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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-29

aM.-orientst Lodge No 81 Knoxville meets
| Ia, Ev. on or before full moon rach month.
a uppENUEIMER Ssc'g. J. s. LYFLE, W.M.
pyoR CHAPTER. No Is. z. A. N. Knoxville,
/ meets Non Eve on or before each fuil moon.
q r FRENCH. Sec'y. A. d. WEfHkRELf-. III. P.
n F-KnoxyiIle lodge meets every Tuesday
. Evening Visiting brethren cordially invited.
RlgG. Secy Ut FRENCH \. @.
The Grange advance., 1874-12-22
Lecturing Queen Victoria.

The London Worz9.s taken to
teaching Queen Victo~,,4 good manners.
Its first lesson touches the proprieties
with regard to the visit to England of
the Empress Of Russia, and is as fol-
lows: sSupposing you were an elderly
lady and your son Lad married the
only daughter Of the richest, grandest,
and most important Of your neighbors,
by whom every possible attention had
been shown to you and yours and
supposing on the eve Of your daughter
in-law confinement her mother came
from q long distance to stay with her
in her London house, don't you think
it would be merely decent and polite
we will say nothing of politic-be-
havior on your part to come up from
the far distant place, where you persist
in burying yourself to the great con-
fusion Of the business which it IS your
duty to discharge, and show some, per-
sonal civility to your guest go
The Grange advance., 1874-12-22

burnt like straw. I released her hands
and brought water and put it on her
lips and when she was quiet through
exhaustion, Iadvised her to lie down,
and hoped she would go to sleep. As
was leaving the room she called me back
in q low, broken voice, and when stood
beside the sofa on which she
lay, she joined her hands, and asked
me, with streaming eyes, to forgive her.
I did 50, freely. Of course, Ringwood
was right. I had no one but myself to
thank. My infatuation had been 50
monstrous. that I could no more com.
plain of the consequences than a man,
sober, can complain of the consequences
of some drunken folly.
'In the morning l took Fanny away
to farm house in Kent, place she
knew OF. and chose herself for retreat.
She wes quiet and humble, and appar.
eftly broken-spirited. But she did not
remain there month; nor do I know
whittier she went, or where she has
been ever sin ce. Before she left she
wrote me long letter expressing her
remorse at her behavior toward me;
bad as I am.' ended she, 4 will never
trouble you more. doimplore you to
be sure Of that, and to forget me, or
think Of me as dead
II am afraid to think Of her az all.
made every possible effort to trace
her, quite in vain: and l hardly know
where would be the good if I succeed
! ed
"That's ALL added Urquehart, after
a moments pause, land there's the his
tory OF your friend and the wife of his
bosom and if you still wonder how or
when my devil got into me, l don't.
believe you love me we'll enough to
think he is not so black devil as he is
painted. lam not the kind Of man in
whose heart such cash could be made,
and heal and leave no mark. For {:
long while this world seemed, and often
does seem, an Inferno; nothing but
plunging and breaking ones heart in a
swamp Of suffering, with intervals of
quiet from mere exhaustion and de-.
spair. 0 Charley! how I wished your
mother had been alive! wanted some
kind woman, that was honest and pure,
about me; we men all do in our dark
hour. Basta! let us 60 down to the
drawing-room, and yorr friends, and
the lamp. By Jove, what fash
There's mighty storm brewing, young
fellow
The Grange advance., 1874-12-22
A MINNESOTA SPOOk.
Appearance Of q Great Fiery Image
With Numberless Heads and
Tails.

Tails.
According to the LIE Sueur Sentinel
some of the residents of that section
have, or at least claim to have, been
visited by ghost or fiery dragon. As
the story goes this apparition made its
appearance on two nights in succession,
opposite LIE Sueur, in Sibley county,
and abont four miles distant. Parties
from LIE Sueur visited the place for two
nights in succession after its reported
appearance, but for some reason are
singularly reticent as to what they saw
The statements as given to the Ssn-
ti1ael are in effect, that On the nights
mentioned several residents of the vi
cinity, at about eight o'clock at night,
saw fiery substance. about the size of
a fat-iron, rise from the ground on the
prairie, and as it ascended it spread out
into a great fiery image Of dragon,
with numberless heads and tails, and
after ascending and descending several
times, and magnifying and contracting
its dimensions at times, it disappeared
promptly at nine o'clock each night.
It's performances covered a space of
about forty acres, and its terrified spec
tators dared not approach near enough
to make critical examination. Fortu-
nately for the dragon or imp of Satan,
the several parties of mounted riflemen
who visited the haunted grounds on
Monday and Tuesday nights, it did not
appear unto them as unto q vision, or
otherwise.
The Grange advance., 1874-12-22
an Old Cellar in Lac qui Parle
County.

