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CHAPTER $50.
AN ACT to amend Sec 1925 and

go OF the Revision OF lSbU.
Sec. /. Be it enacted 5y the General
Assembly of the State OF Zora, That
section..332l be amended so as to read
as follows the person against whom
the petition is filed shall be notified
by the plaintiff to appear on the first
day of the term, and show cause II
any they have, why execution shold
not be awarded.
Sec. 2. That sec. 1926 be amended
so as to read as follows tho notice
shall be served and returned in the
ordinary manner, and the same
length of time shall be allowed fol
appearance Us in civil actions, and
service of such notice on non-resi
dent defendants may be had in su
cases by publication.
Sec. 3. All acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with this act are hereby
| repealed.
Soc. 1. This act being doomed o
immediate Importance, shall take ef
feet from and after its publication il
the Iowa State Register and tho Do:
Moines Bulletin, newspapers publish
ed in Des Moines, Iowa.
Approved April Is, 1870.
|, Ed Wright, Secretary Of State
hereby certify that tho foregoing
Act was published in the Daily Stat
Register Apri! 81, and .Des Nome
Daily Bulletin April q, 1870.
| Ed. WRIGHT,
! Secretary of State
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CHAPTER 165.

H d Fs H
AN ACT in relation to Omnibuses,
Transfer Companies, and common
Carriers generally.
Sec. 1, BE it enacted by the Gen
oral Assembly of the State of Iowa
that proprietors, or their agents, o.
omnibuses' transfer companies, OF
other commn carriers, doing busine ss
within the limits of this State, shall
be held liable in an action ut law
for damages occasioned to baggage
or other property, belonging to trav
elers, through careless or negligent
handling while in possession of the
companies or common carriers as
above named.
Sec. 2. That for every days deten.
ton to travellers in consequence Of
damage as before described, and nee
essary delay Of suit for same, said
companies owners or agents shall
pay to each person so delayed Q
sum of not less thau three (3) dollars
which amount shall be added to the
judgment for damage to property
should the action be sustained.
Approved April l6, 1870:
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CHAPTER 151

CHAPTER 151.
AN ACT to amend Section 1857 of
tho Revision Of 1860, relating to
interpretations.
SECTION l. Be It enacted by the
General Assembly of the State o. lo,ua
That section 11S7 of the revision oi
1860, be and the same is hereby
amended by inserting after the wcrd
societies the following words sand
associations for the detection OF horse
thieves and of other dcprcdators upon
property"
Sec 2 This Act being deemed Of
immediate Importance BY the Gen.
raj Assembly, shall take effec. and
be in force from and after its publ
cation in the Daily Iowa state Reg
lister, and the Daily Bulletin.
Approved April Is, 1870.
1 hereby certify that the forego.
ing Act was published in the Daily
Io,ca State Register April 9th; and in
the Des 1Noines Duly Bulletin, April
q, ls70,
ED. WRIGHT,
Secretary of State,
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CHAPTER l42.
AN ACT to Amend Section 1888 O
tho Revision Tof 1861

AN ACT to Amend Section 1888 OF
the Revision [of 1907
Sec. l. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of tho State Of Iowa
That section 1888 of the revision ol
of 1861 be SO amended as to read as
follows "The publication must be
made by publishing tho notice re
quirod in section 2,812, without addi.
ton, four consecutive weeks, which
last publication shall be at least ten
days before the next term cf court
in some newspaper published al
least weekly and printed in the
county where the petition is filed
and if thore be mono printed in such
county, then in such paper printed
at the next nearest coulty of this
State, which paper shall in either
case be determined by the plaintiff
or his attorney.
SEC. 2. This act being deemedof i'm
neutrality-suspicious., shall be in force
from and after it's publication in The
State Register, and Des Moines
Statesman, newspapers published al
Des Moines, Iowa.
Approved April IA, 1870.
l, Ed. Wright, Secretary OF S'a'c
hereby certify that the foregoing
Act was published in the Daily lo,od
State Register, April 9th, 1870, and
Des Moines Statesman, April 2Sth
1870.
Ed. WRIGaT,
Secretary Of State.
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EouR1ER JOB DEPARTMENT.
ORDERS SOLICITED.

