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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-12-22

THE New York Custom-house ap
pointments were finally disposed of by
the Senate on the 18th, after an execu.
. tive session of nearly six hours In
conformity with the report of the Com
mittee on Commerce, Merritt was
confirmed as Surveyor, and
the nominations of Roosevelt
as Collector and Prince as Naval
Officer were rejected. Mr.. Conkling,
Chairman of the Committee on Com
merce, opened the debate with a brief
statement of the reasons why, in the
opinion of the majority of that commit
tee, the two last-named nominees should
not be confirmed. These were, in brief,
that no charges, either of corruption or
ineficiency, had been made against the
present incumbents, but that, on the
contrary, they were conceded to be
faithful, honest, experienced and able
officers. Mr.. Bayard then followed in an
extended argument, maintaining the
right of the Executive to make changes,
which, in his opinion, would
be for the benefit of the public service,
he being responsible for the execution
of the laws and entitled to select his
agents, subject to confirmation of the
Senate, but without being obliged to
furnish the Senate with a state
ment of his reasons Messrs.
Herman, Hoar, Matthews and
Gen. Gordon also spoke in favor of sus-
tanning the action of the President A
vote being taken, the two nominations
were each rejected by vote of 25 to 50.
Senators Eaton, Dennis, Whyte and
Maxey, Democrats, united with the
great body of Republicans against con-
and Senators Burnside, Chris
tiancy, Conover, Dawes, Hoar and Mat
thews, Republicans, sided with the mass
of Democrats in favor of confirmation. |
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-08-16
HANGING HORSE THIEVES.
And Writing Their Obituary in PhiladeI-
phidn EIegiac Verse.
From the Omaha Herald

When we came to Rapid City, Da-
kota, everything seemed quiet and
peaceful, but upon the ridge, a mile
west of the town, near large pine tree,
were the bodies Of three young men,
with ghastly, blackened faces turned to-
ward the clear blue sky, the ropes dang
ling from the limbs of the pine tree and
and the deep cuts in their neck showing
but too plainly how they died. During
the day (the 2oth) two or three men
went out northwest from town to get
some logs, and were surprised, when
about twelve miles out, by people whom
they supposed to be Indians, by the
way they rode their horses. Being with
an OK, team, the men left it and ran for
the woods, and by taking circuitous
route came into Rapid City nearly
scared to death. A party of fifteen
we'll armed men Immediately started out
and found, seven or eight miles out,
three white men asleep, with four white
horses picketed near them. covered
them with their rifles and awoke them.
They were taken to town, and wheniex-
anined, confessed that the horses, were
stolen at Crook, Theywere placed in a
log cabin for the night, but at about 3
o'clock in the morning band Of TWEEN.
ty Vigilants took them out, and when the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-08-16
SECRETARY JOHN SHERMAN IN'6S

From the present position of Secretary
Sherman no one would suppose that he
ever favored the interchangeable
bond" 1t would be interesting to learn
by what arguments he was induced TO
change his opinions, but he is on record
as advocating both the justice and the
policy of issuing such bond, which
would advance the prosperity OF the
country as much as the present line Of
policy is likely to retard it. On the 27th
of February, 1868, Mr.. Sherman said in
the Senate of the United States;
"In 1868 we we're compelled to
take away the right of the holder OF the
greenbacks to fund it. We ought
promptly to restore this right to allow
the note (greenback) to be converted al
anv time into some kind of bond to be
converted into notes (greenbacks). Then
there is no discrimination. Inc
note holder may go to the Treasury and
demand his bond and the bond holder
NAV 90 also and demand his notes. x y
The process of funding these notes
they pouring into the Treasury--wlll
furnish ample means to redeem all the
outstanding bonds and securities as they
become redeemable. This privil'
ege will give Aexibility and movement
to the currency of the country. y
If the money market becomes stringent
if currency becomes scarce, the holder
may be willing to surrender his bond in
order to get currency; and why not give
him that privilege? This is indispensa-
bly, necessary to guard against sudden
contraction and panic"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-08-16
A YOUNG GIRLS TERRIBLE RE-
VENICE.
From tne gIgourney aovN Newn. Augu.l Al

