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Council Proceedings.
REGULAR MEETING.

TUESDAY, June IT, 1869.
Present-Mayor Shuler, and Aldermen Fiske,
Bell, Thomas, Freeman, Brunker, Hughes, Leon
ard, Clifford, Colwell, Osman, Burke, Bosserman,
Moore and Calkins.
The minutes Of the last regular and adjourned
meetings were read and approved.
The following communication was submitted by
Mayor Shuier:
TO the aldermen ellie City Of Oxaua in Council
assembled:
GENTS: At q meeting Of city council held Wed.
nesday, June 9th, 1863, m order was passed for
the payment Of a bill of Colwell, Clark & Co.,
amounting to $l.05S, said being for tho contruc
ton of bridge across ravine on Cass street.
This order deem it my duty to return for recon-
sideration, for the following reasons:
lst The bridge has been located twelve inches
further north than called for by plan and specif.
cations of city surveyor.
I'd. A wall two feet thigh to be built behind wall.
plates and holsters, IS per specifications, has not
been built.
Sd. The contract calls for the construction of
bridge according to plan and specifications of city
surveyor, for the sum Of &725, the amount OF bid
of COiwell, Clark h Co.,--whereas the bill ordered
Is for O5s being $sSS in excess Of contract price,
Which sum think might have been saved TO tho
city had the contractors strictly observed the
plan and specifications originally adopted by city
council.
The reason for this belief 10 founded upon the
opinion Of persons competent to Judge, that had
the bridge been located ~ at hrst proposed, viz
eleven feet further west than % now located, the
extra masonry charged In bill of @. @. / 90. would
not have been required.
Ottawa June Il, 1859. HEsRY SnulEn, Mayor
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Fox River valley RailreaA.


The Fox River Valley railroad IL under way.
Work commenced nearly three weeks ago, ard
now parties are grading from Streatoe northward
and nom Ottawa southwark, and We arc assured
that this section Of the road, about seventeen
miles in length, will be completed BY the LIST Of
August. St1eator IL Ia the heart OF the eelebra-
ted Vermillion coal mines, and its only outlet
now, is railroad thirteen miles long to Weuona,
town on the Illinois Central, ten miles west
and about Eve miles south of Streator. The ex.
tention Of the road from Streator to Ottawa will
at once open the mines to Chicago BY the Canal
and the Rock Island railroad.
A vote will DO taken ON the 10th instant by
the various townships between Wenona and
Washington, station on the Peoria, Toledo and
Warsaw railroad twelve mules northeast of Pc.
oria, on proposition to vote nbsides for rail.
road between Wenons and Warrington which
would form continuation Of the Fox River Val
ley road about thirty miles long. and is intended
to connect it with tho Peoria, Pekin and Jack
sonville railroad, and thus open through route
from Jacksonville, and perhaps from 81. Louis,
to Geneva, and by the Northwestern railway to
Chicago A short extension north Of Geneva
would reach the Fox River line of the North.
western, which Is in operation TO Richmond,
very near the Wisconsin line.
The chief valuo of the line will DO o. GOAL
road, though of course there will DO incidental
advantages 70 the country along the line, much
of which will find this the best route for freight
and travel TO aud from Chicago Western Rail-
road Gazette.
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If you do not feel well, you send for doctor
his cane, scrawls some hieoglyhpics upon a piece
of paper which you take to drug store, and
there pay 50cts. to $1.00 beside the doctor fee,,
for a remedy nine times out of ten not half as
good as Judsons Mountain Herb pills, which are
only twenty-five cents per box. Do you think
the former the best because you pay tho most
for it II You do. We advise youto use Just for an
experiment the Judson's Mountain Herb Pills,
and see for yourself. that they are one Of tho best
family medicines compounded, they cure Head.
ache, Indigestion, Billiousness, Jaundce, and all
Female Irregularities. Give the Mountain Herb
Pills trial. Sold by all dealers. June5-1m.
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Foul WEATuER.-We have noticed that
some farmers viii always get good cropa let the
season be what il may. Others il they iail On
ons. win Try again on another. Corn ID undoubt.
eddy "gons sucker" in many field. Yet, .
farmer may come in good timo with crop Of
buckwheat or hungarian grass FO. moro than
two yesrs, buckwheat -four has been higher than
WHIST, and difficult to get at that No zespecta-
bio family can get along without FLAP jacks"
or "griddls cakes" Let eur farmers try the
buckwhsat; they viii find it win pay. Look
out for . good crop Of turnips, too, to exc out
fall feed and secure good lot Of winter butter
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MoRsE's INDIAN Roof PII.Ls-We have Late
ly been shown the formula from which these
pills are prepared, and from this ind our exper.
ienco in the use Of them, can honestly pronounce
them good, safo and reliable medicine. Being
entirely free from all poisonous Ingredients they
can be safely used while performing the active
duties of life. We would advise all TO use them,
and by fair trial you can SEQ at once tho bencf
derived from them. Use Morses Indian Root
Pills in all cases of Biliousness, Headache, Fe.
male Irregularities, Liver Complaints, 80 Sold
by all dealers. juno Sim.
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What The Press says,

