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The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-10-28

. broker named Geo. Bailey ont Of
O. 90 and i gold watch. The repre-
sen,a,ions made by Thomp.on and VIII
son At the tine 20 Mr.. Bailey were that
they kuew where q certain lot Of bal
l.on. stolen a long time ago from Wells
Fargo i Co : .reasure box. vas buried,
lear Reno To further deceive the
gentleman. Thompson and Wilson ex-
hibi,ed bogus Jar oil bullion, alleged
- b> worth g.. 200. Captain Lees was
satisfied ,ha: there were others impli-
Gated i. the plot with Wilson and
Thompson, aud finally ascertained that
T. +. Rains and John r Hariie had
something 20 do with il. The
mrn were IN Nevada a. the
time, and Captain Lees swore oat
warrants FOR their arrest, and upon these
warrants obtained acquisitions from
Governor Irwin upon Governor Bradley
q Nevada He then sent detective
Robinson TO Sevais with the requi-
si,ions. and four or five Gays ago the
officer returned with Hardie. Last
night the deputy sheriff of Reno county.
Nevada. brought down Rains Captain
Lees has found eleven bogus bullion
bars which these men had manu-
featured. These men are said TO have
swindled a lumber Of persons in Ne
vads out Of several thousand dollars
The amount Of bail was fixed at $40.
900 for each OF the prisoners. The
cases are set fer Saturday.
A fatal accigent occurred on the line
of the Piedmont stree. railroad between
one and two o'clock this afternoon by
which 8. Z Hastings. driver of one Of
the cars. MAS instantly killed. No wi,
ness of the accident has been found
The supposition is that the car ran of
the tack, and while Hastings VII.
endeavoring to lift it back again, tn,
horse kicked him in the face and causet
almost instant death
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-10-28
EASrERN STATES.

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-The Tribune
publishes the following prominently
An important causus was held at Til
den's house on Tuesday night at which
the leading managers of the Democratic
party attended. The local situation was
the subject under discussion The de-
tails are not fully made public, but j, is
known that the adherents to Tammany
Hall were greatly excited last evening
over the knowledge that the main pur-
poses of the meeting was TO get rid of
John Kelly rs manager of Tammany,
and that utter disgust at Kelly and his
general committee Is felt by Tilden's
friends They believe he will sacrifice
the Presidential and State ticket 10 OBJ
tain local success. and even if Mr. KEEL
iy himself was disposed to be honest in
the matter, IL is not believed he can
control his 500 colleagues in the general
committee Each and every ward and
assembly politician understands that
the failure TO elect Tammany tickets is
TO them political death. and having only
a general interest in the general election
and very special interest in the success
Of the local ticket, they are believed to
be capable of any trading which will
help them on every dangerous emergen-
oy. The result which WAS reched is
not known.
New YORK, Oct 26 1t is reported
that Blaine will not speak at Utica
feeling that his motives would not be
understood if he should appear at the
home of Conkling
A man named Macorcher has cor
fessed Ia having murdered Maggie
Bauer, on Long Island in August Dur
ing his confession Maggie's mother at :
tackled him in court, and he WAS res
cued with difficulty He subsequently,
came near being lynched by the people.
NEW York. Oct. 26.-The body of
G. c. Holmes, coffee broker, was found
in the East River this morning. He
left his Office at ? o'clock yesterday for
home, and as there are marks Of vio-
lence on his body. it 10 supposed he was
the victim of fsul play. Holmes ar
rived here from san Francisco about a
year ago.
A reception WAS rendered to-nish, in
Brooklyn to Martin 4. Upper, the
English poet, and William Cullen Bry-
ant, the American poet. at the residence
Of DIR. Dewitt Talmsdge. The guests
were introduced to both poets and Mr..
Peter Cooper. who was also present.
Addresses were made by Upper, Tai
madge, Bryant Mayor Schroeder and
Mr.. Peter Cooper.
SAVANNAH. Oct. a6.-No deaths to-
day from any case. No fros, yet.
Salt LAKE, Oct a6-The register and
receiver Of the land office at this place.
were to-day suspended from duty by
orders from Washington. pending the
investigation Of their office. Col. NJ.
N. Bane. secretary of the Territory,
has been placed in change.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-10-28
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HAVANA, Oct % Another steamer
from Spain arrived today with 600
troops.
HALIFAX. Oct s6-The schooner
Thistle has arrived here from Fortune
Bay, Newfoundland, and reports tha,
on the sosh Inst the schooner Annapolis.
prodnee laden, drove into ;hs hay N
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CAN ADA.

