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{" Bah! don't interrupt me. Mol de-
ternined by bold ruse de gurre. to throw
her attention out of the window, clear the
perilous passage, and fortify myself under
The counterpart before she recovered her
surprise. The plan failed. You see arm
small man, physically speaking.
Body, limbs and head, setting up business
on one hundred and seven and half pounds,
all told, of flesh, blood and bones, cannot,
individually or collectively, set up any very
ostentatious pretensions. believe the young
lady must have been settling in her mind
some philosophical point on that head
Perhaps her sense Of justice wished TO as
s,ime itself of perfectly fair distribution of
the respective motives. Perhaps, she did
not feel easy until she knew that kind
Providence had not added to general power
ty individual wrong. Certain 1t was, she
seemed rather pleased with her speculations;
for when arose fronia STOPPING posture
finally, wholly dIsencumbeyed of cloth, l
noticed mIschIevous shadows playing about
the corners Of her mouth. Ii was the mo-
ment had determined TO direct her eyes to
some astonishing circumstance out of the
window. But the young lady spoke at the
critical moment.
"Mr. Douglass" she observed, ''you hare
got mighty small chance Of legs there"
Men seldom have any notion of their own
powers. i never made any pretensons to
skill in ground and lofty tunbling; but it is
strictly true, cleared at one bound, the
open space, planted myself on the centre Of
the bed, aud was buried in blankets in a
twinklIDg.
| 81 congratulate you, my boy" said l.,
poising a cube of The crimson core of the
melon on the point of my knife; '' a lucky
escape truly Buh was the young lady
modest"
"Modest, sir!-there is not in Illinois a
more modest, or more sensible girl. It's
habt-ail habit. think nothing of il now i.
Why, its only last week was at fine we'd
ding party, and large and fine assembly of
both sexes lodged in the same room, with
only three feet or so of neutral territory be-
tween then,."
You astonish me, Mr.. Douglass
"Fact, sir, upon my honor. You see
these people are the soul Of hospitality, and
never allow fine social party to turn out
at twelve O'Clock at night to go long dis
tances home. All that is more cleverly
managed here. An Illinois bed has pow
or of eongation or expansion perfectly eng
wide, will, on occasion. flank one whole side
of the house, and is called tieid-hed, and
large parties will range themselves on oppo-
site sides of the house as economically as
candles in box"
But, my dear fellow, this is drouthy
prose, introduce yourself to that little fell
low in the corner, and pass him over; and
now tell Inc about old CanandaIgua."
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RICHARD NJ. YOUNG,
Commissioner of the General Lard Office.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES,


IN pursuance Of law, l, JAMES K. POLK,
L. President Of the United States Of America, do
hereby declare and make known that public sales
will be held at the aforementioned land offices IN
the State of WISCONSIN, at the periods here
matter designated, to Wit:
AT the land office at the Falls Of ST. CROlX
river, commencing on Monday, the fourth day of
june next, for the disposal of the public lands Sit
uated within the aforementioned townships and
parts of Townships, VIZ:
Orth of the Base Line, and West Of
the fourth principal Meridian.
Fractional township twenty-five and townships
twenty-six, thirty, thrty-One, and thirty of
range seventeen.
Fractional townships twenty-five and twenty
six, and townships thirty-one, thirty-twc, and
thirty three, of range eighteen.
Fractional township twenty-six, and townships
twenty thirty three, and thrty-iour, Of range
nineteen.
townships thirty-three, thirty -four, and thirty
five, OF range twenty.
Ar THE SAME PLACE, commencing on Mon
day, the third day of September next, for the dis
pOsa Of all the public lands within the townships
and fractional townships above enumerated which
have been, or shall be, reported before the day of
sale as containing copper, lead, or other valuable
ores, to be offered for sale in quarter quarter
tors at not less than five dollars per acre, except
the sections and parts ofsectons, any covered by
those mining leases which shall not be determined
by the day fixed for the commencement Of the
public sale In accordance with the provisions of
the act, approved on the third day Of March,
eighteen hundred and forty-seven, entitled can
act TO create additional land district In the Ter
ri;ory of WISCONSIN, and for other purposes"
! AT the land office at MINERAL POINT, COM
mencing on Monday, the eighteenth day Of June
next, for the disposal of the vacant public lands
within the aforementioned townships and parts of
townships, viz:
North of the Base Line, and West Of the
fourth principal Meridian.
! Townships fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen, of
range one.
Townships fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen, of
range two
Townships twenty, twenty-one, and twenty
two, Of range three.
townships nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, and
Twenty-Five, Of range four.
Townships nineteen and twenty, of range five.
Townships eighteen, nineteen, and twenty, OF
range six.
Townships eighteen, nineteen, and twenty, Of
range seven.
| Townships eighteen. nineteen, and twenty, Of
range eight.
Fractional township eighteen, and townships
nineteen and twenty, of range nine.
fractional township eighteen, and townships
nineteen and twenty, of range ten.
Fractional townships eighteen and nineteen,
land township twenty, Of range-eeven.
| Fractional townships nineteen and twenty, Of
iranSstweive. -. $50
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BY Al TIL D KITE.
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NOTICE..

