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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-10-11
1876
Total. ...6,444GIO -. SIS

Total. &c, 6,444,61O 1922, ,825
1t Will be observed that the in
crease in the hog crop Of these four
States is 1,121, 1856. This is equal
to about q per cent. in the four
States. In the balance ofthe South
ern and Western States-including
Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan, In
diana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota
and Kansas-the aggregate hog
crop is about 100000, or making
a total last year in twelve States of
about Is, 100000 hogs. Should the
increase be proportonately as large
in the last named States (Which
is rather improbable,) the aggregate
hog crop in the West in May last
may be estimated at I9,925,0OO,
or an increase Of 3,415,OO0 hogs.
The report Of the Department of
Agriculture last January exhibited
an increase in the United States Of
2,31Q,OO0. It is probable that the
hog crop Of the Western and South
ern States will exhibit an increase
of Is per cent. on the average
TCincinnati Price Current.
MORE TRUTH THAN PoETRY.-When-
ever a fellow swindles a community
out of a big sum, say several hundred
thousand or a million, and is detect
ed at the game, he tries to make the
people believe he is very sorry, and
in order to prove his sincerity, offers
to give up every dollar and every
dollars worth Of property he has in
the world. The offer is accepted,
the poor fellow passes through the
Bankrupt Courts, and the creduIous
community, presuming that he has
given up every farthing, looks for
ward to his admission to the aims
house forthwith, but are very much
surprised to find this impeeunious
individual holding possession Of his
fine residence, his fine clothes and
all his tastes, and, ten chances to
one, in five years thereafter be is
richer than ever. In these latter
days bankruptcy and ruin are not
by any means one and the same
thing Elk.
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The Ohio State Journal says
trip over the proposed line of the
Columbus and Gallipolis railway,
developed, among others, the follow
ing facts, to-wit :-"That it will be
the great mineral railway Of Ohio,
passing thirty-fve miles through
the heaviest coal and iron belt of
Ohio, there being in many instances
five veins of coal above the track,
ranging in thickness from four to
eleven feet, while the iron ore runs
from ten inches to nine feet, as
shown by recent Developments, as
well as by the reports Of the State
Geological Survey, thus opening Ut
an immense field for profitable in.
vestment of capital" "
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-10-11

Hon. John Quincy Smith has been
appointed Consul General to Cana
da. A good Office for good man.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-10-11
New PARTY Movement.

It may be of interest to those who
are agitating the proposition to or
ganize a new party, to know that the
President takes no interest in it, and
does not propose to encourage the
movement in any way. His views
are that the Republican party com
prises the masses of the Reform ele-
ment in this country, and that the
element preponderates largely in
that party, and is in a perfect condi-
ton to assert itself and carry with
it, almost unimpaired, the strength
Of the party; while, on the other
hand, the old Wings and Liberals OF
the Democratic party constitute a
small minority, and they cannot ex-
pect the majority of the Republicans
to Join them. The lesser body would
more appropriately attach itself to
the larger.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-10-11

The London Times estimates the
loss of life from the famine in the
Madras Presidency has not been
less than three quarters OF a million,
and must be nrgely increased before
its effects have passed away.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-10-11

Senator Conkling is beginning to
discover that he has made a mistake
in his attack on the Presidents civil
service reform. He hurled a boom
erang.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-10-11

To get a Utah divorce all a man
had to do was to swear that he once
saw his wife with pimple on her
nose.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-10-11

The late Presidential contest engendered much
fbad blood" which c0olness and judgment wiz
correct The "baC blood induced by a persist
ent violation Of natures great bus simple laws re-
0uires not only coolness and judgment, but obedi-
ence to hTgienic measures and proper use OF Dr.
Bulls Blood Mixture 10 insure its publication.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-10-11

The Russians have ordered the
construction of 186 miles Of railway,
in Bulgaria, and the building Of huts
for 10000 men, and hospitals for
$4,000.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-10-11

The wheat crop Of Iowa is esti-
mated at 100000 bushels, OF
which 8O,OOO,OOO bushels can be
sold. The hog crop viii be about
100000. 1t is also estimated that
Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Illinois,
Ohio and Indiana viii export over
1OO,OOO,OOO bushels of wheat. The
great corn crop is yet to come, and
Kansas alone will produce more
than 15O,OOO,OOO bushels, and Ohio
and Indiana 1OO,OOO,OOO bushels
each.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-10-11

