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The Columbus journal., 1884-11-19

A "PAINT MINE" has been discover
ed at Corinth, Me.
OVER 100000 trees were planted
in Great Britain in 1883.
The Prince of Wales is said to be
the Colonel of sixteen regiments.
Ten counties in Mississippi pro-
hibit the sale of spirituous liquors.
THERE are 500 pieces in the $4,000
set of china used in the White House.
AN iceberg over six miles long was
recently seen off the Newfoundland
coast.
IT is said that Ohio has more COL
leges than any other state in the
Union.
CALIFORNIA produces figs which
measure over eight inches in circum-
ference.
A CLERK in Indianapolis was ar
rested the other day for embezzling
one cent.
THERE are 1900 compositors in
Paris whose pay is about Ii cents
an hour.
The cocoanut Dug has appeared on
the island of Cuba, and threatens
the crop.
THE New Orleans exposition opens
December 6. The main building is
completed.
LAIRD, of the Second Congressional
district, is reelected by a majority of
1000 votes.
ONE English railway company will
hereafter print upon its tickets the
price thereof.
QUEEN VICTORIA is said to be now
enjoying better health than for
several years.
IT is reported that Sitting Bull
advises young men to 60 West and
"turn %Injun."
AT a free water tank in New
York over twelve hundred pounds of
ice is used daily.
On the 18th inst, four hundred
cholers patients were reported in the
hospitals at Paris.
FORTY thousand persons in Switzer-
land are employed in the watch
making industry.
BLAINE carried the city of Buffalo
by 1000 majority, and Clevelsnd's
own ward by 300.
A WOMAN in Connecticut sent a
feather cushion to endow a chair at
Princeton college.
THERE are it is said l3S,O65 Masonic
lodges in the world, with a member
ship of l4,l60,543.
ENGLISH authorities are breaking
up the Salvation Army, which has
become a nuisance.
The United States mined $29, OOO, 900
worth of gold this year and $4S,OOO,-
600 worth of silver.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, has seventy
public libraries, containing more
than 100000 volumes.
IT is stated that Cleveland has al
ready received 5000 letters and tele-
grams of congrstulation.
G. w. E. DORSEY in this, the Third
Congressional district, will have q
majority exceeding 5000.
The oyster exists from Halifax to
Charleston, and the swapping turtle
from Capada to the equator.
One of the ushers at the White
House completed twenty years of
duty there one day last week.
The President has appointed Gov.
Schuyler Crosby, of Montana, First
Assistant Postmaster General.
WHAT will be attempted next? A
paper chimney fifty feet high has re-
Gently been erected at Breslan.
THE latest London style of slippers
are made ont Of rat skins. 1t takes
four skins to make q pair of clippers.
The Columbus journal., 1884-11-19

Mrs. Ex-Gov. NANCE, is under the
are of DIR. II. P. Mathewson at Lin
coin. This most excellent lady's
health has been quite poor for some
time past, and her many friends join
in the hope that she may soon regain
her health and return to her home.
The Columbus journal., 1884-11-19

IT is stated that Fred Grant hopes
to make a frugal living by selling
roses this winter to New York
florists, from the green houses in
Morristown, N. j., which he erected
when he thought he was rich.
Nothing indicates u mans character
better than struggling hard to make
an honest living.
The Columbus journal., 1884-11-19

Iowa was carried two years ago by
a prohibition vote Of $1,000 majority;
this year polled less votes for st.
John than Nebraska.
The Columbus journal., 1884-11-19

CHRIS. AND MATT SCHLEGER and
Frank Lawrence, all boys of Omaha,
started out on the morning of the 9th
for a hunt. Before they got back
home and while walking along the
u. P. track west of the stock yards,
Chris. was using his gun as a walking
stick +; jamming the butt on the ground
as he walked along, the gun suddenly
went off and lodged the load in his
left eye entering his brain and in
stantly killing him.
The Columbus journal., 1884-11-19

WEAvER's majority in the First
congressional district with all the
combined opposition vote brought
against him ia 769.
The Columbus journal., 1884-11-19

A RESPECTABLE and prominent
democrat of Nebraska has expressed
the opinion that "Mr. Blaine will 60
into we'll earned obscurity." This
democrat may yet live to see James
G. Blaine a United States senator and
President of the United States. True
and faithful republicans who love
their country and its flag and desire
the execution of its laws as well as it's
general prosperity will 9 all proper
influence to have Mr.. Blaine and Gen.
Logan placed in the U. S. senate the
next coming four years, and after
wards elect them President and Vice.
President of the United States, which
can be readily done on the 18th of
November 1888.
The Columbus journal., 1884-11-19
ESTRAY PONY.

