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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-02-07

this act in 1872 expired ON June 10,
1876. Three Weeks bo6oeo that the Vel
liere claim reappeared In the courts.
BY the death Of James Currie the Span
ish rubrics came into new hands.
Lawyer William b. Duryee Of this city
studied the claim for some weeks, and
in correspondence with the Havana su-
thorities learned Of the genuinsness Of
the grant. The hopes Of III the heirs
ran high. Mr.. Duryea became q
grantee, and then worked necessarily.
The petition was fled Just 81 years after
the grant WAS made, and il was the last
claim filed. /.
The United States, through the attor-
ney in the United States Court in the
Western District Of Missouri, interposed
demurrer, which, after the case had
dragged along until February, 1873. the
Court sustained, declaring the grant in
valid, and Diminishing the bill of the
claimants. The petitioners appealed to
the United States Supreme Court, to
which the case was submitted, on print.
ed argument, in December. The weak
point developed in the whole case was
the vagueness Of the description Of the
claim.
The Supreme Court confirmed the de-
cree Of the District Court Diminishing the
claim from the Courts, holding that for
want Of an actual survey at the time the
grant was made, and fol want of an ad.
equate description by which it can now
be surveyed or identified, the claim did
not come within the provisions of the
section of the act of 1861, which
brought such claims to the notice Of the
Court.
A crushing disappointment was con.
tanned in this brief conclusion to those
whose hopes for future prosperity were
tied to the claim. In the extremity Of
the disappointment an offer of 10000
acres of the land was made to Gen. B.
+. Butler, to secure reargcment be-
fore the Supreme Court. A study Of
Justice Miller's decision, in which the
other members of the Supreme Court
concurred. leads the lawyers to believe
that the claim still exists, and may be
prosecuted through the provisions Of the
act of 1860, looking to the confirmation
of the grant by Congress, and that the
claim was not declared invalid by the
Supreme Court, but that the bill was
dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Ac-
cordingly, the claim is yet to engage
the attention of the lawyers and specu-
lators. and the hopes Of the heirs Of
Don Joseph Valliere.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-02-07
The Origin Of the Plague.

The origin of the plague which is now
making such terrible ravages in Russia
is clearly traced in the Astrakhan cor
respondence of the Golos. The epidem-
ic appeared in the Cossack Village OF
vetlvan Stanitza soon after the return
of two Cossack regiments from the war
in Asia Minor, and was very likely
brought over with their old clothes and
rags. 1t is well known that there were
many cases of typhus in these regiments
during the war, but it has also been as.
certained that during their return home
ward no one was attacked by the dis
ease. Prior to their homeward march
the Cossacks' clothes and other effects
were disinfected and well smoked; but
probably the men did not expose all
their rags and booty to that process,
and thus many articles remained infect
ed. The report regarding the appear
ance of typhus was received by the Co.'S
sack authorities towards the end of No.
vember. An army surgeon was at once
dispatched to Vetlyanka. He returned
with the news that there was no typhus,
but that there were slight attacks of
ague and febricala. Several days pass
ed by, when suddenly news was brought
of frightful mortality in the Stanitza.
From Is to 20 persons died every day,
among population of 600. By Dec.
10 the mortality had increased. There
died, among the rest, the doctor of the
Astrakhan regiment; the priest met
with the same fate; his wife and chill
dren running away from fear; several
of the local chiefs were also attacked.
The Cossack population were seized
with panic; they ceased to approach
the sick, and feared to bury the dead.
It is reported that the dead bodies lay
for days in the streets, with slight COW
ering of hay thrown over them. At last
the inhabitants reached the conclusion
that the disease was nottyphus, but the
plague.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-02-07

