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CALAIS, OHIo, August A, 1876
Ed. SPIRIT: Harvesting is nearly fin.
ished in this vicinity !; and we had good
crop of oats and wheat. Grass was bet
ter than for years before. The growing
crop looks very we'll 1t has been lit
tie too wet for corn on bottom land. but
on hill land it never was better. Fruit
we have in abundance. Cider made Its
appearance in town last week.
Our business men all talk Of hard
times and dull times for doing business.
Our tobacco merchants have finished
packing their last years crop. Hodge
having 240,. sEber1e $50 hogsheads.-
From appearances they will have much
larger crop for next year.
Our town, in spite Of the hard times,
is improving. Messrs. John and Levi
Tuttle have completed their planning
mill, and have it in successful operation
They do good work. The NJ. E. Church
will be built this fall. Hubbard Bros.
have not the contract, as reported. fol
building it, hut Thomas Sears, OF this
place. Mr.. Durer, of Somerton, is do
!, ing the stone work. Mr.. Samuel Ste
vens has had dwelling built this sum
mer, Mr.. Geo. Coultas doing the work
Mr.. Coultasis now building the Chris
tan Church, about a mile from town.
!, George is a good workman, and on
that gets along very fast with his work
Mr.. Thomas Sears has just completed
barn for Sol Stephens. Rey. Cash, o
Powhattan, is erecting new barn TO
III. w. Warner, Esq,4 So lyon can Sc
that our community will not be belsin'
= by way of improvements eoFaoa
b James R. Stephen killed two copper
head snakes on last Monday that meas
ured over three feet each.3il Our schoe
is prospering under the management
j. w. Hawkins, of Wooasfleld.
; Tuesday afternoon three men wei
N seen looking around, over the farm
Mr.. VIM. Wells in very suspicion
manner, but little was thought about
r About 10 o'clock, after they had retire'
two men knocked at the door and aske
:. for Wesley Burton, stating that the
'e had warrant for his arrest, given the
lc by j. NJ. Green, of Calais When tol
re by Mr.. Wells that Burton was not ther
,e they swore that he was, and they we
going to come into the house and scare
it. Mr. Wells got q stick of stove WOO
III and told them that he would know o.
Is of them if they come in. Juletta Wei
In grand daughter, slipped away fro
.ir the house and went to Mr. Samuel q
mores and aroused him and two sto
men who were there and they all thr
started for Wells but before they
Ls rived the men had left. Mr.. Wells is
: man of about 80 years of ago. He a
40 his wife nearly as old, and a gra
Tn daughter are all that live there.
of lives about 3 miles east of Calais.
up DEDICATION.
ut 1 had the pleasure of being at
mt dedication of the M. E. Church at N
bo tonsburg on last Sunday. They b
n no trouble in raising $500, the amo'
70 required to pay the amount now due
Rev. Grouse preached two excellent
he mons, and as solicitor for church p
"a poses he is a grand success l thi
= that our people in Calais would DO y
~ to have him here, whel we are rea
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,f~DouBLE PLAY: HAYES capturing
the Reformers and the Rings,
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EHoME RUN: GRANTS order to tne
Reformers
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sHERIFFs SALE.
- SHERIFgS- SALE. ------
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L.S s. Delaplain&Son
3a,uai..f ys. ,teK
G.. H. Huffman ct al.

DY virtue Of an order Of ssle to me direct
- ed from the court Of common pleas ely
Monroe county, Ohio, Will cfsr for sale ~
the front door Of the court house. nthstewu
of Woodsaeld, between the hoursl sf Ice
O'Clock .. m. and 4o'clock p. A., on saseA f'.s
Saturday, the 18th day Of ASgas,s 107s,'
the following described real estate situate u,
Monroe county. Ohio, 70 viii: ~
The east half Of the southwsst- quarter Of
section one, in township. four Of range ave-
containing seventy. .nins snd sixtem huuss
dredth acres.
Also, twenty aorss, beginning stt6e 6srtE
west corner Of the southeast quarter ef sec
tion one, township four Of range i've; thence
running along the east and west hne neesE,
ward twenty rods; thence south aersss Sal4
Quarter SO as 80 strike the section itns sSha
the south side twenty rods east ffSd st6ei
southwest corner Of said quarter, to eentAlna
twenty acres Of the west side Of said saaa-
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wLEsr FIELD: The one containing
HATES. ..ssa...s.1ss 80
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! sg- R1anr FIELD: The TILDEs camp
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rBAsE HITS: Campaign ISLANDERS,
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HLosr BAwL: A yell for HAYES.
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sHERIFrs SALE.
Isaac P. Cline.
vs..
James NJ. Cline, ct al.

