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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-29
Personal, Impersonal anl Political.

Personal, Impersonal and Political.
Robert Dale Owen has married a
Lottie Walters, OF Lake George.
Gen. SchOtield has been assigned to
the command Of West Point military acad-
envy.
Speaker Kerr has 50 far recovered
as to he able to go to the alum springs Ver-
ginia.
James A. Williamson, of Iowa, has
been appointed commissioner of the General
Land Office.
Judge Pierrepont has sailed for Eng
land to enter upon his duties as Minister to
the Court OF St. James.
Wilfred L. Wilson, of St. Paul, has
cen appointed Surveyor General of Minne-
o.a, in place of Gen. James II. Baker.
Postmaster Jewell has called a co,,n.
Gil Of postmasters of the leading cities to con-
fer regarding the postal appropriations.
The invitation sent out to English
men to attend the banquet Of the American
residents Of London, OH the Centennial
Fourth, were generally declined.
The President has appointed Lot NJ.
Morrill,, of Maine, Secretary OF War, Treasurer
New has resigned, as has also Deputy Con-
troller Williams This makes five Of the
leading officers Of the treasury who accom-
pany Bristow to private life.
1t is thought that Mr.. Morrill, will not ac-
cept the Secretaryship.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-29
SURPRISING BEAUTY,

as well as by virtue of the time.hon-
Ored claims of your ancestors
The compliment was not lost upon
the handsome creature. She dismiss
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-08
MISCELLANEOUS.
HAIR. DYE.

BACHELORS CELEBRATED HAIR DYE
best in the world The inventor has used thi'
SPLENDID Hair DYE for 81 years with benent 10 the
hair, and injury his health; proof that II Is
the only true and perfect Dye, Harmless reliable,
instantaneous No disappointment; no ridiculous
tints remedies the i'll ELECTS of bad dyes; leaves
the hair soft and beautiful Black or Brown Sold
and properly applied at BACHELORS Wig Fac
tory, No I6 Bond street, n, Y, Sold by all drug
gists
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-08
%--F~--
- . . - <sNs
A Kennedy without q Rival
Maguire's
CundurangO Bitters.

VEGETABLE SUBSTITUTE FOR CALOMEL.
Contains no alcohol. excellent purgAtlve or
the bowels relieving and curing ali compla ts
of the Liver, Blood, Kidneys and stomach. Iirad
the following testimonial from prominent New
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-08
Jhe 95)ailg Arsns.
ROCK ISLAND, ......I ILLINOIS.
ANTT-SLANG SOCIETY.
Heroic Efforts of Young Ladies to Sup
press the American Language.
From The Rheeiina IntsIiaencer.

FTOHt ne HitetttHy IHttthy6tCeF.
The Reform Club is the title of new
organization in the West End, organized
by young ladies for the purpose Of dis
couraging the use Of slang phrases in
conversation. At recent meeting while
a member was addressing the society, she
inadvertently made use Of the expression
awful nice, and was called to order by
sister member for transgressiag the rules.
In what way have | transgressed|
asked the speaker, blushing deeply.
You said it would be awful nice to
admit young gentlemen to our delibera
tons. replied the other.
Well, wouldn't it be?" returned the
speaker; ''you know you said yourself no
longer ago than yesterday that"
y es, | know; cut you said awful nice.
That's slang"
We'll" said the speaker. tartly,
ii you are going 10 be SO awful nice about
it, perhaps it is; but wouldn't say any
! thing il | We're you. Didn't you tell
Sallie Spriggins, this morning,to pull down
her basque?'
No, I didn t" retorted the other, her
face growing crimson; and Sallle
| Spriggins will say | didn't. She won't go
back on me- ="
This is nice racket you are giving
US, cried the president. alter rapping
both speakers to order Let US ask,
what is the object of this society,""
70 discourage s!aDg!' cried dozen
Voices.
"Kerect," said the president. go on
with the funeral
"A member rose to explain that she had
been fined at the last meeting for saying
awful nice herself, but she hadn't the
stamps to pay it now-would settle, how
ever, in the sweet By and by.
'Thatll be all right, said the presi'
dent; pay when you have the ducats."
Another member asked if young lady
could say odd splendid without subject
ing herself to a fine.
You bet she cant. said the president,
who was the original founder of the society
and therefore appealed to when any nice
question was to be decided.
Then, said the speaker. Il move that
Miranda Pew come down with the dust, foi
| heard her say that her beau was just ole
splendid. ;"
Miranda's face was in blaze as she
cried
Well, if my beau was such an old hair
pin as your fellow is I wouldn't say it"
Shoot the Ginning" cried the presi
dent "Will you never tumbIc?"
But the confusion was too great to be
allayed Mirandas blood was up; some
sided with her ard others against her, anc
amid the babel that followed could b.
heard such Explanations as dry up.
mice blackberry you are, wipe off YOU
chin, hire a hall &c, when a motion
to adjourn was carried ''by a larg'
majority"
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DIR. BEALE'S.
GERMAN

