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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-03

By JAMES G.. CLARK.

By JAMES G. CLARK.
Leona, the hour draws nigh
The hour we've awaited so long
For the angel to open a door through the sky,
That my spirit may break from its prison, and try
Its voice in an infinite song.
Just now, as the slumbers of night
Came DER me, with peace-giving breath,
The curtain half-lsted revealed to my sight
Those windows which look on the kingdom of light
That borders the river of death.
And vision fell solemn and sweet,
Bringing CLEANS of morning-lt land;
/ saw the white shore which the pale waters beat,
And heard the low lul as they broke at their feet
Who walked on this beautiful strand
And wondered why spirits should cling
To their clay with struggle aud sigh,
When life's purple autumn is better than spring.
And the soul flies away like sparrow to sing
In climate where leaves never die,
Leona, come close to my bed
And lay your dear hand on my brow;
The same touch that thrilled me in days that are
fed,
And raised the lost roses of youth from the dead,
Can brighten the brief moments now.
We have loved from the cold world apart;
And your trust was too generous and true
For their hate to oerthrow; when the slanderer's
dart
Was ranking deep in my desolate heart,
/ was dearer than ever to you.
thank the great Father for this,
That our love is not lavished in vain;
Each germ, in the future, will blossom to bliss,
Never shrink at the shadow of pain.
By the light of this faith am taught
That my labor is only begun;
In the strength Of this hope have struggled and
fought
With the legons of wrong, till my armor has caught
The CLEAN of eternity's sun.
Leona, look forth and behold,
From headland, from hillside and deep,
The day-king surrenders his banners Of gold,
The twilight advances through woodland and void,
And the dews are beginning to weep.
The moons silver hair lies uncurled
Down the broad-breasted mountains away:
Ere sunsets red glories again shall be frried
On the fields of the west, DER the plains of the
world,
I shall rise in limitless day.
o. come not in tears to my tomb,
Nor plant with frail flowers the sod:
There is rest among too sweet for its gloom.
And life where the lilies eternally bloom,
In the balm-breathing gardens of God
Yet deeply these memories burn
Which bind me to you and to earth:
And l sometimes have thought that my being would
yearn,
In the bowers of its beautiful come, to return.
And visit the home of its birth.
'Twould even be pleasant to stay,
And walk by your side to the last
But the land-breeze of heaven is beginning to play
Life's shadows meeting eternity's day,
And its tumult is hushed in the past
Leona, goodbye should the grief
That is gathering now ever be
Too dark for your faith, you will long for relief
And remember the journey, though lonesome, is
brief,
Over lowland and river, to me-.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-03

THE wise men of the yeast-The
bakers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-03

demanded Levi, with a mingled incred-
ulity and curiosity twinkhng in his
black eyes.
"Herep' I answered, II want such
an object as this to become Industrious.
I have abilities, if I turn them to &C
count-of that I am convinced; and,
after all, if the worst should come,
nothing under heaven can keep me
from inheriting portion of my nncle's
estate. IF Nellie Lee will take me fol-
her husband, I call God to witness that
I will cherish and love her till death. ,
The little head shook no longer, ano
I felt slight pressure from the small
hand in mine. It may have been tire
NOR, however.
+" Her father would never consent,
said Levi, refectively.
"Never," echoed Nellie, in a low
murmur. 'she loves me so.''
I could have said, "What love il
this that puts it's idol into a pawn
brokers' shop % but | dared not insul
the pure heart beside me, and I re
NAMED silent. But involuntary drew
her close to my side, my arms stole
gently round her small waist. I felt
the throbbing of her little heart, and
our lips met. This compact I knew
was sealed.
La a few seconds Levi re-entered
pale and agitated. He stopped on the
threshold when he saw us locked il
the embrace, and, leaning against the
edge of the door, he said:
/" I am gladof it. she has no guard
an now but you.
"My father p and with shrek
Nellie slipped from my clasp and fec
toward Levi.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-12-17

Mr.. JOSEPH HuHN, our enter
prising hardware merchant has
purchased the property on the
north east corner OF Main and
Jackson streets, now occupied
by George W. Brunton As a
carriage shop. This will be
good news to q number of our
business men, as the property
has long been considered un-
safe on account Of its liability
to catch fire from a defective
ffue in the blacksmith shop.
Mr.. Huhn intends to recon.
slruct it Immediately TOR q
q hardware and house furnish
ing store, s...,,,s,,....
II you wish to get q fine
present for the holidays, 20 and
arn sxaamrnine J 5. Huhn's stock. as
he has a splendid assortment
and will sell low. He ia offer.
Ing good bargains in order to
reduce stock tsfo,e removing.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-12-17
Death of a Pioneer.

