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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-09-27

In ist,6 john Farmer md VIM.
Hieel. carh had AIMING, In Rr.ehhneks.
Farmer invested his HI Il farm val.
ned ~ 1t,OtDO H. phil tt.snaD down.
and gave ii mortgage ~ .renlr lhr
t9.00O deferred payment, Oh which he
agreed 10 pay y per cont interest pr
annnm: with iha fi.0NW left. h.
stocks anil improves biz farm. Steel
invests hIs money In BIO bonds The
contraction srrsw i started, Farmer
" Hbls 10 make living ~, his farm.
and pAy the Inisfesi 90 Ills t2,tNH,
mortgage bui TINT II NIL. IiMe- Rri
harder alti harder. prizes - wheai
IT., lover md lower, ir6t hAs rolled
around, Farmers mortgage II fore
eIor.I the inrm II knocked M ~
btcel ~ t2,i,oD. by tie sheriff. Steal
IL INV IN l.ussessIon ~ the farm, aud
43,tNND IN government bonds.
Farmer has nothing; b. " now \
tramp, md Ills WIFE md children
Mra pAnpsrr, This N Tin why III.
Aeenrsed thing WORKS
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-09-27

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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-09-27

W. still owe them tl.7vs. 7J5, gfD,
enough ~ absorb six states more,
And they are not willing 10 take n
pfccl,l1nrk worth unc hundred cent.
In payment on their bonds after buy.
Ing them with girrnbncks worth
forty cents.
1'hc capitalists sny III. National
Hrcent,ark party II IN favor NJ issn.
Ing surh volume ~ nreenbArk2
TINT they become worthless. Now
III W rcc II thu capitalists are right.
W. prapns. TINT tho Government
rlinli ir-nr Just enough ~ Thu legal
tender pHprf % pny oir ihe bombs.
Now. Mr.. Capitalists. will tlint IL.
Increase The liabilities ~ the Gov.
eminent? The bonds nic ut n PR.
minm, then Why should grcell,neks
become worihlcsA2
The pnrty with nj "unbIcmisl,ei
record" hns nominated BEN j,utIrf
for governor u Massachusetts. II
used 10 nominal. good and pure inrn
for Office like Tweed and TiIden. II
has fallen upon degenerate practices
now, Or then.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-09-27

A. ~ hew mon.y should b. r.
deemed the Oi.nn IN. ri HseDrd
sny~ Tint All Tint VIZ claim i,n~ been
amply demonstrated ny our present
only pafilnI lapaI tender W. have
been iotng bi,slnnaa viii, |, tie pnrt
sixteen years. liH,t iils people h.en
receiving N MI ihrAe years n~n,ise
they rspsei.d II ~ Ln rederurd III
R0li' Have they ever asked nh.
Government IT, redeem ~ II hns
pntd thousands ~ biIlinn4 ~ debts.
Did The creditors rerniye II brrnnae
they NAperi.i ~ R.t noid for IT, M,
thy rerei,sd II hrenu~r II would M
turn pny ih.lf debts. ~ In sovereign
power hIM ~ orInlnri. lDu.H shis
not amply prove TINT il !. Inv Nhlrh
makers money mud ri..- u power -
ctrrutHtn7"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-09-27
TO tOysl NpTIyrS.

Tie advertiser. retired physician.
having lfnsiilen'lal'y discovered. While n
Medical WI .#ionass III Fnn,hern AsIa, n
very slHpla vegetable fpirdt fpf thr
speedy aHI permanent snfs W t'ansaisips
ton. Aa'hmi, Bronchitis. t'hiafrh. HnI Nil
Throat nasi lung affections. also II positive
ani rajieal appetite fsr Nervous Debility,
tr.matar. l,s.ay. mil alt Ner,ann ian,'
plnint-, feels IL Iii. dniy ~ make i, knuan
IL Nj. Suffering fellow. A.l,nisi by
tht. motive. te Will ehesrully rsnd free
NJ ei.srsr 10 ~ Mn lrH'rs " TIL fsslp.
fsr pfsJtitihy, - full directions fgr F'le'
.essfal i aslhf, this rtns,,l.ntialls i'a
.pA.rpsl f.mpdF Iitpss sstp Assl, IN wall
ihehtsplgs4 II IT, isai.iIi ~ this discovery
wl'l,tnt eu.t, e.h IL ~ w return mill, hy
II, addressing NTH Afani.
Dr, sliAILIr u NtHHlisL.
M 50 Niagara street,
tssi isNf',in u.
For eheise sHfluefy .ifll ~ j, ~
"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-09-27
aMEsSnAck MEETINGS.

