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LOCAL.
WORTHINGTON. MIMI, MAY O. 1874
CHURCH DIREirTOPY

CHURCH DIRECTORY
METHODIST EpIs ;UpAI.-Serviccs every Sab
bath. morning at 1880 Sabbath School at 3
p NJ. Services Sa,'Datll evening ut 80 O'Clock.
Pray meeting Thursday evening Rev. j. C.
Ogle, Pastor
Union CoNcREGA rloNA1.-Services morning
the morning service PRAYER meeting Thursday
evening. kcv. II. r. futile, pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CnUnc1t-Scrvices morning
and event ny. Sabbath School Immediately after
the morning service. Prayer meeting Thursday
evening. Rev H. +. White, Pastor.
MOBILES COUNTY OFFICERS,
AuDIToR-James Walker.
TRANSFORMATIONS Thompson.
REGISTER OF DEEDs-Joseph Chadwick.
JUDGE OF PKOBArE-R. ID. Barber,
CLERK OF COURT-B. n. Carrier.
SlIEKIFF-J. \. Town.
SUKvEioK-Allen CLANCY. Deputy-Allen
NJ. CLANCY.
Court CoMMIssIoSER-II d. Humiston.
COUNTY \rTOKNEY-M. B. SOule.
COKoNEH-L Il. Bennett.
COUNTY SCPEK1STENDENT-J. G. Ogle.
COMMISSIONERS.
First District-,)0nathan Gordon, 6t Jersey.
Spc0nt District-A q. Robinson, Of Wurthng-
ton, Chairman.
7hird Dixtrict-Hobt. Shore. Of Ransom.
CLUB RATES..
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Clubs OF ten or more. Clubs OF ten for six months
IS cents for each subscriber.
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Medical and Surgical Institute.
KILROlJRN CITY. WIS

NIIDUU nm VII " ~,
Will he opened for Patients January !. 1878.
Send for Circular.
H. IIIESTAND, ". u. WM. RUSSELL, NJ. D.
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620-lyl
IlISCIrLL1 NEO US.
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WOJe1I4ING1ON MARKETY.
WHEAT, SAG 80
FLOUR " Dbl. 5 W a 8 90.
BARLEY, 25@ SC.
OATS u bustcl, 22D30c.
CORN, 25@SS
BUTTER. l219c@l5c.
EGGS ~ tloz., lUc.
LUMBER
First Common, $2o@s,4. per M
Second Common. $.U@$9.
TimberS, S24MS'S.
Slliu@leS, SOL 80.
Flooring, *2>@x>6.
Siding, S2>@:6.
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GRANGE REGISTER.

REGULAR MEETINGS.
WOrthingtOn Grange-Second and Fourth Sat
urdayS In each month, ut II o'clock.
Hersey-Nn 3lS meets the first Saturday IN
each month ut the Jersey Hall. All br"thrrS
and sisters Of other Oranges are cordially lhvlt-
ed.
Graham I4akes-eccond and 18th Wednesdays.
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readers to our collection of farm news
from all parts of the county. Wheat
is up and looking unusually fine, corn
planting will be pretty we'll finished
this week, two or three weeks earlier
than usually and breaking has been 60
ing OIL all week. Scores of new settlers
are at work with breaking teams and
thousands of acres of breaking will he
added to the ''duplicate'' this year.
We have reached the turn in the long
lane, the tide is coming up to lift our
boats off the grasshopper bar on which
we have been stranded.
S11EEP.-N. V. Mcdowell, of Bige-
low. has now herd of about 1.400
sheep, belonging to different parties.
Several hundred are his own. Over 100
belong to J. Ames, 20s to II. Y. Wells,
100 to Haggard Brothers, 81 to II. Full
weller, and IS to Eli Fenstermaker.
At this season of the year, the lambs
are coming in rapidly, so that one man
is occupied in taking care of them.
The lambs are kept separate from the
herd until they are week old and are
we'll sheltered. John Houcllin is the
good shepherd who herds for Mr.. Nc,
and the sheep know his voice. He
keeps two shepherd dogs who are about
as intelligent as the average man.
FINE TEAMs.-It is gratifying to see
so many large and fine.looking teams
in the procession of movers daily pass
ing through Worthington for the west,
and also to see so many new and fresh
ly printed wagons. The men, too, are
a fine-looking class of farmers, the
strong, live, intelligent kind, all of
which indicates what splendid pop.
ulation and what splendid farming we
are to have on these Southwestern Min
nesota and Southeastern Dakota prai-
ries. 1t is not only the tramp who is
on the move. The whole population
from top to bottom, is setting west
ward like great river current.
BOAT CLuB.-The suggestion in thu
ADVANCE made a few weeks ago for a
boat club is taking well. A meeting
was held on. Tuesday night at the Office
of Bennett s. Grissell, and steps taken
to organize q club. We have a flint
lake, plenty of muscle and now let u.
have one of the finest boat clubs in thu
State.
The st. James Journal says it means
to stick to it's motto, Free and Indie
pendent, if it has to live on "wint
pudding" Shake.
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B. N. CARRIER,
PHYSICIANS.
CRAFT, M. d.,

