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SAMANTHA.
June 2Sd, 1891.

On last Saturday evening at 7:30
o'clock about rs or 80 men, women and
children were seen alighting from vehic-
les in front of Mrs. Cynthia Tharps'. On
inqviring we ascertained that the cause
Of this was surprise arranged by the
parents and pupils Of District So. 2, a.
sisted by Happy" Rogers, who proved
to be the right man in the right place,
for their teacher, ". A. Rogers. Mr..
Rodgers taught two years and was hired
for the third in isdistrict, butresigned
to accept the Grammar Department at
Leesbnrg.
Lunch was served at ten, after which
very handsome gentleman's toilet case
was presentedto him with these words:
"Mr. Rodgers, please accept this from
the parents and pupils of District No. 2
as token of their respect"
All this was done 10 show the appre-
citation OF two years OF honest labor in
their district. And Mr.. Rodgers feels
justly proud, as he should, Of the high
esteem he is held in by his patrons and
pupils. While he reluctantly leaves
them he is assured that he goes with
their best wishes for his future. The
people Of Leesburg may congratulate
themselves because of securing the
services of Mr.. Rogers in their schools.
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Death Of q Pioneer.

Margaret Merideth, whoFdied at New
Petersburg, June IL, 1891, was born at
New Market, September LIST, 1910, and
was perhaps one of the Oldest residents
of Highland county who was native of
the county. She recollected well the
experiences with wolves and bears
while going on trip to Kentucky and
Virginia with her grand parents when
she was bat young girl. Her maiden
name was Ball. She married Courtland
Merideth in 1927. She was the mother
of thirteen children, ten of whom are
living. She struggled with poverty for
many years but in her declining days
was rendered comparatively comfortable
by the pension which she received as a
dependent mother.
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Legal Notice.

Sealed proposals will be received st the
Office Of the Clerk Of Paint township, Highland
county, Ohio. until II O'Clock noon on the
24th day Of July, 1891. for building . school
house on the lot situated in district No. 9, Of
said township, according TO the plans and
specifications on file In said Office. Each bid
must contain the name Of every person inter-
ested In the same, and be accompanied by .
son. that II the bid u accepted contract will
be entered into and the performance of 1t
properly secured. The bid for each kind Of
material called for BY the specifications must
be stated separately and the price Of each given,
and the price OF labor must be also separately
stated. None but the lowest responsible bid
will be accepted and the committee may reject
any or oil bids. The house will be paid for %
soon A. completed and accepted BY the COM
mittes.
By order Of the Board Of Education.
MARION B. WILLIAMS, Clerk.
June asa, 1891.
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NEW MARKET.

June 23d, 1891.
Mrs. Margaret Murray, of Georgetown,
is the guest of her brother, James Nc.
Clintock.
Mrs. Letherman and daughter, Edith,
will return home this week, after an ex.
tended visit in Pennsylvania.
Mfr. Frank Vance and wife, of near
Fincastle, were visiting friends in this
vicinity Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Elizabeth VanWinkle, who has
been visiting relatives in Blanchester,
Dayton and Washington G. H. for
several, weeks will return home this
week.
Communion services will held at the
Presbyterian Church, Sunday, July 9Th,
conducted by Rev Jones, of Washington
G. H.
Children's Day will be observed at the
Baptist Church next Sunday, June 2Sth.
Mrs. Isaac Wilkin and Mrs. John Van.
Winkle were at Granvillelast week at.
tending the close of the school from
which George VanWinkle graduated in
preparation for the Baptist ministry.
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A GREAT COUNTRY.

