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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-20

In obedience to an order of the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of yirrin
IA, IN the matter of John G Watkins, bankrupt,
the undersigned will,
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-20
A SSlGNEE'S SALE OF yALUABJE
IA LANDS IN KING AND QUEEN COUNTY,

my 20--2aw3w
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-27
The Liyopia Preparing for her Voyage

After a rattling race with the finest
cutter in the English yachting marine,
viz, Mr.. J. Wylie's 165-ton cutter
Oimara, over the usual forty ty-five-mile
course of the Royal Albert Yacht Club,
in which the cutter only beat the 1.-Two
MIA some five minutes and forty-tive
seconds, the Livonia was decked at
Cowes, Isle of Wight, for the purpose
of undergoing some trifing alterations
preparatory to her voyage across the
Atlantic. Her foremast was to be TAX
en- out, and that of the Cambria substl-
tuted; her ma1nmast was to be reduced
trife in size, but not in hoist; her
racing-boom will be carried on deck,
and in lieu thereof short one, reach
ing only to her taffrail, will be rugged for
the passage. Iron stanchlons will also
be fitted through which life line will
be passed, and canvas bulwarks will
then be stretched her entire length.
Some of the English papers thinks that
she will make a very successful voyage
across the Atlantic, and that she Will
prove most excellent sea boat. Cap
tain Wood, who has had charge of the
Livonia all summer, Will take hel
across the Atlantic, and was expected
to sail on the I'd of September; conse
quently should all go well, the Livonla
may be looked for in the last week II
! the present month.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-27
HOW the Sea Eats ENGLAND

Probably few persons (says the Pail
Mall Gazette) are aware of the extent
of the encroachments made by the sea
upon the east coast of Yorkshire We
have already mentioned in the Com
mercial that the Rev. q. 0. Morris has
calculated that there is an average loss
of two or three yards of land every
year, and that in round numbers about
thirty nine acres disappear annually
between Spurn Point and Marlborough
Head alone.
Ravenspurn was once an important
seaport, and returned a member to the
Parliament of Edward l., but when
Bolingbrook landed there in 1899, it
was little more than a name, and by
the end of the next century had wholly
disappeared. Auburn, Hartburn and
Hyde, are villages which exist only in
old maps and documents; and Kilnsea,
which lost its church in 1926, seems
likely soon to follow the fate of its
neighbors. Mr.. Morris states his be-
lief that sea wall laid on an angle of
35 degrees would arrest the progress of
enrrCachment
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-27
Cranberry Culture,
From the Wood County Reporter.

Ever since the settlement of our
county, the cranberry in It's native
growth has been an important item in
the trade and commercial business of
the county, and With each years pro
duct, our people, acquainted with the
nature of the fruit, and the requisites
to a bountifnl crop, have predicted that
the time would come when the cram
berry would be as much, and as sue
cessfully cultivated in Wood county,
as in any section of the United States.
Messrs. Lyon & Dutruit, of Centra-
liza, have acted wisely, and are now the
possessors of several sections of marsh,
which hitherto has been looked upon
as valueless, which by system OF
ditching and irrigation, they are rem
dering immensely valuable for cram
berry culture.
It may be out of the way to put the
value of the enterprise at50, 900 or even
100, 900 dollars.
We expect to see in a few years all
the available marsh land which has
been considered worse than valueless,
made valuable, and consequently q
vast source of profit and wealth, either
directly or Indirectly, to our country.
The supposition that quick, OF
shifting sand underlies the vast marsh
west of Centralia, is found to be erro-
neous-the sub, or undertaking soil
being heavy, blue clay, valuable fol
brick, besides rendering the marsh,
when properly drained the most valu-
able land In the county for agricultural
purposes. Surely, our resources and
advantages are SURPRISING the expecta.
tions of the most sanguine in these
matters.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-27
An Exciting Fight with Wildcats.

