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Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1880-03-06

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Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1880-03-06

ALVORD 6 SON.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-30
.oTasted Drefrnl nneer.,,

We have heard Of people curing Others
of using strong drink 10y putting al
emetic into their whisky bottles. The
following story, told in Harper's DTG1C-
er, illustrates the wedding manners Of
seventy years ago, and the simplicity Of
a green young Benedict.
A minister Of NewburypOrt was once
called up, after he had gone to bed, to
marry a couple. The hour was late, and
the minister's wife did not rise to wit
ness the ceremony, but gave her hus-
band particular directions asT the enter
tainment Of the wedding guests.
''DOn't forget to pass the cake and
wine, DOCTOR" said she. '"The cake
is In the corner cupboard, and you viii
find the wine on the third right-hand
shelf In the sideboard. "
The doctor promised obedience, put on
his clothes, and went down to perform
the ceremony. Returning a half hour
later, he found his wife sitting up in bed,
with an anxious expression on her face.
Doctor, she cried, "did you give them
any wine p
Certainly, my dear; just as you told
me"
''Not from the decanter on the tlnc
shelf Of the sideboard ?"
''That is exactly where you directco
me to find it, wife.
-"Dear dear Did they drink much
Of it ?"
''Why, yesl They emptied their
glasses.
''What shall we do! Doctor, I made
a mistake-it was ipecac wine you gave
them. Oh, how sick they must be
Do, dear, put on your cloak and go righ
after them they can't have got far.
The doctor found the bridal party at
.he corner of the next street. ''What
made you drink the wine?" he asked
Couldn't you tell by the taste that there
was something wrong about it ?"
The bridegroom answered, between
his quaIms, "She whispered to me that
it tasted dretful queer, but I told her
-Lwas bacansa we was oatEin, married
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-30

TEE London Times hopes the government
viii "brace themselves up when the time Of
legislation with reference to Ireland comes, but
it dep1acates a change in the Ministry for the
r5s son that it is not Sc fe to swGp horses while
crossing the stream"
PETITIONS are in circulation in Louisville ask
ing Council to appoint negroes to positions on
the police force and in the Fire Department.
It is stated that a number of prominent Demo
crnts have signed the petition. A negro has
never held municipal Office in Louisville.
Truth, the New York paper that originally
published the Morey letter. seems to have
pretty rough time of it. Col. Jas. F. Keegan,
another atiacbs Of its editorial STAFF, is under
arrest charged with Iibeling ex-senator Winfield,
of Hudson County, n. j., in connection with
the Lewis viii case.
z A YOUNG man in West Cleveland, o., shortly
before the hour set for his marriage, went out
to shoot a rabbit in his fathers hedge and ac-
cidentally sent a charge of bucEshot through
his heart. No young man should fool with
rabbits when girl awaits him. This accident
should be a lesson.
Mrs. BERGMAN, the runaway Philadelphia
wife, SAYS that she will never go back to her
husband, and her husband says now that he
will never permit her to return. Her mother
says that she married an impetuous, spoiled
child to a cold, stern, and precise man, and Is
herself largely to blame for the result.
GENERAL SHERMAN writes to a New York
friend that when General Grant accepted the
Presidency in 1868 he told him that he Grant
would never again command the army, as it
would be unjust to him (Shermanl. General
Sherman thinks the Captain GeneraIshisp rec
commended by the President is not desired by
Grant himself.
Mr.. H1yGE-s family, Of Burnett, Wis, are 81
down with triching, caused by eating raw pork.
The mother and one son have died, and others
Of the family viii probebly die. Two Of Mr..
3IiIlqrds family are down with the same disease,
caused by eating the same pork. One OF the
attending physicians has a small piece Of the
bows arm, which is alive with parasites.
AccoRDrSe to latest information, the total
number Of lives known to be lost by the BJ :
falo fire is fifteen. This sac lice Of human
life was due to inadequate mes as Of escape.
The elevators and stairways Of the tail bu ID
ing made draught ehimneys for the III mes, and
the inmates could only rush through the or
Jump {gTty q ffty fsgt 70 tbs gQqgd
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-30

