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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-14

DID Kn WILL BUY A NO. /
sW~sOO calf boot at A. Zun.
delowitz, the One Price Clothier.
INOR ALBUMS AND FRAMEs GO
Il TO Bcrtrand's.
I,OR RHEUMATISM. CHAMBER.
T lain's Pain Balm has no equal.
It not only relieves the pain but
cures the disease. Sold by Glen.
nler.
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III EAo

Ashsihsy 49, eealno1 press.se y tA1se 80
nsisly tAeIr enodEeas DOES nos Cd Aue. anA tAoss
who once try them VII asd thss little pills saic-
shis is - EaAny w~ys list they vmnos p wing
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-14

ITANDARD CALICOS At 3 CTS
- per yard, Standard Sheettngs
~, 81 - " II per yard at A. Zun-
,l,iowi,y.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-14

House and 3 Lots In CrescO for sale.

Three lots with plenty or small
fruits, apples, plnms and cherries In
hrarius, franc house 2Ox26, two
stories, m nnfailing well Of water,
n comfortable barn. situated In the
west part of town, will be- sold NJ 4
bette, bargain than can br had on
III. other as valuable property In
Ireaeo. Eos terms and further par-
,'rnlurs apply ut 81 address this
Office lSf
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-14

EOR THE BEST WORK AND THE
u truest pictures go to Towns'
gallery.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-01-08
Rarnn,n,s VIII.

New YeRx. December S.-P. 1. Bar
mum has just made his vii, The viii
aud it's codlciles cover more than TOO
pages of legal cap, closely written, and
disposes OF real estate and rersonal
property OF the value OF $4,000, GOO 20
q heirs. His bequests Tor charitable
purposes Gse numerous and large.
Among the benesciaries are the Chaplin
Home, Chisdreh's Aid Society. Old
Meu's AID Women's Homes, and the
society of Assist Males and Femslef
over Is years OF age. of this city; Bridge
port Orphan Asylum, Bridgeport Hos
pitsl, and other Bridgeport societies.
Mr.. Barnum also makes provision for
certain worthy charities.aby bequeathinQ
to them q stated percentage OF the an
nusl profits accruing from bis share in
the iBarnun and London shows. To
the city of Bridgeport be secures The
only water front not already seized by
private corporations, with dock upon
| it costing $50, 600. for twenty zone years
after his death, during which time bis
executors are forbidden to sell OF lease
it, lis object being ''to prevent MOE
fopoly of lhe freight and passenger traf
| fc bv any one line OF steamers between
New York and Bridgeport, and to pre-.
serve to Briagepoft and others The ad'
vaniuge of reasonable rates for freight
/ and passage 'LeiSeen SAID cities"
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ROAD NOTICE.


NOTICE is hereby given that petition
IN will be presented to the Commissioners
of Monroe county. at their next session, to
be held on the 6rst Monday Of March, A. D,
1854, praying faf-'the establishmeut of 8
county road along the following described
route in said county, 10 Wit: Beginning in
the county road leading from Woodsdsid to
Baresville, en- the lands belonging to David
MeKelysy, near the mouth Of Pratts' Ran,
where the road leading down Crane's Nest
Fork of Mnskipgum Greek leaves said
Baresville roadi thence down the creek roa
crossing Pratt's Run to point at or near
where "a old road leavea said creek road;
thence the nearest and most practicable
route through the lands of David McKelvey,
the lands belonging to the heirs Of John
Duvall, deceased, David McKslvey, W. y.
Pennell, r. Grant, Jacob Afolder. Sarah ST.
Johus, 5 B. Tracy and ending on lands oi
J. J. Cloudy IN the county road leading from
the Woodsdeld and Clarington road to crans't
Nest Fork near the dwelling house Of VIM
Alexander. fH,lrioNEKe.
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GF Eight years ago Virginia City and
Gold Hill, ,sdjoining each other amt prac
tically one town, had 55, eco population.
There were merehsnis doing business
With million capital Thers were pri-
vate houses iha, coat 100000 to build
and furnish There were stamp mills aud
mining structures that co-t $500, 600
There we're three daily ne wspapels, and
hotel that cost $500 GOO. Among tue
people we're score OF men worth from
S3O0,O0O 10 S39, 1000, 600. Mackay and
Fair both lived there. There were three
banks, 8 gas company, water company.
a splendid tneaier and costly court
house Eight years have passed and the
town is wreck The 35 900 people
have d~indled to 5 600; the banks have
retired from business; the neichants
have closed up and left; the hotel is
Abandoned, the gas compsLy is bank
rupt, ,snd scores Of costly residences have
either been taken TO pieces and moved
svay or given over TO. balls Rial estate
rarnot be given away for taxes. Moth
ino can be sold that will cost it's worth
TO- mpve away. The rich men have all
goue. Those who remain are the mi
ntrs, their superiptendents, and the sa'
loon men ana gamblers. The mines are
| worked out. ,lsss
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Frighttnl railroad Disaster.