They had been talking about the re-
markable performances of DR.. Carver,
the marksman who shoots with q rifle
glass balls which are sent into the air as
fast as a man can throw them. Pres
emily Abner BynS, who was sitting by,
said:
"That's nothing"
"What is nothing"
"Why, that shooting. Did you ever
know Tom Potter2''
"No.n
swell, Potter was the best hand with
a rifle I ever saw; beat this man Carver
all hollow. I'll tell you what I've seen
this man Potter do. You know, maybe,
along there in the cherry season Mrs.
Potter would want to preserve some
cherries; so Tom would pick 'em for
her, and how do you think he'd stone
'emP" zftH
81 don't know. Howl"
"Why, he'd ill his gun with bird
shot and get boy to drop half bushel
of cherries at one time from the roof of
the house As they came down he'd
fire and take the stone clean out of
every cherry in the lot! Its positive
fact! He might occasionally miss one,
but not often. But he did bigger shoot
ing than that when he wanted to-"
"What did he doe''
"Why, Jim Miller-did you know
him? No? Well, Tom made q bet
once with Jim that he could shoot the
button off of his own coat-tail by aim
ing in the opposite direction, and jim
to- b
"Did he do it?''
"Do it! He fixed himself in position
and aimed at tree in front Of him.
The ball hit the tree, caromed, hit the
corner of house, caromed, struck q
lamp-pOst, caromed and flew behind
Tom and nipped the button off as slick
as . whistle. You bet he did it,"
"That was fine shooting"
Yes, but I've seen Tom Potter beat
it. I've seen him stand under . flock
of wild pigeons, billions of them COM
ing like wind, and kill 'em 50 fast that
the front of the flock never passed
given line but turned over and fell
down, % that it looked like . kind of .
brown and feathery Niagara. Tom did
it by having % breech-loading rifles and
. boy to load 'em. He always shot with
that kind"
"You say you saw him do this sort Of
shooting9"
"Yes, sir; and better than that, too.
Why, I'll tell you what I have seen
Tom Potter do. saw him once set up
IN India-rubber target at 500 feet and
hitthe bulls eye "a times minute with
the same ball! He would hit the tar
get, the ball would bounce back right
into the rifle barrel just IS Tom bad
clapped in fresh charge OF powder.
and 30 he kept her . going backward
and forward until 1t last b happened
to move his gun and the bullet missed
the muzzle Of the barrel. Il was the
biggest thing I ever saw; the very big
gest-except one."
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-02-07

PAT was tending masons'' who
were doing some repairs about . house
. day or two ago. The hose had been
in requisition, and Pat was directed to
90 into the basement and shut OF the
water. A few minutes after the hitch
en- girl found him turning the crank Of
the clothes-wringer with the zeal of .
man a-mowing. "What ON arth yez
doing7 demanded Bridget can sure,
I'm just shurting Of the water" COM
placently replied Pat
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-02-07
HONE INTERESTS.

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SrrwrD Trypr-Cut mn sma1l. cook
in milk, slice several onions, add to the
tfipe; season with pepper, salt and but
ter; add thickening, and sprinkle over
some parsley chopped fne.
= CREAM COOKfKs.-1i cupfuls of thick
sour cream, II cupfuls of sugar, 1 egR,
1 teaspoonful each of salt, ssleratus and
caraway seeds. Roll quite thick
enough for 40 to so cookies.
OnrIrrs eooa ,vb;tea and velka
beaten separateIT: cunfnl of warm
milk. / tablespoonful of melted butter,
and / teaspoonful Of -four. Wet to .
paste, add salt and pepper; and the
whites of the eggs Last Bake Is min
utes in quick oven.
ARAr ExrrRMINAroR.-Baron Won
Baekhofen. has discovered a CHEAP and
simple method of cxterminatin9 rats. Il
consists of a mixture of two parts of
we'll bruised common souills and three
parts of finelv. chopped bacon made in.
10 a stiff mass. with as much meal az
NAV be required, and then baked into
small cakes; these aIe put down for the
rats to eat, and are said to effect their
complete extirpation. .ii.
Lrxor Duxp,Yna.-s;ft q ounces oi
dr;ed hread crumIs mi, them NTH the
same nusnt;fv Of yarv finely chonned
snet mare off yhs thin ye,jov r;nd II :
lemon cbon r. verv sne' and add +
Nth the ;n;ce IN the bresd and snet Mir
IN ! nonnd ~ sncar 600 and enonoh
milk IN male = sf;ff nasts .hont i mint
Divide the nssta into 8 eonal hsIls, tie
them in a fionred cloth and boiI them
an honr Serve with butter and snoar.
or s;run
New YORK CAkE.-2 cups of sugar,
1 of better, of milk, nearly cups Of
-four, white of 8 eggs, s teaspoonfuls OF
baking-powder, favor with lemon.
Bake q little more than three-fifths OF
this mixture in s ielly tins, add to the
remaining batter 1 tablespoonful ground
al.spice, IL tablespoonfuls ground Gin.
namon, teaspoonful cloves, I pound
each Of sliced citron and chopped
raisins. Bake in two Jelly tins, and put
together with frostiug. alternating dark
and light.
Opsucr C.xr crn. NJ snoar 1
cun of bntter "A of s;fted f,onr. 4 cnn Of
sweet milk. 2 coos beaten senaratelv.
toaenoonf,l NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. n;xed n
flour; bake in jelly tins. For jelly,
take the juice and grated rind of 2
oranges, 2 tablespoonfuls cold water, 2
cups sugar; set in a pot of boiling
water, and when scalding hot, stir in
yelks of well beaten eggs, and just be.
fore taking from the fire, stir in the
white of l egg, slightly beaten, and
when cold put between the layers of
cake. Frost the top with the other egg.
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wh;,as ~ ono. . o,ns src.r : of Int.
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-02-07

