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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
BARs.WIRE PATENTS.
Why Q United States District Judge De-
clsred Them Invalid.


clared Them Invalid.
The story of the downfall of the
barb-wire patents, under which sim
gle corporation has exacted millions
of dollars in the shape of royalties
paid by manufacturers and added
cost paid by farmers using this style
of fence, reads like q romance. The
recital is all the moro interesting
from the fact that IL brings to light
facts that have remained hidden al
most thirty years. As long ago as
1859 one Alvin Morley, man in
Delaware County. Ia, who had al
ready been confined for a time in an
insane asylum, and who finally died
insane, originated and carried into
execution the idea # twisting a short
steel barb into the strands of wire
fence-precisely the same idea upon
which, fifteen years later. Jo-
seph F. Glidden obtained let
ters patent which were subsequent.
ly assigned to the Washburn & Moon
Company. In the suit brought by that
company for infringement in the
United States District Court at Du.
buque, testimony of the most positive
character was introduced showing that
the crack drained inventor Of the barb,
wire principle exhibited section OF
fence constructed in this manner at
county fair in Iowa in 1852 Among
the witnesses to this fact was man
now forty years of age. who. when a
boy of nine or ten, was present at the
county fair. and in playing with some
other lads was thrown against the
fence and had his face severely cut by
the barbs. the scars showing to this
day. The blacksmith who twisted on
the barbs for Morley was another i'm
portant witness, and to clinch his
testimony went. to forge
and in o few minutes FASH
ioned duplicates of the tools
with which he had twisted the barbs
thirty years before. Still another wit
ness related how he had carried home
from the fair ground piece Of Nor
ley's fence and kept it for many years.
Against this and other testimony Of
the same tenor the complainants in
the suit introduced merely negative
proof from the mouths of witnesses
who swore that they did not see and
never heard of the fence exhibited by
Morley in 1859. Under such state Of
facts the decision Of Judge Shiras was
adverse to the validity of the patents
owned by the Washburn & Moeh Com
pany. the ground of nullification be-
ing want Of novelty. OF course the
wealthy complainants will carry the
case ON appeal to the United States
Supreme Court but there Is good
reason to believe that tho days Of the
barb-wire monopoly are ended once
and for all time - Chicago Times.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
Thawlns Dynamite.

YouNasTcwN, o., Jan. ga terrific ex
ploson Of dynamite occurred this morning
ut the Carbon Limestone Company's quar-
ries. located on the line of the Pittsburgh
Il Lake Erie road, about ten miles from
here. The foreman Of the company plac.
ed twenty sticks of dynamite on a stove
in shanty in which fve
Italians we're lounging. An ex-
plosion occurred and the shanty was
blown to pieces. Masters was picked up
some twenty feet away. Life was extinct,
his body being horribly mangled. All the
Italians were more or less injured, nearly
all llhaving their legs and arms broken. Two,
it is expected, will die.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02

"A fashionable Austin young man
has acquired considerable fame % .
musical bore On the violin. One night
st social gathering he announced
that he was going to send for violin
and draw few Of Beethoven's immor-
tai symphonies out Of II BY the tail. ~
II were. To his amusement all the
gsntlsmen present volunteered to 70
Tor the eddie. and up to date none Of
them have got back With Il For dis-
persing . crowd NO implement a war
has bssa Invented - rival ~ Addla
-1tsae &fttsQa
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HOW TIME FLIES.

Parents Who Refer Childrsn 10 Grand.
parents for War Data.
How "age steals on" Causeur was
in an uptown street-car o morning or
two since. and next him sat man Of
perhaps thirty, Of magnificent physique
and possessing mustache which the
most dashing cavalry Colonel might
covet At his side sat bright little
boy Of about eight years. apparently
on his way to school. They had evi-
IDENTIFY had some talk about the war.
for the little fellow said: Papa, when
was the battle Of AntietamP" why"
said the father. Il dom know exactly.
1t was some time In the early part Of
the war" "But," presisted the boy,
''don't you remember 1t, papsr" "Re-
member ite No. my boy I don't I
couldn't have been more than four or
five years old when It was fought Ask
your grandfather. He remembers It"
And then Causeur fell into . train
Of very serious thought Can It be
that there are men grown. with chill
dren old enough to attend school and
ask questions who don't know. and
apparently don't care. when the bat
tie Of Antietam was fought; men to
whom the details Of the war are a.
much Q matter of history % are the de-
tails of the Mexican war to Causeurl
He was alive when they were fight
ing at Cerro Gordo. at Chapultepec
and At Molino del Rey. but which Of
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
Railroad Accide nts.

