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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-08-21

There are, says Congressman Lawrence
of Ohio, $40, 200, 900 war claims, which h,
insinuates are fraudulent, pending b, for,
Congress. Many Of these are {, st claims
and. If successful, will.be followed by
many more. The judgments of tn,
Court of Claims for 1873 amounted to
S4S9,O34. Under relief acts by Congress
there was paid S797,7lS. Mr.. Lawrerc.
says that the people ard the press should
be more vigilant than they are in watch.
lrg the non-political votes of members OF
Congress.
Such vigilance on their part would
Deprive the "lobby" OF much Of its DOW.
er. Last year, one of the claims reported
against asked for neartly $1,000, 900.
There were others that met the same
fate. Fraudulent claims have been urged
with immense influence.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-08-21

We learn that Mr.. A. d. STEWART, the
present. incumbent, will be candidate
for re-elt ction to the Cflice of Clerk OF
Wood County Common Please Court.
Mr.. STEWART is now serving his first
term in that flee, and speaking of our
own business transactions with him in
his official capacity it would be favorable
for his denomination.
The managers of the Ohio State Sab
bath School Union held meeting at
Springfield, Ohio, Aug. 4th, and adopted
an interesting programme of exercises
for the next annual Convention, which
they decided to hold at Newark, COM
mcncing Tuesday, June s,h, 1875, and
closing on the following Thursday eve
NinD,. 80
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-08-21
A Startling Fact.

Tie Republic, in recent issue, in compar-
ing the Southern Republican States with the
ing startling intelligence, which we commend
TO the consideration Of patriots everywhere
In Georgia, which has been Democratic
from the beginning no mans life is safe who
is under suspicion Of loyalty. There are for
ty-eight militia companies in the State, arm
ed with the best of rifles, furnished under the
militia laws Of the General Government: yet
these companies not only refuse tn carry the
Union htg themselves but even refuse to
march with the only militia company in Sa-
vannah and IN the State that insisted on car
rying the starry flag. The members of this
company, as might be supposed, being chiefly
Northern mechanics and labOrers, the company
is now virtually broken up bv the discharge
from employment Of these offenders against
the "lOSt cause"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-08-21

In speaking of the nomination of Hon
A. NJ. PRATT, By the Republican Con-
vention, the TIledo Democrat & H,rald
says,
.'Of the nominee we have little to say.
He IS an ordinary man of immense phys
hal proportions, who, if intelltct was
anything like prop)rtionate to his bulk,
b ,dy, would be man far above medioc-
r.ty. But We rather think, without any
intentions to disparage MIR. Pratt, that
there is just slight disparity between
his mental and physical development
H)wever, from an intimate acquaintance
with Mr.. Pratt, extending back many
years, we are compelled to sly that he
fs 4 man of fair ability, good private
character and of rather a social, genial
disposi fDn- There il nothing that can
Be said truthtuliy against him, and but
little can b. urged in his flvor that
would not apply to any good citizen of
This is an open and frank CO nfession.
which we could scarcely have expected
from a Democratic source; but it shows
in what regard Mr.. PRATT is held by
those who have an intimate acquaint-
ance" with him.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-08-21
The Election on Tuesday.

The results so far as heard from indi-
ente the defeat of the New Constitution
by about $4,000. Cincinnati, Dayton, Co
MnbuS, Cleveland, Springfield and Chilli
cothe are the only cities that gave MOTOR
tiles in favor Of the new instrument.
license has probably carried by small
majority in the State. The results of
this election will, probably, have a great
"r significance than was at first supposed.
The Catholics, it is stated, have voted al
most solid against 1t, having received in
structiOns so to do from the Bishops, on
the ground of the new instrument for
bidding Q division Of the school funds.
We have not been able to get the off,
cal vote of the )unty in time for this
iSsiie. Reports from all the townships
reached Bowling Green yesterday, which
gives a
Maiarity against the Constitution. So. . ,53l
Majority for License. nse.s...........-.. 20
The official count may vary few votes
from these figures.
Tho official vote of PER- ysburg town
ship is as fellows:
For the5Ntw Constitution .-......... 90.
Againsttne New Constitution. 52I
AoSalMlnOrity Representation....... "
I,er Rsilroa,,if representation 5S7
Against Railroad'i.,,.,.,....,.......l II
FOR License. .........,..'.-,''''' ''''''oot
A gainst License 49, '-.'''''s-',,,.- i4a
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-08-21


