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Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-09-21

Da. SWANS VEGETABLES ux1B BALM
invariably restores grey hair to its brigi-
sAl color, without staining the rkin or
,lAking. 1t leaves tho most d ", dead
And\erisp hair, soft, moist anj glossy,
causrA it TO curl, and keeps it iYits place,
while promotes its growty and pre-
rents its< FALLING off. !
1t contain = neither oil or ale hol,
Numeroa preparations Fl oil, alcohol
and sulph1'N have been n Fined upon the
public, AMI IN ling total failed to give
satisfaction, 'lN manuf ,urers have de-.
.er7edly come u kriefk ...
DR.. Swain warptaai:. Vegetable Balm
to accomplish all .afie claims for it, and
authorizes LIS agent . refund the money
wherever it fails tcE satisfaction.
It is an entirGy + ~ and scientific
preparation, prod ced By he distilation Of
rare and fragranl MOWERS, \hich renders it
not only the 81 renewer in the world,
but makes it PARTICULARLY ~ reeable as .
hair dressing TO both old I'd young,
while its liqt d purity and ford odor are
in striking ) Intrast with the ma " mix.
lures usually sold.
The pro rietor has letters from many Of
the most distinguished as we'll as fashN na-
BILE peo1e, judges, clergymen, lawyNs,
ply sic Hns, opera singers. actresses, sd
certifying to the remarkable virtues Of
the Balm.
Don't let any dealer urge upon you diff
ferent article, but IL your tradesman does
not keep this, send one dollar fora trial bot
tie tothe nearest agent, or the proprietor.
II for grey hair, send for MOL.
II for hair dressing, send for No. 2.
c. II. Swain, proprietor, No. 81 South Wa
ter street. Chicago. ..E.-l 5-.C st. .
For sale by all tho wholesale druggists
In Chicago. s's r,v ii ~ o. t.t
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-09-21

The Cleveland Plain Dealer pub
fishes a cut representing fat Con-
gresham. with very much the APP
pearancc Of ours, with sack con-
tanning his bounty for ten months
talking to the amount Of $4,000
On the opposite side of the picture
is soldier who had lost one leg,
standing upon crutch, asking for
his 800 bounty for three years SER
vice. He is Informed that there
are no funds for that purpose, and
that all the funds appropriated by
Congress for bounties other than
their own are for freedmen who have
been in the service.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-09-21

On the adoption Of platform by
the conservative convention at Phil
adelphia, on the 14th of August,
rcdpudiating the rebel debt with al
most entire unanimity, some tele-
graphic operator sent message
over the wires, that rebel bonds had
advanced three per cent. The pro-
fessed loyalists ofthe north, threw up
their hats in extacies at this piece
of intelligence. They were quite
overjoyed. But instead of this
statement at which they were SO
highly pleased being true, federal
bonds advanced and rebel bonds that
were quite worthless then, continued
as they were. And that it should
be 50 is quite natural and reasonable.
a convention of the best men of the
Republic representing the masses of
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-09-21

Rev. Henry Ward Beechcr's Sec
ond letter bothers the TRIBUNE
nightly, and the only response it
can make is to reproach the writer
for "aiming blow at the life of
the Republican party No doubt
the Republican party is good
thing for the tribune; but Mr..
Beechcr seems to be of the opinion
that the life Of the nation is of a
good deal more consequence.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-09-21

We are not in favor of universal
bvasting(a system often employed
by others of the celebrity of this or
that medicine. and we keep our
praise until we have positive know
ledge of the value or virtue Of an
article. 1t gives us pleasure how
ever to recommend to our readers
DR.. c. w. Roback's Stomach Bit
tiers, Blood Purifier and Blood Pills.
The Bitters, we know from expert
ence, give tone to the stomach, aid di-
gestion and reinvigorate the system,
restoring shattered and broken down
constitutions. There can be no bet
ter remedy for purifying the blood
than the Purifier and Blood Pills.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-09-21
Sept. 18th 1866.

