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THE NEW YORK HERALD VS.. GRANT
The New York Herald has gone back on
Grant. 1t says that out of respect for his
great military services to his country, it
has stood By him as long as it was pos
sible but it can no longer be disguised
that, asa President, he 10 an enormous
failare-a failure in everything-in his
reconstruction peliey, his Ku Klux pol
icy his financial policy, his protection
policy. and his foreign policy. 1t says
that in consequence, the tide of public
sentiment, even in New England, is turn
ing|against him, and the whole country is
farming to the Democratic party for relief
from the egregious hlunders Of his NAL
administration. The article, and the
source from which it comes, TO wit: the
most sensitive weathercoek to show the
set of political wind in this eountry, Id
too, significant to be overlooked. Wa
print it in another place. To Grant, it'll
the '.unkindest cut of ALL"
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Teies9aphic Dispatd&es to the Associated Press.
Versailles, April 18. - Marshal Nc
Mahon's headquarters are now at Fou-
tenoy aux Peses, ne ar Seeard. s.t
The rumors that be Prussians threatsn
a forcible interven ton in the affairs ut
Paris are unfounded. :.
Fifty insurgents were taken prisoners
in the Chateau BeGon, and Others were
captured in the vicinity.
An iron-clad rail way battery has been
captured from the insurgents at Colem-
bes.
Paris. April H. The Communists after
severe battle occupied the whole of
Neuilly, capturing all the artillery and
two flags. The enemy also lost 1000 men
in killed and wound ded, and 5OOprisoners.
The loss of the CD mmunists was about
the same.
Mont Valerien is now bombarding
Neuilly.
The Germans are massing heavy bod
les of troops and give many ether proofs
of an intention to interfere. ~
Paris, Tuesday, April 1s-Gen Cluseret
reports: The past night has been COM
paratiyely quiet. Gen. DombFoWski lie
steadily and snrely advancing. consider
able breaches have been made III the
walls Of Valerien. The situation is
everywhere satisfactory. Several Of tha
enemy's batteries have been dismounted,
and NIL their attacks hare been repulssd
with small loss I'd the defenders.
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we nave been requested to publish the fol-
lowing, showing the vounta ~ eontribation of
some OF our citizens towards the purcbase of
goo0 ana efacaent Hire Engine for cur Town:
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Louisiaua Directors:
7,urs1,CES,.y nrT,yr VOORHEES,.
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l.; l., ~ aI'hh1th' r. r. n, iIoTin'
A''' ~. ~. ,r;lNh-' - ~ - t,s,Nrs
L. "a W IL ~. r. d. - " iIo'
lho>. fiiH" il'A'A@a'
Inc .h"''hh ~ 11Ntu.' iHe INSURANCE toln-
p"1i! h hiH- Il h"it th>'it'" 'u IL Sh'l''Iu oe flt
,Eted 'F c'f "l IL" >'','' ''r many reasons
W. Tii' W h"T:E'F' 'Hu'ii':rd,t only t"" or 'hree,
inr n'" NY tr'n III !! Is r.'a.i'eu ~ nome
"h"T' II >'N' !' '"n''''!s "tHttin al" ',o.tu
ern 'i'c az" co'i,"ti'e' ih 'i'ii',s: uP ,""ns
%h" clt''S' IN "T'''"piH@ our ilcu 81 hnu
A%T'a'' urti resources ~ nui"uis our Treas ines
"t rtt!'i"a'l: aii III chltN"tlhR our "onLuless
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MASON nc.

RPS aORDY h. A.. CHAPTER, %,
~ maets 1t the Humble Cottage Lodge, No.
19. at Opelousaa, the first Tuesday after the full
neon, at 7 o'e.oek r. n JAS. RAY, HIP.
z. 81. BoDEArIrzH, Secretary. lAugstf
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Gsv. Warmosh has recently sranspianted
NV radical journal In the Parish Of st. Mar.
AkA lis thns shat through the instrumental
essf In edious printing bill. the radical fac
Aspasa sascesds BY dsgrees In killing sG the Dem,
sesafss press Of the eouatry Parishes Of Louisi.
tas; thst Il, fret By baying of the Deuaoeratic
sihPsEs;; and where such papsts have the self.
tsspses and independence to resist the bait, by
. satabliaAing nav papers under the management
ssf skr tsols and aecomplices, g..
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Notice te the Public.

