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Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-04-23
SEVEN TR CTS.

and described as follows, to-wit :-One trac
OF 1874 acres, On Big Greek; one DO OF 80
Acres, on one Mile Creek; one do OF 4S5 Acres,
on One Mile Creek; one do OF 40 Acres and one
Of 3I5 acres, on east side Of Guyandotte RHer I;
one do OF co Acres on Gnyan River: and one 10
Of IS Acres described "a WistOn tract all IN
the county Of Lincoln and State u West Virginia.
BIZ. CURRY,
C. W. SMITH, Special Commissioner.
Atty for PHI. Apri Zi-id
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-04-23
The 18th Dan of May, 1874,

at the front door Of the Courthouse Of Lincoln
County proceed t0sell the lands, o. rs much Is
NAV be necessary. In plaintiffs Bills AMI
proceedings mentioned being the property of
said Irwin Luscher, at public auction to the
highest bidder, requiring % per cent. ot the puf-
chase money in cash. with credit Of AMI II
months. upon the residue. taking from the pur-
chaser bond with good security Tor ;he deferred
payments, and retaining the legal title, as add
finnal security The said an1 CONSISTS Of
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-04-23
Commissioners Sale
OF
REAL ESTATEi.

TN ACCORDANCE with the provisions OF
lDecree rendered In the Circuit Court Of Lin
coin county. al the March term, l57l, thereof IN
cause depeuding In said Court On the chancery
side thereof, In which Harriet Nicholas and 9th
ers are plaintiffs and Isaac Sowards and Henry
Roberts aud others are defendants, appointing
the undersigned Special Commissioner, IN place
OF T. b. Kline. a former Commissioned Ia said
cause with Instructions 10 execute the former
DEGREES rendered IN sad Cause: wlll, on
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27
Business Prospects Favorable

The Cincinnati Gazette furnishes
a hopeful view of business prospects.
It thinks the autumn business will be
in marked contrast with that of year
ago, and fOunds its hope upon good
crops at home, and foreign demand
that will take the entire surplus at
full prices. It concludes that wheat
is probably lower now than it will be
at any future time up to next harvest,
and that the indications are that oats
and corn will command higher pri-
ces than the average of the last year.
Then, hogs are high-$7 to 81 so
p 100 lbs. gross. This is So above
last years average. Hog products,
continues the Gazette, have advanc-
ed seventy-fve per cent. since the
close of the last packing season, and
by the incoming of the next winter
the market will be bare of provisions.
1t is hardly to be expected that hogs
will sell through the winter as high
as they are now quoted, but they will
sell much above last years average.
These are cheering indications.
The Gazette may well say that the
crops are the foundation upon which
all other interests depend. When
these are good and prices remunera-
tive, the result of an active demand,
we may in truth hope for an active
business in all departmento of trade.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27

A person could have a deal more
confidence in the Hillsboro News de-
nunciations of the SALARY Grab" if
it were not for the recollection that
Unsupported John A. Smith for the
Constitutional Convention in the face
of the fact that he pocketed $4,000 of
that steal If there is to be any dirt
thrown during this campaign on the
SALARY Grab, Brother Boardman is
not the man to do it effectually.-
TWest Union Defender.
The defender shows more zeal
than discretion. Bro. Eylar should
be more careful about his facts, be-
fore making such round assertions.
First, he says that Mr.. Smith
''pocketed $4,000 of that steal ="
This is mis- statement No. 1. Mr..
Smith never drew his "back- pay"
but left it in the Treasury, into which
it was covered" by the law repeating
the SALARY Steal" If Bro. Eylar
doubts this, we refer him to the
Treasury Department for proof, and
when he finds out he is mistaken we
hope he will have the fairness to do
Mr.. Smith justice by making the cor
rection as publicly as he has made
the charge.
Secondly. The editor of the De-
fender has also ''put his foot in it, in
regard to the Hon. John T. Wilson.
1t is true that we supported Mr.. vii
son taoo gears ago, for Congress, but
as that was in the fall of 1872, and
the Salary Grab was not passed un-
til March, 1873, sac months after
yards, it is difficult to see how Mr..
Wilson could be SALARY Grabber"
at the time we supported him!
We advise Bro. Eylarnot to "draw
on his imagination for facts" when
he can obtain them from the records,
and thus avoid exposing his igno-
rance.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27
Attention, "SWill MOb!'

