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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-15

+. 7. Melvin has Is head Of horses ut the
Bradley hotel :tablea, for sale or trade for
cattle.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-15

TwENTY.sIX THOUSAND DOL
LARS worth Of Dry Goods inst received at
II. A. KErcuuM's
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-15

THE BESrlN THE WORLD.
Saint Louis Gilt Edge chewing tobacco
al Jenkirsons.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-15

A few boarders can he accommodated It
Mrs. Whcc!er's residence on Cedar street,
two doors south of Third street.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-15

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES OF MAILS
BY RAILROAD.
ARRIVE DEPART
Eastern .....,.......,.,.. G:lo T. Nj I'D ~ NJ
EY STAGE.
Springfield and up river, 200 +. NJ 400 \. NJ
Niobrara Observation-Disclosures. 20 20
Sioux Falls. ...............s 20 SEQ
FircStecl.. s 20 Z 30
Childstown. arrives Fridays at 5r NJ. and de-
parts Saturdays ut "a. Nj.
Frenchlown, Neb., arrives Tuesdays and Fri
days at 10 \. NJ. and departs III same days III
4. n.
Lodi. arrives Tuesdays at " NJ. and departs
Wednesdays at T. NJ.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-15

TWO HUNDRED AND ONE PAIRS
Wooden Blankets; One Hundred and One
Pieces Flsnnels; Seventy.sx Pieces Dress
Goods; Fifty-one Pieces Water Proof
Cloakings; Five Hundred and One Dozen
Ladies' and Chilrcn's Hose, Just received
at r. A. KETcHuM's.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-09-15
CObleigh's Mother Takes the Tramp in
Hand.

TRAMPs calling at the Cobleigh man
sion have received something to eat if
there was anything to give them. Mrs.
Cobleigh's mother is visiting her son in
law. When she discovered that tramps
called and were fed, she protested
against the extravaganza.
Why" said she, with a plying
laugh, 81 should no more think of feed
ing tramps for nothing than of feeding
an army for nothing. The good-for-
nothing, lazy things, they can work just
as well as you can work. They'd never
get anything out of me without doing
something for it, can tell you that"
"Oh, that's well enough in theory"
observed the soft.hearted Cobleigh, "but
it is too troublesome to reduce to prac-
tice. 1t is only bite we can give 'em,
anyway, and that's not enough to fool
around about"
That's the way with all men," re-
torted his wifes mother, somewhat i'm
patiently. Anything to save trouble
is their motto, it matters not what is the
cost. But don't believe in that way. l
believe that every penny counts, and
that if you get little something in the
way of work out of these vagabonds it is
so much gain for yourself, besides dis
couraging idleness and vagabondism.
Now FL take the next tramp in hand,
and you'll see the effect"
Mrs. Cob,eigh's mother was as good
as her word. The next tramp who came
along was great hulk of a fellow, in
quest of victuals. The old lady had
found out in the meantime that the front
walk needed cleaning, and she told him
if he would work there an hour she would
give him something to eat. He assent
ed, and she armed him with a hoe
She was very much pleased with the
success of her plan, and said to her
daughter, in an eXulting tone
" There, what did tell you'll"
At the end of half hour she went to
the front to see that he was not foOling
away the time, and found that he was
not. In fact he had made the very best
use of the time, and was nowhere in
sight. The old lady FASTENED to the walk
and looked anxiously up and down the
street. but the tramp was nowhere to be
seen.
This made her very sick.
Then she remembered that the hoe was
a new one, and the sickness increased.
Every few minutes she would go to the
door, and cast an anxious glance to the
walk, but the object of her longing did
not darken its surface.
Such terribly discouraged old lady
has not been seen in Danbury in some
time, nor one so prone to rubbing her
head in silent meditation.
Mr.. Cobleigh has got another hoe,
which he has chained to post in the
cellar-a precaution scarcely necessary.
-Dan6ur4 Neos.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-09-15

