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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

WHEREAS, The Hon. Geo. II. Pendle-
ton in his speech at Springfield, Ohio,
Sept. 27, 1877, in debate with the Hon.
James A. Garfield, and referring to the
legislation demonetizing silver, said:
my honorable friend who sits behind
me has approved this bill. He has de-
Tended it in another place. l would
like, with all respect, to ask him whether
at the time he voted for that bill he un-
derstood that its full effect was to be
what it has Observation-Disclosures of sill
yer, enhancement in the price of gold,
the obligation on the part of the Govern
ment to pay all its public indebtednest
and all it's legal-tender notes in gold as
the enhanced price, and not in silver. II
he did understand that TO be the mean
ing and scope ofthe bill, then / desire to
ask him to state to you whether that was
proper and just way in which to treat
the people of the United StatesP l ask
him to state to you whether he thinks
that that is a good step towards specie
resumption. which he will tell you is alb.
solutely necessary in order that we may
have one dollar of equal value to all the
people of the United States."
And, whereas, the Hon. James A. Gar
field, replying, said:
"My friend put the categorical ques-
ton to me, whether, at the time the law
passed, | was aware of the effect that law
would have. Perhaps I ought to be
ashamed to say so, but it is the truth to
say that l, at that time being chairman
ofthe committee on appropriations, and
having my hands overfull during all that
time with work, never read the bill. |
took it upon the faith of prominent
Democrat and a prominent Republican,
and l don't know that 1 voted at all
There was no call for the ayes and nays
and nobody opposed that bill that l know
Of 1t was put through as dozens of bills
are, as my friend and know, in Con
gress, on the faith of the report of the
committee; therefore, l tell you, because
it is the truth, that 1 have no knowledge
about it,"
And whereas, the editor of the Gin
cinnati Commercial has been anxiously
advertising for a member of Congress
who voted for the denomination Of silver
knowing the effect of his vote, and hat
been joined in the call for information by
many others, and no one has been fount
answering that description:
Therefore, Resolved, That there should
be committee of investigation appoint
ed by Congress, with power to send fol
personsand papers, to ascertain by whom
and upon what pretepses the silver dol
lar was, without the knowledge of Con
gress or the President, or the people o
the United States, abstracted from thu
coinage, and the standard of value chang
ed effeCting unfavorably to the genera
interest a sum of indebtedness equal tt
ten thousand million dollars Gin, Com
| nercidl,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27
THE FIGHT WITH THE COMMIS.
SIONERS.

The Commissioners of Stark county are
charged by the Canton Repository with
letting out several important contracts to
other than the lowest responsible bid
ders, whereby the taxpayers of the coun-
ty have been forced to pay for these bills,
amounting to thousands of dollars over
and above that for which other parties
had agreed to do the work. The Massil-
lon bridge and the 1n6rmary heater are
the principal subjects in dispute, The
Commissioners, Messrs. John Poorman,
Joshua Wood and Leonard Raber, over
their own signatures, make a long and
satisfactory reply to the charges, which
we publish below. The Commissioners
are honorable gentlemen, and we believe
have labored for the interests of the tax
payers and the good of the institutions
placed under their care.
The letter is 80 exhaustive that 1t is
almost unnecessary for us to add many
words this week, although we may have
a good deal to say on this subject here
after. The reply of the Commissioners
is given below touching the principal
matters in dispute.- -MaSSiILOn american
The american then gives lengthy ex'
tracts from the Commissioners vindica-
tion that appeared in last weeks DEMO
Graf. The american we'll says, "a long
and satisfactory reply" as all candid
persons who carefully read the article
will say.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

THERE is nothing easier than to start
stories against the management of pub
lie institutions, and demand investiga.
tions, but if the community would dis
play little more interest for the inmates
of these retreats during The year, it would
not affect the surprise it manifests when
charges are made. There is a profound
ignorance on the part of the average
money getting citizen as to the internal
operation of institutions for insane, poor,
orphan ordepraved. It's scarcely mat
ter of astonishment that superintendents
begin to feel as the community had no
thought or care for them or those in their
charge. Post.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

