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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-02

CoSsTANrINopLE, April 30.-It is
believed that the Khedivc will fulfil
his obligations toward the Porte as
far as the liabilities Of the Egyptian
Treasury to foreign bondholders will
permit. A small detachment Of
Egyptian troops are expected shortly
Complications are expected to arrive
in the event of the Russian squadron
in China being ordered to the Med,
iterranean and demanding passage
through tho Sucz canal. Al centra
steamers and ships have loft Galati
and Ibrail.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-02
ARoof Ea,I-Two Men Killed.

= 49, csI.s WV WsCb NtsIuus
New YORK, May LA portion of
the northern roof of the new post
office fell this p. m. Several persons
are reported injured, one or two
fatally. Fe&
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-02
An Insane Woman Kills her Child
and then Herself.

BosToN, April 30 During the tenn
porary absence Of James Hurd, OF
North Ware, N. H., his insane wife
killed their son, aged ten years and
hanged herself.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-02
WHAT | KNOW ABOUT vEeETlRE.
SouTu Bosros, May Q. 1871

ii. II. STEVENS, Esq >
Dear Sir-i have had considerable experience
with the NfGETiNE. For dyspepsia, general
debility, and impure blood. the vIGETINE is an
Rerior to anything which have ever used. i
commenced taking VE6ETiNE about the middle
OF last winter, and, after using few bottles. II
entirely cured noe IF dyspepsia, aud my blood
never was ~ 80 good condition us al the present
Time. IL viii afford me pleasure to give any
further particulars relative 10 what / know
about this good medicine TO any one who vii,
can OF address me at my residence, ..s6 Athens
street, Very respectfully,
MONROE PARKER.
I'D "A tfIaus 81 reef
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-02
A WONDERFUL MARCH.

The Russian march to Galatz was a
really wonderful performance. The
whole distance was traversed on foot
in fifteen hours without halt. Wagons
were only provided to carry KNAPP
sacks and arms. The artillery, caval-
ry and baggage trains all arrived to-
gether. 1t was expected the detach-
ment would commence action hasne-
diately upon arriving, as the Turks
had only to cross the river to seize the
railway and destroy the bridge. The
railway is now secure.
MOVING FORWARD.
The Russian army is moving for
ward, mostly afoot. The artillery
goes by rail.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-02

a moment, at least, there is an end to
anything like concert or even COM
mon ground of European policy,
each power being intent upon its own
interest.
VERSAILLES, May 1.-The French
Chambers reassembled to-day. In
the Chamber of Deputies, Duke dc
Gases, in laying the Yellow Book on
the table, said the present compiled.
lions found France free from any en-
gagcments. Never during the last
seven years had her relations with
foresgn states been better. The Ian.
guage of neighboring powers left NO
doubt of their pacific sentiments,
On the Eastern question the most alb.
solute neutrality is guaranteed. The
most scrupulous abstcntion will re.
main the basis Of our policy.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-02

VIENNA, April 3d. The Porte has
informed the Powers that it may be
necessary in self defense to cross into
Servia. The Powers have replied
that 1t was advisable to avoid such a
step as long as possible. Russia's
closing the Danube seems to be rather
a serious matter. The freedom OF
navigation on the Danube is notori.
ously q stipulation of right. Tc
blockade the whole lower Dannbc il
is stated that Russia has besides eight
gunboats on the Pruth and Danube
Her fleet at Nicholaieff will eventual.
ly come to the mouth of the Danube
to assist the army in crossing tht
river.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-02
MINISTER TO FRANCE.
pOsTMAsrERs coMMIss1oNr,

The appointment of ex-Govcrnor
Noyes, of Ohio, Minister to France
has been agreed upon, and he has
formally accepted the position.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-02

The President has commissioned
postmasters ii. Ii. McCortncy, Wallis.
ca, Iowa; Cyrus Hall, Shelbyvillc
Illinois.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-02
Reports Say the Turks Have
Crossed the Danube.
FOREIGN.
KEEP STILL FOR SAFETY.


