l:- -l.i nouse at v asmngum aim uis urn home at Augusta, Me., are models of good taste, elegance, and com fort AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. In 1S76 Mr. Blaine was a promi nent candidate for the Presidency before the Republican National Convention, at which time Robert G. Ingersoll made his wonderful nominating speech, in which he de signated him as the Plumed Knight In 18S0 he was again a candidate before the National Convention, which nominated Garfield as a com promise candidate between the war ring giants. Without seeking the nomination or making a singular intimation that he desired it, his friends pushed his claims so vigor ously and skillfully as to carry him to the front as the standard bearer of his party. And a better one, or one that would excite more enthusi asm, could not have been found. THE MAN AND HIS FAMILY. Mr. Blaine is now in his fifty-fifth year. Although aboye medium l-ietcrhr, Vi ia so cnmnactlv and dow- x i erfully built that he scarcely seems ... . . - . , j, tall. His ieatures are large ana ex pressive; he is slightly bald, and ha nootlv trimmed beard is nrema- turely tnay : his brows are lowering his eyes Keen, me iioor vi Congress he manifested marvelous nnnsr jinrl nerve. His voice is rich and melodious : his delivery is fluent . f 11 and yigorous; Ins gestures are iuu A force : his self-Dosses- sion is never lost He has appeared on the stump in almost every North ern State, and is an exceedingly pop ular and eiiective campaign orator. His faculties have a keen edge; his memory is remarkably retentive; and his practical knowledge of men and affaire has a broad range. This comprehensive knowledge, broad rather than deep, is one of the se crets of his popularity. He knows men from one end of the country to lha nthar nnd Pi tnOWS what theV are thinking about. He has kept abreast with the average thought of hia time not about it or be low it Mr. Blaine waa not a poor man when he entered congress in 1863, and he is not a millionaire now. For twenty years he has owned a valuable coal tract of several hun dred acres near Pittsburgh. This yielded him a handsome income man v v hefnrn he entered con grass, and the investment has been a profitable one during his .public life. His business affairs have been manHCTPfl with nrudence and shrewd ness, and he now has a handsome fortune. His home in Augusta, near the State House, ia a plain two-story house. Several institutions in the State have received benefactions from him, and hia charity and gen erosity are appreciated at home. In hiB own house he is a man of culture and refinement, a genial host, a courteous gentleman. The eldest son. Walker Blaine, is a graduate of Yale college and of the Law school of Columbia college. He is a member of the bar of sever al States, and has been creditably engaged in public life in Washing ton. . The second son, Emmons Blaine, ia a graduate of Harvard college and the Cambridge Law School. The third is James G. Blaine, Jr., a lad of fourteen. The three daughters are named Alice, Margaret and Harriet The eldest was married more than a year ago to Brevet-Colnel J. J. Coppinger, U. S. A. ; . ' GEX. JOHN A. LOGAN. John A. Logan was born in Jack son County, 111., on the 9th of Feb eral-d ruary, 1S26. He is the son f an Irish physician, and had few oppor tunities of acquiring an education when a boy. When the war with Mexico was declared he enlisted as a private in the First Regiment of Illinois yolunteers, and afterward acted as Adjutant of the regiment Returning home in 1848 with an ex cellent record he began to study law, and in the following year was elected clerk of his native county. In 1S51 he waa admitted to the Bar. In 1S52 he was chosen Prosecuting Attorney of the Third Judicial Court, and in the the fall of the same year he was elected to the State Legisla ture. It is worth recording that at this time he was a Democrat He made hij mark as a good speaker. and in 1856 he was elected a Presi dential elector on the Buchanan ticket. He went on the stump, and his speeches gave him a reputation which in 1858 sent him t Congress He lived in an atmosphere of seces sion ; most of his friends sympathiz ed with the Southern cause. But these influences produced no impres sion on Mr, Logan's mind, and when Abraham Lincoln became the can didate for the Presidency he support ed him with a hearty vigor worthy of emulation. PRIVATE AT BULL RUN. During the yeir 1S58 Mr. Logan was elected member of Congress from the Ninth District of Illinois in the XXXVIth Congress of the United States, and took his seat in December, 1859. His term of otfiee expired March 3, 1861, and, having obtained a re-election during 1SG0, he was entitled to tike his seat dur ing the XXXVIIth Congress, but resigned to take part in putting down the rebellion. He left his seat in the halls of the Legislature dur ing the extra session of July, 1861, to enter the ranks of Colonel Rich ardson's regiment of Michigan Vol unteers, and exhibited great bravery during the contest at Bull Run, July 21, 1861. He returned to Congress after that battle, and urged upon the Government the necessity of raising a sufficient force to put down the rebels in arms- He then, at the close of the session, went to his na tive State, and energetically called upon his countrymen to rally