From recent important discoveries made
in the exploration of mounds and ruins
along the western shore of the lower Euph-
rates, scientists and explorers are Of the be-
lief that they have foundin that region the
lOng-lOst seat of empire Of the ancient Hit
tits, so frequently mentioned in the Bible
as a people occupying Canaan. Thus has
been opened up to us in these discoveries
an extinct civilization that existed before
Rome or Athens was founded, of which
nearly every trace and memorial has been
lost until now. Stones with quaint inscrip-
tiOns upon them which are neither in the
Assyrian nor Egyptian language have been
found and forwarded to the British museum,
which, it is thought when properly trans
lated, Will open a new and earlier page in
the history Of mankind, in that of religion,
science and of the arts, as practiced and OBJ
served in the days Of Abraham and in the
land of his NATIVITY.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-30
Children on a Balloon Trip.
A STRANGE VOYAGE OF TWO LITTLE chill
DREN IN 1858.

A STRANGE VOYAGE OF TWO LITTLE chill
DREE IN 1858.
When Mr.. Wise was lost In his balloon.
called the Pathfinder, the newspapers print
ed many accounts of trips made into the
air, some by brave men, and some by fool
ish ones. A lady who lives in the town Of
Centralia, IN the state Of IBinais, said moth
ing until all the rest had done talking.
Then, she told the editor of the St. Louis
Republican to look into the number of that
paper that was printed on Sept. q. 1858.
The editor looked, and found an account Of
how two little children took a trip in a bal
loon all by themselves. On that day, an
aerOnaut, or sailor Of the air. named Brooks.
hlled his alr-ship with gas on the farm Of
Mr.. Harvey, who lived near Centralia. He
expected to sail in the afternoon.
About nOOntime Mr.. Harvey put his two
children into the basket of the balloon lust
to please them, and not thinking for q mo-
ment Of any danger. The balloon was tied
to tree by ropes. All at once q gust Of
wind broke the ropes and the balloon cot
up into the sky with nobody but the two
children in the basket Mr.. Harvey
was wild with grief, and shouted aloud:
They're lost; they're lost!7 All the neigh
bOrs ran to the spot, only to see the balloon
drifting Of to the nerth, and more than
mile high. One Of the children was a girl,
Nettie, eight years old, and the other her
little brother Willie, four years old. Both
cried when they found themselves leaving
the ground and going on a very, very strange
journey indeed. Nettie looked over the
edge Of the basket and saw her father
Wringing his hands away below. Soon the
people looked smaller to her than babies,
and the houses like toy houses. She and
Willie were going up, up all the time. I
expect we are going up to Heaven, Willie,'
said Nettie. Willie thought 1t was very
cold In heaven then, for the higher they
went the colder it grew. Nettie wrapped
Willie in her apron, and held his head in her
lap until he cried himself fast asleep. Then
Nettie folded her hands and waited She
said, Il think we must be near the gate
now" She meant the gate Of Heaven, that
she had heard about in Sunday School. But
Nettie fell asleep, too. When she aWOke
she found that some strange man was lift
ing her from the basket. The strange man
was farmer, in Northern Illinois, who had
seen a balloon drifting low down across q
field. The rope was dragging, and so he
caught 1t, and landed the children safely.
The balloon had fiOated al night. Nettie's
and Willie's father soon learned that they
had been found, and took them home two
days afterWard. Nettie is now a woman
and the very same one who told the editor
Of the Republican to look back to the files
for the stors.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-30
No Cure No Paw.

