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BRIDES FOR CONVICTS. Human Freight Sent from France to New Caledon a. VIRGINIA CITY ace ( Armstrong, JEALERS IN | A cargo of human freight lett ewe —-——— | France the ott day, in w Tam = | somewhat intereste It isto me a NORTON, } rather novel writes a Paris correspondent, a certain phase 0 ! of the woman’s rights question, but | Lam not so sure that the solution is a correct ot solvir one It seems Hats, one of t inspectors of Shoes, year e general Boots, Caps, prisons visits the six central peniten- | tiaries where women convicts are sery- es aes : nd ing their time to ask for volunteers Groceries a }to go to GNew Caledonia as wives | | for convicts serving out sentences Queensware, | in that penal colony. Fifty wo- Sangh abballlide Jot — man who tinswered = this appeal | were shipped the other day from Hardware and Implements, Call and price our goods and examine their qnality. BA IRGINIA, MO. Bordeaux, and when thev arrive at sew Caledonia they will be divided between two religious — estaplish- ments, one at Noumea, and the oth- er at Bourail. the first class—that who have themselves by good conduct, and who are accordingly to 20 3m Badgley & Gipson, We will give special prices on HOTS & SHO FOR SIXTY DAYS, The convicts ot is those distinguished be rewarded by land grants-—are in- formed of the arrival of the women. Those who are unmarried, or who are widowers and desire to get mar- ried, go to Noumea or to Bourail, where thev are allowed to make their choice among the women. Of course, they are not forced to make a choice, nor are the women forced to marry if the men who select them de not please them. The authori- ties introduce the men and women to each other, and allow them to act as they please. During the lastcen- tury a more rapid and more curious HIGHEST PRICE. FOR FRESH PRODUCE. ¥8tem was in. force. | When women arriced they, with the men were drawn up inlines facing each other. The name of a man was called, and then the name of a wo- man, and when the list had been call- ed over the couples thus paired were As for the wemen who volunteer to exchange therr cells in St. Lazare and the other prisons of France tor a husband and per- petual exile in the islands of the Paciffc, it is safe to say that they are neither the youngest, the prettiest, their But, then, those whom they are to. marry As we must reduce our stock tor other Goods. Weare always Top on Produce. Pay the the Competition is no bluff tous. We al- ways meet the closest prices, South Side, Green Front. at once married. nor the gentlest of sex. are not fellows who can excite much H.V, PE NTL: aR DEALER IN FURNITURE, BABY CARRIAGES of all styles and prices, sympathy, and they ought to consid- that they given land and allowed to found a er themselves lucky are familv. The Government gives each bride Good Hearse Always on Hany a little trousseau and the husband is cCorFING granted certain small favors. Along with the fifty women that sailed from Bordeaux were «a tew wives of con- in New Caledonia, who to join and who are accom- Made and turnished on short nore Orders may be left at F. Evans? stabi: after night oron Sunday. Butler, Mo i vi! | victs now ee | THE ACME PULVERIZER, have obtained permission their husbands, | panied by their children. It 1s hoped that in this way the colonies may be, peopled, and that those conyicts v have been sent abroad country’s good may lay the tion of a virtuous and honest nation. Whether this be possible or not is a question on which wide = divergence ot am ong those who have studied it It used to be believed that Australia was civilized and settled by convicts that England had transported to it. Witha very few © for their founda- there is a Opinion CLOD CRUSHER | AND LEVELER, ; but thisis a legend. exceptions, convicts did nothing to- ward peopling Australia with hon- est people. It was the voluntary emigrants who changed the built | that are to ‘be found in that great For Sale at the Grange Store face of and ¢ cities up t land, and the first thing these colon- a ek I k uninstructed delegates, and Robeson |... be used tor the Presidential