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NOTICE.

OFFlcg OF TIE FIREMgS's INSURANCE. COMPANY,
New Orleans, IKE rs, 1916. )
For the conve ence of our numerous customers
10 the Second and Third Districts Of this city, We
have estabiikhtd
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BUSINESS CARDS.

A HERO, JK..
NOTARY PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS
Office No. IL Commercial Place.
Passports procured with dispatch and promp
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Succession of L.. ID. G., Wood.

SECOND DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH
~ OF Orleans, No. 81 e27.-NOtice is hereby gwen
TO the creditors of this estate and to all other per-
sons herein interested, to show cause within ten
days from the present notification, If any they have
or can, why the account presented by John K Juden
testame ntaIy executor of this estate. should
not pc, homologated and approved, and the Iunes
distributed in accordance Herewith.
By order Of the Court.
jel8 % 27* FRANK PACE JR.. Clerk.
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NEW ORLEANS

NEW ORLEANS
INSURANCE COMPANY.
COREEI OF CANAL AND CAMP STREETS,
Established In 1906.
Capital. $500, 900 90
Assets cir market value. ........... 652, 1877 96
Income t the year 1875. 624,03O o.
This company insures fire, marine and river
risks; issues marine policies yable In London in
case of loss.
J. TUYES, President
A. SCHREIBKR, Vice President
J. ". HINCKS, Secretary.
Directors.
Ernest Merilh, A. N. Bickham,
Placide Forstan, A. Schrebef,
H. Gally, J. Tuyes,
Charles Laftte W. A Bell,
w. Van Benthuysen, D. Fstjo,
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BRANCH OFFICE,

BRANCH OFFICE,
At the corner of
Eiysian Fields and Casacalv0 streets,
Under the supervision Of JAMES BOYCB, Inspector;
And P. B. BOISFONTAINE.
/. N. MARKS, President.
r. 3. BENNERS, Secretary. je25 3. 2p
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PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTICE.

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION,
FOURTH OF JULY, 1876.
EsApqUARTERs EXECUTIVE CownlTTFE,
No. IS st. Charles street, :
New Orleans, June a. 1876.
The Aids selected by the various boales partici-
pating in the grand procession. are requested to
meet the Grand Marshal at headquarters on
TUESDAY EVENING, June n, at ha f.past seven
O'Clock. The personal aids appointed by the
Grand Marshal are also requested to attend
All associations of every kind that desire to
take part and have elected no aid, are requested
TO send repre- ent alive to the meeting.
BY order CT
G. II. BRAUGHN,
Grand Marshal.
J. BENJ. CHANDLER.
Secretary and Treasurer. ie25 1922
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LOOK AT THE SCHEME
Extraordinary sohems!
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-01-20

oit OF prison all your criminals, take
oat men sentenced for piracy and
deed"
This excoriation Of mock sfnti.
mentality and that abuse Of that char.
ity which might be called centennial
slobber, was most wholesome. The
eloquent stalesman from Maine has
the cordial thanks Of the patriotic peo-
pie OF the whole country for bis most
timely exposure Of the hypocrites
sno are 90 very tender toward trait
ors. but belch venom and FIRE a. the
very thought Of another Presidential
victory BY the party Of loyalty aud
charity.
The willy Randall dared no. allow
the Southern Democrats to reply to
B aine. He welded his time. exec pt
the little he used himself, to General
Banks and other Northern mn who
try to face both ways. TIE House
referred the matter to the Judiciary
Committee. Il can not be reported
back except under the regular call of
The committees, aud It may not be
revived at all. But the hot blood OF
he SJuth will not col until me oc-
css'on has been found to hit b,ck at
Mr.. Blame. We hope tn, Repub l.
cans will now drop The subject. and
that the House Will resume the tran
,action of the regular work Of The ses.
Chicago Journal l4h.
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OuR NEW YORK LETTER.
New years. CALI and Callers
The Helpless Poor The Car.
Niyal Of Crime. GSle Dillon
Murder "A millionaire i'm
Ta0uDle...Thc last Fraud.
New York, Jan. 10th, 1874

