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The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-06-25
Growth of Farmers 0fganiza-
tons.

THERE are now 10000 socie-
ties in the country, connected
with agriculture, comprising
over 1000 farmers banded
together for mutual support.
In the open organizations, how
ever, there is generally a 6nan-
cial deficit. The Order Of Pa
irons of Husbandry seems to
be the only practical way of or
ganizing, as it is conducted on
a solid financial basis.
The combination Of farmers
and working-men now being
organized throughout the nation
does not consist solely Of the
Patrons of Husbandry. This
order is only a part ofthe move
ment, which embraces different
open associations. No one,
however strong his prejudices
against secret societies may be,
should object to the secrecy Of
its component parts. The Pa
irons believe their manner of
working to be the most bene-
fetal, but, if others desire to
aid the cause by different means,
no member of that order will
interpose the slightest objec-
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-06-25

Town Destroyed.

The town of Miohagamme,
Mich, was entirely destroyed
by fire on the 10Th inst. Over
two hundred houses were burn
ed, and the loss of property i'm
mense. Eight lives we're Lost
The fire originated from the
burning woods. The place Was
q mining town in the iron re.
gion and contained some eight
hundred inhabitants, While the
fire was raging the people took
refuge in the lake.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-06-25

The Radicals have increased
the salaries of officers of the
general government more than
one million two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars a year ;
and this in the very face of all
their pledges in favor of re-
t%renchment. This is a speci-
men of Grants Civil Service
Reform in which Radical lead
er amuse simple folks in their
party. 1t is a wise and pater-
nal government we have just at
the present writing. An Indi-
an policy that brings on a Mo-
doc war, while the President is
putting his race stock through
their PAGES at st. Louis; which
compounds felonies for a share
of the stealing, and fines an i'm
portant merchant S25O,O0O for
errors by which the government
came near losing a couple of
thousand dollars, It gives two
State governments to Louisi-
ana; one of the people for the
people +; one ofthe carpet-bag-
gers for the negroes, and for
Grant and his brother law
Casey.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-06-25
A Dseaying Party.

The Republican party is far
weaker to-day than it was last
summer, and it's leaders proved
their consciousness Gifts alarm
ing weakness by bringing
more powerful official agencies
and more money to the task of
defeating the weakest antagO-
mist it ever had, and ever will
have, than were ever employed
before. The attachment of
these masses to a party which
is admitted on all sides to be
growing more and more cor
rupt, and whose policy is pro-
voking serious complaints in
the West and Northwest, is
feebler now than it was when
these enormous agencies were
required to hold them to
their duty. The Republican
farmers of the West are dissat-
isfed with tariff, and the Re-
publican masses of the whole
country are dissatisfied with
the proved bribery and perjury
of the leaders Of Congress, with
the lawless treatment of the
Louisiana question, with the
breakdown Of civil service re-
form, with the robbery of the
by the late Congress,
and with the bankruptcy and
reputation in the South, which
The party policy has produced.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-06-25
TursE LEGAL techniooli.ios

THESE legal technicalities ars
funny things sometimes. And yel
we must admit that there is justice
in them occasionally. For instance
in the case Of Susan B. Anthony,
the counsel for the prosecution
blandly conceded that the defend
ant was on the 9th of November
1872, n woman" The method
whereby this conclusion was arriy
ed at is not stated. Susap cannoi
say hereafter that man is always 4
"tyrant."
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-06-25


THE American cholera, which
put in on appearance here, does
not see m to spread much.
Three de ,aths were reported yes
terday. Very little, if any, APP
p%rehenSion is felt. The city Of
NashvIlle, however, is undergo
rig a terrible scourge. Seven
/ ty-three deaths were reported
yesterday from the prevailing
disease" The city never knew
Isuch an epidemics- Cincinnati
Eag@yer, 21s&
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-06-25


The President and his family
are not SO much inclined to gifts
as formerly. They have actu-
ally declined a present. Some
admiring fool in Louisville, who,
doubtless, wanted an appoint
ment, sent the Presidents SON
JESSE a live alligator the other
day. The President paid the
express charges, $14, but de-
clined to take the animal away.
1t laid around the express office
for several days, but disap-
p~ointment and neglect told upon
it, and il died. The Louisville
man made . great mistake. He
should have sent a dog.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-06-25
A DMINISTRA TORS SALE
IN OF REAL ESTATE.

