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The Lake County star., 1877-11-08
GOVERNOR.

The remainder of the Democratic
ticket was elected by pluralities rang
ing from 1900 to 1000.
For the free banking act, 69, 29l votes
were cast for it, and 2l4,515 against;
majority against, las, ,224. The judic.
ial constitutional amendment received
As, ,S98 affirmative votes, and 26S, ,478 in
the negative; majority against the
amendment, 2l3,5S2.
The Lake County star., 1877-11-08
Ohio EIection-Omcial.

The total number of votes for Gov
ernor was 900, ,060, which is falling
off from the total vote for Secretary of
State in 1875 of $3.50, and from the
vote for President in the same year of
103,5S9 Following is the vote for the
leading officers:
The Lake County star., 1877-11-08
The Celebrated
DEXTER SPRING.!

Is one of those inventions that commends itselft
the practical man as the common sense spring, be-
gerous side motion of the Concord, and obviating
the jerking of the Elliptic. Being without perch,
them much more durable. The springs are made
Of special crucible STEEL and fully. warranted.
The Dexter supplies want long felt by the farmer.
easiest riding and most durable spring vehicle
known, and much less liable 10 break than the or
iinary spring on account of quality and form.
Send for circular TO
The Lake County star., 1877-11-08
cal EE...EsSs WANTED oas ?: .:%p. :a,'s,.i r-..
OHb6O msnth. jay Bronson. Detroit. Mioh-

ID w Y L. fk 81 v n a Y
66 JEFFERSON AVE, Detroit, are now receiving
all the new
FOREIGN FRUITS,
that arenow in season for the FALL AND WIN
TER TRADE.
New Figs, New Lemons, Now Oranges,
Dried Peaches, Gran berries, sweet
Potatoes, Canned Goods,
OF most noted packers. Also handle the most varied
stock of Oysters of any house In the country Their
"Arrow Brand" In cans Is first, then bulk oysters,
shell oysters all varieties, clans, etc.
The Lake County star., 1877-11-08


Constitution and one destiny.
The resolution was objected to.
Mr.. Ewing (Dem., o. called up his
motion to reconsider the vote of yester-
day recommittiug to the Committee on
Banking and Currency to repeal the
third section of the Resumption act.
After some discussion Mr.. Ewing
seconded, 12S to 12O, and then the House
proceeded to vote by yeas and nays on
the main question.
The vote resulted yeas 1872, nays 124.
The question then recurred on reconsid-
ering the vote of yesterday recommitting
the BILL, and IL was agreed to.
Mr.. Springer offered a resolution for
the final adjournment of this extraordin-
airy session on the 2Sth OF November, Re-
ferred.
FRIDAY, Nov. 2.-Immcdiately after
the reading of the journal the Senate ad-
| iourned out of respect to Senator Morton.
| In pursuance to q resolution Of the Sen
ate, the Vice President appointed Sena-
| tors Mcdonald, Davis of Illinois, Burn
| side, Bayard, Cameron of Pennsylvania
and Booth, a committee TO attend the
| funeral.
In the House, Mr.. Atkins, (Dem.
Tenn.), Chairman of the Appropriation
Committee, reported the Army Appro.
committee OF the whole and made the
special order for Wednesday next. The
| bill appropriates $25, ,723, 900.
| The bill repeating the resumption ac
| came up again. Mr.. Ewing Withdrew the
motion to recommit. Mr.. Fort (Rep.
| III. J, offered an amendment. Mr.. Ewine
moved the previous question on the bill
and amendments. Mr.. Hale Rep, Me-
moved TO lay them on the table. Mr.
| .T- Aaf ~
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-06-28

