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T. r. Wallace & Co.. have set down
the price Of Heating Stoves to q very
low figure, and intcnd to close out all
theJ have in q short time.
Call soon if You want bargain. :.
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Faru1 Tor Sale.

The undersigned offers for sale has farm
of7B acres situated 2miies south of Ash
and, in Wapello county. Forty acres un
der cultivation, balance timber. There is
good dwelling house on same, stable and
shop; good water and fruit of all kinds
Terms good. For particulars call ON the
undersigned OH the premises.
July 6tw. JOHN PRAY
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DIRECTORS
Certificate of the Auditor of State

STATEoF IOWA, AUDITORSOFFICE.l
Des Moines, Sept. 23d, 1868.
Whereas, The Western Insurance Co
located at Des Moines, in tho state of Iowa
has filed in this Office sworn statemen.
of its condition on the I'D day Of Septem.
Der, 1858, in accordance with the provis-
ions of an act of the General Assembly
relating to Insurance Companies, approx
ed April nth 1868; and whereas, on person
al sxamination, / find the said Insurance
Company is possessed with the requisite
amount of capital Invested as required by
said act. Therefore, in pursuance OF law
l, Jno A. Elliott, Auditor of State, do here
by certify that said Insurance Company
is authorized to transact the business Of
Fire Lightning and Marine Insurance in
said State by agents properly appointed
by said Act.
In testimony whereof have here
rsEAI.l unto subscribed my name and af-
fixed the seal OF my office the
day and date above written
JNO. A. ELLIOTT,
Auditor OF State. :
JOHN POTTER, Agent,
Cttumwa' Iowa.
oct y '6s w3m.
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= Stoves are cheaper than ever
T.R. WALLACE & CO.'S
A Card,

The happy father and mother ofthe
twin boys, that were bestowed upon them
the 9th instant, have united in naming
Their lovely boys--the oldest one Grant,
and the youngest one Coliax.
The mother and boys are both doing
well. Mr.. end Mrs. N. A CoDAY.
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QUITTING advertising in dull times
is like tearing out dam because wa,
ter is low. Either plan will prevent
good times from ever coming.
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Nice Shirts, Ties, Collars, Gloves,
and also q nice lot Of Clothing for the
Holidays, at Joe Arnold's Great Wes>
tern.
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Overcoats and Business Suits, re-
markably low at Arnold's Great
Western.
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The Chicago Kinks are now all
ready for the expected ice. Wallace
&Co., have made preparation for it,
also with q fine assortment of Ladies'
Gents and Boys skates.
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Avg0EUp to the I'd instant, two thousand
hogs had given up the ghost at Ross
yilsiapcns Nj council Bluff. 'ass sbgf'# 81
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FOUND. In Taylor& Blakes Hall
the morning after the Firemens Fes-
tival, one pair Of ladies silk gloves,
and two Kid gloves, Gents, one a
Buff colored and the other Black
glove. The owners can obtain the
same BY calling at this oflce and pay
ingsfor this notice.
II Dnring this muddy weather you
would do well to remember that W al.
Slacs6 Co, have first-rate assort-
Smcht Of door mats, and oil cloths on
hand.
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AOS NHOiueBe IOWU, U6C b.
x-lsn Gov. Merrill. to-day, issued his procla.
III nation declaring that the word "white,
%seshaa b6en stricken from The constitnt,nn =,
the state OF Iowa.
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Clarke and futile are agents fol-
>sale of the Stewart Stove.
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OTTUMWA, IOWA.

Insurance policies issued in the most
reliable Life, Accident, and Live Stock
Companies in the United States.
Real Estate bought and sold on1 conf
mission in Wapello and adjoining coun-
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Bulls Cedron Bitters.
AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS.
Arkansas Heard From.
TESTIMONY OF MEDICALlMEN

