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St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15
Ayers Cherry Pectoral.

NOR THE rapid cure Of Coughs, Colds;
IL Hoarseness Bronchitis, Whooping Cough,
Asthma and Consumption, is universally known
as the best remedy ever yet discovered for every
variety of Pulmonary disease. So wide is the
field of its usefulness and so numerous the cases
of its cures, that almost every section of the
country abounds in persons publicly known,
who have been restored from alarming and even
desperate diseases of the lungs by its use.
When once tried its superiority over every
other medicine of its kind is too apparent to es-
cape observation, and where its virtues are
known, the public no longer hesitate what an.
tidote to employ for the distressing and dan
gerous affections Of the pulmonary organs
which are incident to our climate. BY its
timely Use many, nay almost all attacks of
disease upon the Lungs or throat, are arrested
and thus are saved many thousands every year
from a premature grave. No family should
lie without it, and those who do neglect to pro-
vide themselves with remedy which wards of
this dangerous class Of diseases will have cause
to deplore it when it is too late. Proofs Of the
, surprising efficacy Of the Cherry Pectoral need
not BIZ given to the American people, they
have living proofs in every neighborhood. But
those who wish to read the statements of those
whose whole health has been restored and
whose lives have been saved by its Use, will
find them in my American Almanac which the
agent below named has to furnish gratis for
every one.
Prepared by Dr. J. c. Aver, Lowell, Mass
and sold by IIildreth & Carver, and A. Il. & b.
+. Fesscndcn, in St. Charles, 3mi5
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15

of Floyd county, and thence to Fort
Dodge on the Dubuque & Pacific Land
Grant Road which strikes the Nilsson
ri River at Sioux City. Fort Dodge,
by this connection, is forty-seven
miles nearer Lake Michigan at Mil
waukce than at Chicago, an induce
mcnt that will insure much trade and
travel.
1t is not prophesying too much to
say, that the first as well as the short
est and best connection that Milwau-
kee will have with st. Paul, will be
through Northern Iowa and Southern
Minnesota, and that of the 394 miles
which will complete that connection,
100 are already in successful opera
ton, ll6 have the fairest prospect OF
being built, and the remaining link OF
sS miles is now being surveyed. A
map, profile and carnful estimate of its
cost will soon be prepared, and the re
suit submitted for the approval of all
who are interested in the future wei
fare of Milwaukee.
GEO. Z. WOODWARD,
Chief Engineer.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15
For the St. Charles City Intclligencer
The St. Charles City Lyceum.

MEssRs EDIToRs ALLOW me through
your columns to call the attention of
our citizens to a subject that does
not elicit the interest which it should
do, judging from present indications.
l allude to our city lyceum. 1t may
not be generally known, that some
two weeks since, for the purpose of
re6rganizing the society which was in
operation during the last winter, seve-
raj members met and appointed officers,
when a question for debate was agreed
upon and the meeting adjourned. To
one present last Saturday it must have
seemed that our citizens deemed it a
matter of no Importance whether the
society is sustained or not whether
mind should be cultivated through its
agency, or whether it should be said
to the disgrace Of this city, that an
institution having for it's object the
Improvement Of the better part of man,
would not be sustained; that our pco-
pie cared for nothing but what they
should eat and drink, and with what
they should be clothed, what they
should buy and sell and wherewith
they should make merry.
Let it not be said that circus, a
horse-race, or dog-Gght, will attract
q larger crowd than lyceum. Tell
it not in Gath, publish it not in Askc-
lon +" that our brains arc in our heels
inasmuch as ball elicits much inter
est and literary society compare
lively none. Can it be that our young
men think they are better employed
in improving their musical talents by
drumming with their heels Oh coun-
tiers, or culivating their capacities for
creating the greatest amount of cigar
smoke in the shortest time or demol-
ishing "brandy smaslles" and "gin
cock tails" than they would be in de-
batting, declaiming, &c, or in listening
to such exercises Can it be that our
young ladies deem it their duty to
ponder over the width of their rib
bons, the style of their dresses and
the diameter of their hoops, and calcu-
late the effect that the various para
pheraalia Of the toilet will have upon
their radiant charms, rather than to
enliven the society and gladden. the
hearts of the male portion thereof by
their presence, and their participation
in the exercises cannot believe so,
and will not.
doubt not there is an interest felt,
but we need aemking interest. Let
each member but do his or her duty,
and there need be no fear of success.
Let each citizen encourage the enter
prise as he should, and we need have
no apprchensions that the society will
not prove interesting and profitable.
"Y. A."
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15