From the sigourney Qowa) News, August 81
Miss Caroline White, young lady of
seventeen, has created sensation by
shooting VIM. M. Holland, a married
man, having wife and seven children.
On Monday last, shortly before dinner,
Miss White called at the house OF
Thompson Yocum, in English River
township. Mr., Yocum, being unwell,
was not long at the table. and left. Just
as Holland was about finishing dinner
Miss White walked out to the table and
presented paper, telling him to sign
it, which he refused to do, and stepped
out doors, Miss White following him In
a moment the first shot was heard, and
Mr.. Yocum, who was first at the scene,
tells us that Holland was running,
passed around an evergreen, and short
distance therefrom fell perfectly lifeless.
Miss White followed him up with re-
volver, and when Holland fell placed
the muzzle close to his head and con.
tinued firing. Yocum and another man,
whose name we have forgotten, at
tempted to get hold Of her, but she
quickly leveled the pistol at Yocum's S
assistant, telling him to stand aside or
she would shoot him. This he did
quickly and the weapon was in second
lowered by Miss White, and fred at the
PROSTATE and lifeless body of Holland.
When the men got hold of her the
chambers of the pistol proved to be all
empty. Whether the full five shots
were fred is not known, as in the eX-
element none remembered distinctly,
If all were fired. one failed to take effect
One shot grazed the face, doing no
damage. One entered the temple, one
over the right eye, making its way
through the brain, and another to the
left of the vertebrae, ranging upward to
the centre Of the heart, and between the
fourth and fifth true ribs, lodging be-
meath the skin. 1t is thought that the
ball passing through the heart was the
first one fired, and that the other shots
taking effect were fired after he had
fallen lifeless.
The cause of the act is said to be that
Holland had repeatedly stated that
Caroline was unchaste, and that he had
had intercourse with her, which reports,
coming to the ears of her family, Hol-
land was interviewed, and promised to
sign statement that he had lied. For
some time he had evaded his promise,
until the girl became exasperated. She
is reported to be of good character,
modest and unassuming. Not whisper
was ever heard against her name, except
from Holland, who went to young men
and told his tales.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-08-16
A STARTLING STATEMENT.


In commenting upon the riots, with
ill.concealed satisfaction, The Telegraph
of London uses this language:
"But the sanguine emigrant always
consoles himself with the hope that,
should bis craft be no longer in requisi-
sition, there are 'boundless prairies' where
retired artisans could "eat, drink and be
merry" Yet even this source of comfort
rapidly vanishes. Major Powell, in a
paper recently communicated to the Ma
tionaI Academy of America, asserts that
all the public land fit for settlement are
sold. There is not left in the whole Uni
ted States, of land which poor man
could turn into farm, enough to make
an average county in Wisconsin, Even
granting that this statement may be some
what exaggerated, the very fact that the
question as to whether there is any con-
siderable quantity of unappropriated fer
tile public land in the United States has
become a matter of controversy clearly
shows the agricultural prospects of set
tier with little or no capital to be greatly
inferior to what they were. The eDor-
nous reduction in the number of emf
grants from Europe last year proves that
this view is beginning to take hold OF
communities on this side the Atlantic
and the strikes now in progress indicate
that the pressure of competition is as
keenly felt in the States as it can be in
older countries. On the whole the chan
ces of success in life for workingmen ap.
pear vastly more promising in British
colonies"
This statement attributed to Major
Powell is certainly startling. If there be
not enough good land left in the United
States to make county in Wisconsin, it
is incumbent to inquire what has become
of the land. The assertion is preposter-
GUS. If Major Powell ever made it in the
language quoted, has hyrerbole escaped
discussion in this country At the best
it is hyperbole. Many Wisconsin coun-
ties can be cut out of good lands in Colo
RADIO, Texas, Kansas and Southern Cali
fornia. The Texas farms are not tsurpass.
ed by the finest agricultural districts of
the northwest, and, with the exception
of the northeastern part Of the state, Tex
as is without a population. People can
not farm in the United States proftably
until they can send their crops to market.
When Texas has been opened up by rail-
roads, enough farms can be had there to
feed agood part of the population Of Great
Britain,
But the inquiry as to what has been
done with the public lands is timely, and
it is not difficult to answer. Congress
devoted considerable labor during twen-
ty years giving away the public lands, as
the following table, giving the number Of
acres of land granted by Congress for rail-
roads each year, shows:
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-08-16
T1LDEN AND HENDhICKS' IN EU-
ROPE.