.' sept i%th 1910.
To J. 7. CLARK:
Strive, together with
many others respectfully ask of you
to allow your name to come before
the people of this Judicial District
as an Independent candidate for the
Office of Prosecuting Attorney, for
the coming election in October next.
feeling as we do, that we express the
feelings Of a majority Of the voters
of this district hoping you vii. con-
sent to the same, we anxi:Sasly await
your reply. ..-. ....... ......
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-09-21
Conservative E'niON state
Ticket,

Secretary of State.
coz :. G.. NANANDA,
Treasurer,
GEN. GEO. \. STONE.
Auditor,
CAPT. RNBT. ". CROSS.
RcriStcr Of Land Office.
LINUS =. MCklNNlE.
Attorney General.
CAPT. W. BALLINGEK.
Clerk of Supreme Court,
CAPT. FRED. GOWTSCHALk.
Reporter Of Supreme Court.
CAPT. 4. STODDARp.
Member Of Congress Sd Congress
ional District.
REUBEN NOBLE.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-09-21
Lime Springs, Iowa, June l, 1865
Sheriff Sale of Real Estate.

BY virtue of one execution issued out Of
the office of the clerk of the District Court
of Howard County Iowa dated Augest 80,
1866, in an action wherein Arad Owen was
plaintiff and Geo. w. Schofeld EFT. AL. were
defendants and wherein judgment was OBJ
tanned on the 26th day of September 1865
for the sum of One Hundred and seventy
sevendollars and thirty-seven cents debt ana
eleven dollars and ten cent costs Of suit,
commanding me to make said sum. l have
levied upon and shall expose to sale at the
front door of the court house in said county
to the highest and best bidder for cash on
Saturday the 9th day Of October, 1866 at
one O'Clock p NJ. Of said day the north
half of lots nine and ten, and all of lots
eleven and twelve in block fifteen in the
village Of New Oregon Howard county Iowa,
when and where due attendance will be
given by the undersigned. sh9 &FSf
Dated September the It'll 1856.
J. F. POWELL
ri Sheriff
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-09-21
Pierce. Mitchell 81 Pierce take

Pierce, Mitchell & Pierce take
this method of calling on every body
in all parts of the country in anywise
indebted to them, to call and pay
up, and save themselves COSTS
Promises don't buy goods in the east
ern markets. and broken promises
in this, have played out. Those who
would demonstrate that they are our
friends will heed this call and pay at
once: those who don't we shall know
the estimate to put on their friend
ship and shall try and collect our
dues from them in the speediest man.
ner possible.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-09-21
Congressman Hubbard of West

Congressman Hubbard of West
Virginia has sent to the conscience
fund the S2sOO which had been
sent to him in pursuance Of the
congressional Bounty bill' gram
ting that sum to congressman, and
500 to the soldiers of the republic,
saying that he voted for the bill with
the extra pay because he could not
otherwise vote the bounty to the
soldiers. Our member of Congress
voted against the bounty to the sol
..iers because it Gas he alleges gave
him $500, yet he accepts Of his
bounty, which is paid, for an appro-
priation was made for tn at purpose,
while the private in our army, MAIN
ed in body and limb, and with ruin
cd health, must wait for congress to
appropriate the miserab bic pittancc
of 800 voted to him.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-09-21

In 1861, John \. Logan engin-
ecrcd convention of the 9th Con-
gressional district # Illinois, at
which the following platform ofprin-
ciples was adopted.
Il. We are opposed to arming
ana organizing tit militia, rArrpt
for home defence.
,. We are opposed to our lcgis-
lature voting one cent to aid in
equipping troops to be sent out of
the state for the purpose of prosecu-.
ting the unnecessary war Inaugural
ted by the present administration.
B. We call upon the people of
southern Illinois to stand unitedly
as mcdiators between the north and
the south.
i. We solemly and earnestly
protest against the occupation of any
portion of southern Illinois By troops
from either section.''
At this convention John \. Log
gan made lengthy speech cndor-
sing this platform, the work of his
own head and hands. His loyalty
was the result Of 4 position in which
the federal government paid him a
salary vastly beyond his services.
Pay has always been the limit of his
patriotism.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-09-21

Butler and Schenck came into
the Philadelphia Convention -
arm-in-arm. The Boston Post says
they represented the army and
knav-y.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-09-21
BRUTE BUTLER RaTIREs. =

Butler says. this war must
be settled by those who fought it. >
Agreed. This rules out Ben. He
only stole Petersburg Index. d.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-09-21
a NOBEL.