tbc big man stretched out his great
hands and took her baby boy for an
bour and let him play with his splen-
did watch to keep him quiet.
"Fll give yer thousand dollars for
him said he, as he handed him back
to her arms.
"You may have the whole lot for
that" answered the drunken father,
with swinc-likc grunt.
"It's bargain said the big man,
"providin' the mothers willing
Indadc, sir, it's not one OF them
can be had for money" was the quiet,
vet determined response of the
mothers heart.
How kindly he helped her off the
cars when at the break of day they
came to their journeys end. Thus all
night had he been attracting the at
tention of the waking ones in the cars.
But his kindness and rough politeness
would soon have been forgotten by
the mass of the passengers, had he
not stamped it upon our memories
with his gold.
81 wonder who he u.s." and "whcre
did he get i'm "What an interest
ing character" 49,,
Education would spoil him. What
rich furs." "Did You notice what
splendid watch he earliest" Hes
some great man incog."
Such were few of the queries thai
passed from lip to lip. But there
came no answer for he who alon
could have answered, sat crouched j
his fur coat, seeming unconscious
all but his own deep thoughts.
"Chicago," shouted the breakman
and in an instant all was confusion
and our hero was lost in the crowd
The next we saw of him was at TIN
baggage stand, looking up "a band boz
for sweet looking girl who was go
ing to learn the milliner's trade in the
city. As we passed to our carriage
we discovered him again, holding an
old man by the hand, while he grasped
the shoulder of conductor OF another
train with the other, getting for TIN
deaf. gray haired sire the right infor
nation as to the route he should TAKE
to get to "his darter, who lived nea
Muscatine, Iowa"
"God bless him for his good deeds
was our earnest aspiration, as W.
whirled around the corner. May his
shadow never grow less, nor the golc
in his pocket diminish, for in his un
numbered charities and mercies drop
ped so unostentatiously here ano
there, he is perhaps doing more good
in his day and generation, than he
who donates his thousands to build
charitable institutions to give honor tt
his own name.
This rough mans nature seemed the
nature of the little child. His quick
eye saw at a glance ; his great hear
warmed, and his great hand executed
his little work of charity-so small
that one would have expected to SET
them slip between his large fingers
nnaccomplished-yet they were done.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15

A RIVER on FIRE.-The whiskey
rectifying establishment of Henry w
Blunt, Georgetown, Nd, was destroy
ed by fire on Saturday night. The
bursting of $50 barrels of whiskey,
and the running of the blazing fluid
into the river was sight to behold
The surface of the water was covered
with blue flame, and the Potomac
looked on fire. A Boston packet lying
close by, had to push out into the
stream for fear Of being surrounded
by the devouring element.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15
The Modest Ambition.

