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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-07-19

gentleman writes to New York paper to
express the astounding opinion that dogs are
only meant for farmers, and that they are Of no
earthly use In city. This is drawing the
lines rather close on MANS faithful friend. I"
The writer evidently knows little of the real
happiness of the city man, who lies in bed at
night and listens to the elongated howl of his
worthless dog, In the full knowledge that bis
wealthy neighbor, whose children refuse to
associate with bis The dog owners children J
is undergoing The tormentsof the condemned.
There is no satisfaction 10 life so keen as this
unless we accept that which accrues TO the
gentleman who keeps geese in his cellar.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-07-19

n BAH creditors of the said Thomas s.
Nichols, deceased, are hereby notified to file
their claims. with the vouchers thereof, in
the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
within one month from the day Of sale.
july l9-is* J. B. H., Trustee.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-07-19
PATENT BAG-HOLDER.

HAVING obtained the sub-agency under
III John G. Durborrow for Montgomery
county, the subscriber calls the attention OF
the Farmers, Merchants and Mllers of the
county to the PATENT BAG-HOLDER, a
simple, convenient and useful invention for
holding open bags, sacks, &c and which can
be seen at the B. & D. Depot.
Gs- | am also Agent for all Agricultural
Implements.
For further information address
R. B. HOLLAND, Agent,
July l9-tf Rockville, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-07-19

Gen. Latrobe has been elected Mayor Of
Baltimore By a large majority, and on Nom
day last was inaugurated.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-07-19

A school girl in Ann Arbor took her lovers
as n theme for an essay, which she read on
commencement day, much TO the astonish-
ment OF the assembly. She gave tho names
of the lovers, and described infinitely their
varied manner Of couriship.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-07-19
County Taxation.
II. N. HARRIS, Sec.

Mr.. Editor The startling announcement
in last weeks SENTINEL of LOT cents on the
$lo0 as the rate Of taxation for the current
year, prompted me to look back at some of my
old tax bills to see how they Tailed with the
present levy.
The first bundle of receipts which fell under
my hand was that of 1853, just twenty-five
years ago. | find the State Tax of that year
was rs cents on the 500 and the County Tax
the same. Compared with the present levy the
State Tax stands thus:
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-07-19
FOR RENT.

THE undersigned offers for rent bis HOUSE
and LOT, on the Frederick road about
half mile north of Rockville The house is
new and in good condition with four rooms
and Kitchen. A Stable and we'll of good wa
ter near the house. Plenty OF shade and
frui. trees
july l9-tf CHANDLER KEYS.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-07-19

Mary Coli, colored, &c years old, was fatally
burned IN the Jail AZ Westminster on Friday
where she was confined on a charge Of petty
larceny; Her clothing caught ere from . pipe
which she was smokinr.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-07-19

The "hrst permanent prisoner 10 Carrot,
couniy's new jail'' escaped on the fourth.
The lailers fear 10 use the combination locks,
boiled.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-07-19

Having cleaned out las Republican party
within the city gates. the Democratic party Of
Baltimore ought TO be able now 10 abolish
that other nuisanee--lhe loud-stinking Basin.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-07-19
LOT No. 2 is a WOOD LOT Of
THREE ACRES, more or less,

heavily timbered with chestnut and oak, and
situated about two miles from the Sill ,ge of
Clarksburg, in said county, on the road lead
ing from said village to GAINESVILLE, and adj
joins tine lands of David II. Thompson and
Mahlon Lewis.
TERMS OF SALE, as prescribed by the
decree: 0ne-third Of the purchase money 10
be paid in cash on the day of sale, and the
balance in two equal insiallments, payable in
one and two years, respectively, from the day
of sale, the deferred payments 10 be secured by
the bonds or single bills of the purchaser or
purchasers, with a surety or sureties to be
approved by the Trustee and to bear interest
from the day of sale; and on the ratification
ofsuch sale or sales by the Court and the pay
ment of the whole purchase money land not
before) the Trustee shall, by good and suffi-
cient deed, TO be executed and acknowledged
according TO law, convey TO the purchaser or
purchasers, his, her or their heirs, the proper
ty to him. her or them sold, free, clear and
discharged from all claim of the parties to
the said cause, and of any person or persons
claiming by, from or under them, or either of
them.
Conveyancing at the cost of the purchaser.
JAMES B. HEN DERSON,
Trustee.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-07-19
TRUSTEES SALE.

