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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1880-11-03
The Cotton Fields.
Last Weeks Estimation Of the Crop
Reports trom Nine of tho Cotton
States.

New ORLEANS, October 30.-Thc
Democrat publishes this morning tele-
graphic reports from thirty-ninc cen
tral points in Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama, Texas, Georgia, Arkansas,
Florida, Missouri andsTennessce show
ing the condition of the cotton crop
up to, and including the 29th instant.
Louisiana-Eight reports received,
and all note. bad weather for picking
on account of storms during the past
two or three davs. The estimates of
the yield are from one-fourth to one
third of last years in two places, a
slight increase in three, and about the
same rs last year in three. Labor is
reported scarce in two places and
ample in one. The receipts and ship
mcnts are generally behind last years.
Mississippi Twelve reports receiv-
ed, all denoting rainy weather and q
consequent interruption to the picking.
The receipts are comparatively light.
The estimated yield in seven places
will average % per cent. less than
last year and will be nearly the same
in others. No complaints on account
of labor are reported. The quality of
the cotton has been Impaired in some
places by the rain.
4exas-Reports have been received
from six poinrs, three of which note
interruption to picking on account of
the rain, two report 81 !endid weather
and ore rain with no serious damage.
The prospects have been improved by
the fine weather, and the cstin, ates
favor a general increase over last year
from 10 to 90 per cent. Picking has
been lively throughout the State so
far as the reports have been. received.
AlaJama-Reports from six places
denote little change from last week.
The weather has been fine for picking
until the general rain storm of the
28th instant. The estimates of yield
are twenty-five per cent. less than last
year in one place, fifty per cent in one,
about the same in one, and an increase
il one. Planters ere generally busy
saving crops.
Arkansas-Two reports received re-
port picking progressing rapidly in one,
interruptedly in the other.
Tennessee-Three reports received,
all indicating wet and unfavorable
weather for gathering crops. Half a
crop is estimated at one point and
slight increase over last year in one.
There is no estimate in the other, but
the quality is said to be poor.
Gcorgia-One report received de-
not ing increased yield and great activ-
ity in gathering the crop. The wealth
er had been excellent until Friday,
when rain began to fall.
F2orida-0ne report received shows
picking to be progressing slowly on
account of laboreys engaging in poll
tics. The receipts are one-third ahead
of last year.
Missouri-One report received show
ing about the same yield as last year.
Picking has been suspended during
the week by rainy weather
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1880-11-03

trip, where we will join with the State of
Virginia in celebrating the Centennial
of the surrender of CORVALLIS at
Yorktown. On that occasion we shall
escort the Governor of this State, who
is inyited to take part in the ceremo-
mics. We shall at that time also visit
Richmond and other Southern cities,
and trust that we may be able to take
you by the hand, and thank you for
this great kindness.
The undersigned was given pcrmis-
sion to write 10 you, and request that
the sword be sent to this city, marked
Frederick A. Baldwin, 137 Fulton ST.,
Brooklyn, n. Y. Any expenses in
the matter will be paid to the Com
pany G. 0. d.
Yours very respectfully,
FREDERICK \. Baldwin,
Late Capt, and Brev't Major 18th
Regiment, \. G. 6. N. Y.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1880-11-03
MINNEAPoLIs, MINI, Oct. 10, 1880.


Mr.. JAMES F. STEELE, Cureton's
Store. S. G. Dear Sir Your, to me,
very interesting letter, 1 saw in the
New York Herald, relating to the
death of my father, Capt. Samuel III.
Sims, of the 51st n. Y. V. ", killed
at Petersburg in July GA. Capt. Sims
left three children; my sister, who is
in Brooklyn, and my brother, who is
here in Minneapolis. want to thank
you for your generous action in re-
turning to us our fathers sword, and
to assure you that we deeply appreci-
ate your thoughtfulness in thus put
ting into our possession so valued a
relic of our dear father. May l have
the plcarure of hearing from you, and
would you kindly give me some nc.
count Of its falling into your posses
sion, and very much oblige,
Yours trnly.
SAMUEL A. SIMS,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1880-11-03

Georgia has eighteen gold mines
producing ore or in process Of devel-
opment,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1880-11-03
THE SWORD CAPT. SINS.