OTTAWA. Oct 20. -- Advices from
Commissioner Mcleod, Cypress HILL
announces the arrival there of 100 men,
mounted police force. and two guns
They winter Al Cypress Hill Fort. and
similar force will be- stationed a.
For; Mcleod, in view Of the move
mcnts of the American 81 oux. A
iarge number Of indians have already
oangreSa'ea in the neightsorhooi If
both forts.
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-03-04
Why Trees Die ?

A practical tree planter says: once
called at the store of a merchant who
had, couple Of days previous, obtained
some trees from the nursery. There
stood the trees with bare roots exposed
to a dry wind. When asked why his
trees were not in the ground, he replied
that it had not yet been convenient to
plant them, so he had put them in a
nice cool place where the fresh wind
could have good chance at them, and
ended with the complacent inquiry as to
whether it was not the best that could
be done with them. He had no idea how
the wind was evaporating the moisture
from the roots, and how soon they would
become utterly worthless.
Just in this same thoughtless manner,
many customer from the nursery ex-
poses his tree to a dry wind or the sun,
and then if they fail to grow he blames
his nurseryman for it. Let the purchas-
ers of trees remember that the roots be-
long in the ground and must be kept
fresh until they are planted.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-03-04
Fruit Garden.

Fruits and vegetables are often planted
together, the small fruits, such as black
berries, raspberries, ETC., along the fence
rows, and it is no wonder that in such
spots the fruit is poor in quality and
quantity. Where it is possible the two
gardens should be separate, as this allows
better culture for both fruits and vege-
tables. There is nearly always some well
or building against the sheltered side of
which may be planted one or more grape
vines. The border should be dug out
and properly filled with good fresh soil,
and if any fertilizer is used, let it be
broken bones. In two or three years a
fine crop of fruit may be gathered. There
is no excuse for lack of fruit on any
farm in the country; there are numer-
Gus places around every farm house
where small fruits may be easily grown
if little pains be taken. Villagers with
small lots manage to have an abundance
of fruit, but large farms are too often
lacking in this.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-03-04
HOt-BedS,

Those who contemplate putting up
such fixing this season, should put the
manure, well shaken apart, on conical
hill, to let it heat to some extent before
putting it down for the frame. By this
it will give out much more even heat
when wanted. Forest leaves mixed with
horse manure are an excellent addition.
Those who intend starting things in this
way, will bear in mind the higher the
pile of manure the longer will the heat
last.
The old plan of digging pit to put
the manure in is not much in use now,
experience teaching us that on top Of
the ground is the best place. The ground
should be staked of two feet longer and
two feet broader than the sash, or,
rather, than the frame will require the
manure carefully shaken evenly over the
space and patted down with the fork.
When finished (and it ought to be three
feet high), lay cross-pieces every three
or four feet on manure for your frame to
rest upon. Tack the frame fast with
nails, then put in six inches of good
mold, and as soon as the heat rises
(Which can be known by sticking the
finger into the ground) SOW your seed.
The manure extending one foot further
out than the frame, will prevent cold
ever getting into it. Don't sow your
seed too thick.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-03-04
Popular Education.

The question which has heen raised,
touching the duty of the State in the
matter of popular education, is ques-
ton which concerns the life and perpe-
tuity of the State, and is question, not
for church, not for a parent, or for any
subordinate combination of parents, to
decide. 1t is question for the State to
decide,-nOt of course from any humani-
tartan point of view, but from its own
point of view. To put the question into
form that question would read some
thing like this: 'Can |, the American
State. afford to intrust to any heed
less or mercenary parents, or to any
church organization, which either makes
or does not make me subordinate to it.
self, the education of the oh ildren of the
nation, when my own existence and best
prosperity depend upon the universally
and liberality of that education p There
are many other vital questions which the
State might add in this connection,-for
patriotism, as sentiment, grows with
the benificence of the institutions under
which it lives. Every victory which
our nation has ever won has been vic
tory of the common school. This has
been the nursery, not only of our patri.
OTIS but of onr soldiers In the Franco.
Prussian war, the universally educated
c:ossed swords with the partially educa-
ted. and the latter went to the wall
lScribner for March.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-03-04
To Save Boots.

