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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-07-18
Communicated
Mite SOcietIes.-Answeh Tn
"HODeWeIl."

UhASu tu0 WElIer
condemns in strong terms, Mite
societies and all festivals by
means (which money is raised
ior church purposes. slope
we'll" seems to disapprove OF
Mite Societies for two reasons:
first, because money can be
raised without them; nd
because their influence is evil.
1t must be admitted that the
process of raising funds by
means of Soclables has this
commendable feature-lt Sc
cures contributions from those
who would not otherwise con-
tribute and at the same time
does not interfere with volun-
tary donations. Besides, the
amount an individual gives
each time at such a gathering
Is so small that he does not
feel it; and yet these contribu-
tions reach a considerable sum
In the course Of a year. Is
there anything wrong in the
process in a moral point of
vlews | think not. No one
is compelled 10 attend Mite
Society; each one knows be
forehand what he will receive
in return for his money, the
funds are appropriated for a
laudable purpose. The fact
that money might be raised
toithOut Mite Societies is not
an argument that it is improp-
er to raise funds By. means
Of them.
Are Mite Societies an evil?
Is there "no good in them9''
think they have a beneficial
influence in that they develop
the social natures of those who
attend. | do not claim that
all Sociables are conducted
properly and that they are all
beneficial. The reverse is
true. Prayer meetings may
also be carried on in such a
manner that no one will be
profited by them; but, because
this Is the case, | could not
logically argue that there is no
good in them and that they
should not be tolerated. /
hope | properly appreciate the
prayer meeting. l know the
church codld not prosper with.
out it. But God does not in .
tend that we shall spend all
our time In devotional exer-
cises. Mite Societies have their
legitimate place and are not
void Of good results. By means
of them members of the church
and others are Brought to-geth-
er; they become more intimate
ly acquainted; they understand
each other better; they learn
to sympathize with one anoth-
er; their social powers are
called into action, and a spirit
of philanthrophy is infused
into their minds. The idea
that an individual, when he be-
COMES a Christian, must at the
same time become recluse and
only appear in gatherings for
devotional exercises, is not
warranted either by the exam
pie or teachings Of our Savior.
The prevalence Of this opinion
in the primitive church drove
professed Christians into clois-
ters and suggested the estab-
llshment of n1onastics orders.
If individuals are the true
followers of Christ, this is a
reason why they should go in
to society. They should attend
social gatherings-even Mite
Societies; they should let their
light shine there and endeavor
to exert an influence over
those with whom they associ-
ate. Comparatively few non
professors attend prayer meet
ings; many attend SOciables:-
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and that its influence is more
ide,Spread than at that time.
Mite Societies should not
supersede5 prayer meetings;
they should continue to be val
liable auxilia1es of them. G:
izALEsKl, Ohio, July 1872.
The Great American Desert.
The "Great American Des-
ert" which we schoolboys d
quarter of a century ago saw
on the map of North America:
has disappeared at the snort of
the iron horse; coal and iron
are found to abound on the
plains as soon as the railroad
kings have need Of them; the
very desert becomes fruitful
and at Humboldt Wells, on the
Central Pacific Railroad, in the
midst of the sage brush and the
alkali country, you will see
corn. wheat, potatoes and fruits
Of different kinds growing lux
uriantly, with the help of cul;
ture and irrigation; proving
that this vast tract, long sup
posed to be worthless, needs
only skillful treatment to be.
come valuable.
One can not help speculat
ing upon what kind of men we
Americans shall be when all
these now desolate plains are
filled, when cities shall be
found where now only the.
lonely depot or the infrequent
cabin stands; when the iron
and coal Of these regions shall
have become the foundation of
great manu- featuring popula-
tions, and when, perhaps, the
whole continent will be cover
ed by our stars and stripes. No
other nation has ever spread
over so large territory or so
diversified a surface as ours.
From the low, seawashed shore
Of the Atlantic your California
journey carried you to bound
less plains which is nearly as
high as the sum nit Of Mount
Washington. Americans are
digging silver ore in Colorado,
three thousand feet higher than
the highest point, of the White
Mountains. At Virginia City,
in Nebraska, one of the busiest
centerS of gold mining, travel
ers find it hard to draw in
breath enough for the rapid
motion, and many persons
when they first arrive there,
suffer from bleeding at the nose
by reason of the rarity of the
air. Again, in Maine, half the
farmers year is spent in accu.
mulating supplies for the other
and frozen half; all .over the
Northern States the prepara-
tion tor winter is an important
part Of our lives; but in San
Francisco the winter is the
pleasantest uart OF the year:
In Los Angeles, they do not
think it. needful to build fire.
places and scarcely chimneys
in their houses. And one
people, speaking in the same
language, reading the same
books, holding a common re-
ligion, paying taxes to the
same government, and proud
Of one common flag, per
vades these various attitudes
and climates, intervlslts, inter
communicates, lntermarries,
and is, with the potent help
of the railroad, fused constant
ly more closely together as a
nation. What manner of man;
think you, will be the Ameri'
can of 1912, The product of SO
many different cllmes, of SO
various a range as to altitudes
Charles Nordhef IN Harper's
Magazine.