Mrs. Mary White died yes
tetday Wednesday, afternoon
of dropsy of the heart. Mrs.
White Was born in reading,
Pennsylvania, March 81, 1899;
she removed with her parents
TO Adelphia, Ross county, when
she was one year Of age. She
has been a member Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
ever since she has been in Nc.
Arthur, which is over forty
years. She was married abou,
fifty.years ago to Isaac White
She leaves three daughters and
two sons living. lafayette,
her Oldest son, was the first
Clerk of the Court OF Vinton
county. She is a sister TO Mrs,
Patterson Of this place, and
Mrs. j. K. Will, nov Of Hum.
boldt, Kansas, until lately of
Macarthur. Her funeral takes
place to-day at 3 O'Clock. '
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portion, often as thick as 1 leet t'

portion, often as thick as 4 ieet
and the Dunkle vein first dis
covered and mined In Swan
township In the summer of
1873, generally the same thick
ness as Its maximum. This is
lour ana q halt to FIVE miles
north Of Macarthur. Then the
celebrated limestone vein gust
one halt mile east of Macarthur.
Northeast on the widow Dun.
kle's farm 1t is found of the
great thickness Of z teet. This
is, however, an unusual depth,
tnat vein being generally only
an average Of 2 to 2R feet. This
Is q hasly sketch of the miner.
ais Of this route. The other
route finds its first coal at Jack
SOD Q. H.-a 2i to 8 feet vein
in the hill and the shaft vein
which often varies from IS in
ches to 4 feet, and Gs to its iron
smelling. qualities Is equally
coqaetush. jackson coun:y,tiIl
the extreme east limit Is reach
ed, gives but two or three
small block veins varying from
8 to s inches. The limestone
yelni is found on its eastern side.
In short, this route gives no
coal till you reach Jackson Q.
Fl, If from this point, Pomeroy
is the terminus, there il cuts d.
rectly across the min eral belt;
if Galllpolis, 1t finds the Goals
and ores along It's route, too far
below the surface to be raised
with profit. To the people Of
Dayton, Springfield Washing
ton, O. d., Xenia, and Circle
vile, we say, come and see.
Your agents will return saying,
"Yea, verify: the half was not
told"
As to the admirable bull ling
stone Of Vlnton county, more
anon. aa l.' ,VINTON. |
a..... ... ' -
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Mr.. BILLINGHURsT gave his
Scioplicon Exhibition last Mon.
day evening. The exhibition
was satisfactory with the ex-
ception OF the conduct of some
low-bred boys who showed
their indecency'' and stupidity
BY bois'erousness, disorder,
profanity and otscenlty +; max,
ing so much noise that Mr.. Bill.
linghurst could not be heard
We have a few words 10 saw
about this. Il Is a disgrace TO
our town that an assemblage Of
ladies and gentlemen can not
assemble at any public place
without being annoyed bv the
conduct of rnde boys. There
is law Tor boys as well az men
and it ia about time it was be
ing enforced in Macarthur. n
parents will NOT train their
boys so that they may behave
halfway decent in society, 1t
becomes the duty of the mudie
ipalauihorities to take them in
charge and deal with them &C
cOrding to law. The names of
the boys who engaged in this
shameful conduct are known
and will he published fit ever
recurs. We do not say thai all
the bows who were there mis-
behaved for some behaved like
men, but the others could not
have beer outdone by savages.
We hope IN the future that our
rreserve order and in re a'e
unly boys IN the calahtcs. II
we can moi keep order in our
place, let us vacate the Tncor.
porated Villate Of McArihur.'
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ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
AllenSVille,


While the Rev. Abernathy,
Of Hamden, was at Allensville,
for the purpose of holding .
protracted meeting, last Mon
day he heard a young man US.
ing some very plofane and
abusive language. The minis
ter very kindly fsked him to
deSis!, when, the indivldu" ,
whose name is Argan brlgh' :.
swore he could whip any d-n
Methodist minister that walked
at the same time striking al
Mr.. Abernathy three times be-
fore he could get out OF the
way, when Mr.. A5ernathy
hauled off and knocked him
down. Young Argaubrighl
was arrested on Tuesday morn
ing, fined five dollars and costs
and put under bonds Of $lO0
10 keep the peace. Philip
Arganbrlght was under the in
fluence Of liquor at the time
The citizens were rather in
dignant at the cowardly acl
and approved Of the minister's
course. " % r'' '' "
.i. E.r f4I. . 'u.i, /. 40
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Another Burglary.

