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SZhUi Ipfrlp g.. .Atep N,eD ~ i.ssiiey
bpuds irf SlGi 81. ...su Io!I.i H :. ..a
DOud ~, SSjib
Chls i. otaionss quarterly >et,sh-nt ~
Co. frea rcrappfoytd
Hiram solb,s s,hoo, fnnd inoitgagf re-
le.ined. -f ai.a,
Approsed Horace Phipps', II. L. sioTgan.,
y 1. htiifs.J VI. Traitors, X. J. Riehey's.
ThOs. Meyers, Saml. Floyd, and T.. iSatnp.
sons Bonds rs 0verseers
Accepted I. w. Grihn's resignation AS J.
Z. of Salt River Up.
Ordered an election OF directors to be held
in school Dist 3-64-lt; on June 7th ut 2 T. ~
Ordered the bridge Com to report costs
Of repairing johnson bridge in Wilson Tp.
Also TO repbrt the condition Of Gilmore
bridge In Morrow Tp. H ~ g
Appointed Benz. I. Morrow overseer Of
road Dist. Salt River Tp.
Geo. w. Gains petition TO have county
drain swamp land dismissed.
Thos. ]. Dockery's report on cost OF keep
ing the pupiIc roads in Dist. 3, Pettis TIP. 10
repair for the next two years was approved
and the cause dismissed. ~ @
Ordered the county clerk TO make out the
financial statement to be published in Week
y GRAPHIC for $50.
Geo. Melvin's petition for dram shop IL
cense was rejected. gr
ROAD CASES.
Geo. w. Jones petition for puplic road
Com. to view and report.
5. l.. Sage, petition for change of road,
same order.
Jas Lawson, same order.
Ira. w. Myers, same order.
a. j. Fight, road vacated.
Theo. Moye- road Comr. TO view.
Christian Eitel, road 10 be declared public
highway when the petitioner pays the dam
ages assessed by the jury.
III. Hagans and b. g. Reesman road Comr.
to view. >,
Edmond Greenwood, petition rejected.
james Ross, petition to yacaLe road reject
ed.
VI. B. Horton, proof made that the new
road IS in Il good travelling condition, old
road vacated and new route declared public
highway.
J. L. Rifenbarrick, petition to yacate road
rejected.
Jas. B. Hawkins, road Comr to view
VIM. Meeks, same order.
NJ. g. Deaton, petition rejected.
Isaac Morgan. q"
soloman Anspach, road Comr. to view.
J. A. McClanalan, road declared public
highway.
W. s. Bulklcy road Comr. to view.
The following road cases were continued
TO the August term: Jas. a. Adgers, James
Behymer's, j. X. McCloskey's, Chas. +. Grif-
fins, q. G. Arehart's, G. T. Rice's and VIM.
SoviEger's.
Ten cents on the 5100 was levied as n road
tax to be worked on the roads.
The following warrants were ordered on
the Treasurer.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Senator Vest OF this state is
said to be particularly anxious that his
friend Chester A, should receive the
republican nomination at Chicago.
-Charles O'Connor, the eminent
juris,, died, at his residence, Nantucket
island, on Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Langtry will exhibit her
selfin Quincy, Illinois, on the 24th.
Tickets So 90.
The Greenback convention at
Sedalia on I2th failed to materialize.
Mrs. Thorton, of the Boonvllle Meas
was the only delegate present. The
proceedings were painfully harmoni.
Gus.
On Tuesday the U. S. Senate
passed without debate, the bill to place
GeR. Grant on the retired list.
"A number of new announce
ments for county Offices appear il thi:
issue. See candidates department on
local page.
We learn through Judge Ellison
who returned from holding court in
Schuyler county, on Saturday night,
that the brick building containing the
Ereelsior printing Office, fell Saturday
afternoon, wrecking the Office material
pretty effectually. Three persons were
in the building at the time, but all o.
them escaped 1eious injury. The type
and cases which were in the second
story were badly pied, but the presses
on the ground floor escaped much dam
age. The building was one OF the
Oldest in Lancaster and mas been con.
sidered very unsafe for number u
years.
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Queries and Answers.