nom- |} r > s did when they began to arrive ( U E SW AR E = cae pee : is ma = : | was deteated by a colored man in wrsiiosl, <mceeee an WETDEL ect EN u: y f 3 L SELF-84 The best evidence in th Ja of th } in any numbers wasto rid themselves ay oe 2a = S i : urity and excellence of Blackwell's Dull bare i ; : the balloting for alternates. would be assured. While in com-| Swe A ivorite prescription of uae of tne Burnt Soiokine Tobacco i founda the fand to puta stop to transportation. E rok S: It i fe Pranten Piathere see Roig BUTLER, MO. = si * a “iperted 3 =pameenrs phere rs ne fame tobacco i asx is a — < S : s a v1 ers w old S ew, ow re lof tbe eure oF istol sre ; The convicts and the descendants of | New York Sun t is a pretty : td Lost Manhood, Rockmore ere re ! ae — 2 ivers H a lautho > that in plain sealen envelope free. egies can convicts were found to be anelemens | Project. but exposed to divers perils. | we feel authorized to say that ae no tt pendrin itt of d:sorder that had to be got rid of | We need mention only one. The} Tilden will not permit the use ot his m Reccc13c_3riises)——_—_—_——_—__ acknowledged to be the Best in sh a = ati ee ee {the old guard wi its thira-term j enough > this plain: but | ystems suffer- world, and every year the Bull Duchan,| | { Civilized nation to rid itself of those om £ 188 eHea the S onscatonvoneMee ing froma gen-] The Old, Well Tried, Wensertui Sandstows more popular, the demand for who have no other means of mak- banner in the convention of 1880 may } when the 1 } eral want of tone Health Renewing Remeaies. ; lbe eck ¢ remnant , York asse 2s, he will place the} and its usual! y For the Liver. ing a living than by crime and pros- | be relied eel to check any 2 : j ) es nom : = canconnidants = ae teas PI care for titution, by shipping em off to | of the’ 306 in the convention of 1SS4. |» eve cavil. Knowing, as | Hyepepets Santa en ircen Main Feet (A pees Some anoccun iden st the globe. | That barrier was James G. Blaine. | we do. that this is tile case, we feel | nervousness, is | S$ o Comatipas | some unoccupied co tthe globe. A nef Gassaneweitsar . sine: * oe ta load seldom deriv a- but to expect that ch ele- | Globe-Democrat: It would be} sae Bey of the 5 ss : ble from the STRONG NG’S PE GTORAL PLS stresses ments 2 ! well to bear in mind that the vari- Jee eld. and secure the Soliasideresd eee Semeton soothing $24 bracing the j = a“ nominatic of some one equally |! diet and sti Servos armen. 950 x.ring rigor yp 0 er founded | ous candidates tor the Republican ; wide £ 1 . ot appetite, abre of the body ola by Dorn = For! ame which none bur the Presidential nomination in 1860 were ; STON a> WHO, aided. As - ce g j 5 having no can rally} icine that ener ach very ign n of. quite as much agreed that Abraham | S | elect a taal > | 3 oy les nt« e t oe ht f cifi : } Lincoln would make an_ excellent; ¢Very element of the : | S to of t specific . 4 hic Occan-> A Si = ass . a Here it is umiversally conceded | obstacle to renewed vigor, that is a genu- oman ' dacy w sin it 1s what the | Candidate for Vice-President as the ae er = | ine corrective, is the real need. It ist Secure Healthy party wants, a bird in the hand be—| candidates this vear are that his son | that to succeed we must carry New | Beas of this syand a cal ay it on to the Liver Te ge tees = . - , : rack = 8 sthe svotal Sa und | Which makes Host:tter’s Stomach Bitters veail mg worth a whole flock ef wild | would admirably answer such a pur-| York: that ts the pivotal St pee M4 ts cic cise oe an invigorant. For sule seme et es = | geese. i pose. } that it she can present a candidate | 5, aij druggists and dealers generally. Faas ane ee tae Bo Griping Price 2c. All Denggiste forts to straddle the Blaine boom in New Jersey has‘resuited? disaster There is an almost universal sen- to both Robeson and the ong The trment prevailing that could Mr. Republican Convention has selected Vilaen be mduzed to permit his name | CONVENTIONAL TOPICS. WASHINGTON SPECI 4 L. New Even the g Journal: The Varift le Sieeineiaicaied | 3 ne seem to Republican Presidential As- a f gurgle *“*boomeda pirants | knight’ aR BLAINE