The Dead 1fOdy OF a Man Found In
an Old Cellar in Lac qui Parle
County.
The last issue of the Minnesota Falls
Sentinel contains the particulars of
the finding of the dead body Of man
in October last, secreted in a cellar in
Lac qui Parle. The story as told by
the Sentinel on information that it de.
clares to be reliable, would indicate
that the body thus found is that Of
man murdered and thus secreted some
time during the past summer, and is in
BRIEF:
The cellar in which the body was
found was dug about one year ago by
Mr.. G.. H. Cross, and afterward
abandoned. Subsequently Mr.. Cross
gave a man, name not given, liberty
to build house there, and this man in
clearing out the debris in the cellar,
discovered dead body in one corner,
partially covered up with dirt and
leaves. The body was in an advanced
state of decomposition, one arm and
one leg having been separated from the
body and not to be fonnd on the prem
ises. A large butcher knife was found
near the bank Of the cellar. Decompo.
sition had proceeded so far that recog-
milton was impossible.
In explanation of the affair
the Se',tiael's informant states that
nearly year ago, man from Iowa
went to that section and located claim.
He then returned to his home in Iowa.,
got some money. about $500, and re-
turned to- his claim in Lac qui Parle1
county, since which he bas not been
heard of. To add to the mystery, the
man finding the body informed the Cor
oner of Lac qui Par,e county, who set
The time for holding an inquest, but on
the night before it was to be held, the
body was spirited away, and has not
been heard from since. @' "a
The surprising feature of this whole
affair IS that this mystery, if it IS .
mystery, has not been aired by the Lac.
qm Parle Press. sssfs#ss rs
The Grange advance., 1874-12-22
An Angel i'm the Form Of a Dwarf.

An Angel I'm the Form Of q Dwarf.
lFrom the St. Louis Republicans Report Of
Mrs. NJ. H. Burnham's Lecture.
I'm Der defense of the stage and &C.
tresses, she mentioned two burlesque
blondes-English girls whom she had
known with the Lydia Thompson
Troupe.
They had heen cared for by maiden
aunt Patty, who had raised and educat-
ed them. They were honest, pure
girls. though they were in the blonde.
burlesque business, and they told the
lecturer the story of their lives. She
learned to love ttat old aunt Patty.
When she went to England she found
out the burlesqucrs, and they said how
much Aunt Patty had wanted to see
her, and then the confession was made
that Aunt Patty was q dwarf, who
when the mother of the girls died, had
exhibited herself as q dwarf for four.
teen years in the side.show ola meaag.
erie and circus to sapport those two
girls and three others, five neices in
all. Mrs. Burnham's description of
the old dwarf ended with dash Of
feeling which would have done credit
to Dickens. ''And thank God not one
of those five girls have failed in the de.
votion of their lives to that Christian
woman, whose heart Was as that of 4
giant throbbing for those little ones in
the coarse casket of = dwarf And
again: II shall find Aunt Patty, that
fearful looking dwarf, in Heaven IS
surely as I shall not find some very
good looking people whom I knsw well
enough on EARTH
The Grange advance., 1874-12-22
SANTA CLAUS, VISIT.
BY c. c. MOORE.

