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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-01
A VISIT TO GEORGIA.

l have had good many inquiries
about Austell, Ca, since my return
from that State, that l will give
description through the REPUBLICAN
for those who are interested.
l left home the first of August and
returned the eleventh. I went with
the intention of finding out all about
the country in North Central Georgia
in the vicinity of Atlanta and Marietta.
The famous Sweetwater Valley lies
adjacent to these towns, or rather
cities, for such they are, in the midst
of which is Austell, a town of HOO
inhabitants, on the Chattanooga and
Atlanta and Savannah and Birming-
ham r. r., two roads doing an immense
business: twelve passenger trains each
day stop at Austell and on an average
miles south of Chattanooga and 1S miles
west of Atlanta, the Chicago of the
South.
The Sweetwater Valley is a large
body of land slightly rolling, within
high hills and no low bottoms, inter-
spersed with numerous streams origi-
mating from springs. The Sweetwater
river, large stream, flows through
the valley from east to west and emp
ties into the Chattahoochie. The soil
is a gray, sandy loan, chocolate and
red. The land is very much neglected
and run down by poor farming and
continuous rotation of cotton. 1 was
shown fields that had cotton on every
year for over thirty years and by a
liberal use of fertilizer the crop this
year was fair.
The method of farming by the South
erners will give some idea as to how
the land is made to produce. l was
told and could see for myself that 80
per cent. of the farming is done by the
one mule system. That is man and a
horse or darkey and mule will cul-
tivate farm. Their plows are what
they call "scooters," with narrow
shovel and a prong on either side, with
which they do their plowing and culti-
waiting. Their work is of the crudest
kind with no improvement nor inge-
nuity.
When you strike Northerner, who
farms according to modern methods,
the crops look entirely different. saw
the largest crop of corn on a northern
farmers farm that I ever saw, and all
other crops in proportion, while on land
adjoining, crops were poor on account
of poor cultivation.
From what saw, the soil responds to
good cultivation and good management
much more readily than any of our soil
in Ohio. Foliage of all kinds grows
more luxuriant, vegetables grow strong,
and vigorous. The soil is easily worked
being loose and porous and does not
bake after heavy rains.
What the South wants is northern
farmers and with that class of people
the Sweetwater Valley will make a
grand farming country.
Mingo, Ohio. F. J. LANTz.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-01
THE GREAT HAVOC in PORTO
RICO.

The Porto Rican hurricane is one OF
the great disasters which grow on in
vestigation. 1t was not overestimated
at first. The latest reports show that
more than 1900 victims of the storm
have been buried, and at least l,O00
entire families are missing from ruined
homes. Their houses have been simply
wiped out of existence, and the pre-
sumption is that the former inmates
are dead.
Fully one-quarter of the population
of the island is destitute, the number
of persons in absolute want OF the nee
essaries of life being estimated by
General Davis to be about 25O,O
Many others are reduced to poverty,
though they are able to supply them
selves with food. 1t will be four months
before crops can be grown to keep the
island from wholesale starvation.
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THE CLOUDS OF GOD.

The city is full of labor
And struggle and strife and care,
The fever pulse of the city
Is throbbing in all the air,
But calm through the sunlit spaces
And calm through the starlit sky
Forever, over the city,
The clouds of God go by.
The city is full of passion
And shame and anger and sin,
OF hearts that are dark with evil,
OF souls that are black within,
But white as the robes of angels,
As pure through the wind swept sky,
Forever, over the city,
The clouds of God go by.
The city is full of sorrow
And tears that are shed in vain,
By day and by night there rises
The voice of its grief and pain,
But soft as a benedictiou
They bend from the vault ON high,
And over the sorrowful city
The clouds of God go by.
o eyes that are old with vigil,
o eyes that are dim with tears,
Look up from the path Of sorrow
That measures itself in years
And read in the blue above you
The peace that is ever nigh,
While over the troubled city
The clouds of God go byl
Robert Clarkson Tongue in Youths Com
paniOn.
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Ditch Notice.