QY VIRTUE Of a Decree of the Circuit
~ Court for Montgomery county, as Court
OF Equity, passed in a cause in said Court
wherein John II. Gibson and others are COM
plainants and james E. Williams and Sarah
&. Nichols, Administrators Of Thomas S.
Nichols, deceased, and others are defendaD,s,
the undersigned, as Trustee, will offer at pub
lie sale, in front OF the Store Of Williams &
Lewis, at Boyd's Station, in said county, on
SATURDAY, the 10th of August, 1878,
at the hour of o clock, p NJ, all the Real
Estate lying and being in said county of which
the said Thomas S. Nichols died seized and
possessed, consisting Of the following proper
ty, viz:
First, oil that tract or parcel Of land de-
signated by the Commissioners appointed to
divide the Real Estate Of the late Simon Mich
oils as Lot No s. containing
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-07-19
1853 ACRES OF LAND,
MORE OR LESS.

MOhE YIN LEOo.
This farm is situated about one mile south
Of Boyd's Station on the Metropolitan Branch
Railroad and adjoins the lands Of James A..
Boyd, VIM II. aud Henry Musser and -
Reed.
About one-third of the farm is heavily tim
bered with oak timber and very large portion
of the balance is Meadow Land of superior
quality. The soil of the entire farm is good,
il is well watered, under good fencing and
there is upon il m excellent site for a MILL.
The farm is located near the road from Bio, d )
Station to Jacksonville and is convenient to
Churches, Schools, Stores, etc.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-07-19
{" OUT ON THE FLY -

ENLY TRAPS and FOwLER'S
IL PATENT PLY FANS,
For sale by
s. D. HIGGINS a SON.
july 5-u Rockville, Sd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-07-19

Friday Morning-..-....July 10, 1878
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-04

Here is recent telegram TO the
Pioneer Press upon the prospects of
the wheat crop:
LA CROSSE. Wis. June 22.-From
nearly forty points in southern Mimi
esota and from four countries in
western Wisconsin. definite crops re-
ports have been received by telegraph
and mail during the past twenty -four
hours. in reply to inquiries. The two
southern tiers of counties in Mime
sofa send generally favorable reports
of the wheat prospects, although
complaints are frequent enough to
occasion some SO.icltude. In Hous-
ton county and the southern part of
Winona county. there is heavy
growth of wheat. slightly lodged. and
headed out. The harvest is expected
to begin on the 200 July. Prospects
are favorable for an average of eigh
teen bushels per acre. Barley is yery
poor with II small acreage. In Fill
more and Olmstead C, ,.unties the stand
of wheat was never better. heading
out finely. The earliest sown will be
ready to harvest the middle of July.
Rust is complained of near TO the
ground in some quarters. There are
fair prospects of An average of twenty
bushels per acre In Mower. and a
portion Of Dodge and Fillmore coun-
ties, there are serious complaints OF
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-04
The New York Times saws:

Why should really great man.
such rs Senator Conkling is acknowl-
edged to be. allow himself to be
moved by the petty considerations of
the national finances, the appropria-
tions of millions of money, and the
government of great corporations
endowed by the national treasury (!
Why should tritles like these engage
his attention when tide walters APP
pointment, immigrants head money,
and the travelling expenses of the
Louisiana commission can occupy his
great mind! Other senator's from
other states have talked about sub
jects which have entered into the i'm
pOrtant legislation of the country.
The financial policy of the country
has been debated and amended. The
great senator from New York has
smiled superiorly and benigningly
on the proceedings. and has trimmed
hiSrailS in noble silence. Matters of
pith and moment have passed Ivy him
like the idle wind. His time and tai
ents were too precious to be wasted
on such evaneScent trifles. But,
rearing his Jove like front he declares
tnat ne ulu not approve OF the l.oulSl-
ana commission and that he will not
vote to pay it's travelling expenses.
The great man has spoken.
All very we'll; but have not the
bulk of the great men" of both par
ties set the tide-waiters' appointments
and the Louisiana muddles above the
financial questions What Republi-
can statesmen. outside of those known
as nback-Republicans have paid
the slightest attention to those great
underlying monetary questions on
which depends the salvation of the
material interest of the country !
Not one. Their whole time has been
taken up with petty squabbles about
the patronage. The Grsenbackers
alone have addressed themselves to
the issues of the living present. They
alone breathe the spirit which filed
the founders of the nation. They
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-04
Anti -'aa}lo1lopolist.
IGNATIUS DONNELLY. EDITOR