TeRoNTo, CANADA. January 2-One
OF The most frightful railway accidents
that ever occurred in Canada, took place
t..is morning at i've minutes of seven.
About htteeni minutes previous suburb
an train consisting OF q dummy engine
and two cars on the Great Western di-
vision Of the Grand Trunk left tue Union
Station, having aboard about sixty pas
sengers, chiefly employees Of the bolt
and iron works as Humber. residing In
the city, who were going to their work
Eich was happier than the other. and
although the weather was piercingiy cold,
Ethe gale blowing snow against the car
windows. the merry crowd did not heed
it as thev told how they spent Nav
Years. On rounding sharp curve
Just before reaching the bolt works, the
fengineer saw q freight train coming
lthundering down the grade towards him.
he reversed hia engine, blew warning,
and with the fireman Jumped for bis life.
The conductor heard the warning and
shouting.
slump Boys for Your Lives"
sprang into the snow. In second
more thare was terrific crash. The
engine OF the freight train knocked the
holler of the dummy clear though The
first car. crushing the unfortunate pas
sei gers 10 every direction and piuning
many to the q or. Tue impetus was So
grea! that the engine actually mounted
the truck oil the dummy, which kept the
rails aad remained on ia balance. Tic
engineer of the fright train when ht
saw that, the collision was inevitable
prang from the engine, but Thomas. the
fireman, was killed instantly. To add
10 The horror of The scene the boiler oi
the dummy exploded and the steam and
boiling water scslded and carried death
or terrible injuries to the mangled and
bieading mrn Then the ERE, as il mad.
iened al the other agencies clulchiDg SO
many victims, broke out and completed
the sickening wo.k OF destruction -
Shrieks, gfoans and
Heartrcnding Cries fer Help
from the agonz d euffsrers rent The hlr,
Several poor fellows suffering untold
agonies, ith limbs and bodies hurDt 10
crisp, piteously implored those near
them 70 pour water upon their scalded
limbs. or put an d TO their sufferings
Strong men looked on appalled, ani
mkny sn eve was dim wi tears. Every
possible phase OF Disagreement was 10
be seen. limbs cut. bruised, mangled
bali eaten awsy-by Gre, swollen to an
enormous size by steam and water. No
possible horror is left 20 the imagination,
No more awinl scene could be Witnessed
The first passenger car was tota|
wreck. and many hours. elapsed befor,
the poor fellows butied beneath the de-
hris were extticsted.
The latest accounts place tbenupbeI
OF dead at ~. MANY OF the injured ore
not expected 10 recover.
4
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William A. Piper OF Californis-aD-d

William "A. Piper ot California-"D-6
hog"
Gilbert C Wslker OF virginia Is ip.
perry fellow Don'tt,ust him much" {
John Phones OF Nevada smal
gun compared with. Gould 8
Efigy Sargent Of Calfornia = Wor'i
Las much as any six new men,
Peter d. Wiegintor, OF Wisconsin,
ga good fellow; growing every day"
Simon Il. Conover OF Florida-"A
clever fellaw, hut don't go money ou
him.. He may want TO boItow sous
money" iEIIi 81
John A Kqsson RI fpwa-., 0nr friend
in Corgress, and he has never lost US q
dollar"
John Fl Mitchell OF Oregon Is moi
for Is as he was, although he sa, he
is.' Gould went TO Washiretnn abou,
!Mo weeks since .and.s ! KNOW saw
Mitchell"
The value oi this correspondence Ia
The public lies in the facl that it WIS
written in perf.ct sincerity. snd without
the lesstitiea that IL would tv,r tall IN.
der ether ewes than these ior which il
was Intended Like the memoranaum
hook Of O,kes Ames, the diary OF I'D
Newell, and the secret corruption list Of
the Kansas Pacific managers, II was de-
signed exclusively for private intorma-
ton. Nobody will suppose for an in.
slant that Huntington wss misleading
his friend and business partner, either in
regard to bis own doings al Washington
or in regard 10 those of his adversary,
Scott. When such documents reach the
public, either by accident or through the
qusrrslh OF old associates and the chan
ces of Irrigation, the cause OF honest
government is the gamer. II these let:
iers, in an incidental way reveal SO
much, whst could not Mr Huntinsto.
tell II be va. subjected to rigid cross
examination al the hands of eompetent
in eslioators.
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CARLISLE'S RIG HIT HAND.
A Pen Portrait of the Chairman OF
Ways and Means.