New York Jan. 10th. 1873.
The week before New Year was
one Of fogs and rains,-wretched as
those the English grumble about.
The last day Of the year closed in q
heavy rain, which cleared in the even
ing, in the most amiable way.
Watches that night were startled by
sudden vehemen, din minute smiled
sit is three quarters past eleven"
Every fire bell in the CITY was to be
struck at once at midnight, aud the
church chimes were to hegln a quar-
ter of an hour before. But the i'm
patient sons OF liberty had caught
the first peal as a signal to begin
their own private reinicings in their
own way, and they literally made
things hum" The steamers sounded
their whistles and fog horns, and ev-
ry fire. factory, and church bell swung
recklessly. 1t was impos.ib to dis
tingui>h anything; the air WIS full of
a loud humming. in whl, h broke"
notes Of bells, fog horns, screams, and
reports Of rock Is, were mixed ike
mad-for the coming-in Of the hund
redth wear. The morning was so
lovely it was mockery to call it a
winters dav-for it smiled clear aud
soft as April.
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Twenty Dollars Re ward.

In the Oxfrri (Al..,l T'h.ae ap-
pears the following adser isement.
TWENTY DOLLARS REwAD.-I will pay
the above reward Tor colored boy
named Aaron MckiHsay, who ran away
nom my VI ICE las. Saturday night, the
2oth lust. Said by was sold ~ auction
t"r stealing $40 from the Woodstock
lrow Compauy's store, aud was bound
10 me Tor iive mouths nine DAYS aud a
halls hard labor To ,ver damages
TAYLOR DEAnMAN.
The I.ter- ocean took occasion 10
aliude To The law under which the
above outrage Is perpetratt:d at the
timt oi It's p ,sadge. IL SIMPLY
amounts to the establishment ot
system oi peoaage, which, IN Al,-
Dana or III any State where the
power Is ia the t,ds of the white,
Is only another name for slavery. In
the hrst place, the selling OF mau
Tor anv lengtn ol tins, Is contrary 10
The ge,ius vi our las ltutlo.is, aud
suus antial violation of those consti
tuition i amendments whlcn Mr.. La
mar has assured as the Democratic
patty IS So ANXIOUS 10 accep. In the
second place, the exits euce ot sucn a
law Ia Inc South, where the culored
man Is 5 Ill regarded as pre- euder,
ani neatly unentItlcd 10 liberty, Is
evidence alone of IFS abuse. Ii can
not be otherwise. Aud, rs we said
with ahi,e men to administer the
laws, there is nothing TO prevent
revival, III fact, OF slavery Self. A
colofed ,n.n Is arrested on a charge
VI THEFT, tor Instance, aud broush be
lore ,iiag stiate wno re ANS his be-
lIci Ill the right ot slavery. He
Tanks the prop'r place TOR the
African Is under d mas er. He heats
the evidence. l. may be stsong, Or
IS may he utterly inadeq ia q 10 con
v.ct. Wha: d h,ren SO q .es it IN Ike
10 the nan VINO has All elemy to
spite, race To punish, or a p nclple
To enforce! He sen ences The ac
cused = loag aud disgrAcefu servi
,ude, a se,vltudc when may be made
s. unbeatable as t. iIluce he victim
10 H., III which case he Is rrcaptured,
and mas his sentence doubled, or
lrebled; aud so Oh, from one pretext
TO another, untll the life If the cou-
vic, is exhausted. Thus we behold,
twelve Wear, after the Proclamation
Of Emaucipatio !, the sha'nefsl adv-r-
tIsement at the head OF this aIticlt:
twenty dollars reward for "a COL
ored boy, who ran away from my
place.
The words show the fal,ity Of rebel
professions. They show the insn-
ceri'y of the Democratic party which
iDdulges IN piuus declarations and
patriotlc resolves in Washington
shle members violate the laws
aud insult ,he American name III
Alabama.--Iuter-O Oceda.
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The Great Yves ern r ilway Of
England Is greatly increased the
speed of its last trains. The two
Flying Dutchmen'--one OF which
runs f,om Pa,idlngron at ll:45 and
reaches Plymouth h ut 6, and the o. her
of wh,cn start, from Plymouth at 3d.
80 and arrives at Paddington at g..
45-are at present almost, if not
quite, un qnaIed for speed. Bat Sir
Daniel Gooch hopes 10 reduce the
] urney by All hour, aud is preparing
to run the trains at seventy miles An
hour.
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TIKI CARNIVAL or CRIME.