DY virtue of an order of sale In PARTITION
u to me directed from the court Of common
pleas of Monroe county, Ohio, Will onsr for
sale. at the front door of the court house II
the town Of Woodsfeld, between the hours
of 10 O'Clock a. m. and o'clock P. m, on -
Saturday, the1sM dayfof A, Arssals ls7s
the following described real estate sitsats TX
Monroe county, Ohio, to wit:
The north half of the northwest quarter
of section one, township four Of range six,
excep. i've acres decided to J. NJ Cline, eos =
taipihg seventy -hvsy acres morS or lss4
Appraised at $1,000.
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,july11,'7Sw5. Sheriff .. =.
AuNrER 4 NALLoKY, Att'ys., .,.o-, ,xy,,.
.-~ SHERIFF'S 6Atf- -
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ter.
Also. twenty acres, being part Of tAs
northwest quarter Of the northeast Aueetee
Of section six township three Of range Ave.
commencing at the northwest corner of sslt
lot; thence south to the cresA; $hense1feEn
the creek with Its meani iers TO the: meutk ~
John Beckett's run; thence up said fuA 1itk'
its rnaanders 10 the north line sf ssdfN SIss
thence west to the ibesinning, spting sbsRs
three and one-fourth acres, beginning on ~
north ,.iaa AZ the creek on the north snd.
south line of the northeast quarter of tie
nortbv cat ouarter of said section, ak; thence
49, ,hs crsst tbirty-six srods Is via
cherry tree: thence east twenty rods; thsnse
north eight rods; thence with the breW %
~ IN, 70 s.id north and south line: tb6u5e
sonth @ On ssid line TO the beginning. asf al
Alse. three and one fourth acres, bsefnni1e
at the northwsst corner of the ncrtksss
nm ,rtsr ~ tha northwest quarter of section
s,x tovnsbin three Of -raure fye. thence vsst
s;chts.r rcds and fourteen feat 10 vhite
30, tha,,oa .ontb tan rods and eight fess,:
.,a,.a 80 .h;-, ,vo ,ods and fvsSve ~ Z
half fsa,! tbancs north twenty. elrht rods
.nd .,.;r,.a,,- f.s, to tbs bag;pnino 3 sb;s -
A .,sa. ~ .. : ws., @ h,,f ~ tbs sontSvsst oSsyz
A.v, "a e a. .o,.nshir sorr a. ,s.ss
=. -. =. soss; ssos s;rh,~ .erss'f2 -s-esf ~
90, Ii, ~ A.. .>.sl...A
Aiso' sno .o.'A A ..-s,,- 49, -
quarter oi seo'lo. o'eve.,
range six, containing sls.v sos
Also, the south haii sol tne ,ssttseess
quarter of section elevsn, 'ownsn'P s1is' As1asss
range SIX containing s,ss.y aesss
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HFouL, AND OUT: BELKNAr.
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Shields House,
FORMERLY RID LION.
No. Z Sirth street,,.ear Suspensios Bridge.
PITTSBURGH, PA.
W. II. STAHLMANN, Proprietor.
This house has recently been thoroughly
renovated and re6ttsd, and eli the mcdsra
improv ements added.
Board per day. $l 80.
Sale stables IL, connection with the house.
jul. 4,'7em3.
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Wop.te fielss.,sisglst -. 1876.

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watchwora OF l756, lReyotu'lyi,.
Watchw ord of 1916. R'lorm,D p
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OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM
REPUBLICAN FINANCES.