A Ga2ant Err Confederate Returns the
S.;ord Of Brgve Soldier to his
Orphan Daugktcr-1Ne Cores
pondence.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-05-22

to district libraries no part of the libra
ry moneys that are appOrtiOned from the
county treasury can he paid to the dis
tricts, but such money remains i'm the
treasury subject to the proper warrant
of the board of school inspectors. In
townships that have adopted the district
library system this money is apportiOn-
ed to the districts and is subject to the
proper warrants of the district officers.
But in no case is it legal that these Ii
brary moneys be used for any other pur-
pose than the support of libraries, and
officers that appropriate them to any
other purpose make themselves liable to
severe penalties.
In the case of the People VS.. Treasurer
of Wayne county g Mich. 373) the Su-
preme Court decided that the entire
amount of fines, ETC., collected belongs to
the library fund, and no portion of it can
be applied elsewhere. Under this
decision, all such moneys illegally with
held o. misapprOpriated, even in past
years, may be sued for and recovered. 1t
should be remembered that the officers
into whose hands these moneys NAV
have been paid are still answerable for
the same. Notwithstanding any votes
either of the electors or of official boards
directing that they be used for other
purposes, and hereafter some energetic
board, officer, or individual may arise
and demand that all these moneys be
refunded. While the law stands as it is,
it should be Obeyed,
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-05-22
Century.Old Finds.

The Detroit Evening News of Monday
says: A few days ago the wOrkmen en-
gagged in eXcavating the site of the old
Joseph Campau homestead, on Jefferson
avenue, unearthed an old brass-bOund
mahogany box 32 inches in length, 16
inches in breadth, and IL inches in hight.
The upper and lower sections, united by
two inner and one outer hinge OF brass,
were each about six inches deep. On
the lid was an oval brass plate, on which
was engraved "Sir John Johnson, Bari"
The box was all decayed, and the only
part preserved was the brass plate, which
is now in the possession of Alex Chapa-
ton, jr., who is engaged in erecting a
store on the site Of the old homestead.
Was the original owner of the bOX-ap-
parently medicine chest-nOne other
than the son of the famous Sir William
Johnson and the daughter of Tyenden-
aga, the Indian chieftain? Sir William
was the ruthless British soldier who dur
ing the revolutionary war made his name
OdiOus by heartless cruelties committed
on the cOlOniSts.
This morning some wOrkmen were
saving down an ancient pear tree on
the grounds of the new Grape Sugar
mandatory, on Woodbridge street
when the saw encountered something
hard. The tree was then chopped into
and small boulder, about pound in
weight, was discovered in the heart
where it had remained probably for more
than 100 years. 1t is now in the posses
sion of Alex ChapatOn, jr.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-05-22
CONDENSED NEWS.

The bottom fell out of cupOla in Tay-
lOr & Boggs' foundry, at Cleveland, Mon
day, and ten men were badly scalded
by the molten metal.
A provisional government has been
formed by the Cuban insurgents, with
Gen. YuiqueZ as president and Lamadrid
diplomatic commissioner to the United
States.
Archbishop Taschearn, of Quebec, con-
dems trades unions and says he will ex-
communicate any catholic who attacks
any person for working at any price he
chooses.
Forest fires still rage i'm New Jersey
and destroy small towns which come in
their path. The people are prostrated
with their efforts in fighting the flames,
and are helpless with despair.
W. Harrison, an Englishman, has pur-
chased 52 quarter sections of railroad
land in Butler county, KS, and will es-
tabllSh there an emigrant colony under
the English tenantry system, with so
separate farms.
Actual full names composed of but
four different letters are not common,
but Eli Ice. Asa Ham, and Max Ans are
genuine examples. August Aust. who
died lately in Omaha, had five different
letters i'm his name.
1t is rumOred that the Russian gov
ernment intends pursuing the Alaska
precedent of 1854, and will, i'm the event
ef serious rupture with China, place the
Saghalien and AmOOr provinces under
the American flag with temporary juris-
dictiOn.
The Pope is in bad health and has un-
dergone a series of painful operations.
If he spends the summer at Perugia he
will encounter a storm of menace and
reprOach from which he shrinks; if he
remains shut up i'm his room, he will be
very apt to pass in his checks this sum-
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-05-22
The Northern transit steamers.

