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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-02
Return of the d" BLACK Death,

We clip the following from the NeU York
World: .--
1t is long time since the stealthy hor-
rors of the Plague have quilted their lairs
cemeteries of Western and Northern Eu-
rope. Their last victims in England were
struck down in 1865. They fingered in
France until 1920. and left their traces in
the Neapolitan dominioDs as late as 1916.
Of the Black Death or King of Plaques,
which ravaged all Europe in the fourteenth
century, the civilized world has had only
a legendary memory.
But there are signs that this monster has
not ceased to thirst for the blood of the
fair-skinned races OF the north; and the
Western Continent, which was, compara-
lively, unpeopled when it roamed abroad
before, may yet be called upon to render
up its quota of victims to a hideous and
unsparing pestience. AS itappears in the
explicit accounts published in anothe. col
umn of the World, Ireland, especially the
city of Dublin and its vicinity, has first
felt the sly greed of disease so closely re-
sembling the Black Death of the olden
time, that the most eminent physicians
who had to deal with it are alarmed and
| mystitied.
The symptoms of this malady are, first,
bilious vomiting and purging, succeeded
| by acute headache and incOherency; then
purple eruption, usually manitesting it
spreading over the entire body; then de-
bility; collapse, accompanied with paraly-
sis, and sometimes with dislocation of the
head and spine; and at last, death. The
duration of the first variety of cases which
have occurred since March, 1866, has aver
aged eighteen hours from the first indispo-
sition until the fatal instant. The dura-
tion of the second variety has averaged
from three to five days; and that of the
| third variety, which is the only one in
which recovery has taken place, has reach
ed many days, and even weeks. The con-
tagion of the sickness is shown in the state
ment made in regard to cases which have
occurred among soldiers. .a=.
With these remarkable accounts of the
progress made in Ireland by so fearful a
disorder, physicians in this country will
doubtless asseverate their recollection of,
and for aught that is known, their present
acquaintance with, the ''spottted fever" a
malady nearly as fatal as the dreadful sick
ness of which it may be the sister pest.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-02
COLUMBUS, O., TUESDAY MORNING,
Family bound and Robbed of
$1,000 Worth of Bonds. &c.


: One of the most daring outrages which
has ever been perpetrated in the vicinity
OF Newark, occurred on Tuesday evening,
at Westfield, village some twelve miles
west of Newark, in Union county. About
nine O'Clock in the evening, four men en-
tered the house of Mr.. Jacob Miller, an old
and very respectable resident of Westfield,
and demanded his money, telling him that
they would not leave the house until their
demands were complied with. One of them
then knocked the old gentleman down,
after which he was bound hand and foot
The four afterward secured Mrs. Miller, a
| young lady named Clark who was visiting
| there, and laboring man named James,
who was employed upon the premises, in
the same way. Two of them then search
ed the upper part of the house, while the
other two remained below with the family.
The searching party soon returned with
$1,000 worth of bonds and two gold
| watches, one belonging to Mr.. Miller and
the other to his wife. and the desperadoes
! then departed, leaving the family
helplessly bound. Previous to leaving,
however, they threatened to kill the fetter-
ed inmates and fire the house if they made
an alarm.s Soon after they left, Mrs. Miller
succeeded in freeing herself anu then
released her companions; but fear OF en-
countering the robbers deferred them from
giving an alarm until about five o'clock the
next morning. Immediate steps were taken
to secure, if possible, the arrest of the per-
petrators of this high handed outrage, and
Newark and New York detectives are
already at work upon the case. A reward
of $500 has been offered for the arrest of the
robbers and the recovery of the bonds. The
following are the numbers of the bonds and
description of the watches: Four Elizabeth
City bonds of $1,000 each, Nos. 42, 81, 351,
352; two Railway City bonds of $1,000
each, Nos. SO, and 81; and one Union Coun-
ty bond, No. A, of $1,000. One of the
the initials 81. M, N. J.,' on the outside;
the other was lady's watch, marked on
the outside u. A Mn. Y. Tribune.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-02
United States Supreme Court
Highly Important Decision, Five
Millions of Dollars lnVOlved.


