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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-07-27

The establishment OF differences OF
geographical latitudes by the electric
telegraph ard Of geographical latitudea
by the zenith. telescope constitute two
OF the most important improvements il
practical astronomy of modern times,
and both have had their origin In Che
United States. To the skillful and indie
tatigable astronomers OF the Coast Sur
vey and those of the corps of United
States Engineers are due the introduce
tion and perfection of the Instruments
and methods now employed, which make
the results so accurate and the work so
simple. "Among the very earliest of the
astronomers to introduce this method OF
measurement was the lamented Captain
j. NJ. Gilliss, u. S.. n, who determined
in this way the difference of longitude
between Santiago and Valparaiso,
Chili.n-Popular Science Monthly, for
August.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-07-27
M07'ttstsyy Record.

Unknown man, AZ years, Germany,
Dominick Slane, 55 years, Ireland. :.
Fred. Carroll, l0.weeks, city.
Jacob Mueller, city.
Ferd. Syppel, n years, Germany.
Annie Kernlan, IL months, Ireland.
Thrcsia Henlein, ~ years, Germany.
Mary Moeller, 81 years, city.
Fred. A. Balm, 50 years, Germany.
Geo..Frank, 36 years, Germany.
Thos. Hartley, SO years, Ireland.
JAS. Nicpartc, 4 years, city.
Infant Schwerdt, city.
Sophia BOhnen, Az years, city.
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The PtttsbMt,a CoaI .Fieet.

The following boats arrived this morning:
Sam. Parker, Coal Valley, Whale, Nellie Wal
ton, Tom Dodsworth, N. J. Bigley No. 2, j. n.
Phillips, Alex. Swift, Michigan, Chas. McDon-
aid. Jos. A. Stone, Hornet No. 2, Giant, Sam
son No. 2, Dexter, James Brown, Tiger, Ka-
nawha No. 2, Tom Farrow, Gypsy.
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FINANCIAL
CfNctNNArI. Jul

: n m NINVIlsN AI Il D uIy ~t--S Z. III. -
114If.
Eastern Exchange IS quiet and easy, with ne
change in rates; buying at par to 10 prem.
and selling at l-10 prem. 80
days, gold. 80
Money 10 in moderate demand, and business
is generally quiet. =, : :,
Government securities are quoted In New
York To-day . folIoya. = i'-''r'-
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epritles are quoted in New

The stock market is excited and panicky TO-
day, owing TO the failure OF the large banking
hrm of Duncan, sherman q Co., in New York.
There has been general. decline in the stock
market.
The following IS the 80 a M. report OF New
York Stock Market, as received by Lea, ster-
rett u Co., 2S West Third Street:
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-07-27

HOGS-Market quiet to-day. Medium to
far are quoted 81 6Oa7 SO, and choice 81 90aS o0
per GENITAL gross.
CATTLE-Quiet and firm. No change in
prices. We quote total range Of the market
~ 50a6 90 per Genital gross for common to good.
SHEEP-Fair to good grades are worth 50 50
al 20 per GENITAL, with aniet market.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-07-27

The Gear of Russia. as an inducemenk
to opera singers to visit St. Petersburg
supplies them with carriages between
the theaters and hotels to prevent their
catching cold. 1t costs him over $S2, 900
year. ,t.~. y = ss 4
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-07-27

An Illinois paper says of thunder
bolts. "It first struck the lightning rod,
slid down to the roof, ran up to the
cellar, tore shingles off the weather
boarding, and went away without hurt
ing anything.".
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-07-27

The Sultan has eight hundred wives,
and devotes, to his own aud their use
f2,000,000 out Of the 81, 900 900 that con-
stitute the whole income OF the Turkish
Empire.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-07-27

J.E. Naylor and wife to VIM. Ekemeyer, the
undivided sIxtlrof tile property known as the
dover Of the widow Of frhos. Dawson,, lying on
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-07-27

One little gray, hop toad, attending
break up q large croquet party.
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Cincinnati Live Stock Marked.
CINCINNATI. July 27--2 /

