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Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-02
AN ouTLAWs,PARAplsE.

The singular information has been
received which is well authenticat-
ed, that a thieves and outlaws par
adise has just been established at
the foot of the Rocky Mountains,
just in the Canadian Dominion. 1t
is reported to number five hundred
men and a number of women and
children. The inmates are outlaws
who have escaped from United
States justice. The chief occupa-
tion of the colony is the manufac-
ture of illicit whisky, which is sold
to surrounding Indians. For the
liquor the latter barter their most
costly furs and trade off their super
fuous women. And while the no.
BILE man is in the midst of his BEAST
ly orgies, the fiends manage to rob
him of his weapons, his blankets,
and strip of, an occasional scalp.
Yet the Indians passion for whisky.
overcomes his knowledge of the, in
'eyitable fate he knows awaits him.
The free and rowing life Of these
outlaws has been made known to
the Canadian Government, which
has sent out a volunteer force to
settle matters satisfactory to the
code of civilization. 1t is a mount
ed command Of policemen, of three
hundred men-the most fearless
and active in the Dominion, COM
manded by a Colonel who has seen
active service. Adventures of high
rank have been attached to dare
the dangers of the expedition, even
English and French noblemen.z An
English gentleman was wrought up
with so much enthusiasm as to fore
go the immediate possession of an
estate with a yearly income of $780,
600 that he might take part in the
expected fray. OF course, the force
will be kept under the strictest mil
itary discipline. The pay is so
small that nothing save the spirit of
adventure could impel men to nn=
dergo the prospective hardshiPs and
the risks of death. The collision is
expected to come off about July A,
and either the outlaws or mounted
policemen will then bite the dust.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-02
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE TREASURY
--alf -si1 BUREAUS. tat q. '1ls

a Each bureau in the Treasury De
partment has received instructions
to conform its force with the utmost
exactness to the laws which have
just passed, and in no case to ex-
coed the appropriations made for
the clerical force. Heretoforemany
devices have been resorted to to
make positions for favored candi-
dates by cunning twistings of the
law, Secretary Bristow has given
the heads of bureaus to understand
that everything in the department
must conform to the exact letter of
the law, and in no degree to vio-
late its spirit. In cases where the
force for any bureau has been SO
limited by the appropriation fixing
the force as not to allow of the work
being done in the present number
of working hours, the time for work
must be SO increased as to make
full and prompt performance of the
work possible.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-02
Ha1s.'ta ! gAsstp rh1as y

The Hartford Courdnt is troub-
led. 1t says: ave have had one
Chief Justice skilled by the Presi-
Dental itch. and it is to 'be hoped
the Ohio papers will not be able ito
inoculate Mr.. Waite with the same
disease"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-02
I New Furniture.

; The firm of Messrs. Taylor & Sharp,
has been doing good trade in the Fur
niture business. One of the firm is now
away buying new stock, and in few
days they will have their store rooms
packed with new styles. To those who
need new furniture, we would say, 60
TO Taylor & Sharp, and examine their
stock. Their new goods will be on in q
few days, when our citizens will have a
chance of getting choice furniture at
very reasonable rates. Fine work they
sell at close figures. Call and take a
look at their stock. [tf.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-02
THE NEW COMET.