D A correspondent of the Chicago Times,
writing from Boonesboro, Iowa, incloses a
copy OF a late opinion of the United States
Supreme Court, in reference to the title to
certain lands in Iowa, worth now about
five millions of dollars. The amount of
lands involved is about one thousand Sec
tione, or $40 600 acres of the finest lands in
tue world, in the fertile valley of the River
Des Moines. Title to those lands has been
in conflict and litigation for many years.
In 1876 Congress granted the lands in ques-
ton to the Territory of Iowa, to aid ill the
Improvement of Des Moines river from the
mouth to Raccoon Fork. A great conflict
of opinion ensued among various officers
of the Government as to the limitations Of
the graDtsome holding that the lands grant
ell under the act of 1916 could be selected,
not only along the line Gf the river, as far
as Raccoon Fork, but beyond it, and up to
the northern boundary of the State, others
limiting the grant to lands between the
mouth and the fork. This conflict with
Land Commissioners, Secretaries of the
Treasury and Attorney Generals ran
through eight years. Iu 1856 grant of
lands was made in Iowa for railroad i'm
prov ements. Three different railroad COM
panies laid claim to the lands above the
Fork, tire Mississippi & Missouri, the Cedar
Rapids s. Missouri River, and the Dubuque
q Pacific, all crossing the State from East
to West. Litigation at once ensued be-
tween the Des Moines Improvement Com
pany and the railroads. The case has been
decided against the title of these railroads,
which are said to lose five millions of dol
lars by the decision. The Des Moines River
Company, by the decision. gain 80 100000,
the State having, under the original act,
auit-ciaimed to that company very large
proportion of these lands. The State also
had sold lands to individuals, and towns,
villages and farms have been built upon
thetn This decision quiets the title to all
those lands and improvements which mad
f5een made on the strepgthcf the State title
to the lands granted in 1916 by act OF Con-
gross f--a fA5'i- --.-f $50 tjifet ta|as 300
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-02
The Franchlse-A Fish story.

The Charleston Courier of Monday con-
tains the following rich commentary on
the intelligence of the newly enfranchised.
1t speaks volumes in behalf of their right
to register. vote and hold Office.
"a rather novel and humorous sensation,
which came near resulting seriously, how
ever, occurred in connection with the heavy
rains on Saturday. A report was circula-
ted that mermaid had been brought in
by the high tides and washed ashore at the
foot OF Tradd street, near Chisholm's Mills.
Quite a large crowd walked through the
rain and mud to the spot indicated, only to
be disappointed in not finding it. 1t was
afterwards reported that the marine
stranger had been captured and taken
to the establishment of DIR. w. G.
Trott, the well known druggist at
the northwest corner of King and
Broad streets, and that it had there de-
clared the rains would continue and the
winds blow until it was released and re-
turned to its proper element. The report
spread so rapidly through the whole city,
that i'll less tnan half ali hour DIR. Trotts
doors were besieged by the crowds of
freedmen and few white visitors, deter
mined on seeing the wonderful though
apocryphal denizpn of the deep. DR.. Trott,
who had been made the victim ofsome wag,
although taken by surprise, received his
visitors quite coolly, and endeavored to
pass it off as joke. The crowd, however,
which continued to increase, were not SO
easily satisfied. Some one reported that
the pilot boat wild Cat had Just
come in with message from outside, sta
ting that unless the mermaid was brought
and delivered over the bar within twenty
ty-four hours there would be dreadful
doings in the city of Charleston at the ex
piration of that time. Some of the freed
men from the country proposed rescue,
and the crowd at last became so furious
and threatening that the proprietor of the
establishment was compelled to ask for a
squad of policemen to protect his premises.
Two policemen were accordingly detailed
for the purpose, and remained on duty
guarding the establishment during Satur-
day afternoon and night. Yesterday
morning the scene of the excitement had
again become quiet, with only an occasion
al visitor calling in to see the mermaid.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-02
APofllf Well Wade.