Notice Il hereby given That lion
Il. III. WELLER, tsIurhl,nttk candidate
fur mrnilsl III t'pnvrss- fftn H. I'LL
Congressional district Viii asl,if's*
thu peupl, ~ the district uh vi" ~.
ittirnl tsatir@ IL thu campaign. ~ lie
iimuA and places mined lnIuM
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-09-27

Thu natural Increase IN wealth III
this country Il but ~ per cent, j. II
any wonder then Tint b,lrli,n.- II a..
pressed. willie ilie bonded nfistbsra.
~ demand from severn tDtw.niy live
psr cent md yet fhs wofkInFmen
continue IN VOTE for tishc monty
lyfMnis u rnsIusn tilviil.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-09-27
MO.gD.v'Oy'IlE.

To All WINS " MAJ eDxs.ns4
The Commissioner appointed - Wow
and loeasu \ Highway. petlsistsl fsr w
n. kaidet. commanding ~ tl,s r0Mifr NJ
sertipH ~ I'M ~. IN tbsstsf township,
Howard estiDiy. running thence nDflh aHs
and hair MILES 10 iiue ttnls lius, has ~.
ported IN iasnf II Ipcasinn ihafasf. and MI
ni,jstti ~ thereto. ~ claims FIR damages
m,l.t H. hisd III III. Auditors ufi,Ta IN "
iHfafr noun ~ ths sVsI, JHy ~ November
ls74. ~ sub Highway Will bs established
sithsW further fslsrFtfn iLrrnsos
tJasrs tftsso, tv.a. rpin. ". ts5H.
JOHN n. rtt'k.
lstl t.nniy Auditor.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-09-27

Mason CITY. crrfp uor,lp cu. Srpi, ~
Rockford, Floyd co..,,.,sat" ~
CiNrk@ville. Nnilrf To .sst ~
Cedar Fails, ilank Hawk 90. /" ~
Waterloo, ~
Acklry. Hardin co. " 21
ElNufN sytaa ftttt ~
HMmpsotl. Franklin 60, ,.s "
Clarion, Wright Comm, " ~
Concord, Hancock Co. ~
Forest city. Winnebaeo 60. Oct. !
Northwood, Worth Co... !" y
OsApc. Mitchell Co... /" y
Lime Springs, Howard CO., " n
Cresro, "
Dustl
These meetings will b. hrll ln the
evenings III ihe days mentioned,
Local Commuters mr. requested IT,
make The necessary arrangements
fer announcing ili.m Nv their lurnli
tla~ and " procuring places for them
W H. held.
W. n. MEAD,
chairman lr~ntnrl congressional t'ntn
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-09-27
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-08-22
Se}istellameuus &eading.
DEATH OF A CALIFORNIA MILLIONAIRE.

