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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-07-12

How the Account Stands

The great subsidized railroads OF
the United States have done their
utmost to beat the people OF the
money advanced to build the roads.
They employ the ablest lawyers.
pack the supreme court, as we'll ns
the land department with their tools,
and have thus far succeeded, not
only In obtaining land grants almost
without limit, but while charging
the people most exhorbitant prices
for railroad service, they refuse to
pay oven the interest upon what
they eve US. It costs the people
about So, O0O, 600 to pay interest on
money advanced to the Pacific rail-
roads, while transportation on them
is SO high that none but tho rich
need apply. Thus the long suffering
people build railroads for the rich to
travel upon, while they can do
naught but look at them on q map
and pay annual taxes upon the pur-
chase money.
Hero is the account as 1t stood on
June 30, 1882:
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-07-12
MANHOOD


NOW Lost, hOW K0StOfOOS
Just published, new edition OF Din. CuLUER-
WBlLB CKLBRAg&D ESSAY on the Radical Cure
OF SpermatHrhDA or Seminal Weakness, In
voluntary Seminal Losses, ImpOtency Mental
and Hhysicd Incapaclty, Impediments 70 Mar.
I1nge, etc; also, Consumption, Epilepsy and
Fits, Induced by selfzndulgence, or sexual ex-
tfAvAgan0A, &C.
Tho celebrated AAthof, In this admirable ee-
SUCCESSFUL practice, that the alarming consc-
Quenc06 OF Helf-abusc may be radically cured;
pointing out - mode OF cure ut once simple,
suHorer, no matter what hts condition may be,
may cure himself cheaply, privately and radi-
CAlly.
eIThis Lecture should De IN tho hArlds OF
every youth aad every man IN the land.
Sent under zeal, In plain envelope. to any
address, post uid, on receipt OF six cents or tive
TaI CtHvERWRIl MEDICAL CO.
II Asa st.. New ferk, n. TT
Post once h0x,lS0. 4iy1
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-07-12
CrREs
ROSE COLD.
IS NOT A
LIQUIl, on sEBrF.

HAVstEvER Apply by the fin
yer into tho nostiils Il viii be ABSORBED, ef-
tArrhal virus, causing healthy secreiione. II
-nllayB Inflammation, protects che memoranda
Innings OF the head from additional colds, COM
s, ana s Sic iesna, r,,,sf ara reaii5ed
by few applications.
A Thorough Treatment VIII Cure.
Unequaled for COLD In the llEAP, HeadasAe
and Deafness, On any kind Of mucous llembranal
Irritation. Send for circular. BY mail, prepaid,
b0c. a packnge-Stamps received. Sold BY all
Wholesale and retail druggists.
ely BROTHERS, Owego. n. r.
Fer sale In Cresco, by DR.. J. I. ClGmmer, Or.
u. G. Price and Chas. J. Webber. l6yl
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-07-12
It Seems to Satisfy

A family want. and / wonder how we
ever got along without parkcr's Gin
ger Tonic. 1t cured me Of nervous
prostration, and l have used it since
for all sorts Of complaints in our
family. Mrs. Jines, Albany. july
I have used Ely's Cream Balm for
Hay Fever, and experienced great
relief. I most cordially recommend
it rs the best Of all the many rene
dies / have tried. T. B. jerks, Law
yer. Grand Rapids, Mich. Price So
cents. 39t2
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-07-12
Strength for Mind and Body.

There is more strength restoring
power in a bottle Of Parker's Ginger
Tonic than in bushel or malt or a
gallon Of Milk. This explains why
invalids find it such u wonderful in
vigorant for mind and body. july
CLEANLINESS and purity make Par
ker's Hair Balsam the farorite for
restoring the youthful color to gray
h.ir. july
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Cy Go to DR.. Prices for
BIRD CAGES

figures. 22tf
The Golden Eagle one price Cloth
ing House, have ten lots or mems
Suits that contain from / to 8 suits
IN each lot; they arc worth from
5000 to Sl1.5O, and are marked down
to close out within the next 20 days
for $500, s4.C0, s4.75, $3.50, S6.75 aud
$3.50 q suit. Call early and get u
bargain before they arc all sold,
Wentworth s. Nichols.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-07-12
A GARD.