Senator Berry, in his speech, at Bucyrus,
last Saturday. thanking the Convention,
for the nomination conferred upon him, eX-
pressed his views in favor of the payment
OF the interest bearing bonds of the United
States, by an issue of legal tender notes for
that porpose, or in other words, he is in
favor of retiring the interest-bearing
bonds of the country, by paying them off
with greeubacks. As it is but too plain to
all men of judgment that a National debt
instead of being national blessing is a
national curse, the suggestion is full of in
terest, and should receive the hearty ap-
proval of all taxpayers, and especially those
who earn their bread by the sweat of tne
brow. ...--- .-.--..7 ...-,
This should be one of the issues of the
campaign. The evils of our immense na-
tional debtare very apparent. hard times
upon us, and the masses are already groan-
ing under the oppression of an untaXed
bondocracy. This is an issue that the peo-
pie will make, and we are proud to see the
stand taken by our candidate for Senator i'll
regard to it. 1t is very obvious that those
who demand class legislation, high tariffs,
and who are the holders of untaXed bonds,
don't want the public debt paid, and those
who are of these classes, are the ones who
control the Republican party. We believe
the people are determined to rid themselves
of the terrible burden of taxes that are
grinding them to powder, to pay the inter-
est on the public debt, and the sooner the
greenback legal-tenders are issued for the
purpose the better.-W WyGndott Union. a1a
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-02

Il A NEW JERSEY EDITOR has been riding
on street railroad in one of the jersey
cities, and thus describes it: "The cars
themselves are simply exaggerated sardine
boxes, placed on what the spinal column
of any passenger might consider triangular
wheels. The windows which are shut will
not open; while those that are down a
Samson could not raise. There are no
springs to the running gear, and the tracks
have one thousand bounces, or jolting
places, to the mile"
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-02
s,iaerences. i'm lIle shape of Feet

Differences i'm the Shape of Feet.
LniThe Ne1o Yoi% Hide and Leather Journdl
notices a few of the differences in the shape
of the pedal extremities of people in var
fous sections of the country. -TZ5I
Shoes made for one locality are not adapt
ed for all. For instance, a broad shoe,
wide in the shank, is best adapted to the
Eastern trade. narrow sole meeting with
but little favor. Rhode Island, though the
smallest State In the Union, can boast OF
having some of the biggest feet that ever
trodI sole-leather. The, Middle states re-
sfe,, than the East. The instep grows
higher as we progress, Southwark, COM
mencing with Virginia, and the foot short
er and more plump. Rarely, at the North,
does q full grown man wear less than No.
q. Running up in. the scale of sizes to No.
IL: but, at the South, manya full-sized man
wears fours and fives, and seldom over
mines. ~ - - ~ ...,..f
ton Courier have tast always al anv rac nse
in the world.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-02

ra1 PETER WILSON'S carpenter at work on
( Church. Tndianapolis, slipped and fell a
. distance of over one hundred and thirteen
] feet, on Tuesday. He was at %ork On on sa1s the
!. sstrikine the roof of the church. with his
! head and shoulders, breaking the Stating
I. Tor about three feet square, He rebouDded
from there to the roof of two story frame
house and from there to the ground. His
jaw was broken in three places, hls mead
was picked up iosensible, but is still alive
at last accounts. -. 4 T.,
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-02
Death of a venerable Compositor.

% Robert Mcknight, native OF South Car
oliua, died in Cahaba, Dallas county, Ala,
on the 9Th inst. From the best data at hand,
it is probable he was one of the Oldest
printers in the United States, if not the
Oldest He was born near Kingstree, South
Commenced to learn the printing business
in l7sS.g With the exception of his term of
service in the war of 1872, he never
left the State of South Carolina until 1854,
when he removed to Alabama to live with
two of his sons. He set type nearly seven
ty-eight years, and even up to last March
was considered more than usually hale and
hearty. suffering only occasionally from
attacks of rheumatism. He was the father
of i've sons, all of whom followed in his
footsteps. so far as business pursuits were
concerned. Three of them became pub
fishers and editors, and the only two living
are now engaged in that line. ~
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-02
SEALED PROPOSALS


w fee Of the City Civil Engineer. in Columbus,
Ohio, until --.J-..
Monday, July Ist, 1867,
at O'Clock z. M. for furnishing materials and do
ing the ollowing work. viz: =.
For grading and paving the unpaved sidewalks,
cutters and crossings on the north side of Donald
son street from Fifth street to Seventh street.
For grading and paving the unpaved cutters on
the west side of Fair alley from Fourth alley to
Fifth alley. |. - t--
For grading and paving the unpaved sidewalks
on the corner of Cherry and Front streets, know n
as Peter Putnam's lot. MI
I For grading and paving the unpaved cutters and
graveling the roadway of Ridgway alley from
Mound street to South treet. .-I.. ..-I' -
For grading and graveling the roadway of Seventh
street from South Public lane to Mt und street.
The bids will be opened by the committees on
Streets and Highways and the committees of the
several Wards in which said improvements are To-
is reserved by the committees: =
b san 'J -ef H..WM. JAEGER,
City Civil Engineer.
City Civil Engineers office, No. 9s South High
Westbote copy,l "
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-02

