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The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1872-06-27

OF the place was Miss X. Phillips,
now Mrs. Tomlinson, who came in
iS44. Messrs. Loring, Ogilyie,
" ats, and others, are among the
pioneers OF the town. Although for
several years this place had no rail.
ROAD nearer than q miles, it held its
own, and nothing can seem to check
its growth.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, CHURCHES, ETC
Misunderstanding the fact that Ma
haska eonity l;aS 10 court houS, and
other suitable buildings for public
use, there are other vary fire cajfices
IN the place of. hich we will speak.
The public school building is located
III the southern portion OF the city,
and is a splendid edifce, erected at
a. cost of nearly $4,000; Oskaloosa
College, located at the west end of
the town, is an imposing structure,
having 10 acres of ground. The
main building cost some SIS, 900 and
is we'll enclosed, and the institution
is in a furnishing condition. The
Society of Friends who hold their
State yearly meetings here, have a
large brick meeting house, erected
at a cost at $4,000. The churches
of the various denominations are neat
and tasty edifices erected at the fol-
lowing cost: First NJ. f. church
built in 1853, cost $4,000 M. f.
church erected in 20, cost 5000;
A M. E. church built in 1866 cost
$4,000; st. James Episcopal church
built in go, cost $4,000; Presbyte-
rian church built "a, cost $4,000
Baptist church built in 1857, cost
$4,000 ; U. p. church built in 1865,
cost $4,000; Cumberland Presbyte-
rian church, 81, 900, built in 1910;
Catholic church built in 1853, cost
$4,000. In addition to the above
religious organizations there is an in
dependent society meeting in Union
Hall. ...... .-.
A new court house is badly need
ed, and will soon be built Mahaska
is too rich a county 10 longer remain
without creditable public buildings.
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rom the Des Moines Republican
MAHASKA COUNTY. o.

ITS CHIEF TowN-LANpsZ COAL MINES
-FARMS-BUSINESS EXHIBIT
FUTURE PROSPECTS, &C.. &. 70.
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J. KELLY JOHNSON
ego. W. LAFFERTY.

CHARLES J. DODD,
u ATTORNEY AT LAW, Peoria, Iowa.
Special attention given TO the collection OF
laims Business attended TO promptly. %
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DAVENPORT, BOLTON Il FISHER,
DATTORNEYS AT LAW, OskaloOsa, Iowa.
OFFICE, on the west side of the Public Square,
ia the room recently occupied by z. T. Fisher.
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PHYSICIANS 4 SURGEONS.


and neighborng vicinity, for the practice of med
icfne surgery, &c. Special attention given to
surgery. Office, west High Street, near st. James
Hotel 37tf
VIZ L. MCALLISTER,
w. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, New
sharon Iowa mss.
II {. HUNTSMAN, NJ. D. d. A: HURST, NJ. b.
SURGEONS. OskalOosa, Iowa. Special attention
given to the Practice of Surgery. Office four doors
east OF north east corner OF public square. 81
tNR. ID. A. HOFFMAN,
ID PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Oskaloosa,
Iowa. ONCE over n. Dcdge's Boot and Shoe
store Residence on Mail street, three blocks
east of the public square. NIL
Il. WILEY, NJ. D., Office and residence cor
y. ner OF Liberty and lafayette cts, Oskaloosa.
Iowa. Special attention paid TO the treatment OF
Catarrh. Eye and Ear Cancer, ScrOfua and all
Chronic Diseases and Diseases of Females. DIR.
W. nae effected many cures Of Chronic cases
which other physicians had pronounced hopeless.
Certificates Of such can be shown to those inter
ested. Country business promptly attended to.
limo
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= AFFERTY i JOHNSON.
IL ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
ONCE in Union Block, North eide OF the Pub
iic square, up stairs. Al
". Il. SEWERS. NE. CUTS.
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II. W GLEASON.

ltEEVERS x QUITS,
= ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OskaloOsa, Iowa.
Office Union Block, i'll room recently occupied
by Sewers IL Williams. nal
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I IA j. AID Elk,
Il ATTORNEY AT LAW, Iowa City, Iowa.
Successor to Judge w Miler,)
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PHOTOGRAPHY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.