r CRAFT M. d.,
PHYSICIAN Il SURGEON.
treatment Of Female Diseases; having had ten
years experience.
Also Surgeon of the Sioux City & ST. Paul and
WorthingtOn l. 81 ,ux Falls Railroads.
Supplied with full cases Of Surgical and Obstet
rical Instruments, aud fracture appliances.
OFFICIAL residence, corner Of Fourth Ave
ME and Eleventh Street,
WOL7IlINGTON, JIINN.
(344ly.
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IL ERSEY DEPARTMENT

Going East-2:47 4. m. Going West-11:l IL a. m.
3:l8 p. III. u:49 =. III
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#9tthinatoM Adran{e.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY, At

WORTH1NGTON, MOBILES COUNTY, MINI.
Terms Two Dollars per wear. invariably In adj
vance. All orders will receive prompt attention.
communications intended for publication must
" accompanied by the real name and address OF
ess@rily for publication.
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Third Avenue Hotel,

J. w. SIMMONS, Proprietor.
Persons stopping at Worthington will find it
to their advantage to stop at this House. Set
6rst class table and have as good beds as any
price.
thineton, MINI. 6-3l-ly
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Among other immigration item 8, it
may he proper to note that the planet
Mercury made the transit west on Mon
day last across the disc Of the sun.
The trip occupied about hours and Il
half. The coming west of this little
planet will not necessarily affect the
price of lands unless it's surface is
thrown open to settlement. In that
event i, Yankee colony will be in order.
and we expect to exchange with the
Mercury Buglehorn.
Our Graham Lakes correspondent
stated recently that II. L. Wallace had
the largest cultivated tree in the coun-
ty on his place. Isaac Horton, of In
dian Lake, challenges Mr.. Wallace to
beat a cultivated cottonwood growing
on his farm.
This tree is six years old, measures
one foot in diameter or three feet girtll
six inches aboye the ground and is
thirty feet high. Will Mr.. W. meas
ure trees with Mr.. H.?
The Window Reporter speaks of the
Davis family as the ''greasiest" ''grind.
lest" looking crew it has seen in long
time.
This only shows that Huntington
isn't a bachelor. A man who wouldn t
enjoy Miss Hates "Walking in the
Rain' has evidently got wife at nome
who knows how to keep him straight.
We went to that concert with the mon.
ey for printing 1000 tickets in our peck.
ct, determined to enjoy the entertain
ment, and so we did.
Schooners to right of US, schooners
to left Of US, schooners in front of US
all week, pouring through the town,
filing up the lake shore and sailing a.
way for the west. A few years ago It
was the grasshoppers that were mi.
L..
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Second Avenue Bakery and
Restaurant.

MISS SUE B. LANGDON, Prop'r.
Bread, Cakes and Pies furnished. Cold and
warm meals Confectionery, Canned Fruits,
Lemons, Oranges, Tobacco, Cigars, etc.
second Avenue, between Ninth and Tenth St.
WOrthington, Mimi. 6-3l -ly
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M A SONIC.

