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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-08-18
.ins aud 90 links e 4 W, 35
Iiartman--a hf sc or sw or 80
Town q. Range Is

n Thing-Part of ne or sc or 10
beginning SO feet of sw cor
ner, thence e rods and N 30
rods, thence W 8 rods, thence 5
80 rods Ia place Of beginning,
n ID E.-,,l,yorti. ne 1 "a ! II
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-08-18
Town "a, Range II.
NAME. DEsc'S. SEC. AMT.

NAME. NhSt ~ ~
DIV srickland-12 acres on
the side OF lot 4 in sec.
commencing 4 rods Of the NV
corner Of said lot 4, thence s
z6o upon the n line Of Wash
ington at, in the village Of Bay
CITY, To the westerly line OF 9th
81, thence northerly on the W
line Of sth IT, 10 the e line Of
s~id lot :, tbe1ee n 6 rods to
The n line of said lot .. Themes
" 10 The pIsze # beginning,
DIV StricksAni-Parf % lot4
beginning on the side 81 Ssr-
itIon ct. sf the sw corner OF
washington At, in the village OF
Bay Civ, thence essterly on
fbe $ side OF Washington 81 TO
9th 81, thenoe ss4G VITO Neri-
diSn n, tis-nce n apon the Q
side ot Meridian ct, TO tue place
Of bsyInniag,
DIV Stricklapd-Psrt Of lot
beginning on the Mississippi
River AZ the - coruer Of 81 &,
ia the village Of Bay City, then
. a. e 81 the ltne of said lot
4, the0e~ . on said line 60 the
stssss-ipni River. thence up
sd FiEc 70 place a beginning
DIV Sxriclland-Psr of lst 4
ha<innIax on tie Mississippi
River nt rhx s. corner % 80 ~,
ia the village sf Bay City,tben
q a : e 20 the W lane OF Mar.
Re -, tbeacs n z5o - on the
~ lire of Narkle st TO Meridian
81. Esenee soz e line Of Merrill
a. az Go tise Mississippi River,
thence down sid river to the
D see of beginning,
d W StTickkac-I7 acEea in
lot liza
lightning on the Mississippi
River It the sw corner Of Le-
re -, in the village OF Bay
CITY, tzenoe AZ G 70 tire YES
t@rfy in~ sf Washington OF,
tBsnss n az " sa tie wester-
~ lise Of Washington q TO 81
q tissnse ~ " 3 rods 10 the
a EBe Of saii lot J, thence 9
On sid ~ Ine o. tie kiSsisssp-
- River, themes down sAld riv-
or % the place OF beginniag,
D W StricklsRd-Part Of lot
2 ia See.
teyinnisg Et the ne corner OF
lot 3. tl1~noe n on tAe e Line %
sid lot Q 70 Pepin 81. "a tue
village q Bsy City, taenee
81 : " 70 yacssoss 81, t..enee q
46 : " % the " line Of said lot
Z. thence u 30 Gss place Of be-
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-08-18
Town 81, Range Ie.

Unknown-All Of lot 2 Is
except 10 acres 6@eded to JOS
eph BOttA
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-11-02
Gns Lime for Peach Frees.