For three or four months past farm
ers living IN BroWnstOwn and Huron
townships have been very much annoy
ed by two wildcats, which inhabited a
swamp in the latter township.
Last Sunday three men mounted
their horses and rode to the swamp,
taking three dogs along. For several
hours they beat about the place with
out discovering any signs of the ami
mails but at length one of the dogs,
which was prospecting in the swamp
on his own account, set up fearful
howl, and came to the men with his
back well scratched The other dogs
then drove the cat out of the swamp
and up tree, and she was despatched
by a rifle shot The farmers had no
idea of the presence of another They
were seated under a tree, eating cold
! bite, when male cat, considerably
larger than the one slain, came out of
the swamp, and attacked dog which
was just then tapping water at small
pond; the other dogs joined in, and
while the men were picking up their
guns and running to the spot, one was
disabled, and the other two refused to
close in again, running around in cir
Gle. AS the men came up the cat leap
ed for one of the men, fastening to his
leg, and throwing him down. He tried
to shoot but could not. At length one
of his friends knocked the beast over,
and shot him as he was returning to the
attack. This only disabled the ami
NAL, and he was still a match for both
dogs until shot through the head
Detroit Free Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-27
Death from Fright.

A man named Mcdonald, wagon
maker at Shepherdsville, who lived on
the opposite side of Salt river, started
to walk across the bridge from that
point, which is very high, with rocky
bottom beneath. In crossing the bridge
he stumbled and fell between the ties,
but, fortunately, managed to grasp a
tie with his hands, and there hung
dangling, with one hundred feet of
sheer fall beneath him. He was una
BILE to regain the top of the bridge, but
hung on with death-grasp until his
cries brought assistance from the end
of the bridge. They lifted him from
his perilous position and led him off
the bridge.
Upon reaching the shore he sat down
for few moments, and seemed some
what overcome by the terrible danger
through which he had passed. When
asked if he was hurt, he replied that
his leg was hurt little, and that he
would go home and put some hnament
on it. He got up, walked few steps,
and fell to the ground dead. It was re-
ported that he died from the effects of
injuries to his breast received in the
fall, but such it seems was not the case.
The physicians who carefully examined
his body, say that there was no bruise
or wound sufficient to disable him,
much less cause death, and express the
opinion that his death was caused by
fright. .-L0uiSr55te Ledger.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-27
Modern Extravaganza.

We are often asked if there are no
signs that the expensiveness of English
society, especially III the higher ranks,
may speedy begin to decrease. We
see no signs Of it, and hold it to be
much more probable that we are on
the eve Of an era of ostenation as taw-
dry and Of extravaganza as pitable as.
that which marked the Regency. That
is the American tendency, and we see
nothing, no new strorg idea, which
should mark off the manners of our
society from those of the wealthy
within the United States. Public life
is becoming rather less than more at
tractive to those who have all but
power. The taste Of art which is de-
yeloping rapidly is the most expensive
Of all tastes except the taste for gam
bling, and that is not on the decrease.
The millionaires are becoming more
numerous every day, and certainly do
not spend their wealth more for public
benefit. The electorate seem every
year to prefer the great spenders as
representatives, while the great mobiles
who might check the mode are expert
mentaliZing in a new and most costly
enjoyment-that of becoming the lead
ers of cosmopolitan waste, and, like
patricians Of Rome and Spain, main
tanning establishments in a dozen coun-
tries at once. It is coming rapidly to
this-that a frst-cLass leader of soci-
ETY. with frst-class fortune, to be "on
d level with his position, wants or
chooses to think he wants q house in
London, q house on the river, two
places at least in the country, shoot
ing-box in the Highlands, hotel in
Paris as costly as his London house, a
villa at Como, floor in Rome, an es-
tablishment in Cairo or Constantine, Il
yacht theatre, and racing stud, and
then thinks that life is as monotonous
as it was when Gin his cool hall with
haggard eyes the Roman noble lay
London Spectator.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-27
WATERFOWL, WIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1877

