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IGRxHRAL xArrRE-No. GIL


Kansas.
Ne u enacted by the Senate and House Of Representatives
nt the United States America Congress assembled That
all the western portion OF the Of Kansas included fol
LOGS commencing the northeast OF township
sixteen and running thence west TO the western
undar Of the State thence south along said boundary nt
The state thence SOUTH along said boundary line to he fourth
standard parallel; thence along said parallel; thence
east along said parallel line the southeast OF Rush
county thence the place OF beginning be- and here
land district.
That all the western portion Of the state Of Kansas
included follows Wit the northeast
ns OF Barton county and running thence west TO the north
west corner H sad county thence south to the southwest
corner M said cOnHy thence along the fourth standard
parallel line the boundary State thence south
along said boundaTyline boundary Of the
snte thence east along said boundary to the sou heas
eoner OF Barbour county; thence north the Of begin
ming be- and hereby s constituted landdistc to be
called the Arkansas Valley land district and shall in addition
Include In the district the lands lying in Rice AMI Reno
ties. -
SEc. That the President By with the advice
sent OF the senate hereby authorized appoint register
and receiver each said districts
like and similar duties and receive the
pensaion aowed 70 other officers dsehargnR like duties in
the other an Offices of said
ADBro ne
Smyrna times., 1874-08-26

One reason why indianapolis has so many
burglaries is because fellow has to crack"
from six to twelve houses to get money enough
to pay his railroad fare out of town.
Smyrna times., 1874-08-26

81 wouldn't have left, but the people kinder
egged me on, said man who was asked why
he quit his Kansas home in hurry.
Smyrna times., 1874-08-26

BURNING THE CANDLE OF LIFE AT Born
ENDs.-The deadliest foe to man g longevity is
an unnatural and an unreasonable excitement
Every man is born with certain stock of vi
tality, which cannot be increased, but which
may be expended rapidly or husbanded, as he
deems best. Within certain limits he has bis
choice to live fast or slow-to live abstemiousIy
or intensely--to draw his little amount of lite
over large space, or condense it into a mar.
row one but when his stock is exhausted he
has no more. He who lives abstemiously, who
avoids all stimulants, who takes light exercise,
never overtasks himself, INDUCES no exhaust
ing passions, feeds his mind and heart on no
exciting material, has no debilitating pleasure,
let's nothing ruffle his temper, and keeps his
accounts with God and man duly squared
up" is sure, barring accidents, to spin out his
life to the longest limit which it is possible tC
attain while he who intensely feeds on high
seasoned food, whether material or mental
fatigues his body or brain by hard labor, ex
poses himself to infamInatory disease, seeks
continual excitement, gives loose rein to hi
passion, frets at every trouble, and enjoys lit
tie repose, is burning the candle at both ends
and is sure to shorten his days. ..
1
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Continued
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

DEPARTMENT. Of Of JUSTICE.
Tn tho Office Of the Tresyurer Seventeen clerks four
class three FIVE clerks OF class two nine clerks
hundred dollars each nine messengers ana
two fourteen thousand seveen hundred and eighty
sna Office Of .he Register Of the Treasury Five chiefs
divisions thousand five hundred dollars each one dis
four Of three four clerks OF class two five
clerks OF class do Sns Oes e erS six assistant
and aborers making in all the sum Of one hun
In the Once Of the First Auditor Of the Treasury -Four
class and two clerks Of class one making u all the sum
Bureau oi Engraving and Printing Chief
thousand dollars for payment 81 emPoyees 81 per Diem 10
ants at eight dollars day at seven
than dollars and ninety cents per day and six
Ro%an R M p5 ad a eeD dollars per
FOR sbOr (by the daV piece conrac0 including labor
d other special ties sary for carrying the work
The nd States the pay Tor such labor by the
OF the Treasury at rates exceeding the rates usually
printing and other securities Of the United States
For paper bonds aud other securities including
Er nA.rral: other than paper required in the work Of
For purchase of engravers tools dies rolls and plates
transportation notes. bonds and other securities Of
the United states finished and unfinished one hundred and
Th4t and after she first day Of July eiehteen
Secretoy the Treasury shall all unexpendd balances
the Treasury for fiscal TO be carried to the surplus
Ini and covered into the Treasury Povded That this
shall apply permanent specific appropriations
for rivers and harhOrs tOrthca ons
public buildings, Of the and marine
but the appropriations named this prnvisn shall continue
available otherwise ordered by Congress- and this provi
shall apply 10 unexpenied balance OF the appro
Pr.ns made by the act approved December twenydrst
eighteen hundred and seventy for that b
under articles Of the with Grea
Britain cuucude May eighth, eighteen huAdd and seventy
which balance the approved March third eghee
hHnir authorized be expended to
e the President to tulh the spuatons contained IN IN
twenteth twentyird, twenty fourth,
twent, articles treaty And provided further Tha
this shall prevent the ulhment OF
the date passage OF this and tn
Secretary the Treasury shall at the beginning of each
report with his annual estimates bal
C Appropriations for specific objects affected by this
tinn that need to b.. re-apprOpriAted
Approved. June 20. IS7i.
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t0EERRAL EATuRE-Ns. 6s.i
AN ACT to land district in the Terror,


