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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-02-06
Backwoods Counting.

OcTS. DObl lOChCO IICtoo0'ltiy tlth1 10,
the young people, not the dog and bas-
ket. He signs heavily and looks out of
the west window at a Grape myrtle tree;
she signs lightly, and sazes out of the
east window-at turnip patch. At
last he remarks:
"This is mighty good weather to pick
cotton
otis that-if VIC ouiy Lad any 20
pick"
The rocking continues.
What's your dogs namo!"
Gloomy"
Another sigh-brokcn stiffness.
whats he good furl'
"What is who good for9" said he,
abstractedly.
"Your dog, Coony.;'
For ketchin' possums
Silence for half an hour.
q He looks like deer dog"
"Who looks like a,deer dog%
Gloomy"
"He is-but he's kinder beloved, an
settin' old an slow now. An ne amt
no account on cold trail.
In the quiet ten minutes that ensued
she took two stitches in her quilt; it was
gorgeous affair That Guilt VAS made
by the pattern called Rose Of Sharon. "
She is very particular about the nomcn-
claturc of her quilt, and frequently
walks Is miles to get o pattern with L
g real purity name.
Your ma raisiu many CHECKERS q
l'orty odd"
Then more rocking, and somehow, III
a short while, The big rociing-chair and
the little roclsing-chair were jammed
side by side. don't know how it hap
pencd 1t may have been caused by 4
peculiarly in the floor, OF by the natural
magnetic attraction one cnair had for
the other; but strange to say the basket
of work had followed the little chair,
and tn little chair had travelled rs fast
as the big one. Coony had not moved.
He Law in the same place sound asleep,
and was talking in Ills sleep, that Is,
giving faint, irregular barks at the pos
sums he behcld il his dreams. After
Y Iltllt Mlll!t lilt CON ssitloiA Nts' -
sumed:
How many has your ma got|
" How mauy w,iatF
"Chic!lcns."
Nigh on Ia % hundred.
BY this time the chairs were SO close
together that rocking was impossible.
Tho mink las eaten most Of ours.
Then long silence reigns. At last
he observes
"Mal,in' quiltsl'
EYES," she replied, Frightening up;
"Iye Just finished Soaring Eagul Of
Brazeel 'sittin' Sun and Nations
Pride Have you ever sa" the yellow
Rose on the Parary 2"
q" No"
More silence, then he SAYS
"Do YOU like cabbageF
81 do that
Presently his had is accidentally
placed on hers. She does not know it ;
at least does not seem to be aware of it.
Then after a long hour spent in signing,
coughing and clearing of throats, he
suddenly says:
"I've great mind to bite you.
"What you great a-mind to bite me
fur9'
"Kasc YOU won't have me.
"kase you amt axed me.
Well, now AK you
Then, now has you.'
Then Coony dreams he hears a sound
of kissing.
Then the next day the young man
goes to Tigervillc after q marriage Ii
censc. Wednesday the following week.
No cards.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-02-06

Those days IRE st in which VIC do
good. Those wose than lost in which
We do evil.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-02-06

For diseases of the Liver and Kidneys
try the Oregon Blood Purifier.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-28


j. r. the passenger is going 10 ana from any
buy his ticket via come one Of ths c. mpoey r
lines and be sure OF reaching ms destination D!
IL az Its connection.
2 The greater part Of the lines are laid with
Steel faii-; itt roau bed Is perfect.
g. u il the shorte1, line between all impof
tant points.
L. ltr trains are txuipped with the Westhg
hru,e Air lirnkc. Mier'r Platform aud Coup
Ices and the latest improvements FOR comfort.
sufctt aud convenience.
g. II l. the only road In the West running he
the celebrated Pullman hot cars between
4 hicago and Council Bluffs
a. III IL the only road runnrs the Pulmal
Palace Sleeping cars either way between chicago
and 81. Paul. Grecn Bay, Frerpnrt, Lat rosse
Winnona dubuque, McGregot, Milwaukee.
z No ruad offers equal facilities in number
of through trains equipped with Pullman Palace
SlccplRg Cars.
= II makes connections with all lines cross
Ing at Intermediate points
The popularity of these lines IL steadily il
crtasttg, and passengers should consult then
interest by purchasing tickets wa thts llne
Tickets over this route are sold by nil coupon
ticket agents IN the United States aud Cnnadas
Remember. yen ask Tor your tlckot via tht
Chicago n NORTHWESTERN Railway, and taht
none other.
FOR Information. Folders Maps, Sc, nor Oh
tAinahe at The home ticket Oticr address any
agent ottae Company u
~ Il SrENNErT.
Genera Pass, Ast, Chicago. III
MARVIN HUGNlrr,
General Manager, Cnicaso, Ills. NIL IS
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-28
Upllolstering
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN To
REPAIRING.