The rebel who planned the
burning of Northern cities
I
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A SEVERE PUNIsHMKET.-An interest
ing question has arisen between M.
Thiers' Governments aud the French
press. The Administration, il is stated.
proposes to compass Law compelling
the journals to publish the official ab.
straot OF the proceedings OF the Assem-
biy whenever newspaper deals with
the proceedings of that body, and to
print the report in ''leader", type and
give 1t prominent position in the
paper. The reason for this action ia
found in the, fact that the French Jour.
nalistio method of reporting the delibe-
rations OF their Solons is to drsmatize,
as it we're. the scenes, incidents and
speeches OF the sessions, and to present
them In highly -gsrnished shape and
full OF spicy details. This may not be
regular. but it makes very entertaining
reading for the public, especially, as is
often the case. when some p0mpous
rural deputy is shown up in ali his ridi-
cuious pretentiousness. In response to
this proposed Law, the Paris journals, q
correspondent says, will ignore the 72O
deputies entirely. This will indeed be a
severe punishment; fol il there is any
thing that the average I'd. Gogo of leQis-
laticn becomes restive undar, it is to find
himself ignored by the morning paper,
which preserves q provoking siIence
upon his eloquence Of the day before.
Neglected by the press, these deputies
Viii. In q certain way, have ceased to
exist.
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SINGULAR FATALITY AMONG HoRsRs.
The Athens Wutchnaan has heard of seye
ral hue horses dying, under very singu-
lar circumstances. in Clarke COUNTY.
within the past fortnight. They appear
to bs perfectly we'll when fed at night,
aud are found dead in the stable next
morning.
When wretch is suspected of inebri.
ETY. ID Portland. they haul him up to the
town pump, and make him try to say,
"Ihe Portland Society for the Proven
tion OF Cruelty to Animals" II be
fails. they irrig gate him for half an hour
and then turn him into the calaboose.
Geo. ". Sturgeon, State Senator elect
from Orangeburg, has been committed
to ]all on charge OF forging All order
f'i Sl37 on the County Treasury.
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SEIZURE OF WH1sKEY On last Satur-
day. lat inst, Messrs. Henry W. South
ern, William B. Southern, Jerry Tinsley
and - Farmer. residing in the upper
portion OF Greenville County, in the
neighborhood of John n. Goodwin.
Esq, were arrested by detachment of
United States cavalry troops, in com
mand OF Lieut.. Ho Tyson. and brougl {
before Commissioner Blythe, for commit
ment to jail, charged with violation of
the internal revenue law. The same
party and detachment of troops seized
500 gallons of contraband whiskey, in
possession of these parties, which was
brought to this city for storage. A
wagon and team OF mules, conveying q
portion of this whiskey, valued at about
$500 or 5000, was also seized. The
Messrs. Sontherns giving bail, were re-
leased. and Messrs. Tinsley and Farmer
we're committed to Jail.
GreenpiNe Enterprise.
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EXTRAORDINARY F1sH1No Ia

EXTRAORDINARY FISHING. latest
hsh story, says the Savannah Advertiser.
which wo are about to give to our read
ers. has the usual flavor of exaggeration
about it, but We are assured by the gen.
tleman that it is strictly true: A party
OF six gentlemen from this city visited
Lake Dunn, on the Atlantic and Gulf
Railroad, some fifty miles from Savsn.
nab, last week, and in O period of six
hours and half. captured 487 fish, con
sisting OF trout. Dream and perch. This
ie extraordinary sport, and il enough to
excite the enthusiasm of the worst cynic
that ever wasted an entire morning over
o hook and line without bite.
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Finaneial anu ooiimorcial.
LONDON, June 6-Nooa.-ConsoIs

Financial anu oommorcinl.
LONDON, June 6-Noon. -ConsoIs
92X. Bonds 9O1k.
FRANKFoRT, June 6.-Bonds 96X.
PARIS. June 6.-Rentes 55f. zoo.