Taken up by the undersigned at the
Columbus Picking House, Saturday,
Oct. 18th, q
SORREL PONY,
about three years old. SAA'L. C0HY.
26.5
The Columbus journal., 1884-11-19

TEN tons of giant powder in Run
nel's magazine, near Toledo, o., was
exploded the other morning by the
detonstion of a tub of nitro-glycerine,
which had been placed near a fire to
thaw. The explosion was heard sixty
miles away, and in the immediate
vicinity windows smashed, fences and
barns leveled and limbs torn from
trees. A spring wagon, containing
four persons, was thrown into q ditch.
The financial loss is placed at $4,000.
The Columbus journal., 1884-11-19

Nix. GEO. WIN. CURTIS thinks that
Cleveland will encounter q tremen-
dous demand for a clean sweep, but
he believes he will adhere to the re-
form law and not dismiss officers
arbitrarily for political reasons. Nj.
Curtis is not yet ' a "yearling
democrat" and may learn something
if he lives long enough.
The Columbus journal., 1884-11-19

"BUTrER, EGGS and POULTRY,
and all kinds of country produce taken
in trade or bought for cash at the highest
market prices. l-y
The Columbus journal., 1884-11-19

RECENT news from Madrid reports
that the minister of foreign affairs
has announced the conclusion of the
treaty of commerce between America
aud the Spanish West Indies. A few
important questions p%ertsiniug to
sugar and cereals are still open, but
they are not likely to interfere with
the final adoption Of the treaty.
The Columbus journal., 1884-11-19

The official canvass in New York
will announce today . plurality there
for Cleveland of LOO. about as
The Columbus journal., 1884-11-19
The climate of Asheyille. North

The climate Of Asheville, North
Carolina, the year round is said to be
the most healthful of any region in
the United States, and persons known
to be troubled with pulmonary dis
ease, after breathing that soft, cool,
pure, healing air may become we'll
again, if there is any chance of a cure.
Persons afflicted with bad health
should always be in possession of
knowledge of a place and region of
country where, by a brief residence,
they may be restored to vigor. This
place We learn is western North Car
DINA in the region of Asheville, q
place far enough south to ensure a
mild winter, while its great altitude
creates q cool, refreshing summer. 1t
is claimed by others that there is no
other place in America SO favored, no
other place where the climate the Gu
tire year is go temperate and delight
full, so invigorsting and healthful.
A YOUNG man from Omaha--name
could not be learned--went out to
Willard the other night to visit his
brother, who works for a farmer
named Allen. The young man ar
rived at the farm house after the
family had retired for the night. He
raped loudly on the door, and in
reply to Aliens query, "Who's there,
and what do you want" in sport he
replied that he wanted his money or
his life. Allen told him to 60 round
to the back door, and seized a shot
gun, opened the door and shot the
young man in the neck, inflicting
probably fatal wounds. Allen was
greatly shocked on learning who the
supposed robber was. If no lives he
will be more careful in the future,
about joking.
The Columbus journal., 1884-11-19


MRS. RINEAR, a sister of German,
the murdered policeman at Gin
cinnati, became i'll at the news of his
wounding and when told of his death,
she fell into a comatose state and
died in q few hours.
MRS. NARCIssA F. Dennis, presi-
dent of the Iowa State Suffrage So
ciety, and Mrs. Dickinson, of Indiana,
were among those present from other
states at the recent Buffalo Woman
Suffrage Convention.
The burning of the Blair Opera
House last week is supposed to be
the work of an incendisry. A min
strel troupe which had just closed q
performance lost their wardrobe and
most of their instruments.
THERE are only 100000 of silver
dollars in circulation in the United
States, and there being about 5O,O0O,-
600 inhabitants, the chap that has no
dollars is puzzled to know why he
can't have q silver dollar, too.
SPAuLDING's iron and nail works,
in Jefferson county, Ohio, shut down
the other day for an indefinite period,
throwing at least $50 men out of en-
ployment. The cause is accumula-
ton of stock and small demand.
some fears are expressed in our
exchanges that the dreaded disease
cholera, will yet visit q country.
VIZ T not of the opinion that any
fears may be entertained of it's coming
this late in the season and after heavy
frosts have visited the country.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-03-14
wuLLIA NJ HENRY HUNT.
Secretary of the Navy,
Late American Minister TO Itus-
sia, Who Died at 81. Peters,
burg, Feb. 27th.


