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The Morehouse clarion., 1880-09-18
GLEAN!NGS.


We presume they call it "the
roof of boys pantaIoons. be-
cause it is the part that is shin
gled.-[ Boston Post.
The report that the Greeian
| bend vas TO be revived proves
| erroneous. 1t got currency dur
ing the cucumber season. st
| Louis Republican.
The father of H. B. Bigelow
the Republican candidate for
Governor Of Connecticut. is an
| old Democrat and will vote for
Hancock.
Mrs. Youpgwoman wants to
know "what is the best way to
| mark table linen." LeaYe the
baby and a blackberry pie alone
| at the table for three minutes
Boston Transcript.
A young lady wrote some
verses for a paper about her
birthday, and headed them MAY
3Oth." 1t almost made her hair
turn grey when it appeared in
print "My 30th."
Mr.. William Astor has, it is
reported, purchased for 100000
the Newport estate of the late
Daniel Parrish. It is in de-
lightful situation, and includes
about ten acres.
"Every politician isn't states
man." remarked John Lay, in q
Texas saloon. This expression
was regarded by Den Moore, the
town constable, as personal In
suit and he shot Lay at once.
| McFlannery heard gentle
man say of another that be had
q TOO benign countenance, and
remarked: "A 2 be 8 counte'
nance! Fhwat q face, to be
sure"
i A yoang lady surprised the
gentlemanly clerk by Offering
him SO cents in payment for d 81
purchase. "lt amounts to 81, il
you please" said the gentle
manly clerk. Il know it does,
was the answer, "but papa i:
only paying 50 cents on the dol
lar now"
A gallant old gentleman OF th'
name of Page, finding a young
lady's glove at a watering place
presented it to her with the fol
lowing words:
If from your glove you take the lette
G,
Your glove 10 loye-which I devote t
thee.
i To which the lady returned
the following neat answer:
, If from the Page you take the letter T
Your Page Ia age-and that won't do TO
ii me.
> John Everman, alias "Sailo
Jack" who died recently in Phil
> adelphia. left a deathbed declar
alton, in which he confesses tha
, be committed certain robberies
for which three men are now un
dergoing imprisonment IN th
!, Easton Penitentiary. The Boar
OF Pardons will consider tn
matter at its next meeting.
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While the Republicans will
make a weak crow over it, the
result of the election in Vermont
indicates nothing touching the
general result in November. 1t
has gone, just as was expect
ed, by large majority for the
Republicans. No contest was
made in the State by the Demo
Gratis as no contest was made in
Alabama and Arkansas by the
Republicans. The Republican
State has gone Republican and
the Democratic States have gone
Observation-Disclosures Herald
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AT a dinner she had doctor
On either hand, one of whom re-
marked that they were we'll
served since they had duck
between them. "Yes," she broke
in, "and I between two quacks,
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-09-18
THE COTTON CROP SERIOUSLY
INJURED.

In 1878 up to the LIST Of August
the prospect for a largo cotton
crop was most excellent. The
season to that date was all that
the most hopeful and exaoting
planter conld wish. The Spring
was good a4d as consequence
the stand was fine and the psalt
grew off rapidly. There was
enough rain and not too much.
On the LIST of August sll believed
q very large crop would be
raised. But unfortunately cot
ton is a crop that is never out OF
danger until it is shipped and
sold. The season of 1878 that
| was so promising up to the first
OF August was just the reverse
after that date. August proved
very wet, the cotton was greatly
injured and the worms destroyed
great fields Of it. The crop in
this section of the Union was q
failure.
! It now seems that 1880 will be
a repetition of 1878. A month
ago the prospect was the very
best; now, it could hardly be
worse. Our correspondents in
Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas
and this State, assure US that
the crop has been very seriously
injured by the excessive rains
and winds, and that the worms
the last crop of them-are now
destroying whole fields OF the
staple in a few hours. They are
in such myriads that preyentives
are useless. We have heard oi
their destroying three hundred
acres of cotton i'll twenty-four
hours. OF course, the yield is
not entirely lost, for the matured
bolls are left, but the injury
amounts always, this early in
the season, to as much as twenty
five per cent, and frequently to
one-half the crop. AS injurious
as the worms are, we doubt that
they will be able to do as much
damage, as the bad weather has
already done. We heard a most
successful planter remark thai
the weather was worse on the
crop than the worms could pos
sibly be, if they destroyed every
green leaf. He says the bolls
are rottiug, and that the cotton
already open is sprouting in the
bolls. The prospect is indeed
gloomy. Let US hope that th'
half crop that will be realized
will be cleaoly picked, and {
good price obtained for it.
While we are forced to &C
, knowledge that the cotton crol
in the Mississippi Valley will b.
a short one, We can state tha
the corn crop is an excellent one
This will greatly compensate 70
the loss OF portion Of the cot
!, ton crop Vieksburg Herald.
n
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Dentistry.
IN ALL IT'S BRANCHES, BY
DIR. NJ j. MASsENGILL.