Professor Lewis Smith has ad-
dressed the following letter to the
Rochester Democrat: r as-
''The comet detected by me on
the evening of the Sth instant was
previously discovered at Marseilles
France, April II. The weather of
late has been unfavorable for OBJ
seryations, the clouds demanding
the right of way SO that few OBJ
servations could be made, and even
those not with much accuracy.
There were enough however, to prove
the correctness of my announce
ment that it was comet. 1t is ap-
preaching both the sun and the
earth with a constantly accelerated
velocity, arriving at perihelion
(nearest the sun and.i perigree'
(nearest the earth J about the. 1 St of
August. 1 see nothing, therefore,
to prevent its beingsa very conspici-
Gus and beautiful object in the
western sky during the months of
July and August. 1t is now situat-
ed at l o'clock in the, morning, di-
rectly beneath the polar star, and
about twenty-five degrees from it,
and is just visible to- the naked eye.
With an opera glass it can be, easily
seen as a hazy nebulous mass, with
a bright point little to one side.
Through my telescope of four and
one-half inches aperture, six feet TO
Gus, it presents a tail filing the
whole field with a low power Of
thirty-six. So directly towards us
it is moving, that 1t seems almost
to stand still, its slight deviation
from it giving an apparent motion
toward Beta Ursas Majoris. 1t is
now visible all night, but will sooH
be only in the early hours of ieven-
ing, setting in the northwest 81 If
at the time of its nearest. approach
to the earth the moon should be ab-
sent, we may expect, from present
indications, to be treated with D
cometary display which may rival
the transit of Venus in popular as
well as scientific interest. The COM
ct will be brightest on the evening
of August 8, being then two-hun-
dred apd forty-five times as bright
as at the time of discovery, while
now it is only five and one-half
times as bright, and as the moon
will be absent it will be subjected
to spectroscoplc analysis under cir
cumstances more favorably than
may occur again in many years. 1t
will then be about five degrees from
Denabola the brightest star in Leo
LEWIS SMITH
..Rnchestar lime ID "a y
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-02
HEAVY SHIPMENT OF MACHINERY.
INSURANCE.

We have received from Wm- f.
Church, Superintendent Of Insurance
in Ohio. the Seventh Annual Re
port Of the Insurance Department
in two volumes. The first part re-
lates to Fire and Marine Insurance
and the second to 'Life Insurance" /"
By thifreport we see that the life
risks in force Dec. 31st. 1873
amounted to $780, 6,7s2, 10000, and
that the aggregate amount of life
policies lapsed during the year was
$171,514,6S6.74. s m s.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-02
cAsIxET VACANCY FILLED.

Hon. John A. CressweIi, Postmas
ter General resigned his Office a few
days since. His resignation was ac-
cepted by the President, and Mr.
Hale of Maine, has been appoint
ed in his place. Mr.. Hale, to whom
the appointment was quite unexpect-
ed, having been lately returned to
Congressby his constituency, has
accepted the appointment and will
enter upon the duties of his Office
the first of July, His selection
meets with general approval.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-02
hATlfIcATIoN.

The Postoffice Department has
been officially informed by the
French Minister of the ratification
of the Postal Convention between
France and the United States by
the French Assembly. The Minis
ter expressed to the Postmaster
General his desire that the. Conven-
tion GO into operation on the first of
July, but this cannot be done, as
the first of August Is the date fixed,
and the ratificatioas have yet to be
received.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-02

Burglars recently made . descent
upon Springfield, entering three
houses in one night and emerging
|empty-handed from each.
The Cambridge paper announces
authoritatively that any man caught
drunk ON the street on the Fourth
of July viii be sent to the lookup
in the twinkling Of an eye.
The New Philadelphia paper mill
ran one of their machines last week
for twenty consecutive hours with
out making a break in the paper.
The machine turned out in that
time strip twelve and half miles
long.
A ardent lover, pouring out his
passionate devotion in verse, spoke
of that night when, walking with his
sweetheart, he "kissed her under
the silent stars" In print he was
made to say that he "kicked her
under the cellar stairs"
The following concise and COM
prehensive note was sent to an Hill
nois merchant by neighboring
farmer the other day: Send me a
trace-chain and tive hinges-Jane
had a baby last night-also two
padlocks." f.,.,.r.... .,....s -.
An Oswego paper describes a fire
by saying that ''the red flames
danced in the heavens and flung
their fiery arms about like a black
funeral pail until Sam, Jones got
on the roof and doused them out
with a pail of water.'' ..
Scott County, Minn., has the
most extensive mandatory of Linn
burger cheese,in the country. This
kind of cheese is said to be. "ripe"
when a piece the size of a walnut
will drive dog out of a lanyard.
A stranger who threw q ten dollar
bill in the contribution box Of a Sa-
vanah church, got trusted for $500
worth of goods next day ON the
strength of it. a.iiird b-eaos,af asts IF
One Mrs. Gibbons, Gu, ahoga
Fali, has contributed to the advance
ment Of the human race seven pairs
of twins and ten single infants. sei'
During the present year eighteen
States viii elect Governors, thirty
five Congressman, and twenty five
United States Senators, besides the
vacancy yet to be filled in Louisi-
ana. q" ~ o'.- - '7'''' '' -.
a3na agailuri ri.sss. !s..sigs 4i;I - I'D IA.
s.1What was it, my constituents y
shrieked a stump-speaker, .swhat
was it, / asked, that first opened
yonr eyes to the righteous claims of
the grand old Democratic party~
Voice in the crowd )-"An eye
opener, Jedge, that's what done it."
The Buckeye State, of New Lis
bon, announces q new enemy to the
pear crop. -. The fruit is stung by
some diabolical insect and off it
goes. Peaches, grapes and apples
are plenty, and pears would be plen-
ty could the little insects be caught
and divested of their sting.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-02
A BLOW At MoRmoNIsM.