call and examine my work aud ptioe> All
werk warranted aud prices. Ali work watrar
ted and prices as low as The lowtst
~ RElNHoLn KOCu
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-28
THE
Chicago & North western
RAILWAY

HALLWAY
Il the Oldest. Rest Constructed, Best Equipped,
and herce the
MOST RELIABLE RAILWAY CORPORATION
or the Great West.
1t is to-day and will long remain the
LEADING RAILWAY OF TIE VEST AND
NORTHWEST.
II embraces under ore infringement 2. lbs mites
of road and forms the following trunk lines:
Chicago. Connect Bntrs 4 California LINE,
chicago. sioux city 4 Gankton Line.
Chicago. clinton, Dubuque y Lacrosse Line.
Chcarc Fr"cport i Dubuque Lire.
Chicago. Lat 'to-sc. Y inopa Minne-uts Liuc.
Chicags Il. Paul & MINNEAPOLIS Line.
Chicago. Milwaukee Il Lake superior Line,
Chicago. Green Bay Il Marquette Line.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-28

This Is the case with the Mexican
Mustang Linimc Every mail
brings intelligence OF u valuable horse
saved, the agony OF IN awful scnld or
burn subducd, the hnrr,ls of rhcu-
matism overcome, ma Of q thousand.
undonc other blessings nnd lnrrcics
performed nv the old reliable Mex
lean Hiustnng LiniInent.
All forms Of outward disease sre
speedily cured by the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-28
Taken I'D,

Nv thu subscriber Irvine III liz town ii ME-
etal Point, two miles west nf this CITY nit WI
thaut Noy. i4th. 1879, oge yearling heiier, III,
and white with chi III RIGHT oar nj athri
marks rhe owner l. requested Il rd,t Grove
property, pay charges Snd take sl3A strtt 4 way
lI0MAs kkALI.
t1njeS iS.h 1871 isIw
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-28

8. ~.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-28
Nj E:XI(SAN

oyerthe solitary plains, to the merchant
prince, and the woodeutter who splits
his foot with the axe.
1t cures Rheumatism when NJ Other
applications tail.
This wonderful
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-28
PLATTEvILLE DIVISION.
Illinois Central II. r.

The only roHte running through cars betw cen
Warren and Chicago. The only route TO Vt.
Louis, Cairo. ana the south, and to
Dubuque, Sioux City. Omaha and west
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-28
Facts for the Public!

] ne SfcmdtH ana
liner arc the sourc-
es of gisor and
kedHi-it kept IN a
healthy condition.
There is no EHS;vH
remedy that sy8i so
promptly and eff
cieniiy insure a
heaif1p STOMACH
and LIVER, and so
thoroughly ioEuty
!, the system aSGinse
4 the sudden chlsges
y ofcur climate, as the
u wonderful, VNaliz-
N ing, health giving
H RoianH L'rfy and
II St,MrcA Pat. It's
iaIso n sure fre''fn-
t6s cf GlsfdSe. 10
,ef foiIfo try n,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-28
The EyeningWiSconSin.

The new EVENING WISCONSIN
Building Is the largest and
most comm odious Printing
House west Of Now York.
With our increased fac Ilities
and all the modern improve.
ments, together with ample
accommodations, we arc
enabled to execute all kinds
Of PRINTING on the shortest
possible notice. We solicit
every class Of Letter Press,
Book and Commercial Print
Ing, Ruling and Binding. No
house In the United States
can do work cheaper or bot
ter. Estimates by mail will
be returned promptly.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-01-23
THE COLORADO SENATORSHI1
Denver News. |