DR.. NJ. j. MASsENGILL.
tod filings from SO to S.; silver fill
ngs from 81 to 50; full upper and lower
St artificial teeth $40. Extracting teeth
= Speciality. Having had my Office
aeWiy fitted up, l wifi take pleasure in
ssfSlng all persons wishing work in my
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Geo. B. Juartsble, sW. I'D

hereby tender my professional services
|c the people of Bastrop and Morehouse
parish. When not professionally engaged,
lan be found at my residence one mile
bus ottown at night, and at the Drug
Etore Of DR.. A. L. Bussey during the day
teb9-y
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COME AND SEE.

~ A. CURTIS is offering his best
Y |Siss. for TEN DOLLARS PER THOU
lsaaD. Now is the best time to repair
I'm sidewalks and under-pin your
aMses. Call and examine the brick.
"a. CURTIS.
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DIR. #. C.. Gss-GF
BAsTROF, L \,

BASTROF, II.
Offers his professional services to the
eople Of Bastrop and vicinity. Can be
,und at his residence, or at the drug store
DR.. A, L. Bussey, when not profess
onally engaged. teb9-y
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Groceries Of all kinds in quanti-
ties to suit cheap for cash at Leo
pold's.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-09-18

Fresh lot of S. c. G. Hams just
received at Leopold's.
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FIILDIi.

Weather has been very cllangable
lately. Trade brisk at the stores. No
wheat coming in at present.
Since my last letter there has been
considerable improvements in Fuld;,
as follows: WIN. N. Carroll has
brought III Il stock of Groceries. Mr..
White has opened q shoe and harness
shop. Mr.. Wilson, our Postmaster,
has the agency Of the ''best broadcast
seeder manufactured" Messrs. Terry
u Radiant have also the best seeder
made" in connection with their fire in
suEance and general land agency. The
Mansion House formerly Commercially
is now in full running order and doing
good business.
Buildings in the Spring will be erec-
ted as follows:
J. T. Smith, store !0xSl on St. Paul
and 2:ll st. New Post Oi!ice on ~
Paul st. 1Gx24. Drug Store on Front
st. 16x24. A school house and several
dwellings.
-, quite a sensation was created at Lake
Talcott some days ago by mob wait
ing on q gent leman Of that place with
the aVowed purpose of tarring and
feathering him. Tho tar was put on
his head and shoulders, some shooting
was indnlged in. one man wounded
(and pr rllaps more) and the party left
as unce' enormously us they came.
l almost forget to mention that we
have 4 feed mill in operation here bv
Richards & Sherman.
Is. ". W.
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SATURDAY. Feb. Z. 1880.

