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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-04-17
DALLAS, TEXAS. !
Arpil 9Th, 1878. (

EDITORS HERALD AND TRIBUNE:
AS | promised to give you something in
regard to the productions, etc., Of the
Lone Star. | now proceed to comply
with my promise.
LIST. The soil is of two kinds, the black
waxy an gray the first is said to DO the
best, the latter is good enough. The soil
isfrom one to twenty feet in depth.
I'd. The productions, Wheat, Corn,
Rye, Oats, Barley, Cotton, Vegetables
and Fruits grow to perfection. Wheat in
this county averaged last year from TWEEN.
ty to forty bushels per acre. Some farms
crs in this n~cighborhood made sixty
bushels per acre, but they are exceptional
cases. Corn averaged from thirty to sixty,
and Cotton ons bale per acre. There is
no doubt but that Northwestern Texas is
one of the best farming countries in the
Union, and the farmers are doing well and
making money by the thousand.
Their eranaries and sale pens are filled
and the prairios covered with herds of
cattle, horses and mules. Corn is now
large enough to pillow wheat is about ore
foot in height, and the farmers are busy
planting cotton. Large crops are being
planted.
Sd. Money is plenty. You hear no
complaint of hard times. Specie is the
basis, but greenbatk is current. The
credit system is not known. Cash for
everything is the order Of the day.
4th. This, undoubtedly, lisa good coun-
try for the poor man. The best land can
be rented, and stock aud everything fur,
nished, and the renter given halfos all no
makes; and all such can in a short time
be able to purchase land, which is the
case of most all who come here. Many
we're very poor but in a little time are
landlords Of valuable farms.
9Th. Land is cheap. In this county it
rate, at from four to twenty dollars per
acre, aud fifty miles west it can be had at
from one to ten dollars per acre.
9th. Any man Of business can make
money. The best occupations are farm.
ing, merchandising and stock.raising
School teachers Of common schools car
make from Fifty TO one hundred dollars
per month. Woik hands from fifteen tC
twenty-five dollars ger month on the farm
and from twenty-five to s~eyenty-Hve dol
lars for ranging stock,
The legal and medicinal professions ar'
crowded. no demand for any mole.
have now given a few items Of the brigh
side. IN my next I will give the dark side
Respectfully,
VIM. SMITH.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-04-17

A post Office was established at James.
town, Va, last week, for the first time,
although 1t was the first place permanent>
ly settled on this Continent, and the Uni>
ted States Government has since then es-
tablished more than $4,000 Post Offices.
There are now about twenty jamestown
post Offices in the United States.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-04-17

The Boston Globe has a special dispatch
giving some of the vital statistics of the
ninth census. The fatality attending the
various diseases is as follows: The nuns
Der of deaths from consumption is great
est in Maine next in order comes New
Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont F.;
the lowest proportion is shown by Arizona,
which, on account of the difficulty of col,
lscting facts, and the consideration that
the settlers are usually a hardy class Of
men, Is scarcely entitled to claim the dis
tinctiop as honestly won. The largest
proportional number Of deaths from croup
occurred in Tennessee the least in any
Of the older States iu New Hampshire.
In Delaware and in Dakota, Washington
and Wyoming Territories thsre wers no
deaths from smallpox; but in Arizona
Territory the disease was peculiarly fatal
-ons death to every three inhabitants.
Florida leads in the deaths from remit
tent and intermittent fsvers; Georgia il
cancer, and Oregon 10 ccrebro spinal men.
ingites.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-04-17


