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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-07-17
Some of the Evidence.

Howling Halstead's congression-
ai pettifoggers in the Payne case
have addressed the Senate com
mittee to say that they have some
new evidence against Senator
Payne.
The wonderful evidence is to the
effect that a irresponsible person"
writes Il letter to the effect that
"Mr. -" who was a Pendleton
man, was seen in company with
"one of the men who handled the
Payne boodle;" that "Mr. -"
was embarrassed" and that "Mr.
-" afterward voted for Mr.. Payne
and "put the PendletOn ticket in
his hat" a certain "NIr. -" Il
friend of Mr.. Pendleton and "Mr.
***" figure mysteriously i'm this as
tonishing "evidence" and on the
strength of it all we are informed
that the Democratic paper of the
county in which "Mr. -" lived
''charges him with betrayal" And
all this unmitigated rot is spread
before intelligent United States
senators, who are asked to consider
it ''evidence."
Not one name is given, not one
fact, not one specific charge that
can by any means be got at; not
one date, place or circumstance that
can be definitely located anywhere
in the world. But the Senate is
asked to waste time in listening to
what "a name or hubitation any
where writes that he heard MIR.
- say he imagined Mr. ***' did
under circumstances that other
persons regarded as suspicious.
This "new evidence" is only some
more of the "evidence" that the
gang has had manufactured to or
der ever since the so-called investi-
CATION began. Nobody ever made
Al special charge except poor Sim
Donavin, who was drunk when he
made it, and took it all back when
he got sober. All the rest-alpha
and omega, the end-has been made
up of just such vague and indef-
mite statements by persons who are
nameless, about circumstances that
have no location and evaporate in
to nothingness whenever an at
tempt is made to get mt them.
If this gang of scoundrelly con-
SpiratOrs possesses any evidence,
new or old, let it state what it is,
giving names, dates and circum-
stances. If the mysterious "Mr-"
or the incomprehensible "Mr. ***"
know anything about it and say
what they know. there is no need of
mystery about it. If there are any
such persons, and they have any
facts bearing upon this case in their
possession, they will not object to
stating what they know over their
own signatures as becomes honest
men.
But there are no such persons.
There are no such facts. The whole
story about "Mr. -" and Mr.. ***''
cooked up by lIalstead's pettifog-
gers, is stupid lie from one end to
the other. If these men had any
real evidence they would present
it. If they knew anything they
would publish it, with names and
dates in flaming type. The very
fact that they do not do this, but
send in this rubbish about people
who have no names and do not live
anywhere in particular, is all the
proof That any fair-minded man
wants that this latest piece of evil
dence is a baseless lie and slander
like the rest.-Plain Dealer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-07-17


A sick and sorry looking speci-
men of humanity stepped from the
passenger train last night says
the Chico (Cal) Chronicle, and
climbed into Il waiting wagon and
was driven to the country. His
name was Samuel Nef. He is u
man of about 80 years of age, and
his parents reside on Pine Creek.
Young Neff is just home from
Arizona, where he has been pros
pecting in the mines and acting as
scout on the hunt for Indians. I'm
fortunately for him he found the
murderous red devils, and they
almost made mincemeat lof him.
One day while riding through n
canon he was shot through the
shoulder and fell from his horse.
His assailants finding that he was
not dead, torturted him outrageous
ly. They cut gashes in his face
and all over his body, applied fire
to- his feet and hands and ended
their brutality by scalping him.
He suffered untold agonies and
prayed for death to relieve him.
Finally he fell into faint, and
upon awakening he found him
self being kindly cared for in a
miners cabin. The miner had
picked him up and carried him
long distance on horseback. Neff
suffered weeks of eXcruciating
pain and raved with fever, and
and as soon as he was able to travel
he took the road for home.
Last evening reporter asked
Neff how it felt to be scalped.
at is a dreadful sensation," he
said. zone thinks, as the skin is
being torn from the skull, that his
feet are coming up through his
body to the top of his head. Oh,
it is terrible. 1t is SO painful that
you cannot utter cry and thous-
ands of stars dance before your
eyes. You imagine redhot needles
are darting in and out of yonr
flesh, and you clasp your hands so
closely that the finger nails cut in
to the flesh. l would sooner be
run through a threshing machine,
ground up in II sasusage mill,
thrown under locomotive than
ever undergo such another ordeal.
1t makes me shudder to think of
the tortures have gone through
with, and l never want to look
upon the face of another indian"
"Do many persons survive the
:" interrupted the repor-
ter.
"No; 1 have only heard of two
or three men besides myself who
have lost their hair by the scalping
knife and then live to tell it,"
"Do you think the hair will ever
grow out again"
ooh, no; / shall always have
bald spot on there. The skin was
torn Off for y space of four inches
square, and Pm afraid it will never
heal entirely. l keep my head
tied up in cotton and sweet oil.
you can see my beauty has been
entirely marrcd. These frightful
gashes across my face will go with
me to the grave.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-07-17
They have found the charred re,

