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QUARANTINE.

Yellow Jack Again Puts I'm mn Appearance.
Vessels from Rio JaneirO 10 be specially
Looked After.
There will be stirring times at Quarantine before
the summer Is over, judging from present ndica-
lions. For few weeks past the steamers and sail
ing vessels from Havana have been looked after with
even more than the usual scrutiny which IL exer-
csed In the lower bay the case OF all vessels from
foreign pofts, and 1t would now seem that vessels
from Rio Janelro will have to take their turn, az
there Is great deal of contagious disease at that
place Just now. Atprcsent there Is only vessel at
Quarantine with the yellow fever on board Of which
mention has already been made In the HERALD.
This craft lost three OF her crew al Matanzas ana
has now one man, named John Adams, IN the
clutches OF Yellow Jack. The O. Blanchard, from
Rio. arrived few days ago with four board
but the sick have all recovered, ana IN snort time
they win be allowed TO go their ways rejoicing. Yes
sells from all the South American ports are 10 receive
the especial attention Of the Health Olcer uDti after
the warm weather. ana every possible effort Will be
made TO guard the city against Infection IRON the
foreign arrivals At the instance OF DR.. Swinbuwe
Drs. Reid and ORourke are engaged In drawing up
q series OF regulations for the guidance OF owners
and captains OF vessels on erriving az Quarantine,
which, y Is hoped, VIII prevent anything Ike an
escape through the quarantine meshes TO this city
OF single boat with any kind Of contagious or
fecti0ns disease on board
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BURGLARY AT MgRRiCK.--On Sunday night last q
most daring burglary was committed on the pre-.
misses OF George Meyers, In the village OF Merrick.
While the family were sitting on the verandah, en-.
joying the cool evening breeze, some person
entered the house by means OF an uplifted
window In the parlor, and, stealing eau.
tiOusly up the hall stairs, entered the
several bedchambers and rlled the bureau drawers
found $240 in money. Hanging against the wall
was found his silver watch and chain, valued at
forty dollars. In the room OF the young ladies Of
the family he found couple Of sets Of ear rings
small gold watch and two bracelets, IN all valued
at about ninetynv dollars. The rogue made his es-
cape by bedroom window Immediately over the
Kitchen. on which he alighted, and then descended
to the ground by means Of grape arb0r.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-27
HUDSON.

RAILROAD ACCIDENTAL singular accident occur
red al the depot In this city yesterday afternoon As
the up train on the HUDSON River Railroad due here
at three O'Clock was approaching the station
freight car OF the Hudson ana Boston Rail-
road loaded with iron rails, stood directly
across the track at the crossing OF the
two roads. collision, OF course, took place, the
train passing through the freight car, carrying tho
centre OF II of on The cowcatcher and leaving the
trucks standing pnmovcd. The rails were scat-
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POUGBKEEPsIE.

RAILROAD AcClDENT-The passenger train which
left here at half-pa O'Clock p. M. yesterday,
going north on the Hudson River Railroad, ran into
o car loaded with iron at Hudson, knocking 1t to
pieces and strewing the iron about the track. No
damage was done 10 The tram other than breaking
the pilot OF the engine. The train was delayed
thirty minutes.
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poles splitting the playhouse and s6atterng the coal
Office OF Moore Hogeboon, the inmates of which
mad very narrow escape. The engineer and fire.
man jumped from The train; but man from the
repair shop who was on the engine at the time, re-
NAMED at as post aud stored the engine.
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THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
The Brooklyn OAaI Boat.

