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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1875-05-13
Crop Prospects.

The Ohio Farmer of the 8th gives
this resume of the reports from the
crops in various parts of the country
The reports in our exchanges indi,
cate that in this State peaches are
destroyed; apples are injured or de-
stroyed in most localities, only latest
varieties escaping in any case. In
regard to other fruits, three-fourths
of the reports indicate a total de
struction, and the other fourth,
from half to full crop. Nearly hall
of the reports say wheat is but little
injured, one-third report half crop,
and one-ffth no crop. Indiana re-
ports about the same. Pennsylva-
mia will have half a crop of wheat
and fruit. In Missouri, wheat and
oats crops are badly eaten by
grasshoppers, but fruit is uninjured.
Michigan will have no fruit, and
but little wheat. Kansas, Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota and Iowa, report ia
vorably for both fruit and grain
prospects. In Illinois, wheat has
been badly injured, and fruit gener-
ally destroyed. Reports from st.
Louis say that half of the wheat
fields of Missouri will be plowed up.
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Wo copy the following from the
Ironton Register of Thursday the
9th:
Last Monday, C. R. Mason, heavy
Railroad contractor, H. B. Parsons, Di-
rector of the c. & o. R. R., and D. Shana-
han, citizen of Richmond came to this
city to inquire as to the feeling among the
citizens regarding a railroad from Hunting
ton to Portsmouth. They came from
Huntington in a carriage, and on Tuesday,
left overland for Portsmouth; Mr.. John
Campbell accompanied them. The princi-
pal object of the journey is to afford Mr..
Mason an opportunity of viewing the route.
His experience in the matter of railroad
building is SO great, that an observation
tour of this kind, will enable him to say
very nearly what road can be built for.
At Portsmouth, conference was held with
the business men yesterday, in order to en-
list some interest there for this enterprise,
TIE ideG being, as ne understand it, to LnA
tie project, IN some acay, aoith the Scioto
Vdlyey Ene, acAicA is nOO on the heights Qt
success. We believe there is some money
accessible toward giving this scheme a
healthy start.
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Hon. John A. Smith and the
CovernorShip.

The suggestion of our townsman, Hon
John A. Smith, as the Republican candid
ate for Governor, is of course gratifying to
his fellow citizens of both parties, but es-
pecially SO to his Republican friends. 1t is
recognized as a deserved compliment to his
character and ability, coming, as it did, en-
tirely unsolicited on his part, and as the vol
untary expression of disinterested friends
in other parts of the State, who can have
no other object in bringing him forward
than to promote the success of the Repub-
lican party of Ohio in the great contest on
which it is about to enter.
We are not surprised to learn that Mr..
Smiths nomination is received with great
favor in Cincinnati and Columbus, where
his services as member of the late Con-
stitutional Convention no doubt attracted
public attention; and We're he equally as
well known to the Republicans of the whole
State as he is at home, his chances in Con-
vention would be at least equal to those of
any other gentleman whose name has been
mentioned as a candidate.
As man of fine natural abilities. supe-
rior education, strong and well-defned, tho
conservative political views, ripe Judgment,
large public experience, and unbIemished
private character, Mr.. Smith need not fear
comparison with any gentleman who has
been spoken of in connection with the Gov
ernorship. Aa an eloquent and convincing
public speaker, he has few, if any superi-
ors in Ohio, as all will admit who have ever
heard him.
Mr.. Smith has not sought the nomination
and if he should receive it, he would ac-
cept it as the voluntary Offering of the Re-
publican party of Ohio; but if they should
thus honor him We can assure them that he
will so conduct the canvass that they will
have no cause to regret his selection as their
standard-bearer in The approaching contest
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MAJOR JOHN NJ. M1LL1KIN, of Butler
county, well known to the people of
Ohio through his long and active
connection with the State Board of
Agriculture, is urged by the Clinton
Republican and other papers, as
the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor. We have long known Major
NJ as a gentleman of large intelli-
gence, liberal views and irreproach-
able private character, and should
he consent to be a candidate, he will
receive strong support in the
Convention.
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IWhOle No. 2O33.
IOVEIDSPOLNOIINO VI VuC 4NOW
Letter from Kansas.
SALINA. SALINE Co., Kansas, !
April, 1875. {