For the advocacy Of strange incon-
elstenciee, commend us to the Toledo
R,ricw. u now advocates the election Of
FRANK HURD to Congress on the ground
of his character as a "Christian gentle
man, and his desires that all should enjoy
the broadest freedom in those things
which to oppose would be to exercise
fanatical restraint and tyraDical oppres.
SION" For a paperthat keeps standing
Truth, Temperance andInd pendence,
are our motto "--thls sound hidlerous.-
II has probably forgotten the greater por-
tion of its motto and is working on Che
!" Independence" !" dodge. Its editor viii
be fit subject for bioerahioarsketch in
The Irish World, Which is now engage d
In that business.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-08-21


Among the rules and regulations o.
the Baltimore & Ohio Road is the fo,-
lowing:
Conductors, baggage masters and other
men in passenger train service must
wear their regulation caps, avoid smok-
ing cigars or pipes when on duty, and
at all times treat passengers with uni
form court -sy and pOliteness. The care
less handling of baggage, discourteous
replies to p lssengers, or disregard of
ths comforts of the ltrons of the Road,
will be considered as a suffi lent caus,
for dismissal from the cOmpanv's service.
No drinking man will be retained in the
service.
This is the correct principle to work
upon, especially on Railroads where so
much property and human life is at stake
But it will hold good in all business avo-
cations. No man who has allowed him
se'f to get in the habit of placing himself
und6r the influence of stimulants that
deaden and stupify lis senses, will te as
reliable as one who abstains from all such.
Daily there are men giving up lucrative
positions to more reliable men from this
very cause, and we will venture the as.
sertion that three fourths of the stout.
able-bodied men who are begging their
living through the country to day, had
they not squandered their earnings for
liquor-which only mora'ized and
made them unreliab!e-might otherwise
be earning good living and be tpar, d
the humiliation of begging. There is no
demand for drunken men any place, ex-
cept f,r cremation purposes. Yet lyok
around you and see how many manufa {
tori 5 there are engaged in making
Are they profitable insiitu-
lions for town or city? Is the calling a |
laudable one for men to engage in?
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-08-21

1t should be borne in mind by the poo-
PIE that the last Congress levied no new
taxes, its members have p aid their own
postage, il made no land grants. it re-
pealed the law increasing salaries. IL
made no subsidies, no corrupt bills wer.
passed. no measures that the opposition
attempted to citicise received It's an
proval, and above all and over al iG cut
down the annual expenditures more than
renty-seem millions Of doHius. With such
rec'rd they may well aff,rd to go before
che people Bryan Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-08-21

The Cincinnati Commercial says 1t ha;
o'en discovered that an uncle Of Tilton's
went insane over an invention to carry
eggs to market without breaking them.
Ihe Inference ie, we supp rse, that Theo
dore is insane bccauae his eggs were sent
to the wrong market.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-08-21

In voting for Vallandigham Mr.. Rurd proved
himself true patriot, lover Of liberty and
his country, and an advocate Of free speech :
Napoleon Northeast,
So JEFF Davis and all other rebels
thought. But the loyal men of Ohio by
oger 100000 majority thought otherwise
in 1868, and we doubt if they have since
changed their minds. We are glad to see
Mr.. Hurd's real position recognized by
hia frienda II Gamma rn;,J
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-08-21

The names of F. j. OBLINGER and
WILLIAM s. RICHARD appear under the
head of announcements this week as can
didates for the office of Auditor and
Clerk. From an intimate acquaintance
Of fifteen years with Mr.. OBLINGER we
Gun say no less than that he is emlnently
qualified for the position for which his
name is mentioned. Mr.. RICHARD Is un-
known to US, but is highly spoken of by
those who are best acquainted with him.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-08-21
Democratic Convention.