Board met per adjournment, all the
members present. y petition from
Dan'l Shell WAS presented to the board
showing that all excessive valuation
was placed upon his Hotel furniture
for the year 1879 and asking that the
same be reduced TO it's actual value.
Petition granted and value reduced
Oh said furniture to $4,000
n joint bid was offered for county
printing by the Editors Of the Journal
and ADVANCE.
There being no lowest bidder and the
joint bid being considered excessive the
bid for county printing was rejected
and the publishers Of the papers noti-
fled of the action of the board III d reoucs-
ted to make further Bills. J. G.. O.le
made AID offered another bid. n. p.
Miller asked for further time wI,jcI,
Was granted. The letting of the cour-
ty printing was extended to next meet
ing of the board.
The proposition proposed by f. +.
Drake, and submitted by county Gem
m'ss;"ners through attorney Rollrcr for
the adjustment Of delinquent tax on
Grist Mill Property in the village of
Worthlngton, was accepted by l.. +.
Drake and the amount $l6Sl, "a paid
into the Treasury.
/ Application for bounty on timber
claim was presented by 7. J. Porter.
Rejected.
L. d. Richards petition for abate-
ment of cost on personal property tax
for 1878. Seward township. Granted.
Petitlon presented b. Thomas ]
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Lynch Justice of the Peace of Bloom
Township, asking the county to pay
costs in case of Henry Austia. Not
granted. :. N:
So The bond Of E: S. Mills, County Au.
ditor elect, was approved witll>the fol-
lowing named sureties, viz: B. <R.
Prince, A. w. >Burnham, Otis Bigelow,
F. J. Porter, II. E. Torrance, II. Davis
and John Alley.
Board adjourned to O'Clock P. NJ.
Met pursuant to adjournment, all mem
bers present. Bids were received from
Drs. Geo. 0. Moore and DR.. r d. Bar
Der for the medical treatment of the
paupers OF Mobiles county for one year.
The bid of Dr.. r. D. Barber being the
lowest. such treatment was awarded to
DR.. Il. D. Barber for the sum of SAG. 90
for the year beginning on the LIST day of
March, 1880.
E. Nordquist shows to the satisfac-
ton of the Board of county Commits
sioners that $500 Road tax had been en-
ro!'eously assessed against lin in Indi-
an Lake Township for the year 1879 and
asked the abatement of the same. Petit
ton granted.
n bill was presented to the Board by
J. G. Carr, J. L. for expenses of suit
entitled State of Mimi. VS.. Mrs. +.
Hanson, Of Adrian. Rejected.
BILLS PRESENTED AND ALLOWED.
J. Craft, visit com. and in case Of G..
X. Thompson, $500.
j. Craft, Medical treatment of Jas.
Gray, $500.
J. Craft, treatment to Braubender
while in County Jail, $3.50.
J. G. >gle, Publishing proceedings of
County Commissioners. etc, $1,000.
Is. n. Carrier, report Of Births and
Deaths, etc., 500.
j. a. Town, board of G. X. Thomp-
son from Jan. LIST to Feb lth, 1880, ST.
80.
| o. Biyclow & Co., pork for paupers,
$l.O)
Chas. Smith, Medicine for Mrs. Mary
Haskins and others, $40.
Hewitt & Martin, Mobiles county 10
joints stovepipe and wire 5tb., $4.05.
J. II. johnson, making and repairing
hammocks for Jail, $3.25.
Merrill Hohrer, making pigeon holes
| Tor office Clerk of Court, 5000.
\. p. Miller, Publishing proceedings
Of Board, etc, So. 50.
d. $. Law, Brooms, Ink, Lamp CHM
| neys, Oil, etc. $3.50.
JOSEPH! Chadwick, to recording S Co.
officers Bonds, etc, $3.50.
On motion the Board adjourned.
| ROB'T SHORE, Chairman.
| j. WALKER. Auditor
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WEST,SIDE.

The United Brethren held their GUAR.
terly meeting last Sabbath at the Cros-
by school house Rev. Mr.. King Presid-
ing Elder. The congregation. was very
small, only about So including children.
am sorry to say thee was nine famil-
les in this neighborhood that did not
attend the meeting. They have no ex-
cuse for they were all notified. TIE
congregation IS mostly outside of the
District from 8 to 5 miles away. There
may be some excuse for three of the
neighbors, us they had been to WORTH
ing ton to attend court on the contest
cases. | think that some of them have
come back very much disappointed, us
it looks dark on their side.
Our farmers are about to change the
order of farming the coming season. as
the last two crops of wheat have failed
and run them in debt and they must
give up raising wheat for market. A
number OF large farmers have told me
they should not SOW more than 10 to Is
acres the coming Spring. Many of the
farmers will try fax, corn, oats and
barley, and stock their land down and
work into stock rs fast as they can.
by so doing they will save il large ex-
pense in harves ting and threshing.
Young stock has been in good demand
this last fall. The Iowa drovers have
bought all they could get hold Of 1T
reasonable figures.
! suppose Capt. Phinney will leave
this neighborhood this Spring and set
tie near E.lgerton on the s. NJ. We
are sorry to loose the Captain cut of
the church us he is the min pillar. It
may be he can be just as useful in that
community, and ho has our well wishes.
r.. SIMMONS.
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VIVA TSHALL THE HARVEST REF