All over the west the Greenbackers
and Democrats are combining in the
nomination of congressman. Only in
Minnesota have the bulliOnists in
fluence enough to compel the Dem
ocrats to dance the old jig alone to
the tune of the Dead March in Saul.
Here is report of how things are
going in Wisconsin:
Madison Telegram to Chicago Times.
Reports from the eight congress
sional district are that the Democratic
and Greenback coalition from the fall
campaign will probably be perfected,
although there is some holding back
and discomfort on the part of the
Republicans. This district is COM
posed of all the counties in the State.
from the st. Croix river and the head
of Lake Superior to Green Bay, in.
cluding Adams, Ashland. Barron,
Bayfield,, Burnett, Chippewa. Douglas
Dunn, Juneau, Lincoln. Marathon,
Marquette. Oconto, Polk. Portage,
Shawano. Taylor, and Wood. 1t is
now represented by Thad. C. Pound
(Rep.) who defeated Judge Cate in
1879 by 978 majority. At the election
for governor in 1877 the vote was as
follows: William E. Smith (Rep.)
1857; J. A. Mallory (Dem.) 1867; E.
p. Allis (Greenback) 4,3l7. 1t will be
seen that while Smith had nearly
LOO majority over M ,llory the Dem
Ocratic and Greenback vote combined
was 1900 greater than the Republican
vote 1t was generally
understood between the Democrats
and Greenbackers that Speaker Bar
rows was to be their joint candidate
for congress in that district, and the
convention to meet next week will
doubtless place him on the track.
The Democrats will not repudiate the
understanding which existed, and
will in their own good time endorse
the nomination of Barrows and give
him their support. There
is not probability, however, that any
rupture will occur, or that there will
be any programme to defeat the plan
of the coalition. Judge Cate, who, it
was supposed. might be candidate
for the Democratic nOminatiOr
declares that he is entirely ont of the
field, and is in favor of BarrOws.
This will tend greatly to remove the
present state of feeling, and to en-
courage harmonious action. The
coalition will be further strengthened
as it will be extended 70 each senate
and assembly district. with view to
securing as many members of con-
gress as possible.
How different all this from the
state of things in Minnesota
But so ahead, gentlemen; ii you
can stand Republican ascendancy we
can.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-04

Here are some interesting facts and
figures from the Minneapolis end of
the Pioneer-Press, Our readers will
vote a confirmation of our statement,
the other day, that "Minnesota's s
forty million bushels, Of wheat was
a great exaggeration. They will also
note that it is admitted that little or
none Of the old crop of wheat is left
in the greater part Of the state. Sure.
ly the wheat raisers of the northwest
have suffered great damage by the
reckless falsehoods promulgated as to
our crop last year and the amount
still held by the farmers. In the face
of the short supply in the United
States and the failure of the crop in
England we see no reason why wheat
should not rise from its present low
estate:
In a few moments conversation
with Mr.. E. b. Andrews. agent of the
Mlllers' Association, yesterday morn.
ing our reporter learned few facts
relative to the amount Of territory
which the Minneapolis millers draw
upon to supply their mills with wheat,
the supply. the amount consumed etc. /,
which may interest our readers.
First, we may say that the Mime.
apolis Touring mills will consume DUR
ing the crop year ending September
lst fully five millions of bushels of
wheat, or One-sixth of the crop Of the
state, for the best informed men are
| of the opinion that the total amount
of wheat harvested in Minnesota in
1877, was not to exceed 10000, ,OOO-
or in other words. the crop was over.
estimated at least 0,000 900 bushels, J
and but for the great calamity by
which six Touring mills were destroy
ed early in May last, the amount
would have been six million Of bush.
els instead of FIVE.
To obtain their supply. the Millers'
Association of this city draw upon
Mir nesOta, Dakota and Iowa, having
agencies established and taking all the
wheat fit for milling, on or tributary
to more than eleven hundred miles OF
railroad. VIZ: both branches of the st.
Paul and Pacific. $50 miles; the Min
neapolis and St. Louis to Albert Lea.
los miles: the Hastings and Dakota
west of Pennington 55 miles; the st.
Panl and Sioux City and Sioux City
and st. Paul. with the Dakota South.
ern and Worthington and Sioux Falls
roads. about 400 miles, and on the /.
and NJ. and river divisions of the n.
and st. p. as far as Austin and Vino
ma. 200 miles reaching up into Dakota
they have bought considerable
amoHnta as far north As Grand Forks
and Pembina. and in short have taken
all that could be conveniently reached
| oy these railroads. aggregating over
1,lOO miles in length through the
wheat growing regions. And in all
this vast territory the elevators and
warehouses are practically empty.
Receipts. as heretofore stated, con-
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-04