rocket. II il said that in 1889 the sar-
acens, in defending Jerusalem, .,hrew
abundance Of pots Of fire and shot nre
darts, mo doubt some kind Of bombs
and war.rockets. History affords ac-
counts OF other wars about this time,
in which gunpowder was undoubted-
ly used In some form. But in 1915 q
monk, Friar Roger Bacon, made gun
powder; and 1t Is asserted he discover
ed II independently, knowing nothing
of its existence elsewhere. 1t Is not un-
reasonable to believe this, for In those
days people kept their inventions to
themselves II they could, and news
travelled slowly. Some authors say q
German named Schwartz discovered
it in 1870. and perhaps he did, too,
and as honestly and independently as
did Friar Bacon. or the East Indians.
or the Chinese. Others insist that IL
was invented originally in India, and
brought by the Saracenes from Africa
to the Europeans, who improved it.
AT any rate, an English gentleman
who has made translation Of some Of
the laws of India, supposed to have
been established l 800 years before the
Christian era, or over $500 hundred
years ago, makes one of them read
thus: The magistrate shall not make
war with any deceiptful machine. or
with poisoned weapons, or Uith can
non OF guns, or any kind OF firearms.
ST. Nicholas for .Juiu.
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to two hundred millions, and have
observed other Intelligent journals
moralizing over the folly or wisdom
of giving away any more public lands
to soulless corporations. In matter
of such pressing concern and wide
spread interest it is at least well TO
know what We are talking about.
The Texas and Pacific Railway"
as 1t appears in the bill, which was
before the last Congress, and which will
come before the present one, is a COM
posite of several roads. The old Tex
rs Pacific was n smaller institution
to which the United States gave mu-
nificent grant of ls,O00,o 900 acres of
land. 1t has failed to carry out its
eontraet-that Is to say, has failed to
get itself completed within the pre-
scribed time, and consequently, of
right, both its charter and land are
forfeit. II comes before Congress to
ask an extension of its charter; and
takes that occasion, also to ask for an
immense extension of its line, and for
Government assistance in building it.
1t wants three radiating branches at
the East, running respectively TO New
Orleans, Nicksburg and Memphis. 1t
wants another branch on the north
east running TO st. Louis and absorb
ing the Atlantic and Pacific" road,
TO which i2,oao,oOo acres of land were
donated by the Government. On the
west il proposes To run to San
Diego on the Pacific, absorbing por-
ton of the Southern Pacific, which
had another munificent land grant.
Such are the outlines of what is now
known as the Texas and Pacific
Railway" Its dimensions will be
given later.
This road asks for no more land
what it wants is money where with to
build itself. 1t wants the Secretary
of the Treasury to Issue to 1t its o,cn
bonds guaranteed bgthe United Gates,
to the extent OF s35, 900 for each mile
of the Southern Pacific tSan Diego
connection, and s25 900 for each m lie
of the eastern branches. Tabulated,
the number of miles for each secti on,
and the bonds asked, are as follows:
Main line, from Fort Worth to
Fort Yuma, l,ls7 miles =. .k4l ,545 900
Eastern connections, l,0ls miles 55,45o,0O0
San Diego Extension, 100 miles s,OO0,OO0
Total bonds apparently asked s6a, ,a9s, Oo0
We say total bonds apparently"
asked. for there Is an arrangement
for the provisional issuance of more
and which, In the nature Of such
things. would not he likely to remain
unissued. II is provided that the
Government shall hold 5000 more
per mile of the company's bonds, or
Sl2 900 900 In all, and which the Sec
retary of the Treasury shall be en-
powered to sell at any time to meet
any liabilities incurred in construc-
ton or otherwise. The plain English
Of this is that the Government Is au-
thorized to sell $4,000, 600 of the pa
per of the Texas and Pacific Railroad
Company. bearing the Governments
own endorsement, to meet indebted
ness placed upon 1t by default of the
T. and p. Company. This would
raise the sum total Of the bonds In
dorsed by the Government to the
handsome figure of $sl ,8ts5, 600, and
the annual interest on them, In gold,
would be "a, ,099, $50. Those are the fig
ures of this latest pacificatory enter
prise. Cincinnati Times
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History and Uses Of liunpo wdcI
Who invented gunpowder?