[From Adams County Defender.l
The Ross county "swill-mob" are
now engaged in the pleasant occr-
patton of licking each others sores
and "chawing" VI. Sloan all full of
little holes. It is pleasing to one
who was at the ''fore front" to know
what a valiant warrior John Vanme-
ter is, and what Coatr de Icons the
$50 rag-tag and bob-taiis following
in his wake were. Mr.. Vanmeter's
"speech" was tissue of falsehoods
and fulsome adulation. Divested of
these it was nothing but gibberish.
1t is true it drought down" the
house, but that would have afforded
us no satisfaction even if we had
been Neal man, as we were sitting
where we could see a crooked-eye
hummer with linen breeches on give,
from his position on the stage, the
cue to the rowdies on the floor, who
at proper intervals made the room
resound with their yells and stamps.
The less that Ross county says about
that Convention the better it will be
for all parties concerned. There are
some persons disposed to ''bury the
hatchet" who are not going to take
much of the slang of the e-jawed
editor of the Advertiser. If he has
any friends they should draw him in.
He has been cutting rather a wide
swath for some time, and the people
of this District are not going to per-
NIT much more of it.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27
NeighbOring Counties.

Ripley is infested with highway
robbers.
A Prohibition Convention is called
to meet at West Union, Sept. I'd.
Clinton co. S. S. Union meets at
New Vienna, Sept. 10th.
The Gates House, Wilmington,
was burglarized a few nights ago.
The Bainbridge post-ofice was
robbed of S1OO one night last week.
Ross county gave 1,199 majority
against the New Constitution, and
251 majority for License.
Scott tp., Adams county, adjoining
this county, gave Ia majority
against License.
The Changers had big gathering
in West Union and another at And
erson Station, Ross co. last week.
The Sabina Fair, last week, was
a success in every way. Some very
fine cattle were exhibited.
Wilmington proposes to have a
Pioneer Reunion on Saturday, Sept.
26th.
The price paid for the Chillicothe
Gazette printing establishment by
Raper & Wolfe, is stated at $4,000.
Chillicothe proposes to donate, in
bonds, $4,000 to secure removal to
that place of the Marietta and Cinci-
natl car shops at Zaleski.
Adams county gave 600 majority
against License, with three town
ships to hear from, which will prob
ably increase the majority to 500.
New Vienna claims to be the best
wheat market in Clinton county.
Over $4,000 bushels were bought
there in little over q month, from
July IA to Aug. 18th.
The Clinton co. Teachers Institute
closed OH the 14th, aftera twoweeks
session, with larger attendance
than any former year. 1t was re-
solved TO hold one weeks Institute
during the next school year, accord
ing to the new law.
S. L. Pancake, of Paint Valley,
Ross county, claims to have raised
this season on seven acres of ground,
1886 bushels and Z quarts of wheat.
This is 48 bushels to the acre, and the
largest of the many large crops in
Ohio we have seen recorded for 1874.
The Republican primary election
in Clinton county last week resulted
as follows: Sheriff B. Crumley;
Recorder-M. ]. Grady; Commits
sioner-J. NJ. Townsend. Surveyor
y. A. Brown; Coroner. G. Out
calf; Infrmary Director-Robt-
Skimming.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27
Why II WAS Defeated.