EDITOR ADVANCE: I have been
thinking Of late that during these long
dreary winter months farmers could
improve the time in an exchange of
views with each other, through the pa
pers, on subjects pertaining to their
Immediate interests. Acting upon this
thought | would ask what Shall we seed
our fields with this spring? Flax or
wheat? Owing to the scarcity of seed
wheat in this locality and the conse
quent high price Of the same, would
! think that flax would he the most
profitable crop for this season. Conn
pairing the cost Of seeding one acre each
of wheat and flax and estimating the
probable proceeds of the same, find
the result in favor of the flax crop,
Good pure seed wheat cannot he bought
here short of ST. so per bushel. One
and t!ree~fourths bushels, sufficient to
seed one acre will cost $2.63. It costs
about seventy-ive cents per acre to
| bind wheat. Estimating the crop at
d .u
acre for threshing same. Thus the to-
tai cash outlay for one acre of wheat
would be $l.3S. Deducting this from
| the estimated value of the crop at rs cts.
per bushel we have S10.63 for the acre
| of wheat. Now for The flax. One half
bushel will seed one acre which will
cost not to exceed So cents. Estjmat-
ing the crop at fifteen bushels PER acre
| the threshing at 10 cts would cost 81 So
total cash outlay $2.l3. Detlucting
this amt. from the estimated crOp at
$l.O0 per. bushel we have ST.. 81 for the
acre OF flax. Two dollars and fifteen
cents more than the acre of wheat is
worth: If there is any difference in Ia
Dor between the two crops it's in favor
or the flax. But in order to make 4
TAX crop pay you must keep clear and
independent of Oil Companies. for thew
Will hanson Smith YOU. skin
| you for the hide and taIlow and Kick
you because yon hadn' It more tallow.
Seward, Feb. 3, 1880. =.
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.EUGERTON.

Mr.. Craney, one of our hotel keepers.
has moved to E'|andreau. WIN. Lock-
wood bought him out.
10 Barlow is back from Worthington.
The $. NJ. railroad is putting in Que
OF the boarding buildings for depot
until Spring when they will put up Il
Gue depot.
Wheat comes in rather slow now but
still it comes in.
Ne had a wedding III town recently.
Chas. Hathaway to Miss Melissa Gun
salos, by Rev. Sulfron. at the brides
home. More expected soon.
A Grand Leap Year ball at the res
taurant Oh the 18th. If you want Il
good time come up.
I. II. Parsons of Worthington, spent
4 night here recently, on his way home
from Dakota.
We have AL express Office here now.
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Elk,

Weather continues cold and windy.
Burning hay with many in this town
is getting scarce some are entirely out
and are burning cane and corn stalks.
Nearly every one is complaining of
bad colds, i little the worst one they
ever had.
a few Of our young men give their
girls 4 sic gh ride these pleasant moon
light evenings. There were some light
hearts but more faint ones.
We are anxious to see the ADVANCE
this week for we understand there is
to be Il fine picture in it.
We hear Mrs. Ogle closes her school
this week.
Dor.
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IT Is TIE CNl.Y LINE Rim N>G

1T Is TIE ONLY l.. NE Run ;1>G
& ulI1'la:. Hotel & {: tt}''ccpi3; 6
Cars between Chicago and Council Bluffs
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars
Are run on All night trains. This is the great
Pullman Line of the Northeast
Palace Psr'or Cars between Chicago and
milwaukee,
FIRST CT. Ass MEALS only Sc cents at the Eat
Ing Stations on the =. o;th WcStern''
, Sure and close connections at Chicago wi II i'll
Railroads. and a: al juncL. on Points with ali
ROADS that cross It's lines
All Ticket Agents can sell vru THROUGH Tickets
ava check your Eaggac" free by t..iS road
For infornation. to!d' rs, maps, g.. not nbt
t2'nabls at home ticket OH ,alsl e'> any a,.n
of the Company Or
W: Fl. STHNEETT. MAItviE iiUGHITT,
Gent Pass. Ay't, Ci.ica,u Gen, a;nnr'r.
Jan. l. lSiN-ly,
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R1NSON.

Elmer Ucrdic has come home from
Iowa. lie intends to go to Wells as
soon us Spring opens to work.
Feb. 3To pleasant surprise party at
Robert Shores.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell have been
calling on friends in Ransom.
Fred Graves has returned from Gill
more where he has been ut work.
Miller have read of Il man in Penn.
who makes u kind of soap that will
wash Politicians characters white rs
snow. Would it not be good way for
Some Mobiles Co. folks to send and Get
some.
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We see by the Mankato Free Press
that Satan is holding a Revival in Man
kato. That town runs to piety so mucl,
that it belooves Satan TO bestir himself.
lie has had Rohrer 1T work down here
for some months holding series of
meetings but his cause does not pros
per very much just now. The people
were ''converted'' the other way at a
booming campmeeting held Oh the 4th
OF last November.
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BOFEAS.
SEJ}':1RD.

