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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27
ALiveIH Time Expected.

According to one Professor Delisser,
a series of celestial and terrestrial phe-
nomena is at hand. On the night of
the 27th of February, in the western
heavens, there will be a conjunction of
the moon with Jupiter and Venus /;
and three nights later Jupiter will
pass Venus, by only twenty-three Sec
onds of degree. The result of these
conjunctions and pertubations will be
atmospheric commotion-electric dis
charges, heavy gales, high tides, earth
quakes, and nobody knows what be-
sides. Moreover, the whole year will
be fearful for its storms, inundatiOns,
eruptions, quaking Of the earth, &C.,
&c.
Those are solemn portents. Added
to the commotions incident to the
Presidential campaign, such material
outbursts will make life exciting
The newspaper reporters will be in
clover.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

A Democrat Threatens the As
sassinaLiOn Of our Next Presl"
dent.
Brick Pomeroy, whose paper is claimed
by admiring Democrats to be "the banner
Democratic paper ofAmerica, +" speaks thus
of Gen. Grant in its last issue:
"The same pen that prophesied the
death of Lincoln, at the same hour Of the
night that that was written, now writes
| again-Gen. Grant, the macadamizer Of
Virginia roads with skulls of better men
than himself, never will sit in the White
House at Washington, as President OF the
United States.
awe would ornament the Capitol at
| Washington with the swinging bodies Of
Rump destructives, by hanging them
! from the windows tied by the neck. Then
we would ship all the negroes, of every
grade and description, to the turbulent
Island of ST. Thomas, where we would get
/ up a magnificent earthquake, sending
them all to -- Africa"
And again:
0SOme one says that the Radicals fear
Grant will be assassinated. So he a0iU be
# he IS elected President and it lgouLd not do
the country the least HARM"
"The Democracy-the brave men, the
people of America, hare SlDOT1l that the tool
| of RadicdIiSm shall not enter the White House
bOlstered by the ignorant and illegal ne
gro voters of the South"
It was formerly the custom of leading
Democrats to threaten dissolution of the
Union, in case an indignant people should
decide at an election that they were not
wanted to fill offices, but since they have
been so well threshed by the boys in blue
they have no threat left them but assassi-
nation
And is this all the argument they have
left to induce any one to vote the Copper
head ticket? It will not do for disguised
Democrat to say thai the utterances Of the
Lacrosse Democrat are the rawlings of a
mad man, for that paper circulates hun
dred thousand copies, which is an evi-
dence at once that it is what it claims to
be, viz: the exponent of the views and
purposes of the leaders of the Democratic
party, North and South. But the Union
party will, in view of what has been done
as we'll as what has been threatened, take
the precaution to place man on the ticket
for Vice President of the Ben. Wade stamp
and then if the murderous threats of this
model Democrat are carried out on oul
President, we will have an acting Presi
dent who will ferret out and punish th'
muftlerers. Mr.. Pomeroy will then have
a chance to prove himself not an accesso
~. No more Johnsons from the slave
States can be foisted, under the disguise 0
conservatism, upon the next Union Con
,.vention for Vice President, to shield con
spirators.-[SciOtO Gazette.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

FROZEN TO DEATH.-A boy of six
teen, son of VIM. Oxford, of Norwalk,
Ohio, was so badly frozen on
Saturday, 1st inst, while employed
as a teamster, as to cause his death.
He had been out a greater portion Of
the day, and returned home in the
evening, and sat down by the fire.
AS the heat from the stove drew the
frost from his body, the lad expert
enced intense pain, which, becoming
more and more excruciating, ne retir-
ed to he'd, where he fingered along in
pain till Monday evening, when he
expired.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

