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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-06-07

In answer to letter concerning the
bailing of Jeff. Davis, the following lct-
ter from Mr.. Charles O'Conor is pub
lished:
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-06-07
Wool rowing i'm California j.

To cultivate their voices.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-06-07

WITH . quiet, orderly kept Billiard
and careful attention to the wants Of his
patrons, he solicits share Of the patron
age. Rooma West side Of Elm street, ad-
joining Wsbster's Fruit Store.
N. MCNAMARA.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-18

PoTAToEs.-We all have observed the great
deterioration in our potato crops during the past
ten or twenty years; and what is the cause of
this alarming decrease of tubers2 Can science.
can chemistry point out the reason or aid in
remedying the difficulty? We think it can. and
in order to place the matter in clear light we
will point out the kind and amount Of food
which the potato demands
we had field of potatoes upon the farm
which yielded 300 bushels to the acre; this NAV
We regarded as an old-fasbioned crop. This
crop removed from the soil in tuhers and TONS
at least 400 pounds potash; also, il removed / 51
pounds phosphorlc acid. Now these amounts
are very large, and serve to show that the pota
to plant Is great consumer of the two sinh
stances, and also it shows that in order 10 rs-
Store our potato crops 10 their former product
i've condition, we must supply phosphate com.
pounds and substances holding potash in large
quantities.
For six or eight generations in New England
0ur fathers have been exhausting the soil by re-
moving these agencies in their potato and other
crops, and we have reached time when the
vegetable Is starving in our fields for want of
its proper food. Our farmers have found that
new land gives the best crops, and this is.due to
the fact that such fields afford the most potash.
But SO long as we crop our pastures so unrea-
s0nably, we cannot resort 20 new land, as land
is not new that has had potash and phosphate
elements removed by grazing animals.
Remember that potato field which gives but
one hundred bushels to the acre requires at
least one hundred and sixty pounds of potash /;
but by allowing the tops to decay upon the
field, sixty pounds Of this amount is restored TO
the soil again, as that amount is contained in
them. medium crop of potatoes requires twice
as much phosphoric acid as Il medium crop of
wheat, so that in two years with wheat the land
Is destroyed of no more OF the agent than ID
loses in one year with potatoes.-Boston Jour
nal Of CHEMISTRY
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-18

b1ED
In this city, May Is, Mary E, wife of VIM oNe age,
in this city, May L Edward Warren, only son of d
and Harriet Parmenter aged 10 mos IA days
Forth from their home fond parents bore
Their loved and darling only son.
with anxious hopes that once more
Fresh, balmy air would WIN health to the dear one
They saw not the angel lowering near,
10 bear him to his heavenly home:
Though in their hearts a silent fear
Might creep that death would come.
And DER them sad thoughts would steal,
That wasting was that little form;
How could they know or feel.
mat God would claim him ere another morn.
Onward swiftly moves the train.
sui guardian angels their yigils keep,
Ind soon will free from pain
That little one, and close the eyes In sleep.
The station soon they reached;
A few brief mOments-one little sigh;
The shining wings are Spread
And Eddie's spirit guarded 10 the sky.
What anguish fills the fathers heart
As he strives the mothers bursting sobs to calm;
In vain the sister wecps-thcy must part
Safely now lies Eddie's spiit on the Saviors arm.
Now, in that heavenly mansion fair,
he has Joined the slsteT-sprit gone before;
70 love and sing praises evermOre.
How much you enjoyed his short stay,
Ere he was called to those realms OF repose;
But like the tenuer bud he has passed away,
And the tears OF sorrow from your eyes now flow.
He is an angel now; in vain you mourn,
In vain you weep Ger Edde's little grave
The Savior knows the sorrows YOU have borne;
Weep. for Jesus wept. and gave his life TO save
And when the Savior calls YOU home
TO those bright nansious above.
May you join with the ransOmed host,
The lovely infant son now lost.
May II, 1872. z. r.
In this city May Is Sarah Jane wife of John IIylngs
ton aged 40 yrs Is days
Funeral saturday at IL O'clock at 80 Salem st. Rea
tlTes and friends invited to attend. t3t]
In Dudley. May s. Harvey Burnett, aged "a yrs.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-18