be IL enacted by the Senate and House of
Of the United States Of America 10 assembled That
all OF the Territory Of Colorado commencing at
south boundary line Colorado Territory
between aud seventy the
running north. TO the northern
Of township twenty-eRht south; thence line
and twenyeight SOUTH the
Of seventy west thence nOrt
Ea seventythree west to point where
the line swnshps OrtyrKht and forty nine nOrth
Nsw Mexeo meridian, will intersect the thence
eight orty-nine north to the
boundary Of the Terory; theEee south with said
boundary TeFtOr :hencs eouh with sad boundary
line. the southwest the Territory thence east
the line Of the southern boundary Of the Territory 20
OF beginning shall constitute separate lana 70 De
called Del NOFts land district the Office OF when snn pc
Gated Del NOrte in ConeOs County Provided Ihat Ine
President Of the United States change the locaon OF
qaire. p - - e. sEaRaI "a 3. ~,
adsee and consent Of the Senate register and reeess 81
pabe FOR said district and said officers hs reside IN
ts place where said land office located and shall have the
the like receive in the other land district In sad
Sac 3hat alt persoBs aid district who. prior TO the
oDannk Of said Del Norte land Office. shall have filed their
oeesrstOry statement application for empton or home
stead rights any land Office in said Territory shall
make and at said Del Nnrte land 0ice
ed all unfinished other land ONCE relating ex-
aslve to $nds said Del Norts land district shall be trans
d said Del Nore land Office when notified By the oeers
OF Tue opening thereof
Approved, June
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OFFICIAL
LAWS and Resolutions of the United states Pas
sed the First Session of the Forty
Third Congress.
tGxxxpaI N.ruRR-No. 5,.l


AN ACT making appropriations the Legislative, executive
and judicial the Government the ending
june thrieth eighteen hundred and seventyve and
ether purposes
be by the Senate and House of Representatives
d the United of America in Congress assembled That
the hereby
out money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
Tor the service fiscal ending June hirteth eRh
teen seventyfve the objects hereinafter
pressed. namely:
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EaExERAL xAruax--No. SOL

AN ACT eonferrnR Jurisdiction the criminal court OF
m the District OF Columbia, and tor other purposes
enacted by the Senate and House OF
United States o.Amerca in Conaress assemblea Lnat
srmina court the District OF Columbia ss have ier
sepn Of all comuafed in SAID Dis
not lawfully trable In other court and which are re-
rea oy As to be By Indictment inormaton
use That the proyisops Of te sse9n o. % she
created s setof IN the District OF Ooniaoia
@pssoved June a, 1874
Smyrna times., 1874-08-26

Something about dogs-Fleas.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23
TIE People will not be De-
cesyelS,

