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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-04-16

We only spoke at intervals, for
we had attained that true com.
panionship that does not re-
quire constant talking. 1 saw
a dreamy, far away look come
into the young wife's eyes. She
was building bright castles in
the future, when her prospects
of maternity would be realized
In the supreme joy of mother
owe, and her home be com.
plete. f...
| did not offer to stay later
than ten, for by so doing l
might beiray somewhat of the
anxiety and bodlng of i'll that
hoppressed me- lido not often
have such feelings. bat am al
ways in terror when l. do. for
trouble hes soon followed.
Ny sitting room was opposite
her parlor, where / knew she
would watch and wait. After
lighting the gas did not draw
the curtains, but sat down,
with my knitting where she
could see me, and so practical
iy watched and waited with
her.
When from a city steeple
eleven was tolled out, my
neighbor grew restless. When
with solemn measured stroke
midnight was announced, l
heard her side door open and
her quick steps on the gravel.
| met her at the door.
"Dear Mrs. M" she ex-
claimed breathlessly, show
good of you to be up! l half
believe you have been watch
ing with me. Vinton has not
come home yet. What does it
mear9 He never stayed out 50
late before"
She was shivering as with
cold but it was the chill of fear.
| pnt my arms around her and
said:
"Let us hope for The hest, my
dear. Ii YOU wish, l will come
and stay with you."
"Please do,' she half sobbed.
and then hastened back. as If
unwilling TO be absent from
her post moment. | was soon
at her side, and wi h her hand
(which trembled and fluttered
like a frightened bird in mine,
We sat silently through another
long hour.
Like a knell, one sounded
from the steeple. Her hand
closed convulsively v upon mine,
and with an ashen face che
turned an | gasped:
"Oh if anything should hap
pen-if | shouldn't see him
again!"
Don't fear that" l said hast
ily. I'm sure you need not
II he had been injured or sick,
you would have been sent for
long before this"
"What, then, can keep HING
she asked with wild question
ing look.
sWell." I answered evasive
. ly. looking away from her
"when lawyers get together
| they have a good deal TO say
, and time passes more quickly
than they think. They may
have had a little supper o.
something of the kind"
a She shook her head decisive
r ly.
a "Nothing of that kind woul(
. keep Vinton from me, especial
i. ly now" she SAID with empha
r sls.
8 Another hour passed. ant
y she sprang up with such
: frightened, hunted look as
4 hope never to see in her swee
d blue eyes again.
!. "Come,' she said hoarsely
1--WE must find hun. I shall g,
9 mad if I wait here In uncer
q fainfyU
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-04-16