MISSISSIPPI seems to be in good shape.
The Mississippi Central Railway for
years has owed the sum Of million and
a quarter, and is about arranging the
debt. The corporation has $l,9OO,OOO of
Tennessee bonds commanding fair
price, and with these, the Legislature
eonsenting, it will cancel the roads in
debtedness to the State. Mississippi
will then be without State debt, and
have large balance on hand. The State
owes its sound financial condition to the
Reputation furry ofthirty or more years
ago, which destroyed its credit, and pre-
vented the State from borrowing and
getting into debt. In this case repudia-
ton was blessing in disguise.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27
ELIAS GREENBA UNI FILES HIS
VOLUNTARY PETITION IN BANK
RUPTCY.

Chicago, Dec. % Elias Greenbaum
filed his voluntary petition in bankrupt
cy to-day. The liabilities are over $780,
600, of which $l25,OOO is accommodation
paper held by city bankers, and are
guaranteed by good man. The assets
foot up about $4,000; but his personal
affairs are so mixed up with those Of the
firm and their banks, that these figures
do not properly represent his condition,
The three brothers, Henry, David and
Elias, are now in bankruptcy, and the
German National, German Savings, and
Greenbaum & Co.'S Banks are in liqui-
dation or in the hands of receiver. The
New York Branch is also closed.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

THE destruction of railroad material
or its monopolization for war purposes
has compelled the managers of Russian
railways to order of the Baldwin Loco
motive Works in Philadelphia forty To-
comotives of FIVE feet gauge, to be com
pleted in March. The largest crop oi
wheat ever raised in Southern Russia
and Bulgaria is rotting in the bins for
want of transportation. The grain usu'
ally finding an outlet via the Black Sea-
must now be taken to the Baltic, render
ing necessary large force of additional
rolling stock.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

THE dangerous state ofaffairs in France
just prior to Marshal Macmahon's sur
render is every day becoming more ap-
parent. The troops at Limoges we're un-
der orders to march to Paris at a mo-
ment's notice, and the Marshal has CASH
Tered captain for declaring, at the time
this order was issued, that he would not
assist coup d'etat. This and probably
many other matters will be Investigated, 4,
and there will, no doubt, be many inter-
esting developments.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

SIX years ago the Senate of the United
States was Republican by majority oi
just fifty. In single Senatorial term
this has melted down to two, counting
with the Republicans Sharon, who is
never in his seat, Patterson, who belongs
elsewhere, and Conover, who puts his
vote where it will do himself the most
good. The decline of Republican power
has been sudden and startling, but it is
not hard to explain.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27
MURDER AT MINERAL RIDGE.

Mineral Ridge, Dec. 21.-In quarrel
this afternoon at Fishers saloon at this
place, Thomas Charter, notorious char
acter, shot and instantly killed John
Miles, resident of this place. Charter
lives at Ohlton, and has always borne a
bad character. Miles was peaceable
citizen, and leaves a wife and several
children. Charter escaped, but it is re.
ported that he has been captured this
evening.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27
MIR. BEECHER SA US THERE rs a
HE'LL FOR Journalists.