AuDIToR's OFFICE, LOGAN COUNTY,
BELLEFoNTAINE, ONO, Aug. Is, A ID. 1899.
To Daniel +. Yoder ct al.
You are hereby notified that u petition sign
ed by w. +. Smith, has been filed with the
Auditor of our said county of Logan, praying
for the location, establishment and construc-
tion of ditch drain or water-course on the
following described line.
Commencing in n piece OF land 1917 acres in
name OF J. i. Sapp in Sec. 81, T. ., Il. IA M: r.
s.. Liberty township. Logan county, o., in q
water-course in n. f. corner of said land ;
thence following said intercourse In a prac-
ticai manner in a southwesterly direction
across the lands OF W. E. Smith, Il. II. Harmon
NJ. A. Mustain. Christian Y; Yoder, and ter
minating on the land of Nj. A. Mustain or
where good and sufficient outlet can be OBJ
tanned for the Round Prairie, said ditch to be
improved by tiling, filters, etc.,in good prac-
tical manner
You are also notified that the Board of
County Commissioners of our said county of
Logan, will meet upon the line, of, and
at the place of beginning of the said proposed
improvement and take such other steps as
are required by law, on
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 6, A. d. 1899,
at 10 O'Clock a. m.
place above fixed hear any and all proof offer
ed by any OF the parties affected by said i'm
provement and other persons competent to
testify and determine the necessity thereof,
and adjourn from time to time and to such
t,lstce as the necessity of the work may re-
quire and in case said CommIssioners - hnd % for
hearing of application for any appropriation
of land taken for said improvement, or any
damages. any of them may sustain there
by, and for the approval of the report of the
Surveyor.
At any time on or before the day above set
for the hearing. any person or corporation
whose lands are taken or affected in any way
by such Improvement may make application
TO said Commissioners in writing for COM
penSation or damages, and they or any of
them may make application in writing for a
change or alteration of the line OF ditch through
their premises, and failure to make such APP
plcation shall be deemed and held to be "a wal
yer TO all rights thereto
The following is II list of parties who will be
affected or benefited by said proposed i'm
provement: t
cleveland, sandusky and Columbus Rail-
way Company.
MEGA lin. co
The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St
Louis Railway Company.
Heirs OF John ID. Yoder, Daniel +. Yoder.
Mary Byler.
Heirs OF Mrs. Lizzie SmuclSer.
Heirs of Lucinda Oberchain.
G. ID. CAMPBELL,
Aug. IS, 1s99-2t. Auditor of Logan Co., o.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-01
hair till she looked like o bride. Leave

hair till she looked like bride. Leave
her in holy ground. The man she loved
deserted her for some one else."
Poor Ghita. But you must admit
yon are making it hard for me- To put
an end to it all l will bring back Grin
galetto, who choked to death eating
Goldfish not a month ago"
Ou must not, you must not, cried
Lima Paparero, wringing her hands
''He sold me that vineyard of his on
the installment plan. For ten long years
I've been paying in hard coin far more
than its value, and now would you have
me begin all over again? It's not fair,
signor dottore."
"What state of things But we
will let that 60 will now propose one
who left to mourn him neither brother
nor sister, wife nor parent; one who
left only blessed memory, an example
of all the virtues, and his little savings
to the hospital-I mean your good
priest, who loved you so well, whom
you regretted SO deeply, who made, you
remember, such dreadful journey to
the other world, seeking, poor pilgrim,
his Cucuguanese in every corner, even
in yawning hell itself, not missing a
single one. Shall I restore him to you?'
''No, no., cried various devout MEM
bers of the flock. "No, no, - added Lena
Russolina, the mother Of the congrega-
tion. "He was old, poor man, and deaf
as post, so much so that at confession
he always absolved us of sins we had
never committed. Leave him in glory,
especially since we now have young
and hearty curate. He is as good as a
saint, he sings like an organ, he breaches
like a seraph, and he swims with the
current.
"What's to be done? I'll try some
one else. I see over there little white
wooden crJss. The harebells seem try
ing to hiSe it; the tall grass is almost
on level with it. You can read that
that narrow grave holds 10-months-
old ba' y. True, it seems half pity tc
bring the tender soul back to this world
| to bear-what you have all been bear.
ing. Still, if you wish him raised, say
but the word and I will display my
| power.
''Signor dottore, " whispered a wrin.
kled crone, "that little one is ours,
alas! lam the grandmother. My daugh.
ter had not yet weaned him. He was
just getting his teeth, when suddenly
he died. But God took him from us.
Gods will be donel Now there is an
other babe at the breast God knows
what he is doing. What he takes with
one hand he gives back with the other
My daughter couldn't suckle both, and
we are too poor to put him out to
nurse.
| At this the doctor burst out: "Enougl
for today, if not too much, indeed
Since you won't have the miracle now
I will perform it on another occasion
Only I beg of you to agree beforehand
on the person to be brought to life. ,
And he strobe away.
From that memorable Sunday oul
doctor has done wonders in Cucuguano
1t is true he does not raise the dead
but he saves the lives of the sick Th,
Cucuguanese, now fully trusting him
say, eff he did not fulfill his promise
to tell the truth, it was not his fault
it was ours, for we wished to leave ou
dead underground. Translated Fo
| Argonaut From the Italian.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-01
The Queens Four Leaved Clover.