them, even though to think Of
them is torture. He.was NOT
violent, though somewhat OBJ
stinate and profane. At last
she got him to bed, and he fell
into a heavy stupor. As she
returned to me IN the dining.
room, where there was a Gre, I
said; D Ill
"f will not leave you To-
night" 49,. ~
aSha.4t.-nxed me BY q silent
presure Of my hand. and we
sat down together as before.
hut with the awful certainty Of
evil inste'd Of its expectation.
In the depths Of my soui 1
trembIed for her. She might
stand one or two such shocks,
hut the moment she lost faith
in her husbands will ot power
tn refrain from the cause OF
his present condition, she
would die. Her hold upon
life was TOO fragile as it was.
She stepped to her husbanGs
side from time to time.
and then came and sat
down. Her brows were
contracted, as if in deep
thought or the formation Of o
purpose. Her ewes had a f7ed,
solemn look that contrasted
strangely with her fair Young
face. At last She asked sud.
denlv:
"Where is this Harry Hill'sr'
] told her.
Morning came. after a seem.
ing age We had cIeansed and
righfed the parlor as we'll as
We could. The cook got break.
fast as usual, and was told that
her master was sick. I tried
to anticipate Mrs Elliott in oh.
tanning the morning paper
from the pewsbov, but she was
ton quick for me. With dilats
ing ewes she scanned the col.
umna, then, with a cry Of AT.
euiGh. droppAd the paper.
T''s all here" she .groaned,
and she wrlthed and wrppg her
hands as if in intense bodily
anguish, ,c,4
1t was. true enough. and with
an editorial paragraph Of COM
ment upon it. A Reporter Of
the paper was IN the habit Of
feeling some of the night guar
dians of the city for any item
Of interest that cam q to theiY
knowledge. The policeman
knew that this scandal of Wins
ton Elliott would he we'll raid
for. and he was not the man 10
lose several dollars Oh any sen.
rimental grounds. Even the
night editors sensibilitieS
seemed shocked over the affaiG,
'pr he had written:
"Things have come to d SAD
pass when such men as Elliott
get down IN the streets. IL
the praying and singing wo-
, men can do US any good, they
had better come at once. Har.
ry Hills establishment Is one
. OF ths most mischievous places
in town." etc.
After a few moments sh@
again seized the paper.
.Oh, leave it aIonel" I cfieds
. "You've had more than you
can endure now"
~ am not a child" she ar-
swered almost fiercely. II in~
tend to know and face the
worst OF this matter" and with
, a white, stern lace she read ev-
cry word, and then sat for q fe "
moments with the old thought.
full contraction of brow. Sud-
denly she started up with .
! look of tixel purpose and ask
y ed.
"How long do you think be
will sleepl"
, "Several honrs."
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-04-16

t1SoHutfs, a Cambridge saloon
ist, surrendered Saturday..Ass
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-04-16

CHARLEsToN straw berries are
selling in New York at $2.75 q
quart. .,..... .,,a.., 49,,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-24
Notice to Teachers and District
Clerks.

Notice Is hereby given that the County srpern-
tendent Of Schools Of Iowa county will hold Public
Examinations for examining and licensing teacher.
: follows:
Al Dodgevie, Monday and Tuesday. Sept. 81 8,
and I'D 1874
Al Arena, Thursday and Friday, Sept. 2ith and
18th.
At Highland, Monday and Tuesday, Sept 2Sth
and 29th.
At Ntiiin. Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. Both
and Oct LIST.
Al Mineral PORT, Friday and Saturday. Oct ID
and 81.
The examinations will commence at 10 O'Clock OF
the first day at each place
Applicants must be provided with pen, ink and
paper
b No licenses will be granted and no special
examination without the best OF REASONS
W H. PECK,
County Supt. Of Schoola
Mineral Point, Wis, Aus. 10th, ls7..-aitd
The Republican journal., 1874-02-26
Contempt of Court

