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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-06-08
California Land Bar0ns.

| The possessions of those immense
| land -proprietors, Messrs. Miller IL Lux,
extend a distance of sixty ght miles, and
this body is from five to forty miles wide.
On the east side they have other smaller
| tracts, Henry Miller, who takes personal
| charge Of the real estate Of the firm, here
and in other parts of the State, displays
! a wonderful executive ability, and fur
! nishes employment to hundreds of men.
| He has what is known as the " Home
ranch and the "Canal Ranch" besides
several dairy ranches on this body of
| land. He keeps an army of carpenters,
! wagon makers, fence builders, teamsters.
farm hands, etc. not emitting detectives,
| and it is said he knows what all of them
are about. This year the average of grain
is not SO large as in some former wears, be-
| ing only about 5000 acres. There are On
! the premises ,, 500 acres of alfalfa, from
which last season three crops were taken,
and the fields twice paSturnd; there are
also 400 acres just sNwn the present
season. We are informed by one Of
Millcr's men that there were two strings
Of fence on the land, each sixty-eight
miles long, besides the various cross
fences. To give some idea Of the cattle
belonging to this young kingdom, we
were informed that this year they branded
$4,000 calves. Aside from owning large
interest in the San Joaquin and Kings
River Canal, which runs from the mouth
of the Fresno Slough to Los BanOs
Creek, distance of forty miles, Miller
Il Lux are also constructing a cana; on
the east side of the San joaquin, which
is intended to take water from some of
the numerous sloughs in that region and
overflow their pasture land in the dry
season. The mouth of Salt, or St Louis
Camp Slough, is fifteen miles above Hills
Ferry, and five miles up this slough
stands one of MiIler's warehouses, which
has storage capacity Of 200 tons of
wheat, and which is some twenty miles
from his principal Warehouses; .Stochton
(CdI) PaDer.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-06-08
NUMBER "A.
flor unn,,B Ktahtrs.
TIE FIEST CUCUMBER.

LOOK, little Tom! Come, Nellie, look!
Here's something to be seen
Down underneath these yellow flowers,
Green hiding in the green.
lam SO glad to have them back!
The cucumbers have come!
See, here's funny baby one,
No bigger than my thumb.
And here is one that S fully grown.
Come, let me have your knife;
I'll take it of; you never saw
One finer in your life.
But yesterday for me to pluck
II was too hard and small;
Tomorrow, it viii be so old
Twill not be good at all.
But If we gather il to-day,
We get it in its prime
The way to have good cucumbcrs
Is, Cut them off iii time"
Oh if this little cucumber
Could speak to you and me,
And give TO us some good advice,
know what it would be:
BE cure you never hurry when
II is wiser to delay,
Nor put of till tomorrow what
You ought to do to-day
For better things than cucumbcrs
As gnickly pass their prime,
And nothing in the world succeeds
Like taking them in tine.
Marian D0u1idS, in ST. LFichOtHS for JHHe.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-06-08
IOWA STATE NEWS,

FEW mornings ago, NJ Burlington, Mrs
"ou,S S1roch was found suspended in an
out building, cold in death. 1t was-a most
p,rheullaleo l case OF self-murder The un-
.'''o"N'c ~oihah, having fastened rope
"i' p'"eihS aiarSe stone on thc
''ooi' shPpeu the 1atal moose around her
seSh' anu oehherately kicking out the frail
'"pPoA' upon whlch She stood, swung her
'o e'o'nt'y' WHICH iouhd, hef lcet
no' iiofe 'hah three inches from the
sTuWS 49,,
\" oI''o Eei'ctic Mcolcal society, lately
Ss's.o" ~ n's "olhes' elec'eot inc lollo"'
IL r. 9hoeihahef; Nice-fresident' E. NJ.
tor.,,lr, 80 =. D. foWcll
Tv..-,.. slo""'ns 9'1ie'uS f. D. whey;
u,-,N,S.'N ii"o'ee'' d. ~
Sl,,,.,,a,>1 ~ ~ snoe'aAef' A. u
Trr nGitor ~ ti,o W. tt.'i d M, M, Marin n
~, n.; VI .nT h"' Sn"li'o"h h"Fca"
VI NV
iyhu Vi ,brIicre In lovn nn,,1nrss ',s' r,",.1' Do
Sweetheart, but am afraid he does NOT love
me as do him. Would a love powder help
iuaVte's' SARAH.
ihE heP"ohcah state convention met at
IT,; ., "o
1v h,, tho ai,ataS as CIV H y hi I,r.,
w ',o ~ Vi iiui,, D. \, hsoh aS
le.'"'''' al ',i' ''"'o o'leets
..." "a. e,pt A''oi"e' -"e"er'i'
ad T% pDSi,'o - r Hs' unNih was SeiSc'-
Tne Renu'Iinans pr pt"fi", ta II, W. AZ nuop.eu:
assembled bnrchv da,J,r iun III thc oon,EnIon
platform Of principles:
l. We are for maintaining the unity of the
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-06-08
Races Against Time.

