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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-03
Notice 3 to- Bridge Contractors.

AuDIToR's OFFICE. PlcKAwAY CorNrY,l q
,in5Iv CIRCLEvILLE. 0..Sept. 8, 1857.
IQEALED PROPOSALS. WILL, BE RE.
y ceived at this Office until o'clock 2. M. on
m onaay, the 7th day OF october, 1867,
for th constructions OF Bridge across the -cioto
river at or near Lindssy's Ferry, two miles north
of Gircleville s-s J1f. * CpIii!-a3 ZdFsfl lid7l
Plans and specifications will be on yfle in said
office on and after the 9Th day of September. -
Separate bids will be received for ths Nansonrv
feet; Superstructure per Inca foot re4eI zagil sl
Approved bonds will be required for the perform
anee of sand work. ioa p : l-' -
The right any all bids if tothe interest
of the county to do so is reserved. .lLiso1a -.
Is Proposals should be endors ed on the envelope,
Proposals for Scioto River Bridge" and directed
to the County Auditor. M gnt Boz ..ts III .--
septs-d2w - County Auditor.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-03


their respectiye places Of holding elections the
I'd Tuesday Of October, A. D.1s67, being the
Sth Day of October, A. ID. 1867,
and vote for the following officers. to-wit: r.
One Governor; t3I
One Lieutenant Governor;
One Treasurer of State,
One Auditor of State,
One ATTORNEY General:-
One Supreme Judge;S J.
One Comptroller of the Treasury
One Member of Board of Public Works;
One Sta Senator;
TO Representatives;
One Sheriff; f
One Treasurero of County;
One Recorder;
One CODm ssioner; --i
One G. rOner, and
. One lufrmary Director. ...ry
Also, vote for or against an Amendment to the
State Constitution provided for by resolution of the
GeNeral Assembly of the, State of Ohio, passed
April 6;h,tA ID. 1867. sISYsl
The Trustees of theseveral Townships are requir-
ed to to the Clerk of the Court the names Of
the following number of Jurors:
City Montgomery Tp40 Perry....... ...........ls
Ffanklin. .........:.. BlendOn. 8
jackson Plain -.
Pleasant JEFFERSON .........
Prairie. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 8 Mifiin ........ ........ 3
Brown .............. Truro. .................. 3
Norwich ,.......,.....3 Hamilton. .-...-.....-3
Washington 8 Madison =. j: !. ~.
Sharon ............... Clinton. 3
r 90
. Given under my hand and seal, this 10th
GsEALI day of Septep 6er A. H. 1867.
WILLIAM DOMIGAN,
: Sheriff of Franklin County, Ohio.
10 sepr7-d&Wtd y 4silgAs IFATi ll
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-23
THINNING FRUIT CROPS.

We once heard successful raiser
and narketer of peaches say, that by
thinning the crop to about one-thlrd
or one fourth its ordinary numbers on
loaded trees, he was still able to OBJ
tain as many bushels as before, on
account of the increased size, and to
obtain triple price, During an abund-
ant season, his neighbors who neg
lected thinning found it dificu to get
fifty cents per bushel. while he sold
all his readily at dollar and a half.
All trees that overbear.i and all that
have defective fruit, either from the
attacks of insects or otherwise, will
be much improved in the quality OF
their crops by timely thinning-rs-
memberiagI always to pick off the
poorest specimens and leave the best.
! Even the apple crop, which is cheaper
and more abundant than most others,
should not be neglected. If any one
who doubts will remember for a mo-
ments that an over loaded tree has to,
be finally picked by hand, he will see
the propriety of doing a part. of his
picking so early in the season that
the portion left may be improved by
w OkOA
( Suppose, for example, that a tree
has at the present moment three thou
sand growing apples upon it, and that
two thousand are small or scabby, or
infested by the apple worm or stung
by the. curculio. If he allows these
three thousand all to grow, they will
crowd each other, and none of them
will be large and fine favored. let,
if suffered to remain, they must be all
finally hand picked, and carefully let
down and carried in baskets. Now!
instead of this laborious process, let
the owners pick off two thousand poor
ones, which, requiring no care to keep
from bruising, may be done with great
rapidly. The remaining thousand,
which will then have a chance to
swell up in size and become perfect in
flavor, may be gathered when mature
with far less trouble than the original
three thousand. Let thsaexperiment.
be made nov in season. : Country
Gentteneoa.sio bre .Vsu enaa
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-23
WATERING PLACES.
Indian, a. Springs.
Martin County, Indiana.