DEGULAR COMMUNICATIONS OF Fraterni-
IL ty Lodge, No. 1U1, 4. +. 4 \. N. ut Masonic
>NH Hall in Wn:thington OF the
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MISCELLANEOUS,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-02
A Poor Spell.
Sreenback

Of course, we allude to 1.-The poor
SPELL of Mr. James x. Ryder, the
Waterloo statesman. who wants to re-
present this senatorial "deastrict" in
the legislature; and whose effusio n
printed in the REPUBLICAN last week
excited the disabilities of all who read
it. The demand for copies of the pa
per containing his letter was very great;
in fact so large that we we're unable to
supply it. We accordingly lay the
document before our readers again this
week with view to gratifying the pub
lie desire to read and possess this re-
markable production. Here it is:
WATERLOO March l6 1875
Mr. J Andreacs Sir set up at vean
KnowlIons last-nlte J. CASTOR was there
had long talk with him he Seams to want
the Deastrict Divided at your south line 4
they form Deastrict for themselves by get
ting portion of the sullivan Deastr'ct with
what would remain with them we form
one our selvs it leavs the most of the Deas-
trict with US we can Bid hous on your
corner & from a good little Deastrict Round
it thed will all bee well agreed which per
haps will bee better than anew other way
this think can be run but we must all be
on hand to Dew what is best for US all
Yours Respect Fly
JAMES K RYDER
PSI am quit we'll Satisfd tn at will
bee the SmotheS Il in the c7ap>St n be
long run of u.s. K RYDER.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-02
The Trade Dollar.

The "trade dollar" was stamped by
the Government for the use of in
dividuals and companies in California.
who wanted it to use in their trade
with the Asiatic nations. It never
was real money, and consequently was
not a legal tender for any amount
whatever. The Government stamp
was only guarantee to the people
of Asia that the silver was 900 fine
aud the piece weighed 42o grains.
Beyond this, the stamp had no value.
It is seven and a half grains heavier
than the standard dollar, which weighs
aaly 4121 grains. The trade dollar
Is worth less as money, but more as
bullion. and is quoted in New York
at SO to 994 cents. The Mexican
dcllar is worth only 90 cents.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-02

We clip the following from the
Madison Democrats:
Nevada wants all restrictions removed
from the free coinage OF sl.ver-the dollars
of the dads and all fractions of dollar
and all to be unlimited legal tender
Nevada has more silver than anything else,
and it is but natural that he should want
it for. a legal tender. It will be in
cumbent upon the next congress to make
ANYTHING that looks like silver legal ten
der, to please Nevada. Congress should do
it, and while about it let congress also make
corn illegal tender, TO please Illinois, cotton
to please South Carolina, pine logs to
please Wisconsin, sugar for louisiana.
hogs for Iowa, and so on. We want cid
newspapers made a legal tender, as We
seem to have more of them than OF any
thing else. Seriously, this legal tender
craze is becoming rather nauseaung. II
congress can make political demagognes
legal tender, there would be legal tenders
enough for everything.
Yet the Democrat is supporting
Romano E. Davis upon platform. de-
handing 1.-THE free coinage of silver"
and holding views upon the currency
question as diverse from those Of that
paper, as can be imagined. The alb
surdity of the Madison Democrats
position and course is only equally by
that of the Watertown Democrat
both papers being seemingly bent on
swallowing all the good and sensible
things they have ever said in favor of
honest money.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-02
Read out Of the Party.

The Jefferson Banner last week
read the Watertown Democrat out of
the party, and gave it notice that it is
no longer wanted in that crowd. We
confess that there appears to be nothing
in common between the Democrat and
its party except desire for spells.
But we should say the Banner ought
to be satisfied with the trucking of the
Democrat which has conveniently laid
its honest money principles aside long
enough to support Romance E. Davis
for congress. What further humilia-
ton in the Democrat does the Banner
want? Here is what the Bunne, says:
Now we insist, that if the Watertown
Democrat cant support and defend the
principles of its party on finances, which
are the principles Of nine-tenths of the
voters in the United States, it has no busi-
ness to remain in the party. It's support
under such circumstances IS an injury, and
it would rebound more to its honor and do
less injury to democracy if it would come
out boldly and says, 81 am with you no
longer" and not hang on to The ragged
edge" for a little party support and then
smite the hand that feeds it.
But this is not all. The Madison
Democrat also gets raped over the
knuckIcs by the Banner, as viii! be
seen by the following:
The Republican is further informed that
the Banner is not in accord with the NJ adj
son Democrat, and has no conideuc. ia
that sheet, on any subject believing that the
Democrat is subsidized by the republicans
for the purpose Of sowing Discussions in the
democratic party, and that its true place is
the ranks of the republican party. Its high.
est ambition is to play jackal to the State
Journal in order to get chance at the otfals
of that delectable sheet
It seems to US that the Banner is
hard to please. Its Madison brother
has ceased writing honest money editor
ials, and is supporting Davis on his
rag baby platform, like little man.
Probably in few days be will be
swearing that he was always in favor
of soft money, and believes that the
Fond du Lac platform is second only
Ia importance aud wisdom to the De-
claration of Independence. Certainly,
the Banner eau ask nothing more.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-02
HOW is this Mr.. Davis!