KrsoHENEFF, April 2S.-The follow
ing is published: Gas the Russian
army advances, proclamations will be
issued both to the Christian and Mus
sulman populations of Turkey, order
ing them to remain quiet and attempt
nothing against each other, and they
will be unmolcsted."
HOW CHRISTIANS MAY JOIN RUSSIA.
Russia does not wish the Christian
populations to rise, as this would on
ly result in disorder and useless
bloodshed, but Christians who wish
to take part in the war can come to
Russian men where they will be Civ
en- arms and uniforms, and be regu-
larly enrolled in special division
commanded by Russian officers under
the strictest discipline, No irregular
bands of guerillas will be allowed.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-02

A dispatch from Rustchuck, dated
Saturday, say: yesterday and to-day
over one thousand Turkish women
and children took rail for Varna.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-02

War Office in this city Uondon) that
the Government has made prepara-
tions to send fifty thousand troops at
q moments notice, to Egypt. OF this
force, $1,000 will go from England
and $4,000 from india. The Commits
sariat and Medical staff arc also ready
to leave.
TONE OF THE EUROPEAN STOCK MARKET.
LONDON, April 3O.--In Exchange
on stock to-day, business was quiet,
though the tone is generally better
than on Saturday. Re-purchases are
making to fair extent in majority
of securities lately heavily sold. For
eign securities are generally firmer.
Russians advanced at first but after
ward relapscd. American govern
ments generally, advance, but the
feature of the market is a rise in
Illinois Central
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-02

STEAMBOAT, April 3O.--A steamship
with eight hundred fugitivcs on
board, arrived here from Galatz
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-02
CoNrEDR1r CORNERS.
Nasty and His Friends Having
More Trouble About the
Color Line.
From the Toledo Blade.

From the Toledo Blade.
CoNFEDR1T Y ROADS,
(Which is in the State NV Kentucky),}
April 18th, 1877. }
We he'd to hev an election for
Justis NV the Peece at the Corners,
last week, to fill vacancy. Eliphalet
Boyer, who hez filled the rosishen to
the entire satisfaction NV the people,
that is the white people, for the last
forty years, finally succumbed to Bas-
CONS likker and the unconstooshnel
cleckshun Nv Hayes, and went to his
long home. Peece to his ashes! He
was a gilelis man, and good one.
1t wuz his constant boast that in his
40 yeers NV servis he alluz give YER
dick for the plaintiff. EFF the plain
tiff wuzn't in the right wat in thunder
did he 500 for 2" WIZ his remark.
When the unconstooshnel Fifteenth
Amendment wuz passed, Squire Boy
er devotid his entire energies to de-
cidin agin them niggers. He. varied
his practis so much that it didn't make
any diffrens whether the niger wuz
plaintiff or defendant, the vcrdick
NJ iHSuAANpAy 4iAIls Ills lOOi
wuz that whenever two white men
dispoots one of EN- must be rite, but
that it wuz impossible that q niger
shood be right under any circ,lm-
stances. When Their wuz a white man
agin niger the verdick wuz agin
the niger, without heerin evidence
and So healthy and vigorous pre-
ioodis he'd he agin niggers that / hev
kpoWd him, when one niger sood
another, to give verdick agin both
Nv EN-, which wuz triumph NV joo-
risproodence. And they felt their
selves lucky eff he didn't commit en-
for contempt ny court. Good old
man! W0, shell never see his like
agin.
Squire Boyer hevin gone hentz we
he'd to elect Justis to fill his place,
and in the convensun Deekin Pogram
and Abslum Pettus wuz the candi-
dates. Pettus developed good deel
NV strength, but the Deekin heyin in
Wild the cOnvenshun to take suthin,
it turned tho scale and he wuz nomin-
ated. Pcttus sworc he wood meyer
stand that kind nv tactics, and he de.
clared hisself an Independent candi-
date, at witch we laft, for the Dimoc-
i REV NV tho Corn ORC arn firm hlonvars
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-05
j. N. sandidge in the New Oriean. Picayune.

q. n. Sandidge In Inc New Orfeans l1cayune.
In Campbell county, Va, on the
Roanoke river (then called Staunton
river, during the old Revolutionary
War, when there were some Tories of OBJ
noxious character still remaining in the
county not reachable by any statutory
law, Colonel Charles Lynch, supported
by Captain Robert Adams, his brother
in-law, both farming on adjoining plan
tations, and -- Galloway, determining
to rid the country of such dangerous
enemies, seized on different occasions
three of the worst of them, tied them to
a tree and fogged them 10 severely as to
prompt an unceremonious departure
from the state, as they were ordered.
This sort of procedure on the part of
Lynch and his friends, proving 80 effec-
tive in Campbell, was soon followed in
other countries, where loyalty to King
George sometimes provoked summary
punishment, and it was called Lynch
law" and has been to our day.
A snatch of an old song of the time is
still repeated in the neighborhood:
F" Huxxa for Captain Bob, Colonel Lynch and Gallo
Never lei a Tory rest iii he cries out liberty"
John Lynch, the brother of Charles
Lynch, was the founder Of Lynchburg;
only few or their descendants are now
living, none in Virginia, bearing the
family name, so far as is known, the last
Of the males, Charles Henry Lynch, and
brother, John Pleasant, having died
in Campbell county since the rebellion; /;
their sister, Mrs. Dearing, and her
daughter, Mrs. Faunt LIE Roy, now oc-
cupy the old homestead, where still re-
mains the stump of walnut tree to
which the three Tories were tied and
whipped-life was never taken.
Webster, in his unabridged dictionary,
says of "Lynch law" that it was the
practice Of furnishing men for crimes or
ofienses by private, unauthorized per-
sons, without legal trial. The term is
said to be derived from Virginia farm
er named Lynch, who thus took the law
into his own hands"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-05
The "Sweet Singer