As the bill providing for the bet
ter government of Utah is now a law,
the public will have an early oppor-
tunity of judging whether the bet
ter way Of dealing with polygamy is
to permit.it to wear out under, the
influences of higher civilization,
or to -hack-it-uith- th-a--lsgal- -hatchst-
In effect, this measure affords facili-
ties for the punishment of the Of
fence that have not hitherto existed.
It regulates the session of courts
and the manner Of procedure with
particular reference to the prosecu-
ton Of the much married Mormons.
Some of the more objectional claus
es were stricken out at the eleventh
hour, for instance, that preventing
persons from serving as jurors il
they we're poligamists themselves OF
believed in the practice. For this
there was substituted the privilege
of extensive challenging to be exer-
cised by the prosecution at will. A
section which authorized the court
to grant alimony and counsel fees
upon a woman's fling bill to de-
clare q marriage void on account
Of a previous subsisting mar
riage of the respondent to another
woman, and further authorizing the
court by final decree to make such
allowances for the maintenance Of
the complainant and her children
by the defendant as might be just
and reasonable, was also stricken
cut. ie'" f
Mormon juries will not convict
for polygamy, and the average jury
to be had in Utah will have more er
less of the Mormon element in it.
The refusal Of the Senate to concur
in the House. amendment allowing
alimony or separate maintenance te
wives who seek divorce raises the
question, what are Mormon women
and children to do if they leave
their husbands? Without means
and without, perhaps, the capacity
for earning their own livelihood, ev-
en- were they possessed, of the will
most of them must prefer to remain
as they are, however miserable thiel
condition, rather than face the world
alone. nam iisiiihe 'vii oi' DDS -1'''''
On the whole we adhere to the be
lief that mere statutes will not sup
press polygemy in Utah, and thai
a statute so marrow as this is GER
tainly will not cover the. case. Il
let severely alone the institution
w0uld soon have so far declined
that a majoity Of those who are now
its followers might be willing to &C
cept and endorse, if not indeed bt
driven to demand, enactment'
against polygamy: but when enact
ments so feeble as the present art
forced upon them, they will be apt
to discover at once the disposition
and the means to evade it. m
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-02
IMPORTANT DECISION.