LIvRRPooL, June 6-3 P. M.-Cotton
opened firm-.uplands liz; Orleans
!iA911s; shipping at New Orleans
LONDON. June 6-Evening.-Bullion
increased nearly $1,000 900.
LIVERPOOL. June 6-Evening.-C
t'n clofe ed 6rm and unchanged.
NEW YoRK, June 6-Noon.-Cotton
dull md lower; sales 405 bales-mid-
ding ~. Flour steady. Wheat quiet
and firm. Corn shade firmer. Pork
qniet-mess ID 25. Lard steady-steum
H(99A. Freights firm. Stocks very
weak. Gold very steady. at 1411
Money easy, at 8. Exchange-long 9I ;
short 1O1s. Governments firm and
steady. State bonds quiet and steady.
II. M.-Money easy, at 4C06 Ster-
!'ng. 9M@9T. Gold dull, ut 1880
14A. Governments trIde lower, but
closed strong. Southerus very dull.
Sales of futures to-day 19 $50 bales. as
follows: June 25 Is is. 26 l6: July
261. II; August 2624. 2714; September
a.
ber 2U24; December 19%.
C1NolNSAT1, June 6@Flour dull
family 8 85o@s rs. Corn in fair demand,
at 51952. Pork unsettled. Bacon de-.
mand light but shoulders s; sides
7@7L. Lard steady. Whiskey sc.
ST. LOUIS. Juue 6.-Flour and corn
unchanged. Pork 1900. Bacon dull
Lard quiet.
LOUISVILLE. June 6.-No new features
In the market. Whiskey 86.
CHARLESTON, June 6.-Cotton dull
and Notwithstanding 25M; receipts
LIB bales; stock 8.094
BALTIMORE, June + Cotton dull and
nomina!-middling 81; receipts rs bales;
sales 882; stock 3.O6l.
PHILADELPHIA. June 8.-Cotton quiet
and weak-middiing 81.
NEW ORLEANS, June 6 cotton easy-
mlddiing 25A; receipts 1872 bales; sales
900; stock 4i55O
SAVANNAH. June 6.-Cotton quiet and
hrm-middling 25; receipts 463 bales;
sales 20; stock 6.902
GALVESTON, June Cotton nominal
good ordinary 20L; receipts Is bales;
sales $50; stock 5 OU7.
BosToN, June Cotton dull-mid-
ding II; receipts 217 bales; sales 800:
stock IL. .000
NORFOLK. June 6.-Cotton dull-low
middiing 2424; receipts 40 bales; stock
1876.
MOBILE. June 6.-Cotton quiet-mid-
ding 25; receipts 80 bales; sales 200;
stock S.157.
WILMINGTON, June 6.-Ootton firm
middilng 25; receipts II bales; sales AZ;
stock 1,49l.
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In the District Court of the United
States for District of South Carol,na

IN re Laurens Railroad Company, Bankrupt
:, In BANKRUPTCY.
TN obedience 10 an order in the above
IL stated case. dated the 9Th day OF April.
1879, will resell to the higheRt bidder. a
public outcry. at the .isk OF the GreenyiiIe
and Columbia kailroad Company, the Ian
rens Railroad. at Columbia, South Carolina.
IN front OF the Columbia Hotel. at u O'Clock.
Meridian on the twentieth (20,hj day OK
JUNE, 1879, free from all liens and incum-
branoes: including the track and road bed.
iron. rails. chairs, spikes, timbers. bridges.
cuiverts, machine shops. water tanke, station
cl.lnery. and all and singular the property and
assets, real aud personal, OF every kind and
description whatever. OF the Laurens Hnii-
road Company together with all the riRhto.
privileges, frnnchirts and essements, law.
ioiiy held, used or enjoyed by the Laurens
haiiroad Company, on the following terme.
to wit: Sixty-f"ur thousand two hundred and
twenty-five 1854 222 84) dollars eiphtv.four
cents must be- paid within thirty 1901 daya
after the day OF eais; and the pay yment of tho
balance OF the purchase money within twelve
months from the day Of sale, with iuterest
thereon at seven per cent. per annum from
that day, must be secured by the bond Of tho
PuIonaser, aud . mortgage OF the entire pro-
The bidder will be required to deposit with
ehe easlgnes. before hia BID is accepted.
twenty Thousand dollars, to SECURE copnpii.
and upon failure to deposit tn at sum. the pro.
perty will at once bs re-offsred for sale.
JAMES N. BAXTER, As.,snee.
