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Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-01-10

interests of stock men and is the
best market reporter we have seen.
No stock man should be without it.
The people OF Mobeetie, Tex. came
together Christmas eve to celebrate
and they did celebrate in good
style. B. f. Clampitt had prepared
room for the occasion and a large
tree had been tastefully decorated
by the ladies. The tree was heavily
loaded with presents valued at $500.
When the little folks had all assem-
bled, Kris Kringle made his appear
ance,wished them al a merry Christ
mas and distributed the presents.
After this the room was cleared and
while Mr.. Wilson played the violin,
all who were so inclined enjoyed the
dance At midnight, a lunch con-
sisting of pies, cakes, etc, which had
been prepared by Mrs. Clampitt, was
served. a more social people Inev-
er saw. everybody seemed to be hap
by and desirous Of making others
so. Not a harsh word was spoken
nor a discord of any kind noticed.
Whereupon we conclude that Mo
beetles citizens and their neighbors
are clever people. and we wish to see
them prosper and their town inn
prove. -
The Commercial Indicator pub
fishes a list of cattle held in the In.
dian Territory, giving names ofown-
ers and location of ranges. bat for
want of space we are unable to give
more than a synopsis OF the report.
"The natural shipping points for
these cattle are Caldwell, Hunneweu
and Harper. Kan, and the number
to be shipped next season foots up
54.S10 out of a total Of 150100 head.
West of the Evans range. in the Pan
Handle of Texas, the Indian Terri
tory and Kansas. south and south
west Of Dodge there are about 200,-
600 more. about $4,000 head of which
will be marketed, and are naturally
tributary TO Dodge City and Kins-
ley. In the event Of a cut in rates,
as was the case last season. large
number Of these cattle would be driv-
en- farther east and shipped from
the first named points. As the Atch-
ison, Topeka and Santa Fe road now
controls all the prominent cattle
shipping points, however, the prob
abilities are that there will be no
cut rates"
\ terrible accident occurred on
tho Nebraska division Of the Chica-
90, St, Paul d Omaha road, near
Middle Creek, on the tn inst. The
scene of the accident was a deep.
curved cut 800 feet long, which had
been drifcd full of snow. 1t had
been scooped ont just vide enough
for a train 10 pass. but trouble was
still experienced from falling snow.
The passenger train was coming
at the rate of twenty miles an hour.
when the engineer felt the engine
strike something He Immediately
stopped his train and found locked
in the wheels and in the drift six
men literally ground to pieces. Two
We're badly cut 10 pieces but may re-
cover The men probably undertook
To stnnl hntunnn thn lrifnl ..,,....
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-01-10

Mrs. NJ. P. White will give an elo-
cutionary entertainment at the Arap-
ahoe Mission this evening She has
a fine reputation as an elocutionist
and we expect a rare treat.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-10-19
ntAl wye ON the RaaRass;.

The celebrated humorists of the Laramie
Ooonserang has just been visiting Salt Lake,
and describes the Tabernacle as follows:
sit looks on the outside like a mud turtle.
and On the inside like a big rink. 1t is
claimed that this structure will hold 40. 600
people, and to-day it was full. 50 were some
OF the Apostles. Barnum and [ were shown
. seat down near the front, among a lot OF
old cast off wives, where we could hear pref
" well. The odor OF bogus s%anctity and
stale Mormon prevaded The air. Itss good
thing the Tabernacle mlarge and well venti-
lated, or no one could live there while the
services are gone through with. A bic fat
Apostle, with the back OF his neck changing
ever his collar like a carbuncle, made a few
semarks after the music. He paused occa-
sionaily and looked through The sky-light 10
thirk of big words, and 8 brother anoozer SIT
BY In the holy Of holes, and ate gum drops
cut OF q paper bag.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-10-19
a story Of Major SANGER.