April, 1876. {
Mr.. J. l.. BoARDMAN MANY Of
your readers no doubt will be inter.
ested in reading something from this
part of Kansas
Things have an encouraging ap-
pearance at this time. There are
many who have been considerably
troubled on account of the drouth
of last season, and the choppers"
were somewhat annoying. 1 am of
the opinion the drouth was the cause
of their paying US the unreasonable
visit. Had we had no drouth, we
/ would not have been troubled with
Grasshoppers.
There was a very large crop of
small grain raised in this county-a
much larger crop than was needed
in the county, and there has been
shipped from our county town, Sa-
lima, over one hundred thousand
bushels of small grain.
We have one of the finest counties
of the State for farming. It is most
ly bottom land, of the very richest
quality, adapted for small grain of
all kinds. We did not raise any
corn in this part of Kansas, and but
little else than small grain. The
farmers are perhaps better off here
than almost any where else in the
State, and there are comparatively
few who have been assisted. We
have quite crop of fall grain sown,
and it never looked better.
I think this county will come out
all 80. K yet. We have one of the
most desirable counties in the Union.
No rain in winter, and nothing that
contaminates the air, to make it any
thing but healthy country. Doc
tors have an adherence for this
part of Kansas, and they are the
most sickly-looking class we have.
Salina is q live town, constantly i'm
proving; situated in a valley that
cannot be surpassed in any locality,
and has as good a class of business
men as can be found anywhere. 1t
is on the K. P. r. R., $50 miles west
from Kansas city. The Union
School edifce is one of the finest in
the West, costing about $4,000.
Everything is moving on here as
though nothing had happened, and
should any of old Highland county's
bows who ''wore the blue desire to
come here and make home, ''Uncle
Sam" has some good land here sub
iect to entry under the homestead
law, and I do not think that any will
regret it if they come.
1 have been here something like
two years, and am better satisfied
than when I came here. We have
better health than in Ohio, and good
society--intelligent people, mostly
from Ohio, from Cleveland and
Marietta. Any one wanting infor-
nation about land, I viii send them
the Land Journal, published here
every month.
We have two enterprising papers
published here; good churches and
school houses wherever they are
needed.
Any one desiring to come West
should not be scared by what has
been said in the papers. The suf-
fering has been chiefly in the ne'oer
counties, and you can tell by reading
the report of the Relief Committee
what counties have received aid.
We had some very cold weather
here this winter-the coldest for
some years. Yours truly,
A. r. HEAD.
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A. r. HEAD

Our Kansas exchanges speak in
the most encouraging terms of the
future prospects of that State, declar-
ing the grasshoprer scare at an end.
The Kansas Chronicle says:
The Kansas Central Relief Com
mittee are preparing to close their
business and resolve themselves back
into private citizenship. The labors
of the committee have been very Ia
borious. 1t has done q good work
for the destitute of the State.
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Hsboroug Highland County Ohio, Thursday May 3
Cincinnati Musical Festival.