b j. E. c., Logan, Ia, writes: Please
give me all the information you can
about how to start, how to conduct
and what breed of hens to get to run
a successful poultry yard. What ind
of buildings, what sized yards, what
kind of fence to build and probable
cost to start with 1000 hens.
To reply to these queries in an ex-
plicit and satisfactory way would take
more time and space than we can
spare at present, in tina, the subject
matter, if treated as it ought to be
would make good sized book. How
ever, we will say in general way,
that the idea as entertained, the prob
able experience Of the queriest, togeth-
er With the location, are both injudl-
ciJ4s and unfavorable for a beginner
to start with thousand hens.
Our advice is you start at all, make
the keeping of poultry a secondary
pursuit until you are well experienced
in the business. Begin with a small
flock, say twenty-five, half Leghorns
and Plymouth Rocks. Apportion a
quarter of acre for every twenty-five,
and sutdivlded for dozen hens and a
COCK If you intend it for permanent
runs. Do not build expensive houses,
but rather look to cheapness, comfort,
warmth in winter, location and cleanli.
ness. Breed from this stock and save
your best pullets, but procure fresh
male birds, not related frequently.
With the increase of stock additional
quarters and runs must be provided,
and the additional flocks managed in
the same way as the first.
DO not be in a hurry to get too
many fowls on hand at once, gain
knowledge by degrees, study tie ma
ture, the habits and the wants of your
feathered charge. Make your prepar-
ations N season, and always keep in
mind the fact that as fowls multiply
the greater the danger is from sickness
and disease and consequently mark
ed decrease in the profits. If you
have plenty OF cheap land colonize
your focks so they may not come to-
gether. By the time you will have a
thousand hens hatched and reared, d.
vlded into flocks, houses and runs fit
ted up Tor them, and everything for
their comfort and health arranged,
your whole time will be taxed to man
age the concern.
Ifyou have no fowls Of your own,
the fall would be the best time to get
your stock cheap, but be sure to get
good ones, not necessarily show birds,
but healthy breeding fowls. The cost
of buildings and fencing should not ex-
ceed two dollars per head, if above
that two or perhaps three years will
pass by before you begin to realize the
least profits.
The location Of an extensive poultry
yard as you contemplate, should be
near a good market, by rail or wagon,
where you could obtain butchers
waste and slaughter house offal, to-
gether with the scraps from hotels and
restaurants. All the available land on
the poultry farm should be worked and
utilized for the benefit Of the fowls
Managed rightly thousand hens will
pay, but in the hands of a novice we
have some serious doubts that it will.
I-Amerifan POultry Journal.
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A GENEROUS ACT.

Let itneyer be said again that Van
derbilt is incapable of a generous act.
A New York telegram of May I 18th tells
the following story of the recent failure
of Grant & Ward. On Sunday last
General Grant went to Vanderbilt and
borrowed it is said, $15o. 900, to help
tide the Marine bank over its difficult
ties. MI. Vanderbilt loaned the mon
ey 70 General Grant, and on Tues
lowing both the Marine bank and the
firm of Grant & Ward failed. On
Wednesday Mr.. Vanderbilt had an in
terveiw with General Grant and asked
him to explain the affair. The gerer-
al had little to say; he had been asked
to borrow money for tie firm and did
it in good faith. The failure was as
much asurprise to him as any one and
he felt his position keenly. And he
said he would make all the reparation
possible and assigned all his property to
Vanderbilt. Mrs. Grant did the same,
including her Newport property. Two
hours before Mr.. Vanderbilt sailed ror
Europe to-day he sent for General
Grant, handed him all the deeds that
had been assigned to him and told the
general that he had no use for them;
he also told the general to pay the i5o.-
900 when he got good and ready, hop
ed the general would come out of his
difficulties o. X, and bade him a
cordial good-by.
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White School Report.