One OF the brayest and best officers of the
army is Major {. Fl, Sanger, of the 18th in.
fantry. In battle he is a tower of strength
aad IN passion rs well. Curtis, of the Inter.
Ocean, in his Bismarck letter says:
A story Of Major Sanger, a well known
army officer, who has recently been located
d Lincoln, will be enjoyed il army circles.
De was returning one day from Bismarck
70 Lincoln, which is across the river, ard
the ambulance in which he was riding was
seiaYed by q team and wagon driven by one
or the class known as mule whackers in this
country. The driver OF the ambulance and
she muie-whacker got into q wordy alterca-
non and Major Sanger became very indir-
nant II what he beloved to be imJertinent
language and unwarranted interference ii
bis journey. Sc jumped from the ambulance
. Tom Thumb il size, but ! Golinh ii f,,ry
and exclaimed:
Get that wagon out Of the way
The mule-whacker looked at him %ou;zica,.
". and asked:
"Whosthe deuce are your
u am Msjor Sanger, of the army, slr, and
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-10-19
TEHE PRINCE OF TseAMPs.
7iss of tgae Crest Crater. Pat
rick Henry, a-Bafga~.
memphis Appeal

tMemphis Appeal
The very romance of tramp life WAS ex-
ennpliied yesterday by a disipated individual
with only one leg, whose name was regis
tered at the station house as W. Fl. Card
well. He is known to msny persons as g
reporter, and has lived a most yariegated
life. His full name il Wyatt Henry Card
we'll. His father was the eminent DR.. Cega :
well, Of Richmond, Va, and his mother
WAS the eldest daughter Of the world re-
aowned orator, Patrick Henry. Cardwall is
sald to be q graduate Of Washington Uni
versity, and has withal o polished education.
He has the remarkable gift of repeating
long poems from memory. Il is said he
can troll out "Cbilde Harold, 't'Don JUAN"
and such poems from beginning to end. At
the age Of Is he joined the Confederate
army and was shot at Manassas, losing his
Leg. He was taken to Richmond hospital
where he excited the attention OF prominent
ladies and gentlemen by his precocity. At
forwards he became private secretary to
Senator Foote. He has wandered al over
the country, being now heard Of in New
York, now in Cincinnati, now in Louisville
and now in Washington. At the present
time he is heard of in Memphis. He has
done considerable newspaper work In bis
sine, was connected with the National Star
at Goodman, Miss. IN 1873, aud afterwards
was on the KusciuskO LLr0uicze Whornrar
ne has been he has had a pursuer-whisky.
IL LAS made him tramp all over the United
states, and has frequently caused him to be
arrested. de has AN extensive acquaintance
with the great men of this country, and las
now In his possession a letter from Alcxan-
der HsStephens congratulating him on his
reform. He is a man OF good address and
has reduced begging to a fine art. For in
stance. in approaching "a stranger, he will
say "Will you pardon the perfect inc emu
BUSINESS OF the request, but could YOU lend
me half a dollar to get q nights lodging n
bRould the person thus approached deny tue
request, be will not be Indignant or insulting
but Will gracefully change the conversation
TO national politics, the ethics of journalism
or the traits of great men, or similar topics.
he 10 an accomplished performer on the
banjo. With all his. bad habits he is said to
be honest. 1eis the one remnant of the Vir-
ginis gentleman. A more remarkable CO.
reer could hardly be imagined. From q fine
family to the profession of q common tramp
and he Is only about 35 years of age. There
was q time when he would force his way
Into the families OF respectable. people, but
ne does 10 no longer, and it is only too pal
pable that he has lost caste with himself.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-10-19
FLOATING FANOIEs.

Glass in Geography. "Who can tell me
anything about a strait p asked the teacher.
Boy-"I heard my dad say last night thatit
beats W pairs"
An exchange says thata piece OF petrllied
bread has been found in Iberville Parish, La.
The amateur effort of some amateur wife
has probably been picked up and pronounced
6 petrifaction.
II think, dear, the dew has commenced
falling" he said, in his softest accents
"Yes," she yawned, ''I've been hoping to
hear adieu for some time" He didn't call
Inc next evening.
Conversation on a seaside hotel veranda
between 8 young mrn and an elderly guest:
Young mani must have seen you some.
where, sir 2" Elderly gent-''Very likely, L
am a pawnbroker.'
The New Haven Register gives the follow
Ing excellent directions as to how to tell g
good onion: "Hjre your beat girl to eat it
raw, and then call upon her. Il the onion
ls good your stay will be short"
A late poem begins: "Only Q smile that
was given me on the crowded street one day!
But ii pierces the gloon OF my saddened
heart like 8 sudden sunbaam's ray" "a
'ssmile" does make the gloom of some hearts
migrate. as it were; but it should never be
given In 8 crowded street. People will talk.
Won know: and a man ought to have enough
self respect to take his friend around the cor
ner or up en- ally when he wishes to Danish
his gloom with q "smiie' be carries in q bot
lie In mis- pistol pocket
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-10-19