We have no doubt the Columbus
Journal is very near right in tie
following explanation of what caused
the defeat of the New Constitution:
1t was found very early in tie can
vass that people did not desire to
read anything on the subject of the
New Constitution. The long session
of the Convention, and the tedious
stringing out ofliterature which filled
Ohio papers for so long under such
headings as Constitutional Conven-
tion Proceedings-One Hundred and
Fortieth Day." tired the people out,
till an article on the Constitution af-
fected them in much the same way
that letter from Dalzell does the
average editor. As people cannot be
forced to read articles on uninterest-
ing topics, no matter how much
learning able editors may put into
them, most journalists soon abandon
ed the Constitution as a topic, and
let the subject go by default after a
manner, concluding that the debates
in Convention had exhausted
the subject. But the debates ex-
hausted the reader more than the
subject, and there were probably not
a Thousand men in Ohio who had
read the New Constitution entirely
through, when they came to vote up
on it. They were generally satisfied
that there were no fatal errors in the
old one, since we have lived under it
for twenty years, and they would not
take the trouble to compare it with
the new. Then the temperance peo-
pie took the alarm, for fear the sep
arate provision ''for license" would
carry, and they voted in mass
against the Constitution, for fear that
that was the only way to defeat Ii
cenSe.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27
CrOps i'm Europe.

Latest advices from Europe indi-
cate that the crop prospects were
not as good as had been previously
reported. In France the wheat crop
is only an average one, instead of the
extra one expected. Rye and barley
will be limited crop, and the oats
are injured by intense heat. Revers-
ing the old expression of sympathy
in bereavement, we can exclaim,
''their lossis our gain" The United
States can meet almost any demand
that may be made on her this year
TOhio Farmer.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27

The ABUNDANT Crops, present and
prospective, are having a good effect
on trade, and the half paralyzed en-
ergies of the country are reviving.
New York papers state that mer-
chants are focking in from all Sec
tions to lay in their fall stock, and
are buying more literally than at
any previous time since the crash.
This is the legitimate effect, and was
anticipated. The New York banks,
it is said, have a loaning capital of
S5,OOO,OOO in excess of last year,
and a feeling of ease and safety pre-
walls in all the money markets of the
world.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27
IOOIIespOnueHCe OF inc NeT
Letter from Colorado.
VAIMoNr, Coz. Julv 10. 1874

VALMoNT, Coz. July 19, 1874.
again take the opportunity to
inform the readers of the News how
things stand away out here in Col
orado.
Taken all in all, this has been
rather an unlucky year for the farm
ers.
First and foremost of all, it has
been the dgyest season we have had
for a number of years; and although
we can raise crop without rain it
is serious drawback
Next, the grasshopper came and
injured the late grain and vegetables,
but the majority of them have now
left.
Early sown wheat viii make an
average crop. Wheat viii begin to
ripen in two weeks from now.
Vegetables are plenty, with the
exception of potatoes. The farmers
complain that there are plenty of
vines, but no potatoes. Hay will be
cut short on account of dry weather.
The grass on the prairies is almost
dried up.
These are simply the facts in the
case; but from the reports whichcome
from other States we are not as bad
off as some of them.
Tourists, adventurers and explor-
ers are pouring in from every Eastern
State. Among the explorers we may
mention party from Wooster, Ohio.
They entered the mountains at
Boulder City, andexpect to come out
at Colorado Springs.
The wages of farm hands range
from S25 to S35 per month. Wheat
is worth S1.5O per bushel, -four $3.50
per sack. Butter 25 to 35 cts. per
pound; eggs 25 to 80 cts. dozen.
You will excuse the agricultural
tone of this letter, when you remem-
Der that it is written by
AFARMER'S BOY.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27

The Columbus Journal says the
Republican State Central committee
have arranged with the roads center
ing in Columbus, for half fare rates
to delegates to the State Convention
Also that the Army Reunion COM
mittee have made arrangements with
all the through line railroads from
Pittsburg West to the Pacific coast,
for reduced rates to all persons at
tending the reunion in September.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27
Esborough Highland County, Ohio Thursday August 1874
from the Cincinnati Times.
The Seventh District.

