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By Garrison, Godtin Apperson, Auctoneers
and Real Estate agents.

yS,PUSTEF'S SALE OF VALUABLE
| PEAL EsTsTE IN IRE CITY or RICH.
M0*n, ON TIE NORTH SIDE or MARSHALL
BETWyEN GiLMER And MUEFpRD sTEEhFs,
A. .rCTIoE virtuc Of dead al trust bear
INK date the ith d. Of June, l>56. ana % record IN
The clerks office + tn" County. Court 81 lientico
county 10 secure the payment o. certain promls-
sorry not, therein specii ned. said deed being -Xs-
eu,ad TO me b. John ID. Lawrence and wli",
and being requested by the holder Of s!ii not so
to do will sal at 1Gb'ic auction on tn promises,
on TUESDAY the D;h day of July, 1907 A. /" clock
r. NJ the real estate mentioned n said d.ed-to
wit: Two Lots. with substantial hRl', Il 10 -
unon each! each lot fronting 70 l-"t inches on the
norm side ol MARSHALL street, and runnl, Z hack
about $50 feet, lying between Gilmore and Auu-
ford streets.
TESY-: Announced On day o. sale.
LEWIS i. Phelps, Trustee.
Sal" conducted by HARRISON, GoDDrS x ArrEa-
80 ur,innaar, j. -
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I,EAM HARNESS FOR FARM USE
i for sale low by WOODS, FAY REED,
10 II No. Is Fifteenth street.
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auction Sales.
Er |. y. Cooke.

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THIS DAY.
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auction Sales.

-
FUTURE DAY.
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Persons wishing the sbove.specinsd rod OF the
common Galvanized Rod, put upon thelr bui ldinss
have the work done In me mos, .1ra ir man a.
ner All work put ny ne kep. ~ repair 'fee OF
SHA = = 49, WILLIAM s. MCNSON,
nup am 500 Main street.
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concur in the above opinion.
THOMAS n. WALTER,
late Architect OF United States Capitol Extension.
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Auctioneer ard Commission Merchant.
Seventh street between Broad and Marshall.
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OFFICE of TIE sCIEST'PTc AHERfCAS,(
WasHISGToS. D c., August IL 1865. :
Dear Strive are much gratihed 10 hear OF your
succe.s In connection with your improved Light
ning Rod and Wa are confident, from their great
practical merit u al you VIII! md tnsm even more
popular the more they are Used ~
Respectfully yours, ,.,,. MtSS 20.
TO L. J. Huoley. ESD, Baltimore, Md.
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Ry Grubhs y Williams, Auct!oneers,
~ .r.s. cnrnnr q Min md ElaEnuLn Stree