1t is welI-understood fact in physical
anatomy that politicians have no heart The
old axiom that everything is fair in lore and
owar, is applied to politics as well, and NIL are
induced to do things in the hope of carrying
ut amb itious designs from which they would
shrink if applied to the ordinary business con-
Germs of life. Indeed, to blast an opponents
reputation and bring distress to his family, is
in politics considered venial offense. It is
probably in this view of the case that the Do
litical enemies of Senator Chaffee are just now
engaged in hunting up shameful scandal,
with which to blast his Senatorial prospects.
That it has not been precipitated already is not
owing to any tenderness of feeling which is
entertained for the Senator, but because these
parties, studying as they do the pulse of the
ripe for dev elopment. It is not the purpose of
the Ne1cs to 60 into the details of the disre-
putable business. 1t will suffice to say that it
relates to a divorce suit now in progress, and
an alleged intention on the part Of the Sena-
tor to marry grass widow. There are of
course a number of incidents connected with
the affair which it is pro.osed to ,vitalize into
something very discreditable to the parties
and, when fully unraveled, will, it is said
make good the claim of Prof. Hills partisans
that Mr.. Chaffeo is debauchee. It is neces-
sary to say that the Neacs deprecates anything
of this sort. There is feeling!and bitterness
enough in the canvass already without inject
ing into it anything in the nature of social
the public has nothing to do. It may be that
there are incidents in his life that he and his
friends would wish concealed, but this is GER
tainfy not the time when they should be
brought to light to be made the masquerade of
political comedy.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-01-23
erenlty Ill Death.

Perfect serenity in regard to death is
not attained by any effort of the will, nor
by any mere process of reasoning; it is
rather the result of happy combination
of bodily and mental conditions. The
chief of these conditions, the assured
hope of future beyond the grave, in
comparison Of which the brightest earthly
visions fade like candle before the dawn,
is not given to all; and in these days, es
pecially, it is for many overshadowed, if
not altogether blotted out, by doubts and
questionings which can no longer be hid
den from the multitude. Even to those
who most earnestly cling to the hope of
Immortality, it would seem that our
troublous inheritance Of sympathy must
cast many distressing side-ight upon
prospects in which of cid the faithful
y ere able to take undisturbed delight.
However this may be, the mere prospect
of a prolonged existence beyond the
grave, apart from other reasons for Joyful
confidence, must be taken rather as en-
larging the scope of our hopes and our
fears than as necessarily altering the pal
nee between them. Habitual hopeful
ness may color the prospect beyond the
grave with the same glowing tints which
it throws ever this world, so that in some
cases the came cause which makes life
delightful makes death rot unwelcome.
such state Of mind, though rare, is not
unknown. Bot perhaps a perfect bal
ance of feeling is more readily to be
found at lower level OF expectation
Cornhill Mag.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-01-23
The Sanguine Bride.

"A not unusual kind Of bride is that
sanguine creature who believes that life
is now to be all honey and butter, and
that never cloud will cast its shadow
over the sunny sky. All is so new-and
it will never grow o!dl Holiday time
has come in perpetuity, and there are to
be no more painful LESSONS of duty to
learn, and no more disagreeable tasks of
self-suppression to fulfill. Tempers, dis
putes, peevishness, anxieties, are buried
beneath the sugar and almond of the
wedding cake, and life is to be fairy
tale, where "they live happily for ever
AFTER finishes the picture. Ali the buttons
will keep sewed to the shirts, and there
never will be pair Of socks to darn. If
children come they will. be born like SO
many little doves, and give no more
t1ouble than covey of cherubs fitting
about the house. She looks forward to
a halcyon sea which not the faintest rip
pie is to disturb, and in her world blight
and storms are to be unknown. Her also
we pity, poor, self deceivipg creature
aking life as she does at such a false
angle, and looking at the dust and ashes
of inevitable decay or sure disappoint-
ment through spectacles of such deluding
rosc-color. She; has not the faintest
idea that her huband will ever cease to
be her lover, and she imagines that the
poetic exaltation of the courtship--- the
raptures of hoaeymoon---are to continue
far into old age. Of the sense of reality
she is absolutely destitute; and her
reasoning faculties are lost for the time
in the rainbow lined cloud of hope and
exultation. Perhaps her marriage has
taken her from an uncongenial home, and
she is elated and full of hope in conse-
quence. Reality will waken her up soon
enough, poor soul! Meanwhile we, who
see the fools paradise in which she is
living, feel sorry for her, asd anxious to
know how she will bear the waking
which has to cone to her as to others
aye! as sure as death has to come to US
all. --London Queen.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-01-23
Bayard were excused from service on the
Teller committee.