ces, in saying thatthe payment of these
bills by the Comptroller and the rails
ing of bonds by the Board of Appor-
tionment authorizes me to say that they
are entitled to the confidence of the
court so as to permit them to go on
and spond more money. Having failed,
in consequence of omission, if not of
commission, it is my duty, and pain
ful duty, not to allow another dollar to
be paid from the treasury, OF another
bond to be issued till such time as there
shall be some alteration in that Board
Applause.
It may be said that in consequence
of granting this order the city and
county governments will be disorgan-
lied. [ have nothing to do with that. I
have a plain duty to perform-not a
pleasant one, but one which I cannot
avoid. Whenever proper case is pre-
sented for an mi JUNCTION, it is my duty
to grant it. It is said that there is &
remedy for the purpose of trying the
charges against the Comptroller. I
know of no such legal remedy, and
where there is no remedy against the
robbery of a community, it is the duty
of the bench to enact remedy; and,
if none existed, the court would be
justified in resorting to any means in its
power to prevent a continuance of that
state of things discreditable to the city.
We all have the credit of the city at
heart; whether aged men wishing to
give their offsprings an inheritance, or
middle aged men willing to provide for
their children, or the little infant in its
cradle. We are all interested for it.
The injunction is granted. Frantic
applause.
In reply to O'Gorman, his honor said
he did not include the issue of the pre-
sent bonds payable for property-own :
ers for local improvements.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-27
4 Fight Between Guests and Walters.

The united railway directors of Ger
many met recently at Berlin, and hav-
ing completed their deliberations, gave
themselves grand dinner Long be
fore the guests had become merry with
wine, the walters exhibited hilarity
at variance with their natural demure-
he S, and the waiting became somewhat
slack, if not grotesque. In short, the
guests were not seated many minutes
when it became but too patent that the
whole waiting personnel was dead
drunk. But instead of temporizing
with the merry crew until they had
quietly been got away, one of the rail
way magnatee, accustomed to rule, vio-
lently demonstrated with one of the
worst offenders, and the latter answer
ed by terrific box on the directors
ear. This scandal, of course, was not
to be borne the whole company arose
like one man, crying for vengeance,
while the rebellious walters took their
darling colleagues part. Blows fell
thick and fast, and the skirmish was
not terminated until a posse of consta-
bIes came to rescue the millionaires
from the host of walters.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-27
VOL. XI.
Clytie Listening.
BY HOWARD GLYNDON


lovely and suflicing fair wonder among women !
For lo the gates of girlhood have softly closed be-
hind thee
Why art thou lingering here, in the hush of rose
lined thickets,
Where the eyes of him that cometh shall surely
seek and find thee?
'Mougst the honeyhearted flowers his snares are set
the thickest;
And where thy feet are straying he shall surely
take and bind thee.
Like folded bloom, tide-taken, on smooth waters,
to the ocean,
So unknowing, toward the hidden drifts thy vir-
ginal sweet being.
All my lily throaed darling are thine eyeds lotus
ladenf
Else what is it that thine eyes are SO afraid of see
ing?
Thou hast hear1him but in dreams thou hast Er5w1I
him but in visions,
What is 1t eaiisels lettering when instinct cousels
feein92
Little ear That should but listen to the lowest of
sweet whispers.
Late YOU seemed YaIf5ct pearl from. her amber
hair outgleaming:
Now you're like the pinkiest sea-shen of the warm.
blue Adriatic,
And the pale bud of your cheek hath caught your
brighter seeming.
Chin and temple and low forehead, even red mouth,
redder glowing:
Omy blossom of all blossoms with whose glory
art thou beaming?
Not myrtle spray hath rustled il the pathway by
the fountain;
The tame dove hath not fiuttered mid the ripe
grapes overhead;
But her neck is bent the way that his distant feet are
coming,
Though she stands as still and dreamike as phan-
tom of the dead
And the startled heart that hideh in the white
Behind its lovely fastness hath leapt-hath heard
his tread
-Lipp5ncott'8 Magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-27

