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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-15
POINTS.

A horse has twenty-eight points, some
of which may be enumerated The eau
dal veTtebre has fifteen bones; the cos
tie or ribs, seven; the corpas knee con-
sists of seven bones; the tarsus or hook
consists of six bones Ifthe judges will
study the twenty eight points OF horse,
and then tell US how to tell how old he
is, why, the horse show will serve a good
purpose, as the buyer is tired of that
specialage for all horses, "six years last
spring, SIR"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-15

HORACE GREELEY used TO tell this
tory He once sent a claim for collec-
tion To western lawyer, and, regarding
it as rather desperate claim, told the
attorney il he collected it lie might reserve
half the amount for his fec In due time
Mr.. Greeley received the following la
comic epistle: Dear Sir-I have sue
ceeded in collecting my half of that
claim. The balance ishopeless."
Mrs. STAEGER, the wife of a German
laborer of Honesdale, Pa, went black
berrying on the mountains on Thursday
last, and after picking ten quart pailful
of berries was taken sick. Twomiles from
home, alone on the mountains, she gave
birth to child. She arrived home in
the middle ofthe afternoon with her pail
of berries on her arm and her child wrap.
ped up in her apron. The baby is lus-
ty ten FOUNDER, and Mrs. Staeger has not
lost days work since its birth.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18
rhe Ab1lltz ana POIp,. orHazs..

The JourTaal'and Messenger, an able and
widely-read religious paper, published at
Cincinnati, speaking of the nomination of
Governor Hayes, renders him in few lines
one of the finest compliments we have yet
seen. The Journal says:
1t is not, to be sure, the business of re-
igious journal to seek to influence public
opinion for this candidate or that one for
mere partisan ends. But in our public men
we all have common interest, and every
man, especially every voter, should inform
himself as far as possible Of the fitness of
men he helps to elevate to places of public
trust and authority.
Ohio has reason to be proud of the pub
Lie men she has given to the State and the
nation. In this, what State has done more?
And now that one of the two great political
parties calls for the chief executive OF our
State as their candidate tor the chief magis-
tracy Of the nation, what are the prominent
elements Of character that govern this
choice? The mass of the people are becom-
ing more and more impressed that reform
is needed in our civil administration-not
in profession, for both parties are full of
promises, but in the elevation of honest,
faithful men to Office. This feeling ruled
in the Cincinnati Convention. Old-time
politicians, party tricksters, wire-workers
and ring-masters were all laid aside. and
fortunately a man could be found and was
found that met the popular demand.
1t has been the good fortune and the
privilege of the writer Of this, to become
quite well acquainted with the Governor
and his family. He is all his most san
guine friends have represented him-a
man whose personal and private character
is above reproach, whose official integrity
is without taint, even, of suspicion; the
brave soldier, the sagacious statesman, the
serious, thoughtful, candid man. He is
richly endowed with the traits Of charae-
Ter Paul so much commends-no striker;
not given to wine-or tobacco ;.not greedy
Oh nlthy luere; the husband Of one wife,
ruling well his own household; of good re-
port Of all that know him; ready to address |
a Sunday-schoOl, literary society or |
political gathering. OF his executive abil- |
lty, in three successive administration Of |
our State affairs, he has given full proof: |
while even his political opponents ooncede /
his integrity and ability, his freedom from
demagogery and partisanship.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18
List of Patents.


Issued TO Inventors of Ohio, for the week
ending Aug. 18th, 1876, and dated Aug 1st,
1875. Furnished this paper by Cox q Cox, So
licltors of Patents. Washington. d. C..
p L. Archer and W. Ball, food fences,
New Vienna; A. Bushong and ]. Fitzpat-
rick, nut lock, Columbus; A. Hubbell and
K. Ruff, carriage seat, Sandusky;. J. Max
well, valve, Cincinnati; c. Scott and NJ.
Schultz, bending machine, Cincinnati; T.
Butman, feed water heater, Milan; F.
Brenner, lock and faucet, Cincinnati; a,
Gulliford, lamp stove, Cleveland; A. KLEIN
vent bung, Cincinnati; J. McConnells, oil
stove, Cleveland; c. Mcdonald, folding
table, Elyria; w. Walker and B. Devoe,
iron fence, Kenton; D. Bucker, railway
gate, Elyria; W. Cunningham, spring bed
bottom, Clyde; W. Kackni, straw cutter,
Cleveland; c. Lungren, camp stool, To-
ledo; R. Phillips, gas meter. Cincinnati.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18