Is crime, like cholera, epidemic !?
It would seem So. One murder
breed, another. The pistol, knife
and bludgeon have been very busy
from the dav before New Years till
now, and the reports show no ab,te.
ment even vet. One frenzied man
shot his wife, cut the throats of his
four children, and then kills himself,
which last murder was the only one
that the world need be thankful fnr.
The number Of grng shop honici les
New Yers's eve and the night ( llpw-
ing was frightful. AMI what is sin
gular, it keeps up stea lily. But the
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half the glass cut of the panes, grimy
an | decayed, hut briggs its four dol
lars n month TO the owner. And there
will be forty rooms in building, the
deceniest ones calling for ten dollars
{, fifteen dollars month: this, in
the poorest class Of tenemeais.
MR.. BOWEN.
The fact that it has been made to
appear that Nc. Bowen's paper. the
independently Was used, t. some ex-
tent, to further the Pacific railroad
scheme, is animadver,ed upon severe,
lv. Ii is astonishing how wise peo-
pile are, after the fact. AT the time
the Independent was urging the
bui ding Of the road, that paper, like
every other one in thu United States,
believed not only in Jay Cooke. bur
in the road. jaw Cooke was supposed
to be strong enough TO carry th,. en-
'erp,ise 10 successful end, AID the
Independent is no more to be blamed
Tor assisting him. than are the ienos
i,ots who had their money in hi> bank
for losing it. should like TO go
through the s,fes of some of The pa
pers that are abusing M. Bowen, and
see if couldn't 6ni some Of those
terrible bonds therein The m 1T Of
them had some :, f that pork. and !
believe they all came honestly bv it,
The fact is, Mr.. Bowen did wha,
every newspaper man did, he worked
for what he bell, we'd 10 he a good
thing, and was paid for i only what
he should have been. 1t is queer il
statesman, like a doz | could
mention, should have his expenses
paid for advocating scheme, and 4
newspaper should not. The fact that
il failed makes 40 4 ference. have
known quite number Of ve,y excel
lent sch, mes that have failed. Jaw
Coz ke has gone, Int the road will
vet he built. and Mr.. B wen will live
to read his arti lie in its advocacy,
With much satisfaction and riyh,.
Here lie, me say hat those who are
Mr.. Cooke are aoiug the
incest thing in nature. When he
was prosperous, ard carrying on great
en'erpr ses. he was the ostm po 'ular
man in America. 1t is only since he
suceumbed 10 circumstances that
would have crushed any one. that
he is counted differently. How many
men would have done better than he
did?
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People may say that advertising
don't pay, il they want To: but only
a little while ago Smythe advert's d
ior lost COW, aud the next day FIVE
cows broke mo his yard and ate up
all the sh,ub cry. = sarli"g calf fell
down the cellar hatchway into = coal
bin, aid butchers horse ran away
wi,h c.rt-ioad oi beef aud dumped
it oil over the trout steps.
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BUSINESS

continues as dull as ever-indeed il
is a little more 50. n w tha, The
ho idays are over, very large nun
ber Of empl .yees have been d'scharg-
ell from the re aii stores. and much
.uff ring is anticipated. II is horrible
to swell the already thron red rank
Of the unemployed. There are un-
numbered thousand, who would br
glad Of anything to do that would
give them daily bread. The slack
trade has thrown thousands OF sales
mrE. book keepers, and people of that
class, who have always lived tolers,
bly, well, oIt Of elnplo. nent, al
they sutf r more severely than o hers,
for they are not used to il. Tne re.
vival is most Aux ously looked Tor.
PIETRo.
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1t is currently rumored in diplomat.
ic circles that Secretary Fish is to to
made Minister to England, and Min
lister Wsshbura to be made Secretary
Of State,
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CALLS AND CALLERS.

Calls were made and received in a
more economical way han for wears
past. The attention Of gentlemen
was largely paid TO reducing their
carriage expenses, and most took he
shor, cut 10 do this bv going on 70 t.
Men who spent twenty-five dallsr.
for carriage hire last New Year, glee
fully told how they brough, down t"
eight dollars for this. The pleas ant
mildness of the day gave us the fun
nv spectacle Of superfne callers go.
ing their rounds in fuli-dress su ts
As If lady should pa ads Broa Isay
in trained dress, with lace cape on
her b som.
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THE HELPLESS POOR.

