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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-06-25

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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-06-25

WSes Juet 6uu True SUu ''SccOxQA0& 70
law" it will be paid him in full; If he
can not, tho steals will be stricken out and
the taxpayers Of tho county protected from
his rapacity.
A little further examination Of the rec-
ords shows that this stealing on the part
Of Lamb is no new thing, but has been 60
ing on for some time. His charge for
publishing the Financial Statement in
1873 was as follows:
To publishing Financial State
ment, three weeks, 1853 squares,
ct Is cents per square for first
insertion and 874 cents per
square for two subsequent inssr-
tons, 1852 90
A measurement Of this Statement, in the
manner already described, shows that it
contained liz squares, instead Of 1853 {;
worth SLIT, instead of $3.50, tho amount
charged, showing q steal Of just SIS. "aood
joke" surely!
For the Court calendar Of tho June
Term, 1878, which contained II pages, tho
same as the enc previously referred to,
he charged $23-a steal Of SO. We
have not examined any other bills, but
doubt not but that they would oil show tho
same pilfering from the treasury. Az
these bills have been allowed and paid, IN
examination Of them would do no good, o.
oept to multiply proofs Of Lambs rascal
ity, which, We submit, is unnecessary.
It will be observed that he has been
steadily progressing in the percentage Of
his steaings. While the Financial State
ment Of 1873 contained eight squares more
than did the Statement Of 1874, he CHARGED
$l8 less for it; and while the calendar Of
June, 1873, contained tho same number Of
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-06-25

BOLD AND CONTINUED sTEAhlNas
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-06-25
won't lie. ''-Zmss.

-.Mitchell Won't lie."-7sns..
Regular meeting Of the City Council
next week.
Wild strawberries are very abundant,
and the tame varieties are beginning to be
plentiful.
x. Y. Accommodation not accom-
panied with the name of the writer, arc
not published.
The Chicsgo dsilies are received here
at noon Of the next day after they arc pub
ished. Not much ''frontier" about this.
There will be celebrations on tho 4th
Of July At st. Cloud, Fair Haven, Clearwa-
tor, Melrose, and Cold Springs, in this
county.
Davis & Beal are shipping largo guam
titles Of their Clearwater Mills flour to
Minneapolis, where it is esteemed above
the best brands made in that city.
Lamb says We tried to ''buy up one Of
his notes." Pshaw a! We can find them oil
around town, drug at twenty-five cents
on the dollar.
Prof. E. J. Thompson, Of the State
University, will occupy the pulpit At the
Presbyterian church again on next Sab
bath, morning and evening.
"A Pole named sabbioch, Of Two
Rivers, while cleaning . gun on Wednes-
day Of last week, forgot that it was loaded,
and the piece was discharged, taking off
one finger Of his left hand at the last Joint.
-There has been pressing demand on
this city for 9TH Of July orators. One
gentleman has had four invitations already,
and there are number Of towns and
counties yet to hear from.
On last Thursday horse which F.
Hartman WAS driving in . sulky ''let
drive" with his hind legs, striking Hartman
on tho right arm, breaking it between tho
wrist and elbow. The bone was set and
he is going around as usual.
-On Tuesday morning the down train
ran into . lot Of horses and cattle at Edsl-
brooks crossing, near town, killlngs horse
bslosins to the Stage Company and very
badly iljuring J. E. Hsywsrd's riding
pony and another horse.
Weary & Jones arc shipping to Min.
nsspolis large number Of their wagons +,
both light and farm wagons. Thor work
has first class reputation there. They
ship by the steamboat.
Miss Julia E. Noyes, Of Fair Haven, .
graduate Of the Sc. Cloud Normal School,
who has been teaching very successfully in
Douglas county, has been compelled by III
health to give up her school MISS Glover
takes hsr. place.
There will be lively times It Cold
Springs on the 4th Of July, day and svsn-
Ing. Running matches, jumping matches,
good dinner, and music by P. sohonsr's
string band are part Of the programme.
STRUCK BIZ L1aHT11xG.-We learn from
Mr.. G. G.. Tobey that on Monday morning
last tho body Of Mr.. Albert Carpenter, Of
Westport IA miles from Sank Centre) was
found, whore he had that morning been
struck dead by lightning. Two Of his
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-16
CROPS IN ENGLAND.