A dispatch from Wallenstein, Germany,
announces the death at that place of Michael
Reese, the San Francisco millionaire, who is
reported to have left an estate worth $1O,-
100000. Mr. Reese was reputed to be the
richest Jew in the United States, and, with
the exception of Senator Sharon, the largest
real estate owner in California. He was also
known as great miser and most eccentric
man in many respects.
Born in Germany about 1910, he emigrated
to America at the age twenty-five, with
capital of some 3O,OOO intending to 90 into
business. After specializing in merchandise
in the Southern States for few years he set.
tied in Richmond, Va, and became noted
slave owner. He made considerable money
in this business, but sustaining heavy losses by
some unfortunate speculatons he left Vir-
pinia, and with the remnant of his fortune
went in 1850 to California. There he specu.
lated in merchandise and stocks with remark.
able success. Seeing, with almost prophetic
sight, the future destiny of California he in
vested all his money in land, and frequently
bartered merchandise for real estate, which
was then of very little value. Land soon be.
gan 10 rlSe III prize, uuI Ho "ouiu no' oo'i "a
cept at prices considered fabulous, and when
he got his price would Immediately invest it
in more land All this time, too, he was
carving on a sort of stock -and.note- broking
business; indeed his friends said that his
business was money-making, pure and simple ;
that he would 90 into any legitimate business
to make money and that money he was bound
to make in any business he undertook. Ger
tain it is that few years after settling in San
Francisco Michael Reese had the reputation
of being Millionaire, and, almost up to the
time of his death, his fortune was steadily on
the increase.
Mr.. Reese was one Of the first men to 60
into the Bonanza stock speculations, and he
was one of the most successful Of the specula.
tors. His judgment in all matters pertaining
to stock and real estate investments was con-
sidered infallible, but no one but himself ever
pro6ted by it, for the reason that be would
never give "point." eff I have points" he
would say, II will use them myself. Points
are my fortune. Why give my fortune away"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-08-22
CHAPTER II.

I had left the Police altogether, and was
living very comfortably, my good lady and
l, up at Islington, in the same street with my
married daughter, who was doing very com:
fortably, too, her husband having a good
berth in the city. have always been Of a
saving turn, and had bought two or three
houses; so with a tidy pension, which had
earned by thirty years service, could afford
to 20 about bit and enjoy myself. OF
course in all that time l had made the &C.
quaintance of good many professional peo'
Pile; and there were few theatres or exhibl.
tions that couldn't get admission to. We
my wife and l, | mean-made it rule to 60
everywhere that we could get tickets for
and whether it was the lauuch of ship; the
charity children of St. Pauls, or Sam Cow.
ell, at the Canterbury Hall, it did not matter
to US we went. And it was at the Canter'
bury first had the Combestead murder more
particularly recalled to my mind.
was there myself, the old lady not being
willing to leave my married daughter be-
cause, we'll, it was in consequence of her be.
ing married daughter-so went by myself.
There was young woman who sung comic
version of "Theres Good Time Coming,
splendidly and as I was always of chatty
turn, 1 couldn't help remarking to the person
that was sitting next to me how frst.class she
did it, when he exclaimed: "Hollo! why,
never! Superintendent Robinson ?" And
then he held out his hand
1t was young Lytherly, but so stout, and
brown, and whiskery-if may say so-that
l didn't know him.
"Mr. Lytherly?" exclaimed, 81 didn't
expect to see you; and you're right as to my
being Robinson, although police officer no
longer. Why, l thought you were in the
army"
$50 was," he returned "but I'm out Of
it now, and III tell you how it was"
1t seems he had been to India, and got
some promotion after three years service
and had the good fortune to save his colonel
from drowning, or what WAS more likely IN
those parts, being taken down by crocodile,
under circumstances of extraordinary brave
ry. He did not tell me this last bit but |
heard so afterward. Lytherly was always a
wonderful swimmer, and | remembered his
taking prize at London. The exertion or
the wetting brought on fever, and he was
recommended for his discharge. The colonel
behaved most literally. But what was best
of all, the old fellow who kept the canteen at
the station died about this time, and Lyther-
ly had been courting his daughter for a good
bit, more to the girls satisfaction than That
of her father so then they got married, and
came to England, and he was tolerably we'll
off, He naturally talked about the Connbe-
stead murder, and said frankly enough,
that-except the people with whom he lodg'
ed, and they were suspected, he said, of per-
ury-he thought was the only person in
the town who did not believe him guilty of
the murder.
"But, murder will out, Mr.. Robinson" he
said, "and you will see this will be found out
some day"
"Well, am sure I hope it will, Mr.. Lyth'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-08-22

B9- The sermon of the best preacher in the
world will not make as much impression up.
on congregation as the sudden pattering of
rain on the window panes ofa church contain
ing two hundred new spring bonnets.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-08-22