Pennsylvania brings UP for public notice a
trot.;ng steer, which, although not able to
compete with Maud s. upon the turf, does
some remarkably coed work. The wonder
fuI animal is the property of A. starka, who
resides about eight miles southeast of Erie.
The steer is 4 yeas old, and has been train
ing to tros in harness for three years past,
and has finally succeeded III accomplishing
the difficult task, had BY so doing has gained
considerable notor;ety. Starkie ID twelve
hands, and Of q da.k~red color, very intelli-
gent, and gentle So $ lamb. On being har-
messed he will open bis mouth to receive the
BIT, and when hitched To q Aulky he strides
like an old time 'tsotter".
selersae ~ san--
eotH. s.olH.. Gald!:!
BE prepared FOR the cold, and buy your
winters egpply Of clothing st Cans s.
klein's.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-10-19
ana 7 want YOU to get that wsgon cut of the


and I want YOU to get that wagon cut OF the
way
The mule-whacke- elected a mouth full Of
tahacco into the roaA. and remarked:
.eDo YOU know what / vill Do with you,
Maior Seneer. of he army, Sir, il you don't
make less noise with your mouth?
"Wbat will You do" inquired the Major,
looking a. large and as fierce IS possible.
..1:Il set 3 nlouse-trap, end catch you, Maj
or Sanger, of the army, SIT, and give you to
my puppy to play with"
For once in bis life the i1ajor was 'sstam-
neand,, and the person who alludes to mouse
trans in his presence, since that day, f~orfeits
his respect forever.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-03-10

The schooI-Book MonopOlY.

The school book monopoly has a
firm hold on the school interests oI
the State, and all legislation, so far,
has failed to reach the evil. There
is not difference enough in tie favor
of any particular series to Justify the
cost of books, and the money ex-
pended between rival publishers. It
would be better to take the risk of a
competent board selecting a series
| for the entire State, than to allow the
contention to go on in local boards
which results in one book in one
, county and another in the next, sub
jeet to frequent changes.
In the present Legislature, the
idea has been mentioned that it is
the duty of the State to furnish
books, as well as teachers, for the
schools. But this would result in an
alarming waste of books, especially
if there was not a rigid limit to the
number a pupil should "consume."
Senator O'Hagan has prepared a
bill that, if wisely guarded by some
amendments, would tend to remedy
the evil, and stop the eternal
change of books.
It provides, % that the State
School Commissioner should adver-
tise for bids to furnish for use in the
common schools, q series of five
books described as to size, &c. (2)
It defines the condition Of proposal
and contract. (3) The Governor,
Secretary of State, Auditor of State,
Attorney General and State School
Commissioner shall constitute a
Board to examine samples of books
offered, and bids, and decide upon
the best and cheapest. (G The Sc
ries of books adopted shall be in use
in all the schools of the State with
out further action for five years, and
the Board shall fix the retail price Of
the books, "8ajd price not to be more
than ten per cent. o0er the cost price,
which shall be printed upon the Gov
er and title-page of each book" (5
Township Boards are required to
adopt said series as soon as practic-
able, for a period of five years, and
to order from time to time from the
publishers of the adopted books,
such numbers as shall be needed and
provide for the distribution of the
same.
There are other provisions con,
cerning the purchase of books in
use, and regulating the dealing
in such series by general dealers.
The idea is to open up cOmpeti-
ton in furnishing, and to supply
books at IA nominal cost to scholars. '
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-03-10
The Choice Of Books.

A very elegant little volume, with the
above title, by Charles F. Richardson, is
just issued by the American Book Ex-
change, Tribune Building, New York, at
the very low price of % cents; also a
cheap paper edition at the nominal cost of
five cents. 1t will delight all who love
good books, and in its wise suggestions
will be greatly helpful to all those who
want help in choosing the best books. In
various chapters 1t treats Of The Motive Of
Reading, The Reading Habit, What Books
to Read, The Best Time to Read. How
Much to Read, Remembering what One
Reads, The Use of Note Books, The Guilt
vatiOn of Taste, Poetry, The Art Of Skip
ping, The Use OF TranslatiOns, How to
Read Periodicals, Reading Aloud and
Reading Clubs, What Books to Own, The
Use of Public Libraries, The True Service
of Reading. The volume is remarkably
rich in striking quotations from the
worlds most famous authors and thinkers,
from Aristotle to Emerson, including such
names as Addison, Bacon, Burns, Cato,
Carlyle, Disraeli, Fenelon, Gibbon, Hugo,
Keats, Lamb, Locke, Luther, Milton,
Petrarch, Ruskin, Shakespeare, and Tho
reau. Iii a real literary treasure house.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-03-10