The serious fact is reported from
England and various parts of the
continent that the season has thus
far been exceptionally cold and dry
SO that besides suffering all the dis
advantages of drouth, the crops
have been prevented by cold wealth
er from ripenlng. 1t is well known
that the principal difficulty encoun
tered by the British farmer and hor.
ticulturist is that of ripening hi:
crops and fruit. Grapes and peach
es, for instance, have to be surroun
ded with high walls which shut of
the damp winds and concentrate the
heat of the sun, otherwise the fruit
does not ripen and is lost. The
month of June has been five and .
half degrees colder than the aver
age Of the last fifty years, and the
consequences threaten to be serious,
The river Tweed is reduced by the
drouth to a mere creek, and along
its banks the wheat is so short that
it has had 10 be pulled by hand
Europe will want all our grain sur
plus this year at good prices.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-16
EFFECT OF HARD STUDY.

The effects Of the hard study re-
quired in the leading schools fol
girls have just been sadly manifest
ed at Brooklyn. Mr.. Henry A. Ov-
ing ton, well known merchant OF
that city, has entered suit for the
absolute divorce of his daughter
Mrs. George Spier, on the ground o1
hopeless imbecility. Miss Ovington
graduated with high honors from
the Packer Institute. Her over dill
ligence in study brought on epilep.
tic fits, which became frequent and
gradually undermined her mental
powers. 1t was hoped that marriage
might prove cure, and she was ac-
cordingly married to her present
husband. Instead of growing bet
ter, she became worse, and is now
in hopeless condition. She was
no doubt the pride of her instructors
but idiocy is dear prize to pay fol
a high scale Of merit marks.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-16
LUDIcROuS EFFECTS OF THE AP-
PEARANCE OF A COMET IN I7l2.

AS everybody is ON the qui rire
in regard to the Comet, and as all
sorts of ideas are "around" in regard
to it, we give the following amuse-
ing sketch cleaned from an old pa
per:
'In the year 1872 Mr.. Whits0n
having calculated the return of a
comet which was to make its ap-
pearance on Wednesday, the 14th of
October, at five minutes after five
in the morning, gave notice to the
public accordingly, with terrify-
ing addition that total dissolution
of the world by fire was to take
place on the Friday following. The
reputation Mr.. Whitson had long
maintained in England, both as a
divine and a philosopher, left little
or no doubt with the populace of
the truth of his prediction.
Several ludicrous events took
place. A number of persons in and
about London seized all the barges
and boats they could'lay their hands
on in the Thames, very nationally
concluding that when the confagra-
ton took place there would be the
most safety on the water. A gentle
man who had neglected family pray
er for better than five years inform
ed his wife that it was his determin
alton to resume that laudable prac-
tlce the same evening; but his wife,
having engaged ball at her house,
persuaded her husband to put it of
till she saw whether the comet ap-
peared or not. The South Sea stock
Immediately fell to five per cent. and
the India to eleven; and the captain
of a Dutch ship might not be endan-
gered.
"The next morning, however, the
comet appeared according to the
predictions, and before noon the be-
lief was universal that the Day of
Judgment was at hand. About this
time three hundred and twenty three
clergymen were ferried over to Lam
beth, it was said, to petition that a
short prayer might be penned and
ordered, there being none in the
Church service on that occasion.
Three maids of honor burnt their
collection, of novels and plays, and
sent to the booksellers to buy each
of them Bible and Bishop Taylor's
Holy Living and Dying. The run
upon the bank was SO prodigious
that all hands were employed from
morning till night discounting notes
and handing out specie. On Thurs
day considerably more than 1000
kept mistresses were legally mar
ried in the face of several congre ga
tiOns. And, to crown the whole
farce, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, head
Director of the banks, issued orders
to all the fire officers in London re
curing them 'to keep good look
out and have a particular eye on
the Bank of England"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-16
WOMAN.

An exchange says Western Re.
serve College has existed forty eight
years, and has just admitted, for
the first time in all its history,three
young ladies to the Freshman Class.
Gradually but surely the woman
hood of our land is beginning to be
appreciated and an opportunity Civ
e.. her to become useful as well as
ornamental. Her march to high
er sphere never was more rapid than
within the past few years, and the
time is near at hand when the pro-
scriptions and conventionalities
which have tied her down, and deni-
ed her opportunities to help herself
as well as to help others, and to per
form her full mission in life, will be
broken down and woman will be ap-
preciated for her usefulness and
womanl. worth.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-16
EFFE CTS OF THE CRUSADE.