OINVINNATI' JuIy ET--% 4. M.
The receipts and shipments OF live stock for
the past "a hours were as follows:
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-05-15

ieho, sic Sc mohl pave tom okamziku
myliti, kdyz sobe neomylnost pfisuzoval.
Jak ale, kdyz SO dokaze, 2e papezove
bloudili blud svdj uznali, ze mnozi "a
kacife byli prohlaseni a co tact pokani c1-
nilis
Poukazuii ma Innocence |. ieho ma
stupce Zosima, iiz 81 nance Peagia
dedicnem hfichu odporoyali, ma Nigllia,
enz Sc tfikrate opravoval a patym koncl
lem zatracen, Sc nikoli ku sve neomytno-
sti neodvolaval, nybrz kaiicne a..skrouse-
ne Sc vyznal, ze byl dosud ndstrcien pro-
ii cirkvi bojuiiciho satanase. Go Sc ale
tomu dobremn pape2i Vigilioyi Sc satana
Sem stale, mohlo by potkati ! .iineho, v
dobe, kdy bylo dvou til papeaa. ktefi
so vespolek zatracovali, byla vec leste
spleten6jsi nikdo Sc tom nevyzna'
Innocenc Ill, ae neivladychtivelsis spapez
- pfece prohlasil, ze papez blouditi md-
ze, a 20 ma byti cirkvi souzen. Honorlus
byl co kacif koncilem zatracen ze fady
papezG vyskrtnut. Jak by toto vse bylo
mozne, kdyby tn bylo byvalo ien zdanl o
neomylnosti papezov6i Coz myslite, ze
ueomylnost SO da srovnati 8 moznosti byt
en iedine vyminkys Pavel ". vydal
pfedpisy pro tenptipad, kdyty kacit snad
byl zvolen "a papeae.
Kardinal Rauser pravil roku 1870 pro
ii Lichtenfelsovl: ,,zadny katolik neni pc
vnnen vefiti, ze kristus Petrovi anebt
leho nastupcGm byl propGjcil - neomyl
most" q sepsal spis proti nance te. N
koncilu protestovali biskupove prave
tech neivzdelan6jsich neilidnatejsic
kraiin proti nauce te; ma kolenou prosi
papeze, ably toho nechal, Sc srdcem I'd
cenym vraceli sc do svych diecesi.
Jak papez k myslence te pfisel, tol
: historic mlti; pravi Sc ale, re jezovite nj
pomahali. Ia so let pry Sc zapomene
pdvod nauky, pravi jezovite; vira nepo
ttebuie zadnebo oddvodnovani; fekne pl
Sc, co fekl Tertulian, kdyz pfisel do
zkych ,,Proto, ze TO nesmysl, prave pr
to tomu verm."
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-05-15

Avsak to kleni, snad proto ze jest PIT
lis caste, lidem naramne sevsednGlo. 5
papezem Sc to ma jako otcem, jenz ma
kleni We zvyku; d6ti 81 ma ne navyknou
tax, re neposlechnou, kdyby ma ne jako
HavliekIv Perun zalatefil.
Ano, timskym oberpastuchou jde to
sp6sn6 dold; stado fidne, berani Sc stava
il bujnejslmi a prasivych ovci jest tolik,
ze vira (zdravotni to stay) dobrodusnych
ovci berankd jest velice ohrozena. \
ielikoz striz meme vynasi, zahaznji sami
pastyfov6 pastyfske berle sv6 a opousti
ovtarnu - katolickou cirkev.
DOLOzENi. Papez Plus TX. iest
snad re vsech papezG neihubatejsi. Ne
davno vydany Rim6 feci ieho cd rokr
(nemylymli se) 1869 az do roku 1875 tis
kem, ktere Sc hemzi nejvybraneisimi ma
davkami. Byvaly prvni ministr anglic-
ky, svobodaf Gladstone, jednom pam
fetu SVEN prot arcibiskupu nyni kardi
nalovi Manningovi, pfednimu bojovne
mu obhaici neomylnosti papezske, sesta
vii nadavky jen 2 nekolika reel papezo,
vych, iez tuto podavame V doslovnem
pfekladu;
Italska vlada vsichni stoupenci a pta
tele jeii jsou vlci; prohnani sibalove; farl
zeov6; tilistini; zlodeji loupeznici; syno
y6 satana sypove zkazy, hfichu, zka-
zenosti; nepfatele bozi; satani
lidskem mase; obludy pekelne; vtelen
besove; smrduta tela (mrchy, corpses)
lide vychrleni propasti pekelne (to jsm'
my redaktofi svobodomyslnych easopishl
zradcov&; Jidasove; lide prodchl duchen
| pekelnym; utitelove kfivdy hanebnos'
to jsou evangelitti kazatelel; peklo
proti MIN rozpoutano; neihlubsi utrob
| ieho atd., atd...
| Jak libovonna to kytice, uvita neomy
nym uGitelem mravnosti panem kft
stanstva.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-05-15
TREFNE PRIROVNANi. Jal