In pursuance Of the order Of the Probate
Court Of vinton County, Ohio, l will offer for
sale, at public auction, on the Sth day Of July,
premises the following described real estate,
situated In Vinton county, Ohio, to-wit;
The South east quarter Is. Il. " Of Section
No. ten u0l Of Range No. nineteen (9) OF
Township No. nine 10Y. Excepting Hb.100 Of
said tract containing 100 acres, more or less.
Appraised At t2,2f1.00.
Terms OF Sale-0ne-th third cash In hand, one-
third In one year, and one-third In two years,
from day OF sale, the deferred payments 10
on premises sold.
(. LL0ss a6. JOHN BELL, W
Administrator Of the Estate OF H.. I. Moore,
deceased ie a,., ~.
IN. McGILLIvRAY, Atty. M
June II, 1873-w4.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-06-25

S. A. GRIswoLD, Of the Lancas-
ter Gazette, learned the printing
business in the same office with
JASON CASE, Esq. They met at the
Editorial Convention, in this city,
last week, for the first time in for
ty-Ave years.-CaclevWe Herald.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-06-25

In his address to the West Point
graduates the other day, the illus.
trious Secretary Of War, Belknap,
referred to the President as shat
laural-crowned leader" and praised
the cadets, especially for their visit
to Washington on the last inaugur-
alton day.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-06-25

A NUMBER Of cases Of cholera
have been reported in Cincinnati
within the last few days. No alarm
however, is expressed by the pa
pers there on the subject.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-06-25

DR. LEWIS, Of GAINESVILLE, shot
and dangerously wounded Tom
SMITH, who was out buggy riding
with his daughter. Married men
should be careful.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-06-25

VAN vert has a sensation, and !
gray-haired rascal, who is a pr .rtv
in a case Of infanticide, in v.,bicb
the victim is sixteen.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-06-25
INSTR

POLKAS-sunbeam, by, Kinkel, IS eta!
Belle or Saratoga, by Victor, ~ cts; May
Flowers, by Simon, a5 cts.
MAZURkAB~-Awaheaing or tho Birds, 70
cts; Happy. Thonghts, BY Walker % eta;
laughing Wave BY Wilson, 5osts.i sunbstla,
.GoIoPs.-C Charities and rrsddis's BY Ksn-
kel, each IS cts. ON ta tdtf
sH0TTIsCH Es.-Fatsi Glance, BY Yeuns,
90 eta. ; May Morning, by Schmidt,bo eta; Sun.
beam BY Hampel,s IS cts.; and Wililc'sb W Kin-
MARCHEs:-gells, q sstA.oga. ~ Bsam-
bach, 10 cts; Mollie,s by Kinkel. 1S go.
WALTZEB.--CiarIta, QeorgieA Lottie's,
S 69sD. q sP S.. MI u XIII u N s "! s s:sss Z ss 5;
ss'Sa, I /. " Ss IA. Ps,s .ss 81 i s': CO..,
frsiss II &SSssn fSiis.H %ssarfs-Il ~
SALON PIEcEs.-Dance Of the Irayms.
kors, Wilson, IS cts, Loves Caresses, KIM
kei.f0 ots,; May blossoms, Kinkel, 20 cts,;
rlainte doe Eleurs, Tcnei, " cts, Whispering
Any n ne above mailed, postpaid, on re-
cpIpt ofprict.
cav. .. J.. prTERs. ses ns0aawsy. nv.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-06-25
NOTICE
TO NONRESIDENT LAND
OWNERS.
To Douglas Putnam and Joseph
Dana.