LIST day Of june and organize into a Board
of Highway Commissioners, They have
power to alter, change, make or abolish
any road they may desire. They appoint
their overseers, take q bond from them
for faithful performance Of their duties,
execute themselves to the County Court
Clerk q bond for $500 for the perform
ance Of their duty, and for each days SER
vice they receive, with the Overscer one
dollar each and now for "Roadster'-
they shall have access to the tax book in
the County Court Clerks Office to assess
the road tax. That is, to see the amount
and scho is already taxed by the county.
The law fixes the tax at five days work in
the year for every male over Is and I'M
der 40 and every owner Of property, real
or personal, to the amount Of two thousand
dollars, whether male or female, pays one
days work for each two thousand dollars
worth of property they may own--those
who prefer it, can pay one dollar in place
of each days work. The commissioners
simply go to the Assessment Book of the
county and make out a list from it, shows
ing who are liable to this tax and the
number of days they are liable to work
on the public roads in their respective dis
tricts.
g There is no delegation Of power in this,
nothing but what the Legislature could
require any officer todo upon whom they
might impose such duty and, even if it
were, the Constitution, Sec. 2S, provides
THAT all property shall be taxed accord
ing to its value, that value to be ascer-
tanned in suck manner as the Legislature
shall direct, so that taxes shall be equal
and uniform throughout the State"
The road law is not only Constitutional,
but if its spirit is carried out, will, in a
few years, give us a system of public roads
heretofore unknown in East Tennessee at
least. To make COED roads by the shorts
est route, and least grade between two
given points should lie the motto. The
system of changing roads to conform to
boundary lines between adjoining farmers
has done more to ruin the publ, roaGs
than any thing else, because the direction
and not the a%daptability of tue ground
has controlled in the location of the road.
The public good requires good roads,
and it Is hoped that the Commissioners
will be encouraged to go forward in this
much needed reform, and that Roadster"
will join in, and help us straighten up the
roads, even if we have to make a crook in
the Constitution and acknowledge The
same Tor his consolation.
Coon ROADS.
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Emigration Turning!
Cheap Farm In South West Missouri!

The Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Com.
pany offers 10000 0 acres of land in
Central and Southwest Missouri, at from
So to sl2 per acre, Oh seven years, time,
with free transportation from st. Louis to
all purchasers. Climate, soil, timber,
mineral, wealth, schools, churches and
law-abiding society invite einigranss from
all points to this land of fruits and iow-
crs. For particulars address, A. Tuck,
Land Commissioner, st Louis, Mo,
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0HANOERY SALE OF A N
A. NJ. Jcrvis, Com'r &C., for the use OF
the State OF Tennessee.
Henry Bell. Of. al.

injury Dell, CT. al.
in this cause it appearing from the
allegations in CJm~plainants Bill that
Henry Bell. George Covert, John c.
cubburt and VIM. @. Cannon. who are
made defendants are non-residents of the
State of Tennessee. 1t Is therefore ORDER
edthat publication be made for four sue
cessiye weeks in the Herald aud Tribune,
a newspaper published in the town of
Jonesboro' Tennessee, notifying said de-
PENDANTS to appear before our sale
Chancery Court, on the fourth Monday
OF May next and make defence to said
Complainauts Bull. or the same will be
taken for confessed and set for hearing
exparte. Witness BIZ. Swingie. Clerk
aud Master of said Court at Office in
Jonesboro', this l4th day of April 1873.
B.F. SWINGLE, G. & ~.
aprili,vipfs5.
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L~YNCHBURG, VA,
Wholesale Price Current
LEE. TAYLOR 4, m

Wholesale and Retail Grocers, Commission M,
chants and Produce Brokers, No. II RrtS..
Street, Lynchburg, Virginia. ''"f'
LYNCHBURG, IVA, Apr 10 1874 ,
Some changes to which we ask attes
ton; Wheat and Flour light, market
active; Corn, Rye, and Oats firm; Sal
Pork and slaughtered Hogs active Beans
Irish Potatoes, Poultry, Green Apple.
Table Butter, steady demand.
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OHANCERY SALE OF LAND.
Hyatt,l McBurney & Co.
A. D. TAYLOR, and others.

~ LAY ioI, anu otneTS.
Pursuant to n decree of the Chancery
Court at Jonesboro' at its February Term
1873, in the above cause, ! will offer for
sale to the highest bidder at the Court
House door in JonesborO' on the 18th
day of May 1873, the lands mentioned
and described in the pleadings lying in
Civil District No. 9, Washington County
Tennessee, to wit, one track containing
81 acres more less, adjoining the lands OF
j. ii. Dosser and others, also one other
track containing SO acres more or less adj
joining the aforesaid track and others,
both tracks being the lands formerly
owned by DR.. Isaac Taylor, said land will
be sold separately askabove describediand
then sold as one track and adapt the sale
which brings the greatest SUN. | will sell
the same OH Il credit of six, twelve and
eighteen months in equal enstallments
bearing interest from date with good and
sufficient security a nd sold without the
right of redemption, q lein retained on
the land until the purchase money is
fully paid. | will also offer for sale at
the saine time and place Twenty shares
of the original stock in the East Tenn,
q Va, II. X. Co., for cash IN hand. April
18th 1873,
B. T. SWINGLE, G. & NJ.
april17w4pf3S.
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Notice.

