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The Morning herald., 1876-08-03
""Vihg Husband and Children for
Conscience Sake.
From the Courier Journal,1

From the Courier Journal
- curious case of awakened conscience is
T. TNus reported from Hamlin, N. "" On
d,". dn"u.rssay morning last Mrs. Charles Ran
in nnalisluletly Informed her husband that dur
wS;l vS ahe period of twelve or thirteen years in
h "picl. they have been married she had not
H"d botn 10 MIN what d wife should be, and she
,%a i"u made up her mind to leave this part Of
mv,t n'v country. She had given the matter
anas! mae. thought, and decided it was, from all
ssvv,uiSIlerations, WI best that she should 60 away
I"r ia @ leave him and:her three children to live
mrd :" pcace and happiness. The wife calmly
prvpared pnd@, breakfast, left the mornings work
IIDi''a1lshed, rI i'aasd, packed her trunk, kissed her
co'r' orauren' and departed, the hired man ac-
tonlp tllpahying her to Brockport, where she
whara nM .1e t p. m. train for nobody knows
The Morning herald., 1876-08-03
WILMINGTON QUOTATIONS,

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Wilmington City Bonds LOB los
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LIST mortgage. l8 20
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National Bank of Delaware, ....,5OO SOS
VIII. 4 B'dywine,, 8lk 63
First National Bank. k.......,..l4 $50
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The Morning herald., 1876-08-03
Our Miniature Poster.

De Wolf is making goods to order as low
as YOU can buy ready-made for.
Raius are very beneficial to growing crops,
especially to chickens.
WHY 70 to Philadelphia to buy clothing
You can buy cheap of Canary, 406 Market
street.
What cucumber has to do, it does with all
it's might.
Drs. Lutte & Bissell, 1918 Chestnut street
are prepared to give any one who may favor
them with q cali first class Turkish Datn'
O. that men would consider =, tnat
women would reconsider
60 to the HERALD Office for cnesp JoD
printing.
The Morning herald., 1876-08-03
Sunday Dlais.
(Frorn the Unites Presbyterian

From Gen. Terry's official report OF the
disaster We find that General Custer march
ed fOrty-dve miles on the oath of June, and
then ten miles further after nightfall, and
that early on the mornisg of the 25th, with
!aded horses and exhausted men, he made
his fatal attack on q force of ten times his
own number. Feeling that there was some
thing mysterious about this Unprecedented
attack and murderous defeat we turned
from the official report to tile calender and
found something Of which we had q pre-
sentment-that this same 25th day of June
was the Lords day. And so we have, in
the annihilaoion Of General Custer and his
command, an instance to add to Bull Run
and many others of the peculiar fatality of
Sabbath battles to those who provoke them.
The Morning herald., 1876-08-03
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS
stock Market.

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The Morning herald., 1876-08-03
ODenlng tho Republican Campaign
In South Carolina.
From the Columbia Register.

from the Columbia Neglster.I
Recently received at Hardy solomon's
store, under Irwin's Hall, new invoice OF
the famous Monogram whiskey; another
lot of those fine rye whiskeys of 1864, 1868,
1870; Hennessey brandy, the finest ever
offered in this market; Otard Dupuy SEQ. Is
cognac, equally fine and very old; Pint,
Castillon & Co.'s and T. and F. Martelps
pure old cognacs: large assortment of fine
and ordinary chsmpagnes, clarets, sherries,
ports, Madeiras, Catawba, &C., g.; Eng
iish and Scotch ales and porters, Bremen
and St. Louis lager beer.
The Morning herald., 1876-08-03
PRICES FOR. 1915:

Various quantities from 25 to 100 pounds
at the rate of 70 cents per 100 pounds; 100 to
1000 pounds at 50 cents per 100 pounds; l ton
to tons at $40 per ton over that amount,
special rates.
All accounts to be cash daily or weekly,
unless otherwise agreed upon.
Having secured large stock Of excellent
quality OF ice, we are now prepared to furn-
ish our friends at the above rates, and will
guarantee all who may favor us with their
orders entire satisfaction. Careful drivers,
regular delivery. mN- -6m
The Morning herald., 1876-08-03
Ihe Can yass i'm Indiana.
lrfom the Courier-Journal.]