The onal boat af contractor Van Brunt, that for
some days has caused so much anxiety to the Board
OF Health officials and the residents of GOwanus.
has at last come TO grief On Saturday night it was
disinfscted partially by the Health Department, but
the stencil was so bad that the work could not be
completed. Yesterday morning, at nine O'Clock,
DR.. Hawley Inspector for the district where she lay
within 100 feet OF Third avenuesucceeded in having
her drawn OF by the tug Rattle, who towed the craft
outside OF Sandy Hook, and disposed of her in some
manner not yet reported to the Health Oflce. IL
possible she has been burned scutted as it would
not be safe to let her drift about the mouth OF the
harbor.
The New York Rendering Company.
In the case OF the New York Rendering Company
who are being prosecuted by the Board OF Health
with view of compelling them to remove their
works from the foot OF West Thirty.ciahth street,
the evidence before the referee closed two weeks
ago. Some Of the citizens In the neighbor-
noou insisted upon making speeches before tho
Board or HEALTH when the matter was
referred back 10 referee l.. w. Hawley to give them
an opportunity TO appear and testify, and they were
invited to do SO yesterday. The nearing was had;
street. appeared, and the Metropolitan policeman on
the dock was called for the defence The evidence
elected no new facts In addition TO what already
on record. final opportunity will be offered for
them to appear In the chief clerks room az nine
O'Clock this morning, when the case Will be closed.
All around this establishment are number OF fat
boiling and other nuisances in a thickly populated
neighborhOod, that until removed, Will subject the
Board " serious annoyance.
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The number OF lncbes OF ram That fell In the
months vi August and september, 1858, was quito
unusual, and the amount Of rain IN September
1868, was more than eleven times much az fell In
September 1867 The total depth OF rain and melted
snow for the year was 5s.437 inches, of which, IN
September alone, fell $50 inches. The barometcal
observations yield the following rcsnlts:-
lcok.u
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OUR SUMMER RESORTS.
SOUTH BAY.

'~~~suc and Its visstors-Fresh and Salt
Snv--- -"ass, Blnefsh and Trout
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forenoon The prevailing Winds for the year were
wesi and northwest and the perpendicular force in
pounds avoirdupois monthly mean, during the year
5000. and daily mean, 4,s75. The great rain and
duced IN one hour and forty-sx minutes 1925 inches
Of water-a quantity seldom equaIed by any storm.
AN OBSERVATORY.
The Board state that It their intention To esal,
isn during tne present year public astronomical
SSs;eIva,oIy that w eventually rank with eny ex-
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-05-27
JOHN P. DUNKLE.;
Fire.

M EhO' IT,. o. o. d..
r. Last Friday evening about
81 o'clock, a fire broke out in
the building owned by Mr.. Da.
yid Weisenberger and occupied
by him as a saloon and dwell~
ing. The fire broke out on the
roof next to the chimney, and
came very near being a serious
affair, as the flames for time
shot out with great fury. BY
the prompt exertions of a num-
ber of our citizens, however,
the fire was exfinguished in
about ten minutes, and before
any serious damage was done,
The chimney was defective,
having open cracks in it, and
this was the cause of the fire
Repairs had been made on the
chimney last year. 1t be-
hooyes our citizens 10 lock
we'll to their chimneys, fire.
places, &c. Very few people
have an idea how easy a fire
can originate. One cannot be
too careful. Had this. fire CO.
Cured in the night, the whole
row of buildings adjoining it
would have been destroyed. "
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-05-27
Sewing Machines.

EDITOR RECORD: Mrs. p. Brown
came out last week in a card,
in favor of the Wheeler & Will
son sewing machine, and at
tempted a ridiculous contrast
against the Singer. Now /
propose to any one interested
in the sale of the Wheeler &
Wilson or any other machine,
to the travelling agent, Mrs. P
Brown COR any other man,
that l will place the Singer
on trial against any machine
made, for sale, or in use; / to
select one judge, the opposing
party one, these two a third
sewing to be done by experts
or by persons who never tried
a machine-the trial to be ex.
tendedto all kinds of work ani
to any class of goods.
The decision of the judges tt
be given fairly on the points
Of the respective machines
Notice of time and place o
trial to be published in botf
county papers, and the decision
Of the judges to be published
also; the defeated machine tt
pay for advertising and any in
cidental expenses attending
the trial.
a-.s q - -zYyAyxrx ~
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-05-27

FHE.2Attorney General has
prepared lengthy opinion on
the constitutionality of the
Morgan Raid Claim Bill, and
of so much Of the General Ap.
preparation Bill as applies to
the subject, in which he holds
thateboth failed to receive the
necessary majority required by
the, Constitution; the subject
matter not having been provi.
,dedr., for by1a preexisting law,
and neither of the acts refer
red Hto having received the
votes of two.thirds of the
members elected to each
branch Of the General Assem-
bly,. He leaves the question
open as to claims for damages
inflicted by the State militia.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-05-27
Domestic News.