NEW YoRK, August S,-A special from
London says Samuel ]. Tilden is spend
ing bis time there quietly at present.
Arriving in London at the close of the
season as he did, opportunities to pay
him attentions are extremely limited,
He is avoiding social display, however,
as far as possible. Yesterday morning
he took breakfast at Buckingham Palace
Hotel with Cyrus w. Field. Among the
guests were Mr.. Bigelow, Mr.. Tilden's
travelling companion, Cortland Parker,
Sir Charles Dixie, Tom Hughes, Frank
H. Hill and others. In the evening he
dined at the American Embassy. The
Lord Chancellor and other distinguished
guests were present. Mr.Tilden proposes
to visit Ireland, and afterwards 60 to
Paris, returning to the United States in
October. He is in remarkable good
health and spirits.
Ex-Governor Hendricks z is now in
Paris. He proposes to return TO London
in a few days, and is in good health and
spirits. Messrs. Tlden and Bigelow
have been made honorary members Of
the Reform Athenaum and London
clubs.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-08-16
SOLON Us. CROESUS.

When the great Solon was at Sardis,
the capital of Lydia, he had an inter-
view with Cresus, the Lydian king,
who, to astonish the republican simplic-
ity Of the Grecian philosopher, received
him in all the splendor and pomp of
Oriental magni6cence. At this inter-
view Cresus exhibited to Solon his great
wealth in golden treasures but Solon,
nothing daunted by this display took
from his garments a piece of ira" are,
which he had found in Egypt, and
handing to the monarch said, "this has
intrinsic worth greater than all, and in
time it will command more gold than
the treasure-house of Cresus could
hold" The vain king threw down the
rusty gift, and retired in disgust; but
the sage, ever true to his integrity and
simplicity, returned to Athens to devel-
op the merits of that rude stone. He
made it into defensive armor by aid of
which the Spartan soldier afterward
rescued his country from ruin and dis
honor,
In our day how great the contrast be-
tween the intrinsic worth of the "iron
stone," and all the other metals. Had
Solon lived till now he would have seen
this iron stone" performing more won
ders than his philosophy ever dreamt of.
He would have seen old Father Time,
with his hour glass broken, leaning,
palsied wreck, on his rusty scythe, when
he first saw the workings Of Patent
American Ticker" He would have
seen the god Neptune, grounded on the
mud flats of "Wallabout Bay" with his
naiads in alarm, as the paddles and
the screws of the floating iron palaces
outstripped their speed toward every
cline. He would have seen Vulcan
throw up his sledge in disgust as the
twenty-ton hammer Of Krupp forged
out the eighty ton peacemaker at Essen.
He would have seen the embarrassment
of Mercury with his feet entangled in
the electric wire and his occupation
gone, as the Fast Mall with its iron
horse went steaming over the land.
That simple "iron stone" has become
the master mineral and power in the
land, which all the wealth of the mod.
ern Cresus cannot control. 1t has as
sumed the shape Of blessing to all
mankind, more valuable, perhaps, in
our domestic and defensive economy
than was prophesied by the great Solon.
IN. Y Hard7Oare Price Current.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-08-16
WHA4BA REGISTERED LETTER.

The question is very often ask ed, What
is the difference between a registered let
ter and any other2 The difference is,
registered letter does not go into the
mail proper. 1t passes from hand to
hand outside the mail pouches, every
person through whose hands it passes is
required to sign a receipt for it when re-
ceiving it, and secure one when passing
it to the next in transit. The person
holding the last receipt is thus always
able to show who is accountable for the
loss. The responsibility rests upon the
man who has signed a receipt for the
registered package, and who is not able
to produce the package or receipt from
somebody else for it. The safest way to
send money is by money order. Where
it does not 60 to money order Office 1t
should always be sent in a registered
package. Money ought not be sent in
an ordinary letter under any circumsten-
oes. There is no possible way of "trafk-
inE'e such letter. Ohio State journal. l.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-08-16

Of this total the Pacific railroads re-
ceived 159, ,4S6,767 acres.
A large amount of the land thus given
away has lapsed to the United States by
failure of the corporations to which the
grants were made to comply with the con-
ditions. The lands thus forfeited have
not been restored. Somebody is getting
the benefit of them, and paying nothing
for it. Congress has been so busy giving
the land away that it has taken no action
to discover what the corporations failed
to possess themselves Of after it was
given.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-08-16
New Livery Stable.