! hA-lAszAaN - = ~
.or weight III
stomach, swim
ming atthe head
Hurried, or diff
,CUlt breathing
| lutterin% at the
Ehcart, choking
Dor sufocating
Sensations when
fin a lying pos
sture. dimness OF
svision. &C. The
Erca is prepared
fand sold at
mo. Coz South
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-08

SUBSTITUTE FOR CALOMEL.
Contains no alcohol. an excellent purgatlve or
the bowels. relieving and curing all compla Is
of the Liver, Blood, hdneys and Stomach Rrad
the following testimonial from prominent New
/ ork editor:
Nos IS 30 and - Centre Street.
New York City Sept. 5, 1874.
Messrs, j & C. Mcguire, st. Louis: Gents =
Yours of the 3lst MT. with case of one dozen Cund
uraugo Liver and Blood Bittcrs came duly to hand
You will please accept my thanks for your gener-
crosby. | viii try 10 put the medicine where it
will do the most good have given one bottle to
friend OF miEe who resides in Brooklyn. both
himself aud wife have taken it, and their testimony
il the same "a mine. first met with it in Houston,
Texas, afterwards returned to my home in Austin.
whore have the Texas branch Office Of my paper.
My Houston bottle was used up. and | found on
trial that | could nnt obtain single bottle in all
Austin, for | went to every druggist in the place
and there are some i've, but each house told me
they intended 10 order It.0n The sir Myth of rec
ommcndation. Ere coming 10 New 0rk I was in
Galveston, and bought bottle or Robrds, an old
friend anu good house. lad no idea then that
/ could not obtain il in New York; but after my
Galveston bottle used up. | started to find
more,and was much surprised to find aftervist-
lug fully dozen different establishments gave NJ
the search here aud wrote TO you. Now gents SO
good medicine as yours is ought to be placed at
the command of the whole world. 1t will not only
prove great fortune 10 yourselves, but lasting
blessing to the whole human family. As a remedy
in my own case / have never met with its equal
Ii squeeZes my liver better than Calomel, of which
have taken not a little. am hard worker and
constant thinker, and consequently for the last
to twelve years my body has found il -ifculto keep
up with my BRAIN. There "a millions of American
people just like myself and they need some simple
herb medicine to keep them from sinking into dys
peptic graves, until they eau apply, brakes and
cut off part of the steam and see where they are.
You have the medicine aud Won have great fortune
in it il you viii but let the world know it, In my
search after your Cnndurango IN this market
found preparation of Quadrangle sold at So pei
bottle but more like yours than is black man
ike white. Of course did not buy it. This let
ter is only write TO thankI you and TO give you
my experience win cundWango Wishing you the
success you deservetham
vervRespectfp.ly SC. GEO, H.Iswzs
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-08

New RULING MACHINE at The ARGUS
BINDERY. Paper ruled in any style or
any colored lines. Leave orders at THE
ARGUS COUNTING Rooms, opposite the
Post office. If
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-08

Connecting with Trains of the c., X. l. < II. Rail
read al West Liberty. Gong North ii :01 a. IN. !;
1910 p. M. going South 1880 a m: 80 D. m.
Palace Sleeping cars, owned and operaIed by this
line. accompany all night trains.
CONNECTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
At Burlington with Toiedo Peoria Il Warsaw R'y
for Peoria, indianapolis, Lafayette ard Cine nnati /;
with Chicago, Burlington Quincy r. r., for Chi
cago keokuk. Quincy and st Louis West To Uttum-
and all points in kaneas and Nebraska, and with
Burlington L. Southwestern B'y, for Pennington,
Bloomfield and all points in Missouri and Kansas.
At Columbus junction, with Chicago Il South
western Railroad for Washington aud, Leasenworth.
At Nicholsswlth Muscatine Division c, X Sc n.
for Museatine
At West Liberty, with Chicago, Rock Island d
Pacific Railroad, foI Iowa City, Desmoines, and
Davenport
At Cedar Rapids. with Milwaukee Division of b,
II q for Independence. West Union, Postville,
ana McGregor; with Chicago & Northwestern Rail
way. for Omaha. Council Bluffs and Chicago, and
with Dubuque Il Southwestern R'y for Dubuque.
At Waterloo ard Cedar Falls, WIZ Illinois Gen.
trail Railroad for Independence Dubuque Fort
Dodge and Sioux City.
Al Nora Junction, with Milwaukee & st Paul
Railway for Mason City and Charles City
At Austin with Milwaukee q 81 Pani Railway
for all points in Minnesota
AT st Paul. for all points on Northern Pacific
Railway, the great Lake Superior region aid ali
points North and Northwest.
E. T. WINSBOW, Gen1 Manager.
| c. j IVES, Gen'l Pass. & Ticket Agent,
- -.~-lszs-----tdz Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-08
LEARN TELEGRAPHY.