BY c. c. MOORE.
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all
through thHhouse
Not creative was stirring, not even a
mouse;
Fke stockings were hung by the chimney
In hopes that ST. Nicholas soon would be
there;
The children were nestled all snug In their
beds,
While visions of sugar.plums danced
through their heads;
And 1namma in her 'kerchief, and in my
Had just settled our brains for long win
ter's nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a
clatter,
sprang from my bed to see what was the
matter;
Away to the window few like flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the
sash.
The moon on the breast OF the new fallen
snow,
Gave the lustre of midday to objects be-
low;
When, what to my wondering eyes should
appear
Buta miniature sleigh and eight tiny
reindeer,
" ith little old driver, so lively and
quick,
knew in moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they
came,
And he whistled and shouted, and called
them by name:
s'Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Pran-
Ger! now Vixen!
On, Comet! on Cupid! on, Dorder and
To the top Of the porch! to the top of the
wall!
Nov, dash away. dash away, dash away
all!''
As dry leaves that before the wild hurri-
fly,
When they meet with an obstacle mount to
the sky,
So up to the house top the coursers they
few,
With slei gh full Of toys-and 81. Mich
olas too;
And then in twinkling l heard on the
roof,
The prancing and paving of each little
hoof.
As drew in my head and was turning
around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with
bound;
He was dressed all in fur from his head to
his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished Will
IL.
"A bundle Of toys he had flung on his
back,
And he looked like peddler just opening
his pack.
His eyes how they twinkled! his dim
pies how merry
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like
a cherry
His droll little mouth was drawup like a
bow,
And the beard on his chin was as white as
the snow 4;
The stump ola pipe he held tight in his
teeth,
And the smoke it encircled hi, head like a
wreath.
He had broad face and little round
belly,
That shook when he laughed like a bow
full Of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, right jolly
old elf,
And laughed when saw him in spi.e
of myself.
A wink of his eye and twist of his head
Soon gave me to kn,w I had nothing tc
dread.
He spoke not word, bu! went straight tc
his work,
And filed all the stockings then turned
with jerk,
And laying his ger aside Of his nose,
And giving a nod u" the chimney herose
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave q
whistle,
And away they all flew like = down Of O
thistle;
But l heard him exclaim, ere he drove
out of sight.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A
COOP N1GHT!"
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The Grange advance., 1874-12-22

THE nasrchants of Anoka have deci-
Sded Ydo bnsineas strictly On 8 essh
asis. semussncing With the new ivsas. i
The Grange advance., 1874-12-22

you
/ II was quite unconscious Of smiling ;
but she darted at me, and struck at my
throat. l caught her hand; this time
she had penknife in it. and felt that
she had pricked me. That instructive
act of self-defense reused me, and prob.
ably saved my wits as we'll as my life.
When I had mastered her and
thrown the knife away, I held
her hands in mine till she put down
her face and bit them savagely., tied
her wrists with my ,pockethaadker-
chief, and she sank painting on . chair.
All of u sudden the unhappy creature
burst out crying as if her heart was
broken-as well it might be. Probably
Ringwold's cool treatment of her
throughout the interview recently
passed was at the bottom of that frenzy
Of vituperation, that desperate behs.
vio,lr toward me. She did not hate me,
but Was simply mad with. pain, aud
raved and struck out in her delirium.
!. think she really liked me when she
married me, notwithstanding her as
sertions TO the contrary, and meant
and wished toalead 1 new life: but the
sight Of Ringwood's name In the papers
and the knowisdge Of his nearness, in
my absence, revived her passion for.
him, in which her good resolutions
The Grange advance., 1874-12-22

returned sooner than I was looked for.
I opened the door by latch-key, and
went softly upstairs to surprise my
wife. It was about 2 in the after noon.
Our little drawing-room had folding
doors, which were now ajar. No one
was in the front room, but heard--I
heard my wife $ voice in the other.
heard her voice and a mans. I had
but to step forward. and saw
It was quite dark by this time, and
here the voice that had come out of
Urquehart's black corner suddenly
broke into IN awful sob. 49, ...."@'
'sDon't go on" said I, much distress.
''Let me alone,'' gasped Urquehart,
savagely. "%
In less than minute he resumed:
II saw my wife with her arms round
a mans neck. She was passionately
entreating him not to leave her; he was
trying to release himself. The next
moment they saw me and started apart.
Then, instantly my wife. that tender
angel, flung herself at me like ! Wild
eat. She did not scream, but through
her shut teeth she said, I'll kill you,
I'll kill you, if you touch him. Her
blue eyes giared much like yonder blue
lightainE that keeps flashing ont there,
and sesnething glittered close % nv
<faoe. 4he had snatchsd up her scissors,
aud I verIly believe would have dur
them into ny temple Il the man, i.hef
lover. had sot come au1 pulled down
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-07-30
Flax Cultivation In Nebraska.