NY ). KENWORTHY,
w ATTORNEY AT LAW, New Sharon,
Iowa. n92
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-25

mon articles to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred.
Wilson; it appeared on subsequent in.
quiry, that the teaspoon which happen
ed to be silver--with which the beard.
cd adverturer had stirred his grog, had
mysteriously parted company with the
glass (like the gentleman himsclf) and
never was more seen.
"Well, all I can say is, it's the neat
est case of swlndle I ever heard of, u
said Charlie dryly, "and does the rus,
cal infinite credit. OF course, he ascer-
taincd from the servan's Of tradespeo.
pie where you had gone, and all main
points, and traded upon the informa-
ton. thought when I left England
the London swindler had attained a
pitch of perfection not to be surpassed,
but | find in ten years the "march OF
intellect" has taken rapid strides with
these clever chaps. Never mind, my
dear, We live and learn, even from
thieves. The excellent idea of my
dropped anger, or double self, shall
be carried out, and you and Fred must
invest in a wedding gift from your un
worthy but veritable brother, "ten-
ner,' which I promise you shall moi
crumble'to pieces, but resolve itself into
to hard cash, and substantial reminder
er of the piece of experience and world.
" wisdom you have gained from your
Husbands Brother!"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-25
A New Territory.

The new territory of Ojibway, which
it is proposed to set off in the northern
part of Dakota, will contain about
"A, 600 square miles, being nearly one.
half the present area of Dakota. The
new territory contains large area of
fertile and we'll watered lands, but its
inhabitants consist as yet almost en-
tirely of Indians. 1t will ;'e crossed
midway, however, by the Northern
Pacific Railroad, which will build up
settlements and towns rapidly along its
route, and from the line of the railroad
population and agricultural develop
ment will be diffused in all directions.
The existing white population in Da-
kota. numbering about Is, 600, is con-
centrated chiefly in the southern part
of the territory, its capital, Yankton,
being Mt the mouth of the James River,
and vast wilderness intervenes be-
tween these settlements and the coun-
try which will attract the attention of
emigrants who follow the line of the
new railroad.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-25
A Novel AnnihilatOr.

Immediately after the declaration of
war against Prussia proposals were
made to the Emperor Napoleon, by an
inventor, for 'annihilating" the Prus-
SLAMS on moderate terms. An immense
net of fine wire, "capsble of enveloping
IN entire army corps" with solid can
non balls attached to the corners to
keep 1t steady, was to have been fired
at the foe from monster mortar pro-
vided for that purpose. The wire net
would, according to the intentions of
the inventor, have fallen on the body
of troops marked out for destruction or
capture; when, seeing the enemy en-
tangled in its meshes, the French would
have nothing to do but march up to
them, or, in case Of resistance put them
to death. The rejection of this new
military machine was attributed by the
inventor to "treachery" on the part OF
the chiefs who declined to employ it
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-25
of the imperial party, while all joined
in congratulations to the Duke.

RETURN TO CAMP IN TRIUMPH.
1t was now getting late in the after
noon, aud by unanimous consent it was
concluded that we had better gallon
back to camp before dark, and leave
the larger herd beyond for the next
days sport.
In the best of spirits we now turned
our horses heads toward our camp on
the Red Willow Creek. As we came
within sight of it Just at sundown, We
announced our return and our success
in Indian style, with yells, which were
responded to from camp.
During our absence "Spotted TAIL
with his braves had come in from
Blackwood and camped on the other
side of Red Willow Greek, close to our
own. They will accompany us on our
hunt tomorrow.
PERILs OF THE HUNT-0ENERAL INCL
There was some hard riding during
the day, and the ground was both slip
perry and rough. General Sweetzer and
Mr.: Starlegon, when chasing buffalo,
came into collision, and both went to
the ground together, and their horses
also. Neither was hurt, but Mr.. Star.
Logon lost his pistol and his hat. Sweet
zer had fall all to himself afterwards
galloping down q precipitous place.
The gallant Admiral went over once,
but was soon sailing with even keel
again. Mr. Machin's horse ran away
with him, but Stacked his pace when
he got with the advance party. Col
onel Forsyth's fell on him; but For
syth has had more wonderful escapes
than that.
Lieutenant Hays went scouting on
his own account and could not be found
by the mounted soldiers sent in all di.
rections after him. While we were at
dinner he came in, and was receivedwith
cheers. He had given chase to a band
of elk, and had killed two butfalos on
the trip
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-25
VOLUME ~.
The Long Ago.
III ALICE WILLIAM q

