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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-10-27

and they are ours" On the
morning Of the glorious 18th
| rose early, and having sup
piled myself with AMMUNITION
from Gormley's and Morrison't
Democratic magazines,
marched to Zaleski and found
Shipley's saloon filed 10 over
flowing with white men who
were Furnishing their armors
for the dreadful fray. | recon,
noitered the lane leading to
the ballot box and soon came
upon the Democratic skirmish
line under the command oil
Sergt. Shipley and Lieut.. j.
I. Black, who distinguished
himself in the late war as Cor.
Oner of Vinton county, and
who, like Gen. Forest at Fort
Pillow, is always "death to the
niggers." Advancing about
so yards, l came upon the
main body of white men under
the command of the gallant
Major Watt Holland and brave
Col. Bowen, of the Enquirer,
who were leading the Demo
cratic columns into the thick.
est Of the fight regardless OF
the storm of Abolition ballots
that filled the air. Their he.
roic conduct SO forcibly re.
minded me of the deeds per-
formed by the immortal JEFF.
Davis and r. L. Lee, at the first
battle Of Bull Run, that l act.
ually shed tears. Proceeding
to The ballot box l found it
guards by that reliable old
Democrat, Lieut.. Ii. Demming,
who displayed such gallant
conduct at the time of the
Morgan reid. Turning TO the
right l discovered the great
Democratic orator, j, j. ALI.
son, Esq, addressing the mnl>
titude in one of his best
speeches. 1t dill my heart
good to see Bill Baughman and
others of the guilty niger par,
ty stand dumb and COMPOUNDED
before the powerful orator,
who said 1--WE were living under
the most despotic and oppres~
sive government ON earth,'
which he proceeded to demon,
strate by facts and figures
which none could gainsay.-
He said the acts of Congress
for raising internal revenue
were shaped on purpose TO op,
press the Democrats Of Vim.
ton county; that the tariff On
tea was only 10 cents, and on
coffee only p cents per pound,
luxuries which all white men
and women could and ought to
Danish from their tables,
whereas the tariff on whisky,
which was essential to the
existence of the Democratic
was 60 cents per gallon.
Here the orator displayed a
pathos and emotion | can not
describe. He proceeded 10
say that although the late act
of Congress reducing the in.
tax was ostensibly for The
benefit of the Democratic mil.
of Wall street, New
. ork, the great Babylon of De-
moe racy, and of Yinton county,
yet the act was a fraud and
on the Democrat par
Ly, as only three Democrats in
his county, and more than
twenty Niger party men paid
income tax. f:
1t is hardly necess airy to add
hat in strategy and cheating
We beat the Niger party out
# their boots throughout the
county, with the exception OF
Vinton township, where they
lad made actual war upon
,eaceable Democratic men, :
women and children in a way I,
hat makes my blood boil while
attempt 10 describe. Previous
the election, old Joe Wilson,
)t P~rattsville suburbs, who has
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-10-27
$4,000 Boys & Girls

WANTED, one IN every neigbhorhood, TO act
as agent ior oul Bright Side, Juvenile Boot g.,
Pictures and other novel and useful aiti, les.
Good pay in cash, and perman ent employ
ment for leisure hours.
JOHN B.ALDEN &Co., Chicag >. III.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-10-27