0Do you enjoy going to church now ?n
asked. a lady of Mrs. Partington.
Law me, I do,'' replied Mrs. P. s'Noth-
ing does me so much good as to go to
church and hear populous minister dis
pense with the Gospel" ~
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-02
OLENTANGY
PARK ASSOCIATION!

GUNNER MEETING WILL TAKE
y place on
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY, JULY I'd, Sd, 4tA and 5tA, 1867.
FIRST DAY-TUESDhY, JULY ID.
First Rdce-Mile dash. free for all. to rule-Purse
Second Race-Mile heats. for three year olds-
Purse $4,000.
SECOND DAY-WEDNESDAY, JULY 3D..
First Rdce-Two mile heats. free for all, to rule
Purse S250.00.
Second RQce-Mile leafs, free for all, to rule
Purse $3.50. 90.
THIRD DAY-THURSDAY, JULY 4rH.
ZETTLER HOUSE PURSE, S5OO.OO.
First Raee-Zettler House Purse, 8 mile dash
free for all. to rule-Purse S500O0.
Second Race-Mile heats, best in s. free for al
to rule-Purse $250.O0. .
q FOURTH DAY-FRIDAY, JULY 5TH.
FIrst RGce-.Mile heats, free for all horses who
ran during this meeting and did not win, to rule
Purse $500 90. 80 a
Second Rdce-Selling race, for Stations and
Mares, mile dash: Horses entered to be sold for
81 500 carry their proper weights; at 900. al
lowed pounds; at $500, allowed IA pounds; at $780,
entrance money. The winner to be sold at auction
after the race The surplus over the entrance price
to 90 to the Association--Purse $4,000.
Entra.ce to all premiums 10 per cent. In all
above races will be run according to the rules of
thi Association with Cincinnati weights.
Members can obtain their badges upon the pre-
sentation of their tickets to the Treasurer at the
aS- Pools for the above races will be sold AT
VESTS CAPITAL CITY BILLIARD ROOM,
where all entries for the first days races must be
Columbus. Ohio june ls. 1857. o1usrED
uu25-d6t -' ". President.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-02

HELMBOLp'S EXTRACT BUCHU and I'M
PROVED ROSE WASH cures secret and delicate dis
orders in all their stages at little expense ittle or
no change IN diet, no Inconvenience and no expos
ure. is pleasant in taste and odor, immediate in
its action and free from all Injurious properties.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-02
JOHN U. RICKENBACHER,
MERCHANT TAILOR

"A ND DEALER IN READY.MADl
n Clothing and Gents Furnishing Goods, No. I.
North High street, Columbus, o..
7-deodIm
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-02

twenty-five dollars is pretty steep price,
But as all luxuries are expensive and
taxed at high rates, we suppose it is all
right. and we should submit with good
grace.remembering that in our granfather's
days, under the old Blue Laws of Connecti-
cut, man was fined for kissing his own
wife on Sunday.
If there were ''smellers" about in this
matter, appointed by the Government, as
in the case of distillers, we venture the
opinion that the public debt would be
liquidated b ,fore the next annual report of
the Secretary of the Treasury to Congress.
-PiQta (Ohio) Democrat
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-02
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

tute square.
DAILY-For each insertion, per square, 75 oents /;
Notices of Deaths, 50 cents Notices of Marriagss
SO cents Religious Notices. so cents: Advertise
once a week. will be charged 81 90 per square, each
insertion. Business Notices in Local column, 10
than SI.00. ~.-rr.,- r.s--., -,-.
WEEKLY-sl.5o per square each insertion. Bust.
ness Notices, 80 cents per line each insertion no
Notice less than % 90 Legal adyertisements will
be charged regular rates. --'
All transient advertisements must be paid for ct
the time they are ordered. -
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-02
The Price ofa Kiss.