MIR kawley walked in, and close at his
heels stalked Bitters Both seated them
selves: the one on chair, and the other
on end. directly in front of the surrogate.
Nh. Jaeger looked at the dog with the sol
cmn eve ola surrogate, and shook his head
SIS anly 4 surrogate can shake it.
Are You the witness 81 inquired he of
the dogs master
4 am, sir. replied MIR Rawley. II was
~QbpUnaed to testify
What's that animal doing here" de
Manded the surrogate
Nothing" replied Mr. Rawley. He
mes when come. He goes when goes"
The animal must leave the court Its
Contempt of court to bring him here, " said
Mr.. Jaeger, angrily. 'Remo-e him IN
family
Mr. Rawley had frequently been in at
tendance at the police courts, and once or
twice had slight taste Of the sessions; so
that he was not as much struck with the
7arrogato as he otherwise might nave been
and he replied
II make no opposition, slr, and shall not
move finger to prevent it. There's the
animal and any officer as pleases may re-
move him. say muffin ag'in it. | know
what 2 contempt of court il; and that amt
onc And Mr. Rawley threw himself ann
ably back in his chair
Mr., Slagg y said the surrogate to the
aau with 4 irizzled wig. remove the
dog"
Mn Slagg laid down his pen, took off
Ills Spectaclee, went up to the dog, and
told MIN to get out to which Bitters re-
Piled by swapping at his fingers as he at
tempted to touch him. Mr. Rawley was
taring abstractedly out OF the window
he dog looked up to him for instructions
and receiving none, supposed that snap
png Al scrivener's fingers was perfectly
r0rrect. and resumed his pleasant expires
ION towards that tunctionary, occasionally
clstmg lowering eve at the surrogate as
d celebrating whether to include him in
MS demonstrations OF anger
"Slagg have YOU removed the dog ?"
sNid Mr.. Jaeger who, the dog being I'M
Ter hlS Very nose, saw that he had not
NO. ~ir, he resiSts the court replied
Nm Slagg
CAL Walker to assist YOU" said Mr..
Jaeger
Walker thin man in drabs, had an
t2pated something Of the kind, and had
accidentally withdrawn as soon as he saw
mat there was a prospect of difficulty so
thai the whole court was set at defiance by
rhc dog.
.'Witnessn sand Mr.. Jaeger
Mr. Rawley looked the court full in the
face
"Will Won obljge the court by remov-
ng the animal ?" said Mr.. Jaeger, mildly
Certainly. sir. said Mr.. Rawley. Bit
ters, 60 home" Bitters rose stiflly and
went out, first casting glance at the man
with the wig, for the purpose Of being
,.ble to identity him on some future occa-
son. and was soon after seen from the
window walking up the street with the
most profound gravity. From the AT
romev" by John f. Irving.
The Republican journal., 1874-02-26
How Nice it is to be Supreme
Court Justice.

Colonel Forney writes that the Judges
OF Justices Of the Supreme Court are
rather .ovial, with all their gravity They
are asked every where, and they 60 every
where that is proper A sort of divinity
hedges them around about They are first
at every state occasion, or nearly first.
They are welcome figure-heads at we'd
dngs. They dominate at great dinners.
They decorate receptions and balls A
Justice or a Chief-Justice at party in
Washington is like Prince at a drawing
room in London, or Il Cardinal in Rome
They 1utter in and out of the Senate with
a sage and solemn air Of possession. /
think it is in evidence that they often con-
descend to sherry and champagne, and |
fear that Greer and Nelson exceptionally
descended to old rye and whisky. The
whole nine affect the drama John Mar
shall undoubtedly she'd tears over Fanny
kemble, just as the eminent Pennsylvania
Chief-Justice, John Bannister Gibson,
idolizcd old Joseph Jefferson Davis OF
Illinois, and Swayne of Ohio, Miller OF
Iowa, and Clifford Of Maine, do not DENY
their weakness for good opera OF ballet.
and Joseph Story, like Caleb Gushing,
enjoyed a good novel, and wrote some
very fair poetry when he was Il Young
man.
80 thal there are many reasons why a
statesman who has got through with other
offices should aspire to round his career
by a seat on the velvet cushions of the SUI
preme Bench. 1t is for life. 1t is social
power. 1t is coy lookout on politics
1t is solid dignity. 1t is not an exhaust
i've labor The salary is good and never
touched except to be raised AS the law
is the royal profession in this country, so
place in the Supreme Court is the only
royal laurel that can be placed on the
American lawyers brow.
The Republican journal., 1874-02-26
Der Drummer.

" no puts CUP at der besI hotel,
| nj dakes his oysters on der schell.
I nj init der frauleins cuts schWeli:
Der drummer.
" no E0s il comes into mine Schtore.
broW> down his bundles on der floor.
| ma netier >chtopS do schut der door:
Der drummer.
" no dakeS me pl der hands ind say
Hans Pteitfer. how you was to-day"
1 nj goes for peesneSs right away;
Der drummer.
" h0 >hpread- his zamples i'll Il trice,
1 ud He'll, me look. und see how nice
I Hd SAYS gels der bottom briceE'
Per drummer.
Who says der things vas eggstra vine
~ rom Sharmany, upon der Rhine
| nj eheatS me den dimes oudt Of nine
Der drummer
Who lells how sheap der goots vas bought
Moorh less Is vot gould imbort,
But lets dem go, as he vas short"
Der drummer.
Who warrants all der goots to suit
Der customers ubon his route,
Z M Ven dey comes dey vas no @oOt:
Der drummer.
Who comes aroundt Ven been oudt.
Drinks oup mine bier and eats mine ky'dUt
nd kiS> katarina in der mout:
Der drummer,
" no, Ven he comes again dis vav.
Viii hear vot Pteitfer has to say,
nd init plack eyes goes away:
Der drummer.
The Republican journal., 1874-02-26
Canning Salmon.