by gust that tore through the air, and
those behind saw three men instead of
two standing on the deck. The trapper
and the lad still at their station, and thirty
feet farther aft Herbert, hose in hand
flooding with water the blazing deck on
which they stood. But what could the
power of man do against the rush of such
flames! The young man did his best.
With hands blistered by the awful heat
he stood heroically at his post; but the
garments of the lad were on fire, and
the hair of the trapper was burnt to the
scalp.
Suddenly the stsrboard half of the up
per-deck fell with crash. AS it fell
those behind saw the lad turn to the trap
per-saw him totter-saw him steady
himself-saw his companion catch him
by the arm-saw the old hero, with the
sleeve of his coat, that was itself smok-
ing, wipe the cinders from his lips as he
lifted the trumpet to his mouth; and out
of the black, eddyiDg smoke as swept
over the three and hid them from sight
beloved the words, strong as trumpet
could send them:
The lad says: Tell them l see the
surf on the beach! Hold her steady as
she isp Cod"
The sentence was never completed.
The flat bottom of the vessel touched the
sand-slid along it-and was driven by
the momentum of her movement half
her length up the beach. Then she
rolled over with great lurch; her smoke
stacks went down with a crash, carrying
the upper-deck on which they stood with
them, and the three men sank from sight
in the smoke and tire.-FrOm Mr.. Mur-
rdVS Neao Book
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-09-15

foundry there, each losing an eye. Pitts
burgh comes next. In this city one-eyed
folks abound in the neighborhood of
manufacturing establishments. Once
he had four patients from near foundry
in West Eleventh street alone. Not
only the foul atmosphere destroys the
sight, but flying pieces of metal burn,
out the eyes of the workmen. An inn
porter who sells 1900 eyes annually,
sends one-third to Canada; Chicago takes
300 and Cincinnati more than St. Louis.
New Orleans, Nashville and other towns
West and South buy the remainder.
The color for eyes most in demand is
what is known as "Irish blue" pecul-
iarly light azure that predominates in
Ireland. The average cost of an eye is
ten dollars. He sells comparatively few
eyes in this city, as New Workers. prefer
to have their eyes made to order-N Y.
Sam
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-09-15
Eyes to Order.

Between 5000 and 900 eyes are sold
annually N the United States. An eye.
maker gives one in 1875 as the population
of one eyed people. Computing the
population of the country at AZ ,000, 900,
this rate gives 1856, 900 as the number of
persons with only one eye in the Repub-
lie. Consequently, while 10000 people
supply their optical deficiency with an
artificial eye, 100000 go without. In
proportion to the population, the eye
maker said, there are more One-eyed
people in Paterson, n. j., than any other
town in this or any other country. All
towns that have many foundries and
factories, and whose air is impregnated
with SCOT and smoke, count their one
eyed inhabitants by the score, but Pater-
son is ahead of the rest. The eye maker
knew of the three proprietors of single
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-09-15

The dipper boys at the various Sara
toga mineral springs feel the change in the
times about as much as anybody. Their
services are rendered gratuitously to the
proprietor They are paid by the pubic.
No, SIR" said one of them; there's no
business here this year, and there want
any last. We pick up from eight to ten
dollars week now, and count ourselves
lucky. The times have come and gone
when one of US has stood up here and
took in twenty-five dollars before break
fast. We gets small bits now, and some
people shoves off new three. cent pieces
on us for tens. OF course we takes 'em,
but we can tell the difference right away"
-S0r0tOqa Letter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-09-15

"A Detroiter hung up his watch the
other day until he should find time to
take it to jewelers. to be cleaned. His
son, boy of ten, took it down and wore
it to school, but didn't bring it home
with him. He met boy at school who
had stout goat which he desired to
trade for timcpiece, and an exchange
was effected. When the father came
home he missed his watch and asked:
"Who's seen my watch?" Father, was
it an old watch?" asked the boy. cit
was" "And would it go9" at would
not" "Then, father, did l not do the
correct thing to trade an old watch that
wouldn't go for fat goat which will goY
Come out and see him go for barrel"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-09-15
Mr.. ShOenberger's Nephew.