eral Assembly, be amended by inser-
ting after the word "person" in the
eleventh line of said section 8, the
following, who is q freeholder or
householder"
Sec. 3. Nothing in this act, or in
chapter Ill of tho laws of tho
Twelfth General Assembly shall be
construed to affect the right to chal.
lenge as provided in section 493 and
494 of the Revision of 1860.
Sec. 4. When the board of super.
visors of any county have formed
new township the board of registry
of tho township or townships, from
which tho territory tor the new
township was taken shall furnish for
the judges of election of said new
township q list of the registered
legal voters residing in said new
township.
Approved April l6, 1870.
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Vol %, No. 13
CHAPTER 153.
AN ACT to amend Chapter &c of the
Laws of the Twelfth General As

AN ACT to amend Chapter 86 of the
i Laws of the Twelfth General AS
sembly in relation to Courts.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State Of
Iowa, That no jury shall be sum-
moned to attend the circuit courts,
except for the first and third terms
thereof hold in each year, un less by
written direction of the Judge.
I Sec. 2. Said courts shall have ex.
elusive jurisdiction in all appeals and
writs of error from infcriJr tribunals
in civil cases; but the district court
shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all
appeals from inferior tribunals in
criminal cases; prouided, that for the
purposes of this section all actions
arising under the provisions Of chap
ter So, and 1874, of the Revision Of
1860 shall bo doomed criminal.
Sec. 3. Where the Judge OF tho
circuit court Is personally interested
in any probate matter pending there
in, he shall order the same transfer
ed to the district court, which shall
have jurisdiction therein the same as
the circuit court would otherwise
have, and its proceedings therein
shall be entered on the records of the
circuit court.
Sec. 4. The circuit court shall
have the power to appoint trustees,
in all cases where vacancy occurs
in the office of a trustee appointed by
will, or when a trustee is necessary
in the settlement or distribution of
an estate, for the purpose of preserv-
ing or protecting the interests of de.
vises, heirs, or other persons interest
cd.
Sec. 5. Trustees appointed by will,
or by the court, must qualify and
give bond the same as executors, and
shall be subject to control or removal
by the court in the same manner.
Sec. 6. All parts OF chapter Sc of
the laws of tho 18th General Assem-.
bly, as are inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed.
sec. Z. This Act being deemed of
immediate Importance shall tako ef.
feet, from and after its publication in
the Daily State Register, and Des
1Moines Statesman, newspapers pub
lished at Des Moiues.
Approved April Is, 1870.
hereby certify that the forego-
ing act was published in the Daily
State Register April 9th, and in the
Des Moines Daily Statesman; April
2Sth, 1870.
ED WRIGHT,
Secretary Of State.
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CHAPTER 175.


AN ACT providing additional fees
for sheriffs, constables and others
in certain criminal cases.
Sec. l. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State Of Iowa,
That sheritfs, constables or other per
sons, whose duty shall be to arrest
any person or persons, with bench
warrant, or warrant issued by any
court, or who shall be required to
convey prisoner or prisoners from
o place distant from the county jail
to said Jail, on an order of commit.
ment, shall be allowed to charge up
as fees, and the same shall be collect.
able the same as other fees in Grimm.
al cases, besides the fees already al
lowed by law the sum of two dollars
and fifty cents for carriage hire for
each day of not over six hours, for
each person so arrested or so convey.
cd to Jail.
Approved April 16, 1870.
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CHAPTER 172.

AN ACT to amend chapter 81 and 53
of the Revision Of 1860 in relation
to Corporations.
Sec. l. Bo it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly OF tho State of Iowa,
That sections 1852, 1853, 1l56, 1l6l,
ll72, 115S, 1893, 1874, 1l97, of tho
Revision Of 1860, be amended as
hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. Amend section 1852, by
adding at tho end of said section the
words "and in the Office Of the secre-
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CHAPTER 174.
AN ACT to ament the Registry la

AN ACT to ament the Registry law.
Sec, |. Be it enacted by the Con
eral Assembly of the State of Iowa
That section 4 Of chapter Ill OF the
laws OF tho Twelfth General Assem-
bly,, approved April sth, A. d. 1868,
DO amendend by adding at tho end
thereof the following, to-wit: But
IN no case shall tho board of registry
OF any township or corporation cor
rect their registry of electors by add.
ing names thereto, within five days
next preceding the day Of election,
Sec. 2. That section s of chapter
l.l OF the laws Of the Twelfth Gen
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-05-26
Language of Beasts and Birds.

