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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-06-14
A SUDDEN RISE IN LIFE.


London, May 94.-0ur law courts here
have recently brought to lighta romantic
story, somewhat like that of the Annes-
lev peerage case-which Charles Reade
seized upon in his story of the "Wander-
ing Heir"-though in this case the heir
is an heiress. Some years ago Mr.. Gard
ner, well-to.do. farmer at Melrose, Scot
land, married young lady Of the neigh
borhood, and in very few weeks after
the marriage his wife presented him with
daughter. Mr.. Gardner was an elder
of his Presbytery, and being well aware
that fierce light beats upon that office,
and being anxious to save his reputation
and his wife's, he hired a discreet nurse
to take charge of the child. The scandal
was thus averted, and years went by
without the girl herself or any one else
discovering the secret Meanwhile the
daughter, Margaret Gardner, had become
miIl.hand in factory and at the age
of twenty.one discovered by some means
the story Of her birth and parentage. She
at once sought out her parents and de-
manded recognition, but Mr. Gardner
disputed her legitimacy, declaring that
her father was shepherd named Laid
law, and that he (Gardner) had married
her mother, whom he loved, to saye her
reputation. The girl, however, like i'm.
mortal Henry VIII, thought this was too
thin and bare to hide ofenses, and de-
clining an offer of thousand pounds to
hold her tongue, brought an action in
the Scotch courts to compel her reCogni-
ton as legitimate daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gardner. The case was decided
against her by the Judge Ordinary, where
upon she appealed to the full Court of Ses-
sion, who gave judgment in her favor
Against this her parents appealed, and
the case found lis way to the House Of
Lords. This court of ultimate appeal de-
Cided as the lower court had done-in
her favor-holding that when child is
born after marriage the presumption of
its legitimacy, in accordance with the old
legal maxim, "Pater eSl q,tem nuptiae dem
onstrdnt," is prima faCie 80 strong that
the onus of disproof rests with those who
deny it. The romantic generosity claim
ed by the father in marrying his wife to
save her reputation did not jump with
the offer of 81 900, after the wife's repu-
tation had been irreparably damaged,
and looked, so their lordships thought,
more like desire to screen himself At
any rate the fact remained that the Court
acknowledged the legitimacy of the girl,
and she becomes the natural heiress of
her fathers wealth, which is Considera-
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deed, a man now altogether discouraged;
"The soldiers there present, dismayedi
with the departure Of their general, ana
sore charged by the ianissanes, forsook
their stations, and in haste fled to the
same gate where Justinianus was enter
ed; with the sign whereof the other sold"
iers, dismayed, ran thither In heaps also;
but whilst they violently strive together
TO get in at once, they 80 wedged one an
other in the entrance Of the gate that few
of so great a multitude got in; in which
so great press and confusion Of minds,
eight hundred persons were there by
them that followed trodden under ioog
or thrust to death. The emperor himself
for safeguard of his life flying with that
press for his life as a man not regarded,
miserably ended his days together with
the Greek empire His dead body was
shortly found by the Turks among the
slain, and known by his rich apparel
whose head being cut of, was forthwith
presented to the Turkish tyrant by
whose command it was afterward thrust
upon the point Of a lance, and IN great
dersion carried about as a trophy OF his
victory first in the camp, and afterwards
up and down the city.
"The Turks, encouraged by the flight
of the Christians presently advanced
their ensigns upon the top Of the utter
most wall, crying "Victory;" and by the
breach entered as if 1t had been a great
food, which, having once found a breach
in the bank, oyelhoweth, and beareth
down all before il; 80 the Turks, when
they had won the outer wall, entered the
city by the same gate that was opened
by Justinlanus, and by breach which
they had before made with theirgreat ar
tillery, and without further resistance be-
came lords of that most famous and im'
perial city,
"Inthis fury of the barbarians perished |
many thousands of men, women and |
children, without respect to age, eek or
condition. Many, for safety fled into
tn temple of Sophia, where they were
all without pity slain, except some few
reserved by the barbarous victors,
to purposes more grievous than
death itself The rich and beautiful or
and jewels of the most sumptu-
GUS and magnificent church-the stately
building of Justirianus, the emperor
were, in the turning of hand, plgcked
down and carried away by the Turks;
and the church itself, built for God to be
honored IN, for the present converted
into a stable for their horses, or place
for the execution of their abominable
and unspeakable tilthiness; the image of
the cruci6x was also by them taken
down, and Turks cap putupon its head
and so set up and shot at with their ar
rows, and afterward, in great derision,
carried about in their camp as it had beel
in procession, with drums playing before
IT, calling it the God of the Christians,
which | note was not so much done in
of the image as in despite OF
Christ and the Christian religion"
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identified with the ups and downs Of the
market during the past few years III is
a frightful retrospect he said, but as a
warning to those who again may desire
to speculate in unimproved property, the
whole story ought TO be told. 1t is not
necessary to give names the facts will
speak for themselves, and those at all ac-
ouainted with our market will at once be
able to identify the bodies when | come
to call the roll of the killed and wound
ed. The masses Of the people
who imagine that they alone have suf-
fered during these hard times would open
their eyes If they could understand the
misfortunes sustained during the past
four years hy many Of the formerly
wealthy families of New York, and see
how changed are the circumstances and
surroundings in which they are now liv'
Xiv The New York Tribune has re-
Gently expressed the opinion that either
the debt of the City of New York must be
repudiated or the entire real estate in
that city pass into the hands OF new hold
ers at lower prices.
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REN Bur1ERs sARoASM.

