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We asked Malone for q notice this
week. He said he was selling off his
present stock at cost to make room for
a new enc, and could not afford it. We
feltso muck sympathy for him that
we volunteer this notice, and have no
doubt our readers will hasten to his
relief by purchasing Literally of him.
They surely could not ask for lower
rates.
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COMMISSIONERS Court was in sss-
sion the fore part of the week. Road
matters engaged most of their atten-
ton. By the way, we have only re-
Gently learned that at their last previ-
GUS term they decided to have an ad.
dition to the free school house made,
and we learn it will be proceeded with
scOr,
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WE notice that dry bones" are be.
coming here as they have long been in
older countries an article Of com.
merce. We have seen some wagon
loads of them pass our Office. We
should think Texas could turn out O
large quantity of them. They are
used principally for fertilizing the soil,
being ground and prepared for that
purpose,
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For SALE.-We have q medium
sized heating stove, bought new only
few weeks since, which we found
rather small for our purpose and hence
would sell at reduced rate. Call at
this Office.
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APRoPos of our suggestion as to try
Iug sycamore trees for shade. Judge
Fisher informs US that there are some
already planted and growing finely on
the public square fact we had failed
to notice. The Judge has had con-
siderable experience in the matter, ana
Itefers them to all other trees.
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The last meeting of the Church
Won kers," at DR.. Denton's. we are in.
formed was quite interesting. The
next meeting will be at Hon. j. V.
Hutchins's, on Friday the 21st inst.
Readers, Sam Kone, Carr Pritchett,
Mrs. Dan McKie and Miss Pitts Ma
lone. Music by Mrs, Rouusavsll,
Miss Nollie Smith and Miss Carrie
Kone.
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BY slip of the pen or types, Mr.
Powers, of Minnesota, was made to
place his locality sixteen to eighteen
thousand miles due North. 1t should
have been sixteen to eighteen humid
red, of course.
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Oms. Clubbing List for 1879.

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In our notice last week of that ex :
celleat work, "Robinson's Epitome of
Of Literature" we should have stated
that it is now published semi-monthly
instead Of Monthly as formerly. This
adds much to its freshness and inter
est,
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We offer the above pillow to the trade
at a reasonable price, and guarantee
the pillow to do as good if not better
work than any pillow now 10 this mar
Aet If said pillow does not give en-
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and refund the money cheerfully.
Give it a trial before buying any other
pillow.
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SRE prospectus Of the Eclectic Nag.
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LATE LAKEsIDEs.-A Woman's
journal, by Octave FeuilIet; Little St.
jude. by Eearnest Bell. For sale at
this Office.
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Life and Labors of Bishop Mar
vim" by DR.. McAnally, for sale at this
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n Sure Cure for Tape Worm,
. All Remer's Drag Store. No
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A FEW more loads Of good wood
would be acceptable from persons in
debted TO this Office.
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Special inducements in Dry Goods
aud Clothing, at
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Transfers OF Real Estate

