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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-08
Nine Years without Sleep.

Mr.. Thomas McElrath, an emigrant
from the North of Ireland, settled in
Marlborough, Ulster Co., N. r., many
years ago. He is an upright, honest,
and much-respected citize of that
place, being member of the Rev. Il.
c. Niven's congregation. A rumor has
been in circulation for years to the
effect that this gentleman has worked
at his occupation of u farmer, apparent
ly happy, enjoying good health, yet had
not at any time in nine years been
blessed with really refreshing sleep.
To make sure of the facts before pub
lishi9 Hffassn VIE sent nnls 1'isseHtn te, i,stncn;a,v
replied as follows II came to this
country in the year 1882, from County
Antrim, Ireland. l was in excellent
health, and continued to remain so till
nine years ago. was then attacked
with dysentery, and was confined to my
bed for over month. DIR. William Ged-
ney, of Milton, attended me then
and since. After began to
get we'll l could not sleep till
about twelve o'clock at night. A
week or ten days later could not sleep
till one o'clock, and so on for six
months, till the present time | have not
closed my eyes in sleep for nine years.
l hear every sound during the night,
while my family are in bed sound
asleep. frequently rise and read for
hours, but my head feels dizzy all the
stime; my back aches, my eyes are sore;
although people tell me l look well for
nv wears, l am really very weak, and
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cooking. With the Thermometer down

cooking. with the Thermometer down
to zero in northerly gale Of wind, are
better imagined than described; while
the various shrewd and skillful artifices
BY which they outwit the otter in capt
uring 1t, would make a lengthy chap
ter, If fully enumerated, for this ami
NAL, of all wild animals, seems to be
possessed of the greatest aversion to or
dread Of the presence, or even the
proximity, Of man.
The natives. when they go from
Oonalaska to Saanack ON hunting
trip of this character, usually make up
q party of from forty to fifty men. They
travel in their light skin bidarkies, two
men in each, and and gone usually
three to four months at d time before
returning to their families; they haul
their kyacks out from the water every
night as they bivouac along the coast,
and sleep in gales of wind, which are
always loaded with rain, sleet and fog.
without the least covering, and almost
invariably without fire. All! rude
indeed,is the country of the Aleut, but
he is as rugged, and the bleak. precip-
itous islands stamped with his name
are all the world to him. He wants no
other, and he is happy where we would
be supremely miserable. IL W. Elliott,
IN Hdrper's Magazine.
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Friendship ON 'Change.

The peculiar character of what passes
for friendship and honor on Change is
aptly illustrated, though the illustra-
ton may well seem severe, by a case
whose particulars were given me by .
gentleman yesterday. One of the
young brokers, as popular and gay q
g boy' as the list contains, managed to
scrape together $4,000 before the re-
cent tbulf' movement began, and was
sanguine of rapidly increasing his
capital by a profitable investment. He
was specially friendly with one of the
leading 9 bulls,' well-known man on
the turf, and sought advice from this
intelligent source. 1t SO happened that
the combination had weakened, and de-
cided to sell out the very next day.
When, however, Tom asked if he had
better put his 81, 900 into Lake Shore,
the heavy z bull said to do it by al
means, as that stock was to be run uI
| five or six points on the morrow
Flushed with excitement over the pros
| pect of what was sure to come in his
| favor, the young man was on hand
| promptly at first call in the morning
and bought Lake Shore at71. He had
moreover, Influenced other small capi
talists to do likewise, on the strength
Of such advice, and for few minutes
the stock was buoyant and promising
| But no sooner had it risen two point
than the market was flooded, suddenl,
and without warning, and before tn
poor, fellows could realize what ha1
hannanr6 Lake Shore Wass down to- 50
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TOLEDO rAnA COUNTY zHURsDAY, noyEMBER 5, 1871

action as this, done by a han worth his
hundreds of thousands, to the utter
cleaning out of men who have had a
hard tussle witt-the WaI1Sstreet demon
of Fortune-th goddess never ventures
down there-seems incredible. Yet, SO
far from that, it goes fora capital prac-
teal joke, and is not any more uncom-
mon on the street than less ruin
GUS lying is. ! The excuse for the deed,
if any excuse were made, would be that
it was the bull s . interest to keep
stock up till he could sell his large
handful of them at a profit. Ii he had
told the small broker to sell as the pool
was aboutto break, thes news would
have been given out in turn to many
Others. and next day the stock would
go down, to his large disaster. Such
an excuse, however, would be little i'm
provement,, morally considered, from
the plain statement that it was done
just for the fun Of the thing. It is, in
the same line of argument, undoubted-
ly for the burglars interest to walk
away undisturbedly with the contents
of other peoples safes, but the police
interfere with him-when they chance
to be around-for all that. The won
der is, as the narrator of the incident
said, that some of these deliberately
victimized men, made desperate by
their losses, do not kill the shameless
swindlers, or at least treat them as
Selover did Gould. That thrashing, by
the way, was given in vengeance for
the same kind of representation. But
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can understand what active, wideX
awake, mischievous animals they are