SUCH feats as Parker's and Peralto's
have been performed before. Nell IL.
Mowery, Aug. 2, 1868, at San Francisco,
rode 30 horses 300 miles in IA hours 8
minutes, making the 200 miles in s hours
9 minutes 4S seconds. In 1856 a pony
rider, Jack Powers, carried the mails from
Los Angeles to Monterey, 225 miles, in
"a hours, lassoing his horses from the
herd of spare ones driven with him, as is
the custom on the Plains and also with
the fast messengers of the Manitoban half
breeds. In 1853, at San Francisco, using
ii horses, he rode $50 miles in hours 43
minutes "a seconds, and Tom McNabb
rode 200 miles within ten hours also at
the California capital. George Osbalde
ston, "the Squire" in November, 1881
for wager of 1000 guineas, using 26
horses, and riding over four-mile course
on stormy day, heavy rain falling Tor
four hours of the match, made 200 miles
IN hours AZ minutes, the actual running
time being hours 10 minutes and 4 sec
onds. He rode one horse (Tranby, that
was afterward brought to America, and
sired some of our best stock) 16 miles, one
12, seventeen s, and nine t. Two hours
afterward he had taken bath and ridden
to town to dinner, where they kept it
up" in the characteristic style of those
days-and nights.-N. Y. Cor. Chicago
Tribune
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-06-08

GEORGIA now occupies the ninth place
In the table of cotton manufacturing
States. The States that outrank her are,
in an ascending scale, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, New York, Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Connecticut, Rhode Island and
Massachusetts.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-06-08
The Goleda Ghroniele.

THE CHRONICLE is published ut the County seat
Of Tama, one Of the largest richest, most central
and populous counties in Iowa. Its the Oldest
paper in the County and one OF the oldest IN the
State having been established in 1856. Its crcu-
lation being large and constantly increasing makes
II very desirable advertising medium for business
men and manufacturers wishing. to bring their
goods and to the notice Of the people OF
Central Iowa.
Advertising rates made known on application.
JOB PRINTING
OF every description executed with neatuess anG
dispatch. Special attention paid to
PRINTING IN COLORS.
Your favors earnestly solicited
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-06-08

The time for the meeting of the Cen
eral Conference of the Reformed Episco.
pal Church has been postponed to the
18th of July. The place for the session OF
the Conference remains unchanged, name
ly, Ottawa, Canada.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-06-08

We are all poor just as we want more
and rich as we want less.
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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-17
THE NEW ORLEA.y CRISIS

We announced in our yesterdays
edition the critical condition of affairs
in the city of New Orleans growing
out OF disagreement between the two
branches of the Legislature upon the
Election Bill.
The points of the divergence be-
tween the two bodies may be thus
summarized:
The existing election laws contain a
returning board clause approved hy
Governor Warmoth, in connection
WIN the election OF 1872. The House
Dill abolishes the Returning Board nj
together. The Senate substitute re.
tains the Returning Board, but provides
i0r It's reorganization three members
TO be appointed by the Governor with
the consent Of the Senate, and two
members to be selected by the House
Inc powers and duties OF the Board
are stringently defined in eases
OF alleged violence, intimidation
ana OF blondshed. They are given
power to send for persons
PNPN''i anu NViliJtl iIlc attendance
OF witnesses and to administer oaths
ana, II after inquiring ofsaid returning
officers, majority thereof find and
determine there was not a full,
fair aud free election in any such local.
ity, pol, ward, precinct or parish for
any OF the reasons, or from any of the
causes stated in this section, and that
the result of the vote, or election, in
any such locality, was materially af-
tscted thereby, then, and in that case,
tney snail not count, compile, or give
any effect to any vote or votes east at
any such locality, poll, ward, precinct
or parish. but shall discard and disre
gard the same in the canvass and com
pllation ofvotes cast at said election.
1t would seem that the conference
committees between the two branches
cannot agree to the Senate substitut,
Returning Board, since the House is
determined to ABOLISH it entirely. The
police are'out in force, and the House
has appointed one hundred assistant
sergeants. alarms.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-17
NOTES AND OPINIONS.