,,a, Hneh Godlove Orth strikes a temper
Il I[t toto, ,o"n in Indiana, he proclaims himself
at o'sl s abstinence man. When he arrives
dr,n,e H. ,,t,ee-and-easy whiskey vicinity he takes
onnoaaa ,,K with the boys, and tells them he .sis
hr hrpYsuu rn"a 10 sumptuary laws Wherever
Vanse. Ms ne lakes care TO say nothing about
1'1uela Or bis Old friend HtillWsll, I. N
The Morning herald., 1876-08-03
Judge Elnlnon's Example.

From the Plttsburg C"mmerclal.I
Judge Emmons, of the United States Dis
trict Court for the Southern District of Ohio,
has come to the rescue of witnesses, and
decided, as point of law, that attorneys
have no right to badger and ABUSE them.
If the courts of the county would unlte III
this humane decision, and enforce 1t, there
wonld be revolution in legal practice.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-03-02

Capt. Victor NJ. Randolph died near
Blount Springs, Ala, on Jan.28 He was
born in Culpepper tCounty, Virginia,
July "a, 1897, was commissioned from
that State midshipman in the United
States Navy in the year 1914, and sailed
under Capt. Stephen Decatur. He served
with great credit in the fierce conflicts
with the Algerine pirates, that ended in
their determination. He was with the
late Capt. Josiah Tattnall at the lombard
ment of Vera Cruz, and caught the latter
in his arms when he fell dangerously
wounded by Mexican missile. During
President Taylor's administration he was
given command of the United States ship
Albany, and in obedience to orders from
Washington, he disbanded the several
hundred adventurers who had collected
on Round Island for the unlawful pur-
pose ofinviding Cuba. Soon thereafter,
by the merest accident, war between the
United States and Spain was averted as
follows: The United States sloops, ,of-war
Albany and Germantown, each carrying
twenty-five guns, under the command of
Capt. Randolph, happened to cast anchor
in the harbor of Havana at the time
when reign of terror prevailed, just fol-
lowing the executions of Lopez and
Crittenden. A Spanish frigate and brig
had captured the crew of an American
merchantmen, under pretense that they
were tilibusters. Capt. Randolph visited
Captain. General Concha, demanded their
release, and was refused. After stormy
interview the former left, informing the
latter that he would set free the Ameri-
can crew before sundown. The Albany
and Germantown were Immediately put
under way, and out under the bristling
guns of Morrow Castle. In sight were the
Spanish frigate and brig conveying the
captured American merchantmen
toward the mouth of the harbor. Thous-
ands of the citizens of Havana thronged
the shore to witness the expected naval
battle. The guns of the United States
vessels were shotted, and all hands order
ed on decks to prepare for action, and
the two bore down upon the Spaniards.
When the distance between them was
less than a league, the United States
Steam Irlgate oaranacj commanded Dy
Capt. Tattnall, appeared, and made sig
mails to the Albany to heave to. As Capt.
Tattnall outrsnked Capt. Randolph, the
latter was compelled to obey, much to the
chagrin ofthe now expectant crews ofthe
two vessels that had been prepard for ac-
ton. The Saranac, whose commander
had got wind of the situation that morn
ing, had been put under full headway of
steam, in orderto prevent hostilities that
would have resulted in a final declaration
of war between the two countries He
had his orders from Washington to keep
peace at all hazard. A delay of less than
twenty minutes and the SaranaC would
have reached the scene too late to pre-
vent fight that would have been speed
ily followed by the invasion and capture
ofthe island of Cuba by the United States
fOrpna
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-03-02
A LONELY WOMAN ROBBED.
$4,000 FOUND BY THIEVES IN A TENEMENT
HOUSE BUREAU