w io
No one knows. All agree that its
composition and properties were un-
dcrstood in remote antiquity. Anthem
tic history extends but short distance
into the past, and it is always difficult
TO draw the line separating the authen-
tic from the fabulous. Like some 9TH
er things, gunpowdcr, ~ ages rolled
on, may have been invented, forgotten
and re-invented, Certainly in some
form it was known and used for fire.
works and incendiary material long
before any one dreamed Of a gun, or Of
using il to do more than create terror
In warfare. And yet it is said that
some of the ancients had means Of us
ing it to throw destructive missiles
among their enemies-probahly spe-
cies Of rocket or bomb. Nor does it
seem, in its infancy, to have been APP
piled to industrial purposes, such as
blasting and quarrying rock, for there
is evidence that the people who used it
for fire works at their feasts, auarried
immense blocks Of stone by splitting
them out Of the quarries with ham-
mers and wedges.
Its first uses probably were connect
ed with the religious ceremonie. of
pagan ancients. An old tradition
taught that those were the most pow
erful gods who answered their wor-
shippers by fire. The priests, therefore,
who practiced upon the credulity of
the people, exercised their ingenuity
in inventing ways Of producing spon-
taneous fire, which they told the peo-
pie was sent by the gods from heaven
in answer to their prayers. The ac-
counts Of old writer's still preserved
and dating back to three hundred
years before Christ, describe a "sul-
phurous and inhammable substance"
unmistakably like our gunpowder.
There WAS certain place called the
"Oracle Of Delphi" once visited by
Alexander the Great, where this kind
of fire was produced by the priests, and
it is said that the Druids, the ancient
priests of Britain, also used something
of this sort ia their sacrifices, for they
not only produced sudden fire, but
they also initiated thunder and light
ming, to terrify the people with their
rover. This must have been more
than two thousand years ago. 1t is
known that the Chinese, Oh the other
side of the world, had gunpowder
about the same time, but they used it
chiefly for fire works, which then, as
now, formed the main feature of all
their festivals and ceremonies. In
India it was early used in war. for a
writer who lived about A. d. PA says:
"When the towns of India are attack
ed by their enemies the people do not
rush into battle, but put them to flight
by thunder and lightning" 1t is said
too, that one of the Roman emperors,
who lived just after the crucifixion of
Christ, "had machines which imita-
ted thunder and lightning, and at the
same time emitted stones" Then,
about A. ID. 90, there was written a
recipe "for an ingenious composition
to be thrown ON an enemy" which
very nearly corresponds 10 our gun
powder. During the many hundred
years that follow, little Is recorded un-
Ill about the ninth century, when
there appears in an old book, now In q
Paris library, an exact recipe foI
! gunpowder, aud description Of q
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-06-28

The only son Of widowed mother
in the vicinity Of Douglas park Is
member of an amateur baseball club.
On Saturday he had his hair cut and
oiled, and accoutred himself for the
fray, and his fond mother tied one Of
her best lace-trimmed hankerchiefs
around his throat and put clean han
kerchief, with some cologne on it, in
his belt, and kissed him, and he went.
About a quarter past he returned
that Is the most Of him and the fol-
lowing conversation ensued:
MY son, where is the lace banker
chief you had around your neck?"
:. "Here ma, tied round this finger.
l picked up daisy cutter. ! think
the finger is only out of joint, not bro
ken"
my son, why do you not speak
palmer. Surely, surely you have not
been drinking?"
mo, ma, but in the latter half Of
the seventh inning ourcatcher's hands
gave out, and went behind, and
stopped foul tip with my teeth, that
is ALL"
my son. your nice new uniform il
all bloody in front What ever can
you have been doing?"
Nothing, ma, only I was trying to
scoop in high one at third, and the
sun got in my eyes, and ! muffed il.
and the ball came on my nose, but
put it over to first and got him out"
MY son, your white flannel pants
are all green behind"
"Tha. ma, was in the third inning,
when tried to steal to second, and
had to throw myself down and slide
in. got the base, anyhow, and
come in on two-baser to left field.n
"Alas, my son. fear that yOo
have had an unpleasant day. Let me
send for a surgeon and dentist and
get some arnica, ice water, lint. raw
beefsteak, splints, sticking plaster.
vinegar and brown paper. Railways
heauy Nehei, EcIfy O0yss, xedu Au1.
er, congresses, slings, leeches, clean
clothes, opOdeldoc, horse liniment.
and In few days you will not know
yourself"
''Oh, ma. 1t was the bulliest game
I ever was in-ten innings. and the
score to 9. III die give my hat n
Billy Humphreys and my spiked
slaoes to Charley Gr0ss.n (E1lt, Led
! out by his ma. Curtain 61l& = Cat
cd0o Tines.
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What the Texas Pacific Com.
pany Wants.

