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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-06-06

tee was accepted and their recommenda.
ton concurref In.
Streets and Sewers, TO whom was re-
ferred the petition OF III. Beebe and o
others, asking that the two cross walks
ON Dock street, near city limits, be COW
cred with gravel. and that the mud hole
at the end OF said crosswalks be fIled i'm,
recommending that the prayer of the
/ petitioners be granted. and the work of
gravelng said crosswalks commenced
as soon as the city teams can be spared
10 do the work, and that the Street Com.
missioner look after the filling in OF the
mud hole.
On motion the report of the commit
tee was accepted and their recommended
ton concurred i'm.
REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Committee on Fire Department and
Mayor, who were instructed to purchase
two teams for the use of the city, re-
ported that they had complied with the
Councils Instructions, and had pur-
chased two teams for 1915 each, from
the following persons: One team from
Gideon Burton for 1915, one horse from
G. w. Richardson for $l75, and one
horse from Asa Spencer for 5000. The
committee recommended that warrants
be drawn in favor of the aforesaid par
ties for said amounts, and asked to be
discharged from further consideration
of the subject.
Moved by Aid. Rice, that the action of
the committee be concurred in, the COM
mttee discharged, and warrants drawn
for the several amounts as recommended
by the committee. Ayes-Brown, Rice,
Healy and Tins. Nays-None. Car
ried.
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.
BY Aid. Brown. that the Street Com
missioner have the control and superv-
sion of the city teams by day, and the
Chief Engineer of the Fire Department
by night. said Chief Engineer TO have
authority to call one or both of said
teams into service during the day in case
OF fire or other emergency. AyeS-Brown
and Tins. Navs-Healy and Rice
The vote being a tie, the Mayor gave
casting vote in the Affirmative Motion
carried
Moved NV Aid. Rice, that Valentine
Stephensoh's tender for the construction !
of the tanks, he accepted, and that the /
City Attorney be and is hereby instruct
ed TO enter into contract with said
Stevenson. Ayes-Brown, Healy, Rice |
and Tins. Nays-None. Carried.
On motion of Alderman Tins, the /
Council adjourned.
A. r. MCDONALD.
Recorder |
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TAKEN up

Came into my enclosure, at the mill property,
on or about the 10th inst, two white pigs. The
owner is requested 10 call, prove property, pay
charges and take them away.
c. ". RICHARDSON.
Alpena, May cath, 1877. 3O3w4
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A GENTS WANTED FOR HoUGH's "wHErE
IA LIVE" Personal Identification Button. On
ly article of the kind In existence. No competi-
ton. Business men can secure state and county
rights anywhere in the United Sta ;es sales guar
anieed. Sample Button and wholesale price list
sent postage paid, on receipt of 10 cents.
Send for Circular. Address.
W. H. HOUGH,
Box Ala Detroit, Mich.
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Geo. M. Savage Dc Co.'S, Column
Persons answering any OF these Advertisements,
will please state where they saw the same.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-07
HORRIBLE STORY.

On the banks of the COnestOga Creek
about two miles south of Lancaster
City resides a family named .EndersOn,
consisting OF the husband, wife, aud n
child. The man has been sick for three
months, disease seems to have impair
ed his mind, and he is wasting awav.
The only nourishment he receives is
an occasional bite, which his wife fur
nishes him 10y fishing in the Conesto-
ga. He has no medical attendance,
though his wife thinks if he were
properly cared for he would get we'll.
The wife herself is as thin almost as a
skeleton, and has eaten nothing for
weeks. save that picked up by the pre-
carious occupation of fishing. The
child is Il little thing in frock, and
acts as though bereft of reason. 1t is
pitable object. 1t crawls on its
hands and feet" says the Examiner
and disappears under the bed when a
visitor approaches. If you initiate the
bark of a dog, it will answer in kind
aud indeed you would he led to believ,
it was dog if you did not look at tn,
object. There is not whole ar ticle o
furniture in this miserable abode, an,
the dwellers are surrounded by tn
! most squalid filth"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-07
HOMEsrEADLAwsINB BRIEF,