eB-T To oil who are suffering from
the errors and indiscretions OF youth,
nervous weakness. early decay, loss
OF manhood, &c, / will send rec
ipe that will cure you, FREE or
CHARGE. This great remedy was
discovered by a missionary in South
America. Send Il self addressed en-
velope to the Rev. Joseph 7. Inman,
Station D, N. Y. City. 7yl.
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loSO. low. .$lUo, - 8, 0O.C0
s(This road runs southeast instead
Of west, and was tho job by which
Wilson and Allison made their mon
ey through their official trusts, voted
themselves rich, and as q reward we
send them to the senate. y Iowa
Tribune.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-07-12
ELY'S
Cream Balm

has gained an envi-
able reputat'nwller-
ever known, displac-
Ing MI other prepa-
rations, An article
OF undoubted merit.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-07-12

Persons in town or country want
ing bran, shorts or ground feed OF
any kind will be furnished with the
same in any quantity desired from
the grange warehouse in Cresco at
the lowest rates. JOHN McHUGH.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-08-17
aa- Once for ALL we say to the Pr;nci,

Hag- Once for all, we say to the Pr;nci,
pals Of the institutions of learning in this
State and other parties wishing to advertise
in this paper, that we will not accept their
advertisements through Northern Ncwspa-
per Agents, to be first shaved by those
agents out of just allowance for such
services and then have to submit to another
shave Of 25 per cent for agents fees. Why
certain Colleges in this State want to take
25 per cent of their advertising patronage
out of Newspaper publishers hands to put
into Northern Advertising Agents pockets is
complete mystery to US, and VIC don't intend
to submit to it.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-08-17
Baptist Ministers Institute.

The Baptist Ministers Of Union County will
hold their next Institute at Mount Joy Chu ich,
commencing on Tuesday night after the third
Sunday in September 1888. NA
PROGRAMME.
l. Sermon by Rev. A. j. Hires, for criti-
cism.
2. Exegesis, by Rev. g 7. seaife, on Matt. 18th
Chapter, Is, 16. IL, 18th verses, for criticism.
3. Are not Baptist churches too indepe dent
To be discussed by Revs. W. P. Smith, ]. T.
Jeter and others.
4. The anxious seat measure; ana when
should the doors Of the church be opened dur
ing q protracted meeting. To be discussed by
Revs. j. II. Pucket, } T. Gwin and others.
81 Sermon, Wednesday night, by Rev. G.. T
Scaife on the relations that should exist bet weeu
pastor and his church.
Y. j :. s ,S%ES S4ISH,' 5SST' Committee.
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Death of Miss Nettie Bourne.

Died, in Galloway County, Missouri, at the
residence her adopted Father, Mr.. Y. p.
Robards, on Saturday. August 4th, 1888, Miss
Nettie j. G. Bourne, aged 10 years.
Miss Bourne spent some months in this town
this year, on visit to her Uncle, j. NJ Gibbs,
and family. and had left here only few days
before the announcement Of her death was re.
ceieved. Although not entirely unexpected, the
sad news sent a thrill of grief through the heart
Of many friends who had made her acquaint.
ance while she was with us. Before leaving us il
was evident that that insidious and never erring
destroyer, consumption, had set the seal ofdeath
upon her young life, and that only q few brief
days would clapse before it would claim her as
its victim. Patiently and submissively she
awaited the inevitable summons, and when il
came, calmly and serencly her pure young spirit
left IFS earthly home-so brief in time and
in joys so few TO her--and assembled to eternal
joys above.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-08-17
Marrow Gauge Railroads.