The political canvass in this State
has not fairly opened and yet ii has
progressed far enough to make 1t
plain to man with his eyes open
that the result will he in favor of the
party which for years has been IN
the ascendency In Iowa. However
much men may feel that perhaps q
change in parties would be best there
comes feeling of distrust that the
change would be for the worse, and
even men who are not held by strong
party ties prefer TO " endure the ills
we have than fly to others that we
know not Of" That the day oil
blind party following in this country
is well nigh over is one OF the nope
ful signs Of the day, and for one, we
rejoice that there is more OF indepen-
dentaction and less partyslavery than
ever before in the history Of the
country. Bad men, incompetent
men and dishonest men can no long
or feel the assurance that a nomina-
ton is equivalent to an election ana
It is well that it ii so. 1t Is this in
dependence Of action that will bring
about the long desired publication
in politics. Bat independence in
politics does not mean continual
changing Of parties, by any means,
and the man who stands up and
boasts that he Is Independent because
last year he belonged TO one party
and this year he acts with the party
which he denounced, Is simply adj
vertising himseifas political wealth
crock, and true independence is not
I'm him. What he would have us
believe to be independence Is very
desperate case Of ofiice-seeker's itch,
or a bad case Of political treachery.
1t is not the true independence that
can stand up and say, If you nomi-
nate man whom i believe to be un-
qualified and dishonest / will refuse
to support him." and saying this
still maintains the right to remain
in the party in the principles OF
which he claims to be an ardent be-
.liever. Nobody has faith in the
Christian who is continually running
from one church to another, aud peO-
pie very soon decide that there is
something wrong with a man OF this
kind instead Of casting suspicion
upon the church. The great mass
Of both political parties are honest
and they seek the real good Of the
country, and they are not near so
easily fooled and led by self-consti-
tuted party leaders as they used to
be.--H0Wheye.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23

To David Morgan has been assigned
the task of carrying the Quaker vote
of the State for the Anti-Monops.
David is good man TO let out this
Job to. He has had experience. lie
wanted to 60 to Congress few years
ago and, as neither party wanted
him, he came out independent"
and wasn't supported by the Quakers
with great unanimity. Two years
ago he undertook to carry the Qua
kers for Greeley, and such was the
magnitude of his carrying power,
that he did carry-one OF them, Da-
vid Morgan-into the Liberal camp.
-Gri,apeX Herald.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23

From the rear of our Office is visi-
bic the Western Stage Co.'S Oldest
barn in the city of Ottumwa. The
roof is twisted, warped and rotten.
The sides are worse than the roof,
and the whole a well-remembered
relic of by-gone days. Their drivers
and their agents are occupying varl-
Gus stations in the active duties OF
life-their coaches repOse in out-of-
the-way receptacles, worm eaten and
forgotten, ard the proprietors are
nearly all dead. SO it has ever been
and ever will be- Oitnllca Courier.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23
After gTsc Fire.

Wednesday morning the "burnt
district" presented forlorn, ragged
appearance. The fires were out.
Only here and there had the consunl-
ing heat left left anything upon
which the remnants Of fame could
feed. Citizens appeared in every
street traversing the track Of the fire.
They were on foot, on horseback, in
carriages. Then, too, there WAS an
army of scavengers poking among
the hot ashes and the smoking ruins
for everything of value which had
escaped the nav of the destroyer.
People who had been burned out
came to view the ground where they
had first Wrestled with the fire, then
struggled to rescue their property,
and finally fed from the flames to
save their lives. Men whose houses
on the line of the track of the contia-
grafton had been scorched but not
destroyed, worn out with labor and
watching, tugged YEARLY at the
work of replacing furniture, battered
and defaced by the rough handling
of the night before. Poor women
who had slept on the sidewalk, and
had still no place to go for shelter,
huddled together in the vicinity OF
their wasted homesteads, and wept
in sheer desperation at the weil-nigh
hopeless task of resuming the battle
of life; and the children Of these out
casts from society, and now from
their late miserable roof-tree, walled
i'm concert. Cyprians OF every color
black, white, and yelloW-stalked
through the streets, shouting peals
of discordant and vacant laughter,
and on the near outskirts of the des
olate region the saloonkeepers piled
their trade. Before the bar, reeking
with the fumes of alcohol, stood mot
Icy crowds; those who had spent the
night in revels-thieves, loafers,
rogues of every degree. Mingling
with these wretches who prey ON So
ciety, and SO burden it with their
presence, were the actual sufferers.
by the fire-those who, having lost
their little all, had not yet the cour-
age to look the future squarely in the
face. Despondent and heart broken,
they sought consolation in the cup.
These scenes continued all day, and
were renewed on neutrality-suspicious.
of life in miserable houses, i'm a
wretched quarter of the town, trans
ferred to the open street and the
neighboring saloons.
The fire, in its effects, was q paro-
dox. 1t was sad, distressing, terri
BILE to thousands; but four-ifths Of
the territory it swept over was act
ually relieved of an incumbrance in
the shape Of shanties utterly unfit for
the occupancy of human beings.
While such tenements remained, "
arice and cupidity, coupled with the
cruel necessities of poverty, made
them serve rs human habitations;
but once destroyed, they fortunately
cannot be rebuilt; and the land de.
nuded of its excresences is worth
more for their radiance. The city
itself as a whole has gained by the
fire, and 1t is, therefore, doubly the
duty of the city--its government, it's
charitable societies, and its people
to see that the real sufferers are made
comfortable until such time as they
are able to secure work and so re-
place their modest household effects.
| Inter- Ocean.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23