~ The Charleston Netns and Oh9rleston
Courier will chpy until dsyot sale and for
ward bill to a-sixH-e Mavi7
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MARRIAGE OFFICES -Late London
papers give curious account of an
"Offics for Marriages" which is in foil
running order in London, and in a very
furnishing condition. The Office under.
takes to obtain matrimonial partners
with desirable qualifications for all ap-
plioAnts. The matches produced ny this
concern claim to be more satisfactory
than those said to be made in heaven.
and doubtless are better than the ma
l"rity OF those patched up by parents and
friends.
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Every Day

N|E are in receipt I letters m aking known
w to us the high estimation In which we
are neid a. the proprietor and manufacturer
VI HElNlFSH'S BLOOD AND LIVER PIuLB
The very high appreciation thus voluntarily
exhibited IL source not only OF pleasure but
OF profit. Thus practically encouraged, We
propose to go on with the good work 0f send
inK relief to tn 'usands OF the sick at very iit.
tie coet. Bead the folio wing letter from North
Carolina:
A letter from Raleigh. North Carolina,
speaks of Heinitsh's Blood and Liver Pills, in
the following emphatic languages: "Your
Blood and Liver Pills should be called the
Eureka. My wife will give you q certificate
testifyiog to their remarkable curative pro-
Hsioi,sh. Rond fyass, s,,,a nne pest pili out
ages, ssxee and conditions. in eli climates;
yood fur Liver Complaint. Biliousness, Head.
aches. ohills. Try them; only twon,y.hve
cents box For sale only At the family med
June7
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Notice to Capitalist.

%sotAC0 w OopAt6Al6S
Sale Of Cfly Of Columbia Seuen per cent. Bonds.
OFF1oE CITY TREASURY,
COLUMBIA, y. O., April 80. 1879.
DURSUANT to authority delegated By tho
Il following resolution, adopted by the City
auction, on WEDNt SDAY, May Is, 1879, TWO
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOL
LARS 1880, ,Q00) CITY OF COLUMBIA
5tVEN PER OENTUM TWENTY YEARS
"Resolued. That the City Treasurer be in
ssruoted Harcs to advertise fox sale. before tho
18th day Of May next, the bonds Of the city Of
Columbie, authorized to be ishued by the said
oity, under the Act Of the General Assemblv
just adjourned; that the advertisement be
puDiisnoo IN one newspaper In the city OF Co
lumbia. one In the city OF Charleston and two
newspapers in the city Of New York, ct least
ntnirty days before. the day Of sale; that the
nonds 70 DO sold be signed, as prescribed by
tho said Act, on the day Of sale or as soon
thereafter as practicable. and delivered to tho
purchaser as soon as the purchase money haa
been paid and the bonds registered; and that
the proceeds OF sale be applied strictly In con-
formity with the said Act, and in no other
way"
Said bonds will be Of the denominations Of
$3.50, $500 aud 81, 600; the proceeds Of the sale
y be ussd f.r the erection Of the new City
Hall. new Market, and other public improve.
ments.
The right is reserved to dispose OF part OF
the said bonds in lots or In whole, 90 tho
Mayor and Treasurer may determine.
Any further information desired can ba oh
tanned BY addressing WIN. ). ETTER,
City Treasury, Columbia, g. g.
E@ This aale IL postponed until WEDNES-
DAY, June 19, at same place, I'Ilt-7
Nay 81 VIM. J. ETTER, City Tressr.
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Nat. Caldwell, q negro convicted OF
child murder in Mecklenbur0. N. O..
Superior Court, was sentenced to be
hanged on the 26.h Of Jaly. Eliza
Davidson, mother of the murdered
child, was also convicted as being acces-
sory, and sentenced to be hanged on the
10th OF August. At the same term New
ton ". Chandler, white, convicted of
rape, was sentenced to be hanged on the
9Th of August. This case was removed
from Lincoln County, where the offence
was committed.
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The Tiohborne claimant, being out of

The Tiohborne claimant, being out of
prison, is going about making speeches.
and We have report of one delivered OF
Alresford. which begun in this confident
way: "My friends, tenants and neigh.
bora" Certainly, this claim. will not
sntter Tor lack of persistent iteration.