\ We ask our roaders-particularly those
Opposed to marrow gauge" railroads.&c.
read the fine article upon that subject to be
found.i in another column. taken from the
Augusta Chronicle.
Some time since the war We heard one OF
the best business and Railroad men in the
State say IF all the railroads in South
Carolina had been built upon the narrow
gauge plan they would have been able to
do all the carrying business required; saved
the State from a heavy endorsem cnt debt,
and the roads, instead of being sold out to
foreign capitalists, would now be owned by
our people 1t was the debt abo0e the cost
Of the narrow gauge that swamped our
railroa property"
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Where the Cold of Last week Came From

Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights of last
week were uncommonly cold in this religion, for
August weather, and the following dispatches in
the daily papers explains how it came and where
from:
A TERRIBLE STORM IN IowA.-Des Moines
Iowa, August "a terrible hail storm passed
down the Nashnabotna Valley Tuesday night,
resulting in great destruction to growing crops
and farms. Near Adebolt Mrs Larson was
killed and several persons were wounded. The
hail fell to the depot of five feet in places
Trains J.. the branch Of the Rock Island and on
the main line of the Chicago and Milwaukee
Road were blocked The path of the storm was
four miles wide. Everything was literally
destroyed, The loss will probably exceed
$500 600
Chicago, August Especial dispatches report
that severe stern prevailed in Shelby, Cass
and Pottawattomie counties, Iowa, last night
Growing crops were levelled to the ground and
considerable damage to other property was done.
The track of the Storm was FIVE miles wide Near
Brayton twenty-five head Of cattle were killed
by being stampeded and running down an en-
bankment. At Loran nine freight cars were
blown from the track.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-08-17

THREE RUNAWAY BoYs. The Atlanta COnsti-
tion of Saturday says 1.-The neighborhood of
Mitchell and Markham streets is in ferment
over the mysterious disappearance of three
small boys. Their names ere James Wrinkle.
Jim Bowen and little son of man Eamcd
Johnson, who resides in that locality. The boys
left without leave on Wednesday last, and no
definite information from them has yet been
secured. IL is said that they left by the State
road and went rs far as Dalton Dy arranging n
platform under passenger car and crawling in
under the car. lfthey did it was exceeding
ly hazardous journey. The boys all had on their
Sunday clothes, which they secured in very
novel way in order to avoid suspicion. Each
boy told his mother that he had secured work
up town, and, Of course, it was the proper thing
to look nice, AMI the Sunday clothes were hand
cd out without more ado. 1t was necessary, too,
to have little money on hand. and Jim Wrinkle
told his mother of certain article Mt an auction
house that he was exceedingly anxious to possess
and which was going dirt cheap. His mother
'let him have five dollars, and that set him up
for the journey. The other boys also succeeded
an securing funds. The mothers of the boys
are greatly distressed, and are anxiously await.
ing any news from the absconders."
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Darlington Cotton Factory.


The Darlington Correspondent of the Charleston
Ne,cs and Courier thus writes Of the prospects Of
the cotton Factories to be built at that place
and Florence.
Tie enterprise, both at this place and at Flor
| encc, bids fair to be success Not only have me
of means gone into the venture but. what is better
still, clerks on small salaries have invested in
one or two shares. This of itself shows that the
spirit of progress is abroad, and that our people
recognize the improvement in the condition of
| the country. With the mills and the cotton
fields near to each other, with us it will not be
| n question Of tariff tariff, hard money or
soft, but we will only ask to be let alone in the
\ g~cNt work before us--thnt of material
development.
The fact that young men with "small salaries"
are investing in these Enterprises shows the
great interest that oil classes Of the people there
are taking in it. When see the young men
of community coming forward to do what lies
in their power to establish enterprises for the
prosperity of all around thom, we can safely
predict for that community q thriving and pros
perou, future.
Such young men have thu true spirit of enter
prise in them, and it will grow rs they grow in
years; and their reward will come when they
participate in the grand results of their first
Investments We care not how small the amount
invested by young man may he, he will fee,
~ great an interest in the success Of the enter.
prise rs those of moro abundant means who
invest large amounts, and he is really entitled
to more credit, for, in nine cases out of ten
it will demand greater sacrifices to meet the
payments.
1t cannot be denied, we think, that the present
business outlouSbr the young men OF this com
munity--at loast those not now in business 70,
| theuselves-is very discouraging, and it will
get more gloomy every year, if something is moi
done to create and attract business at this point
After all, it is the young men who will be mostly
benefited by the success ofthe enterprises now
being established in the South, and the young
men should actively encourage them; in every
way doing what they can toward building then
up. Let the clerks and other young men in this
town do as the clerks of Darlington have done
and the proposed cotton Factory Mt Union will
| no longer be q matter of doubt.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-08-17
A Broom Drill.