TREFNE PRIROVNANl. Jak zna
mo, jest We Spoj. statech strana dosnd me-
cetna. ktera usiluje to, ably byli pambu.
Jezis bible vteleni do spolkove ilstavy.
O nj vyslovil Sc svobodov6recky kazatel
O B rockingham, ktery sluje zemi te-
to neien co vymluvny kazatel ale co
znamenity myslitel a spisovatel, nasledo-
vne: ,,Jeji (strany te) nabozenstvi uci, ze
blh jest policejnim feditelem celeho sve-
ia; Jezis Kristus ze jest prvni policejni
komisaf; kostely ze jsou straznice; nabo-
zenske clanky ze isou policejni regule a
kazatelove policeini slnhove, ktefi lid k
setfeni reguli tech pfidrzovati mali. Vira,
ze nabozcnstvi hlavni bastou mraynosti
Jest, zavinila, re strana ia chce pana bo-
ha vteliti do tistavy. Vsadms .iej tam -
a porusenost Washingtonu zmizi, kon
gresnici pfestanou plniti ST kapsy sve, po
tom nebude zadneho Credit mobileru q
zaine Tichomofske paroplavebni subsi-
die presidentd ma druhy nebo dokonce
tfeti termin, ale vzdaii Sc ma dobro ctiza-
dostiv{ch zamerG vyprsenim prvni lhhty
lIfadni." (Posluchaci tleskajL)
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-05-15