Br ALOE WILLIAMS.
Annie and I, We loved each other,
In the sweet days Of the long ago;
Ploddieg home from the school together,
In autumn sunshine and winter snow.
shc WAS "a blithc a. midsummer fairy,
Free from care - the winds that blow
Over the bloom Of the western prairie;
In the dear days Of the long ago.
! I was lad uncouth yet kindly,
Dashful with others and rough, know;
But worshpped each curl on her dear head blindl
And thrilled At her voice IN the long ago.
| Nuts that gathered, aud roses, gave her.;
Treasured the ribbon that fell from her hair;
And lOnGed for some wonderful dangsr, 70 save he
Qike knight Of old) from the fearful snare.
| Often tarrried when lessons were over,
Drawing the smiles of the roguish girls
| As they trooped along DER the fragrant clover
Watching for somebody's yellow curls.
Only to carry her books and her basket,
Only to tread the path by her side
Der the srnburnt meadow; TWAS little to ask, yet
With crimson blushes my cheek was dyed.
Often stole from under my lashes
=. J" her Sar hIn. na Ss
And watched the bushes come and 60.
Hearts had We "a light ~ 4 feather,
Little No rocked OF care or voc,
A. No trod The Old school pathtagethG,
Annie and I, In tho long ago.
Years ago did our pathways sever,
She % the west, 70 the northward I.
Does she recall the bright days ever,
When We loved each other, Annie and II
Though years have fed, with their sosro~s laden,
Often dream of the long ago.
I sec in my musings little maiden
Over my heart steals the self-same glow.
Tho silken cuEls fall in golden showers,
And softly Rleam the azure eyes
Al she takes from my hand the wildwood flowers
With look Of shy yet pleased surprise.
Gone are manhoodh struggles and trials,
Conc are the years Of care and woe!
And we're walking the old school path together,
Annie and I, In the long ago.
Golden Age.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-25
The New Tariff Bill.

The tariff bill reported by the Senate
Finance Committee as substitute for
the House bill repeating the duties on
coal, iron aud salt, proposes to fix the
folio wing duties: On all bituminous
coal, fifty cents per ton of twenty-eight
bushels, eighty pounds to the bushel;
on salt in bulk, and on all rock salt
and mineral salt, nine cents per hun
dred pounds; on salt in bags, sacks,
barrels, or other packages, twelve cents
per hundred pounds; on all iron and
steel, and ell manufactures of iron and
steel of which either of such metals is
q component part of chief value, ex-
cepting pig iron aud steel rails, ninety
per centum Of the present rates of duty,
being a reduction of ten PR cent. On
coffee of all kinds, ten cents per pound;
on chicory and succory roots, burnt or
prepared, three cents per pound on
acorn coffee and dandelion root, raw or
prepared, and ON all substitutes for
coffee, two cents per pound; on all ex-
tracts or essences of coffee, i've cents
per pound; cleaned rice, one
and . quarter cents per pound
uncleaned rice, one cent per pound {;
poddy, three-fourths of a cent per
pound potatoes, ten cents bushel
timber not otherwise provided for, one
cent per cubic foot lumber of spruce,
hemlock, white-wood and bass-wood,
one dollar per 1000; other kinds, two
dollars if planed or finished, one dol
lar additional for each side if tongued
groved, two dollars additional; ifplaned
on two sides, tongued and grooved, two
and one halt dollars hubs and blocks,
rongh hewn or sawed, twenty per cent.
al raloren,; pickets, palings and lath,
twenty-five per cent. da val0rem;
shingles, fifty cents per 1000; pine
clap-boards, two dollars per 900:
furniture, unfinished, thirty per cent.
,.d V0torena casks, barrels, sugar-box
shocks, and packing boxes not other
wise provided 'or, thirty-five per cent.
al .alorc,n tariff of ninety per
cent. of the present rate of duty is
provided for all manufactures of wool ;
all manufactures of silk which are now
subject to duty, 60 per cent. od
ualort m j.; all metals other than iron
and steel, and manufactures thereof,
earthen and glass ware, hides, skin,
bones, ivory, horn, and leather manu-.
factures thereof, India rubber, quits
percha, straw aud underclothes, chem
icals, drugs and medicines, and large
number of minor articles are added tc
the free list.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-25
<tIt's No Place for q Woman.