}
can understand what active, wideI
awake, mischievous animals they are
after dark. 5fsr .ss.s.sil .s'a-asff
/ Sometimes they chose very odd placesy
to hide and sleep in, when they were
driven out Of their nest in the daytime,
The pockets and sleeves of the clothes
which hung in the wardrobe were favor
ite hiding places, and the bed was an
other They would crawl in between
the pillow-case and the pillow, and
sleep there all day, and sometimes L
have found all three of them in, bed with
me when woke in the morning. They
would climb up my coat-sleeye while I
was studying, and go to sleep under my
arm, and they We're very angryif they
were disturbed, although, of course, /
could not sit still all day for their CON-
venience. sgJ ..,da1 b-s ,.,;,..,,t,s
About twilight every evening they
would come out Of their hiding-place
and play around the room, and were as
wide awake all night as they had been
sleepy all day. They were fond of r1lsy-
ing in my. hair, and eften,'the first no.
tice l would receive that they were out
for the evening would be their coming
down with a flying leap from the top 81
the window plump upon my head, as Il
sat reading or talking When Twas
engaged in study, such an interruption
was rather startling at first, as they al
ways awohe and came out OF the cage
together, so that, before the first had
time to recover his balance after his
leap, the second would alight in the
same place, and while they were strug-
Cling with each other to gain a foothold
the third would strike on top Of them,
and perhaps knock one or both Of them
off upon my collar or shoulders; but
they usually jumped back on my head
again, and for minute or two would
have all three scuffling together in my
hair.-Rof w. X. Brooks, IN Vide
441C0ke. -. fsfE ttt ifc<a
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FOREIGN.

oeASNNS~tN~s
capturing the Turkish position at Telische,
near Plevna. The Turkish loss was 1900
killed, beside the wounded and prisoners. The
Russians at once commenced to fortify in an
ticipation of an attack by Osman Pasha.
THERE were 10000 refugee women
and children at Adrianople, on the 2Sth.
CoNsTANTINoPLE kilograms of the
31st ult announce the capture of Orchania,
south of the Balkans, with Cheyket Pasha, the
Turkish Commander, and several thousand
men.
ACCORDING to St. Petersburg specials
of the 31st ult., all negotiations for the sur
render of Kars had been broken OIL, and the
bombardment recommended.
In recent battle between the King
Of Abyssinia and Meuelk the latter lost 600
In killed and wounded.
PRESIDENT IMAGINATION gave a din
ner to ex-President Grant, at the Elysee, on
the evening of the 1st. 1t was brilliant and
animated affair. The General called upon
Nine Thiers subsequently, and gave her a
crown of flowers to be placed on her husbands
grave.
FIELD MARSHAL Won WRANGEL, OF
the Prussian Army, died on the 1st.
The Porte has called into service an
additional contingent of $4,000 men to be
drafted from the reserves.
A CoNsTANTINoPLE dispatch of the
1st says the Russians were advancing on Err
xeroum, from Otti. In official circles the posi-
| ton of Muhhtar Pasha was considered criti-
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-08
A Girl Takes the Deer by the Horns.