The officers of the County Agricultural
Association are determined to give to the
next Fair all the attraction and interest that
can be gathered around it. Among the
novelties they are anxious to introduce is
Broom Drill. This is simply company
of young Ladies, who will go through the
manual Of arms" with brooms instead of
muskets, and perform all the the evolutions
of we'll drilled and regular oficercd mill.
tary company.
Exhibitions of the Broom Drill in Sumter
and other places in this State have been
received with great favor and satisfaction,
and they are becoming very popular in
fctos gotten up fol the benefit oSecharch,
charitable AMI local public enterprises We
should like to see tho young Ladies' take
this feature of the Fair attractions in hand.
While it is quite a novel exhibition, there
is nothing unbecomins or at all objectiona-
BILE in it; Ladies alone control it from
beginning TO cnd-organizc the company,
elect all the officers from among themselves.
and select their own drill master. Wrcre
these drills have been exhibited the M ost
respectable Ladies in the communities have
taken active parts in them, and the Captain
is always Lady Of high social standing.
There is but little difference between the
Broom Drill and the Calisthenics taught in
schools. 1t is equally as good exercises.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-08-17

HARD To KILL.-A correspondent of the
Greenvlle Ners writes to that paper rs follows :;
John Bridgman, who shot himself while on
the top of CLASSY Mountain on the 22d of July
is alive and improving. He went to church
intoxicated, and was showing his friends who
were demonstrating with him, how he could
handle pistol. The weapon was loaded and he
was waving 1t around his head when il suddenly
fired. The bullet entered under his chin, to the
right and near his throat, ranged through his
mouth, and, striking the inside of the skull
just above,the left eye, glanced and followed the
skull to the top of the head. The skull was
fractured from the place where the missile struck
il to the top, where it stepped, not having force
enough to penetrate the skin. DR.. Mooney,
who was Immediately sent for, thought the bullet
had dropped back into the brain, and went to
work to find it. lie removed ten pieces of frac-
.turcd skull Immediately over tie brain and
probed for the ball, but failed to find it, Brdg
.inan is now able to walk about the house,
although the greater part of his brain is almost
exposed, there being no covering over it but
the skin. Bridgman's recovcryis not so remark
able when the tenacity with which the whole
Bridgman family cling TO the brittle thread of
life is considered. His father had his Uranium
busted with an and survived. His broth
er had the trifing mishap of having rife barrel
bent by powerful blow across his skull, and
also survives. The only way to kill ore of the
family successfully is to cut his head off and then
hide it.
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Shall the Factory be Abandoned ,

Without any Information direct from TIE cons
mittee on subscriptions TO build n Factory at
Union. we confess that we can neither see or
hear any life in the effort. We are told that the
subscription has not been increased ohe dollar in
suJsglloe. .95at aS hyl subser;5s; (n 3s ~ o
life, no spirit in the movement. We sincerely
regret to say that on ominous apathy per yades
the community, foreboding no good, and itlooks
| as if our charg, of few weeks ago, that this is
"a dead town." that there is ono business enter.
prise among our merchants and business men
is 10 be fully verified.
All acknowledge that something must be
done 70 keep the grass from monopolizing our
streets and to retain what little business
now comes to the town, but few will leave
their business long enough to take an active
part, or risk the least sacrifice of time or money
to dispel the present gloom and avert the des.
tructon that threatens all interests in the
future.
Even with the xperience Of all around us that
Cotton Factories yield sure and profitable divi-
dends, enhance the value f real estate for miles
around them, increase the por ulation, introduce
diversity OF cmployments and give life and
stimulus to business of all kinds, our citizens
seem to keep aloof from it with as much caution
rs they would to avoid the. cholera or u book
agent.
We have too many doubling Thomases among
US. There is too much az don't think it will
ever be built ;"'I don't know whether it will
benefit me-" 81 want to sec whether they can
get up tho amount before l subscribe ~ want
to know who is going to manage il :" dom
know whether can meet the instalments -
"whcn this or that man subcribes more will
put my name down :" 81 don't want to see this
town any larger than it is," and so on to the
end of a long chapter of doubts and suspicious
Gentlemen, away with such quibbling. Go to
one Of the committee at once and place your
names on the subscription list for every dollar
that you think you can possibly meet by install
mcnts, and don't let it be said that after q
stranger came and offered to invest one-sixth OF
the capital necessary to commence on, the whole
Town of Union either wouI not or couli not
raise the other ive-siXth to establish an enter
altogether TO the benefit of themselves and the
community in which they live, besides bringing
the capital of the other one sixth from another
section TO be operated here.
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For the Times
Teach Children to use their own Language with
Precision and Force