The Cleveland Herald says the
hot weather has pretty effectually
stopped the direct action of temper
ance people in the way of what has
come to be technically known as cru
sading, but still the effects of the
winter and spring labors are daily
apparent. The Courts are at work,
and suits under the Adair law and
prosecutions under the Criminal
laws are constantly coming to re-
suits. Under the former law there
has been an increase in amounts OF
verdicts, and instead of awards OF
damages in small sums, sometimes
as low as $25, we now hear of $500
and $3.50. All liquor dealers tried
under indictments have been con-
victed, and a unmber have pleaded
guilty and been fined. The Court
Of Common Pleas judges have signi-
fed their intentions of sitting all
summer to. try the criminal suits, if
necessary, and the immense docket
can hardly be disposed of by No
vember even with the most vigorous
prosecution, and the most rapid
trials.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-16
CURRENCY AND COINCIDENCE

The act, providing for a redistri-
button Of bank currency, says the
Cincinnati Gazette requires fifty
millions to be distributed among the
Western, Southern, and Southwes-
tern States, on demand from those
State west of Ohio, including her,
are deficient in this dispensation,
and may now have their share of
this fifty y-seven millions. What we
have heard of the desire for more
"banking capitar'-that is to say,
more of the privilege of issuing
bank notes IS money-constrains US
to think this distribution will give
on impetus to things. The amount
to be now distributed is more than
one quarter of all the paper money
before the war. Besides this, there
has already been surrendered, under
the act authorizing banks to with
draw their deposit bonds on putting
up legal tenders to redeem the notes
secured thereby two millions of cir
culation from the Eastern banks,
which, with the further amount that
will be surrendered, for distribution
to applicants. If the statements of
need of circulation in the West, up
on which this act was passed, were
true, this amount for distribution
must give great relief. The country
has now seven hundred and eighty
six millions of paper money in the
form Of greenbacks, fractionals, and
bank notes. 1t has probably zone
hundred and twenty five millions of
specie. The currency is ready ''to
move the crops" as soon as the
crops begin to be moved, it is GER
tain there will be revival of bust
ness. Confidence ought to be reviv-
ed by seven hundred and eighty-six
millions of paper money and the as
surance that the volume is not to be
disturbed this year.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-16
HOW TO KEEP COOL

A contemporary has instructed its
readers how to keep cool in the heat
ed term: We propose to try our
hand:
Never go in the sun; 1t heats your
blood.
Food is fuel, and furnishes heat;
eat no food.
Clothes prevent the escape of heat
from the body; wear none, or only
a loose shirt and drawers.
Work heats the system; do moth
ing.
Sit In draft.
Reading, talking, and thinking
generate heat; do neither.
Battle every hour of the day, and
take a shower bath between.
Wear cap with ice in.
Sit with your feet in tub of ice
water.
Call your wife or daughters when
you want anything; it is cool op-
Grafton.
Drink iced tea, lemonade, plain
soda, and such; have cool stream
running in all the while.
BY observing these simple direc,
tions one can get along without go
ing away, unless the effect sends
him off. 8r-
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-16
HENRY COUNTY FRAUDS.

The COMMITTEES investigating the
public expenses of Henry county,
says the Cleveland Leader, have
scarcely more than commenced their
work, and they are surrounded by
indications of defaleations that will
probably foot up to about 100000.
1t will be impossible to arrive at an
exact knowledge of the amount sto-
len during the last few years, be-
cause a number of the books are
missing and the committee is ham
pered in its Investigations by the
presence of Democratic office-hold-
ers. All the leaders of the Demo
cratic party in Henry county are in
the ring, and there are no Democrats
of ability left TO champion the cause
Of the plundered taxpayers. The
Republican are very feeble in the
county, and their voices will be of
little avail. The amount of money
stolen wiilnever be fully known, ard
stealing will be continued for years
unless some sudden change opens
the eyes of the deluded rank and
file of the Democracy to the great
wrongs practiced upJn them. The
proofs of these thefts are so numer-
GUS that it is difficult to understand
how the blindest of the blind can
fail to see them. In one case com
pany in Toledo offered to contract
for the stone work of bridge for
$l4 900 and the disinterested Off
cials of Henry county gave the work
to im in Indiana. The job is not
finished but the county has alrea-
dy paid on 1t over $50, 900. The con-
tractors at once made member of
the court house clique a present of
a beautiful carriage and another
member of the ring soon began to
build $1,000 residence. He re-
ceived salary of only 5000 per year,
but he was very economical, and
this accounts for his saving about
$4,000 annually.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-16
A WoMAN's PORTRAIT OF SAM cox

