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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-20
ORC DELL.

EDITOR JOURNAL MANY readers
Of the JOURNAL are perhaps not
aware of the existence of the above
named town in Marion county ;
therefore / shall undertake to ex-
plain the situation.
Orc Dell is bran new town, stu
ated in the north part Of Union
township about one mile south of the
Des Moines River, about five and a
half miles west of Red Rock, at the
crossing Of the Pleasantville and
Monroe and the Hartford and Red
Rock roads.
At present 1t boasts of one dry
goods store and grocery store, owned
by Edwards and Summer; one
Blacksmith and wagon shop, s. j.
Ballard proprietor; and one saw
mill and Touring mill, L. X. Mob.
Ter, proprietor
The town Is situated in a No. ]
farming district; plenty Of timber
stone and coal in the Immediate
neighborhood.
DR.. Brand Is sinking a coal shaft
near town. He has bought the un-
der side of forty acres Of land, price
81 900. That is he has paid that
amount for the privilege of mining
the Sd vein of coal under 40 acres OF
land belonging to Messrs. Haynes
and Cole.
improvements are progressing.
Nicholas Cole, is putting up d fine
frame dwelling.
S. j. Ballard is preparing TO build
dwelling house this summer, frame
26x30, story and a half high.
All things considered / think we
have fattering prospect for a lively
little town, and we offer good
sites for a doctor, a drug store, har-
ness shop, boot and shoe shop, hard,
ware and agricultural dealer, etc.
We expect to have a Post Office es.
tablished here soon.
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Stick 70 Nnur iowa sIom es.

A. G.. Case, of Charles City, who
has just returned from trip to Cal
ifornia writes to the Dubuque Her
aid the following notes of warning
to the people of Iowa.
California is certainly the Golden
State so far as climate is concerned
but thousands Of emigrants who are
hooking there this season are just as
surely doomed to disappointment
and hardship. We meet long trains
of them every few hours; and as we
passed them they shouted, GO east
and freeze Il" to which our party truth
fully replied, $50 west and starve."
The truth is California has compar-
atively but very little good land, and
what little tire Is Is owned by few
and held at fabulous prices-prices
entirely beyond the reach of people
of ordinary means. 1t is no place
for man to emigrate to, unless he
has already enough Of " filthy lucre !"
to support him the rest of his life.
There is nothing there for laboring
man to do this year especially. The
wheat crop is failure mot more
than third of crop and no farm
labor Is wanted. Skilled laborers
cannot find employment, for the reas-
on that no manufacturing of any &C.
count is carried on there. The lux
urious habits Of the wealthy Califor-
mans and the many tourists visiting
there makes quite demand for SER
wants, but this is almost entirely
supplied by the +" Heather Chinee."
So that it is absolutely certain that
the great emigration there will soon
come back to Iowa and the other
western States and the only parties
who will be benefited thereby will
be those poor abused credit mobieiier
Pacific railroad companies, who car
ry them the round trip and charge
them two prices for it.
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conclude to make Pella his perma-
nent home yet.
We understand that DR.. J. G..
Howell, who went to California on a
visit a short time ago, has written
home to his family that he likes the
country well enough to make it a
future abiding place, and for them
to make preparations to remove
there at no distant day.
KATE KINNEY.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-20