To some Washington citizens who CALI
ed on Gen. B, F. Butler last Monday
night, to bespeak his influence in behalf
Of gentleman whom they wished to
have appointed as one of the Com
mistioners of the District, the General
said
"Gentlemen, you have come to the
wrong man. l have no influence at the
White House, and no disposition to ask
favor of the President If you want
your friend appointed go ask Mr. Corcor-
an, Gen. Gordon and others of their pat
riotic antecedents. The President sent
for Mr.. Corcoran, and requested him to
name the man he wanted for the Com
missionership, and he modestly men.
toned Mr.. Archibald Campbell. The
great statesman at the White House (for
be is a great statesman) has instituted
new departure No more money is to be
spent on elections. / have heretofore
contributed to the extent OF my means
for the purchase of lanterns and painting
of transparancies, but this tax is no lon
ger to be endured, People are hereafter
to rush gleedily at the polls, trampling
over each other If you don't want to
ask Mr.. Corcoran to ask the President as
it is generally understood that both the
Republican and Democratic parties are
deceased, and the old Whig party is born
again; go out to some graveyard and
transcribe the names of the defunct mem
bers of that organization from their grave
stones to your petitions, and you will
stand a chance Of getting what you ask
for"
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WHATI7 WAS.

A little flve-year old fellow came up to
his mother the other morning, and with
great earnestDess said Mother, I saw
something run quickly across the kitchen
floor this morning, and it hadn't any legs
either, What do you suppose it WASP"
The mothers curiosity was excited at the
strangeness Of the supposed animal, and
not knowing what else 10 say, said she
guessed it was snake, or worm, or
something Of that soFt--she didn't know
what. Having enjoyed his mothers ina
bility TO solve the problem for time, he
said: "It was KaterW ..lt - ~
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-06-14
Anrhy
MY SHIP AT SEA.