MANURE FOR STRAwBERRIEs.-A CORE
spondent of the Gardeners Chronicle, who has
oeen very successful in raising strawberries for
q nu nnh3e.r OF years from the same bed, says:
nctlHous manure Of my own devsing hay.
lrus peeh very successful with me- | BEG 10 pre-
laVe the recipe, with some observations ON n
cheap way OF obtaining a ctop where labor X
scarce cover the beds with straw AZ tbe he.
ginhihg 81 winter aud let the youno runners
XIII aud take the place of tue Old roots ,ybero.
Ny deep layer OF humus is formed ~, ae Il,
Oh grass land aud by the same process a.,
nad failure one year, and the next Applied The
dressing just referred to, and the produce vas
such as really believe that II eouId e,yo was
accurately would be incredible -"
My composition is: one pound each of Fnson,
salts, Glaubers salt pearl ash and carbonate ~
soda, and one-half pound OF muriate OF anna.
mia to sixty gallons of wafer Last year / used
small quantities Of chloride and phosphate OF
lime and nitfe, instead Of the pearl ASH but
tried the two Indifferent parts Of the bed this
year, and found no difference. apply il as soon
as the plants show signs Of growth in spring
watering them pretty freely without hose
three times, 1T intervals Of about week, so a.
TO finish before they come into flower; and " the
season be dry find il absolutely necessary to
supply them literally with common water after
ward during their whole time Of growth, or their
increased activity will very quickly xiii them.
inaependently Of the quality, strawberries of
equal SIZE never saw grow separately. / saw
separately-ior by this plan the bed Is, Of course
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-18
Netu advertisements.
Neu embellishments.
NORTHERN PACIFIC
Investment
SECURITIES


We are selling at par and crued interest and strong
ly recommend safe and pro 7table investment the
First Mortgage 100 Gold Bonds of H. Northern Pacific
Railroad At the present gold premium they yieldss
per cent interest-over one third more an y S 52O's.
Their elements of strength safety are the folio wing
They are the standard obligation of strong eoyp
ration which represents In its Shareholders and Man.
ayers large capital and railroad experience aud is en-
gagged In prosecuting business enterprise whose sreat
usefulness and solid success are not uatters doubt
They are first mortgage on the Road its Right OF
Way, Rolling Stock. Telegraph Line yauipmentz and
Franchises.
iheT are first ienupon the Traacor net Earnings
OF the Road The Net Receipts of the nrst rs conti
mental railroad in the second year after COMM son AMI
mainly from Local Business were equal to nine ser cent
on the total estimated of the Northern Pacific Road
D. They are FIRST and ;ony mortgage on a Go Sern-
ment Grant Land, which consists Of 1880 acr y for
each mile OF Road through the States of Wisconsin md
Minnesota and acres per mile through the Ter Il
tories of Dakota, Montana Idaho and Washington. liz
average fertility OF SOIL heahfulness and mdness of
climate diversity and extent of resouces the belt
country comprising this grant is such as to render the
lands very valuable and their speedy sale anicu
vation. Sold at the average price realized by other lana
grant roads, the endowment of the Northern
Pacific Company will produce more than three tise,, the
issue of bonds per mile.
The Company is now offering for sale
to settlers and colonies a portion of its
valuable Land Grant in Minnesota, and
large AREA on-the Pacific coast Wi
soon be placed on the market. The of.
fered Lands are selling readily, and
henceforward the Company will realize
large yearly income from this source
The proceeds ofland sales constitute
SINKING FUND for the retirement of
the First Mortgage Bonds, and the
bonds are at all times conve. ~tible at
LILO into the COmpany's lands at market
prices.
For further particulars purchase of this bond
apply to
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-18
Special Autttes.

Gard 10 she PubIie.-DR. G. A. HILL, 293 Front
ST. oegs TO inform those suffering from Coughs Catarrhal
Anectons or diseased lungs that he has perfected his
New Method Of treatment by inhalation. which is de-
ghtu In It's effects and unsurpassed In its eieacytGe
only true method of treating affections OF the all
passages =.
The Dr. takes this occasion TO caution the public
against disreputabe ehariatans and quacks who with
nounce themselves Regular Physicians
Of the Hospitals Of Europe &C., &C. inveigle the I'M
wary into their clutches and by alarming their fears
mulcted from them exorbant fees only to prOpitiate
their malady aud diminish their resources.
Dr. H. Is agent for the county for tile sale of Rests and
Supplies for Fractured and Dislocated Limbs; also the
Ra1lcal Cure Truss Tor Hernia. Hours from A. NJ to 3
p N. See advertisement in another column. dts mis-
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-18