Slovan6 meli iaksi dvoji nebe, jedno
nahofe, mad oblaky, druhe dole v hlubi-
mach vodnich. Y hornim sidlel Perun.
Svantovit, Radegast, ziv1na Lada a j.
nj velci bohove, dolnim car vodstva 6
zenou cetnymi dcerkami svymi, S rusal-
kami iinou celedi polobozskon. V kite
rem nebi bylo krasneii, nevime. Narod-
nj baje slovanske vypravuji vsak vice o
nebi podvodnim zda Sc tudiz ze lid to-
muto pfednost daval. SlovanG NELL ale
sve peklo - navu, podobajici Sc indic-
ke nirvane co do kofene slovai co do
smyslu. Peklo to ovsem nebylo tax zle,
iako katolicke. Bylo proste misten n G
byti.
Nemci nell nahofe svou wallhallu,
kan pfichazeli vsichni boji padli hrdi.
move, kdezto ii, jen< pfirozenou smrti ma
lIzku SVEN zemfeli, do rifheimu svr7eni
byli Vsak toto peklo nebylo mistem
trapeni skfipeni zub6, ale pouze mi
stem handy. Germanska wallhalla podo
bala Sc rytifskemu salu dvanacteho sto-
lett, naplnenemu rytifstvem brneni a
popijejicim statne "a dubovymi stoly o.
brovskych pollard.
Rekove neli nebe ma Olympu, kde by
10 sidlo bohd, ale take pod zerni; byly to
elysejske nivy = odtud I'VE Sc rozkos ely.
sium - kde neboztici ma vsechnu pozem
skou strast zapomeli. Musel ie ovsem
Charon, ktery duse zemfelych tohoto
ma omen svet dopravoval ptepraviti pies
feku Lethe ktera sluje Zapomenuti
Peklo jejich zalezelo tom, re duse hti-
snikd ma bfehu prvni feky, kde panovalc
huste sero, toulati SO musely, marne ceka
Ijice, az broukavy Charon do sve pramice
ie prime a pies Lethc 90 elysia pfepra
vi.
I Tnrci mali sedmero nebe, podobaiici 81
rajskym zahradam, plnym nadhernyci
palacd a - spanilych, vnadypln}ch df-
vek, JED jsou blazenym mosleminim ns
pokynuti X sluzbam. Divkam temto RI
kali hurisky-
Kfestanske nebe neni nikde zeyrubnt
popsano, lee u sv. Jana, evangelisty, ale
tento popis neni popularDi. Sy Payel Q
mem pravil, ze ami oko nevidelo, ami ucho
neslyselo, ami srdce necitilo, co bGh phi
pravil tenn, ktefi ho miluii. Ma jinem
mists noveho zakona SO pravi, ze blaho-
siaveni sedeti budou po pravici bozi pa
tfiti mu tvaf, COZ Sc nam zda velmi u
navujicim, byf tvAf bozi byla sebe spani-
lejs a velebnejsi. Peklo kfestansko- kato-
licke jest re vsech nejdesnejsi.
Vsecky ty nabozenske soustavy ia koz j
odrudy dchylky jejich shoduji SO tom,
ze jen jedna Mich prava byti mdze. Wy
znavaci neprave soustavy, odrudy. sekty
musi Sc dostati do pekla vyznavacd
prave dostanou Sc do nebe jen ii zboz-
nj. Jeli tomu Y pravde tax, pax mnsi Sc
peklo velmi brzo pfelidniti, nenili pfelid-
memo nyni jix, kdexto do nebe jen nalo-
ktery smrtelnik se dostane.
NEOMYLNOST PAPEzD. Kdyby
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vytisknou SO en takove, ktere SO napFed
zaplah. Vyjmuty jsou toho pravidla
spolky, jimz zaroven oznamuje SO "a ,,po
E00iCal cenu.
l palec sloupce stoji $500 "a tfikrate
vytisknuti, 2 palce $4.00, 3 palce $500.
Oznamka dele uvefejnovana tim jest lev
nejsi, cim dele Sc uvefejhuje.
Oznamky mistni, tisknute obyeejnym
pismem stoii Is eta. tadka.
Oznamky: ,,Kde jest" ,,Naprodei"
,Utedd Sc" stoji IS eta "a ttikrat otisk-
mutt.
- Podle toho necht So kazdy fidL
do Pokroku oznamovati chce. Necht
81 uda kolik fadek, Gi kolik palcd koli-
krat uvetejnit necht ST sam yypocte a
zasle pfislusici "a to castku.
sB- Kdo 81 preje miti oznamku V
tfitydenniku neb tydennikd necht laska-
We podotkne
Penixe posileite vzdy postovnich
poukazkach Money orders) psani adre-
suite vzdy:
POk ROk
No. IO4 CrotOn Street.
Cleveland a.
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POk K Oh
No. 1O4 Cr0tOn Street.
Cleveland, d,