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costive take Pierce's Pellets Qittle pills.
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WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDICAL AssoCIA-
TON:
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with terrible ague chills and constipation.
This left me in 1873 with a racking cough
and frequent bleedings from the lungs.
Since this time I have been continually
dOctoring, consulting physicians without
number. From them I received no benefit
or encouragement The most noted ply
sicians Of our city who last visited me ex-
pressed their opinions in the brief but
hopeless words, "Take good care Of your
self the few days you have to live, we can
not help you" grew steadily worse un-
der their treatment. One day through
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isfaction it did me more good than all the
drugs I had taken the year around, am
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ommend it to all to be just what it is ad-
7ertised. Sincerely yours,
JAMES P. MCGRATH.
90 Wight Street.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-30
Gen. Grants Wedding.

''I remember Grants wedding well, %
said Mr.. Darby. cold man Dent met
me on Third street and asked me to
eomearound, as Julia was going to bs
married to O fellow named Grant. ]
knew Grant so when I got home
asked my wife if the wanted to so to .
wedding.
Whose? . said she.
"' Julia Dents, said I she's going
marry a man named Grant
"'I s'pose we might as well go, says
she.
cit wasn't much of wedding. A
Methodist minister performed the cere-
mony"
"Did they have a wedding-tom ?"
asked the reporter.
"Wen, no; they didn't have any
money, and the walking in those days
wasn't very good so they just staid al
home.
Where was the Dent residence 2"
'Corner Of Fourth and Cerre streets.
"The way of it was" continued Mr..
Darby, "yOung Lewis Dent went tc
West Point as a cadet. He there be.
came acquainted with Grant, and, on
one Of his vacations, brought the future
President home to make a visit. He
thus became acquainted with Julia, and
they were shortly afterward married. -
81. Louis GJO6e-D6HlOcrHL
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-30

4 CORRESPONDENT visiting the Connemara
colony in the Northwest, confirms former re-
ports Of the great suffering Of those people.
There is suffering from food, sickness, lack Of
medicine, fuel, bedding, ETC., throughout the
entire colony. Frozen potatoes and corn meal
is all they have to eat, upon which they could
manage to get along, the correspondent says,
had they sufficient fuel and clothing. The win
ter is very severe, and their suffering must
consequently be very great.
ONE Of the coolest and most deliberate
suicides on record is reported from Shelbina,
No. An old negro named Cy. Arne, going 70 a
woods, cut withe of bittersWeet, and attempted
to hang himself with that but it broke. Then
he made another Of hickory and twisted It to
form loop, which ne slipped over his head
When found he was standing on his feet, his
body bent forward, the weight coming on the
loop. He could have relieved himself at any
time by reaching up to the projecting limb just
abOvel his head. He bent twigs back to keep
them out Of the way.
HENRY WILLIAMS, Of Ludlow, KY, a railroad
man, started to cross the river to Cincinnati to
buy some Christmas presents A half hour
after he left his home, (at5:3O p. M he was
found lying in an insensible condition at an
alley entrance, his skull cracked and pockets
turned inside out. At bis feet was lying an
iron pin two feet long. The murder was traced
to negro living just back OF Ludlow, and .
vigilance committee attempted to take the fel-
low out and hang him, but failed in the at
tempt.
ADOUBLE murder has just occurred at La
~ N
can from Albuquerque, had opened a store at
the place about two days before. That night
he was at the houseof a Mexican, and speaking
to girl in the house, WIS told by her brother
to let her alone and not speak to her. This led
to quarrel in which Bonsail shot and killed
two Mexicans, named Jesus Maria Bariss and
Jose Ignaco Bariela, and wounding also two
other Mexicans, one Of them, Sylvester Esqua-
bel, fatally. He then made his escape. A
posse Of thirty men are looking for him, and
when captured his chances for immediate
lynching are more than good.
AwoMAN who had been in the service Of the
family Of DR.. @. @. Graham, Of Louisville as
a servant for long term Of years, died Of old
age last week, and was buried in Cave Hill Gem
etery. Two medical students went to raise
her for the dissecting table, and by mistake got
into the wrong cemetery. Selecting what they
took to be the grave Of the old lady, they bagan
digging. After digging to the depth Of about
two feet one Of them received a shot in the leg,
and halloWing ''ouch, tumbled into the grave,
while his pal made good his escape by rapid
strides. The wounded ghoul remained in the
grave until helped out by the Sexton, who, in
the kindness Of his heart, sent him on his way
rejoicing. Who the young men were could not
be ascertained, the Cemetery authorities trying
to hush the matter up.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-30
The GuiIeless Witness.