OF the removal of the land office from the Falls
OF ST. CROiX,'' Wisconsin, TO ''o1ILL~
WATER,'' in Minnesota Territory.
TT NDEk authority of the first section of the
u act of Congress. entitled ''An act for chang
ing the Locations of the land office in the GRIPPE
WA LAND DIsTRIcT, 'and establishing add
tionai land district in the STATE OF WIscoN-
s1x," approved March I'd, iS49. ! do hereby
declare and make known, that from and after the
thirtieih day Of June next, (lS49) the land office
for the sale of the public lands in the CHIPPEWA
LAND DIsTRICr, shall be removed from the
FALLS or ST. CRoIx (Wisconsin) to ''SrILL-
WATER in st. CRoIX County, Minnesota Ter
rltOry.
Given under my hand at the City of Washing
ton, this Twentieth day Of March, .4nmo Domini
1919 BY the President,
Il. TAYLOR.
RICHARD NJ. YOUNG,
Commissioner of the General Lard Office
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EXTRAORDINARY CURE.

April IS, 1913. Four miles north Of Chicago
(on the road to Miwaukee) Cook county, III.
Mr.. Sloan--Dear Sir One Of nly horses had
large bony tuner on his breast bone, immediately
undes the collar, which famed him and rendered
his services of very little value. faithfully ap-
piled several bottles Of DIR. Taylor's Nerve and
Bone Lniment, without the least benefit. / then
procured Wiider's celebrated Horse Ointment,
and used that until became fully satisfied thar
would never relieve the animal Finally, oh
tanned box OF your truly valuable Ointment, and
in less than 90 days from the FIRST application the
tunor entirely disappeared, and the horse was
we'll Yours EDWARD ARMSTRONG;
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NOTICE

NoIiC IL
Of the establishment Of the Land Office for the
''WESTERN LAND DISTRICT" in the
STATE of WISCONSIN.
TN pursuance of the second section Of the act
Il of Congress entitled san act for changing the
location OF the land Office in the CHIPPEWA
LAND 'DIsTRIcT, and establishing an additional
land district IN the STATE of WISCONSIN,
approved March End 1919, which provides that
''For the sale Of the public lands in the Territory
of WISCONSIN, an additional land Office and
land district are hereby created, comprising all
the lands not included within the district of lands
subject to sale a, Green Bay, Milwaukee, or MIN
erai Point, which shall be called the Western
Land District" do hereby declare and make
known that the land office so created shall be To-
Gated at "WILLow RIVER" ST. Crom county,
IN the State of Wisconsin
Given under my hand, at the city of Washing
ton this second day Of .March, limo Domini
one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
BY the President: JAMES X. POLK.
RICHARD NJ. YOUNG,
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hereby certify that one of my children, when
naked, fell into large fire Of live Goals. and was
burned severely from head to feet The best Of
medical aid and attention was given to the child
for four five days without any rehef-each days
suffering increased till its groans could be heard
great distance, at which critical period one Of my
neighbors recommended and presented to me a
box of SIOAN'S OINTMENT, and in less than
fifteen minutes after the application OF the ONT
ment to the aggravated sores Of the suffering child,
the pain ceased entirely, and hespeediiy began TO
recover. My residence is in Holt Township, Yer
million county, and State of Indiana.
THEODORE l.. TAYLOR.
Dated at Chicago, August "a, IS4S.
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POPULAR OPINION.

