The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-02-05

10 one hundred and sixty seven |
thousand two hundred and twelve |
dollars.
The Lower House of Congress |
has passed q JOINT resolution amend-
ing ihe Constitution of tho Uuitod |
States to make suffrage universal |
among males, without regard tocol- |
or. The vote was-ycae, $50; nays, |
d2; no. one Democrat voting for It, |
while Baker (Rcpub) Of Illinois |
Bingham (Repub.) Of Ohio, voted |
against It. This proposed amend
ment i5 in violation Of the Chicago
Platform, in that tho Republicans
pledged the people that they would
not, through Congressional leeisla.
tior, interfere with the question Of
suffrage in tho States that were
"loyai" during the war. How do
they propose 10 justify this breach
Of faith with the people?
Twcniy.ono millions Of dollars Of
defcionces viii have 70 be provided
for in tho appropriation bill by Con-
gross. Tho estimates wero made
low TO operate on'tho lato elections.
Now tile deficiencies hGyo &c be
made up. THIS is tho way ,hinga
are done by the party N power.
Grant is rel ortod immovably sot
against tho lobby.
Twelve prisoners died last year
in tho Michigan State prison.
Brigham Young proposes TO try
irrigation and cotton growing out
in Utah,
Peaches arc reported all killed
in the neighborhcod og Terre
Haute, Indiana.
Twelve hundred youths # Roehs
ester. New York, spend G57 600 per
year for billiards.
Tho business men Of Somerset in
Perry county, OHIO, estlmtto thor
yearly purchases in Zancsville, al
1854, GOO,
Toads arc kept in the vineyards
Of Franco to deyour the insects that
escape tho birds,
The first State dinner given this
season by President johnson, the
other day, consumed some three or
four hours.
Tho whole 0monnt Of buslnces
done last year IN New York cIty By
tho associated banks was a2l, ,l59,-
71G,34S.
The indIcatlon3 arc that Govern
or Hayes can have q denomination
for Governor from the Republican
party, tho desires it.
Finaon hundred journeymen ba,
l;ors are sald 90 DO out OF employ.
mcnt IN Now York city, and q great
many OF them are in destitute cir
cumstancc5.
Hereafter all citizens Of the Am.
crican Union shall bo permitted &C
enter, travel and sojourn IN France
on the Simple declaration of thcil
nationality,
The Cleveland Leader hopes that
! Congress will not vote another acre
OF land CT loan single dollar O
money TO any railroad. as too muck
Of this has already been done.
The proposition has been startcC
TO uniform married men for tht
purpose Of preventing them from
flirting with innocent young ladies
II is tho device Of some unsuccessful
bachelor,
Dom Pratt thinks IL would be ,
good thing if the oarpet.bagger
would occasionally-just occasion
, ally-ldenufy themselves in thei
votes with tho South, instead of con
> tinuaIly voting with New Eng
{ land
Tho Springfield Advertiser Ia We
ry much troubled about the charge
Of fraud thar are made by Wash
ington correspondents of Republi
can papers against grave Repubii
can Senators. IL wants the matte
'slftod' Itwould have the leader
of itR parry honoat but finds itdlt
fcult to believe them sol
4 band Of swindlers arc prowlrn
, over the country, hunting up sol
diers and tho hohs ofsoldiors in Tn
war 1912, falsely pretending tina
for q consideration they procur
4 them patents for land warrants 10
Gated by act Of Congress- Of 1917, i
Illinois, Vocy many of theao pat
0 onts were mover delivered -- ID
lands became forfeited for non pay
t mont Of taxes, and the title lost {
the soldiers,
> Said o physician the other Jay
"Thero will be plonty Of work fo
doctors, this winter, # ladies pora,
n in exposing throat and chest TO th
I cold. Opr climate lmporaliyol
a demands protective clothing. Nor
fresh air and warmer clothing wuul
cheat the doctor out Of somo Of h
D dolIarS.
A public speaker, IN dealing wi.
"tllo modern physical degeneracy
. womon," exclaimed, "Wo must tab
good care OF our grandmothers f
0 we shall mover got any morel'
7 A gentleman, on taxing a volpu
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