Then all at once thought came into
my head, just as if somebody had
whispered it to me; and shook the
floor, so that they flew this way and
that way. The rogue, fearing, no
doubt, that some of them might get
lost, pounced upon them to pick 'em
up, putting down his pistol, just as /
thought he would. But the minute he
loosed hold of it [ snatched it up and
lshot him dead on the spot.'
. My driver gives q hoarse, chuckling
/ laugh of intense enjoyment; while the
starosta, paused for a moment in order
to heighten the effect of his last SEN
tence, handles the captured pistol with
belligerent air.
"Well done put in 7, e:you had
! tricked him very nicely. But what did
the other two do Ran away suppose. y
6 You may say that, , replied the mar
rator, with louder grin than ever
g they were gone almost before I could
turn around. Well, when I found my
self safe again, and the field clear, I
felt SO dazed that I almost thought I
should have tainted; but I knew that
there was more to be done yet, SO I
dipped my head in a pan of water, to
clear it a bit, locked up the house, put
the key in my pocket, and ran away as
hard as could go tot the 'kvartalni, dis
tr1ct police Inspector But when I got
there, he was not at home. They said
he had gone out more than an hour be-
fore, and hadn't come back yet; so
there was nothing for it but to go on
to the next station, across the river
yonder, and tell the kvartalni there.
The minute he heard what had hap
pened, he clasps on his coat, calls three
or four Of his men, and away we all
went back to my hut, where we found
the dead fellow lying on the floor just
as [ had left him. The kvartalni's men
pulled off his mask and who should it
be but the very police inspector had
been looking for And the other two
robbers, as I found out afterward, were
the village postmaster and the priest
And now, BARN, here's your place ready
for you; and may heaven send you
good nights rest
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-27
Fancy Stocks.

The Boston Traveller thus illustrates
the beauties of fancy stock specula-
tions: E'Last week there was a sale
at auction of some hundred thousand
shares of fancy oil and mining stocks,
the property of bankrupt speculator.
The stock nominally represented some
thing over half a million dollers, upon
which the operator had succeeded in
borrowing large amounts-from two
individuals, certainly, to the amount
of 100000. The entire proceeds of the
sale did not meet the expense Of ad-
vertising and commission. Ten thou
sand shares in one celebrated company
brought the enormous price taOenty .fUe
cents, and yet the speculator had sue
oeeded in entrapping several of our
shrewdest merchants to grant loans
thereon
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-27

The mesquit bean crop Of Western
Texas, it is reported, is very large this
year, equalling the great crop of 1860.
At present every tree and bush is bend
ing under the weight of the beans,
upon which the horses and cattle are
feeding with great relish. This mesqult
bean makes excellent winter food Tor
stock, and many persons are collecting
them for that purpose.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-27
My Answer
EFRoM TIE GERMAN OF rRAUER.

FROM TIE GERMAN OF TRAUEk-
AS the fisher plunges boldly down,
Through the dark and troubled tide,
10 seek for the shining pearls below
That suffering creatures hide
So into my heart have you cleft your wav.
Through the waves of Wild despair.
To bid me release the glowing thoughts
That lie imprisoned there.
You ask me to sing that the world NAV hear.
But, alas you know full well
The deepest emotions the heart conceaIs
Are those that It cannot tell.
Boston TrGnScyipf
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-27

RUSSIA has only one volunteer fire
company.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-27

The sun has been "spotted" again
by an interchangeable astronomer.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-02-13

THE present Secretary Of the Treasury
is currently reported as opposed to the
repeal of the odious Income Tax. With from
80 10 100 millions of gold locked mp in his
strong Treasury box, where it can be OF no
earthly use to anybody, this sage fnancier
looks grinly on, while the people seek to be
released from oppressive taxation. We think
that 1t would be about as well for this mar
minded man to resign the keys Of the
Treasury, and lei some one more in sYnpa-
thy with the wants Of the industrial classes
take his place. We predict that one Of the
frs: official acts of the new Secretary would
be 10 hatch some scheme by which these
golden eggs would be put in the way OF
relieving an over taxed community. But
perhaps for this good time coming we may
have to wait the incoming of democrats
administration.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-02-13
Use Renne's Pain Killing
MAGIC Oil
oft Works like a Charm"

Have Won Headache? Use Renne's Magic Oil
Have you Toothache? SO henne,s Magic Oil
Have YOU Neuralgia? Use Renne's Magic Oil
Have you Rheumatism? Use Renne's Magic Oil
Have you Sore Throat Use Renne's Magic Oil
Havey you Scistiea? Css fennes Magic Oil
Have you Bruise? Use Rennes Magic Oil
Have you orampst Use ennes Magic Oil
Rave you Cholera Morbus2 L SO Rebne's Magic Oil
Have you Lameness? Use Rennes Magic Oil
This is the Best Family Remedy, to cure all
kinds of Pain, You tried.
1t is clean, safe and delicious to use, and if
you use it faithfully, 1t will do you Good
Directions on each bottle. Buy it of the Drug
gist or Merchant where you trade. If they have
not got it on hand they will send for 1t, at your
request, and sell you Genuine Rennss Pain
Killing Magic Oil, at the manufacturers lowest
price at retail
He~ Sold by Druggists, Merchants and Grocers.
1t Is put up in three sizes, and called Trial
Size." MEDIUM Sire,' and Large Family Size
bottles VIM. RENNE,
Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer,
ie6 d 6weowly PITTsFIKLn, Mass.
Sold Wholesale and Retail by c. A. Benser,
Druggists, Rock Island.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-02-13
NOTICE.