The Reading pa Dispatch say: "The we'll
known superiority Of MISHLERS HERB BIT.
TIERS will spare US tho necessity of saying any.
thing at length in favor Of this magical Tonic
and Stimulant. Wherever this Bitters Is best
known it meets with astonishing sale. This ID
the case in our section of the country. There
are cases in this city where the most radical
cures have been effected in schronic diseases
cures which the best physicians could not effect,
and We know Of scores Of families Jour own
among the nunber), who would not be without
q plentiful supply Of this Great Household Rem
edy for any consideration. Let every family IN
the land keep it on hand" Sold by all respects-
bic druggists. Price one dollar per bottle.
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Coz $ CoUGH EALsAM Is tho cheapest and the
best 1t il safe and speedy euro for Coughs,
Colds, Group, Whooping cough and all diseases
OF the throat and lungs. In addition to tho or.
binary 400 size so long and favorably known
MAMMOTH FAMILY bottles are now offered to the
Medicine than has ever been offered for 81.
june 2-1y
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A Card.

Miss kats Brewster would hog leave to inform her nume
GUS patrons that she not going TO Lake Superior Newport
nor Chicago TO spend the summers hut believing Ottawa to
be good watering place. will remain here, and may be
found at her rooms above r. A. Sherwood Co.'S Bank,
where she will DO glad receive her scholars aud give them
lessons in Vocal and Instrumental Music
June II, lS6o-M KATE 4. D2rWsTHR.
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NO PATRICK LEONARD, ANN ATKiN