around the flag of their country and to put down the rebellion. The cit izens of his district readily responded to the call, and the Thirty-first Regi ment of Illinois Volunteers was raised and organized at Cairo on September 18, 1861. Mr. Logan was chosen as the Colonel of the regi ment, with a commission dating from August 10, 1861. Shortly after its organization his regiment figured in the sanguinary battle of Belmont He was at the capture of rort Hen ry, and with several hundred cavalry pursued and captured eight of the enemy's guns. He also took an ac tive part in the reduction of Fort Donelson. In this engagement Col. Logan was severely wounded in the left arm and shoulder, but held his position until reinforcements arri ved. Shortly after he was attacked with a serious illness, and for some time hopes of his recovery were given up. GENERAL. On the 5th of March, lSS2,he was confirmed Brigadier-General, and soon after reported to General Grant at Pittsburgh Landing. Afterward he figured in all important move ments. On August 26th he was placed in command of the forces at Jackson, Tenn. In the movement into Mississippi he commanded a division in the right wing, and after ward one in the Seventeenth Corps under general McPherson. In the spring of 1863 he was confirmed a Major-General of Volunteers, with rank from November 29, 1862. Dur ing General Grant's rapid move ments from Grand Gulf to Jackson in May, 1863, he was continually in the advance, and occupied the Mis sissippi capital. Again, at Champi on Hills, he distinguished himself, and also at the storming of Vicks May 22, 1863. When, the Rebel stronghold was surrendered General Logan's force had awarded to them the post of honor namely, the oc cupying of the surrendered city and General Logan was made Mili tary Governor from July 4, 1863. He afterward returned North, where he addressed large assemblies, sta ting that he had always been a Dem ocrat, but as the peace o( the coun try could not be restored without the extinction of slavery he advoca ted that policy. Having adminis tered the duties of his position at Vitksburg for some time longer, lie, at his own request for more active du ty, was once more placed in the field. On the 27th of October, 1863, the Pres ident appointed Major-General John A. Logan to the command of the Fifteenth Army Corps, thereby re lieving Major-General Francis P. Blair, who was soon to take his seat in Congress as the representative of the First District of Missouri. He succeeded Sherman at the head of the Fifteenth Army Corps in Novem ber, 1863, and when McPherson lost his life on the 22d of July Logan succeeded him and commanded the Army of the Tennessee with the same ability and success which had characterized his command of small er numbers. He was with Sherman on his "March to the Sea," remain ing with him until Johnston's sur render, r rom the close ot the war until 1871 he occupied various po sitions of honor, which attended his frequent elections as Representative in his State and at Washington. - In 1871, and again in 1S79, he was Sen ator from Illinois. Senator Logan has played a brilliant part in the political history of the United States during the last twenty-five years. logan's domestic life. General Logan resides in Wash ington, on Twelfth street In his domestic relations General Logan has been one of the most happy and for tunate of men. In 1855 he married Miss Mary Cunningham, of Shaw neetown. 111., and she has proved a most valuable helpmeet There is no woman in public life who pos sesses more admirable traits than Mrs. Logan, and what is unusual, her popularity with her ewn sex is quite as great as with the iSther. She has ? "L.rj two children, a dan wife of Paymaster cke'r, of the ar-i TST WI (I X L n 1 I, I F WHOLE N0.171S. my, now stationed at Santa Fe, and and a son, Manning, who is a cadet at West point, having inherited his father's military ambition. Both of them have been educated by her, or under her personal supervision; both have been constantly at her side ; in the camp during war time and in the most exciting political campaigns, she has never for a mo ment neglected the duties f her household or forgotten her children's claims. THE REPUBLICAN TICKET. Republican JonrnaM Well Pleased. MR. BLAINE THE CANDIDATE OF THE WHOLE PARTY. From Tke AWanj Hvtning Journal. The historian ef "Twenty Years of Congress " will not be moved by a spirit of petty animosity. He has no debts to pay, no vengeance to wreak. During all the conflicts from caueus to convention, he has stood calmly aloof. In the conven tion itself, caorU for combination were against and not for him. His nomination was foreshadowed bv gradual accretion of votes on three ballots. The inevitable waa then recognized, and could no longer be stayed. The irresistible attraction of votes to his column was like the obedience which the lesser bodies ot the solar system pay to the in flexible power of their great central luminary. He enUrs upon the race, therefore, absolutely clear of entang ling alliances the candidate of the whole party. What power of in spiration lies in this circumstance ! BUSINESS INTERESTS SAFE. From the Pittsburgh Dinpatch. Blaine's nomination will draw out all of force and lire there is in the Republican party. It has been charged that he must assume the defensive