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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-08


a vacation from their labors iii the Addi-
son House, on }i>it to friends in New
York city We wish them good time
February 5th. 1872.
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Alta recent meeting Of the teachers of
Clarendon. it wa, voted to institute a
~rrjc, of town ,prlling,chools. to be
held at the Town Hail, at which each
teacher in town should spell all the
scholars down" in their own manner.
Distract \, f,.jue tLc first. Noprizr,
.,.r,. to h,. offered The time m,noiutrd
WA. Frbrr,r, 3l at BON. NJ. The
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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-08
George Francis Train at the
Opera House,

George Francis Train, the irresistible,
irrepressible, enthusiastic, coherent, "
and indescribable, the fore ordained
Next President of America" appeared
at the Opera House last evening, The
hall was filed to OVERLOOKING with an
enthusiastic and thoroughly amused au-
dience. If George Francis is irrepress-
ible and Undesirable in any degree, his
lecture, or address, or speech, is much
more so, and is perfectly dnreportable,
To attempt to report 1t would be only
cqualled by the attempt to solve the
problem of the consequences of per
fectly Irresistible body meeting per
fectly impossible barrier. The audience
keenly enjoyed the scene and showed
their thorough appreciation of the sub
iect, and the coherent manner of its
treatment, a. was eyinced by their con-
tinucd rounds Of applause and almost
incessant peals Of laughter
George Francis was unanimously
nominated for the next Presidency, as
unanimously invited to address another
mass meeting April 20, and with similar
manimity, he stationing himself at the
head of the stairway for that purpose,
all shook hands with the Next President
Of America"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-08

mission to Divine Providence, we now
invoke the recognition and the records
of this Hon. Court to emphasize and per-
petuate the measure of our confidence
and esteem for him who has representa-
lively prolonged his useful life TO us and
to our successors, on the bench and at
the bar, by the valued bequest, not only
of his professional library, but by the
richer inheritance of the fadeless ex-
ample of worthy and successful life.
Reso1ved, That, to the sundered fam
ily circle of the illustrious deceased, we
send assurance of mingled coincidence
and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ortheir
great neutrality-suspicious. for
the priceless aggregate of surviving
memories.
D. E. NICHOLSON,
NJ. G. EvERTs,
G. II. JoYcE, COMMITTEE.
D. ROBERTS,
II, G., DUgToY,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-08
We. eorlsgieaI Report

For tho week ending February Bird, 1872
Taken at the State Normal School,
CaStletOn. Vermont.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-08

STOKES LAwYER.-A New York let
ter says Of Stokes lawyer: John Ora
ham is not genius, but as the slang Is,
he is laundering smart. He has studied
up our jury system to a dot. He is no
orator, has a harsh, grating voice, and is
the most ill-tempered and vulgar man at
the New York bar; but he just hits the
nail upon the head every time he wishes
to impress his point upon the twelve
intelligent men before him. He wor-
ries witnesses, trying to malign their
character without introducing witness
to asperse; then threatens to spank OPP
posing lawyers, and reads all kinds of
ill-mannered lectures to the judge upon
the bench. This is just the kind of
thing to impress New York jury, selec-
ted according to medieval usage"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-08

CHEESE Box FACTORY. Mcssrs. J. II.
Leonard Of Eiincsburgh, and Jos b. Bar
mum, Of Frrrisburgh Centre, propose
starting a cheese box factory at Ferris
burgh Centre, near the depot The Wa
ter privilege at this point is superior, and
the location is directly on the railroad.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-08

BENsoS. The mail route from Fair
haven to Benson has been extended to
Benson Landing and Putnam, n Y.
the old route from Whitehall to Ticon-
dcroga having been discontinued The
mail for Ticondcroga and the north Is
now carried over the Addison County
railrnaL.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-08

SHELDON.--A man BY the name Of
Pat, Mckinney was arrested recently
for intoXication and confined in Mr..
Gleed's office, second story of Bank
Block, for the night, in care of a young
man. Sometime during tne night he
reused up and began to strike the young
man, who called two others to take
charge of him while he went for an Off
Ger to bind him. The two men in
charge were either frightened or unable
to restrain him, and he raised window
and making one leap of afteen feet, es-
capped. Pat. is missing the officer adj
yertising.
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From the Grgsco Times.
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'rsss, SsVEsEAs.s;Ee u
TE9E. STAEs pAEK1.

