davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-09-11

A DY11II0INo: Chaape Coed; Systematic
IA All persons who Contemplate making ooa-
trncts with newspepen for the Insertion Of sdveS-
R0wen Co., a Payk Row, New York, for their
PAaPMLEf:BOOk lsisaS sesenGh eaifis.) con-
showing the cost; advestiseMesfs taken for leail-
ing papefs In many states 1t tremeualOus reSluc-
ton from publishers' rates. GET IN. BOOK. 3yl
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-09-11

JOB WORK of great variety and Of
y superior style done promptly At the
Office of The lola REGISTER.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-09-11
SHERIFF'S SALE.

SHERIFF'S SALE.
Cors19 or A ALLEN. S.
In the District Court 7th Judicial District with
in and for Allen county, Kansas.
Isaac Stone, Plaintiff
vs..
John Dean and Susan L.
Dean, Defendants.
By virtue Of an order of sale issued out Of the
It'll Judicial District Court within and for Allen
county, Kansas, in the above entitled cause, to
me directed and delivered I will ON
Tuesday, September 14th, 1875,
at O'Clock p m. Of said day 1t the front door Of
the court house Of Allen county, in the city of lola
Kansas, Offer for sale q public suction to the
highest and best bidder for cash in hand the fol-
lowing described real estate situated in Allen
county, Kansas, tO-wit:
The southwest quarter Of section twenty-nine
coy, township twenty three (21, range nineteen
Q9), containing one hundred and sixty Q6O) acres
and appraised q twelve hundred dollars.
Said real estate to be sold to satisfy said order
Of sale.
Given under my hand ut my Office, in the city
of lola, this the 18th day of August, A. D., 1875.
j. l.. WOODEN,
IS st Sheriff Allen County, Kansas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-09-11
1873.
1875.

1875. 1878
....ontnu So.-
rrRms:-,a.oo A YEAR,
-
PUBLISHED nvxH1 sA10DA1 AZ
NIAA\o1A ~s
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-09-11
THE lola REGISTER.

TERMS:-42.O0 A YEAR,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-09-11

Correspondence on matters Of general interest
from all parts Of the county encouraged.
Contains good assortment Of
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-27

a desirss)e cost IN unjust redeetion on
ann par4E OF Individual.
The &tuatS in the Sou1h II alarm
in. AMI il israther too M eh4p hoe
sth6f till Become entir6ly eaeeful
1.-Two years honce Both parlies have
alleged that elections in those States
were unfair and fraudulent. Suppose
that two years hence some of those
States ia which troubles exist similar
10 those In Louisiana should return
Repabiican electors. Senate at
that time will be Republican,; the
2 House Democratic. WI no doabts ehat
the latter would raise a Question
Regarding the vote Of such states. and
would refuse 10 consent 10 their adj
mission, especially If such votes would
: be decisive and result in the election
of Republican. President. Aside
from the opposition which Democrats
would naturally exhibit to admitting
such votes. there would be peculiar
temptation to refuse them in this in.
would be thrown into Democratie
House of Represe ntatiyes,. nd thus
victory denied by the people might be
gained by party majority 10 the low
Z 1t seems to US that this melting
cause to disorder aud usurpatien
ought TO be at once removed. OF
course this would be done by the
adoption of Senator .Morton's plan,
but whether the repeal Of this rule
ought to depend ON such contingen-
cy IS very doubtful 1t would seem
much safer to do away with this 6rst.
and go ON with the plan Of amend
ment afterward.-Inter Ocean. zs
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-27