Along the Columbia river in Oregon are
the ''samon factories" whence come the
Oregon salmon, which, put up in tin cans,
are now 10 be bought not only in our East
ern States, but all over the world. The
fish are caught in weirs, in gill nets, as
shad are caught on the Hudson, and this
is the only part of the labor performed by
white men. The fishermen carry the sal
large frame building erected on piles over
hands of Chinese who get for their labor
a dollar day and their food
The salmon are flung up on |; stage,
where they lie in heaps Of a thousand at a
time a surprising sight to an Eastern per-
son, for in such a pile you may see fish
weighing from thirty to sixty pounds. The
| work of preparing them for the cans is con
Quoted with exact method and great clean
illness, water being abundant. One China
man scizes fish and cuts off his head the
next slashes Oft the fins and disemboWels
the fish it then falls into 4 large vat, where
the blood soaks out--a salmon bleedS like
4 bull-and after soaking and repeated
washing in different watts, it falls at last into
the hands OF one of a gang of Chinese whose
business it is, with heavy knives, to chop
the fish into chunks Of suitable size for the
tins These pieces are plunged into brine,
and presently stuffed into the cans, it be-
ing the object to fill each can as full as pos
sible with fish, the bone bein" excluded.
The top, which has small hole pierced in
it, is then Soldered on, and five hundred
tins set on a form are lowered into a huge
kettle of boiling water, where they remain
until the heat has expelled all the air
Then Chinaman neatly drops a little sol
der over each pin-hole, and after another
boiling, the object of which is, believe,
10 make sure that the cans are hermetical
" sealed, the process is complete, and the
salmon is ready TO take a journey longer
and more remarkable even than that which
their progenitors took when. seized with
the curious rage of spawning, they ascend
ed the Columbia, to deposit their eggs in
its head waters near the centre Of the con
tinent.
| was assured by the fishermen says a
letter writer, that the salmon do not de-
crease in numbers or in size, vet in this
year, 1873. more than two millions Of
pounds Were put up in cans on the Lower
Columbia alone, besides fifteen or twenty
thousand barrels of salted salmon
The Republican journal., 1874-02-26

Come to me, dearest, I'm lonely without thee,
DAYTIME and nighttime I'm thinking about
thee,
Nighttime and DAYTIME in dreams | behold
thee
Jnwelcome the waking which ceases TO fold
thee.
Come TO me. darling, my sorrows to tighten,
Come in thy beauty, to bless and to brighten,
Come in thy womanhood, meekly and lowly.
Tome IN thy lovlngness, queeny and holy!
swallows will fiji round the desolate ruin,
Telling of Spring and its JOYOUS renewing;
Aud thoughts Of thy love and its manifold treas
ure
Are crclng my heart with promise ofpleaSure:
on, Spring of my spirit. oh, May of my bosom
Shine out ON my soul till ii bourgcOn and bios
som.
The waste of my life has rose root within H.
Aud thy fondness alone TO the sunshine can WIN
il.
Figures that move like song through the even
Features lit up by reflex of heaven
Ewes like the skies of poor Erin, our mother,
Where shadow and sunshine are chasing each
other;
smiles coming seldom, but childlike and simple
oh. thanks TO the Saviour, that even thy seem
ing
l. left to the exile 10 brighten his dreaming.
! ~ have been glad when YOU knew was glad
dened-
Dear, are You sad now TO hear | am saddened
our hearts ever answer in tune and in time love
A. octave to octave and rhyme unto rhyme love
cannot weep but your tears will be flow ing
on cannot smile but my cheek will be glowing
| would not die without you. at my side. love
GA will not finger when | shall have died, love
come 10 me. dear, ere | die of my sorrow.
Rise on my gloom like the sun of tomorrow;
strong, swift and fond IS the words which
speak love;
" it'll song on your lip and . smile OH YOU
cheek. love:
ONE. for my heart in your absence is weary
Haste Tor my spirit is sickened and dreary-
ONE 10 the arms which alone should cares
thee,
'7nic to the heart which is throbbins 10 pres
thee
The Republican journal., 1874-02-26