DETROIT, Jan. 25.--A broken rail on the
Smith u Ferrier lumber railroad caused
train to jump the track near Otsego Lake,
Mich., and John Reardon and James Nor
rissey were killed.
SrRnAroR, Ill, Jan. 25.-Freight engines
collided on bridge near this place. James
Anderson, Of Toronto, Ont, fireman,
jumped OF his engine and struck on the
loo in the river, receiving injuries from
which be died.
MARION, O., Jan. 25.-Fireman McCaulla
was instantly killed when the Chicago and
Atlantic express was nearing this city, by
the breaking Of the left rod Of the engine,
which crashed into the cab, striking him in
the head
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
More Small Currency Wanted.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-After some dis
cussion this morning the House Commit
currency, to meet the public demand for
currency that can be readily mailed in
small amounts. The discussion tended
generally to develop q sentiment in favor
Of emitting about twenty million dollars In
currency Of this description.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
Strange Death Of I chIId.

BaowNwooD, TEX, Jan. ch--City Mar
shall Butler and wife were kept up nearly
8 q. m. both fell asleep, with the baby lying
between them. When they awoke the
baby was gone. A search discovered it,
dead, in cistern. No servants were EN-
ployed, and the only theory held is that
one Of the parents drowned the child in .
At Of somnambulism. Whoever did the
terrible oct carried the child through the
house, opened and closed two doors, and
after putting It into the cistern replaced
the cistern cover and set the water bucket
on top Of 1t. The parents are frantic.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
To Open Indian Territory,

ARKANSAS CRY, KAs., Jan. pa mon
ster mass-meeting was held here last
night to urge On early opening of the In
dian Territory to settlement. Many citi-
zens from surrounding towns were
present. Steps were taken for the forma.
tion Of permanent organization, with
headquarters at this place, to push with
vigor the favorable consideration Of the
proposal to form new Territory out Of
mo Mans Land" Oklohoma and the
Cherokee strip Of the ninety sixth merid-
ian
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
Cotton Exuerlmsn, In Zanzibar.

GALVESTON, Tex, Jan. 26-Ten tons Of
superior Texas cottonseed were shipped
from here yesterday, consigned to the Ger.
man East African Colonization Society,
Zanzibar, Africa. An experienced plant
er, accompanied the seed for the purpose of
instructing the natives of Zanzibar in the
cultivation Of the cotton plant. This event
marks the introduction nof cotton on the
East Coast Of Africa.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
Sold for vaarancy.

MILAN, Mo-, Jan. &C. q. Bradley was
arrested on Friday of last week and tried
for vagrancy before Squire Cochran. The
charge was sustained, and Bradley was
sold yesterday as vagrant. He was sold
for term of six months, bringing thirty.
five cents, VIM. McClanahan being the
purchaser. This is the second instance of
the kind that ever happened in this county,
the other having taken place about thirty
t1ve years ago, and the party sold brought
twenty five cents.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
4 Shocking Story From Bay Clk

DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 25.-The police Of
Bay City have created decided sensation
In that city by the discovery that mum.
Dor Of well connected young girls who
we're supposed to be In school, as they left
their homes each morning with their books
and returned after school hours, have re-
ally visited houses OF questionable repvte
and remained there during the day. The
girls were from fourteen to sixteen years
Of age, and their families are nearly
crased by the announcement. A search
ing investigation IL to be made.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
The short supply Of coal In Kanssa

The short supply of coal In Kansas
Is explained by the general manager
OF the Atchison's coal business. The
increase in population the past season
has been unusually large; many mills
and factories consuming large quanti-
ties Of coal were built; the corn crop
was light. and 1t was impossible for
the railways to supply the demand for
fuel
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
George Peppers Dies a Tramp.

ST. Louis, Jan. 26.-A tramp, identified
as George Peppers, who is said to have
made fortune in the early days Of the
Pennsylvania oil discoveries, and who then
squandered upward Of 100000 in Wall
street speculation, died yesterday in Sar-
coke, Mo-, from the effects of exposure.
Since 1877 he has tramped all over the
Southwest, visiting Mexico, Texas, Nevada
and the slope
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
Winter In Naw Enaland.

BosToN, Jan. @.-Reports this morning
from various points in Maine, New Hamp-
shire and Vermont state that the heaviest
snow storm for years prevailed all night,
and In most places is still showing. Snow
fell from fifteen to eighteen inches, and
travel is greatly impeded. Many trains
are entirely suspended and high ways
practically impossible.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02

CIzvELAHp, O., Jan. D.-Issac A Stan.
10y, late paying teller Of the National Bank
Of Commerce, Of Cleveland, pleaded guilty
u the q. T. Court TO having smbsszled
ol0QOoa which be had lost in Chicago
wheat spsculations, and was sentsnced by
Judge Wslker to hve years in the penitsn'
ttsry without hard labor.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
.I1ore ceriIlIeate, 10 Be- Is,ued.

