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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16

Seneca county needs a few first
rate school teachers. There are said
to be 1855 children in that county
over the age of fifteen years who can
neither read nor write. -
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16

ed bond and security in the sun
of s1,250, to be void on condition thar
that there was no legal objection tc
the proposed marriage. The Profess
or very promptly replied: 'Oh, nevel
mind the bond, Mr.. Clerk; 1 will pay
$1,000 down, and will hand you tn,
balance in a day or two!" Aftel
further explanation by the clerk, the
Professor soon complied with th,
law and obtained his license. ~
At the appointed time the wedding
came off in the best style of the city
and the, company enjoyed the occa
sion with the greatest zest. The
hours few like humming birds. As
the clock struckstwelve the Professor
picked up his hat and started for his
boarding house. His principal at
tendant followed to the front door
andinformed him that matrimonial
etiquette required him to stay and
board and lodge at the house of his
father-in-law, both he and his wife
that he would be furnished with a
room adjacent to Sarah's room, in
order that, if she happened to gel
thirsty, he might be near to get hel
drink of fresh water. 80 ai
In the morning the bride and
groom were greeted with the smiles
of the family, together with those Of
some early callers, and inquiries were
made if they slept well; both respond
ed that they had never slept better
in their lives, he adding with his child
like simplicity, that he was SO happy
to say that Sarah did not call for wa
ter during the whole night. That
last remark was quite riddle to her,
and she looked curious, but said
nothing; no one ventured to ask him
to rise and explain. He did not know
it was a joke played upon him until
the attendant told it as such, to the
company, IN ff.mlLsi
Finally the happy couple went to
housekeeping, and never were man
and wife more heartily congratulated
OF more highly esteemed than they
were. They were the favorites of the
city.-Neyer wife more lovely or hus-
band more kind or devoted, but he
didn't know anything about providing
for the larder, only as Sarah taught
him. One little incident may suffice
TO illustrate. She told him one day
to get some rice. He went immedi-
ately to the store and told the clerk
he wanted to get some rice. Chow
much?" inquired the clerk. "Oh not
much, said the Professor, Il reck-
on three or four bushels will do for
the present" The clerk was very
sorry to say that they had not that
much on hand, but they would soon
have more. The clerk persuaded him
to try and make out for a few days
with some fifteen or twenty pounds.
Sarah and the clerk were not the
only ones who laughed over the in
cident. He never called for three o.
four bushels afterward. s1i
If the Professor and his wife are
still living they must be we'll stricken
in years, and if they see this brie
sketch of their early lives, and fine
any errors in it, they will pardon the
writer. f
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16

A young gentleman at Kansas
City sent seventy-fve cents to New
York recently, for a method of writ
ing without pen or ink. He received
the following inscription, in large
type on q card: "Write with pen
Gil"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16
THE LITTLE MESSENGERS

arrived together at their home in
Rivercliffe shortly before II o'clock,
but were SO frightened that they
were caught with difficulty. The
aeronauts had a pleasant time of it
up to about noon, when they began to
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16

While a compositor on the Mon
treal Witness was setting up an ad
vertisement for lost canary, the
bird few in at the Office window
(which shows the value of advertis-
ing. a.r--.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16
Puzzle.

Take five, one and One-fourth of four,
Also, fifty, one and one-fourth of nine;
Just these numbers and nothing more,
viii give you musical instrument fine,
That you have heard played many time.
[Schoolday Mag. Sept.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16

Before hanging a man in Louisi-
ana they let from fifteen to forty
newspaper reporters interview him
for three weeks. The poor fellow is
then not only willing but anxious to
be hung.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16


The Jackson Standard thus calculates the
prodigious mineral wealth of jackson Coun-
ty:
'Let us make little calclation. In the
year lS54-5, P. Powell & Co. dug from
one acre of land, near Cacdeys Switch,
over 1000 tuns of ore. There are much
more than fifty square miles of ore in
the county, but let us put it at fifty.
There are $40 acres in a mile. This would
give 1000 acres. Allowing for what must
be left drifting, and we can safely say the
yield would be 1000 tuns to the acre
This would give 64,OOO,0O0 tuns. At fifty
cents in the ground, this would be worth
$32, 100000. But convert this into pig
iron (and We have an abundance of coal
and limestone for that purpose). 1t takes
two and one-half tuns of ore to make a tun
of iron. 100000 tuns, at $40, would
amount to one thousand million dollars.
Then there is no reason why our country
should not manufacture this pig-iron into
bar iron and steel, into all kinds of castings
and machinery, railroad iron, &c.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16

Sarah Jane Shove aspires to the
School Superintendency of Calhoun
county, Iowa, and promises, if select
ed, to push things.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16