At a Probate Court held at Belfast, within and for
the County of Waldo the second Tuesday of
February, A. ID. 1874.
r EVILS w. PENDLETON, named Executor in
IL certain instrument purportng to be the last
will and testament of Jane Bishop, late of Belfast,
i'll said County of Waldo, deceased having presented
said will for Probate
Ordered, That the said Executor give notice 10
all persons interested by causing copy this order
to be published three weeks successfully in the Re
publican Journal printed at Belfast that they may
appear at a Probate Court, to be held at Belfast,
within and for said County, on the second Tuesday
Of March neXt,at ten Of the clock before noon, and
shew cause, if amy they have why the same should
not be proved, approv we'd and allowed.
ASA THURIOUGl, Judge.
A true copy Attest-H. T.. FIELD, Register.
The Republican journal., 1874-02-26

AN EASY LESSON FOR WoMAN'S RIGHTS
Dorcas Acres, of Turner, Me, a tailoress
ny trade, had, by long and patient labor,
formulated money enough to purchase
small house and lot, when she took to her
elf a husband-Lazarus Lucas-'sto rule
over her" The home was purchased after
the marriage with the money Dorcas had
earned with her needle. The husband was
IN feeble health and could earn nothing for
THEN support so Dorcas worked on at her
trade, and supported herself and her hus-
band also. She nursed him when sick,
paid his bills, and buried him respectfully
when he died. asking no help from his rel
atives. He left no children and made no
Will, and Dorcas, being ignorant of law as
Il affects married women and widows, sup
posed that the home was hers because she
had paid for it with her own earnings. So
She kept right on making coats and gar
ments like Dorcas of old; happy, no doubt,
IN the good work and 'alms-deeds' which
She did. But this state of things could not
last The two brothers of her dead hus-
band soon began to exercise their control
over her, as in duty bound. The woman
must be protected CO, if not by her hus-
band then by his nearest male relative.
30 Dorcas received notice that she could
only have her right Of DOVER in the little
home. The use of one-third'- 1.-the wild
owS encumhrance." Now Dorcas was
only an Ignorant woman, and could not
understand the Justice of a law which could
take two-thlrds Of her earnings from her
and give them to relatives of her husband
50 she refused to take any legal action in
the matter, but as time passed on the bro-
theirs made it SO uncomfortable for her that
she dared not live in the house. But still
Tad made to suit themselves, she sat fire
Il her home and burned it down. She
said III cannot have it they shall not. =
For which crime she was sentenced to the
State Prison, and served out the time of
her sentence, which 1 believe was two
years Woman's journal.
The Republican journal., 1874-02-26
Fall of a Building in Philadelphia.
EIGHTY WORKMEN BURIED IN THE RUINS,