We vsech papezskych encyklikach, BIZ
skupskych obeznicich a pastyfskych Ii
stech, Y kazanich a nabozenskych vykla-
dech nalezame, ze duchovni sebe pastyfi,
vefici pax jen beranky nebo ovetkami, a
iinoverce berany neverce prasivymi ov-
cemi nazyvaji. Jest to nejsuroyejsi sni-
zovani tlov6ka; kn6zi jen sebe k idem
cItaji, nekneze pax nebo laiiky vesmes k
dobytku. Oni ten dobytek pasou, prasi.
We ovce re stada vyhazui, berany pax
kroti nebo porazi. Die toho podobenstvi
byli by ien samojedini knezi Ii d IN j,
my pax vlnonosnym bravem, jejz pry pa
sti mali. Mnich minorita, Jan Win
terthuru vsak mini, &c knezi sami e
be pasou, ovce sve ale .ien st ri Ia a :
j /; ba n6ktefi tech pastyf6 je ami nestfi
haji, ale primo drou i vlnou spoziraji,
dokazujice tim, &c jsou vlci ne pastyfi.
Oststn6 Sc velika vetsina veficich be-
rankin ovcim CO do trpelivosti obme
zenosti dusevni podoba Ma vlas. Zeptali
Sc jich pastvf: Vefite v neomylnost pa
pezel Vefite Neposkvrnene poceti
panny Marie! Tedy beranci zameci o.
weekly zabe3i me, be! COZ Jest tolik jake
ze vefi.
Take knezi Sc jiste veci podobaji pa
styfdm. Pastyfove byvaji obycejne I'M
pax neslychan6 hrubi sprosn. Rika-
me sprostaku: ,,Nadava jake pastu.
cha" nebo: ,Vede 81 jako pastucha. y
A kn6zl umi nadavati hanobiti, re by
pastuchu Oh Mich ami nerozeznal, ano mno
by massvni pastucha, slyse duchvniho
pastyfe nadavati anebo proti jinovercnm
nebo svobonovercdm do novin psati, fekl
by: ten velebnicek dovede to skoro Jake
ia.
V kleni jest nepfekonatelnYm mistrem
katolicky oberpastucha, Plus TX. Tento
zlozvyk, ktery kazdeho cloveka hyzdi a
ienz kazdemu muzi uslechtilemu Sc hnu.
81, stal Sc druhou pfirozenosti papeze. Je
dine kleni naleza tllevu, podobne jako
pastucha, kdyz Sc mu stado rozbiha, stfiz
Sc nedafi, anebo kdyz berani mem pfi-
liz buine rejdy provadi. Nynejsi papez
proklel nejmene pet sestin ldskeho poko-
leni; proklina iinoyerce, protoze ntekli z
ieho ovcince, kde Jim nedovoleno mic nez
meceni beceni; proklina svobodoverce,
ktefi do dusnych tmavych ovcincd ka-
tolickych zdrave povetfi rozumu zlate
paprsky osvety vpousteti Sc pokousi; pro
khna taine dobrocinne humanitni spoil
ky, protoze ne planymi slovy ale plodny-
mi skutky pestnji lasku, bratrstvi, lido
skost; proklina vedu, protoze nechce byti
dele devkou bohoslovi katolicke v6rou-
ky; proklina zakonodarce statniky, proto
ze vybavuji stat tesne kazajky cirkevni
nadvlady; proklina panovniky, ktefi ne
chit btti mecem, jenz by ma pokyn jeho
potiral nepfately cirkve delal j bifice;
proklind vsecky, ktefi jsou vice svetsky ych
zakond nez syllaba, encykliky a vatikan-
skych dekretd poslusni; q snad by i
vzduch, oheh, vodu zemi proklel, proto
re jsou vsem lidem tedy nepfateldm je
no spolecny, kdyby Sc nebal, 10 by jej CO
~ svet vsfici nevefici vyhlasil "a blaz-
ma,
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Hi C h IN jest vydirati delnikd pre-
aarstenym vychvalovanim drahych lekG
mozolne dobyte penize, kdyz 81 "a dvacet
pet centa bude moci opatfiti lahev vytec.
nych augsburskych kapek dra. Alberta
Conradiho, ma liinem sloupci listu ohlase-
nHch.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-05-15
Anlks-3|'nnh
(pEOPLES UNEON
JED } N'0T4A
IIDU.
vzajemna ma zivot poisfnici spo'ecnost
Y NEWARKU, NEW JERSEY.
Plany vthody spole1nosti tie lze Wy
tknouti takto: SpoeGnost tato poskytule
POiisttni Ma zivOt
POiistcni prOti nehOdiim
POjiSttni v padu nemOce.

