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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-01-02

For AN IRRITATED THROAT, Cough or Cold,
''Bro,cn'S Bronchial Iroches'' are offered with
the fullest confidence in their efficacy. They
maintain the good reputation they have just
" acuuircd
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-01-02
PLATV FAGTS.
FRANKFORT, J


A year ago | had bad cough from the
Catarrh, which had got IN nv throat. l tried
good many things, but got nothing to do
me any good until | used your Golden Medi-
cal Discovery and Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
They cured me in three months, for which !
am very thankful, AMOS FlsHEE.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-01-02

Children Often Look Pale and Sick
From no other than having worms in the stou.
ach.
BROWNS VERMIFUGE COMFITs
will destroy Worms without injury to the child being
perfectly WHITE and free from oil colorng or other
injurious ingredients usually used in worm prepare
tons.
CURTIS g. BROWN, Proprietors,
No. 215 Fulton street, New York
Sold By Druggists and Chemists, and Dealers In
Medicines, at TWENTY-FIVE CENTS Box.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-01-02

The wages of the operatives in the
Wheeler cotton mills, at Millbury, Mass,
have been reduced 25 per cent.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-01-02

The Boston Globe has had five editors.
in-chlef in the past two years.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-01-02

WHEN WHITING TO ADVERTISERS,
w please say y0u SAW the advertisement
IN this paper.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-01-02

A DECAYED Ounce on Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, paper, speaking of a concert, men
toned the following as an incident: "a
journalistic gentleman, with cutting ex-
preston, who happened to enter pinned
his ears back tor fear that the tapping of
them might disturb the invited and
honored company who had assembled"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-01-02
POSITIVELY NO CHRONros.
200 PIANOS AND ORGANS

aoU be sold at Prices for cash on lnstni
nents, IN city Or country, during ih sfInancial
crisis and the Holidays, by Horace Wafefsc
Son, 4S1 broadway, thar ever before offered
in New York. Agents Wanted TO seq Waters,
CeEebraf ed Pianos, Concerto ana prchesLfnl
Organs. 1iIust,ted casaiGgues n Srenf
60 ministers, Churches, Sunday -SchOOIs,etcs
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-01-02

The last instance Of originality in a
marriage announcement is the following:
s'Nu cards, no cakes, no fuss"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-01-02
Children Often Look Pale and Sick

SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-01-02
10 nOOII pCICCPOIUIO'
Cleanse the Initiated Blood when

ever you find its impurities bursting through
the skin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores;
cleanse it when you find it INSTRUCTED and
sluggish in the veins; cleanse it when it is
foul your feelings will tell you when. Keep
the blood pure, and the health Of the system
will follow.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-01-02

TOMEN, Men, Girls and Boys wanted to sell our
w French and American Jewelry, Books, Games,
tc No capital needed Catalogue Terms. etc, sent
rec. Z o FICKERY d Co.. Augusta. Me.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-12-26

carrying the mail who shall collect, re-
ceive, or carry any letter or packet, or
cause or procure the same to be done, con-
trary to law, shall, on conviction thereof,
for every such otfense, forfeit and pay not
exceeding fifty dollars.
SIC. 22S. That no person shall establish
any private express for the con veyancc Of
letters or packets, or many manner cause or
provide for the conveyance of the same by
regular trips or at stated periods, over any
post-route which is or may be established
by law, or from any city, town or place
to any other city, town or place, be-
tv cen which the mail is regularly carried;
and every person so offending or aiding or
assisting therein, shall, for each offense,
forfeit and pay one hundred and fifty
dollars.
SEC. 229. That the owner of every stage
coach, railway-car, steamboat, or other
vehicle or vessel, which shall with the
knowledge OF any owner, in whole or in
part, or with the knowledge or conniv-
ancs of the driver, conductor, master, or
other person having charge Of the same,
convey any person acting or employed as
private express for the conveyance
letters or packets, and actually in posses
sion of the same for the purpose convey
ing them contrary to the spirit. true in
tent, and meaning Of this law, shall, for
every such offense, forfeit and pay one
hundred and fifty dollars.
SIC. $50. That no person shall transmit
by private express or other unlawful
means, or deliver to any agent of such
unlawful express. or deposit, or cause to
be deposited at any appointed place, for
the purpose OF being transmitted, any let
ter or packet, and for every such offense
the party so offending shall forfeit and pay
fifty dollars.
SEC. 23' That no stage coach, railway ear,
steamboat, or other vehicle or vessel which
egularlyperforms trips at stated periods on
any post-route, or from any city, town or
place to any other city. town or place be-
tween which the mail is regularly carried,
shall carry, otherwise than in the mai, any
letters or packets, except such as relate 70
some part Of the cargo Of such steamboat
or other vessel, or to some article carried
at the came time by the same stage coach,
railway car, or other vehicle, except as
provided in section two hundred and
thirty-nine; and for every such offense the
owner of the stage coach, railway car,
steamboat, or other vehicle or vessel shall
forfeit and pay one hundred dollars; and
the driver, conductor, master, or other
person having charge thereof and not at
the time owntr of the whole or any part
thereof, shall in like manner forfeit and
pay for every such offense fifty dollars.
(Section 239 permits conveyance of let
ters in stamped envelopes otherwise than
by mail.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-12-26
NARTINSBURG INDEPENDENT