THE PROPRIETOR OF THIS CELE-
u brated Watering Place. and well known
resort for Invalids. announces to the pub
lie that it will be open orthe reception of
visitors from and after the FIRST OF
JUNE. During the last year the Build-
lings at this delightful Summer Resort
have been much ENL-4RGER AND IN
PRO HED. Ttge7,tg;Tour ,oltdit!olaM Rooms
poTches, and the estdbLisIiDle1it Thoroughly
ref77ished and IN the best order for the COM
fort and coaUenfe'lce Of Gssests- - Il 1870 II.
JThe Bath Rooms, Swings, and Alleys are
new and complete, and the lately discov-
cred Cave on the premises furnishes cool
and refreshing retreat. THE MEDICINAL
AND CURATIVE PROPERTIES of the Waters
are acknowledged and attested by all who
have used them. The Group consist of
WHITE SULPHUR. BLACK SULPHUR, CHALY-
BEATE, and Fresh WATER, and especially
efficacious for Dyspepsia, Diseases Of the
Stomach, BoaOels, Eyes, for Dropsy, Neural
giG, and Rheumatisnl. The vicinity is
WILD AND ROMANTIC, Astounding in GAME
and FISH, as well as MINERAL and BoTAN-
IcAL SPECIMENS, and INDIAN RELICS.
ii acks will convey passengers to and
from the Springs, conn Getting with the
Trains East and West on the Ohio and
Mississippi Railroad at the Shoals and
Huron, For further Information address
. maya tt ID. r. DUNIHUE, Prop'r.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-23
AGRICULTURAL.
PULLING FODDER.

, This is the beginning, in some local
tiles, of the season for fodder pulling.
1t should not, however, be gathered
too early. Watch for the shrinkage
of the grain; when that has COM
menced then pull your fodder Val
liable as the fodder crop is, it is yet
not so important az the corn crop,
and .someof it had better be left to
dry on the stalk, than be permaturely
gathered to the injury of the grain.
We find in an old number of the Far
mers' Register (Mr: Rufin' > a commu-
nication from Maryland farmer, on
the subject of 1.-The loss caused by
stripping corn fodder from which
we extract the following:
''In your number of August, you re-
commend to the farmers who had not
satisfied themselves of the mischief
done by stripping Indian corn of its
green leaves, to test it by experiment.
This L have heretofore done, and have
no doubt upon the subject. [ now
gather only a few blades, which [ find
useful as change for my horses. |
have, from observation, formed the
opinionsthats where corn has an early
vigorous growth, in a propitious sea-
son, that the injury done by stripping
is not serious; but retarded in its
growth by cool summer or dry sea-
son, / believe that more loss is sus-
tanned than would pay the taxes In
Maryland" Mr.. Ruffin says in one of
his editorials that the loss of corn in
ears broken off in gathering fodder is
very great, but cannot we'll be estima-
ted by itself There is another ex-
pense, however, which may well be es-
timated-the actual cost of gathering
and securing a crop of blades and top
fodder-and if properly estimated, we
suspect it would lin the average of
seasons) be found to amount so nearly
to the value of the crop secured as to
leave the diminution of the grain
whatever that may be- almost clear
loss" Mr. Ruffin recommended ex-
periments and invited communications
on this subject. A writer on the same
subject, in the August (1S40) number
of the same Journal, said: 'sThis sea-
son | have given the plan often sug-
gested of saving corn, viz: by cutting
down at certain stage of ripeness and
curing in small stacks "a full and fair
trial, and | am still more astonished
than Gany other plan has ever been
The astonishing difference
In the labor required to save field of
corn makes it most important, etc.
\ @ Inever cut "a stalk until the
shuck is yellow
Those farmers only who have abun-
dant supplies OF hay can pursue this
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-23
NJ 'CREBS. CHAUNCEY 8.
CREBS- & CONGER.
- Notice 80 -.