The Cincinnati Commercial now under
takes to solve deep and awful mystery,
namely, who is Julia A. Moore, the
sweet singer of Michigan? The story
goes that Julia A. Moore has been Civ
ing readings throughout Michigan.
Dressed exactly as in the picture on the
outside of her book, with wildly-Aowing
poetical hair bulging up in chunks
through her pasteboard diadem, she ap-
pears upon the stage and reads in a
dolorous whine her own productions,
composed by the author" the truthful
pieces (which speak of being killed,
died, or drowned" Every place
she goes, it is said, the halls
and audience rooms are crowded
till there is not standing-rOom left, and
by the time the ''sweet singer" has con-
cluded her remarkable recitations on the
subject of "being killed, died, OF
drowned" her audience is in a wild up
roar of laughter. A full brass band
usually adds to the attractions of the
evening, and at the close this band sud.
denly fetches up with a tremendous
snort or toot, the whole scene being in.
describably ludicrous. The Commercial
seems to think the book is hoax, fol
which Ryder, the Cleveland publisher
is responsible; but the fact that the
original publisher was Grand Rapids
man, who sold out to Ryder, conflicts
with this theory.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-05
Washington Life.

A cheerful view of Washington is
given in story once told by Mrs. Madi-
son, to little girl, who now repeats it
in Lippincon:
"0ne day in Philadelphia" said Mis-
tress Dolly Madison, II was sitting in
my parlor with very dear friend, Mrs.
r. B. Lee, when in walked Payne Todd
cher sony dressed in my calico bed-gown.
While we were laughing at the figure he
cut, servant threw open door, and an
nounced General and Mrs. Washington.
What to do with that dreadful boy did
not know. He could not face the Presi-
dent in that garb. Neither could he
leave the room without meeting them,
for the door they were entering was the
only one. / made him crawl quickly
under low, broad settee ON which was
sitting. / had just time to arrange the
drapery when the Washingtons entered.
After q courtly greeting, and the usual
compliments Of the season, there came
from under the scttee heavy sigh, thi i
evidently attracted the generals notice.
However, only talked and laughed a
little louder, hoping to divert his a.ten-
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-05
The Suburbs of London

AS tor the river, in talking about Lon
don suburbs we should have come to that
first of all. The Thames is the great
feature of suburban London; and these
neighborhoods are, for the most part,
relation to It. EondoneTs apprsrrHtr
their river in the highest degree; and
they manifest their regard in thor
oughly practical fashion. They use the
Thames; it might almost be said they
abuse it. They Use it, mean. for pleas
ure; for above Chelsea bridge there are
happily few traces of polluting traffic.
When once indeed, going up the stream,
you fairly emerge from the region of the
London bridges, the Thames turns rural
with surprising quickness At every
bend and reach it throws off something
Of metropolitan degradation; with
each successive mile it takes on another
prettiness. By the time you reach Rich
mond, which is only nine miles from
London, this suburban prettiness touches
its maximum. Higher in its course the
Thames is extremely pretty; but moth
ing can well be so charming as what you
see of it from Richmond bridge and Just
above. The bridge itself is very happy
piece of picturesqueness. Sketches and
photographs have, l believe, made it
more or less classical. The banks are
lined compactly with villas embowered
in walled gardens, which Ire on the slope
of Richmond hill, whose crest, as seen
from below, is formed by the long, bosky
mass of Richmond park.
To speak of Richmond park is to speak
of one of the loveliest spots in England.
1t has not the vast extent of Windsor,
but in other respects it is quite as fine.
1t is poor work talking of English parks,
for one is reduced to ringing the changes
on a few lamentably vague epithets of
praise. One talks of giant oaks and
grassy DOWNS of browsing deer and
glades of bracken; and yet nine-tenths
OF what one would say remains unsaid.
/ will therefore content myself with
observing that, to take walk in Rich
mond park and afterward repair to the
Star and Garter inn to satisfy the appe-
tite you have honestly stimulated, is as
complete an entertainment as you are
likely to find. 1t is rounded off by your
appreciation of the famous view of the
Thames from the windows of the inn
the view which Turner has painted and
poets have versifed, and which certainly
is as charming as possible, though to an
American eye it just grazes, a trifle
painfully, the peril of over-tameness.
But the river makes graceful, conscious
bend, and wanders away into that thick
detail of distance characteristic of the
English landscape.-Henry James, .jr., in
GALAXY.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-05
Verified Centenarians.