At late meeting of the West JERSEY
Fruit Growers Association, Mr.. Lippincott
exhibited peaches from an orchard of
which the following history is related by
correspondent of the Country GeAtlemdR:-
One year ago last spring Mr.. L. thought
it would be impossible to save the lives of
his peach trees, they had become so yellow
and lost so many OF their leaves, but wish
ing to save them if possible, he placed
about the roots, spreading thinly, one
shoveltull Of gas lime that had stood expos I
ed to the weather for several months. Since
that time the trees have assumed their
proper color, the leaves do not drop. and
they have ripened their frnit well. Mr.. L.
does not know that the lime was the cause of
saving the trees, but is well satisfied they
were unless before lie put it on. The com
mittee on large fruits have examined the
orchard of MIR. L., and they report in their
opinion the application of the lime was the
cause of growth of the trees, and without it
the trees would have produced no fruit.
As contrary case, Mr.. Emmor Roberts.
having seen the success Of Mr.. L.. decided
to treat his orchard to the same kind of a
dressing, but considering his trees to b.
very badly of, and thmKiDg that if the
application of Il little lime hal produced
such change in one orchard, twice as
much would do great deal better, he de-
cided to apply two shovelfulsOi gas lime to
each peach tree; and to make the effect
more telling he removed the earth from
above the roots three inches deep, applied
the lime and recovered. His experience is
somewhat different from Mr.. LIS. Every
tree that.he treated so kindly is now dead.
He used the very best gas lime. getting it
fresh and not exposing it to the weather,
thus preserving all the effect for the trees.
Now did the lime kill the trees or not? If
so, did the application of one shovelfull of
lime benefit the other orchard? 1t is i'm
portant that these two points should be de-
termined positively, as on the preservation
of the peach tree depends the profit OF its
culture in this State, where peaches have
now become second or third rate crop.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-11-02

This is necessarily judicial question
which can be constitutiODally decided by
the judiciary only on full and fair trial
on an Indictment or a pr sentiment. 1t
could not be rightfully adjudged cOllater-
ally or incidentally. by the officers Of an
election, nor could any test oath or self-cOn-
demnatOry oath be either sOnstitutionally
required or the refusal to take 1t be deemed
a judicial trial and convicted of the i'm
puted treason. Notwithstanding the re-
suits of such a mock trial, the citizen
would still remain citizen according to
fundamental law; and, so continuing, he
must have the legal right to vote as any
other citizen of the age and residence pre-
scribed by the Constitution. A legislative
actcan not make voluntary rebellion inVol-
untary eXpatriation.
The oath being required, not to show
that the appellant had changed his resi-
dence but only that he had committed a
crime which might deprive him Of theciti-
zenship and of his right of suffrage as a
necessary consequence. 1t was without con-
stitutional authority or sanction-and con-
sequently void; and, therefore, nothing
sworn to could have been, In legal sense,
perjury or punishable false swearing; and,
of course, the charge made by the appel
lee to that effect was not, in itself, action
abe SANDER.
Wherefore the judgment Of the Circuit
Court is affirmed.
A copy attest.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-11-02
A snlsndId Il4scrIp,Iou.

On certain occasion one Paul Denton, h
Methodist preacher in Texas, advertised a
barbecue, with better liquor than is usually
furnished. When the people were assem-
bled, a desperate in the crowd cried out,
"Mr. Paul Denton, your reverence has
lied. You promised not only good bar
becue, but better liquor. Where's. the
liquor?"
'.There!" answered the missionary, in
tones of thunder, and pointing his long,
bOny finger at the matchess double spring,
gushing up in two strong columns, with a
sound like shout OF joy, from the bosom
Of the earth. "Therei " he repeated with d
look terrible as lightuing, while his enemy
actually trembled at his feet, "there Is the
liquor which God, the Eternal brews for
all his children.
"Not in the simmering still, over smoky
fires, choked with poisonous gases, and
surrounded with the stencil OF sickening
odOrs and corruption, doth your Father ia
Heaven prepare precious essence of life,
the pure, cold water. But in the glade and
CLASSY dell, where the red deer wanders
aud the child loves to play, there Goo
brews it; and down, low down in the deep
est valleys, where the fountain murmurs
and the rils sing; and high up in th'
mountain tops, where the naked granite
glitters like gold In the sun, where storm
cloud broOds, aud the thunder storms crash;
and away lar out on the wide, wild sea.
where the hurricane hOwls music, and the
big wave rolls the chorus, sweeping the
march Of God-there he brews it, that bey-
erage of lite, lth-giving water. And
everywhere it is thug OF beauty, gleam-
ing in the dew-drop; singing In the sum-
mer rain; shining in the ice gem, till they
seemed turned to living jewels; spreading
golden veil over the setting sun, or a
white gauze around the midnight moon; (;
sporting in the cataract; sleeping in the
glacier; dancing in the hail-shower; told
ing its bright snow curtain softly around
the wintry world; and weaving the many
colored iris, that serapll's zone of the sky,
whose warp is the rain-drops of earth, and
wOof the sunbeam of heaven, all checked
over with the celestial flowers by the mys-
tic hand of reiraction. Still always it is
beautiful-that blessed life water; no poison
bubbles on its brink; its foam brings not
madness and murder; no blood stains its
liquid glass; pale widows and starving or
phans weep not burning tears in its depths
Speak out, my friends; would you exchange
it for the demons drink, alcOhol?" ...
A shout like the roar of tempest an
swered, mo ~ ..
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-11-02
The CrODa.