Hon. William Henry Hunt, American
Minister to Russia, and ex-secretary OF
the Navy, vino died at ST. Petersburg
Wednesday, Feb. 27ih, wns born at
Charleston, S. c.. in 1924, the youngest Of
Eve sons Of an influential lawyer aud mem
ber OF the State Legislature.
Mr.. Hunt was brought up in New Or
leans, to which city his father removed on
account Of the Calhoun notification ex-
citement, but attended school at New
Haven, Conn, and afterwards entered Yale
College. lie studied law with an elder
brother, and was admitted TO the bar in
1874, in New Orleans. at the age of twenty,
ie soon took high rank as n profound
and eloquent lawyer, and was for a time a
professor in a New Orleans Law School
When the war came on he refused to join
in the secession movement, and was II con.
sisent Union man. When Admiral Far.
ragut entered New Orleans, Judge Hunt
invited the officers of the navy to his house
He assisted in the reconstruction OF the
State, and was elected Acknowledgement
OIL the Packard ticket in 1876. In 1873 he
WAS appointed Judge If the United
States Court of Claims. President Garfield
took him into his Cabinet ia a representa-
tive Of the Sonlh, and when President
Arthur succeeded to the executive Office he
appointed him Minister TO Russia.
In this capacity Mr.. Hunt performed mn
admirable service to his country in looking
after the survivors OF the Jeanette ESnedi.
ton, and assisting them In making their
way from n remote corner Of the Russian
Empire to ST. Petersburg, and thence ia
their homes. Through his efforts the good
offices OF the Russian government were
secured in bringing the remains of De-
Long and those who perished with him
from the Western coast OF Siberia to the
Russian capitol
Judge HINT was four times married
His first wife was daughter OF Gommo-
dore Ridgley. His second vile wns 8
daughter-in.law OF the late Bishop Hop
kins. of Connecticut. In his persona
characteristics Mr.. Hunt was enc OF the
most winning of men. Handsome, learned
and eloquent, he possessed all the grace'
OF II flushed gentleman. He leaves I
widow, one daughter and four sons.
The following was received by President
Arthur the day after Mr.. Hunts death:
To THE RUSSIAN MINISTER, WASHING
TON The Emperor instructs you to ex
press to the President and to the Govern
ment of the United States the SINGER
regret which Mr.. Hunts death causes iii
Majesty.
I Ihave no need to add that the Govern
ment and Russian Society are much al
fected by his less. GIERs,
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
By order Of Secretary Chandler tn
Navy department viii b. dsaped i
mourning for thirty days.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-03-14

Ex. Postmaster General James was ex-
amined by the Honse Committee ON Ex-
penditures in the Department OF Justice
on the 9th inst. He testifed that he was
called 10 Washington by Whielaw Reid,
and together they called upon President
Garfield, when he was informed that he
was offered the Postmaster. Generalship
The Star.route measures were talked over
and the President said there was something
rotten in the P. o. department, and that
he expected Mr.. James to "put the rlow
into the beam and subsoi it," lie told
many other things that showed conelu-
sively that President GARFIELD was in hearty
sympathy and director in the movements
to detect and punish those identified in the
star.route frauds. His statement closed
with the assertion that, chad the President
not taken the step he did against the star
reuters in the prosecution, he would not
have fallen by the assassin's bullet"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-03-14

Judge Yeaman, OF Trinidad, Colorado
has laid down the rule that all members
of juries in his court must be able TO speak
English. It appears that large percent.
age Of the people of his district are Mexi-
cans and do not speak or understand the
English language, and the legislature is
called upon each session to expend large
sums OF money to pay interpreters and for
printing for them. The Denver Times
thinks the precedent should be generally
followed, and says, Colorado is neither
old enough nor rich enough to luxuriste
in the matter OF langnage-one is all that
we can afford. The English language Is
the language Of the country, and if resi-
dents do not care TO learn TO speak the
language the fault should be considered
theirs and not that of the government OF
OF the general laxpaying public"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-03-14