Mr.. Beecher preached Sunday morn
ing against the evils of religion Of mere
form, Forms of worship, he said, var.
led, but the substance was the same in
every age. Referring to the chapter
which he had read at the opening of the
sermon, he said that the whole gist of it
showed that the most pious men in the
time of Christ were the worst; all they
cared for was the altar, the Church SER
vice, and the doctrine; they did not care
about disposition, and Christ denounced
them because they substituted methods
and forms for humanity. True Worship
was the offer of ones self in spirit; the
acts by which we worship were of no
validity, except as means of exhibiting
our disposition. "When some monstrous
brute of a big man." said Mr.. Beecher,
"would have service, all the underlings
about him hasten to bring to him valua-
BILE gifts, diamonds and iewelry, rich and
rare, all that art can produce of the cost
ly and the beautiful, but what does he
see in all this2 Simply brief expecta-
ton Of benefits hoped for from him."
In contrast with this Mr.. Beecher pic
tured the humble offering of some old
nurse as tribute of love, which was, he
said, Of infinitely more value than all the
costly offerings to bloated wealth. In
relation to morality, he said it was not
piety, but was something that must pre-
cede piety; and it was by the education
of men in the school of morality that
they came at last to the higher forms OF
spirituality. In speaking of the utter in
sufiCieIcy of mere formal religion, Mr..
Beecher said, "Can a man pray three
times day and go to hell? Yes, he can.
Is there a hell? Yes, there is; not only
here but hereafter. 1t does not stop
here, and those who substitute mere for
malities ofreligion for religion itself, will
find there is hell hereafter"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

ABANDONING HAYES. The leading Re-
publican journals are abandoning Mr.
Hayes, and going over to the side of his
antagonist, Conkling, rejoiced at the de-
feat of the very policy which they affect
ed to applaud three months ago; and ii
is plain to be seen if Mr.. Hayes does
not make prompt and vigorous fight
for his policy, he and it will soon be
found unsupported and frieDdless.-&.
Louis ReD, Dem.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

SINCE Macmahon has acquiesced and
eonformed his course to the expressed
will of the People of France, all is calm
and smooth as balmy summer morn
ing. The safety Of the People is the su'
preme law, and their decidedly express
ed will is the only safe course for repre-
sentative rulers to pursue. In 70 other
way is smoothe sailing possible these
days.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

In the ten years--1866 and 1876, the
aggregate debt of the nine principal cit
les of New Jersey, Newark, Jersey City,
Trenton, Paterson, Elizabeth, Hoboken,
New Brunswick, Camden and Railway,
increased from SIS, S,119,561 to $32,O33, $40,
The population in the same period in
creased from 272,767 to 4OS,949. So that
while the population was doubling the
debt quadrupled. In seven out of the
nine cities, the people have had Republi-
can rings to thank for it.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

The New York City Boiler Inspector,
after inspecting the ruins of the
frightful candy factory explosion, reports
that it was copper tank, and not boil
er, that exploded. 1t was filled with
material for making candy, and break
ing kerosene lamps with which the build.
ing was lighted, scattered the burning
fluid in every direction.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

The condition of Senator Patterson, is
considered very critical. He is suffering
from severe attack of congestion of the
brain. His relatives have been telegraph
ed. He was for time unconscious, and
the doctor says congestion has commen-
ced at the base of the brain. Two days
ago he was out riding, but has not been
able to go abroad since. Later-the SEN
ator is improving.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

THE Repository thinks lightly of the re-
ply of the County Commissioners. We
find it is the opinion, generally, that the
reply settled the Repository ISLANDERS and
charges, But
"some men convinced against their will,
Are Of the same opinion STILL"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

THE sixty-third General Assembly
that Convenes on Monday, Jan, 7th, will
be composed Of Senate, 25 Democrats
and 10 Republicans; the House of Y
Democrats and 81 Republicans. The
Democratic majority on joint ballot will
he 70.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

Mr.. HAYES has granted full pardon
to Joyce, the whisky ringster ofSt. Louis,
relieving him from a fine of $4,000 and
costs. Joyce letires to country seat, to
enjoy luxurious repose, and engage in
literary pursuits.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27
EXCISE Commissioner Owen Murphy,
Of New York city, has absConded with
some $50, 900 of the City's funds.