Monthly report of White school; district 2, town.
ship 6S, range II Tor the month ending May l9tn:
Pupils enrolled, IS; average daily attendance, So;
No, OF days attended by each pupil, lt-No. Of da Us
taught. The names of those who have not missed
day during the mon th are Dee Waddlll, John
Waddil, Uelilah Waddill. Martha fitzgerald,
sarahiAtweii, Alice Musson, Alaska Roberts, and
Lee Williamson. Names OF visitors are Miss
Esther Little, Mr.. James weliborn. Miss Melissa
sparks, and Miss Frances Tudor.
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Our Radical Ridge Reporter fur
nishes the following items : Mr..
Rowland's discourse Sunday was full of
good sound advice. There were few
visitors present, l.. w. Willis and wife,
OF New Hope. J. B. Dodson was out
shaking hands with his last winters
pupils. All glad to see him. If the
weather remainss good this week there
will be a large amount of corn planted.
Lizzie Bell, daughter of L. J. recently
got bean out of her ear that had been
there ten years. 1t was black. 1: had
not injured or affected her hearing in
any way. Walter Haywards daughter
Myrtle, is down with something like
the measels.t
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A sad story is this: A Newport
man has small boy whose name is
Tod. The family call him Toddy,
which has resulted most sadly-the
frequent mention of the name in pres
ence of the kind father has crawled
into his feelings to such degree that
now he is confirmed tipler.
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James, tLAINE.
lnRlGlsAl

ihHre'- iiold man IN Anrritca
~" has m iuagci. eni ~ isipgs llry ssy
He's called uncle Fam.
Aud he's happy ms riam.
Ifaiiairs Of the nation 90 Dls right way,
iie owns big house IN Washington
Alright good dwalllnR of mix white s"nf.
Anu ne wants some one
A reputable son
TO occupy the place when Arthur is done.
iie's searched all 'oer his fair domain
a worthy tenant TO obtain.
And James G. Blaine
A gentleman from Maine
is the choice of the people. that's very piAin'
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NEIGnBORHOOD NOTES.

Miss Ella Clark is city clerk of Edna
The appointment seems to give gener.
al satisfaction.
Gen. Van Cleve is announced as a
democractic candidate for nomination
as state senator.
The Shelby county democrats hold
a primary election on the 9TH CT June,
to nominate county candidates.
Somebody will get left ifthe mighty
demand ofthe people for chance to
vote on prohibition is refused by both
political parties in Missouri.
Huntsville Herald: 1t has been
mentioned as circumstance favorlng
the general purpose, and indicating an
extraordinary acreage'of tobacco this
season, that more extensive plant beds
have been sown than ever before, and
what is equally important, that the
pants are coming up we'll and growing
nicely.
Some school districts in Iowa, and
several in Missouri, are providing
storm caves near their school houses,
in which the scholars can take refuge
during storms. Many school houses
are far from any place of refuge, and
life is too precious and cyclones too
numerous to leave hundreds of chill
dren and scores of teachers without
any place Of refuge in times of danger.
Such places can be easily and cheaply
made, and all will feel safer for their
being there, even if never used.
By0Okfeld Gazette.
Trenton now has about $4,000 in
judgments standing against the town
on account of injuries, real or imagina-
ry, from defective sidewalks. The Re-
publican takes this view of the situa-
ton: at my be law, but we doubt
very seriously the equity of these vee-
diets. If every person who falls down
and skins his shin can sue the town
and collect excessive damage. it will
be better for the town TO go out of the
sidewalk business, and let these people
who pay no taxes, and are so ready to
sue the town, walk in the mud. ."-E1
New Cambria Herald: Barney Ken
nedy, Sr., has been making some ex-
periments the past few seasons to keep
grubs out of fruit-trees, and finds that
onions set out around the trees sure
preventative. He demonstrates this
by leaving some trees and putting the
onions around others, and the former
contained grubs, while the latter were
perfectly free from this evil that devas.
tates orchards.
A western woman writes a pleasant
letter telling how, years ago, she learn
ed the budding and grating of fruit
trees. She hated teaching, persuaded
her father to let her help him in his
fruit nursery. She had excellent sue
cess from the beginning and afterward
learned "all the niceties of grating
from an orange tree down to an apple
root" She found the business both
pleasant and profitable, and one which
women could work at as well as men.
What promised to be a pure love
match was broken off the other day
when a Philadelphla man discovered
that his intended bride had used foul
eggs in making pie when eggs were
forty-6ve cents dozen. After worry.
ing about it for a week he concluded
that woman so extravagant would
bankrupt him in five years.-PM2adel-
bhfa Ret0ya.
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Though corn should not be planted
until the ground is warm, there is an
advantage in early plowiag, partly to
give opportunity for warming the seed
bed. Some of the very best crops
have been grown on fall. plowed land,
with the manure spread on the surface
during winter. The need tor warmth
IN the seed bed makes freshly turned
4urow unsuitable for planting corn,
though it is all the better for oats or
Barley. But, if corn ground is plowed
early, cultivation, to mellow the seed
bed, Should be continued until plant.
ing time
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A Nashville man was fined $500 for
kissing female school teacher. II 1t
had been an ordinary young lady-but
then, school ma'am kisses come highs
but we must have 'em.
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As Chambord was dying, his father
contessor. raising his hand upward,
said, most impressively: Ascend to
Heaven, son of St. Louis" This Is
the cruelest blow Chicago has been
called upon to stand for long, long
years.
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The following dispatch to the Kan.
sas City Times Is the latest concerning
railroad prospects.
BRooKFIELp, Mo, April 3o.-A par
ty of surveyors went through just west
of town last week, and upon interview
ing them it was learned that they were
working on the proposed Chicago and
Kansas City route. Last winter they
surveyed through Bucklin and drove
what they then called permanent stakes,
but it seems that they are not satisfied
with the route and are surveying yet
another. 1t crosses the Mississippl
river at Keokuk, and that city is highly
elated over the prospects. 1t is an
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe enter
prise.
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illinois Bend School Report.

