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Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-03
Weather Crop Bulletin.

WASHINGTON, September 3.-The weather
crop bulletin for the week ending Saturday,
September lst., states that the weather
during the week has been unusually favor
able for ripening, harvesting and threshing
of wheat in Minnesota and Dakota. 1t has
also been favorable in the greater portion
of the corn belt, but too much rain occur.
red in the extreme southern portion of the
States bordering on the Ohio. Reports
from Kansas indicate that the corn crop is
secure and past possible injury from frost
Light frosts occurred in the upper lake
region, probably causing some damage TO
the cranberry crop in Wisconsin. The
weather has been too cold in Michigan 10
favor a rapid growth of corn, but no injury
is reported to the crop in that State, and
cutting will commence next week Re-
ports from Kentucky show that the heavy
corn crop in that State has been somewhat
damaged by recent rains, and that the
season has been sufficiently favorable TO
secure an average tobacco crop.
The heavy rains have damaged the grow
ing crops in the cotton and sugar regions,
except in North and South Carolina where
the rainfall has not been excessive and the
weather has been generally favorable. In
the Middle States favorable conditions have
prevailed both for the ripening of corn and
for fall plowing In New England the
rainfall was generally favorable, but the
weather was cool. Light frosts occurred
on the 29th, but no injury TO crops is re-
ported.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-03
Oemnuss Cincinnati
fAoia.apoits Railway.

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Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-03

The Philadelphia schools will be crowded
this year.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-03

WASHINGTON, September 3.-The passage
of the resolution extending delayed appro-
priations until September Is next affords
temporary relief to the Army. The De-
partment is now enabled to make all the
August payments, money for which was
available under previous extension reso-
luton, but which could not be disbursed
at all posts because there were no funds for
mileage 10 the disbursing officers, who
would be required to travel to certain posts
after the first of September to make the
payments. kilograms were sent by the
faymaster General yesterday directing
paymasters to proceed on their pay trips,
which they have delayed for the reasons
mentioned.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-03

WAsHIseToN, September Bond pur-
ehases nm to date undsr tina circular Of
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-03
Rejection OF the Chinese Treaty By
China.

WASHINGTON, September 3-No inform
alton has been received at the State
Department concerning the rejection of
the Chinese treaty, cabled last Friday from
London. In the absence of an official re-
port on the subject from the American
minister in China. the Secretary Of State
declined to be interviewed
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-03
Pension Commissioner Black Reversed

WASHINGTON, September s. Assistant
Secretary Rawkins has reversed Pension
Commissioner Black in holding that a re-
tired army officer could draw q service
pension.
TIE Pension Office held that the claim.
and, I. J. Elkerson. as retired army
officer. could not under section 4,724, Re
vised Statutes, which provides that mo
person in the army, navy or marine corps,
shall draw both, pension as an invalid,
and the pay as such" As Eckerson seeks
Q service pension, Assistant Secretary
Hawkins decides that his case does not
come under the restrictions of the Mexican
pension act.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-03

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springfield. Makes aew YORK Ia iDx No.
and Boston In A4 hoQrs.
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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-07-19
A Cultivated Memory.

"Do you-do you keep-ah! do you
keep --P" he said to the hardware
man.
"What is itp"
"Why, it's one Of these things that
sets in Frame"
"a sieveP"
mo, no! It turns with handle"
"Oh, coffee-mill."
mo. They sharpen axes on It,"
"Ah! A grindstone."
Eyes, that's It,"
Please step down-stairs. 7 have q
large variety"
''But ! don't want any. want q
knob for the ice chest door. was
afraid I'd forget the name, and my
wife told me to think Of grindstone. 1t
was cute in her, wasn't 1t. just ono
knob-good-bye. ."--DetroI Free Press.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-07-19
Life Of Ben Harrison
BY the Author Of Ben Hur.