Since the Cincinnati convention a Mr.. i. V
Smalley, who has for some tinao past been the
clerk of the committee on military affairs of the
house of representatives, and also correspond
ent Of the New York Tribune, has been dis
missed from the former position, whereupon the
Tribune set up lamentable cutlery about perse-
cution, asserting that the only cause of his re-
moyal was his connection with that journal.
Inc followers of Mr.. Greeley took up the cry and
eoh'iiFed TO be impressiyely indignant over this
""tiase' as they chose to call it. Nobody paid
much attention to them, however, and now the
washington correspondentof the Syracuse Jour.
nal tells his version Of the Smalley stoev mt.
ting quite different face upon Il as coIlo,ys.
"Mr. Smaley is a clever centler,sr and i
credited with the possession or ,nora anii,.. 70
as writer than any other cnrros,nsg
dent OF the Tribune here. He wss ~
missed from bis committee clerkship' No, i've
cause Mr. Oreeley was nominated at Gin.
cinnati, but because the Tribune, in one form W.
another, was frequently printing the confiden-
tial and secret action of the committee on mill.
fary affairs, and il was plainly inferable that il
got its Information from this clerk who was the
emily one having the secrets Of the committee
who would be likely 10 betray them. Mr.. Sinai.
ley was employed by the Tribune many months
before he went south for IL last summer. Aud
while be was south writing for the Tribune, he
was drawing salary as a committee clerk, at the
rate OF $500 per year When he came back
from the south and congress reassembled, in
order to devote his whole time TO the service OF
the Tribune, and get the largest salary they
would pay him he engaged young man TO do
ms committee work for a very small fraction Of
tbe elsOO, and serving the Tribune full time and
isc w. lul pay, he was putting in his pocket
AZ the same time $1,000 per year for which he
Lenasfed no valuable service whatever. This is
ain rsi statement from the editorial bray Of
one r1i"une; General Coburn, chairman OF the
oon'3t'se, knew OF tins abuse and corrected M
and the Tribune makes Ease 5f noiit,csi ycrse
cuilon out OF II, That this Is not such n perse.
entlon = oest shown by the fact that Mr. II. j
kamsdell, another corresponds OF the Tri,,,,,o
still holds the clerkship he procured la, s,r
and Is not disturbed. Il be should betrsv NJ,
confidence Of the committee, he wonl1 m W..
likely follow Mr. Smalley aud be pai on he
Iribune's pension list"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-18

GOLD MINING BENEATH THE EA.-The Alta
California says that the Pacific Submarine Ex-
plorlng company OF New York is about to en-
ploy the kind OF diving bell so successfully used
at Hell Gate for the collection of gold dust off
the California coast. Ii IS well known that at
and OF Gold Bluff, on the northern shores OF
California, the sea beach has extensive ranges
OF golden sands, which have been worked for
years and are now producing no small annual
crop OF gold, remarkable for its purity. The
sand is black, and contains titanilerous iron and
visible particles OF gold. There was a rush
some years ago TO these new diggings, which
failed because they fell short of extravaganza ex-
pectalionS. The gold was there aud provoking
ly visible. But the tide was great and the
period of low water too short for working. Then
the wet sand had TO be carried over roads of dry
sand and up the cliffs, and thence miles TO water
for washing out the gold in a crude way. This
kind OF work does not suit the crowds who rush
TO new places, expecting TO toll little and pick
up much. As usual, the back. rush reported un.
layorably, and ever since people only remember
the abandonment. 1t was found that the sands
grew richer the further the breakers were meme.
trated, and lifeboats that sounded in six to ten
fathoms beyond. found the sandy bottom still
| richer in gold of remarkable brightness. Ii
seemed as il the gold washed up on the beacl
came from these submarine banks, but il wa.
deemed impractical to realize the riches covered
by such depth of moving waters. Now il i.
believed that this diving bell will place the colo
within reach of the searchers. ..-
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-18
worcester Gas Light Company

COKE.
This CHEAP AND MOST DESIRABLE FUEL for Manufac-
turing purposes and Family Use is offered to the
public, in quantities to suit az the following Reduced
Prices:
One Chaldron of Sc bushels. $500
One-Haif do. Is ..........,...,.,, $50
In quantities less than Half Uhadron, Is cents per
blshel.
Payments may he made and orders for its delivery will
be issued only at the Office Of the Company No. Bank
Block, Foster ST., up stairs. diff lal
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-18

