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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-07-16
CHARLES CARROLL, OF cARRoLLToN

The Certificate Given by Him in His Eighty
ninth Year to the Declaration of Indepen-
dence.
New York SUM-
In the library of the City Hall, in this city
there is large qusrto volume containing
the Declaration of Independence. executed
in the neatest style of penmanship, append
ed to which is an interesting manuscript (of
which the following is a true copy) in the
handwriting of Charles Carroll, of Carroll
ton. The book was presented at the sugges.
ton of the Rev. Stephen n. Rowan, the
orator for New York City on the.occasion OF
the death of John Adams and Thomas JEFF
ferson. Mr.. Rowan recommended in the
course of his Grafton, that "a copy of the
Declaration of Independence elegantly en-
crossed on parchment, be transmitted, ere it
be too late, to the venerable Carroll. its sole
surviving signer, to be certified by hum.
and used by our Common Coun-
Gil on every succeeding cele-
bratlon of the Fourth Of July.
The suggestion meeting the approval of the
mayor and Common Cout ell, DR.. Rowan, in
company with Rev. Mr.. Gibson, of Baltl-
more, visited Mr.. Carroll, who received the
proposition with great warmth of feeling.
When the book was afterward handed to
John Quincy Adams, who was at that time
president for his signature, he pointed out q
singular coincidence in the dates of the orig
inal signature of Mr.. Carroll to the DECLARE
tlOn ana MS signature 10 MS ce1Dncale OF
appreciation. He signed the original on the
I'd of August, 17T6. and his certificate of ap
probation on the I'd day of August, 1926,
exactly 90 years after to day. The follow
ing is he document:
Grateful to Almighty God for the blessings
which, through Jesus Christ our Lord, He
has conferred on my beloved country in her
emancipation, and upon myself in per-
hitting me under circumstances of mercy to
live to the age of SO years. and to survive
tine fiftieth year of American Independence
and certifying by my present signature my
appreciation of the Declaration of indie
pendsnce. adopted by Congress on the
Fourth Of July, in the year of our Lord
| 1776, which / originally subscribed on the
second day of August of the same year, anC
of which 1 am the last surviving signer, dc
hereby recommend to the present and future
generations the principles of that importan
document as the best earthly inheritanc,
their ancestors could bequeath to them; anC
pray that the civil and religious liberties
they have secured to my countrymen ma,
be perpetuated to remotest posterity, ani
extended to the whole family of man
Charles Carroll. of Carrollton; Stephen n
Rowan, ID. D., pastor of the Eighth Presby
terrain church, New York; John Gibson, pas
tor of the Reformed church, Baltimore.
The ministers are the witnesses.
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BE MERRY WHILE you CAN.

s'There's crook in every lot,"
A shadow on the road
Through which we journey on to reach
A happier abode.
As surely as the evening comes
To close the eyes of day,
Will grief appear; and so, my dear,
Be happy while you may.
We can not say to joy REMAIN
Nor unto grief "Depart;"
The morning and the night must come
To every human heart.
And though the twilight hour dispels
The cheerful, sunny rays,
Shed not a tear: but oh, my dear,
Be merry while you may.
The sky may not be always bright,
The sea not always calm,
Nor breeZes bring an argosy
Ofspices or of balm
IT'S time enough to weep and mourn
When sorrow has its Gay;
And you'll agree It's well to be
Right merry while you may.
Along the shores of life the tides
Have ceaseless ebb and flow;
And through the year the seasons have
Their time to come and go.
Then let us make the best of life,
And if not always gay,
Or full Of glee, why shouldn't we
Be merry while we may?
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Jesse wRIGHTetal-Free Gravel Road Il,