The affectionate little gentleman
who has just taken his arms from
around Mr.. Dawes neck is Samuel
Sullivan Cox, formerly of Ohio, now
of New York city. ''Sunset Cox"
Sunbeam Cox sDewdrop Cox"
are the soubriquets bestowed upon
him by his approving and admiring
brethren. He is a little, swinging,
prancing man, with black hair, and
a white spot in the center of his
head about the size of dollar. He
has dalk skin, black eyes, and a
musical voice. When he makes a
speech he often turns down his col
lar slightly, turns up his sleeves,
swings pocket-handkerchief In his
hand, leaves his seat, comes down
in the front isle, where half of Con-
gress gather about him 10 laugh and
have good time. His speech on
the expense of a moth to the GOV
eminent, last winter, was the with
est of the season. He is as amiable
as he is bright, and though Dem
ocrat of the Democrats, he is the on
ly sunny force of the minority who
never loses his temper or makes
himself disagreeable, no matter how
exasperating may be his fantastic
speech. He is, moreover, a man of
more than ordinary culture. Liber-
ally educated, he is lawyer, has
been an editor, and is the author of
several books of observations and
travel, as witty, genial and sunny as
himself.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-16
DEMOCRATIC DEFALcATloNs

The Investigations in Holmes
County have revealed a deficiency
of $31, 1886. There is also a deficit
of 100000 in Henry county, and
the tell-tale books ofthe Treas
suer's Office have mysteriOusly dis
appeared.-Wayne is short $22, 900,
Fairfield 100000, Darke $37, 900,
and Butler $150,000. And yet the
Democracy prate about their hon
esty and purity and want the Re
publicans turned out and themselves
installed in power throughout the
nation.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-16

Wednesday last, the workmen en-
gagged in demolishing the Nathan
mansion, 23rd. street, N. T., dis
covered night shirt, covered with
blood, secreted behind the dumb
waiter. 1t was taken to the Police
Central Office, having been claimed
by the police authorities. The name
of Nathan can be distinguished un-
derneath the collar, though covered
with large blotch of blood. Many
persons visited the scene of the dis
covery during the day, expecting,
doubtless, that other evidences of
crime would be brought to light, but
so far have been disappointed.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-16


the villagers, this evening, about the
great things of Christ. He can
speak their Own language as well as
they can. see temple of Vishnu
from my seat, and all this people be-
lieve and carry out the false religion
of their forefathers. But 1 will tel
you more again. Let US abide by
faith, and faithful life, III God who
has delivered US from many error:
and sent us Jesus for Savior.
Your Nephew,
With love,
r.. L. ITHI.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-16

Not a single arrest fer drunken
ness was made by the GAINESVILLE po
lice on the Fourth, thing that has
not occurred for years. Tally one
more for the crusade!
A young man named Grass, resid
ing near Alliance, shot at a pigeon
and drove a score of shot into the
arms and legs OF his little brother
standing close by. The pigeon flew
away unharmed. This skillfu
marksman thinks of opening g
shooting gallery in Alliance.
The German government is about
to make another postal experiment.
Letters are to be delivered immedi-
ately from the mail railroad car to
such persons as desire to get their
correspondence in that way. The
object, of course, is to give mer-
chants, bankers, etc, chance TO
get ttheir correspondence immediate
ly on the arrival of the train without
waiting for the tedious distribution
at the postoffice. All letters desired
to be sent in this way must be
marked "depot letters" and a
charge of 81 per month is to be made
of all who desire to take advantage
of this new arrangement,
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-16
OUR FREE GOVERNMENT.
Gov. Allen Recounts Some of its Adyan-
faces.