Boston has the honor of being the
first city to tender sympathy and aid
to Chicago after her second scourging
by fire.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23
JoLLYS
Patented May 26, 1919
Is Designed to Aid Beginners

aad learners generally in acquiring proper POSITION
OF the hand and pen and the mu eular move i1
writing As the twig ~ bent the tree IL inrlihel
Pupils will Practice what they Learn
Very small children well as adults acquire m eN'
celent movement by the OF this attaohmehl
Without a Teacher.
1t IL general complaint that writing IS no.
taught In our public schools but this is Just Ne ~
should be because any TEACHER knows Tint u isbi-
most impossible to teach t successfully in our snoos
under the present arrangement. Why spend It"h'
ten to fifteen IN .ruitess attempt 10 learn "
write practical hand when, by the use of proper
means !. viii require but a few weeksG
How pupils have succeeded, 10 practicing peet'y
every day OF their school lives lot hotel registers
other sigma lures ami writing attest. -,
The READY WRITEE doris the work satisfactorily
aud parents should that their children use u ah
til proper habits become natural.
Prof. NJ p Gvens. Of the oskaloosa Business 'oi'
lege,has had his school supplied and says he'll isY
convinced that
1T WILL DO ALL THAT Is CEAih
ED FOR IT,"
and this Is only Of thousands Of testinonisih 'h
might be given,
THE READY WRITER rs WORTH
ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD!
1t cortpels the pupil to write he should sent -
address, finished in good style with fine cedar hou
for 90 cts. FulI instructions accompany It, Agent
wanted. Address
CT. w. JOLLY,
Osce0la, Iowa.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23

Sampson OF old carried off the
gates Of GAIA, but that performance
won't be circumstance to the way
our Sampson will hist" the Anti
Monop Gates at the next election,
and he will smite the Democratic
Philistines hip and thigh. Ottatntaoa
Courier.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23

The anti-monops of Lee county
recommend Dan. F. Miller, OF keo-
kuk, their most distinguished dena-
gogue, an inyeterate wire puller and
political fossil, as suitable man to
carry their standard in the LIST. dis
trict Congressional campaign.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23
.Jasper-lG for f. N. Gates, ,

JA7FIA'
Mahaska-7 for r r. Harbor, and
IL for j. ". Dixon, both of Wapello.
Ararion-2l for Mccormack.
Monroe for f. Gault, 4 for j.
w. Dixon, ! for White.
Wapello-.l7 for j. w. Dixon.
The chair announced the vote as
follows:
Gates, 30; J. w. Dixon, rs; J. n.
Dixon, II; Mccormack, %; White,
II; r. r. Harbour, Il; L. Gault, 8.
Whole number Of votes cast, l23
necessary to choice, G2.
Upon the informal ballot, Mr..
Short suffered his vote to be an
nounced for Mccormack, by Boyd
ston, who acted as chairman Of the
Marion county delegation. On first
formal ballot Boydaton again want
cd to announce Marion's full vote
for Mccormack, but Mr.. Short
objected, and Boydston declared 10
for Mccormack and 2 for j. y. Dix
on. Davis county changed one vote
from Mccormack to j. w. Dixon.
This reduced the vote for the Boss to
rs on first formal ballot; yet the
Boss in his paper reports his vote 20
as before, and thus conceals the fact
that his friend Short refused to en-
dorse him, and makes it appear that
there were 12G instead of % votes in
the convention. Ne. is determined
TO carry the honor Of Mr.. Shorts
vote. lie couldn't cheat the farmer
ont of his vote by trying to trick
him out of his seat in the convention
but he must keep even in some way.
VIII lie claim again that "the boys
made the mistake in setting the
types,' or will he admit that his
memory was not SO good as it was a
few weeks since? Mac. is certainly
very shrewd in being caught at his
little knaveries. Mr.. Short was
doubtless honest in wanting farmer
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ter the 9TH ballot.
The balloting proceeded to the
10th; but before this ballot was talk
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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23
Adjourned.

