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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-03

Scott county was organized on the
% inst, with a population Of 2,6I7
This makes the second western county
organized this month and stil the tide
rolls Or.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-03

Notice IS Lare1 ElVan that The f1--oHinz---l7l-
ed settler has --al notice ut his intention 70 mas
duaI proof I'm support Of his c-aiUs and l-1I sara
proof win be made before Clerk District Court -f
probate Judge % Phillip -urg,, Kansas, On aug
JOHN Is. FERGUSON
I'D 1881, for the AH OF Section so Town =
Range Is. Ee names the following Witnesses 70
prove his continuous residence ul0n- and -----
B. j. Morton. OF Philips 1T2. t-lE=az l=---1L 9
Vincent John kell-arF and John @ Adams Oh
D-cEeyg ---es Kansas
JOHN E-aSELL, Register.
Wm. Bl=seu Attorney. ja-a1-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-03

a-a- -4 --"'- ---=-
Notice is hereby given rLat the following nam
ed settler has llel notice of his intention 10 make
final proof ll support OF bis claim, and that said
proof VIII re made before the Probate OF District
Wis Nathaniel =. Bailey HE 1905 for the y
or Section 3. LoWu 2. Range Ls. lie names the
following illnesses 90 prove his continuous resi-
William HoFeyr of lron, Kansas.
$. Iapsou- OF
James Cooley, Of Hillside. Kansas.
Daniel L0pE-ur on phil l-auE-E- Kansas.
JOHN EiS-i-L-L, Register.
Lnrnz B L..-.lEL. 4 ---EuaEs. To-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-03
WITHOUT SUFFERING
P.J

Users O. Opium, ere you aware that Dr- Leslie
b Eeelsv's o D1UlLE LELlEIDE OF l01-D % VIII
Cure the V11z5 case OF -AI5 ral-1e Ea1-- ll -l-zl
three 10 lge weeks .a- E1zlal EE. -ztz-- SUFFER-
j. contains not one IfltElzcAe g lil14zzt- o
any CT ltz EireIs1 lt- 2 as ana @ the parent
nothing s. able 90 attend 70 lbs ordinary business
aud enjoys lfe as Ls has not cone zll9e beginning
on the Opium Habir. ELtEE5 OK .d1 lr- Leslie j..
Eeelev's new WORK 'i1UiuUs I-s Use "A lls5 ana
Cure sent zee On application. IL ls Li1e most
a The -ufea- and 1E1z lull IG e--1Es E1E seq
G1E5 u home. address OF call On
TIE leslie .. KELLEY CO..
DEaE LELa
@RFEaF EEaz ~
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-03

BY uezv & NocoaEa5z. Els 6 It sI iasd
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-03

-a--1a-t4N no L
1. Christ is the Shepherd. Let US
follow Him.
.. Christ used illustrations which
were easily understood,
8. Christ knows each follower by
name, and takes an individual interest
IN each one.
4. Christ is the door. Enter while
you may.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-03

/ he District c0a.t Of TllmBs county, st4ta OF
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-07-08
A Partial Judge.

A man applied to the Governor of
Dakota for a pardon for man then
serving term in the penitentiary.
son what grounds do you ask for a
pardon?" inquired the Governor.
"That the Judge who sentenced him
was prejudiced.n nil jy..t
"That is hardly probable"
t'But / can prove it.p
"Well, go ahead"
1.-THE man had once traded horses
with the Judge, who wanted very
gentle horse. He highly recommended
the animal, and said he could warrant
it not to kick. The next morning the
Judge went out and found it dead. ~
.tYes. see." vii fN-, 49, s
ttThe Judge told the man about it,
and he went over and looked at the
horse, and he tickled its hind legs with
straw, and turned and said: We'll, I
calculate that hoss is just as gentle as l
said he was; still claim he won't kick
q fly. Jest bring your children right
out and let 'em play with him, Judge.
The Judge chased him out of the barn
with four-tined pitch-fork, but didn't
catch him. Shortly after he got a
whack at him on trial and sent him
up" n. ~
'"Wen,n said the Governor, II think
he must have been prejudiced, I'll
write out a pardon for your mani
Estelline Bell. f
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-07-08
Natural Gas at Pittsburg.