Gov. William Allen, of Ohio, ap-
peared on Change in Cincinnati the
other day, and being called upon for
speech, returned his thanks and
said: at was no part of my inten-
tion to make anything like formal
speech, but will tell you a little
thing that occurred to me in ap-
preaching this city last evening. l
asked myself how it happened that
there, upon that spot where a rude
fort, called Fort Washington, stood
less than century ago-how has it
happened that there stands now one
of the richest, most intelligent. and
enterprising cities of the world?
And all this within less than sin
gle century. 1t was problem diff
cult to solve. When the mind runs
back and looks over ancient Europe,
it sees there towns sitcated in every
respect with as many physical ad-
vantages as the city of Cincinnati
still remaining comparatively poor,
Notwithstanding they have had CEN
turies in which to build themselves
up. 1t naturally occurred to me to
contrast the city of Marseilles, in
France, with the city of Cincinnati,
and to inquire how it happened.
What is the cause that here, where
there was nothing but wilderness
filed with Indians less than a CEN
tury ago, We now have city of 300,-
600 people, while Marseilles, found
ed twenty-five centuries ago, ON the
Mediterranean, with all the advan-
tages of commerce, through the
Straits of Gibraltar to ancient Alex
andria, city settled by the Greeks
FIVE centuries before the Christian
era, the very elite and the most in
telligent branch of the human fami-
ly. What is the population of that
city to-day? With all its physical
advantages, 1t is about two thirds
the size and wealth of the city of
Cincinnati, settled less than a cen
tury ago. Now, my friends, / know
- l..
you are met mere lor other purposes
Chan TO iisten 10 speeches. put as
was caiied upon ana asked 10 say
some1hihg' VIII close my remarks
py observing that IL 4 philosopher
were called upon TO analyze the
cause producing !hese Two 'remen-
aons results Guy growing up IN
tne Wooas IN less thah century,
Win u c,ty settieo on the Mediter
rahean Z,ooo years ago, ana That ci-
w. WIN us I'o,Uoo mhaoitants'
s'anuihg > anu thefe stil'' "hiie this clty,
-4oo years younger, presents a pop
ulatlon oi 2oo'ooo. W nat is the cause
oi tnis' It CANNOT De position, be-
cause no Guy IN the worid Is better
situated than TINS one OF Marseliles.
IL mas a splendid and healthy eli.
mate around 1t. IL Is part OF one OF
tne oiaest kingdoms In the world.
"hy Is IL then' that this astonlsh-
ing pnenomeoh is presented, that
'ne Guy oi Marseiiles' nearly z.o0o
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-16

The Columbus Journal has taken
the trouble to poll the newspaper
press of Ohio on the question of the
adoption of the new Constitution
Its report sums up as follows: Fol-
the Constitution, % papers; against,
20; non-committal, 5S.
"Yes, George Washington was
purity great and high" said Mis-
souri, steamboat captain, "but then.
stranger, he never owned Il steam-
boat which could hitch past the
White Queen"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-16
EWING ON THE CONSTITUTION.

Hon. Thomas Ewing, the 'Demo-
cratic" member of the late Constitu-
tional Convention, from Fairfield
county, recently made a speech in
favor of the adoption of the New
Constitution. He divided it into
heads, as follows:
1. 1t will give better and more
efficient Judiciary.
2. The new Constitution will give
us purer government.
3. The new Constitution will give
us q cheaper goyernmen t.
A. The new Constitution puts
wholesome restraints on private cor.
porations.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-16
Home Estimation Of DR.. Sykes.

Home Estimation of Dr.. Sykes.
Among others received by us, we take
pleasure in transferring to our columns
the following testimonials from the ed
itors of the Pittsburgh Christian Adro-
cae and United Presbyterian:
PITTsBURd,M May 1G, 1867.
Publisher Religious Telescope:
DEAR BROTHER: l take the pleasure
In stating, for your information, that
DIR. j. w. Sykes, of this city, is relia-
BILE and skillful medical practitioner, and
justlydistinguished in his spec,alty-the
treatment Of the lungs. He will not
dishonor any words of commentator
you may make in his interest In the
Religious Telescope.
Respectfully,
S. II. NEsBIT,
Editor Pittsburgh Christian Adrocate.