On Sunday morning, October IA, Mrs.
Charlotte Bonham, a lady of independ-
ent means, residing at Cinder Hill,
Chaily, near I4ewes, died at the age of
l02.years. She leaves great-great-grand-
children, and daughter aged IS. Mr..
Bonham enjoyed good health till quite
recently, and was much respected in the
parish through her kindness and gener-
osity to the poor.
From the Journal des Dehets, October II.
A remarkable case of longevity has
Just been recorded at Bordeaux. A
woman, Mime. Anais Daguon, has died
Of old age, at the age of III years. She
had lived under seventeen Governments,
from Louis XIV. to Marshal MacMahon.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-05

been carried 10 Winnepeg, and that in col
sequence of the 4o,0OO,OOo bushels Of who at
raised this year in Minnesota, the sdsmigra-
ton in this state exceeds anything r4cen
since 1856. Hence the necessity for faster
mails and more service.
A LARGE proportion OF the property
seized by the United States Special agent
Carter, at Passagoula and released by Judge
Hill, is now seized by Mississippi and Ala
bama under writs from the state courts OF
Mississippi and held by the sheriff. Secre-
tary Sherman, by orders, has laid practical
embargo to the whole coast OF Mississippi
by refusing clearance to all lumber vessels,
foreign and domestic.
Col. THOMAS LINDSEY, prominent
Louisville lawyer, is dead. s.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-05
$4,000 IN the Rag Bag,

Two or three months ago John T.
Presley, Sheriff of Marion county, Ind,
sold the Office furniture and fixtures, in
cluding fire-proof safe, belonging to
DIR. James H. Fuller, to satisfy an execu-
ton. The things were taken during the
doctors absence from indianapolis, the
sheriff breaking into the Office to get the
goods. The safe was purchased by a
second-dealer, who opened it and sold
the papers to rag man. Now, on the
doctors return, suit is brought, the COM
plainant setting forth that among the
papers was sold bundle of notes and
mortgages to the value of $4,000, and
tax certificates worth $4,000 more.
Meanwhile, the rag man disposes of the
papers, and they forever disappear from
sight. The records in the Auditors
Office show DIR. Fuller to have been q
large purchaser Of tax certificates, and
there is money now in the county treas
ury which he cannot now avail himself
Of because he cannot produce the GER
tifcate. The doctor sues the sheriff and
others who helped to dispose Of the prop
erty
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-05
Wet Doots.

A friend writes from Europe: What
an amount Of discomfort wet boots en-
tail, to be sure; and how we'll we all re-
call the fretful efforts we have now and
then made to draw on pair of hard
baked ones which were put up by the
FIRE over night to dry. Damp and ad-
hesive within, they are without stiff and
unyielding as horn. Once on, they are
sort of modern stocks destructive Of all
comfort and entirely demoralizing to the
temper. The following device will rob
the wet barnyard cf slushy winter or
spring evening # half it promise Of dis
comfort for the next morning. When
the boots are taken off fill them quite
full with dry oats This grain has 4
great fondness for damp, and will rapidly
absorb the last vestige of it from the
leather. As it takes up the moisture it
swells and fills the boot with tightly
fitting last, keeping its form good and
drying the leather without hardening it.
In the morning shake out the oats and
hang them in . bag near the FIRE to dry,
ready for the next wet night, draw on
the boots, and 60 happy about the days
work.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-05

tion when-oh, me!-there came an out.
cry and a kick that could not be ignored.
So stopped down and dragged Payne
out my the leg. Washington's dignity
left him for once. Laugh! Why he
fairly roared. He nearly went into con-
vulsions. The sight of that boy in that
gown, all SO unexpected, coming wrong
end first from under my seat-it was too
much"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-05
1aiu's Gonnty 6snsiss.
JOB DEPARTMENT..
aauias : f.n supsay sf5ssTyD
4 FAST JoH PREss
vssssrsvsssa 49,
AsvTa'so n TINS Lima
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Having : fsll sspply 4 ~ Iypy