About once year, and generally
at this particular period the Fkain-
deuler cuvls itself up and shakes its
venomous rattles in 4 menacing
and angry manner at our county
officials and charges them with all
sorts of naughty and dishonest
tricks, and makes big howl and
blow generally. It's particular text
last week was the fall of bridge
at New Oregon, which it charac-
terizes as ''part of the history of
the folly of radical rottenness in
Howard county"
In making such groundless asser-
tions and charges as it usually does
the PIainaealer shows only it's own
rottenness and corruption. These
annual and periodical attacks upon
the Howard county officials are as
Intellectual as the charge Of pis-
mire against the pyramids Of
Egypt. They are Intellectual be-
cause the county officers are incor-
ruptiLle men, men Of strict honesty,
integrity ard faithfulness, men
whose only aim is to conduct the
affairs of the county in the most
economical manner possible. They
are Intellectual because they are
made up fcom wholesale lies and
vile ISLANDERS, as contemplate as
they are unjust. The people of
Howard county are aware of the
fact that this county is as we'll gov
erned, and all its interests as we'll
and carefully guarded as those OF
any other county in the State of
Iowa.
In regard to the bridges at New
Oregon, Vernon Springs and Lime
Springs it is well known that they
were all built by DEMO Gratis. The
committees for the letting OF the
contracts were in the main Demo.
Gratis; the contracts Were secured
by Democrats, and the result shows
that they were regular Democratic
bridges. The ploindealer says
"the party i'll power in tho county
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Proceedings or the Board Of
Supervisors.