Democratic Convention will be held Of
Tontogany, Wood county, Ohio, on Saturday,
August %, A. d. 1874, at 10 O'Clock A. ".
TO select delegates TO the State and Judicial
Convention. Every Democrat is invited.
BY order of the Executive Committee.
HENRY. NJ. MORSE, Chairman.
Perrysburg, August 8, 1874
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-08-21
Wood County Republican Conven-

Iluu.
The Republican electors OF woed County
are requested to meet 10 Mass Convention OF
Bowling Green, on 4arf
saturday, August %, 1874, ut IL
O'Clock A. NJ.
far the purpose OF placing in nomination can
didates 10 be supp 1rled at the ensuing OctuIben
election, foF the following county Offices to- wits;
Auditor, H
Treasurer,
Clerk OF the Court of Common Pleas,
Sheriff,
Two COMMISSIONER.
1nilrmary Director.
Surveyor,
Coroner,
Delegates are also .h.Be' selected to represent
wuoi county in the-Itepublican State Conven-
tim, TO be lisitRt U0lumbus, September 2, 1914.
Alsn In the event Of the adoption Of the New
Cnnstituton delegates are 10 be chosen to at
tend judicial District Convention, for the
purpose Of noUiinating Judge Of the Court nf
Common Pleas, for what will then be known as
the SecOad Sub vision Of th eTenth Judicial
District, comprising the counties OF wood, lleu-
ry, Fulton and Williams.
In the organization uf the Convention, each
township will be entitled to one vote for every
five vntes cast for the Republican candidate
fir Governor Of Ohio, at the last October cleo
ti"A, an one vote for every major fraction uf
hfc. THIS will give the several townships,
the following numbers uf votes, tO.wit:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-08-21

4npOhtchthNtHe NoNo imnrOvemcuv.
The Commithe who were appointed
last week, to report on plan for the i'm.
provtment OF the McCusehenviHe road
have presented their report. the partlcu.
larsof which we give In another column.
We are really glad to perceive that
action has been taken which looks to the
speedy Improvement Of this important
thoroughfare. It Is an Improvement In
which the citizens OF Perrysburg are
equally interested, with those who 1--we
on the line of the road, and we are as.
sured that their cooperation will be cor
daily and heartily rendered.
By such Improvement, additional value
will be given to the land, and its products
along the line of route, by the possession
Of reliable facilities which will be pro.
vided for reaching market at all times and
at OIL seasons, which cannot be done now
The citizens Of Perrysburg will be ben
efitted both directly and indirectly by the
improvt ment of the road. They will be
byn, fitted directly by the ready supply
of stave-bolts, fire wood, slaves, products
OF the farm, &, thus adding to the vol
ume Of trade, and promoting the prosp r
| y Of the people. The indirect benefits
will accrue from the increased value
which active trade and commerce i'm
parts to each dwelling, and to every town
lot. BE idts which the Hydraulic will
soon be complalPtl, and then the new era
oil manufacturing enterprise will be de-
velopcd, and with it there will be an in
creased demand for products of the soil.
Let VI then be wise aud begin these
important improvements in timc, and it
Will b. found, that the small amount that
we may contribute to this or other publ C
improvements will pay us hrge einte: est
by giving Us local prosperity.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-08-21

The Cincinnati Gazette, speaking Of the
White nuns party in the S)uth, says :
Human natnre is no changed in the South
by the formation Of white mans party.
The self protecting power Of the ballot is not so
easily dispatched. The men vino have votes
cannot be put down. The ballot will be sure
in the end to secure to the cnored people due
consideration. II will not be long before the
politicians that are now leading the white
mans party will be as much troubled by tha t
rec"rd as n multitude Of native politicians
were by theiS connection with the Know Moth
ing party.
Another thing they will learn in the
course of time, as the riot at Austin
Mississippi, would indie tie, and that j.
white mIn cannot upon the slightest
provocation, draw revolver and shoot
a negro down without being punished
for it. If the white men of the South
desire concord, and have any regard for
law and order, with their priceless bless
ings Of peace aud prosperity, let them
set an example for the negro to follow
in this respect.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-08-21
MABLEY'S PRICE LIST
SUMNER CLOTHING.