The following information concerning
the crops in the several sections of the
country has just been received at the Ag-
ricultural Bureau, Department of the In-
terror: A dispatch from Stowesville, Gas
ton county, N. c., states that the, corn crop
in that State will average well, and the cot
ton crop is as good as usual. The iutelli
gence received from Iowa Is to the effect
that the wheat crop is the best ever raised
in that State, and the same is true OF the
com. The sugar cane, however, has been
seriously damaged by the frost, and the po
tato crop is. small. Potatoes are selling at
forty cents per bushel. Letters from Fon-
tenele, Nebraska, state that the frost has in
jured'the ecOrn to great extent. In some
localities the heavy rains have retarded the
ripening of the corn aud produced an over
growth. The high winds that followed
these rains have materially added to the,
damage caused by the rains. The crop of
wheat and oats. however, is stated to be
quite heavy.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-11-02
NTnnn..emcnt 81. MANURE.

If the cxcrements of the COW and horse
are applied as Il top dressing in green
state, there must necessarily be a great
waste of their strength by evaporation.
and if not so used dauntil theyihave rotted
down to a finemcondition, without being
composted, suited to the purpose of top
dressing, there must have been a waste by
the escape of those gases during decompo-
sition, which gases If saved by composing,
the nitric acid, &C., would have made a
treble bulk equally good, which constitute
the value and strength of these manures-
therefore, these manures should either be
eomposted when green and strongest, or be
Immediately applied to and mixed up with
soil, before any of their strength is. lost
during fermentation and decQmposltions
The reason why old, well-worked compost
equals'pure manure In its effects, Is that
nitric acid is accumulated acc6fdiHgyt0 its
ave and work, particularly IN hot weather
The manure alone can neither absorb nor
fix the ammonia or nitric acid-Amore matel
rial is0necessary to do its--Massdchusetts
ttougNhealssd u l0i iaB bns ,tgo sys,...li 81
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-11-02
To Cook n Husband.

Many good husbands are spoiled in
cooking; some women keep them in hot
water constantly, while others freeze them
by conjugal cOolness; some smother them
in hatred, contention and variance, aud
sOuIe keep them in a pickle all their lives
These women always serve them up with
tongue sauce. Now, it cannot be supposed
that husbands win be tender aud good if
managed in this way ;but, on the contrary, .
very delicious when managed as follows "a
Get large jar, called the jar. of faithful
ness (all good wives keep it), put your
husband in IL, and set him near the ire of
cOnjugal love; let the fire be pretty hot, butt
especially let it be clear, and above all the
rest, be constant; cover him with affection,
Kindness and subsection, yarnished with
modest becoming familiarity, aud spiceds
with pleasantly, and If you aid kisses and,
other confectiOnaries, let them be accom-
panied with a sufficient portion of secrecy,
mixed with prudence and moderation. We
would advise all good wives to try this re-
cipe, aud realize what an admirable dish a
husband makes when properly cooked. "a
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-11-02
NUMBER 1903 4.
A Broken Heart.