1t has been well remarked by an
poet, THAT no gift, howev-
er beautiful, no success, however bril-
liant, should be placed above the skill
and talents which can relieve a single
pang, and the selfdevotion which lays
them at the feet of the humblcst fellow
creature" Judged by this rule, Pro
fessor Holloway, of whom the world
has heard so much during the last
twenty years, occupies high position.
His life seems to have been devoted
to the alienation of suffering, and his
desire to benefit lis fellow creatures
appears to have been seconded by an
amount Of natural talent and acquired
skill, seldom combined in one indivld
ral. The practical result of this com
bination has been the production OF
two remedies known throughout the
world as Holloway's Pills and Hollo
ways Ointment, which, if any value can
be attached to human testimony, have
left all devices of science far behind
in the great work of relieving pain,
strengthening the constitution and pro
longing life.
In bilious disorders especially, the
Pills have been wonderfully efficacious
and for that reason they arc a most
important medicine in the country
where bilious fever, and all the vari'
cites of liver complaint arc unfortu'
nately SO common. We learn from
persons subject to bilious attacks in
the Spring and Fall, who have resort.
ed to these Pills as a preventive, that
they have never failed to save them
from such periodical affections while
we have also the strongest possible
testimony in their favor from individ
viduals who have taken them in tho
worst stages of liver disease. Long
before we had an opportunity to Judge
of their value from home testimony
the medical journals and the daily
press of Europe had referred to then
in terms of praise. 1t gives us pleas
ure to say that our own experience
confirms and verifies the statements
derived from foreign sources. No1
being conversant with the philosophy
of medical science, we cannot enter
into a learned exposition of the modu4
Operdndt of Holloway's Pills in bilious
uses, but shall rest content with say
ing, that under the influence of the
remedy the skin and the whites of tho
eyes soon lose their yellow tingc, tho
appetite returns, the digestion i'm
proves, and the physical strength o
the invalid is restored. Professor Hol
loway, who has made physiology ant
pathology his study for quarter of {
century, has given scientific why's anc
wherefores for their curative effects
we simply state that they fulfil tn
promises of the inventor, fact tina
has never been questioned, we believe
by those who have given them full
trial-N. Y, MAJ. Pol. Gazette
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15

Holloways Ointment is the household rem
edy of all nations, for burns, scalds, cuts
bruises, sprains, sores, contracted snews crup
tons, tumors, cancer, rheumatism, and all ex
ternal pain and inflammation, whether produced
by accident, disease, or maltreatmcnt Warn
lamentations should preccdc its use. Sold at
the mandatory, No. so Maiden Lane New
York, and by all druggists, at pc, 63c., and
81 per pot
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15
Money Matters in Chicago.

There was evidently an improved
feeling among our business men yes.
terday. 1t was a great relief to have
safely wcathered the first week OF
October, and anticipations are quite
general that there is somewhat
smoother sailing ahead. There was
an unusual firmness in the grain
market, and an advance during bust
ness hours of two cents per bushel
evidently caused by an increased in
quiry and the appearance of new buy
crs in the market. 1t will be seer
that receipts, though exhibiting a
slight decline from last week, are still
cncouragingly large and we cannot
but think that a considerable increase
must follow the concerted effort now
in progress to move forward large
portion of this years crop before the
close of navigation. 1t is now certain
that the necessary money for that
purpose will be forthcoming, and we
cannot urge too strongly upon the
farmers and those who stand next to
them, the country merchants, the i'm
portancc of responding promptly and
heartily to the effort that is being
made for relief in this direction
Everything now depends upon these
two classes. We shall be out of onl
difficulties within the next ninety days
or they will weigh upon us like al
incubus all through the winter, just
as the farmers and country merchants
may determine. The general belief il
that they will meet the emergency as
becomes men invested with so grave q
responsibility, and this belief has had
much to do in producing the improved
feeling to which we refer. We trust
there will be ample cause for its con
tinuance and further Improvement
Daily Press, 6th.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15
The Wife.

On earth TO man there is but one
His heart can love, his soul can own
Though myriads fit before his view
7Acre il but one to whom he's true
That one can sway him to and fro,
Can make him drain the cup OF woe;
Can give joy or blast his me;
And that one name is simply wife.
Eut in that name world is sphered.
A world by all beloved, revered,
Who have the sense to know its worth,
And spurn the gaudy joys of earth,
For that full in her dear breast
If rightly prized-eternal rest
Is not with blissful sweets more rife.
Than that pure heart-a loving wife.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15
Strayed or Stolen,