Now that the Democratic Congress is
approaching temporary dissolution, it is
evident that there has been no higher pur-
pose nor other intention from the outset
than to prepare material for the pending
Presidential campaign, in which the Dem
ocratic party is leading its last forlorn hope
for the possession of the Generel Govern
ment. In this work of preparation, we
venture to say that the present Democratic
Congress has praoticed more deceptions and
resorted to more disreputable tricks than
any political body ever organized, during
the same length of time. It started out
with the pledge to reform the tariff legisla-
ton OF the nation, to improve and def
nitely settle the financial complications,
and to expose the abuses of Gen. Grants
Administration. Of these professions, two
OF them-relatiTe to the tariff and finances
have not been so much as attempted;
the other degenerated into mere partisan
effort to manufacture scandals against
many of the men in public life who are re-
garded as especially dangerous to the ambi-
ton of the Democratic party.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18
From the Cleveland Herald.

The Cincinnati Enquirer of Friday
morning takes considerable space to ex-
plain how it is possible for it to support
Tilden, after having violently opposed his
nomination. But in all its explanations
we find nothing to explain away the argu-
ment Of this paragraph from the Enquirer
touching Tilden:
1t could not but be that a man educated
IN cunning, in hypocrisy, in iniquity, nom
mated IN corruption and shameless effront-
SIi!, even though his million could elect
,r,in; would give US the most corrupt ad-
-i e Eya;tt ssaIion the country has ever known.
OF solitude, says Tacitus' "eonId save
T1berius from himself" And TiIdan oonIS
not rlse above himself, or above the sources fss
Of his power. ~ "i'eS
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18

Who will administer reform in our gov
ernment if the Democratic party succeed
this fall?
Will it be the rail road wreeker, who has
boarded his millions, filched from ruined
stock holdes7
Wilt be the man who sympathized with
the South all through the war of the Rebel
lion?
viii it be the gambler and pugilist who
championed Mr.. Tilden's cause and eontroll-
ed the St. Louis Convention?
Will it be the sixty four ex-eonfederate
members Of Congress?
Will it be the Ku-kIux, White Line and
White League murderers, who now work
for Tilden? IS Z
Or will it be the Republican soreheads,
who have been kicked out of the party for
corrupt and dishonest practices?
/. These classes now constitute the leading
forces of the Democratic party.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18

1t is acomfOrt to know that Congress has
adjourned and that the House at last has
left the seats that were dishonored by its
members, suspending for the present, the
proceedings that were only calculated to
bring discredit and conptempt upon the
Government The magnanimous efforts of
the eonfe2erates, extending the national
credit f;tOm week to week, as though the
Govelnment were some shaky old firm on
tnr. verge Of collapse, has presented fine
Y.peetacle to an envious family of nations.
We have now, perhaps got rid of these
petty, temporary reliefs, and for the time.
their interesting authors
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18

1t would seem strange if the announce
ment of the death Of Speaker Kerr should
be. almost contemporaneous with the ad-
journment Of the Congress over which he
was elected to preside. His ambition was
far beyond his strength, and his bad health
has permitted him to be of little service to
Congress or his party. Had he been in full
vigor, it is probable that the Confederates
in the House would have been saved from
some of their exhibitions of deplerable
partyism and inordinate greed for power,
which have been encouraged under the
temporary Craftsmanship of the doughface
Cox and the indOlent Sayler. When Con-
gress meets next winter, and the Demo
Gratis will have one more opportunity to
wrangle over the election of a Speaker be-
fore they relapse into their accustomed
minority.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18

There was an extraordinary sale of fshort,
horn catlle-the famous ''Stoner herd
the properly of g. NJ. Bedford, at Paris,
Kentucky, on Thursday last. The herd
was the oldest and best established in the
country. The celebrated bull, 18th Duke
OF Thorndale (2s, ,459) s,O21, was sold to
VIM. @. Van Meter, of KY, for 81, 1000.
There were 4S COWS and heifers, sold for
$81, $40; averaging $7s4.18 each. The 81
r DullS sold for $25, ,2O5; averaging 81, 300. .25.
me me grand total was sizty-nine head, for
Soz'S4o; averaging s910sO. One of the
largest buyers was A. L. Niccolls, of OF
tawa, Kansas.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18