One OF the most singular cases ofinsanity
we have ever heard of has recently come
under our observation in this city.
A labOrer on the new court house here,
whose name is Charles HanZ, had his rea7 o
sonDdethroned sOmr fouTteenyears ago. and !
is Impressed with the trigbtful hallucina-r
tion that. his heart is being cnt out. On
most subjects he talks nationally, and his
insanity can only he detected by his fre+l
quent pressing of his hands to his side and
eXclaining, in the most touching and pite-
GUS accents: "Oh, God is cutting my heart
out"
The poor fellow is quiet and inoffsnsive,
and works hard. Frequently, when at
work, he will drop his hammer and spas
medically run forward as ii to catch some
phantom fitting before him But In 4 mo-
ment he rcoyers himself aud goes to work
again. We are told that years ago. he, I,
loved beautiful girl, who trifled with aud
deceived him. Hence his insanity .lEcGll
We have all rad and heard of broken
hearts. The most touching thing that
Irving ever wrote was upon this subjert,
but all look upon such cases as ont of na-9 0
ture, and born only of asentimental imag-
1nation. 1t is seldom, indeed, that such an
instance falls under actual observations Z
But who can doubt, il the story be, true,
that in the wild moment when he learned
that the rich treasure of his heart had been
lavlsbed and wasted upon a heartlessthing,
and crushing weight of grief and sorrow.
fell upon him, that some of the sensitive
nerves Of the heart were broken with the
excitement that shattered his reason, leav- Il
ing merely the ceaseless physical pain To
make him imagine that his heart is being
cut out. Whatever may have been tho r
case, the cause is no less novel than toIcb-
ing. He who has the misfortune to lay lis
heart bare for every daw to peck at, is more b
subject for pity than for derlsion and
mockery.- ReUeille.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-11-02
All HalIow Eve.

This evening. which precedes All lIallOw
Day, is known under the name of Hailow-
cen, or All HallOw Eve, and is night Of
confession in the Catholic churches. In
former times in many parts of Great Brit
ain, this festival was celebrated in man
ner similar to that of Christmas at the
present day, but the ancient superSlitiOns
aud customs are last falling into disuse,
and are now almost only preserved among
country people Of the lower classes. The
general superstition was that this was the
night when witches, ellis and other evil
spirits went abroad with the intention OF
harming all who came in their way. In
North Wales it was customary to make q
huge bonfire on Halloween, and for every
member of the family to throw small
Whit stone, previously marked, into the
embers; then, after saying their prayers,
they retired to rest. The first thing next
moruing, each sought his or her stone, and
if auy one of them was missing, it was ac-
ceptrd as an omen that the owner would
die before the lapse of another year. Dane
ing amongst the embers of bonfire, "to
escape the black, short tailed sow," was
anothercu custom observed, the origin
of which Is buried in oblivion. The OBJ
servances of All Hallow Eve have been
described by many of the English poets,
for instance, by Gay in "The Spell,'' and
by Grayden in '' Nuts Burning All Hal
lOween." Burns describes in his "Hallow-
cen" the, pulling stalks from corn stalk
aud number of other traditional customs.
He also mentions a solitary woman going
to Kiln and throwing blue clue into the
pot to wind it, expecting that ere finished
1t will be held back, and expecting an an
swer to the question, Who holds?" dis
closing the name of her future husband.
There are very many similar superstitions
Oh record, all having the same or similar
teudency-ei the discovery of a future
husband or wife or an omen of death.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-11-02

tanned by the voices of powerful and cul-
tivated singers who rendered some of the
passages with exquisite effect, such as l
have rarely, If ever, heard In church music.
IL was good service: it was good to be
there, and it is good to be anywhere with
God and His worshipers. As. H. LOCKED
around melL saw just at hand the tombs
of DR.. Busby aud DIR. South, and near by
was Dryden, and In sight was Milton, and
more than can now recall of the illus
trOus dead, and could only hope that
while was worshiping here amid their
tombS, they were praIsing God in temple
not made with hands. IRENBUs.-N. Y.
Observer. ar a...n .r.g. ..... ....-.l.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-11-02
AN English lieutenant had a desperate :