Ifspsan for Itself, = what . lady said q
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup. the other day; for .
single bottle cured my ehild q most dread.
fol cough
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-02-07

IDA LEWIS is now the mistress of q
lighthouse at . salary Of $50 year.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-02-07

THEOLOGICAL students reason that II there
be counterfeit money, there must Be genuine;
90, II there be in1dels. there must also. be
Christians. II this be true Of money and re-
lision, viii not the same rule apply TO "put
up'' medicines1 Do not the cheap and worth
less nostrums prove that there are genuine
and meritorious "put up" medicinesl The
great popularity of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi.
cal Discovery has resulted in the manufacture
Of many skoddy alternative and tonic remedies,
but one after another these have disappeared,
the proprietors having found that, no matter
how loud they advertise, successdepends upon
merit In South America, rs well - in this
country, the Discovery 10 the standard remedy
for al scrofulous and eruptive diseases. Il
acts promptly on the stomach, liver, and
blood, toning mp. regulating. and purifying
the system. Il speedily sllAys all bronchial
Irritation, and cures the most stubborn cough
or cold in half the time required BY any other
remedy.
PARTICULARS regarding Electric Belts free.
Address Pulvermacher Galvsnic Co, Cincin., o.
I'm offer Of $50 reward, in another column.
CnIW Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-02-07
POPULAR SCIENCE.

KEROSENE explosions are often caused
by allowing lamps to sit on nantel-
pieces andOther warm places during the
day. The oil becomes heated and a
dangerous gas is generated in the va
cant space above the oil.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-02-07

A POPULAR FALLACY.-The notion
that ice puri6es itself by the process Of
freezing is not based upon trustworthy
observation. On the contrary, it is ut
terly wrong in principle to take ice for
consumption from any pond the water
of which is so foul as to be unfit for
drinking purposes.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-02-07

a CAVALRY charge is sometimes only
slay-ride.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-02-07
s.s offer Of $50 reward. in another column

PARTICULARS regarding Electric Belts free.
Address Pulvermacher Galvsnic Co., Cincin., o.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-02-07

evidence of the grants made. Then he
found in the Secretary of States Office
the Governor Generals order book con-
tanning the first official act of the Valliere
grant in the handwriting of the Baron
de Carondelet. This, with the archives
he purchased from Mrs. Pintardo, gave
him the first and second official acts,
and he went to Havana with letter of
introduction from Daniel Webster to try
and get the third from the hidden
archives. He was put off for long
time. but finally, he says, the archive
keeper took him secretly into the old
tooacco warehouse. In q gloomy inner
apartment, dumped on the floor, lay
cart loads of records. After great labor
Wilson fished out the Valliere grant in
due form and properly signed. OF this
he was permitted to make copy. Then
he went to Arkansas and obtained from
Greed Taylor = deed of one half of all
the right to the grant. In New York
he organized company to secure its
confirmation. In 1912 he went to Cali
fornia, first having sold the Valliere in
terest to James Currie. Wilson died in
California in 1877.
In 184S Daniel Webster and Rufus
Choate wrote q joint opinion of the VAL
liere claim, saying that Valliere OBJ
tanned good title to the land. The
New York capitalists interested OBJ
tanned the concurrence in this opinion
of David B. Ogden, A. p. Upshnr,
Thomas Adds Emmett, and Judge
Kent and other lawyers. Next two certi-
fed copies Of the grant were obtained
from Havana, and the claim was pre-
sented to the United States Court in
Arkansas in 1916. Il was thrown out
for want Of prosecution. In 1860 an
actwas passed for the final adjustment
Of private land claims in Florida, Louis
lana, and Missouri. The renewal of
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-02-07
The Most Marvellous Shooting on Rec.
ord.