Stories Of Fertility Which Seem 30 Ne
Almost incredible.
I hnye heard as big stories az Uncls
Simon's tater story right here at home,
writes Bill Arp in Home and Farm. It
was In the judges room one night when
we were all talking about what great
county was Gilmer for apples and Irish
potatoes and cabbageA Judge Under
wood declared that you might take .
sprout:from any poor, no-account apple
tree down here and stick It In the
ground in Gilmer and It would grow
and bear fine apples. And Gen. Han
sell said he had been to see the famous
apple tree on old man Cantrell's place,
about mile off the Dahlonega road,
and he found it sixty feet high and sixty
feet broad, and he stood up beside It
and tried to span it with his long arms
and couldn't reach more than half way
round. He looked to Judge Underwood
for a nod OF confirmation and got II.
"That is so-exactly So" said the judge.
II have seen that treei It came from a
seed that was planted by old Noonac
tootly, half-breed Indian who came
from North Carolina abont fifty years
ago." Thus fortified, Gen. Hansel con-
tinued his remarks by saying that the
average annual crop Of this tree was
five hundred bushels, and the apples
were whassis known as the black apple
they were such a very dark red
Judge Underwood cleared his throat
and said: :..And, general, don't you re-
member that lane-Frazier's lane, en-
Laughing Gal creek-where there is On
apple tree in every fence corner on both
sides Of the lane clear up to the top Of
the hill, and the limbs of the trees have
got tangled up together in solid mass
and you can't see the sun above you as
you drive along?"
"Oh yes" said the general, II remem-
ber it perfectly" "And one fall when
you and Trippe and Chastian and
Sbackleford and Hanks and Hackett
and John Word and Hooper and ever
so many more of us struck that land
there were twelve buggies all in row
going to court. And you and ! were in
the hindrnost buggy and that lane was
ankle-deep in apples and the horses
could hardly get along, and looked
back and the horses and the wheels
had mashed apples until there was q
stream of cider running down the hill
that was big enough to turn mill
You remember that, general?"
Perfectly, perfectly" said the gener-
al; but he was weakened a little.
sand old man Frazier told me-" said
the judge, ''that one year he turned
the cider into the vats in his little tan
yard and made very fine leather. Cider
makes very fine tannin, you know, gen.
eraL My father wore pair of calf
skin shoes for seven years that were
tanned with cider, and you could turn
them wrong side out as easy as India
rubber"
The judge had out -Heroded Herod
and general hilarity succeeded his
last effort. Baron Munchausen and the
arabian Nights" had a wonderful In
fuence over the grand old gentlemen Of
the olden time. They were fine story.
tellers. and could Just make them up
right along.
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LIFE IN URUGUAY.

Esassnts Who Dwell in Little Mud Huts,
Comfortless and nheumstio.
Excursions across the territory Of
Uruguay reveal nothing of very great
Nn&erest to the tourist, writes Theodore
Child in Harper's. The landscape in
parts is pretty; some finely-situated es-
tancias are to be seen along the banks
1of the Uruguay; the vicinity of the Rio
Negro, too, is especially interesting and
characteristic Of the fertile parts of the
iesrritory, which present asimilar COM
btnatiou Of water, wood and rolling
Fairie. But, after all, one soon wearies
pf looking at the same kind OF view
hour after hour, league after league
4nd province after province, Tho fences
sof posts and wire are varied sometimes
by fences OF aloes and cactus; the
Scucalyptus, tho poplar and other trees
,are also planted to form fences, as in
Chilli; the roads, where one sees long
teams OF xentoiling along with huge
wagons, are as terrible as those of the
Argentine; the prairies are dotted with
1unumerable herds of cattle and horses;
occasionally you see two or three
peasants wearing brown ponchos rid
ing and driving animals before them;
ut long intervals you see one or two
9snchos, or huts, where the peasants
live. In the Argentine the ranehos ap-
peared miserable enough. but in Uru-
quay saw many even more primitive,
mere huts Of black mud with q roof Of
'maizs straw, foor Of beaten earth,
Soorway, but not always window.
The cabins Of the Irish peasantry give
some idea of the Urugaayan rancho. It
ds . comfortless, unhealthy. rhoumatic
dwelling, less civilized thaR tLat Of the
&skimo end moro carelessly built than
7hs most erdiBa,y birds DssE
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SHACKELTON.