AN English lieutenant had desperatet
fight with tigress in the forest of Guzerat,
recently. His rifle missed fire, and he
found himself alone aud defehsele:s. How
ever, full of courage in the face of che
enemy, he did not loose his presence of,
mind, and rammed the barrel of the gun
down the Jaws of the tigress; but the beast
with one movement wrenched the piece
out of his hand hurled it far away, and en-,
deavored to seize the brave lieutenant by,
the neck. He defended himself as we'll as
he could with the left arm, which was soon
mangled by repeated strokes of the tigressh
claws. Again he freed himself from her
grasp by planting formidable blow ON her
Inuzzle, but she, returning TO the charge,
seized him by the back with the claw and
endeayoredt to overthrow. him, upon which,
the indomitable sportsman, standing attull
stride to maintain his equilibrium, cor-'
tinued to defend himself with his lett armI
Atthis moment of fthis heroic struggle the
beaters arrived; one Of them fired and the,
beast tell, but she rose. again to seize,'
wound, aud overthrow the man who had
put this second ballinto her body. A third
ball killed her. .Ba aJg0lb A.ialNi l9bn8l
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-12-15

GRAND JuRoRs.


GRAND JURORS.
Deloeors- Valentine wciter, John Oyster,
James r. Armstrong. Samuel Lowery.
Leuis-Dsvid H. Raup.
Jorddn-Peter CoLle.
NorthImberland- Jacob Leisenring.
WdshingtOn-Miton Drumbeller.
Loeer augusta = George Weiser, John Foy,
Henry Fasold. W tlLllN ~ t- "a II
Shomokin Boro--William Fagely.
Point-Henry Morgan.
Upper Mahanoy--E Elias Hetrick.
Lorer Aaaanoy-- Aaron Seller, ]. D. Bias
SER
Coal--Elijah Hammer.
Little Mahanoy-Willian Raker.
Chillisqua9ue-- William Blair, Joseph
Frederick.
Mt Carmel Boro--Micbacl Graham.
Milton Charles Hoy Isaac Brown.
TuJut-- William Follmer.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
Upper Augusta- Henry Gass, Henry Malick.
| Northumberland-W r. Forsyth,
Jacob UP.
| Leuis-Levi Glace.
Turbvt-Jacob Hoffa, D. d. Shannon,
| Charles 7. Folmer.
Milton-Fred. Stefan, Hugh Stevenson,
John Miller, Fred Wilhelm, Joseph Ansted.
Sunbury-Wiliam ID. Haupt, j. ohm Arnold,
J. VI. Simpson, T. H. Purdy.
Delarare II. Shafer, James Cath
cart.
Cool-George Holbaker, Cyrus Ramsey.
Lo,oer Au1usta-E. Lytle, VIM. G. Seig-
fried, George Raker.
iShamo1in Boro--Edward Wilkerson, Fred
Dipner, Wilmington Lake.
Upper Adhanoy-Henry Malick, Charles
Hovater.
shemokin-o. s. Campbell, Samuel Epler
G. Miller, Benjamin Lerch, Charles Leisen
ring. J. Leisenring, Samuel Campbell.
Jordan-Tobias Mill.
Point-James Beacher.
Jackson Daniel Holshoe, Simon Bower
Jno. Otto.
Chillisquaque Ryan, Frederick
Bumgardner, Isaac Frederick.
Rush-Isaac Hile, Luther Bassett, Josepl
, Pegg.
ZerJe-Wil!iam Deepen.
PETIT JURORS.
Lorer Mahonoy-M Michael Wilvert.
Coal-William Mowery.
= Northumberland George Evert.
Le1cis-Andrew Karcbner John Tigast.
Timer augusta Keiifer David Il
Malick, James Bachelor, Charles E. Gulick
VIM. Cole.
. Sunbury--John Hopper, Peter Wilver
: Sol. Stroh
y Shamokin Boro--Daniel Weaver.
Chiitisquaque-Hugh Caul.
Mt. Carmel BOro-Simon Light.
!, Cdmeron-Elijah Long.
= Lo,cer Augusta-llenry II. Malick, Pete
u Snyder George Seller.
; Rash-Joseph Sharpess, jasper Haugl
" uwout.
Niit9n Michael Lamb. John Divel.
MI. C'trmei tp-David Weaver
;. IShamokia--James Vanhorn, Samuel Crou
', John Caseman.
Ds,euare-An drew Armstrong, j. Siber
= j. Dobler, Jacob Machamer, Philip White
. stein, David Dieifenbacher.
~ Foint-Thomas johnson, Samuel Thacbe
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-12-15