ton l, toxnship 13. rangcE93 0k100
The ah1mount Of -taxeesis ST. 10.
Now -t1eens" kxOws pe1lectlyawelf
q at rs Audi1oF,acanu6 possibly
I pate lis 6ece ID am whefe in
4 At sectiSs, AL oonseqaentIy any
deed that might make for that land
would be void. and would be set aside
By the court, upon application of the
said .Jeems; There IL now . suit
pending in the Circuit Court OF this
county, against the Treasurer and
myself, to enjoin US from selling, for
delinquent taxes. the following de-
scribed property, ;o-wit: Thirty one
.fss. Cas- ssrsees- y. I.sAddision: t,
Il, and 81 feet, Cliff street. j. /. .Ad-
dition. Lot Is. The attorneys bring
ing this suit say, in their complaint.
speaking of the sale that had previ
ously been made. s'that said pretended
sales was and were Illegal, null and
void, because of the Uncertainty Of
the descriptions OF the property in the
assessment, duplicate, delinquent LIST
and notices. The result of all this
uncertainty is that if is almost impos-
sibie for the State to collect her taxes,
by sale Of the real estate of those.
who are delinquent. 1t therefore
seems that there ought 10 be some
description Of property that would
enable the proper officers to collect
delinquent taxes, and thereby lessen
the taxes of those persons who do pay
their assessments.
e The following facts will show that
the tax payers of Wayne county now
pay enough taxes, in every Eve years,
in addition to what they, ought to pay,
to plat every piece Of land in the
county. The delinquent list is pub
lished every year at a cost of from
5000 to 81 600 per year. and the total
cost of preparing it amounts TO nearly
as much more If purchases cannot
be protected, it IS useless to 20 to
that expense, and they cannot be, if
these two sections are repealed and
nothing substituted thereafter. If We
have delinquent list of so, 600 each
year, and there is no way provided for
the collection Of the same, want -
know if the officers authorized to.
make 1evies for different purposes,
don't have to levy enough, in addition
to what should be levied, 10 cover
that delinquency, and II a man let's his
taxes go delinquent this year on ac-
count of imperfect description in his
real estate, won't he let it go defin-
auent next year? The disbursements
in the way Of ERRONEOUS certificates,
and tax refunded for the past seven
years amounts to 81, l20-37 or an ay-
erage of 81 ,731 40 per ,year-s1 200 OF.
which is directly attributable to i'm
perfect descriptions of real estate
4. fSinee tipping the above, We see the
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-27
From Washinston.,

In recent letter from Wssh
ingtons City, Samuel Little, of
ConnersviIle, Ind,. has this to say
Of the situation OF the two political
parties IN Congress, aud Of fashion
able society. at the Capitol, in a
communication to the Times, of
the 1Nhstl e tsa7t saT3 asds sra -
Republicans seemed divided and
demoralized by their recent defeat
when Congress first mel, and the
Democracy were greatly embolden
ed by IL and made all FORTS of
charges against the administration,
loudly Threatening what they would
do when they got the power But
there has been great change in
this respect ThezAeaders of the
Democratic side Of tho House
seem to be Sp1er. and Randall,
while Beck and Holman occupy
back seats thus FAR The two first
named members made Q seyege
onslaught on the Appropriation
Committee, but were so completely
repulsed by Garfield. Hale, Conger
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-27

During the last election, it was an
J exceedingly difficult matter TO explain
what the democratic platform meant,
Z especially on the financial question,
, and the more the attempt was made
the greater became the middle; and
it threatened to become either a po-
itical Sphynx or we'll defined mon :
descript; bnt fortunately there was
one man in the State Of Indiana who
knew what's what, and, at the sea
son Of democratic rejoicing over the
election Of Hon. Jos. f. Mcdonald to
the Senate Of the United States. at the
o.s0ccidental Hotel at indianapolis,
the following reliable and explicit in
formation was given, which we take
from the published proceedings on
that occasion, from the daily Journal
of the 21st: .'s.s1 Il, ..e..a4es ~.
Judge Dykeman, of Cass county.
being called out, held glass ofswine
in his hand and said; ~ still stand
by the platform 81 the Democratic
party 4 He then proposed the health
OF the noble Roman, Senator Melon
aid. f+iael1isea sat % sgFsssd go
The people of the State will now.
breathe easier e4 ot GA SO ~ gs7
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-27

and Inwrenep sL.n tAey will hardly
uxenesthe s11ackM
..Wkh soSety lie in this eisyI
lave 10 se4tismfsnce nor havsl /.
anv desire to form one. True. /
see the fine carriages with gilded
trimmings. their bfooded horses.
hveried drivers with accompanied
foos,nen as they convey their occu
pants from point TO point in giving
Calls TO those who receive: but
what passes IN those reception
rooms after the footman las hand
ed in the card of his charge, the
social sanctunl and their return to
their sable attendants L do not
know. for my impertinence is too
small TO intrude One thing L do
know that there is sad difference
between the condition of those
persons I have attempted TO de
scribe and the beggars, Fblack and
white1 who call by the dozen, at
the back doors of these scenes of
festivity and social enjoyment to
secure the remnant scraps left
after the feast has ended. The ex
tremes of wealth and poverty are
presented in immediate proximity
to each other, but it is not all gold
that glitters, as I am told that
many of the silken, beleweled oceu
pants of these fine carriages are
but clerks of the departments,
whose earnings are all spent IN
their outfits to put them in proper
trim for presentation to those on
whose influence they are depend
ent for their positions--positions
sougt by thousands. but are seldom
long retained except by those who
sacrifice the true independence of
manhood and are willing to bow
with fawning sycophaney the supple
knee 10 the powers that be. This
is the conclusion that has been
drawn from the limited observations
of your correspondent" at..ie ~
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-27