Under the Homestead law, any per-
son twenty-one years Oh age and over,
male or female, native or foreign born
married women eXcepted-may OBJ
tain one hundred and sixty acres of
government land on paw yment of four
teen dollars fees, and after residence
of Eve years on the land they can have
a clear deed of it from the government.
After six months residence, if it is
preferred, they may get deed on pay
ment of two hundred dollars, aud no
further residence will be required.
Soldiers may deduct time spent in the
service OF the Union, not to exceed
three years from the five years. BY
the Presumption act any person over
twenty-one years of age, except mar
| ried woman-may take one hundred
and sixty acres Of government land on
the payment of two dollars fees, and
after residing on it six months, or for
any time not exceeding three years
and half may get deed on the pay
ment of two hundred dollars, and Civ
ing evidence of settlement and i'm
provement. The Timber law gives
one hundred and sixty acres to any
one planting one-fourth of it in trees
and cultivating it for eight years for
ty to eighty acres may be taken ON
like conditions. The fees are the
same as for homesteading.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-07
for more than hundred

GlBRALTAR X for more than a hundred
and seventy years has been in a eonii-
ton to defy any attack from any quar-
ter 1t is mass of solid gray marble
connected with the southern ex xtremity Y
of Spanish Andalusia by q narrow pc
ninsula which is entirely commanded
by the fortress. This rOck-at its high
est point l ,439 feet above the level of
the sea-is completely honeycom bed
with batteries, bomb-proofs, and every
species of defensive contrivance. Cam
non of the largest caliber frown along
its face, steep escarps bar all the paths
up the almost perpendicular ascent,
immense cisterns aud magazines fur
nish abundant supplies of water and
ammunition, aud there is always =
sufficient stock of provisions to las,
three years. The ordinary garrison
consists of about 5000 infantry. !, l,OOt
artillery, and q picked corps of engi
neers /; and in case of emergency there
are accommodations for double thi.
force. The last and most memorahl,
siege Gibraltar has endured began il
June, 1879, and ended in February
1883. The combined armies and feet
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-07
A sCOTOHI STORY,


A Certain minister having become
much addicted TO drink. his presbyte-
ry had 10 interfere, and get the minis
Ter TO sign the pledge. The result was
that the sudden reaction was too much
Tor him, he became so ill that the doc
tor was sent Tor. The doctor said he
must begin to take his toddy again.
This the minister ea,d he could not do,
as he had taken the pledge. The doc
tor replied that he might get bottle
or two quietly, and nobody but their
own selves and the housekeeper
would know 1t. Z" Man." said the
miuister, my housekeeper Is worse
than all the presbytery put together,
SO that would not do"
However, it was arranged that the
dectcr should bring in the whisky
and sugar. and that the minister was
to make his toddy in the bedroom
with hot water he got for shaving
purposes in the morning. The result
was the minister got speedily well,and
one day on going out the doctor said
to the ministers housekeeper: "Well
Margaret, Your minister is quite him.
self again. "There's nae doubt of that
sir, she replied, shes quite well in the
body, but there is something game
wrong wi his upper story" "Wha,'s
there, Margaret 2" asked the Doctor
"Weel, sir, dinna ken, but he asks
for Shawn water six or seven times q
day"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-07
a LITTLE ELBOW ROOM.

Good friend don't squeeze so very tight,
There's room enous II for two:
Keep in your mind that I've a right
To live as well as you!
You're rich and strong: I, poor and weak
Eut think you I presume
When only this poor boon ! ask
a little elbow room?
'ris such as you (the ri.h and strong,
II you but had the will.)
Could give the weak lift along,
And help them mp the hill:
But no. you jostlc, crowd and drive;
You storm. and fret, and fume.
lou are the only Man alive
In want of elbow room.
Bu: thus it is on Lies round path;
Self" seems the god OF all;
The strong wills crush the weak to death,
The big dcyour the small
Far better be u rich mans hound,
"A valet. scrf, or groom.)
Than struggle mid the mass around,
When we've no elbow room.
Up Heart. my boy! Don't mind the shock;
Up Heart, and push along.
Your skin will soon grow rough with knock.
Your limbs with labor strong;
And there's a Him unseen, TO aid,
a star to light the gloom!
Up Heart. my hoy nor be afraid
Strike out for elbow room.
And when you see. amid the throng,
A fellow toiler slip,
just give him. ,s you pass along,
A brave and kindly grip.
Let noble deeds. though poor you be,
Your path in life i'll Ime:
And with true Christian ch arity,
Give others elbow room.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-07
MEDICAI
TO THE AFFLICTED.
DR.. JOHN GoUcHER