DR.. George B. Wood, President of
the American Philosophical Society,
having noticed that his peach trees,
after producing a few crops, ceased
bearing and died ina few years, sand be-
ieving that the cause of the decay
was worms at the root of the tree,
dug holes five or six inches deep at
the base of the stem, scraped away
all the worms that could be found,
and filled up with wood ashes fresh
from the stove, strong in potash.
This was done in the autumn, with a
result in the following spring at
which he was astonished. The trees
appeared to have been restored to all
their freshness and vigor-put forth
bright green leaves, blossomed copi-
ously, and bore heavy crop OF
fruit. He attributes the favorable re-
suits more to the effect of the potash
contained in the ashes than to the de-
struction of the worms. aE
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16

Gilbert C. Purkhiser of New Boston, and Noah
Roads, Of Berryville both sent us the correct an
swer to the Bricklayers problem, published Oct I'd.
but not ip time to appear in last weeks paper.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16

Punch says:-@ Education produc-
es great results in the United Safes.
1t is said to make good children
even out of Cincinnati boys.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16
Youths department.
Cross-word d Enigma.

.B-Original Enigmas, harades, Problems, etc,
are respectfully solicited The must always
accompany them, with the real name of the writer.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16
THE LIFE BOAT CHICAGO,
THE CROWD

cheered Justify, the aeronauts cores
ponding ly waving their hats, and
blowing a fog horn. The balloon
went directly north, clearing the
houses on that side of the grounds,
until it had reached an apparent
altitude of-5,000 feet. It then de-
fected sharply to the east, with the
boat pointing constantlyin the direc-
ton of the wind. Eighteen minutes
after the balloon had left the earth its
course was due northeast. From
that time it steadily worked toward
the east, and its course, when last
seen from the Clpitoline grounds,
was nearly northeast by east. At 9;55
it was observed that the balloon was
rapidly rising, and its altitude at 10
o'clock was full one mile. The sur
face current was blowing from the
south. The balloon
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16

My 1st in boy, my 9d in toy,
My Sd in run, my 4th in fun,
My 5th in gay, my 9th in fay,
My 9TH in dog, my sth in log,
Ny 9th in kiss, my 10th in miss,
My 11th in pan, my 18th in man,
Ny 18th in guide, my 14th in ride,
My whole is found in the pleasant alright Side
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16
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they wbe use the rod most are gener-
ely incompetent instructors, with
ideas too far behind the advancement
OF the age, whose positions should
be filed with, others, having views
more in harmony with, present ideas
OF progress and humanity-[Toledo
Blade. go. s..r,,..s.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16
Problem.

A B and are sharers in the value of parcel
of goods A and have $3.50: B and $S45,
C D and A $500 and D and B 1870; required the
whole sum and each mans particular part2 s4hs
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16

Answer to Crossword Enigma in last weeks
News. Lamp,
Answer to Puzzle in last weeks News. SIX-IX
*
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16
REMAINED IN SIGHT

from the Capitoline Grounds about
48 minutes, but from higher points
it was visible for half an hour longer.
At 20 minutes past 10 o'clock the
signal service officer at the Equitable
Building was enabled by the use of
powerful glasses to get the last look
at the balloon, At that time it ap-
peared like dark spot in the clouds,
and Immediately disappeared from
sight. The balloon was heading in a
northeasterly direction, and was
rising higher The officer estimates
that at this time it was about a mile
from the earth, forty miles from the
City Hall, New York. At 10 o'clock
the balloon passed over Rye, West
chester County, going due east at a
good rate Of speed. At IL it was
sighted two miles southeast of Bethel,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16
TRAVELLING RAPIDLY ocEANwARD.

. TRAVELLING RAPIDLY OCEANWAKO.
Bridgeport was passed at 1855, and
New Haven at 11:40. 1t beat the
train from Ansonia to Seymour. and
was seen at Waterbury at noon, and
at Watertown at 1890. After pass
ing over Watertown, its course
changed toward the northeast, and it
sailed slowly over Litchfeld, where
it was low enough to enable the oc-
cupants to hail man who was work
ing in the field.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16
TWO CARRIER PIGEONS

were dispatched, bearing the follow
ing messages: 'It is now 20 min
utes past 9 o'clock. We are 1000 feet
high. Lunt is raising the Old Harry
with the horn, and we all feel Jolly.
The scene is magnificent. The sun
shines splendidly, and Donaldson has
Just been singing, DO They Miss Me
at Home Mr.. Il. H. Wheeler, of
Brooklyn, was the last man we could
distinguish aloft. "FORD."
'IN THE CLOUDS, 1905 A. M.-We
are 400 feet high, going northeast.
We all feel very happy. Donaldson
says: 'The dream of my life is now
realized. Lunt has been doing
something with the ballast, and stop
ping every moment to admire the
SURPRISING grandeur of the scene.
1t is very hazy all around US, and
light clouds are floating below We
have Just heard three cheers below,
and have given toot-toot with the
fog horn in reply. We are now at an
altitude of $3.50 feet, or just one
mile. We have just struck the low
er portion of the eastern current.
We have just passed over Norwalk.
"ALFRED FORD" d
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16
RAILROAD NOTICE.