Vigorous efforts are made by n
Benevolent Societies to provide for
the helpless poor, before the cold.
which we are taught will strengthen
AS DAYS will begin to lengthen. Soup
houses are Sc, up in d iferen, parts Of
the citv. where hot, nourIshing
meal is given for .bou, six cents. aud
several decent free lodging houses
sfford shelter for The homeless, de
serving poor: leaving the station
houses to keep the professional
,ramps and beggsrs. Two things are
wanting to make the life of the poor
in New York and elsewhere any
thing but intolerable wretchedpess.
The frs, is decent lodgings, and pro-
visions at q low rate. 1t is true that
rents and expenses in general are
three times as high here Ms they are
in London: fact which weighs heav
ily on the rich, and is ail but extinc-
,ion to the poor. High rents force
the price of everything up to cores
pond, in order TO them. Nor neeo
any Of your readers think this is =
matter which does not concern them
for the tendency Of prices, of work
and produce, in other tow S, tends t.
to that Of the great centres. Servants
measure their wages, and merchants
heir gains, by the prices in New
York. There isn't village where
this is read, thnt people do not charg'
as near the regular rates Of the cities
as they dare. There is not towl
IN the states, that is not interested
for its own sake, in the condition o
things here; because il must fee
their influence sooner or later. Tn
only comfort Of hard times, is. tina
they mus, bring living down for ric
and poor. The ex'ortion Of rem
charg ed in ,enemen's hou.es is friah,
ful. 1t il . fact that the swarmins
squalid tenemrn's or filthy street
biing in more r.nt than uptow
d~ellipgs. Mt ~ attic closet, vii
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among the legal fraternity, oil preced
ent is at fault.
THE LAST FRAUD

THE LAST FgATD
which agitstes m arsantile circles is
,he lately discovered defalca'ion al
Beckwith, the confidential man of
Bsbbitf, the soap manufacturer
Beckwith was in the habit of pa, ing
out $1,000 and entering the paymen'
as for $4,000. pocketing difference.
This little game went on TIL he had
stolen over 100000. B,bbnt and
he quarreled one dsv, and Babhti
disch ,rgrd him--nut for the theft.
for he knew nothing about that
ad Beckwith went into hiding
Babhitt's suspicious were not aroused
Tor three months after Beckwuh's
departure, when an investigation was
had and the stealing WAS unearthe !,
and Beek kwith arrested. What is
curious about il, is the fact that
business man like Babbit' should per-
IN I def,lratio IS TO SO great an
amount to 20 on so long without ary
ones knosing ANYTHING about it.
lie was IN The habY of going away
from his business 70 mouths, lie .ying
ch' ques signed in blank, VIII ch NJ.
Bees with filled up with a,v amount
he saw fit. and appropri ,ted the men-
ey AS he pleased.
FMS was p,rall led few months
ago lay a Young mtn ia the empl y of
a well-knosn imp,r ing house. H
was on salary III s 800 yea, but.
nevertheless, he kept hree horses and
two womes, aud ran through with
$500 % Of his employers IN n"y in
three years. When the defalcation
was discovered the young gentlem,n
was safely aw ~, aud the firm coul',
nor settle their bu>ln SIS with ,ut him.
SO they got into correspondence W tn
him. and forgave him "n condition
hat he would return and so expl,m
his stealing hat they could get their
books >,faigh eaed up. He good
naturedly did i. FIR h had nothing
against them! Why Beckwith did
not get away with h,s p'under is n
mystery. The IDIOT never left the |
ci y. Nj. Ba ,bitt is entitled to nn
sympathy. The IN .rchant VIII, runs
his business SO carlessly Offers pre-
mium to thieves.
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e. CIRCUIT.

DEtT. ESrtTE anl Rr,kerase Avan.
II IurEnt. | IVA t'tani. nersauativ
aui pr nm Is t. the wing aai saifiuty ~
real estate on cam.n IN. renting hsusss
saI 'ar,ns Ba@t fr..@.,r .aras given
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stood within spacious room
Where many busy weayers were,
And each one piled lofty loom,
Hith ccaseless and with noisy stir.
The warp and roller, spools and reels
II was may scene and new,
While slow revolved the groaning wheels,
And fast the clashing shutties few.
Unnumbered threads OF brilliant dyes,
From beam to beam in order drawn,
Seemed dipped in hues of sunset skies,
Or stepped in tints OF rosy dawn
Or, as a thousand rainbows bright
Had been unraveled, ray hy ray,
And each prismatic beam of light
Inwoven with the fabric lay.
Quick-quick the clicking shuttles few,
And slowly up the web was rolled,
Sprinkled with purple, red and blue,
And strewed with stars of yellow gold;
The quaint device came forth so true,
It seemed a work OF magic power,
As If by force of nature grew
Each imaged leaf and figured flower.
sat within silent room,
While evening shadows deepened round,
And thought that life is like loom
With many -coinred tissues wound
Our souls the warp, aud thou sht thread
That, since our being first began,
Backward and forth has ever sped,
Shot by the busy weaver-man.
And oil events of changing years
That lend their colors to our life,
Though oft their memory disappears
Amid our pleasures and our strife,
Are added fibres to the warp;
And here and there they may be seen,
Dyed deep in JOY or sorrows sharp
For we are all that we have been.
The loves and hopes of youthful hours.
Though buried in oblivion deep.
Like hidden threads in woven fDwers,
Upon the web will start from sleep;
And faces, long since loved, we find
Are pictured there, with memories ripe
A part of that mysterious mini
Which forms the endless warp OF life.
And as the weaver's varied braid.
When turned. a double wonder shows
The lights all changed to somore shade,
While all the dim then warmly glows;
So, many hours we think most bright,
And many deemed most dark and cold,
Win quite exchange their dark and light
When all the hours Of life are told.
For thought ends nct--it reaches on
Though every change of world or cline,
While Of itself will ever run
The restless flying shnttle-time!
And when the deep imprinted soul
Shall burst the chambers OF the tomb,
Eternity will forth unroll
The work of this our wondrous loom
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Conveyancer.
l.. L.. SWEET.