X
Northwest corner OF Main and Eleventh streets
pEICK TENFM + Nj, ON NORTH
NIEETEHNTH AND TWENTIETH. FhG al
AT AUCTION We will sell II auction, on the
promises, on MONDAY the Ih 81 July, at o cioc
T.. NJ III. thrc.-stury BGICk ThTGM EHT. ~.
Gated ~ above described. recently occupied hy
Mr. =. T Lyon. It has x rooms, aud kitchen Wiiis
tygn rooms gas and water GA The premises. ~ Is
now vacant: therefore. the purchaser can get In
mediate posac~slou.
TERM rae- fourth cash balance at SIX twelve,
aud lSht"cn mouths Tor n"IG:iablc notes. interest
added. secured by d trust deed.
iv3 GEuBBS WILLIAMS, Auc,ioneer8.
By Garrison, Godtu & Appsrson. Auct:onesrs
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This rod is entirely continuous IN It's character,
ami decidedly the safest and best LiGhTE y q
RnD now in use. and so pronounced by scientific
experts, as the following extracts vii show; being
bui few OF the many that can he produceu:
TEGTlMNNIAI.s
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Estats Agents, 10. IL west feafl street..
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HAWLET'S PATENT COORDINATION
LIGHTNING ROD,
consisting OF
icon, ZINC, AND COPPER, SCIENTIFICALLY
ARRANGED.
helm, half-inch diameter, and equal TO three
inch bar OF iron in conflicting
capacity.
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NoTE.-Our correspondent Ia, followed :,
multitude 10 do evil III quoting Shakespeare
thus. Let us sec the whole sentence:
:HOrntiO. lis IL Il custom?
" HEmi,t-Ay, marry is't:
Bul 10 my mind though AN native here
And 10 the manner born, 1t l. Il custom
More honorrd in the breach than the observ-
ance.'
Manner is used rs 4 synonylne OF Gus.
tom 10 avoid the repetition OF the latter
word and is spelled rs we have here spelled
II in all The editions OF Shakespeare we ever cA-
amtncd. Worcester gives - Gus tom - one Of
INC meanings o! manner
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CArlT0L OF TIE UNITED MATES,
July IL. lStd.
From the knowledge have Of the operations OF
electricity, and the examination ! have made OF
Mr.. b. J. Hawley's invention, ain Of the opinion
that his is the best and S0st electrical conductor
have ever known. The parts are scientifically ar
ranged. end not liable 70 get ont OF nTqsr.
B. B. FRENCH,
Com1ni ssioner Of Public Buildings.
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NEW YORK, November 3, lses.
r1non inspact;on OF L. J. Hawley's invention OF
Iightning Conductor, am Of the opinion that 1t 10
snpsrior 10 2ny rod that have ever seen there
fore take pleas ure in recommending lie nse.
A. Z. BAKER, Fire Marshal
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NOR RENT, the STORE and EN-
4 TIRES complete, on Marshall street be- Sys
tvson Flfth ana Si%tA streets. rear the {; h,.S
Hd7ket recently occupied by Mr. John r. LIE LIZ
Sh"r. spPy 10 A. Il. TlNSLGY,
IL i3-'. No 1907 B.t.in bank,
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By Lee & Goddin.
Real Estate Agents and kuctionseEs,
No. 1911 Cary street.

POSTPUNbMENF.
The above sale j. postponed until WEDNESDAY
EVENING, 81 instant, al o clock.
LEE & GUDDIT, AucrloneerS.
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nor RENT, the house at present
j occupied by dr. George i. Bidgood, on bsj
n ain street between Third and Fomlh. Pos t;HS
session given Immediately. 1t will be put ..l.
perfect Orter. apply 10
10 20 PURCELL, LADD & co.
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.t,. ~. DANIEL LANF,
sd na.sa a. B, ROBBINS, e. /
II ~ ss EPHRAIM ADAMS, a
J. J. HILL, @
's HARVEY ADAMS, e
y, y &. EDWIN b. TURNER,
I. e3s I!e..WlLLIAM q,SALTER. 81
4 Members Of the g Andover Band. "

g NELSON We have frequently
had cause to complain Of the gross
igiorunces Of Iowa matters and men
manifested by the New York Trib-
une.q 1t has four members of the
House from Iowa present OH the Sd
40 follows: "Messrs. Nelson, Price,
Allison and Loughridge." This is
dong pretty well for the Tribune
y would be too mach 70 expect that
paper to know anything Of Hon. ].
+. Wilson, OF Iowa, chairman Of the
Judiciary Committee of The House
author Of the bill for the reoIganixa-
tion Of the Supreme Court, and many
other bills Of national Importance,
and ono of the foremost men in the
Fortieth Congress-. Nelsopl .Sich
is fame !"-M Muscdtine Journal.
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Dahlonega-J. w. Hedrick, Is sqs.
Highlands. Cole, ts5 bis d
Richland REV. T. NJ. Kirkpatrick
Columbia- W. II. Dunlap, .i .I,o,
Cass Rev, w. A. Nyc,s,. sa,a,1..g .a. f.
Pelk-Rev, johnson, sia yas yd Ii
Green-D9 Ii. Michael. a8t aisr
KeokukA IS. A. Monroe. 2t-91 II .S
The next convention is to be held
EddyviIle, and Messrs Dunlap, Van.
ness and McGinnity, were appointed
= Committee Of arrangements In
view of our important propositl on
from the Mahaska County Sabbath
School Convention. the officers, man
agers land committee of Arrange
ments are hereby invited to meet at
tho office of DR.. Williamson, in OF
tumwa, on mex Saturday, July Goth,
ut 3 !. IN. g4aa. Il. Ii. WARlNG. y
,sa&i @t@58 l3ia4 Secretary.
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Secretary.