MY wife Lucinda Roberts, having left
my bed and board, | notify all persons
to not harbor or trade with her on my
account, rs l will pay no debts that sh,
may contract, and will in no way be re-
sponsible for her conduct. This April
the 18th, 1873.
WILLIAM ROBERTS.
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Six feet in bis boots" exclaimed Mrs.
Beeswax. What viii the impotence Of
this world come tc, I vOndcrl Why,
they might as we'll tell me that the man
had six heads in bis hat"
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The Ladies.

The Ladies.
Are respectfully invited to call aud ex-
amino u beautiful dress goods.
MAHoNEY 4 SBIPIYy
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FINE TIMBER

as can be foundi in the State. : All of the
cleared land and a great portion of the
timbcred land is level, though entirely
above high water mark, and cannot be
overlooked by the river. The soil of the
timbcred land is as fertile as the best
river bottom, clear of rock, and could all
but q very few acres be cultivated with
ease. There is an excellent spring on
the back of the farm, and a branch run
ming through it, as to furnish water for
stock in every field. Said farm Is situa-
ted in the wealthist and most beautiful
portion of the county. The lands adjoin-
ing and surrounding l. range in value
from $4,000 to 5000 per acre. There are
on said farm 90
Tive Dwelling Houses, Kitchens,
&c, and one barn. Price Ten Thousand
Dollars.
TERMS.
One half cash in hand, the balance of
the money to be paid in two, three or
four years. But three years preferred.
For further particulars, inquire of
j. RI. BOYD,
Elizabethton, Carter Co., Tennessee.
aprill7tf.
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y 0 m IN G rcia |.
JOnesbor0 Prices Uurren,
Corrected Weekly BY.
MAHoNEY Il SHIPLRY.
JONESRORn Anr Is

Apples, ed U b..........,,.. ,
Bacon, Hog round
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-23

It's gratifying To MS to inform the public that DR..
@. c. Wisharts Pine Tree Tar Cordial, for Throat
and Lang Diseases has gsiced enviable reputa-
tion from the Atlantic ID the Pacific coast, and
rom thence to some Of the frs. families Europe.
not through the press alone hut by persons through
out the States actually Senehtted and cured at this
Office, While he publishes less, so say our report
ers, he Is unable to supply the demand. 1t gains
and holds Its reputation
First Not by stopping cough, hut by loosening
and assisting nature % throw off the unhealthy
matter collected about the throat and bronchial
tubes, which causes irritation.
Second. IL removes the causes of irritation
which produces cough) of the mucous membrane
and bronchial tubes, assists the lungs TO act and
throw of the unhealthy secretions and puriies the
blood
Third. 1: is free from squils, lobelia ipicac and
opium, OF which most throat and lung remedies
re composed which allay cough only, and disor
ganze the stomach. 1t has soothing effect on the
liver and kidneys, andery part OF the system, and
in its invigorating saE purifying effects 1t has
gained reputation which 1t must hold above all
others In the market
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-23

PURE ARTICLES Remember that DIR.
Prices Cream Baking Powder has been
before the public for years-is the only
Powder that has proved itself worthy of
confdence-that the manufacturers put
into the market pure articles, and do not
pretend to compete with the adulterated
injurious compounds now so extensively
forced upon the people. They claim that
DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder and
Special Flavorings are the cheapest, be
cause they are the purest; and their stan
dard for strength and purity will be main
tanned.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-23

f. f. KUNKEL' S BITTER WINE OF IRON
This truly valuable tonic has been so
thoroughly tested by all classes of the COM
munity that it is now deemed indispensable
as Tonic medicine. 1t costs but little,
purifes the blood and gives tone to the
stomach, renovates the system and pro-
longs life Everybody should have it
For the cure of Weak Stomachs, Gene
raj Debility, Indigestion, Diseases of the
Stomach, and for all cases requiring a
tonic
This wine includes the most agreeable
and efficient Salt of Iron we possess
Citrate of Magnetic Oxide, combined with
the most agreeable of vegetable t0nics-
Y elbow Peruvian Bark.
Do you want something to strengthen
you?
DO you want good apetite2
Do you want to get rid Of nervousness.
DO ycu want energy?
DO you want to sleep well?
Do you want to build up your constitu-
ton.
DO you want to feel well 3?
DO ouwant a brisk and vigorous feeling
If you do try kunkels Bitter Wine OF
Iron.
/ only ask trial of this valuable tonic.
Beware of cOunterfeits, as Kunkel's Bit
ter Wine of Iron is the only sure and eff
tectual remedy in the known world for the
permanent cure of Dyspepsia and Debility,
and as there are a number of limitations of
fered to the public, / would caution the
community to purchase none but the gen
uine article, manufactured by Z. f. Kun
kel, and having his stamp on the cork Of
every bottle. The very fact that Others
are attempting to initiate this valuable
remedy, proves its worth and speaks vol
umes in its favor.
Sold only in 81 bottles. Sold by Drug
gists and dealers everywhere, and in Rock
Island by Smith q Bonney and John
R1vO-tpp
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-23