Inc most thorough and sweeping REFORM
II th9 day--the prosecution of tbs wbi.l,,,
thievos=the Democrats in Congress botI
In their eonmittees and outside the Homaa
did everything in their power to criDnls
the work Of reform and break down The
Secretary Of the Treasury who was direct
ing the war. And now that the whisky-ring
Is broken up and the chief operators are
either in the penitentiTy or in exile, their
pemocratie friends In Washington are en-
se1'oring' under the guise of an investiga-
slpii' sI 70 impugn the motives of the Admin
's'satlon' 'and break the force Of reform.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18

The nomination of Ex-Gov. Cox, for Con-
gress by the Republicans of the Lucas dis
trict, is announced. It is deemed popu-
lar and strong nomination.
Mr.. Sam Tilden remarked, through re-
porter, to an eager country, soon after his
nomination, that he proposed to make this
an aggressive campaign. Thus far, it has
been peculiarly aggressive, but not on Til
denis side.
The Democracy will scarcely have the
hardihood to deny, or attempt to palliate or
slough over the Hamburg massacre. The
only course for them is to adopt the course
of their southern friends and allies, to ad-
nit and defend the wholesale murder.
The tone Of the correspondence and com
mentary of the Southern press on the testi-
mony in the case of the Hamburg murder
ers is that it would be monstrous to try a
high-toned Southern gentleman, like NJ C.
Butler, on ''nigger testimony" or any way,
for killing ''niggers."
A Celestial sc.vant in San Francisco,
having been asked to give his opinion of
the capacity of women to serve as domesties,
responded: Women no make good cook;
no lanry work; talkee to much, all time
dam noise" John, as in the case of Poor
Lo, catches the vices of civilization among
his first attainments. His opinion may be
better than his choice of words.
Stanley, the African explorer, has diseov-
cred in the heart of Africa, ''a people of
European complexion" He says they are
handsome race, and some of the women
singularly beautiful. Hair brown and kin
ky, features regular, lips thin, noses we'll
shaped. They live at the base Of one of the
largest mountains on the continent, where
they claim their tribe has resided for centu-
ries.
The man that was chairman of the Ma
tional Democratic Committee for eight
years, with headquarters in New York city
and committee rooms in Tammany Hall,
and this covering the reign of Boss Tweed,
may be Just the man for Reform Presi-
dent, but we incline to the belief that the
honest voters Of the nation viii keep him
at arms length when the choice is made.
Tilden should reform Tammany before he
aspiFes to reform the Nation.
Hendricks, the soft-hard Democratic can
didate Cor Vice President, while U. S. Sen
ator, took an active part in pushing through
a suspicious claim on the Government for
- 90 5y relative Of his. The
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18

In the case of the Terre Hautc & Alton
Road, the following is the opinion of Til
dens land-grab, as given by Mr.. Garrison,
President of the road at the time Tilden
was called in:
In 1859 picked up this road-the Terre
Haute, Alton & st. Louis Railroad Waif.
Its men had not been paid for five months.
For protection against executions its fuel
was pain for as it was delivered upon the
engines. carried it along for six months,
and indorsed for it personally in all, includ
ing renewals. to the amount of more than
$500, 600. gave it all my time and all my
abilities, and after four years l delivered it
up worth 5000, 600. Five thousand dol
lars a year, without any commissions for IN
dorsing, was all was paid-ali demand-
ed; but. if there is any such merit in SER
vice as is asserted, and if Mr.. Tilden OF the
Purchasing Committee were entitled to
steal $500, 600 or $500, 900 Of bonds, then l
claim it was my honest right to have stolen
the railroad itself.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18
Democralic County Convention.

quested to meet in convention at Smiths
Opera House, Ashtabula, Ohio. on Friday,
August 18th, lsz8, at 1:S0 p. m. TO name candi-
dates for election to the following Offices, to
wit; Sheriff. Coroner, Commissioner, and
1nnrmary Director; also to choose five % del
egates sttend the nineteenth CongressiQn-
AZ Districtf Convention. at such time and
place as the District Committee may here
efter determine, HENRY ApTHoRP.
Chairman Dem. Central Committee
Ashtabula, o., Aug 18th. lS7e
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18

O d UlLDi SecreLtlFs.
In pursuance with the foregoing call, the
Republican voters ofeach township in Ashta-
bula county are requested TO meet at their
several places Of holding elections for the
purpose OF electing delegates Of said Conven-
ton, on Saturday, the 10Th day Of August,
lS7e. The election to be by ballot between the
hours Of six and nine O'Clock, p. m, of said
day, and the polls to remain open until nine
The following is the number Of delegates to
,rlnioi, each fnu,nshin Is entitled.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18