SOME OLD AMERICAN LAWS.--Ihefe is
long list of these quaint laws, few of which
will suffice to exhibit the condition of the
society in which they existed. "No Quaker
or Dissenter from the established worship of
the Dominion shall be allowed to give vote
for the election of magistrate or any other
officer" mo food or lodging shall be offered
to a Quaker or hereto" "No Priest shall
abide in the Dominion. He shall be banish-
ed, and suffer death on his return" "Priests
may be seized by any one without a warrant"
"No one shall run on the Sabbath day, or
walk in his garden, or elsewhere, except rev
erently to and from meeting" "No one shall
travel, cook victuals make BEDS sweep
houses, cut hair or shave on the Sabbath day"
"No woman shall kiss her children on the
Sabbath day, nor on fasting day." "No
minister shall keep a school," "No one shall
read Common Prayer Books, keep Christmas
or set days, eat mince pies, dance, play cards,
or play on any instrument of music except
the drum, trumpet and jews harp" "To pick
an ear of corn from neighbor's garden shall
be deemed theft" ''rhe Selectmen on find
ing children ignorant, may take them away
from their parents and put them in better
hands at the expense of their parents" "a
man that strikes his wife shall be fined ten
pounds" "Adultery shall be punished with
DEATH" "Married persons shall live together
or be imprisoned" "A drunkard shall have
master appointed by the Selectmen who are
to debar him from the liberty of buying and
selling" and-"Whoever shall publish lie
to the prejudice of his neighbor shall be set
in the stock, or be whipped ten stripes"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-08-22

HISTORY OF A DEAD LETTER.-Some time
in 1877 soldier stationed with the cavalry
in Texas died very suddenly, and was buried
with military honors by bis comrades and the
spot carefully marked. On his person was
discharge, which he had received the day be-
fore for physical disability, and letter from
his mother in England, and one evidently from
his sweetheart, but signed only by her first
name. These were carefully preserved by the
lieutenant of the company and forwarded,
with letter Of sympathy, to the bereaved
mother in England. In due course of time
the letter was returned to the United States
dead letter Office as unbelievable, the mother
not being at her former address. 1t was then
opened, and, after an examination, returned
in its open condition, with the suggestion that
the contents would enable the English post
officials to discover the person it was intended
to reach; but in due course of time it came
back the second time as unbelievable. The
letter was then turned over to one of the lady
clerks in the dead letter Office, who, on reading
the contents, with womans instinct, OWNED
that the "Ollie' who wrote the one letter and
the Miss L. spoken of in the mothers letter
we're Identical What is technically termed
"letter of discovery was addressed to the
suppositious lady at the address in Scotland,
post marked on her letter. This letter, on
reaching that Office, was forwarded to London,
whittier the young lady had gone, and the
dead letter Office here received reply from
her, with thanks for the diligence displayed
in endeavoring to secure the delivery Of the
letter, stating that it was the first they had
heard of the soldiers death, and giving the
present address of the mother of the soldier,
to whom the original package had been for
warded, making its fifth trip across the Allan
tic ocean.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-08

that would keep her near me. Still
she famed in hasty way and l said
"YOu have not improved since last
summer. You made fan initiate the
gentlest of summer breezes then
81? never famed you before,"
'Once BEFORE" / said, "you famed
me, bathed my forehead, and pillowed
my head on this ~ and l drew out from
my breast pocket flimsy handkerchief
marked "Annette Raymond"
But Nettie was only bewildered. The
gentle act of pity and charity l had
cherished as memory almost sacred,
she had almost forgotten.
"YOu did not recognize me-" said,
81 am the sailor you thought dying in
the cars last summer"
at cannot be possible ~ she cried.
sit is true. Nettie,' | continued
imploringly, catching her hand as she
was going TO arise, ''why must all your
gentleness and pity be kept for beg
gars? Can you not give one little cor
ner to a rich man who loves you? See
how / need you as much as l did last
summer, when you thought l was a
pauper and dying. Now my heart is
dying for your love, Nettie."
She was trembling, blushing, yield
ing, and l did not spare my pleading.
With all the eloquence at my COM
mand ] wOoed her, and at last the little
hand in mine struggled for freedom no
longer, and Nettie consented to be my
wife, my ministering angel for life.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-08