Several times in the past year We
have taken occasion to remark that
when the Texas and Pacific Railway
next came to the front in Congress
there would be Que of the most mem
orable fights that Legislative halls has
ever witnessed. Once, in its present
shape, has the bill now contemplated
faced its opponents and been beaten
on its merits. Again, at the last ses-
sion, was there grand mastering of
all forces in its favor; but the attack
was abandoned at the last moment,
awaiting a more favorable opportun-
ity But when 1t comes third time
it will be in strength, compared with
which its previous backing was
mere corporaPs guard. Huntington
has united with Scott in its favor;
and behind these two Napoleonic lob
byists, rumor ranges so many forces
that one is afraid to indicate the half
of them. Ifone could believe all that
is claimed for their following, there
would not be, in all the country, a
beggarly regiment left to oppose them.
1t is claimed that prominent Senators
will do business in the Senate Cham
Der in Tom SCOTS behalf. 1t is de-
clared and apparently believed on all
hands, that he will make or unmake
q Speaker Of the House. 1t is asserted
that he holds two places in the Cabi-
of the five members of the Louisiana
Commission. 1t is even charged that
he has a hand upon the throne itself;
that it was only by his influence that
the Electoral count was completed ;
that there was a understanding be-
tween HIM and the Presidents inn
mediate supporters as to what return
he was to get for his influence; and
that the nature Of that return was
shadowed forth In the Presidents In
augural Address. That such wild ru-
mors "a these, and many more, should
be current, shows what pervading
| idea there il of the immense force al
work to secure the passage of the Tex
as and Pacific bill.
But while it is impossible to delye
into this mass of rumOr and grub out
the tubers of truth among it, We
can at least clear up some of the un
/ certainty which seems tn afYiief many
Of our exchanges as TO what il Is tht
road wants. We have seen thu
amount Of bonds which the company
asks for variously stated at from fort,
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aCROw.WHlCH.'
BIT A. 8. MILLER.

BYA. 8. MILLER.
A cabins side,
At ev.ntide
The traveller seeking shelter there
Keep you all night.
Sartin, Jedge, light,
Sech as we hev we share.
Jones are our name"
Squire Jones:" "The same.
You 'quainted much this wayy
Sal, fech chair;
You Bill. out that,
Give that yer boss some hay"
OF rooms but two
Has Jones, and few
His household goods, and poor,
Two chairs, one bed
His guests instead
Have "shakedowns" on the door.
Yet here, forsooth.
This man uncouth
Has pictures twenty threcl
Cheap prints and small
Save one, are ali
A chrome that, of Lee.
The traveller says,
With wondering gaze:
You're fond OF fine arts, Squirey''
'Pictur'ss Oh, Sal,
Ny eldest gal,
Hez hankefin' for til EN- thar"
That chromo's fine;
Ii it were mine
I'd deem myself quite rich,
As doubtless you,
My friend, now DO"
Beg parding, Jedge, crow which,
Chro-D mo, that one
The South's true son;
OF course you hold that dear"
"Crowmo," says he,
That's old Bob Lee
fiji under him four year'"
"Bric-o- Broc,;" Seri1ne, for July
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-03-18
Dallas Jockey CInb.