MY SHIP AT SEA.
O. sailor, have you spoken her, and on what dis
tant sea,
The ship so long expected, that is coming hom'
toner
When shall mark the sun and wave break Int
sparkling spray
AS, laden with my ventures, she comes sailing W
the bay2
O. sailor II you have not hailed my ship by sea OIL
shore,
Some word, mayhap, you bring Of her unhearo
by me before
For falrer far than all the fleets Of lndia OF "a
thay
Is the craft that dies my colOrs, and that cruises
far away
Not Count Amaldos shiningprow, that sailed WIN
satin sails
Not CleopatIas burning barge woed by lhe love
sick gales;
orthu i6med ship Of old that bore the Argonauus
from Greece,
BY orpheGn strains accompanied, to win the
Golden Fleece
Great Cesar and his fortunes not that classic bark
WDlCn DOfet
Nor that in which Queen Dido saw Eneas quit
the shorei
Nor thai wherein, as Horace sings, One'half his
soul was penned,
Because among her passengers embarked MS aear'
est friend
Not those proud galleons Of Spain whose bulging
hulls, we know,
Brought tribute to her conquering Crown the
wealth of Mexico,
And rIvalled all romance Of the Old World in the
New,
When Piaarro blazed upon her with the plumber
of Peru
Not that sea.rsngeT bold whose fame will never
more be hid,
Whilst tween decks sailoryarns are spun OF Cap
tain Robert Kidd
Nor those which even now excite the merchant
mans grim fears,
As DER The spanish Main he royes, where royed
the buCcaneers-
Not that immortal vessel, whose memory is as
sweet
As was the blessed name she bore when first the
Pilgrims feet
In pious faith and holy zeal her narrow deckways
trod,
selfconsecrate to liberty, to justice, and to Cod
Not all the storied, stately helms of history or of
song,
Not all whose warset pennants gleam the martial
waves along,
Not all the ships in sooth, that sail, or ever sailed
the sea,
Are half so fair as that which bears my signals
floating free!
From truck to keelson, fore and aft, from shapely
stem to stern,
The sea reflects no line Of hers my heart does not
return
And all my iondest hopes and prayers encircleher
Ground,
As Xerxes' palm on every branch with chains Of
gold were bound.
More dear to me than sllken bales, or wealth Of
Eastern zones,
Frankncense, mYrh, and ivory, rich gums and
precious stones,
She carries for her cargo my LIES uncounted
years,
With all their hidden mysteries Of future smiles
and tears.
o, ,sreed her, every prosperiDg gale, and every
subject sea
Those solemn stars by whom she steers, o guide
her course to me
For what care for all the fleets of India OF Ca
thay
If the ship that bears my fortunes shall cruise 50
far away?
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THEsTATF or OHIO.

% 0EFTcB OF rae SEcRETABYoF STATE. Il
/, Milton Barnes. Secretary Of State Of the State
Of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing %
true copy Of an act therell named, passed By the
day Of April, A. D 1877, taken from the original
rolls on hle In this once. m n 'n1u 9lW
In Witness whereof have hereunto subscribed
my name and adixed the Seal Of thia
f1RkLl Once at Columbus the 9Th dfy Of April,
A,O 1f51 NILpOH BARNE3.
.-.I-- anarufarY AZ Giaia
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-06-14
LEGAL.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION.
Relative to an Amendment of articles -Four
and Eleuen of The Constitution, ReOrgGrIis.
ing the Judiciary Of the State of Ohio.

Be II Re9olued by The General Assembly Of The STATE
Of Ohio Qhree.fflhs Of all the members elected to
tion to amend the Constitution of the State OF
Ohio be submitted to the electors of the State, on
The second Tuesday of October, A, D. 1877 as fol-
lows, 10 wit:
That Sections One Three, Five, Sir. Etgh, TtOelye
Fourteen, Fifteen Si1teeR and Eighteen of Article
Four be amended so as to read as follows, and
Section Seven, Of article -Four, and Sections
Twelve aud Thirteen Of article Eleven be repeal
ed,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-06-14

Brigham Young will begin celebrating
his silver wedding next Monday, and it
will be about three years before he gets
through with it.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-06-14

#The Citizens Bank Of Louisiana, in
New Orleans, in 1875, advertised for sale
or to let no less than 12S tracts of land
and plantations in different parts of the
State, understood to have passed into its
hands from those Of insolYent debtors,
~ The New York Tribune, Of April 16,
1877, under the head of Wrecked by
Real Estate, says: "A reporter of the
Tribune recently had long interview
with gentleman Who has been closely
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-06-14
GRAND OPENING I!
Saturday, May 10
R. A. DeF0REST'S
OPERA HOUSE STORE.
LADIES' GRASS CLOTH. y
PGTCl & Linen Embroidered
SUITS,
AND ROBES.
PGTCaI & Linen Embroidered
This entire invoice of splendid made
Suits, Robes Aprons, and Ready
Made Goods