Last year, Romano E Davis was
the Democratic candidate for Lieut..
Governor. In accepting the nmina-
ton he subscribed to the platform of
principles put for tn by the contention
whose nominee he was. One Of the
planks in that platform was the fol-
lowing:
1t declares its hostility to the financial
policy of the rty-witMraw ing
capital from taxation-increasing tne bur-
den of the public debt by declaring cur
rency bonds payable in gold, domoretizing
silver in the interest Of the creditor and at
the expense of the debtor, aud attempting
to force resumption when 1t a0iU brag ruin
upon the general business interest Of the couua-
try-and demands instead, that the proper
ty protected by the government pay its
Just proportion Of the government--that
silver be remonetized and the present re-
sumption act be repealed aud resum p,on be
postponed until the financial condition of
the country will permit it.
Now, what we desire to know is
whether Mr.. Davis flag is still there.
Ifhe has changed his views, where is
evidence of the fact to be found? VIII the
Watertown Democrat investigate the
matter and report? Some Of these utter
ances are quite at variance with the plat
form on which Mr. Davis is running now j..
but which be has not yet assepted to or
disclaimed, and, generally, they are
antagonistic to the ideas which
the Watertown Democrat has been pro-
mitigating for months. Indeed Their e
is not single proposition contained in
the extract quoted, which the Demo-
Graf has not been battling against. Please
tell us, Mr.. Democrat how this cues.
ton stands. FL as Mr. Davis changed
ground, or is it the Democrat that has
Topped, or have you both turned and
twisted so much that you don't know
where you are? We are dying to
know.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-02
An Honest Greenback Party.

The Republican party is in favor of
the honest Republican greenback
worth its face in coin, as the
present greenback very nearly is, and
does not want to see the country flood
ed with Democratic greenbacks, which
mean reputation. dishonor aud dis
astrous loss to the people. This IS
horse of another color. 1t is favored
by the ex Confederate leaders and
their northern sympathizers, who be-
lieve greenbacks unconstitutional and
mean to have them so declared as soon
IS they can get the power, and who
want to have the national debt repudi.
ated as the Southern debt has been.
They advocate "Gat" or "absolute"
paper money, in Unlimited quantity or
at least to the amount Of our bonde d
indebtedness, which is to be Cancelled
with these worthless bits Of paper, hav-
ing no solid basis and subsequently
to be made illegal by decision of the
Supreme Court Of the United States.
We do not want such greenback as
this, nor does any honest Greenbacker.
We want the Republican greenback,
circulating in conjunction with gold
and silver, and kept at par with these
metals.
1t cannot be too clearly kept in
mind, nor too forcibly laid before the
people, that two kinds Of greenbacks
are proposed. One is the Republican
greenback, kept within reasonable vol
ume, maintained at par value with gold
and silver, aud meaning security and
sound business prosperity. The other
is the worthless "absolute" greenback,
which means Reputation, dishonor, a
whirl Of speculation. and worse business
disaster than anything that the couL-
try has yet realized. 1t will prepare
a rich harvest for the gold monopofists
aud spectators, and bring weeping
and waling and CRASHING Of teeth to
the people, The aim Of the repudia-
tionists is to have the proposed era of
reputation and business ruin follow
ed By the old wildcat system of state
banking, which leaves every body at
the mercy of set Of heartless and
merciless sharpers. Let the people
beware, lest they be caught in this
Democratic trap, which is so tempting
ly set for them in the name Of the
popular but much misunderstood d
sreenback.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-02
4 Case OF BulldOZing.