They had been talking about the re-
markable performances of DR.. Carver,
the marksman who shoots with rifle
glass balls which are sent into the air as
fast as a man can throw them. Pres
emily Abner Byns, who was sitting by,
aaid.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07

Col. r. F. Bernard, in speaking of
the country where he is hunting the
Sheep Eater Indians, writes the Boise
Statesman under date of the 10Th of
July as follows: ''This country is
made Of streams and mountains. All
except the streams are set up on edge,
causing a traveller to go over two sides
of it instead OF one We have seen
many good looking quartz leads; many
of them have free gold in them. 1t
seems to be a perfect haven for pros
pectors. We have gone over much
country that no white man ever saw
before. Parties coming into this coun-
try should be well armed to keep away
the bear, elk, moose, deer, mountain
sheep and goats. They might possibly
have use for their arms to keep away
the sheep caters" The colonel will
leave the Middle Fork Immediately
and go by way of Bear valley, striking
over from the head of the valley to the
East Fork of the South Fork OF Sal
mon, down the East Fork and over to
the South Fork. The Indians are
somewhere on that side, but it is not
known that Capt Cally with his
mounted infantry has been able to To-
cate them. There is no way of com
municating between the two commands.
On an air line it is not much over sc
miles from the Middle Fork to the
South Fork, but the country is so wild
and rough no one can pass directly
over with an animal, and You have tc
90 at least 80 miles around south OF
north to get over. 1t is altogether
probable that the Indians are on foot
and will hide and fly from place tc
place and occasionally strike some
prospecting party or lonely settler
with good chance for evading the
troops all summer. 1t is the widest
country on the coast, aud 40 good hid
ing places as the Modoc lava beds
with the advantage of plenty of game
and fish to live on.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07

The Olympia Transcript says that
"while the whole country is talking
railroads, it should not be forgotten
that good country roads are just as
much needed as railroads. Railroads
cannot be run to every mans door in
the country, and unless there are
good roads over which he can send
his products to market his labors are
made greater and often difficult be-
fore he can dispose of them. The
counties should not be too parsimonl-
Gus in helping build and repair these
highways, as they are an inducement
to settlers in any section of the coun-
try to take claims and improve them.
A farmer will raise larger crops if he
has good opportunity to get them
to market than if he was obliged to
transport them over bad roads; and
in the end such aid rebounds to the
country's benefit. Supervisors should
see that all work is promptly expended,
and that the thoroughtares are made
rs good in his DISTRICT which u possi-
bic to do. Now is the time, during
the summer months, that this work
can best be done, and while it may
interfere occasionally a little with
other work, it should not be delayed,
like the Arkansaw Travellers house,
until 1t rains, when it cannot be done,
and the roads yet in deep mud and
water" The roads leading from this
place are generally in good repair;
but in other sections of our county
we need more improvement on the
roads to make them easily passable,
and also to build new ones in favor
able localities. The farmer, the
county and the Territory is each bene-
fitted by having good roads, and our
County Commissioners will doubtless
see that the needs of our county in
this direction shall be fully supplied
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07
NUMBER so.
Astoria and Winnemucca Railroad.

The services of Col. Cook Talcott,
of New York City, late chiefengineer
of the Jersey Central Railroad, have
been secured to Immediately start
upon the preliminary survey Of the
Astoria and Winnemucca Railroad.
Col. Tolcott is one among the fore
most of engineers in the United
States. Besides this, the Astorion is
authorized to say that parties who are
abundantly able to carry out their un-
derstandings, have made a PROPOSE
ton to begin the work Of construction
and build the road to the coal fields
for the bonds of $4,000 already sub
scribed. This assures the construc-
tion ot the road beyond a doubt as the
road will pay for its own construction
beyond the coal fields and cedar for
ests.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07