our daisy lands. 1t would, however,
be only the old folly of running from
one extreme into the other if we
made arabic merely subsidiary to
pasture. The simple fact that even
under our watery and ever.clianging
skies, as we regard them, we may
suffer one of the old world famines.
and for months have the earth iron
and the sky brass, warns us not to be
too much of one thing-not to carry
all our eggs in one basket.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-04

tinue light, and will, probably. until
after harvest, bring just about suffi-
cient to supply the mills from day to
day. Mr.. Andrews is of the opinion
that every bushel of old wheat re-
naming in the farmers'hands through
out the great belt of country tributa-
ry to Minneapolis. us above described.
will be required to keep the mills in
this city supplied until the new crop
is fit for grinding.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-04

rust. One part says generous rains
would double the prospects of the
wheat crop. Barley is excellent.
In Fr~eborn county wheat has a
heavy stand. There is some rust, and
it is slightly lodged on bottom lands.
The estimated prospect is twenty to
TWEEN ysfive bushels. In Blue Earth
ani Waseca counties the wheat pros
poets are twenty bushels. Barley
good. Farihault county reports
wheat badly ousted; much straw: only
fifteen bushels expected. In Martin
and WatOnwan counties 4 largely in
creased acreage Of wheat is reported.
It is so rank that heavy rain would
lodge in it seriously. The harvest is
expected the Goth Of July. Through
out Minnesota considerable increase
in the corn acreage is reported, with
an unfavorable cold season. In the
counties of La Crosse, Monroe, Ver-
non and Trempealean. in western Wis
consin, chinch-bugs are complained Of
with diminished acreage of wheat,
and the prospects OF an average crop
of corn is feeble. Little bailey was
sown, with prospects for fair har-
vest.
It is now about time for the fools,
who have been telegraphing all over
the world that Minnesota would pro-
duce this year from fifty to sixty mil
lion bushels of wheat to be be silent.
They have done irreperable harm to
the farmers.
One OF the St. Paul papers says:
Mr.. A. D. Mulford, has just return
ed from a trip through northern Iowa,
over the Central railroad, informs US
that the wheat crop of that section is
very largely affected by rust. In the
majority of fields he saw during a ride
OF two hundred miles, the straw was
perfectly yellow up to a height Of six
or eight inches from the ground, and
the farmers were looking at it as an
indication of mischief. Mr.. Mulford
was informed that the wheat in
southern Minnesota is similarly af.
fected, to a considerable extent.
To some extent this statement is
true of western Minnesota.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-04