mirnt, ale ielikoz lie ie platiti tyden-
nich lhatach, stavaji sc nesmirne snad-
nyni. kazdy maze tydne uspotiti 67 ct.
In tuto eastku obdrzi kazLy Glen, po6ina-
e 20. rokem stari Qide starsi musi platti
vice. jak nasleduje:
1.) Polici ma tisic dollar6, vydanou Cd
New Jersey vzajemne ma 2ivot pojistujici
spolecnosti Newarku, N. j.
2.) Deset dollard pfipade nemoce po
tfimesicnim clenstvi.
3.) $50 dollarG padu umrti elena k
uhrazeni pohfebnich vyloh a zbytek We
lhdte polic blze vytknute.
A. V padu melody (ztraty ruky, nohy
nebo dplneho schromnutD Jest Glen oprav
men ma summu 5000 krone podpory v
nemoci, ktera potud clenovi vyplacena
bude pokud jel ebar osetfovati bude.
Tyto isou asi hlavni, od Volks.Bundn
poskytovane vyhody, iez vsak dosta6i.
aby kazdeho, kdo zdravi nebo zivot
svGi petliv jest, pfesvedcily, re plan ten
to jest velmi vyhodny bezpedny. Nei-
spise hodi Sc meme zamoznym a pracl ru-
kou svych Sc zivicim lidem, kreri zhusta
praci ztraci a Gasto do nemoce upadnou
nebo k drazu prjdou. Tito necht neob'
meskail zavGas Sc proti zlym cas1m We
svdj rodiny sve prospech poiistiti. kaz-
demu m1ze Sc 1raz nebo nemoc pfhodi
ii smrti neujde nikdo. Necht kazdy Sc
be Sc otaze, ,,co re mne bude, kdyz nemoC
nebo iiraz haky Sc mn6 pfihodi, co bude
mych milych, kdyby nemoc nebo neho
da praci nespdsobilym mne ueinily
anebo kdyby pfedcasna smrt luna ie
iich mne vyrvala"
Tomu zlu mGze kazdy pfedejiti a sebe
a rodinu svou proti zlym Gasdm pojistit
pfipoienim SO Jednote lidu.
CLENSTV1. Ably Sc stall clenem, m,
ST Sc zadatel podrobiti l6kafske prohlidce
zatez Sc jemu niceho nepotita.
pfistupne obnasi $l00, cemz jest "a
hrnut pfisp6vek "a prvni tyden. Pfistup
ne slozeno byti musi soucasne podanin
zadosti "a pfijeti. Nebudeli cd lekaf
spolecnosti "a spdsobileho uznan, tedy s.
tastka ia vrati.
Premie mohon tydne, mesitn6 neb
ctvrtletne, die libosti pojisteneho vyplace
ny byti. Poiistne Sc pfiiima bez podp
ry padu nemoci. - Viz sazbu.
| Spolecnost byla 1863 zalozena a jes
t tudiz 12 let stara.
: V roce 1873 cinila obchod ma
4 S13,754922'O
: Majiteldm polici vyplaceno padn
mrti, pemoci ma divdendach
$4s2.S91'O
Nyneisi hotove assets obnasi
S1,5oo.OO
Jistina ulozena jest statnich spolk
vych dluhopisech hypotekach.
MI. KrejCi, gen. agent.
WieScnberger, jednatel.
Geve1andShd office 1s4 Superior 81
Goldsmith Il JankOlu
obchodvedouci.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-05-15

NEOMYLNOST PAPEzt. Kdyby
byl papsA vskutku neomylnfm, mnseli
by taktmi byti / vsickni pfedchddcove
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-22

THE PLEAsANTyILLE ENQUIRER,
the initial number of which is now
before US, shows unmistak signs
OF energy, industry, experience and
ability upon the part of its editor and
proprietor, John S. Harper, who says
he was brought up In a printing
Office, and the assistant editor, P. A.
Robinson. The paper Is full Of local
news, and ia worthy of a generous pat
ronage by the enterprislng and reading
people Of that vicinity, by whom we
doubt not the paper will be appreci.
ated. In size and form 1t IL similar to
the JOURNAL. In politics 1t promises
to be independent, but not neutral"
81 per year.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-22