~ Under this head, and following ex-
tracts which We take from Auditor
GParker's review of his duty. will be
found the proceedings of a meeting
held at Milton. on the. 10th. and also,
/, the proceedings of. meeting held at
Webster, ION the 2lst.h On our first
page IN regard to The same subject,
will be found the proceedings of a
meeting of the citizens of New Garden
6 township. ON the 10th. aegsGi SBaeE .
. IL will be seen by Mr.. Parker's quo
tations from, the Law Of Sections 272
! and z73. that his duty has been made
very plain, and, as Conscientious of.
ficer he has tracked the law, and il
any censure attaches at all, the Law
and not the Auditor is. culpable, lgi
Us Here are the Sections. giau9a sGt
Sec. 272. In all eases, when any
tract or lot of land is divided into
parcels, so that it cannot be described,
without describing il by metes and
bounds. it shalt be the duty o. the
bewnes to cause such land to be sur:
sveyed,a and plated into lots. Such
plat shall be certified and recorded"
= Sec. 273. IF the owner of any such
plat, or lot, shall refuse, or neglect 10
cause such survey to be made within
thirty days after being notified by the
County uiitor, such Auditor shall
cause such survey to be made and re
corded ssa fsF zas
We have only room for an expla-
nation of what Mr.. Parker conceived
to be his duty in the premises, and
his determination to fill that duty i'm
partially aud thoroughly. He evil
IDENTIFY believes aud practices on the
.common-sense plan that. if law is
either good or bad a vigorous prose
zcution of II will develop its quslities
soonest, and, if it proves pernicious.
the people will speedily annui it.. In
commenting on these sections, above
quoted. Auditor Parker says. saaas
n If this law admits of more than
one construction, have surely failed
to see it To me ii is as clear and
plain as 1T Is possible for an enactment
to be--just as plain, in fact, as the
language OF that law which provides
that each member of the legislature
shall receive eight dollars per day for
his services. as legislator. and five
dollars for every twenty-five miles
travelled in attending the session of
that body, and for which Law MIR.
Beeson. who was at the time of its
passage, misrepresenting Wayne
county in the Senate. voted, as will
appear on page 298s of the BREWER
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-27

Only 60 days are allotted to- the
Legislature Of fnIia in hid to
carry out all IL 9oskses NE De
mocracy made to praetice the most
rigid economy in public expendi
lures, and scarcely anything has
yet been accomplished. A consci
entious Democrat kennedy who
represents the county of Marion in
the House, gave voice. TO his lam
.-naAAtAtiees- over this neglect OF
duty stating THAT one third of
the time had expired and only one
or two bills for personal interest
and personal schemes had been
adopted and not single bill in the
interest of the people, He says
members get So per day and
adjourn from Friday noon to Mon
day noon-he deprecated this
waste of time, He had made
-
thirty two speeches to the people
Of Marion. in favor Of the Democrat
ic party and he pleaded for the
rights of the laboriDg people-the
producers OF the country. This
confession was too much for the
Speaker who called Mr.. X to order,
N--Ha = daN a. s.
and he took his seat, but he per-
sisted indprotesting against the
waste Of time, and concluded by
calling 1sfor division of the House
on the previous question This
is little bi tot Democratic testimo-
ny on the extent of the pratice of
Democratic economy by our Dem
ocratic legislators y re4 eg bssfs1 !.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-27