Waco Examiner: The Telegraph
does us too much honor when i
charges us with subservienry to TIN
DALLAS HERALD. We have a greaj
respect for fHE HERALD, and all the
more, because that excellent paper has
steercd its course, under its new man
agement, in the direction of that pur-
sued by the Examiner persistently and
consistently for so many years. 1t is
u circumstance of which we are not n
little vain, aud when any one falls in
with the Telegraph, we will allow il TO
boast just as much rs it win but,
saving and excepting the Houston
Gazette and some few opposition
papers, that event is remote and more
than doHbtfull. I|E
Ottawa Qowa) Courier: A few days
ago young gentleman and young
lady from Sig0urney We're passing by
u candy store in this city, when they
observed a huge stick of candy hang
ing in n window as sign. She re-
marked 10 her companion that she
was fond of candy. lie, to have her
refuse aud beg his pardon, proposed to
buy stick for her, provided he might
be allowed to select it and she would
agree To carry it home. She got along
with the task very well for u short dis
lance, but accidentally let it fall,
breaking IL In two. Determined not
TO be overcome by such triiles, she
picked up the pieces, aud with one
under each arm, she finally reached
home with her prize, and now has
candy sufficient for the whole neigh
borhood. For pluck and sweetness
we can commend the Sigourney girls.
"Jennie june relates this reminis-
cence of her life at Southbridpe.
Massachusetts, al had only one enc.
my in Southbridge, to my knowledge,
and that was an elderly deacon's wife
the way 1t came about was this: Twas
my nephew's teacher, us well as nv
brothers housekeeper, and on one or.
casion, when we had been invited to
dine in state at her house, she called
out To Egbert in loud voice from her
end of the table, Sonny, won't Won
have some puddin'" and to the horror
and CONSERVATION of his papa and NV
sell, the terrible infant replied ouite |
loudly, ! guess il you lived nj orr
house my aunt would make YOU saw
plddm9' am sure at that moment
wished grammar, and correct pronun-
citation with truth at the bottom of n
wen, but 1t was of no avail. Going
nome my reverend brother remarked
it VIII never be forgiven, Jennie
ana he proved to be right; IL never
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-17
TEXAa sTATIsTICs.


According to the report OF agrlcul-
ture for the months of January and
February 1875, Vermont Is the only
State In the Union equalllng Texas In
the average yield per acre OF wheat,
that average being eighteen bushels.
Minnesota, New Hampshire, Oregon
and Vermont arc the only states which
exceled her In tLeuverage yield of rye,
and Iowa Is the only other state that
equals her, the average of Iowa and
Texas being ISL bushels, Vermont 70,
New Hampshire 1856, Minnesota 10 3
and Oregon 1875. Twelve states ex-
coed her average IN oats. She exceeds
them all in the yield of barley. She
exceeds all the states, are four, in
the yield Of sweet potatoes, California
averaging 1902 bushels per acre, Flor.
da $50, Iowa liz, Mississippi III and
Texas no. This report shows that
there is adecrease Of five per cent. in
mich COWS since January, 1875 and
s1ven per cent. decrease in oxen aud
other cattle, with an Increase of seven.
teen per cent. of sheep aud u decrease
OF five per cent. Of hogs. Upon the
whole this showing is most creditable
to Texas va
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-17