JAMES n. WARR Ee, uH.ne g6rn,foi!
Il Mark & warren. OF this city, and
Mark, Warren s. Co.. OF Cairo. IIfi nois, fIas
this day sold out his Entire l9tsneytR said
business will hereafter be carried on IN
the name of MARK 4 -tH5fS NtNG- All
are to be paid, to Mark &. Hennips, an d al
demands o4fga<pst he late finn or Ma 81
Warren s ss III ss5s i, pasg ,5 8
DIPS DIPS 81 .asss .fAaEks II Il. y WsaRREs. o
- a. lsslEA %. ~ .TE-N MY g., 80
gus. --s,li - y y etl ain
Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-07-18
TOAST FOR LABOR.

Here's to the man with horny hand,
Who tugs the breathing bellows;
Whore anvils ring, in every land
He's loved by all good fellows;
And here's to him who goes afield
And through the glebe is plowing,
Or with stout arm the axe doth WELD
While ancient oaks are bowing.
Here's to the deliver in the mine,
The sailor on the ocean,
With those oi every craft and line.
Who work with true devotion.
Our lovo for her who tolls in gloom
Where cranks and wheels arc clanking;
Bcreft is she Of natures bloom
Yet God in patience thanking.
curse for him who snears at toll,
And shuns his share of labor;
The knave but robs his native SOIL
While leaning on his neighbor.
Here may this truth be taught on earth,
Grow more and more in favor,
There is no wealth but owes its worth
To handicraft and labor.
Then pledge the founders Of our wealth.
The builders of our nation;
We know their worth, now to their health
Drink we with acclamation
Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-07-18

ed upon the table about an ounce of vel
low grains of metal, which. he thought
would prove to be gold. Capt. Sutter
inquired where he got it. Marshall stat
cd that in the morning, the water being
shut off from the mill.race, as was Gus.
tomary, be discovered in passing through
the race, shining particles here and there
on the bottom. On examination he
found them to be of metallic substance,
and the thought flashed over him that
they might be gold. ,...7
Marshall stated that the laborers-
white and Indian-had picked up some
ofthe particles, and he thought a large
quantity could be collected.
Sutter was at first quite incredulous
as to these particles being gold, out hap
pening to have bottle of nitric acid a.
mong his stores, he applied the test, and
true enough, the yellow grain proved to
be pure gold. The great discovery was
made.
1t must not be forgotten that another
scene in this omnipotent drama was be-
ing enacted in the Mexican Capital. On
the very day, perhaps the very moment
that Marshall discovered the grains of
gold in Suffers mill-race. the treaty clos.
ed the Mexican War and gave us Califor-
MIA, was signedin the City of Mexico :
b. Il. Dunbar's Romance of the Age.
Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-07-18
NO. 80.
THE CHILD AND THE BLACK sNAKE,


A black snake, more than seven feet
long, is said to have displayed strange
powers of fascination, and the whole sto.
ry ends in fearful tragedy. IS gns
In Franklin county, Missouri, lived a
little girl, thirteen years of age, along with
her parents. She had always epioyed
good health, but was suddenly y seen to
vast away till she became mere skele.
ton In the Spring months of the year
she exhibited a strange propensity to
take her meals away from the house. car.
rylng all her food to the banks Of a
stream near at hand, where she had been
known to sit for hours at a time. The
nelghbors began to wonder at thisextra-
ordinary conduct, and suggested the faith
er that it would be well if watch were
set upon her movements. This was ac-
cordingly done. d bars1
on Friday morning the child went
out an sat in her usual place by the creek
TIL nearly noon, when she returned and
asked for food, upon which large slice
OF bread and butter was given her, and
she returned to the water-side. boa
In the meantime the father had stealth.
ny followed the child, and ensconced
himself behind some bushes. To his in
tense horror, he saw huge black snake
slowly lift its head into the child's Ian
and receive the food from her hand ex.
hibiting the utmost greediness, and anger
whenever the child attempted to taste
the food; the poor girl trembling like an
aspen leaf all the while. ~ -" aa'
The father uttered loud groan ms he
beheld the influence which the monster
had gained over the mind of his child.
But some slight noise he made alarmed
the snake, which glided away into the
creek and was lost to sight. He cues.
toned the child as to why she eayo her
food to the snake, but she would not, or
could not, give any reason. wa .n,s5
After consultation with some friends
1t was determined that the girl should not
be hindered from going to the creek the
following day, and that if the snake made
Its appearance it should be killed. The
child took her food to the creek the n ext
morning as usual, and in due time the
snake made its appearance. The father,
who was watching with loaded gun at
once fired, and sent his shot through the
reptiles head L.fe VI. B ~
The girl at once fell down fainting.
while the snake, after rolling and twisting
about, died. The girl recovered, but
when she saw the monser was dead,
swooned again. She once more recover.
ed, but only to fall into convulsions a
third time, and finally died without Civ
ing any explanation as to the influence
the snake had exercised over her. In
her last moments she seemed to be in the
geatest agony both of body and mind.
The editorIof the paepr from which this
tale is taken vouches for the correct
statement of this strange and horrible
fact in the following words: u is
"We know that there are manv per.
sons who doubt the reality of such fascin-
tt ton, but if they entertain any doubts on
this subject hereafter, the relations of
this unfortunate little girl can be found
ready and willing to corroborate our state.
ment."
Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-07-18
A SHIP OF DEATH.