81 Wayne Township:
At the June term, 1879. of the board of
com alissionsrs of Marion county, IND lana,
Jesse Wright ct al, freeholders of said county
and State, presented their petition praying for
grading and graveling the following deseHtbed
road to-wit:
Commencing on the line separating the west
half of section sixteen Q6), from section nine
t9) to the point of beginning, in The southeast
corner OF the northwest quarter of section
nine (g, thence west on the Incorporating the
above section nine 80 from section sixteen Q6),
section seventeen al from sestion eight (Sl,
section eighteen U.s. from section seven CD In
township fifteen, range three 49, east, and sec
ton thirteen Q31 from section twelve % in
township fifteen, range two (2) east, TO the
National road.
In accordance with an set of the General
Assembly, of the State of Indiana, approved
March & 1871, said board of commissioners
appointed william q. Lockwood, David ID.
Long and James M. Hill as viewers, and Her
vey B. Fatout as surveyor, on said above de-
scribed road. Said viewers and surveyor were
ordered to meet at the county auditors office
| on July q, 1879, at 10 o'clock a. m, and, after
| being duly qualified according to law, proceed
| to examine. view, lay out and straighten said
| road, as in their opinion public convenience
| and utility require.
Witness my hand and official seal, this 18th
| day of June, 1873.
| IsEALl WILLIAM K. SPROULE.
| Auditor Marion county.
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SPECIAL raCVlcsa

One of the Fortunate Ticket Holders of the
Commonwealth Distribution Co.-S1O, 900
for Only S2-Next Drawing July 81. S..
WEST JERSEY HOTEL,
CAMDEN, n. j., July u, 1879.
1 take pleasure in stating to the public that
I was the holder of ticket No. $3.50, which
drew $4,000 in the ninth drawing of the Com.
monwealth Distribution Co., for which paid
81, and the same was promptly paid on pre-
sentation at the office of the company, Louis
vile, KY, and consider the company very
prompt, and worthy of patronage.
j. 5. BENNETT.
Next drawing July 81. Unprecedented
scheme-sll2, 400 in prices. Tickets So. Address
at once, T. j. Commerford, Secretary, Courier
Journal Building, Louisville, KY, or same, at
1853 Broadway, New York.
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The Most Wonderful of Calculating Boys.
IBelgravia.I
When Bidder was 10 years old he an
swered in two minutes the following ques-
ton: What is the interest for "a, 444 for
44H days at AZ per cent. per annum. The
answer is e 1874 les 5Ld. A few months
later, when he was not yet IL years old, he
was asked, How long would cistern one
mile cube be filling if receiving from a river
I20gallons per minute without intermission?
In two minutes he gave the correct answer,
1890 years 2S5 days II hours and 46 min
utes. A year later he divided correctly, in
less than q minute, 468. 592, Ais, 563 by 9,076.
l have tried how long this takes me with pen
and paper; and, after getting an incorrect
result in one and a quarter minutes,
went through the sum again, with correct
result Isl, 629 e2S and 5,S75 oveT), IN about
the same time. At II years OF age he an
swered in less than minute the question
If distance of 81 inches is passed oyer in
second of time, how many inches will be
passed over N 365 days, hours, 48 minutes,
So seconds?" Much more surprising, how
ever was his success, when ID years old, in
dealing with the question: What is the
cube root of S97 ,339, 273, 9T4 ,002, 1897 He
obtained the answer in "a minutes-viz.
1854. 537. Idonot believe one arithmet cian in
thousand would get out this answer cor
4 rectly, at first trial, in less than quartel
of an hour. But confess ! have not tried
the experiment feeling, indeed, perfectly
\ satisfied that / should not get the answe
correctly in half dozen trials. No d tie i
given to the following case: 1.-THE question
was put by Sir William Herschel
at Slough, near Windsor, to Mas
ter Bidder, and answered il
one minute: Light travels from he sun Il
the earth in eight minutes, and the Sui
being 90. OO0, 600 of miles off, [of course thi
is quite wrong but go years ago it was nea
enough to the accepted value,l if light woul
take six years and four months travelling q
at the same rate from the nearest fixed stal
how far is that star from the earth, reckon
ing 365 days and six hours to each year, an
% days to each month";" The correct an
swer was quickly given to this pleasin
question, viz, 40 .633, 740. 00O, 900 miles. o
y one occasion We learn the proposer of
Iquestlon was not Satisfied with Bidder
answer. The boy said the answer was co
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(qti::c::u!ra
REMEDIES
InfaIltbly Cure all Skin and Scalp DIS.
eases, ScaDy ErupafOns, ltchiDgs.
and Irr1faffOnS.