Miss Emma Richards, of Akron, a
girl verging on twenty years OF age,
was with her mother visiting at the
residence of Mr.. Timothy Loomis, in
Lodi, when son of Timothy, sur
named Phineas, proposed that he should
show her small herd of deer that were
kept in an inclosure on their premises
The young lady consented, and Phineas
started into the brush to start them up,
the young lady meanwhile standing at
the gate to await the appearance OF the
menagerie. Suddenly she heard cry
of murder in the somewhat juve-
lie voice of Phineas.. Never thinking
of fear, Miss Richards started in the
direction of the noise, and after going
few rods discovered the boy pinned
to the earth, while an angry buck stood
over him, with the prong of one horn
through the flesh of the boys side
and imbedded in the earth. She
instantly grasped a club and went
for Mi. Buck He paid no at
tention to the first and second
blows, but when she gave him the third
crack be turned and went for her. I'm
able to ward off his approach with the
club, she dropped it. and grasped him
by the antlers, at the same time calling
to the boy to arise and put for the
fence. He was either too much hurt or
too badly scared to mind her, and SO,
disengaging one hand, she lifted the
boy to his feet. at the same time crowd
| inc the deer back with the other. Once
on his pins young Phineas found his
speed, and put for the fence like q
streak of lightning on a copper rod
while the brave girl gave all her atten-
ton to Mr.. Buck. 1t was lively tussle
and it kept all her nerve and pluck te
prevent her being thrown to the ground
Still holding on to the horns, she
backed off gradually, and in that man
ner reached the fence, but not till he1
clothes were badly torn and her body
was bruised again and again. At last
nearly exhausted, she reached the fenct
and succeeded in getting over it with
out receiving any serious injury l
was a close call, but the spunk tina
many man couldn't have, Furnished
won the day. -Cleueland Leader
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-08

/ AT the recent session OF the Natlonai |
1omans Christian Temperance Union, In |
hicago, a series of resolutions was adopted
substance: That the organization
kept separate from all others; well
Inning to the labors of the Union all
ue women who will unite with them
! their basis Of faith and prayer; declar-
y that while working for the reforma-
bn and salvation of men, they recognize the
hty Of an earnest effort for the redemption of
Dmen who are victims of the same and
inbred vices; urging upon the attention of
ke Churches of the country the question of
knishing fermented wine from the communion
kble; opposing the use Of tobacco in any form,
vice demoralizing all who indulge in
and leading directly to drink and other
Ills; fayoring the education of the rising gen
PATTON of young women into the idea that
larriage with moderate or immoderate drink
fs is a sin against themselves tneir iaiiiihcs,
Peir country and their God; processing agains,
provision, oy Natiohal, o'a'e anu y. .A'pa.
lcers' oi in.oAacaslns , mqu rta;nsnta as dis.
rnr,oo,s ana ,,ninst 70 citizens whose sacred
s:s,as 49, .,.tod. ,5ac,or;no that tho
nh,i,..s nspes -" Hs .ss ,,ror.at;or ,oonnfactnre
ID saio ~ oIoohoI;o Tnuors Is tbe true lepis-
two ron,odv for ;ntemnerance. that as the
1snons;hi,;.y of tho tra;nino of the children
nj 0, ron,h - rssts largely unon wo-
IAN sbo onobt tn he allowed to close
~ r,,n, Tno shn4e door over AGAINST her
kome: deurecatinp the ilippant lest and cruel
Ibertv with which the DEGRADATION and suffer-
1 :. .a.,,a.s H. ;,,.,,v,,o.a,,oa ;sl oftar treoted
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NUMBER As.
Our Young Readers.
/. BABY BUNTING"

BABY, Baby Bunting, r 4e
Must take her morning nap,
Up Baby Bunting,
Into mammals lap. -
on with shoes and stockings,
Now be mouse, lGgia
While tell the story ,
OF FOOTE'S keeping house.
This toe to market. went
To buy piece of meat, l
This toe stayed at home Je Il
And found enough to eat;
This one no dinner had; 5l9l agaasg
This cried for some;
And this little fellow said: ~
When will mamma Gomez
Restless feet are quiet,
Hands still as death, 4.H ~ ..,s
= Anoder tory, mamma"
Comes in faintest breath, ~ 5
6tealthily the shadows ,asa..3s sf
Over blue eyes creep. h'H hIElN
Hush! Baby Bunting ifldt 51s.4
4 HN fallen fast asleep.
,Julid N. Dana. In Youth's Companion.s
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-08
Last Hours Of Senator Morton.