Yesterday Superintendent Walling was
informed by inspector Thorne that on
Saturday afternoon thieves entered the
apartment of Mrs. Anna Polhemus, at
No. 547 East One hundred and Seven
teenth street, by means of false keys and
stole $lOOO5 in money and about $500
worth ofjewelry.
Mrs. Polhemus is widow, seventy
two years old, and well connected. For
many wears she has been considered &C.
ceutric, and has led the life of recIuse,
refusing to associate with her relatives or
to employ a servant. The house in which
the robbery occurred is double tene-
ment house, occupied by working people
Mrs. Polhemus lived in an apartment on
the first floor, in which but few persons
ever entered, but it was known in the
house that Mrs Polhemus was possess
ed of means. A couple ofmonths ago Mrs,
Polhemus sold house and lot for about
$4,000, and placed the money in the
Metropolitan Savings Institution Two
weeks ago a whim siezed her and she
drew out $4,000 of the money and con-
cealed it in bureau in her room. Sat
urday afternoon she went out, and closed
the doors of her apartment, which were
closed by ordinary spring locks. A coup
lie of hours after she returned, and on go
ing to count her money found that her
bureau had been ransacked and that it
and some jewelry were gone. The police
of the Twelfth Precinct and Inspector
Thorne were notified, but Mrs. Polhemus
was so agitated that no information of
value was secured until Sunday, when
she gave the following list of the bills
stolen: Five 81 900 bills, forty.nine 500
bills, two $50 bills, and one SIS bill. The
iewelry consisted OF double-cased gold
watch and chain, a pair of bracelets, a
pair of jet earrings and pair of gold
mounted hair earrings. Last night In
spector Thorne said tina, he had positive
information in regard to Mrs. Polhemus's
loss, and thal her statement of it was
correct. Mr.. Thorne considered that it
would be impossible to recover all the
money stolen, but the officers who are
engaged on the case have not wasted
time, and there is chance of the thieves
being detected.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-03-02
REDUCING THE GO VERNMENTEX-
PENSES.

1t is refreshing to be assured of the fact
that our national legislators give promise
of curtailing the enormous expenses of
the government, that the House Appro-
priating Committee are preparing to be-
gin the work in earnest, and that there
is now pleasant prospect that the boast
made at the beginning of the session by
the Democrats, that appropriations will
be reeuced $40,000.000, is in process of
realization. We have information to the
effect hat among the reductions that
have been or will be made are the fol-
lowing: $6,000,000 on the River and
Harbor bill, $5,000000 on public build
ings, $3,000,000 on Notifications, $5,0O0,-
900 on the Legislative, Executive, and
Judicial bill, $l,000,000 on the Internal
Revenue, and so on through all the bills
The Committee have been at work on the
Internal Revenue Bureau, and have made
some sweeping reductions. 1t has been
agreed to reduce the number of Collect.
ors from I6l TO 105, making saving of
$250000, A reduction has been made in
the matter of stamps, printing, paper,
ETC., Of $50, 900, thus reducing the expen-
ses in this one department to the amount
of 81 ,056 000-certAnly very good be-
ginning. Mr.. Randall and other mem
bers of the Committee intend to fulfill
the promise they made to the public.
We are in favor of this sort of Democ-
rcy.-AkrOn Argus, (Rep.)
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-03-02
DEATH0FAN OLD WARRIOR

HE FOUGHT THE ALGERINE PlRA TES AND
NEARLY BROUGHT ON A WAR WITH
SPAIN
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-03-02
DRIED POTATOES.

A German journal, Der LdndtCirth, thus
describes the manufacture of "dried po-
tatoes" as conducted at Carsten's works
in Lubbock: The potatoes are peeled with
the hand and cut into disks by ma
chine. These are put in a basket, and
this in boiler, where the potatoes are
nearly, but not quite boiled. The disks
are next put on wire frames in dry
oven, where they are dried quite hard.
It is important to preserve the color of
the potatoes, and to prevent their turn
ing gray, as they would by the above pro-
cess alone; the material, after slicing it,
is treated with cold water, to which has
been added per cent. of sulphuric acid,
or to per cent. of muriatic acid. Then
it is washed in pure water, and the dry
ing proceeds. The preparation obtained,
which has lost none of its starch, is of
slightly citron-yellow tint, and transpa-
rent, like gum. Boiled with water and a
little salt, it is said to resume the natural
color and fibrous structure of potatoes,
and is not distinguishable in taste from
newly-boiled potatoes.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-03-02
MEDICAL,
Centaur
Liiniinlents.
THE QUICKEST sUREST AND CHEAPEST
REMEDIES