OFFICE BOARD SUPERVISORS,
Sept. 2lst 1872.
10 o'clock A. M.
Board called to order by the
Chairman. All members present.
After discussing bridge matters
at some length, Board adjourned
to one O'Clock p. M.
l o'clock, p. NJ.
Board called to order by Chair
man.
On motion action of Auditor in
establishing road an Section II, o.,
II in which Jas. Cannon and
others were applicants and Jas.
Clynch, Commissioner, was ap-
proved.
On motion the following bills
were allowed.
Claimed. Allowed.
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In 1864, Congress chartered the Union
Pacific Railroad Company. A few of
the persons who had obtained control
Of that Company purchased the char
ter Of corporation created by the
Legislature of Pennsylvania, and orga-
nized a campany known as the "Credit
Mobiler of America Mr.. Oakes
Ames, John b. Alley, A. S. McComb,
and others became stockholders Of the
corporation known as the Credit No
bilier; and, as the executive mana gers
Of the Union Pacific Railway, they con-
tracted with themselves, as the other
corporation, to build the road. Con-
gress had voted the Railroad Company
a subsidy of $4,000 mile for the
eastern plains, $4s,O0O a mile upon
the mountains, and S32, 900 per mile
upon the western plains. They were
also authorized to issue frst-mo, tga ge
bonds at an equal amount. The whole
length of the road is 1882 miles,
for building which the Credit Mobilier
received from the Railroad Com
pany:
United States 6 per cent bonds S27, ,o37 900
U p. r. r. frst-mortgage bonds 27,237 900
Receipts Of the road from 1866 to 1869
(estimated) 100000
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nor upon the reasons for distribution,
we give the following from the same
testimony:
q. What distribution Of it was made
by Mr.. Ames? A. He gave it to mem
bers Of Congress, Senators and Repre-
sentativcs.
Q. What was paid into the Credit
Nloblier for that stock which. Mr.. Amcs
distributed in the way you mention!
A. This stock which Mr.. Ames took as
Trustee had paid to it all the dividends
of the Company from the date Of the
organization of the Company down to
the time when that stock was delivered
to him, and none of these proceeds,
amounting to several hundred per cent
in par value, were paid in. The par
value only was paid in.
Q. Do you mean by. giving, that
these shares were gifts in the nature Of
pfeseats? Il. do. >a
@. You understand, then, Mr.. Ames
to mean that these shares were to be
presented without value paid to men,
bers Of Congress! A. understand from
Mr. Oakes Ames that they were SUBJ
stantially gift, the parties to whom
the stock was said to be appropriated
receiving through him as their Trustee
more than sufficient available assets as
dividends to pay for the same, and that
he, out OF their assets, paid into
Treasury the par value OF the
stock. -
q. Do you mean to say that these
persons had not previously agreed to
subscribe for the stock as others had
done? il. l had DO information On that
point. 49, ~ ~
Q. Did you understand Mr.. Amcs
to mean that these persons were not
entitled to these shares as subscribers
Or persons who had agreed to subscribe?
A. l understood no such thing.
@. Did you understand from MIR. Ames
what was the motive for allowing these
persons to take this stock at par when
it was So valuable that part of the
dividcutlsNsa afhced to pay the par
value? 4. uHE MOTIVE l UNDER
STOOD WAS TO SECURE THE
INFLUENCE AND SUPPORT IN
CONGRESS OF THE MEN TO
WHOM TIE STOCK WAS GIVEN.
Q. Influence and support for what?
A. FOR ANYTHING AFFECTING.
THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY IN CONGRESS.
In Mr. Ames' letter, dated at
Washington, he states that he favored
another increase of the capital stock of
-rne Credit MohiIier, and the a;stri-
butiou of the new issue "where it will
protect u.s. The additional increase
Of SO per cent on the old stock | want
for distribution here, and soon" At
the time tins distribution was made,
Mr.. Henry Wilson was a member Of
the Committee on the Pacific Railway
in the Senate. Giving him stock
which, with its profits, was worth $780,
900, Mr.. Ames declared was placing it
where "it will do the most good for us. "
For the same reason he tells cComb
that he placed $50, 200 in the bands of
Boutwell,, 100000 to Dawes, $40, 900
to Bingham, and 5000 to Garfield,
etc.-Tribune.
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continue these same men (inealin g
the men who made the contracts
and built the bridgcs) in office up
to the present time, when nearly
every official act Of theirs, that can
be shaped to grind an axe for a
friend at the cost, and to the det-
riment Of the interests of the peo.
pie Of the county is sought out and
taken advantage Of" Everybody
knows this to be false. They know
that the Democrats who had the
letting Of the contracts for the
building Of the bridges in question
have long since been mustered out
of SERVICE" and their places given
to better men. IL
No man in How ard county has
had more axes ground than the ed.
itor Of the RaiHdealev, and no m an
has had more official acts shaped
in his favor Eat the cost, and to the
detriment of the interests Of the
people of the county," than he has.
lie has been paid more money by
Howard county for less service
rendered. than any man in the
county. The county treasury for
many years was the main stay and
support of his copperhead sheet,
and so long as that continued not a
word was heard about "additi on,
division and silence" but just SO
soon as the county gets it's printing,
&c, cheaper and better elsewhere.
a terrible howl is raised about the
management Of county matters,
and charges Of corruption are made
without stint. The most corrupt
thing we are aware Of in the Re-
publicans of Howard county is in
the fact that they have for years
kept alive the Copperhead Plain
dealer, which, upon every oppor-
tunity, and often without opportun.
ity, turns round and stings the
hand that feeds it.
The following is a list Of the
men whom the P2a;,adeuler ch argos
with having "qualitications only to
favor the personal and political
fortunes Of the men who vote them
the money Of the county" viz :
A. B. Smedley, u. E. Potter, c.
II. Wood, Joseph Slee, II. A. Good
rich, David Patterson, Gardner
Howe, I. G. Chamberlain, P. T.
Searies, Jas. Oakley, John Shaw,
Joseph Burgess, Thos. Griffin,
Nicholas Lydon, T. r. Perry.
These gentlemen have been the
principal men who have had charge
Of county affairs from year TO year
as Members of the Board Of Sup
orvisors. That they are, have
been, or would be guilty of the
charges alleged against them by
the Naia0ealer we most emphati
ally deny, and repeat that such
charges are as groundless as they
are foul and unmanly,
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A Grant convention resolved q

4 Grant convention resolved tho
other day to initiate the example set in
the North Carolina election. Ofcourse
this means that they intend to import
votes, intimidate citizens by holding
over them Federal warrants, buy up
all the corrupt scalawags they can. and
doctor the returns so as to suit them
selves, if all these virtuous expedients
fail.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-09-20

Palmer. Winell & Co., Sta.
tionery 81 80 81 80
Chas Conway, wolf bounty 3 90 800
Smart & Parrot, Station.
cry, 1OO 10 lOO 10
Mary Brown, care of pau.
per 81 W ~ w
Jas. Callahan, witness fees 40 2 40
E. r. Barrett, witness fees 2 90 2 90
). w. barrow, Constable 40 65 ~ 10
H. w. Partch, Justice 1S Is 1S Is
Carter, Hussey & Curl, Sta
tionery 80 90 3s 90
W. Il. Avery, Constable fees 20 90
A Young do 6 90 q 90
J. f. Webster, Justice fees II 90 II 90
Z Barber, surveyors fees l 90 l 90
list, stationery, etc. $40 40 $40 40
Edwin Austin, witness fees 2 30 2 80
3 NJ Cole, work on bridge Is 90 13 IS
T p Davies do IA 90 II 90
Geo. Reed, work on slough, 5 90 5 90
Price & Lowry, stationery - 10 ~ 10
H G Price, com on insanity w OC
G s Thurber, paid express
and postage II 40 II 40
A G Woodward, medical SER
vices for pauper 70 25 20 OO
T p Davies, trustee fees 10 90 Is %
A Powell, deputy sheriffs
fees 200 2 90
A Powell. deputy sheritfs
fees s 05 8 95
J + Pow ell. sheriff's fees 2 40 2 40
do do 4 20 20
do do 30 90 80 90
do do 10 SO 8 so
do do 90 90
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I4i1lley LiGsaeyZ