By recent adjudication by our worthy
Mayor, of a case growing out of kiss
given by married man to married woman
to whom he was not united in the holy
bonds of wedlock, it is ascertained that the
market value of that commodity is fixed at
twenty-five dollars this being the amount
of tax levied by his Honor, under the
revenue laws of the country.
Whether it was viewed in the light of a
or as fine for want of a
stamp upon the gentleman in
question, has not yet been made known
Certain it is, that during the heated term
thermometer ranging among the nineties
in the shade, and flour at fourteen dollars
a barrel, it would seem
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-02
AYERS CATHARTlC PILLS

N
NNlN%AII//////< IA perfect purgative we
ESYLLL/X//V/a /are able to produce, and,
SNS&8x4$ lfUKd[kcNt/ + IS we think. has ever yet
AEESi Ul6 ElUlTIpS/< been made by anybody-
Z%W%NNI7/INL// The ir effects have abund-
SNAMk&A H//NN- 9ntly shown to tie COM
=FN H/y& nunity how much they
-, MS~ ~ sXcel the other medicines
-AS M n use. They are pleasant
=N|NS&A md safe to take. but pow
-NS &A 'rful to cure. Their PEN
uI4te the vital activities
of the body. the distractions If its organs
purify the blood and eXpe disease. Thev purge out
the oul humors which br ed and grow dste .u per,
stimulate sluggish or disordered organs into their
natural action, impart tone and strength to the
whole system. Not only do they cure the every day
gerous diseases. While they produce powerful eff
fects, they are at the same time, in dimi inished
doses, the safest and best phygic that can be en-
ployed for children. Being sugar-coated, they are
pleasant to take; and, being purely vegetab e, are
entirely harmless. Cures have been made that
would surpass belief, were they not substautiated
by men of such exalted character as 10 forbid the
and physicians certify to the public the rel ability
of our remedies while others have sent US the as
suranee of their conviction that our Preparations
fellOw-men.
The Agent below named is pleased to furnish
gratis our American Almanac. containing directions
for the use of these medicines and certificates of
their cures of the s;d following Complaints M
DrOpsy; Heartburn. Headache arising from foul
stomach, Nausea, INDIGESTION; Morbid Inaction of
Loss of Appetite, all Diseases which require an
evacuant med cine They also, by purifying the
blood and stimulating the system, cure many COM
reach, such as Deafness, Partial Blindness. Neural
gia and Nervous Irritability, Derangements of the
Liver and Kidneys. GOut. and other kindred disor-
ders arising from low state of the body, OBJ
structiuns of its functions. ..s-.s
p DO not be put off by unprincipIei dealers with
other prep .rations on which they make pr, fit
Demand AVER and take no others. The sick want
the best aid there is for them, and they should
have it. ....
Prepared by DR. J. G. AVER & Co.. Lowell, Mass,
and sold by G.. Roberts, Columbus wholesale and
retail, and by all druggists. ....
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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-09-14
How Paper Collars are Made.

A correspondent describes the process
for making paper collars and cuffs at a
factory III Biddeford, Me- The paper
from which they are formed comes in
large sheets of the required thickness
Some 40 of these sheets are placed upon
one another, and then moved. under
the die which cuts through the whole
giving the requisite. shape to forty col
lars. The paper is then moved under
the die again, and forty more cut, and
so on to the end The buttonholes are
next made. Some halfdozen collars are
placed under the dies, and three holes
cut in each instantly. Next the collars
are placed one at time under die or
mould which impresses the stitching up
OH them and marks the line by which
the collar is to be turned or doubled. The
collars are then doubled or turned over
one at time by hand, run through a
machine which presses them, and they
are finished. They are then packed in
boxes of ten each, and these boxes pack
ed m a larger one, when they are ready
for market. The cuffs are cut with dies
after the same manner as the collars, the
button holes cut by a similar method,
then they are stitched, and then packed
for market. Three styles of collars are
made-plain, enamel and linen surface,
the paper being finished in a particular
manner for each of these different styles.
The average size of necks is l44 inches;
Some collars are made 1Ga inches long;
but most are sold at IA, l441 and Is inch
es. The present capacity of this manu-
factory is $4,000 collars day, but with
a new cutting machine, nearly ready, its
capacity will be more than double
Most of the work is done by females
Twelve hands are now employed but in
the autumn double this number will be
required.