on account of past mis takes, but w hile he has, like most other public men, some of these to his account, it will be well to bear in mind that those who haye at tacked Mr. Blaine have generally caught a Tartar. There is positive ly nothing in the intimation that the business interests of the country fear him. On the contrary, in so far as he is more progressive than his co temporaries, the business in terests will fairly expect that under his administration the development of the gTeat natural resources of the country must go on with quickened energy. THE TYPICAL AMERICAN CANDIDATE. From the l'Ievelso'1 Herald. No man who actually received the Presidential nomination since the existence of the United States had, as a candidate, so strong a hold on the affections of the masses of his party as has James G. Blaine at the present moment. Strong in his convictiens, courageous in main taining them, daring in attack and brilliant in strategy, he has won the devotion of his followers, and the admiration of his enemies. His his tory as a public man is that of the Republican party, the one cannot be dissociated from the other. He is the typical Republican. His histo ry for the same period is largely that of the Nation ; he is the typical American. A RESPONSE TO THE PaRTY S DEMAND. I rom Tbe Hartford Post. The action of the Republican Na tional Convention we believe to be in response to the demand of the Republican party for an opportuni ty to vote for James G. Blaine for President It has been evident for some months past that the great mass of the Republican voters of the country were in favor of his nomin ation, regarding his past services for the public good of such value that he should again be called to the front, and this time to a position of highest honor. SUPPORT DUE FROM EVERY REPUB LICAN. From tbe Boston Journal. It is sufficient for us, a3 members of the Republican party, to know that Mr. Blaine is to lead the Re publican party in the coming cam paign. He is to stand upon a plat lortn which was adopted by the Re publican delegates, and to give him, therefore, as the accepted leader cor dial support, is a duty which every Republican owes to his party. Of the election of Mr. Blaine there is very little question. The campaign thus far has shown his wonderful strength with the people. We do not underrate the disadvantages in cident to a campaign nnder his lead ership, but we must not lose sight of the assurance given at Chicago that le possesses a lollowing greater than that of any other man in the party. He is the choice of the Re publican Convention honestly and fairly nominated and a such will receiye the cordial support of the men who have voted for Lincoln, Grant, Hayes and Garfield. HEARTILY AND CORDIALLY ACCEPTED. Nrom the Providence Journal. Of the hearty and cordial accept- ance ot the nomination by trie great majonty ot the Kepubhcan party, we make no oouot. ine name oi Blaine will arouse a great enthusi asm, and the selection of Logan will strengthen the support oi those who provsd their devotion to Republican principles in war as in peace. There is yet, as the country evidently per ceives, much to be done before the Nation can safely intrust ita interests in other hands than those of the Re publicans. The questions still at is sue are of the highest importance ; they must be contested with persist ency and with vigor. The people, as to the most vital of them, are in accoTtl with the Republican party, and therefore it is that its success in November is in ali reason as sured. FOLLOWING THE WILLOF THE PARTY. From Tbe Troy Timet. It is always mistaken policy to i it. rrl m commit a wrong, and in that light The Timea must ever regard the con- duct Of the Convention at Chicago j woatcrfl iv But a conclusion reach- ed by the collective wisdom and j sagacity of the party must be accept ed as properly outweighing the judg ment of individuals, or even of a large minority of the organization. The majority has spoken and TJte Times obevs. We can never stray from tbe right path when yielding to .I". ""rifthnrtblican'miWaced. but was warraniea, : LUC CAIf.3U t" va uv ..wr- . party fairly manifested. j MORE FULLY TRUSTED THAN tYZX. BEFORE. Frem the Ceaeord (If. H.) Monitor. Whatever of persona disappoint ment and chagrin his nomination majr have caused within the party will be swept away in the strong tide of popular favor ; and it will only be remembered that the candi date is the leader who never faltered, the public servant who, in all his long, exalted career has never be trayed a single trust the faithful Republican who has been as loyal in the gloom of defeat as in tbe Hush of triumph, the untiring friend of the laborer and the fearless champi on of the freedman, the wise, tar seeing statesman, whose election will mark an epoch in the development of American commerce, and, above all, the man whose great nature has such a tenacious hold upon the hearts of the people that they would rot, could aot, let him remain in the seclusion to which the " lottery of assassination " had retired him, but without effort or seeking of his, have insisted upon bringing him once more to the front saying to the country aad all the world : u This is our leader, better loved and more fully trusted than ever before. We will crown hira with the highest honors