From the San Francisco Call

Satisfactory evidence has been fur
nished as to how the yellow fever
broke out in the vicinity of Memphis.
It's first victim was shoemaker named
Mulbrandon, of whom it is related that
his wife lost several relatives by the
fever last year. The household furni-
ture and other effects of these people
were removed to Mulbrandon's resi-
dence, and, as Memphis correspon-
dent of one of the Eastern papers
states, among these effects was "a guam
tity of clothing and bedding that had
been used by the deceased relative, in
cluding even the sheets and blankets
from the death beds. These articles
had been packed away in boxes,
without being fumigated, until warm
weather came, when they We're taken
from the boxes and exposed to the sun.
AS IL consequence, the scourge WAS let
loose, and it is now simply question
as to when its ravages will be stayed.
1t is the rule, in all infected localities,
either to burn or boil clothing which
has been used by persons dying from
the fever, and here it is seen to be Il
dangerous thing to depart from so ju-
dIclous precautlon.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07

Pluck No. 3.-One evening last
week as some young Americas were
playing around IA neighbor's back
porch skunk made its appearance
near by. His depredations on the
premises were too well known to al
low him to go unpunished but as no
cudgel was handy ten year old lad
gave chase and soon had him by the
nap OF the neck with his hands. This
raised a ratting commotion among
the children which soon brought the
mother to the door. Tableau. The
painting called "Pluck" was only a
shadow compared to the scene. The
boy with his phiz screwed up about
the size and shape of a two inch gimlet,
his skunkship wriggling and sinking
for freedom, but in vain. The moth
er's first scream was to ''let the nasty
thing 20" and in the same breath
to ''hold on to it." They then scud
around to the chopping block in the
wood shed where his fragrancy was
speedily gullotined. The boy then
took ten foot pole to convey it away
for burial, proving it to he a genuine
"pole-cat." "-YamhW Reporter.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07

LARGE FLEEcEs. 5. G. Reed, of
Oregon, sheared a Merino buck, the
clip of which weighed 29l pounds of
clean wool. \ challenge was sent out
to the world to beat it. The Union
county, (Ogn.) Senti.ael has CORES
pondent who lays over this banter
few pounds We give below his own
words, challenging any man to come
to the front and make a better show
ing: CAS- they want any one that can
beat it not to hold their peace, send
you the weight of one of my merino
bucks heeces, three years old, bought
of Mr. Longly, from White d Put
mans flock, Walla Walla. He sheared
b pounds of clean wool; there was no
tags ON him to keep out We took
the advant1-S of :. G. Reed; we
sheared him in daylight.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07
The rapidity with which people of

The rapidity with which people of
small means in the Eastern States are
Selling the $40 refunding certificates is
noted as a most encouraging sign of
the times. y Philadelphia paper says
that at the post-otiice window in that
city where the certificates are sold,
line forms daily which is made up
chiefly of clerks and workingmen.
These people have faith in the Govern
ment, and choose its paper as the safest
of all investments for their savings.
When some millions of such certificates
are distributed among the workingmen
of the Republic, the greenback move
ment will feel their influence The
owners of Government securities,
whether in denominations of SO GER
tifcates or of 500 bonds, will not
take kindly to the initiation theories of
the greenbackers. They will be ar
dent supporters of sound financial doc
trineS.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07
DANGERS OF SALMON FISHING.

DANGERS OF SALMON FISHING.
correspondent writing from the mouth
of the Columbia says: ''The salmon
fishing extends down as far as this
quite, number of fishermen making
this their base of operations. When
the fish were running freely one man
caught l6S salmon. This at so cents
per salmon was Il good nights work,
but they seldom do so we'll; 100 being
considered large catch, and about 10
or 20 being the usual result of Il
nights fishing. 1t is dangerous and
hard way to make money. Quite a
number of boats have been swept out
to sea this season, and some boats and
lives lost. Mr. Stout informed me n
few days since of boat with two men
that came through the suIf on the
weather beach few weeks ago oppo-
site his house, about three miles north
of the bar Their boat had been
swept outside the bar and swamped,
filling with water: their oars We're lost
and the sail also fortunately they had
their net with them, which they took
and managed to work it under their
boat, owing to the floats or corks be-
longing to the boat having so much
lifting power. They were then able
to bail out their boat and Chamber
into it again; improvising an oar and
a sail, by great good fortune they man
aged to come safely through the surf
to the beach as above stated.