J.B. EsTEP will be part of the clerical
force under State Treasurer Howells.--
AdssiIlon American.
We Cheerfully endorse the good judg'
ment of Mr.. Howells in selecting Mr..
Estep, who is we'll qualified and worthy,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

GooD News FROM SOUTH CAROLINA
The financial condition of South Carolina
is better than was supposed. Business
is dull, and the political and industrial
horizon is not Cloudless. Yet the first
year of Hampton's administration leaves
the State absolutely free from debt, upon
the operations of the year, and with a
handsome balance in the Treasury
CAarEs,ton Nees and Courier, Dem.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

The number of pounds Of butter ex-
ported from this country the present
year was q, ,527 PAP pounds, valued at g.
424,6l6. The number fpoundS ofcheese
was 1O7,374,666 pounds, valued at $l2'
7OO.627.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

JUDGE DAVIS, Senator from Illinois,
appears to "Gath" of the Enquirer in the
attitude of "a bold man paralyzed by am
bition." And he says: "The Judge
browses between camps like lame army
mule, shot at by both sets Of skirmishers."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

THIS march of John Sherman is ma
king many cold and Cheerless Christ
mas for many a worthy family. Fail
ures, business prostration, and no hope
ofimprovement. of Great man, that Sher-
man,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

DIR. 7. S. LAMBERT, President of the
American Popular Life Insurance Com.
pany, was adjudged guilty of perjury last
week. This thing of swearing to false
exhibits is not healthy performance.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

WE saw DIR. Locke in Canton the other
day, and asked him how he liked the
Democrats Thanksgiving SOUP" He
thought it was good, of the kind, but
quite thin Mack couldn't help that
Alliance Revieu,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

POSTMASTER General Key was in New
York city last week investigating the
PostoffiCe and its workings. Why don't
he visit Canton2 Or don't civil service
reform reach this farP
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27

Circulation 2,7OO,

Mr.. AND MRS. HAYES attended the eel
ebration at New York city on Saturday
last, Of New England society.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27
The CzarowItch and TOdIeben.

A correspondent at Bucharest says:
'The Czarowitch will probably return to
Russia, when General Todleben will as
sumo Command in Chief"
A correspondent at 0rozava sends re-
port that General Todleben had arrived
at 0rozava to arrange the bombardment
of AbakalCh.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27
LATE Me- WS.

Mrs. Henry Freehaur committed suicide
at Crooked Run, near New Philadelphia,
on Wednesday. About year ago she
made a similar attempt but was cut down
by her daughter. She was sixty years of
age,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-10-20
FARM AND GARDEN.
COrrespOndence.

We shall be glad to receive, for publication
in this department, short and pointed commu
nicatons from formers, gardeners, stock-rais
ers and others, on any topic of general inter
est to agricultursts. The name and postoilice
address should accompany each letter, not
necessarily for publication, but as guaranty
of good faith It's our purpose to open this
column to "a free exchange of experience and
opinions between its readers.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-10-20

A letter from " g,en county, Kentucky, to
the Franklin PdtrtOt says: This child, girl,
was four years of age on The Goth day OF last
March. She weighs 100 pounds, measures Is
inches across the chest and is four feet eight
and one half inches high. There is thick
growth of hair covering her entire body, while
her face is covered with whiskers, including II
mustachc. Up to about Is months ago she
was healthy girl. AT about that time her
body became very hot and was covered with a
heavy preparation, lasting for several days.
The odor occasioned by the pcIspiration was
very offensive, and within Is minutes after be-
ing clearly dressed her body and clothes would
become saturated as if by some black-colored
liquid. When the perspiration ceased the hair
began growing, only leaving the soles of her
feet and the palms of her hands bare. Her
voice attained a remarkable depth, sounding
as though it came from the inside of a barrel
Her strength is astonishing. She can carry
her 10.year-old sister under her arm with ap
parent ease, and her mother states that the
child actually does not know her own strength
The statements herein made are strictly true
and, if necessary, the testimony of the child's
parents and many people living in the neigh
borhood can be produced for Confederation.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-10-20