IT is a common saying that man is dis.
tinguished from brutes by the noble gift
of speech, but in this we are assuming al
together too much. We call all animals
dumb and imply a certain pity in the
word but in some native language of
their own they may be calling us likewise
poor dumb creatures, and commiserating
our inability to frame their speech. The
sounds they utter, which are uninte1ligi-
bic to US, and which we are content to
describe as Growing, csckling, neighing,
mewing, %chirpiDg, barking, may each be
the ~articulated words of unwritten dia-
lects, in which every species finds ex-
preston for its thoughts and desires. Who
ever heard flock of ducks quacking to-
gether as they waddled along in single
file toward a pond, and was not convinc-
ed that they were holding sweet and ear
nest converse by the way? Who can list
en- to a quarrel between martins and
swallows in early spring, before some be-
sieged and airy domicile, and believe that
to themf 1t is plainly evident that they
are calling each other feathered rascals
and villains, and dealing out tire ats and
obiurgations in epithets that no hearer
can mistake. The deep voiced frogs that
croak through all the country side under
the starlight and dews may be gurgling
tender serenades, in their cold blooded
IdSulOu W lduy-lON0S D0n0dtn Inc waves,
although Aristophanes failed to trans
late them into his rough Greek. When
we come upon solemn company of crows
that have settled on the tall tree of a lone
ly wood, we stop to listen to their hoarse
notes, in full faith that they carry much
meaning in such sepulchral tones, and
that they have halted there to discuss
their prospects and determine upon some
plan for the e campaign. For aught
we know they may be repeating the sub
stance of that fine old English ballad
which tells how three of their race sat
upon a treee, debating where they should
dine, and that one described how, in a
lonesome glen, a noble knight lay freshly
slain, and then summoned them to the
banquet on his bonny blue cen, and his
white breast-bone, adding that the golden
down on his young chin would do to wrap
their young ones in. At any rate, they
have, do Ibtless, their orators and dema-
gogues, who are verscd in all tricks OF
stump speaking, and who sway at will the
less gifted of their kind. But until they
shall invent writing for themselves, and
an alphabet, and furnish rs with a skilled
interpreter, we shall have to call their elo.
uuence and their small talk the veriest
iargon, and find pleasure only in the sweet
Warbling of merrier birds since music and
laughter, in which these joyous little soul
delight, are the only utterances that pos
sess a universal and unvarying speech
Boston Journal.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-05-26
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

FLOWERS that are always falling Off
Bachelors buttons.
If a man blows his own trumpet, can
his opinions be sound?
PREMIUMS received in cash, and policies
paid in cash, by the Washington Life.
THE Siamese twins must have one con
solation-they annot sue each other.
To CURE DEAFNEss-Ten a man you've
come to pay him money. 1t beats acoustic
oil all hollow.
IT'S almost enough to make a man lose
his head altogether when he has only
halfa-crown left.
WHAT costume ought to remind a lady
of her washer-woman? Why, her lawn
dress, to be sure?
In the height of prosperity expect ad-
versity, and fortify yourself against its
evils by a policy on your life in the Wash
ington Life.
THE last case of Incidence is that of a
man named John Hole, who was so lazy
that, in writing his name, he simply used
the letter 81" and then punched a hole
through the paper.
ANNA DICKINSON says that "there is nc
work a man can do but that will be better
done by having a woman at his side
How about curryins a kicking mule? asks
a Contemporary.
A LoQUACIoUs author, after chattering
some time about his piece to Sheridan
said, "Sir, fear l have been %intruding
on your attention" "Not at all, l assure
you" replied Sheridan, al was thinking
of something else"
"SRE, one word" said a soldier one
day to Frederick the Great, when pre-
senting 10 him a request for the brevet o
lieutenant. "If you say two answered
the king, al will have you hanged
Sign" cried the soldier. The king slared
whistled, and signed.
A WESTERN Coroner's jury returned
verdict that the deceased came to hi
death from exposure What do you
mean by that ?" asked a relative of the
his skull" The Coroner replied, with 6
waive of the hand" Just so he died from
exposure to bullets"
TIE way in which the South Sea Is
lander satisfied a case of conscience, il
this: The missionary had rebuked him
for the sin of polygamy, and he was very
much grieved. After a day or two he re.
turned, his face radiant with Joy. "M
all right now-one wife me a very goo6
Christian" What did you do with the
other ~ asked the missionary. "M eat
her up"
A SAN FRANCISCO school teacher re
/ C0lNcQ IA0 1OllOWlDRs nOp0 as ~ mN
John, you will fog him just as off1n a.
you kin. Heas a bad boy-is John. AL
tho I've bin in the habit of teacbin hin
myself, it seems to me he niver will lar1
anithing-his spelin is ottragously de
fishent. Wallop him well, ser, and yoI
will receiv my thanks. P. s.. What &C
counts for John bein SIGH a scholar is tina
he is my sun by my wife's fust husband.
AN amusing story is told of a hackman
at Newport, r. la jealous Methodist
by the way-who last year donned tn
Quaker coat and broadbrim, and meeting
the drab- colored visitors at the depot
meekly asked, VIII thee have a carriage {?
Glad to patronize a brother, as he expect
ed, they filed up his vehicle Immediately
when, to the amusement of the bystand
ers, he drawled out, Where's thOu's bag
gage?" 1t is needless to say that tn
trick was seen through by the occupant
who left him in disgust and the funnies
part of It'll that to this. day he can't i'm
agine how they found him out.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-05-26
A Marrow Escape.