During the month Of January:
A N Denton to A G Pendleton,
land IN San Marcos, $40.
AG Pendlston to W L Kennedy,
same property as above, conditional
gift.
John Needham and wife to John
wilkins 3ii acres, Of Allen league,
$500.
WO Hutchisou and W G Mullins
to Joel Rue 342 acres Saml Little
league, $l36S.
L Smith to s 8 Middlebrook, land
on Onion, 500.
Pete. + Gates to P T Bost, &c acres
Wickham survey s2l7.
ITCory to E B Reich $50 acres Of
Little survey, $272.9O.
Jacob Johnson to d W Hamilton,
$50 acres Of Hall survey $500.
sc Wilson and wife to Jacob John.
son, deed Of partition.
| Wilson and Wife to S G Wilson
and Jacob johnson.
Jas Il Newman and wife to W and
| NJ johnson 200 acres s275.
| W & NJ johnson to II G Williams,
200 acres Of Perry survey, $500,
JB Weems and wife to + Willie,
p Wuthnah and G Reismapn.
Oh Briggs and wife to G L McCay
part of lot 4 in block 8 San Marcos,
1900.
A BE Roup to Jennie Bothell,
sundry tracts Of land, $3.50.
J Myers. B johnson and A Myers
to W o Hutchison 30 acres Chambers
league, 5000.
u McCuiston to J P Sheppard &
s A Hancock.
u Driskill and wife to Chas Il "
Book, West ! lot 6 block 10 Oh public
square in San Marcos. $500
CIV Adair and wife to W o Hutch
ison lots 3 and 4 block 90 in San Mar
cos, $500.
VIM Barbes and wife to P Thomp.
son, lot 8 block % in San Marcos,
S7.5.
W o Hutchison to Levi Irving
163 acres Of Chambers league, $l33.33.
W o Hutchison to Robt Grant,
81 acres of Chambers league, s66.7O.
AN Denton to NJ II Denton, part
Of lot 8 block 10in San Marcos $3.50.
W Gross and wife to A Mcintosh,
III acres $270.50.
W A Robbins to D Hofheinz, title
bond.
j & Rogers and wife to j P Michael
TT acres of Eaves survey.
j H Eastman aud wife to NJ +
Carlton, lets 5 and 6 in block in San
Marcos. ...
RIM Franklin to j H Combs, 1873
acres Of Franklin survey. $3.50.
j H Combs to A B F Kerr, release.
Cemetery Association to j \ Bell,
lot, $50.
WIN Mccain by Sheriff to r j
Sledge, tax deed. 1925 acres.
r j Sledge to Otto Groos, same
property.
State by Sheriff to RI Sledge, tax
deed, 1926 acres.
RI Sledge to Otto Groos, same
property.
State by Sheriff to B f and j c
Cady, 1913 acres, tax deed.
wv Bagley and wife to NJ L Bag
ley, undivided interest in ''the Bagley
place." $1,000.
VIM W Byers to N E Mcdonald,
200 acres, gift.
N Z and j NJ Mcdonald to VIM
Martin, same property, $500.
M L Bagley to w V Bagley, II acres
of Bagley farm, near San Marcos $500
[Concluded neat week.
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Ayers Pills are the best purgative.

100 PEACH TREES for sale at
s. r. McALLIsTER's.
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Notice.

On the tenth day Of March my occu-
patton 'tae; will expire, and as do not
'expecttc renew it persons wishing
pictures will do we'll to bear this in
M nd and call early.
G. w. JUDD, Photographer.
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Appraised AZ ere.
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-24
Nebraska Letter.
ROCA Neb Anril 10 Il

RocA, Neb., April 10, 1879.
EDITOR HERALD Il have conclu.
ded to write few lines for your
valuable paper, and if you deem
them worthy you may lay them
before your readers. | have read
with much interest, the letters
written by Messrs. D. Oliver and
f. Kuhn from Kansas, and will en-.
deavor to give you a correct de.
scription Of Nebraska and it's re-
sources. The soil is very fertile
much better than the soil in your
country, but it produces better
corn than wheat. The othor cereals
grow very well. Barley is raised
10 considerable quantities, but l
have seen only a few fields of rye,
which were all very good. Flax,
also grows very well. The educa-
tional interests of the country are
we'll cared for. Our common schools
are generally good. We have many
wideawake, active teachers here,
who are doing all 10 their power to
advance the schools. No one need
fear to come here on account of not
having an opportunity to give his
children q good elementary educa-
ton. | will mention one thing
which has done, and is still doing a
very great damage to our schools /;
viz, the HON estesd Law. Home.
steads are not taxed, until after
lapse of five years, which greatly
dlminishes our school funds; so
much so, in many cases, as to pre-
clude the pos Utility of building
school houses and carrying on
schools, without voting heavy bonds
upon the districts. The same may
be said of the Timber Claim Law.
| have studied the matter carefully,
and the above seems to me to be
the most fruitful cause of high taxes
in our western states. When the
Homestesds are proved upon, and
heavy debts, already contracted,
paid, high taxes will be koown only
in the past. HON esteads, and Tim
Der claims oughtto be taxed. When
the Government gives a man
piece of land, for only few dollars,
be ought to pay tax on it, from the
time be takes it, tor school pur,
poses, if for no other. 1t is just
that he should.
The country was never 10 so pros
porous a condition, as at present.
Dag>outs, and sod-houses are be.
coming fewer, and neat substantial
structures, mostly frames. are every
where dotting our land. The win
ter and spring have been very dry
until qpite recently, We bave had
copious rains. Every thing indicates
a goood crop and general prosper.
ty the coming season. 1t is three
years since | drst came to Nebras,
ka. and like it better the longer |
stay here. Respectfully,
JAMES DARNALL
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-24