June 22d, 1891.
Rev Everhart, of Basil, o., preached
at Ambrose Chapel Sunday.
The Christian Endeavor Society will
meet on next Sunday evening promptly
at o'clock. 1t will be Immediately fol-
lowed by the third quarterly meeting Of
the George Pence Missionary Society.
An interesting program will be rendered.
Miss Martha Mckee, of Hillsboro,
spent Saturday night and Sunday at
home.
Notwithstanding the inclement
weather last Wednesday quite number
attended the festival given by the Ladies'
Industrial Circle of Mt. Zion Church.
The proceeds for the day, amounted to
$9l.20. The quilt sold for S.. Wesley
Pence was the purchaser
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Sale of $4,000 Town Hall
Bonds.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Council OF the Incorporated village Of New
Lexington, Highland county, Ohio, 10 be fled
with the Clerk Of the village at his Office in
New Lexington, o., until noon on the 9Th day
Of July, A. D. 1891, for the purchase Of forty
bonds Of said Village Of New Lexington, Ohio.
Each bond being Of the denomination of one
hundred dollars (e1oO), bearing interest at the
rate Of six per cent. ~ evidenced BY coupons
attached. One bond and interest payable semi
annually at the Third National Bank, Cincin-
natl, o. First bond and interest on deferred
bonds will be paid on March 1st, 1892, and
thereafter on September LIST and March 1st Of
each year until all sre paid. Said bonds are
issued by authority OF special act No. 16A6
passed March 28th, 1891, by the General As
sembly Of the State Of Ohio, and ordinances of
said village passed March 20th. 1851. Said
bonds will be sold for cash or its equivalent 70
the highest and best bidder st not less than
their psSI Islue. Bidders will be required 10
state the gross amount they viii pay for said
bonds. Council reserves the right to reject sny
and ell bids. JOHN HANLEY, Mayor.
F.S. WooDMANsER, Clerk.
Postoffice Address, Highland, Ohio.
June I'd, 1891.
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BASE BALL NOTES.

The club is now permanent organi.
cation with Board ofDirectors, consist
ing of six of the young business men Of
the town.
Harry Day is one of the best all round
players in club.
In the games from now on the admit.
tance will be 15 cents for ladies as we'll
as gentlemen. Children 10 cents.
The Manager will have a good club
here on the 4th of July. Just who, it is
not known.
The club will 60 to Chillicothe about
July 9TH, 8th or 9th.
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Quarterly Meeting.
SINKING SPRING, June 20, 1s9

SINKING SPRING, June 20, 1891.
The fourth quarterly meeting of Sink.
ing Spring Charge, will he held at Sink
ing Spring, July 4th and 9th. Rev. DR..
Runyan, P. E., will preach on Friday
night, the Sd, and conduct Sacramental
service in connection Herewith. On
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock he will
preach discourse on the possible pro-
vidential future of our country. A gen.
eral invitation is extended to both min.
listers and people to be present. The
g. A. R. and S. ofV. and w. R. @. will
please present themselves in their re.
spective bodies. J. H. MIDDLETON.
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NEW LEXINGTON.
.gune 22d, 19l.


Prof. Barrett attended the State Re-
publican Convention at columbus last
week.
MRS. Matilda Duff, OF New Peters.
burg, was the guest Of j. ]. Duff and
family last week.
The$ons Of Temperance OF this place
will on Saturday night, July 4th, in the
M. E. Church, hold public installation
OF officers. Good music villa be furnish.
ed, and Rev. l.. M. Davis, of Sabina, will
be present and deliver an address.
Grant Haines and wife visited rela.
ttives in Warren county last week.
During the storm of Tuesday night of
last week lightning struck the north end
of Joseph COINS storeroom and tore the
whole gable out. 1t also tore off part
of the cornice on each side, and then ran
down the chimney and into the center
of the room and tore off part of the
plastering and hase.board. Chas. and
Harry Cohn were sleeping upstairs in
the south end Of the building, and were
not even shocked. Had the stroke de.
scended at that end they both would
have been killed.
Miss Nellie Livezey, of New Vienna,
is the guest OF her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Swearengen.
Arthur Mcclure, of Sabina, was the
guest of his mother Sunday.
Republicans in this vicinity are well
pleased with the ticket nominated at
Columbus last week, and will heartily
join in helping to make McKinley's ma.
jority 10000.
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Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup has gained
its great popularity simply on its true
merit. 1t is equally as good in case of
deep seated cough as in freshly taken
cold, as it relieves the cough at once, 80
that the lungs and bronchial tubes are
not irritated by continual coughing,
thereby relieving them of all soreness.
Sold by Hopkins Brothers, Lynchburg, o.
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The 18th Annual Camp Meeting

The 18th Annual Camp Meeting
OF the A. M. E. Church of this city will
commence on the 9th of July and close
on the Goth of July. Good speaking by
the following divines: DIR. P. Tolliver,
GAINESVILLE; Rev. John Gazaway. Cincin.
natl; Rev. James Bridges, Frankfort !;
Rev. N. J. johnson, P. E., Cincinnati !;
Rev. G. Mason, Georgetown. The clergy
of this city are invited to take part.
Good singing by the choir, Miss Sallie
Patterson, organist.
Admission, adults, 15 cents. Vehicles,
8 cents s-
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We have succeeded in securing the
agency for Beggs' Little Giant Pills.
These pills are all the name implies !;
powerful, yet SO mild and pleasant that
no one feels any disagreeableness from
the effects of them. Only one pill a
dose, and forty pills in one package,
enough to last any ordinary family one
year. Price rs cents. Sold by Hopkins
Brothers, Lynchburg, Q.
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THE INVENTION OF INK