The undersigned will keep on hand a
his kiln, two miles north of Cresco, constant
ly supply Of fresh burnt Lime of choice
quality, at Is cents per bu:hel.
Lime from the same kiln will be kept and
sold by John Il. Peck at the lumber office
OF Peck Seargent in Cresco.
Sept 7, 1871.
i3m3 HUGH OWENS.
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The following letter appears in tn
New York Tribune:

The following letter appears in the
New York Tribune:
Webster aug, 10 ~.
Hon. Horace Greeley
DEAR SIR You will remember that
| met you some two years since at the
Osburn House Rochester N, Y. I at
that time showed you patent rat trap
and you said you wanted one I pro-
posed if you would write mo an order
for one Of my traps l would give you
one that order l have now in my pos
session and prize it very highly have
very recently had parties of the Grant
faction call on me to get the order as
they want to publish it and make
capital out of it 1 will send it to you
if you will give me (s00,) Three
Hundred Dolls and promise to make
me collector of the port of Genesee
after you are elected president I am
bound to leave my farm this fall and
stump it for you if am not bought off
by the Grants. I can obtain a thous-
and voters by my influence for you and
| do not want to work against you
Yours Truly
address Geo. w. Kintz
Webster Monroe Co
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HAPPY RELIEF FOR YOUNG MEN from
the effects of Errors and Abuses in early
life. Manhood restored. Nervous debility
cured. Impedimcnts to Marriage removed.
New method Of treatment. New and re-
marknble remedies. Books and Circulars
sent free, in sealed eny elopes
Address, Howard ASSOCIATION, No. ?
South Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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contingent. nt............... 80
On motion adjourned to o'clock
tomorrow.
Wednesday, 8 o'clock.
Board called to order. All pres
ent.
Minutes Of yesterday read and
approved.
On motion bill Of G. H. Wood
of sas. 90, money expended over and
above appropriations on bridge
west of Perry's, bridge west Of
Crags on Beaver Creek and for
making protection to abutments Of
Lime Springs bridge was allowed.
The following resolution was
adopted.
WHEREAS, at a meeting Of the
Howard County Agricultural So
ciety held in Cresco, January ~,
1872, a proposition was made to
the towns of Lime Springs and
Cresco for a donation Of lands to
said Society, and,
WHEREAS. on the 10th day of
February, S. L. Carey on behalf of
said town of Line Spring, declined
to make any such donation, and
Aaron Kimball on beh alf of Cresco
pledged the society that the citi-
zens Of Cresco would donate ten
acres of land within one half laile
of Cresco, and,
WHEREAS, it is shown by the
certificate of the Recorder that
said pledge has been redeemed and
the society now own in fee simple
ten acres Of land in accordance
with the law regulating agricultur-
al societies, therefore
Resolced, That in accordance
with an act Of the 18th General
Assembly of the State Of Iowa,
Page 1877, Section 1913, that an ap-
preparation Of $6Oo.OO be made to
such Agricultural Society payable
to the order of the President. Said
p1oney to be expended and account
ed for according to the provisions
OF this act.
The following resolution was on
motion adopted.
WHEREAS, The bridge at New
Oregon has fallen, and in the opin-
ion Of this board after personal ex-
animation the want Of the commun-
ity can be we'll served by low
bridge. and at small expense to the
county. .~. ,,-..~,
Resolred, That advertisement
be made for bids for building said
bridge and that specifications be
left with Auditor for examination,
that bids will be opened and con-
tract awarded September 2l, 1872.
On motion the Auditor was in
structed to issue warrants for pay
ment of rent Of Surveyors Office
at 5000 per quarter as it falls due.
On motion the following bills
were allowed after being properly
itemized and sworn to.
Babcock s. Moore, Livery for use of
the members of the Board in examine
ton of Bridges. $50.
A. Tuttle Justice fees 400.
II. a. Barnes Constable fees 14,7O.
do do do 600.
The following bills were allowed.
A. B. Smedl y CON-, work on
Bridges, 1900.
a. B. Smedley Super. Service 1900.
G. II. Wood, do do 1900.
ID. f. Potter, do do 14,64.
On motion adjourned 20 Thurs
day, Sept. 10, 1872.