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. I.
Although Mr.. Morton has been diving
several days, the change has been so
gradual that the near approach of
death could not be realized. .., 1t was
also rendered difficult by the intensity
OF pain. There never was an instant
that he did not suffer The only ease
he enjoyed was when under the influ-
ence of chloroform. At noon to-day
Mrs. Morton requested that she and
her children might be left alone with
him for q few minutes. He was
fully conscious at the time, and
that interview is sacred 1t was no
doubt solemn devastating, with kiss
and blessing, doubly affecting to the
survivors, for the absence of the re-
naming brother, John r. Morton, who
is lying very i'll in Alaska. His condi-
ton was never known to his father, who
only expressed surprise, occasionally,
that he had not come when expected.
From noon until five o'clock Mr.. Nor
ton rested easy under the influence of
,chloroform. Then he aroused to full
consciousness, and, observing the
grief of his family and friends,
said to his sister-in-law, Mrs. Hol-
loway, 81 am dying.n She an
swered, "oliver, you are not afraid
to die?n and he shook his head. Short
ly afterward he said to DR.. Thompson:
I" | am dying; | am worn OUT The
doctor replied: "Oliver Morton, you
are not afraid to face deathp'' He
asfjal agaia yshQ yshQok his head to tlG
Gov. Burbank took the hand, wildly
lifted, and asked ''Oliver, do you
know me?" Mr.. Morton looked at him
and bowed assent. Five minutes passed.
When the last struggle came, Mr.. Nor
ton threw back his head, Strengthened
himself out, and with gasping breath
turned to Gov. Burbank and said: John,
air!" He lived five minutes longer.
The last moments were so peaceful tlfat
it was almost impossible to note when
he expired When DR.. Thompson an
nounced that all was over, he and other
friends withdrew from the room, leav-
ing the family alone with the remains.
The last and fatal stroke of paralysis
overlook Senator Morton on the 9TH OF
August last, and since that time he has
failed slowly and steadily. At times
his symptoms were favorable, and gave
his friends reason to hope for perma-
nent Improvement, but after each ap-
parent gain there came a relapse from
which recovery was more difficult.
From the first the sick man considered
his case hopeless, and, even before the
physician would confess the truth, he
knew his days were numbered. Io
!, In all this time he has been sur,
rounded by the truest of friends and
all the aid that mortal power could
command have been summoned to do
him service, but allin vain. Life might
| perhaps have been prolonged slightly
but for the fact that the patient him
self demanded and would have opiates
to relieve him from pain, and NOR
phine was administered against the
Judgment Of his physicians. The opiates
coated the surface of his stomach and
very greatly impeded digestion, ulti-
mately entirely destroying the power
of his digestive organs.
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TIE coinao1e axecuted in fbc Tinted
States Mints for the month of r,et,,,sr -. :.
foIlows: Doubla-eap,es AZ "a err. 6s,f.e.oIss
* an. ouarter.earles so0 IN. lot to.ai ~
coinage. * 47q s00 Trade -dol,ars a. nzs eso
/ half-dolisrs. S711 OK. onarte,,do1,ers ~ !
OH; twenty-cent pieces, $40; dimes, s78, 405;
total silver coinage, e. 416, ,703.
TIE animal renort Of tba Surer;,,.
4endo,,t !, cr.,,., ss..... 49, .,ss 1.,-.-
11e pas1 year o4S persons were arrested fof
of ths ,rsssd,ns . ss osrs Tha v. h y s.csss
nlaints Of lost rec5stere1 letters ves . oao wi,h
an aggregate vaine Of s5441o ~ which '7,1
| letters were recoverad and 916 voI,oa -
s1O 51O accounted ~ hv tbe rseovs,., - ~
contents from the thieves or persons throuch
whose carelessness they were lost The per-
| centage of actual losses, compared with the
number of letters registered, is about one
| fftieth Of / per cent, or one In every 5000
DISTINCT shocks Of eartbnuaLa ,vere
fow q, ,>o-.,o,,. - Hs.....t,,..... Ire.
New Hamnsbire and New YORK oa,,v .,,, -, .hs
,,,-.,:.. ~ 81. a., p..,,,,
in many localities so severely as to awakenthe
inhabitants. At Lebanon, N. H., bells were
ruQe by the shock to buildinps and at Mont.
pelier. Vt. the peonle we're awakened -,
successive shocles lasting some f;ftean r,;n,,.o.
a 4 . ~
Az Nortnampton' Mass, glass was broken and
~. ,..Ss ~ s'l,,al s',oeAs were also
90. - '''a"y poi' i''o''s u oala'la'
ON the 9th, at Allegheny, Pa, John
Knee blew down the chimney to extinguish
ms kerosene lamp. The lamp exploded, and
o1.
prusnNAu ANn unrrrvc.
rrn p..aa:1-.. ~. ao.,
lnI Alcsluehc' on tne oVth ult., sent
10 the senate tne name OF Hon John Welsh,
nieielians VI rnhaueiphia, as MS nomination
Ier oni'eo States Minister 70 the Court OF st.
0alaes'
AMONG tne mountainous confirmed
py the Senate In Executive session, on the 30tb
ut, were those OF E. F. Noyes as Minister to
France; =. s. Stoughton, Minister to Russia;
mos. osborne, Minister to the Argentine Re-
pubic; James M. Comley, Minister to the
Sandwich Islands; Jas. Russell Lowell, Minis
ter W SPAN anu conn a. Mason, MINISTER to
Austria 'sa sB
PRESIDENr HAYES, accompanied by
hfs family and some Of the members of his |
Cabinet, arrived at Richmond, Va, on the Both |
UT. They were met by concourse of people |
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He clear across the room IN q chair
She sitting pensively on the sofa. He
sings: Thou art 50 near and yet
sofa!n Shein reply: On, why SO
chair-y Of your love r u
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s4x stodsuss ID Anerieo6 cslle1Ge
have oomuittsd suicide within ne pest
SIX, months - y Is
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A YOUNG urchin wentinto ahat-store,
the other day, and told the clerk that
he wanted a cap, at the same time put
ting two cents on the counter. He was
then informed that the cheapest in the
store would cost twenty-five cents.
.. Whatr' said the youngster; thems
big enough for cannon. lonly wants
one for a pistol
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CALICO was frst manufaotuTed y
England in l776,
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"MY opinion is. !" said : philosophi.
cal old lady Of much experiences and
observation, g that any man as dies up
ON washing day does It out Of spite, =
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II was Benjamin Franklin who re-
marked, ssAv0id AL arguments at
home. When Mrs. Franklin asked
Benjamin to go out in the yard and
split an armfsil Of kindling wood, in
stead Of entering into q controversy
over the subject 6e would put on his
hat and go down town to see man: llil r:
Thousands OF husbands OF to-day avoid
arguments at home by adopting the
same method. q
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RETURNS Of the first seventeen days
of the Moffatt punch have come in from
Richmond. In that time the Rich-
monders drank $3.50 glasses OF beer
and ale and 12O, 700 of whisky. ~
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a DANGEROUS game Playing the
deuce.
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A BOZ came along to one Of the
neighbors' houses, holding very dirty
dog, and asked the gentleman Of the
house: Don't you want to buy q dog.
Misterp'' What kind of q dog is it
asked the gentleman. The boy looked
puzzled ssWell,' said he, " It is part
terrier.'' 4" And what is the rest?''
asked the gentleman. /" The rest, "
answered the boy, "why, the rest IS
is-just dog aa
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WHERE are our men and women? In
Chicago, the other day, the !" fore-gen,
tlemanf' of machine-shop married
the " fore-lady" of millinery estab-
lishment.
BUNcHEs of autumn leaves are
novelty for hat ornamentation.
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The Rcd-Ribbon movement, in Keokuk, has
assumed large proportions. Up to the 10Th,
1900 converts had been secured.
The public school-house at Charlton was
burned on the night of the 2sth. Loss,
S25 600. Nts2ft
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-03-23
LEGAL.
CHERIFF'S SALE.