VIII be marked in plain figures
at the following prices:
Ladies Grass Cloth Suits, $l,45,
worth $3.50,
Ladies Pleted Suits, $l,85, worth
800.
Ladies Suits, Over Skirts, Jackets,
1856, worth 500,
Ladies Embroidered Linen Suits
1886, worth 600
Ladies Pleeted and Corded Suits
4,85, worth 700,
Ladies Robe Embroidered Suits
5,65, worth 800, ra
Ladies' Extra Trimmed Suits 7,45,
worth 1000,
Ladies PerCal Emb, Suits 2,45,
worth 600.
Ladies Black and Brown P9rCal
Suits 6,65, worth 900,
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FoRM OF BALLor.

Atsaid election, the voters desiring 10 vote In
favor Of the adoption OF this amendment, shall
have placed upon their ballots the words "Judi-
cal Constitutional Amendment-Yes:" !" the voters
who do not favor the adoption Of said amendment
Ghall have placed upon their ballots the words,
judicial Constitutional Amendment-No."
H,W. CURTIs,
President Of the Senate.
W. HODGE,
Sneaker pro tenn House OF Repro6entatiyea
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-07
Resika BaY.

This station, to which the British
fleet has just been sent, is situated to
the south of the point of the same
name, and extends between the island
Tenedos and Cape Janissary, at the
entrance of the Dardanelles on the An
atolian coast. 1t is the best and ear
est anchorage to the straits, the naviga-
ton of which is forbidden by treaties
to war-vessels of all nations. 1t is well
sheltered from north and northeast
winds, and has good holding ground for
vessels; the depth Of water varies from
eight to eleven fathoms. The best an
chorage and the greatest depth of water
is found at n point from which the
small island of Phido opens to
the northwest, and the village of Paleo
Castro to the northeast. For an iron
clad squadron composed of large fri.
gates such as those owned by Great
Britain at the present moment, it is
the best and most advantageous anchor
age. One cannot. speak of Besika
without being reminded that it is to the
east of this point of the coast of Anato-
liza that the plain extends on which
Troy was built.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-07

what it costs to live" is considered
by the Albany Times, in a column and
n half article, comparing present prices
with those during the flush times of n
few years ago, coming to the conclusion
that there have been reductions of
from Is to 20 per cent. in rents; flour
is from 81 to S1.50 dearer per barrel
than it was in 1872; gas is 30 per cent.
cheaper; kerosene % per cent; coal
from 80 to $3.50 per ton; groceries,
comparatively little change, n slight
reduction noticeable, however, on most
articles; farm produce 10 to 10 per cent
cheaper; butter has not been so low in
years as at present; meats of all kinds
show a reduction of from . to 8 per
cent. per pound; boots and shoes from
% to so cents less per pair; millinery,
the cost of cheap goods considerably
reduced, but only a slight reduction in
expensive hats and bonnets; furnishing
goods from % to 80 per cent cheaper;
custom made clothing from Is to 20
per cent. below the cost of five years
ago; ready made clothing about the
same reduction; dry goods from 20 to
30 per cent. reduction; fancy goods
from 80 to 45 per cent lower than Mt
the close of the war.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-07

Rates OF Advertising
No Advertisement inserted for less than my
rents.
DAT LEADER, all transient advertise
ments 10 cents per line, Nonpariel, each in
seItion O insertions eight cents per line; 30
Insertions, 5 cents per line.
Local Notices, per line, bourgeois, each in
~sertion, 10 cents per line % Insertions 5 cents
per line.
ments q cents per line, first Insertion one
month 20 cents per line; six months, 10 cents
per line; one year 5 cents per line.
Cheyenne, Jan. LIST, 1870.
IL. GLAFCRE. Proprietor.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-07