THE World MovEs.-There is still
hope, Many physicians of thorough med
ical education and long experience in the
treatment of Cholera, Cholera Morbus,
Dysentery, Diarrhea, Cholera 1nfantum,
and Summer Complaints in general, un-
hesitatingly recommend DIR. McCabe's re
nowned Medicated Blackberry Brandy, as
the surest and safest remedy ever pre-
seribed. 7-d&w2w.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-23

A SEVERE TEsT-The Commissary
General of the United States, after trial
of all the principal starches in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article This
is fact worthy the attention of consum-
prS
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-23

Reader, the merchant, druggist and gro
Ger where you usually trade, keeps Renne's
Pain Killing Magic Oil for sale. If they
are out, they will get new supply at your
request, but be sure and call for it by the
full name, and take nothing else in its
stead. 1T works like charm.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-23

Our readers should be careful to notice
that PROCTOR 4 CANDLES STAMP is upon
the bars of their NOTIFIED GERMAN SOAP,
as all good articles are initiated, and this
Soap being so popular, other manufactur
ers have copied their stamp. 6-23d3m
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-23

THAT pepper and salt color which rem
ders your hair so conspicuous, can easily
be remedied by using bottle or two of
Natures Hair Restorative
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-23

WHHoFT's FEVER AND AGUE Tone. -
WITHOUT A RIVAL cures Chills, Bilious
Fever, Congestiye Fever, Dumb Chills,
Enlarged Spleen, and all Malarial Fevers,
of whatever grade or type. 1t is undoubt-
edly the Specific for such diseases, and a
certain and speedy cure is guaranteed if
taken according to directions.
Millions of bottles have been sold under
the guaranty, and no one has yet come to
claim the purchase money. Wilhoft' 5
Tonic has never gone back" on its able
discoverer and it is still selling in undimin-
ished quantities and daily increasing,
For sale by f. Breunert, Harper House
drug store.
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LOCAL NOTICES.

Maguire's great Cundurango Bitters a
pleasant and effective substitute for Vine
gar Bitters For sale by G. Speidel
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W WlLLSON >
cARB0LATED COD LIVER Oh
Sound Reasoning.

Consumption is decay. Soothing. expect N
remedies are only useful as paliatives. they & a.
reach the canse--they do not stop the decay a
med1cines strengthen the life forces aud DIT u
the battle, but the decay goes steadily Ou and d
er or later the victim must yield. Climate chi I,
are sometimes good, hut they seldom wholly r
In short the very first thing to be done is to I'd
THE DECAY; then apply the restorative toni d
strength giving treatment. Think a moment II
Lungs are decaying-tubercIes. alterations Is
Ties and deposits OF poisonous matter tpusl ar o
ming. The circulation carries Ihis poison all Y
the body. Wasting, loss OF appetite enervflli
night sweats, and all the terrible symptoms APP Il
Is it worth while to doctor the symptoms whic a
merely the results, while the decay, which j b
cause, Is eating mp the life springss
These two things are well known bv thehs
physicians:
ist. Carbolic acid positively arrests Decay.
the most powerful antiseptc in the known VI
Even dead bodies are preserved by it. Euteriu 1
to the clrcu atton, it at once grapples with cor
ton and decay ceases. 1t purihes the sourc-
disease.
I'd Cod Liver Oil Is Natures best assistant I y
slsung Consumption. 1t is at once food a tC.
purifier, and healer. 1t braces up and snpI
the vital forces, feeds the wasted system and a
oles nature to regain her foothold r or these
poses nothing can compare with COD Liver
This is the theory OF
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-23