Stoney Point, White Co., Ark.
May sd, 1895.
Dir, JOHN BULL-Dear Sir Last Feb
ruary I was in Louisville purhsai 2 3
drugs, and i got some OF your SarsaParili>
and Cedron Bitters.
MY son in-law, who WAS with me in the
store, has been down with rheumatiin the
some time, commenced ON the Bittesm lcI
soon found his general health imprrs and
DIR. Gist, who has been in badoved.S
tried them and he also improved.
DR.. Coffee, who has been in bad health
fected-he improved very much by the use
OF your Bitters. Indeed the Cedron Bit
ters has given you great popularity in this
settlement. think / could sell 2 great
quantity ofyour medicines this fall--esps-
cially cfyour Cedron Bitters and Saraapa-
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EFT 4 Nicely. Respectfully.
G. b. WALKER.
DR.. John BULLS Principal ONCE
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Closing out the immense stock Of
Clothing at Joe Arnold's Great Wes-
ern Clothing House.
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REc6RDED SAtEs OF RIAL EsrAfr N
WApELLo CouNrY, ron ONE WEEK
ENDING Dec. ;, 1859, by D. w
Tower, Recorder.
LAND.
Peter Winter to J r Will. IF
Jams, II a, seq 81, tp q, 7 u, y 200 90
W u Day TO J O Briscos,
g 2, sec = asd %, tp72,r MI
u 3 10000
J Bassinger to j Oldham,
- ., sec I, tp q, RIO, ] 800 90
B F Blake to 8 Graves, as ~
:, sec Z, tp1l,r15. go, ess 500 90
NJ Cunningham to n Gee,
! int. 80 =, sec 10, tp7l, -
il, 1000
SEC $, p Il i ! ! i il I''''' 1900 90
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Estray Notice.

Taken up by Thos Leslie, Of - :
Township, Wapello County, Iowa, on the
Cd day of Oct. 1858, an estray Hog describ
ed as follows:
A Barrow of black and white color,
Crop off of the left ear.
Appraised at $1,000.
ottumwa Iowa, Nov 9 1868.
L. NJ. COOLEY, Clerk
Dist. Court Wapello CO. Iowa.
Nov II is WV.
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Ledger, thrilling Spanish Novel; which
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Rev. Or. Tynsis now engaged upon an
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We are now publishing q. series of
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BULLS WORM DESTROYER.
To M United States and Woryd-,C,de
Readers.


HAVE received many testimonials FROM
professional and medical men, AZ my al
MANAGES and various publications have
lhown, all of which are genuine. The fol.
sowing letter from highly educated and
popular physician in Georgia il certainly
one OF the most sensible communications
have ever received. DR.. Clement knows
exactly what he speaks OF, and his testi.
mony deserves to be written IN letters Of
gold. Hear what the Doctor says Of
BUII;S WORM DESTROYER:
villanow, Walker County, Ga,
june g, 1886.
Gently given your SWORN Destroyer" sew
eraI trials. and fiud II wonderfully efnoa-
cious. II has not failed in a single In
stance to have the wished Tor effect. am
doing . pretty large country practice, and
have daily use for some article OF the kind
I am free to confess that know OF NO
remedy recommended by the ablest am
thors that is 80 certain and speedy IN It's
effects. On the contrary, they are uncer-
tain in theextreme. My object in writing
to you is to find out upon what terms l
can get the medicine directly from you's-
II can get it upon easy terms, shall use
a great deal oft. / am aware That he
use OF such articles is contrary 10 tne
teachings and practice ola great majority
Of the regular line Of NJ. DIS. hut see no
lust cause or good sense in discarding .
remedy which We know to be efficient,
simply because we may be ignorant OF its
combination. For my part, shall make
a rule to use all and any means to ALE
viate suffering humanity which may be
able to commandments hesitating because
some one more ingenious than myselfmay
have learned its effects first. and secured
for himself the sole right TO use that knowl
edge. However, am by NO means ~.
advocate or supporter Of the tnousanos OF
worthless nostrums that flood the country
which purport to cure all manner Of dis
ease to which human desh 10 heir. Please
reply soon, and inform me ofyour besi
terms
am, sir, most respectfully,
JULIUS p. CLEME NT. NJ. ID.
,,.. John Bulps Principal Office, 40, Fyth
Street, Louisville, Ky.
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- a fret.rate assortment of
good mats can be found at
T. r. WALLACE 4 co.'s
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Assets
Life. of New York
ACCIDENT

a. z.fofd Live STOCK ts. ee..,., ,.Sn,ao
Apr. dew.
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RIBS EABLIsxaED!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-22