The testimonials of permanent cures of Skin
and Scalp Diseases which have been the tor
ture of a lifetime, by the CUTIcURA REMEDIES,
formed by any methods or remedies known to
the medical profession.
CUTICURA RESoLvENT, powerful Blood Pu-
rifier, is the only purifying agent which finds
Its way into the circulating fluid and thence
through the oil and sweat glands to the surface
of the skin, thus destroying the poisonous ele-
ments with which these vessels have been dali
ly charged.
CUTICURA, The Great Skin Cure, applied ex.
ternally. arrests all unnatural or morbid
growths which cover the surface of the diseas-
ed glands and tubes with ScaIy, Itching, and
Irritating Humors, speedily it removes them,
leaving the pores open, healthy, and free from
diseased particles of matter.
Thus, internally and externally, do these
great remedies act in conjunc tion, performing
cures that have astonished the most :noted
physicians of the day.
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Maine News.

Hop Bitters, which are advertised in our
columns, are sure cure for ague, bilious
ness and kidney complaints. Those who use
them say they can not be too highly recon-
mended. Those afflicted should give them
a fair trial, and will become thereby enthu-
siastlc in the praise of their curative quail
ties-POrtland Ad "a
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HARMON ]. EVERETT, Attorney.

CTATE OF INDIANA, Marion County, IS.
= In the Superior Court of Marion county, in
the state of Indiana. No. A,9l3. Complaint
for divorce.
Nora Fralick VS.. Charles w. Fralick.
Be It known, that on the Sth day of July
1879, the above named plaintiff, by her
attorney, filed in the office of the clerk of the
Superior Court of Marion county, in the state
of Indiana, her complaint against the above
named defendant. and the said plaintiff hav-
ing also filed in said clerks Office the affida-
Wit of a com petent person showing that said de-
PENDANT, Charles ". Fralick, is not a resident of
the state OF Indiana, ana that cause of action
exists against him, said action being for the
purpose of obtaining a divorce. and that said
defendant is a necessary party thereto.
Now, therefore, by order OF said court,
said defendant last above named is
hereby notified OF the filing and PEN
dency of said complaint against him,
and that unless he appears and answers or
demurs thereto at the calling of said cause on
the I'd day of September 1879, the same being
the second judicial day OF a term of said court,
to be begun and held at the court house in the
city of Indianapolis, on the FIST Monday In
September, 1879, said complaint, and the mat
tiers and things therein contained and alleged,
will be heard and determined in his alb.
Sence. -
jul9-3w Clerk.
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GIVEN AWAY TO ALL

Ask your druggist for q Sample Bottle of Dr
I. r. Il. McCLINTOCK,6 COMPOUND
SYRUP TAR AND BLOOD ROOT, for the
CURE of Loss of Voice, Catarrh, Colds, Coughs,
Throat, bifiiculfy Of Breathing and all Lung
Diseases. nBContains no preparation of OPT
lutte safety by all. One trial win prove its ex.
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Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Weak and Sore Lungs,
Coughs and Colds, Weak
Back, Weak Stomach and
Bowels, Dyspepsia, Shoot
ing Pains through the
SIN or Fits, ana Nervous,
l. Affections, relieved and
Their plaster, liniment, To-
ppliancs fails.
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Chicaqo Medical COLLEGE

Twenty first Annual Session begins Sept. 30.
Graded Course of instruction.. Physiological
actually abundant. Seats nunbered and Sc
cured in order of application, Professor - fees
so. For announcement or particulars address
Prof. J. II, H0LLIsTER, II Randolph St, Chicago
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New YoRK. Nov. 26, 1877

DR. V. w. BLANcHARD-During the past
year have prescribed your various prepare
tons of Food Cure, and feel happy to say
they have met my most sanguine expectaT
tons. giving to patients long enfeebled by
blood poison, chronic disease, or over drug
dosing, the needed nutrition and nerve force.
PROFESSOR CLEMENcE s. LozIER, NJ. D.,
Dean of HON. Med. College and Hospital for
Women, New York City.
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The Madison Herald says that Tibbetts,
school superintendent of Jefferson county,
believes that the world will come to an end
tomorrow. There is yet time to repent, but
the lamp viii not hold out to burn much
longer. She still "whirls'' up this way.
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Infirmary for Women.

An institution for the treatment of the Dis
cases and Accidents peculiar 10 women,
under the personal management of the UNDER
signed. founder. and for eight years surgeon
in-chief of the Women's Hospital of the State
of Illinois. No lying-in cases received.
For terms and any other particulars, address
A. REEVES JACKSON, II. d.
1S5 Michigan Ave. Chicago, III.
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Prescription free for the speedy cure of SEM
inal weakness, loss of manhood, and all disor-
ders brought on byindiscretion or excess. Any
son & Co., rs Nassau street, New York.
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The king of Denmark is seriously affected
In the spine from fall.
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I,AXETL SEMINARY Fos . yog.s ToTME n.;.