laws OF hnance cannon Oe ulSieSaIuCo
with inpuHity.
4 REPUBLICAN FINANCES.
i The financial policy of the Govern
ment, if indeed it deserves the name OF
policy at all, has been in disregard OF
those laws, and therefore has disturbed
commercial and business confidence as
we'll as hindered return to specie pay
ments. One feature of that policy was
the resumption cause of the Act OF 1879,
E which has embarrassed the country by
\ the anticipation Of compulsory re-
sumption for which no preparation has
e been made and without any assurance
!, that it would be practicable The re
o peal of that clause is necessary that thu
+ natural operation of financial laws may
k be restored, that the business OF thu
e country may be relieved from its dis
:. turbing and Oppressive influence, snt
a that return to specie payment may b
d facilitated by the substitution OF wise
d and more prudent legislation, whic'
e shall mainly rely on judicious sy sten
of public economies and official retrench
ments, and above all on the promotio
- of prosperity in all the industries OF IN
l. !. people. -aE
"A THE MEANING Of REPEAL OF THE REsUMI
,t TION CLAUSE. siis
. I do not understand the repeal OF th
r. resumption clause of the Act of 1873 t.
r be backward step in our return to sp'
TX Gle payments, but the recovery OF
Ill false step, and although the repeal ma
" for a time be prevented, yet the dete
a mination of the Democratic party Q
he this subject has now been definitely d
clared. There should be no hlnderal
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National Democratic Ticket lc klteat. !.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-03-09
THE EMMA MINE.
Say About his and Schenck's
Connection with It.

A dispatch from San Francisco dated
March I'd, says ex-senator Stewart ex-
| poets to leave next TUESDAY for Wash
ington, to testify before the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs in rela-
ton to the Emma Mine investigation.
In an interview this morning he fore
Swallowed the general tenor of his evil
dence, to the effect, that on first meet
ing Lyon, at Washington, in the early
part of 1871, he was favorably impress
ec with the merits of Lyons claim to
an interest i'll the Emma Mine and went
to Salt Lake to. push his case as legal
adviser. He thought at the time that
Judge Mexican was prejudiced against
Lyon, and endeavored to procure his
removal. Afterwards he became COLI
vidced Mexican acted fairly and impair
TALLY, and found oil examination, that
Lyons claim was not as good as it first
| appeared, and advised compromise
with the Emma Mine company In this
connection he wrote letter to Lyon,
in which the expression occurred "bet-
ter have compromise than a worked
out mine," meaning that to enforce
Lyons claim would require litigation
for years, and in the meantime it might
be worked. went to England as agent
for Lyon, with Park as agent for the
company, We are at once besieged by
parties wishing to purchase, and re-
ceived proposition from Coates &
Hankey to buy half interest of two
million, they to put the stock on the
market. They also selected Prof. Sill
liman TO report on the mine. Albert
Grant then put in an appearance, and
at his suggestion lgot Schenck to come
in as director, believing at the time
the mine was valuable property. When
the storm was raised about Schenck
being director, he resigned, but held
on to his stock, still believing it valu-
able, and subsequently, lose on it.
Neither Schenck nor myself received
any stock as gift My own was re-
sional capacity. Schenck bought his,
and raised the money to pay for it.
Lyon then wanted to realize on his in
terest on gave me bill of sale, and |
gave note of $250,000 to Park, who
advanced the amount to Lyon. Lyon
then began to sell short and circulate
stories in depreciation of the NINE
The stockholders sent committee to
examine 1t, who reported 1t all right,
and the stock was kept up. Lyon could
not cover his shorts. He then threat
ened to commence suit to recover the
additional amount for his interest,
which was compromised by Park pay
ing him $4,000 more, which he also
lost selling short. In 1872 | went to
Salt Lake in the interest of the Emma
Mine company, il having been jumped
by the Illinois Tunnel mine. Since
quitting operations the Bay City run-
mel company has run under the old
Emma working, and is in rich ore on
Emma ground.
Lyon has been making living for
years by litigation. His evidence be-
fore the House is a tissue of falsehoods. |
Stewart hid not attempt an explana-
ton of the manner in which Schenck |
raised money to buy his stock, not be- |
ing familiar with the details, but he |
presumed he got portion of it from
Park,
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A New Postal Law.