country as to soil, climate and pro-
auctions. / think Oregon unequal
ed in these things. The rainy season
Is part of our climatic condition but
little understood abroad. Our rains
are judged OF by those of the Middle
States, and we are supposed to be
kept under storms and tempests for
months together. This is quite a
mistake. Imagine gentle shower
on moderately cool May day, with
out much wind, and you have a
fair picture Of our winter rains.
Thens the rains are not constant,
many days are only showery, or
what we call misty, and interspersed
with sunshine. Occasionally get a
little snow, but it is soon gone.
Last winter we had one or two days
of unprecedented cold for Oregon,
the murcury falling in the locality
of the Columbia River to ten degrees
below zero.
The price Of land varies, according
to quality and location, from Govern
ment price to $3.50 per acre. The
best wheat lands, near the centre in
this valley, are worth from thirty to
sixty dollars per acre.
Taking the good and bad together
and the future outlook, as compared
with other parts of the country, /
am contented and pleased with my
choice of Oregon. Financially, OPP
portunities are extraordinary, If
properly managed.
Kind regards to your family and
enquiring friends"
G. w. SHAW
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We have been favored with the
following extract from letter from
Rev. C. w. Shaw, formerly OF this
place, to Rev. Il. III. Warning. Mr..
Shaw's former friends will be glad TO
hear from him. He is now located
at Salem, Oregon, and is acting as
agent of the Willamette University !:
SALEM OREGON, May 3, 1875.
REV. E. III. WARRING.
M Dear Brother Your letter
was welcome indeed.
NV earliest memories OF Iowa history
date from Knoxville. Near that
place / enlisted in the army OF Christ.
There l had my first experience as a
school teacher. BY the votes Of
some who are members of the M. 4.
Church there was recommended fol-
and received license to preach, and
there / raised my voice first Officially
az a minister, proclsiming: "Ho
every one that thirsts, come ye to
the waters.n etc. But 50 great
have been the changes since then
seventeen years that doubtless but
little impression remains, except In
my own memory. There, too, tried
to fill the Office Of pastor. But i
must cease these "reminiscences, Oh
nv letter will grow prosy to you.
/ AN greatly pleased with this
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The great Soldiers Reunion OPEN
ed at Chicago last Wednesday. The
attendance WAS very large on the
second day. The marching Of the
military procession was an imposing
affair. Several thousand veterans
were in line, including infantry,
cavalry and artillery.
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CLAY TOWNSHIP.

ENGLISH SETTLEMENT, May Il
Farmers are all busy planting corn
Small grain looks well.
Eighteen copies of the Marion
county atlas have been sold in Clay
township.
James Coons started this week
with herd of leo head of cattle for
summer pasturing in Missouri.
Hamilton Parks, of lola has taken
a herd of 600 cattle to western Iowa
for pasture.
VIM. Crouch has the contract for
the masonry Of Mr.. James Harvey's
large barn.
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To WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN /:

To WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given that on the
Ist day Of the next June term of The
Circuit Court OF Marion county, Iowa
the 7th day of June 1875, Elizabeth
Kelsey will make application to b'
discharged az Administrative of tn,
estate OF Isaac M. Kelsey. deceased.
Knoxville, May II, 1875.
(89-52) ALLEN HAMRIcK, Clerk
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sCHoNRERG, WARREN couNrY.

1ps
Farmers are all done seeding some
time since, and are making ready fol
planting corn.
Samuel Shaw ia building a large
barn. w. w. Pring is the carpenter
Daniel Chitenden is erecting store
building.
J. n. Shepherd is doing thriving
business in the grocery line and will
soon receive his spring stock of dry
goods.
A post office has been established
at Taunton Frank Trueblood is the
postmaster.
An effort is being made to start 9
town one mile south of Taunton
The wind-work of sinking coal
shaft, bbilding mill, store, shops
ETC., has been done.
DICK DAwDLE.
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S5 IN 900 per day Agents ~an'sa Al
sexes young and old, msks more mousy ~ work for
ns In their localities, durisg their spare mos
ulsuta or all the time, than ~ anything slss. We
offer employ meht ths, will pay handsomely foe every
hours Nsrk Fa particulars, terms, Re, scot free
send Us your address at once. Don't delay. Nevis
the time Don't look for work or business elsewhere
until ron have harmed what ws oisr. U. Ell NF.IN
a CO. Portland, Maine. sO~f9l
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Judge Pierrepont entered upon
his duties as Attorney General or
the 14th.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-02-23
THE ARMY BILL.