Strawberries are selling in
Cincinnati at 40 cents per
quart. 5afe 20 ss,s .a..
A THIRD building association
is about to be organized in
Chillicothe. .ia.aI.gaa u 81,
m PASSENGERS are now arriving
at New York in eight days
from San Francisco.
(. The whipping post has been
revived in the Democratic
State of Delaware, for the ben
eft of offenders Of the law.
STEUBENvILLE claims a popu-
lation of 10000, and is erec-
ting a high School building at
a cost of S120,000. l5y ~.
GENERAL WAsHington's Mt.
Vernon estate is advertised in
the Alexandria Gazette to be
sold ON the 10th of June, at
auction.
The Legislature of Connect.
cut has ratified the fifteenth
congressional amendment, ma.
king the 22d State which has
taken this action. no. sr- q
REV. JOHN R. SMITH, who has
been under examination for al.
legged forgery, has been held
to bail in the sum of $4,000
for trial. l.lgu @a.lrr
SENATOR SUMNER is frequent
ly in receipt of abusive letters
from England and Canada, in
reference to his late Alabama
claims speeches.
A YOUNG man named George
Settle committed suicide last
Saturday, by blowing his
brains. out. Disappointment
in love is supposed to be the
cause. Ign eds 9fsn .e5 Z"
The ChiIlicothe Gazette says
that 2,151, 1856 bushels of corn
are q reported to have been
raised in that county last year,
the largest crop Of any county
in the State. !" ~ 3 81
|o a DRUNKEN woman was ar.
rested in the Thirteenth Pre-
cinct in New York, on the 18th
inst, who, it was alleged, tried
to roast her little girl on red
! hot stove.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-05-27

AMEEftsa VA held atNewark,
some thine agorto determine
upon = plan and Toute for buih
ding 4 railroad from Norfolk
Virginia, to the0hio river, and
branches, 3 from it through
Southern . Ohio. With more
time Te believe our people
would have been represented
in thec0nvention. Every per-
son appsarsto have'an abiding
faith 4 that some day the road
from this place through Logan
and Somerset to Newark-the
grading and heavy masonry Of
which has been completed sew
eral years-will be finished.
With the completion of the
Columbus & Hooking Valley
road to Logan, the attention Of
capitalists will be directed to
this unfinished idle road, lead.
ing TO the very best coal and
iron fields Of the State.
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Legal Notice.

Abraham Wilber, plaintiff El3 tHSoeu
. against In Vintcn Com.
George W. Bowen and mon Pleas. nu
Morris Albaugh, defls
EORGE w, BOWEN, whose place OF resi-.
Udence Is unknown, and Morris Albaugh Of
vnton county, State Of Ohio, will take no.
tice that Abraham WILDER OF yinion county,
Slate Of Ohio, did on the nth day Of May A. +.
1869, file his petition in the Court of Common
Pleas, within and for the said county Of Vim
ton, against the said George W. Bowen and
Morris Al5augh, setting firth that the said
George W. Bowen, on the III day OF March,
A. D.lse6, gave 10 the plainuff. mortgage, on
the following real estate 10 wit. In.lots Nos (.
%, %, and "a and oulslots Nos. 7, 8, 0, and 10,
In the town, Of Prattsville In said county OF
Vinton, 10 secure the payment OF one hundred
and seventy five dollars, with Interest thereon,
fromsaid I6.h day Of March, A. D. 1896, at the
rats Of ten per cent. per annum, and that the
said Morris Al.baugh, defendant, claims
aome interest in said premises: That the said
sum OF one hundred and seventy,Hve dollars
with interest thereon as Aforesaid is dua and
unpaid-and praying that the said premises
may be soldto sy he fame together with the
interest thereon, and the said defendants Al
notified that they are each required 10 appear
and ans1er said petition on or before IN third
saturdav sfter the 2ith day ofIune, A. D. I0oo.
ono H. {. JOEEs,l u /
AHorne for Plaintiff
Ma CIV
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-05-27

Gas Explosion In Cincinnati
A Few minutes after -, last
Monday afternoon, the Gas
Worss, ON Front street east of
Mill exploded with a terrific
crash. IA man named Patrick
McKinsiey, who was on the
holder eating his dinner at the
time, had every stitch of cloth
ing burned from his body, and
his person 80 badly burned
that he died the same evening.
The works were not entirely
destroyed, but the loss is abont
100000, on which was no in.
snrance. No other property
was injured. 1879 81" go reoa
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-05-27

The amount OF money ap-
propriased to pay the. expenses
of the hast General Assembly,
as shoWnibyl the books of the
Auditor, was $25O,5OOo The
expenses of the previous Gen
era4i Assembly were "A little
more than one hundred and
eighteen thousand dollars.
Comment is unnecessary
Democratic Retrenchln ent is q
success.-+.3enio Z0ruhligM Il
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SOME noise is made by Dem.
ocratic newspapers over the
fact that President Grant re.
turns'only $3.50 on the Asses.
sor's list for Washington City,
The return was for last year,
of course; and it is only neces
sary to say that the tax on his
salary as army officer, was de.
Quoted as drawn: 1t is not
known that he had any large
source of income outside of
his salary. -'
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CORRESPONDENCE.