An amusing story Of Queen Hortense,
daughter of the Empress Josephine and
wife of Louis Bonaparte, king of Hol-
land, has lately been told. After her ex-
lie from Holland the ex-queen sojourn-
ed for time in modest habitation
near Constance, in Switzerland.
AS her health was broken down by
her troubles her physicians prescribed a
visit to the mountains of Appenzell,
and the ex-queen, accompanied only by
reader or female companion and two
or three servants, went to rustic
neighborhood in the hills. There she
and her companion found nothing bet
ter to do than hunt for four leaved clo-
yer and became quite excited in the
search.
''To lend the matter interest, T" the
queen wrote in letter which has been
brought to light, 1--WE would assume
that each discovery of four leaved clo-
yer had some prophetic significance.
The next one, if found so and so, meant
that we should return to France; an
other meant that was to receive let
ter the next day from my son Louis,
and SO on. In this innocent pastime we
found positively the only excitement
that was open to us in the place.
"But soon it was noised abroad
among the children of the neighborhood
that we were continually hunting -four
leaved clover, and consequently, these
children argued. we must want it very
much. Then all the children and some
of the grown people were out hunting
four leaved clover, and soon great
punches of it were brought to us, fol
which we had to show ourselves very
grateful.
'In another day our only resource fo1
amusement was gone, for these kind
but superserviceable people had strip
ped the neighborhood for mile around
of all it's four leaved clover
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-01

No Flowers Allowed at a Military Funeral.
FLOWERS can play no part in mill
tary funeral, the rules of army or naval
burials forbidding them," explained an
army officer to a reporter. "While l
was down at Chickamauga recently it
was rumored that one of the soldiers in
a camp there had died. Indeed it was
so printed in local paper. The result
was that on the following day large
quantity of flowers were sent by sympa-
thetic ladies and others with a request
that they should be placed on the coffin
of the dead soldier. Now, the fact was
that no soldier had died and the officers
had the flowers sent to their quarters.
If there were a death in the camp, the
flowers could not be used, for they are
not military in any sense. The only
thing allowed ON the coffin of a soldier
or sailor is flag. That has been decid-
ed to be decoration enough, and among
military men 1 have never heard the
slightest objection to the custom, which
has always prevailed. Washington
Star.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-01
Land Appraiscment Districts.