The Hon Gustave Sclllelchcr has had
General Ord, commander OF the Mill.
tary Department Of Texas, before his
select committee on Texas frontier
troubles. According to the General's
statement, the country which II the
scene Of these border fpraysis separated
from the river by a very extensive belt
OF underground forest or chapparal,
which forms screen and shelter lol
the cattle thieves who live by punder,
and which renders II next TO impossi
bic for military patrols or military
posts TO interfere with them.
There are two classes OF Mexicans
living on the Texas slde-the one con-
slsllng Of intelligent, honest ranch.
eroes, who are M much opposed Ia
these raids M the American portion OF
the population IL, and the other con-
slsling of worthless fellows, many Of
them outlaws or deserters from the
Mexican army, who work occasionally
on the ranches aud who act as spies
and informers for their cousins and
comrades on the Meaican side, when
they cross the river on tlIer cattle.
stealing expeditions. II is the lntelll-
genco whichthey receive from these
fellows which enables them to avoid
the routes by which they might be in.
tercepted on their return with their
booty on their side OF the river
These bands, which number from
one hundred to one hundred aud fifty
men, are In league with the local au-
thorities, their recognized chief being
Cortina all facilities are given to
them for dsposlng Of their plumber,
and such n thing as restoration of the
stolen cattle Is never thought Of. The
national government Of Mexico il not
to be blamed in General Ord's opinion
for this state of things. First because
the system of the Government il to let
each State take care of It's own affairs
and second, because the Mexican sol.
diers have II strong tendency whenever
they get near enough TO the border to
desert their c0lors and cross into Texas.
The Mexican government Is therefore
powerless in the natter and the State
Government of Tamaulpas seems to
regard these frontier foruges as part Of
the established order of things essen
tial for the good of the community.
The only remedy, therefore, for these
evils is, and IL Is one which the General
is urging on the War Department. to
increase the cavalry force on the Rio
Grandc and give him authority, when
ever his troops come on the trail of ono
Of these thieving bands to let the pur.
suit be continued to the Mexican side
Of the river, and let the troops deal out |
summary punishment on the robbers
lie thinks that whatever opposition
he local authorities might make to
'ueh q practical course, the general
government of Mexico would not make |
nay. lie says that now in one of the
more northern States, chihuahua,
himself and the Mexican commandment
nave mutual arrangement by which
indian expeditions are followed on
'lther side of the river, and that on
ome occasions the American and
Mexican troops have co-operated in
heir movements against the Indians,
ations being supplied 10y his orders to
he Mexicans. He is confident that
he only feasiblemode of putting down
hese troubles, the folays, is by follow
ng up the robbers in the way he
ecOmmends.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-17
THE TEXAS AND PACIr.c

The New York Freemdsoa's .Jouyyol
Is out in an able editorial urging Con-
gress to grant aid to the Texas and
Pacific line. The Journal raps Holman
over the knuckles pretty severely, and
enunciates some OF the most cogent
reasons why this great thorouphfare
should be built. Among these reasons
1t recites the following:
Besides this il, as they saw. we oro
gong 10 nave another small war with
wretohed Mexico--which gives provo.
oatioh AZ the time--this Texas Pacific
iohd VIII ee q handy thing to hold,
buC we nave reason that influences
w more than those we have named
Emigration /, the life-blOod of This
country. The stupid Know Nothings
ana Orders OF American Mechanics
ETC., have not appreciated that the
stream Of emigration for the past thirty
years has fed all our American inJns
tries, and made this country ,iob tn So
pletion-till our civil war and tha re
turn OF bigoted, high.taritf, sumptuary
ev'IhS win neighbOrs and
general misery, set the tide the other
way, anu the bone aud sinew of honest
labor for two years past is steadily
setting out of the United States. and
OF course, reducing us to Comparative
poverty as a people.
Inc only exception to this general
loss OF Immigration of able and willing
iaoorers Is Texas. a steady stream of
Immigration, especially Of Germans,
u setting IN there. These are generally
agricuituraists. Those that have come
are continually writing To friends at
nome how they find things. 10 en-
courage and promote this Immigration
should be the effort of all wise Ameri-
cans. These immigrants go out 10
take up land, to raise cotton, sugar
cane, etc. They are first factors In the
prospective wealth of the country
Now, We know from our friends and
subscribers Ia that rich region of Texns
that every fifty miles of railroad. every
twenty miles OF railroad, open nm new
farms and plantations and invite new new
Immigrants. "o"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-17

WE understand that every effort will
be made by the very energetic Presl-
dent Of the Dallas aud Wichita Rail-
road 10 complete II 10 Denton county
this yeor There il 30 work more
supremacy important 10 Dallas than
thIenortbwestern line, aud there Is no
country from which larger and more
profitable trade could be renped, We
have already noted The letting Of the
contract for putting down the Ties on
The roaI .already graded aud we hope
soou to chronicle the arrival Of the
necessary iron and rolling stock.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-17
slrnngc MUSIC IN tic Air.