There are at present eight Judges Of the
Court Of the United States:
Chief Justice-Salmon P. Chase, Of
Ohio salary, Sc, 500
Associate Justices-Nathan Clifford, Of
Maine; Samuel Nelson, of New York; Rob
ert G. Grier, of OfPennsvlvania; David Davis,
of Illinois; Noah W. Swayue, of Ohio;
Samuel F. Miller, of Iowa; Stephen J.
Field, of California. Each Associate
Justice has a salary Of $4,000.
The Philadelphia Press says:
"Of these mon, Chase, Miller, Swayn3,
Davis and Field, were appointed by Lin
coin; Grier, by Polk; Clifford, by Buchan-
m, and Nelson by Buchanan or Pierce
The Democratic partisans are Nelson and
Clifford, Justice Nelson, claimed on the
same side, gave several opinions during
the war that showed him to be a true
patriot. Of the five judges appointed by
Lincoln, Mr.. Field is accepted as a recon-
structed JOhnsOnian; Mr.. Davis is a very
moderate Republican, whose name has
recently been mentioned as cOnserva-
tive candidate for President; while Messrs.
Chase, Swayne and Miller are avowed
members of the Republican party. The
full number of the Supreme Judges Is
nine, but the death Of Hon. James NJ.
Wayne, of Georgia, appointed by Presi-
dent Jackson in 1885, has reduced the num-
Der to eight"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27
Riddle.

Black, black am I, NJ midnight pail,
And half my blood has turned to gall;
No sword has ever In the fight
Surpassed nay venom and my might.
Kingdoms rule, the pTess CONTROL
Express the passions Of the soul
Give force to bonds and hills o'erdue,
To leaders and to biilets-dolLE.
Tn space confined, nor vast, nor great,
l WELD power that rules the State;
"Blue blood" they say, some people lack,
But mine is blue, and red, and black.
Though tbs my nature to be wet
When first upon the 'slips" Pm set,
Yet when l meet your scanning eye,
'Tis very certain l am dry.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

Old gentleman at Toledo buys a ticket,
putting his wallet between his teeth while
he counts his change, then with a startled
look turns around, flies about the floor,
searching carefully everywhere, stops fire.
quently to make nervous investigation of
his pockets, shakes his head and resumes
his tramp. Comes finally to the ticket
window again, and says: "Have you
seen''-and the wallet falls from his lips
to the counter. "Fhere tits nowi Had it
in my mouth all the time" He smiles
benignantly, the crowd laughs bolster
ousIy, and the curtain falls.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

A Kentucky stock raiser passe d
through Nashville few days ago,
literally loaded down with gold
watches and every description of
ieweIry, which he had obtained in
Georgia and Alabama in exchange for
100 head of mules which he took
South. In the absence of currency
many people of that section found it
necessary, in order to procure farm
animals, to part with what few valu-
ables the war had left them.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27
The Arkansas Gold Fields.

L
A Western exchange says:
"Accounts are still rife Of rich gold
and silver deposits in the counties of
Polk and Sewer, in southwestern Ar
kansas. These counties are but thinIy
populated, and though legends of
auriferous wealth in connection with
that region have for a long time been
current among old settlers, nothing
definite has hitherto been known in
relation thereto. Parties, however,
have been actively engaged in pros
pecting of late, and reports of their
great success in the development of
rich placers continue to reach the pub
lie. The Fort Smith papers say the
mines in this new Ell Dorado are be-
ginning to attract much attention
throughout the country, and that emf
grants are rapidly pouring into Polk
county, hitherto almost unknown
Claims are in such request that a
branch land Office has been established
at Dallas, the county seat of Polk, to
facilitate their location. Specimens
of rich gold and silver ore are fire.
quentIy brought to Fort Smith, and
an old Californian miner, who has
been 'prospecting,' pronOunces Polk
and Sewer counties richer in material
than any two counties in California.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

The Milne Historical Society has a
piece of paper taken from the solid
wood of a saw-lOg received for saving
at Augusta soma time ago. The paper
bears the words "1775, J. r. Dunkirk,
with Arnold" Ninety circles in the
wood are counted outside of it, the
precise number of years since ArnOld's
expedition up the Kennebec.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27
Poetry.
THE FARMER,s FIREsIDn.