Whilst Elders pet Chief was in
power. as little of the enforcement act
against the flats as possible was in
dulged in oset-hiding" was more
profitable; besides many Of those in
dulging in the practice Of the two So
ciaIs--the social glass and the 9 SO.
cial evil, were the peculiar friends Of
the city's Executive. and in looking
towards the prospect Of are.election,
he endeavored TO- make his public
duty subserye his private interest.
Ills aim seemed TO lie to get into
state Of betweenity--non- committal.
The violation Of his contract with
the peculiar friends Of the Social
glass"--theirs hint to repudiaie him,
and the strong affinity existing be-
tween that and the social -evil,a''' de-
termiued the Boss to change his
tactics, and assume a virtue that had
never before entered into his political
calculations, in order to compensate
him for the loss Of those to whom, he
was mainly indebted Tor, the position
he occupies 3 Ii WAS impossible for
him to do this without claiming credit
clearly due to another, but when has
the Boss permitted. any squeamish-
ness to take possession of his mind?
Has he not always, during his edi-
iorial and Mayoralic career acted
squarely up the axiom that "the end
justiies the means?'' Certainly
In the honest discharge Of his duty,
the present Chief-the successor of
Boss Elders .'pet''-deemed it his
duty to pull the fats. and his efforts
have been crowned with success. and
he has, like the old sexton, gathered
'em in" by the score. Thereupon the
Boss snaps his Singers and exclaims
to the good people--thea morslity.lov-
ing ones Of our city: See what in
roads 4 am making on the social
evil in your city-'twas 1sthat did
the noble work-it was by MY special
orders that the pulls were made.
aud, now, w-citixens--you men
aud women who love religion and
sound morals-I will be candidate
FOR re election to the Office of Mayor
next May, and | want you to give me
your votes and influence for thus RID
DING (?) our beloved city of this, so
cial evil by the 'fiat'-tening-out-
process l have adopted. A PuLE-a
strong PULL, and a pull altogether.
and will succeed in a gain being elect
ed Mayor. by the means of this pull
ing dolgei" satia7la 2 1Tn19 ~
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-27

William A. Wallace, the new
Democratic Senator from Pennsyl
vania. is known in ths. State Is,
Coffee pot Wallace BE acquired
this sobriquet soU.e yeals ago, when
SIS Chairman of re Denocratis.
Central Committee, he cent frandu
lent naturalization papers to be
used by the Democrats in certain
locality, with directions that they be
stepped in q coffee pot before being
exhibited, in order to give them the
appearance of age and ganuinenesa
He will do for q Democrats reform
er.-Indi<napoais Journal
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-27

On the 18th, the Navy Department
building at Washington City took fire
in the upper story. from defective
fuc. An investigation shows az much
damage was done by water as By fire.
Nearly all the papers destroyed can
be SUPPLIED. '@sfh "s
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-27

An effort is being made in the Leg.
islature TO reduce the amount expe nd
ed in some Of the counties for print
ing and stationery. The amount for
printing and stationery set down to
the credit Of Wayne county is 3d.
822 IS. Vigo county, with nearly the
same population, foots up A,714 81:
Too much difference here.is5t zs4
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-27

Little-b little has the = Supreme
Court Of the State Unconstitutional
lied the Baxter Lay until its, eff :
cheney was SO badly crippled thaslit
ceased to be terror to those engaged
in the traffic, and they seemed to
think that complete Immunity was
guaranteed them, aud the reign of
free whisky was inaugurated. One
little safe guard was thought to be
left in the law that made it appear
like an animated corpse, or the last
spark Of vitality. That was the con-
struetion given az to who are compe-
tent to sign petitions. in order to OBJ
tain license. The Law declares ma
jority Of the voters Of the ward or pre-
einct shall be obtained and the last
election. before application. for per-
nit shall be granted. shah determine
the majority to be had to the pc titiou
in order that the proper permit be
issued by the Commissioners. The
construction put upon this clause BY
temperance advocates generally, was
that the majority of those who actually
voted at the LAST election, name by
name. would have to be procured be-
fore . permit could issue. If ti,is
were not the case, then in precinct
or ward where there vas only small
majority of those opposed to granting
a permit, the liquor-seller would feel
interest enough in getting the reaui-
site number of names to his petition
by inducing voters sufficient to move
into the ward or precinct long enough
to sign mis- petition. Bofs~,raea r.
Judge Perkins, who enjoyed the
satisfaction Cs) of squeezing the life
out Of the only prohibitory Law Indi-
aua ever had. is the chosen judicial
instrument to garrote this last spark
of life, left by the Supreme judges,
out of the law, and there is really
nothing left of il excepting. possibly,
the 9 O'Clock restriction, Judge p.
decides every voter to be competent
to sign q petition to permit. if he is
q citizen of the ward or precinct At
the time 1t is presented to him-no
differeuce' whether he voted in that
ward or not at the previous election.
So We go, and so goes the Baxter
Bill, s@e esq
80.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-27