There was on exhibition in a store
in Dupont street, San Francisco, a
mammoth bunch Of grapes from the
grape vine of Santa Barbara Ia cut
ting from the monster sent to the
CentenniaD. The cluster weighs
125 pounds, is six feet in circumfer-
ence and three feet long. The vine
from which this was cut is sixteen
years old, and produces annually
ten thousand to twelve thousand
pounds of grapes. This is probably
the largest bunch of grapes ever
grown.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-10-11

It may be noted as another sign
of improving prospects for the
western railroads that some Of the
lines are advancing the wages of
their employees-from engineers
down to sWitchmen.
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since it maintains the Bshy's health by keeping 10
free from COlic, Diarrhga etc. Price 25 cents Per
h0ft1e
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grown.

The experiment of growing silk
worms in Kansas has proved a sue
cess, and it is predicted that the
State will become one of the most
profitable silk growing countries in
the world. The silk worms are fed
on the leaves of the Usage orange,
which is thought to be superior to
the mulberry.
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COLUMBUS
DIVORCE NOTICE.


l. Williams, whose residence is unknown. il
notified that Louisa C. Williams did, on the Sd day
Of September 1871, file her petition in the office Of
the Clerk Of the Court OF Common Pleas within and
for the county Of Highland and State Of Ohio,
charging the said John c. Williams with wflFui
absence from thesaid petitioner for more than 3
years, and asking that She may be divorced from
the said John 9. Williams; which petition win be
for hearing at the next term of said Court Dated
Sept. 3,BlSt1. J. X. PICKERING,
geD6WI Plaintiffs Attorney
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Ex-Gov. Washburn intends, dur
ing the next year, to erect and
equip a splendid Astronomical OBJ
servatory for the University of Wis
consin. This generous gift will be
made available by an annual appro
priatiOn for its support from the
State.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-10-11

Out in Oregon a man has to take
out a license, which costs him five
dollars a year, permitting saloon
keepers and others to sell him
drinks. And when a mans wife
takes away his license in the morn
ing, and hides it, he has to go dry
as a bone all day.
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The article in last weeks News, in
regard to Mr.. Dumeni, was written
by me under peculiar circumstances
and in haste. 1t may have done him
injustice. I am told by my friends
whose Judgment I ought to respect,
that it was too severe. Upon re-
Election, I think myself it was so,
and regret having written it. I have
not heretofore been the least of Mr.
DIS. friends. I never doubted his Of
fetal integrity. His energy and
fearlessness have been apparent.
Any criticism of his efficiency ought
to have taken into consid-
Grafton the adverse circumstan-
ces against which he has made a
gallant struggle, but which to some
extent still embarrass him. It ought
to have been said, that under those
circumstances he has accomplished
much that is creditable to him as
man and a lawyer. Ifin an unguard-
ed moment, 1 have done him an in
jury, I shall, SO far as lies in my
power, repair it. I therefore say
this much, to satisfy my own sense
of propriety and justice.
Oct. s, 1877.
HENRY NJ. HUGGINS.
We heartily approve the admira-
BILE spirit of the above Card, which
does honor alike to the head and
heart of its author. We also entirely
concur in Mr.. Higgins views of
the exculpatory and mitigating cir
cumstances in the caseof Mr.. Dune
nil, and cheerfully publish this arti-
Gle as an act of justice to that gentle
man.-ED. News.
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Congress viii assemble in extra
session on the 18th. The speaker
ship fight promises to be lively
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PATENTSl

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connected with Patents, whether before the Patent
Once or the Courts, promptly attended to. No
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See the description in 'svathek,n Of the nests
above the clouds, where the good Genius placed
the children rescued from the Giaour.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
From the Peoples Monthly Journal.
TO YOUNG MEN WHO SIT ON
THE SIDEWALK.
BY MISS r. v. r.