So said q young husband in Lawrence
to his wife few months ago, when she,
tired of staying alone, took her three
little children to the billiard room and
took a seat by his side. (" It's disgrace
full" said he, looking daggers at her.
Il know it," continued the injured
wife, "and you have borne the dis"
grace so long, my dear, that I am de-
termined hcnceforth to share it with
you," and she took out her knitting.
work and settled down for the evening.
Her husband persisted in urging
her to go home. II will
co." said she, "when you
60 and not before He was evidently
a little disconnected in his playing and
went home little earlier than usual.
The next evening the programme was
all acted over again. This time the
young husband went home little ear
lier than before, and carried the baby
himself. That was the last time he
was ever seen in the billiard room. A
similar occurrence was acted few
months since, not a hundred miles from
the county seat, but this time it only
lasted one evening. Ladies', try it; il
works like a charm. Ref2ud
Iicnn.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-25

ACCORDING to the late census, in New
hampshire, out Of total population
OF 31s 300, there were 1885 persons
over the age OF 70, or 5 per cent of tho
whole number: OF this aggregate,
more than 1000 were between the ages
OF 70 and Is nearly 5000 we're over rs
and under 80; 700 were nctogenarians.
ana 3''o We're between 80 and 95. Ten
were ~ years old, 2 were 80, and 6 had
passed The age Of century.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-25
What q Minister Said of Fisk.

Chaplain Flagg, of the Ninth Regi-
ment, spoke as follows over the body
of James Fisk, Jr., at the funeral IN
Brattieboro, VT, where the murdered
man was buried:
The object of my visit to this village
is not to pronounce studied eulogy
upon the deceased; not to attempt to
cover up his faults not to answer his
many vituperative aspersions. come
here as an officer of the Ninth Regi-
ment to pay a tribute of respect to a
man who has raised the regiment from
a comparative state of insignifcance to
its present proportions. I propose to
do what I can toward the rea-
sonable justification of a man whom
we of the Ninth Regiment all loved
and admired. The outrageous tragedy
has shown how bad the human heart
may be when urged on by revenge and
ambition. Secretly, without fore
thought, and in the enjoyment of the
most remarkable health aud strength,
a man is suddenly stricken down while
his loins arc yet girded for the great
contest of life-he is stricken down
wholly unprepared, and is denied even
the poor privilege of praying on bend
ed knee--a privilege which even the
barbarous Arab confers upon his vic
tim. We are called to of1iciate at the
burial of q very remarkable man.
Mr.. Fisk was man of positive quail.
ties. He was generous; he was brave.
Such man is often unappreciated by
the generation in which he lives, and
Mr.. Fisk's experience attests the truth
of this axiom. He was not appreciated
by the community in which he lived,
even as Shakespeare was not appre.
ciated until long after his death. Mr..
Fisk was a person of superior combi'
nations. He was man who made 8
deep impression on the world in his
way. The lack of his influence will be
felt tremendously in his separate
sphere. OF the deceascd's faults viii
not speak. Mr.. Fisk was a man o.
strong virtues. and it is not to be won
dered that he also possessed strong
faults. BY comparing the two even the
most prejudiced must allow that his
character is in eqnidipoise.
DR.. Flagg then proceeded to eulogizt
Mr.. Fisk for his virtues, the chief o.
which was benevolence. He told two
or three anecdotes to illustrate the un
usual generosity of his nature.
One poor woman had been discov
cred trying to force her way through
the crowd at the Gaand Central Hotel
and on inquiry it was found that Col
Fisk had kept her and her family from
starvation for the last six months. Hi
greatest monument is the lamentatio1
of the poor. His faith and works con
Joined hath made HIM whole. Another
virtue of his was his self-reliance-
whenever he thought best to carr,
through project he carried it through
without fear or assistance. The rever
ened Doctor closed with an eloquen
application of the text. ''Be ye alst
ready"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-25
An Insult 10 Our Flag.