The Hon. James Monroe, Of Lorain Co.,
18th Oisfr;of bos 49,, -,

The Hon. James Monroe, Of Lorain Co.
18th District, has been nominated.
Disraeli was on the 18th formally invest
ed by Queen Victoria with the title and
belongings Of the Office Of Lord Of the
Privy Seals.
Garheld's appointment for Akron was
not filed owing to the adjoRFnment going
over to Tuesday. A gOgsing meeting how
ever was held.
Judge Stanley Matthews has been nomi-
mated by the Republicans of Hamilton
County, for Congress. There is strong
hopes Of his election.
Hon. B F. Butler, of Massachusetts, in
letter accepting the proffered nomination
iOr Congress by the Republicans Of the Sew
enth District, places himself squarly upon
tne National Republican platform.
Colorado comes IN ss the setb storo - a.
Union, this Centennial year." The p,as-
iaent has issued the required proclaws,;on.
announcing the fast. She viii it is cls;,.os
elect two Republican 0. s. Senators 49,
give her maiden electoral vote for HAYES
and Wheeler.
The result Of the election Of delegates , .
the Democratic Congressional ccapention
in the colnmbpA O., District izsures the
Roninstiea ef Gen. Ewing, an ultra green.
sseess et the Sam Cary stripe, who worked
81 allen snd stsSiuSt Tildea at St. Louis
isfsy fought for a soft money plank
m
~ 7ts A9ministrstlon the ppl5-
eas 2een reduced s42s. Os8 Am
t aent hss, lived within its n
good deal more. The deht
1untry under Republican
~ -, hes 50 largely rsiueed,
i.hstanding hard times. was contract
q e eoaseqgsRee Of the Democratic rebel
ion.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18
IF. ScoFIELD,
v. P. SPENCER, Dist. Com.
]. O. CONVERgF.

Inpursuance with the foregoing call, the
Republican voters Of each township in Ash
several places OF holding elections, for the
purpose Of electing delegates to said Conven-
ton, on Saturday, the 18th day ofAugust, 1876.
hours OF six and eight O'Clock P. NJ. Of said
day, and the polls TO remain open until eight
The following is the number of delegates to
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18
rnaen,. RECORD.

1t is right and proper for the voters oil
this country to inquire into the record oil
all who ask their suffrage and aspire 10
great authority.
No one has a right to complain OF tne
strictest scrutiny in this regard, and u
candidates are found remiss or lacking
thew must not expect to gain public epah-
depce. Hayes and Wheeler have long
public record, and must stand or fall by
thtt. So also must Tilden and Hendricks.
The difference now between the two sets
Of candidates seems to be that, while the
former are singularly free from all suspie-
ion, the latter are weak on all sides.
The short record of Tildens service III
the New York Legislature is one OF e1-
traordinary remissness in duty. Although
IL was at a time when the principles ci
re form were Just introduced into the Ne"
Vol, State and municipal governments
on5 tho call for reform was loud and
oo-nas+ from all classes Of people except
az most corrupt, Mr.. Tilden allowed the
wbole term to slip by without apparently
snv effort in the aid of reformation. In
fact. he was absent from his post OF duty
more than three-fourths of the time. With
out any plea of sickness, he failed to an
swer to his name at the roll cali ], 461 times
out Of ,56S. Such inexcusable remissness
IN duty is rarely equalled. Although his
membership of the Judiciary Committee
might account for a small proportion of
his absence, yet there were more than
eleven hundred inexeusable failures to
respond to his name, and many Of them
when measures Of vital interest to the State
and the interests of reform were pending.
What would be said Of the President
who had taken solemn oath to " faithfully
discharge all his duty and then showed
such Indifference or eowsrdly dodging?
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18
,osgos uoooraIn0Iv.

eosJo0 tcvOTuIHgty. =
HOW THE czNFzIsN OPENS IN MISSISSIPPI.
Canton Nail.
David Jennings, Alfred Handy, and
some others, might just as well make up
their minds to ground arms now as later in
the campaign. They need not try to carry
this county against honest rule. They
need not try to excite the passions of the
ignorant masses against the more intelli-
gent. 1t shaaf be done. We tell them so
right now. Let them weigh our words Of
counsel and be proited thereby,
Canton is in Madison county, Mississippi
which gave Grant 2,4O0 majority in 1872,
and is Republican by that majority to-day.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18
RepubIIcan County Convention.