OAhnhAl, ANDnncoN w. hANY
1 April 81, 1853.
Editor Record; Thinking
that possibly, some of the read.
,srs of yonr valuable paper
might wish to know something
of the desirability Of this State
as a place of residence, as
some Of them are contempla.
ting moving. prssuming that
each wishes to know ii he can
make money here, I will state
my.views on the advisability
of coming here,
Land sells here from $3.50 to
$500 per acre. The climate is
splendid, and except the wind,
| find no objection to the coun-
try. Whatever is in demand
here, will bring a good price.
There is some soil in this coun.
try unsurpassed for fertility
but there is a want of
tillers. You will find a mar,
ket at your doors fully as good
as that of Vinton county. Far.
merS can make money here
they have made money and
enhanced the value Of the
lands they have cultivated
they have advanced the inter;
ests Of county and State, and
are welcomed as citizens.
There is room hero for me.
chanics and laboring men,
wages for each are good and
work plenty. ..,. ..u
There are some 80 new
buildings now going up in this
town, to say nothing of the
number being erected in the
country. We have some beau
tiful farms In this county. l
visited Mr.. Thos. Wordell, for.
merly of Pickaway county, a
few days since;- he has a splen-
did farm, with several en-
closures of stone fence. He
has also plenty of timber. The
State Government pays a pre-
MUM upon all stone fencing
put up within the State. i
This country is settled up
mostly with people from Ohio
and Illinois. Pickaway coun-
", Ohio, is represented here
by more than fifty families.
| would not advise any one
% come here who is doing well
n Vinton, nor unless he has
enough money to get himself a
start, because everything is
,ash, we have nc credit; the
very best men only, can get
,redit, and they but in limited
amounts. The wheat, looks
we'll in this country, and good
'rops are expected. i will
write you something about this
own soon. E. L. HAWK.
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Program OF Exercises,
AdOptedbr May 20, 1869.

Program OF Exercises,
AdoptedDr May 20, 1869.
At3 P. 4. the members OF
the G. A. !, will meet with all
soldiers yho may come,
having Id honorable dis
charges bm the U. S. Army.
Each pmber and soldier
who willparticipate in the
solemnitib will have; a piece
of black Grape tied neatly
around IL left arm above the
elbow. f- ar s1,t
Each lember and soldier
will be prided with bouquets,
but all ar requested to furnish
flowers tht can. tat f.-n-
The mabers of Fenton Post
will move.t 3 P. M. from their
hall to thCourt House, march
ing in common TIME, and keep
ing step WITH a drum that shall
be mufle. After they have
become Gated in the Court
House, tbre will be an sppro
pirate hyln or anthem sung.
Prayeroy Rev. Warren.
Music. haalraar
Orator by Comrade Hull
bert ~
s A funeal chant will then be
played aSon the organ while
the members of the Posi-
move slowly out of the Court
House; thence in common
time 10 tie grave yard. 49,
After laving passed into the
graveyard, they will be halted
and brought to a front. ID
PrayeI by Rev. O. ?. Taylor
The Pc. will then say, @Com
rades, WY are we thus assem-
bled," tie members will rel
sponi in unison, $40 pay tri'
butte to our departed comrades
The battalion will then pro.
ceed by the right flank and
move inroute along the graves
and in passing each will scat
ter a handful of flowers upon
the grave. " " !'
During the time of march
ing to the graveyard the bells
of the Court House and
churches will be tolled. After
the last grave has been deco
grated, the procession will
halt, a Eenediction will be pro-
bounced, and the procession
will move back in quick time
10 the hall to the music of an
lnmuffled drum.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-05-27
Sensible.

