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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-09-18

An acre Of good pasturage will afford Gus
tenanoe for from i've to eight sheep, keep
ing them in good condition. But on account
Of heritage taken and the closer feeding Of
the sheep, il is believed that three acres Of
good pasturage will maintain one COW and
in addition FIVE or six sheep. The sheep
would choose plants the COW would reject.
and feeding closer upon weeds and grasses
not eaten by the COW.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-09-18

Some Of our Eastern exchanges are talk
ing about new departure in swine husban-
dry. They want breed that will give less
fat and more lean meat. The demand for
lard has declined with the increased produc-
ton of coal oil. The latter has in q measure
superseded lard oil. In other words petro-
,eum products have superseded lard and it,
products. Hogs can be put on the market
before they are as fat rs they can be made.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-09-18

The Vermont veterans Of the army Of the
Potomac didn't fock to the Hancock boom
to any extent.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-22
TO III SINESS MEN.
Rinaing Letter from Nhram -. How
lit. Something that viii RcpaN
Reading aud Nnord Food Tor
lhaurht.

FINN the Cincinnati Enquirer, oot, :, 1850,
The following Geographic letter,
through INSTRUCTION, did not reach
MIR. holloway III time to bc read nj the
Business Mems meeting, Tuesday even
my
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-22
Address of the Democratic National
CnmmiitNN

New NoEN, oct. II, The national
democratic executive committee met
to-day and issued the following
10 ne Democratic and Conservative Voters
ef n, GaWtyN
The election Of president and vice
president is nov before Won, state and
local discussions are eliminated from
thc issues ef the day The magnitude
vt the victory or defeat cam only he u.s.
timatcd Nv ,he forces employed in Sc
curing it, ~ fraud and corruption the
people " the country were defeated in
their purpose III 1876 and the rightAlly
elected president was kept from office.
With the combined capital el the re-
publican party, aided hy repeated as
ScSSmcutS upon an army of office hold
ors with the power of the federal gov
cmmcnt, and represented hy L. :.
marShallS u the poles with iutimida-
tion and fraud and a resort to every
corrupt appliance kuuSn tu republican
methods and concentrated in two states
over advcrsarcS. have succeeded III
procuring the probable return of their
local candidates,
Can il lie possible that IN every state
throughout this broad land, the same
methods cam he brought 10 bear that
were used hy the republican managers
IN Indiana and Ohio eau the great
states of New Work, New Jersey, Com
ucctleut Colorado, Nevada and New
Hampshire hc bought, inundated and
dctaudrde Even without the vote of
Indiana which we believe viii he re-
dccmod IN NoNcmher with New
Work, New Jersey, and the
states that arc conceded to us.
including Maine, the election nf
our candidates is assured The rc-
publican party have put in nominal
ton for president and vice president
two mcu who 10y the admission of their
own pnrty and press arc unworthy of
Your confidence and Your Sui(rNges. II
is impossible that li1N millions Of in
tcllgent and patriotic people will com
sent to place themselves upon the hu,
Initiating level thus prepared for them
| Ivy republican managers
Fellow Citizens The first days re-
pulse ut Gettysburg ended OH the 81
with Hancock III the front III glorious
victory That victory secured us our
Union The question il now the pres.
crvntlon OF the Union and coustitu-
tional governments Hancock Is
now rs then III the front;
the repulse is now rs then, the omen
ofn victory which will secure 10 the
coming generations tho mcstimahlc
blessings of civil liberty
BY order of the national democratic
committee. WV, H. BtRSUM,
Chairman
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-22

peryiSoy, He still retained his held,
and ho,A started for the police station,
each poSSeSSinSa part ftl,e certificate,
They had not gone far, however, hc,
fore the supervisor repcnted, and IL.
fused 10 mako charge against Me-
laugh6u, and gave up the paper, The
latter states he viii on the next regis
tratiou day compel the democratic
supervisor Ia enter his nanc il tho
republican officer refuses to do 50, He
has voted ON the same papers before
without molcStaGou.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-22
-
IninaIN.