Most important and valuable to the
public safety is that branch of the active
division of the police known as La Su-
rete, whose business it is to detect and
arrest all malefactOrs. Though all the
personality of that division have more
or less to do with the criminal classes
of the city, it is to this picked brigade
alone that the work specially belongs.
This branch is of comparatively recent
creation, having been founded by the
celebrated Vidocq in 1917. At first its
members were chosen from among the
liberated criminals and former convicts
of the Capital, under the mistaken no
ton that the best way of catching a
knave was to set knave to catch him.
But in later days all this has been
changed. The members of La Surete
are now selected from men of the high
est moral standing belonging to the
force. OF unimpeachable respectability,
almost invariably married men and
heads of families, their private life con-
trasts strangely with their public func-
tions, which lead them through all the
most hideous sinks of crime in the me-
trepolis. This chosen band, the army
which holds in check all the male-fac-
tors of Paris, consists of one hundred
and fifty persons only-a singularly
small number when one recalls the fact
that the arrests executed by them
amount on an average to over forty
thousand annually. These men are
the trained bloodhounds of the law.
The quick and keen sagacity wherewith
they will seize on the slightest trace, the
smallest indication, is only to be equal
ed by their courage, patience and perse-
verance in following up q scent. In
glancing over the annals of this division
of the Partisan police, one comes upon
facts that makes the incidents of Gabo-
rilau's rovels and the exploits of his
hero, NJ. Lecoq. pale their Intellectual
fires. 1t is on record, for instance, how
the discovery Of a scrap of paper on
which were written the words, "Two
pounds of butter, !" led to the arrest of a
dangerous burglar. Their quickness Of
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-08

In the year 7s9, Elijah Barnes, of
Bucks county, assisted by his people
working in haI vest, killed a rattlesnake.
and soon after, having occasion to go
home, took by mistake his sons jacket
and put it on. The son was a stripping
and both their jackets were made out of
the same cloth the old man being warm,
did not button the jacket until he got
to the house. when he found it much
too little for him. He instantly con-
ceived the idea that he had been bitten
by the rattlesnake and swelled from
the effect of the poison. He grew very
suddenly ill, and was put to bed. The
people about him were very much
alarmed, and sent for two or three ply
sicians; one of them poured down his
throat a pint of melted lard; another
gave him dose of wild plantain; the
third made him drink hoarhOund tea,
made very strong. Notwithstanding
all, he grew worse, and to all appear
ances was on the verge of dissolution,
when his son came home with the old
gentleman's jacket hanging like a bag
about him. The whole mystery was al
once unraveled and poor Elijah Barnes,
Notwithstanding his drenches of hogs
fat, plantain and hoarhOund, was well
in an instant
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-08

frequently cuts its way through the
scales, leaving a mark plainly visible
when the jack is offered for sale. The
suddenness and violence of the
compression seem to disperse the mus
cular forces, and the fish appears dead
for the moment. Very often, indeed,
it really is killed by the jerk. This
happens when the loop either has not
passed far enough along the body, or
has slipped and seized the creature just
at the gills. 1t then garottes the fish.
If, on the other hand, the wire has been
passed too far towards the tail, it slips
off that way, the jack falling back in
TO the water with broad white band
where the wire has scraped the scales.
Fish thus marked may not tunfrequently
be seen in the stream. The pOachers
observe that after fish has once
escaped from an attempt of the kind, it
is ever after far more difficult of cap
ture. The first time the jack was still
and took no notice of the insidious
approach of the wire gliding along
towards it; but the next-unless long
interval elapses before second trial
the moment it comes near he is away.
At each succeeding attempt, whether
hurt or not, he grows more and more
suspicious, till at last to merely stand
still or stop while walking on the bank
is sufficient for him; he is off with
swish of the tall to the deeper water,
leaving behind him cloud, so to say.
of mud swept up from the bottom TO
conceal the direction of his flight. For
it would almost seem as if the jack
throws up this mud on purpose; if
much disturbed, he will quite discolor
the brook.