THE FARMERS PRESIDE.
Around the irs, one wintry night,
The farmers rosy children sati
The fsget lent It's blazing light,
And mirth went round, and harmless chat.
When, bark gentle hand they hear
Low tapping at the bolted door,
And Thus to gain their willing ear,
A feeble voice was heard implOrs:
"Cold blows the blast across the moor,
The slsst drives hissing in the windi
Yon toilsome mountain lies before,
A dreary, treelsss waste behind.
"1Iy eyes are dim and weak with agsi
No road, ne path can dsscry;
And these poor rags M stand the rage
or such keen, inclement sky.
$50 faint an. these tottering feet
No more my palsied frame can bear;
Ny freezing heart forgets to beat,
And drifting SHOWS ny tomb prepare.
''Open your hospitable door,
And shield me from the biting blast;
Cold, cold it blows across the moor,
The weary moor that have passed "
With hasty steps the farmer ran,
And close beside the Ere they place
The poor, half-frozen beggar-man,
With shaking limbs and pale-blue face.
The little children fccking came,
And chafed bis frozen hands in theirs;
And bu5ily the good old Game
A comfortable mess prepares.
Their kindness ehesred bis dropping sOul,
And slowly down his wrinkled check
The big round tear was seen to roll,
And told the thanks he could not speak.
The children then began to sigh,
And all their merry chat was Ger;
And yet they felt, and knew not Why,
More glad than they had done before.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

The Copperhead papers facetiously
call the Southern Reconstruction Con
vention the "black and tan" COnven-
tions. Leaving the responsi bility
for the black portion of the South to
rest where it belongs, it is safe to
affirm that the Democratic party are
wholly responsible for the "tan."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

The Boston Journal says of Mr..
WeIles's letter, in the Grant-JOhnsOn
correspondence, that it is like the
Dutchman's answer to a mans CUES
tiOn as to his opinion on a certain mat
ter: 81 thinks vat you tink-what do
YOU tink?"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

Why does water boil better in old saucs pan than
a new one Punch takes It upon himself to answer
this query by saying It's because the old pans used
10 it.
When is it dangerous to be in church? When the
organ drowning the choir, great gun in the pull
pit is firing away at the congregation Musical
Standard
for improvement.
Why do birds in their little nests agree? Because
they'd fall out If they didn't
Why is prosy preacher like the middle Of a Wheel
Because the fellows around him tired.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

A newly installed Justice Of Peace
in Kansas, married his first couple
last week, on which occasion he clos
ed the ceremony with the following
words: "What 7 have this night
Joined together let no man bat God
Almighty put asunder.'
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

The Copperbeads Of Connecticut
manifest much alarm, from the fact,
that Grant and Jewell are both tan
ners. They think they see their hides
ON the fence.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

off you want for hope, the heart
will break" as the old woman said
when she buried her seventh husband,
and looked anxiously among the fun
eral crowd for another.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

Those who claim to know, say
that thus far all kinds of fruits have
been exempt from damage by the
cold weather. Hence they predict
large crop the coming season.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

The Kentucky Legislature has re-
moved the Superintendent of the Asy-
lum for Idiots, simply because he had
always been true to his country, and
put rebel in his place.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27
Youths Department.
Enigmas.


l.
am COMPOSED Of 70 letters.
MY 9s 2 "a is the name Of river in Africa.
NV 2 5 l6 "a is the name OF n river in France.
My II IA 10 7 is the name Of a lake in Rnssis.
MY Is 10 II Is is the name Of river in Spain.
My 4 IS Is is the initials of friends name
NY & 12 II was the name Ofa queen.
NV I 10 Is ahbI aviation.
Nv whole is the aud motto OF one of tho Unirt
States. BERT.
I am composed Of 20 IetterE:
My IS Is is n cape in Australia.
MY 4 ) IT is a sea.
Ny ~ Is is y river IN the British lsles.
My 9 II 1s IL is a city in South America.
NJ 20 10 rs t. river in Africa.
Ny Is 3 "a Ic 10 prophet.
N y whole is the name Of a General. q. n. E.
am composed ofIl letters:
My 10 is mans name.
My II 10 Is fruit,
My73l 6 3 is a household utensil.
Mv4 10 Is pleasant month.
Ny 2 is an elevation.
My whole is often seen at night. FIDES.
4-SCRIPTURAL ENIGMA.
I One who knew the Scriptures from a child.
q A man who struck dead for lying.
3. The place where God spake with Jacob
f. The mother Of Timothy.
s. The wifa Of BOaz
A prOPhetrss who a widow of four score au'
Z. The mother Of Samuel.
four years.
The initials give the name of place where the fir
Of the Lord burnt among the children Of Israel.
Marshall, o. ETHEL.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

A State Republican Convention has
been held in New York. The Con-
vention resolved in favor of Grant for
President, and FentOn for Vice Presi-
dent.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

CoNUNDRU0I.-Why was the Post
Office on Valentines Day like a
butchers shop? Because it was full
Of tender Tines
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27
FILL NO GLASS FOR NE.