INpIAEAroMs, Oct. II. Returns from
50 counties give republican majority
on the state ticket Of $3.50. Tho coun-
ties to hear from are Hancock, Noble.
Perry. Upton, Spencer and Union;
all democratic except .Vi.0n. These
counties gave in 1876 IL net democratic
majority Of ,666 which if no changes
from that vote would give the republi-
cans II minority on the state ticket of
5.235. The contest in tho fifth
congressional district Is very
close and will require the
official vote to determine the result.
The republicans claim IL by small
majority, which would give the repub-
licansD congressman 10 4 democrats.
The present delegation stands demo-
Gratis and national.
From the most reliable returns re-
ceivcd up to this evening, the legisla.
ture will stand as follows: senate. Is
democrats; % republicans. House. AZ
democrats. ~ republicans; 4 republi.
can majority Of u on joint ballot.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-22

in Tower street nj the rate of 81. o19. 900
per acre, and Of ten freehold houses in
Elv place. Holhorn, for S172, so, or At
the rate of 560.S5> ner acre.
" ! now have something for a rainy
day, said old Mr. Suifkm the other
evening, rs he entered the room and
greeted his family a windfall, Il
windfall," screamed Mrs. Suifkin IN an
ecstaey IF mental paralysis, Ne, No,
he responded quietly, rs he drew his
slippers from under the sofa. Ills an
umbrella Mrs ). told him lie Was i
real mean old thing.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-22
Wcst ylrgInln.

WHEELING, w. W., Oct. li.-only II
few counties in this state have reported
the result Of the vote Of Tuesday in nd
dltion 10 those given yesterday, Tho
reports of amy consequences have boon
received from tho Great Konnwnhn vnl.
Icy region where tho greenback vote
il principally located, Thorcsult Of the
vote in the state il therefore tho mercst
guess work II the grccnhhck vote
III the state does not exceed 10000
Jncksons (dcmocrat) plurality for gov.
crnor will DO about 10000. Tho demo-
Gratis here arc claiming tho state by
from 1000 TO $4,000, and tho chair.
mnn of tho republican state committee
comedies tho stnte by 5000. In 1876
the democratic majority in the state
was upwards of $4,000 The returns
from most Of tha counties thus far
heard from show republican gains.
The majority this year, il IN but nat
urnl to suppose, will fall considerably
below these figures. Tho vote in this
county II not fully county. The entire
democratic ticket is elected by MAORI
trs from 30 10 800.
Richie county gives SturEiss, repub-
licnn, 80 majority, gain Of l05.
Lewis county gives Jackson, demo
crOt, 100 majority, loss If about 700
votes on four years ago,
Grant county gives Stnrgiss 40
minority, n republican gain OF
-. Both parties AFRO still claiming
Harrison county II will take several
days TO settle precisely how the state
has gone Melvin and Mcconnell, re-
publicans, are elected judges in the first
circuit The amendments 10 the con-
atitution nre adopted by large major
ity Tho legislature will he decorate
in both branches,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-22
Ohio.

COLUMNS, Oct. 1.-THE republican
state committee have returns from 81
out Of ss counties, which show ! ren
gain OF 300, and dem. gains Of
6,7sl. Net republican gain for Town.
send, secretary Of state, il 1878.
AZ the democratic headquarters re-
turns havebeen gathered from various
sources, SO that now all counties have
been heard from According 10 these
figures the democratic gains for Iana
secretary Of state, are S.Gg3. ga;as sei
Townsend, republican. are given a. q !.
1T net democratic gain, 2.slD
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-22

determine its policy in favor of proper
~ without regard to the rights oflabor.
II these rights are not successfully as
serted now, the whole structure of the
government viii be changed from re-
public into an ohgarchy, based onspcc.
iM interest and for the welfare of
special classes. ApRAM 5, llEwErr,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-22
In a Nut Shell.

Luke Blackhurue, Fonso anhBowling
Green viii put IN All appearanceat the
Louisville St. Legey
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-22