mously chosen to stand upon it as their
nominee. This system of compromising
runs through the whole proceedings. The
rebel Democrats secure Blair and good
share of the platform, while to those
known as "war Democrats" is left what
consolation they can extract from the
preamble of the resolution, which contains
some s'good talk" about relying on the
patriotism Of the people and standing on
the constitution Gin no irreverent sense
probably, and also a gracious acknow-
ledgment that slavery and the doctrine of
secession are forever ended by the war.
For this acknowledgment we are pro-
fonndedly obliged. - =.
We are much mistaken if this attempt
to please every one will not reach in, the
opposite direction. They have failed 2 to
look the issues presented to them square
~ in the face. but adopted trucking
policy to win votes. The history of the
country abounds in proof that this policy
always fails. They have made aret wide
enough to catch every fish that ever
swamfn the Democratic pond, but the
holes are so large that myriads will es-
cape through They built a big boat
but it is the leakiest craft ever set ahoat
on the troubled sea of politics. An old
Saxon maxim says, "It is policy to SO serve
God that you will not offend the Dew
ILL.," This is exactly the principle on
which they settled the financial question
that SO thoroughly divided them. Of But
experience proves that our good Saxon
proverb, Honesty is the best policy" is
a better and truer one in politics as we'll
as elsewhere A bold avowal of princi-
pies, and the selectlan of candidates who
truly represent those principles, always
commands the sympathy and respect Of
the people. If IN addition to these con-
ditions the cause is one which meets
the popular approval, it is sure to be car
RED forward to a triumphant issue The
Democratic party has entered into the
campaign wanting in all of these impor-
tant particulars; and We believe as a con.
sequence that it is sure to meet with q
final and overwhelming overthrow a,
the coming election. ell 81 safru3s
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-22
TACTICS OF THE DEMOCRACY,

- The Democratic Convention, which
ended its labors a. few days since, took
upon itself the hard task Of suiting every
member of their discordant party. That
Democrat who cannot find something to
please him in the final results reached,
must be either a confirmed grumbler or a
back slider In the effort to harmonic
the ill-assortcd masssa sop was thrown
to each of the different factions. On the
ostensble questions before the conven-
ton, scarcely two delegates could be
found 10 agree; yet there was one subject
in. regard to which all were Of one ac-
cord That subject. was what Nasty
would call 'the post Offices The desire
Of success was SO strong that it bore down
all other considerations, and brought
about nnal agreement. Seymour and
Pendleton, who furiously shook sheir fists
at each other thousand miles apart, en-
braced like brothers in the halls of Tam
many. North and South, East and West,
struck hands together-not with the de-
ign of putting forth united efforts to Sc
cure the happiness and prosperity of our
country, but rather that they might by
any and all means win the victory and
share the spoils sa -a ~ s- s-aE2
To an outsider, the proceedings of the
Convention have an intensely ludicrous
aspect They remind us of the famous
Dutch justice, who heard the eloquent
argument of the first lawyer and immedi-
ately said, well you have the case" The
other lawyer humbly asked to be heard
few moments and followed it up in so
plausible a strain that the worthy justice
declared, swell, you have the case too, !"
So here we see the Pendleton platform
proposed, and the whole chorus yell a de-
lightful assent Presently the man who
within two weeks has said that he was
entirely opposed to the doctrines Of that
platform, is brought forward and unani |
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FOR PRESIDENT ssr sHs 1T11=
Gen. u. S. GRANT.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
SCHUYLER C0LFAX.
.r OF INDIANA. 6aa ID.
Il ENDORSE THE PLATFORM.

All uncertainty as to Gen. Grants ex-
act political position disappeared when
his letter, accepting the. nomination, was
given to the public. The most cautious
and exaeting Republican, after reading
o that clear and ght-forward statement
Of his views, could no longer doubt nor
object that our candidate was not fully
committed to the principles of the party.
The single sentence-HI endorse the
platform" carries weight Of conviction
which whole volumes of the slippery ut
terances of our veteran politicians, who
believe, with TalIyrand, that "language
was made to conceal thoughts, would fail
to convey. s|a -, srae4 e-.L lsaa sa1ss
Confidence is said to be plant of slow
growth Especially. has this been the
case with Gen. Grant and the American
public. To no officer of the army were
we so unwilling at first to yield merited
praise. But in spite of opposition, SEN
sure and disgrace, he went steadily and
patiently forward in the accomplishment
Of his plans, until at length, almost
against our will, he forced us to acknow-
ledge him as the greatest General of the
age. For seven years he has been be-
fore the public, and in all that time no
eye can discover the least stain on his
clear record, The people recognize the
! fact that he never promised more than he
fulfilled, never claimed more than he de-
served, and never was placed in circum-
stances, however difficult and trying,
where he was found; wanting. To-day
he stands the pride and idol of redeem
ed country, whose people, throughout its
entire borders place the most perfect reli-
ance upon his truth and honor.
Well has this man, who. never deceiy-
ed US, formed his claim to our fullest
confidence and in that confidence We
present him as true exponent Of Repub.
lican principles. And if elected, as he
surely will be- to the highest office in our
gift, let no one doubt that his administra-
ton will be conducted in exact accor-
dance with the expressed will Of the peo-
pie. t..-.- ..Essa1 49,. no ~
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herman. With the beginning of Con.