A1 oA11.n ~
Hast thou seen that high cid casele.
That castle by the n?
Golden and rcsy noat the cloads
Over It constantly.
60 deep Il rests, II ssesns to how 8
10 itself In the crystal tide,
So high It mounts, IN the evening clouds,
A hame Its turrets hide.
All! weli indeed have seen II,
That castle by the uea, N
With the moon overhead, and the rising mist.
Enfolding 1t silently.
Did the wind and the moving waters
Give ont merry song?
Didst thou hear orchestral music -
And singing the halls amongf
The winds and the wavss iay resting
A pisistive sOSs Is halls amoag
Ilistsnsd to tsarfully.
Did'st thea see above thee valkiae
The king ard Nh MIR eWeen.l ii ii u VIA
Dds shoa - TIE ped 6nantlp vaving.
~ the efswn witA ga1asa aAsssf
Did thsy noe ssd vish sspssrs.
A beautiful maiden there,
As radiant - The sunshlne,.
This maiden with golden hair?
saw the parents walking,
With heads uncfOwned and barp,
And mourning garments clothed them;
The maiden saw not there. So s
IN. r.: Fe~ ~ Ger~n " UAiasd.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-05
Chicago.

CHICAGO, November S.-Wheat-Weak
and lower; No. December 81 .07ss; January
S1.0SH.
CHICAGO, November 27-l:3O p. M
Wheat-Weak and lower; at $1O9ls Tor
cash; $l.0Sss for seller December; $l.O9 for
January. Con-1rregular; cash firmer; at
Der. Oats-Easier; 261sc for cash; 251 bid
for seller December. Rye-At56c. Barley
At 62Ke. Pork-Easier; at $l2S5 for cash
and December; $12.15 for seller January.
Lard-Firmer; at $3.50 for cash !; 81 .s2k for
seller the year. Whisky-At $I.O6. Hogs
Receipts $1,000 head; quiet and firm; Sc
higher; light at $430t14.35; heavy mixed
packing at $4.25@+40; shipping at $4.4o@
ASS.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-05
New York.

NEW YORK, November 27-3:0 p. NJ
Cotton-Quiet at IL 5-l6 for middling up
lands. Flour-Firm; receipts, 1900 bbls
Quiet; receipts 33S,OO0 bus sales, ~, 900
bus, at $l.45 for No. winter red seller
December. Rye-Steady. Corn-Shade
firmer; receipts $4,000 bus; sales, 10000
bus at 6l@64Ac for western mixed Bar
ley-Quiet. Oats-Quiet receipts, $4,000
bus; sales 24,00O bus; prices unchanged.
Pork-Quiet at $l3. .SO6d13.9O. Lard-Steady
at Ss.45. Whisky-Unchsnged Petroleum
Unchanged
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-05
GENERAL SHERHAN's Official salary

GENERAL SHERHAN's Official salary,
it is stated, amounts to about &18, 900 .
year, inclusive of the usual commutation
for supplies. He lives, at present, It the
Ebbitt House, in Washington. He i
said TO enjoy Washington gsyetiea
greatly, and 70 feel aggrievei when there
is MOTTO use his own wofds" s0ane
sort Of fandapgo" every evening.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-05
rHs sn1nHxErs
Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, November 2S.-Wheat-
Weak and lo*er; No. l hard sl.l5; No.
regular $i.12; No. 2 do. S1.O914 seller No
yember $l.G9; seller December 81 OH; seller
January $l.0SH.
MILWAUKEE, November 27.-1o 90 M
Wheat-l nsettled and lower; No. hard
sold at $l.l6; No. l regular at $l.12I61.l3;
No. 2 at $1.l06Jl.10H; December $l.OSLM
1,0sA; January at $1.O9AalO91s. Corn
Quiet at 4S11c. Oats-Steady at 261. Bar
ley-Easier at 701sc. Rye-57c. Pork
$l1.S1X.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-05

The incoming New York legislature
Will be remarkable Tor the COM
paratively small number Of experienced
men who go to make. it up, and for the
Large proportion of gentlemen who have
distinguished themselves in other walks
OF life, but who have now for the first
time been elected to their present posi-
tiona \
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1877-12-05

THEY have honest farmers in old
Berks, Pa. The market commissioner Of
Reading, while going through the market
the other day weighing butter, found q
quantity belonging tO farmer, each
lump of which weighed pound and a
half, and which humps the dealer was
selling for pound.