The Gtemicdi AdeS gives the follow
ing pertinent piece Of advice to Tie
young student Of science in Great
Britain, and neither Young nor old stu
dent on this side Of the Atlantic need
eyade reading il at least When a man
has got ~ far as 70 define, even III hiS
secret thoughts. science rs mere
something to be examined IN, hc j. I'M
tcllcctually dead III conjunction with
this caution we must make Il demand
upon the moral nature Of the student
We must exort him at whatever cost
Of time and labor, to cschcw cram, in
GLIDING under the term alI trick, and
dodges by which a really undiciplincd
mind i made TO PIT On false appear
ance ~ maSter-hip. IT is not safe 10
argue that the English system Of ex-
animation being essentially sham. il
may be legitimately cvaded He who
wins degrees and diplomas by deceit
will have acquired habits Of dishonesty
which will cling to him in after life,
and which will manifest themselves i'm
4 propensity for trimming and cooking
results, for SURPRISING announcement
facts, and forging evidences for toftcr-
ing theory He who cheats examiners
IN bis youth will IN after life be apt to
cheat scientific societies and the learn
cd world at large for his own glorifea-
tionrand May perhaps for time sue
coed
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-22

THK excitement consequent an thc
discoYerie. of new diamonds III tie
Free state Of South Africa, according
ID hsts1t Intelligence, Lad not abated I'LL
intensity. Three neY ru-he, haye
been reported 4 gem 81 the fir-t VA
ter. weighing fifty carats, aid worth
S30oeH. had been unearthed At the
Jagerfantein digging
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-06-03
Circumyenaing Esepuaiators.

The New York Legislature has re-
Gently passed, and Governor Cornell has
signed, an act intended to circumvent
those States that have attempted to re-
pudiate their debts. 1t provides that
any citizen holding the bonds of another
State, which bonds shall be passed due
and unpaid, may assign the same to the
State of New York, each assignment to
all costs for collecting, and the Attorney
General shall then bring Il suit in the
name of the State for the payment of the
same. This act was passed without any
noise. 1t was not even printed, and but
few knew anything of its character I'M
til after it was signed. A similar meas
ure was enacted one year ago and vetoed
by Governor Robinson. This year Mr.
John 3. Manning, New York broker,
took charge of the subject and succeed
ed in quietly pushing the measure
through. He says that he intends to
have the law applied at once, and he
will see whether there is not some meth
cd of making repudiatOrS pay their
debts. Virginia, he says, has repudiated
her ante-bellum debt, about which there
never was any doubt as to legality.
The State received every cent for which
it gave its obligations and has resOrted
to every possible subterfUge to evade
payment. 1t is intended to Immediately
move under the new law against Vir-
ginia, West Virginia, Minnesota, Indi-
ana, Tennessee, Georgia and other
States.
The effect of this bill will be to pro-
vide work enough for half dozen At
torney Generals and large sums will be
involved in nearly every suit. TenneS-
see began the issue of bonds in 1852 for
railroad improvements, and by 1871 the
railroad debt of that State alone amount
ed, in round numbers, to $3S,000,000. At
the last date the State ordered the
sale of all the railroads. The roads
brought but little more than half the
debt, and at this juncture the Legisla-
ture repealed the law authorizing any
person to sue the State, leaving bond
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-06-03
New Series-Vol. 20. No. 19.

| hope you'll overlook it. "Whv. Won are
all twisted up in that yarn; I'll untangle
it."
The delay in unwinding the warn from
the deacon'S feet gave Miss Kezia a
chance for further remark: "One word
more, deacon; have you heard about the
Western lands?"
The deacon wished he was anywhere
out of the range of those merciless
black eyes. 'I-think I've heern tell
Suthin' about EN-" he replied meekly.
Il thought SO! 1 thought sor' ex-
claimed Miss Kezia savagely. well,
deacon, those lands rightfully belong to
my niece Mary; l OILY hold them as her
guardian"
The deacan began to look upon his re-
lection as a blessing in disguise. for
without the Western lands Miss KeZia's
attractions seemed tame compared with
those of mild, blue-eyed, buXum Widow
HILL. Il can trust to ye never to men
tion this?"
Il shall not speak of it. Now, follow
my advice, deacon: make sure of BETSY
Hill before another week goes by. You
have my good wishes. See to this at
once"
THANK ye, thank ye;I don't mind if
l dew"
The good woman followed her crest
fallen visitor to the door, As sudden
gust of night air put out the light, she
said; The airis swapping tonight ;have
Il frost, eh, deacon 2"
And the discomftted deacon felt that
ne had been nipped by something sharp
er that frost.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-06-03