The Lapdon Times has some in
teresting reflections on the question
of food production in England, with
our improved machinery the farmers
of Minnesota will soon drive the oc-
cupants of the high priced lands of
England altogether out of t he business
of wheat-raising.
With the reserve that summer is
the real mistress of the year, and that
spring is but her handmade, all may
yet turn out we'll. Year by year we
depend more on our dairies, our
pastures and our green crops. and less
on the grain crops that used to De the
turning point of every private and
public calculation. England has ac-
cepted the position, once thought the
acme of folly, that she imports as
much whea; rs she grows at home,
and literally depends for half her
bread on the winds and the waves and
the uncertain elements of the political
atmosphere. Now for half a century
and more the plOw has been receding
from our towns. Rustics arriving
from vast plains or arabic lands,
whether alluvial or reclaimed down.
find themselves for a first time among
green fields and hedgerows as they
come within the sight of chimney
stacks. But the change of husbandry
has spread over the whole island
The milk-can now travels fifty and
even one hundred miles. and other
dairy produce comes as regularly as
the post from the Land send and
every corner of the sister island.
Every breakfast and every nursery is
now supplied with cheapness and
profusion which fifty years ago was
unknown except in gentlemen houses
and the better class of farms. What
people are used to they depend on.
and the dairy has become necessity
to the consumer, and therefore to
the producer. Eight years ago a
general ank long-continued drought
stopped the growth of the
grass. and. consequently. the yield
of milk. OF course. the cattle them
selves starved, and did not soon re.
cover their condition: the dairy
farmers could not pay their rent. and
the British public had to pay more
for less quantity of what to them
had been necessity of life. The
total loss was probably not le than
fifty millions sterling. happily falling
most on those who could manage to
bearit. With our present cultivation
of cereals. it is not likely that any
failures of our grain crops will ever
,y,t ynf an
venience. Even if the yield be a
few millions under the average and
the quality inferior, the total loss will
be far short Of the sum we have
named as the measure Of 3 drought in
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-04

If any one doubts how rapidly tine
rising generation Of Americans is de-
generating from ever the not-too-high
standard Of the present generation,
let him read the following:
CHICAGO, June 00.-Though the
days Of public execution are gone by,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-04

Ever since the passage of the
amended text book law last winter,
says the St Paul Dispatch, the tools of
the book ring have been indLstriOusly
seeking to break it's force by circula-
ting through the State the false i'm.
preston that the district clerks are
not obliged, by its requirements, to
order books for their districts, until
after the expiration of two years from
the passage of the law. The fragrant
Tukey circulated this in his postal
card proclamation, bOlstered up by
the false assertion that the attorney
general had so decided. And not to
be outdone in villainy, the county
superintendent of schools for Good
hue county, repeated the statement
in his circular to district clerks,
bolstered up by the mistaken assertion
that the county attorney had given
such an opinion.
All these false constructions of the
law. and all the fraudulent bases on
which they were supposed to rest, are
completely demolished by the follow
ing official opinion of the attorney
General, which we present in full to
the readers of the Dispatch to-day:
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
ATTORNEY GENERAL s OFFICE,
ST. RAUL, June IA, 1873.
Fredric A. Fogg, County Superintendent
OF Schools, Ramsey County Minnesota:
SIR: am in accept of your favor
of the Sth instant, submitting the fol-
lowing questions respecting the act
to provide uniform and cheap text
books:
First. With respect to the ordering
of the State books by clerks of COM
mon and Independent districts, does
the law leave it to the option of said
clerks, or does it enjoin it upon them
rs duty!
"Secoad. If said clerks fail to order
books by March 18th, it is their duty
to order as soon thereafter as pos.
sible
Third. Is it the duty of said clerks
in making acquisitions for books, to
order a quantity sufficient to supply
the pupils of their districts for the
full school year -
That portion Of section of the act
approved February 23d, 1877, herein.
! after quoted, it seems 20 me, contains
Il definite answer to your first and
| third questions.
"Section 4. 1t shall be the duty OF
each district clerk of the several
school districts of the State of Min.
nesota to make out an estimate of the
number of school books required fol
one years supply of his school dis
srict. designating the number OF
books of each kind wanted, and for
ward the same on or before the 18th
day Of March of each year.
1t shall be Il misdemeanor for the
clerk to refuse or neglect to perform
the duties above designated, punish
able by fine not to exceed twenty
FIVE dollars or Imprisonment not to
exceed thirty days"
The provision Ito section six of The
supplementary act, approved Marcel
8, 1878. answers in the affirmativ.
your second inquiry.
Very respectfully yours.
| GEO. z. WILSON. Atty Gen'l
Ii will be seen by this that in the
opinion of the attorney general thu
law is operative at once, and enjoin.
on the district clerks the duty o.
ordering the books in March Of eaci
year or as soon thereafter as possible