NlAl egar mad from cider, &c. IN 10 hOurs
WIN without drugs, send 10 cents for clrcu-
lar to r. SAGE,
oct 90 4wdd Cromwell, Conn.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-10-27
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Busy lawyers about town
The coming man-Jack FlosI
A BIG thing-Felton's ney
Fail and Winter stock.
DELANo succeeds Cox as Sec
rotary of the Interior.
Be careful Of your health a
this season Of the year.
HAVE you secured your coal
The mud will soon raise tn,
price.
10 pave or not to pave
That's the question.
CHEsTNUTs are unusually
plenty this season.
A MAN ever ready to scrape
an acquaintance-tha barber.
ELDERLY ladies wear hats
this fall just as jaunty as young
girls of sixteen.
The next Conference of Inc
NJ. E. Church Is to be held at
Washington, Fayette county.
WoMEN's true "righls"-
good husbands. May they all
get one each.
Poor people will soon find
the weather cooler than their
rich relations.
SWALLOWS are summer birds,
though a swallow of Bourbon
isn't.
You can shoot quails now.
The quailS may not like it, but
the law don't care.
$4,000 of property was de-.
stroyed by a late fire at Charles.
ton, West Virginia.
SPLENDID Auroral displays
are getting very common, but
are none the less interesting,
CHILLIcoTHE is having anoth.
attack of rolling mill fever. 1t
don't affect their pocket books
though. M
A FIVE cent stamp is requi ed
for each signature to a book
agents subscription, it being a
contract for sale of a book.
JAP S%PRAGUE, of Marietta,
sold 1900 of his Star brand of
Stoga cigars during tho last
two months.
THERE has been a good deal
of talk about sewing machines.
George Sisson has his say this
CAMERON, having paralyzed
the right arm of the Admins
tratlon, had his own right arm
pa~ralyzed.
A GENIUS whose wife ran
revenged himself by
nine young pigs
worth $72
IT is said that the druggists
of Chillicothe keep one print.
ing Office constantly employed
quinine labels.
Planners and bunched.up
skirts, are out Of fashion. Since
Eugenie's star is dimmed, who
sets the fashions nowg
A WOMAN of twenty>four,
nine children, has been
discovered by an Ohio census
Ex.Gov. Cox, Secretary OF
the Interior, having resigned, it
understood that he will be
given the English mission.
The President has issued his
PROCLAMATION fixing the 9th
Of November as a day of
Thanksgiving and Prayer.
r. WHILE the Ross County Reg
ister is willing to give up the
bed" it will not consent
to be deprived of the chills.
The last book issued in Lon
don is entitled, aWhat shall nv
Son be?' One would naturally
it should be a boy, but
then you can't always tell,
things are SO high in war times.
, 1870-05-03

vigilance and severity. Within a few
days forty suspected persons nave been
arrested in Rome and the ~neighboring
pontifcal towns and the avowals elected
at their examination leave no doubt Of
the existence of a conspiracy within the
papal territory, the leaders Of which are
acting in concert with the revolutionary
party outside.
, 1870-05-03

TT r G r A vi S

City of Mexico, April 10, via Havana,
April Is, 1870 The bill providing for
the construction of the TehuautrpccC Canal
has. passed. Amendments are proposed
which will greatly improve the measure.
The death penalty has been abolished
in YuCatan and Imprisonment for the
term of fifteen years substituted.
Mexico City, April IL, via Havana,
April 18.-The revolutionary troubles in
the Central States of the republic are
waning. PIacid0 Vega, however, has cap
tured MazatIan and some money. Gov
ernor Rubi fed by sea, and it is hoped
that he took the public funds with him
TO Acapulco. Angel Santa Anna has not
been executed. He will be tried in Puebla.
Pauline RoSiega, the bandit, and some
of his officers have been captured and
shot near Pachua,
14th April
Observation-Disclosures to hand from
Greece state that the brigands, who seized
the Duke of Manchester's son, Secretary
Hubert, of the British Legation, and Sc
cretary Bayel, of the Italian Legation,
have exacted two thousand pounds sterling
as ransom for their freedom.
Rome,-Nearly six hundred bishops
voted for the Constitute de Eide.
There were no votes in opposition.
18th April.
Paris.-The journal Official" to-day
contains a decree nominating NJ. Segris,
as Minister of the Finances, replacing
NJ. Buffet; charging NJ. Emile Olivier
with the SecretaryShip of Foreign Affairs
ad interim, in place of NJ. Daru, and NJ.
Maurice Richard with that Of Public In
struction Gd interim.
The strike at LIE Creuzot is practically
ended. Operations have been resumed at
all the shops, most of which have their
full complement of Workmen.
Rome.-Yesterday a certain number of
the fathers abstained from assisting at the
meeting of the Ecumenical Council when
the vote on the schema against heterodoxy
was taken.
Others accompanied their votes with
declarations of ~disapproval Of the manner
in which the schema had been discussed.
The authorities keep themselves we'll
informed of the projects of Mazzini and
his partisans for another attempt or
Rome, and are obliged to increase their
, 1870-05-03