If popular Oplclon is any criterion Of the WORT,
of an article, we invite the ncredulous to read at
least few OF the many voluntary certificates that
appear III our columns respecting the sre: variety
of remarkable cures effected by The use of Sloan
Celebrated Ointment and Condition Powders
These remedies 10 longer remain among those
Iof doubtful utility, they have passed from the tide
of experiment, and now stand higher in reputation
and are becoming more extensively used than all
other articles OF the kmd.--Michigan City News.
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NOTICE TO PERCEPTION CLAIM
ANTS

Every person entitled to the right of pre-emp-
ton to any of the lands within the townships and
parts of townships above enumerated, is required
to establish the same to the satisfaction of the
register and receiver Of the proper land office, and
make payment therefor soon as practicable
after seeing this notice, and before the day ap-
pointed for the commencement of the public sale
of fife lands embracing the tract claimed, other
wise such claim will be forfeited
RICHARD NJ. YOUNG,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
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II e II M s.:

THE DAILY SENTINEL AND GAzErrE-
Six dollars year-invariaby in advance.
TRI-WEEKLY-Three dollars and fiftv cents
a year, invariably in advance, and the paper dis
continued when the period for which it is paid
expires.
WEEKLY-Two dollars year, invariably in
advance, and the paper discontinued when the
period for which it is paid expires
sE7 Remittauces may be made at the risk Of
the publishers. No pains or expense will he
spared to render the Sentinel and Gazette as val
liable and interesting paper as can be found in
he West
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NOTICE.
UFAITS OF ST CROIX -

CALLS OF ST. CROIX."
The sales advertised above to be held at the
land Office at the FALLS of ST. GROIN River, on
the fourth day Of June and the third day of
September next, will not be held; new Dis
rRIcT having been organized out of the part of
that District lying in the State OF WISCONSIN,,
and the land office for that part in the Territory of
MINNESOTA having been directed to be removed
to SALTWATER. from and after the thirtieth day
of June next, by act of Congress approved March
2nd IS49
By the President: L. TAYLOR.
RICHARD NJ. YOUNG,
Commissioner Of The General Land Office.
March 80, IS49
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THE HALF HAS NOT BEEN TOLD.

Tux NINtT, Juhe II, I64S.
Or. cioan--ST: Please send by the bearer
new. supply of your Horse Medicines. They are
the best articles of the kind that have ever used
never having been disappointed in their effect, as
have been in the use of other, even the most
celebrated Omtnsents, Liniments. Sc, of the day.
like very much this feature in them, viz that
they do all that is promised, and upon Il thorough
trial one is constrained to add that half has not
been told Respect'y, nj. DUDLEY.
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The ordinary ointments and Iiniments it is well
known, are severe and partial ii their operation
Sloan Ointment is mid, yet thorougl--it reaches
and removes the cause, hence it gives real and
permanent relief.
For purity mildness, safety, certainty, and
thoroughness, Sloan's Ointment excels, and is
rapidly superceding all other Ointments and Lini-
ments now In use.
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= THE PROOF.

Ertrnct from the Gofena North W estern
Gazette:
IL BY tie use Of Sloans Ointment and Con-
dition Powder, have entirely cured fstula on
my horse, and otherwise improved his condition
more than 500 per cent. Oh the cost of the medi
cine; and COW which was so feeble as to be con-
sidered worthless by myself and neighbors, was
restored to good health and strength by the nse of
less than half package of the powder, and is
now doing better than any other cow have.
Small Pox, May IL, AS. VIM. VINCENT.
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Beebe's Grove, VIII. CO, Ill, Oct. "a, '4S
MIR. Sloan--Sir: / have tested the virtue of your
Ointment, in the cure of rat.esnake bites, sore
throat, burns, and many other injuries, and in
every case it has surpassed our expectations. As
a Family Ointment have never seen its equal,
and for beasts we can't get along without it.
Yours &C., MILES Nj. JOHNSON.
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Milwaukee Sentinel and Gazette,

Published erery morning {Sundays erceptedl By
KING & FULLER
at the Office, corner Of Wisconsin, and
East Water streets.
RUFUS KING. WIN. J. A. FULLER.
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Notice to Miners and Prescription
Claimants.