They have found the charred re-
mains of the stolen records of CALI
polls where bonfire was made of
them. The stealing and burning
OF these records by the Republican
ring to keep themselves out the
Penitentiary Is fine commentary
upon the "God and morality party.n
The proven facts down there eclipse
the widest Inventions of the RE-
publican lies about the Democrat
ic party. The Gallipolis Republi-
cans are choice and reliable speci-
mems,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-07-17
Logan School Examiners Meetings.

Tho Board OF School Examiners Of Logan
Village viii hold regular meetings for the OK
animation OF applicants for teachers certih-
Gates ns follows. viz: on THE THIRD We'd
SEsDAYs OF FEBRuARy, APRIL, JUNE, AuG-
UsT, OcroBER Ann DECEMBER at tho Office
of tho Superintendent, In tho school building
of snid Villnge Mt 10 o'clock A. NJ, ofcach day,
by order OF Examiners.
jill. DYE, President.
a. IL WILSON, Clerk,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-07-17

The greatest length of Lake
Michigan Is 300 miles; its greatest
breadth, 1903 miles, mean depth,
600 feet; elevation, SOC feet; area,
$4,000 square miles,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-07-17
A Splendid Showing for the
First Year of Demo-
cratic Rule.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., July 1.-The
record of the first fiscal year of the
Democratic administration is very
fiattering. The reduction of the
public debt during the twelve
months just past is $96,097, ,76G
against xG3, ,404 ,90S for the year pre-
ceding. The total receipts of the
government during the year just
finished were x336,l4s,29O or xl6,-
O00, 900 more than the expectations
of the treasury officials, as shown In
their estimate last December. With
an increased revenue of xl3,000,000
there is n decrease in expenditure
amounting to about $l5,OOO,Q0Q.
With total receipts amounting in
round numbers to 1896, 5000 700, and
total expenditure Qncluding sink.
ing fund of $I5,00O,OO the surplus
for the past year will reach vac, ,OOO,-
900 against xlS,0O0,0OO surplus for
the year ended June 80, 1885.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-12-10
A sWINDLER

does not refer possible purchasers to his
victims. The Athlophoros Co. gladly re-
fers sufferers from rheumatism, neuralgia,
sciatica, nervous or sick headache, kidney
and liver complaints to those who hare been
cured Of these diseases by Athlophoros, and
will furnish names and addresses of many
such persons to those desiring them. Ath-
lophoros is the only remedy for these dis
eases that can stand such test.
Edgerton, Kan, Jan. 18th, 1886.
was afflicted with rheumatism for eight
years, and it had become chronic in its
worst form, and after using one bottle of
Athlophoros I have not felt any symptom
of it for six months. 1t done more than
that; my wife was afflicted with neuralgia
for twelve years-had an attack every
month. Alter taking one bottle, six
months ago, has only felt it once or twice
since j. G. Dooa1E.
Mrs. Thos. McCue, Sanford Block, corner
Sth and Main streets, Dubuque, Iowa, says:
II am still we'll. Last winter was a very
severe and cold one for me, but did not
have any return of the rheumatism. Athlo-
phoros has proven a good medicine for
me-" About a year ago Mrs. McCue had
very severe attack of infammatory rllcu-
matism, in which the feet and hands were
very much swollen, SO much so that you
could scarcely see one of the ankles. and
some of the toe nails were completely COW
cred for many weeks. She had suffered
almost the agonies of death. Finally, after
resorting to various remedies with no
avail, her husband noticed the advertise
ment Of Athlophoros. The result of its use
was miraculous the swelling was soon re-
duced, the pain subdued, and she was
again up and around and has not been
troubled since.
Every druggist should keep Athlophorcs
and Athlophoros Pills, but where they can
not be bought of the druggist the Athlo-
phoros Co., liz Wall St., New York, will
send either carriage paid) on receipt Of
regular price, which is SLIGO per bottle
for Athlophoros and SOC. for Pills.
For liver and kidney diseases. dyspepsia. in
digestion, weakness, nervous debility. diseases
of women, constipation. headache impure
blood, &c, "A thlophoros Pills are unequaled. II
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-12-10
Artful Advertisers.