A bill has been introduced by Mr..
Hamlin, fixing the rates on third-class
matter, which includes merchandise
bulbs, roots, seeds, ETC., which grades
the amount of postage according to
the distance:
For distances not exceeding 800
miles, one cent for each two ounces or
fractional part thereof.
Fer any distance between 800 and
600 miles, two cents for each two
ounces or fraction thereof.
For distances between 800 and 1900
miles, three cents for each ounce or
fraction thereof.
For each additional 1000 miles, one
cent additional for each two ounces or
fraction thereof.
Special rates are, however, proposed
for transient newspapers and maya
zines, namely, one cent for every two
ounces or fractional part thereof, for
any distance not exceeding 1000 miles,
but for greater distance double this
rate is to be charged.
The bill also provides that all occa-
sional publications of price current
catalogues, etc., devoted primarily to
advertising purposes or free circula-
ton, or for circulars at nominal sub
scription rates, shall hereafter be con-
sidered and charged as third-class mail
matter. Other provisions authorize
the writing of brief form of presen-
tation. or of brief description, upon
magazines or books, or any other ar
ticles mailed as third-class matter, and
allows insufiiciently prepaid matter to
be carried to its destination in cases
where there has not been an evident
intention to underpay the full amount,
provided that double the deficiency
shall be collected at the other end;
when the sender is known, however,
he is to be notified and required to
make the full payment.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-03-09
More Frauds.

Supplemental to the late startling
disclosures which has involved men in
high political life in disgrace comes a
special from Washington which says
Mr.. Black burn, of the committee on
expenditures in the War Department,
states that the committee is in posses
sion of evidence showing that five 9TH
err post-traderships besides that of Fort
Sill, were sold for sums ranging from
$500 to $685. 900 year, and that an out
rageous fraud has been unearthed in
the disbursement of the Sl,000,000 APP
propriated by Congress for putting up
headstones over the graves of Union
soldiers.
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Republican Convention.

a delegate Convention Of the Republicans oil
the State of Kcnsas will be held in REPRESENTATIVE
Hall, in the city of Topeka, on w :dncsday the
Gath day of May, A. D., 1876, at the honr oil TWO
O'Clock p. m, for the purpose of choosing ten
delegates and ten alternates to represent the ke-
publican party OF Kansas in the Union Republic
can National Convention to be held in Cincinnati,
Ohio, on the lith day of June, proN, for the pur-
pose OF nominating candidates for President and
Vice President of the United States. Each Rep
rcsentative district entitled 10 representation in
the Legislature of 1877 shall be entitled to two
delegates
II is recommended that the district conventions
fer the purpose of electng delegates TO the State
Convention herein called be held on Saturday,
the 18th day of May, ls7c, at such hour us may be
designated by the central committee of each Rep
resentative district, in the even; that there be
no such committee, by the central committee Of
the county II is also recommended that in addi-
tion to the delegates herein provided fol-, one al
ternate be elected for each delegate.
No person will be entitled TO a seat or vote in
the convention by virtue of holding the proxy Of
any of the delegates.
by order of the committee
JOHN GUTHRIE, Chairman.
j. JAY Buck, Secretary.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-03-09
The Sad Ending of a Bad Trick.

A bill passed through Sam Woods
Legislature the other day, empower.
ing the District Judge of Leavenworth
county to appoint an auditor for that
county. Senator johnson, from that
county, desiring the appointment and
fearing his chances with the District
Judge, after the passage of the bill
got hold of it and changed the obs
tr;ct' to read probate" Some of the
clerks, discovering the fraud, an in
yestigating committee was appointed
which traced the work to Johnson's
door. The poor fellow resigned his
position in disgrace, aud the next day
went crazy and tried to snoot himself.
What has got into officials.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-03-09
THE NEW TIMBER ACT.
Browns Effective Bill