Sherman. With the beginning of Con-
gressional Reconstruction there begin
the reduction of the national debt, And
the costs of all the machinery of Recon
struction bave been growing less and less,
and now we see states coming back
into the Union and all further expense
attending reconstruction in their cases
ended This is but the beginning of the
living there was in that speach. Unless
we find some later and bigger ones We
mean to comment on other lying therein
contained. eg 55a# ug -ca s&.5-5
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.o WHo CoNsPRgcPED THE PLATFoRM.-
The New York Tribune invites attention
to the antecedents of some of the members
OF the committee that constructed the
Seymour platform. Among them we're
Wade Hampton an original secessionist,
who was among the first to enter the war
and among the last to leave it, refusing to
submit even after the surrender of his
superior officer-Joseph E. johnson !;
VIM. Preston, rebel General of Kentucky
who went into war for secession though
his State remained in the Union; Barks-
dale, a rebel General of Kentucky !;
Langdon a rebel editor of Louisiana /; and
Babcoek, speaker of the lower house of
the rebel legislature of Virginia. Is it
not little cheeky for men fresh from the
attempt to destroy the government, men
from whose hands is hardly yet washed
the visible stain of the blood shed in that
attempt men who share in the infamy of
the barbarities of Jacksonville and Sails
bury, to undertake to prescribe the policy
that shall control the administration Of
the country e4-4>-
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WHAT rs THE USE OF LYING.

1t will fall to our duty to comment
during the coming campaign on the posi-
ton, odoiugs and sayings of the candidates
of the Democratic party for the Presiden
cy. We start off with the above caption.
We expect to keep it flying, or at any
rate that there will be need so to do as
long as the campaign shall last What
suggested it was Governor Seymour 5
speech on taking the chair in the Demo
cratic Convention ssIJ hsss.vJ7f2os e..
F. Governor Seymour has one qualifca-
ton as candidate of the Democracy He
can lie. He can lie in all the seven de
grees as given by Shakespeare. He can
lie in the tretort courteous" in the "auip
modest the "reply churlish" the Gre
proof valiant" the ''countercheck quarrel
some,' the "lie with circumstance and
the lie direct.''9d We do not propose to
give the degree Of the Governor lying.
Any one who has leisure can fix that to
suit himself, Look at him a moment.
He says '.ln the first place they (the
Republican party) congratulate the per,
picked man Of business the burdened tax
pa ser, the laborer whose hours of toll are
heightened out by the growing cost of
the necessariess of life upon the success of
that Reconstruction policy which has
brought all these evils upon them by the
cost of its military despotism and the
corruption of its Bureau gencies" Now
look at that, The fair implication from
1t is that the difficulties Of our financial
situation have arisen from the Recon
struction policy of the Republican Con-
gress. When the truth is that the cost
of Reconstruction including Freedman's
Bureaus and all has, hardly been an ap-
probable sum in our fnanc al matters.
What has complicated them has been the
vast sums that the government was oblig-
ed to spend in the expenses of the war to
prevent the meu with whom Governor
Seymour sympathises, and whom he vel
coined into convention with him while
tier hands were yet red with the blood
of Union men and their hearts was unre-
pentant for their crimes, from breaking
up he government. Governor Seymour's
friends, those who have given him the
for the Presidency, are the
ones who have brought all these evils up
on the 'perplexed business man and the
burdened tax payer and the laborer whose
hours of toll are heightened out by the
growing cost of the necessaries of life. "
Our great national debt stopped growing
and complicating our financial affairs when
the men he sat in convention with laid
lown their arms as prisoners of war and
ook their parole Of Generals Grant and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-07-22

EXPLOSION OF Nitro -GLYcERINE. -
A terrible explosion Of nitro-glycerine
has occurred at Quenast, in Belgium A
wagon, accompanied by NJ. Grilet, Of the
Hamburg Company, which manufactures
this dangerous article, brought two thous
and kilogrammes (4,41l pounds) to the
quarries belonging to NJ Zatnan, where it
was to be used in blasting operations The
people employed in the works, and those
in the mel ghborhood, had been persuaded
that this chemical product was more efica
eious aud less dangerous than powder
The wagon arrived at the quarry, followed
by NJ. Grilet, already men toned, three
soldiers, and two workmen to unload It;
two carpenters were working at little
distance, and a young girl was close by,
gathering shavings. At in the after
noon, tremendous explosion occurred.
The persons just mentioned disappeared
in an instant, having been blown topieces,
and the shock was felt at 10th, eight
miles off A store close by was quite
destroyed, and the houses, trees and fields
within 500 yards, were devastated. No
other lives have been lost, but had the
been hour later, when, the
quarrymen had asa embed to their work.
the deaths would have to be reckoned by
hundreds. woE5 haf .faffsg5t Fs..,, hlsr-,s[..