Fww.
The residence Of Mrs. E. L.
Baird was entered last Sunday
evening, while she was gone TO
church. The doors were not
lock, d. When Mrs, Baird re
turned and wanted to enter the
house, she found there was
something holding The door;
she pushed with all her might
but could not get it open.
Thinking it was a prank Of
some Of the children, she said
"Boys must | 20 and rouse the
neighbors,' just about iha, time
she saw man climbing over
the fence who skedaddled as
last as bis legs could carry him.
The door now opened and Mrs.
Baird entered, struck a light
and made an examination of
the house, and found that the
10 selry belonging 10 Ida, her
da 'ghIer had been taken, worth
about twenty five dollars.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-12-17

TIE report t OF the Commlss'
toner's to prepare Instructions
to postm asters, concerning tfe
prepayment OF newspaper and
periodical postage, after Janu'
ary l, sustains the recommend
ations of Third Assistant Post
master General Barber, as TO
the plan for carrying out tie
law in the most convenient and
simple manner, instead oil
placing stamps on the-separate
periodicals or papers, or on
packages containing them, ac-
cordingt TO weight. .5i9spm
The forms, as already print
ed, show the current account
with the publishers and after
printed matters is weighed the
requisite amount OF stamps -
passed in the form of receipt
given to the publisher or his
agent, at the time Of mailing,
the credit and receipt having 2
corresponding number. bi,g -
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-12-17

WHAT is the world coming to
when even our idols heroes and
historical idols are being con-
stantly reduced to the level Of
common mortals? Even the late
lamented Washington has come
in for a share of this disenchant-
ing process. A fire occurred
the other day in Alexandra,
Virginia, which destroyed an old
junk shop, containing a large
collection of: Old papers. Relic
hunters overhauling the scattered
docu uents found several valuable
autogr aphs of Washington, and
6mong tber things some receipt
ed bills in which he was charged
With such items as "seven packs
of cards." -four barrels Of
porter, y stem gallons Of rum,'
etc. ~
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-12-17
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
SHERIFF'S SALE.
State of Ohio, Vinton County.
G. F. Dufue, Plaintiff,
Against
s. g. Price, ct al, Defendants. 6"
IN vINTON COUNTY COURT or
COMMON PLEAS-AM GREER
-Hr3 OF SALE. Vt ~


DURsUANT 10 the command Of an order OF
i Sale iasDed rom the Court OF Common
Pleas of Vinton County. and IN me directed as
Sheriff 4 raid county, will offer for sale at
the door oil the Court House, IN the town Of
MeAHhur,Vinton County, ohio. on ig . s4t.
Saturday. the 18th DaD Of January, 1875,
at the hour OF o'clock p. NJ. or said day the
following described lands and tenemenis, to
wit: situate in the county ofVinton md State
oil Ohio, and IN the township Of Harrison and
bounded and described ~ 70 lows, VIZ the
southeast quarter OF the south east quarter
OF section thiry'dve, (36f township nine, To-
range nineteen (ls) In the district Of lads
subject 70 sale at ChIllicethe ohio. except
about ~ acres more or lees heretofore aoid
BY Samuel Pickens 70 Washington Thaeker,
bsing IN the south eRt corne. Of said lot OF
land above desa.r,bed and bounded lyg the
highway and the east and south lines OF parts
thereof OF said 90 acre lot east ofsaid road !,
. Appraised at one hundred and three dol
lars. lslos) and must bring two'thfrds Of that
sum-. ''
To 10 sold as The, property ofs,, 3, Price. d
al TO satisfy an order Of sale, issued nom the
Court Of Common Pleas IN favor ofC. r. Dufus.
TERMS or sALs--Ca.h, - ,.lN
4aIt.oo tsheHa Of viptop county, a
: BEics b LswaEHci. AttorneyS for plaiatia
oss u, i6S' .Whl,
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-12-17