A TELEGRAPH OPERATOR Furnishes the
Journal Of the TeIegrdph with the follow
ing:
Some time during the early portion of
the war, the writer of this was in charge
of the telegraph office at L~Ynchburg, Va,
and the following incident ook place:
There was to ave been an execution at
Knoxville, Tenn, of a person who had
been tried and convicted (by a military
tribunal of bridge burning. The execu-
ton was to have taken place at 2 o'clock
p. m.
The daughter of the condemned man
telegraphed at an early hour in the morn
ing to President Davis, at Richmond, Va,
begging of him a pardon for her only
support, her father. This message was
received by me from MI. d. E.. Norris
(now the Manager of the Western Union
Telegraph Office at Macon, Gs.,) at about
nine or half past nine o'clock a. N. l at
nee forwarded it to Richmond, and
awaited with some degree of anxiety for
the Presidents reply, hoping that the
prayers OF the petitioner might be grant
ed. At about twelve o'clock Rd. called
By, saying, Here it is read it through"
/ copied it and went over to the Western
instrument to call KID; 1 called once or
twice, and / believe KID. answered me, but
before 1 could tell him what good news 1
had for that poor woman, or before l
COU1Q ScAO bA6 mCSSdRC, SOm0 OA6 VI the
numerous little offices between Lynch
burg, Va, and Knoxville, Tenn, put on
their ground wire and most effectually
cut me off. Here comes the trying time.
Here I was with the pardon of a human
life in my hands, and was unable to
forward it to it's proper destination, owing
to that horrible practice some operators
have of resorting to their ground wire
to enable them to get possession of
the line. This practice is still in vogue, l
believe, over that same line, though If the
operators on that portion of the line had
been placed in the unfortunate and trying
pcs ton that was in, they would never
resort to 1t. You mi recollect that the
execution was to AVE taken place at two
o'clock. The operator at Dublin Depot,
Va, was the person who obtained pos
session of the line on that occasion. He
cut me of at 10 o'clock, and did not re
move his ground wire until fifteen OF
twenty minutes of two o'clock, the fatal
hourl
L at once called Knoxville, and a good
fortune smiled upon me. He answered
The p~ardoning message was sent, anc
though at first the operator at Knoxville
said he was afraid it was too late, as the
officers of the law, with the culprit, hac
LETT the jail some time before the receipt o
the telegram, for the place of execution
l am happy to say he or his messenger
were just in the nick of time to a the
life OF the condemned.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-05-26