He got aboard an express train bound
for this city at Pittsburgh He was a
well-dressed, intelligent and bright look
ing Young man. In looking through the
cars he came across Mr.. Griffith, of Avon
dale, and some ladies who were in his
care. He promptly introduced himself
to Mr.. Griffith as a nephew of George X.
Sckoenberger, and Immediately entered
into conversation, talking briskly and
brightly. He said he regretted his ina
bility to go on that California trip, par
ticularly as so many distinguished and
society people of Cincinnati and its
suburbs were in the party. He should
have liked the company of the ladies,
mentioning them, and of Reuben r.
Springer, Theodore Cook, and others.
Then he dwelt at some length upon the
beauties of Clifton and Avondale and
the hilltop resorts of the Paris of Amer
lea. At last he invited Mr.. Griffith to 90
forward and smoke. Mr.. Griffith ac-
cepted cigar and went. They smoked
and chatted, and at last Mr.. Griffith fell
asleep. When he awoke the young man,
who was not the nephew of his uncle,
Mr.. Gritfith's gold watch and chain, and
some other valuables were missing
Cincinnati Commercial.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-09-15
"A veal ny freedman, who lives nea

"A veal ny freedman, who lives near
Brenton, Tex, has passion for light
ming rods. He has about fourteen, each
with golden ball, on his dwelling
house, nineteen of similar construction
on his Clubhouse, fifteen with silver
globes on his stable, ten with zinc globes
on his barn, and six on his smoke-house
without any globes; on his hen-house he
has three plain lightning rods, and con-
tract with the lightning-rod man for a
hundred more lightning rods, to be dis
tributed among the buildings on his
place. He is determined, if there is any
virtue in lightning rods, not to be struck
by lightning.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-09-15
THE DOCTORS STORY.

DEACON RODGERS he came to me,
Wife is going to die said he.
g Doctors great and doctors small
Haven't improved her health at all.
" Physic and blister, powders and pills,
And nothing sure but the doctors bills.
a. Twenty women with remedies new
Bother my wife the whole day through.
"Sweet as honey, or bitter as gall,
Poor old woman, she takes them all.
g Sour or sweet, whatever they choose,
Poor old woman, she daren't refuse.
$50 she pleases whoer may call,
And death is suited the best of all.
Physic and blister, powder an pill,
Bound to conquer, and sure to killl'
Mrs Rodgers lay in her bed
Bandaged and blistered from foot to head;
Blistered and bandaged from head to toe,
Mrs. Rodgers was very low.
Bottle and saucer, spoon and cup,
On the table stood bravely up;
Physic of high and low degree,
CalOmel, catnip, boneset tea;
Everything a body could bear,
Excepting light and water and air.
opened the blinds; the day was bright,
And God gave Mrs. Rodgers some light.
Iopened the window: the day was fair,
And God gave Mrs. Rodgers some air.
BOTTLES and blisters, powders and pills,
Catnip, boneset, syrup and squills,
Drugs and medicine, high and low,
threw them as far as | could throw.
* What are you doing?" my patient cried;
Frightening DEATH coolly replied.
e You're crazy visitor said
flung bottle at his head.
Deacon Rodgers. he came to me:
j" Wife is gettin' her health, said he.
6 really think she will worry through;
She scOlds me just as she used to do.
q All the people have pOohed and Starred
All the neighbors have had their word;
"''Twere better to perish, some of 'em say.
Than be cured in such an irregular way"
Your wife," said [, hath Gods good care,
And His remedies-light and water and air.
All the doctors. beyond doubt
Couldn't have cured Mrs. Rodgers without"
The deacon smiled and bowed his head;
Then your bill is nothing he said.
Gods be the glory as you say
God bless you, doctor! good-day good-dayr'
If ever doctor that woman again,
I'll give her medicine made by men.
-Put$feld (AdSs.) Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-09-15

ACCORDING to the Dubuque Gowa)
Times the harvest in that State will be
the best and most bounteous the farmers
have erhad.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-05-31
SheriH''s Sale.
STATE OF KANSAS, (Sc
n r@. St-