BOOK IOr some weeks. UnllI Sne is so
posted the assurances are not payable.
10Th April.
LiSbon.-Thi8 city was visited by a
fearful tornado on Sunday night, which
caused a great loss of property. Some
persons were killed and many were injured
in the streets.
The shipping in the Tagus suffered Sc
vereIy. Many vessels were wrecked, and
nearly all were more or less damaged.
No American vessels are reported lost.
The British fleet rode out the storm
without injury.
London-Ten steamships will leave
Liverpool for the United States this week,
taking out $500 emigrants.
1t is said that the adherents of Don
Carlos ofSpain are to assemble in Geneva
this week.
Paris.-AIl the legitimist journals Of
France appear this morning dressed in
mourning on account of the death of the
Duchess of Berry yesterday.
1t is asserted that as soon as the pie
biscjtum is adopted Prince Napoleon will
be sent to St. Petersburg to urge a general
disarmament.
tiltu'"OOuul DISiIdiCh lS NGlN III hC
his country seat in Pomerania. A consul
tation of physicians has been summoned.
goth April.
Paris.-The "Moniteur" announces
that the journal Oficial' will publish
on Friday next a decree appointing the
8th of May as the day for taking the vote
of the nation on the PhbjScjtum, and limit
inc the voting to one daV.
The long threatened strikes have begun
in earnest.
The foundrymen and moulders, about
fifteen thousand strong, struck to-day, as
did also the %tailorS.
The house painters are expected to
strike tomorrow.
The sugar refners and hatmakers have
Joined the strike.
London.-LegaI proceeding have been
instituted against the Sheffield "DaiIy
Telegraph" for asserting that the Prince
of Wales would soon reappear IN the Di-
vorce Court as a correspondent in the
case of the Earl vs.. the Countess of
Seton.
Vienna.-The Ministry have decided
to dissolve the Professional Diets of
Western Austria.
The measure is bitterly opposed by the
radicals.
21st April.
Paris The committee in favor of the
pJebjscjte has already collected 5000, 900
francs towards defraying expenses.
The President ofthe Senate, NJ. Rouher,
proceeded to the Tuilleries to-day, and
presented to the Emperor the Senatus
, 1870-05-03

acting in concert with the revolutionary
party outside.
10th April.
London.-Josslyn Francis Pennington,
Lord of Muncaster, is the name Of the
English nobleman captured by the ban
dts in Greece recently.
The Edinburg "Review" has a long ar
ticle on the ballot. The writer quotes
from Horace Greeley and others TO prove
that the ballot secures no secrecy Vo-
tiug is therefore a miscellaneous delusion.
A collision occurred to-day on the Lon
don and Northwestern Railway, whereby
several persons were badly hurt. For
some reason unknown the names Of the
injured and the other particulars of the
accident are withheld from the public.
The "Builder," issued to-day, has an
article on the recent Papal anathema
against Free-Masonry. The writer refers
'to the Vitality of the Masonic Order,
both here and on the Continent.
Paris.-It is now tolerably certain that
the formula Of the p~IebjScite will be -
"Do the people desire constitutional
reforms in 1870, which assure liberty,
placing it under the guarantee of the
EN- pIre and the dynasty T.
1t is understood that at the termination
of the. pJebiScite the Duke de Persigny
will proceed to Berlin to propose a gen.
eral European Congress.
18th April.
Paris.-Serious citizen disorders have
broken out at Ovar, in Portugal. There
has been some fighting and several per-
sons are reported to have been killed and
wounded.
The rest of the country is tranquil.
Copenhagen.-Genera Raaslof, Min
lister ofWar, has rendered his resignation
to the King in consequence of the failure
of the treaty for the sale of ST. Thomas,
10 the United States.
18th April.
San FranciscO.-PartiCular of the erup-
ton of the volcano of CeborucO, in Mex
leo, have been received. The eruptions
increased in violence; lava was pouring
down the mountain sides in streams the
air was sitting and the ashes from the
burning mountain covered the ground and
roofs of the houses over an inch deep.
The mountain sides and surrounding
country had been abandoned by the IN
habitants.
Madrid.-The "Impartial' says it is
probable that the question of monarchy
will be brought before the Cortes before
the discussion of the organic laws, which
is fixed to take place at an early day.
Paris.-Later advices from Asuncion
report that a provisional government had
been formed for Paraguay under the pa
trOnage of Brazil.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-05-26
lRsMETRE M
Old AGE
OLD AGE.