The Rochester Express says that the
people Of North Chill, Monroe county,
are Specializing. aud some Of them get
ting snporstItlous, over m unaccOunt-
able noise, which IL thus describes
"lt Is not u y1gnry nor an Illusion.
The evidence OF the existence and
recurrence Of the phenomenon IL un-
lmpeachable. IL has tecn observed
and commented upon by u large mum.
Der of reliable people, About seven
0'clOcl, every morning there can be
heard II soft, s0ughing sound In the
air like the music of an lEOlINn harp,
but of greater volume. This weird
music seems 10 prevnde the air for
miles. Families living widely apart
have heard II nt the same hour AT
llrst II was noted with simple curiosity,
but IT, recurrence with such regularity
when the air liz not disturbed by yio-
lent storms has given Il romantic
interest. Various theories have been
presented, such rs the vibrations ofthe
telegraph wires, or the sound OF u far
distant locomotive whistle toned down
and mellowed by distance, or some
peculiar condition OF the atmosphere,
or formation of the ground, But these
do not satisfactorily account for it. It
is unlike the sound of the wires, and
too akin to music to be caused 10y an
engine. 1t is heard miles away from
the wires -on each side Of tie railroad
where the sound of vibration would
be carried away by the wind. 1t
seems to float high in The Dir, now
clear, now faint, then swelling again
10 distinctness, Some people have
averred that the sounds proceed
from certain spot of ground about
mile from the station at North Chill.
They describe that the earth vibratcs,
and that the sound seems to rise and
float away skyward.n
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-17

For these reasons, though we DO not
know Colonel Thomas A. Scott even
by sight, were we member Of The
present Congress, we would not only
vote for aid 10 the Texas Pacific Rail-
rond M matter Of equal Justice other
regions having had nld-fyen II badly
used, but we would vote for II ~ VASTLY
promoting the taking up Of Wild lands
In Texas by q thrifty class Of imml-
grants, and thus developing the re-
sources of the country. II any one
says this IN moi according to the strict
construction principles Of JellewonIan
Democrats, we VIII answer that, In the
politics Of this country, the idea Of adj
herring 10 principles, when there 10 u
reason for departing from them, IL only
a Joke, aud n poor Joke at that.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-17

left part Of the heart, that hereafter
nothing could hurt --nellher devil
or man and That he would he success
ful la all future undertakings. Suisse,
queut TO the not the "deyll.body" was
discovered, when the negro boy whom
he nude perpetrate the crime aoknoW-
ledged how II was all done, Walker
ran away, hut Was subsequently nppre
bonded, His case was continued until
the March term.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-17

THURSDAY MORNING i,'itjFEn n


We call especial attention TO the
meeting Of the Texas Revolutionary
and Mexican War veterans, TO take
place at Browder's Springs, Tuesday,
February2g, twin he . basket pie
Mo, andaIl viii be expected to come
with baskets full Of good things,
Speeches will be made, old and happy
"reminiscences revived, and every effort
exertcd to render the occasion most
enjoyable one. The editor returns his
thanks for n very kind Invitation to
attend.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-17

PiNcHBAck has written a very re.
markaole letter, in which he says that
.he oest Interests of his people require
.hat the black line Republican party
oe broken up, and 1t is better for the
race to be divided on political issues.
1t Is reported that he has broken with
West, 1t is certain that his friends
spoke of West In any other than q
friendly manner.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-17

WlNsLow, the forgor, h in London,
and numerous detectives are on his
track, Up 10 day before yesterday
they had not succeeded IN capturing
him, but II Is said that 1t viii be almost
impossible for him to escape from the
CITY, Our readers viii remember that
he was reported az making tracks for
Holland whore he could not be extra
dlted, but Ia seems that he determined
10 risk detection IN the heart OF the
great metropolis,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-17
Annelioratlon and Cnre.

Amelloplion oithGsy mptoms Of u disease
IN, Of course, one desirable object Of medlcn-
ton, aud There pre, no doubt, palliatlyef
which possess considerable remedial efficacy
The temporary disappearance of tho hdicid
ola dlspase In tommy Instances, however
delude tho sick Into belief TINT they are
cured, Many olth0se who nave borne crate
fill testimony 10 The permanent remedial el'
fecis OF Hosiettors Stomach Blltefs, In cnses
ofllYer disorder chronic constipation, inter
mIttcnt and remlttent feyers, urinary aud
rheumatic ailments, have alsp recorded tho
fact that tho temporary relief occasionally
afforded Ny tho medicines which they tried
before using the great restorative Inspired
hopes which were speedily disslpated by q
return 0fthe mnlady The liltters not only
raloye, but II pelslstently aud regularly tn
ken cUaE the mNladles TO which they are
adapted,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-17

THE wheat crop it is said will yet be
saved notwithstanding the severe
trampling given it by candidates,
The canine fraternity, 1t is hoped, will
now be permitted to recover their
voices, although many of them have
unfortunately barked themselves to
death.