Natural gas is by no means new dis
covery. The burning wells in the Baku
region on the shores of the Caspian
have been familiar objects to explorers
for countless centuries. To Pittsburg
how ever, belongs the credit Of being
the first city in the world to recognize
the importance of natural gas as fuel
and ilIuminant, and to Introduce 1t
generally into factories, rolling mills,
workshops and dwelling houses. A de-
scription of a visit by a Star correspon-
dent to these gas wells is printed else
where.
Pittsburg is now reaping the fruit OF
her enterprise. Capital from other
cities has been attracted to the busy
town. New factories and mills are be-
ing erected. Real estate has increased
ten per cent in value since the gas was
introduced. There is plenty of work
for everybody, with promise of unex-
ampled prosperity ahead. The new
fuel costs one-third less than coal, and
owing to the uniform temperature
maintained in the furnaces by its COM
bustion, the Pittsburg manufacturers
are now turning out at less expense q
grade of steel finer than any that they
were previously able to produce.
Natural gas has reduced cooking to a
fine art. By turning small metallic
knob, conveniently located in the front
of the range, the fire may be regulated
to any temperature desired or entirely
extinguished. The importance of thi:
change from the old-fashioned way will
be appreciated by every housewife
throughout the country, and more es
pecially by every Pittsburger who ha'
hitherto experienced difficulties in get
ting his tenderloin cooked to precisel!
the proper turn.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-07-08
We Pause to Hesitate,

When it becomes necessary to call a
larger man liar.
When the assessor asks if there are
any dogs concealed under the house.
When an undertaken asks to patron
ize him as literally as possible.
When the clergyman hints that he
would not be averse to eating dinner
with us.
When a bore enters our Office, puts
his feet on the table and expects us to
spare his life. -.
When the butcher asks us if we
won't just settle that little matter and
be done with it.
When we are asked to join temper
ance society by man whose breath
smells Ike free lunch and brewery.
When we are expected to eat the
same old hash three times day and lay
aside the nails and things we find in
it.
When our beloved wife expects US to
get up and light the fire about three
hours before daylight on a cold morn
ing.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-07-08
Named After an Apostle.

When parents cannot agree on any
one name for q child, they can COM
promise on several names. This put
ting them all in has rather bulky eff
feet. The specimen Of 1t here given IL
lustrates parental intelligence as well as
liberality.
"And so you've named your baby,
have you?" said one woman to another.
"Oh, yes"
"What is it you call him?" -.
Thomas Muscovy Martin Luther
Benson"
1.-THE poor little toad! Why did you
load it down with so much name?"
"Well, itseemed as though couldn't
slight my own brother, and / insisted
on Muscovy on his account
"But how about Martin Luther? You
wasn't under any special obligations to
him.
mo, but my husband was determin'
ed that he should be named after one
of the apostles, and Martin was my
choice of the lot"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-07-08
A Cats Lives.

The common saying that cat has
mine lives" is simply an expressive
phrase for the old idea that a cat will
''stand killing" longer thar" other ami
mai in the same circumstances. 1t is
singular that in one case, at least, a
medical experimenter, in testing the
correctness of the old idea, found the
result tocorrespond exactly to the num-
Der in the old saying. In the Popular
Science Monthly he says: ~ '.
A cat and dog of the same ages being
placed in lethal chamber, the cat
may, with perfect certainty, be predict
ed to outlive the dog. The lethal cham
Der being large enough to hold both the
cat and the dog, the yapor inhaled by
the animals being the same, with every
other condition identical, this result,
as an experimental truth, may be ac-
cepted without cavil. The differences,
always well marked, are sometimes
much longer than would be credible in
the absence of the evidence. l have
once seen cat, falling asleepin lethal
chamber in the same period as dog,
remaining breathing, literally, nine
times longer, for the dog died within
five minutes, and the cat not only con-
tinued to breathe in profoundest sleep
for forty-five minutes, but would have
been recoverable by simple removal
from the vapof into fresh air; if it had
been removed while yet one act ol
breathing continued.
This, however, was exceptional, be-
cause the cat, in the same lethal atmos
phere as the dog, as a rule, live more
than thrice as long-i.e., if the dog ceas
es in four minutes, the cat will cease in
from ten to twelve minutes after falling
asleep.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-07-08
Evading the Issue.
cleveland Plain Dealer.1