culars of n. W. TELEGRAPH INSTITUTE, GAINESVILLE,
Wis. Recommended by Supt. of Western Union
Telegraph Co., as the only reliable school in the
West.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-08

viii eGectually!
cure all diseases
arising from ii
disordcred liver;
and sto IN a c h!
such as COnsti-!
patatiOn, fatu-.
lenCe. inward
piles, fullness of
the blood TO the
head, acidity of
the stOm &C h !
nausea, heart
burn, disgust (Or|
go O d. funuessI
Second Strcc,.Pi
of druggists. L
For sale by FL
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-04
Municipal Taxation.

Daniel L. Harris of Springfield con-
tributed paper, on Municipal Ex-
travagance," to the Social Science Con-
vention. Mr.. Harris has brought a
great variety of facts to the illustration
of his subject, taken from the experience
of the most prominent cities in Massa-
chusetts. These facts and figures he
has arranged in tables which are q valu-
able contribution to the subject of muni-
cipal reform. Some Of the striking facts
disclosed by these tables are that at the
outbreak of the war in 1861 the actual
cost of managing the municipal concerns
of the cities of Massachusetts,, except
Boston, and including the payment of
county and State taxes, averaged only
S5. 81 per capita secondly, that in 1855
their expenses had risen to $11.0S, and
that in 1875 they had become no less
than Sill per capita. In 1861 the
combined funded debt of all the cities
was an average burden of $21. so upon
each inhabitant. In 1876 the same
debt had risen to $S4 19 apiece upon
the duplicated number of inhabitants
or contemplating these obligations in the
aggregate, they amounted to S11, 900,
600, and in 1875 to $40, 500. 600, the in
crease being $59, 100000 in fourteen
years. A second table shows the aggre-
gate valuation, amount Of taxes, and
amount of the funded debt of fifteen OF
the most prominent cities of the Union.
The developments of the table, says MI.
Harris. are simply astounding. Behold
New York city submitting to an annual
tax OF moro than $34 per capita, and at
the samo time struggling to carry an
amount of debt averaging $126 for every
man, woman and child of tho popula-
ton. Most of these cities, it seems, are
taxed for current annual expenses far be.
yond the entire net earnings of their re-
spCctive population. MIR. Harris con-
cludes that the average net earnings or
accumulations of all the individuals of
city do not exceed SO per capita, and
that the proper annual tax for defraying
the cost of managing all the affairs of a
city is So per capita. The question how
tue people have met the high taxes of
tho last ten years, MIR. Harris answers
by showing that from 1862 down to a
very recent period, there was steady
imitation in the market value of all prop.
erty, and especially of real estate in the
cities. This Initiation was due to derange-
ment of the currency. All this is chang
ing now, and contraction is fairly under
way. Henceforth the local taxes, when
paid, must be paid out of the current
net earnings, or accumulations of the
people; and it will be found that the
same Legitimate tax per capita, which
obtained before the war, is quite as
heavy burden as the people are able
to bear.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-04
Grapes as Food.

The Boston Journal of ChenaiStru
says: We have on former occasions re-
ferred to the value of fruits as articles
of diet, both in health and in sickness
Grapes may deservedly claim a high
rank among the frnits in this respect.
They contain col siderable amount of
hydro -carbonaceOus matter, together
with potassium salts-a combir alton
which does not tend to irritate, but, on
the contrary, to soothe the stomach, and
which Is consequently used to advan-
tage even in dyspepsia. According to
DIR. Hartsen, of Cannes, in France, who
has recently contributed an article on
the subject to foreign medical Jour
nal, the organic acids in the grape, espe-
cially tartaric acid, deserves more con-
sideration than they generally have re.
ceived. Their nutritive value has, he
thinks, been much underated. 1t is
known that they are changed to car
bonic acid in the blood, and p, ssibly
careful research may show that they are
convertible into fats. DIR. Hartsen
thinks that they should be ranked with
the carbohydrates as food. They have
been found a valuable diet in fever, and
the success of tho "grape cures " in the
Tyrol and other parts of Europe ap
pears to show that they are positively
beneficial in other diseases. No doubt
the good results of Il residence at these
establishments are in a measure to be
ascribed to the climate and the general
hygienic discipline adopted. The ad.
vantage does not wholly consist in the
fact that so many pounds of grapes are
eaten daily. but partly because other
less hralthful things arc not eaten; and
puro mir anil exercise are also important
elementsin the curative treatment. But,
after giving all due weight to these
allied influences, we must allow no small
fraction of the beneficial result to the
grapes.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-04
Indian Runners.