The VALLEY OF DEATH, a spot almost as ter
rible as the prophets valley of dry bones lies
just north of the old Mormon road to California,
a region thirty miles long by thirty broad, and
surrounded, except al two points, by inaccessi-
Bile mountains. 1t is totally devoid of water
and vegetation, and the shadow of a bird or
wild beast never darkens its white glaripg
sands. The Kansas Pacific railroad engineers
discovered it, and also some papers which show
the fate of the "lost Montgomery train" which
came south from Salt Lake in 1850 guided by a
Mormon. When near deaths valley some came
TO the conclusion that the Mormons knew moth
ing about the country, SO they appointed one %
their number leader, and broke off from the
party. The leader turned due west; so with The
people and wagons and fiocks he travelled three
days, and then descended into the broad valley.
whose treacherous mirage promised water They
reached the centre, but only the white sand,
bounded by scorching peaks, met their gaze
Around the valley they wandered, and one by
one the men died, and the painting Aocks
stretched themselves in death under the hot sun.
Then the children, crying for water died at their
mothers breasts, and with swollen tongues and
burning vitals the mothers followed Wagon
alter wagon vas abandoned, and strong men
tottered, and raVed, and died. After a weeks
wandering dozen survivors found some water
in The hollow of a rock in the mountain. 1t
lasted but short time, when all persisted but
TWO, who escaped out OF the valley and followed
the trail of their former companions. Eighty
seven families with hundreds ofanmaS persisted
here, and now, after twenty two years, the
wagons stand still complete the iron work and
tires are bright, and the shriYeled skeletons lie
side by side
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-18
LATEST MARKETS.
KEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

NEW York. May l7.-Moncy easy at S q per cent,
at 1895 q l0sA. Gold weak at ll2H o. llsA Loans
fiat q per cent for carrying Clearinss $45oOoooo-
men tomorrow So 2so 600 Governments dull and fe,
verish state bonds dull. Stocks higher and closed
strong the features being Pacific Mail Hartford and
Erie Ohios, c. e. * l. c. New York Central. Union
Pacific and Northwestern common. The fall in gold
was oecasioned by favorable TO the chances Of
the treaty In senate AID the adoption by the house
of The amendment the tariff allowing receipts of
third the customs duties in legal tenders and national
bank notes
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-18
OBJ aap spp!i aalorcestc satrOap ungA ap Is. 1879.

ascomplete mat, and yet, last year, measured
specimen of Keen's Seeding Eve inches in cir
conference, and that toward the end Of the
season; and during the whole time of bearing,
! could at any time gather plate full fit for ex-
hihitin1
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-18
mr.eeIInneous Iten..

Nearly all of a colony of 800 persons who re-
Gently left Lancaster and Chester counties, Pa,
for Kansas, have returned, greatly disappointed
in their anticipatiOns.
An English writer says that Gin the American
system of agriculture, the settler subdues piece
of land, 1ogs it to death, and abandons the car
cass and then repeats the operation on a new
subject"
A few iron nails placed in a vase with flowers,
will keep the water sweet and the flowers fresh.
This arises from the sulphur eliminated from
the plants combining with the iron.
prisoner, said Squire Jones, in awarding
Judgment, cit is maxim of law that it is bet
ter TO err on the side of mercy The court has
made up her mind which side she will err on,
and nothing remains but to err on that side"
About six years ago, a colOred man named
Dixon was sentenced for larceny to the Missouri
state prison for four years, but In less than six
months he escaped, and has not been heard Of
since, until a few days ago, when he returned,
saying that he had come back for the purpose of
serving ont the time he owed the state He
states as reason for his escape, that he had
wife and ten children in destitute circumstan-
ceS, and his object was TO place them in a con-
diton above want, and, as he had accomplished
that purpose, he was now ready and willing to
pay the penalty for his crime.
Ii is dangerous TO invite an author to read his
compositions Just before dinner time. There is
no knowing wha. may happen. Murray, the
great Publisher, once asked Frere TO read some
of hls verses, and the two rot excited over the
composition and comments that dinner was
ready before either were aware of the hour.
Mr.. Murray asked his friend to dine, very un-
usual thing with him; whereupon Mr.. Frere
excused himself on the plea that he had been
married that morning, and had already over
STAYED the time when he had promised bis bride
10 he ready for their journey.
A Paris correspondent relates the story of a
sad wedding party in that city. The whole par
came ont of the church WeeDiDU. The bride
wept, the mother wept, the company wept, and
the groom wept more copiously than all COM
bined. The only persons who did not weep were
four men and a child. The child was born out
of wedlock, and to give it name the parents
had married before they parted forever. The
groom was a Young clerk, sentenced to trans
portat0n for forgery, and he was TO leave the
following morning. The four men who accom-
panied him were police agents, ordered to 90
with him TO church and to the mayors office,
and to bring him safe back to prison after the
marriage was celebrated.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-18