The model of radical disunion
platform applicable to every locali-
ty and adopted by all conventions of
the party is about as follows:
1--WE the radical diSunion party of
the North ought to rule the whole
country.
The variations made upon this
single declaration are about as fol-
lows.
|. The radical disunion party Of
the. (northern portion of the, } Ma
tinn j. nntitlnh to mako Cnnstitu-
tions for all the Southern states.
,. The radical disunion offic c
seekers out of office indorseS, (the
radical diSunion members of Con-
greSs.
3. The Executive branch of the
government ought to submit to the
die ;ation Of (tEe radicals in) Con-
grcSs.
4. The (radical> of Congress are
supreme whether the Executive
submits or not.
3. 1t is maxim in political
science that the radical obstruction
lists to a restoration of the union,
are entitled to have permanent con-
troll Of the gov crnmcnt.
6. To this end we favor disfran-
franchising, by test oaths and other
means, all who oppose us, as the
rcadiest means to realize this
maxim.
:. That our symrathies are with
all who vote the radical obstruction
ticket.
s. That we thank the soldiers to
the extent that they belong to cur
party.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-09-21
Serious Detection i'm Illinois.

SERIOUS DcfeCtiOn In Illinois.
Hon. Thomas j. Turner, of Free
port, chairman of the republican
state committee of Illinois, has an
nounced his determination to here
after labor for the immediate union
Of the states, and has resigned his
position as chairman of the repub-
lican committee. Below is his let
ter:
FREEpoRr, III, July %, 1866.
GENTLEMEN. - After a careful
review Of the political situation of
the country, l feel that justice
alike to you and myself requires
me to resign the position of chair
man Of the republican union state
central committee.
Professional engagements render
ed it impracticable for me to be
present at your meeting held May
16, when the call was made for q
state convention. Soon after the
call Was published, I wrote James
Z. Root. esq, secretary Of the
committee, pointing out what I re-
garded as an Objectionable rcstric-
ton, whereby a large portion of
the republican voters of Illinois
were excluded from participation
in the convention.
The manifest design Of that call
was to exclude those who approved
the president $ plan Of restoration,
and to include only those who APP
proved the congressional plan of
reconstruction. As between the
two plans l am entirely in favor of
the presidents, and against the con-
gressional. The former ignores Sc
cession and assumes that a state
once in the Union cannot voluntari-
1y go out, nor be involuntarily
thrust out by congress-the latter
denies the right Of states to seccde,
but assumes that congress may rat
ify secession by holding states as
conquered Provinces
[ was opposed to secession in
1861, and I am just as niue h oppos-
cd to expulsion in 1866; therefore
/ cannot act tremendously with the
wing of the republican party which
follows the lead Of con slcss.
With sincere gratitude for the
kindly relations which existed be.
tween as during the campaign OF
1854 and with assurance of my higl
esteem for each and all of you per.
sonally, | respectfully tender my
resignation of the position of chair.
man of your committee. -"
I remain, very respectfully, youl
obcdient servant. n.
..E.". THOMAS J. TURNER.
To the Republican Union State
Central Committee of Illinois.
General Sherman in recent let
ter, writes as follows: ...sa
at is amusing to see how brave
and firm men become when all dan.
ger is past. have noticed on fields
Of battle brave men never Insult th6
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-09-21

\ large Assortment constantly on hard
at the lowest market price. Al orders
promptly filed,
nt5v7.l CAPT. LANG.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-09-21


General Sherman in a recent let
ter, writes as follows: ...,.
ut is amusing to see how brave
and firm men become when all dan
ger is past. [ have noticed on fields
Of battle brave men never insult the
captured nor mutilate the dead;
but the towards and braggarts al
ways do. Now, when the rebellion
in our land is dead, many Falstaffs
appear to bradish the. evidence of
their valor, and seek to win ap-
plausc and to appropriate honors
for deeds that never were DONE"
General Sherman and General
Grant, who fought side by side
during the war, and between whom
there was always the most perfect
unanimity Of views, seem to still be
very much alike in the opinions they
entertain of Falstaffian Radicalism.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-09-21

The Universal Clothes Wringcr, the best
in use, elsewhere advertised in our col
umns; may be found at the store Of Moon
& Hunt. Every family should have one.
n9v7tf
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-09-21