A correspondent in tho Sioux country
writes: This system of Indian runner s
seems to be little understood. If i'm
portant news is to be carried an Indian
gorges himself with meat, takes short
nap, mounts one of the heetest of their
ponies, and rnshes along like the wind
until his horse requires feed, when he
mods few times while hishorse satisfies
its hunger from the luxurious meadows,
when the ride is renewed. The runner
needs nothing for his pony and takes
nothing for himself but his arrows and
blankets, and will in the manner indi-
Gated ride two or three day 8 and nights,
passing over from sixty to one hundred
miles in each twenty four hours. When
the nearest camp is reached his story is
taken up by other Indians, and in like
manner carried in every direction. The
speed with which the news travels de-
penis upon its importance, but in this
way the Indians often beat the tele-
graph, and their first reports, if they
como direct, are usually to be relied
upon. The runner who brings great
news is feasted from one tepee to an
other, and IL is not until the story be-
gins to grow old that he let's loose his
Imagination and adds to tho original in
order TO keep up the interest in him as
the bearer of great news. There are al
ways volunteers, and frequently two or
thr@e will start for the same point, but
the one that gets in last is bound to tell
the biggest story. if he has to deny the
statements of his rivals or cut his story
out of the whole cloth in order to do so.
Hence the conflicting reports.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-04
On Account Of his Family.

The other morning hungry looking
man was botheripg the melon dealers at
Detroit market to find five cent
melon. One of the dealers became an
noyed at the strangers persistency, and
called out:
"Why don't you invest fifteen or
twenty cents in nice melon and take it
homer"
81 will at once tell You why I don't, I"
was the soft reply. 81 should kinder
hate to take a melon home and sit down
and eat up all before my wife aud chill
dren. Seems to me it would look kinder
hoggish not to give them all piece
arouud, and 80 will buy one and eat it
here"
"And 1 hope the seeds will choke
You !" shouted the dealer.
"But they won't. I am always very
careful to spit em out |"
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-04
THE SNOW FLOOD.
A TALE OF EASTERN SIBERIA

They're up, I tell you, and ont in
and blood spilled all along the Obinese
frontier, from Kara Sou to Dostvernik
" we are saie enough, of course, here in
Alachta' behind our strong stockades
and brass cannon. But there is scarcely
post TO the eastward that can be called
secure, now the Mongols are over the
border"
Surely, however," said I, looking
up from my desk and the invoice in
wmch was duly recording packages of
prlck tea, coarse silk, the white sonor-
GUS brass peculiar to China, and other
imports to the Flowery Land, "the
Mongols will content themselves with
sweeping off some fiocks and herds, and
not venture on attacking any of the
settlements. The Russian military
power
cts far cry, as they say in nv
country, to st. Petersburg, or even to
the Wolga," grimly rejoined the first
speaker, whose name was Gilfllan.
"These Tartar thieves know well
enough that. short of Irkutsk, there are
out some weak detachments to bar their
way. Even the sotnia of Cossacks has
Deen Withdrawn, and, for the moment
the whole OF eastern Siberia lies at the
mercy OF the Mongols."
), Frank Richards, had been, during
two out OF the three years which I had
passed In this out.of- -the-w.y corner Of
the RUSSIAN dominions, clerk in the
firm OF Merton & Pauloyitch, the man
aging partner of which resided at Irk-
utsk. Mr.. Merton was one of those
Anglo Russians of whom many are to
be found in the higher mercantile So
ciety of Ut. Petersburg. He was a man
OF considerable property, and q mer ,ber
of the Fur Trading Guild.
1t was with anger and annoyance that
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-04
t.erangcr and Lafayette.