Still continues to treat every variety OF
CHRONIC DISEASB.
at the corner of Sycamore and Cedar
Sts., Ravenna, Ohio, where he located
the 26th of October, 1868. Since that
time have successfully treated TWEEN
TY-SIx THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED
CASES among which have been many
miraculous cures of Cancer, Gravel,
Tumors, DrOpsy. Rheumatism. Fistu-
Piles, Tape Worms, Seat or Pin
Worms, Intestinal Worms, Hip Dis
ease, GOitre, Enlarged Glands, Scrofu-
la, and all Impurities of the Blood.
ScalA Head Invariably Cured;
and that most insidious of all diseases,
Catarrh, which is destroying its tens of
thousands annually. Also, the varied
Diseases of Females, arising from Utter
inc Diseases. Displacement, Eularge-
ment, Inflammation, liberation, Tu-
mors, Polypus, and all their sympa-
thetic accOmpaniments, on the latest
scientific principles, without the use of
the knife or caustics, but by cOnstitu-
tional treatment and local absOrbents,
which we believe to be the true meth
cd of cure, II timely and properly ap-
piled.
Calculous COucretiOns of the Kid
neys and Bladder. There are several
varieties of Gravel in our possession,
that we have removed through the
natural urinary passage, from different
individuals in this locality.
The Doctor Is o graduate in the Eye
and Ear Infirmary of New York City,
and has had o large and successful
practice in that department; and is
also graduate of several Of the lead
ing Schools Of his Profession, the Di-
plOmas of which are hanging up in his
Office, for everybody to READ and IN
vESTI0ATE.
Thanks to an intelligent community
for their extensive patronage.
TERMs-Cash. Positively no trust.
OFFICE HOURs--F From =. M, to , r. m.
.GOUCHER, M. ID.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-07

A LARGE establishment has been
opened in st. Louis for drying eggs.
1t is in full operation. and hundreds
of thousands of dozens are going into
it's Unsuitable NAV. TIE eggs are care
fully scandled' by hand--that is. ex-
amined by light to ascertain whether
good or not-and are then thrown in
to an immense receptacle, where they
are broken, and by centrifG gal oper-
alton the white and yolk are separated
from the she'll very much as liquid
honey is separated from the comb.
The liquid is then dried by heat, by
patent process, and the dried article is
left, resembling sugar and it is put in
barrels, and is ready for transporta-
tiOn anywhere.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-07
A. EIETZ,
IT AP,-P,TH7P, A

Offers his services to the people of Portage
County in the treatment Of the diseases of Hors-
e. and Cattle. Having been educated in the
Berlin s'itute for the treattlent of diseases
incident to domestic animals, and having had
one years practice in treating the diseases of
Horses in the Prussian Army. and been in con-
slant practice of the profe. sion in Germany and
this country since 1870. feel confident OF my
ability to give entire satisfaction to all those
who may cntrust animals To my care.
A. BIETZ.
Ravenns Doc I9 s76 %3S-tf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-07
HEALTH OF AMERICAN WOMEN,

When Charles Dickens visited this
country for the second time, he was
impressed by the Improvements in the
women since his first visit; they look
ed better fed than formerly" There
is no doubt that American women are
steadily improving in health, and may,
if they continue in the right path,
eventually compete with their robust
English sisters. They now enjoy bet
ter food, better air, better habits as to
bathing exercise. The great increase
of athletic games; the greatly increas-
ed proportion of seaside and mountain
life in summer; the thicker boots and
shoes of women and little girls, per-
mitting them to go out more freely in
all weathers-these are among the per-
manent gains. If they would go far
ther still, and substitute horseback
riding for carriage driving, the result
| would be even more gratifying. 1t is
comparatively rare to find an English
lady who is not a good horsewoman,
and many of them can ride to hounds
with the elan of an old huntsman. The
difference between riding a spirited
steed daily for a couple of hours, and
iolling hack in u cushioned carriage, as
| our ladies do when they wish air and
exercise, is too apparent for comment.
Another cause for good health of En-
glish women is, that they seem gener-
ally satisfied to remain as God made
them. Tight Iacing is also considered
disreputable. In consequence they
not only enjoy the benefit of good con-
stitutions, but really present better fig
ures than the women of those nations
where tight lacing is the rul-.-[Wav.
Magazine.
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r. 7. pELDEN
w. III. MCCONNELL, M. D..
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON.