The General Conference of the Meth
odist Church, at Cincinnati, has devel-
oped many interesting facts concerning
the church, its workers and its finances.
The total membership is 1,700,302; num-
Der of travelling ministers, 1896; annual
conferences, 95; increase of ministers in
four years, 7l3; increase of membership
in four years, 1918; deaths in same
time, 1880; number of churches, 1868
number of parsonages, 5,177; total value
of church property, SS,10S,S62; number
of churches built in four years, 1922
number of parsoDages, 672; total amount
paid on Indebtedness in four years, ST.
10000; number of Sunday schools, 1884
number of officers and teachers, 1874
number of scholars, 139,5SO, and number
of Sabbath school conversions in fouI
years, 352, $50.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-06-03
The Man who Found Some
Money.
Detroit Free Press.1

Detroit Free Press.
The other day very common looking
man, dressed in very common clothes.
entered saloon on Woodward avenue
at a moment when the proprietor was
alone, and asked him to lock the door
for moment and count the contents of
a poclletbook which he had Just picked
up on the street. The door was locked
and as fat-looking wallet was handed
out the stranger said:
Il can't read nor write nor tell figgers,
but l know you won't cheat me-
The money counted up just 800.
There were two twenty dollar bills and
the rest were of smaller denominations.
The stranger said he would hand the
wallet over to the police and thanked
the salOOnist and departed. In about
quarter of an hour he returned ard
confidentially said:
Il gave up all the money but ten
dollar bill, which am going to keep for
my honesty. Let's drink"
He threw down one of the $50 bills
and drank his beer. 1t was remembered
that he had said he couldn't tell the fig
ures on the bills and he was given change
for so.
"Was that five or temp" he asked,
as the twenty was put away.
"Oh, that's ten, was the reply.
The man drank once more aud then
took his leave. In the course of an
hour detective was looking for him on
charge of passing a counterfeit bill, but
he could not be found. Maybe that sa-
loOnist made SO out of him and maybe
he didn't.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-06-03
Unknown Flags.

Six regimental flags in the Capitol
Flag Room are marked unknown. One
of the flags contains the name of the en-
gagements in which ii was used. They
are as follows: Shiloh, April 8 and 4,
1862; Siege of Corinth, Iuka, Town
Greek, Resaca, Lays Ferry, Rome y
Roads, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Nick
ajack, Atlanta, 22d and 2Sth Of July,
1864; Jonesboro, Lovejoy, Savannah,
Columbia and Bentonville. 4 member
Of the Eighty-frst regiment states the
above inscription is the same that was
on the flag of lis regiment. The flag
was lost, and has not been seen since
the close of the war. Another Of the
flags has but little Of the silk left upon
the staff. One of the regimental flag
staffs has been mended or spliced by
having a sheet iron ferule, about seven
inches long, nailed around it near the
center. If any who reads this can iden-
tifv any of these flags, it would be Il fa-
vor to send word to the Adjutant Cen
erals Office.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-06-03

MANY persons have heard the cues
tion, "Who struck Billy Patterson? !?
without knowing the origin OF it.
propose /. enlighten them little on
the subject. William Patterson was a
very wealthy tradesman or merchant OF
Baltimore, Nd. In the early days OF
Franklin county he bought up a great
many tracts of land i'll the cOunty,s and
spent good portion of his time in look
ing after interests there. He was said
to be as strong as bear and as brave as
lion, but like all brave men, he was a
lover Of peace, and, indeed, a good, pi-
ous man. Nevertheless his wrath could
be excited to fighting pitch. On one
occasion he attended public gathering
i'll the lower part of Franklin county, at
some District Court ground. During
the day the two opposing buliies and
their friends raised a row, and a general
fight was the consequence. At the be-
ginning OF the affray, and before the
lighting, Billy Patterson ran into the
crowd to persuade them not to fight, but
to make peace and be friends. But his
SllOIlS IOl pCttCC hClO uil'bh CSllllls5s tsllNl
while making them some of the crowd
i'll the general melee struck Billy Patter-
son severe blow from behind. Billy at
once became fighting mad, and cried out
at the top of his voice, "WhO struck
Billy Patterson?" No one could or
would tell him who was the guilty par
ty. He then proposed to give any man
800 who would tell him "whO struck
Billy Patterson" From 500 he rose to
81 600; but not $1,000 would induce any
man to tell him "who struck Billy Pat
terson." And years afterward, in his
will, he related the above facts. and be-
queathed $1,000 to be paid to the man
who would tell "who struck Billy Pat
terson." His will is recorded at the
Ordinary's office at GAINESVILLE, Frank
lin county, Ga and any one curious
about the matter can there find it and
verify the preceding statement.-Carnes-
yilln (En \ DpCiStnr
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-06-03
snakes as Life Destroyers.