A handsome young widow
of Macarthur applied to a ply
sican to relieve her of three
distressing complaints with
which she was affected.
ain the first place." said she,
aI have little or no appetite
What shall I take for thal!''
aFor that madam, you should
take air and exercise"
aAnd, doctor, | am quite i'd,
getty at night time, and afraid
TO be alone, What shall 1 dF
for thatH H9uu8 aJAraI,
"For that 1 can only recom
mend that you take a husband
aFiel doctor. But l have
the blues terribly. What shall
l take for thatl7 = tu H'ii
'aFor that, madam, you have
besides taking the air and hus
band, to take a newspaper
the V1NToN RECORD for in
stance.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-05-27

TIE Ohio. Legislature has
passed an important law, fix.
ing the weight of a busbel of
stone, coal at SO lbs; Of camel
coal at 70 lbs; the measure of
cordwood at 1913 cubic feet; Of
tanbark the same, of lime 20
lbs;lof coke 40 lbs. The bill
requires all coal to be weighed
in cities and towns. ..ea.1rt
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-05-27
QUEEN IskBErIA has address

9tEEs IskBErIA has address.
ed.Ha letter to the Pope, ex.
pressing regret for outrages
which have been committed
onfhe Church BY some Span
iards in a moment of excite.
ment and in opposition to the
general sentiment Of the mai
lion.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-05-27
Attachment.

Josiah wilcox and Son. plaintiffs, against Alex.
ander Vanderford, Defendant. .., Il,
Before John P. Bell, J. P. Of Richland town.
ship, Vinton county, Ohis. y.'.-5;p i
ON the Goth day of April, 1869, said Justice
Olssued an order attachment in the above
action for the sum Of 3l2.4I. .u.-L
apri33w JOS. WILCOX L SON.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-05-27

EXCITEMENT exists in Hobo
ken, says the New York Sun,
on the account of gold discov-
where q ledge is being opened
for the foundation of Stevens
Free. College. Some of the
rock taken out has yielded
eighty dollars per rtun and it is
thought the deposit is Of great
extent adi 10 Lnr na.-.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-05-27

Mr.. JOB LUCAS, a professor Of
the tonsorial art, in this place,
broke down the pound to let
out his hogs, last Tuesday
night. He was notified to pay
damages by the Mayor or he
would be arrested. He re-
sponded promptly with the
necessary equivalent. wtr
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-05-27

SOLOMON REDFERN, who lives
in Richland township, 1.-THE
South Carolina of Vinton)
still survives; he is now nearly
one hundred years old MIR, H.
is an original Free Soiler, and
voted that ticket from the start
and all alone, and against an
immense and violent OPP
position. He has during the
entire time, as he now does.
voted the ticket of freedom un'
der its various forms and names
God bless him, and may he live
forever.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-05-27

WE have evidently stirred
up the animal-a serpent
known as the Copperhead, who
manipulates in his Ku Klux
hole below. We have goaded
him, and he writhes and twists.
He and his pusillanimous corr
respondent, stick out their
forked tongues and hiss such
chaste language at us, as @sap-
head". "carpet.baggerr and
other beautiful and imagina-
tive. words not found in Web
ster's Unabridged. o ye vile
serpents cover your heads
return to your holes, and
hide yourselves tor shame, lest
the wrath Of public condemna.
tion fall upon you. o'''l&''"
ONE day last week, while Mr..
Thomas Terpy was digging ore
In a drift, on, Zaleski Cos. land,
near Macarthur station, por-
tion of the roof fell upon him,
by which he was seriously in,
jured. 1t was thought he could
not recover, but by the. skill
full treatment of doctors Wolf,
Baird and Rannells of this
place, he is now doing well
and will ere long be able to
be up. '' '''' 81. '' ''a 'A1H.
A New York paper announ'
ces that A. 7. Stewart has join.
ed the Roman Catholic Church,
and will be in open commit
MON with the church In a week.
1t is also said that Stewart has
given a large donation to the
Sisters Of Charity, recently.
The Buckeye Club Spring
Races commenced last Tues
day at Cincinnati, and will con.
tinue till Saturday. g,-a
In Springfield, o., on the
night of the 9th, James Steven
son Has garroted and robbed
Vof 81, 100.
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Notice,

NOTICE Is hereby given thyt John Beagle
IN guardanof Christopher Freyer has filed
his accounts for inspection and settlement;
said accounts will be for hearing on the llth
day OF June, A. d. 1869. %
JOSEPH KALER, Probate judge.
May 1s, 1869. ow
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.StOckholder,s Meeting,

A SPECIAL MEETING Of tine sto:khold,
n ers OF the Zlleski Co ompany will ne held
at their office, Zaleski, Vlnton county, Ohio,
on the twenty ninth day of May, 1869. 4..
ROBERT THOMPSON, Secretary.
Zaleski, April 9th, 1869. ss-t