Notice to the Public.
MY wife, Marie Loaise Lanclos, having left
In the conjugal domicil without just cause the
public 10 hereby warned that will not pay aay
|&abts contracted BY he. in INV name.
JACQUES AUDIBERT
Opeaensas. April Sth, 1871. 39-3t
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O. The lessee for one year of che market
hsasse ef ma Httie village af Thfbodeaax, La,
II shs handsome sam of $il00.
s1s aAodid Ike 70 know hew naush m onr market
hsaae Aripga ayear9 IT, @s...s.@,s.-..>.s; ~
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OPELOUSAS CARDS.
PoSEx7S
MEDICAL EXPRESS DISPATCH
Read Read! Read!
DRUGS AND MEDICINES |!
Freshest and PurcSt to be Had !!
Can always be found at
THE OLD AND WELL KNOWN
ST. LANDRY DRUG STORE
OPELOUSAS CARDS.

MEDICAL DEPOT,
Established A. u. lsi>D
All the popular PATENT REMEDIES of this
"Prosressive Age CHEMICALS of
Every Description; ECLECTIC
MEDICINES. PAINTS,
Oils aud
WINDOW GLASS
SCHOOL and Blank BOOKS;
STATIONERY of Every Variety TOI-
LET ARTICLES; New. Choice PERFUMERI; !;
Pure WINES and LIQUORS for Medi-
cal Use; GARDEN SEEDS;
TOBACCO; CIGARS;
SNUFF, Sc.
~ The proprietor devotes his entire time
and study to compromising and dispensing
RELIABLE MEDICINES
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS of daily practice and
experience, with unrenlittng etfnrts and au
unteiksntd desire to piei>s. Viii serve. tr hopes
to keep alive and p"rprtuate the esf@elu and
patir%pa- -n OF his numerous cuslotnr,>
~ Physicians and Planters ORDERS respect
fully solicited. E1g% Prescriptions carefully I'LL
ed night anu day, with th- i;"-t approved i'll
credieuts JOHN Pu>EY,
AVothccary.
Opelousas, October 90, 1s70-tf.
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a When Grant heard the news from
New Hampshire be refused at first to
believe it, but by-and by old Simon
Cameron dropped in and said it was all
true, and then Grant began to pitch
into Republican Senators for causing tho
smash by opposing San Domingo. Dis
patches came flashing along. each new
conner making things worse aud worse
for the ..Administration" and all its
brothers.in-Iawj and finally Ulysses re-
fused TO hear any more, got mad, Slam
med the door, and gave orders 20 admit
no more visitofs that day. No doubt
the poor man sought consolation in the
old familfar soIrce, though he must have
found Ii dreadfhlly hard 10 dsss eom-
fort from any-tAing. II hs were 4 person
nddicted to- rsading the drssnatisss be
might hare explained jnst then .ss
asswssl. - aong talssusssil1 % IN my gssstnsasl
81 - + T 1EstrepoIsefas Reeo1d
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NEW: ADVERTISEMENTS
NEW GOODS! LOW PRICES !!

NEW GOODS! LOW PRICES !!
MFR. SOL ISAAC respectfully announces that
IVA he has just returned fr0m New Orleans
with an assortment of
Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes,
for men, women and children; HATS, all styles !;
Ready-made Clothing,
FINE LIQUORS, &C., sc.
sell them at IS PEI eens 5sior }Srmsss prssss "
He would invite bis friends and the public to
call without delay, and examine his Stock and
Prices before purchasing elsewhere.
Main street, corner OF North, near the old
Union Hotel.
Opelousas, April "a, 1871. 32-2m
- EARDEE'G 0PFTCYAT, MAP
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FL y
Judges hot to be Faxed.
tRerald Washington Special.]