All persons who were, at the passage of the act
of LIST March, lS47, in possession, by actual oocu
pancy, OF any portion Of the mineral lands em-
braced in this proclamation, under authority OF
lease written permit from the Secretary of War,
for the purpose of mining thereon, and all persons
who shall be in possession, by actual occupancy,
of a mine or mines actually discovered before the
LIST of March, 1S47, as set forth In the act OF
LIST March, lS47, above mentioned are authorized
to enter and purchase the same at the price, on
the terms and conditions, and to the extent pre-
s"ribed by that act, and no less, at any time be-
fore the day fixed for the commencement of the
sale of those mineral lands, on making proof Of
possession and occupancy, andof compliance with
those terms, to the register and receiver of the
land Office, subject to an appeal to the Secretary
of the Treasury: and all persons entitled TO the
right of presumption TO any of the agricultural
lands embraced in this proclamation, are required
TO establish the same to the satisfaction OF the
register and receiver, and make payment therefor
as soon as practicable after seeing THIS notice,
and before the day appointed for the commence
nent of the public sale of the lands embracing
the tract claimed, otherwise such pre-emption
claim will be forfeited.
The certificate of the mineral agent at Sault
Ste Marie, that persons holding under leases or
permits, or those in the occupancy Of mine or
mines, have paid up the per centum of rents re-
qumed by the act above mentioned, will be con-
elusive on that point
Persons occupying under leases or permits, will
not be permitted to relinqush their rights under
that occupancy. and enter settlers; and where
any such leases or permits may expire before the
day of sale, the rights granted to the holders
thereof will be regarded as reserving the lands
covered thereby from entry under any other right
till the day Of sale, when they viii be offered at
public sale as mineral lands.
RICHARD NJ. YOUNG,
Commissioner.
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e BBLS WHITE WINE;
- do Brandy,
A do Gin, ~.e
2 do Malaga Wine,
for sale by the barrel gallon, to suit purchasers
by (december - B. & X.
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Sloan's Column.

.CPAH the Medicines and Books advertised
by W. B. Sloan, are sold by DRs. WOOD
LEWIS, in Lancaster.
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Milton & Holiday. Z
Dealers in Staple Dry Goods. Hardware. d
cry and Groceries, Main street. y
Platterille, His. ~
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DRUGS AND
M e D I G I N e s.
g p.uI- Minnesota.

Sts
lust received from the east fresh supply of
- Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Glass, Var
nishes and Dye-stufs, which will be sold al the
owest prices. The principal articles are as fol-
lows:
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~ From the Hon. HI. V. s. Brooks. AGENT
of the Illinois and Michigan Canal Packet Boat.
company. Chicago. June "a lS4S.
DIR w. b. Sioan--Dear Sir: Fer the last 80
years have had occasion TO use many horses,
and have used the great variety Of Linimenis and
ontmenfs IN use, but have never found anything
equal to your Ointment for injuries on hprses-G
Within the last two months have applied your
Ointment to some so horses, for various injuries
and IN every instance it has proved a sovereign
remedy.
AGENTs-Wood & Lewis. Lancaster Brews.
ter, hazel Green; Brewster, Shullsburg; Hough-
ton, sheiisburg; Jones 8 Bass, Benton; O,Con..
ner & Meloy, New Diggings; Iomkins, Mount
Carol; Chamberlin, Savannah; White, Wap-
pelo; Barker, Elizabeth; ID. Sears, Macocue.a
Grand Depot, 40 Lake street, Chicago, and al
SO for sale at the Branch Depot, 233 Main strs
Galena. -Vs
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HE.NEN'TT.a Y, RIPLEY& WELLS,
Attorneys and CounselIors, and Gener-
al Land. Agents, Il
Joel w. Hemenway,1
Franklin Ripley, Jr. MILWAUKEE,, WIS.
Charles X. Wells. -
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FAMILY MEDICINES.

Ant-bilious, cathartic, vegetable, and ague pills
Coxe's hive syrup, Stoughton's btters, Burgundy
pitch, Linlment--volatile, nerve and bone, poor
mans and anodyne Am, Ihompson's eye water
Opodeldoc, agoric, castor oil without taste or
smell, rheumatic drops, together with every are
ticle in the Drug line for sale cheap for cash
DEWEY s. CAVALIER.
st. Paul, April q, 1919. lily!
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North of the Base Line, and West OF
the principal Meridian.