Gen. Lew Wallace we hear has re-
moved to indianapolis, and is busily en-.
gagged writing biography OF his old
friend, Gen. Ben. Harrison.
Rarely has so happy combination
been known as that resulting in the issue
OF this work. Gen. Lew Wallace, known
the world over as the author OF "Ben
Hur," is one of Gen. Harrisons life. long
and trusted friends, and is also distin.
guished soldier, q trained statesman, and
a diplomat of high national reputation.
His name as author gives at once the
assurance of a biography or cxtraordi.
nary merit.
His long and intimate acquaintance
with his distinguished subject will en-.
able him to prepare rapidlyan authentic
and deeply interesting biography.
His large experience in national and
international affairs fits him to treat un.
derstandingly and ably of General Har.
rison's superb record as statesman, and
clearly to unfold the principles held by
him respecting the science OF good gov
ernment, and the weighty issues at stake
in the present great contest.
Gen. Wallace at first declined this task,
but upon the urgent solicitation OF many
eminent men of the party, and Gen. Ha .
rison's assurance that everything needful
should be placed at his disposal, and only
authorized biography, he yielded to the
call, and has agreed to complete the work
for publication by Hubbard Brothers, ol
Philadelphia, early in August.
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SINGULAR vERDICTS.

Ridiculous Results OF tho Deliberations
Of Some Coroners' Juries.
The duties Of those who serve on
coroners' juries do not ordinarily sug-
gest any thing very funny, and yet
some laughable results come from their
work, particularly If they do not ex-
actly understand what is expected OF
them.
An amusing story is told OF verdict
brought in by Western jury impan.
eled to inquire into the cause Of the
death Of man supposed to have COM
mitted suicide. The verdict was brief
and to the point, the foreman saying
simply:
"We, tho jury, find the deceased
guilty as charged"
Another jury examined q great many
witnesses in the case Of q man run
over by railroad engine. The YER
dict was:
"We find him to have come to his
death by being cut in two by a railroad
engine, whereby he could not breathe.
hence he choked to DEATH"
A coroner's jury in the backwoods OF
Missouri heard all the evidence in the
case of q man killed by runaway
team, and brougtt in the following
verdict:
"The jury finds tho dead deceased to
have come to his death at the hands oi
runaway team, the horses thereof be-
ing blameless, they being frightened
by q dog"
It is told of an old German that he
sat stolidly and stupidity on coroner's
jury and listened to all the evidence,
after which he walked over toward the
corpse with some degree OF curiosity.
Lifting the cloth he started back,
turned to the other jurymen in amaze.
ment and alright, and cried out:
''Mine Gott, shentlemen, dot man ish
dead"
A jury in Missouri rural com.
munity deliberatcd three hours over
the corpse OF a woman burned by the
explosion OF a kerosene lamp. The
following verdict was then announced
in writing:
"Resolved, that the diseased was
burnt to deth. The joory."
A man, supposed to be q tramp, was
found dead in the woods, out West. A
jury inquired into the cause OF hi
death, and reported as follows:
"The jury does not find that the deat
man has been foully dealt with, and Il
of the opinion that he died simply be
cause his time had come and there wa
no getting out OF it."-Detroit Ere
Press.
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FULL or FUN.