A MAD dog, running on the
street at Traverse City, Mlchi.
gan, December 18th, severely
bit John Cook, James Russelq,
Miss Eliza Higgins, and Mary
Zimmerman, several dogs and
cattle. The brute was pursued
by hundreds, ard, after great
excitement, was killed in the
planning mill of Hannah Lay &
Co. t4 ..
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-12-17

TnE strike on the Chesa.
peake & Ohio railroad Is end
ed. On Wednesday the EN-.
ployees were paid some $l2,
600 at Huntington. Work Is
again going on smoothly and
amicably.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-12-17

An anonymous letter, under
stood to enmanate from the
Premier of Italy. Signor
Minghetti, refuting Bishop Du.
panloup's charges against the
Italian Government, is published
in Paris and Florence. 1t denies
that the Pope is prisoner, and
declares the Government of
Victor Emmanuel will faithfully
maintain the Papal guarantees.
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Al Park Row, NY
lssuRAScE DEpARrnEsr STATE or oalo,

iHsuhANCE DEPARTMENT STATE of tbHO,
LUMBUs, Jan. o.. 1874.
VNHEAEAs, thA AMERICAN INsUE ME
w COMPANY, located at Chicago IN the
state Of Illinois, has filed in this Offi"e a
Sworh statement, by the pro. er officers
theraoL showing its condition q I business.
and has complied IN all respects. with the
laws Of this Sate, relating to Fire Insurance
Companies, Incorporated by other States OF
the United States f ..H...
NOW THEREFORE. In pursuance of law, 1,
WILLIAM +. CHURCH, Supern tendent Of
Insurance OF the tate OF Ohio. 10 hereby Ger.
tify that said C0mpaD is authorized 10 trans
Act lite appron:ia1e business of FIRE IN.
SURANCE in this State, IN arcOrdanrp with
law during he current year. The conditIon
ami business Of SAID company at the date OF
such statement (December I3ist, lsTi,) ~
shown as f'llnws:
Aggregate sInolint Of available ass
sets s677,Ol5 90
cept capital) lncu ding re~insur.
ance .r n'. s52,7l6 Cs
Net assets, ..I...s S224, ,Sa9 ~
Amount of actual paid dnp capital S200,0 ~ 10
.l .... ... ---
Surplus sl24 500 Al
Amo'int of income for the year In
cash sel7so5 7s
Amount Of expenditures for the
year in casn, $500 06s 70
to slihscrhed my name, and cansei the seal
OF my office 10 be affixed the day and year
above written. W. F. CvURCH,
l1f'e .t... Superintendent.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-12-17

kilograms received at Green.
wich Observatory from India
announce that the observatlons
OF the transit of Venus have
been successful. Over 100
photographs were taken.
Observations oftbe transit of
Venus were taken at Cairo and
Suez. The Photographic obser:;
vations at Thebes were perfectly
successful. At Shanghai the
weather was overcast, and the.
sun obscured.
The observation of the transit
OF Venus, at Nagasaki, Japan,
have been completely success
full. .
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-12-17

They are having a terrible
muddle again at Vlcksburg,
Louisiana. The cause of 1t is
because a negro was elected
saeriff, which the proud eau
Casian of the White League
could not submit to. Riot and
hloodshed has been the order
of the times. U. s. troops
have been called for, and a
perfect pan lemonium seems to
exist in that quarter. No need
of Civil Rights Bill, eb9
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-12-17

90 Fifty thousand acres of land
have ju't bean Iurchssel in
Kansas, by an agent for a colo.
ny OF the disciples OF Christ"
TO go from Illinois.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-12-17

Two men having in their
possession about $4,000 worth of
railroad tickets, supposed to
have been stOlea, were arrested
at st. Louis Saturday.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-12-17

'- A LAW went into force Ia
Germany October 1stprohibiting
ministers from solemnising
marriages. The law regards
marriage as a civil contract to
be acknowledged before magis>
tlates.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-12-17
j For the vIutOu Record
The Proposed Narrow Gauge
Project.