From The n. 7. Commercial Advertiser.
1t appears that the Florida was really
fired into by two Spanish men-of-war.
The Stars and stripes were floating at
her ..spnnker, too! Odds bodkins !!
but isn't 1t enough to make the very
pinfeathers of the American Eagle
dance National jig? Such a glorious
excuse to whale the Iberian insulter
Such a coveted provocation to 60 in
and bedeck the cdput of the arrogant
hidalgo with Mansard roof that will
last him till the "crack of doom!
Shades of Paul Jones and Farragut, ol
Decatur and Dahlgren, what an oppor'
tnnity is this! Heart of Oak Robin
son Gallant Jersey Blue-Shivermy
Timbers, will You clear the deck for &C
ton
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-25
News from DR.. livingston by Way Ol
kcntucKy.

Now Liberty, Ky. Van. y, Correspondence Of The
New York Sun.
saw in the Sun as I was coming
from the West, some talk about the
safety of DIR. Livingstone.
Now, I am about four months from
Africa. was on Tanganyika Lake i'll
July, and left Zanzibar on August 81.
WINS not in Uj,j,, but was in Kaseh.
l heard there thnt DIR. Livingstone had
been forced to marry Il negro wife, and
though in safety, was not allowed to
leave. I came from Zanzibar on the
Dutch steamer Mauritz, bound 70,
Hong Kong, whence I came to San
Francisco, JOHN p. TANDY,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-25

The Christian Register, commenting
on the frequent abuse of D. D. and LII.
D., says it would direct Mr.: Bergh S
attention to the "cruelty Of killing men
by degrees
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-25
Left his Wife $4,000.

An amusing occurrence took place not
far from the town of Remsen a few DAYS
ago. A well-to-do Welsh farmer resid-
ing lot far from Utica, sturted for q
ride on business, driving q pair Of high
spirited horses. BY some accident the
sleigh was overturned and broken, and
the farmer was dragged along at fear
ful rate of speed for some distance by
becoming entangled in the lines and
the wreck of the sleigh. A friend who
witnessed the accident endeavored to
check the speed of the horses aud re-
lieve the farmer from his dangerous
position. He ran behind as fast as
possible, but did not succeed in doing
much. As soon as the farmer noticed
his friend, he shrieked out: "Please
take notice, friend! I leave my wife
$4,000! No time to make will! -
Such touching evidence of affection
for a wife, underpeculiar circumstances,
is extremely rare and noteworthy. For
tunatcly, the horses were stopped, and
the dutifpl husband was still alive, but
badly bruised. We hope he will live
long enough to increase IN hundred
fold the amount which he was so anx-
ious to secure to his wife, Utica (N.
W Observer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-25
Murder Of CaDtiycs.

A despatch from the Fiji Islands by
the way of San Francisco, says that
while q party of forty kidnapped salo-
mon Islanders, on board schooner,
we're going from Levuka to a planta-
ton, they murdered four men, named
Warbnrton, Whitaker, keystone and
Robinson, and q Fijian planter who had
them in charge, and escaped, The cap
tain and Il sailor of the bark Cambria
have been murdered by the natives
while cruising among the Salomon Isl.
ands in search of native laborers. The
United States sloop st. Mary's is at LIE.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-25
THE IMPERIAL BUFFALO HUNT

General Sheridan nnh the Grn nd Duke
ON the Prnlrlcs-Alexis Kills the First
"Horncd MOnster'' ana TclcEra phs
burKh.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-25

large number Of pension bills passed. Tho
postofice appropriation bill WAS reported, and
made tho special order for Wednesday. I
appropriates ga, ,225, $50, including half mil
lion for China mails. el50, 900 for Brazil, and
@25, 600 for the Sandwich 1slands. The pension
bill was reported, and sppropriates eS0, 400,-
600. It was made tho special order for noxt
Thursday. Mr.. Braxton WAS declared entitled
to seat from Virginia. Adjourned.