Boston privileges with delightful suburban
home Special care of health, manners and
morals Of growing girls. Some reductions In
prices for next year, which begins SPIT: 18th.
Principal.
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The CUTIcURA REMEDIES are prepared
by WEEKS d POTTER, Chemists and Drug
gists, No. $50 Washington street, Boston,
and are for sale by all druggists. Price
of CUTICURA, small boxes, so cents; large boxes,
containing two and one-half times the guam
tity of small, 81; RESoLvENT, 81 per bottle
CUTICURA SOAP, . cents per cake; by mail,
30 cents three cakes. 10 cents.
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COLLINS
volIuc =: ELECTRIC
PLAsTERS

LoIns ana Back, Spa
Muscular and SPlna
cured when every o
ton and electrical a.
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LEPROSY.
Modern Miracle. Astonishing Results
From the Use of CUTICURA.

FROM tne Use Oh u H1COhA.
Messrs. Weeks & Potter: t
GENTLEMEN-We have a case of Leprosy in
our poorhouse, which is being cured by your
CUTICURA remedies. The county had en-
ployed all of our doctors, and had sent to New
York for advice, but to no avail. :
The patient commenced using the Cuticura,
and Immediately began getting better.
He had been confined TO his bed for two and
one-half years. Had not had his clothes on
during this time. Last week he dressed for
the first time.
When he walked there would be at least one
quart of scales come OF of II i'm.
This happened every day.
E We think II is wonderful cure.
We do not say he is cured, but he is in fair
way to be cured, to say The least.
Yours truly, DUNNING BROTHERS,
Druggists and Booksellers.
Allegan, Mich, Feb. II 1879
NoTE.-Messrs. Dunning Brothers are thor.
Oughly reliable gentlemen, and were unknown
to us prior to the receipt OF this letter. We
firmly believe this CUTICURA will permanently
cure this very severe case of Leprosy, as it has
done many others.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-25


Sr. PAUL, December 9l.-The suvUrcs
weather. reported for years prevails to-day
throughout the State. 81. Vincent, neal
the British line, reports the mercury 4,
standing at $50 below zero; at CroOkStOn
Mimi, II stands at 56' below; at Grand
Forks 6O', and at Breckenridge 3Oo. These
places are in the Red River valley, and
the cold wave seems to have come irolu
tho British possessions. In the eastern
and southern parts Of the State the weRtll.
er Is milder. In ST. Paul the thermometer
did not fall below l5'. The unusual
amount Of snow has delayed trains on all
the roads, some trains on the Southern
Minnesota and Northern Pacific being
abandoned last night, AlltrRins from the
west are late tonight.
San Francisco, December 2i.-The past
two days tho weather throughout the
Pacific slope has been almost nnprered.
entedly cold. The Harbor Of Victoria, Van
Conver Island, Is frozen over. A great
deal Of floating leo is in Puget Sound.
Navigation on the Upper Columbia and
Willamette rivers Is suspended. The
stock In Eastern Oregon and Northwest
California issutTering severely. The ther.
momutot is raging in the Valley of Calilor.
mia from 2Oo 10 30' above zero. There
was skating at Modesto, San joaquin Val.
ley, this morning. Fruit has sustained
considerable damage in some localities,
but the agricultural prospects are very
favorable generally. At Prosser Greek, on
tho Central Pacific, just below the CaIifor.
mia line, the Thermometer this morning
was ,H' below zero. In the city this morn.
lug Ire formed strong enough 10 bear a
mans weight. In some cases water-pipus
were frozen.
0GDEX, UrAM, December 9I.-Unpre.
cedented cold weather has been In this
section for the past two days. Twelve dc.
grccs below zero here Ills morning,
while the east, west and north thermomG.
ter Is thirLy.tive degrees below. There is
not much snow, but the trains are detained
by the cold.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-25
VOLUME XXvIII.-NUMBER. lo5,