AL is quiet here us usual yet there is
occasional item.
The series OF meetings conducted bv
the Rev. FISH! have closed after an ef-
fort Of about one month but an ap-
pointment is left at school house No So
for preaching every two weeks.
We neglected to mention in our last
the Interesting paper published III con-
nection with the Lyceum, the Literary
Gem. 1t is a decided success, to be
published. semi-monthly. &c. Ben
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nett, Editor. Give him call Mr.. AD-

nett, Editor. Give him call Mr.. AD-
VANCE.
Our neighbor, Peter Krier, was seri-
ous]y injured at st. James few days ago
by falling from=a wagon with a sack of
wheat on his shoulder. #s Z
There seems to b a determination
on the part Of our farmers to Introduce
some new variety of wheat for seed
next Spring. We would like to hear
the opinion Of other sections on thi,
matter. :: .u
Tue p. NJ. at the Observer, Seward.
p y. has resigned.
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GRI Nd PRAIRIE.

IL. llalversoN lost Il good horse re-
ccutly.
There will be q rather light acreage
Of wheat sown in this town owing to
not having seed wheat. We find some
very nice seed wheat for sale in the
south part Of the town, about 10Ubush-
els at II. Nelson's and about the same
1T Peter johnson
Mr.. Ayers. of Lake Co.. D. r., FORM
er resident of this town, is expected on
the I'D of this month.
Every one has a cold to sell or give
away.
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County NEWS.

1DRIl N,

Mr.. Mul'en's Child has recovered a.
gain.
DIR. Cutler has left Adrian for good.
lie went home from here and from
home he goes to Re,lwing to locate.
JAS Barnet was married last Tuesday
at the Catholic Church by Rev. J. G.
knauf. We wish the couple much Joy.
Mr.. Wegen has received new stock
Of chairs.
There is an Office to rent between the
Drug store and Furniture store.
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RUSH NOR r.

A. &. Seney arrived at this place Fri
day last and looks much the better for
his visit east. lie is in the best of hu-
NOR in regard to coming events.
NJ. l.. Waters, Of Mankato, paid us !,
visit on Tuesday and promises the Bed
ford mill in short time.
e. l.. Randall made us visit on
Tuesday.
n Socialle of the NJ. L. Church will
he held at J. Bedford's on Thursday
evening of this week.
BOREAs.
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BIC E[OM

Mr.. Rryr ODDS of N. Y, brother OF
Richard Reynolds, has arrived. In
tends to make it his future home.
A pleasant patty 1T B. Trips on Jan.
80.
Frank Randall HIS returned from
Iowa, where he has been picking CORN.
u. }. Gray brother-jn-aw of John
DeEoos, has gone to 1T. Dodge.
a Magic lantern show was held at
the school house OIL Saturday night.
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LIT1I ROCK

Mr.. Shore and Mr.. Greene closed their
school and went Counting last week.
"A Musical concert on Tuesday eye-
ming last 1T II. X. Neyues.
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Southern Minnesota Railway,

AlIkcS cl',S'' ronn"cirnsa a, Ii Cross. for Mil
waukec, Chicago and pcirts East. Conn cts If
Ramsey with &. NJ. 4 st. T. NY for all points in
N"thern minnesota, Iowa, Miss uri and NJ.
DraSEa:at Albert Lea with minneapolis and st
Louis. and i. G. X. and Northern RVS for point $
North and Sou h and a. Wells with,!e g. H. Il.
Of Mimi; for Manhato, Sioux City, Omaha and
the Southwest.
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PROCEEDINGS

,PROCEkDINGS
OF THE BOARD or COUNTY COifMIs:.
SIONERS.
AUDITORS OFFICE. Worthington; J
Feb. 9th, 1880.
The Board of Go. Commissioners met
in adjourned session.
Present
Robert Shore, Chairman.
f. Bloom, LIST District.
A. NJ. Crosby, I'd District.
Minutes. .of the last meeting were
read and approved.
Town Board OF Little Rock prcsen-
ted an application asking for an appro-
pvlation from the Co. to complete the
building Of d bridge across the West
Branch of the Little Rock on Co. Road
No. IS. An appropriation. of oOIwas
made to build and complete said bridge,
q. G. Petersen agreeing to build the
same for that amount. Said Peterson
was authorized to procure tie addi-
tional lumber necessary to complete
and build the bridge on Co. Road No.
Is, and report the.cost of .tl,e same to
the Co. Auditor.
The Bond of E. S. Mills, Auditor
elect. was presented and referred to Co.
Attorney. Board adjourned until one
o'clock!p. N. Board.met per. adjourn
ment.
john SaXson came before the board
and made application for the relief of
Geo. Barystrom.. and*:wife,:. destitute.
an allowance Of $l.50 per week WAS
made from the Poor Fund for thci,
temporary relief, same to lie expended
by Mr.. SaXsoA in their behalf.
The Board then proceeded to select
persons for Grand and Petit Jurors. as
per following list from the $, veral cleo,
;c.t