Physicians recommend, and Farrers declare
that no such remedies have ever before been In
use Words are cheap, but the proprietors of these
articles will present trial bottles to medical men.
gratis, as guarantee Of what they say
THE CENTA UR LINLlLENT, WHITE WRAPPER
will cure Rhumatlsm, Neuralgia, Lumbago Sci
atlca, Caked Breasts, Sore Nipples Frosted Feet,
Chilblains, swellings, sprains, and any ordinary
FLESH BONE OR MUSCLE AILMENT.
We make no pretense that this article will cure
Cancer, restore lost bones, or give health to
whisky soaked carcass. But 1t will always re.
lieve Inflammation and allay pain.
1t will extract the poison of bites and stings, and
heal burns or scalds without a scar. Palsy, Weak
Back, Caked Breasts Earache, Toothache Itch
and Cutaneous eruptions readily yield to It's
treatment.
Henry Black, of Ada, Hardin Co., Ohio, says.
my wife has had Rheumatism for five yearss-no
rest no seep-could scarcely walk across the hoor.
She is now completely cured by the use OF Cen
taur Liniment We all feel thankful to you, and
recommend your wonderful medicine TO all our
friends"
James Hurd of GAINESVILLE, O., says 1.-THE Cen.
taur Liniment cured my Neuralgia"
Alfred Tush, of Newark, writes . "Send me one
dozen bottles by express. The Liniment saved
my leg want to distrlbut it, &c"
The sale ofth Liniment is increasing rapidly.
The YeIIOw CentdW Lmiment
is for the tough skim flesh and muscles of
HORSES, MULES AND ANIMALS.
We have never yet seen case of SPAWN
Sweeny, Ring.bone, Wind.gall Scratches or Poll
evil, which this Liniment would not speedily ben
eft, and we never saw but few cases which IL
wOuld not cure. IL 1UW cure when anything can.
1t is folly to spend S26 for aFarrier when one dol
lars worth of Centaur Liniment will do better.
The following is a sample of the testimony pro-
duced:
W.P. Hopkins, Postmaster, o., says:
"Centaur Liniment can't be beat. 1t cures every
time"
YELvERToN, o., March @ 1874.
"The Centaur Linments are the best selling
medicines we have ever had. The demand is
very great for it, and we cannot afford to be with
Quilt ...
JEFFERSON, NO., Nov. 10, 1873,
Some time ago I was shipping horses to St.
Louis. / got one badly crippled in the car, With
great difficulty got him to the stable. The stable
keeper gave me bottle of your Centaur Liniment
which used with such success that in two days
the horse was active and nearly WELL have
been veterinary surgeon for thirty years, but
your Liniment beats anything ever used.
"a. J. MCARTY Veterinary Surgeon"
For postage stamp we will mail Centaur AL.
manac containing hundreds of certificates, from
every State in the Union. These Liniments are
now sold by all dealers in the country.
Laboratory of. B. ROSE & CO.,
&c Dey St., New York.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-03-02
IDENTIFYING THE SKELETON.

The skeleton that was found at Lake
Topee again becamea subject of specula-
tion after the temperance of Swingle.
Ten years ago this section was great re-
sort fer cattle dealers who went through
the countgy buying up stock, A drover
named Gibson made frequent visits here,
and men with good memories says that
he was here about the time Swingle was
missed but has not been here since. The
theorists have settled it that it was his
cries ofmurder which the widow Mosher
heard on that notable night, and that he
was murdered by some of Smiths gang
and his body carried to the pond and
thrown in, it subsequently Icing washed
up where it was found.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-03-02

MY SHIPS AT SEA.

How many ships I've sent to sea-
Buoyant with hone and full of glee,
How few return to me
ships that I've freighted with my ALI
Drifted away beyond recall,
But storms will riseand storms will fall,
And ships go down at sea
How oft, with sails all golden-bright
With sunllght-they have passed from sight
While from the shore have 1
Kept watch with eager eye,
Until my ships had aoated by
The blue where sea melts into sky
Until with sails all proudly set
Just where the earth with heaven met
They yanished--while fingered yet
But storms will come, and winds will blow
Ny ships are driven to and fro
And some go down at sea
And some mere wrecks, from out the past
Mere hull and spar and broken mast,
With all their treasures overcast,
Float back to me.
And then sigh DER what I've lost
Weep DER my life so tempest-tossed--
So CheerleSs-and so drear
Why trust frail barques unto the sea
What bring they back but grief to me
But griefand pain, and misery,
To rend my soul with fearl
These shattered wrecks the cruel sea
Casts on the shore to torture me
Are filed with phantoms dread
Phantoms of all I've lost before
OF hopes and joys dead in the yorei
OF hopes and loves that come no more;
And with these dead from unknown shore
Come other dead to make me sore
The cruel, living dead
Butftill, forgetting all my pain,
Nv barques launch upon the main
To cross the heaving sea,
Hoping that when all storms are past,
Some sunny port III reach at last
10 fnu with JOY, all anchored fast,
My ships awaiting me
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-03-02
THE OLD MAN DISCOVERED.