OU1u.
You are hereby notified, that at the june
Session, 1873, Of the Commissioners OF Vinton
county.Ohio, Ruben Is. McG0nagle and others
Hied petition for a county road along the fol-
lowing described route, In Knox township,
Vinton county, t6-wit: .
Commencing where Jasper Bobo,s east line
cross the Bobo road, and thence south VIII
said line 10 the foot Of tho hill; thence the
nearest and best way across the lands Of Jasi
per Bobo and lands of Putnam, to O stake el
the corner Of the orchard field OF H.. i. Mct
Gonagle's lands; thence across said lanqa
near the stable TO q stake at the lower corner
OF the hill field; thence the nearest and best
WAY across land known as the Dana land, TO
intersect the road formerly laid out from C9e,s
Mill 10 the Lentner Bridge at the end OF HI
ram Wilson'S lane, and there TO end.
That viewers and o surveyor OF said road
were appointed by said Commissioners; and
that said viewers and surveyor will meet at
Tie point where said Road commences, on
Monday, the 80th day Of June. A., d: 1873, at
10 O'clock A. NJ, TO enter upon the discharge OF
their duties. RUBEN u. MCGONAGLE,
June 8, 1SI3-4w. Principal Petitioner
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-06-25
A ENACTMENT NOTICE.

solomon shipley, plaintiff,
VS.,
David D. .shivei, Defendant.
Before John 4. Black, J.P, OF Madison
Township yinton county, Ohio
for the sum OF $a5.
Said action Is set for hearing ON the 2sth Of
June, 1873, at 10 O'Clock, n. m,
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-06-25

A ENACTMENT T
zachAriah JawelI, ;, plaintiG, ,

Zachariah jewell 9, plaintiff,
against TX HE{ IEA
John Cochran, deft. f}j.
Before Il. 8. Barnhin, J. p, Of jackson
On the 9TH day Of June, A.. ID. t8Ja, said jus
tloe issued IN order OF attachment in the
above action for the sun Of sl07 20, and the
said cause 10 set for hearing ON the 00th day Of
July, A. ID. 1874, att O'Clock, ?, \.
ZACHARIAH JEWELL.
June29 187s-3w, nsit. Plaintin,
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-06-25

The above Road Taxes may be discharged
by labor on the Public Roads under thedifec.
ton Of the Supervisors of the several Road
Districts within the time prescribed by law.
June %, 1873. -sw. Auditor Vinton Go.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-26

Van Buren, and his entire corps Of Assistant
Commissioners.
This is a discouraging and most disgracefu
piece of business. Heretofore, with the ex-
ception of some unfortunate diplomatic APP
pontments, VIC have been able to keep oar
worst scandals at home. But in this case,
one of the most brilliant and conspicuous
capitals of Europe, crowded just now with the
representatives of every nation, art, industry,
and government of the civilized world, has been
selected as the place for the exhibition of our
official corruption and cupidity. 1t is q ma
tional disgrace. So far, the share of our
Administration in the Vienna Exposition is
not creditable but it must be agreed that it
is Characteristic. The chief pity OF the thing
is that it should have been so early and con-
spicuousy made. For one part of this miserable
business we are thankful: The State Department
did not hush up the scandal, but suspended
the entire Commission, as soon as tho truth
was fairly apparent. Very probably several
of these gentlemen are guiltless of any wrong
doing. We do not believe that Gen. Van
Buren, himself can, by any possibility, have
been guilty of worse than carelessness.
Easy going, popular and fond of popularity,
little given to severe or critical Judgment OF
mems characters, he has doubtless been the
victim Of impositions by less scrupulous
men; it is not credible that he can have
stopped TO personal disbOnOr. OF others OF
the Commission as much, we trust, may be
fairly said and if so, we. shall certainly hear
of it. But tho great shame has been dis
covered and bruited abroad. The story, as
far as it is told, is shameful one; it only
proves what has so often been asserted and so
often contradcted - that our governmental
system has become tainted throughout with
corruption. When an honorary Commission
to an Exposition of the Worlds Industry is
made means Of low political chicane and
vulgar jobbery, what must be true of official
trusts at hOmeY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-26

men, might, with his financial ability and
good feeling, have risen from his peddler's
wagon to the first rank among men. instead
of lying dead murdered thief to.
day. had it not been for the bankering
after sham liveries and gold harness.
and tho follies and crimes tLey signify.
Fisk's game goes bravely on everywhere, and
the end is the same in kind if not in degree
AT the worst, prison, the brothel, the gallows.
At best, fathers and mothers toll and stint
themselves to dress and push their children
on to social platform for which they have
no qualification but dress and pushing.
Young men will not marry because they can
not afford to support wardrobe and house.
although they might wife; OF if married.
the wife soon discovers that children mako
the load altogether too heavy, and there ends
the tale. Is there any better text for our
preachers tomorrow than this of ours to-dayf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-26
TIE PLANET HULGAN