Bayard we're excused from service on the
Teller committee.
House, j. 17.-The House spent the
day in work On the private calender.
SENATE. Jan. 2l.-Mr Cockrell intro.
duced bill to retire the netes> of national
banks aud adopt the currency to the wants
of trade The vice president submitted COM
municatiOns, among them Recommendation
from Gems. Sherman, Sheridan and Terry,
concurred in BY the secretary of war, fol the
appropriation Of $125, 900 to- erect military
headquarters at Fort Smelling MIR. Morgan
submitted the resolution agreed upon by the
Democratic caucus as substitute Tor ~
munds. The patent amendment bill was dis
cussed and some amend ents adopted. IL
was then reported to the Senate, and laid
over. MIR. Window gave motion Of the offer
of an amendment. A bill was reported from
the judiciary committee prescribing penalties
for the contraction of plural marriages IN Inc
Territories, but providing that the president
may grant amnesty to such as have hereto
fore violated this law in this respect
House. Jan. 21,-Bills were intro
.daced, among them one to pay southern mail
cor tractors one to repeal all laws for the
appointment OF supervisors of elections; by
Dunnell, repeating all acts relating to pre-
emp,ion OF public lands, and by Strait, to re-
duce the price of public lands within the limit
| of railroads. Mr.. Potter attempted TO intro
! duce a resolution for the investigation of the
Tilden ciphers but objection was made by
Butler. Mr.. Springer introduced bill to
| establish minority representation in congress
after the next appor+ionment.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-01-23
MINNESOTA NEWS.

A thief stole $50 from the Shakopee mill
the other day.
A series of revival meetings are in prog
ress in Mankato.
IL Granite Falls is happy in the possession;
of candy factory.
Number: or births in Stearns county in
1878, 639; number. of deaths, 1885,. r
The diphtheria still turks around Mankato,
and is quite fatal in the country round about.
On Thursday, Jan. 18th, broken rail
near Lake Crystal threw twelve freight
cars off the track. -, ....o r-ro,
- Aspan of horses and double harness
were stolen from Robertson's barn, in Ro-
chester, q few nights since. - :" 3::s
Arrangements are being made to build q
grist mill on Turtle creek, in the town of
Moscow, Freeborn county. j. :. E.'11,
r, Tom Finn, of Rochester, was arrested, for
threatening to take the life of citizen, and
compelled to give bail to keep the peace. =
A poor man in Wabashaw was badly
frozen the other day. He was taken to the
poor house and cared for, but soon died. :.
A light feecy snow fell on the dirt roads
in st. Paul and vicinity, last week, and now
the sleighing is 1excellent--in the Eastern
States
On Saturday, Jan. 18th, German family
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-01-23
A FEMALE ANCHORITE.
Rich Woman Shuts Herself from the
WOrld-The Effect of Disappointed

Il Rich Woanan Shuts Herself from the
World-The Effect of Disappointed
Lore.
Milwaukee Sentinel.|
A most touching illustration of the I'm.
sounding depth of woman's love is the current
topic in the Fourth ward of this city. As the
scene Of this realistic drama was sat score of
years back, since when the path of the actors to
it's solemn parts have been widely separated,
public rehearsal will not be amiss. And it
should be emblazoncd in letters of gold to
shame those miserable scoffers of woman's af-
lection. At Vassar college, not more than a
dozen years ago, was ayoung girl from an in
terror town of Wisconsin. OF wealthy parents,
herself handsome and unusually bright, about
to graduate, after which she was to wed her
full to the brim. And it was, but it was not
the will of fate that it should SO remain. Pro-
badly prompted by pure cussedEess, an unnat-
ural brother set about breaking the engage
ment, and only to soon succeeded in his pur-
pose. The sorrow-stricken young girl returned,
several years hard labor. Her lover left home
and friends for the far west. not to return.
short time after the girls parents died, and the
large estate was divided between the surviving
children. Taking her share, nearly 100000
she turned her back on the home of her child
AVOus Ouc Cdult W MAlWduhct, anu LIB S1uCe
lived a most isolated life, not admitting any
body to her confidence, repulsing all attempts
at friendship the heart that had thrilled at the
delicious words of love, became thoroughly
crusted over and suspicious of mankind. Re
firing deeper into seclusion year by year, to-day
but few dare face her stern presence. She sell
dom if ever writes or receives a letter; makes
no calls or has callers, and in short is as en-
tirely alone one can be in this busy world.
With an immense i, come, and one that is rap
idly increasing, she spends but little money,
and that for necessities. Rarely is she seen on
the streets, and then as if she feared the touch
of the bustling pedestrians. The brother does
not live hundred miles from Milwaukee,.
Verify there is more sacred or lasting thing
below than the devotion of true woman.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-01-23