and color a plump cranberry, and grows
clinging closely to the small. lateral
branches of the tree 80 that the hand can
at once strip of the 90 or more berries a
branch may bear. On some plantations,
the trees are dwarfed, for the double -pur-
pose of increasing the fruitage and facili-
Eating the picking.
The time of picking the crop varies, &C.
cording to the locality, but ranges from
December to March. When the fruit Is
ripe, all hands are employed-men, Wo,
| men, and c~hildren-and as fast as picked
the berries are sent to the mills. whlcn,
arranged something like o~orn-shellers, re-
move the pulpy coverings-leaV1ng the
| kernels, which al Immediately spread out
in the sur to dry. At this time the skies
are watched carefully, and in case of rain,
the kernels are rapidly gathered under
shelter. as rain upon them while drSing
would cause an ~irreparable injury and,
on some plantations, machines for drying
by hot air have been introduced. After q
few days in the sun, the kernels become
dry and crispy; they are then thrown into
a circular trough, and large wooden rollers
shod with iron, crush the shell, and liberate
the two beans which each shell contains
The bean has still another c~oating-its Skin
which is the hardest of all to remove
but, through -long-eontinued attrition will
the iron hod rollers, this, also, is mostly
removed, and then the fanning-min cleans
the bean by blowing away the looseneC
skin and broken shells.
But the most expensive part of tn
process is now to come Before long ia
blts sit the natives, young and old, chat
teIipg, laughing, and singing as the,
work, and on these tables are poured tn,
beans as they come from the f~anning-mill
Each Indian holds a basket IN his or he
lap, and with both hands rapidly pick
) out, separately, every perfect bean, til
there remains on the table nothing bu
broken and imperfect coffee, of no value
t The hands are paid, at this work, so mucl
| per quintal, of 100 pounds, and skillfu
pickers make good wages. 1t takes &c
= pounds of the fruit, as it comes from tn
, tree, to produce 100 pounds of clear
marketable coffee-and yet, it pays
l OperZ11d K0nthLu.
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EVergreens.

EvERGRBENs should be much more X
tensively planted than they are at pres
emit. Having so many good qualities to
recommend them, they should be found in
every door yard, shrubbery or pleasure
ground. Belts of evergreens form an ex-
cellent shelter for orchards, gardens, and
homesteads; but it is expecting too much
to suppose that a single row of pines or
spruce will form an effectual barrier
against the rushing winds of a bleak prai-
RE or any other exposed aspect. A belt,
or screen of evergreens, should consist of
several rows of trees SO arranged as to
have the spaces of the front rank covered
nv the trees of the second, and s on
through the whole plantation. Ever
greens raised in nurseries are better suit
ed for transplanting than those brought
from the forest, for they are more accus
toned to exposure, and better furnished
with roots and branches. We advise all
our readers to plant evergreens, as they
are both ornamental and useful. In most
parts of the Northwestern States, May is
the best month for transplanting them
they should be taken up and set out with
the greatest care lest the roots be damag-
ed by the spade or by exposure.
Some very intelligent fruit-growers
have adopted the plan of planting ever
greens in the orchard among the fruit
trees, and claim that they have a very
favorable effect, by sheltering the trees
at the critical time of poisoning and set.
ting of the fruit. Ranks of quick-grow.
ing deciduous trees, such as poplars, viii.
lows, etcS-are some times planted to the
windward of young evergreens, to shel
ter them from the high winds of Spring
and Autumn and when the evergreen
have grown the deciduous trees are cut
down. Western Rural.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-05-26
How Coffee is Cultivated.

THE manner of c~ultivating the coffee
plant varies but little in the several Cen
trail American States, and a short sketch
of how their favorite beverage is produced
may be interesting to all good coffee drink
ers.
The coffee beans are first plantedin hot,
beds, from which, in a few months, they
sprout, and shoot up FIVE or six inches high,
when they are removed singly and taken
to the fields which have been prepared to
receive them. There the young sprouts
are planted anew, in rows, with a space Of
from four to six feet between each plant
For two years they need no moro care, ex
cept an occasional blowing out of the
weeds which spring up around them. The
third year the plant is from three to foul
feet high, and commences to bear, produc
ing about u pound of coffee fruit. Each
year adds to the size and productiVeness
of the tree, till it reaches about ten feet in
height, after which it gives a product OF
from 90 to 80 pounds of green fruit.
The coffee fruit resembles in shape, size,
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-05-26
The Babcock Fire ExtInguisher.
ST.. JOSEPH, Mich, May 9, 1870.

ST. JOSEPH, Mich, May 9, 1870.
F. W. Farwell, Secretary:
DEAR SIR: On Thursday of last week,
about noon, my house took fire between the
joist under the kitchen stove. When discov-
cred, the room was filed with smoke and no
fire to be seen. Holes were Immediately bored
through the floor, and the nozzle of a Bah
cock Bxtinguisher (of which 1 have two) was
slipped in, the stream turned ON and the fire
Immediately eXtinguished, which, in my
opinion, could not have been done with wa
ter. 1 regard the Babcock as an invaluable
protection. 1t ought to be in every dwelling.
Very truly yours,
j. E. STEVENS.