NOTARY PUBLIC, CoNNEYANrER
y Attorney Al Law. Collecting and Liz
Insurance Agent
Htfce at his residence, corner OF ith and
Locust SIS, Upton.
iiaying no nigh rent To pay. his charges
are consequently low. kn
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Physicians.
GEO. s. rOCuT. N. n.
CIiis. ". HUNT
s. ENssGN. N. ",

PHYSICIAN S SURGEON, rrrraS. Iowa
] Having hai thirty wears eAt,.rt.n~.
tir. + buprA ta gtvt aai iSfart ION In AT "a 4f,.
entrusted la his care. Office Rt rssIl, nee
two blacks east ~ court square. l.tt
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Attorneys,
TIATT. ". =. q
pgATT Il CARR.

4 TT0RNEYS ATLAW. Collections o.a.,o
n on reasonable terms Abstracts o.
Land Titles. 50
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G. J.. CHAMBERS. ". n.

DHfSTC1hN aNn SURGEON. has nrac-
j ticsd twenty-five wears IL this s!ci ~
tfd need oi.tt l>n continuance ofthe put,.
icrpnfiiepce hitherto shpwi..
Httce In city ifug Store. Residence cr
iedar ST.. opposite reformed church, Upton
Iowa vpnI
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Justices.


JUSTICE pF THE PEACE, Notary rra.
~ Tic ms rance Agent. and ronveya n rrg .
Office ifh The county Recorder In The ~~res
q, tan rsua rrn q. ,sf--sE
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Dentist.
DIR. CARRIER.

i Z IN I l y ]
fHTY HALL Rntliing. 81 for, riptor
Iowa. PrkE NtTKo"S OXIDE 1+s7 .d-
minfstered fwhpn desired for IN. eS Siracfi4E
Dl teeth witiout pain. ONCE hours, 10 J.
=. :. and TO 5 r. NJ.
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BLAIR WOLF

NOTARY PuRLIC and Insurance Agest
~ Vest Branch. Iowa. *
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HISSELL & sTaRssETv.

4 TT0RNEY At LAW and Notary Public.
a ONCE over the Post OH 10.
2lnl TIProS. Iowa.
The New York herald., 1876-03-15
MISSISSIPPI JETTIES.

GALVESTON, Tex, March IL, 1876.
The completion OF the survey OF this harbor by
Lieutenant Quinn shows that tho western point
where, in June 1875, there only 1--WE feet OF water
has entirely disappeared, and the soundings that
particular spot in crossing the inner bar, entirely
closed. The deep Of Galveston harbor channel
has united with deep water opposite the end
OF the Jetty and lacks only $50 feet OF uniting
with the deep water Of Bolivar Channel When this
connection is madc there will be depth of over
eighteen feet on the inner bar. The rabions in the
jcty covered with sand. The old Swash Channel
is obterated. and is connected and forms a
tinuaton Of Galveston Island The depth Of wetcr in
the shallowcst spot at low tide Is now fourteen
and thrcc-quarter feet; at ordinary high tide
sixteen feet. Before the city commenced tho
po breakwater there was only nine feet OF water
the inner bar The recent work by the government
has confined the water 10 single channel The
suits already obtained very satisfactory there
appears doubt but that the ctty system being ap
piled will terminate in giving Galveston eighteen TO
twenty feet Of water the bar