The House, to the surprise of every
body, passed tho Army Appropriation
bill on Friday in two hours. without
important amendments or political de-
bate. 1t had been generally given out
earlier in the session that the Southern
Republicans would have strength
enough to make appropriations in this
bill for the use of the army for two
years, and it had been also understood
that the Democrats would use the
Army bill MS a text for a general as
sault upon the Administration policy.
Neither of these things were done :
wiser counsels prevailed in the Repub-
lican party, so that an appropriation
for two years was not even suggested.
The Democrats by an agreement, the
purport of which is not entirely under
stood, decided not to make any opposi-
ton to the bill. The only exception
was the attempt of MI. Cox, which fin
ally ended in a joke. The action of Mr.
Cox, it is learned, was rebuked by the
colleagues as a violation of a common
understanding. 1t is believed that the
Democrats, as the result of a conference
have agreed to permit the political
fight upon the Army bill, if there is
to be made in the Senate, and to defer
any further dilatory action in the
House, except to prevent positive pOlit-
ical legislation.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-02-23
MARK
NIidicbury Retail Market.
Watcrtown Lave Stock Market,
For THE WEEK ENDING Fen.

N ''' 80 fHAH q. eA" ~ % 80
Prices Market Beef-A few choice 1915; extra
9.75al0.50; first quality 9.O0a9.5O second quail
ity .O0aS so; third quality > .00a6.50.
Prices of Store Cattlc-Working Oxen per pair
from 5 800, $50, l7ja2i0.
Mich Cows and Calves from S3jaC3; extra Goa
%. Farrow Cows S22al0.
Ycarlings Sl0als; two years Old 2Oa2s; three
years old 30al5.
Sheep and L~ambs-In lots $3.50, B., 3.5Oa3.7 10
each; extra S3.75aG.O0 per head, or from 4 IL
aG l-2c per ID; fancy sheep, &c per lib.
Hides, Tallow and Sk~ins-Drighton Hides
S l-2a9c per lb; Country Hides, s ms l-2c per
Id. Brighton Tallow > l-9aGc per Id; Country
Tallow, 5a5 lie.
Pclts SIa I.5O each. Calf Skins Halle per ID.
RrMARKs-Cattlo-I23 head Of Northern cat
tlo this morning, and 2sS head Of Western arc
back, owed by William Colwell, to arrive to-
morrow morning. Tho supply is light from the
North, in consequence of the hard moving Of
stock over the ice in the roads. The light sup
ply has not occlsioncl a better feeling in market,
but the trade is decidedly slow. SO life to the
tmdo. We quote prices unchanged; slim stock,
very lulI' D.. Dow sold > steers, /, dress 700 lbs
each, at Dc per pound, d ". Hubbard & Crafts
sold . four year Oh cops. to dress $50 lbs each, at
50 81 IL per cwt. b w.
Shecp-A few aocks run in this morning,
amounting to l0iG head. Moderate sales and no
alteration in rates from last week. The range of
prices is from 5a7c per lb, accorpin. to the quail
ty of the ilocks.
Peultry-Wo are a%pprised that there arc no
shipments Of live this wcok, as the weather has
not moderated. Offers are made at l5c for good
chickens and turkeys.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-02-23

statement of lawlessness aud violence
in Louisiana uncovers. He says Lou.
%isiana, including her chief city, has
been for years a dark and bloody
ground, from which victims 10y the
thousands have been carried to the
grave.
Finally In September, under formal
proclamation from Penn, who ran ms
the democratic candidate for lieutenant
governor, embodied revolution shot
down citizens and police, and seized
the government, archives, and proper
ty of the State.
AS sparks fly upward, discomfort has
run into violence, and Louisiana has
been kept rocking. and sea. sick I'm the
throes of unending revolution. Events
have been directed 10y men as rash and
insane in counsel as the maniacs roar
ing at the doors of the French Assem-
bly,, who in the name of humanity,
flooded France with blood, and in the
name of religion, would have dethroned
the Monarch of the skies. Murder, per-
secution, and barbarous hate, have
preyed upon the poor and the defence
less. All seasons have been seasons of
terror all localities have been the
abodes of fear. Thirty-five hundred
murders and woundings in eight years,
says Sheridan, ''for political senti-
ments! J"
When is it all to end? Let Congress
act and at once,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-02-23