the men struggled along on foot,
hands, faces, feet being badly frozen.
The three men had three sacks of
mail and a canvas overcoat. The
first man would stand on his mail
sack and throw the coat ahead Of
him, allowing him to take one step.
Then each man would follow on, step
by step, and the last man picking up
the fourth bag, would haeTe it ahead
for the first man to step on. In this
way they made something like three
miles, and when the third night set
IN they began calling for help, and IN
halfan hour or so were answered.
Other calls were made, and they
were again answered by the firing Of
a gun; but the wind was so strong
they could not form any idea Of the
direction It came from. Again and
again they called, and finally light
was seen; and in an hour and a half
they made the last quarter of q mile,
finding themselves at the stage sta
ton, 25miles from the starting point.
The driver had to be dragged the
last quarter Of a mile; and Mr.. Foote
says: "When I knew that I was
safe, it seemed impossible for me to
walk. I fell down twice in making
the last few yards from the stable.
/ had no strength to walk, and after
entering the barn could not eat"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-03-10
ADVERTISING RATES.

The above scale of prices is for ordinary single
column display advertising. Solid Legal, Official
and Tabular advertisements will be charged At the
legal rate for space occupied. Rule and Figure
work so per cent. extra.
SPECIAL NOTICES, advertisements in other than
single column measure, and those In prescribed
location, 25 per cent additional.
Local NOTICEs-1O cents per line for first, and 3
cents per line for each additional insertion.
CARDS in Business DirectOry-One inch, / year
80: months IS; months, S3. One-half inch
year, s. 90; 6 mos. s.; mos. 80.
OBITUARY NOTICES tOther than simpl announce.
ments of deaths,) Tributes Of Respect, Cards Of
Thanks, and announcements by Societies. cents
per line.
Notices of Marriages, Births and Deaths-When
furnished by proper authOrity-free.
Attachment, Divorce, Administrators and Execu-
tors Notices. must be paid for before Insertion
as also Foreign and Transient Advertising gener-
ally.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-03-10
Frank IesIie,s PonnIor MontbIr.

There can be no question as TO the great
merit and eheapness of this magazine. The
number for March contains 128 quarto
pages and over 100 illustrations, together
with a beautiful colored frontispice, aNo
Rose without a Thorn" The articles.
"Our Monster Telegraph System (I6 H.
lustratiOns); "A Dash Through Come
mara, "l9 illustrations); 'The Trent Al
fair" by an Eyewitness, (6 illustrati0ns);
''The Story of the Diamond Necklace" Is
illustrationsG "The Pineapple Trade in
the Bahamas" by Mrs. Frank Leslie, q IL
lustratiOnsG "Why the Clouds Float, and
What the Clouds Say g illustrations),
are all deeply interesting and replets with
information. There are excellent stories.
sketches, adventures, poetry, and misclla-
ny, embracing history, science, travels,
fun, etc, etc. A single copy % cents; an
nual subscription is So; six months S1.50,
four months 81, sent postage free. Address
Frank Leslie's Publishing House, So. S.
and 81 Park Place, New York.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-03-10
A TERRIBLE TIME
THE SUFFERINGS OF THREE
MEN IN A WESTERN
SNOW STORM.

A story of almost incredible endur-
ance and fortitude comes from the
far West with the reports Of floods
and snow storms. Three men, in
cluding z. D. n. Cook, Superintend-
ent of the stage line, started from
Fort Fetterman, on the upper
North Platte river, for Rock Greek
station, on the Union Pacific rail
road, on blackboard, drawn by two
powerful horses. The snow was
falling fast and drifting badly, and
before they reached the twenty-five
mile station they had completely lost
the trail, and the horses were suffer
ed to wander about, guided only by
their own instinct. After a time they
left the blackboard behind them and
endeavored to push forward on
horseback. At one point Mr.. FOote
was nearly killed by his horse. which
fell backward in a snow drift. After
this the horses were abandoned, and
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-03-10