Morrison & FARMER State of Louisiana,
Parish Of Ouachita,
John II. McGinnfs. J Magistrates Court.
by virtue of Il ii. IA. issued from mag
istrate's court in and for said parish, in the
above entitled case, and directed to me as
Sheriff OF said parish. I have seized and will
offer for sale ut the door OF the Court House
in the city of Mouroe, between the legal
hours OF sale, on
Saturday. 9TH day of April, 1877,
the following described property, to->vit
All the right, title and interest, claim or
demand which you, j. II. McGinnis. have
by the Honorable Parish Court in and for
the parish of Ouaciita, State OF Louisiana,
entitled J. II. Mct'inniS VS.. Enoch JACK son,
No. 1880 the docket thereof, " on file
and Of record in the Clerks Office, said judg-
i1ent being for the sum OF one hundred and
thirty dollars ($l3O) with per cent interest
from March 10, 1877 and for all costs OF suit
dated March 10. 1877 /; and said Judgment
also recognizing lien and privilege of plain
till as builder and furnisher Of materials Oh
the dwelling house and lot OF ground OF,
which he Same stands, to the extent of one
acre, belonging to and occupied by Enoch
Jackson. situated OF. the road which is the
continuation of DeSiard street, in the city
OF Monroe, and ordering that said house
! and lot Of ground be sold 10 pay plaintiff IS
Judgment. This seizure includes all access
sorry rights and privileges pertaining to said
PENDANT, John II. McGinEis, and will be
sold to satisfy said il. ia. and costs.
Terms of sale, cash, without the benefit Of
| apprasement.
TIP. RICHARDSON, Sheriff.
March %, 1877, ct