A durability Of soles of boots and shoes
may be greatly increased by coating
them with gum copal varnish, which
also has the effect of making waterproof
Four or five coats should be given,
allowing each coat of varnish to dry be-
fore the succeeding one is applied. Soles
thus treated possess twice the usual dur
ability, and generally outlast the best
uppers. The leather upper of boots and
shoes may be rendered soft and water.
proof by rubbing into them while warm,
before the fire, mixture composed of 4
ounces Of hogs fat and one ounce OF
rosin.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-03-04
Flax Is . Mixed Crop.

As fax culture has already attained
considerable importance as crop, i,
will be well to consider the propriety Of
cultivating it for the fibre as we'll as for
seed. The soil of this aud cent iguous
States, is well adapted TO the growth,
and if some more economical labor-saving
methods could be devised for the pulling
of the plants and the breaking of the
fibre, it might be made a paying crop
for the fibre alone, to say nothing of the
value of the crop for seed. The general
price in this city for clean scutched tow,
properly rotted (retted) of good strength
is three cents per pound. Great Britain
and France are now annually importing
nearly $4,000 pounds of fax fibre for the
purpose of manufacturing linens for use
in America where thousands of tons OF
fax straw are annually burned or other.
wise destroyed. 1t seems as if Ameri-
cans with the inventive genius they pos
sess, could devise the proper machinery
for utilizing the flax straw, so that it
would become source of profit to both
producer and manufacturer.
One great advantage fax culture pos
sesses over other crops, is its immunity
from the attacks of insects. Chinch
bugs do not modest this crop. and where
it is the case, as it was last season in
eastern Kansas and western Missouri,
and the first crop sown has been destroy
ed by the grasshopper, the land can be
resown, and within ninety days there
after the farmer can harvest and market
the crop. In ordinary seasons this can
also be done when little else from among
the growing crops can be marketed.
Flax is not an exhaustive crop, on the
contrary it sends down its long tap-root,
like that of the alfalfa and many other
plants, and thus draws nutriment from
the deeper resources of the soil. 1t is
evident that if we can manufacture cot
ton goods in competition with England
as it is now being demonstrated, we can
also manufacture linen goods from the
fax fibre that is now allowed to go to
waste, with equally as much profit, and
with infinitively more credit to ourselves
as people claiming to possess a modi-
cum at least of common sense.-RWal
World.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-03-04
LocuSts In Illinois.

A Kinderhook, Illinois, correspondent
of the Quincy Wing says the farmers in
that vicinity apprehend that the grass
hoppers will make raid on their farms
during the coming season. The earth
in that region is full of grasshopper eggs
The Wings correspondent (and our read
ers will please remember that he is
speaking of Illinois, and not of Kansas
says:
"Some days ago farmer was out
along the bluff here, and removing few
leaves in sheltered place he found the
old carcasses of vast numbers of the
grasshoppers of last year. This led him
to investigate further, ard in the dry
earth in the edge of the bluff he found
myriads of eggs apparently in good pres
ervation. He related the circumstance
to several persons, and among Others to
one of our merchants, who stated that
some time last fall he was walking along
the railroad track west of the town and
the edges of the cuts at the side of the
track were literally covered with grass.
hoppers, most of which seemed to be at
tached to the ground and could hardly
be forced to move. He suspected they
were depositing their eggs in the soil,
and investigation now shows that the
ground along the railroad is full of eggs.
If tenth part of them should hatch out
there would be more than enough of the
insects to sweep the farmers clean for
miles. In view of all the losses suffered
by the high waters, the hog disease, and
the failure of the wheat crop last year,
this bit of information is anything but
encouraging to the farmers"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-03-04
Neal and Hay for Fattening Stock.