The Republican organs in their apol-
ogies for the rank partisan decision of
the Supreme Court evade the real issue,
and multiply words about something
that is not now in the controversy
Whether the Republican or Democratic
Senators from Hamilton county were
legally elected, or whether the Demo-
cratic Senators ought not to have been
unseated, are not questions that the
Supreme Court had anything to do with.
The Court was not called upon for any
decision in regard to any such case,
nor was such a case before the Court at
all.
The simple question was, had seven
teen Senators out of thirty-eight a right
to call themselves a legal Senate and
act as such? In other words, can less
than a quorum of a legislative body leg
islate? That was the question before
the Court, and there was no other.
The Constitution says no. Common
sense says that there can be no legal ac-
tion where there is not legal quorum.
But the three Republican judges, tramp
ling on the constitution and shutting
their eyes to the law and the fact, decid-
ed at the dictation of reckless parti-
san ring that seventeen Senators, two
less than constitutional majority, had
right to declare themselves legal
Senate and so act. There is no evading
this plain issue, and no amount of Jug
Cling will get rid of the ugly fact that
the Supreme Court has declared that a
minority of legislative body may do
what the Constitution plainly says il
may not do.
We do not care to waste words in an
argument over what must be plain to
every citizen of ordinary common sense,
or to split hairs over questions of legal
causistry. We know, and the people
know, that the Supreme Court-the
Republican majority of it-did an infa-
nous thing in deciding as it did, and
that it battered down the Constitution
at the bidding of a disreputable gang in
order that the gang might break
through to the plunder it wanted. The
decision sinks this partisan court be-
meath the contempt of all honest men
and from such court, packed to per
petrate injustice and uphold fraud, the
Democracy of Ohio appeals to the peo.
pie.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-07-08
A Paint 7Swindle.

Farmers will please give this item at
tention as it will save them considerable
trouble.
The old paint swindle has been fire.
Quently exposed and manipulators OF
paint contracts have been rather scarce
for several years; but now comes one
w. E. Day we'll known in Defiance, who
has invented crude, bungling sort OF o
swindle that has caught several good
farmers. By relating the particulars OF
an actual transaction the expose will be
the more clear:
Last Friday Day and an accomplice
called upon Samuel Hornish, in Adams
township, and solicited thej0 ofpaint-
ing a large barn. Day produced print
ed contract and filled out an agreement
to deliver paint enough to cover 444
square yards of either Masury or Sher-
win & Williams paint for fifty cents a
square yard, and supplemented the con-
tract with an agreement to also apply
the paint if desired. Then upon the back
of the contract Day made an indOrse-
ment to the effect that he was to receive
forty dolIors for applying the paint, and
thatsuch amount should be the entire
cost. That statement in writing on the
back of the document satisfied HOrnish
as he supposed that the job was worth
about $40. Both parties thereupon
signed the contract on its printed side
which contained the big clause calling
for 444 square yards at fifty centsa yard.
A second contract identical with the
first was made and both parties signed it,
each retaining a contract. After signing
the papers Hornish thought there was
some crookedness concealed in the tran
saction on the part of Day and protested
against the fifty cent price. Day said
that meant nothing and the parties
agreed then and there to erase the price
per yard. Hornish did so in presence OF
Day and witnesses. Day pretended to
erase the figures from his paper but in
fact did not do 80. The parties separated
and the following day Defiance at
torney called upon Mr.. Hornish and said
that Days profit in the transaction
would be $175, but as he needed mon
ey, he would take $3.50, and the attorney
requested Hornish to sign note for the
amount. Hosnish objected and refused
claiming that the price was to be only
forty dollars for the whole job. He was
told that that amount was only for ap-
plying the paint, and that the balance
must be paid. Hornish refused payment
and upon advice of attorneys notified
Day not to deliver the paint. 1t re.
mains to be seen if the fellow will push
the claim. 1t is our opinion that no jury
in Ohio would return verdict in favor
of so palpable a swindle. Farmers
should steer clear of this sharper, and
when he comes along with paint con-
tracts set the big bull dogs on him.-De'
fonce Democrat.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-07-08
Gen. jackson and the Portuguese
Minister.