The Supreme Court of the United
States has just rendered decision
of considerable interest as to the
power of town or city authorities to
issue notes or other securities for the
payment of money. The case was
a suit on draft, brought against
the municipal authorities of Nash
vile Tennessee, and the basis of the
defense was the admitted fact that
there was no express power granted
the city authorities, either in the
charter or elsewhere, to borrow
money. The court held that "a
municipal cooperation is subordin-
ate branch of the domestic govern
ment of a State, instituted for pub
lie purposes only, and has none Of
the peculiar qualities and character
istics of a trading corporation, in
stituted for purposes Of private gain
except that Of acting in a corporate
capacity. Its objects, its response
bilities and its powers are. different.
As local governmental institution,
it exists for the benefit of the people
within its corporate limits. The
Legislature invests it with such
powers as it deems adequate to the
ends to be accomplished. The
power of taxation is usually confer
red for the purpose Of enabling it
to raise the necessary funds to car
ry on the city government and to
make such public improvements as
| it is authorized to. make AS. this
is a power which Immediately affects
the entire constituency of4'the mu-
nicipal body which exercises it. no
evil consequences are likely to en-
sue from its ? being conferred; al
though. it is not unusual to affix
limits to exercise for, any single
year. The power to borrow money
is different. When this is exercis-
ed. the citizens are Immediately af-
fected only by the benefit arising
from the loan; its burden is not
felt till afterward. Such power
does not belong to municipal corpo-
rations. Their powers arc prescrib
ed by their charters; and those
charters provide the means for ex-
ercising the powers; and the crea-
ton Of specific means excludes 9th
ers. Hence special authority be-
necessary and in all cases the very
life Of the instrument"
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Freight leaves Millersburg 4.l4 pm
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A trial recently took place in the
Pike Co. Court about a bushel of
oats, in which the costs amounted to
over $500.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-02

New r. r. TIME-TABLE. - The fol-
lowing R. r. timetable went into ef-
feet last Monday: psiiii sAe 5roi sa'
Cleveland, MT. Vernon & Columbus R.R.
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.Rochester, June II, IA"

Burlington, Iowa, claims poses
sion of a girl six feet seven inches
in stature, and still growing. The
telegraph company are trying to
engage her in replacing fallen wires.
Francis Butler, well-known dog
fancier and dog-traiaer of New
York, disbelieved in hydrophobia,
sent letters to the papers denying
the existence of hydrophobia, and
pooh-poohed all reported cases Of
death from that disease. About six
weeks ago an ungrateful little cur
bit the hand of the dogs champion,
and now Butler has gone. He died
raving mad with hydrophobia,
Wednesday. He was convinced too
late that he had been mistaken. 2
By our exchanges we notice that
wool is coming into market. At
New Philadelphia it rates from As
to 474 cents; Cadiz, As; Coshocton,
43 to so; Massilion, ~ to 46; Alli-
ance, As to AZ. Generally but little
is coming into market. Farmers are
holding up for fifty cents in some
places.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-02
Agent. .Wanted. !.

Send y for sample outfit OF twenty five new
Steel Engravlpgs with sample frame. Any
person can sell them. Circulars free.
Address,J. b. FOUCH 4 CO., Warren, PaA4m1
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-02

Editors Religious Tslescope-GENr's:
DR.. J. w. Sykes having applied to us
for q letter of recommendation, we
take pleasure in stating that he has the
reputation here of being at the head of
the medical school In the treatment OF
the lungs and other kindred diseases.
And further, we are gratifled at being
able to say that he Is q Christian gentle-
man, aud In every way worthy of any
commendation that you may give him
in your influential and wideIytcirculat-
ed paper. sdli- g
With much respect, we are
Your obedient servants,
d. r. KERR & Co.,
Editors and Prop'rs United Presbyterian,
45ml
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-02
AN EvENTFuL HISTORY.

Among the names of candidates
for admission to the bar before the
supreme Court of Illinois, will be
found that of E. J. Conger, name
with a story appended, he being the
identical Conger that affected the
capture of John Wilkes Booth, the
assassin Of President Lincoln. His
story since that time is an eventful
one. Having received $4,000 as
his reward for the capture he loaned
it to friend, Col. Baker, who se-
cured the loan by mortgage on a
piece Of land in Michigan. Short
ly after the execution of the mort
gage Baker died, and Conger, af-
ter the maturity of the debtproceed-
ed to foreclose. Unfortunately the
land was not correctly located in
the mortgage, and the Baker heirs
contested the foreclosure. After
protracted series of efforts to re-
cover Conger was finally beaten and
left penniless. In this condition he
removed to Carmi, ILL, to reside, and
since then has prepared himself by
long and earnest study, to fit him
self for the profession he has en-
tered, -
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-02
OLDEST MAN IN MEDINA COUNTY.