"DoN'T FIRE the Southern heart"
Says the Inter- Ocean "The old
wall of the days of African slavery
comes from the Democratic press
that Cincinnati, by her recent cleo
ton, offended Kentucky, and this
great independent State will trans.
fer her business to Louisville. Now.
Cincinnati business men have done
more TO develop Kentucky and the
whole south during the last ten
years than a dozen LouisviIles com.
bined. They have laid through the
entire State one Of the finest rail-
roads ever copstruc ed. To do this,
these pubiic-spiritcd business men
have taxed tnemse yes to the tune
of Sl8 600, 900, and more yet will
be required TO complete the work.
If the enterprising and independent
citizens of Kentucky now prefer to
pull bacon and dry goods with
mules and oxen instead of by steam
from headquarters, and all because
Cincinnati does not vote to please
them, they have that privilege"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-24


THE Obsesr, published in New
Orleans, givJshe reasons for the
exodus OF theIolored people, thus:
Almost Gay explanations are.
given by there's why the negroes
are leaving ne South and going
North. Hes the true one:
Cotton lars that would not COM
mand. undeforced sales, more than
$40 per acreAre rented to the ne-
proes at frof$7 to SO a year per
acre. A god mule and plow is
worth $3.50 For the use of these
tho laborepays from $50 to $40
per year. barrel of pork is worth
say $40 in The city. The negroe
pays from tol23 cents pound
on the plaIatitn.
This is a ampla of what goes on
with the lam owners and laborers,
both on the sugar. and cotton es-
tates. A man annot cultivate in a
hot climate lie this more than
seven acres ofIotton or cane and
three of corn. "A bale of cotton OF
hogshead of suar, and twenty bar
rels of corn is onsidered an average
yield. Deductlhe expenses OF th'
laborer from tb present prices o
cotton, sugar, and corn. and hn'
the balance if pu can Why, then
talk of "YanKe' emissaries and cir
cuIars. or thu fear of re.enslave
ment? Thessare sufficient to de
populate the touth, and afe tn
naked truth bsides.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-24
Predicting Plaques.

Numerous attempts have been
made of late to show that the Taiia-
tions in the spots on the suns face
were the cause of excessive rains,
commercial panns and other terres-
trial occurrences Now comes Mr..
B. G. jenkins, Fellow of the British
ROYAL Astronomical society, who
saws that cholera, toe black death,
and other plagaes are the effect OF
planetary influences, and particular
| iy those of fourouter planets, Jupi-
ter. Saturn Sfaaus and Neptune.
He goes back hundreds OF years and
asserts that al the plaques which
have swept ov,r Europe during that
period can beaccounted for by the
movements aid positions of one or
mo, Q of these planets. and concludes
with this omnous predictions: IL
would say tina within the next sew
en- years thGe will hapen that
which has no happened for hum
dreds Of years All the planets at or
: near their neaest point to the sun
. about the sam time. 1t is true Of
: the earth thatts magnetic intensity
ia greater abot the time when 1t IL
near the sun;.he same is probably
II true of all Ianets; therefore WI
!. may expect extraordinary magnetic
"a phenomena dring the next sever
q wears aud grat plaques which WI
!, manifest thelselves in all their in
ar tensity whenjupiter is about thre
or wears from is perihelion--that IL
a 1888"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-24
A Terrible Infant

Little Nellie was looking at
"Woolfs Wild Animals" when Mr..
Jorkin's called and appealed to that
gentleman to explain one of the
pictures.
That is a wild boar" said he, and
the little lady looked at it thought.
fully and replied:
ut don't look like you, does it,
Mr.. Jorkins ?"
II hope not" responded the
guest. why ?"
Because" said the artless inno,
cent, mamma said when your card
was sent up, There is that old bore
Jorkins again."
And it was a full minute before
mammals frozen lips thawed suffl-
GENTLY TO inform the nurse that it
was Nelie's bedtime.-Boston Com.
mercidl Bulletin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-24