You knew me" said the self styled Sir
Roger, Sin former days, and know am
not an impostor, q villain, sooundrei.
az branded by the Attorney General. "
There is something almost staggering in
the appeals which the man made, such
as: Il have been continually with you
who knew me in former days. and yet no
one here has 7entured to call me an i'm
postor, except the connections OF nv
family who are Interested in 80 doing. /"
And then how simply foroible is the in
qnlry: "Is my mothers evidence aud
my solicitors to be ignored because a
lord comes forward and swears that he
tattooed me?" Aud so the speaker con.
cluded with hoping the time would
shortly come when ''he should live
among them again." It is noteworthy
tact that the tenants on the estates seem
thoroughly to believe in the justness of
TINS extraordinary claim; but it is proba-
oily one of those which will never be
satisfactory settled. Half the world will
continue to believe the man to be Sir
Hoger. and the other moisty will cherish
contrary opinion. It's something like
the case OF the Man in the Iron Mask, or
OK Louis XVIIth over again.
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TIE CoMNa MAN.-The poetic ma
chine Of friend. says the IaurensvilIe
Is. o. Herald. brought into use by the
enthusiasm excited by the nomination
OF Horace Greeley. and the fact that the
number OF letters in his name answers to
the thirteen original States, at the first
turn. ground out the following acrostio:
N. H.-Hail thou offerer of the out
stretched handl
Mass. On thy broad platform can we
not now stand?
Conn.-Resolved once more in love and
peace to band,
II. I.-And bind up the wounds of our
broken land.
N. Y.-Casting aside the strifes of later
years,
n. -Esohewing doubts, distrusts and
narrowing fears.
Penn.-Glory and honor, and prosper
Gus fate
Dere.-Returned. will OCCUPY the place
OF hate.
Ma a'd.-Elect the champion of the out.
stretched hand
Virg. Elect him president OF all the
the landl"
N. O.-Let the civilian, farmer, patriot
sage.
s. C.-End the remainder of bis good
old age
Geo. -Yes-in Furnishing our historiv
JOHNNY REB.
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-"
GREENynLE AND COLUMBIA RAILROAD
CoMPANY.-We are Informed that O
meeting OF portion of the bondhoders
OF the above named company was held
at the office Of j. Scott Murray, E,q., in
this town, on Monday last About
twenty OF the most solid oitiz.ns of the
County we're present. representing
$2l2. O0O OF the bonds of this company.
Or. A. Evins presided, aud Mai. Thos.
b. Lee acted as secretary. These bond
holders, we are informed, will be- repre-.
sented at the convention of bopdholders
which meets in Columbia on the 10Th of
June. instant, and measures we're adopt
ed looking to the collection of past due
interest, together with the prospective
security and fair valuation of the out
standing bonds.
lAnderson InteRigencer.
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The recent letter OF Gen. Bradley T..
johnson, formerly of Maryland, now of
Virginia, advising the complete identifi-
cation of the Southern cause with the
Liberal movement. as represented by
Greeley aud Brown, is accepted in Vir-
glnia as an Offset to the Mosby endorse
ment OF Grant. He concludes his letter
IN this vigorous fashion: I'VE can give
Greeley l2O votes. and only require sixty
votes from the North or West to elect
him. lf the Democracy will give him q
hearty support his chaLces are first rate.
A separate Democratic uominntion means
divided South, an utterly overwhelm-
ing Radical North, and anarchy at the
end OF four years more of military
rule. sincerely think it is more than
foIly--it ia cr:minal-to countenance
such thing. Unite on Greeley, and
we elect him."
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A concrt te is being used in Chicago
for building purposes, composed of one
part Louisville cement, and three parts
sand, ashes and the finer PARTICLES of
debris from the burnt district. The
concrete is mixed somewhat thinner than
mortar, aud is poured into the pine
board moulds which shape the wall, and
at the same time broken brick and stone
from the ruins are imbedded as thickly
as may be in the mass, which sets firmly
In forty-eight hours. 1t is then coated
over with Portland cement, OF which
also all the trimmings are composed, the
surface being so cut and pointed as to
be almost indistinsuishsble from dark
gray sandstone. Walls are built of con.
crete two feet in thickness. The advap-
tage claimed for this material is, that
unskilled laborers are perfectly compe-
tent to do the work under proper super
vision, and much expense is thereby
saved. Experiments were made several
years ago by the British Government, in
which similar concrete was used in the
construction of army stables, the labor
being supplied by soldiers who had no
previous experience in such work. The
result of the experiment was reported to
be satisfactory in every way.
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The following is an editorial "per.
sonal" from the New York Sur: .'If the
young female in blue tarletan over
skirt, with violet corsags end black
hair done up a la frIzette, who nat in a
box at Thomas last night, has as bad q
cold tonight IS she had then, and goes
to the same place. will kindly Garry a
large pocket handkerchief with her and
use it, she will otlige an admirer. Snuff
hes'may do for babes and sucklings, but
they are played out in old girls"