Gen. Jackson understood no Ian
guage but English, and he was often in
a dilemma from being unable to con-
verse with foreign ambassadors in
Washington. The following comical
story is told in a recent book, "Count
Circles of the Republic" and is said to
be true:
When Mr. McLane was Secretary Of
State, a new minister arrived from Lis
bon, and day was appointed for him
to be presented to the President. The
hour was set, and MeLane expected the
minister to call at the State Depart
ment; but the Portuguese had misun-
derstOod Mr.. McLane's French, and he
proceeded alone TO the White House.
He rang the bell, and the door was
open by the Irish porter, Jimmy O'Neil.
''Je suits Uenu VoiT Monsierle President" /"
said the minister.
"What does he mean" muttered
Jimmy.
"He says President, though, and I
suppose he wants to see the General"
"Om QUIZ said the Portuguese bow
ing.
Jimmy ushered him into the green
room, where the general was smoking
his corn-cob pipe with great compos-
ure. -
The minister made his bow to the
President, land addressed him in French,
of which the general did not under
stand word. s-:l
"What does the fellow sayL Jimmy"'
said he. IS.
"Don't know, sir; reckon he'sa fur
riner.n -. ...,-.---.-,.-.- .---,,--
"Try him in Irish, Jimmy" said Old
Hickory.
Jimmy gave him a touch Of the genu'
line Milesian, but the minister only
shrugged his shoulders with1the usual
"Pdit-il?n
"Ochw exclaimed Jimmy, che cant
go the Irish, sir. He's French, to be
surev'
"Send for the French cook, and lei
him try if he can find out what the
gentleman wants. -, i = -
The cook was hurried from the kitch
en-, sleeves rolled up, apron on, and thu
carving-knife in his hand.
i The minister, seeing this formidable
apparition, and doubling he was in th'
presence of the Head of the Nation
4 feared some treachery, and made for th'
door, before which Jimmy planted him
self to keep him in.
When the cook by the Generals order
asked who he was and what he wanted
and he gave a subdued answer, tn
President discovered his character. A
this juncture McLane came in, and tn
minister was presented in due form.
1t is said Gen. Jackson always re
sented illusions to this incident.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-07-08

A few years ago a community was
started at Anaheim, CAL, the principal
feature of which was that only uncook-
ed vegetable food was to be eaten by its
members One by one they have either
starved to death or lit out for pastures a
new, where the blushing beefsteak and
festive lamb-chop are wont to lie peace
fully side by side. Two are left, the
leader a male, and woman, who are
still content to nibble at alettuce head,
like pink-eyed rabbit, or wade through
the mysterious depths of an uncooked
cabbage, but the old-time luster has de-
parted from their optics, and they are
so thin and weak they cannot leave
their beds.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-07-08
The Presidents Salary.
From the Baltimore American j

A great deal of talk has been occa-
stoned by the mention of the fact that
the President always used new money.
Some people laughed at the idea that
he handed crisp new 800 bill to DR..
Sunderland for his marriage free, and,
again, that he put a crisp new SIS bill in
the collection plate at the Oakland
church said, "Why, the especially for
him." The truth is, the President al
ways receives new notes direct from the
Treasury. He never gets old notes,
except In change when he pays bill
or makes purchase. The U. 8,
Treasurer, on the last day of each month
sends the President his salary-$4, ,160,.
66--the odd change in bright new sill.
yer and copper cents, and the notes all
new and Of the latest issue. Mr.. Cleve'
land, like his predecessors, keeps pri'
vate bank account with Biggs & Co.
and the day after he gets his salary III
makes a deposit, reserving enough tt
pay current expenses. 1t is said tha
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-07-08
THE NORTHWEST
Sober Second Thought.

The forty-third volume Of the Ohio
State Reports Is out, and 1t brings with
IL. at pages 693 90. the decision OF the
Supreme Court of Ohio in the case OF
Dalton, Clerk, VS.. State ex rel. Richard
son, This decision is not so remarkable
for what Its says as for what 1t omlts to
cav. We have before US the Weekly
LdtU Bulletin, vol. XIV, page 426, where
at is to be found the original decision, as
reprinted at the time, from manuscript
furnished by Judge johnson, In his own
handwriting. 1t reads as follows:
"It Is no comfort to say that q contest
by the Senate of Ohio furnishes an ade-
auate remedy, especially since by count
ing these frauds the party benefited
thereby gets the control OF the body
which is to sit in Judgment on the con-
test. They obtain their certificates by
means of fraud and forgery. This en-
titles them become members OF the con-
testing body. This entities them to sat ana
rote on their OtOn cases, or the cases o.
each other, and it tOotttd be q miracle y
thev,o or those tUho affiliate Nth then, potit-
cullv, should surrender control Of the Sen
ate byOuSting themselves, however strong
the case nlay be for the contestants. Such
q thing is ,Rhedrd Of In contest 6g a po'
litiodL body, tOhen a SUCCESSFUL contesl
eOlAd surrender the control Of that 0od5
to its political opponents"
Now, this, in the light of recent pro,
ceedings, is very interesting. But, 10
and behold, when it comes to the 0. s
Report the able Republican Judge
knocks out every single t0ord ofthe atGtt'
cised portion of the decision as at FRS
rendered, Why does he do this? why
does he mutilate the record? Is it because
he sees that, since the highway robbery
committed by the Republicans upon the
State Senate, his own words fall upor
his own party with ian intolerablt
scorn not to be borne?" Is it not OF the
same piece as the performance o
Messrs. McDougall and Smith In thu
"test case' under the Dow bill, anC
with the other Republican performan
ces whereby a penitentiary convict wa
stolen from the county Jail? When he
publican Judges have to mutilate rec
ord and suppress the language OF thei
own decisions, in order to save their par
ty from the disgrace which belongs t.
it, then things are coming to pretty
pass in the State of Ohio. Judge John
sons ''sober second thought" will prov
heavy burden to his own reputation
and to his party cause.-Cfnc'andts I'm
qltireT. -
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-07-08
Plain English.