WASHINoToN, Jan. 25.-Treasurer Hyatt
said this afternoon that arrangements had
been made with the Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing % - to have by the end OF
the month . supply Of one, two and i've
dollar silver certificates sufficient to meet
in part the present heavy demand fs-
small notes In business centers.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
Rleh 0il stfIke d lIIIaeIs.

CHICAGO, Jan. q. Crude petroleum was
discovered near Carmi, ILL.,, last night by
sparty Of prospecting coal miners. The oil
is gushing from the earth at the rate Of
nifty barrels an hour, and u pronounced
by experts here equal to the best Pennsyl-
vania article.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
Murderer killed BY 4 MarshaI.

PURCELL, I. T., Jan. 26.-Marshal Carr,
in trying to arrest a murderer named John
McGrew, had his horse shot from under
him. The marshal opened fire ON the fee-
ing murderer, infiicting wounds from
which he died,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
pIseeuraaIna 70 Sleek Men.

CARTHAGE, ILL.,, Jan. 26-The recent cold
weather worked great destruction to live
stock In Hancock County. Nearly one en-
tire herd has been found frozen In the field
at Fountain Green. and a. many are report
Cd at La Crosse. Hog cholera and pinkeye
are affecting stock seriously In this cor"-
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
sull Aa.ls,t Prison omIslaIs.

Z lNDIANAPoLI', IND, Jan. 25.-Attorney
General Aichenor has brought suitiagainst
the steward and warden Of the State Prison
South, charging them with appropriating
the supplies Of the prison TO their own use.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
Decenbef InmIeranls.

wAsHINeTox, Jan. SA-Dpring December
past 2Aa2l immigPanta arrived in this
country, agsinst ~ 1B In December, 16ea
puring ths year 1857 innigration 70 this
sesntry emeunted y ~ -, asaiast see !.
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prnanIie Fasiefr ps,ireYed.

PxlLADrlPMIA, Jan. ab.-A dynamite fac
tory at BetAaysr's Station, near this city,
was destroysd, and four men mangled BY
the explosion Of 3 can Of dynamite.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
The Ladies' Celebrate,

New YoRK, Jan. 26.-The nineteenth an.
niversary of Eorosis was celebrated this
evening at Delmonico'a There were $50
persons present.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02

WHBELING, w. Va, Jan. H-The Look
out atthe Central Glass-works, this city,
has been ended BY the decision Of the ar
bitrators, who have decided In favor Of the
operativan
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
The "Drys" Won,

DETROIT, Jan. 26'-Local option was
carried in Allegan County, Mich, by 1900
majority, making fourteen counties In
this State that have voted for this meas
ur0
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I" Rahx BusiIss y

NEW York, Jan. GA small stallion In
this city, only thirty five inches high, i'm
ported from China, has been named 'Ba-
by Bunting"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02
Approved by Inc Presjdenl.

WAsHINGToN, Jan. 26-The President
has approved Of the postal convention re.
GENTLY concluded between the United
States and Canada.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-02

PARls, Jan. ak-The court Of appeals has
decided that priests in Fr,nce are entitled
70 marry.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-25

We have published the resolu ton
adopted by the Maine Republican state
convention, June 10, 1882, declaring that
1--WE are unalterably opposed to the abo-
lition or reduction of the internal revenue
tax ON liquors, and demand that all pos
sible reduction of taxation shall be made
on necessaries and not upon luxuries "
There was nothing exceptional in this at
titude of the Republicans in Mr.. Blaine's
state. The Republican Legislature elected
In Michigan the same year adopted q re
solution, which was presented in congress
Feb. /, 1878, that our senators and
representatives In congress be requested
to use their influence ana vote against
any legislation for the removal OF the In
ternl revenue tax upon intoxicating
liquors and tobacco, or either" No won
der that an Indiana farmer, who has voted
the Republican ticket for twenty eight
years, but will not do 90 this year because
Of the free whisky platform, says: Il do
not desert my party or its principles, but
they have deserted me. New York Post
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-25

The fact that an English mason, who
never earned more than SO per week at
home, is now receiving $50 per week here
is very curiously instanced by the CORE
spondent of high tariff organ as an Illus
tration of the difference of wages in
Free Trade England and Protection Amer
lea" But what protection" does our
tariff give American masons? Brick build
ings are not kept out by a tariff, while
the immigration of this mason shows that
we have free trade in mechanics. The
truth is, and every intelligent working
man knows it, that wages have always
been higher here than in the Old World,
alike under low tariffs and high tariffs;
that they are relatively higher in the non
protected than in the protected indus
tries; and that wages in Free Trade Eng
land are higher than in Protectionist Ger
many or in any tariff encountered country
In Europe.-New York World.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-25
Our NolRhbOrS.