Tie following testimonial to tho
character and worth Of the late Rev.
B, A. Spanlding, formly pastor Of the
Congregational Church Of this place,
was yesterday received BY his wid-
ow. Its delay in reaching heriis ac-
counted for by the fact that it was
scntto several of his classmates, who
were not present at the meeting Of
the State Asssociation, for their .ig-
nature. 81. iH@alNt ia os' [r9@s
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Raising Fruit.

The, strangest and most incxplic-
ablsD thing in the world 70. us, is that
our Yar people in both town and country
pay 50 little attention to, fruit grow.
Ing. No branch oilaboris so pleasant
and light and ennoblingr as the or
chardtani garden affords, while it iis
susceptible Of demonstration, that it
Jig much more certain 70 yield good
and .nnifbrna, crops, and paying ,pri-
ccs, than any otAer branch Of farm
ing labor. 4iti alau a .16 rnie
We have y case in point, in small
way to illustrate. In 1861 our high
ly. respected fellow citizen, ReE.9J
N. McEllpy, set out 1000 slips of
Dutch Currants, on piece Of ground
that he had in vain tried to produce
sufficient vegetables from, to pay, for
the labor of cultivation. In 1868 he
realized ffof this plot Of ground sl2.
in '64 $500, in l95 $1,000, in '66 $50,
and this year be will realize from
$500 to $4,000, making over $500
profit, in six Years, from this smafl
plat ofground,i clear, for it must be
borne in mind that the above figures
arc the net proceeds, after paying for
labor, picking &C., and that lac has
supplied his own family all the time
from, the same patch, with The great
est abundance Of this delicious frlit.
It might beIadded that he will have
some 1000, rooted cuttings tor sale
this tall, that willprobably bring him
$4,000 to- $4,000, and all this Oft OF
a very small rough piece, Of ground
totally worthless Tor. any otherexcept
fruit growing lpurposcs. aasi ~5cl d.
The same profitable showing could
be made in regard TO grape and 9TH
or fruits, and Us tho demanu. is mex
haustable, and the crop, if properly
managed, almost j. certainty !eyery
year, we repeat again that it is pass,
my 81 range that there. is not mere
7..tentiou paid this to most profitable
and civilized branch Of out door u
Dor. ~ s 4tstt 1afi ~ So
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.Ass,.t q. N. Once.

Davenport. Iowa, July l, 81. I,
Hon. Wnl.a NJ. Stone, GOV. of Iowa.
81 GOVERNORS: / have the honor TO
state thatthave Ireceived the list of
Soldiers buried in sixteen counties in
Iowa thus far, and will say that if it
possible Ishould like to have the re-
turns from other counties by the lst
OF August, asit would enablo me to in
form those dcsirous of putting in
bids tor making head.bloclss tho ex-
act number required. II would there
fore request that you urge upon tho
County Judges tho necessity Of MAKE
ing these returns at once.2 9s h7s92a
y Very respectfully, your ohedient
servant, iada j. W. PEARMAN, fV
siS Eiie4aisa aag 70 @. NJ. A.gt.
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@, II. General's Office.