Mems Scotch Casimer so
Mems SuIts, "a
Mems Casimere o 40
Mems Good spring 00
Mems stripe
Mems Good
Mems Heavy COttOBade OO
IsOys 5000 summer suits, .....
1oSs 70 od cashmere suits,
ChiIdrem's
To- Peri DOZ..
And all other goods at qu y low prices My stock comprises
all classes of Clothing for Mems Boys and Chiden Also
large stock of Gents Furnishing Goods The best assortment
Of Spring Overcoats in the city.
AS have storesin a the ncpa cities west and handle
an immense quantity of goods have facilities for buying which
small dealers do not possess.
Call and examine my stock and prices and you will be satisfied
that you money by buying of
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-08-21

The Republican electors OF Wood County
are requested to meet 10 Mass Con venlon OF
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29
STATE NEWS.

Mr. FRANCIS DEL1LL, living near
Elk River, fell dead in church in Day.
ton. Sunday last. Supposed cause, old
age.
Miss ELLA RISING has taken
charge Of the post Office at Glenwood,
and will hereafter have the emoluments
as we'll as the honors OF the Office.
The Council of Faribault fixed the
retail liquor licenses for the ensuing
year at SIS. the lowest amount allowed
under the charter.
Mr.. A. RENsLow, who with numbe,
Of others left Faribault for California
about the 1st Of March, has returned
having had enough of the Golden
State. ,.
FATHER BENEDICT, of the St. Cloud
Catholic Church, is to celebrate the
twenty-6fth anniversary of his priest.
hood in the Catholic Church at St.
Cloud, Sunday next, the 26th.
Miss SARA j. T1MANus, for several
years resident #of Winona, as teacher
in the model department of the Normal
School, is to be married to Rev. W. F.
Crafts, Of Plain6eld, New Jersey.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29

ty acres, you will require the applicant to
state in his affidavit that he has, or has
not, as the case miy be, made previous
entry Of similar fractional subdivision.
If he shall have made one or more such pre-
vious entries,y YOU vi i'll require Aim to exhibit
to you his duplicate 'receipts or patent there
for, and you will II PIE the same by number,
acres, district. and description of the land
upon the application presented to you.
thus: Previous entry No., [descrip-
tion, -- acres, - district.
Fourth-When you shall have satisfied
yourselves that the land applied for is
properly subject to such entry, you viii
require an affidavit, Form B, and on pay
ment Of the fee and first commissions, the
Receiver will issue his receipt therefor.
Fifth-The entry will thereupon be
noted upon your plat and tract-book, and
reported with your monthly returns in
distinct abstracts, under the head Of i" Tim
ber-culture entries under the provisions of
the first section Of the act Of March IS,
1874" commencing the series with No. /,
unless you shall have already commenced a
series under the act Of March g.; 1873, in
which case you will continue THAT series,
giving to entries under this act fhe current
numbers thereof.
Sixth-The fee and commissions in this
class Of entries the Receiver will account
for in the usual manner, il fdcating the
same as fees and commissions on timber
culture entries, which will be charged
against the MAXIMUM Of $4,000 now al
lowed by law.
Seventh-That when final proof is Of
fered. under the provisions1-of the fourth
section of this act. upon homestead entries,
you will require the affidavit, Form G,
and the proof, Form D, both Of which
must show that the homestead settler has
resided upon his tract for not less than
three years. Thereafter, upon payment OF
the final homestead commissions, you will
issue final certificate, Form E, and a
final receipt Entries of this class will
take current numbers in your regular final
homestead series.
Eighth-In all cases of entry or home.
stead proof, under the provisions Of this
act, it will be required that the character
Of '!'c trees ,y.;.ni a': shall coma within the
scope and meaning oi the team timber.
Shrubbery and fruit trees canno' be accept
ed as meeting the requirements Of the act
annexed will be found Forms A, B, c.
! D, and K.
WILLIS DRUMMOND.
| Commissioner.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The House Committee on Public
Lands have proposed the appointment
Of Commissioner Of Forestry to look
after the preservation Of the forests of
the country. ,..
The farmers and laboring classes
Of Indiana have called q political con-
vention. The farmers go into the
movement not as Changers, but as free
and Independent citizens of free
country. They do not believe down in
Indiana lrl that belonging 70 the Grange
takes away mans ! right Of oitizenship,
no more than does belonging to = deba-
ting society ofeven to the church.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29