Leave Unger Store Tuesday at
Gam:
Arrive at Gainesborough by lam;
Leave Gaineshorough tuesday at
p m;
Arrive az Unger's Store by p M
Leave Unger's Store Monday at
Gam;
Arrive at Berkeley Springs by IL m;
Bond required with bid, $500.
l2303 From HedgesviIe. by Johnsontown,
Tomahawk Springs, Jones'
Springs, and Shanghai, to Glen
gary, 30 miles and back, twice
week
Leave Hedgesville Wednesday and
Saturday on arrival of eastern
mail--say at 3 p m;
Arrive at Glengary by $50 P m;
Leave Glengary Wednesday and
Saturday at s 30 a m;
Arrive at Hedgesville by IL 30 pm.
Bond requited with bid, $500.
1904 From Glengary, by Shockeysville,
to Unger's Store, 10 miles and
back, once week.
Leave Glengary Thursday ut 9 80
am,
Arrive at Unger's Store by
1880 I'M
Leave Ungcr's Store Thursday at
80 am
Arrive at Glengary by Gam.
Bond required with bid, Slo0.
1905 From Gerrardstown, by Mill Greek
and Darkesville, to Martinsburgh,
Is miles and back, six times a
week.
Leave Gerrardstown daily, except
Sunday, ATTAIN;
Arrive at Martinsburgh by Is M
Leave Martinsburg daily, except
Sunday, at 3 pm;
Arrive at Gerrardstown by 8 p m.
Bond required with bid, $500.
12308 From Kerneysville to Shepherds
town, 5 miles and back, six times
week.
Leave Kerneysville daily, except
Sunday, at ! 45 pm;
Arrive at Shepherdstown by p m;
Leave Shepherdstown daily, except
Sunday, at 8 a m;
Arrive at Kerneysville by 10 l5 am;
Bond required with bid, $500.
l2307 From Kerneysville, by Leetown, to
Middleway, miles and back,
three times week.
Leave Kerneysville Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday ut 3 m;
Arrive at Middleway by 30 p m;
Leave Middleway Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday at 80 am;
Arrive at Kerneysville by III am.
Bond required with bid, 5000.
l2308 From Charlestown to Rippon 5,
miles and back, six times a week.
Leave Charestown daily, except
Sunday at 2pm;
Arrive at Rippon by 3 30 p m;
Leave Rippon daily, except Sunday
at am;
Arrive at Charlestown by 8 80 IN;
Bond required with bid, $500.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-12-26
The manner in rhich proposals shall be
made, and the
LIABILITY OF posrMAsrERs.