DoNIPHAS COUNTY.
the District Court for Donphan County State Of Kansas
Charles J. Drury. Plaintiff
Adam Brenner }Dsfcnd.nt.
NOTICE is hereby given. that viii, o. the ID day
IN Of July. A ID. 1871, at the hour Of two o'clock
p NJ Of said day north door Of the Court House
in the City Of Troy in DonPhan County state Of
seribed real estate. TO wit: part Of he
quarter of section i've (5 in township Ave %. Of range
beginning at stone situated Ave hundred and ninety
eight e5 feet south Of the north corner Of sad
666 feet thence south five hundred and fifty four Css
feet thence sx hundred and sixty six t66S feet
thence north five hundred and yfour 5D feet to the
place of beginning containing eight and fifteen hun
dredths more less, excepting therefrom one
homestead
Also part of said southeast quarter Of section five
@ in township five C5 of range twentyone t2l bounded
and described as follows Beginning at the south
east of said quarter section thence west on the
washington street thence north with said street twenty
two t chains and 6fty four ( links to Tenth street.
tss links to the section line thence soaih with ths
tion line twenty two t2 chains and nftyfour s INKS
SO aas meEs or e anu
Also part of the southwest quarter OF section foui
and described As follows tovt Beginning at the south
west Of said quarter section thence north Win
links thence east on line parallel with the south line of
said quarter section seven % chains and twelve 2) links
quarter section twenty two @ chains and fifty -four 5a
nk to the south line said quarter section thence
on said line seven % chains aud twelve e links to the
place beginning containing sixteen and hve
acres more or less-all in Doniphan County Kansas.
Taken as the property of Adam Brenner, and ofsret
for sale the highest bidder for cash. to satisfy
certain Judgment and costs of record in the District
Court Atchison County in the State Of Kansas, in
which Charles J. Drury is Plaintiff and Adam Brenne
is Defendant.
All appraised at a 800 90.
Given under my hand this asih day Of May A. d. 1877
THOMAS j. VANDERSLICE,
Sheriff Of Doniphan County, Kansas.
May 81, 1s71-5w. Prs fee, " 50.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-05-31

of the National muchly miss your genial face and
honest grasp but you shall be remembered in or
sons-and in cups.
The newspapers published in this city fcarfully
exercised because Secretary Sherman has signfed his
intention enforce the plain provisions Of that law
that was passed April llth, 1875 requiring that the
patronage Of the Treasury Department be distributed
to the several States in ratio to their population The
Law in question most equitable one, and is based
upon the very spirit that underies the fabric Of our
temple of liberty. But II il were not the law
is mandatory, and Secretary Shermauha legal al
tentative other than to execute it. However We have
at hand solution to the frenzicd furor which has
prompted the Erening Star to indulge in this choice
bilingssate: What roaring farce, this civil service
reform. Two thousand clerks must be turned out
neck and heels, and their places filed by an imports
ton Of gransers. Porkpackers, Bourbon gentlemen
from the bluegrass region, miners montedealers, &C.
in order that Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Nevada
and the rest of them may have their exact allotment
The very pregnant facts The District Of Colum
bia is entitled to F appointments in the Treasury De
partment whereas. she actually has 34, or twelve
hundred and ninety -four in Of her quota. Kan
sas the other hand 10 entitled &c appointments
she has only IS, and half of those are bogus.
The President has finally issued his proclamation
calling Congress together in extra session the l1t
day of October. No seems satisfed-all had
hoped for 4 session early in June.
Yours, Truly,
CHow-CBow.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-05-31

PETTENGILL's sNEwsPAPER ERDIREcToRY.-A very
useful and interesting volume of 376 pages has
Just been issued by the old and well-known ad-
vertisng agency firm of s. N. Pettengill Co.,
New York, entitled Pettengilrs Newspaper Di-
rectory and Advertisers Hand-BoOk for 1877.
The preparation of the work has involved much
careful labor, information having been sought
from every city, town, and village where even
the smallest newspaper is published. The lead
ing facts are given respecting s,574 separate pub
Icatons, designating the POLITICAL or other dis
tinctive character, the frequency of issue, the
names of publishers, ETC., and showing how many
of each edition daily, weekly, monthly, etc. are
published in each State and Territory in the
United States and Province in British America.
The book is elegantly printed from new type,
and, beside its mine of information, it contains
portraits of leading New York journalists, and
illustrations of the extensive Offices where the
publishers transact their business in New York,
Philadelphia, and Boston. 1t is sold at the low
price of LOO per copy, and is certainly cheap at
the price to any business man who does adver-
tising, or to any person who is interested in the
extent of the Newspaper business in America.
However careful the publishers may have been
to avoid the errors Of other Directories, they have
been imposed upon and led into errors equally
great as any of their predecessors For Instance,
we see papers reported in this Directory as hay
ing circulation of 1850, that have not q sheet
over 800.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-05-31
Sherif,s Sale.
STATE OF KANSAS, Ice
DoSIPHAS COUNTY,