It was once supposed that fax would
only thrive on the sea shore: and
hence Holland had what may De re-
Rarded as great monopoly in the
CROWN OF lax, and the manufacture
Of linens. But the plant hourishes ia
Nebraska; and the soil is too rich for
even this exhausting crop easily to af-
ieet 1t. The cultivation Of the crop is
therefore yearly increasing-at pres
ent with view to the oil expressed
from the seed, though (as there is now
no linen manufacture worthy Of the
name IN the State, it may ultimately
provide Dbre for the mills. Certain
ly the people OF Nebraska may look to
this conclusion; and settlers in the
State ought not to forget that fax
may be made profitable crop.
At recent meeting Of the Farmers
Association, OF Lancaster County.
held at Lincoln, (the county seat and
capital of the State, 8 discussion took
place on the probabilities Of q fax
crop Tor this year, and il was stated
that some eastern gentleman had Of
fered to build an oil mill ifthe farmers
would guarantee 3 sufficient quantity
of the raw material. The eorresDOn-
dent who sends this item Of informa-
ton in the interests Of farmers moy-
ing west, says that in Ohio, the fiax
crop used to be most profitable one,
Hall a bushel of seed to the acre would
produce from 10 to 20 bushels, worth
81 80 per bushel. Taking the yield at
lG bushels, the seed was worth $500
per acre; and allowing $500 per acre
for expenses, (which included the de.
livery of the seed to the mill, the net
profit to the farmer was s., 90 per acre.
The straw elso was worth Sa.OO Der
tom and the yield was half = ton to
the acre. Nebraska Is more suitable
for flax cultivation than Ohio; and
farmers who migrate to this promis-
ing State, where the land is virgin.
rich and cheap, may wisely < eep this
subject in view.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-07-30
The Republican Party.

In recent issue, in speaking Of the
present status of the Republican par
ty, Harper's Weekly says:
No student of our political history
will deny that the Republican party
shows within its ranks an independ-
enee of criticism and q readiness OF
reform which no other great and DOM
inant party has ever shown, and
which is a good sign o. its real vitali;
ty, and an augury of its continued
and deserved supremacy. The DEM
ocratic party, which was so long In
the ascendant, became steadily more
and more corrupt, more and more be-
sotted with slavery, scorning the
chance which Douglas offered 1t Oi
assuming a virtue it did not have,
uutil it sunk beneath the wrath and
pFSfse 67 'Ene fsePf8 mean" Piiat 't6elf
press denOunces most strenuously
maladministrationo Of every kind, and
that the Congress which they control
scrutinizes impartially and severely,
the conduct of administrative officers,
and that Republican officers are re-
moved, and Republican laws repealed d
when such action is plainly proper.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-07-30
Queer Manifestation of q Fathers
Love.

The Maysville, (Ky.,) Bulletin tells
the following singular incident:
while We were in Ripley, n few
days ago, welearned of a circumstance
which, in these days Of practical mat
ters, struck Us as little odd. Some
two weeks ago a gentleman in oOm-
Portable circumstances, and apparent.
~ Il mal OF education and refinement
arrived at that place with his family
on small tradIng-boat. Being Ia i'll
health, he concluded to rent q house
and make Ripley for a time his home.
In his intercourse with the people he
informed them that he had been on
the river for over twenty years, and
followed trading rather for pleasure
than profit. While his effects were
being removed frum the bJat tO his
residence lab Irrr was carrying a pc
culiar shaped box, when Que Of tue
children told him to handle it CAREFUL
ly, as it contained the bones Of his two
little brothers. An inquiry into the
matter developed the facts that twelve
years ago the gentleman lost two chill
dren, to whom he was passionately
attached, by death, and having q rest
less disposition, which impelled him
to be on the move constantly, he
could not reconcile himself to leave
the remains of his two little ones
among strangers. He chose rather to
take them with him on his travels,
which he has done ever since. They
are contained in a neat iron oasket,
which he neverallOw, out of his sight. /"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-07-30
The Henry County Treasury L.

1t appears that the county Officers
have fully determined to throw every
obstacle in their power in the way tO
prevent a complete examination oi
county matters. Mr.. Tressler knows
nothing at all-nOt even II he ever
had a settlement with the Auditor
Mr.. Theek refuses to appear before the
Committee with his JOks, and both
claim the right to consult an attOr-
ney before answering any questions.
Mr.. MeekisOn, under the pretenee
that he was going to commence
suit against the present Treasurer,
got possession of some of the books
Of the Committee, which he now re-
fuses to return.
We have been one of those that
have been slow to believe that any oi
our present officers have been rob-
bing the Treasury, and have gained
much odium from our friends there
by, but We must confess that this
shuffiiEg conduct is beginning to
somewhat stSgger our views on this
point.--NdpOIeoH .SigRaI
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-07-30

NOTARY PUBLIC, BloOmviIIe, Ohio, will
~ give special attention 20 the purchase
aud sale Of real estate, cOnyeyancing, &C.
Oiiice at his residence, In BiOOmyiile-
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-07-30
Alady read the following paragraph