no PATRICK LEONARD, ANN ATtklN.
Il Ton aud kATE McCoWiN heirsatla. OF Richard
Leonard deceased late 81 arv In Sale county Illinois,
uhd all others Interested
Take notice. that shall apply TO the County Court tho
county 81 Ia Sale Illinois, at tho next September
said court Tor leave 30 sci, tho following described real
tate, stuaied in the corporate Town of Taig,'e, in said
county and state, 10 wit Lpt seven in Block ,wcyo III
0 which the late Richard Leonard di.G gel5o or 50 much
thereof as nay bssgllce pa The dsb,s tho deeadeu
renaian et uaaid tho personal estate Of said deceden
having been esiasd and found Insufficient for tho pay.
ncEt ~ tho Lebo due by said deccint; at which tmo and
place you are hereby notified % attend, aud how c,o why
it should rot be sold for the purlds,s aforesaid
JANE LEONARD,
Adm,uItratriy Of Richard Leonard, deceased,
w. rRowSE. Solicitor. jrnol9
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BAD PRAcT1cE.-You might - well expect to
relieve and cure an iuAamed eye by busting ir-
ritating powders into it, "a to expect to care Ca
tarrh (which is an Inflammation Of the mucous
membrane Of the air passages in the head) by the
use of irritating suufis or strong, csustic solu-
lions. DR.. Sage's Casarrh Remedy cures Catarrh
by its mild, soothing aston which subdues tho
inflammation aud restores the natural secretion
OF the mucous folliclcs. 1t is pleasant remedy,
ats use being attended aad followed BY a cooling
and agreeable sensation Tho proprietor, R. v.
Pierce, NJ. d., of Buffalo, N. Y. offers $500 fer c
case of Catarrh that he can not cure. Sent by
mail on receipt Of sixty cents. Address the pro.
prietor as above.
For sale by most Druggists everywhere.
June 12.2w.
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II Napoleon's army was overpowered by the
driven snow, aud by such bad mistortane he lost
his bonny Bunch of Roses o, not % with Nurty
l. Moriarty, because his store Il empowered
with goods. for you know Murty il q genius, and
can always sell the bcst and cheapest goods.
Murty wants all his former friends to call and
zee his elegant new stock Of goods, buy q bill
and go home satisfied that he can sell the best
and cheapest goods in La Sale county. DEFY
competition on tea Nw) II. l. MoRLARTy.
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Boots s. Shoes.
TuE REPORT Is TRUE
THAT
CHILD Z BRO.
LARGEST & BEST
STOCK OF
& SHOES
IN LA SALE COUNTY,
AND ARE SELLING THEM
Twenty Per Cent. Less
Than any other house possibly can.
They have just received from their
Wholesale House and Factory
In Boston o G of the
LARGEST AND FINEST STOCKS
Ever brought this Market consisting Of all the latest
Styles and most Superior Work Of
Ladies', Misses, and Children's Serge
Goat, Oil Goat, Glove & Pebble
Calf, Polish Balmorals, Con-
gress and Button Boots,
Buskins, Slippers,
&C., &c.
Mems, Boys,
And Youths Calf and
Kip, Buff, Glove Calf, Balmo-
rails, Oxfords, Brogan, Plow Shoes
ALASKA & CONGRESS BOOTS.
Also Splendid Stock Of Mems fine Calf sewed and psgged
Boots in fact
Anything from q Dolls shoe to an
Army brogan can be found there.
We would invite the special atten-
ton of the farmers to class of work
we are now Manufacturing in Daven-
port, Iowa, which is equal to the best
custom work and at about Eastern
Prices.
OUR STUDY Is TO PLEASE ALI.
No Trouble to Shop Goods.
Manufacturing. 4 Repairing Done
To Order.
CHILD & BROTHER,
Cheever's Block, East side of Court House Square.
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Wilkins, Che Champion Yelocipe-
dist, and running mile heats on
Nic0lson pavement for hundred
dollar purses, best two out Of three
a beautiful spectacle, won't it bsq
And then / suppose you win want
me TO bet on You and back you up;
but not one cent Of my cash do
you get-not a single, solitary red.
Do you suppose I am going to
throw away, my hard earned mon
ey on such d fanatic as you2
Well, u should think not. / would
not put mp q dollar on Yon il /
was worth untold millions. I'm
rot proud of you !; / want you to
distinctly understand that.H huaal
fsMr Wilkins, that's an non
sense. 5aglis 43rgH.3 5ra sar9T i
And q pretty example you are
setting TO your children. Here,
only yesterday, Holofernes Mont
gOmery made q zelocipede out o'
two -four barrels, and when he.
and Bucephalus Alexander tried
to mount It, it broke down and his
Mary Jane on the Leg and 1anle8
Mary Jane for life, while Hole
fernes Montgomery feIl oRersfhe,
cat which yOWled and spitted
around and scratched Holotemes
Montgomery over the lF9n piece,
so that his hOntispiec8 is destroy
ed forever, and he looks more like
yep than eYer.g / say that it isr
perfectly outrageous, and I'm not
going to stand It.
Mr.. Wnkinsl Oh, IL you win
listen, I'll ten you something's" gFl3
't0h | Tdon't want to hear 1t.
Wei discontinue the copversa-
tio9. I'm tired Of heaTing the
caokle. "
.Wen, arat veloCeped6 came
home" -
'sNever mind nov. i want to
go to sleep, Just give your tongue
a chance to rest, viii You 2" -
''Was for you. / heard You say
you wanted one, SO / bought 1t oat
of the market money I saved.
But you treat me like suchabrute,
that I-I--I"' on 9-rT
"For me did you say, Sarah?
Well, then, never mind now
Don't cry, Sarah, / say. Never
mind ] won't do il again, Sarah !
Sarahl Don't cry, Sarah | 0hs
well, cry, then, cry, who cares?
I'll get on that yelOcipede to-mor-
row morning and abandon you as
sure as my name is Wilkins. HI
don't, hang me !" -5 b91nam2a.~ u
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Pa E.fs1l OF CaIcasieu, /,
November 10th, 1868.

MA, .aaaaao November 12th, 1868. d
TN accordance with the first section OF
an Act of the Legislature entitled
t'' An Act to organize the Parish Courts
of this State, etc.," approved Septem-
tember 9Th, 1868. A regular term of the
Parish Court for the trial of all classes
of cases of which said Court may have
jurisdiction, viii be, held at the Court
House at Lake Charles, commencing on
the third Monday of January, a. D.,
1859, and of every second month there
after. IA term Of said Court VIII also
be held each month, beginning on the
third Monday thereof, for the trial of
Probate causes, and the disposition of
such Probate business a. is required to
be done IN open Court, -......r (.
I.a @ DAVID j. READ, y :
an II Parish Judge.
November la, 1868.
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ParOfsse OalcasieIE,
10 Noyembre 1868,