For more than q century the possible exist.
ence of major planet within the orbit Of
Mercury has been mOoted. Prof. Daniel Kirk.
wood, an eminent American astronomer an.
nOunces in our columns calculations which, in
connection with very recent observation at
Shanghai, bring these speculatiOns fairly
within the realm Of calculable facts. There had
been Iaany observations coilated, tina!
were scarcely applicable on any other by.
pOtbess. Profound methods of analysis an.
piled to the orbit Of Uranus had shown that
the perturbatiOns Of that distant planet wer.
due to one yet further off; and in 1916 tn.
discovery of Neptune, planet visible only
to the telescope, thirty times further than
tho earth is from the sun, was the re-
ward of abstract mathematical calculation.
Similar investigations applied to the orbit oil
Mercury, indicated an interior planet. But
the standing argument against the existence OF
the planet was that it was not seen. Les.
carbaut declared that at q certain day and
hour he saw a dark object like planet
crossing the face of the sun; and straightwaJ
NJ. Emmanuel Liais, q French astronomer vi
high repute employed in the Observatory a.
Paris, came out with declaration that at
that day and hour there was no such object
visible on the solar disk. This was always
regarded as an awkward fact by the friends
of Vulcan. But they now take courage, as
nobody contradicts Mr., Cowie at Shanghai.
Certainly the figures, as Prof. Kirkwood
gives them, present a remarkable set Of coin
cidences, if they do not represent the actual
fact of the planets existence. The "synodie
"period" is the time taken by the planet to
return to the same position relatively toward
the sun, as seen from the earth. 1t is OF
course little longer than the time of reyo-
luton around the SUD, because the earth ia
travelling in the same direction. 1t Is like tbs
hour and minute hands of a watch crossing
one another-the times when they cross
will be more than one hour apart. But
it is always the same space of time between
the crossings. The periods which Prof. Kirk
wood calculates certainly vary very little;
and we can well believe chat planetary at
traction would account for the difference
when we consider that Mercury has the most
eccentric orbit in the solar system, being fifty
per cent further from the sun at one tins
than at another.
InulJ live udJS W IhO g'"i 20 "iA ''''' -
permitted to the Vulcanites. The orb that
warns them revolves almost as fast-26 days
to q revolution. Possibly in this fact-the lit
tie difference between the apparent movement
Of Vulcan and of an ordinary sun spOt-may
have been the cause of the planets long con-
cealment. Just how near to the sun, and just
how hot are the Yulcanites, it is not yet time
to say: but for the present we prefer our own
planet, even with its civil service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-26
FAILURE OE SIR BARTLE FRERE'S

DlSSION.
When Sir Bartle Frcre departed on his mis-
sion To the east coast of Africa, it was gem
orally believed that the traffic in slaves, which
had there increased to an alarming extent,
was IN q fair way to be extirpated. These ex-
pectations were based on substantial grounds.
II was a great gain for the anti-slavery cause
that Great Britain should consent to demand
the REIMBURSEMENT of rights which had been
conceded in o treaty giving her extraordinary
commercial privileges. Moreover, the mission
was known to have the sympathy of most of
the great powers of Europe. 1t was even sup
posed to have the active cooperation Of France
and the United States. After having traversed
the coast from Muscat to Madagascar, and
satisfied himself that the reports of the activ-
ity in the slave trade had not been exagger-
ated Sir Bartle FIere is about to return home
nth the conviction that his mission has proved
a failure.
From the intelligence that has been published
il would seem that great measure of respon-
sibility is to be attached to the representative
of France at Zanzibar. When Sir Bartle Frere
arrived at that city, in the latter part of last
January, he found the Sultan in an apparently
tractable humor, and not indisposed to agree
TO the proposed new treaty if certain modiii-
cations were made. What made the greatest
impression on him was tho assurance that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-26