Teach Children to use their own Language with
Precision and Force.
Mr.. EDIron 81 submit to the grave con.
sideration Of the patrons and readers cf your
paper, especially that portion Of them who ocaus
py the responsible yelation Of parent, the follow
ing brief article by Prof. Huxley, q name not
entirely unknown to fame. 1t will DO seen at O.
glance that the question presented by the arti-
ole referred to, although embraced in the mar
rowest conceivable limits, is, nevertheless, one
Of moro than ordinary magnitude, namely,
whether, in the education of your offspring, by
pursuing the course indicated by the author,
their success will not be greatly facilitated In
acquiring "the habit Of using their own Ian
guago with precision and force," thereby fitting
them for greater practical usefulness in this,
utilianan age than by pursuing the hackneyed,
system of juvenile culture, in the vain attempt.
to acquire even superficial knowledge-the,
utmost limit to the most sanguine-of the hid
den mysteries, enshrouded for centuries In the.
dead languages Of Homer aad Cicero.
PROGREsSI on.
al have said before, and repeat Il here, that
IL man cannot get literary culture Of the
highest kind out Of his Bible, and Chsucer,
and Shakespeare, and Milton, and Hobbies, and
Bishop B"rkeley--to mention only few Of our
| ilustrious wriiers-I say IL he cannot get it out
of these writer's he cannot get IL out Of any hing;
and would assuredly devote q large portion Of
| the time Of every English child to the careful
study of the models Of English writing Of such
varied aud wonderful kind as we possess, aud,
what Is still more important. and still more neg
| lecttd, the habit Of using that language with
precision, and with force and with art. I fancy
we are a!most the only nation in the world who
seem to think that composition comes by nature.
| The French attend to their own language, the
Germans study theirs; but Englishmen do not
| seem to think il worth their while"
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joys above,
A Fatal Accident.

N aLal Accident.
On Saturday last Horace Hopson, n colorcd
man. met with fatal accident while cleaning
out a we'll on the premises where he lived,
belonging to the estate of Hon. T. B. Jeter.
II appears that Horace had drawn the water
from the we'll and had gone down to cl can out
the dirt and wash the sides. His wife and
sisterin-law were at the windla. above, and
heard something heavy fall in the well On
calling to Horace, he said something about his
head hurting: on calling the second time he
did not answer, when the women raised an
alarm and called for assistance. A colored man
was let down in the bucket and found that q
rock from the side Of the well had fallen upon
the brain. After q severe tustle the unfortunate e
man was tied in the bucket and drawn to the
top. lie spoke only few words and was taken
to the House. On examination it was found
that the crushed skull was resting heavily upon
the brain and his nervous system had received
terrible shock. lie remained unconscious
until Monday night, when he died.
Horace was an Industrious, honest man, q
quiet and orderly citizen, and much respected
by both white and colored
He was member Of the colored Lodge Of Odd
Fellows Mt this place and was buried by the
Lodge on Tuesday, the members turning out in
full force, and presenting as respectable and fine
an appearance as any body of colored men we
ever saw. The funeral procession was the largest
and most orderly of any colorcl funeral ever
seen in this town
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Rad REronTs FROM TEXAS CoTToN.-St Louis
August 8.--A dispatch from Austin, Texas,
says: The reports from the cotton fields are
exceedingly discouraging. During the past
three or four days the worms in The lower part
OF this county have completely stripped tie
leaves from the plants ana are attacking the
bolls. Not one-fourth of a crop will be made,
and on s5me plantations many fields will be
almost total loss. On the Brazos the great
river cotton belt, drought is injuring The 6 op,
and blooms and squares are dropping before
maturity. From the indications about one half
of the cotton belt ofthe State will gather n hail
crop. Other points yield quarter ofan average
crop.