Probably First Obtained from the Black
Fluid OF the Cuttleash.
The ink first used probably was some
natural animal pigment, such as the
black fluid obtained from the various
species Of cuttle6sh, says Chambers
Journal, but the limited supply
Of this material soon led to
the use of mechanical mix
ture Of water, gum and lampblack. and
the characters were painted. rather
than written, by means Of broad
pointed reed As ink Of this simple ma
ture was easily removed from the sur
face of the parchment by the nero ap-
plication of moisture It was early found
necessary to contrive some means of
forming more durable ink, and for
this purpose the expedient was adopted
of treating the mixture with some sub
stance, such as vinegar, of the nahure
of mordant, which would penetrate
the parchment written upon and form
an ink not liable to fade.
A chemical dye, consisting OF an infu-
sion Of gals, with sulphate Of iron, was
.afterward used, as from its vitreous ma
ture it bit into the medium employed,
but compound vegetable ink contain
ing a good deal Of carbon pigment was
subsequently adopted, and was very
generally employed dow n to the middle
ages. With ink Of this sort the best
and most ancient manuscripts which
have been preserved to us were written,
and the separate leaves. after being al
lowed to dry slowly, were bound TO-
gether in volumes. Pi3ny and Vitruvi-
us, as well as other writer's, give recipes
for the manufacture of inks.
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Backien's Arnica SalYe.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
eorns and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. 1t
Is guaranteed to give perfect Satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by Seybert & Co.
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TO WEAK MEN

Suffering from the effects Of youthful errors,
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containing full particulars for home cure, free
Of charge a splendid medical work should
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Unclaimed Letters.

List Of unclaimed letters remaining In the
Postoface st Hiilsboro, June 18th. 1891.
Burns Florence n Fuller d n
80 TObui OhasT
rissse ~ scvsrtissd letters IN esii..4 fos
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Administrator,s a Notice.

IN signed has been duly appointed and
qualified rs administrator of the estate o.
Elizabeth Runyon, late of Highland county
Ohio, deceased. WIN. A. ABERNATHY,
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PERSONAL.
popularity.

Tho SON n, the late Congressman Houk, Of Ten
nessee IS being urged for nomination and election In
his fathers place by newspaper Just started down
that way.
The Russian Czarewitch IS said to be exception
ally fne scientific scholar
Chief Justice Fuller could not be persuaded TO In
dulge in that wonderful punch that was served az
the Harvard commencement exercises, ana certsln
enthusiasts think he does not know what he missed
Senator Sawyer, Of Wisconsin, has given $4,000 TO
clear of the debt from new observatory at Law
renee University The telescope there will be named
after him.
Elaine Goodales interest in the Indians dates from
a visit which General Armstrong made TO "Sky
FARM in 1879. He wishing in the neshborhood,
sought out the chlldpoet and her sister Dora and
stayed long enough to go on picnic with them
at Hampton.
However Bishop Wherefore may have stood on
the labor question he came near going on strike
himself, and by a threat Of 50 doing he carried
point. Entering a crowded church In which ne was
to preach one day, he escorted inside q lady whom
he met at the door, but who complained that there
was no room To his order 10 the beadle to ind her
a seat that funct0nary replied that was lmpOssloic
Thereupon the Bishop declared: ION, you dOn as
quickly discovered
Walker Fearn, of New-oreans, who has been placed
at the head Of the Foreign Affairs Department OF the
Chicago Fair is of Southern birth, but graduated
at Yale in 1e51 In 1854 he became secretary OF the
American Legation in Brussels, and from 1856 to
1858 was secretary Of the Legation in Mexico. Dur
ing the early part of the war he was in the diplomatic
service of the Confederacy, and then entered the
Southern Army, In which he attained the rank OF
lieutenant-cOlOnel. OF late years he has been
LAWYER but he was also professor of Spanish and
Italian in the University Of Louisiana for time:
President Cleveland made him Minister Resident and
nsul General to Rumana, Seryia and Greece in 1851
lie has a fine command OF foreign languages.
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OUIRBLING OYER TIE IIATA