have opened Livery Boarding and Feed
Stable corner MArke. and Tenth streets. Give mo
iulyasu THOMAS JOHNSTON, AssnA
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-08-16
az. sArk saag eat4G Canton @1ie &rs4g neaH ~ ~

town arose they we're hanging dead in
plain sight Of town. They were buried
last evening. The following is to be
their epitaph
AIA,rxN Lours CURRY, JAS HALL,
AVed 26 years. Aged 20 years. Aged 10 years
HORSE THIEVES, BEWARE ''
Here lies the bodies Of Curry, Allen and Hall,
Like other thieves, they had their rise, decline
aud fall
On yon pine tree they hung till dead
And here they found lonely bed
Then be a little cautious how you gobble horses
up,
For every horse you pick up here adds sorrow to
your cup
We're bound TO stop this business or hang you to
man.
For we've hemp and hands enough In town 70
swing the whole damn clan.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-08-16

The papers relate an anecdote Of a
beautiful young lady, who had become
blind, having recovered her sight after
marriage. 1t is no uncommon thing for
peoples eyes TO be opened by matri-
1nony.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-08-16
ADMINISTRATORS Notice.

Notice q hereby given that the enndUssIsned has
been duly appointed and qualified as admlnistra-
tor Of the estate Of jeremiah Clapper, late Of
Stark county lOhio, deceased,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-08-16
Road Notice.

Notice IA hereby given that petition will be
presented 10 the Commissioners OF Stark County,
Ohio at their September session Of 1877, for the
location Of a county road by beginning at post
on the north line Of the northeast quarter Of sec
said mart being between 20 aud 80 rods west Of the
northeast corner Of lands Of George Young and
running thence eastwardly with the north line
of said quarter TO the northeast corner Of the
same; thence eagtWardly and along on the Eouth
line Of section eighteen, township eleven, and
range nine 70 the county road leading from the
town Of Manchester In Summit county, Ohio 10
The city Of Mas8nlon, Stark county. o.
July %, IS77.-hv' A PETITIONER
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-08-16

THEsTATE OF OHIO,
OFFICE OF THE SEOBETABY OF STATE.
/, Milton Barnes. Secretary Of State Of the State
of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing is
true copy of an act therelI named, passed BY the
General Assembly Of the State of OHIO. on the 9th
day OF April, A. B. 1877, taken from the original
rolls ON file in this office. J t al
In Witness whereof have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed the Seal Of thus
[gRALl Office at Columbus the 9th day Of April,
A, d, 1877. MILTON BARNES,
Secretary Of State
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-08-16

Be Il ResOlued 6y the General Assembly of ue Ssd't
Of Ohio, (threeAfthH OF all the members elected 70
tion TO amend the Constitution OF tho State Of
Ohio be submitted 10 the electors OF the State, on
the second Tuesday Of October, A. D. 1877, % fol-
lows, to.Wit:
Ro,iytsen Fifteen, Sirteen and Eighteen OF Article
-Four, be amended so as to read as follows, and
Section Seven, of article Four, and Sections
Twelve and Thirteen Of article Eleven DO repeal
ad
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-04