The boy who commences to steal
his mothers preserves may end by
having his fathers jim-jams.
Mrs. Wistful--"What happy peo-
pie you are, to have six nice daughters!
What resources for your old age!" Mr..
Quiverful-"Yes, resources enough.
But the difficulty nowadays consists
In husbanding ones Recommendations
don Punch.
Woman TO Tramp)-"Now that
you've had good dinner can't you do
something for itP" Tramp-"Well,
dunno. want to do what's right. II
you've got any letters to mail I'll drop
'em into the lamp-post for you. I'm o
square man, madam. IN Y Sun.
Mrs. Wheatdeal--"Yes, my son is
going to marry a daughter Of one Of tho
best families in Boston" Mrs. Back.
bay--"Ah, indeedp Chicago and Bos-
ton. Pork and Beans! What de-
lightful combination" - Washington
Critic.
First Poet-"Is Editor Jinks hard
to pleasep" Second Poet-"very. Why,
one day when he was on q jamboree,
he mailed one Of his best poems tc
himself" First Poet-"And rejected
itp" Second Poet-"No; accepted It.
after few changes. He thought II
was somebody elses. "--7yd-Bits.
What are you doing now, Quinn.
by" II am appointed by the city tc
inspect the milk sold by the dairy
men," "What - you know about milk
You were never within q mile OF Q
cow" II know that, but I was a pump
dealer for four years. ."--Nebraska Stat,
Journal.
my friend, he said to young mar
who bore signs Of dissipation, "do yol
realize that the road you are following
leads eventually to deathp" "Er-
we'll, yes, SIR" "Aye, it leads event
ually to death! And do you know
where the road Of sobriety and virtue
leads top" 'Yes, sir; that leads event
uall to death, also. ."-LVs.
-Adolphus-"What is that noise,
darlingP" Darlington, it's only papa
Ever since he read in the papers tha
1t is thought breach Of promise Of mar
riage will be abolished, he is alwayl
going about cracking his horse-whip.
Adolphus--"Oh! (Pauses reAectively.
Well, would it-er-be troubling yo,
| tO--er-name the dayp"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-07-19
THE FIRST BATTLE.
The Sensations Of Men Who Didn't Like to
Bo Shot At.

I
BE Shot At.
Captain Charles ID. Wheat, who
served in the Forty-ninth Virginia Of
the Confederate army-Extra Billy
Smiths regiment-was baptised at tho
first battle OF Manassas. In reply to
the question rs to how he stood the
first shock, he said: II confess that it
was pride and fear Of being called
coward that made me stand the racket.
went all through the fighting till the
close OF the war, and never went into
battle without experiencing the same
sensation OF fear"
''Did you ever see the men who
could not stand the ordeal, that Is. to
say, men unable to move and abso-
lutely overcome by terrorP"
II can not recall to mind an in
dividual instance. have seen men
demoralized wholly beyond control,
and running away like sheep without
apparent reason. There were two
regiments of young fellows in our brig
ade. They were outfitted in such hand
some style that we called them the Band
box regiment. In the first battle they
broke and ran like sheep. In the alb
sence of Malone, Extra Billy Smith
was commanding the brigade. He was
man OF indomitable will and great
bravery, and rode among them shoot
ing right and left at the runaways.
Failing to rally them. he lost his tenn
per, and, shaking his fist at the fugi-
tives, shouted: Run, run, run, you
scoundrels a! / hope the Yankees will
kill every son of you'll
"The same regiments afterward
stood fire like old veterans in the most
/ trying places, and gained high COM
mendation for gallantry. Ihave known
men Of high prominence, privates, nom
commissioned and commissioned Off
GERS to resort to every device short Of
outright desertion in the face OF the
enemy, to avoid going into battle. I
knew one officer who appeared TO bo
dumb under fire. He was always found
in his proper place, but never uttered
a word of command, or an exclamation
of Joy or fright / have seen men act
HISTORICALLY while fighting desperately.
They seemed to have lost control Of
the nervous system. ~ Chicago MeWs.
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ORIGIN OF INN SIGNS.
Queer Old HOstelries That Nestle In Ro'
: mantle Mountain Passes.