Washington, d. G., March !, '67 !
J. W. Pearman, late iCsptain and
G. M., Davenport Iowa: IL $50 4ti
SiR: The receipt Of yonr letter Of
the "a inst., enquiring if the Govern
ment, when furnished with records
Of graves ofsoldiers, inferred in the
cemeteries, othsr than National, will
provide Aeadboards In cases where
relatives are too poor TO caro- orthem
in this manner, is respectfully ac-
knowledysd, and your information
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Ass't q. N. DMoc

Davenport, Iowa, Juiv l, '67.
Maj. Geo. j. North, Private Scc,y TO
Gov. Stone. sAils s9 sfk4.
MAJoBslI have tho honor to say.
in reply to your inquiries of the 18th
ult., that the sGovcrnlneiit. Will pro-
vide cast. iron. head blocks to, all
Union Soldiers gra yes free ofexpense
to the friends Of the deceased, but
cannot pay for marble slabs, monA-
mcnts, or other ornamental head.
boards put up BY friends. ~. iles
Friends OF deceased soldiers are
requested to furnish the, necessary in
formation, in order to enable the
Government 70 discharge the duty
it owes tho patriot dead u a.o4f gis,
sug4ss, ]. w. PEARMAN, m esI
.aaqaq 63 q. N. Ag't.
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( hicago, July I2.
A Washington special says:

a Washington special says:
i About eight o'clock yesterday eve
ming the Senate passed the reconstruc-
zion bill with only six negative votes.
The Senate bill was sent to the House
and there referred by . vote Of a to
~, The Committee expected TO re-
port at noon to-day, and the general
is that the Senate bill viii
bo accepted.
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is re :eivcd with thanks.

is received with thanks.
1t is the Intention of this Depart
mcnt to protect al graves Of dcceas-
Cd Uuion Soldiers, both such as are
in National CeMetesies and such as
arc W places other than National
Cemeteries.
! On Information of their locality
being communicated to- the Chief
Quartermasters, Department of tho
Platte, at Omaha n. Il, prompt at.
lerlion will undoubtedly. be given to
the matter. f4. .r...x &
Very respectfully your obedisnt
servant, Sils aeqs sF1a'f'' 4 a'sfs.si J "a
edt Bylorder,afthe @ n Cen, ior
J. J. DANA. 81
Rrv,i Rv;rr Cor no.l n AZ II CA
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Constitution Of Wapello Co, s
S. Association.

= =
Article /. This organization shall
DO known as the Wapcllo County
Sabbath School Association 10 be
composed Of ali the pastors, superin-
tcndents, teachers and adult scholars
Of the Evangelical sabbath Schools
within the county. a. e
Article II. Thcfohiect Of the orr
ganizat'on is to secure stated inter-
course between the Sabbath Schools
which compose it, to obtain and re-
cord the statistics Of the schools, and
to promote Fellowship and concen-
trate effort in the furtherancc of tho
cause, and in approved missionary
labor within the country. @ 81,
Article III. There shall be an an
nual meeting of this body on tho Sec
ond Tuesday evening Of October, at
such place as may have been, prcyi-
ously designated.
Article w. The officers shall con-
sist Of 4 President, Secretary, Treas
urer,t ind one Vice President from
each township, who shall be elected
for one year; and said officers, with
the resident pastors Of the Evangel-
ical churches of Ottumwa, shalt con-
stitute the Board of Managers. 4
Article v. At the ANIMAL meeting
each Sabbath School Superintendent
shall furnish written report Of the
following statistics: !, 81
(, ) l. Name and location Of School.
| 2. No. Of Scholars:.is aass sa
| 3. No. of. officers and teachers y
| \ 4. Average attendance. s!
5. No. of volumes IN library sa-
6. No. of s. S. papers taken. go
| q No. Of conversions during tho
year. M 4ssr g 81 i9se
8. No. of children in district be-
tween the age of and 90. 3ai'
g. Expenses of tho school for the
year. gtev3 Hpfs ssi ists II
| Article vi i 1t shall be- the duty
ofthe Executive Board to issue cir
culars six weeks previous to each
convention, to observation-disclosures
the county, calling the said conven-
tion. T9yAgt at't si lfe2ioe5't
Article. VII. An annual sermon
shall be delivered on the first even
ling Of the annual meeting, by some
|person to DO appointed at the previ-
Gus meeting. 7lt,5l st aos1ota M
1. Article VIII 1t shall be the duty
OF each township Vico President-to to
supply the Sabbath Schools in bis
township with circulars. etc., and to
sec to the collection of tho statistics
Of the schools thorein. i8 si4iiiiaf
i The above Constitution was taken
out of my handss blythe State Agent
Of the "A. S. S. u, for use at Oskaloo.
sa, detained . length Of time, and
eventually returned in a mutilatcd
form. | believe, however, that it is
as adopted: .,,,...,,,.
i ~ olnce,S arc 5uaa
President-Jas. D.. Ladd,
secretary-Re.. Z. H. Waring.
Treasurer-C. Lawrence,
] ..ta Vice Presidents. N rs
Centre-Dr Williamson, .basa /
Agency City-C. Dudley. aa
4 Washington-T., J. Myers, ol
P Pleasant. ]. Nelson, !
competine-J. NJ. Tracy,
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In the House, BoutwelPs resolution
providing for q melting Of Congress
on October 10th, was lost by = vote
3G 10 81. Pike's resolution to meet
on November 18th, was carried by =
vote Of 03 to so.
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. MUscATINE, Iowa, |
June l, 1867. ~