e THADDEUs STEvENs.-That radical,
but talented and wonderful statesman, Thad.
deus Stevens, in the recent debate on the re-
peal of the act of 1900, which limits the
period for the punishment of treason to
;hree years after its commission, astonished
many Of his friends, as well as opponents,
by opposing the repeal of the old law.
He said he was aware that none of the
traitors could be convicted under the pre-
sent law. and constitution, but he would
sooner let them all run, JEFF. Davis included,
than pass new law for the purpose of con-
victing them, by which, ne thinks, our gov
ernmcnt would endanger its future existence
and character for justice He also startled
the House by stating that the proclamation
of the President, declaring peace, is mere
waste paper, and that the question OF peace
was yet to be decided by Congress. These
opinions, uttered by the acknowledged lea
der of the Republicans in Congress, created
no little sensation. Mr.. Stevens is o deep
thinker, fearless in his opinions, and follows
the lead of no man but himself
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-12-15
Fierce Battle at Hlatamoras.
BALTfMoRE, Dec. l2


Further details of the battle of NIatamoras
have been received here. The commander
of the assauting forces reports the loss of
half of his men in the assault of Fort Mon
terey. He says the failure was owing to the
want of scaling ladders.
Escobedo's loss was 200 killed, 400
wounded, and between 800 and 400 prison,
ers.
Canales losses. all told. were about 100.
It is said that Escobedo boosted that if he
had succeeded, he would have crossed the
river into Texas, and wiped ou. the Yankees
Large numbers of wounded officers of Es.
cohedo's army had arrived at Brownsville.
Canales and Escohedo had met and en-.
hraced each other in the presence of General
Sedgwick
Fears of an attack upon the United States
forces, while in occupation of Matamoras
had led to extensive preparations for theil
defense on the Brownsville side of the river
from whence the entire United States mill
tary force would have crossed had it beer
necessary.
The higher classes of Mcxicans did not re
gard the American occupation of Matamora,
in friendly light
The evacuation Of Durango by the I'm
perialists was confirmed.
The army destroyed by the Imperial forces
near San Louis Potosi is represented to hav,
been the best in the Liberal ranks.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-12-15
MOI ICE.

ID DEGISTER'S Accounts for Confirmation Nisi, the
II sth Of January A D. 1867, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
The account Of Henry Haupt, Guardian Of Peter
+. Hover, fled Oct IL, 1866.
The account of Hiram Rockefeller, adminstrs'
tor of Elizabeth Wilower, decd filed Oct l8, 1865.
The final account Of Solomon Billman, guardian
Of Sarah L. 6onsert, minor child Of Jacob Gonsert
deceased, fled Oct. 10, 1856
The account Of james II. Wagner, Administrator
Of John NJ. Wagner, dec d., filed Oct. 20. 1866.
The account of John Porter, administrator oi
Abraham Lunger, deceased, filed Nov. Is. 1866.
The account of Samuel Reeder, guardian Of Ca.
tharine Elizabeth Vastne, filed Nov. 27, 1866.
The account of d. NJ Brautigsm, Administrator
of Grifeth Jones, deceased. filed Nov. 30, 1865.
The final account Of William Weidenhammel
md Thomas ). Kutz, Administrators Of George Kutz
deceased, fled Nov. 30. 1866
9 The final account Of George Boyer and JOSEPH
Mourer, Executors of Felix Mourer. decd d., filed
Dec 8, 1896. ......
| 10 The account of Charles l.. Reeder, Executor
of Sarah Jane Reeder, dec d.. filed Dec. s, 1856.
| J. A. J. CUMMINGS, Register.
| Sunbury, Dec. 8, lS68-4t,