Fractional townships twenty-one and twenty
two, within the former Indian Reserve, on Names
tee river, of range sixteen.
Lands appropriately by law for the use of schools,
military, and other purposes, will be excluded
from the sales.
The offering of the above mentioned lands will
be commenced on the days appointed, and pro-
coed in the order in which they are advertised,
with all convenient despatch, until the whole shall
nave been offered, and the sales thus closed. But
ITO sale shall be kept open longer than two weeks,
and no private enlry of any of the lands will be
admitted until tn expiration of the two weeks.
Given under my hand at the city of Washing
ton, this twenty-seyenth day of February, Ammo
Domini one THOUSAND eight hundred and forty-nine.
BY the President JAMES X. POLK.
RICHARD M. YOUNG,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
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FACTS FOR THE People

More than fifteen years Of unrivalled success in
the cure of every variety of external diseases and
injuries such sprans, bruises, cuts, barns, Gu
taneous eruptlons, sore lips, sore breasts, chapped
hands, ehiistieias, bes, uloers, cprns, paiiss n,
the back, sides, or other parts of the syste m. raj
tiesnake bites, &C., bears ample testimony tia
Sloan's Ointment is the thing for the hour.
Certificates without number have been received
by the Proprietor, from. disinteresed individuals
giving details Of remarkable cures effected by its
use.
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Township fifty, and fractional townships sixty
three and sixty-fonr, on Isle Royale, of range
thirty-niDe.
Townships forty-nine, fifty, and fity-swo. OF
range forty.
Township forty-nine, of range forty-one.
Township forty-nine, of range forty-two.
townships iorty-seyen and fo1y-nine, of range
forty three.
townships forty-seven and forty-nine, of range
forty-four
townships forty-seven and forty-nine, of range
forty-iye.
Fractional township forty-nine Of range forty-siS
Fractional townships forty-six and forty-seven
township forty -eight and fractional township forty
nine, OF range forty seven.
Fractional townships forty seven, forty-eight
and forty-iiine, of range forty-eight.
Fractional township forty-eight, of range forty.
nine.
AT THE SAME PLACE, commencing on Mon.
day, the third day of September next. for the dis
posal Of all the public lands within the townships
and fractional townships above enumerated which
have been, or shall be, reported before the day o
sale, as containing copper, lead, or other valuable
ores, to be offered for sale In quarter-quarter sec
tons at not less than five dollars per acre, excep
the sections and parts of sections if any, coyeret
by those mining lenses, which shall not be deter
mined by the day fixed for the commencement o
the public sale, in accordance with the provision
of the actfnpproved on the LIST day of March
lS47, entitled sAn act to establish land office il
the northern part of Michigan, and to provide 70
The sale of the mineral lands in the State OF Mich
igan.
AT the land office at IONA, commencing o.
Monday, the fourth day of June next, for the dis
: posal OF the public lands within the under-men
toned fractional toWnshrs viz:
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MILWAUKEE,, WIS.,.
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
United STATES

Commissioner Of the General Land Off
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-09-26
The Markets.
Important Ccs>iOn to Russia by
Austria.

There is every reason 10 believe that
Austria has consented TO give up 10 Rus
STA the port OF Caltaro. in the Adriatic:
Caltaro is only a few leagues distant from
Scutari the capital of Albania. and with
in days sail of the ionian Isles 1t is
said that our Minister in Constantinople,
Sir Strattord Canning. has protested a
gainst this surrender. and has distinctly
intimatcd that il will be considered bv En-
gland casus beiIi.
For considerable period. Russia has
desired to establish herself in the Nedi.
terrancan. and To secure Il port in that
sea. from which she is at present. BY rea-
son of her geographical position. virtually
excluded. Her fleets. by existing treaties
are not permitted TO enter the Mediierra-
mean through the Dardanelles. How long
those treaties will be respected by Russia
we are unable tc conjecture: but we doubt
not that she will treat them as so much
waste paper whenever fitting opportuni-
~ arrives In the meantime, the Empe-
ror is DESTROYS of establishing a Russian
port in the Administrations the British
Army Dispatch, Aug. cath.