Mr.. Burt told in yesterdays TRIBUNE a
straightforward story about the shipment of the
Itatas cargo, but his reasoning respecting the
neutrality laws is defective He admits that
he purchased the arms in New-York on credits
supplied from Europe and shipped them TO San
Francisco, whence the cargo was taken by the
Robert and Minnie to San Cemcnte Island and
transferred to the ltate in American waters
What he denies is the breach of neutrality law
in this transaction. lie considers the Itata a
transport which could properly carry the cargo
out of an American port and which, aside from
sailing from san Diego without clea ance papers
has not violated any law of the United States.
His main contention is that he has been indicted
for arming and equipping the ltata, and that
since the vessel vas not designed to prey upon
commerce, but was merely chartered to carry
the cargo to responsible shippers in Chill he
has not been guilty of any offence against
neut atty law.
\ fact which seems TO be fatal to his inter-
probation Of the case is the equipment of the
Itata as a yessel-of-war II was commanded
by officers Of the Esmeralda. ii had a crew
recruited from the same ship 1t sailed out of
San Diego IIarbor with some of the Esmeralda's
guns in position for firing from her deck. These
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TWELVE PAGES
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Foreign-An official Gillian dispatch says the
revolt is making no Roadway. - The Irish
Land bill passed its second reading in the House
Of Lords - The bakers strike IN faris COLI
tinues. - The new Spanish commercial treaty
was signed.
pomssSic-A tornado neat Nouns Carmel
Penn. blew down a coal-breaker, killing seven
men and fatally iniuring two more. - In the
big New-London rowing race Harvard defeated
Yale over the four-mie course /by nearly eleven
lengths. - Secretary Foster will recoin the
trade dollar bars and subsidiary silver into other
denominations deferring the question Of the con-
tinued coinage of standard silver dollars. -
The damage by floods in Iowa is greater than at
first reported ore town is almost wiped OUT
- The Republican League emissaries had a
meeting at jamestown to advance the cub move
ment.
City and Suburban-James A. Simmons, the
bank wrecker was sentenced 10 six years I'M
prisonment 49, hail and thunder storm OF I'M
usual severity burst on the upper part of the city
- Two men were killed and others injured by
the falling of a scafold at Elizabeth, N. j. -
The commencement exercises of Manhattan Col
lego took place 49, Winners at Sheepshead
BAY Drzze, Airshaft, Bermuda, Fairy, Atlantic,
Admiral = Stocks more active, but lower
under the lead of specialties, some OF which have
not yet been distributed; the closing was heavy
at the lowest figures
The Weather Forecast for today Generally
fair. but with chance of showers; cooler. Tenn
pcrature yesterday Highest SO degrees; lowest
"a average, 81 l-s
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DIR. NoRTHRoP DIES FROM HIS I'M URIEs.
HIS SUFFERING WAS GREAT. BUT HE WAS

HIS SUFFERING WAS GREAT. BUT HE WAS
CONSCIOUS ALMOST TO THE END.
Dr. John ]. Northrop, instructor in Columbia
College, who was burned By an explosion OF a barrel
OF alcohol on Thursday in the cellar OF the school OF
Mines, died yesterday morning at the Presbyterian Hos
pta 1t not supposed at first that his burns were
fatal but careful examination Thursday night con-
WINGED Dr. Hupp and DR.. Brton that he could not live
Dr. Northrop retained consciousness until shortly after
IL O'Clock yesterday morning, when he reapsed into
condition of coma and died painless death.
DR.. NOrtirOp was only twenty nine years old, and
apparently had promise Of a brilliant future. he
was born in this city in october, 1851, and While
yet boy showed great aptitude for study. In lss4
he graduated from the Columbia College School Of
Mines. lie then spent short time in Europe and
returned in 1885 study for the degree OF Doctor Of
Philosophy which he took in 1887. since which time
he had been the assistant OF DR.. J. s. Newberry In
geology at Columbia College. In 1890 lie married
Miss Ada Rich, who is now Frustrated at her home
IN Yonlcrs
Dr. NOrthrop's body will be taken to Yonkers for
burial.
The two janitors, Simpson and Tighe. who were
burned In the same accident in which DR.. Northrop
received his injuries, will recover. simpson Is in
Bellevue Hospital and Tghe at his home, No. ssl