Attest G. S. THUaBER,
Clerk.
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Would respectfully announce that he is
prepared to give his attention to
MAKING & REPAIRING WAGONS,
ut Cresco, Iowa, and all work of his trade.
Plows constantly on hand of the best
patterns, cheap for cash.
DEB~ Shop south of the Empire House
Cresco, Oct. %, 1863. [23tf.]
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On motion, the Auditor was IN
structcd to procure release Of a
portion o. IL IL, 100, II, sold by
error for tax of 1868 and 1884,
Also to redeem ne ~, %, II,
which belonged to school fund at
at time Of sale.
On motion the Treasurer was d.
rected to refund tax paid errone-
ously on J Sc and ne Sc II, 100,
l3, with interest from January 10,
1871. Also to refund tax en- 5000
to Ira Emerson on account of ex-
emption for planting trees.
| On motion the Auditor was di.
rected to correct assessment of
John Clynch for an acre Of trees
planted.
Also to correct assessment and
redeem from sale seventeen acres
of W ! w %, 100, IL, assessed
double IN lSOS.
The following petition being
sworn to by Eunice Richards and
j. NJ. Richards, was, on motion,
granted:
To the Board Of Supervisors of
Uoacard County,:
Your petitioner, Eunice Rich
ards, respectfully shows to your
honorable body that she was the
mother of James E. Brown, who
was Sergeant in Company c., LIST
Bait, 13th- u. S. l.. who enlisted
at the time Of the Great Rebellion
and was killed in action at Vicks-
burg, May 10, 1868, and who en-
listed in and was accredited to the
quota of Howard county, and never
recovered any part of the bounty
paid to soldiers from said county.
Your Petitioner further shows,
that at the time Of said enlistment,
said Jas. Z. Brown was her main
support, and your petitioner would
respectfully ask that the bounty of
$4,000 which was appropriated to
soldiers who enlisted in and was
accredited to Howard county be
paid to your petitioner,
EUNICE RICH ARDS.
On motion adjourned to y
o'clock, A. NJ. tomorrow.
Tuesday, y O'Clock A. NJ.
Board called to order. All men,
bers present.
Minutes Of yesterday read and
approved.
Board made personal examira-
ton Of the bridge at Vernon
Springs which was thought unsafe
aud closed, and the following reso-
luton was passed.
WHEREAS, The bridge at Vernon
Springs is condemned.
Resoloed, That a temporary
bridge be erected at that place and
$4,000 or so much thereof as is
necessary, be appropriated for tina:
purpose and placed with Col.
Smedley.
The following resolution was, on
motion adopted.
ResoIvee9, That the Treasurer be
authorized to cancel the sale Of
sw 80, 90, IL, n ade October 2, 1871
to I. d. Thompson, and refund to
said Thompson the amount paid
with ten per cent. interest. Said
land belonging to the United States
at the time OF the assessment.
On motion $l2.s9 Of the tax on
lots 4 and e half 5, and % feet of
lots l and 2 all in block 21, Lime
Springs be rebated on account of
erroneous assessment.
On motion adjourned to one
o'clock p. M.
One o'clock, p. NJ.
Board called to order. All pres
ent.
On motion the "a l4-1O0 miles of
Railroad made liable to taxation
by act of the Legislature of 1872,
was assessed among the the differ
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N. Y.

1t is very evident that Grant has got
his eye on that man and his rat-trap;
and as he needs something Of the sort
very badly to catch the rats that are
leaving his sinking ship. we have no
doubt that the administration will
anticipate Mr.. Greeley by promising
him the Genesee collectorship.
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TINE undersigned is prepared to drill
J. Wells in Town or country or reasonable
terms, and with Large or Small Bore
Long experience warrants him in guaran-
teeing good work and perfect satisfaction
lie is also fully prepared with all neces-
sary apparatus for moving buildings.
Call Mt his farm three miles South East of
Cresco, or address
DANIEL WHEELER,
n3Sm31 Cresco, Iowa.
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EOIlN w. HAYWARD.
CIR ESCO 10 WA.
GLAZIER AND PAINTER,

Will attend to House, Sign, or Carriage
Painting at short notice and reasonab bic
rates Shop on the South side of Market
street nearly opposite Flemmings lumber
Office. lie proposes not to be excelled in
any branch of the business either as to price
style or speed of work.
n26tf May 90, 1868.