Rev T. J. Copper, An Aurora Divine, &c,
fire to his house ON Thursday evening last
and then hung himself from the rsfters of
a neignbor's barn. He had been denented
r. long time.
The DuPage County Supervisors have
been petitioned 10 offer reward of 800
for the arrest and conviction of every horse.
thief and every thief who steals goods
valued at $50 or over.
A pedestrian club" has been formed In
Mendoza, composed of young ladies and
gentlemen. Several short tours have teen
taken and longer once are In contemplation
This will be boom TO the shoe dealers.
Peru seems 10 be divided against itself
On the subject of water works " lille some
h,ve an idea good water is really desira BILE
others are sure the town Is not In condi-
tion to Invest In any such extravaganza.
Henry Brill, Streator butcher, had a
runaway the other night, and In straig
ening out the remains of the outfit, he WAS
kicked In the forehead by une of the hors-
es, crushing the outer thickness of the
skull.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-25
Free Whisky and Oleomargarine.


The tariff plank of the Chicago plat
form says:
1--WE favor the entire repeal of internal
taxes rather than the surrender Of any
part of our protective system"
The tax upon oleomargarine Is q very
prominent feature in our internal revenue
system. Tho enforcement Of the law Is.
tablishing that tax has resulted not only
In large revenue to the government, but
also in giving TO American farmers true
protection for very important branch of
their great industry. The Republican
proposition involves repeal Of the oleo.
margarine tax as we'll as all other Federal
internal taxes. The Republican party has
declared that this protective internal tax
must 60 before any monopoly tariff tax Is
touched. 1t has announced It's deterni
nation to sacrifice the farming interests of
the country to the demand of few manu-
facturers to whom great bounties are
already given. The Republicans would
take from the great dairy interest pro-
lection which is earnestly demanded, be.
cause it was greatly needed. They want
no protection for the makers of dairy
products. They are willing to turn the
dairy farmers over defenseless to the
tender mercies OF fraudulent compe.
tition, working through sophistication and
false brands and selling the yield Of the
rendering vat under the name of dairy
butter. Let the farmers of the United
States look into this proposition Of the
Republican party that would permit, not
only free whisky, but free fraudulent but.
ter, rather than abate one jot Of the
bounty 1t gives to Its pet monopolies.
Hudson IN. " Register.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-25
A Stunning Fact.

Not only American watches and sewing
machines, but American goods of all kinds
are sold cheaper in Europe than here.
One reason for the strong tariff reform
sentiment Of the Scandinavians who have
settled in the northwest is the fact that
they have to pay twice as much for
American agricultural implements In this
country as they had to pay for the same
Implements in Norway and Sweden. Mr..
Mccormick, the manufacturer of reapers.
stated under oath that he sold his ma
chimes abroad for . fraction of their price
in this country. Many American firms
have two regular price lists, ono for the
home market and the other for the export
trade When they sell for export they
insist upon delivering the goods on board
American consumer viii not get the bene
6t Of the low prices. Francisco Ex-
aminer.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-25
An Educational Debate.

One thing this debate has proved, If
nothing else It has shown the interest
the country at large has in the tariff; that
farmers and mechanics, as we'll as the
business men and experts, have studied
the subject and appreciate that it affects
the welfare of the people more than any
thing else. 1t does not require an AGA
demic course to grasp It's fundamental
principles. Ordinary intelligence, thanks
TO the labors Of those who have made it
their life study, can now understand the
difference between protection and extor-
ton. Courier.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-25
A Poor Rule.

A dispatch from Pittsburg to The
Tribune announces that the Chester Roll
ing Mill company has let the contract
for the erection OF q new Bcssemer steel
plant, which will cost several hundred
thousand dollars and give employment to
400 men, and that this was done ION tho
strength of Harrison being elected" the
firm being 'sanguine of Republican sue
cess"
In the same column another mill Is Ne.
ported as having shut down ION account
Of the Mills bill This is in pursuance
of the old Republican tactics of claiming
everything good for their party and at
tributing everything bad to the dreadful
Democrats.
1t is poor rule that won't work both
ways. II the scattered failures and shut
downs are due to the Democratic policy,
the general prosperity Of the country now
and during the last three years must fairly
be credited to the same cause. The Re-
publican organ grinders cannot take all
the fat for their party and give to the
Democrats all the lean. That Is altogether
too brassy. ....
II a nation can be taxed into prosperity
the United States ought to have been q
shining example among nations during
the dozen years previous to 1884. But,
as matter of fact. there were more bank
ruptcies, more strikes and shut downs,
longer periods of business depression and
industrial stagnation and worse financial
panics during the last twelve years of Re
publican rule, under the highest tariff in
the world than were ever ever known in
this country before in the same length Of
time. Workingmen have not forgotten
the period between 1873 and 1885. Neither
have business men.
Give freer trade and lower taxes a
chance.-New York World.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-25

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