VERDICT STARVED" - Deficient
health does not commonly consist in any
special functional arrangement, and still
less in any special organic arrangement,
but is simply this-want of sufficient nour
ishment There is, it may be, abundance
Of food but then the complicated appara-
tus which ought to convert this food into
nutritious blood. is not working Alright
and, in this way, multitudinous myriads
are actually starved, slowly and miserably
starved, in the very presence of plenty, and
find their only asylum from wretched
life, in premature grave But it is the
property of certain substances, when re-
ceived into the system, to repair this com
phcated apparatus-to urge forward, that
is, the work of nutrition. Under the
name of DIR. Gottlieb Fisch's Bitters, we
have preparation which thus urges for
ward-and that permanently too! A
wineglassful, taken before or after eating,
gives both increased general appetite, and
increased capacity to digest the food re-
ceived Experiment will verify this
This subject continued next week under
'The Importance Of Health.
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TEMPLE OF HoNoR.-Rock Island Temple Of
Honor No. II, meets every Thursday evening and
Social Temple No. s. every Tuesday evening at :
O'Clock, at Templsr's Hall.
GEO. L. CARLTON, W. c. 7.
7. J. RUSSELL, ". Il. 1s-2adn
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To-DAy's ADVERTISEMENTS
Horse Taken I'm.

IN THE nth INSTANT, IN MILAN. A DARK
" sorrel horse, about years old, Is hands ligh.
STAR in forehead, both hind feet white, was aken
up. The owner can have him by proving property
and paying charges. J0sEPH MEEHAs
23-d3tw1t Milan
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Dentists.
Dr.. ]. ". Stark. Dentist.

DOoMs NEXT DOOR TO TIE TELEGRAPH OF
II fee Illinois street, Rock Island. All kinds of
Dental Work done in the most approved styles
Charges reasonable. 6l1du
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y,~~el-a4 Aawer is now well known,
throughout the UniIed States and Europe. that II
requires recommendation tover 1000 sold In
his country alonel The only balanced Lawn
Mower with AN ADJUSTABLE HANDLE.
I0-ipeh cnt, Croqaet Mower, beautiful little
machine for small lawns, eroquet grounds, ceme-
years, price SEQ; 12-inch, $2z; 14-inck standard
sIze, Sz5 2S-inoh, pony, k10U; 30 inch, horse for
public parks and large lawns, $i75 Every ma
cline warranted 70 give perfect satisfaction. We
challenge the world TO trial, and to produce a
aachine its equal. Try y and you viii buy no
Jther Send for illustrated Circulars.
kASUfAcTuREp BT
HE HILLS alRCHIhtDtLk' Lawn MOWER COMPANY,
COLTS ARMoRY, HARTFORD, CONN
sE- For sale by SPENCER & EoFTsKER,
Rock Island, Lis. s-6en
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INSURA ANCE AGENCY!
j. M. BUFORD,
Represents the Oldest & Strongest Companies
1.-THE BEST is THE CHEAPESTF
s91,000.000.C0 Capital Represented

sold Hartford.' Assets $2.2O4 396l
1IEtn.a OF Hartford. 5.3o6.3SO
Home Of New " orL 4.446.s59
Franklin of phia.. :s-363. .67I
Old \. America Of Phia., 8 337,O ,OOt
Imperial Fire ns. Co., of Londen Gold Assets 100000
NJ British Mercantile =" 100000
kS Oy 1. I'm land. I2,OOO,OOO
Queen of Liverpool and London, 100000
Firemens Fund of California, 619,22l
National Ins Co., Hartford, Assets $4,000
~ a tional ins. 60. TplEiIa., ss410,52O
Northwestern Nations IRIS Co., So. .534
Westchester Fire Ins. Co., $40 O06
Manhattan Fire Ins. Co, Iew York, z93. 600
st. Joseph ms. Co., = 494 157
Railway Pass Ins. Co. of Hartford. 10000
Conn Mutual Life Ins Co. of 100000
Policies Written at Office No. g. Argus
Building, up stairs.
IN. BUFoRD, Agent.
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DR.. G. N. BELDING,

DENTAL OPERATIONS PERFORMED AC-
n cordinC TO the most approved principles. Office
In Hull's Block, cor ofIlinos and Washington Ste.
S1Sdtf
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Sweet NorWegian Cod Iiuer. Oi
Wilson's
CARB0LATED COD LIVER OIL
Is a Specific and Radical Cure for
co N SU M P ITO N

Remember the name, "Willson's CarboIated Cod
Liver OIL" 1t comes in large wedge-shaped bottles
bearing the inventors signature, and is sold by the
best druggists.
Prepared by J. H. WILSON. So John street N
Y. Sold by all Druggists. Richardson 4 Co. st.
Agents. T-23d&w1y