Since the time when the ancient m ar
iner told the terrible tale of the curse-la-
den ship with her crew of ghastly corps
es, no more thrilling story Of the sea has
been related than that of the whale ship
Diana, that recently drifted into one Of
the Shetland Islands.
A year ago she left the Shetland on a
whaling voyage to the Arctic regions,
having on board fifty men. From that
time nothing more was heard of her.
The friends of those on board bacame a.
larmed. Money was raised and premi-
ums offered for the vessel that would
bring tidings of the missing ship but all
to no avail. Hope was almost abandon
ed.
On the I'd April, the people near Ro-
mas Voc, in one of the Shetland Isles,
we're startled at seeing ghastly wreck
OF ship sailing into the harbor. Bat
tered and ice crushed, sails and cordage
cut away, boats and spars cut up for fuel
in the terrible Arctic winter, her decks
covered with dead and dying, the long
lost Diana sailed in like ship from
Deadmanss Land. Fifty men sailed out
OF Lerwick in her on bright May morn
ing last year. All Of the fifty came back
on her on the I'd of April, this year the
same, yet how different
The men, of whom the Captain was
one, lay stifened corpses on the deck i,
thirty five lay helplessly sick, and some
dying; two retained sufficient strength to
creep aloft, and the other three crawled
feebly about the deck. The ship was
boarded by the islanders, and as they
climbed the bulwarks the man at the
wheel tainted from excitement; one of the
sick died as he lay, his death being an
nounced by the fellow occupants of his
berth moaning, "Take away this dead
man" On the bridge of the vessel lay
the body of the Captain, as it had lain
four months, with nine of his dead ship.
mates by his side, all decently laid out
by those who soon expected to share their
fate. The survivors could no. bear to
sink the bodies of their comrades into
the sea, but kept them, so that when
the last man died the fated ship that had
been their common home should be their
common tomb. The surgeon of the ship
worked faithful to the last, but cold, hun
ger, scurvy and dysentery were to much
for him. The brave old Captain was
the first victim, and died blessing his
men. Then the others fell, one by one,
until the ship was tenanted only by the
dead and dying One night more at sea
would have left the Diana a floating cof-
fin, Not one of the fifty would have liv-
ed to tell the ghastly tale.
Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-07-18
THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN
CALIFORNIA.