NEW YORK. May l7.-Cotton 20 Aehi0her, closing
nominal; sales 1872 ba middling uDands 2hc Flour
S7Ol s55; Ohio S. O5 a 1885, western $40 a Sl04e
Southern sS65 a 1880. Wheat dull and heavy and "a
&c lower; sales 3S 900 bush No spring Sl,H "a LIS;
Michigan $40 q $40 Corn Unchanged sales 100
bush; mixed western Is q 15hc; also 100 900 bush
western mixed at lie, all July. 0as ner sales 80 600
Pork steady new mess sl8S5 a 1880 Lard dull steam
rendered al 81 a 9sc. Butter steady; new 70 @ 5lc
Whisky lower and dull; western Soc Rice steady at
81 a CSC. Sugar f1rm Muscovalo 81 q SC; refining
81 q &c; Havana 50 q SIC. Coffee firm; Rio Az "a
lsc. MOlasses firm; New orleans 81 % &C. 1uTpentine
firm at 6Qe; firm at $40 for strained. Petroleum
quiet; crude lS.e; refined 24c TaloW dnli at 20
CHICAGO. May I7--Flour quiet and unchanged Wheat
dull unsettled and lower No spring cosed at 81 ~ on
mand No mixed at Al a 47Se spot AN "a 4Sc seller
june 49sc seller July; eced 43S a 4ic, Oats active
and higher at 4lc tor No Rye advanced and in fair
at 81 "a SOC for No fall. Whiskey dull and steady at
S5hc. Pork dull and lower S2 IS spot $2 10 "a STATS
seller June. Lard nominal. Bulk meats steady:
shoulders 4sc clear rib sides 6hc sides 6H q 7c
Boxe meats sold about nc higher Bacoa steady and
unchanged Catte-demand good at full prices. Live
hogs active and advanced "a loo; sales at S4lO q $50
bush wheat Isl 900 bush corn 40 00U bush oats 5000 bush
rye 1000 bush barley, 1000 hogs, $1,000 cattle Ship
ments-500i bbls flour. 1900 bush wheat. 3l6809 bush
corn $1,000 bush oats 0O bush barley 5000 CATTLE 5000
CiNcISNATI, May I7.-Pork quiet and unchanged;
regular at S3. Lard dull and firm at 81 a. SC for
100000 lbs, chiefly clear rib sides, 6sc sides 6Ac
shoulders held at 4c clear sides held at Sac. Bacon
dull and firm shoulders sold for 5hc sides held at IN
in good demand at Sc
SEw ORLEANS, May lT-Cotton quiet; middlings 23c,
Foreign AHarkets.-1BY Atlantic Cable.l
LONDON, May l7.-Consos closed at 80. U. s. 5-2Os
III. II. tpO-
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-18
RosroN STOCK sALEs-Mar h

S26 900 Hartford and Erie railroad Is 4o
$4,000 Union Pacific railroad income los SS4 eL55s
Sl500 Omaha and SOuthw, stern SIS .921 G921
$1,000 Burlington It Missouri S. in Neb.... =, .lG2
luO Hartford and Erie railroad ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
700 Cen Sandusky and Cleveland R...........24@25
100 0gdensburg a Lake Champlain R............S9
A Boston and Albany railroad, 1889 9l49
9Chicago. Burlington and Quincy R........-...ls3
Is Connecticut River railroad .142
Is phl.. VII. ana baltimore railroad .........5lk
40 Rutland railroad,
Il Vermont and Canada railroad. .99E
% Cape Cod railroad.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-18

Pretty styles In Bonnets and Hats at Roche's;
large and most complete assortment Of very desir.
able goods at Rocars,
1873 Main strn0l Told No. 9Ol
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-18

There will be large sale of valuable horses new
and secondhand carriages, and harnesses, at Rich
mond's repository, No. "a Waldo street, this fore
noon, at 10 80 o'clock. Abbott, auctioneer.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-18

hanson, Glazier Co. will sell horses, harness
and carriages at sales stables Skaters court Thorn.
as street. this noon, at l2jE O'Clock. In the after.
noon, at two o'clock, at their saesrooms, new and
secondhand furniture will be sold
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-18

Don't hawk, hawk, spit, spit, blow blow, and dis
gust everybody with your catarrh and its offensive
OdOr, when DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy will speedi-
y destroy all 0dor arrest the discharge, and cure
you. b79
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-18

An oregoDian candidate Cor congress, of the
democratic persuasion, is described as a nla5n
sandy-hared man, mot advanced enoueh 10
wear white shirt, though he succeeds IN sur.
collar, showing that be belongs TO the present
age"