We have our own private opinion of
young men who daily seat themselves
on the sidewalk of our town, gazing
with all their might, as if afraid
stRobinson's circus should parade
the streets and they should lose an
opportunity of seeing it.
The world is in no great need Of so
many self-appointed guards to see that
it goes on right; especially such as
the class of which we speak. Still,
they sit there, day after day, as if
anxiously on the lookout for some one
whom they expect to pass, and seem
to find fresh interest in the same
throng each time it passes.
The stately, well-to-do man hurry
ing along to his commercial pursuits T.;
the poor laborer going home after the
days work is over, with his scanty
supply Of provisions from the market;
the richly dressed lady, engaged in
the delightfully."- fatiguing task ofshop-
ping; the chiId-beggar lettering along
with cry for aims, are alike objects
OF the penetrating gaze OF these street
loungers, whose sole aim ii life seems
to be - stare other peo1 lie out Of
c0an'eaGuce, cXpendjngi their entr-
gies on nothing unless it be TO puff
away vigorously at a ten cent cigar.
Young men Of this class are net
only a nuisance to working people,
but actually lower themselves in the
social Is well as the moral scale.
Nothing is more embarrassing to a
modest female than to walk along The
streets with a dozen Or more pairs Of
eyes riyeted en- her. Besides, the in
luence which thy exert oye their
younger brothers, is more OF less de-
moraiiZing. They seem SO happy,
this do-nothing class, that they are
apt 70 create a discomfort in tle hearts
Of those who are compelled to work
for a living. Idleness, if habituated,
soon becomes a part Of their nature,
and growing upon them, renders them
unit for the duties Of life.
Young men, 90 to work! If for
tune has rendered it unnecessary for
you to earn your own livelihood, don't
become stumbling blocks to those who
are less favored. At least don't sta
ton yourselves on the sidewalk unless
you have some object III view. The
great laws of the universe do not re-
quire that you shall gravitate toward
that point in order to keep the world
in motion, and the pavements of our
streets will keep their places just as
well without your weight as with it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
From the Peoples Monthly journal.
VALUE OF FOOD.

We condense the following facts
from different sources. All who feel
an interest in living, will do well to
remember them.
All the food we eat yields to the
body either warmth or strength; most
articles give both to a certain degree !;
some, however, give warmth only, and
not a particle Of strength. Prominent
in the latter class, Chat is, heat pro-
ducers, we find sweet oil, butter, lard,
molasses and sugar; hence we use
them freely in winter to produce heat
Or warmth in the body.
The elements OF food which give
warmth and strength are carbon and
nitrogen, which, being taken into the
system, form fat and flesh; the fat
being consumed, makes the body a
stove. The flesh, on the other hand,
represents strength, or the muscles (;
hence, when muscular mar is spoken
Of, it is understood that he isa strong
man. BY the scientific analysis OF
food OF various kinds its nutritiye
value is demonstrated as shown in the
following table:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
A MYSTERIOUS PROVIDENCE

"You have lost your baby I hear"
said one gentleman to another.
eyes, poor little thing! it was only
five months old. We did all we could
for it. We had four doctors, bis
tered its head, spine and feet, put
mustard poultices all over its little
bowels, gave it nine calomel powders,
three good pukes, six injections,
leeched its temples twice, had it bled
freely, gave it all kinds of medicines,
and yet after a weeks illness, the lit
tie thing died."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

A young mai from Mexico called
On his intended, ut the capital of Cal
laway, the other evening, and while
waiting for her appearance, he struck
up q conversation with his prospect
i've brother-in-law. After a while the
boy asked:
docs galvanized niggers know
much?"
II really can't say" answered the
amused young man, and silence
reigned for a few moments, when the
boy again resumed:
kin you play checkers with your
nose!"
"No; I have not acquired hat ac-
complishment,' answered the long
young man.
well, you had better learn; you
hear mel"
"Why?"
'"Cause, Sis says that you don't
know as much as q galvanized niger,
but your dads got lots of stamps and
she'll marry you anyhow; and she
said when she got a-holt of the old
mans sugar she was a-goin' to all of
the Fourth Of July professions and
ice cream gum-sucks, and let you stay
at home and play checkers with that
holly-hock nose of your'n."
And when Sis got her hair friz-
zled and came in, she found the parlor
deserted by all save her brother, who
was ~innocently tying the tails of two
kittens together, and singing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
Given Back from the sea.
BY REV. THERON BROWN.