The second Grand Musical Festi-
val at Cincinnati commences on
Tuesday night of this week, and
closes on Friday night. There will
be seven performances in all, three
in the afternoon and four at night
The matinee on Thursday afternoon
will probably prove the greatest at
traction, as about 1000 children of
the Public Schools will take part in
the Chorus.
The Grand Chorus consists of 700
well trained voices, mostly of Cincin-
natl and vicinity, all under the di-
rection of Otto Singer, of Cincinnati.
Theodore Thomas, the great music
al director, of New York, has charge
of the whole performance, and viii
be assisted by his celebrated or
chestra.
Among the grand musical compo-
sitions to be performed are Beetho-
ven's Symphony No. 7, Brahms
Triumphal Hymn, Beethoven's Over
ture to Leonore, No. 2, Mendels
sohn's oratorio of Elijah, Bach's
Magnifcat in D, Beethoven's 9th
Symphony, Schiller's Hymn of Joy,
Beethovens Conservation of the
House, Schubert's Symphony No. 9
in G, and Liszt's S Prometheus, besides
many of the finest gems from Wag
ner, Herder, Mozart, Rossini,
Gounod, Weber, Verdi, Strauss,
Gluck, Meyerbeer, Lassen, and
other great composers.
The Solo singers are Mrs. H. III.
Smith, soprano; Miss Anna Louise
Gary, contralto, both Of whom sang
at the first Festival Miss Abbie
Whinnery, soprano, and Miss Emma
Cranch, contralto, both of Cincinnati;
Mr.. VIM. J. Winch, of Boston, tenor;
Mr.. H. A. Bischoff, of New York,
tenor; Mr.. NJ. W. Whitney, of Bos-
ton, leading bass, who also sang at
the first Festival, and Mr. Franz
Remmertz, of New York, second
bass. Mr. Dudley Buck, the great
organist and composer, will preside
at the organ.
From present indications this
second Festival will be even a great
er success than the first, both music
ally and financially. The sale of
seats in advance far exceeds that of
the first Festival.
The people of Cincinnati have de-
termined to make the occasion a
grand holiday week, and will deco
rate their houses with flags, notices
&c. in honor of the event.
All The railroads will carry passen-
gers at nearly nalf fare, and the num-
Der of visitors from the surrounding
country will no doubt be very large.
The hotels of the city are however
prepared to accommodate all who
may apply.
The price of Reserved Seats is 50,
ordinary seats 81, for each perform
ance.
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Correspondence of the News
Letter from Colorado,
VALMoNT, BOULDER Co., Col. Ter. }
April, 1875. I

/ u.
April, 1875.
The farmers have all commenced
in earnest the labors of another year.
They began this season as soon as
possible, on account of the grass
hoppers, hoping to have their crops
so far advanced before the choppers"
hatch out that they will do but little
injury.
Taken all in all, we had very
pleasant winter. Stock that have
not been fed any through the winter
look slim, but I have not heard of SO
many dying off as usual.
Boulder county is destined to be
one of the foremost counties of the
Territory. Its principal pursuits are
mining and agriculture. In mining,
Boulder ranks second, Gilpin being
first. New discoveries are being
made every year, and they pcontinue
to grow richer as they are developed.
The Caribou, now owned by a
Dutch company, who purchased it
for three million dollars, is the rich
est silver mine in the Territory.
Gold Hill mining district, discovered
in go, and finally deserted, is again
made lively by the discovery of Tel
lurium.
Sunshine, new mining district,
discovered the past season, within
four miles of the city of Boulder, in the
foothills, bids fair to exceed all 9th
ers. One mine recently sold for for
ty thousand dollars. There are over
200 men at work there. Men gen
orally get from $3.50 to 50 a day.
The majority take what is called
contract" sinking the shaft so many
feet deep for given sum.
In the vicinity of Gold Hill are a
few gulch mines, which are profitable.
A good gulch mine is more profitable
for the time being, for you get your
''pay" every night in the pure "stuf,"
and do not have to send it off to the
mills to be crushed, as in the case of
ore from lodes.
Next in Importance to Gold and
Silver mining, are the Coal mines of
Boulder valley These as yet have
not been fully developed. Among
the most prominent is the one own
ed by Mr. Marshall. He expended
the enormous sum of twelve thou
sand dollars, to get q steam wagon
road and outfit between his bank and
Golden City, importing the rolling
stock from England, but the enter
prise proved a failure in the end.
The quality of the coal is inferior to
that of Pennsylvania
OSCAR JACKSON.
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Mr.. John Roby, a venerable and es-
teemed citizen of Ross county, faith.
er of DR.. George W. Roby, died at
his residence near Bainbridge on
the 4th inst, in the SD year of his
age. Deceased was native of Ma
ryland, and came to Chillicothe in
1916, afterwards moved to TarltOn,
Pickaway county, where he remained
until 1856, when he located near
Bainbridge, where he resided until
his death.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1875-05-13