He had Joined club which was un-
derstood to have for its object the dis
cussion of scientific subjects. Coming
home one night at 2 o'clock a. m. he
was reproached by his wife for his evil
dent lapse from scientific subjects to
liquid ones. ,.,,r tn. ...s,e,.t...s..
s'My dear" he said, "it's-er-all on &C.
count ofthe-hic-subject we had up-er-
for discussion this-hic-evening,"
"And so I am expected to believe
that the simple discussion of o scien-
tific subject, causes you toTdrawl and
hiccough as you do?" lii - Ell
certainly, my dear; high-drawl-hics,
you-er-know!n .-.'r--..-''=''' .''-'-'
1t seemed plain to her the first chance
she had OF looking into Webster's,
when she found that hydraulics was
the science of fluids in motion.-De-
trot Free Press.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-07-08
SHERIFT'S SALE.

The Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company,
vs..
Charles 3. Reynolds, et al
Order Of Sale from Henry County Court of Com
mon Pleas.
BY virtue Of order Of sale issued from the above
named court and to me directed as Sheriff Of Henry
county, will offer at public sale at the North dool
of the Court House, in Napoleon, Ohio, on
Saturday, July 10th, 1886,
at the hour Of O'Clock, p M, of said day, the fcI
lowing described Real Estate, situated in Henry
County, Ohio, to-wit:
The South half Of the Southeast quarter Of Sec.
North of Range No. Seven % East in Henry Coun
ty, Ohio.
Appraised at $t,6S0. .r..
Terms OF Sale Cash. ---.. .-
FREDERICK ALLER,
Sheriff of Henry county, Ohio.
Tyler Donnclly, attorneys for plaintiff.
Napoleon, Ohio, June Z, 1885. $50
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-07-08

Among the relics of the late war,
slowed away in the United States Ord.
nance Museum, is a saber fully five feet
long, which was found on the field OF
Manassas. A Virginian who visited
the museum recognized the saber as one
that had been used by giant Virginia
cavalryman in 'Jeb' Stuart's command
The cavalryman in question: said the
Virginian, was nearly seven feet high
and broad in proportion. He had that
big saber made by cross roads horse.
shoer, and promised Ito hew his way
through the Yankee lines with it and
enter Washington, but, poor fellow, he
was shot at Manassas before he could
carry out his rash purpose
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-07-08
sHERlFF's SALE.
August Oberhouse,

August Oberhouse,
Catharine 0berhouse, ct. al.
Order of sale from Wood County Court Of Com
mon Pleas.
BY virtue of an order of sale In partition, is
sued in the above entitled cause by the Clerk Of the
Court of Common Pleas, of Wood County, Ohio,
and to to me directed and delivered, will offer for
sale at public vendue, upon the premises, on
Wednesday, July 14th, 1885,
commencing at 10 o'clock, a. M, of said day, the
following described Real Estate situate In the
county Of Henry, and State of Ohio, to-wit:
The North Five-Eighths (5-8) of the East half of
ship Five (5) North, Range Six 10y East, being so
acres more or less.
Appraised at $3,00O
The South half of the South half of the North
east quarter Of Section Four (4), Town Five (5)
North, Range Six (G East, being 40 acres more or
less,
Appraised at $2,2CO.
The Southwest quarter of the Northwest quarter
of Section Three (3), Town Five (5) North, Range
Six (6) East, containing 90 acres more or less.
Appraised at 80, 400.
Tie East half Of the Northwest quarter of Sec
ton Three (3), Town Five (5) North, Range Six 6)
East containing 80 acres more or less.
Appraised at $2,S00.
Terms of Sale-One-third Of purchase money to be
paid on day Of sale; onethird In one year and one
third in two years, the deferred payments to be Sc
cured by mortgage on the premises sold
Said tracts Of land will be sold free of dover.
GEORGE NJ. BROWN,
Sheriff of Wood County, Ohio.
7. N. B1ERLY, Plaintiffs Attorney.
June 7ih. 1885. $14 10