The loss of life in India due to the
ravages of venOmous snakes is almost
incredible. Yet the disease which is as
willy and deadly as the deadliest of In
dia reptile, is winding its coil around
thousands of people while the victims
are unconscious of its presence. It has
long been a hobby with incompetent
physicians to assume that consumption
is incurable after the formation of tu-
bercles has begun; and every case they
fail to effect cure,-of course tuber-
cleS had begun to form and they were
incurable. The records of medical sci
ence disprove any such theory. On the
contrary, in cases of lung disease which
had been cured and the patients lived
forty and fifty years in robust health,
post mOrtem examinations showed large
cicatrices (scars) where the tubercles
had been formed and removed. The tu-
beTcles are removed by absorption into
the blood. An efficient Alternative, DR..
PierceS Golden Medical Discovery must
be used to cleanse the blood of the scrof-
ulous impurities. For tubercular con-
sumption is only form of scrofulous
disease. Golden Medical Discovery is
sovereign remedy for all forms of serof-
ulOus disease, or king's-evil, such as tII-
mors, white swellings, fever-sores, scrof-
ulous sore eyes, as well as for other
blood and skin diseases.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-06-03
Why He Named the Boy

A colored brother gives the following
reason for naming his tenth son Judas
Iscarut.' Say he:
Oats de boys name. Judas hez been
sighted. Nobody hez eber had de i'm
moral courage ter name chile for dat
man. But dat amt de main reason why
| named him Judas. Use got de Bible
ter stand by me in giben de chile dat
name"
How does the Bible sustain you in
desiring to perpetuate that name?" ask
ed the magistrate.
"Iits dis fack. In remarkin' of Judus
it is said dat it would hab bin better fol
dat man eff he hadn't bin born"
well"
AN cOnsiderin' how many mOufs is
opened at de doc when | goes home wild
side oh meat, it would hab bin better
fur dat boy of mine eff he had nebel
seed daylight. l take de scriptur frum
de references. In de futur eff l finds dat
de boy hez made improvement on hisself
den I'll change his name ter jim
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-06-03
Saw Through the Meat.

Madame c., dressmaker, has a great
deal of trouble with sewing-girls. The
other day one of them came to her to
say:
MADAME, fear that 1 will not be
able to work much longer. think l
am getting blind"
"Why, how is this? You seem to get
along pretty well with your work"
"Yes, but l can no longer see any
meat on my plate at dinner
Madam c. understood. and the next
day the young ladies were served with
very large but very thin pieces of meat.
"What happiness~ exclaimed our
miss. My sight has come back. can
now see better than ever"
"How is that mademoiSelle?
"Why, at this moment can see the
plate through the meat!'
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-06-03

The daughters of the late Brigham
Young have not very high opinion of
the virtues of their sire, as is not unnat-
ural with their knowledge of the work
ings of Mormonism. One of them, who
was lately expelled from the church for
sueing some of the Tascally brethren
who attempted to rob her, when entreat-
ed to return to the fold recently, replied
"My father, prophet though you call
him, broke many a woman's heart. If
it required of me to break as many
hearts and ruin as many women as my
father did, [ should go to perdition be
fore l would go back into the church. A
religion which breaks wOmen's hearts
and ruins them is of the devil. That's
what Mormonism does. Don't talk to
me of my father"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-06-03

COOKING FRUIT.-The season of sum
!2er fruit is Observation-Disclosures
re here, and these will be followed in
quick succession by other sub-acid
f.uits.and it may be well torepeat hint
we have often made. ON the manner of
using sugar in cooking fruit. Every
housewife should know that sugar boil
ed with an acid, if it be but for three
minutes, will be converted into glucose,
which is the form of sugar found in
sweet apples. One pound of sugar has
as much sweetening power as 24 lbs.
of glucose In other words, one pound
of sugar stirred into the fruit, after it is
cooked, and while yet warm, will make
the fruit as sweet as 21 pounds added
while the fruit is boiling. Save your
sugar by a little chemical knowledge
Indiana Farmer.