=
BT 8. O. FOSTER.
O, comrades al no glass for me,
To drown my soul 10 liquid fame;
For il ! drank, the toast should be-
To blighted fortune, health aud frame
Yet though I long to suell the strife
That passion holds against my life,
Stin boon companions you may be,
But, comrades. MI ne glass for mel
know a breast that once was light
Whose patient suHerirgs need my care
know heart that once was bright,
But dropping hopes have nestled there.
Then, while the tear-drops rightly steal
From wounded hearts that should heal,
Though boon companions yon may be,
0, comrades, ell no glass for me
When was young felt the tide
OF aspirations undefIod,
Bat mnnhood's years have wrung the pride
My parents csntered in their child.
Then 10y mothers sacred tear,
BY all that memory should revere,
Thongh boon companions you may be,
o, comrades, I'll no glass for mel
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

The Sanduslzy Register says the ice
now being cut at that point is Is
inches thick.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

"Doctor, what will cure the fever
of love?" "The chill of wedlock,
madamoiselle.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

Beer fills many bottle, and the
bottle many a bier.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

The reason why some people put on
airs is because they have nothing else
to put on.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

A lady in Newport, while yawning
one day last week, opened her mouth
so wide that it became locked, and
required two physicians to shut it
Exchange.
Law, sakes! We can beat that all
hollow in ChillicOthe. There are
women here whose mouths couldn't
be shut by forty physicians.-[Sciot
Gazette.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

Senator Guthrie, Of KY, has re-
signed on account Of ill health.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

Sir David Brewster, the eminent
Scotch man of science, died on the 10th
instant, in his 67th year.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

Answers to Enigmas in last weeks News: !. Mr..
A. F. Williams and Miss Sallie F. Call 2. Hillsb0rO
Silver COrnst Band. ,. Spring Chickens.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

Gen. Grant, in the days when he
was acquainted with poverty and un-
known to fame, used to furnish wood
to the family of Congressman H. I.
Blow, of St. Louis, hauling it himself.
On a recent occasion, Mrs. Blow at
tended one of the Generals recep-
tions, and he greeted her as follows:
..Mrs. Blow. remember you well.
What changes have taken place since
last we met r' "Yes, General" +" re
marked Mrs. B., "the war is ever y
81 did not mean that, he replied, 81
mean with myself Do you not recol-
lect when used to supply your hus-
band with wood, and pile it myself,
and measure it, too, and 60 to his
office for my pay?" Oh, yes, Gener-
al, your face was familiar in those
davs." "Mrs. Blow, those were hap
py days, for was doing the best l
could to support nay family"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-02-27

Hon. Aaron Harlan, late of Greene
county, Ohio, died at San Francisco,
California, Jan. 9Th, 1868, in the Goth
year of his age.
He was born in Warren county, o.,
September 8th, 1902; was admitted to
the bar in 1925; in 1892, was elected
to the State Legislature from Greene
county; in 1888, 1889 and 1919 was a
Presidential elector; in 1850, was a
member of the Ohio Constitutional
Convention and in 1852 was elected
to Congress from his native district,
serving until the close of the 35th
Congress. In early life, a Wing, he
afterwards identified himself with the
Republican party, and was in all re-
spects, an able and upright represen-
tative of the people. He had resided
in California for two years preceding
his death.
The Portland daily press., 1868-06-26
STATE OF MAINE.