The sandwich-men who have recently
been treading the boulevards of Paris
bid fair to Guido even the most in
genious advertiser in this country.
The men themselves are hidden behind
an immense board, on which ladies are
warned in very large letters not to look
at what is written on the other side of
the board, caution which naturally
causes every man and women to turn
round and inspect the forbidden itera-
turc, which consists of nothing more or
less than the name and address of a
certain bootmaker Another curious
advertisement is that of French pub
fishing firm which advertises its latest
publications by means of a large num-
Der of men walking in single file
along the most frequented streets,
evidently deeply interested in the
literature of book which they hold
with both hands open before them. A
glance at the back of the book shows
the title of newly-published novel in
large letters, and on closer inspection
it appears that most of the readers are
holding the volume upside down.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-12-10

1ouf lsttsr inst cans q me, willy, II
And ysu lind that you don't forget7
Il Yousye tried for these months (0h, yOu silly j
And ere snre that ron love mo yeti
Ali hose daysWeIe sweet, i acknowlodes, s
In that dear old town By the sea,
Whsnsths head Of his class IN college
Took . fancy 70 mo.
Don't ssy that haven't heart, WIN;
think Of the past with regret;
And though we've 20 long been apart, still
too ind It hard to forget.
Whist nonsense I'm writingl Ned Carey
Has broken with Lillian Lee,
And he and Ralph Sands-you know xAEy-
Are devoted to me.
Jack Whitney has come into money;
Il And 20 has Nell Page; by the way,
( She married old Dale-ain't it funny3
4 He's seventy II he's : day.
Her troussesu, Of course. came from Paris;
Her bridemaids were Maggie Mckee,
The Weston girls, Beatrice Harris,
Celia Carter, and me.
Another, they say, in September
Will be the event OF the year. 80.
The groom 10 young Boyd-ySa remember
J.. Your trio: Boyd, Billiards, end Beer7
-Tis Grace wed to Gold, says Dame Grundy:
That his gifts are . eight to see; @
That she tries on her dress on Monday;
That its ordered by me;
That mines the opinion that's asked for
=. The flowers, the feast, and the wine;
That my poor little wits are tasked for
The entire performance, in fine.
The happy girl isn't Grace Greeley,
Nor even my, cousin Marie;
They say-you know tongues run 80 freely
That the bride, too, is me.
- RxA RaA, in Ha'per's Magazine for Octo-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-12-10
N al article II The Century Tor De.

"a % article Il The Century Tor De-
cember, Gen. Henry Hunt, who
commanded ali the union artillery in.
tie battle, writes IS follows: ut had
not been Cen. Lees intention to de-
liver general battle whilst so far
from his base unless attacked, but he
now found himself BY the mere force of
circumstances committed to one. If it
must take place, the sooner the better
His army was now nearly all on the
ground, and delay, whilst it could not
improve his own position, would GER
tainly better that of his antagonist.
Longstreet, indeed, urged Gen. Lee in
stead of attacking to turn Meade's
left, and by interposing between him
and Washington, and threatening his
communications to force him to attack
the confederate army in position.
But Gen.. Lee probably saw that
Meade would be. under no, sucn ne
cessity would have no great difficulty in
obtaining supplies, and-disregarding
the clamor from Washington could
play a waiting game which it would be
impossible for Lee to maintain in the
open country. He could not advance
on Baltimore or w ashington with Meade
in his rear, nor could his army subsist
itself in a hostile region which would
soon swarm with additional enemies.
His communications could be cut off,
for his Recommendation to assemble
even small army at Culpeper to cover
them and aid him had not been COM
piled with.
"A battle was a necessity to Lee, and
a defeat would be more disastrous to
Meade and less SO to himself at Gettys-
burg than at any point east of it.
With the defiles of the South Mountain
range close in his rear, which could be
easily held by small force, a safe re-
treat through the Cumberland valley
was assured, 50 that his army, once
through these passes, wonld be practi-
cally on the banks of the Potomac, at a
point already prepared for crossing.
Any position east Of Gettysburg would
deprive him of these advantages. 1t
10 AuOAC plOUdUAC I1A<1t5 A1CAs=ACS w StS III
fluenced by cool calculation of this
nature than by hot blood, or that the
opening success of chance battle had
thrown him off his balance. Whatever
his reasons, he decided to accept the
gage Of battle offered by Meade, and to
attack as soon as practicable.
Ewell had made arrangements to
take possession of Culp's hill in the
early morning, and his troops were
under arms for the purpose by the time
Gen. Meade had finished the moonlight
inspection of his lines: when it was
ascertained by n accommodating party
sent out by johnson that the hill was
occupied and its defenders on the alert
and further, from a captured dispatch
from Gen. Sykes to Gen. Slocum, that
tho Fifth corps was on the Hanover
road, only four miles off. and would
march at A. NJ. for Culp's hill. John
son thereupon deferred his attack and
awaited Ewell's instructions.
~''Gen:- Lee had, however, during the
night determined to attack the federal
left with Longstreet's corps, and now
instructed Ewell, as soon as he heard
Longstrcet's guns, to make diversion
in his favor, to be converted, if oppor-
tunity offered, into real attack
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-12-10
Queer Feeding Customs,