within our gift" THE PEOPLE BELIEVE IN HIM. From Tbe Roohetter Democrat and Chronicle. No political party ever made a mistake when it conformed its action to popular expression. The Repub lican Natioaal Convention has done this; an3 therefore its action will be ratified at the polls. The people the men of the plough, the workshop and loom believe in James G. Blaine. They believe in him as a man ot the most alert intelligence and the best political equipment in the country, versed in its history and familiar with its political prob lems. 1 hey beUev in him as a nan of warm heart, whose sympathies are confined to no class and bound ed by no sectional lines. They be lieve in him as a man who under stands their noeds and will meet their requirements. They believe in him as a man who appreciates the economic issue of the hour, who is devoted to the rigid maintenance of the geod faith of the Republic and who will uphold the dignity and the interest of American industries against ruinous foreign competition. They believe in him as a isaa who is an American in every fiber of his being and who has an American policy for an American Govern ment A Jt ST AND CONSISTENT CHOICE. From tbe Kingston (N. Y.) Freeman. Whether the party did the most expedient thing yesterday, events can alone determine : but we hold that it did a just, consistent and cour ageous thing. Mr. Blaine is the moet conspicuous American' living who has a recognized right to tho Presidency. He has the highest qualities of leadership, and the larg est and most enthusiastic following. r or 20 years the eyesOf the country have been upon him as a man who must inevitably, by the law of lead ership and preference, become some day its President. Expediency has too often turned away from recog ornized statesmanship in searching for Presidential candidates, and fix ed upon some " dark horse," sonic soldier without qualifications for civ ic administration, or some third-rate politicinn concerning whos record the most that could be said was that nobody knew either good or ill of him. STRCNUEIl THAN GARFIELD AND AR THUR. From the St. Lout's Pait-DirfmUK. It would be fatuous to claim that Blaine and Logan are not stronger than Garfield and Arthur were imme diately after their nomination. Lo gan is a Western man, and carries to the ticket tbe soldier enthusiasm and the support of the stalwart fac tion. Blaine was bred and brought up in the Ohio valley and has all the magnetic traits that attract the Wes tern masses. He is the most astute politician, the most fertile in expe dients and most aggressive of his generation. The time is favorable t another outburst of the "Young America," or "manifest destiny," spirit which sometimes becomes a potent fact in our politics, and his name will arouse all the jingoism we have among us. HE BELIEVES IN THE PEOPLH. From Tbe Wilmington (Del.) News. Mr. Blaine is the best and most distinctive representative of the idea of American nationality. He be lieves in the people, in the mass, in the great and enduringunderstratum of American society, and the people from the humblest to the highest believe in him. His faith and feel ings, even more than his ideas and convictions, crop out all over the platform on which be stands this morning. He does not believe in cheap labor, because it degrades the people, and the platform reflects his sentiments; he believes in America for the Americans, and the platform re-echoes his patriotic faith ; he be lieves that one man is jut as good as another, whether his skin is white or black, his nationality Irish or American, and the platform empha sizes his manly judgment AMERICAN FAIR PLAY OPPOSED TO MUD-MACHINES. From The Bolton Traveler. The same earnestness and spirit which have at last placed the stan dard of the party in Mr. Blaine's hands will go far to help him carry it to victory. There are some Re publican elements to be conciliated, and some apprehensions to be re moved. The Dersonal phase of the hostility to Mr. Blaine in certain quarters has already done its worst ami is not to be seriously feared. Already the recoil trom the virn- , lence with wnich ht ha8 been assail- ej j9 distinctly felt The work of detraction has been overdone, and the ever-potent instinct of American fair play muv be trusted to assert itself. "BLACKJACK" LOO AN. From the WUket- Bam kttyr. The pet name of our candidate far the vice presidency should not be written Black Jack, as the newspa pers of the country have it but Blackjack, that being the name of tbe toughest and gnarliest kind of an oak growing in the Western coun try. When the secessionists of the Southwest came in contact with Colonel Logan, during the early days of the war of the rebellion, they pronounced him tbe blackjaek Fed eral officer of volunteers, because he was so tough a customer to deal with. The Democracy will find him a blackjack candidate even at this day. well-grounded confidence. From The WaterbnryCon.) Re. The ticket is a good one. The ticket is one to be proud of. The ticket is one to work for. The rec ords of the nominees will bear scru tiny. Tte Waterbunj BepvUkan, feels no hesitancy in making these rnnfirlehce. and thai the campaign will prove that this COUUUCUVO J mww J c.Ar.nn. ku not nniv not . . .U- r . .1 people wiU find.
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