NEw HoRE, December 93.-lt ISL believed
that the real object Of Secretary shernau's a
trip to New York Is to arrange for the sale
oi the balance Of the / per cent. bonds
authorized to be issued under the Re.
lunding Act Of July II, 1870, and the sun.
Elemental act Of January 20, 1871. These
two acts authorized the issue Of an nVrrc.
gate OF $1,000 10000 in bonds for refund.
ing ANY Of the bonds OF the United States
outstanding and known AZ 5.2O bondsN
AMI 1t Is specified that Of tho aggregate
named not more than $500, 1000
shall bear interest at the rate OF
per cent. per annum, not more than
SgVOOO shall bear per cont, and the
balance Oi the 81, 500, 100000 shall bearI
per cent. Under these acts authority was
only given to refund the bonds known Az
lVe'IwenIics. The total amount Of five.
twenty bonds outstanding when refund.
ing was authorized was nearly 81, 200 900.
Oo9, and when all this class Of bonds were
refunded the Secretary Of tho Treasury
was authorized, by the net Of July 9j,
ISI0,, to refund the tentOHy bonds, of
which there were outstanding $4,000.
.lOO aud NSicl have been redeemabIe at
NE option Of the Government. since
March |, 1874.
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rIIE TEXAS AND PACIFIC.
Interesting Information Prom Thomas
A.keOit ReSpeetIng tts Progress.

A.heOlt IteSpeetInG its Progress.
NEw fORK, December 2i,-President
Thomas A. Scott, Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, Ia among the arrivals
at the Windsor Hotel. lie cordially TO-
Celved Gruphic reporter who called on
him this morning. and utterly refnted tllv
rumon Of Ill health by his robust appear.
ancc and cheerlulnCs, "Ss, You have not
been proStrAtel a second time by pGraIy.
sis, Colonel, as reported?' asked the re.
porter. "No," said the distinguished
PennsylvanlAn, smiling at the question,
"On the contrary, have been steadily In,
proving since my return home, and never
enjoyed better health than do now"
When questioned concerning tho object
Of his visit, COLONEL Scott sail that he hal
been comforting with the presidents Of
several oil the leading trunk lines regard.
Ing their mutual interests, and was well
satisfied over the result Ot his trip, sinr0
an Alnicablo and thorough understanding
had been arrived vi on points that hal
heretofore been the subject Ui no litle
contention. lie also informed tho repUr.
tor that a syndicate, composed OF Amcri.
can capitalists, had been formed 10 com.
plete tile Texas and Pacific Railway, thus
the asking Of n subsidy from
Congress. A contract for the building Ui
tho west line 10 New Mexico hO said had
been made, and the work wOull le pushed
through without cessation. Forty miles
Of the road Is already graded beyond Fort
Worth. -Four hundred and iOrty.live
miles Of tho line Is In operation, leaving Il
gap Of but $50 miles to 10 finished 10 com.
nlete the California and Western Conner.
lions. Colonel Scott returned TO philadCl.
nhia to attend the reception oi ten.
irant by the Union League Club Inst
lighL.
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TorEEo, December @4.-Sta,ss Superin.
tendCnt Lennon has Issued a cirrular
containing a summary Of the common
school statlStics for Kansas for the yeur
ending July 3lst, last, which shows the fol.
lowing Iacts: Kansas has a aLool bonn.
lation Of 81 $40; the Increase for the wear
being ii,53j, or So per cent more than 70,
any other year 0! the States history,
IhIslnCrcasG represents an Immigration 10
the 81, tie Of from iBO, 900 TO 10000 people
in one year. During the year the school
enrolment increased about 1000; the
average attendance about 1900. The
average school term Tor tho State was
twenty'iour and six.tCnths weeks, this be.
ing half month more than ever before.
Six Normal Institutions were held from
tour 70 six weeks, In which $3.50 OF the
$40 eopmOn school teachers Of the Slate
received Instructions. The school,rcyenues
to[ me year amounted TO $I.s7S,jG3 Of
which fl,O6@,90O was expended for teach,
en wages; -Four hundred anil fourteen
new school houses were buili during the
year, at a cost OF about $SOO.ON. Al the
close o. the last fiscal year, June J0,h,
IsIVr the permanent school fund Of the
STATE In the Slate Treasury wa, 81 ,GOl ,C3I
nearly Sll OF which was invested iu tho
Kansas State School District bonds, bear.
ing from U 10 lO per cent Interest.