Some time since the Collector of Inter-
nal Revenue demanded of Judge Butiin-
ton, of Barnatsble county, Mass, the in
come tax on his salary. The tax was
paid under pfptest, and the Judge brought
action to recover the amount The
court below, held that the tax was un-
constitu tional and awarded Judgment
for plai ntif. The Judgment was to-day
affirmed BY the Supreme Court, which
held that the judicial power of the State
was exempt from taxation, it being a
power in possession of all the original
States at the time of the adoption of the
Constitution, and no grant Of that power
being conferred upon the General Gov
ernment by the Constitution, it remains
one of those sovereign attributes of the
States in respect to which the States are
independent of the General G government.
Truth IN A NUT- peo-
pie at large in the end bear the brunt
'Of taxation in the form of rents and
the costs of living" says the New York
Chamber of Commerce in their resolution
advising Congress to repeal the income
tax. These words ought to be carved
on our public walls aud moulded in cast
Hot thoiets ioF every milestone ana M
ger post. We have in the South many
ignorant voters Ia majority, perhaps,)
who are to he blamed neither for being
ignorant nor for being voters who would
in their honesty vote against heavy taxes
and against those who have imposed
them if this effect could be made com
prehensible to their uphardened minds.
If they could only know that every gem
eral tax and almost every specific tax or
licen SO is tax on labor, they would be
slow to assess even tax for revenue
purposes sufficient to carry on the Gov
ernn,ent upon a schedule Of wise econo-
my y.-Picayune.
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SsaE Are gan in mead Of clothing9 Then call
g9sss Mr.s ssl Iaaae. Or do you wish to invest in
shsss or hats, or, In fact, anything eiss In
lnes then read Mr. Isaacs advertisement in
athsR column. and call at his store. on Main
sst. which b now overfowing with his new
se seasonAble good, and you cannot fail to
Ss tkers inst the article you need, and Mt prices
VI ssnis IA times. i. 81 ssz%..s..s .sz@s...
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LIFE INSURANCE..
MOUND CliY MUTUAL LIFE lESCR'
AEET COMPANY
OF 81 LGi'I>. MISSOURI.
Officers ot GiCn1e CMc
Directors
4. VI. WATf.RMAN.
Louisiana Agsncy-33 Carondelet St
Officers for louisiana Branch,
Louisiana Directors:

MetlicIl Ex xanliners:
J. n. FOLWELL NJ. d., J. Is. RITCH1E, d. D.
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nont forget that Mr. Jas Goodwin, that
astisk On; Main street. viii remain
y fsW wssks feager,s and shat yon should
Inn him 1iitheus sdelay, TO secure good pic
ID .m0aarass price. ~ szz =.
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NJ NoTTCB 81

3 NO y &c B.
A LII persons haring cIaims against the estate
- of aearge r. King deceased, are requested
sts present them, without delay, to Joseph II.
Moore, Esqr., my Agent and Attorney, Tor ap-
9sbted d aid estate ara ssfh4 - notied to nar
the smouats due by them 20 shs same.
.#.H ANN r. KING,
! t. Adnainistratrix.
opelousas, April i2sh, 1871.
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A vessel recently foundered in East
i. India waters, and eighty persons were
dro~ ned.
/, There isl terrible famine in Persia.
In one district children are being killed
and eaten..
The German troops who have remain
ed In France, have begun their home
ward march.
The Capital Of italy ia t" he transfer
red from Florence to Rome OH the lst
Of July.
The harvest prospects in France and
Prussia are discouraging, but in the
eastern parts Of Europe there will be All
abundant yield of grain.
General Jubal A. Early is TO denver
the Grafton before the Confederate
Survivors Association of South caro-
lima. in Columbia, ia November.
On Saturday the contract for building
q bridge over the Missouri, river. az p.
Josenh. was awarded to tho Detroit
Bridge Work Company Cor s7lo'op.
Gen. 4. ]. Rodman. Of the Unite"
States Army. Commandant OF we
government works at Rock Island de"
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Republican County Convention.