One A. Rood, is the Anti-monop-
oily candidate for Congress in the Sth
district, and the Hamburg Times is
IN organ of that party published in
Rood's own county. The Times
don't like Rood--it says:
An we emphatically announce that
we shall exercise tho privileges, to
say nothing of the duties, of an
American citizen, regardless of the
party whip and spur, and shall not
support A. Rood because:
He Is incompetent.
The people do not want him.
He is an Anti-Monopolist for Office
only.
He is y political demagogue and
wire puller.
He is fraud and political shyster
generally.
He packed the convention that
nominated him.
He is an Anti-monopolist be-
cause he lives in an Anti-monopoly
county.
He is broken down Republican
politician and a carpet Dagger from
Wisconsin.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23
David Morgan, the Anti-Monop
for Secretary OF State can

David Morgan, the Anti-Monop
candidate for Secretary OF State can
now sing
h1hIsi. me wsy long have sought.
And u.ourn.d hscause found II not"
lie has nomination, and that is
what lie has been working for ever
since he came TO Iowa as carpet
hagger from Tennessee. He was n
candidate for Congress before he was
entitled 10 vote in the State. He
inns been willing TO accept offices of
various kinds since, but never got
anything but railroad offices. He
Mas willing to run for Representa-
tive three years ago, and because he
couldn't get nominated, boted the
man who was nominated in his own
rp. He thought he would just fit an
Indian agency but the powers that
Sc falling 10 see IL in that light, he
was excused. That soured him so he
tsnlclnced that reform was needed in
the i,arty--a reformation that would
give him M office. He went iwhere
all sore-heads 90, and got his price,
bnt next October he will be singing.
.,gf,s world Is All naeting chow,
Jar nlans delusion given"
(Isor Quakers ca'i sing.)
e fEhgloDgu Herald.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23
Indiana Democratic GOnyen"
lrAn.

The Democracy Of Indiana met in
State Convention last Wednesday.
Ex-Gov. Hendricks was chosen Pres
ident. The platform adopted is OF
the old Democratic stamp, declaring
the Republican party and its Adj
ministration corrupt and untrust-
worthy, and asking the people to en-
trust the Democratic party with the
administration Of the Stateand coun-
try upon such principles as are ex-
pressed in the platform, embracing
the States right doctrine; strict con-
struction Of the constitution; tariff
for revenue only; honesty in office,
and opposition to high salaries, OF
course; redemption OF five-tWenty
bonds in greenbacks; substitution of
greenbacks for National Bank cur
rency, and return to specie payments
as soon as the business interests o!
the country will permit; such al
justment Of the volume Of currency
as will subserve the industrial and
commercial requirements of the
country, opposition to civil rights
bill aud equal rights to colored men;
opposing Baxter temperance law,
and favoring a judicious license law.
Nominations were made for State
officers as follows: Sec'y of State, j..
G. Nef; Auditor, Il. Henderson /;
Treas, b. G. Shaw; Sup't Public In
struction, j. IL. Smart; Attorney
General, G. "A. Buskirk; Judge OF
Supreme Court, Horace p. Biddle.
Messrs. Henderson and Biddle
are also nominated on the farmers
ticket.
The Democratic heart is big with
sympathy for the farmers, OF course !;
but where there is the ghost OF Il
chance of success for the Democratic
party the thought Of giving up its
organization for farmers move
ment cannot be brooked. In Iowa
the party goes into bankruptcy at the
bidding OF the farmers, but secretly
makes the mental reservation
that it will not submit longer than
until the next election, when it will
testify that ii has only been playing
possum, and rise and prepare for the
Presidential campaign of 1876.
- -s~---------
Morgan, friend David, OF the An