The stockholders of this club met
last evening at the Courthouse, anc
perfected their organization, and elect.
ed the following officers to serve fol
the term of one year: President, ],
l.. Leonard; vice.presidsnt, Il. H.
Gruber; secretary, ]. J. Cox; directors,
]. E. Barkley, 9. S. Mitchell, b. Il
Burris, w. X. Wheelock, H, s. Ervay,
Charles Austin, j. A. Work. There
will be directors meeting on Mon
day night, ut eight O'Clock, in W. X.
Wheelock's office. The spring meet
ing will take place about this first OF
June, and thu prospects of good time
are very flatt ring. The premiums to
be offered wi be quite large.
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Fancy Dry Goods

We would call the attention of our
readers to the advertisement OF A. "
q. MittenthaI. This firm is second to
none in the city and we can assure our
readers If they should want anything
in their line they can be supplied ana
for less money than any other mousse
in the city. 10 the ladies We won'd
say if you should need anything IN the
way Of fancy goods ~ and see Ihsmr
the prices are 50 low that you viii be
nslonished. They have "a constant
buyer East, who buys all goods iol
cash and therefore cpn sell very low
Go call, and see hem,and no more vii
You complain Of goods being high.
mnrhlGd4W.
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a.. n. Mitchell & 90.

We take special pleasure In calling
the attention Of our readers to the card
of the great agricultural house Of C. s.
Mitchell n Co., on Elm street, corner
Market and Elm, where they occupy a
'uilding 50xlOO feet, two stories high,
with all the modern Improved system,
OF exhibiting their various kinds OF
machinery --such rs running q MCCor-
mick harvester and binder by steam
power, etc. The Mccormick binCer
can be seen daily at work, and is per-
feet 10 every particular, and Ia certain
ly one Of the greatest labor. saving ma.
chimes ever invented by man. Their
Buford "Brown sulky," manufactured
10y b. d. Buford & Co., Rock Island,
ILL.,, Is perfect piece Of workmanship,
and our farmers are fully convinced of
It's great excellDnpy aud superior adj
vantages over any sutky yes brought
to this market. Their "Denaucer
walking, and riding cultivators,
manufactured at Rock Island,
have proven perfect sue.
cess IN our black land, and we are
assured by Messrs. q, b, Mitchell Il Co,
they have been compelled to triplioate
Their orders on the factory this ea,ly In
'he season, They are also agents for
'he saie OF four different Kinds of gins,
anu o" lAsmers can most certainly vet
exHclly what tneS want in This line, as
Mi Sh'lr glna nee well l,nowu ~ lbe
morNet Their vibrator tnreshina
,neohlnee, manufactured at Battle
u'eeH' Michigan, by Nichols, Shepard
"oo' can be seen ip almost every,
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Windy, cool a.ty

Nlnuy, COOL austy.
The tailor will, a ohauce to
explain about thatssed baby"
Numerous tape being put n,
In 'front.' OF stores, freet sprinkling
and window wash ,,rroses.
-Fae Lamar has usual, con-
tinues to nave toe Of travel COM
Ing to Dallas. "
"A gravel train busy yesterday
unloading along tblcific track, be-
tween the down sn and union
depots.
we learn thalA,oncert Friday
night, was pecpnlaN ,,ccessful, IN a
moderate degree a@& Young Mems
Christian Associate ,.oaived some
help. Glad of II.
Mt ra'sicR's uasserday,and we
bad the pleasure o'@tlng Mr.. Den
mis- O'Peak, MIR. PNtan,pnrke, Ted
dy McAnderson andh, McOldham,
all OFT wild the bhoA
The elegant ,snor trimmed
with evergreens, hbS 10 stretched
from the Operations "a ,,o buildinl
oppCeitp. aunOuuclbO N ,n., frnv,,
return, for Manpga ps,u,s benefit
was MADE oS 'onn S'nRser, the ilat
MAKER.
While the watGtes, ,.s IN pro
gress, the pipemen sn,r.r ,nomselye,
by drenching all who on ,he way
Ono old gentleman Oh o,,hocle whit
gov u uurN,'s' o'oo@evey angry, an'
gave 'heplPeh'eh atIeceof his misd
free gratis.
Thomas Jefferson Jacs,ou. VINO /
an Independent candidate ,ar mayor
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anrnsr nnno,h OonEenl6na