fore the returning board, and which has
been extensively published in the northern
newspapers, consisted of ec pGrte afidavits
made in secret in the New Orleans GUS
tom house. 1t was mostly of a general
character charging intimidation and vio-
lence by organized parties of whites, with
out specifying the particular acts which
prevented colored Republicans from vot-
ing, You all know how easy tits to obtain
such affdayits. They were frequently
signed with cross, and the poor, ignorant
person was often ignorant of what he had
sworn to. Instances of this are now being
exposed by the congressional committees,
who are subjecting some of these affidavit
makers to oral examinations. One witness
testifies that the affidavit to which his
name was attached was written out in the
custom house by person who only put
down part of what he stated, leaving out
the qualifying circumstances, which would
have shown that the outrage to which be
swore had no connection with politics.; and
he states that in swearing to the affidavit
he
ONLY SwoRE TO HIS NAME.
1t must also be borne in mind that those
FL parte affidavits so extensively published
were got up under the auspices of the
same parties and in the same custom
house, where a thousand afidavits were
forged and presented to the Lynch board
in 1872, as shown by Mr.. Carpenters re-
port, 1t is not denied that in some in
stances colored persons testified that they
had been whipped and beaten, and others
had been killed because they were Re-
publicans but the instances are far more
numerous where colore0 persons haye
been whipped and SHOT because they
we're Democrats. Colored persons by the
score haye come forward and sworn to
the threats made against them, and ex-
hibited upon their own persons the scars
and wounds they have received for no
other cause than because they were
Democrats or had voted the Demo
cratic ticket. In some parts of Louisiana
it is
AS MUCH AS A CoLORED MANS LIFE is
WORTH
| to vote the democratic ticket Do you
ask how this can be? l will tel! you.
When the colored people were made free
dozen years ago they believed that they
owed their freedom to the Republican
party, and it was but natural that they
should attach themselves to that party
which had given them liberty. Bad men,
mostly rpe,-baggers from the north,
for selfish purposes, took advantage OF
this feeling to band the coiored people
together in political organizations against
the whites among whom they lived. BY
the aid of the colored race thus banded
together. a few adventures from the
north were able to control several south
ern states for a number of years, during
which they plundered the people, both
white and black. Gradually the more in
telligent OF the colored population
began to find out that they were
beirg used as the mere tools of northern
adventures for their own selfish anC
Continued on next page.)
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-04
MEDICAL
-. VARS BEFORE THE PUBLIC.
Or. G. MoLANE'S
GEL GRATED
LIVER PILLS,
FOR THE CURE OF
Hepatitis or Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA AND SICK HEADACHE.

Symptoms of a Diseased LIVER.
DAIN in the right side, under the edge
of the ribs, increases on pressure;
sometimes the pain is in the leftslde; the
patient is rarely able to lie on the left
side; sometimes the pain is felt under
the shoulder blade, and it frequently ex-
tends to the top of the shoulder, and is
sometimes mistaken fo- a rheumatism in
the arm. The stomach is affected with
loss of appetite and sickness; the bowels
in general are CoStive sometimes altcrna-
tive with lax; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There is
generally aconsiderable loss ofmemory,
accompanied with a painful sensation of
having left undOne something which
ought 10 have been done. A slight, dry
cough IS sometimes an attendant. The
patient complains Of WEAKNESS and de
bi!ity; he is easily startled, his feet are
cold or burning, and he complains of a
prickly sensation of the skin; his spirits
are low; and although he is satisfied that
exercise would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrustS
every remedy. Several of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few ofthem existed,
yet examination ofthe body, after death,
has shown the LIVER to have been ex-
tensiyely deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
DR.. &. McLANE's LIVER Puts, IN
CASES OF AGUE AND FEVER, when taken
with Quinine, are productive of the
most happy results. No better cathartic
can be used, preparatory to, or after
taking Quinine. We would advise all
who are afflicted with this disease tC
give them A FAIR TRIAL.
For all Bilious arrangements, and As
simple purgative, they are unequaled.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
The genuine DR.. c. MCLANE' 5 LIVER
Pills are never sugar coated.
Every box has a red wax seal on the
lid, with the impression DIR. M?LANE's
LIVER PILLS.
The genuine MgLANE's LIVER PILLS
bear the signatures OF c. McLANE and
FLEMING Bros. on the wrappers.
Bay Insist on your druggist Oh
storekeeper giving you the genuine
DR.. c. MCLANE's LIVER PILLS, pre-
pared by Fleming Bros, Pittsburgh, Pa
Sold by all respectable druggists anc
country storekeeperS generally.
! To .hose wishing to give DR. c AIcLANu's LIVE
Pills trial. viii mail post paid any part OF tia
United States one box of Pills for twenty-five cents
FLEMING BROS. Pittsburgh Pa
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-04
Hotels
BARNUM's HOTEL.

- AocAOa'''.t MO
N order to meet the wants of the transient pat
- rous OF this Hotel. rates have been reduced TO
$3.50 and $500 per day, according TO location of
rooms. Its eminent standing will be fully main
talned In every particular.
L. A. PRATT, Proprietor
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-04

For Book BINDING or Ruling, 90 to
THE ARGUS Bindery. No better work
can be done in this vicinity. Prices reason
able, Work done quick, Leave orders at
The ARGUS Counting Room, opposite the
the Post Office.