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER Il, 1866
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-06-28

tire gang of slaves. They toiled for
three years aud now have a comfortable
house and most substantial barns upon
their property, while improvement have
been made upon it to such an extent
that makes it of considerable more value
than before the torch of conflicting ara
mics reduced its buildings to ashes.-
One of the young ladies has since nars
ried but the others still do duty as
their own "overseers," and they them.
selves purchased yesterday, and directed
the shipment Of the agricultural imple.
ments to which we have above referred.
The wonder to the dealer was that a
lady, dclicately gloved, and attired az
though she had never overstepped the
bounds of the ,boudoir, should descant
expcrimentally and intelligently upon
the respective merits of the different
roaping machines, and upon the cotn-
para tive values of the different machin.'
for threshing out the cereals,
These young ladies we're educated in
this city, and are well known to many Of
our best people.-Pha. Gazette, 9TH inst.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-06-28
TO BE CONTINUED
GEAR II.

1t is long time since Geary has
written letter. Perhaps his bold and
perilous avowal that railroads are "use-
full for the carriage Of coal, iron, lumber,
merchandise, -four, bacon, and other
commodities" made in an epistle to the
merchants of Pittsburgh, and which we
noticed at the time of its publication,
has exhausted his courage, and he fears
to excite and exasperate the public mind
by any more startling declarations of
the same nature. He has not taken
up the pen since, though public ques-
tions of the mightiest importance have
been pressed upon his attention. His
conversation is said to be altogether
meteorological, consisting of profound
illusions to the temperature of the at
mosphere, the direction Of the wind, the
appearance of the sky, and the proba.
bilities of rain. When these interesting
topics, as sometimes happens, begin to
wax tedious, and one of his auditors
ventures to inquire what he thinks
about the political situation, aud how he
likes negro suffrage, and what is his
word on reconstruction, the mouth OF
the great man suddenly closes; he as.
sumes an oracular frown, and replies
"These are great questions, sir, great
question-questions of great importance
vital questions, sir how very warm
it is-wonderful weather for the season
isn't it!" and the sage shoots off again
into meteOrology, and pours out his
weather wisdom with a suddenness and
vOlubility which quite palsy the faculties
of his questioner.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-06-28
WHAT W'O.ME..' car DO.

Among the strangers in Philadelphia
at this moment are two ladies from Mar.
tiusburg, W. V. Yesterday they were
purchasing seed drill, a moving ma
chine, and other agricultural imple.
ments, whose cost in the aggregate was
about $500. Their home was very
close to the theatre of the late war
Between the two contending armies
their houses and their barns were burn.
ed, their horses and cattle driven off,
their only brother conscripted into the
Rebel army, and themselves left utterly
destitute and homeless. Any one who,
seeing young lady such as we saw yes
terday, had been told that she had per-
sonally plowed and planted many acres Of
land, would have laughed to scorn the
party SO informing him.
Such, however is literally the case
We learned the facts from a gentleman
residing in the vicinity. The smoking
ruins of the farm upon which these
young people resided had scarcely cool
ed when the neighbors dubbed togeth-
er, built them log house, and extern.
porized sort Of a barn. Horses were
loaned to them, and the girls with their
own hands plowcd the ground and seed
ed it with corn. The crop grew apace,
and with their own hands they harvest
cd it. They sold it to good advantage,
They had owned forty-seven negro
slaves. Some of these went into the
Union army, others deserted the locality
The girls were left alone to battle with
the vicissitudes of war.
Our informant, whose respectable,
is beyond all question, says that these
girh produced by their work in tn,
field more decided and productive re
suits than we're accomplished by the en-
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-06-28