r~-.tv xears experieuce. All forms of acute
nn,I chronic diseases skilIfully treated Hnv-
ing for years made chronic disease specially. :.
once and residence No. 81 Sycamore street.
cYr-amv krvenna, Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-07

of France and Spain pounded the i'm
pregnable walls for three years and
eight months, and then gave up the
hopeless task. The British lost 33S
killed, as from disease, 43 from deser-
ton, and the wounded numb bered 200.
The casualties on the other side art.
not known. Since then there has bet n
no attempt to rob England of her price,
less possession Il pOss, ssion, by the
way, of which she robbed Spain. The
present Strengthening of Gibraltar
means that England does not intend
TO he " caught mapping" and that the
Government does not know how soon
this matchless citadel may be needed
As base of active operations in the
Mediterranean and the further East.
Louis XIV. threatened to turn the
tideless sea into" a French lake" AL
exander, if he had the opportunity,
would gladly make it Russian lake
but as long as England holds Gibraltar
the key of the western door-the
Mediterranean is, to all intents and
purposes, an English lake.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-07

~vOrUCE.-The undersigned has been ap-
~ poiuted and qualified rs Administrator OF
Snr estate Of NELSON g AREY. deceased late OF
Iavsnna township. roIesge county ohio
NORRIS OLN5TEAD.
April 10, 1871. Sl-sw
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-07
New Harness Shop !!

TwOULD respectfully announce to the citi;
Il Ems of Portage C,0unty that have opened
= new HARNESS SHOP one door south Of NJ
GretzingeT's, on Chestuut Sereee 0ppesite Couis ~
Uouse Park. where will be pleased 20 see All
those in wane or any work In ny 1inc-
have had twenty-five years experience IN
the business In some OF the best shops IN tne
country aud feel confident Of my ability 70
give entire satisfaction to all those who may
pusruuise re
REPAIRING promptly and neatly donG
NY prices will be suited to the umes tive
me = cali. G. WISE,
Rsvenna, April 10. 1871. 4W-9mo
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-07
I also have for sale
23 VILLAGE LOTS,

wall ,or,teJ ON high rolling ground. and in the
,,,st uIen,aut and growing part Of the town.
N IN ,,. ..,ld cheap and on ezsy terms.
Ravruna o. } an. 8. 1873 333
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-07
T. wv MAXSON.

Ass>ruev and Counselor at LSw possesseS
0sr,..r;Sr facilities for making collections IN
All paYts OF the United States Omce o"e'
Yirss National Bank, Garresesviie' On"'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-07
Rates of Advertising
Business Cards.

FRANCIS L. CLARK,
Mssaanleal aaa Arehitsssarsl Drsughts-
Dsn. Patent Once Drawing . Speciality,
Junee. 1879. 1se-y.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-07
EP HATFIELD,

AeHsrusv and Counselor st Law. Omce
aver second National Bank. Phenix BLOCK
Raveuna, Ohio. A0s'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-07

ROCKWELL Il NORRIS,
Attsrnsys ut Law and Notary r@s"o' D'''
Btork, Rent, Ohie.
Dee 10. lSBe. II.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-07
s.cRAFrs. ND. 5oHSA
CRAFTS 4 SON,

ynvsgelsns and Surgeons. Once IN CrSi!s Cn!1
1jSck Mantua Station. Portage county, o"'o'
Sx3-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-22
A NEEDED ECONOMY.