THE Mineral Point Tribune is I'M
der the impression that Senator Car
peuter has been detained from his
seat in the u. S. Senate by impro-
prieties in his personal habits. II Its
impression is correct Carpenter ought
TO be exposed. He should not be al
lowed to disgrace Wisconsin. But
re have private assurances from
Washington that no charges OF I'M
priety can properly be laid to MI
Carpenter since his late election lie
has not been absent when important
occasions demanded his presence
and when necessarily absent the de
tsntion was occasioned by his prac
tice before the United States Su
pyeme Court and by rheumatism, Q
which he is great sufferer. In
editor Of the Mineral Point 1r'o"n
il at present officially quartered
proximity to Boss (of sneak-thieve'
Ksyes and he must make due ALLOW
apce tor all such rumors that come
his ears.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-24

GEN. CALLS, of this city, IS a
straight necked Democrat. Though
.Democrat he can sometimes accept
nol;tical facts. He read attent'veIy
the article In last weeks HERALD OF
the Kemper County massacre OF th'
Chisholm family. Gen. Calls has
relative in that county who holds "
important office of Supers: From
Public Instructio. Calls recently
oours~ "a letter dated at the
writer's home in Kemper County,
March "a, 1879. At the close Ct
that letter. which is a long one, this
Southern gentleman who is evident.
ly q man of high standing and char.
acter says this
"You have no doubt read of the
Chisholm massacre in our county a
terrible affair. Judge Chisholm was
my intimate friend, man of honor
and integrity, and was killed-him-
self, his daughter and little son, by a
blood thirsty mob, because he was
Republican A bad set of fellows
there are in this county, you may be
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-24
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Congressional.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, April 22.-At the
expiration OF the morning hour the
Wallace resolution to vest the ap-
pointment and removal of senate en-
ployes in the secretary and sergeant
alarms was taken up, the question
being on Edmunds' substitute, which
was opposed by Conkling. Owing to
the absence of Edmunds, the resolu-
ton went over until tomorrow.
Pendleton gave notice that on
Thursday, after the disposition of the
army bill, lie would call up his bill
providing for giving the heads of de-
partments seats on the floor of the
senate and house.
Consideration was then resumed of
the army bill.
The reading of the journal was dis
pensed with, and consideration was
resumed of the subsidiary silver coins
bill. After brief statement by Chit.
tenden favoring the bill, voting on
the amendments began.
An amendment was offered by Gil
lette tor the redemption of subsidiary
silver coins in paper fractional cur
rency of 10, IS and so cents, which
currency shall be legal tender to the
amount of $40.
Stephens, who has charge OF the
bill, said he was in favor of the amend.
ment, and the subject was before the
committee on coinage, but he did not
want this bill encountered with it.
Upon this representation Gillette
withdrew the amendment.
The amendment of Newberry re-
curing small coins Zone cent, three
cents, etc. y to be received at postof-
fees for postage stamps in sums not
exceeding $500 was, after discus
sion, agreed to.
The bill finally passed. 1t pro
vides that silver coins of smaller de-
nomination than one dollar may be
exchangeable into lawful money, when
presented in sums of $50, makes law
full money exchangeable into silver
coins in a like amount, makes sutsid-
iary silver coins legal tender, for all
debts, public and private, in sums
not exceeding $40, and makes minor
coinage receivable at postoffices to
the amount of So.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-24
A Remedy for Neuralgia.