We had about five minutes 10 talk with
Commissioner Junkins last Friday, aud
inquired what was the matter with the
bill presented by The Sentinel last week
which that paper considered of sufficient
interest to forestall public opinion as to
what the Democrat might say The next day
lie said the bill was for blanks and sta
tlonary for the county officers, and while il
only covered The period OF one month it
called forster and odd cents, and he
thought il exhorbtant. We are free to
say that while there might be month in
the year that that amount of blank work
might be required, we are fully Of the
opinion that the Sentinel Office has not the
facilities for doing that amount of work
in single month at legitimate prices
The ring evidently intend to get out all
there is in it before they surrender. As
we have already stated the new man at
the helm OF the Sentinel needs another stake
to "ante-up" with and the ring propose
that the taxpayers shall furnish it..
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-03-14

Toledo Bee; Henry Ward Beecher
thanks his God that ho was born neither a
Methodist, Baptist. Presbyterian or Cath
Ollie, but baby, with his sanity mother
for an example, who taught him that men
of all oreeds and nationalities were his
brethren, provided they live Christlike
lives, not by reason of ordinances, doctrines
or Government, but by reason OF love. If
this sentiment prevailed universally the
world would certainly BIZ better for 1t
There ia too much form, without the spirit
OF charity; not enough Christianity in
proportion to the amount OF Creed
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-03-14

Hon. Elmer White, of the Senate, thinks
the General Assembly will not be ready to
adjourn on st. Palrick's day. Three i'm
portant measures are yet to be disposed of,
the Judicial amendment, the liquor law,
and the penitentiary qnestion, besides the
hopper is full of local bills. 1t looks as
though Barger's Circnit Court bill might
he defeated, and it will be difficult for the
members to agree upon change in the
Scott Liquor law.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-03-14
About Glucosc.

Ferty thousand bushels OF corn are daily
consumed in this country in producing
what is called grape sugar, or glucose; the
annual value OF which is about $40 900 600.
An outcry has been made against this sub
stance, because IL was believed 10 be uu-
wholesome. IL Is substituted extensively
in the place Of cane sugar. It is used in
making table syrnp, in brewing beer, in
making confectionery aud fruit jellios. The
National Academy Of Sciences have inves-
tigated this matter, and have decided that
glucose is not WHOLESOME; that it is,
scientifically aud commercially, important,
and that 1t is ss good in Its way as cane
sugar. though it has only two-thirds Of it's
sweetering power. 1t is, In fact, starch
sugar as distinguished from cane sugar
This substance got its bad name because
being cheaper than cane sugar il WAS sur-
reptiiiously employed to counterfeit the
alter Democrats Monthly for March.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-03-14


Joaquin Miller, the poet OF the Sirras
uas Invited to appear before the House
Committee on Territories on the 9th inst.
and give his views on Mormonism and
the best method for Its eradication. He
appeared and said: "Send AN army of
schoolmasters among them, build school
bouses, make Of Salt Lake City great
literary center, and that great evil will
fade away as the mist. Count the cost Of
your army Of subjugaiion sen, against sncl,
astubborn, ignorant sect, more fsnalical
than the people oi the Ssndun, viii
leadership OF no mean ability, ns evidenced
by the organisation they have created aud
maintained, crafty and nnprincipled
though they may be, as against the eo,t
Of their education TO better ihings. BY
education this question will solve itself ia
few yesrs, and these people mny become
eongressnisn, or even book agents, aud
rapidly approach high standard Of civil.
izaii0n." This slirrel the risibiliiy OF The
eoRiniitee, 10 some extent.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-03-14

Senator Edmonds has just written to
friend who sent him a number of news
paper clippings favoring his nomination
for ne presidency: am extremely Obliged
10 you for vonr kind interest and good
wishes, but can say with absolute candor
that have no disposition whatever to hold
the place to which you refer, or to have my
name used in connection with it. I am
none the less grateful, however, for the
good opinion OF my countrymen.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-03-14