u 70 the Stockholders of the Southern Ohio RalL
u road Company residing In Highland County
Ohio, who have paid into said Co. the first install
stock to said Co.
You are hereby notified that by presenting youI
receipts to the respective Collectors TO whom you
have paid the said Ten per cent, the money will be
returned and the receipts taken up by said Collec-
tors, ind your receipts to said Collectors for the
same given, by which you agree to pay back TO said
Company the said Ten per cent. received by each
Of you, upon notice, when the same shall be needed
by said Company to eonstrpet said Railroad,
dos. j, MCDOWELL.
Septh -s- Treasurer Of &. o, r. r. Co.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16
THE GRAPHIC BALLOON.
Sir. Donaldson and Two Conn
paniDns Make ai Ascent and
n Marrow Escape.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Times.
New YoRK. Oct.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Times.
New YoRK, Oct. 6.
The favorable weather of yesterday
was taken advantage of by Mr.. Don
aldson to prepare his great transat-
lantic balloonfor the proposed attempt
to cross the ocean Two hundred
thousand feet of gas, two thirds the
required quantity, was let in before
dark, when the imitation had to be
stopped on account of the diminished
pressure, caused by the illumination
of the air. A strong watch, divided
into three reliefs, was kept on the
ground all night, and shortly after 4
o'clock this morning q ,14 .;-
THE PROCESS OF INITIATION r, D
was resumed. Much difficulty was
experienced in conducting this opera
ton successfully, on account of fire.
quent violent gusts of wind, which
several times carried the workmen
off their feet, and once necessitated
frantic call for volunteers to the
occupants of the surrounding fence.
Shortly after 8 o'clock 100000 feet
of gas had been successfully let into
the monster. at G
THE LIFE BOAT CHICAGO,
laden with 40 days provision, num-
Der of scientific instruments, life pre-
servers, etc. was attached and Messrs,
Donaldson, Lunt and Ford took
their places inside it. At 19 minutes
past, 9 the huge cable was cut, and the
balloon arose with immense velocity.
The drag rope, depending from the
concentrating ring, had been stretch
ed out along the ground, and as the
great air ship scared skyward, it
ripped the drag rope through the
grass with motion that can only
be compared to an infuriated whale
dragging harpoon rope. ar- b
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-10-16

Well, in due time the Professor
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-05-03
strong Testimony.

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Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-05-03
Foreign and Domestic Markets.

New ORLEANS, May Corn easier;
white 81 to $50. Oats quiet at 44c. Bran
dull and lower at 800. Hay dull and
lower; prime 23c; choice 25c. Bacon irmer;
1877, l0l; l0sc. Hams lag to 1890. Whis-
ky lower; Louisiana 90c; Cincinnati493c;
others unchanged. Sterling 27S. Sight
three eigh,hs premium. Gold III. Cot
ion dull; sales 2,200 bales; good ordinary
l5Sc; low middling The; middling lS2c;
midiling Orleans 1876 receipts 704 bales;.
exports to Liverpool 2, 739 bales; coastwiss
504 bales; continent 4,992 bales stock
IA, 52S bales.
NEW York, May l.-Arrived--Ssn ia
cinto, Pennsylvania. Stocks easier. Gold
quiet at l7b. Money firm at ! to Lie,
Exchange, loag 81; short %. Govern
ments dull and steady. State bonds
steady. Cotton quiet; sales 42l bales;
uplands 1893; Orleans l95. Flour dull
and unchanged. Wheat quiet. Corn dull
Pork steady; new SlS IS to $40. Lard
firm; Western steam o., Turpentine
dull at 52a to So. Resin dull At So 10 to
So 20 for straiaed, Freights steady.
ST. LOUIS, May l.--Flour frmer and
unchanged. Corn in fair demand and
firm; No 2 Western s6ac; sacked and on
track 40 TO Acc. Whisky firm at S7c.
Pork quiet aad only limited jobbing
demand. Bacon strong; some sales
fraction higher shoulders 8ic; buyer May
and seller June, clear Sides 10h seller
may and seller June lilo. lard nominal.
LIVERPOOL, May l.-Noon-Cotton
opened heavy; uplsnds. o to 95c; Orleans
9sc afoat; from Orleans for March or
April 0 l-l6. Later--Cotton- dull and
unchanged; sales Il, 900 bales; speculation
and export 1000 bales; from Savannah
or Charleston for March and April l-16;
from Orleans for April and May 9sc.
BreadstufTs quiet,
PARIS, May 1.-Specie has been in
creased 100000 francs. Rentes 81.
LONDON, May This is regular SET
Ting day, there being no stock transac.
lions. -s.sf
PARIS, May 1.-Rents "a 10 10.
New York, May 1.--Cotton--Net re-
ceipts 1852 tales; gross receipts 752 bales;
sales to 1av for export 2,505 bales last
evening y bales; sales Of futures 2l.s0O
bales; Ma, lSl to Isle; june l6a TO l9e;
July Is g. g IN l9tc; August ISL to. l9c-
Cotton steady; salts 165 bales uplands
19sc; Orleans 1870. Flour quiet, without
any material change. Whisky Q shade
frmer at go Wheat dull, and generally
buyers faver low grade n one TO two cents
for lower; market for prime closed 6rn-
tom heavy; one to two cents lower Rice
steady. Pork frme5 new lse. Lard
quiet, trife hrmer. iNavsls quiet. Resin
steady. Freights steady. Money IL 10
SIG. Gold 16l TO l6E. Governmepts
steady. States quiet aud steady.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-05-03