Considerable dissatisfaction has been
expressed by Cheboygan merchants on
account of the boats of the n. 7. line
passing by this port when bound down
and landing goods brought for ChebOy-
gan from Chicago and Milwaukee at
Duncan City, and some of them threat
ened that if they continued to do so that
they would stop shipping by the line
from lower ports as we'll as from Lake
Michigan ports. Mr.. Humphrey notified
the managers of the line of the situation
of affairs, and Wednesday received tel
egram from W. w. Ellsworth, general
freight agent. that orders had been is
sued for all boats to call regularly at
this port both ways. twill be remem-
bered that two boats of this line got
aground when the water i'm the river
was at the lowest. and this probably
scared them off. Since then the water
has raised at least foot, and is higher
than during last season. The Milwaukee
came in Wednesday night. bound down.
loaded as deep as any of them, and put
on twenty-five cords of wood and expert
enced no trouble getting i'm or out.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-05-22
Marine,

The st. Albans was in, bound up,
this morning.
The Champlain called in, bound up,
Thursday afternoon.
The steamer Pearl arrived up yes
terday morning on time.
The propeller Milwaukee called in,
bound down, Wednesday night.
The propeller Lawrence, of the n. T.
line, was in, bound up, Monday.
The Fountain City called in at Dun
can, bound down, Thursday night.
Smith Brothers new pleasure yacht
had up steam Thursday evening for the
first time.
The Northern Transit steamer City
of New York called i'm, bound down,
Thursday night.
The steamers Marine City and Ke-
rived up Sunday.
The schooner John KelderhOuse ar
rived Monday and loaded cedar ties and
posts and cleared Thursday afternoon for
Chicago.
The Garden City called i'm. bound up,
last evening. She landed quite num-
ber of passengers who are seeking homes
in this section.
The propeller Peerless, ON her trip
up, the first of the week, gave Mackinac
island the go by, much to the disgust of
some 80 or 40 passengers who were
awaiting her to take passage to the Sault
and Lake Superior ports.
The schooner Golden Fleece went
ashore near Mackinac City Tuesday even
ing during the fog. The captain tele-
graphed for the tug Geo. w. Wood to go
to his assistance, but before she got
started he succeeded in working the
schooner off and sent another telegram,
stopping the tug.
The tug Hand, bound down to sCme
of the lower lake ports, run aground just
below little island, above the harbOr,
Thursday night about nine o'clock, and
kept up such footing of her whistle as
to alarm the town, everybody seeming to
think it was an alarm of fire. The w
S. Carkin responded to her call of dis
tress and went out and pulled her of
and tOwed her into the harbOr. We heaI
she broke her wheel while trying to work
herself off.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-05-22
STATE NEWS.

A Mrs. Marshall, of Grand Haven, has
become the mother of two pound baby.
A firm of experienced eastern paper
makers are about to remove their plant
to Big Rapids. -
St. Joseph hasn't got that t big blast
furnace yet, and some of the aldermen
now hesitate to vote the tax that was to
be raised as bonus.
man named Warner and a bOy
named McCann were drowned i'm the
MuskegOn river at Hersey Monday after
noon. Both bodies were recovered.
A Genesee county family has returned
home, by wagon, from Sand Mountain,
Ala. The head of the family said that
Dixie was not good place for northern
folks.
E.J. & W.T.. BOtsford's elevator at
Port Huron will soon be ready for busi-
ness. 1t is 100 feet long, 80 wide and 70
high, and will have capacity of 151, Go
bushels.
Chas. Applebee, the man reported to
have been killed bya stallion near Allen
village, a few days ago, is now nearly
well again and ready to read his own
obituaries.
The extension of the Flint g. Pere
Marquette railroad to, Mapistee is about
as good as an assured thing. The road
will be built as soon as right of way
through the city, also depot grounds, is
secured.
Work on paving section of Main
street, Lansing, has begun, and horses
and human beings will not be compelled
to wade knee deep in the mud hereafter
on the principal thorOughfare of the
Capital City.
A station is to be established at Belt
ner's, on the Traverse City branch of the
G. r. 81 /. railroad, and B. Hunter. of AL
and other business there. Beitner's is a
favorite stopping-Off place for fishermen
and hunters.
The Bellevue Gazette says DIR. Chapin.
who claims to be 107 years old and who
is quite we'll known i'm that vicinity. is
still holding forth at West KalamO. Drac-
ticing whenever he can get chance. He
evidently never indulged in many of his
own prescriptions.
A woman's suffrage convention will he
held at Grand Rapids June IA and Is.
and many of the leading spirits of the
movement will be present, among them
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. An
thOny, Matilda Gage, Phoebe Cozzens.
Lily Deyereaux Blake. Sarah Andrew
Spencer, and Elizabeth Saxon.
Sixteen miners were buried alive by
the caving of shaft No. 2, on the Lumber
man mining cOmpany's iron mine. near
Norway, q. P, May l3. Thirteen of them
were taken out alive after several hours
hard work. They were, however, in the
last stages of suffocation. The other
three were taken out dead as they were
directly under the fallen rock.
Some of the Bay City bondsmen on the
liquor bonds which have been accepted
by the council, who have judgments
standing against them, which were sup
posed to be uncOllectable, but who have
sworn that they are worth $1,000 over
and above all liabilities, will now have
chance to show up. These judgments,
W hch have been standing some time.
have been put in the hands of ATTORNEYS
with instructions to make the parties
show up, or go for them for perjury.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-05-22
A Fatal Assault.