III course OF Misrepresentation designed
to make members of tie Order believe that
he was still an organ Is" until he was COM
PEELED to print the resolution by a writ
ten demand coming through the Secretary
Of the State GRAM ge. And what is the
next move Of this model editor who had
made the first attack: upon as =? Simply to
go whining to his readers that we were
"trying to pick quarrel with u.s. This
is the paper which the Leader does not
want " confounled y with THE GRANGE AD-
VANCE," Here we agree for we should OBJ
ject to all such confounding. But what ails
the Leader?
The fact is, that last winter this same
Leader " was "a Office seeker at the
hands of the Legislature at St. Paul, and,
unfortunately for it, became<qpe Of that
dangerous class, an unsuccessful, Office
seeker, and still more unfortunate. INSTEAD
Of bearing the ills it was heir +, like a
man, it rushes home, foods its readers
with the accumulated 1i9e 81 it's rotten
| stomach, in the shape Of an unmanly at
tack upon Hon. j., K. Smith, of Wabasha
county, because Mr.. Smith had not per-
mit,ed himself TO be voted by the Leader
and "other friends,'' but in the light Of all
the circumstances voted, as he no doubt
considered it his duty to vote. For this
the Leader charged Mr. Smith as being
''vain, weak, 1eluded, gullible, and 80 cor
rupt as to accept the offered bribes." Mr.
Smith was all this time a membex@of the
Order Of Patrons Of Husbandry, in good
standing, and for this vile personal attack
| we administered to the Leader q biting and
we'll deserved rebuke. Did the Leader re-
ply? No, but in its narrow, fostering soul
it has treasured up low spite tor rebuke
that it dared not meet, and now spits forth
its venom. 1t is appropriate that the Lead
er should come to the aid Of the Union,
there is evidently common bond Of SYM
pathy between them. They evidently wish
to whip the Order into their support by
vile attacks upon every member who does
not bow the knee and DO them reverence.
And they feel badly to think that there is a
paper that aares to meet them and throw
their lies back in their teeth But since
the Leader knows 50 much about selling out
will it not tell its readers how much the
Farmers Union got from the Minneapolis
mill men and wheat buyers, for advising
the farmers to sell their wheat, or did that
pure, disinterested sheet render this valu.
able service for nothing? Is itpot fully
as probable that the Farmers Unpn sold
itself to the wheat ring Of MiSnesp\lis as
that any body is going to sell out, oil thai
any body is going to buy out the whol4 Or.
der Of Patrons Of Husbandry?
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29
Tfnber I Culture.

CIRCULAR or COMNIss1oNER DRUMN0ND.
Registers and Receipers Of United States
Land Ofces-Geatl1tssn: Your attention
is called to the annexed act of Congress en-
titled "An act to amend the act entitled
An act to encourage the growth of timber
on western prairies.'
You will observe that the privilege Of
entry under this act is confined to persons
who are heads Of families, or over twenty
one years Of age, and who are citizens of
United States, or have declared their in
tention to become such.
That the e@davit required ON making an
entry under this act may be made before
you, or either Of you, Cor before some officer
authorised to administer oaths in your dis
tsist, who ~is~ rsqui,sd by law TO use an
0f6cial seal; {
That not more than one Quarter of any
one section can be entered under this act
That the privilege Of making more than
one entery thereundSr is confined to such
parties as shall ent@r, in each and every
instance, . fractional subdivision of less
than 40 aeres, and TT the aggregate are.
Of such entries shall pot exceed leo acres;
That the ratio Of area required to be broi.
en-, planted, &c., is, lin all cases, initiated
under the first section Of this act-one.
fourth Of the land emit traced in the entry;
That one-frurth pSrt Of the area re-
quired to be devoted to timber must bl
broken within one yeat from date Of entry
| one-fouzth part more within two year.
from date Of entry ;asand the remaininl
ons-hah within three years from date Q
Th.t ea.-fou.th p.ss Il the ere. re
qu'red to bs devoted Ito timber must b,