EROM the subscriber, living at Clear Lake,
MARE, with white face, small lump above
the nostril, one hind leg white. the right hip
slightly knocked down, and sucking colt
with her. The colt Is sorrel, with white legs
and white stripe in the face. Also, clay bank
MARE, blind in the left eye, right hind hip
swayed SO that she appears Il little lame, scar
on the same hip resembling the letter v. The
first name mare is about II years old, the last
about l6 years old. They were tied with q
rope passing around the body, between the fore
legs and around the neck. Any information
on the subject will be rewarded and thankfully
received. Direct to the subscriber, at Clear
Lake. JOSEPH WOOD.
Sept. %, 1867. 2-3w3
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15

The McGregor, Iowa, Times says
that the amount Of freight left at that
place by the river steamers for Sep.
TENDER was $4,000, lbs, while the
amount which came over the ferry
from the Milwaukee & Mississippi
Railroad, was $780, 900 lbs. The Times
adds This exhibit begins to tell
something about the reciprocal advan'
tagc the Railroad and Northern Iowa
are to each other 1t is said there arc
nearly two hundred tons in the Ware
house at Prairie du CHEN marked for
the Iowa side of the river.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15

With the exception Of the eye, the lungs
are the most dclicately constructed organs in
the body. Life is in peril when they do not
perform their functions The least intiamma-
ton interferes with their reg ular action and
then the blood is imperfectly purified, the cir
culation becomes irregular, the nervous sys.
tenn is disturbed and the general health suffers
We know of no remedy SO soothing in
it's effects, and resulting in cure so surely,
as Dr. Halls Balsam for the lungs.
For sale in st. Charles by +. A. & G.. II.
Haskell, and by one or more agents in every
town z
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15

Sick OF HIS BARGAiN.-A German
applied the other day at the Probate
Court in Cincinnati, to get "unmar.
ricd," threatening TO drown himself II
it was not done, and saying that since
his marriage, he had led the life of a
''lcetle tog NIT te tin pail to him all
dc times"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15

Prof Woods Hair Restorative is certainly
the most wonderful and successful preparation
of the kind ever brought before the American
public. We have heard ofnumerous instances
where it changed gray hairs into raven ringlets,
and bald pates into flowing locks. 1t is not
one Of the patent nostrlms Of the day, but has
gained a reputation We have no hesitation
In recommending it to all who stand in need
of Restorative Warsaw Express. l
Sold in st. Charles, by +. A. & G. ii. Haskell.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15
STATE OF Iowa, Auditors Office

ioWA SiTf, sept. Z, 1901.
is hereby Certified, That ON the 10th day of
July 1857, statement was filed in this Office
the condition of the Aetna Insurance Company.
Of Hartford State of Connecticut on the LIST
day OF July 1857, in accordance with the pro-
visions OF an act Of the Legislature Of this
State, passed January 2s, 1857; that such
statement shows that said company is possess
sed Of the requisite amount of capital, and in
vested az required in said act
Authority is therefore given to the above
named Aetna Insurance Company to transact
business Of Insurance in this State in accord
ance with the laws thereof, II is also certi-
fled that G. Il. REINIGER & II. G. REINI-
GER. OF st. Charles, have been duly appointed
by said company their lawful Attorney and
Agent fur the County of Floyd, with full pow
er to take risks Of Insurance therein. and to
acknowledge service Of process, UPON his filing
certified copy Of the statement filed in this
Office with the Clerk Of the District Court, in
and for said county.
49, In witness whereof have hereun-
IS. to set my hand and affixed my seal
l-~l of Office, this 7th day of Sept. 1857.
JNO. PATIEE,
Auditor OF Iowa.
DLANkS OF all kinds printed and for sale
I'D at this Office
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15
What a Fair Correspondent Says.