~ L. AoMhseho' 'f., Ii Noble, Robert W Ill
Jams, omaHey' M carey, Il
racket, Jennings, Mossman, Z u
fiatt, M Taylor, NJ lay ior, }
Ahata, hugo Scott Catharine scott, Sarah
bfuokenrldge, deorse eayres' Drury bigelow,
anu Jones, h'efy' M hooinsoh' Mary
Scout, ana the unknown owners Of the mnos and
iots as below described.
You and each OF you are hereby notified that at
sale OF lands for State and County taxes, made
In pursuance of law, in the County Of Rock Is
Lend and State Of Illinois, on the oath day of
May, A. D., 1859, purchased the lands and lots
as below described, to wit
The west half of lot number two 81 N tho
north east quarter of section four, the wet half
of the south quarter of section four, and the
north west quarter of the south east quarter of
said section four; also the west half of the north
west quarter of section eighteen, all in township
number sixteen, range four, west of the fourth P
NJ; also the north quarter of the north
east OF section ten the east half of the north east
ol section twelve, the north east quarter OF the
south east quarter Of section twenty six, all in
township No. sixteen, range FIVE. west of the
fourth ?. M; also the half of the south east
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-02-13
The Financial Question.

1t is becoming more evident every day
that the great question which is to absorb
the attention of this country for many years
to come will be the manner in which the
National debt shall be paid, and incidentally
thereto, the subject of National banks and
an inflated currency.
On one point all classes of amateu,
hansnciers are agreed, viz The i'm portance
OF an early return to specie payment. AS ar
actual fact, bills are much easier to carry
ABOUT than coin, but to every industrial
enterprise of the country, the return to a
sound coin basis, would be the call to renewed
activity and healthy energy which we have
not had since the close of the war.
We hold it not only to Re bad policy, but
detrimental to the best interests of the coun
try TO load our people with heavy burdens OF
taxation that the debt may be paid off before
it is due. But, say some, by this means we
cave the interest We DO not save ,he
interest. 1t is drawn and squeezed from Us
BY an unjust and unconstitutional taxation,
which cripples our resource and cramps our
epeu;ss 1t il as if a man should borrow
money at ten per cent to pay debt (no:
due which bore seven.
This generation has borne enough of the
costs of the war. Those who come after us
shonld do their part also. The best blood
OF the country WAS poured out freely to pre-
serve the union, and after the FIVE years OF
struggle which we endured, no more should
be asked than exact necessity demands.
1t is very well to erect fine structures OF
theory, which can never be made practical,
OF funding and low interest, but there IS q
way in which the problem can be solved and
specie payment brought about. 1t Is this :;
Let every item Of expenditure which IS not
necessary be cut of. Let Congress reject
every land grabbing scheme, and all the
plans of plumber which asks its approval,
and then csIl TO account gshose leeches OF
railroad companies which are sucking it's
life blood. When this is done, and every
expense of Government carefully brought
down to the lowest point, then put down
the taxes, so that no more is asked than is
GbSoiutelY needed
If this is done honestly and caretully,in a
very short time the regular income of the
Government will be abundant without any
such aid as the cumbrous machinery Of the
Tax Office now requires.
The political party which shall DO this
will control the county for the next fifty
years.
There is no other question now in pros
pecs which can approach 1t in Importance
The coming man, is he who, theoretically
and practically, can solve those questions Of
finance which clsmor loud and yet louder
for solution.
In the rush and roar of our feverish life,
the man who withdraws from the throBg
and works out this problem, will be held in
public estimation greater than he who led
our armies to victory in the field. peace
has her victories no less renowned than
War"