SIATE SCATa,S OF cdSAI2 KANsAs }ss.
In the District Court for Donphan County State Of Kansas
j. P.Johnson, l Plaintiff.
Carl Peterson,
H. Hanson,
John Kilkenney,
Bridget Kilkenney,
4. Westheimer and
S. westheimer, Defendants.
NOTICE is hereby given, that will, the ID day oi
II july A. ID. 1871. at the hour Of two O'Clock, r.
NJ of said day. the North door of the Court House in
the city Troy in Donphan County State Of Kansas
offer for sale public auction for cash, the following
described real estate wit The north west quarter oi
section thirtyone 3l), in township three @ of range
twenty (20) east except follows: beginning at the
of said quarter section thence running
east thirtyfve J rods thence north ninety one and
half 9ii rods thence west thirty C35 rods thence
south the place of beginning containing twenty t0
acres. Also lot three C in block nine 49,, lot ~ in
block 6 and lot ca in block twenty t20 In the
town of Seyerance-all in Doniphan County, Kansas.
Taken the property Of John Kilkenny and offered for
sale the highest bidder for cash. to satsfy certain
judgments of j. p johnson and Wsstbeimer Bros. and
costs of record in the District Court for Donphan
County, in the State of Kansas in which j. p johnson
is plaintiff and Carl Peterson, H. Hanson, John Kilkeu
ney +. westheimer and s. westhemer are defendants.
Given under my hand this 2sth day Of May A ID. 1e7.
7. j. yANDERSLICE,
Sheriff of Donphan County, Kansas.
May 81 ls17-5w. Prs fee, sl3 50.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-05-31

A vETERAN.-We see it stated that the Satar-
day Erening Post, of Philadelphia, has been sold
at Sheriff's sale. Whether the paper will he dis
continued or not, is not stated. The Post was by
far the oldest literary paper in the United States
having been established in 1920 or 1s2l-and
for years, before the advent of the Ledgers and
the Teeklies, was the most popular paper IN the
country. Old and middle-aged people oil to-day
will remember when the Post was the favorite
paper in their fathers families. 1t was at the
height of its popularity between the years 1885
and 1850 1t once published an article in favor
of the abolition of slavery, which caused it the
loss of 45. 600 subscribers in the South. Between
the wears 1890 and 1885, the Post was Published
by Samuel Coates Atkinson, in connection with
the famous Atkinsos's Cdsket, which was the mag
szine of that day. They were afterwards pur-
chased by George z. Graham, who continued the
publication of the Post, and changed the name of
the CasLef to Graham's Magazine. Subsequently,,
the Post was published for some years by Samuel
D. Patterson & Co., then by Henry Peterson,
then by Deacon & Peterson, and afterwards by
different other publishers; but for some years
past, it had lost its ancient prestige. Some of
the most celebrated writers in the United States
were contributors to the Post, in its palmy days
among them, John Loaand, (the lamented
"MiIford Bard" ,") DIR. Robert Montgomery Bird,
(author ST "Nick of the Wcods,") Joseph Il.
Chandler, Bayard Taylor, who wrote his first let
tiers from Europe for this paper, Grace Green
wood, and scores of others. The ill-l1ck of the
Post will cause pang of regret IN the breasts of
many, as they are reminded of the days of long
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-05-31
Notice to Teachers.

TIME First Annual Session Of the Doniphsp County
l. Normal Institute will be held in the Troy PubIie
School Building August Gth s77 and con-
tnuing four weeks Prof wberrelI Of Lezyeuwortb
viii conduct the exercises Of the Institute and has
sed able Assistants to aid him in the Tork
Psf Wherre 10 we'll known the teacher. of m.
Cesnty 70 need any ccamendation from u.s. The In.ti
tute viii be conducted practical instead Of theo
retca basis and for the sole purpose
for school room work We hope that the re~peefive
School boards Of the County will aid occurring ful
atendanee st the Institute by vorng only those appl
eants for schools who win attend the Institute or Who
have had previous normal training. Teaching il pro-
teachers and those trained for the profession win be a.
lowed teach school
Tesms-s1 for the ses.ion- Good board a. reasonable
rates viii be secured, upon appiicstfsp 70
D. D. R0SR. County Superintendent
Troy, Kansas, Nay 10, 1sT5-l3v.