Sac. 245. That every proposal for car
rying the mail shall be accompanied by
the bond Of the bidder, with sureties APP
where the amount of the bond exceeds five
thousand dollars, by a postmaster Of the
first, second, or third class, in sum to be
designated by the Postmaster General in
the advertisement of each route; to which
bond condition shall be annexed, that If
the said bidder shall, within such d time
after his bid is accepted rs the Postmaster
General shall prescribe, enter inso a con-
tract with the United States of America,
with good and sufficient sureties, TO be
approved by the Postmaster General to
perform the service proposed in his said
bid, and, further, that he shall perform
the said service according to his contract,
then the said obligation to be void, other
wise to be in fall force and obligation in
law; and Ia case OF failure of any bidder
10 enter into such contract to perform the
service, or, having executed contract, in
case OF failure TO perform the service ac-
cording to his contract, he and his sureties
shall be liable for the amount OF said bond
as liqudated damages, to be recovered in
an action of debt on the said bond. No
proposal shall be considered unless it shall
be accompanied by such bond, and there
shall have been affixed to said proposal the
oath of the bidder, taken before an officer
qualified to administer oaths, that he has
the ability, pecuniarily, to fulfill his OBJ
legations, and that the bid is made in
good faith, and with the intention to enter
into contract and perform the service in
case his bid is accepted.
SIC; 246. That before the bond OF bid
der provided for in the aforesaid section is
approved, there shall be Endorsed thereon
the oaths of the sureties therein, taken be
fore an officer qualified to administer. oaths,
that they are owners Of real estate worth,
in the aggregate, a sum double the
amount of the said bond, over and above
all debts due and owing by them, and all
judgments, mortgages, and executions
against them, after allowing all exemp-
tons of every character whatever.
SEC. 247. That any postmaster who shall
afiix his signature to the approval of any
bond of "a bidder, or to the certificate Of
sufiiciency OF sureties in any contract be-
fore the said bond or contract is signed by
the bidder or contractor and his sureties,
or shall knowingly, or without the exer-
else Of due diligence, approve any bond OF
a bidder with insufficient sureties, or shall
knowingly make any false or fraudulent
certificate, shall be forthwith dismissed
from Office, and be thereafter disqualified
from holding the Office Of postmaster, and
shall also be deemed guilty of q misde--
meanor, and, on conviction thereof, be
punished by fine notexceeding five thou-.
sand dollars, or by imprisonment not ex-
cesding one year, or both.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-12-26
EXTRACTS FROM LAWS, ETC.
OATH OF MAIL CONTRACTORS AND
CARRIERS REQUIRED BY ACT
OF CONGRESS, JUNE 8, '72.

], -- do solemnly swear Tor afiirm)
that ] will faithfully perform all the duties
required of me, aud abstain from every
thing forbidden by the laws in relation to
the establishment of post Offices and post
roads within the United States and that
| will honestly and truly account for and
pay over any money belonging to the said
United States which may come into my
possession or control. So help me God.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-12-26

BY section l6 OF the act of June 8, 1872,
every person employed in The postal SER
vice is subject to all the pains, penalties,
and forfeitures for violation of the laws re-
lating to such service, whether he has taxi
EN- the above oath or affirmation or not.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-12-26

SEC. 249. That all contracts for carry
ing the mail shall be in the name of the
United States, and shall be awarded to the
lowest bidder rendering sufficient guaran-
tees for faithful performance, without 9TH
er reference to the mode Of transportation
than may be necessary TO provide for the
due celebrity, certainty, and security there-
of; but the Postmaster General shall not
be bound to consider the bid Of any per-
fCo1t,naea on pt.gt SIR.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-12-26

TO "REVlSE, q NSOLlD A TIE,
AND AMEND THE STATUTES
RELATING TO THE POST
OFFICE DEPARTMENT., y
APPROVED JUNE
8, 1872.
The POSTMASTER GENERAL requests that
bidders, guarantors, sureties, and all per-
sons concerned, or intending 10 be con-
cerncd, in mail contracts, will carefully
read and critically examine the abstract
of laws here presented, and also the forms
and instructions at the end of this adver-
tisement, in order that bids may be made
and liabilities assumed understandingly !,
and that all Misrepresentation or cause of
complaint hereafter may be avoided.
PoTMAsTERs are required to make them
selves familiar with these laws and in
structions, that they may be able to in
form and direct others.
Postmastsrs, clerks, de-, cannot be con-
tractors.
SEC. rs. That no postmaster, assistant
postmaster, or clerk employed in any post
Office, shall be contractor or concerned in
a contract for carrying the mail.
Persons IN The employ Of the Post once
Department Including postnaasters)
cannot become interested in mail con-
tract, noract as agent Of contractors or
bidders
SEc. IL. That no person employed in
the Post Office Department shall become
interested in any contract for carrying the
mail, or act as agent, with or without
compensation, for any contractor or per
son Offering 10 become contractor in any
business b efore The department; and any
person 80 offending shall DO Immediately
dismissed from fiice, and shall be liable
to pay so much money as would have
been realized from said contract to be re-
covered IN All action OF debt, for the use
Of the Post Office Department.
BIZ regulation of the Department. no
carrier should be employed who Is under
sixteen ears OF age; and no bidder will
he accepted whois under twenty one years
OF age, or who is a married woman.
Conveyance n letters oafgfMe mail Pri-
cate expresses, dc.
SEC. 22T That amy person concerned in
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-12-26

Conveyance II letters ont cfDte mail Pri-
cate expresses, dc.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-12-26

SEC. 227 That any person concerned in
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-12-26