A couple of centuries ago most of
the Kings and Queens of Europe par
took of their principal meals in a semi
public fashion. That is to say, the
royal saloons were often crowded with
courtiers who simply came to witness
and not to partake of the royal BAN
quet. One day at Whitehall the "Mer-
RE Monarch called to Count Gram
mont, who was among the loungers,
and babe him note how his servitors,
unlike those of other European mon
archs. served him knecling. 49,"
replied Grammont, with his ready wit,
Z Il thought they were asking your
Majesty's pardon for such sorry
dinner"
Sine of he ncie mt Kings of France
invested certain of their important
banquets with i barbarous magnitcence,
and as they sat at table the nobility
served them on horseback.
The Maidivian Islanders used to take
their meals in the strictest solitude.
They would retire to the most hidden
parts of their houses and close up their
windows so that they might cat I'M
observed. The origin of this singular
custom was probably the fear in savage
times of being deprived of their meal
by marauders, and superstitious fears
of the food being bewitched by some
incantation of an enemy also con-
tributed to bring about the feast of
solitude. Among the higher classes
there was custom never to eat with
any one inferior in birth, riches or
dignity, and the great difficulty of
settling this matter of equality left the
only alternative of an unsociable and
misanthropic custom.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-12-10
The Smoke 0fStatesmen.

The smoking habits of some Eng lish
statesmen have been recorded by
an observer. Mr.. Gladstone
never smokes. Mr.. Chamberlain
IS continually smoking long
and strong cigars. Mr.. John Morley
has not been able to get beyond the
cigaret in smoking. Lord Randolph
Churchill smokes considerably. Mr..
Labouchere is so inveteratc smoker
that he rashes to the smoke-room every
spare moment during the evening of the
parliamentary session. Lord Salisbury
and Lord Duferein never smoke.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-12-10

David Dudley Field gives it as his
opinion that the people of New York
pay 100000 annually for the record
ing of the surplus and useless words in
their mortgages; a pretty stout argu-
ment for reform in legal yerbiage.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-12-10
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-12-10

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and is Immediate connections Through Trains daily
Prom ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS TO CHICAGO.
without change, connecting with all lines
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Tho only line running Through Cars between
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H0W'S
Your. Liver2'

Is the Oriental salutation,
knowing that good health
cannot exist without a
healthy Liver. When the
Liver is torpid the Bow
els are sluggish and con-
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in the stomach undi-
gested, poisoning the
blood; frequent headache
ensues; a feeling Of lassi-
tude, dependency and
nervousness indicate how
the whole system is de-
ranged. Simmons Liver
Regulator has been the
means of restoring more
people to health and
happiness by giving them
a healthy Liver than any
agency known on earth.
It acts with extraor-
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-12-10


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A Thrifty Idea.

Jakey-''Fader, dere's a fly in dor
soup.' Mr.. Cohn-"Vell, eat all but
der fly before you show it to der waiter
den you can get some more
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| C. NJ. McIai..
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CRACKERS AND CONFECTIONERY.
Friedman h Lewis.
DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS.
Bohn Manufacturing 90.
+. A. Abbott f. Co.
DRUGS.
Noyes Bros. 4 Cutler.
Ryan Drug Co.
DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS.
Aaerbsch, Finch = Van -lyck.
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FLOUR.
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FRUITS, NUTS, ETC.
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FUEL.
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FURNITURE.
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