The Republicans of the Seventh
District did the right thing in nomi
mating DR.. Thomas W. Gordon, Of
Georgetown, for Representative in
Congress. He is a gentleman OF
sterling integrity, high character and
generous qualities of mind and
heart-a man of the people, and one
whose affable manners are no affec-
tation. but a genuine expression of
his honest sympathies with his fellow
men of whatever station in life.
Those who served in the war for the
Union should regard him with spe-
cial favor, as one who toiled and Sc
riously suffered with them in the
great struggle.
While there is an apparent Demo
cratic Majority of 1,2OO or more to
overcome, it should be understood
at the outset that there is no impos-
sibility of beating Neal-whom the
very convention that nominated him
(by meagre majority came a0ithi'a
t,oo votes of de'aoaoacing him forpock
citing nine months salary "swag". No
pains should be spared to secure
every vote honorably available for
DR.. Gordon. If elected, he will make
one of the most popular and efficient
this important dis
trict has ever had. And we have
no hesitation in saying that, with
earnest effort and determination of
The Republicans in every county Of
the district-Adams, Brown, High
and, Pike and Ross-to do their
oest, DR.. Gordon can be elected.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27

ANOTHER OLD PIONEER DEPARTED
Mr.. John Rains, of Lcesburg, died
on Wednesday oflast week, from the
effects of a cancer, aged 50 years,
4 months and one day. He was a
native of North Carolina, from which
State he came to Ohio in 1906, and
settled in this county. He joined
the M. E. Church in 1913, and re-
mained consistent member during
life, esteemed and respected by all
who knew him.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27

DR.. D. Noble, Col. W. Il. Glenn,
Capt. Gardner, Josiah Stevenson,
Emanuel Young, and VIM. Schwartz,
of this place, attended the Soldiers
Reunion at Washington c. Fl. last
week. They represent it as a fine
affair, with an immense crowd in at
tendance. DR.. Noble was elected one
of the Vice Presidents of the Sol
dier's Association for the coming
year.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27

Mrs. Rodgers of Hanging Rock,
has established tea and cofe stand
near the road, in her lot, for the
purpose of supplying better bever-
age to men who visit the saloon at
that place. She charges the same
for cup of coffee as the saloon
charges for a drink of beer. The
proceeds of her sales are devoted to
charitable purposes.-[IrOnton Jour-
mol
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27

The ALDNE for September is
promptly on our table, and is more
gladly welcomed than usual on &C
count of the recently reported failure
of the publishers, which proves to
have been unfounded. The publica-
ton will be continued as heretofore,
by The Aldine Company, which has
been organized with ample capital,
and Mr.. James Sutton, the origina-
tor of the enterprise, will still be it's
chief manager. The present No. is
equal to any that have preceded it in
beauty of illustrations and in literary
matter.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27

CLINTON Co. FAIR.-The time of
holding the Clinton co. Fair has been
incorrectly stated in some of the pa
pers, as the 10th to the 18th of Sept.
We are requested to inform our read
ers that the correct time is Sept.
18th to 18th, inclusive.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27

Col. E. J. Blount, of the American
House, Columbus, was last week
elected City Councilman for the 7th
ward of the Capital city. Like many
other great men, the Col. is a native
ofold Highland, and does honor to
his birth Mace.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27

The Kentucky tobacco crop is re-
ported an almost entire failure. In
fifty counties the yield this year is
estimated at only thirteen per cent.
of that of last.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27
Jge Digblanb Wetus.
Resolutions OF the 7th District
Republican Convention.

l. Resolved, That the times demand
above all things, honesty, integrity and the
strictest economy, in the administration of
public affairs, and that the people should
elect no man to Office whose record in these
respects is not free from suspicion or re-
proach.
2. That the course of the present Rep
resentative of this Congressional District
Hon. L. T. Neal, in accepting the increased
pay under the iniquitous law known as the
SALARY Grab, for nine months before TAX
ing his seat in Congress, merits the severest
censure of his constituents, and should
unite honest men of all parties in opposing
his reelection.
8. That it is the sense of this Conven-
ton that the Congress of the United States
should grant warrant for leo acres of land
without requiring residence thereon, to
every Union soldier who served in the war
of 1SG1-'C5, and who was honorably dis
charged from said service.
4. That we recognize the farming and
class of this country as the bone
and sinew of the nation, and that every at
tempt to remove taxation from chattels to
realty, from capital tolabor, is an outrage
upon the people and disgrace to our coun-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27
[WhOle No. 1896.
Grand Haven and Portsmouth
Railroad.