WAsHISGroN, b. C.. Ftj. II, 1875.
The report of the Senate Judiciary
Committee, showing conclusiyely that the
gag law" SO called, exists only in the
inauguration of certain newspaper man,
is a fine commentary on the intelligence
OF the Independent and Democratic press.
Th6y have all denounced it as an evidence
of the dereliction of the Republican party
and of Judge Poland who had charge Of
tho revised statistics AID now their twn
legal light, Judge Thurman, as we'll as
Senator Stephenson has pronounced all
they have urged to be mere sham, and
that the law can have no such application
to libel cases as it has boon denounced for,
One by one tho lies of the opposition are
nailed to the counter as spurious coin.
Senate bill No. 1901, reported ten days
since by Senator Dorsey with important
amendments, will, if it becomes a law,
create a great reform in the telegraph
business of tho country. 1t establishes
all telegraph lines as post-roads, and
regulates commercial telegraphing within
States and from one State to another. 1t
authorizes the Post Master General to
advertise for and receive bids, and to
contract with tho lowest bidder for tele-
graphic correspondence of the Govern
ment over said roads, as in the case of
mails, 10 far as applicable, II expressly
lorbids all monopoly Of commercial news
associations and al. discrimination 10 the
tariff Of charges which is to be posted
conspicuously in telegraph Offices 1t
provides punishment for violations OF the
law, for ~postponipg, delaying delivery,
diyulging to others than parties address
ed. &c, by a fine of $1,000, or two years
Imprisonment, either of both, at the DIS
creation Of the Court, besides allowing
damages to the party injured. The bill
is a most.execllent one, and should be
passed by the present Congress, as n
means to prevent the continuance of tho
most outrageous monopoly that ever dis.
graced our country. The Associated
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gegal Hotfres.
TATE OF VERMCNT-H.tr;ct

TATE OF VERMCNT-District of
, Addison. IS.
In Probate Court, held at Middlebury, within
and for said District. on the 18th day Of Febru
airy. A. D 1875.
Elias d. Pritchard, administrator Of tho estate
OF Harvey Pritchard, late of Middlebury. in the
district of Addison. deceased, presents his Position
in writing to this court, stating that said deceased
died seized of n house and lot which he occupied
as n homestead, situate on south street, in the
village OF Middlebury; also slip No. 29ein the
Congregational church, in said Middlebury; also.
that said administrator holds under foreclosure of
n mortgage, given to said deceased, the farm upon
which Sylvanus Bolton now resides formerly
known as the Pritchard farm), situate about one
half mile south of said village of Middlebury. and
containing about seventy acres of land; and that
1t Will be conducive TO the interests ofal tho
hcirs of said estate to sell all of the above de-
scribed real estate, and the proceeds divided
among said heirs, and prays for license to sell the
same. q
1t is thereupon ordered that said petition
be referred to a session of this court to be held at
the Probate Office, in Middlebury, on the. 18th
day of March, A. u. 1875, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon, for hearing thereon; and it is
ordered that notice hereof be given TO all persons
interested in said estate, by publication Of the
foregoing notice three weeks excessively in the
Middlebury Register, a newspaper printed at
Middlebury, previous to said time Of hearing,
that they may appear at said time and place And
show cause, if any they may have, why said H.
conso should not be granted.
40 SA Ill L. COOKE, judge.
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~TATE OF VERMONT, Distrio. OF

- AuulSOn, SO.
In Probate Court held at Middlobury, in and
for said District on the sth day of February, AID.
1873,
Edwin S. Stowcll administrator Of tho estate
of Charles r. Ford, late of Cornwall in the Dis
trict of Addison, deceased, makes application in
writing, stating that it is for the interest of tho
heirs of said deceased, MS ono of them resides out
Of tho State to sell the real estate set out to Car
ol'nc L. Everts, deceased, formerly Caroline Is.
Ford) widow of said deceased as her dover, and
tho same canuot be divided without damage; con-
sisting Of the dwelling house of said deceased and
out buildings and Il acres of land attached, ex-
cepting that part of the dwelling Aeuso and enc
barn, set out as homestead, from said estate. AL
so nineteen acres of land, situate on the west side
of the highway leading north to Weybridge all
situate in the town Of Cornwall aforesaid md
prays this court for license to sell the same, md
it is ordered that said application be referred to
a session of this court to 10 held at the Probate
office in Middlcbury in said District on the 18th
day of March next A. ID. 1875 at 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon for hearing thereon, ard it is further or
dercd that notice hereof be given to all persons
interested by publication of this notice of said ap
plication and this order thereon, three weeks sue
cessively in the Middlebury Register, a newspa-
per printed at Middlebury, previous to said time
of hearing, that they may appear at said time
and place and show cause If any they may have
why said license should not be granted.
AS SAM'L Il. COOKE, Judge.
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DIED.