By regulation Of the Department, no
carrier shoHld be employed who Is under
sixteen ears 81 age; and no bidder will
be accepted whoisundeR twenty one years
OF age, OF who is a married woman.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-01

that account worth noting, the "great
scandap' may be the means of illustrat-
ing how people may affect a reputation
lor Taste and refinement, cultivate pic
lures and music, talk in the most aes-
thetical manner, and be full of all sorts
OF Pietistic and sentimental gush, ready
to slop over on all occasions and upon
no occasion at all, and yet lead very
mean, dirty, despicabie lives, and be
capable of all manner of uncleanness,
cowardice and deceit. In short. the
whole wretched business is calculated
to impress anew the old and vet ever
needful lesson of humanity and self
distrnst, and to inspire a reasonable
suspicion of all extravagant preten-
tions and claims of superiority for
goodness and'wistlom, for where either
goodness or wisdom really exist, pre-,
tension of all sort is usually absent
Despite the immoral tendency of the
whole Of this Brooklyn scandal, this
much OF moral must perforce suggest
itself at the spectacle Of so many fallen
and broken idols, lately the objects of
the North.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-01
Street Cars Ran Like q W0tch,

The latest and most plausible plan yet
brought forward for running street cars
in cities without the aid Of horses is IA
foreign device, in which the motive pow.
er is used as an arrangementof powerful
springs, incased IN cylinders like watch
springs, of course on a very large scale,
and the application of which to the cars
now employed is said to be extremely sim
pie and easy. These springs are wound
up by small stationary steam engines al
each terminus of the line, and when So
wound up will propel the cars, even with
stoppages, for a longer distance than any
existing line of this kind extends. The
action is reversible, the application of
the brake power every respect satisfac-
tory, and the working Of the whole thing
10 pronounced success. ~ lsI44
The daily gazette., 1874-09-01
"A Perfect Home.

The most perfect home 1 ever saw was
little house into the sweet incense of whose
fires went no costly things. A thousand
dollars served as q year's living Of father,
mother and three children. But the mother
was the creator OF q home; her relations with
her children were tho most beautiful have
ever seen; even the dull and commonplace
man was lifted up and enabled to do good
work for souls by the atmosphere which this
woman created; every inmate of her house
involuntarily looked In her face for the key
note of the day, and il always rang clear.
From the rose bud or clover leaf, which III
spite Of her hard housework, she always
found to put by our plates at break fast, down
TO The story she had on hand, to be read in
the evening, there was no. intermission OF
her Influence. She had always been and
always win be my ideal Of another, ,wife,a ,and
a homo msker Tito her quick brain, lov.
ing heart and exquisiteiface had been added
the appliance OF wealth, and the enlarge
ment OF her wider culture, hers would hays
been absolutely the homH. AS II was, it was
the best have ever seen.- Helen Hunt.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-01

aomowhere in Burke though WHARF. st
this moment We are ct q loas to say-ls the
| idea, Of course eloquently expressed. that he
spires and towers OF the oathedrnls and
churches OF London avert tho iightning Of
the wrath oi GOD, which, but for them, the
iniau'ty OF that great city would be sure to
attract. This may be 30 in England's met.
ropolls, but IL certainly is not in that OF
Brooklyn, which boasts, too, to be the .O,tv
OF Churches" II must be admitted. bowev.
er, If we are rightly informed, tkatl the
Plymouth ConveHticls has no spire. We are
led inte this train Of thought, and into brcsk.
ing the silence we have imposed on ourssIves
by private letter from d dtstiNgaished
public man, from which We are tempted Ia
make an extract. 'i i'- nom fi1Iff : : -.
"What an uputtsrably filthy crew are thu
beecher-Tllton tribei fneyer found in an :,
OF them anything to sympathlzs with Or
admire; but never imagined they lived in
such lazar house. The tone of como Of the
newspapers on the subject 10 shamefuI. ana
think that portion ot our beniQhted coun.
trymen who Cannot read are to be courratn.
lated on this occasion. Ohlffor that faithful
OLD gold pen Of Thackeray, just to put q ser.
mon OF sound sweet morality into iimpid
Engilsll 1t would be like q breath Of irssh
air after coming out of foul pil." nd 4
Inc "gold pen" could write of BishoN
Tusher In "Es@ond,n and the horse rscipr.
gambliIg parson In the "virglnians. Z. p and 81
that mild humbug, Charles Honey man; but
such an imagtnlng a. Beeeher never enter
90 the pure, gentle mind Of Thsck eray. i.
Bait. Gazette. 81 ~ l5171 II 1
The daily gazette., 1874-09-01
Uires Con,i',y Home.