"Do you know the prisoner welI?" asked
the attorney.
"Never saw him sicll," i" replied the wit
ness.
"No Ievity," said the lawyer, sternly.
Nov, sir did you ever see the prisoner at
the bar?"
"TOok many a drink with him at the
barr
Answer my question, sir" yelled the
lawyer. "HOw long have you known the
prisoner ~
From two fsetup to five feet ten inches"
"Will the court make the"
"I have, jedge,' said the witness, antici-
pating the lawyer; 81 have answered the
question. I knOWed the prisoner when he
was boy two feet long and a man hye
feet ten"
"Your honor
ats fac, jedge; I'm under my oath" "
persisted the witness.
The lawyer arose, placed both hands on
the table in front Of him, spread his legs
apart, leaned his body over the table and
said:
"WiT you tell the court what you know
about this case ?'
"That amt his name" replied the wit
ness.
what amt his name?"
"Case." --
''Who said it was? ?"
lyon did. You wanted to know what !
knew about this Case-his names Smith"
Your honor" hOwled the attorney,
plucking his beard out by the roots, will
you make this man ansWer?"
Witness" said the judge, you must
answer the questions put to you"
Land o. Goshen, jedge, hain't bin dom
it? Let the blamed euss fire away. Pm
ready"
'Then, said the lawyer, "dOn't beat about
the bush any more. You and this prisoner
have been friends ?'
'Never," promptly replied the witness.
What! Wasn't you summoned here as a
friend?"
"No, sir. 7 was summoned here as a Pres
byterian. Nary one Of US was ever Friends
he's an old line Baptist, without drop
Of Quaker in him.
"Stand down" yelled the lawyer in dis
gust.
"Hey?D
Stand down"
II can't do it. will sit down or stand
up"
'Sheriff, remove that man from the box.
Witness retires, muttering; "Well, if he
amt the thick-headedest cuss ever laid
eyes on"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-30

One Of our Justly celebrated writers
declares that there never was a time
when the path Of a man was so beset by
trials and sufferings that ne could not
find something to be thankful for. And.
IN proof Of his assertion, he told this
story:
Once upon a time two men were to be
hanged for murder. The day and the
hour had arrived, and the condemned
were conducted out from the prison-out
to the broad cOmmOn-and up TO the
elevated platform Of the gaIlOws, where
the two hangman's knots depended from
the beam overhead They had taken
their places on the drop, and the Sheriff
was about to adjust the ropes, when a
sudden and wild commOtiOn was manifest
In the thrOng Of men, women and chill
dren that filed the common. There
were thousands Of spectators ev-
cry quarter, and from every sphere Of
Hfe-packing closer and closer, as those
on the outside sought to get nearer to
the front, thus crOwding and pushing,
when Wild bull that had broken loose
from his keeper, came tearing into the
midst Of the sea Of humanity, tossing
and plunging and rearing, and creating
such terror as many there had never be-
fore dreamed Of
The two condemned men saw, and said
one Of them to the other:
"Hil amt we fOrt'nit, Bill? Ny eyesl
it's good forus 'at we amt in that messr'
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-30
Americas Industrial Supremacy.