j, The convention met at the appointed
anne and place and was called to order
" Jesse James, Chairman the Of County
central Committee.
con motion, Mr.. Beatty was elected
chairman, and II. c. Gill Secretary.
. On motion Of Mr.. Carr, a committee
y three was appointed on credentials,
5 follows: A. b. Oakley, II. G. Carr
! nd VIM. s. Chase. Tho committee
Ilade q report showing accredited dele.
, ,ates from all townhsips except Inland
. nd Linn, Which was adopted by the
Convention.
'On motion the Convention proceeded
; elect delegates to the State Conven-
on eliza voce. The following delegates
rere elected:
5. G. McCleIland, J. w. Bull,
w. Beatty. a. b. Cornwall,
os. Atkinson, 10. Tufts,
/. f.. Campbell VIM. Baker,
Nm. H. Morrow, Phineas Crandall,
, ames Sailey.
. On motion Of VIM. P. Wolf, the dele
ates who attend shall have power to
; i'll all vacancies.
On motion the Convention adjourned.
II. G. GILL, St c'y.
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Report of the Proceedings of the
Board of Supervisors of Cedar
County, Iowa, June Session, 1871.
OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR, J
Monday. JuUe 5. 1871.

OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITORY
Monday, Juue S, 1871.
The Board met pursuant to law.
Present, H. c. Gill, c. a. Pound aud
s. w. Young.
The following list Of claims against
Cedar county were allowed aud dis
allowed by the Board:
Name Nature Amt Amt
of Claimant, Claim, Claimed, Allowed
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IOWA ITEMS.
Hogs are now being shipped from
owa TO the San Francisco market.

Hogs are now being shipped from
own to the San Francisco market.
Hardin county is going to have a
oldiers union picnic at Eldora, on the
:th Of July.
The lumber trade of Musca,ine this
eason, has assumed immense proper
lions.
Muscatine county is to vote on the
Stock Act aud The question of increasing
he number Of Supervisors to five in
october.
A chain seven hundred feet long, on
,hree sides of the public square at Pella
furnishes hitching posts for tie farmers.
:, The Seventh day Adventists, who are
! luite numerous in the Upper Cedar
Valley commence a camp meeting near
I.aporte on the 18th inst.
The Usage Iowa) Press says Mrs.
, iInk.ey, of that town, was poisoned By
potato bug virus. Timely aid of a
, physician saved her life. The Press
, advises people not to touch the bugs by
hand.
The Great Western Telegraph Com
pany has removed Miss Maggie Hinkey
from the position of operator at Newton.
: The new operator is man of inditie-
rent qualifications, and the citizens OF
Newton desire to have Miss Huxley re-
instated.
4 fellow in Jasper county, named
, Roxby, while blowing corn, got mad at
his horse and picked up a clod to throw
at the beast, when his arm fell power
less, the bone above the elbow being
snapped short off by the violent con-
traction of the muscles.
Last week J. L. Blake, in Iowa town
ship, Benton county, was arrested on
. the charge of numbering Miss Mahala
Borgess., who died at Belle Plaine last
October. The Eagle says he was under
marriage engagement to Miss b., aud
it il charged that she died from the
effects of medicine administered to pro-
d,ee an abortion. He was held for
trial.
The proprieto:s of the lime works at
Springvale, Humboldt county, this
State, have received an order for five
barrels of lime from one Of the heaviest
importing firms in Boston, to be sent to
the East Indies, to be used in packing
nut,negs for shipment into this country
This lime is ordered because it is con-
sidcred the purest and best article that
can be procured in the United States.
That will do for Iowa lime.
In Liberty township, johnson
county, a lad named Debrie, the Press
says, was blowing with the lines over
Ills shoulder in the usual way, when
the team suddenly jumped and pulled
him over the pillow handles, and he fell
right in trout Of the pIow. The team
continuing to run, the edge Of the pillow
passed across his face, and actually cut
his throat, severing the windpipe.
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&. l.. LONGLEY, EDITOR.
.cpnblican State Convention,
OFFICE or REPUBLICAN STATE)