The Democratic Executive Com
mittee met at Columbuslast week and
decided to hold their State Couven
ton on the 18th Of June. There was
a large attendance of politicians from
different parts of the State, and the
vital Importance of carrying Ohio
for the Democracy next fall was the
keynote of all the speeches. 'It
we lose Ohio" said Mr.. Sayler, oi
Cincinnati, ''we lose the next Presi
dent" The proposition is quite sat
isfactory to the Republicans, and we
cheerfuly accept the issue.
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There is danger to mans bust
ness when he neglects to advertise,
as the following item from coTe-
spondent of the Ironton Register.
''By the way, some farmers asked
me if VIM. Kerr & Co. had left Iron
ton. They said that they did not
see his advertisement in the Regis
ter. If he is still in Ironton, let him
make a noise, or tell few in the
papers"
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Republican County Meet
ing

The Republicans of Highland
County are requested to meet al
the Court House in Hillsboro, OF
SATURDAY, May %, 1875, for the pur
pose of nominating Five Delegates
to represent the county in the Re
publican State Convention, to be
held in Columbus on the I'd of June
next. Also, to reorganize the County
Central Committee, and prepare fol
the coming campaign. A full at
tendance is requested.
By order of the Republican Cen,
tral Committee.
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PuZzler's Corner.
Enigma.

am composed of "a letters.
NV IS 10 12 is a river in Africa.
NV 16 9 II ; is n natural division OF water.
Nv q Is is a small bird.
NV 81 II l6 is an animal useful for bearing bur-
dens.
NV 29 % 81 10 is a political division Of Asia
NY IA Is 81 are gifts to the poor
My13 IL l2 is an implement used by farmers
NV whole forms the names of lady anG gentle
man that live in the vicinity of Fairfax.
man '''''' PAS GIRLS.
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The Abba Qowa) Union, edited by
G. M. Nelson, a Highland county
boy, comes to us, in q beautiful new
dress, and greatly improved in ap-
pearance-an indication of prosperi-
ty which we are glad to notice in so
good a paper as the Union.
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Here's richness. The San Fran
cisco Bulletin estimates the three
leading products of that State for
the coming season as follows: Wool,
$4,000, 900 pounds; wine, $1,000, 900
gallons wheat, 45,OOO,OOO bushels.
The yield of gold, though well up in
the millions, isn't considered a first
class item.
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Problem.

Twelve persons stopped at hotel over night
On asking their bin next morning, found il TO be
sl2. The old men paid s. each, the old women
paid 50 each, the young men paid 50 cents each,
and the Young women p cents each How many
old men, how many young men, how many Olo
women. how many young women, were there trav-
cling in the crowd -; =;
Also. state the method by which the problem Is
solved with the answer, which is requested
HillsbOro, May ], ls15. NOIfALG.
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The other day postmaster, on
entering his Office had his olfactory
nerves disagreeably assailed. On
questioning boy in the office as to
the cause, the facetious youth re-
piled: Il don't know, sir; but per
haps the smell comes from some OF
the dead letters"
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''It is certainly a remarkable fact,
SAYS the New York Graphic, ''that
whenever the registry laws are re
pealed there is an immediate increase
of the Democratic vote" Witness
Ccnnactier1t
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A new and good feature Of the Y
NJ. G. A. work in Baltimore, Md, is
the Winter Home, a building where,
during the past four months, over
$4,000 meals and nearly 1000 lodg
ings have been furnished, besides
clothing and employment for ver:.-
large number. A prayer meeting is
held every evening at the Home
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WHAT IS VEGETINE ?