According TO Democratic doctrine
it was not wrong to use military pow
er IN attempting to make Kansas a
slave State in 1861, but it is wrong
to use it for the preservation of law,
order and freedom, in Louisiana, In
1875,
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-27
CINCINNATI COMMERCIAL.


e.ss, s.sa Frsapeesns Ter lss5. .aA
In addition to the universal circula-
ton Of the COMMERCIAL in Cincinnati
and vicinity, it is, sold through over
three hundred agencies in Ohio, Indi-
ana, Kentucky. Tennessee, West Vir-
ginia, and Southern Illinois, and on
all the railroads in those States, and
there is a special call for it along the
great rivers from .Pittsburg to New
Orleans. sum 1ao
The territory occupied by the con
stitnency of the COMMERCIAL is that
within one days railroad travel OF
Cincinnati, and there are regular car
riers' routes for the CoMMERcIAL in
Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indi-
ana; Frankfort, Kentucky; Nashville,
Tennessee; Charlestown, West yir-
GINA; Louisville, Kentucky; Parkers-
burg, West Virgins; Chattanooga,
Tennessee; Vincennes, Lafayette,
Evansville, and Rich,sosd. India a;
Dayton. Xenia, Springfield, Newark,
Delaware, and GAINESVILLE. Ohio, Lex
ington, Maysville, Paris, and Cynthi-
ana, Kentucky, and in scores of other
superb ana fourishing cities. =,
Cincinnati is the most central of the
large critics of the Natieu, and on all
sides is supported by thrifty and pros
pcrouseommunities in which for hun
dreds of miles in every disection, the
COMMERCIAL is the favorite newspa-
In a political sense, the CeMMER-
CfAL is thoroughly independent 1t
recognizes no obligations to party or
carnations. Its sincerity in this pc.
sition is popularity understood. and. so
largely appreciated that its subscribers
and habitual purchasers in either po
litical party outnumber those Of the
party organs, and its aggregate circp-
latioa is greater THAI that Of Its com
petitors eembinesas u sIis~ sssid lsnA
1t takes a hearty, interest in the
politics of Europe, which telegraphic
communication has brought into very
intimate relations with us, and. earn
estly yipaicatiug and sustaining the
development Of nationality in Get
many and " tally, it. cordially ssysnPa
sthizes with the Republican cruise in
FRANCE and Spain. :. 80
/, The specially Of the Ce,luERclAL is
the news Of the day. We sspare no
effort aud no expense at home qor
abroad, TO obtain BY telegraph. by
mail and ~ express the latest Inteili-
genee. and to pTesese it in the most
attractive and authentic form. Our
Editorial remarks upon events, and
discussions Of the questions of the
days are according to oarsindepesdent
Judgment. having always in view the
efficacy of the truth in the interests Of
the people We do not seek official
favors or partisan patronage, but rely
wholly upon the business that grows
ont Of the respect and good will Of the
public at large En sne hauGf !a1np
The daily newspaper at this time
becomes almost-a ,neces,ity Of Life. apd
it is not hazardous sos claim for she
Cincinnati CcMhKRCSxL. thnfEit Is al
once the most complete and trust
worthy journal issued in the Ohio
= alley-the center Of the populasieb
a,si the sest II the zpohficai power oi
tba ~ ;oo to szT1S issz sTR 1871
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-27

Mrs St. John Eckel. Maria
Monks daughter, gives the following
account of the successful reformation
OF her pug nose. One OF the first
things my sister had said, Oh seeing
me, was. But where is your pug noseg
1t is game. | replied: but | did not
tell her how il had gone. Twill here
make the confession to the reader.
Alright I would take long garter
and fasten it around my face, drawing
ii so tightly over the tip Of my nose
that 1 could hardly breathe through
my nosfrils During the day / used
to pull on the nose. In two years
succeeded and the pug had disap-
reared. how much did / not suffer
from this vanity S'