The Paris correspondent Of the
Boston Courier, referring to bis re
io Was yDens doabIe as ana Could not
breathe. Ny physician ordered me
to take a f1at-iron and heat il as hot
as | could bear, put double fold OF
flannel on the painful part. and
move the iron to and fro on the
flannel. was cured by enchant.
ment. My doctor told me that somo
time since professor in one of our
colleges, after suffering some days
with neuralgia in the head, which
be himself had tried to cure, cent
for the former, who prescribed q
hot fiat iron. The next time the
doctor saw the professor the latter
exclaimed, Il had no sooner applied
the heated iron to my head than
instantly all pain had vanished
My physician was summoned re-.
Gently to the bedside of a woman
who had neuralgia in both sides,
and so violently that she alarmed
the whole neighborhood by tho
screams which her iDtolerable an
guish wrung from her She was
taken from her bed and borne near a
fire. In such severe cases heated
iron is not energetic enough. He
has an iron rod fastened TO an ivory
handle. He heats this rod to
white heat (Which causes less pain
than red beat), and applies it very
slightly to the seat of the pain, first
in longitudinal, then in latitudinal
lines. The application is SO light
that no trace is left but red lines on
the epidermis, which are soon effac-
ed. In twenty minutes the woman
walked back to bed, and the third
day afterward Quilted it entirely
freed from neuralgia. This iustru-
ment ls not to be intrusted to awk,
ward hands"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-24
Gen Dix Dead.

New YORK, April 2l-Gsn. Jonn
A. Dix died tonight at halt past II :, :;
O'Clock. ~ !
John Adams Dix was born 10 Dos
cawep. N H July "a, 1898. during =
the war of ls12-15 be served on the .,
frontier with the rank OF ensign ana
"a ad;utant of a battalion. lie es-
80 hi;shed himself about the year
1928 az lawyer at Cooperstown'
Nv and became Identified with
the Democratic party. In 1881 he
WAS appointed adjntant general ana
in 1898 secretary of state and super
;ntendent of common schools. In
1910 he was elected to the assembly
and in ls45 he was chosen TO NIL
vacancy in the Uaited States SEN
ate caused by the election OF oiias
Wright as governor. On the cues
t;on Of slavery he was the exponent
of the fee soil section OF the Demo-
cratic narty in New York whose can
didats for governor he was In lS48
Q but was defeated. In 1898 he was
made assistant treasurer OF the
Q Un,ted States in the CITY OF New
Q York but soon resigned. On Decem-
y Der 10, 1860 he was appointed sec
10 retarv of the treasury vice Howell
o Cobb, resigned. 1t was while hold
i. ing this office he wrote bis famous
b. disnatcb: "If any man attempts TO
re banl down the American flag shoot
in him on the spot" In the summer
Id of 1861 he was appointed brigad'er
m general and subsequently, made
o. General of volunteers, being place.
'ts 10 command of the Federal forces
or at Baltimore; previous to that h'
M made q great speech at a loya
ed meeting ia Union Square, New
in York. While in command at Bait
y? more he made a strategic movement
nd nv which the eastern shores OF Ma
me rv,and were wrested from the ret
hat els. Gen. Dix was Subsequent
md nlaced in command of Fortre'
wn Monroe. and in 1863 performed or
rho of the hest maneuvres OF the SCI
her son. In June he cent a portion
ans his command toLhe White House
tho ;nnctiou of she Pamunkey vii
this ~ Vork ser. In this position
ion .uo ,oned both Richmond and Il
lion Communication of Gen. Lee, wi
.Iy was advancing along the peninsul
ply This movement defeated all of Lee
LUIS plans and so frightened JEFF Dav
Jug that he wrote an affecting letter
OK Gen. Lee, saying that it had re
ron dered him "more anxious for 81
we city than at any former time"
,.' OF July the department OF North Ca
ilke DINA was added to that of Virgini
'onS and both under the command
P'o. Gen. DIX until he was transfer
~ to the command of the east. At t
e'u. close of the war Gen. Dix resign
,oiS his position in the army. and W
u Jay temporary chairman of the na.ion
ms union convention in Philadelph
ior' August IA, 1866. In Septemb BE-
1866, he was appointed minister
.seu France, which place he resigned
'ers' 1868 and returned to New York.
'.m 1872 be was nominated by the r
ons publican party as governor of Ne
'ou' York and was elected. In 1874
.uo was again nominated by the Repu
- .. lican party as governor of Ne
'ue York and was defeated by Samuel
,'ou Tilden, the Democratic nominee.