France, Germany, Portugal and the United
States approved the object of the British
Government. About this time NJ. de
Venne, the French Consul, arrived at
Zanzibar directly from Versailles, and a
change took place in the disposition of
the Sultan. The Consul refused officially TO
recognize the British Envoy, and it has been
circumstantially charged that the Sultan, act
ing under the advice of the French Consul,
withdrew his proposed compromise and re-
fused all further negotiations. Sir PGrtle Frere
set out on his voyage to the Isle Of Madagas-
car, but was almost always treated by the
Arab Governors with disrespect and never
received from them any encouragement TO
hope for the success of his humane efforts.
They pretended to depend on the assistance of
France, and it was found that slave-trading
vessels were secured immunity by the French
flag, the right to bear which was conferred by
an dcte de Gdno;satiOn of the French consular
authorities. 1t has been charged that the
French officials favored the proceeding of the
slave-trade1s, as it contributed to the increase
of French prestige in those waters and Of the
tax on the tonnage.
We are hardly inclined to believe that the
Government of President Theirs regards the
course Of its representative with approval.
But the perversion of its flag for the protec-
ton of an Infamous traffic is q natural result
of the policy Of France in regard to the slave
trade. Great Britain, Russia, Austria, Prussia,
and tho United States have, by treaty stipu-
lations, agreed that the slave trade on the
coast of Africa shall be regarded as piracy,
and conceded more or less limited right of
search. This right was found to be abso-
lutely necessary for carrying out the pro-
visions for suppressng the trade. 1t has
never been agreed to by France, and
Arab dows carrying slaves now sail under
the French flag with perfect immunity from
molestation by the cruisers of other nations,
although the traffic is one which the laws OF
France prohibit to its own subjects. The
remedy needed is clear, Almost all civilized
nations have, by law, denounced the slave
trade; but the separate treaties between
various States only bind those States in their
mutual relations, and the trade cannot be re-
garded as interdicted by the international
code of Europe and America. A convention
signed by all the powers which condemn the
trade, declaring it piracy, and conceding a
limited right Of search similar to that pro-
vided for in the treaty between the United
States and Great Britain in 1862, would give
to this declaration all the authority of pro-
hibition jure centrum. To render the adoption
of such a convention practicable, it seems
only necessary to procure the consent OF
France. 1t should be the aim of the powers
which have been active in this humane enter
prise to overcome the scruples Of the present
liberal Government Of Republican France.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-26
A NEW PUBLIC SCANDAL.

The discharge Of the United States Vienna
Exposition Commission compels us to see how
impossible it is to keep clean any department
of the Government. The trail of corruption
is over all. Congress appropriated a mode
rate amount of money for the purpose
of having the arts and industries
of the United States properly repre-
sented at Vienna. To facilitate affairs
appointments of Chief Commissioner and
about a dozen Assistant Commissioners were
further authorized. Gen. 7. b. Van Buren,
was selected as Chief of the Commission; and
most of the other members were appointed on
his recommendation. There did nor seem to
be much of chance for speculation any
for jobbery-in any part of this business. So,
by common consent, the appointments were
considered outside of politics; they were hon
orary positions, we all thoughts and their dis
posal attracted little attention. But the keen
nose of the small politician scented the game.
1t was found by some housing men that there
was "money in it," as their manner of express
sion hath it. First, there were rumors that the
Assistant C0mmissionerships were purchased
or purchasable. Then, that some persons had
appeared at Vienna with claims for special
privileges as restaurateurs and vendors Of
beverages, &c. These licenses, which are sup
posed TO be valuable during the time
of the Exposition, were obtained of
the United States Commission. Next,
1T was reported that some Of the
Commissioners were the paid agents Of large
interests. Gunmakers, sewing machine com
panies, and other great manufacturing corpo-
rations. were reported to have each Commits
sioner bearing an appointment from the Gov
eminent of the United States. We cannot
yet say exactly how much truth there is in
each or any of these scandalous stories. Mr.
Jay, United States Minister at Vienna, and
Mr.. Thomas McElrath have been requested by
the State Department TO examine the charges
the result is the suunmaIy gUEDension OF Cen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-26

Longs withdrawal but, as this would not
have served the purpose, a distinct assurance
was given that formal letter. urging the re-
establishment of an envoy, was matter OIL
common ceremony among enlightened nations,
and had no importance except as token oi
ordinary courtesy. Thus prompted ana ms
led the Japanese Secretary consented, although
the whole proceeding was opposed to bis ideas
of diplomatic propriety We have reason 10
believe that the State Department at WASH
ington is accurately informed as to the charac-
ter of this transaction, and is in a position 10
estimate the exact value of the oxtorted docu-
ment.