AZ 4, 5-a. ~ Neyembre 1868,
GONFORNTEAEENT d Ia premiere
NJ Section dun acte della Legislature,
intitulS, g Une Acte pour organiser les
COurs de Paroisse de Get Etat, " appFQu-
We le Anne Jour de SeptembTe 1868 Un
terme r6gulier de Ia Cour de Paroisse
sera tenu d Ia Maison de gour de oette
ParOisse, en- Ia vile de Lac Charles, 10
8nle Lundi de Janvier, "A. D., 1853,
pour la disposition de toites les causes
et affaires done cette Cour peGt ayoir
jurisdiction, et tout les deu1 nlOis De-
suiyahts. I'm terIne de IA dite COur
sera aussi tenu, csrnmeneant .le 8nie
lundi de chaqae mois, pour toutes
causes de pgeGves et de SUGGESTIONS, es
pour ID disposition de toutes atialRes de
pFsaves ct SUGGESTIONS qui doivent etre
faites en- COur Otverte. lie premier
terme sera tenu le dit 8me LVIhdi dc
b. j. READ,
IA Nov. 1868. Jugede Paroiase.
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MIR. wilkins ON Velo.o1ipedes. ,i1.a ?

Igyl@s 4 .5Ea o. LE Eas
We copy IS follows from the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin:
"But, Wilkins, l." 1vrr.
'I tell YOU, Mrs. Wilkins, I'm
not going to have it; you may as
well make up your mind to thet at
once. No woman shall ever 60
pFancfng around this community
on a veloeipede while she's d wife
of mine If Iean help it So you
can Just take that old pair of
wheels you brought home and
gladden. the heart of some kind
ling wood man with them, fcS Tide
on them you don't; if Jon do I'm
a Dutchlnan there r rG5l 5 s,
"Mr. Wilkins, you know r.
| ''No, I don't know anything of
the kind. Do yOn think I'm GO
ing to let such aslO0king woman
as you dress MP In BlooIners and
nouns q high hat and go around
irving to show off that figure ~ Iaa
6aMr. Wilkinsia v itrF .uu2 .oda
eGo struggling around the taoI-
oughfares of this town, looking
tike anlold beer Cask propped up
on two legs, and showing those
ankles, which are SO thick thatyou
couldn't get one of them through
the equator ?" uidtEw ellaw adt Gn
y"WiIlins, I'M sCFatCh-2"sa 81 G3d
I @@Well, Il should think not. lAndg
besides, don't knew whereabout
on this terrestrial globe yOu exl
peet TO find aany wheels strong
enough to- bear you. You'd smash
u pair of cast-irOn oarSWheels into
snithereens, the minute you sat
down on them, you would. The
best thing you can do is TO walk,
and on the ground, too, where the
crust of the earth isn't thin or
else sit in front of o fire and melt
down your ayoirdupois." 4-rr
''MF, Wilkins, you're perfectly
scandalous." ,-7s1&1 r7'a"j u
'But I'm not going to put up
with it. i don't intend to have
you Topping around town on o
7elocipede, and very likely falling
off and breaking your bones, and
then have lot of doctors coming
to my house and making post mar
tenn examinations, and saving you
up, and discovering things with
hard Latin names in your lungs,
and in your liver, and your phys,
ique generally. Well, / should
think not ! It's bad enough to-
have to submit to you now, with
out having your gore split around
over the carpet, and q parcel 81
sawbones blaspheming at your
anatomy. r. @ 2H aaoD 9.-3 h
"Wilkins, amt you ashamed to
talk so ?" r.,r
81 want you to understand that
If you ride that velocipede / win
sue for d divorce. I don't believe
In. ID w0manl exercising her muscles
on any such contriyance. You'd
o good deal better get a scrubbing
brush and go down and tackle the
front door steps with some sand
and a chunk Of soap. That's the
kind of exercise you want in my
opinion.
''NIr. wilkins, II youl 5nly lis
tent a lT Ed ,Get.lsalGi.
"Or else practice carrying b coal
scuttle up and down stairs every
five minutes alI day. But, as for
the mother of q family, and q fab
by old giEl Of your years, OndeF-
taking to ride q yelOCipade, why,
It's signply ridiculous" !,
"Mr. Wilkins, l."
"The next thing I know, il sup-
pose you win be parading your
self in the papers as Madame
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EIGN .AND DQMESTIo DRH
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E - H" ~ f~0-~--@ '.
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An. Irish Judge had Q habit OF