Every war, even n victorious war, Is a
national calamity" So writes the Count
Won MOltke, Germany's most successful
warrior. And he might have added: To be
constantly preparing for war is n national
calamity but little inferior to actual war
fare. In 1873, Europe expended for mill
taTy and naval purposes something near
SSOO,OOO,OOO, and did no fighting. This
great burden was borne chiefly by eight
powers, as follows: Russia, SI73, ,740,O 600 !;
Great Britain, S153,510O00; France, S12S,-
$4,000; Germany, S1Ol,626,000; AUstrO-
Hungary, S53,O74,OO0; Italy, S44,03pO0O !;
Spain, SIS, 10000; Turkey, S23,SOO,OOO.
This profitless squandering of money
which the over taxed producers have to fur
nish-is unfortunately not the wholeOf the
blood tax upon Europe in times of peace.
The national debts Of Europe, due almost
entirely to past wars and preparations for
future conflicts, amount. to more than
twenty billion dollars, the interest of which
the producers have to meet. About eight
cen billions of debt stand against the eight
powers above named.
In commenting upon these facts, the
Scientific american says that the United
States comprise about the same area rs the
great states OfEurOpe combined, and already
have nearly one-ffth as many inhabitants
In all probability children now born may
live to see United America equal in pOpula-
tion to all Europe. From oRr continental
position, any great aggressivewar in Amer
lea by American men is altogether impos-
sible, and the prospect of great civil war is,
we are happy to believe, not less remote.
Our strength is rapidly becoming so great
if it is not already so-that no foreign
nations are likely to assail u; and the aver
sion of our people to foreign entanglements
is likely to keep US from offensive foreig
wars
The natural advantages Of America fu
diversified and prosperous industries an
certainly not less than those enjoyed By
Europe; and our people are quite as capa-
bic as those of Europe of making the most
Ofthoirindustrial opportunities. The prob
lem Of industrial supremacy is therefore,
not hard to solve. The single advantage
we enjoy in being free from the terrible
war-burden of Europe, ever in times Of
peace and our practical exemption from
risk Of foreign wars, cannot fail to main
tain us in our position as the most prosper
Gus people in the world.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-30
Take Care Of the Pennies.

Look most to your spending. No matter
what comes in, if more goes out, you VIII
always be poor. The art is not in making
money but in keeping it; little expenses,
like mice in a large barn, when they axe.
many, make great waste. Hair by hair.
heads get bald; straw by straw the thatch..
goes Of the cottage, and drop by drop the.
ram comes in the chamber. A barrel is
soon empty if the tap leaks but drop a
minute. When you mean to save, begin.
with your mouth many thieves pass down.
the red lane. The ale jug is a great waste.
In all other things keep within compass
Never stretch your legs further than the.
blanket viii reach, OryOu VIII soon be cold.
In clothes choose suitable and lasting stuff,
and not tawdry ineries. To be warm. is.
the main thing; never mind the looks. AZ
fool may make money, but it needs a wise.
man to spend it. Remember it is easier to-
build two chimneys than to keep one going
If you give all to back and board, there 4is.
nothing left for the savings bank. Fare.
hard and work hard while you are young,
and you viii have a chance to rest when
you are old.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-30
ADVERTISING RATES.

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ally.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-30

PRESIDENTIAL STATEs.-Previous' to
1880 Virginia had furnished five Presi-
dents-Wa Washington, Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe and Tyler (aecidental); Tennessee
three-JacksOn, Polk and johnson (acci-
dental Massachusetts, twO-JOhn Adams
and John Quincy Adams; Ohio twO-Har-
TisOn and Hayes; New York two-Yan Bu-
ren and Fillmore (aecidental); Illinois two
Lincoln and Grant; Louisiana One-Tay-
lOr; New Hampshire Onc-Pierce; and
Pennsylvania One-Buchanan. Thus Vir-
ginia has had, less a month, thirty-six years
Of the Presidency; Tennessee nearly fifteen
years; Illinois nearly thirteen years; New
York somewhat over six years and a half;
Ohio, at the expiration of Mr.. Hayes term,
a little over four years; New Hampshire
four years; Pennsylvania four years; Massa-
chusetts, twelve years, and Crisiaua one
month