On Monday last quarrel occurred be-
tween two German farmers, resident
of the township of Belknap, Presque
Isle county, in which George Audit was
brutally assaulted by Charles Knuff.
Knuff first shot at Audit, and afterwards
knocked him down with the but end of
his gun, and finished with beating him
over the head with heavy club, fractur-
ing his skull. Audit was entirely with
out weapons. Knuff was arrested and
lodged in the Rogers City Jail. He will
be tried to-day. Audit was taken to
Rogers City for medical treatment,
where he fingered in an unconscious
when death relieved his suffering. He
leaves wife and large family of young
children. Public opinion is so strong
against Knuff that many think he will
not have an opportunity to stand his
trial.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-05-22
A Novel Strawberry BED.

A new way to raise strawberries is to
take large barrel or cask, bore inch
and-a-half or twO-inch holes s or 10
inches apart, up and down and around
the barrel, then as it is filled with good
soil, place the plants in the holes, being
careful to have the roots well imbedded
in ihe earth. Place the barrel or cask
in some convenient place where it will
have plenty of sunshine. Throw on
enough suds and slOps from the kitchen
to keep the soil in the barrel sufficiently
moist, and you have strawberry bed on
a small scale that we are informed will
give you an extraordinary yield and that
will require but little labor to keep in
gOOOd condition. There are no weeds to
bother, and as the runners cannot take
root, it is an easy matter to clip them
off, which is about all there is to do ex-
cept to pick the berries; and this is a
much easier task than when the berries
are on the ground. 1t is said that one
hOgshead has been known to yield six
bushels of fruit in a single season.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-05-22
The Census Enumerators.
The compensation of enumerators |

The compensation of enumeratOrs has
been fixed by Superintendent Walker,
except i'm cities and towns having more
than &C } inhabitants, as follows:
Cts
For each living inhabitant enumerated
Schedule, No. II ....... "a
For each farm returned (schedule No. y. .1213
For each establishment OF productive in
dustry returned on the general manu-
featuring schedule (NO. g. .15
For each establishment of productive
industry returned on the special manu-
featuring schedules. ...................25
For each death reported schedule No. 81.
For each person enumerated on the supple -
mentary schedules relating to the de-
pendent, defe tive and delinquent classes
(deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiOtic,
criminals, pauperS, and children in
Sltuau0nS) .....0
For making lists of names, with age, sex,
and color, of all persons enumerated by
YOU under the provisions of section q,
act approved April 70, 1880, for each one
hundred names. ....................1O 10
For two days attendance at the court house
for the purpose of correcting the schedule OF
inhabitants, as provided by the said section 6,
act of April 20, 1880, two dollars and half
per day, being the maximum allowed by
law.
The foregoing rates are subject to the
limitation imposed by the prOviSO to the
10th section of the act of March 3, 1879,
that the compensation allowed to any
enumeratOr i'm any district east OF 10th
meridian shall not exceed an average of
81 per day of 10 hours actual field work
each; and the compensation allowed to
any enumeratOr in any district west OF
the Il 9TH meridian shall not exceed Sc
per working day of equal length"
In cities and towns having more than
1000 inhabitants the rate is 2 cents in
stead of 24 cents name.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-05-22
Northern Michigan.