Notice Is hereby given that the County Com
mssiOners. of Logan county, Ohio, did at their
regular June session. 1890. divide said coun-
" of Logan rs required by the statutes into
eighteen DISTRICTS for the appraisvment of
land In 1900. as follows. tO-wit:
No. l. Bloomfield township.
No. @ Bokescreell township.
No. q. Harrison township.
No. T. Jefferson township.
M. 3. Lake township, north and south pre-
cincts and first and second wards of Bellefon-
tatnc.
No. g. Third and Fourth Wards, Beilefon-
taine.
M. Z. Liberty township.
No. 4 Macarthur township.
No. " Miami township.
No. 10. Monroe township.
No. II. Perry township.
No. IL. Pleasant township.
No. f3. Richland township.
No. II. Rushcreek township.
No. Is. Stokes township.
No. 16. Union township.
No. u. Washington township.
No. II. Zane township.
The qualified electors In each of the forego-
ing districts are requi red at the general cleo
tiOn of the state and county officers, to be
held on the first Tuesday after the first Mon
day In November, A. ID. 1899. TO elect by bal
lot "a citizen of each said district having the
qualifications Of an electOr, assessor of real
property of said district. Each election board
at said election Is required TO keep separate
poll book and ballot box for the election of
certified as In other cases, must be made TO
the County Auditor at his office, within two
'~' ' g. d. CAMPBELL,
Auditor for Logan county, Ohio.
August 25, 1s99-3t.
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"a LASS AM ~

A lass am I, and wait my day.
To some twill be nay, but to one Twill be yee
When the time comes, l shall know what to say.
The winter goes, and the warm wind blows,
And who shall keep the color from the red,
red rose?
A lass al, |, neither high nor low.
My heart $ mine now, but I'd have the world
know,
When the winds right, away it will go.
The brook sings below, and the birds sing
above,
And sweeter in between sings the lover to his
love.
john Vance Cheney in Century.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-01
DOLLAR WHEAT.

1t now looks as if the West was to
have dollar wheat, and it will not be
the Bryan dollar, either. What will
he then do for an argument?-Cincin-
natl Commercial Tribune.
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HAMILTON BROS,

IA Agents. Office in the Hamilton Building,
east of the Logan House, Bellefontaine, Ohio:
Particular attention given to collections and
settlement of estates. Will practice in State
and U. S. Courts. All business promptly at
tended to-
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-09-01
J. w. YOUNG, NJ. ID.

DHYSICIAN and Surgeon. General prac-
L tice of medicine. Have special test
lenses for accurately fitting glasses for those
who need them. Office 135 West Columbus
Ave. Residence, 402 East Sandusky Ave.
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FRANK A. POOL,

PHYSICIAN and Surgeon, Ofilce-135 West
i Columbus Ave. Bellefontaine, o. Special
attention given to the treatment of all forms
of rupture and pelvic diseases. All calls
answered IRON the office.
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SPAIN s. SOUTHARD,

TTORNEY-AT-LW. Special attention
"A given to abstracts of title, loaning money
and drafting of all legal Instruments. Prompt
attention paid to all business left with him.
Collections, fire and life insurance. Office
South Main street over j. M. Abraham & Co. S
grocery.
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WEST & WEST.

A TTORNEY-AT-LAW. Collections given
"A prompt attention. Partition and settle
ment of estates speciality. Practice in the
State and U. S. Courts Office on Main street.
directly opposite front entrance of the Court
House, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
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DIR. w. q. STINCHcOMB,

and Surgeon. Special atten-
l. tion given to diseases of the eyes and fit
ting glasses. East Columbus Avenue, Belle
ontaine, Ohio.
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HOWENsTINE s HUSTON.

A TTORNEYS and Counselors at Law, Belle
N fontaIne, Ohio. Particular attention
given to collections and settlement of estates.
Office in the Watson Building. Entrance on
Main street.
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A. JAY MILLER,

A ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Special attention
IA given to collections and settlement of
estates Rooms and 0, Empire Block, Belle
fontaine, Ohio.
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JOHN C. HOVER.

A TTORNEY-A Special attention
~ given all office practice, settlement of
estates, collections and loans. Office and s,
Lawrence Block, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
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DR.. j. p. HARBERT,

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Special at
/ tention TO eye, ear and throat, and fitting
of glasses. Office 1l31& f. Columbus Ave,
Bellefontaine, o. Residence l03 Mad River st.
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DR.. j, II. WILSON,

HOMEOPATHIST. Special attention giver
IL to diseases of the Nose and Throat. Offic,
on South Main street, Bellefontaine, ..
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DR.. c. w. HEFFNER,

DHYSICIAN and Surgeon. No. 1l6 East Co
l. lumbus Ave. Treatment of the Eyes and
fitting glasses for defective vision, speciality.
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e. 6. DEEREES.