A lady read the following paragraph
in paper: "a young wife once cured
her husband Of q disposition to absent
himself from home at nights by pro-
viding a good dinner, and saying to
him sfterwsrd, George, il you find 9
sweeter spot than our home, describC
it to me, and will rival it If I die in
the attempt a kiss and q few tear
completed the victory" This lady
tried the game on her husband. He
wasn't melted a bit: he merely said
"When you can get the boys to come
here and smoke cigars aud talk poll
tics, and you set up keg OF lager,
you can count me in. like the com.
pany of the boys, do" Our lady
saw that sentiment had no effect Oh
him. So she didn't throw herself OF
his neck and hug and wet his paper
collar with tears; but she took q sau-
Ger and fired it at his head, and fol
lowed it up with the cup, and ended
by singing dish of strawberries on
his shirt bosom. Since that time hi
has been an exemplary husband. Ye
he does seem very anxious for her Il
visit her dear mother as often as fOu
or five times q week.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-07-30
Operations Orthe Lobbyist.

The New York Times points out the
various devices by which the lobbyist
reaps large income. Here is one:
ga company, let US say, applies 70
him to get bill passed. He tells the
agents he shall want at least 81, 900.
The money is paid, and he goes to
Albany with il, and pays out, say,
5000 among the bribable members.
The remaining S15, 900 he quietly puts
into his own pocket. II the bill pass
es, the company are satisfied and new
er ask question about the affair. II
it does not pass, they may ask ques.
tions, but they will get no informa-
tion out of the lobbyist, who goes
forth with his seventy-five per cent.
plunder comfortably slowed away In
his pockets. 1t is a game in which
there is scarcely the least probability
Of his being found Out-eertainly not
one chance in a thousand"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-07-30

Advices are that band Of Sioux at
tackled the miners at Seminole Mines,
thirty-five miles north Of Rawlins,
Wyoming. A company of cavalry
was ordered from Fort Russell to the
assistance of the miners. A fight Is
reported in Indian Territory, thirty
miles west ofFOrt Sill, between q body
OF Comaches and a company OF the
Sixth Cavalry, under COIOnel Carpen-
ter, in which Carpenter was badly
wounded and six Of his men killed A
party of Sioux attacked the POneas at
their agency in Nebraska, Friday,
and were driven off with two killed.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-07-30
DON'T FORGET
St. Johns NeWDrug Store,
Cor. Washington and Madison Sts.

lie has very FINE STOCK OF
Fresh Medicines, Chem
iCals, Toilet and Fancy
Articles, Trusses, Sup
pOrters. shoulder Bra
ces, ,PaInGs,Oi Brushes.
Varnishes, Dye Stufts.
Patent Medicines, Pure
Wines and Liquors for
medicinal purposes, sta
tiOnery, AlbEms, RuHbef
Balls, Base Balls, Photo
gPapheF's stock, Picture
Frames, best Cigars and
Chewing TObaccOs, Pure
Candies, Bath Brio ks.
Bird seed, Concentrated
1--we, Potash and Family
Dyes. with everything
usually found in a First
AIf Goods if''G are Warrant
ed 1irst-class, and will be
sold at reasonable prices.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-07-30

A TToRHEY-AT-LAW,o Office opposite Ma
CT0ekery Store, with Gibson & Pennington.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-07-30

GEOEGE 4 sESEH,
1-roRNEY At Law, Iifnn, Ohio once
4 .aS,,e- Main and Perry streets.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-07-30

The Common Council of Chicago
have instructed the Board OF Public
Works to take immediate steps to
have an abundant water supply 10 sll
parts Of the city; also to have all the
wooden buildings removed from with
in the city limits. 1t is proposed to
add a corps of sappers and miners to
the Fire Department. At a large
meeting of citizens the most radical
measures were urged as protection
against q repetition OF the fire.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-07-30

A TToRNEY-AT-LAW. Once 10 MilIer's
a Block. Washington Street, opposite the
Court House. sly
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-07-30
A. A. FREEMAN. n. n.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office en-
Madison street, between Washington
and Monroe, sOlicits and hopes TO merit
a liberal patronage, having the ad van
tage OF fifteen years experience IN East
ern pennsylvania and over three years in
riffin, and being familiar with the English
and German languages. Special attendance
given 10 surgery, diseases of women and
childre Medicine furnished when desired
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-07-30
Business Directory.
ATTORNEYS.

A TToRNEY AT LAW. Singers BLOCK
a TInio, Ohio.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-07-30

At Crab Orchard, KY, last SAtur-
day, boy named Goberty cut man
in the wrist with q pocket knife, from
which be died next day. 1t SENS the
boy was selling apples and the man
playfully grabbed at the basket, when
the boy struck at him with the knife.
An artery was severed.