f'crangcr ana Lafayette.
The following poem is a translation from the
French OF Berspger and celebrates the arrival
OF Lafny' tte in the Unit ed States on the occa-
sion Of lrs visit fifty years ago, when America
gave tlie hero a reception worthy of his SER
vicos to freedom in tho old world and the
new. As q warm tribute to America from the
bard OF tho French people it deserves note
just now il connection with the ceremonies of
dedlcsting now statue to Lafayette.
LAFAYETTE IN AMERICA.
" Tell me what hammered barge is hither
sweeping?'
"a warrior old unto our shore it brings"
" Bears lie a kings high pledge in solemn
,-r- keeping?" .ss
lie kiudled the undy ing ire Of XII ,gs"
"Andi5h he mishty?" " Lone he crossed the
ocean,"
What has ho done?" Broke chains-the
bond msde free!
Glory 10 him who's won two worlds devotion !!
Triumphal days shine out oe land and sea
"Chiid Of old Europe, here where loud re-
soundeth
The glad acclaim that countless thousands
serfloss and strifeless, broad the reign abour :.
oh
OF la" al labor, peace and homely wayp..
Touching this shore tn oppressed are slaves
no lorger;
Yea, tyranny has peopled waste and lea.
Hero stands III Almighty twixt man and his
wroneer.
Tiiuuphal days shine out DER land and
sea-"
"Whst blood it cost, whrt long days Of disas-
we rec I'd ia gloom, iut Lafl ~ ute eped here,
Pointed to France, had Washington for mas
Fought, conquered and the English fed in
fear.
eihc lor far France, for liberty tho sainted,
hes grown the creator in advcrsity:
Heh smooth the burrows Austrian fett.rs
pTnted, ...
Irlu'iphal days shine out DER land and ses ~
ha whom onr Father priced, this friend and
chief let
Mem'ry tell while We, come shakes the morn
besscd fifty years agoae--first bud and leaf.
let
1ne tree or liberty, then newly born
hut l1ok! to-day thick leaved it spreadeth.
s2br""ing fire bolt aud icy blast our tree.
lie cjmes TO rest benea the shade IL sb.5-
deth,
TriumrLal days slime out DER land and sea '"
"Around him ea'horcd see our cbiofs and
cages,
Each feature scanned by comrades Of bis
fame;
mighty nation in his praise engages:
The redskin comes at mention of bis mama
Inc sacred tree has shade enough to cover
ihls host, meath branches ever green to be
The wind its seed shall spread the wide world
over,
Trinmphal days shine out DER land and sea ~
He who had heard these fervid words ortpour-
ing
Followed conq'ror, served the need NJ,
kings;
FORE whom the slave-houad peoples kneIt
adorng;
flee lands homage grander honor brings
Alas he laid, and DER wild waves that
blossom,
"A tar' Gear climo he sought out wistfully
may virtue draw the two worlds breast IN
bosom,
i1umphal days shine out DER land and ses y,
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-04

CONSIDERABLE. -" Considering that
the mosquitoes are making their fall
raids, and are particularly lively just
now, my dear" said Jones to his wife,
"don't you think it would be O good
idea to bring the baby's crib into our
room9 We might divert the attention
of the voracious insects little from our
selves. hate to be broken of my rest,
and baby can sleep all day, you know. y
Mrs. Jones went in search of the tongs
at once.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1876-02-26

A WITNESS WHO II KNEw- Witness
cs in trials arc not 50 green sometimes
MS they let on they arc. at a recent
trial III Nevada, Bishoif, Of lie Hum
boldt brewery, was called rs Wit
ness. Mr.. Bish oil is one Of the solid
men OF, Elko, where he has been in
business since thctown was started in
the winter of 1858. Upon being
sworn, Counselor Rand, one Of the
attorneys in the case, who, by the way,
is also nj old resident Of EIko, said !:
"Mr. Bislion, where do you reside 2"
"Wherc J. rcsideY What for you ask
me such foolish things? You drink
at my place more rs u hundred
times THAT has nothing to do
with tho case on trial, Nlr. BishoH,
state to the jury where you reside"
"De shnrry! dc shurry! Oh, py
jimmy olcry gentleman Oh dis shurry
has y string Of marks OH mine cellar
door just like rail icncc." His hon
or here intcrccdcd i'll the counselor's
behalf, and ina calm, dignilcd man
ncr requested tho wi!ncsa !o state
where he resided. 'Oh, excuse me,
nudge; you drinks at my place so
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1876-02-26
NOTICE.

The Subscribers are local Agents for the
Security Life Insurance and Annuity Comp.
amy of New York, and for 3 Fire Insurance
Companies; and will be pleased to receive
from their friends and all others, applica-
tlons for Insurance ofcitl,cr kind.
The Security Life is well known as one
Of the most reliable Companies in tho
United States, and the Fire Companies they
represent are believed by them to be emf.
nently safe and trustworthy.
1lUTSON Il HUTSON,
Local Agents.
ace 20 Sni