But it is not so easy to answer written
queries. The weather fails then as q
refuge. 1t will not do to reply to let
ter demanding an explicit reply to po.
litical questions that they are "great -
and important and VITAL" and that,
in short, ait will likely rain" Hence
it is we suspect that the General, whose
pen although mightier than his sword
is desperately weak, impressed with the
sorry fate Of his epistolary efforts on pro-
lection aud railroad communication
breads any further attempts of that
kind with the fear which scorcbed in
fants are proverbially alleged to enter.
tain of confagrations. We have more
than once tried to lure him from his 81.
lence and to encourage him in again at
tempting n written exposition of his
views, BY furnishing him draft of Ger.
tain model political letters, which it was
only necessary that he should copy and
sign to satisfy the public and establish
his claims to their support. Although
our efforts have been vain hitherto, and
our benevolent assistance has been
slighted, we are not to be discouraged,
and have, accordingly, prepared another
letter for the signature of the reticent
warrior, on .he subject Of reconstruc.
ton, which we commend to his atten.
ton. 1t is not copyrighted, aud he
need have no fear that we will basely
attempt to reclaim it when he has made
it his own, as was done by the Cover
nor Of Massachusetts when Geary Dor.
rowed his inaugural, and recited it to the
people of Kansas. "Here we are -:
DEAR SIR: I have read with great
attention the reports respectively Of the
majority aud minority of the Commit.
tee on reconstruction, and have been
much struck with the perspicuity aud
patriotism by which they are distin
guishe3. l have also carefully studied
the constitutional amendmendment:
which have recently passed Congress
and which are about to be submitted tc
the legislatures of the respective States
1 am opposed to unnecessary Innovation
and needless alterations In the grea
charter but have no doubt that the pro
visions now proposed to be added to it
if ratified by three. fourths of the States
will be accepted as valid, at least b.
that portion of our citizens who are ia
vorable to them. The government. owe
much to its stability to the Constitution
and the broader the base the steadie
the apex. Having thus frankly declar
ed my sentiments upon the great issu
of the day, remain yours &c.
This document only needs the poteu
initials ~. w. G." at the bottom of i
to give it currency (in the Republican
Journals at ieast), as one of the cleares
and profoundest political papers of tn
day. We charge nothing for this hint
or this help.-PhTa Age.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-06-28

Many were unable to do so, and the
road thus left had the appearance Of a
public highway under the care of super.
visors, who generally worked the road
on such portions over which they, them
selves, would likely travel. That por-
tion OF the turnpike from Milesburg to
Snow Shoe was tne third section. We
have already stated that Mr.. Karthaus
had made the road from the Susquehan-
ma to Snow Shoe. This section extend.
ed to the coal beds au6 was greatly
travelled, aud the tolls were fully suffic-
lent to keep it in repair. The next Sec
ton was from Benefits Branch, (Cale.
douia), to Ridgway, soon afterwards it
was extended up to Montmorency, thence
north to the creek. That portion from
Ridgway to the creek or west fork Of
the Clarion, was mainly, with Mr.. Ridg.
way, subscription and the State appro.
priatiou. Thus was left two sections in
the line of road which, from the fact
that funds and labor had become exhaus.
ted, was really appalling. ellis, how.
ever eontrived to obtain other subscrip.
tions from Mr.. Ridgway, and Benjamin
and A. NJ. Jones, proprietorS of the
lands, sufficient to make the road from
al Mile Spring" to the west branch
towards No ntmorency. Then came a
sticking point" for two or three years.
where we leave it for period.
Benjamin and 4. NJ. Jones were then
the owners of large body of land lying
principally in what is now Jones town.
ship. In their advertisement for their
sale they say, "They had no desire tc
transmit these lands to their grand
children" and offering them for one
dollar and twenty five cents an acre
They secured the services of VIM. p
Wilcox, of Nuuda, N. Y, as the agent
to reside upon and sell these lands. In
the winter of 1928, Mr.. Wilcox com
menced hauling in provisions, mill.irons
&C., preparatory to commencement the
next spring. The same winter, L. Will
marth, Arthur Hughes, and Georg'
Dickinson came into Ridgway. AS I
numbering site was their object, they a
once selected and built upon the location
which has been so Ion e known upon tn,
Clarion below as the "Hughes & Dickin
son Mill" So familiar was the nam,
along the Clarion to its mouth, that ma
ny Of the people living on the stream
spoke of Clark Wilmarth, then a lad
and who frequently went down with tn
RATS, as Hughes d Dicinsou's son, anc
actually considered him as such for sew
eral years. AS the " Wilcox settlement
and the construction Of the race ant
mill by H. & D. were simultaneous, anc
may be regarded as an Era in the His
tory Of Ridgway. Their origin an,
progress will make subject of com
ment hereafter.
| FRO RE CoNTINIJRD.1