Congressman Browns Effective Bill
Judge Brown, our Congressman, is
laboring very faithfully in the inter
ests of his district and this valley. AS
most of our readers are aware, the
rulings of the Interior Department,
with reference to the timber culture
act, worked great hardship, in that
it recognized only standing and grow
ing timber or trees, giving no time for
the breaking of the ground, or the
planting Of seed and nuts. To favor
the settlers more certainly and to
further encourage the growing of trees
Judge Brown introduced supple
mental bill, which we see has passed
the House.
The bill which we here append fully
explains itself, and Judge Brown has
the thanks of the people of this district
for the very liberal and wise measure:
A BILL
To amend the act entitled can act to
amend the act entitled AN act to
encourage the growth of timber on
western prairies, approved March
thirteenth, eighteen hundred and
seveDty-four.
Be 1t enacted By the Senate and
House of Representatives. of the Unit
edStates IN Congress assembled, That
section three of the act entitled can
act to amend the act entitled 'An act
to encourage the growth of timber Oh
the western prairies'" is hereby
amended by adding thereto the follow
ing further provise: Procided further,
That whenever party holding claim
under the provisions of this act, or
whenever making final proof under the
same, shall prove by two good and
credible witnesses that the trees plant
cd and growing on said claim were
destroyed by grasshoppers during any
one or more years while holding said
claim, said year or years in which said
trees were so destroyed shall not work
any forfeiture of any of the rights or
privileges conferred by this act; and
the time allowed by this act in which
to plant the trees and make final proof
shall be extended the same number OF
years as the trees planted on the said
claim were destroyed in the manner
specified in this section.
SEC. 2. That the planting of seeds,
nuts or cuttings shall be considered a
compliance with the provisions of the
timber-culture act: Provided, That
such seeds, nuts or cuttings of the
kind and for the purpose contemplated
in the original act shall be properly
and well planted, the ground properly |
and well cultivated; and in case such
seeds, nuts or cuttings should not ger
inmate and grow, or should be de-
stroyed by the depredations of grass
hoppers, or from other inevitable acct
dent, that the ground shall be replant-
ed or the vacancies filled within one
year from the first planting: Provided
further, That parties claiming the ben
eft of the provisions of this act shall
prove, by two good and credible wit
nesses, that the ground was properly |
and planted in such seeds,
nuts or cuttings, and were so destroy
ed by inevitable accident in such year.
SEC. 8. That it shall not be neces-
sary to plant the trees, seeds, nuts or
cuttings in one body, provided the sew
eral bodies planted by measurement
aggregate the amount required and in
he time required by the original and
amended act.
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A LETTER FROM THE BLACK
HILLS.
What Citizen Of Wichita Thinks
About the Matter.

What q Citizen Of Wichita Thinks
About the Matter.
The following letter, handed US by
Mr.. Wilkins, was written by his son,
who went to the Black Hills last fall.
We opine that it contains good deal
of unvarnished truth.
DAKOTA TERRITORY,
February 9, 1876. J
DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER: l am
well and hope this will find you the
same. am in the extreme northern
part of the Black Hills; have been here
about one month. | arrived in the
Hills on the 18th of December. Have
been travelling about from one place
to another ever since, but this is my
headquarters now.
have not been in house this win
ter. Camped out in the snow all the
time, and wherever night overtakes
me. When l first came in l prospect
ed around the southern portion of the
Hills, and finally, not finding any
thing, concluded that the Hills were a
swindle. But to give them good
trial started north on stampede.
When about three days travel we
found place to stop and prospect,
where some other parties were already
located, and they claimed to have a
'big thing" This district was at that
time unknown to any one with the ex
ccption of very few, but it was soon
found out. Disappointed prospectors
in the southern portion of the Hills
took our trail and came in, and still
they como. Some Of them lost the
trail and wandered about the country
for two weeks.
l cannot say whether there is any
thing here or not. If there is it is the
only place in the Hills that l know of.
Gold can be found anywhere, but not
in paying quantities. What has been
said about the Hills i'll the papers is all
lie. They do not know.
This gulch is filled with excited men,
some going one way and some another.
AS the ground is covered with snow
no work can be done. There are,
without doubt, some paying diggings
here, but it is spotted. | have seen
from five to ten cents to the pan, but
how it will hold out cannot be told.
l have located in three different dis
tricts; Last, White Wood and Cape
Horn. I am not at all crazy about
what have got. Spring will tell. l
have had chances to sell, but at big
thing or nothing, is my motto. There
will be a big rush out of here next
summer, as there is nothing to sup
port SO many people as will come in
the spring.
would not advise any one to come
here. Chances are one in thousand.
have not heard from the outside
world since l left Cheyenne. Ifyou
have written shall receive something
before long. This starts south to
Gustav City in the morning, via. a
packer. Write soon and often.
Yours, f. ii. WILKINS.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-03-09
Can't Agree.

The Democratic caucus, at Washing.
ton, last Saturday night, failed to
agree on a policy, and by a vote o!
fifty-iive 10 forty-six, at late hour OF
the night, adjourned until yesterday
without coming to a test vote. Mr..
Payne presented his modified bill as
the report of the majority, consisting
of Representatives Payne, Barnum,
Morrison and Gibson, and Senators
Thurman, Bayard, Mcdonald and
Merriman. The minority report was
made by Representatives Bright, Hol-
man, Walker, Southland and Weakly.
Ii simply proposed to repeal that part
of the specie resumption act which
fixes the first day ofJanuary, 1879, for
that purpose.