Queer Old H0stelries That Nestle In Ro.
mantle Mountain Passes.
What is the origin OF inn signsp The
earliest signs are certainly heraldic.
We have still in many villages the
"So-and-so Arms" with the shield OF
the lord Of the manor emblazoned upon
1t, with all Its quarterings. Or we have
the Red Lion, or the White Hart, or
the Swan, all either crests or cogniz-
ances Of family, or Of a sovereign or
Queen. The swan sign is said to date
from Anne Of Cleves; the white hart
was the badge OF Richard H., and inns
with this sign probably were erected
In that reign, and have retained this
sign unchanged since. We know of
inns under the name of the Rose,
which, there can be little question,
came into life as hostelries in the time
OF the Yorkists and Lancastrians. The
wheat sheaf was the Burleigh badge,
the elephant that OF Beaumont, the
bulls head was o Boleyn cognizance,
the blue boar the badge OF
the De veres, Earls Of Oxford,
the green dragoon OF the Earls of
Pembroke, the falcon Of the Marquis
iof Winchester. 1t does not, however,
follow that the inns that have these
signs date from the periods when, let
Ius say, Anne Boleyn was Queen, be-
cause they bear the token Of the bulls
head; or from the reign OF Queen Eliza
beth, when Burleigh was in power, be-
cause OF the wheat sheaf, for 1t will not
Iinfrequently be found that they take
their titles and signs from much more
local origin, the coat or cognizance of
the squire who holds the manor.
!. There was reason for this-the inn
was originally the place where the true
landl0rd--that Is, the lord OF the manor
received his guests, and every trav-
.eler was his guest. In Iceland at the
present day there Is but one inn at
lReykjavik, the capital, and that is kept
,by Dane The traveller In the island
goes to any farmhouse or parsonage
and Is taken In. Indeed, by law q
traveller can not be refused hospitality.
When he leaves he either makes pres
,ent OF money or OF something else that
will be valued, but this IL present and
not q payment. In many parts OF Tyrol
Il h much the same. The excursion
1T u put UP ct the priests house. The
writer hes been thus received, among
other places, at Heiligkreuts. In the
nQets Thil. (, a u.
" In the evening the ro0m-the ouro's
aFlor--was hlled with peasants who
k~o1 a.. w,ls>n ~rx ~o~o .sxx,~ya~xt
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-07-19
StOl,

Using acid Phosphates, composed Of Carolina
rock (fora basis), salt petre and ammonia.
Result, sour grass where good clover ought to
he growing. Buy Cincinnati Dessicating Co..
pure animal phosphate of
HIILsDoRo HARDWARE Co.
Ground phosphated with Cincinnati Dessi.
eating Companys Phosphate, corn drilled with
Hoosier Drill or planted with Evans corn
planter and plowed with. the only genuine
Malta D. s. plow or Brown cultivator will in
sure good crop. For sale by
HILLsBoRo HARDWARE Co
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-07-19
Prepared for Peace.

Emperor Francis Joseph-Is tho
army in barracks, Dukep
Duke-Yes, sire.
1.-THE ammunition obtainedp"
"Plenty, SIRE"
'The artilleryP"
"All tested, SIRE"
"Are the fortresses mannedp"
"Fully garrisoned, SIRE"
'Then every thing is on war foot
ingP"
"Qpite 90, SIRE"
"God be praised! Now I am pre-
pared Tor peace. ."--PMcb.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-07-19
I'm the heart Of a large white o.

I'm the heart Of large white oak
tree recently felled near Coeyman, N.
Y, q dozen large bullets were found.
They look like the bullets used In the
old-style fintlock muskets and are
supposed to have been shot into the
troe during some sIkirmish OF the Rev.
olution ~ the war Of 1879.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-07-19

Recently a number Of miners of
Matthews Station, N. c., on complet-
ing q grave for one Of their number
who had been engaged In gold mining
all his life, struck a vein OF rich gold
Ora
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-07-19
SAERIFF'S SALES,

f. II. Miller vs.. w. b. Elliott, Lizzie
M. Elliott and others, Tuesday, July
oath, at 2 o'clock. One hundred and
eighty-seven acres OF land in Paint town.
ship. Appraised at $l1 900.
"I'm on my last lap" as the Tom cat
said when he finished saucer OF milk.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-20
Lima Takes Revenge.
A,srfnI TyikOrnn IN The P<OfSfry.