Gan Old Farmer" who has been &C
customed to feed and fatten a few ami.
mails, has recorded to feeding raw meal
against cooked meal. He writes:
My practice in fattening beef and
swine, as well as feeding COWS for milk
has been to pour boiling water on as
much meal as would not make the ami.
mails bowels move too freely, at night
and in the morning; when the mush is
cool, give it to the COW or pig. In COW
ering the meal with boiling water in
this way, the starch of the grain is dis
solved and the latent nutritive proper
ties extracted, and the animal receives
the entire nutriment of the grain.
have for two years past fatted two ordi.
nary sized cows, feeding only hay, and
only 800 pounds each of the former and
each yielded upwards of 40 pounds Of
rough tallow. Salt was given once a
week, and occasionally a tablespoonful
of wood ashes. In my experience 100
pounds scalded and fed as above is equal
to 200 pounds fed dry.
Live stock do not, in eating dry meal
receive more than one-half of the good.
ness of the meal, or there would not bt
so many farmers as he knows who feed
from to 8 quarts of meal day to one
beef creature, till they feed from to II
cwt. of meal to one animal. Those far.
mers never slaughter an ordinary sized
beef that yields upwards to 40 pounds OF
rough tallOw.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-03-04
Measuring Corn i. the Ear.

Take fonr-ninths of the cubic feet of
corn in the ear as bushels Of shelled corn.
This rule gives thirty eight hundred and
eighty eight cubic inches to the busliel
in the ear. This rule is for measuring
common good corn. If the corn be very
good make a proper addition for the
same; but if it be light Gas it generally
is this Year, make due satisfaction.
If we have crib of corn to measure in
the ear, that is ten feet in the clear each
way on the floor and ten feet high, we
have one thousand cubic feet of corn in
the ear. Four-ninths of one thousand
equals four hundred and forty-four and
four-ninths bushels of shelled corn.
A rule that used to be practiced in
measuring corn in the ear in small guam
titles, was to take a half bushel four
times full in the ear for a bushel of
shelled corn. Thus, then, it will take
four thousand three hundred and eight
tenths cubic inches in the ear to make a
bushel when the corn is in a large, deep
body. The reason of this is, that the
corn in large, deep body fills up the
spaces and consolidates much closer.
Gravitation also helps to condense the
ears in large body. Hence l think it
will take more than thirty-eight humid
red and lightweight cubic inches in the
ear when lightly thrown into wagon
bed to make bushel OF shelled corn.
Rule to measure wheat, shclled corn,
etc.: Take four fifths of the cubic feet
of grain for bushels.
Example: Take box that is five feet
in the clear every way 5x5x5x4:-5=1O0
bushels.
This rule gives 2160 cubic inches to
the bushel, instead of 2l50 40, i. e.,
9 Clio too much, or nearly half bushel
too much in one hundred bushels.
If the grain has been shaken down in
the bin or box a due addition to the
measurment must be made for the same,
as it will consolidate by being shaken
Indiana Farmer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-03-04
Diversity Your Crops.

J. H., in the Spirit of Kansas, says:
When corn was bringing barely fifteen
to sixteen cents per bushel, and even at
that price it found no purchasers, it in
duced many Of our farmers to look about
and ascertain if there were not other
products which might be cultivated,
which would bring in better profit at
the end of the year. Hence many found
growing fax and castor beans promised
a more remunerative price. If it had
not been for the low price of corn, it may
be doubted whether one-half of these
crops would have been raised within the
last two years; and it would have been
impossible to pay our taxes. Diversity
the crops. This should be the motto O!
our western farmers. No one crop is
safe enough.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-03-04
A Great Mistake.

Boys and men sometimes start out in
life with the idea that ones success de-
ponds on sharpness and chicanery. They
imagine if a man is able always to "get
the beat of bargain" no matter by
what deceit and meanness he carries his
point. that his prosperity is assured.
This is great mistake. Enduring pros
perity cannot be founded on cunning
and dishonesty. The tricky and deceit
full man is sure to fall victim, sooner
or later, to the influences which are for
ever working against him. His house is
built upon the sand, and its foundation
will be sure to give way. Young people
cannot give these truths too much
weight. The future of that young man
is safe who eschews every phase of
double dealing and dishonesty, and lays
the foundation of his career in the en-
during principles of everlasting truth.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-03-04
Originality.

1t is only the shallow critic who mis-
takes the meaning of the phrase original
and is forever detecting quotations or
plagiarism. There are more parallel
passages, and there is less plagiarism, in
the world than most persons dream of.
The simple fact is, that all truth is one
whoever has the genius to break through
the shells OF things and make his way
into their very center and heart, brings
back the same report as his deep-seeing
neighbor. The character of the report
varies with the individual; but some
times it happens to vary little or not at
all from his neighbours story, and then
comes the unwise critic with his charge
of larceny.-Scribner.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-03-04
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