We, the undersigned, desirous of
recording our appreciation of the
character, .piety,, and usefulness Of
Rev. aB. A. Spaulding, d beloved
brother in the Ministry, = classmate
In Theological study, and one Of tEe
original members of the |" Andoyer
Band, but recently removed from
US by our Divine Lord, to q higher
sphere OF services in Heaven, ido,
hereby, express our thanks to- the
Great Head Of the Church, that he
called, aud qusiisneu our brother for
this Western field OF labor. We
thank God for permitting him. for
more than twenty years, to be q CO.
labor.r with us in the Great work
which We have undertaken to accom-
plish in 9ourl adopted state. We
thank God for that grace givento our
brother which enabled him to exert
the influence Of = Christian Minister,
wherever he was known from. the
beginning tG the close Of his earthly
iabois.. We thank God that the peoL
pie, among whom our departed broth
er spent most Of his Ministerial life,
have SO rich legacy left them in
the Christian instructions, example,
and faithfulness Of him who, for SO
many years, went in and out among
them as their pastor and teacher. Ia
boring and denying himself for their
good, and often, amid discourage
mcnts and trials, which would have
driven many pastor from the field
We thank God that the best, and
strongest desires expressed by him
whose loss we mourn, were that he
might /" Do moro for Christ, We
earnestly pray That this longing to
be more useful in tho Kingdom Of
Christ, may be~in each OF our hearts
stimulating us to work while it is day.
To the bereavcd companion of our
brother, left with an only daughter
we extend our Christian sympatirr
most cordially, andwe oiferour pray
ers that He who hay bereaved her,
will stand by her in trouble, comfort
her heart supply all the wants Of her,
self and tho dear one now LETT father.
s,,lcss by this Providence of u wise and
Holy God. S ,'a7a s. 's
May God be the refuge andstrcngth
ofIboth the motherand the child, and
conduct them safely through this
world to that where husband and
| father is now gone, 81 a
| l@s. DANIEL LANE, I" y
S. If. aa A. B, ROBBINS, /
| NJ III ssaf EPHRAIM ADAMS, 4,
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N a = B ".

.nr NasJy Dreams a Dream, Caused,
Probably, ty the Ns.o England At.
mosphere, ,ohich he aoas Breathing,
sPfJaced by some Incidents Of tie
Tstt 81 His Grand .Ssigneur to Bos.
ton. ..s ,g,.,s,, ,s
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State Of Iowa, !
Executive Department.
f6 Des Moines, July 8, 1867.