4 W. S. Smith, of this place, re-
ceived letter from James S. Gibbs,
President of the road, on the 18th
inst, which we give below, and from
which the reader may draw his own
inferences as to its probable success;
and in which, as a matter of course,
our people all feel a lively interest:
BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 10, 1874.
W. s. SMITH, Marysville, o. Dear
Sir: On myreturn home few days
ago from Grand Haven, I found your
letter of July 81, making inquiry re-
specting the progress of our rail
road. 1 am glad to hear from you,
and to be informed of the lively in
terest felt by the people of your place
in the enterprise which we COM
menced SO favorablyat Grand Haven
on the Goth of July, news of which
has probably already reached you
through the public prints. We are
getting along well with our route
and in everything pertaining to it.
AS soon as 1 can get away from the
western end I intend to go along
our proposed line in Ohio, to see and
talk with the people We want to
get one hundred miles completed, |
from Grand Haven to Marshall, by
the 1st of January.
am truly, &C.,
JAMES S. GIBBS.
By the kindness of Mr.. VIM. r.
Webb, who was at Grand Haven a
few days ago, we have been put in
possession of q pamphlet containing
many interesting facts bearing upon
this road. 1t is designed to start at
Grand Haven, Michigan, where it will
connect by line of steamers with
Milwaukee, on the west side of the
lake. The road will run from its be-
ginning point to Columbus, thence
on to Portsmouth, passing by the fol
lowing towns as indicated by the
map accompanying the pamphlet, to-
wit: Grand Haven, Robinson, Jen-r
nisonville, Grandville, Byron, Gaines
vile, Middleville, Irving, Hastings,
Assyria, to Marshall To this latter
point the road is now under contract,
and is designed to be finished by the
1st Of January, 1875. Thence it
continues on by Eckford, Homer,
Litchfeld, Jonesville, Hillsdale, jeff
erson, Ransom, Pioneer, Montpelier,
to the Ohio line, thence through Bry-
an, Brunerburg, Defiance, Ayresville,
Kalida, Conner, Lima,
Westminster, W. Newton, Round
head, Rushsylvania, Mansfield, New
ton, Marysville, California, Dublin,
to Columbus; thence the road will
pass down the Scioto Valley by the
way of Shadeville, Bloomfield, Cir
Kingston, Chilicothe, Sha-
ronsville, Waverly, Piketon, Lucas
vile, to Portsmouth, making alength {
of 400 miles. The population of the
counties through which this line
passes is set down at $4,000, and ,
the country, especially the northwest,
yet to be developed. The cost of the
road, including everything to COM
plete equipment, is estimated in
round numbers at S12,OOO,OOO in U. !
S. currency, or S1O,56O,OOO in gold.
It is to be built, we understand, with
English capital. The citizens along
the line, however, will likely be
called upon for some aid, but to
what extent we are unable to say at
present. As we have some further
statistics on hand bearing upon the
of this road, we shall allude
to it again, probably in our next is
sue [Marysville CO., Tribune.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27

The Secretary of Ross Co. Agri-
cultural Society has our thanks for
complimentary tickets to the Co. Fair,
which comes off Sept. I'd, Sd and 4th.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27
See the Great Watch Offer !
WE WANT AGENTS.

We want representative in every neighborhood.
Nothing equals it for agents. male or female, young
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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-27
Haadbills! Hand bills

From the smallest "Dodger to the largest "Poster,
neatly printed on short notice. Prices are very
low-from 81 per 1000 up. Call at the
seplSf NEWS OFFICE.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-30

David Richards, D. p. Swan, joshua
Rule. J. NJ McCampbeil, ". A. a.
Conner, z. Dickinson, y. J. Kicks,
Bird, >. c. Morley, +. w. Roberts,
VIM. Burnett. Harry Clark. l. E.
Barry. I-ham Young, W. T. Osborn,
Fl. i. Bradley. :. II. NTH, Tom.
Bradley. G. w. Karues, w. d. Bittle,
Y. +. (iossetr, ] l.. Hudiburg, Wesley
Stewart. En-. johnson, Burreil Blair
4. =. Pros-er, I-aac Sherrud, Ben
MAYNARD and Geo. Graham.