county for the building of q Jail, it is fair to
presume that respectable building will
eventually bs substituted for the untenable
old fookery that is now used as receptacle
for law-breakers. It has long been dis
grace to the county, being unfit even to re-
ceive the lowest sot.
On the LIST of January, Peter Jensen, of
Colfax, Kandiyohi county, took q load of
wheat to Willmar. While at the East End
elevator, a train came along and frightened
his horses. He sprang in front of them,
and in attempting to hold them by the bits,
was thrown down and run over. One of the
front wheels of the wagon passed over his
body and broke two or three of his ribs and
otherwise seriously injured him. He died
at II A. M. the next day.
A fire was discovered recently in Henry
Goebeps Office in Glencoe, but was speedily
extinguished by the night Waterman. The
fire was started from burning cigar thrown
in box of sawdust.
A small boy of Buril Adams, OF Irving
Kandiyohi county, had a leg broken recently
by the kick of horse.
Jordon Adoocote: Foss, Wells & Co, have
lately tried the experiment of using bran for
fuel, in the furnace of their Touring mills,
ket value of bran is 81 per ton, and they
find it worth that amount for fuel, or rather
ton of bran will save 81 worth of wood.
The demand for bran is slight, and their
bins being full, they decided to try the prac-
ticability of using it to make steam with.
The result of their Investigations goes to
show that the ''jacket'' of kernel of wheat
will nearly furnish heat enough to create the
steam necessary to run the machinery used
in grinding it into flour.
The commissioners of Wright county have
unanimously decided to grant no license to
sell liquor in that county.
Austin Republican,: Col. Dresbach and
the Davis Brothers, the discoveries of the
coal mine at Otranto, called upon us this
week and reported progress in their work.
They had penetrated about thirty feet below
the surface and had purchased a new drill
with which to commence operations at an
other point. Their work will not be slacken:
ed until they find the extent of their dis
covery. Would it not be we'll for the legis-
lature to encourage them with an appropri-
alton in aid of their prospecting in Min
nesota.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-01-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK
oRyMEs IND CRIMINALS.

ORIMES IND CRIMINALS.
The grand jury in the case of Henry
Feltus, editor of the Bloomington, lnd:,
Courier, charged with the murder OF Rogers,
county attorney, New Years eve, while the
parties were intoxicated. indicted Feltus tor
murder in the second degree.
It is alleged that by the remissness ct
Gen. Arthur, ate collector in New York, the
government lost s3750C0 per annum custom
duties on kid gloves, and S3OCO,OoO per an
mum on silks and sugar. If these allegations
are substantiated, Mr.. Conkling cannot pre-
vent the confirmation OF Gem Merritt, the
secretary of Gen. Arthur, and his associates.
A Norwich, o., telegram, says: Mrs.
Cobb, found guilty of murder in the second
degree for poisoning her husband, hes been
sentenced to imprisonment for lie. Mrs
Cobb has published statement declaring
her entire innocence, accusing the principal
witness against her of perjury, and asserting
that other witnesses were mistaken on ma
te1ial points.
At noon January 18th, eight prisoners
attempted to escape from Jail at Oweton, Ky.
They knocked down the jailor's brother,
Robert Moore who had charge, and fled, but
Moore, regaining his feet, drew revolver
and fired, the ball passing through the body
of VIM. Sawders as he was jumping out OF a
window, the. wound proving fatal in a
short time, Sawders had boen confined fol
burglary.
One, G. D. M. Allen, stranger, ap'
peared in Red Wing, MIMI, nearly year and
half ago, and played the role OF pious law
yer, very successfully, joined the Baptist
church in which he was shining light
subsequen tly he went to Zumbrota, where
his piety shone out with increased lustre
He lately skipped out to parts unknown, tax
ng with him $4,000 of other peoples money
and gold watch which he bad borrowed: of 6
Baptist brother" and some other property
but left behind him sundry unpaid bills, and
young lady to whom he was engaged to be
married.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-01-23

Mr.. Donohue several days ago providing for a
full investigation into the affairs lat the State
prison was amended SO as to make it a jointre-
solution providing for a committee of seven on
the part of the House and four on the part of
the Senate, and passed. The messenger boy
to appoint four pages at $3.50 per day.: This
occupied great portion of the session. The
only important general bill introduced was one
preventing KIDNAPPING of citizens under color
of reauisitions from governors of other States.
SENATE, Jan. 20.-A very brief session was
held to-day, the only item of general import
ance being the introduction of a bill PROPOSING
an amendment to the constitution preventing
cities counties and towns from giving aid to
railroads to an amount exceeding per cent.
of assessed valuation.
HOUSE, Jan. 20.-Not in session.