CANADA TusTLEs.-I once had this pest in
my garden and | was told that by cutting
them off with hoe as fast as they appeared
they would die before fall "as no plant can
live long by such treatment" Well, they
were so cut off from spring till fall, and the
next year they appeared as before, and they
are probably in the same garden yet which
place I sold twenty years ago. At the same
time had field that was covered with this
ties, which was moved several years, and the
most of The thistles disappeared. The theory
was, among the farmers of the vicinity, that
when thstles are cut off near the ground at a
certain stage of their growth, and "A rain occurs
soon after, filling their hollow stalks with wa
ter, it kills them; and,this appears to be true.
Ordinary blowing of the thistle land once in
Two or three weeks will not kill them; but a
case that came to my notice was as follows
A man cut the thistles in August close to the
ground, and put tablespoonful of fine salt
upon the head of every stalk. This did not
| kill them, but it so weakened their vitality
that three plowings the next season destroyed
them all. | once killed patch of these this
lies by sowing the land to buckwheat so thick
that il completely smothered them. A man
who wrote on this subject, some years ago, said
that he had cut thistles several years from the
18th to the 25th of August and they had al
ways died.--Cor. Husbondmdn.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-10-20
Best Vegetables.

From experiments made the present season
at Cornell University, n. u, the result arrived
at as to the best varieties are as follows
Saap Beaas-Four varieties planted; earli
est early yellow, six weeks: best, black way
or butte.
Pole Beans-Six varie,ieS best, white Ii
ma.
Beets.-Eight varieties; best early, early
Bassano; best late, long blood red.
Cc6bdge-Eight varie,ies; best early, Jersey
Wakefield Hendeison's extra early Winnlg
stadt; bes, late, Winnigstadt, premium fla
Dutch.
Caulifomer.-Best dwarf, Erflllt.
Calr0ts-Orange and early short-horn; bod
GOOD, the first late and second early.
Street Corn.-Earlest, early Narragansett
planted May LIST, ready for use July 18th; sec
ond earliet and best early Minnesota mos
productive and profitable for main crop Stow
els evergreen; the sweetest, blue MeXican.
CrcumJers.-B white spine; finest fol-
picking, long green.
Cele. g-Dcst Incompatible dwarf white.
Eqg-Dlank-Ecst, New York improved.
Lettuce.-Besl. early curled Siesia.
IL 'skn,elon-Dest Alton nutmeg
W0termeiOa.-Best, mountain sweet.
Olro.-Bcst, early dwarf, large gteen.
OaionS-Best, yellow Danvers.
Peas.-Edrliest, Philadelphia ezra early
sown April 10th, ready for Use June l2!h; bes
late, champion of England.
Parsnips.-Best, hollow crown.
RadtSh-Bcst, French breakfast.
Uin.er Squ0sh-Best, Boston morrow, Maj
blehead and Hubbard.
Tamatoes-Earliest, the conqueror; mos
productive, the trophy.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-10-20

Gu FAs-Last spring purchased small
package of chutas, and planted them in dry
loan about three inches apart. They came
up atdily, at first showing only one fiat spire
that .llercd out vigorously, and in a few weeks
the e. ght inch space between the rows was
COW" "a with the tops To casual observer
the IT,, growing from ten to eighteen inches
tall! r ,,cmbles the common flat grass growing
in "a. r,hv meadows. The chufas or ground
nuts. ROW at the base of the stalk from one 10
fDur inches below the surface, and the MAORI
~ come up attached TO the stalk, The color
of the ground nut is about the same AS that OF
a hard-burncd peanut but the skin is not suifi
ciently hard to prevent it from being eaten
The shape is an elongated round with IN un
even surface In size it is under that of chest
nut, and like that nut is TO he eaten in a semi
dry state In sweetness and richness is close
" resembles cocOanut, and has the flavor Of
a chestnut to considerable degree. 1t is very
prolific, one nut frequently producing from two
to three hundred. TO those who delight in
eating but cannot easily procure chestnuts, the
chufa will prove an easily produced su6sti
tute-Cor Nen EngldHd Farmer.