Special 7tIt9Tdm 70 tN Rt01ar,
LIMA, O., July 19.-Thc game to-day
was one Of hits, hard and frequent by
both sides, but in favor Of the home team
from their punching, It was rather m
exhibition of who could hit the hardest,
aud both pitchers were heavily punished
Lima led in the field work which won the
game, though errors were few on either
side. The score:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-20
PARKERSBURG POINTS.
Visiting statesmsn-Afa Centennial
Valuable Relics Stolen.

Visiting statesmsn-aariettaC Centennial
Valuable Relics Stolen.
Special TslSoruus 10 The Register.
PARKERsBtRG, W. VA, July 19.-This
afternoon Senator Sherman, Of Ohio, Sena-
tor Daniels, of Virginia, and Congress
man Grosyenor, of Ohio, spent several
hours in this city, while returning to
Washington from the centennial festivities
at Marietta. Both Senator Sherman and
Congressman Grosvenor spoke to large
audiences at Marietta to-day, and were
particularly felicitious in their remarks.
The REGISTER correspondent, while at
Msrietts to-day, found that Of all the ad-
dresses delivered IN connection with the
Centennial, that of Senator Daniels, OF
Virginia, was considered by all odds the
finest. Ornate in diction, happy in thought
and most eloquent in delivery, his remarks
made 9 most profound impression. His
address was the one most spoken OF.
The armory building, where the most
valuable relics were stored, was entered
yesterday evening by four men and q bold
attempt made to steal large case Of green
backs, many of which are now out OF cir-
collation. and form a very valuable collec'
ton. The greenbscks were valued as
curiosities at forty thousand dollars. The
men got the case in their possession and
broke away with it, when the officers sue
C c,eded in capturing them and recovering
the relics.
Hon. 3. Wilson Smith, one of the Mar
ietta Centennial Commissioners from In
diana, has been lying at hotel in this city
for several days dangerously i'll. Tonight
he has improved sufficient to warrant pre-
preparations for his return home tomorrow.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-20
SURPRISING DISCLOSURES.
the Iowa State Railroad
Commissioners.

Investigating the Iowa State Railroad
Commissioners.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, July 19.-Some
surprising disclosures are resulting from
the course of the attorneys for the Rock
Island and Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Northern roads taking testimony to learn
how competent the State Railroad Com
missioners are to fix the rates. Their ex-
animation of Mr.. Ainsworth, the Secre-
tary of the Board developed many extra
ordinary facts as TO the careless and hasty
manner in which the Commissioners have
been accustomed to act. Judge Withrow,
of Chicago, who is General Solicitor for
the Rock Island, conducted the inquiry.
The Secretary admitted that he had in one
instance changed the official schedule
after it had come from their State
Printer, and he claimed that
he did 80 at the request Of one commits
sioner, not by direction of the three. An
examination Of his official records also
showed that it was common for official
action to be taken by direction Of one, the
secretary following the direction of one to-
day, aad another tomorrow. So far as the
records were concerned, there was nothing
to show that 10 tho case of several proceed
ings there had been any consultation or
united action by the Board ordering it.
Business seemed to have been transacted
in haphszzsrd way, as any commissioner
happened to desire. Judge Withrow said
that the object of this investigation was to
see how competent these commissioners
were who had undertaken to manage several
million dollars worth of railroad property,
and he proposed to submit their compe-
tency to the test of expert examination,
and then prove to the courts that they did
not know how to make reasonable sched-
ule of rates.
There was an amusing passage when
Judge Withrow asked OF the secretary;
''Is there anything TO show what the
Board does from day to day?"
"There is diary for that"
''Show me the diary"
The diary was handed to the attorney,
who made an examination. He cOnyulsed
the audience by reading: ed is here"
under one date; I'D is not here" under
another; ed is at work" under another,
etc
'Who is Ell, Mr.. Ainsworth?"
SD ia the son of my predecessor, and
-ex. head clerk of the Commission"
"And do you call these entries in regard
to Ed the record of the proceedings of this
great Board?"
The attorneys for the Commissioners
have been quite discom6tted by the result
of the Investigation, so far.