Fling down the faded blossoms Of the spring,
Nor clasp the roses with regreyful hand;
The joy OF summer is vanished thing;
Let it depart, and learn 10 understand
The gladnees Of great caim-the Autumn rest,
The peace-of human joys thu latest and the best
Ahi I rsInsmber in eafly days NJ So A7
The pnuroee and the wild flower grew beside
lyfanglAd forest paths. wnOse devious wars !. Z
Ff4icd me- Win Toys OF mysteries unified
And terror that was more tnan half delight,
And sense Of budding life, and l0ngings indnite.
Arouna my pain the lsvish roses seeo - - -
S9of .uu rag lance' ano tne an o. June
Deea.neu raptufe-now those Sunmef DAYS no
ned
1rys VI sweet peril, wnen me seipenl ay
Aoui1Allng a. every Turn u ne . ehcnan'eo way
Il -. .,laf ~
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-05-26
x.

-
5nTMym Anderson WAS setting sbS table
for supper, stopping every few moments
70 look out the window and listen. The
steam rose in a, white cloud'ff0m the tea-
kettle. and faint, pleasant odOf Of tes DIT.
fused itself, through the room I NJ
4 II " iah RsIph' woGld come; tjgA real
winter storm'if III n only NDvembeE; Y0p
don't think there u any danger Of his get
ting bewIidered aud lost Sdb. you ~ She
sske !, snxiously, shading her eyes from
Tie light. and trying 10 looa down the
road. rod lJa8 4pg-s,.sy.4st .tpss. ,tsss1
II think Bess can find the way home,
whether he can or mot. ia nuat her the
darkest night or In the thickege storm that
ever wss, Or thsA II hi only lets her
hsve her owa Wy hsIi ooms oaSAal right
bat wish my sslf the I'D, was hers,aad
BentAn ereEn ckme and st by hig~ wij5si
stdc s1d triSd u pierce the white cloud
.ha. whirlsd .A2d tt'sasa pitself about n |
M ils w ssqalIs tl y 4. leti1 a
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-05-26

D pan Of milk-that Myrs Anderson could
not help saying, putting out her hand and
touching her sleeve--tO be sure she was
not an optical illusion, I suppose -
"what . very little girl you ars Aias
T"Does she remind you Of anyone,
wifet" Mr.. Anderson asked. "Oniy .
little. but still lust q littley' . . a al' =.
!" don't know 90 she does" ahe replied,
slowly, "but know who you are think
Ing oil, because Ralph mentioned IT Whsn
he met her ct Mr.. Hontf0rdS," oa2
I II mean Viola" he said. nd,
I" Yes. But Viola had such different
expression and she ,alwayp bad such .
bright, color, while Miss Blake il 20
pale" she replied, with another glance It
the girl sJ fnar1 m!h y, ftgI ~ ~
Miss Blake certainly WAS pale-veFy
pale indeed, even 10 the lips She looked
up, however, and asked shiptly II Viola
was their daughter aSiiifsai hliiT ~ 13hH
..'1 "Not onr own flesii and blood, bat I
don't know - NJ hst6iy knew The differ
snce, did ws. VIE r NJ. Anderson aaid.
'.ssI don't think W did Ben z she t.5 5s.-
sHWhese y she now Z" Mia Blake aaksd,
sfier moment Of silencs. ld hexi4tafas
!, Sue died more than seven gears aep,r
'Afa Anderson replies, IN thst grave, swed
tone In which We invariably Gpssk o. tAs
dead. sSHlHzg s3444lat8fi IsN9gN tfHtiH El;i
s,irtDeadr', THE 9ifl stsstSl nsrvcualy
aud leanedna lietle tOfWasd:p ~Dtd you
NY she wss dad q ne repeated. - z ~ s
ioxnn Ss{soT ss6rs Ife st1, ~
I sIssss s
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-05-26