An, Irish Judge had q habit of
begging pardon On every occasion,
At the close of the assize, as he
was about to leave the bench, the
officer Of the court reminded him
that he had not passed sentence
Of death on one Of the, criminals,
as he had intended. Dear me!''
said his lordships, "I really beg
his pardon bring him In. tasa
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Sammy, Sammy, nay son, don't
stand there scratching your head; ;
stir up your stumps, or you will
make no progress in hfe." why
father Z replied the young hope
ful, eve often heard you say that
the only way to get along IN this
world was to scratch ahead.
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TtgU. .roffytABNEBTIsEEG 4uo9sa 30 aggt
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wa5IeFtisemerts fBent in for publlc.al,,
sy59s t7s1'y wien there are no directions, Nlll
~ NJ 81 sIsTfad in English and French, and
SeI,er "a sane is not limited. wlH be con-
t;SSjSg Gunsil orders are received; /; and
SlES9Sed accordingly as-gIu. bad
ET5ReTaI discount Ia those who adyer-
tise bv the year or quarter. .ba4..?aaa
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CyI lob work, except by special agree
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Cards stating merely the names !sj
7,,,siUssg and place of residences with
TaT1er included, Twelve Dollars per
anRpni.g gsE sasFoT ah gr0Iss9o o3Bs
= nSg-All Judicial advertisements !, must g.
he paid for on the last day Pt Pu}pllllleiss-
ton. o.. on the day Of sale. rr1sr =
o.SS3,1 SS3a,1nddiing. din "a LAdY eFti eHh eIlts, y. -
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~ A belle in q San Francisco
theatre created q sensation and
delighted the galleries BY taking
d turn with i swell partner in one
of the private boxes when tlle or
chestra played y waltz between
the aets. a y aalaa i,
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Rg. Job work executed at this
office, with ncatness end dispatch.
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LAKE CHARLES PRIVATE
Male. and Female p
au gAG9 AID EMY.. .o a' 4

gTNHE next session Of the Academy viii
begin on Thursday, October LIST,
1868, and terminate the last Of june,
1869, Is af5el n,e
Charges in specie or its equivalent IN
currency, Payabla monthly. gn W
Board, lodging and washing, per
month for children .g.. 49, So 90
For young men and young ladies, 8 90
Tuition in English department Q 00
Students furnish their own bedding,
lights, toilet soap, table and toilet nap
kins, ~..N zF.no FY
Strict attention paid to the moral
instructi6 on of students. Aee@
,+g8wa hJaW. BRYAN, Principal
MISS DELLA X. SINGhEE0Ns
Assistant.
Feb. 15, 1868, ,-1y.-Sept. az.
RFAGISTRATE's BLANKS,
lV l e3 AflidaSits, Executions,
Summons, I Warrants, Citations,
Writs ot Atsachmens, &C.,
For sale at this Office.
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We copy as follows from the
Philadelphia Evening Bplletip
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November q, 1868.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-11-26
FROM IOWA.
Correspondence Delaware Gazette

NOTGeSp pO0QGnGB DGAiAAdAG Sd-10sNls
A subscriber writes from Malcom,
Poweshiek county, Iowa, under date
of Nov. 13. as follows:
Malcom is in Poweshiek county, on
the Chicago, Rock Island i Pacific H..
R., a new town only three years old,
containing a number of stores, me-
chanics, grain ware house, lumber
yard, express Office. &c. tits growing
fast. with fair prospect for the county
seat, which is now ten miles from here,
near the south side of the county. Here
is fine rolling prairie, rich, deep soil,
good for grain or stock. Winters
are steady cold; good sleighing now,
roads fine Wild prairie is S12 to $40
per acre; improved farms, $40 to $50,
according to location and improve
ments.
OWing to the wet summer the wheat
was badly shrunk and grown some,
New wheat sells at 30 to 45 cents; old
at so cents; corn, 35 cents; hogs, 8 cts.
per lb. l think speculation has run
too high, the whole country seems to
be in debt, and nothing selling here
new to bring in money. Still l think
this a great country for the farmer
One mao teuds 40 acres of corn with
ease. Fruit of all kinds except peach
es does well here. Wheat, oats, corn.
vines, common and sweet potatoes,
sorghum, and all the tame grasses do
well. I think land produces one third
more here than our Ohio clay soils,
with half the labor. No timber. Coal
18 miles off for 10 cents per bushel-
| 25 cents per bushel delivered here.
Houses are small and close. We ex-
peet to settle somewhere in Iowa. All
we'll. y. w. FOOTE.