V1 “Ce V7 a iil trout WASHINGTON MAY 5 W pre cl Vs 4 who can, wi arry the ld be nominated. From tate he shor those of Gover Hon York every uy De s : Union: Cleveland’s t ute dette; ; rd appearance . j Nelly ow preclude the . « « a t rr n tional Convention as ‘ support ot which must impulse, ot ‘ ‘ a to fssurred of success it intrigue. aye : Sate Bijere Stoves eae: 3 vi r relief of Amen- a : y _ ean shippit yasscd the house on S Oe ee ee eee Te-emorrow week, w! oy } . edi. Prema pine Saturday with an amendment, offere “1.83 2 wowrw 5: 3 vonms, 67, pine t “ eos } wee | 3 ed by Hon Cox. ovidi consideration, Mr. Mt EVES eis ag J oar Cfrom and after le Passage ously a candidate, j have an hour to debate ind Bait Pe ROSNBE OF ba Ose: | ee actuit shall be lawful for any Cutie New York Morning Journal: | then vorng will ne leis os the is : Chro: Sicha weak Eemet: 2 : ae notthe United States to import Away down in Georgia Mr Blaine’s | understood tthe first vote w He : = Some: z fi iron or steel built steamships of not Sutions and Weakness Of the Midaore Bites friends are fighting it out with rasors. jon a motion to strike out the enac pindhcijememeigh tig pansy pe lin Where is the Sherman committee?! ing clause. Should this succ eed, as will, of c many protectionists say it New York Tribune: We see no H r ess than fooo tons measurement free of duty, and such ships shall be ad- mitted to Amer ‘Wont RENoe RENOWNED | ‘specirio won 13, La coca BEEF: TRON n registry, provid- oa see course it ki the bili; but should i reason why the country should wish | ett SPSL aie aT aS ; tied that said ships shalt be the cov ier hoes: 3 Bs : sick i F: 2 1 will b - a third term of Grant, and we ; E ee; . © CON" | exclusive property of a citi- A BLOOD, BRAIN & 3 aNERVE Tex do not believe the Republican party (sce) cousess which: awill be zen or citizens ot the United focfot, Sta pee ec, Bose, wed no allot ae fea inating | #™ended, or adopted in their present | & A = Fo sriletg cise all fartivalane wasrese a empt cefeat by nominating fe The bill wi States, and provided, turther that] CHARS Wiecer? Mowe one Cry, MO. Hane orm. re bill will then be report- such ships shall be excluded trom Use Dr. SCOTT 8 LIVE PIBRS. ri Hawk = th ed to the house for final disposition. helenae ae 3urlington Hawkeye: Since the Coastwise trade, adavinietateny | bt jonn aauine The frends of the measure are Mr. S ti Fol peices s uncy z Mr. Secretary Folger is just now . 2 uinCY | sanguine of therr abihty to defeat the : iin Gane ee eer Adams no President has admmister- - a s coming 1a tor a great deal of praise E eta a motion to strike out the enacting Sees; y ed civil affairs with less regard to his tee «| trom the civil service reformers. clause, and also ot having the bill own personal advantage than Presi- substantially as it now stands adopt- dent Arthur. E hia oe ed by the House. From every part of the country the Democratic masses their representatives to pass the bill, while every Democratic newspaper ot any prominence, save those in the hands of manutacturers and monope- Cincinnati Commercial Gazette: The Chicago Inter-Ocean is out squarely against Senator Logan for the Republican Presidential nomina- yet the Illinois Republican Convention indorsed him. are calling on tion; : ee - Comptroller Knox and Solictor Minneapolis Tribune: The Min-] lists appear to favor it. In all our R E ; 2 aynor. nesota delegation 1s tolerably sure to correspondence which covers every y i ; seit e ei : ie It is stated that Mr. Blaine fired a have a very warm side for James G. | state in the Union, we have not re- Blaine, but it ought not to go to Chicago tied resolution to the fortunes of any one candidate. St. Louis Republican: Jt looks squally for I!nois’ favorite sonwhen nething but State prevented the man trom Maine carrying the State dele ceived a single letter from a Demo- by cratic editor opposing the measure, while we have hundreds strongly ad- this feeling on the part of Democrats out side of Congress that is the effect on who vocating it. It is unanimous having those m Congress, gation-at-large against the assem-]| have heretotore oppose | the