best for you or me. think we bad much
better be friends than lovers Perhaps
the day will come when .yOu cannot be
even that TO me-I don't know, but hope
not. / am not like other young girls-I
sm not " good. D,4..4.s.litng
A step sounded in the hall below he
drew her into his arms and k,sstd Ter
forehead, lightly and tenderly. ,,s. ,.,...,.,
."My dear Stella, / Will b. your friend
as long as live he said, gently; then re-
leased her quietly and went out, meeting
his father on the stairs, who, III, some res-
son he cou d not divine, looked ~ him sus-
pici ,usly as they passed. { '",,i'' ~
Stells's sw, epi1g seemed destined to In.
pterrupions thas nd lrning She had but
lust taken her brush in hand when Mr..
Montfoid came into the room, looking .
little uneasy and excited, He walked
across the room and then CAME back. f't
sSteils Miss Blake, are you and Vic
tor loycrs!" he asked abruptly, .,ia
!, No y s,r, We are not what what made made you
II think 80, 1 didn't think 90. I told
him didn't believe IT, he cried, exultinx-
", his good humOr restored, "But Devrits
SWAY kDowss deviilsh sight more Chan
~ Yoas son and Lsre very good frienda,
hut, We Axo nor, nor never shall be, lovers.
You en- ak him, IL you doubt my word"
she lsplieds quietly. s.sAgsling, 70 over.
cyme the intense feeling ~ hsssed gov
inS ,eyegys @Omsn more and more biASr
ItOsssd this De Nsies. a0ftg}fa dat 10
g Doubs ypur' ysrdl 4 should like 70
cslch mypslfd dns inst YIN ses Victor
: only y ,byy ysi. Mss, StsllH-n9t IA
eepag s totiink d. MArf yiBg M II mean
ar co1sss Apr : man yifis GA marry -
early ~ they IN 4. chAgcf-TFnlne dqpt
I; ~ 2 4 sis = 100. III
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-05-26

Alfred DeVries, If you aren't clever one
ha I ha / can't help admiring you u
can't for the life of me-" and Montford
laughed lmmoderately. ~ %8
lt3 TheycllOw CLEANS In DeVries' eyes shot
out curious little scintillati0ns, and dull
red burned IN his swsrthy cheek. ~ a
"Take care, Gilbert Montford - he
said, in low intense whisper. You
may have an opportunity for sdmiring
my cleverneas in new light iaIasIai
~ 20, you threaten, do yOaSi Suppose
should threaten, too, what them j guess
II would be an even thinH-cono now,
what do you think ab out IL ~ The rather
dull, ford face was lit up with excite.
ment and anger, and DeVries took . sud
den tack. It was not a. all fur his interest
L, quarrel with Mr.. MoDtford, and possibly
he TOO thought IL might be very near an
even thing" So he said, very suavAiy
: - You and must never quarrel, not
even about such very common bone OF
terests are too closely interviewer TO
.tsik Of threats, and An sorry il I forgot
myself twill that dol" I9di 8IA1c 3Hl9o
Yen, dOn's know but = will, = was the
still ratheT sullen answer. = But sDout
ViCtOs, eslllyou again that I DON'T be !.
1ievs Il, and what u more, won't have
Miss Blake turned out Of doors by 7any
tricks Of yours or Altbea'sa And e fnr
that key, I know one thipgs AaS never
took IT faf asked hergia this very room
not ten niautse bstlRe yous csus Ia, and
che aid ahe didn't ana IN ,tAkA hsr word
bs9oee apY6Qdyh inlths hpnss.rssl assgsta
90: nlse B)ske n the sm0sipg-roomf"
,0evEies asksdin eurprie&sss ID l,g4tsfgg
Ut. r.; waist At = 1 ~ W. hsks when
7 cAmei h. :geeNisG ~ AoOr. ! .sappQse
aha hae 4 fight ~ lcoMe in hare u ahe
chsese aeat AZ Il a. aeked Grossly
rag neFt1j9lE. d ! only apeke ,bscsase
, 1870-05-20
EVERGREENS.
a Practical Trcc-tsEower on the Cnuse OF
Mortality Among Western E|ergreens.