pie and other intermediate
points about a narrow gsuse
railroad 10 the coal fields. Day.
ton & southeastern Narrow
Gauge II. r. it is dubbed. Its
object is cheap fuel. The route
generally mentioned is, begin.
nlng at Dayton, striking The
coal fields at Jackson, and TAX
ing In Xenia, Washington, and
Chillic9the in its course, with an
uncertainty as to Pomeroy or,
GAlllpoIis as its terminus on
the river The object of this
article IS to mark out another
and better route, and to briefly
show the comparative ad-
.vantages of each. Taking Pom
eroy as the most promising
point on the river, and Its I'M
mense manufactures of salt iul.
ly warrants the statement; let
1t and Dayton be considered as
the terminal points. By con
sulting the map, a i1ght line
drawn from these points will
pass about ten miles south OF
O!scIeville, touching Adelphi
and will enter the coal fields at
the north western portion Of
Vinton county, where a re-
markably superior vein Of coal
the Stokely vein, see An
drews'report-is found, giving
a general thickness OF 4 feet.
This line passes In diagonal
direction through the sentire
coal field, touching Macarthur,
and giving coal and iron to the
road all along the route 10
Pomeroy. This much for di-
rect line. But direct lines are
hardly possible in a mineral
region. Turn to the map again
Draw a line from Dayton to
Circleville via. Xenia and
Washington Q Ii. and thence
to Pomeroy. The same breadth
Of coal and IRON is obtained by
this route. 1t is a lar smaller
divergence from a direct line
to Pomeroy than the other,
reaching coal by much short.
er line, and as the writer is pre-
pared to demonstrate by actual
view open up endless quanii-
ties of the best quality OF these
staple minerals. Again, as to
this route: it has been careful
ly viewed from Circleville to
the river by a most skillful en-.
gineer, who has pronounced i:
as excellent ana easy of con
struction. a-H ...
Let the minerals of this
route be briefly noticed:
AS above stated the Stokely
vein is the first coal that is met
with in its course. A few
miles east of this brings two
other veins. One of which is
called Elk Fork Coal, (see An
drews' report) J this is by actual
analysis found to be the equiv
alent OF The Briar Hill coal.
II is found in parts of Richlan1.
Jackson and Swan townships,
and underlying the whole 'o'
Elk. It's physical characteristics
are peculiar to the Jackson
shaft coal, having no clay or
shale parlines. AT Macarthur
1t is found a few feet below
the surface. But two other
veins put In an appearance in
the vicinity OF Macarthur. The
one is known as the Newlun
vein, Il believe Prof. An
drews speaks of 1t by this
name This coal is a very su-
perior kind of splint coal with
a general thickness of 5 feet
1t is universally III demand for
cooking purposes, giving of
white ash with no cinder or
clinker. The cooks are mover
bothered with SCOT in its use.
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Geo. p. RoweIl & Co

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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-12-17
HALLS PATTI HUsKING GLOVES

" Eky GREA1LY IMPROVED IN form NJ
v The claws. and the more complete shield
hR of the parts snhect to wear, by metal
lates. making them wear flee fines as long. and
do the work faster and easier than any other
hnsker Made Of the yer, bert cHli lea ther,
IN tour sizes. right and LETT handed SAMPLES
sent prepaid on recent Of prre, n Half Gloves
s12'; Full Gloves, So 90 per paIr LIBERIA
or address HALL aUsKlNG GLOVE, co.
Chicago, III. :. t. ...J.....t
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-12-17

MOONLIGHT mechanics is the
latest for burglars. t
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-12-17
LIVE AGENTS WANTED

70 sell DR. CHASE'S RECIPES; uR, IN.
FoRMAM1ON FOp EVERYBODY. IN every
comfy IN the United Ststps and ranaoaa
Enlarged hy the publisher to 6Is pages IL
6ntalns over 2,MO household recipes. and IL
suiiedto all classes and conditions of society
= wond rul book and household necessity.
u sells at sight Greatest Inducements ever
offered to hook agents. Sample ,cpies sent
hymail post paid for 50. Exclusive territory
gwen. Agents more than double their mon
ey. Address, DR. CHASES STEAM PRINT.
ING HOUSE, ANN ARRuR, Mich.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-12-17

A Dubuque, Iowa, man
offers tn pray for SO \ dav.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-12-17

But as tc iron:-
Ore in great veins is 70 s be
found all over the county; The
Jewell vein in ths Southwestern tern