4 night-scenc OF sh.pWr>vN o. tAe
ragged hIGH Of Dynmol;N, England.
\ foreign vessel, tossed in 4 fearful
storm, has just cleared the rocks by
Lundy Island Light, only to be driv-
en- into Bristol Channel, and dashed
to pieces on the shores of North De-
Won. Summoned by the signals of
distress, the sailors and fishermen of
plymouth and their families gathered
on the beach, some to gaze and
mourn, some to attempt a rescue.
Among them stood the widow Carew
and her only son VIII. But a few
months before the husband and father
in his fishing-boat had been lost on
the same awful sea that now ragged be-
fore them. The cry is now for one
more volunteer, the lifeboat crew is
almost complete-only n more!
MAY | go, mother?' says Will Ca
rev. He is a mere lad, but he is
brave and strong. The mothers
heart in its agony cried, NO. no.
How could she give up all that was
left to her? Almost with the wailing
Of Jacob her love resisted the sacri-
flee. ''Joseph is not, and Simeon is
not, and We will take Benjamin awayi''
But that humble woman was a noble
Christian. She remembered Him
who walked upon the sea-who gave
his life for the woodland herlips ut
tered no refusal. go, Willie, she
said. ''there is no one else 10 %.
Almighty God q bring You back 10
me again" The son went 10 fight
the terrible waves, and the mother re-
manned to pray. Heaven alone knew
how greatly she had conquered. Hers
was humanity's finest, most pathetic
victory-the grand, strong sympathy,
that can curb ones own suffering in
the thought of the suffering of others,
and for their sake.
The night and the storm passed by.
and the plymouth lifeboat had saved
all the shipwrecked passengers and
crew. Weary with this noble labor,
brave Will Carew came back to his
rejoicing mother. Her faith had it's
triumph-almost like that of Abra-
ham after he had devoted Isaac to
death. But the son had a story to
tell. "Mother, prepare your heart to
bear it. / have heard from father.
He was not drowned when the squat
swamped his boat. An outward
bound vessel picked him up and a r
ried him to a foreign port. He is
alive-and he is one of the passen-
gers we have just saved!" That mo-
ment there was a step at the door
one loud, happy cry, and the wife and
the long-lost husband clasped in
each others arms.
Our greatest sacrifice prepares the
way for our greatest blessing. When
we lend u last treasure to a holy
cause, God will see that we lose
nothing. On high, if not here, we
! shall receive back hundredfold.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY

In speaking Of a persons faults,
Pray don't forget your own;
Remember those with homes of glass
Should seldom throw a stone.
If we have nothing else to do
But talk of those who sin,
'Tis better we should look at home,
And from thai point begin.
We have no right to Judge a man
Until he is fairly tried;
Should we not like his company
We know the world is wide.
Some may have faults-and who has
not?
The old as we'll as young,
Perhaps, for aught we know.
Have fifty to the one.
I'll tell you of a better plan,
find it works full well,
TIE try my own defects to cure
Before of others tell;
And though / sometimes hope to be
No worse than some / know,
My own shortcomings bid me let
The faults of others go.
Then let us all, when we commence
To SANDER friend or foe,
Think of the harm one word may do
To those we little know;
Remember that curses sometimes
Like our chickens, tsroost ut homes"
Don't speak Of others faults until
We have none of our own.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
SAILS OF NEAL ESTATE.


B. F. FOX to RI Carter 10 acres
10 miles west of Ms>ieo $500.
p. H. Vance to Milton Bitielae. 50
res s miles west Of Mexico $500.
W. W. Harper 10 W. D. Harrison
OF 3, block /, Guthries addition to
iexico sl75.
j. NJ. Smith to John Harrison 80
rres 9 miles southwest of Mexico
$3.50.
A. McPike to G. G. Canter lots 3,
/, 5, and 6, in block % at Yandalia
$1,000.
P. S. Shock to /. J.'Williams As
.cres 10 miles west OF Mexico S475.
A. A. January to T.. -. Mallorey,
:, 40 acres IL miles north OF Mexico
200.
G.. B. Allen 20 7 W. Malloney,
=, so acres y miles north Of Mexico
$500.
Z. Waters to j. 7. Coons one-half
int est III 100 arEy9 Is miles north
east Of Mexico $500.
f. Waters TO j. II. Bell one-halI
,oe+ :, 1c0 acres 15 rnilnS north
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

The editor of the LEDGER while at
tempting to write an editorial the
other day fell asleep with his feet I'm,
der the influence of the "raise'
through blue glass. That's why he
can't get along with them any better.
journal.
Pshaw, Doc, you need not say
saything. Your feet are SO extern
siye If you get them wet in December
you don't get q cold in your head till
February.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

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