The editor of the Democrat was fair
ly bulldozed into running up Daviss
name for congress last week, by a
threat that in case he did not do this,
another Democratic paper would be es-
tablished here at once The bull
dozers had no other intent than to do
precisely what they did, to.w;t, bring
the Democrat man to terms and COM
pei him to get down on his marrow
bones and sue for mercy. He there.
fore ate all the humble pie presented
him, said he was sorry that he had
been refractory, promised to not do So
any more, and to feast on "crow" and
"whoop it up" lively for Davis the rest
of the campaign if the bulldozers would
relent In their purpose to ''crush"
him out. Of course, the bulldozers
agreed to this and went away laugh
ing In their sleeves at the success of
their little game, while the Democrat
congratulated itself on its brilliant
stroke of policy (?) in silencing the
guns of the enemy, never for a
a moment suspecting that it had been
badly sold.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-02
For Member OF Congress:
L. R. CASWE I'LL.
Republican Senatorial and County
COnVSntIOn.

The Republican County Convention for
Jefferson County, and the Senatorial Dis
trict Convention for the Twentythrd Sen
atoral District, composed of the County of
Jefferson and the Fifth and Sixth wards in
the City of Watertown, in Dodge County,
will be held at the Court House in the City
of Jefferson, on Saturday, Oct. 9Th, 1878,
at one o'clock P NJ, for the purpose Of nom
mating a candidate for State Senator, and
candidates for the several county offices, to be
supported by the Republicans and all 9TH
ers who desire honest, capable men elected
to office, and the public affairs of this coun-
ty conducted in the interest of the tax-pay-
ers, and not for the benefit Of small clique
of political ringsters
Each town will be entitled to five dele
gates, each ward in the cities of Waterfowl
Jefferson and Fort AtkinsSe TO two dele
gates and each incorporated village TO two
delegates each.
D. w. CURTIS,
j. h. KEYES,
AT. NEWTON,
0. P. DOW,
County Committee.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-02
County Committee .

THE Democrat recently contained
vigorous editorial on the "Iamphool-
ism"o the Democratic party. 1t is now
In order for it to give US an article on
Its own "Damphoolism'; in advocating
honest money and at the same time
supporting a rag baby candidate for
congress. If any party or paper ever
showed greater "Damphoolism" than
the Democrat has in this business, we
have yet to learn the fact.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-02
Struck Bottom at Last.

So after all the REPUBLICAN two
weeks ago knew better than the Dem-
ocrat did what the ultimate course of
that paper would be with reference to
the candidacy Of Romano E. Davis
for congress. We sal! it would be
found supporting him, and it is. But
it took the editor two weeks to get the
dose down. 1t was terribly nauseat-
ing mess, and at first the weak a nd
tender stomach of the still weaker and
tenderer youth, who runs the Demo-
crat, was in rebellion against the re-
pulsive mixture. Himself an advocate
of honest money, he was 10th to sup.
port candidate who entertained op-
posite sentiments Of course he could
not be expected to turn a very short
corner. 1t was long distance for him
to climb down..from the pinnacle he had
reached on an honest money platform,
to the ground occupied by the rag baby
candidate, and the distance could not
be gone over in a hurry. But he has
found his level at last, and is now Civ
ing the lie to all his convictions on the
finance question, by supporting can
didate for congress, who has not sen
timent in common with him upon that
subject. After having taken the posi-
ton he did, and achieved the noto ietv
that he won for time as firm and
consistent advocate of honest money
his present attitude is exceedingly
ludicrous and unenvlable. The poor
fellow has our sympathy, for really his
condition is deplorable. Were he an
old and hardened political sinner, we
should view his case with less concern.
But be is clever young man of good
intentions, and being novice in poll
tess should be dealt more kindly with
than one having had greater exper-
fence; and SO we grant him our COM
misseration. When his spinal column
shall have become stronger, and he is
less susceptible to "bulldoznc." he
may be counted upon for more stabili-
ty of purpose. Meanwhile he is sub
jet to all kinds of criticisms and un
favorable comment for the hesitatirg
manner with which he came to Davis
support. Evil minded persons init
mate that the editor must have been
seen "--Whatever that may mean
by Davis or some friend in his behalf.
Others say that the fear of another
Democratic paper being established
here weighed upon the editors mind
and induced him to swallow Davis, rag
baby and all. But whatever the true
cause of his vasciliatng and inconsist-
ent action may be, there is no denying
the fact that the paper has lost all in.
fuence, SO far as this campaign is con.
cerned, and is looked upon as politi-
cal shuttlecock which can do a caudi
date neither harm nor good. Poor
Dcmo crot' We are sorry for you.