j, RI ri OFFICE or REPUBLICAN, STATE)
Il -...-, e.. CENTRAL. COMMITTEE,
], 1-fSs DEs MoISts, March 81. 1871.
I The Fifteenth annual state Convention OF
Ie Republican Party of Iowa will he held at
% MOines, Wednesday, June II,
IL IA 3ou III .,.. 1871,
I 'mmencine at II O'Clock, A. NJ, for the pur-
use fputing in nomination candidates for
te following offices, ziz:
One Candidate for Governor:
Dns Candidate for lieutenant Governor;
,.One Candidate f0r Jutige ofkte Supreme Court;
zone Candidate for superintendent Of Public In
,''uction; -
I'd the transaction ofsuch other business As
"'uaily comes before the annual meeting OF
t.e party.
frke rsiio Of representation will he. one del.
,ate for each organized county in the state,
nd in addition thereto one delegate for every
no hundred votes. or fraction over one hun
'fed. cast for Ed Wright for Secretary Of State
:, tho election In 1870.
tAlf persons who have acted with the Repub-
IAN party heretofore and are in full accord
fifth its principles now, are invited to TAX
art in the nomination Of delegates to this
invention.
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Arrangements are being made with the diff
rent Railroads Of the State for reduced fare.
announcement as to details will be made
tortly.
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4. Resoircd, that there is hereby
granted to the Iowa Southwestern Rail
Road Com pany the right Of way, across,
over, or through any of the streets and
alleys Of the town of Upton, Cedar Co.,
Iowa, for the purpose Of constructing
and operating railroad, with the nee.
essary depot buildings and side tracks,
and the President of this board Is here.
by authorized to execute any instru-
mcnt Of writing necessary to secure TO
said company the right tc the perpet.
uste use Of any streets or alleys or por-
tions thereof occupied by said road.
S. Resolved, that the Auditor he
authorized to issue warrants to satisfy
judgments obtained in the u. s. courts
against Cedar Co., upon receipt Of a
certificate from the Clerk of aaid court,
stating amounts Of the sum.
| 6. Resolved, that the Auditor be in
structed to raise the monies and credits
of Springdale township, to the full val.
! uc.
! :. Resolved: that the Auditor be au-
| thorized to issue warrant to J. e.
Cowdery for 5000, to apply on contract
for building kouse OIL County Poor
Farm.
8. Resolccd, that Mrs. Fell, be allow
ed the sum of Sc, 90 per month, for the
care Of her deaf, dumb, and blind son
from this date: June 5th 1871, and the
| Auditor is authorized to draw a warrant
monthly for the same.
8. Resolved, That the Auditor be au-
thorized to issue warrant to +. II.
Pound, as Treas, for SSH % it being bal
ance due the Treas. for monies advanced
by him out of the Co. Treasury to pay
on county farm.
10. Resolved that We hereby determine
to submit to the legal voters Of Cedar
County. at the ensuing general election
to be held in Oct, the adoption Of ian
act to protect croi against invasion of
stock. Chap. 144, Of the acts Of the
18th General Assembly, as amended hy
the 18th General Assembly, Chap. "a.
II. Resolved. that the Auditor issue
warrants to the Co. Supervisors for the
per diem and milage, as follows:
$. w. Young, 5 days, l mile, $2O.l2
II. c. Gill, 5 do IS do 2l.56
G. A. Pound, 5 do do 2O.72
Is. Rcsolred, that the following alter
atoms he made in the assessment OF the
real estate of the different townships by
| the County Auditor:
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at two o'clock last Thursday morning.
He had been i'll for some time.
The French National Assembly have
repealed the law of prescription against
the Orleans Princes by vote Of 483 to
1l3, and proceeded to declare valid the
election of the Duke D'Aumale and the
Prince de Joinville to seats in the As
sembly.
The result of the political primaries
throughout California indicate the
nomination Of Booth for Governor by
the Republicans, and Of Haight, the
present incumbent, by the Democrats.
Both are pledged against local subsidies
to railroads.
A Paris dispatch says: 1.-THE press
expects strong effort will be made by
the Bonapartists for the success Of their
party in the coming supplementary
| elections. The Journal Of Paris says
the Prince Imperial, not Prince Napo.
leon, will be put forward as candidate
70 L the Assembly.
The Government Board of Steamboat
Inspectors, after careful investigation
of the circumstances of tho disaster to