A TTORNEY-AT-L Bellefontaine, o.
"A Room / and 3 Bellefontaine National
Bank Building. Money loaned and secured ut
reasonable rates.
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II. II. Newell.
Z. Pat Chamberlin.
II. IT. N
CHAMBERLIN & NEWELL,

T AWYERS. General and commercial prac-
i tice Settlement of estates and collec-
tions. Opposite Court House, Main street,
Bellefoutaine, Ohio.
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w, w, RIDDLE,

A TTORNEY and Counselor at Law. Office
IA over Peoples National Bank, Bellefon-
taine, Ohio.
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JAMES c. WONDERS,

GIVIL ENGINEER. Rooms and 6 Empire
~ Block Bellefontaine, Ohio
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-11-04
Have Yauui Prisoners.

Austin, Tex, Oct. Collaboration was
received here from Ortiz, state of Sonorl,
Mexico, stating that a detachment Of
Mexican troops have arrived here, having
in charge 20 Yaqui Indian prisoners,
whom they were taking to Guaymas to
be placed in prison pending a settlement
of The war. Hitherto the Mexican forces
have given out the information that thcy
were taking no prisoners, nor would they
take any, as they proposed to kill the In
dams as fast as they came upon them.
The fact that they brought in 20 today,
however, evidences the fact that they in
tend to take prisoners.
1t is reported that these prisoners were
captured in skirmish with Indians near
Sahuarpa, Mexico, during which several
Mexican soldiers were wounded.
1t is also reported that two were killed
and one or two taken prisoners by the
Indians. Immediately following this Skin
mish, which was somewhat in the nature
of surprise to the Indians, the main
body of Indians retreated to the noun
tains northwest of Sahuaripa and are now
hiding in the mountain Businesses.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-11-04

Cambridge, Mass, Oct 30-While Har.
ward had no difficulty in disposing Of the
famous Carlisle Indian eleven on Soldiers
Field, the crimson players were unable
to keep little Hudson from kicking his
customary goal from the field, and a
wretched muff by Girasch early in the
game, followed by a quick pickup by
Red Water, who ran 80 yards for touch.
down, gave the visitors more points
making the final score % to 10.
New York, Oct. 30-At Manhattan
Field, in game that was fiercely contest.
ed throughout, the football eleven of Co
lumbia defeated that of Yale by the score
Of to ..
Chicago, Oct. 30.-The football eleven
of the University of Pennsylvania barely
escaped defeat at the hands of the Univer-
sity of Chicago in a game in which more
desperate playing has seldom been with
messed. The score was a tie
Ithaca, n. Y, Oct 30.-In one of the
finest football battles that Cornell has
ever waged on an opposing l. she wrest-
ed victory from Princeton by a score OF
5 to O.
San Francisco, Oct. 3G-The freshman
game between Leland Stanford universit Y
and the University OF California was won
by the former. The score: Stanford 8
California 0.
At Oberlin, Ohio-Ohio State universe
ty &, Oberlin 0.
At Cincinnati-University of Cincin
natl 20, Centre College of Kentucky 0.
At Cleveland--Casc school "a, Bald
win university o.
AT Madison-Uni'ersi of Wisconsin
10, Rush medical college o.
At Pittsburg-Duquesne A. c. II, But
falo university 5.
At Washington, Pa.-Washington and
Jefferson 6, Western Reserve 0.
Denver, Oct. Bottle Denver Wheel
Club eleven defeated the team from Og.
den, Utah, at d. w. c. Park by a score
of 4G to 0.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-11-04

Washington, Nov. IA cablegram from
General Otis to the war department an
nounces the death of Capt. Charles French
of the Thirty-sixth infantry, who was
wounded in the recent fighting at Florida
Blanco.
Capt. Charles French was mustered in
as a first lieutenant in the First Montana
volunteers and served with his regiment in
the Philippines until July 81 last, when he
accepted an appointment as captain in the
Thirty-sixth volunteer infantry. He was
a resident Of Great Falls, Mont, where his
father resides.