Report OF Illinois Bend scboo for the month be-
ginning April 18th and ending May 9Th. Number
bfpupils enrolled during the month. 2l; average
number of days attended by each pupil. u; number
OF visitors, s; names OF pupils neither absent nor
tardy during the month. Viola Hesner, Belle shu-
maker, Maudie Ciem- Nellie Ayres, Frances shu-
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When the dude said to the shoemak-
er, you will be certain to make my
shoes of calfskin, the reply was, Ger
tainly; shouldn't think of using any
other material for YOU"
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Illinois Bend Items.

Sabbath School at the Union
Church was organized on 27th.. ult.,
The following officers were elected: M,
G. Clem, Superintendent; Willie
Weatherford, Secretary; ]. Hawkins,
Treasurer. For teachers Mr.. !.
Heron, Mrs. Mary Dawdy, Miss
Lila Selby. Quite an interest is being
manifested by the people, and we hope
it may continue so.
Quite large congregation was out
last Sabbath to listen to the Rev. Rey.
nier, of Laplata, discourse. His ser
mon was an able effort.
Miss Annie Cunningham accompa-
MED by Miss Hattie Carney of Kinks
vile, spent Sunday at home.
Mr.. Willie Weatherford visited the
Normal last week. He speaks in
glowing terms of the school.
Mr. and Mrs. Atterberry, of Atlanta
made short visit at her fathers, Mr.
M. e. Glen of this place.
Mr.. Sin Nichols, who has been
absent in Dakota for some time, re.
turned home last week.
Serenade parties seem to be the
latest rage in this vicinity. BIJoU.
May IL, 1884.
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Illusions: A Psychological study. By
James Sully. Complete In two parts.
Part first. Price, IS cents. J. Fitz-
gerald, Publisher, 20 Lafayette Place,
New YORK.
The alterations of the mind always
possess avery deep interest, whether
they assume the form of insanity or on
ly indicate a departure more or less
wide from the assumed normal mental
constitution, The present work is
strictly popular in its character, and
gives very clear insight into the cur
ious phenomena which occupy the
disputed borderland lying between
entire sanity of mind and insanity.
Illusions of the senses and the illusions
of dreaming are bere traced TO their
physiological causes and many of their
most difficult problems solved. The
many narratives of singular cases of
illusion contained in this book, while
strictly authentic, are stranger than
fiction "
In printing, as In every other trade,
the best work is the cheapest; gives
better satisfaction to the printer and to
the customer, and enables the compos-
itor to be well paid for his work. A
badly printed article is worse than no
article at all. A tradesman had better
send no circular round TO his custom
ers than to send one on poor paper
and badly printed. 1t only goes into
the waste paper basket whilst the we'll
printed one is always read.-L0ndon
Printer and .StakfoHey.
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IF there had been little better
judgement in setting out the trees in
our public square the grounds would
have been nicely shaded by this time.
The corn-row system of setting out
trees is not the most artistic or the most
sensible method, by long odds. Nature
does such things better, and does not
leave streak of shade and streak of