Tha trisna. ns ms sunday school
,,ansn bavn c,Ilad me secopl annual
S i' SUNDAY Srhonl Conyepion, to he
T ''1I' ~ tIo,Stn n'o on the 9lhI95lh and
1bth DAYS of AnriI next-ani also dis
trictcolventious atMashall Aprll 5lh,
9Th, 7th and Sth; ut Dallas, April 0Lh,
l0lh and llth; at Waco, Apill lZIh,
18th, l4th and ! 18th lat BTeslahl AprIl
10th, nth and 18th, and Of ShI Anto'
MO, April 10Th, 20th, 2lst aud I'D me
object OF these nventlOns y 10 hWhk-
en a more lively interestln mine sunday
school work generally, and lo0king 10
thorough organization olthe Sunday
schools througAu.t tho STATE they
are undenominatioHal 10 character,
hut compOsed of christian men, ana
women from all dhpOmiDstionS, unit
ing their efforts Ion more iNoroush ana
systematic labor In llef Nshhalh
.rhnnls If ,heir 700 ,scliye sssOcia ions.
Nn,t a. tha Stotoa are and have been
cnr vonr, S.trtr ,soni1el supon this
suhi.at md tHa smiling benefits TO
ho,G chnrnh oMH ., Observation-Disclosures.
Pa TU, ,nt,i ~ 49," "I ~ '' SaSind |rha grow
ing interest since TIE lint conventions
held in northern Texas ndicaIeS sue
cassrnl oryoni2,tio ,aud more and bet
ter schn9Is W. endorse and would
enconrace every oGt in{this direc-
lion ma wonld nree N lriends of the
grnnt srtsrHr;.o oM HOLD OF this
Common chri"tian voG ia which all
onn tnEn nart nna shch is of such
vital imnnrtpnce a he youth, espe-
ciaJv of lnr cn,,ntt To-day mass
meniinr is r. H." ns At tho Lamar
street Mathndist EosVval Church, at
hnIf mast ,brSa oi,irE b. M, in the
intnrrsr nf tha Gis,,d tnnventiou, to
| '"'N'So' vi .Ao NiSu' OIL lO,h and
ne heid III Dallas ollu' ~ IVA ""'
llth of next uouts Ma
Let every friend u me cause, o.
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AGOuhN,
This immense establishment IL O.u
of the Oldest and most favOrably
known in the State, doing busine all
over the State, from Red river 70 the
Rio Grande. They have by their close
attention to business, fair aud hon0ra-
bic dealings, and sparing no paius, or
trouble, to study the wants of the peo-
pie, built up ~ trade second to no house
in Texas. They occupy the entire
with Of the square, fronting both on
ELM and Main streets, the upper floor
Icing used exclusively as u wholesale
department for dry goods, boots, shoes
hats and caps, carrying an immense
stock for their wholesale trade, and
keeping their buyers East all the time
buying in large quantities.. Know.
ing just what is needed, and
when to bay, they certainly can offer
superior Inducements to any house
either here or in ST. Louis We would
advise country merchants to call and
get their prices before ordering their
sprIug stock.
The first Aoor ia used IA a retail de-,
paTtment, where they now have an
immense new stock Of spring rood.
ofall kinds, carpets Of pllslyles, grades
and coiors; bout and shoes of the
latest style; clotAinGdry goods aud all
kinds Of laces, colism and ladies fancy
goods.
Farmers, merchants, mechanics
and all the lodies should visit Sarge,
Brothers, where you will find every,
hing In order, everyone at their post
aud be received courteously and polite
by everyone attached to this house,
from the head of the firm, to the cash
boys, and you can purchase
any style or class of good.
you may desire, either foreign o.
domestic. They .lso have branch
houses at Houston, Waco, Austin,
Calvert, Fort Worth and sew.
eral other important points, all Of
which are doing u large business. We
direct attention TO their immense ad.
vertiseme4t which appears in to-day's
HERALD. Their liberaIiry and courte-
y 20 The press has not retarded their
ADVANCEMENT to their present truly
enviable position,in tho public esteem
az merchants, and gentlemen Of hipi
social character.