EIGHTY WORKMEN BURIED IN THE RUINS,
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 49, Between nine
and ten o'clock this morning terrible ac-
cident occurred at Mitter's Brewery, corner
of 3lst and Thompson streets. The ice
house attached to the brewery fell, bury
inc in the ruins some eighty employees
One was taken out dead. Two are in
sight, one alive, but fast in the ruins
Intense excitement prevails in the neigh
borhood A large force Of police are at the
scene, working with the citizens to rescue
the unfortunate wOrkmen.
After working several hours in the ruins
the men exposed the head and part OF an
arm Of one Of the unfortunate men, I'M
doubtedly dead, but from the mass OF
bricks. ice and woodwork about him, 1t
was evident that it would be some hours
before the body could be eXhumed. In
close proximity are supposed to be the
bodies of two other men who, when the
building fell, We're working side by side
with the man whose hand was eXhumed
| by the rescuers. These three men are UNI
known and belonged to body OF new
workmen Just employed. 1t was discov-
cred that of six men still imbeded in the
ruins, not one was living. The following
| is a complete list of the wounded as is pos
sible to obtain: VIM. Sturgis, married ;
Gottleb Lieb, leg broken in two places
Henry Star, married, Uhis unfortunate
man had been lying on the ice over three
hours when rescued He was badly
trozen) Patrick Morley, Jas. Deacon,
slightly injured; VIM. Allen. Henry New
man, Patrick Lee, and John Reynolds were
in the building when it fell but managed
to safely crawl out Of the ruins. The toll
! lowing are the names OF the men known
to be still in the ruins Otto Shubert
| VIM Hoping Jacob Limback, Charles
| Burke and three others unknown The
building had been recently erected and the
pressure Of ice is supposed to have causee
its destruction.
At seven O'Clock tonight, Jonathan Muir
ply was taken out of the ruins alive, only
Slightly injured, Jno. Shane was takcr
| out this afternoon with both legs mashed
The body Of Jacob Bearhc was recovered
mashed almost flat. The body of Kelly
a laborcr, was also recovered in the after
noon The hunting for bodies was suspen
ded about nine o'clock this evening. Hal
an hour before that time another accident
| occurred. \ citizen name unknown, who
was aiding in rcscuing bodies, fell into al
excavation ana his head striking piece
OF timber IN the fall, he was instantly kill
| ed Policeman StinSan and CARLY were
also seriously injured b. falling into the
| same excavation.
The Republican journal., 1874-02-26
THE GREAT REMEDY FOR


C0MSUm PTI0M
which can be cured by q
timely resort to this stand
ard preparation, as has been
proved by the hundreds OF
testimonials received by the
proprietors. 1t IS acknoWl-
edged by many prominent
physicians to be the most
reliable preparation ever in
troduced for the relief and
cure of all Lung complaints,
and is offered to the public,
sanctioned by the experience
of over forty years. When
resorted to in season it sell
dom fails to effect 4 speedy
cure III the most severe
cases Of Coughs, Bronchitis,
Group, Whooping Cough,
Influenza, Asthma, Colds,
Sore Throat, Pains or Sore
ness in the Chest and Side,
Liver Complaint, Bleeding.
at the Lungs, &c. Wistar's
Balsam does not dry up
Cough, and leave the cause
behind, as is the case with
most preparations, but it
loosens and clcanses the
lungs, and allays irritation,
thus removing the cause OF
the complaint.
PREPARED GY
SETH W. F0WLE 4 SONS, Boston, Mass,
And sold BY Druggists and Dealers generally.
The Republican journal., 1874-02-26

At !, Probate Court held at Belfast, within and for
the County Of Waldo, ON the second Tuesday OF
February, A. D., 1871.
WIN. H. FOGLER and LUCY a. MOODY IN
w rcutors of the estate OF John Moody, late of
Searsmont in said County of Waldo, deceased, hay-
ing presented their second and final account Of Ad
ministratiOn on said estate for allowance.
ordered That the said Executors give notice I all
persons interested by causing copy of This order to
be published three weeks successfully in the ItCpub
journal, printed at Belfast, that they may appear
1T Probate Court to be held mt Belfast within and
for said County, on the second Tuesday OF March
next at ten Of the clock before noon, and show
cause if any they have, why the same should not be
allowed
ASA TTIIRLOUGH, Judge.
A true copy, Attest B. L. FIELD, Register