A recent paragraph in the Guardian,
calling attention to the fact that the sum
mer widowers We're having the jolliest
times imaginable in the absence Of their
yoluble halves, has had q most remarka
BILE effect. The wives come trotting home
to see about this thing One gentleman
who was having an unusually good time,
and whose wife had gone away to stay
until the middle of September, was won
derfuily astonished on going home at 4
o'clock in the morning YESTERDAY. to find
his wife sitting up waiting for him. She
gave him a rousing reception, and he
looks like the last rose Of summer. The
wide world may wag us it viii, but it is
doubtful il he ever smiles again. The
wives are coming home Unexpectedly ey-
cry day, and husbands had better look
oat fttle in order that they may save
some trouble .--Pdfersoa Guartian.
The daily gazette., 1874-09-01
Theodore and !s,isaa.

" G-a- = ~ '>D- = =>' e'""-
ne louisville er-Journal. ..9
cyl PLYMOUTH LOGIC.
~ % ilJcu. Anthony, she .
10 Went and sat down,on 1heodoreis knee
igl Thus you see
~" H. w. b.
IN ! Never said nothin' to Elizabeth T.g
d i2.g wIfo 1i5l'l gt9iip 81 a .yH 'S't
8 aEidj3r sTs 1aai rarpdo Earlas.o
.alsoa1 odt susiHd
The daily gazette., 1874-09-01

Ta4al rra il cation oyis yab siias4 pw sEis,I
The daily gazette., 1874-09-01

MIR. Robert Kerr, OF the Seventh Dlstriet.
Cecii county, died on the oath Inst, In the
S7th year Of his age. He was q soldier IN
the war of 1879. = -
The daily gazette., 1874-09-01
The BrOOktyn Scandal.
THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.
~ From the Ne,p York Times

II ErToW' tHe Nelc YORK Times.
l9pointo Of fact it bears in many parts
close resemblance to the pleading of
an advocate for the defense, and as a
wnoie II can only be compared to a
charge which might be delivered to a
Jury py q Judge strongly convinced OF
the innocence OF the accused. There
are radical defects in the tone and tenn
per OF the report which are to be much
regretted, ~
. IFFon,. the Nelo York Sun.
This report wholly exonerates Mr..
peecner, and 1t Will be received as strong
way Of thinking But those who hold
MIN guilty will not be changed by il
they will hold him guilty still. But viii
ne ever be able to regain his former
great positionp That question must.
we rear, be answered in the negative.
From the Philadelphia Press.
| As for the verdict, 1T will have no
weight at al, and will carry conviction
to no mans mind. If we had not known
IN advance what it would be, it might
have had some effect, but as it is, that
enec6 IS utterly destroyed--falls feeble
iiu H''t. .4N4uJ 1tiB1lO0Ss(t
| FROM the Philadelphia Eveaiag Bulletin.
No man who is not utterly swallowed
up in the vortex of man-worship that
seethed and roared around the Plymouth
Church last night can be convinced of
Mr., Beecher,s innocence by such feeble
exmbitiorl OF special pleading as is made
by the chosen defenders in their final
report. ca -iT51 10 s11Jlao '''-
> from the H'ashmgtoa Capital
2et Frank Moulton be patient and
stana aside. He VIII have, the satisfac-
tion OF seeing Plymouth Church drop to
pieces OF itself. Its very violence Is a
symptom of decay and dissolution.
t.l lFrom the Washington Star.l
Not proved" is about as favorable d
Judgment US can be hoped for from that
tribunal,
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-01-24
Der Drummer.

who puts CUP at der pest hotel,
und dakes his oysters on der schell,
Und nit der frauleins cuts a sohwell2
Der drummer
Who vas 1t comes indo mine sohtore,
Drows down his pundles on der vloor,
Qnd nefer schtops to shut der door9
Der drummer.
who dukes me py der handt und say:
Hans aHHla ms Pfeiffer, how you vas today"
und goes for peesnis right away.
Der drummer.
Who shpreads his zamplcs in trice,
und dells me "leok, und see now nioe."
Uud says gets "der bottom prico?"
.-tg.g. Der drummer.
Who says der tngs vas eggstra vine
syrom Sharmany, ubon der Rhine
Uud sheats me den dimes oubt of nine?
sASS'9 Der drummer.
Who dells how sheaps der goots vas bought;
Mooch loss as vot gould imbort,
But lcto dem go as he vas "short?"
Der drummer.
Da.
Who warrant all der goots to suit
Der gues9mers ubon his route,
und ven dey comes dey vas no goot?
60 Der drummer.
Who comes aroudt ven been oudt,
Drinks CUP mine bier, and oats mine kraut
Und kiss Katrina in der mout?
.is Der Drummer
Who, ven he comes again dis way,
Will hear vot Pfeiffer has to say,
Und nit pack eye goes away?
Der drummer.