In Rutland, Feb. II, Mrs. Eliza S. Howard,
wife of tho late Rev. Leland Howard, aged IS
years.
In Castloton, Feb. IL, Of consumption Justus
H.. RANSOM, aged II years, : months and 81 dys.
In Whitehall, Feb. lG, Bradshaw Goodale,
aged CG years.
In Jericho, Feb. II, Mrs. Philinda Bixby, agcd
81 years.
In Proctorsvillc, Fob. 10, Hiram Giddings,
aged 81 years, : months and lG days.
In Shorcham, Feb. :. Girorl James. Youngest
son of Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Mead, aged year
and I months.
In JonesvilIc, Feb. ~, at the residence of his
son-in-law, 7. l.. frary, MIR. Alanson Dustin, Of
Middlobury, VT, aged so years.
In Lowell, Mass, Jan. 9Th, 1875. Louise NJ,
eldest daughter of ALBION VI. and Matilda Il, Aus
tin, aged q years, formerly Of Milton, Vt.
In New llaven Mills, Feb 90, Erasmus D..
Warner, aged GO years.
In Starksboro, FOB. II, William Ransom, aged
81 years.
In Bristol, Feb. II, Levi Iiasscltinc, aged 81
years.
In Bristol, Feb. II, Mrs. Urinh Arnold, agei
Is years.
in Sacramento, Cal. Feb. 18th, Mrs. Almeda
h., wiic of George Hammond,
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STATE OF VERMONT-District OF

49, AAhNt 20
To all persons interested in the estat 10 Of Eli
"a NJ. Brewer, late Of Orwell, in said district, de-
ceased. GREsrIsG:
Ethan NJ. Wright, executor of the last will
and testament Of
ELIZA w. BREWER,
late of Orwell, in said district, deceased, presents
his administration account for allowance, and
asks for decree Of the estate in accordance with
the provisions Of said will. Thsreupon it is or.
dored that said account be referred to a session Of
said court to be held at the Probate Office, in
Middlebury, on the sth day of March. A D 1875.
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon for allowance, and
it is further ordered that notice be given to all
concerned in said estate, by publication of this
notice and order three weeks successfully in tho
Mlddlebury Register, a newspaper printed at
Middlebury, previous to said time OF hearing.
that they may appear at said time and place and
show cause if any they may have why said se-
coun: should not be allowed and such decree
made.
AZ SANpL L. COOKE. Judge.
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TATE OF VERMONT-Distrio of

Auilshus -.
In Probate Court held at Middlebury, in aud
for said district. on the Sth day of February AID.
1875.
Edwin ). Stowell Administrator Of tho estate
Of Caroline Il. Everts late of Salisbury in the
District Of Addison, deceased, formerly Caroline
T.. Ford, and widow of Charles X. Ford deceased,
presents his application to this court in writing
for license to sell the homestead, set out to the
said Caroline Il. Everts as widow, and to minor
children of Charles X. Ford late Of Cornwall, ia
said District deceased said homestead, consisting
Of part of the dwelling house and one barn, oe-
cupied by the said Charles K. Ford at the time Of
his dccease, stating that said homestead cannot DO
divided, and that ii will be for the interest of all
the heirs of tho said Caroline Z. Everts, deceased
that said homestead be sold. and 1t is ordered that
said application BIO referred 10 a session Ct this
court to he held at the Probate office, ia Middle
bury in said District on the 18th day of March,
ls7i, at scn o'clock in tho forenoon for hearing;
and it is further ordered that notice hereof be
given to all persons interested by publication OF
notice of said application and this order thereon
three weeks SUCCESSFULLY in the Middlebury Reg
istcr, a newspaper printed at Middlebury, prsyi-
GUS to said time of hearing; that they may APP
pear at said timo and place and show cause IL any
they may have why said license should not ba
granted.
as sAML E. COOKE, Judge,