Corrected weekly by whipple & Hay, Whole
sale and Retail Grocers and Commission
Merchants.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-02-03
CAIRO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3 1877

nous action q the Louisiana rcturniuy
board ehe selfrcstraint and moderation
of TIN Dsnccratic party have been. we
repeat It, sublime. ? Theirs was the
grievance. It was from them that the
presidency was being stolen. II was
upon them tlIst tlIs great outrage was
being committed. The Republicans
could claim 10 credit for remaining quiet.
Thsy were Engaged In Ne crime: they
wefs not sunering iromit As we'll COM
mann . gang Of thieves i'd not resorting
s&ndus violebes b put blown robbery,
- commend the Republican party for its
bearing during thls great crisis.
What tbe attitude Of the Democratic
party hssibecp every man knows. Not
Democrat's voice has been raised in
threat not Democratic shot has been
fired, The Democratic have reirained
IRON nolding meetings, lest they should
alarm timd people. Since November last
they have preserved the most dignified
silence. waiting in perfect ooufiasace for
the final judgment OF the law. A sub
liner instance Of self-government by a
people has never been seen In the history
Of the race.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-02-03
- -
General NeXa

John ID. Lee, the Mountain Meadow
massacre convict, he's applied for new
| trial.
-Si2nor Antonio Blitz, the noted VEN
triloquist and sli yht-of-hand performer.
died in Philadelphia last Sunday.
Robert Drury, who murdered hi.
uncle. Albert Gibson, in Memphis last
Friday week. vas arrested in Paducah
on Wednesday.
A Kidnapped child, said to be shipped
10 Cairo some weeks ago, has not yet
been recovered. The child's name is
Cameron, and the kidnapper, Jack
sheppard. Is now In jan In indianapolis.
Cincinnati Enquirer special, 18th !:
zine latest developments in the Louis
lana case were laid before Grant to-day.
All that could be got out of him was the
gruf remark: ''ls that true? A fine
state Of affairs-a fine state of affairs"
-One person out OF every 259 in Gin
cinnati dies OF suicide. Sixty-two per
cent. Of seli-murderers are German the
proportion Of the sexes is five men to one
woman, and the most popular method is
hanging.
Toronto GLOBE: The 5000 Mennonites
already located in Manitoba make excel
lent settlers, and there is room still on
the present reserves appropriated to
Russian immigrants for ''anothcr ten
thousand" The capacity of the great
Northwest to receive settlers il compare
lively unlimited, and there is room in
this country for oil 'h~ MAnno.;tns &,
Russia without the rest Of the population
suffering inconvenience.
Fletcher Webster, the second and last
son of Daniel Webster, after leading
somewhat fast and erratic life, was killed
In battle near Washington, on the 30th
OF August, 1862. A melancholy remem-
brance OF the family was revived In the
senate the other day By the introduction
of bill to increase the pension OF the
widow from thirty to fifty dollars a
month. This lady is now sixty-five
years of age. and Nj. Boutwell, stated
upon presenting the bill that she was in
a condition of actual distress.
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l NEW wILLIAM2ON COUNTY
(N1fTR

W. hAAok.
a special dispatch to the Chicago TLi.
bune dated Marion, williamson county.
Jan. 81, gives the details of an atrocious
plot that was matured and ready to be put
In execution in that county when it was
fortunately discovered. The plot was to
rob, burn houses and stores and murder
if necessary. The conspirators are all
residents OF Williamson county and
number twelve or fifteen persons.
James Jackson. one OF the party, was
overheard giving the details OF the plan
TO his father. Information was given to
the authorities, Jackson was arrested
and from him enough was drawn out to
warrant the arrest OF James Moss, the
leader Of the gang, Frank Palmer, and
another who were lodged in Jail on
Sunday last. These four turned states
evidence and gave the following inior-
nation: On Tuesday night they were
TO rob the store OF d. X. Har.
rison at Herrin's Prairie, and murder
him if it were necessary to the success OF
the robbery. On Wednesday night. they
were to fire the barn Of DR.. w. N.
Mitchell. OF Marion. and while the citi-
zons were engaged at the fire.
the members OF the khan were
TO plumber certain houses. on
Thursday night, thew were to
go through store in Grassy precinct.
frhav n a1 cava raj ofbar rohharias in view
and regular programme laid out The
grand jury, now in session at Marion,
will bring in indictments against the
four men now in Jail, and the balance of
those implicated will be arrested il they
do not fee the country.