Arriving there, he searched the lodg-
ing houses-as indicated in the letter
and finally, found one where there was
lodger by the name Of Swingle. The
old man lay on mattress on the floor OF
meanly furnished room, and although
greatly changed, was at once recognized
BY his son. When the latter made him
self himself known the old man was
nearly beside himself with joy. He was
very i'll with fever and became delirious
soon after the arrival of his son and it
was some days before he could be re-
moved to better quarters. Three weeks
passed before he was in condition to be
taken home, and during that time he
could be induced to say but little about
his strange disappearance. He said that
he left while under the influence Of i'm
pulse which he could not control and af-
ter travelling about for few days he was
ashamed to return, and resolved to go
west with about three thousand dollars
he had with him and invest it in some
way, and after he had increased it sutti-
ciently to return home and surprise his
family. He went to California. and from
there to Australia, where he made $ll5,-
600 in five years. and came back to Cali
fornia, where he lost it all. Thinking
that he was drawing near his death, he
determined to return home, and was tax
en- sick with the fever and cleveland.
He refused to enter into any details of
his ten years absence until he recovered
from his illness.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-03-02

Country newspapers find it difficult in
these tight times to collect enough
money to pay for the paper they use.
The "boys" who set up the type live on
store orders and sich; and the editors
we must stop to sharpen our pencil
CanfeLd NeWs.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-03-02
HIS RETURN HONE.

The return of the supposed dead man
to his native place created still greater
sensation than his disappearance had,
He was taken at once to his old home,
and the excitement again prOstrated him
upon bed of sickness. The changes
that had occurred during his absence were
kept from him. His unfortunate vita
took her place at his bedside and ocCu-
pying the painful position of striving by
kind care and nursing to restore one
whose convalescence would destroy her
happiness and honor, and that Of the
father her children. The younger James
Swingle was almost crazed at tho situa-
ton of affairs, and it was for long time
necessary to keep him under strict sur
veillance, as it was feared he would take
his own life. So complicated were the
family affairs that it was not strange when
the physician attending the old farmer
announced that it was impossible for him
to recover that they felt a sense Of relief
at the verdict. He died as stated at the
commencement of this letter and never
knew the agony and suspense to which
his return had subjected every member
Of his family.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-03-02
nIscovERY OF A SKELETON.

Some eighteen months after the far
mer's disappearance, a man named Ga
BILE, while fishing in Topee's Pond, on
lands belonging to the Swingle farm, a
mile or so from the house, discovered the
skeleton of man lying on the west shore
of the Pond. A cabin which had been
long known rendezvous of the Smith
gang, stood about quarter of mile
from the spot in dense part OF the
woods. Gable made his discovery known,
and the remains were gathered up by
the farmers family, they believing that
they were his, although there was moth
ing found fixing their identity. They
were buried in the family graveyard, and
stone settling forth the circumstances
connected with Swingle's death was
placed at the head of the grave. An ad-
ministrator of the estate of the deceased
was appointed, and his property equally
divided among the children. The home
stead fell to the lot of theAfarmer's widow
and the youngest son, also named James,
continued to live there and superintend
operations on the farm.
A STARTLING DiSCONEkr'
In 1869 he married the widow of his
father and the couple were living in un.
ruffled ease with three children that had
been born to them, when in the early
part of last month the young farmer was
given letter at the village post office ad-
dressed ITO any living member of the
Swingle family" The letter was post
marked at Cleveland, Ohio. Opening the
Young farmer was astounded to find that
it purported to be written by his father,
long believed to be dead, 1t was as fol-
lows:
CLEVELAND Dec. 30
lam very sick and penniless among strangers.
was on my way home when taken sick. Some
of YOU come to me at once and will explain all.
l am at Sailors lodging house by the Lake;
JAMES SWINGLE.
The letter was writtenin aCramped and
trembling hand, but it resembled speci-
mems of the old farmers writing of years
ago. The family was divided in their
opoinions of the letter, some believing it
to be the work of some one who was
playing on their feelings, and otL Lers We're
certain that it was genuine. All agreed,
however, that in the latter case the re-
turn Of the old man void result in conse-
quences the end of which it was impossi-
Bile to toresee and involve them all in
complications it would be impossible to
evade The marriage of the son James
would be illegal and his children illegiti-
mate; while the disposition that had been
made of the old mans property might
lead to most disastrous litigation. 1t was
finally decided, however, that one of the
family should proceed to Cleveland and
investigate matter, and one Of the sons
started at once for that city.