HEADo'TRs ADJUTANT GENERALs 0FFIcF,l
Augusta. June 10. 1seS.
An Act authorizing testimonial Of honor to be pre-
pared aud presented to all honorably discharged
soldiers, who served ia the of 1861, and to wild
ows or next in kin Of such as have deceased, ap-
proved Febr, airy e4th, 1865.
lie It enacted bv the Senate and House Represen-
tatives in Legislature assembled, as follows:
s CTION 1 The Governor is hereby authorized to
issue certificates of appropriate design to all soldiers
who served in the war for the suppression OF the
bellion and have ueen hOnorably discharged and 10
widows OF next IN kin such have deceased said
certificate TO co tam ,crpt OF the record in the
AduaLt Generals Office OF the service OF the SOL
der.
Notice is hereby given that the Testimonials refer
rel to the above act are beingr cyIved ut this
office and that all hOnorably di. charged soldiers
who served in the war OF 1861, and the widows or
next in kin OF such as have deceased desiring to OBJ
tain the same should apply in writing, stating name
in full, rank at date discharge, tomponL and
Regiment and Post l,Dfce address, 10 the Adjutant
General OF the State, at Augusta, Maine who will
forward the same free Of charge if applicants Is
found emitted thereto.
IL is earnestly requested that Selectmen and other
municipal officers will bring this communica ion to
tine notice of all honorably discharged soldiers ar
their widows, in their localities that This recognition
by the State OF honorable and faithful service may
be placed in the hands OF every soldier who served
in the war for suppressing the great rebellion
By order Of the Commander. in Chief
JOIN e. CALDWELL
Adjutant General OF Maine.
june23dtmw2m
The Portland daily press., 1868-06-26
IRGINIA.
r FROM CHARLES SUMNER.

LETTER FROM CHARLES SUMNER.
RICHMOND, June 25.-The following letter
was written by Senator Sumner to citizen OF
Norfolk, Va:
SENATE CHAMBER, June %, 1868.
Dear SRI have your letter OF tbs 18th in
reference to the eligibility of color ed man to
Congress. | know of no ground on which he
could be excluded from his seat if duly elected
and / should welcome the election of compe
tent repres antative of the coloreI race to
either House of Congress as a final triumph of
the cause of equal rights. Until this step is
taken our success is incomplete.
Yours truly, CHARLES SUMNER.
The Portland daily press., 1868-06-26
ZOE.
To Owners of Hackney Carriages

10Y an Ordinance Of the City Council, approved
ID May 22d. 1867 1t is made the duty of tie CIV
Marshal TO inspect all Hackney Carriages ON the hrsl
Monday OF July and January of each year, before
lieen sc is graz ted.
The owners of all Hackney Carriages used for the
anothe r within the city, are hereby notified TO pre-
sent the If carriages to the undersigned for insp
IN tha f,r enoon D. S. HEALD,
III 'i'e 'o' City Marshal.
port,ond June 49, 1863 june24d
The Portland daily press., 1868-06-26
NATH'L BUTLER.
Camden, Nov. Is, 1867.

We, the undersigned. have been acquainted with
Miss Sawyer for many years, and believe her to be
christian lady and skltul nurse, and having used
her salve in families, it gives great pleasure
in saying is the best general medicine we have
used:-
Rev. E. Cutter. Hon. N. A. Burpee,
Rev, W. y. Holman, Francis Cobb
Rev. Joseph Kalloch, John 7. Berry,
Rev. George Pratt, VIM. HI. Titcomb,
Gen. j. P. Cley and wife, Mrs Charles Snow,
Capt. j. Crocker and wife Mrs Alex >now
Capt. David Ames & wifeDr f. 2. Chase and wife,
VIM. Wilson and wife, j. Wakefield and wife,
e. r. Spear, VIM Beatte and wi'c,
A S. Rice. jacob Shaw and wife,
Geo. w. Klmball, John Case and wife.
z. Il. Malard, H. w. Wight and wife,
Ephram Barrett W. o. Fuller and wife,
Leander Weeks, Thomas Colson and wife
Dea. Henry Ingraham and wife,
Joseph Farwell mayor of Rockland) and wife,
M. Andrews Up. NJ OF Rockland) and wife,
1. X. Kimball and wife. William McLoon.
Ifyou desire more information, write to any citi-
zen of Rockland and they will take pleasure in re-
commencing this Truly Wonderful Save.
w: F. Phillips & Co, and w. w. Wbipple q Co.,
W. Perkins & Co., Wholesale Agents. Sold at re-
tall by all Druggists in Portland. April 29.d3n