bill, to bled Logan clans on their own] call a halt, and consiaer the will of chosen field. the people. Wath each day’s delay New Oleans Times-Democrat: { the friends of the measure are grow- There seems to be every reason to] ing nore confident and more earnest in their efforts to place the Demo party expect suc lican candidate in the field as will defeat all of them and ha multiplicity of Repub- cratic properly before the ive the nom- | Country on this most important ques tion of tariff revision. Some twenty or thirty appointments and promotions were made in the Department last week, all of which law. are looking anixously to see to the appointments of successors of were in line with the civil service The triends of this measure how regard President Arthur will act in Ar- yssince. A friend inquir- whole broadside into President thur a few dz The wverity aprenden dered body or Liver, « ed of the ex-Premier as to his candi- dacy for Presidenti:.1 nomination. He os said: **l am not a candidate, nor peste shall I be, or even allow y name bore to go before the convention if one ene ae delegate from my State is opposed the LA ver ty s+, +013, less to my nomination’? Mr. laine 3 appears very happy We saw him aT RONAN ’ on the avenue vesterday, his tace 4 7 activ S wieotinn as ti wreathed with smiles, and he looked ‘ ere Pee er ee eer eerie as contented as a clam at high tide. reling to dirn wee 63960 8 wterszo. oF BSY BEST I iy ¢ iabitual Conus loz, Diseased Rida ws, Cte, ele, Asvdiood PuriGer thoy are superior te ewy other modisiuns New Orleans wiil get $1,000,000 for ber cotton centennial expeditions The House Committee on Appro- ination, as it has been given since priations agreed on Friday last to cleansing the system theroughiy, «idk S- iaiaicrs ; A very bopefulsign for the De 2 sy imparting new bife end energy to the in- 157 to some dark horse. aa nee < fief ; vote the money, and the Senate calid, 1119 a mavdicine ead nei on ‘ : mocracy for the last week lias bee : 1 St. Paul Globe: Mr. Blaine, as pone : a “"T Committee has practically agreed to] Stoxicating beverage the earnest, cordial spirit of personal a Presidential candidate, is looming up with decisive strength. Mr. Ar- Presidential aspir- triendship that has been evidenced Randall aud Mr. Mor- rison and others who heretotore diff- between Mr. thrur and other ants regard him as the most formid- . ered as to the propriety of action up- able name as yet on the list of can- 2 Prop: 4 t on this measure at this session of it Go to Crouch Bros. eorner of the square. comiortable room ASE TOUR ORUGCIST FOR PRIGKLY ASH GITTEZZ, end take no othes, PRICE, $100 per Bottle. PRICKLY ASH BITTERS CO.,SOLE PROPRIETORS Bt Louis and Kenses City. Mo For a Cican 3nave shop, near southwest ‘They have aneat, 35- didates in the field tor nomination. |”. Congress. It dissipates any idea of Savannah News:—Bob Lincoln = wants to be nominated tor the Presi- their having a fight or quarrel wit! = gs 1 other the party over this or The out ct Cong any dencey, and does not seem to be measure. Democrats in and the assurance of the the ticket. He is willing to risk a coatent with second place on altogether 2ss_ see ihe necessity of united action in securing the control not not chance in the ‘lottery of assassina- of the government, and they do intend to fight among themselves so tion.’’. Republican long as they have the party to fight. The best and strongest men ot party see, in the acrimoneous fight The Pennsyl- lectoral Times: ag- Philadelphia gressive Blaine element in the vania is represented on the % ticket rather than in to Chicago. The Blaine delegation in the it is positively port. Boston in the Republican ranks, an oppor- the delegation tumty for the restoration of the coun- latter is not a try to honest hands, and they are de- sense that sup- ined to make an earnest effort Personal tern earnest in his to accomplish this result. ambitions, State pride, tavorite sons a De se 'g of. } a e Globe: Robdeson’s ef are all to be sacrificed on the alter of success aid national purifica Lyon & POSTOFFICE GROCERIE lams. 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