V60sSu WuntN uSShtNN
The Wooster Democrat speaks
as follows of the oldest man in Me
dina county: eeoe.lf
sWe are gratified with having an
interview with Mr.. Romer Griffin, q
citizen of Lodi, who is the Oldest
man in Ohio, if not in the United
States. He was born in CRANKY,
Connecticut ton the 22d of April, 1883
and is therefore over one hundred
and fifteen years old! About this
being his age there seems to he nc
question. The Oldest inhabitants
have always known him, and for
many years he has been their old
est man. He lives with a son who
is seventy-fve years old, and with
his third wife. Who is about sew
enty. An older son is dead. He
is the father of ten children.
he is a small man, probably about
five feet six inches high. We would
not have taken him to be over eigh-
ty. To the ordinary observer his
son looks the older. He is well pre-
served. not at all withered or
shrunken, nor nervous or shaky;
but rather chubby, with ruddy
complexion, gray hair, full eyes and
lips, but with that peculiar look
about them denoting great age. He
is feeble and fretful, being IN his
dotage, yet his mind is as clear and
his body as vigorous as many a man
fifty years his junior He made his
own garden this spring--a large one
and attends to it every day. He
says he never had sick day in his
life. In religion he is a Presbyte
rian, and in his younger days a
farmer by occupation.
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{. g.. /. '....a ..... r ES UL'TS a.~ .sa g
snHtoD !. anhhoC
III. .SVkeS'M M0dRlf Treatment,

III ~ AUU MUuU u j lfU6lllUuls
Case Of $. H. ,Sittler, ESD,
"A E-.S = II - Il -
or Leetonia, Ohio, Sick Fifteen Years.
Disease Of Lungs and Heart, Ere;
gent Hemorrhages, &c.
LzEroSIA ohio, Decenbsr q, aS5el
DIR. J. .W.t W.tSYKEs4Dear sir: Heel 10
my duty to make just acknowledge
ment to you of the benefit 1 received of
your treatment from April to Septem-
Der, 1869. When resorted to you had
but little hope of recovery, as / had
hemorrhage of the Lungs almost daily
during twenty-five months previous, to-
gether could not lie on my left side dur
ing period of fifteen years. The cough,
pain, and constant ppprcssion Of the
breast made life a burden. After taking
your treatment for three months felt
decided improvement; the hemorrhage
of the lungs had ca sod dialtogether; the
oppi ession of khe BteSsf, ,coHgb, &c, were
much better, with decided improve
ment of my general health; SO that l
comnepeed the. second course nof three
ter Continuing the treatment (aitoget6-
er five months, l felt myself entirely
we'll, could lie on either side and breathe
freely, yet l could hardly believe the
cure a permanent phe. Bit now, fifseep
nonths have elapsed, ,iandlno reciirtanca
of hemorrhages, or cough, and 1 have
regained my former weight so that l
now fell thankful to God and to you for
your invaluable treatment in my case,
and shall not cease to recommend 9TH
ers similarly iafHietedt sf07 your Vreat-
ment.
Yours respectfully,
IT GrrtrD
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-02
MAR RE D.

of Joseph Geisinger, Esq, by Hiram Woods,
Mr.. John Davidson and Miss Mary E. Geisin-
ger, both Of Holmes County, Ohio. 3t'fgti s.d
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-07-02
OHIO NEWS.

The Ashtabula Sentinel favors q
nolicense clause in the new constitu-
tion. .sAi0tA ~ st@atas1tA aiit
Lewis Mayo. a colered lad resld-
ing near Marysville, recently stole
$500 in money. and over 500 in
notes, which he was using up in
horse and buggy hile when arrest