In 1928 when Congress was beset by
lobbyists and under whose influence and
afiluence they were giving to railroad
corporations millions of acres Of land, we
denounced these acts as robbery. Were
We wrong in so doing? From the acts OF
the present Congress, stimulated by public
sentiment, it would appear that We were
right. The Committee on Public Lands
have just agreed to declare sixty million,
of this same land fortified by Eve railroad
com panies.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-03-14

Henry J. Reinmend, Of Lancaster, has
been appointed and confirmed as Superin
tendent of Insurance. He will supercsde
good man for the position, Hon. Chns..
II. Moore, whom we have reason to believe
has proven both honest and eificient-two
qualifications that should be highly priced
hy the present generation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-03-14

The London Times says the time has
come for protest against the conrse If the
American Government in permitting the
dynamiters 10 operate nndisturbed. Had
the English Government showed a dispo-
sition TO check her capitalists from doing
all in their power to aid the rebels in
disrupting this government in the death
strnggle with secession, she might expect
more sympathy and aid than she is re-
ceiving from the American people.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-03-14

Atthe Republican convention in Colam-
bus ex.Gov. Foster is quoted as saying
he "wouid not down until every Southern
man had the right to vote freely and hon
estly." 1t has taken him long iime to
got fighting mad at those blasted rebels.
Twenty three years ago next month there
waz splendid opportunity opened Tor
a man about his age, and who could leave
his family well provided for, 10 get mad
and distinguish himself by his fighting
qualities. He Is almost as patriotic as the
late stalwart editor OF the Wood County
Ssntinel, who nineteen years after the war
closed could not look at Confederate
monument erected at Macon, Ga, without
shedding Union tears. Yet In the most
trying hours OF the rebellion, when the
Emancipation Proclamation was Issued,
he is quoted as writing letters home dis
couraging enlistmenls and pronouncing IL
d-d Abolition war.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-03-14

In this year, when the great political
parties are preparing for national con-
test, the Second Adventists come smilingly
to the front, declaring that the world will
come to an end OH the 4th of November
Yet we presume the several candidates
will be put in the field and the usual
efforts made 10 elect all OF them up to the
last minute.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-03-14

A bill has been introduced in the Ohio
Senate providing Tor the establishment OF
an intermediate prison or State reforma-
tory to which criminals sentenced for a
first offense are to be confined. The
prison is TO he located at johnson Island.
This bill should pass.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-03-14

The Boston 4dpetiser calls this the wire
age. Sleeping, we repose on wire mat
tresses; eating, we take food sited through
vira sives; calling, We pull wires; travelling.
we 90 by cable or electric railways over
wire bridges, tnd are hoisled BY elevators
hung on wires; we send: over tele
graph or telephone wires, and are lightep
on our way by electric light wires; from
car windows we see miles OF wire fences;
our clocks are set by wires, our watches
run by wires, our books are stitched with
wires, our pictures hung by wires, and our
politics managed by wiies.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-03-14

The funeral of United States Minister
Hunt, whose brief biography and portrait
we give in this paper, occurred at the
American Chapel in st. Petersburg, on
the 4th inst. All the diplomatic corp.
were present. Tie country looses one of
it's ablest and hest citizens in the death of
Judge Hunt. Tho people of the North
have but faint idea of the moral courage
required of the citizen of the South who
remained loyal to the Government dnrIng
the days OF secession and rebellion, winch
Was the noblest and bravest act ia Jadge
Hunts life. The writer has seen men
over eighty years old kept in closer con.
fnement than were the prisoners of war at
Salisbury prison-where their prayers
could be heard at all hours OF the night
for death to relieve them from their hon.
dage and suffering for no other cause
than remaining loyal to the Union.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-03-14

Last week Senator Jaeger presented a
petition signed by l. +. Mack and about
two hundred other citizens of Sandusky,
ling fm an investigation into the causes
for locating the new asylum at Toledo. 1t
sets forth that ex-Gov. Foster located it at
Toledo Tor political purposes. The Senate
appointed Senators Jaeger, O'Niel, Van
Cleaf, Ely and Dickinson, a Committee of
Investigation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-03-14

Columbus Heratd John Beatty touched
the Republican heart in his conference
speech. score of papers seem In doubt
as to whether to nominate him for Secre-
tOry OF State this year, or for Governor in
1885; while some compounds by naming
him for both.