The Republican voters Of Ashtabula County
are requested TO meet at the usual places of
holding elections in their respective town
Saturday. AHsusi 10. 1875,
between the hours of six and nine o'clock in
the evening, 70 elect one hundred and five del
egates to the annual Nominating Convention
to be held at the Court House, in Jefferson,
Ohio, on
Monday, August q, 1876,
at IL O'Clock A. N, to nominate candidates for
election to the offices OfSheri6, Coroner, Com
missioner, and Infirmary Director.
The delegates TO this Convention viii be
chosen on basis of one delegate to every 81
votes or a traction Of % or more, given for
Governor Hayes In 1875, and win be appointed
among the townships as follows:
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18
The Republican Judicial District Com
VenaIOn.

venfions
The Republican Nominating Convention
for the Judicial District composed of Ashta-
bula, Geauga and Lake counties, will be held
at the Court House in PainesviIle, on Thurs
day, the sIst Of August, 1876, at one O'Clock P.
NJ, to nominate one Common Pleas Judge for
saic District ---- -
The number Of delegates to each county is
apportiened as follows:
1he Psln1ags isaslags = ohaIeid oa
Gay August -5.ia. q such f1l-r-
4tAaJ uc1A9s
nass tila. uszAl pace of. .holding electons4n
each township. The delegates to be chosen
by ballot
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18

suerr own nOasshoId eff faith faith, -thatthsy be
came rather sick Of the business, and they,
no doubt, feel relief that the little game
is at length ups
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18
TRe9ublIcan Congressional COnVen-
Hen.

There win be Delegate Convention OF the
Nineteenth Congressional District Of Ohio
composed OF the counties Of Ashtabula, Geau-
Ga, Lake. Portage and TrumbuI, at the City
Hail in Warren, on Tuesday, the 22d day o.
August, ls76. at IL O'Clock a. m, for the Pol
pose Of nominating one candidate for Mem en-
Der Of Congress, and one Presidential hise'O'
for said District.
The basis Of representation in salo coi,sen -
tIon win be one delegate for ea'on o-- ~ -
dred and twenty-five votes cast Tor Governor
Haves IN 1s75 and one additional delegate for
eaeh township or ward having final fraction
N slrtv-tbree or more. Each township or
ward shall be entitled to at least one delegate
Faoh county is entitled to the following num-
Der Of delegates;
Ashtabula- ----.'-- 81
Geauga. -------.------- - - -
Ialle--.-.....---------- ------.-- ----.-..-- -
Portage. -.---.----- ----. - ~
Trumbui -.s--------s----.- 70
Total. .l04
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18

To enjoy life you should have mono
gram on your bedstesd.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18
For SnIeI

i HE Subscriber offers for sale a
TWo-story upright and wing House, with eignt
roomS.comfortablo and cOmmOdious. Situated
AZ Ihe harbor; with garden. The House is new,
ana VIII be sold on reasonable terms.
q A'htabuia IIarhOr, Feb. 9Bth, 1915. IsiSu
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18
sssaO pole mare in her-day.

e SoS +tt@tlO "a ASAae-Ays
7liZI, Field q Farm.
Mr.. Rysdyk came very near doing a foolish
thing in October, 1856. He advertised his
whole stock Of trotting horses for sale by pub
lie auction. All were sold except Hambfeto-
nian and Almack, which were withdrawn for
the reason that the bids on them were not sat
isfactOry, the price offered was too low
Alexander Abdallah, the son of Rysdyk,s
Hambletonian, got Goldsmith Maid, whose
record was 214.
Volunteer, by Rysdyk's Hambletonian was
the sire of Gloster who made record nj 9.f7
Edward Everett, by Rysdyk's Harr, ,bletoni'
an, is the sire Of Judge Fullerton. whose
place in the record is 2lS OS
RySdyk's Hambletoniap not only beoueatb
ed the trOtting gait ~ his iIp; mediate descend
ents, but so stamped his peculiar hover in
their blood as TO enable them to transmit the
une. 'e
Perew's Hambletonian on his DAMS side
he's no equal on the Western Reserve. and is
q direct deseendent from Rysdyks HambIe-
tonian on his sire's side. He is the sire of
some very piomising colts. F. E. Watrous has
pair OF them, and Mr.. Myers Of Geneva has
one SIX years old that trOts in 2s4O and has
been offered 5000 for him and refused the
same.
During the present season he will stand
Fridays and Saturdays at Geneva and the re-
matnder Of the time at the Perew farm m
Ashtabula.' Terms, $50 to insure.