MEssRs. EDrroRs Il hardly know
whether to thank you or not for your
present enlargement of the Intelligent
Ger. 1t was a respectfully sized paper
at first, and has grown by successive
engagements to its present large d.
mcnsions-very large for cONntry pa
per, but presume none too large for
a city as ambitious as yours is. Per-
nit me to say, without desiring totiat-
ter, that, while the size and mechani-
cal execution will compare favorably
with those of any similar newspaper
East or West, the editorial "a large
amount) and the selections have been
of such character as to prove high
ly complimentary to the conductors,
and of untold advantage in develop
ing the resources of the surrounding
country.
A truly independent journal cannot
be expected fully to meet the party
wants and views Of ALL but it is evi.
dent that it may be much more useful
to place and people than it could b.
as strictly party organ. The con
clusion is easily drawn, that it is dc
|. voted to the real interests of the lC
cality, instead, as is too often the case
to the private interests of a few mon
led men in community.
If from the "old Bay State" 70,
evidently stopped long enough in thu
Empire State" to adopt the motto
erclsior" To make such newspa
per as yours, you must have host o
cash paying subscribers, and among
them suppose many ladies', for they
are said to always pay well Is not
the appearance Of newspaper pref
ty good index of the kind and number
of subscribers, and the tact and cxpe.
rience of the publishers Among the
many interests to which the 1ntclli
gencer is devoted, l rejoicc to see that
the ladies are so well remembered. Il
this the juniors work, and is he al
ready mortgaged"?*
To a stranger, or to reader in q
distant State, what an instructive
commentary is such large, spirited
aud healthy newspaper (of a littlt
more than one year Of age), as to tn
intelligence of the community and tn
business prospects of the place! In
stead of, Will it do to go there to SCI
tie :? the question must often be, How
can 60 to such place There is bu
one objection to the Intelligcncer, a!
| learn, among eastern people, ant
some consider that serious one. i
is believed to have caused an epidem
ic in many places, known as the ewes
tern fever" But, Mr.. Intelligencer, al
one said of England, "with all tn,
faults l love thee still,' and you ma,
put me down as life subscriber, pro
vided you don't enlarge again. Final
ly, long may the st. Charles City RI
;. publican Intelligenccr tits Ion
nancy wave, and may its shadow ne,
. er be less. Yours, Gin good wilD,
CLARA.
We don't know about the mortgage, but il is said tina
several - readiness for him-SEN Fl
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15

Not only the two United States Sem
ators from Pennsylvania, and the
State Supreme Court Judge, but the
present Speaker, Clerk and Assistant
Clerk of the House, the Clerk of the
Senate Of Pennsylvania, and the Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor and Ca
nal Commissioners, are all practical
printers. 1t is already well known
that President Buchanan is also prin-
ter
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15

Pay YOUR LITTLE Bn.Ls.--Nothing
helps the money market more than the
prompt payment of little bills. 1t
keeps up trade, keeps money moving,
and makes everybody feel good.
When everybody holds on to all the
money he gets because he fears times
arc going to be worse, he helps to
make them so.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15

The New Haven Register corrccts
the erroneous impression that has OBJ.
tanned, that the whole forty-threc sign
ers of the notable memorial to Presi-
dent Buchanan are clcrgymen. Only
five of them are clergymen, and the
remainder lawyers, doctors and other
folks.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15

A passenger train on the Illinois
Central Railroad was thrown off the
track about one mile beyond Prince
ton station last week from some un.
known cause. Five cars were com.
pletely overturned. They were crowd.
ed with passenger, men, women and
children, yet no one was killed or sc.
riously injured.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15

LAND OFFICE RoBBERy.-On the night
of the 18th ult., the Registers office at
Fairibault, Minnesota Territory, was Ell
tered and land warrants amounting to
thirty thousand four hundred acres
were stolen. 4 reward of $500 was of:
fcred for the thief, and we have since
learned of his arrest.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15

A school master not a thousand
miles from here, recently from the
east, asked one of his pupils, "How
many Gods are therey The boy
after scratching his head sometime re-
piled : 81 don't know how many Gods
you have down East but we have none
in Iowa"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-10-15

Why is it considered impolitc for
gentlemen to go into the presence OF
ladies in their shirt sleeves, while il
is considered in every way correct for
the ladies themselves tC appear before
gentlemen without any sleeves at all.