~ = 4
CovNfY UDdE WApELLo Co., Iowa.
Sin: ] am directed by Gov. Stone
to earnestly request you AT once, to-
make out a full and accurate list (if
you have not already done SOY, ct the
names Of all the deceased Soldiers of
every rahk, US requested Id tile let
ter from this Office, dated Mayl1,, '67,.
and forward the same without delay
to the Governor Of the State In Or
der tLat safo fUntIeu ota1es may Just.
ly and properly carry out its inten
tionin the matter Of erecting suit
able Lead-biock at the grave Of each
Union Soldier, the returns thus ask
ed for sl4oall be nat. only accurate
and full, but rendered at iAe earliest
possible mOmcnt. s.s,f.s,V
Tho G. NJ. Department will be un
able TO give i".l orders for the head.
blocks until the reports of the buried
soldiers have beer, made and as yet
less than oEe Gfth Of the Counties
have rendered returns. .g y.,aa 81.
Governor Stone therefore earnest
" requests that all County Judges
who have not yet sent lists Of the
Soldiers buricdein their respective
Counties, would take measures to
have such lists made out and for,
wardod at tie latest 1y saas 25th IN
stant. 1Af siass't
lii order that there may be no
good cause for injustice or mistakes
the returns should be complete IND
accurate. 1t will be unnecessary to lin.
cludc Soldiers whose remains lie in the
Southern States, al the, graves Of
such. are already provided for BY the
Government.
herewith enclose you q printed
slip, containing copies of !. portion
Of the correspondence on this sub
ject, which will convey to yourself
and the people Of your County adh-
tiomal information. .@ siAF
Very respectfully yours, i'2.5
GEO. J. NoRrH, A.'3
4s't' Private Secretary.
Correspondence concerning the
erection Of head blocks at tho graves
Of Uuion Soldiers buried IN Iowa.
4 = tEF4f 5A F4F sF z
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soldiers' Graves.

We desire to cnll the attention Of
our readers to tho following Circular.
letter from Gov. Stone to Judge Por-
ter of' this county, as we'll as to. tho
accompanying cofrcspondence be-
tween the Executive E Department Of
the State, and the Quarter Masters
Department., in relation TO the Sold
icrs' Graves scattered about in every
county oftlIc State. TITS presumed
that the documents will fully explain
themselves !; but we desire to urge
upon the people os every township
and neighborhood wherever there
may be grave Of u soldier, whether
the soldier died after enliatment,
while his company was in rendezvous
IN this county, or while he, might
have been home on furlough, ,or at any
other lime, or under any other cir
cumstances, ii buried in Wapello Coz
the Importance Of sending Judge
Porter OF. once, his name, age, rank,
company, regiment, time of death,
disease, and the exact Locality Of the
grave yard where buried. iz 7t@1ii
NOW we hope tho soldiers aud
friends ofthe soldiers in the different;
townships md neishborhoods, will
take sufficient interest III this matter
TO call meetings, and procure the
desired information iA regard to
every soldier in Wapcllo county, and
send il at once to Judge Porter.
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Bry't Brig Genand.A G NJ, y SA,
Udqrs Dept ofthc Platte,
~ Chief @. M. Office,
Ous,l,a. Nebraska Anril 1871

u .Oru,l,a, Nebraska, April IL 81
j. w. Pear.nan. .Quartermaster
AGENTS authorized To collect such
Information, relative. to the graves
of Union soldiers, buried il Gene
teries other than the National in the
State of Iowa. as he may be ablclto
obtain, with a view ofc9mpletiQn of
Gene, erial Records, and erection of
proper head blocks at graves not al
ready suitably marked. He will re-
port from time to time his progress
n. the work assy 5asa
@ WM. MYERS,
Brv't Brig. Gen. and Chief G., N. Z
S.atoo Iowa, Executive Dept, !
afst Des Moincs, May 1, '67.f :
Capt. j. w. Pearman, Davenport
Iowa: f.sTtf , ~,
Sir: A letterenclosirg blank forms
tor retnins will tomorrow DC sent to
each County Judge in the State, with
d view TO obtaining the names (and
definite information concerning the
garves) of deceased Union Soldiers
buriedtin this state. 1854 .s8G
As fast rs the returns are sent to
this Office they will be forwarded 10
your address. Trusting. that the OBJ
ject TO be accom- plished may be fully
realized. so ell.ga. d II 'I,ai TOR
I am yours truly, sp
GEO r NnRTu prv Sac,v
By direction OF Gov. Stone.