A New York scribe has discovered
that IN. B" attached to a postscript
Of a Boston invitation to dinner
means 'No beans"
Gen. George B. Mcclellan, al
one time Democratic candidate for
the Presidency, has been appointed
manager Of the Dayton Soldiers
Home.
A fro at East Liverpool, O., last
week, resulted in the burning to
death of Mrs. William Sloane and
her children, Luella, Paul and Alex
ander, a babe eighteen months old,
and Wilbur Skeels, her brother-in-
law.
Judge Charles J.. Forbes, who
died at Northampton, Mass, q few
days ago, in his will gives in trust to
the town 100000, and as much
more as the estate warrants, for a
public library, $4,000 for the build
ing, an income of $4,000 for main
tenance and an income Of S5O,OOG
for books.
Grace Greenwood describes George
Eliot as exceedingly plain, with her
aggressive jaw and evasiVe blue eyes,
but as she grew interested in earnest
conversation, a great light flashed
over or out Of her face, till it seemed
transfgured, while the sweetness of
her rare smile was something quite
indescribable."
The inhabitants of Western Iowa
say that the severity of the past
winter in that region has been IN
paralleled. On the Pacific extension
Of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids &
Northern, there were no trains from
February 2 to February 10, al
though there were untiring efforts at
opening the road.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-03-10
Fncfs fhnt We KNOW.

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Cold, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption
loss Of voice, tickling in the throat, or any
affection of the throat or lungs, IRE kuOu
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you immediate relief We know Of hun
dreds of cases it has completely cured, and
that where all other medicines had failed.
No other remedy can show one-half as
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Discovery uU cure you Of Asthma, Bron-
chitis, Hay Fever, Consumption, severe
Coughs and Colds, Hoarseness, or any
Throat or Lung Disease, if you call at
SEYBERT & Co.'S Drug store you can get
a trial bottle free Of cost, or a regular size
bottle for S1.O0. nOY25moYlS-6lChgW
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-03-10
SCHOOL BOOKS.
THEIR HIGH PRICES IN OHIO
ENORMOUS PROFITS OF THE
BOOK RING.

Judge Patton, a member of th,
Legislature, recently made a speecl
in the House, on the subject o
cheaper school books, from which We
extract the following points of in
terest to parents, especially those il
straitened circumstances, who fine
the cost of books for the children az
oppressive burden:
Judge Patton made a powerful
argument against the Book Ring
speaking for an hour and a half. he
showed from official sources that
there were 747,138 children enrolled
in the public schools of Ohio in 1879.
There are now, he says, nearly $780,
600. They require at least 81, $780,
600 worth of school books year,
on which there is a profit of at least
S500,00. He said he had caused an
estimate to be made by experts as
to the cost of the Eclectic Series of
Readers, published by Van Antwerp,
Bragg & Co., and found it to be less
than ten cents. It was sold for 40
cents, and other books in proportion.
The Cincinnati Enquirer contains
more matter in a single number than
an Eclectic Fourth Reader. Every
copy is made up of matter set pur-
posely for it, and is sold for five
cents a copy. The Fourth Reader
is sold for ffty-HiE3e-ss5sififttss ss5sifif tss. Yet the
quality of the paper does not make
ten cents difference in the price of a
five cent copy of the Enquirer and
a ffty-nine cent copy of the Reader.
The publishers of Ohio, he was
convinced, made a profit of 81, 100000
a year. The people have stood this
extortion for many years, and are
now united in asking for relief. The
passage of this bill, said Judge Pat
ton, would show the great monopoly
that had been defying the people for
years, that the people were inde-
pendent of it, and they would be
glad to take any terms they could
get. High-prieed books now prae-
tically debar many poor children
from an education, because their pa
rents have not the money to meet
the extortionate demands of the
Ring. The Book Ring, said the
Judge, expended S2,OOO,OOO to keep
its army of retainers in the field, and
and operate on School Boards. It
was a source of corruption from top
to bottom. Its spies are as numer-
GUS as those of Fouehe under Ma
and its retainers were to be
found within the Legislative halls
like a huge octopus, it reaches with
its long tendrils in all directions.
There is nothing too high to be
above the attempts at seduction.
The moment man is placed in a
position of trust, he is subject to its
oOrrnDtiOn If necessary for its oains