Our American passion for archltec-
tural display has led us, in school mat
ters, into false economy, which can
not be too deeply deplored. Elegance
in school buildings is all well enough,
if effectiveness in the internal appoint
ments of the school is kept parallel
with it. If any difference is allowed
between the two, all sound reason and
experience show that the latter should
be the first aim.
It is quite clear, however, that we
have pursued different method. We
erect school buildings of palatial size,
style, and appointment, and then crowd
them with pupils, in numbers alto
gether disproportionate to the number
and capacity of the teachers employed
to instruct them. Now, every one who
understands the work Of education.
knows that while fine buildings and
tasteful furniture exert an important
humanizing influence on the pupils, yet
the excellence of their discipline, and
the thoroughness of their instruction,
depend altogether on the capacity and
opportunity of the teacher. No young,
inexperienced, half-trained teacher, land
no teacher of real ability and culture,
with such number of pupils under
him as defies close attention to individ-
ual instruction and discipline, can Sc
cure effectively the real end Of educa-
ton in the school. To eXpend money
lavishly for the former object, and pc
nuriously withhold like munifcence
h H1n 1n4& n so o0I &c,
either supreme ignorance or cOnsum-
mate folly.
It seems to us, then, that in planning
our OUTLAWS for school buildings and
furniture, the first question should be
to secure, first, the reservation of suffi-
Gent means to employ only the best
teachers, and those in such number
that there shall be no crowding of from
fifty to one hundred pupils under the
care and instruction Of one teacher; and
after this, let whatever means may be
at command, be expended upon the ex-
ternals Of brick and mortar, wood and
varnish, as far as they may prove ade-
quate. Fine arms and equipments are
of high Importance to the effectiveness
and success Of an army; but it does not
need a Solomon to discover that a full
corps of competent officers is infinitely
more important.
1t seems to us that it is high time for
our local school authorities to give at
tention to this subject, and to inaugu-
rate new system, in which we shall
economic on the sheep-fold, and not
on the shepherd and pasture. The COM
Portable and tasteful housing of the jul
venile flock is we'll enough; but the
higher and more pressing need is it's
best care, and most effective individual
growth and MISUNDERSTANDING
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-22
THE AGES OF MEN.

Rutherford B. Hayes will be Sc years
old October 4, 1877. William A.
Wheeler is in his 57th year. Samuel
J. Tlden in his Gath year. Thomas
A. Hendricks will be IS September II,
1877. Ulysses S. Grant will be 81
April 27, 1877. Thomas W. Ferry,
President of the Senate, will be so
June 1, 1877. Simon Cameron will be
10 March s, 1877. Hamilton Fish will
be SO August 8, 1877. William Max
wellEvarts is SO this month, February,
1877. Oliver Perry Morton will be 81
August 4, 1877. George F. Edmunds
was 40 February IA, 1877. Frederick
7. Frelinghuysen will be go August 4,
1877. Allen G. Thurman will be 81
November 10, 1877. Thomas f. Bay
ard will be 40 next October.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-22
DANGER In OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Probably few teachers are aware OF
the extent to which intemperance is
fOstered in our public schools. Many
consider their whole duty to consist in
the simple act Of hearing recitations,
Furnishing obnoxious scholars, and av-
eraging the school-register. If some of
these routine teachers will take the
trouble to step around the back corner
Of their school house at recess, investi-
gate occasionally the contents of a
scholars desk, or put a few skillful
questions, he may become astonished,
as l did, to discover the prevalence of
tObacco-cheWing and smoking and nov
el reading among even the youngest of
his charge.
Here is the top-root of a great evil.
Boys in a crowd do many things of
which they would never think if left
alone. Once let the idea get rooted i'm
school that it is "manly thing" to
smoke cigar at recess, or chew tobac-
co or read a struggled dime novel du-
ring school hours, and it is hard to-
eradicate it.
The best way is to write pledge for
a limited tlme-say year. Let it not
be too sweeping in it's requirements. if
you would induce many to sign it. T
find the following very satisfactory: II
hereby pledge my word of honor not to
c'se,O any tobacco, in any form, until
next January" Now carry this pri-
Vately to all your girls and get their
names upon it. It may seem absurd
but there is method" in it. Next get
the names, one at time, of all the
boys you feel sure Of making each one
promise not to tell any of the others
about it.
II the rank and file of your little ar
my OF JoDbacco-users get a chance to !
talk 1t over together, you must give it
UP. Having now secured the names of
all the girls, and of as many boys as |
you know will aid you, begin very eau
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-22

All the powers the mightiest nation
can never prevent bad men from doing
wrong. The only way to diminish the
amount of wrong in the world is to di-
minish the number Of bad men. I con-
dude, therefore, that every philan-
thropic and Christian view which we
can take of the question, BOW shall
our educational resources be distribute
ed? points to a distribution of them
which shall afford, as nearly as posi-
BILE, an equality of advantages to ALL
Horace Mann.