Rev. A. ]. Eldrid, Presiding Elder Of
church, through the columns of the
Michigan Christian Advocate, speaks of
Northern and Western Michigan as fol-
lows:
The more I penetrate the country outside the
line of public travel, the more my judgement
is settled that i'm the near future this will be
one of the most attractive portions of our state.
The preachers of this conference who now
dread assignment to these fields of labor,
many of them will tearfully supplicate the ap-
pointing power to occupy these charges, where
health, wealth, intelligence and enterprise are
surely destined to dwell. Emigration is now
pouring in with increased volume, and will
soon become an overwhelming tide.
For the poor man, this is by far the best
country to settle. Land is cheap, and terms of
purchase easy. Wood and lumber, on much of
the land, will pay for the land and clearing.
Cash is paid for every production of the cOur-
try, and labor is i'm good demand. A few years
of industry, enterprise and cOntentment will
secure the poor man home, with productive
soil and every facility of comfort. All that is
needed is energy. Men who came here to hide
from the light of civilization are fast retiring
before the better class, who take their places in
well organized communities. The school houses
with modern improvements, are rapidly appear
ing i'm the older settlements, and soon the
churches will rise to adOrn this beautiful land.
If the church knew the future of Northern
Michigan, there would be more cheerful sup
port of the claims of these new, struggling so
cieties, emulOus to MAINTAIN their ministers
and build houses of worship. 1t is the the poor
who generally come to take possession of these
wonderful timbea regions; and without capital,
it takes few years to prepare it for the best
forms of husbandry. When these lands boz
dering on lakes or bays, are ready for wheat or
fruit crops our commonwealth and the church
will understand that the glory of this land is
not alone in its sanitarium and unlimited pine
ries, but also in its varied productions and its
general increasing prosperity.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-05-22
State Central Committee.

The following are the members of the
Republican State Central Committee
elected at the State Convention, last
week in Detroit. AS stated last week
Senator Baldwin is chairman of the
committee:
First District William Livingston, jr.;
E. w. COttrell.
Second District-T.S s. Applegate, Lena
wee; Rice A. BeaI, Washtenaw.
Third District c. Sharp, Jackson;
o. C. TOmpkins, Calhoun.
Fourth District-James Monroe, Van
Buren; j. M. Sheppard, Cass.
Fifth District-E. G. d. Holden, Kent;
Chas. d. Nelson, MuskegOn.
Sixth District-W. s. George. Ingham;
W. NJ. Fitzpatrick, Shiawassee.
Seventh District-Wm. Hartsuff, St.
Clair; Edgar Weeks, MacOmb.
Eighth District Theodore c. Philips,
Bay; VIM. N. Brown, Isabella.
Ninth District = Edward Breitung,
Marquette; Thomas 7. Bates, Grand
Traverse,
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-05-22
The Illinois state Convention.

The Republican State Convention of
Illinois met at Springfield. last Wednes-
day. The Grant men claim majority
of 101 in the convention outside of the
Cook county delegation, which is con-
tested. General Logan offered the fol-
lowing resolution which was adopted:
RESOLVED, That all cOntesting delega-
tiOns to the convention shall pledge
themselves to accept and abide the de-
cisiOn of this convention i'm relation to
such contest, as condition precedent to
having their claims to seats i'm the con-
ventiOn considered.
The Farwell Hall delegates, Blaine
and Washburne, refused to accept of
this condition which would, probably
result in the admission of the entire
Grant delegation from Cook county, ap-
pointed at the Palmer House convention.
Chicago, but before any action was taken
on the question the convention adjourn
ed to meet Thursday morning at
o'clock, =.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-05-22
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Important to Mothers

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the process of trething its value is incal-
cnlable. 1t softens the gums, reduc in
and allays all pain, thereby
giving rest to the child and comfort to
the mother. Twenty-Five cents bottle.
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