james w. Marshall emigrated from
New Jersey to Oregon in 1913, aud from
Oregon to California in lS4!. Here he
engaged in farming and stock.raisiug in
a small way until the breaking out of the
Mexican was, when he enlisted in the
California battalion under Fremont, serv-
ed faithfully throughout his term Of en-
listment, aud received an honorable dis
charge. Returning home, Marshall
found his cattle and horses gone-some
strayed and others stolen-and in order
to obtain means to buy other stock and
set his place to rights, he applied to Capt
Sutter for work. Marshall was then a.
bout thirty.eight years of age, unmarried,
faithful, eccentric, and exceedingly stub
born. He obtained immediate employ
ment from Capt. Suffer, and proved an
ingenious mechanic, making himself
quite useful 10 the construction of chairs,
tables, and all those articles of house
hold furniture so much needed in new
settlement.
Lumber was in great demand among
the settlers of the Sacramento Valley,
their numbers having been considerably
augmented by the arrival of Mormons
and others from over the mountains
Marshall being good judge of the ar
ticle, and otherwise competent to man
age the enterprise, he was dispatched by
Sutter, with an Indian guide and inter
prefer, May, 1917, to the mountains TO
select site for asaw.mill. Marshall re.
turned and reported that he had found
good location on the South fork of the
American River, forty miles East of the
fort, and at point called by the Indians
Culloo-ma, now called Coloma. The wa
ter power was good, pine trees plenty,
and Mexican cart could pass without
difficulty between the proposed site of
the saw-mill and the fort Some delay
occurred, and it was not until August
l847, that Sutter finally arranged with
Marshall to superintend the erection and
running of the saw-mill.
The saw-mill was completed in Janua-
ry, lS48, and they bad just commenced
saving lumber, when, on the night of
Feb. I'd, 1S4S, Marshall appeared at
Suffers Fort, his horse in a foam, and
himself presenting asingular appearance
all bespattered with mud, and labor
ing under an extraordinary degree of ex-
citemnt. He Immediately requested
Capt. Sutter to go with him into room
where they would be alone. This re-
quest was granted, and after the door was
closed, Marshall asked Capt. Sutter if
they were sure they would not be dis
turbed, and desired that the door might
be locked. Capt. Sutter did not know
what to make of his actions, and he began
to think it hazardous to lock himself in
the room with Marshall, who appeared
so uncommonly strange.
Marshall being satisfied at last that
they would not be interrupted, took from
his pocket pouch from which bo pour.
.alaa % ~ 90 s.s4,s -, a1.s45
Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-07-18


KIssINa.-A correspondent from the
Rocky Mountain region says that when
an Idaho girl is kissed she looks ,up sur.
prised, and in anglic tones, in which re.
gret and resentment are equally com.
mingled, exclaims: Chow could YOU 7"
To which the swain replies, and Is sr-
pected to reply: at will give me great
pleasure to show you" and immediately
furnishes the wished,for illustration.-TEr
That correspondent, in our Judgment,
has mistaken the locality. We don't
think he was ever in Idaho. We have
been here three years aud have seen no
kissing at all. He must be. mistaken.
for the girls are not SO plenty as be would
seem to indicate. The few that we know.
would respond to such impudeuoe wit a
boz That correspondents is a grous,
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-11-15
DOURTING THE PEDESTRIAN.

The Boston Journal says that the idea is
very commonly entertained in that city and
vicinity that .here is something loose about
the great pedestrian trip from Portland to
Chicago. ID has been NOTICED there that
Weston's friends have been very active IN
betting against his hundred miles day
performance. and the Providence Press
says il is very generally believed there that
"Weston is in league with one or more
parties who have staked large sums OF
money against his accomplishing the one
hundred mile feat, and that he will receive
more money by falling in 1t than he would
otherwise. One rumor is that John Nor
risse7 has made a bet of 100000 ihst
Weston would not do il, and that he is to
give Weston $4,000 in @der that he may
win $4,000. There are strong evidences
that he might have made the one hnndred
miles either in the fret or second trial II
he had been so disposed" A good deal Is
limited at and said concerning the move
ments of the pedestrian at night, and The
possibility that an occasional ride may not
| be considered dangerous to Weston by any
of the parties accompanying him. Al
| these rumors and insinuations may De
| false, but they are nevertheless current. I'd
the other hand, sporting man in Port
land offered to bet $1,000 to SlOO that " es-
ton will perform every condition oil ms
walk to Chicago, and the Portland Argus
ironically says: "Of course he will. Some
people this way have understood that from
| the FIRST"
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-11-15
In the Political Interests of
the People,

The UNION AND DISPATCH. as hereto
fore. will take the Constitution and laws for its
guide: and in the discussion Of all the new and
intricate questions and issues arising out of the
extraordinary condition in which the country
placed, Il win adhere to the principles an
teachings Of the founders and expositOrs Of our
government and institutions. 1t win endeavor
10 guard with vigilance and defend with unwa-
vering earnestness and faith the rights and inte-
SITS Of all the States. and the essential princi-
les which constitute the basis of the Republic.
We shall oppose all inVasions Of these. and
1phold, 10 the utmost of our ability, the union
the States under them. Feeling that they
re endangered by the revolutionary schemes OF
Radical politicians who now hold the Legis-
ative power Of the Government. we shall abste
othing Of our past opposition to their mea-
lurs With these views, which are no less thar
.,utound convictions. We cannot and will no.
hesitate TO defend the unfortunate South
the aspersions and impositions heaPeu upo ts
people, and urge that JusT1oE and RIGHT shall
be moted out to them.