1t is compound extracted from barks, roots and
herbs. 1t is Natures Remedy. 1t is perfectly
harmless from any bad effect upon the system. Ii
is nourishng aud strengthening. 1t acts directly
upon the blood. 1t Guiets the nervous system. 1t
gives you good sweet sleep night. II is panacea
for agcd fathers and mothers, for it gives them
tures sweet sleep-as has been proved by many an
aged person. II is the Great Blood Purifier. 1t is
a soothing remedy for our children 1t has relieved
and cured thousands. 1t is very pleasant TO take !;
every child likes it. 1t relieves and all dis
eases originating from impure blood. Try the
VEGETINE. Give it fair trial for your COM
plants then you will say to your friend, neghbor
and acquaintance, "Try it; it has cured me-"
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The Cincinnati average Democratic
majority on the city ticket is 3,OOS
Oneyear ago, the average Democratic
majority was 6,256, on vote of 49,,
900. This year the vote was much
larger. If there is any comfort In
these facts, let the Democracy have
it Marietta Register.
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The good management of the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad is illustra
ted in the decrease of expenses fol-
the year ending December 81, 1874,
of $122,975.S2, and the increase oi
net earnings S9O,611.73, as compared
with the year preceding.
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A significant fact. The keeper OF
an English jail, who has had twenty
thousand prisoners pass through his
hands, says although he has inquired,
he has not discovered one temper
ance man among them.
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The Marietta Council has reduced
the salary of town Marshal from
S72O to $3.50 per annum, and wages
of common labor for corporation
work from 81 to 81 so.
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RELIABLE EVIDENCE.

The following unsolicited testimonial from Rev.
o. n. Walker, formerly pastor of Bowdoin Square
Church, Boston, and at present seettled in Provi-
dence r. l.. must be deemed as reliable evidence.
No one should fail TO observe that this testimonial
is the result of two years experience with the use
of VEGETINE in the Rev. Mr.. Walkers family,
who now pronounce it invaluable:
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NATIcK, MASS, Jan. l, 1873.

NATIcK, Mass, Jan. l, 1873.
MIR. II. X. STEVENS:
Dear Sir-We have good reason for regarding
your VEGETINE a medicine of the greatest value.
We feel assured that it has been the means of saw
ing our sons life. He is now seventeen years of
age; for the last two years he has suffered from
necrosis of his leg caused b. scrofulous affection,
and was so far reduced that nearly all who saw
him thought his recovery impossible. A council of
able physicians could give us but the faintest hope
of his rallying; two of the number declaring that
he was beyond the reach of human remedies, that
even amputation could not save him, as he had not
vigor enough to endure the operation. Just then
we commenced giving him VEGETINE and from
that time 10 the present he has been continuously
improving. He has lately resumed studies, thrown
away his crutches and cane, and walks about cheer
fully and strong.
Though there is some discharge from the OPEN
ing where his limb was lanced, we have the fullest
confidence that in little time he will be perfectly
cured.
He has taken about three dozen bottles of VEG
ETINE, but lately but little, as he declares he
is too well to be taking medicine.
Respectfully yonrs,
F. 5. BEST.
Mrs. L. c. BEST.
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The Best Evidence.

The following letter from Rev. E. s. Best, Pastor
of the NJ. E. Church, Natick, Mass, will be read
with interest by many physicians; also those suf-
fcring from the same disease afflicted the son of
the Rev. E. y. Best No person can doubt this tes-
timony, there is no doubt about the curative
power of VEGETINE.
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PREPAREDD BY
Every Business Nan

Needs something in the way of Job Printing. W.
need scarcely add that you can get your Prntil
done to the best advantage at the
sep1Stf NEWS OFFICE.
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PROVIDENCE, R. L, I64 Transit Street.

II. r. STEVENS, ESQ.,:
l feel bound to express with my signature the
high value l place upon your VEGETINE. My
family have used it for the last two years. In
nervous debility it is invaluable, and recommend
it to all who may need an invigOrating, renovatng
tonic. o. T. WALKER,
Formerly Pastor OF Bowdoin Square Church, Boston