Inotccd IN your last Sundays paper an article
on dead cvergreens, Ac, Please allow me to throw
out q 1ow Y,inya pnd m starr fte ranRe NJ IN nnn
oa. 4su ~ ~, ~, ~ ~ ~ ,sIs
sha1 quaousg oi oeaa efclgletns ~ he seo tnis
spnng all around Chicago l thlnk 1t Is through
no fault OF the trees this spring that they arc dead
thcy have received, or the locality. It Is tue, as
yon say, TINT Il good many trees
dc El}ed With kindness by those
having them IN charge, and one kind Of kindness,
,hinE, Is giving them TOO much TO d5,nk1soaking
IRON he h5diant, instead 81 spsinkling them
gsa,y Xth sPaa a 5 ~stsftRRS sa1 q - nosf s
coming doWp on their dry and dusty heads wash
Ing them from head to foot, and that not three
times day, nor twice day, but once Or twice q
may chance to have.
Another kind of kindness WIN Waen m @ tney oitea ei
get treated Is tnls: great many M @ o. our II pa5Ss ana
front yards arc filled up "ltn aH kna5 o. fuopisn,
such as lime lath, chips shsvDgs 6risk7 mort mortar
and last hui not least manale maSn ft1n, A ~
, 1870-05-20
4 FASHIONABLE EVENT.
Conversations Of the Stale 1Iicrosconlcnl
Society.

The State Aicroscopical Society held confer
sc-ione at the residence OF Fernando Jones, Esq. :,
No. 80 Prairie avenue, last evening. The gather
iug OF ladies' and gentlemen WIS not only FASH
ionable one, hut embraced 1argc proportion Of
the scientific culture Of the city. The elegant and
cpmmoAIous ma nslon was entirely devoted to the
object OF the eomre5sacione, which Has really an
exhibition, and On The lower floors, ths parlors,
microscopic Over sixty were on exhibition, q
number OF them being binocu1ar. OF double-sight-
ers. MI. Jones had evidently spared no pains IN
making the entertainment success, and especial
commendAtlDn is deserved for the excellent ar
rangements OF drop Lights, In order to benefit each
particular microscope.
Besides the members OF the society, which now
numbers about one hundred. there were large
number OF prominent citizens present as guests
The deepest interest Was manifested
schneider. @ % Geo. {. walker, IL s. Thompson, j. I.
Ryerson, Charles Adams, DE. J y. Hyde, Geo. II.
Cushing, T. F. Monroe, Kev. W. Il: Ryder, Geo. A
Wheeler, \. E Fairhank, II. Henri Adams, W. ].
Beal, Or. J. q. Ranch, Eugene Wheeler, s. Joh9-
ston, Dr.. D. T. Nelson, y: z. BULLOCK, Joseph
Adams Dr. G. smith II lissVn p Mify + Sss1a9n s1on1
u. Polaehek, Foster L Boerltn, Charles Briggs,
John CaItutt a. A. Munger, " y: AlpoH, Henry
W Fuller, Pror de ia Fontanie, Felix Schaan, aud
o. S. WeStc1tt. ....- ...-.
Among the more Interesting objects on view
were section Of the human brain, injected, show
ing the circulation Of the blood in that organ;
collection Of diatoMs me young q o5sfeIs N mo mo-
other wood nbres; the pinus canadensiE, the aca.
rus sacchan or sugar louise; the spermatozoa Of
various animals: beautifully arranged specimens
OF flowers, and other cut1osttes too numerous 10
mention In detail .-... -.-.-..-
The conrersdzione WIRE in al respects success,
and both host and hostess arc entitled to the
ting efforts TO make the evening truly pleasant and
profitable.