LANDS from which PORTIONS have
been taken for roads have always been
listed for taxation by assessors In this
county Without any deduction for the
roads. A question ~ to the Justice Of
tliis custom has been raised recently
hy ~. MI Of Indiana township,
whose communication for this paper
upon this subject WINS mentioned last
week. He claims that no man can
legally be required to pay taxes upon
I,,nds donated or taken possession Of
for public use. We understand that
tho assessor OF Indiana township In
listing lands this year made deduction
for roads upon this principle. Whether
or not he il sustained by any statute
ia this State we cannot state, but the
custom, honored by lapse OF time"
hns made strong precedent against
him.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-22

A FINE HoRsE.--One OF the finest
horses in this county, in the opinion OF
the best judges, is Delaware Bob the pro-
perty Of Mr.. 0. Buxton, Of this city.
Delaware Bob was sired by old Della
ware Bob Of Ohio, full blooded inn
ported Norman, and his dam was a half
blooded Norman and half Hamiltoninn
mare. Heis six years old, a beautiful
dapple grey, sixteen hands high, and on
the track exhibits the finest action and
remarkable speed. His sire is the best
imported horse in Ohio, and his son
promises to eclipse even the bright record
of old Delaware Bob. AS a horse for all
purposes Mr.. Buxton's is without rival.
He will stand this season in this city, at
the stable of DIR. w etherell, and our
farmers will consult their interest by
calling and seeing him.
o. BUXTON.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-22

CHICAGO q Rock ISLAND, AND A
X. d ID. RAILROADS BoTH SECURED.
Having faith In the building Of
these two important roads during the
year 1875, Rockafellow & Greenlee
have opened up the largest stock of
stnple and fancy groceries ever brought
to tho city. They are also opening a
full line Of shelf hardware, japanned
and tin ware, bought at bottom prices
for cash, and which will be sold at low
rates. They will have on exhibition
in few days Woods celebrated self
binding harvester. Call and see them.
(4gl
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-22

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. II.
G. ellison g. Co. appear this week in
our columns with an illustrated ad YER
tisement, to which we invite the atten-
ton Of farmers who want to purchase
implements this spring, Their stock
Of plows, harrows, seeders, cultivators,
and planters, embracing the best farm
machinery in the market, and just the
articles which farmers will want dur
ing the next few weeks, and will be
sold at very lowest figures. Call and
take look also at the Champion I"
reapers and mowers, which will soon
be wanted, and which have earned
such an enviable reputation in this
county and the whole West within the
past few years. Their wagons, rakes,
road scrapers, etc. are likewise worthy
a careful examination. Don't fail to
call and see ellison & Co.'S machinery
when you come to town.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-22

THE SPELLING MATCH Mt the Court
House was quite well attended, and
Melted $50 for the poor, aftssM paying
incidentals and purchasing q hand
some volume Of Tennyson's poems for
the best speller. G. III. Robinson was
chosen President Of the meeting. @.
b. Boydston had previously been
selected to pronounce, and G. l.. Col
Inns to act rs referee. Misses Addie
Mathews and Nellie Booth were elect
ed to choose mp and lead the opposing
sides, but both declined. Then E. B..
Woodruff and Allen Hamrick we're
elected for that duty, and divided the
house by tiers of seats instead of select
ing individuals. A large portion of
those present declined to spell, but
about twenty on each side stood up.
Mr. Kendig, the grocery man, missed
first word" regime" pronounced
ra-zheena) and won the primer. Frank
Berkey, the blacksmith, won the
poems.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-22

COMPLAINT was made to as by let
ter from ~. NJ" of Indiana town.
ship, - we mentioned last week, that
his land in this township had been
listed by the assessor at over $13 per
acre, and at a higher rate per acre than
other lands adjacent according to val
ne. Mr.. E. X. Woodruff, assessor for
this township, authorizes us to say
that he assessed. the land in question
at only So per acre, that 1t was listed
at this rate by his predecessor, and
that it is not listed higher according to
value than any other adjacent lands.
This piece, embracing so acres, he
says ID one of the best in the town
ship, and yet other lands near by are
assessed 81 higher per acre; for in
stance the lands of Mr.. Bates. He
deems no further explanation than
this necessary.