sunshine across her woodland parks.
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The Executive Committee of the
Tariff Reform League have sent re-
quest to the Massachutts Congressman
to vote against the motion to strike out
the enacting clause of the Morrison
bill.
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A Boston man advertises that he re-
covers umbrellas. This man should
have good run of custom. We would
give him job ourselves if we thought
he could recover the silk one we lost
last spring.
Indians have no swear words in
their language. Indians are men of
action, not words, and it's the simplest
thing in the world for an Indian to
work out the most frigh.ful profanity
imaginable in very few minutes.
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DIED..

MORELOCk-Siss s. z. Morelock daughter Of
paYld ana Sarah Moreloek, OF Morrow township
,.aay snu. OF spinal disease. She was In her
twentieth year and beloved by ali who knew her.
''Hark tits the voice Of Jesus,
That bids thee raise thy soul in prayer,
y To the throne of God in Heaven,
And seek thy loved one there;
where hope! oh biessea hope TO mortaIs given!
The good shall meet again, In heaven. ~
E.B.
IODD-At her home near westviIIs. Charlton
TTousnty' mo- April 9th, Maggie wife OF j. r.
aDda mrs 1000 was tbs daughter of Lee Alex
alnuer, formerly resident OF KIrksyIIIe and
sister OF Mrs. o. c. snyder. A"'
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Wilmathville Notes-H C. Reynolds
is improving his residencs.-C. L.
Story of Greentop, visited this village
Sunday. Looking after his claim
JOHNNY OBrien IS still keeping Bache-
lors Hall Notwithstanding this is leap
year.-Miss Updyke will give litera-
ry entertainment, by her pupils at the
close of the term.-It Is rumored that
w. B. Reynolds will open a store
here.-Lots of new goods at Jay
Henry's.-Our church needs seating
and furnishing badly. Rev. Shanklin
OF the U. B. Church will preach next
Sunday morning
The above notes were furnished as by
Seldom" Hope Seldom will come
often.
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BORN.

Ru ooLPH-To the wife OF samuel Rudolrh Ma,
''h' nne boy. Mother and child doing finely
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ARiot In Quincy.

QUINCY, ILL, May Io.-The strik
ing moulders are responsible for two
rlois to-day. This morning load of
non-union men, being driven to work.
were stopped by gang of masked
men, and the driver, Charles Padel-
ford, was shot in the arm, shattering
the elbow, and non-union moulder,
George Peck, was shot in the palm Of
the hand. Both men were taken to the
hospital, others of the party were
chased for several blocks, stones
thrown at them and shots fired. A
party of non-union men from Detroit
were attacked as they got off the train.
Several were knocked down with clubs
and stones and injured in various ways.
A wagon met them at the depot to
take them to hotels. Several were un-
able to reach tie wagon and were run
away by the union men. Those who
reached the wagon were pel,ed with
stones until bevond range. The police
have been doubled and non-union men
are forbidden to appear on the streets
after night. Their hotel is guarded by
armed men. Serious trouble is ap-
pretended. There is strong talk of
appealing to the governor for aid.