the steamboat w. r. Arthur, on the
Mississippi river, last fall, by which 65
lives were lost, have reported that the
engineers of the boat were to blame,
and it is probable that they will be in
dicted for murder.
Advices purporting to have been
received at Washington from England
state that the new treaty Of Washington
will 10 promptly ratified, and that
there will he no serious opposition to
it inParliament. A London dispatch
on Monday, however, foreshadows the
determined opposition of the Tory party
in Parliament, and states that there will
be 4 struggle over the matter.
We find the following notice of an
Iowa woman going the rounds of our
eastern exchanges "a long nosed, thin
shanked old maid appeared at the door
of Il farmers house in Iowa the other
day, and wanted the farmers wife to
subscribe to some woman's newspapers
and sign petition for woman 'ssuffrage.
The wife called out, "Charles, Tom,
Richard, Lucy, Jane! !" and was soon
surrounded by a crowd of rosy checked
children. She then turned to her Wis
itor and said, "Have you any of these?'
NO. was the sharp reply. "Then,'
replied the buxom wife, Ego get q few,
| and afterwards come to me about wo-
mans rights, if you feel like it.
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We present the following certificates from
men whose respectability and character in
this community are II sufficient guarantee for
their genuincness.
MIR. WILLIAM W. COE
writes: My little son Charles aged five years,
bad as to be unable to turn his hand, or scarce
~ to move. tried physicians for about three
weeks, without being benefited in the least;
to try your Jchnson's Rheumatic Compound. which
did. and am pleased to say that in ten days
child was entirely we'll and has remained so
sighed, ''" '''' William W. coE.
Mr. JOHN u. JOHNSON
writes: was afflicted with infammatory
rheumatism about six months three of which
was compelled to go on crutchcs. I tiled va
rious remedies, without doing any good, one
medicine alone costing me sls at 81 per bottle
l was recommended to try your johnson 8
Rheumatic Compound. which I did without
much hope Of relief but after taking the first
few doses felt much better and knew il was
doing me good, and after taking three bottles
I was permanently cured. and have remained
so ever since, now about two years. Trusting
This may he of benefit to you. and to others
who are afflicted as was remain
Respectfully yours, JOHN d. JOHNSON.
Middletown, Conn.,, Aug. 10, 1870.
MIR. ELISHA S. HUBBARD
writes: This is to certify that was afflicted
with rheumatism for about tour months, n
part of the time so bad as to require the use OF
clutches. l tried physicians and their pre-
scriptions for rubbing, without being benefit
ted in the least far rs could see but rather
grew worse. At length was recommended to
try your Johnsons Rheumatic Compound.
and concluded to do so; / must confess with
say that felt relieved after taking n few doses
and now, after using six bottles, / am entirely
cured
l consider your Rheumatic Compound n most
valuable medicine, and recommend il to oil
my friends who are afflicted as was. and it is
with the hope that others seeing this may be
induced to try it, that freely give this, my
certificate. Respectfully yours
ELISHA 8. HCRBARD.
Middlctown Conn., Aug 10 $50
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Original Notice.

John II. Starr Circuit Court Of Cedar coun-
Thomas Dewell)
To Thomas Dewell, Defendant:
You are hereby notified that there In now on
file in the Office OF the Clerk of the Circuit
Court, in and for the county of Cedar and State
of Iowa, petition ofJehn H. Starr, plaintiff.
claiming of you the sum of one hundred and
fifty dollars on two promisory notes made in
writing by you on the 18th day of November A.
D. lst5. for ST. 80 each with interest from date
at ten por cent, and also asking the foreclcs-
ure Of 4 certain mortgage bearing even date
with said notes, on lot one ~ and fraction OF
lot two 90 In block sixty nine (69) in Starr .
addition TO the town of Upton. Iowa.
Now unless you appear to said petition and
defend thereto at or before noon OF the second
day Of the next term of said Court, to he be-
gun and held at Upton, in said county on the
18th day Of August, 1871. a default will be en-
tered against you and judgm ent rendered
thereon in accordance with theprayer Of said
petition. g. H. SMITH
:3w4 Atty for Plaintiff.