The psiriartbs tick No mrrvurs, no tiEnnth, 10
iodine, no bromide o. potassium, strychoria, no
ruiuines Happy old gentIeIseni they did not even
KNOW or the existence Of these specifies . sid yet
they lived nth It seemed as IL Death bad Forgotten
them. Their medicines were herbs and roots. They
l..~s LETT this sct on record and the world seems
60 be nov tsiing note Of it AMI returning to the
fret principles q medication. Hosisttsr's stomach
Bifters. the pursst and most efieacious vegetable
= sfornffve a the Gay, Is also the nlprt pa uisf.
Tho-s4pds of pertons wh3 only ies = - 20 BE-
iisFed implicitly In all the poisons which hgurs In
he phaIn<tsspis. EOx prouo gnee this pslatable
tonic ana Alternative an nll-sufscisnt rsmsdy Cor
iysyepsis, nervous debility. constipation, bilious
conIpisinfs headache intsrmitisut srrrs. nnd all
DE ordinary disturbances Of The stonarh, thf
liver the dischsrxins ors4ns and the brain Ihs
rn- e not far distant vlsh most Of ths porrrfal
and rencmous drugs now % recklssslF zduiEisisrsd
~ rrasrid0nsrt a fhethsfoic" setosi. in czss-
lh.f nir b. EASILY D. contr ED miller treatment.
~iil be utterly discarded b. Al philosophical Ihy
if4ns l4.If ~ ne fhiiitIr Ilu-iIc. III ~.
"a. So, al,,lil - - rfe i''s, tsc Al cf3
~ fil- ,-fs,1s afI,as .siis 49,. s-i,--,
4-fr.frf- BnfFr< - h r. s-st - - .lli "a
u "a ha-rhdII n di.rbr- a. rsd ~ ai.n--
ny 1rIsnI ~ -.c-..| ~ get. 81 Irii'f on
.a.''1- a. -. q ~ e M tsslI u fe4f ~
nol. = -lui|,fft .1d pl-.-f l,-sn 4lll|I b
IN o. sA.s- iis = a H. rsI'ur s,.'i' g. lr-
% 500 "a -fh- = %. -s-tF adFllIls-d l.l-i.
49, E4-s-.--1.4s~ 4. - ss--.<.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-05-03

The Cincinnati Enquirer asks "Can II
DO be that the pistol with which Gen. Can
by was killed was placed In the hands Of
its treacherous murderers,by the veryg0v-
eminent whose orders exposed the glori-
ous old soldiers. to this mortal dan
gsrl Again and again, TO the smazeme Mt
Of all prudent mont, have we seen the Ere
arms aud ammunition presented by gov
eminent to brutal savages; and again and
again have these very gifts unquestiona-
bly, been used for the slaughter Of limo.
cent citizens whom those officials were
bound to protect" We presume that fully
three four,hs Of the murders on the from
tier of Texas have been perpeirated by
arms furnished the Indians by our govern
ment. , AK d t'-
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-05-03

The largest stock of wood and willow.
ware ever brought to this market, such
as tubs, buckets, brooms, baskets, wash.
boards, clothes pins, empty kegs, wrapping
paper, paper bags, rope, and everything
you could desire in that line, for which
we propose 10 sell at very low figures fol
cash. J. L. DOWNS \ CO., tx
On public square, ono door west o.
Jefferson street. 2d-wl