4
Morrison Is a Singular produet ofthe
! fiat prairies OF lower Illinois, 7says She
Springfield Republican. Personally he
rs knotty nan Of feet 8, good pro-
portion, well shaped head, when bis hail
IL not so disheveled as 10 conceal it.
hushy eyebrows, black eyes, full Of fun
rritashpmorous wrinkles summing from
the esrnels cf them. gr'zz!y gray beard
End mnustachP, cut short, small hands
FOR a farmer ana enviously small feet
He loves a slouchea, ielt hat; his han
are more conslor,able when shoyed into
his pockets lhsn anywhere else except
when plowfng through the locks Of bis
hair, which they leave stan ling ~
straight on end, and crossing each other
| like the paths Of labyrinth, careless
about his clothes, but neater wi,hal thsn
y good many statesmen. and very fond
Of high polish on his boots. Mentally
be is brighf, bright as precocious child.
with superb gift for contaensing per
| feet description OF man or principle
intu word or two, as when he spoke OF
Sunset Cox as q tom tit, or OF Tom
Reed as pin prickey 0f debate, or Of
Robeson IS man who built pickle
fence to stem the ocean OF debate, who
thought because the picket point, STAT
Tered the waves q little he had damned
up the sea He Is as fond as Lincoln
ever was of adjoining point with an
anecdote, and he loves 10 lean against q
pillar in Willard's lobby, rubbing his
back against it. and talking sense, wi,
aud ncnsense to throne in front OF
him He does not know the taste OTTO.
bacco, but will sip hot punch now and
then tor sociabllity. He is no studcn,,
vet he knows many things; be is no
reader, yet he manages to keep abreast
Of the times. He learns bv intuition
and he reasons like q woman on the
jump. He iefes the Republicans OF III
inois 10 gerry-mander district so as TO
heat him, and be can nreak a trouble
some caucus or Q1ell y revolt IS Rarey
used to vicious colt. Yet nf all places
in the world the House uf Representa-
ttves seems most unified for him. He
is strong in the caucus, the private coun-
ell, the committee room, but he is a
changed man on the foor of the House
never heard him make a five-mmute
speech, and even in that short lime b..
can not speak we'll He says himself
that be loses his wits when he rises to
speak. and that il has been The bane Of
his life 10 find that he can not think on
his feet. After he SAYS 'Mr. Speaker
the Bill Morrison he knew is gone, and
another fellow, diiliient, un,hinkine
stranger takes his place. He doesn't
knnw himself. Such, in brief, is Mr..
Carlisle's legislative right hand, the lead
'er of his party, and promising csudi.
date of the Democracy for the 2 esifen-
ICY. Does he want TO be President ?
somebody asks. Want to be2 The
skillfullest politician never concealed
that fever after it once got into his blood.
NJ such consummate master OF emo
ons or OF himself ever lived as 10 hide
that ambition. II is written on mems
faces as il 10 red ink that is indelible,
and no. man was ever thus marked with
redder ink than Morrison.
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NOTICE no TTEAUHEa Eass.

FIlHR Board Of Rxamissrs Of Monroe cesnty
/ vii. hoh meetings for the examination
Of teachers as follows:
woodsfeld, Saturday, February l6, 1854.
sse March -.
Those desiring certificates Of any. srads
must be examined.
Examinations to commence at . o'olssk.
ny order Of the Board
janl l,'s4td. JANIS A. WATSON Clerk.
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Home Items.
f-"All your own fault
If yon remain sick when ysu can
Get hop bitters that AeSer-Fda

All yOut OWh
Is If yon remain sick when ysu csn
IS Get hop bitters that Aeser-Faa
The weakest woman, smallest child
and siekest invalid can use hop bitters
with safety and great good.
Oh men totterine around fiom
Rheumatism kidney trouble or any weak
ness will be almost new by using top
hitters.
My wife and danRhter were made
healthy by the use Of hop bi'ters and ]
recommend them to my people.-Meth
odist Clergyman.
Ask any good doctor if hop
sBittsrs are not the best family medicine
On earth.
-Mslarisl fever. Aeue and Bilious.
Dess. will leave every neighborbood as
soon as hop bitters arrive.
"My mother drove the paralysis and
neuralgia all on. ef her svstrm with hop
Filters Ed. Oswe9o San.
keep tho kidnsvs healthy with hop
hii,ers and You need MT fear sickness
--Ioe waiter is rendered harml. ss and
more refreshing and reviying With hop
bitters In each drsught.
IS the vigor OF youth for the aged
and infirm in hop bi,ters!
-"At the change of life nothing equals
Hop bittcrs to allay all troubles incident
: Thereto"
- The best periodical for ladies to
take monthly and from which they will
receive the greatest benefit is hop Bit
ters."
Mothers With sickly. fretful, nnrs,
ing chiliren, will cure the children and
benefit themselves by taking hop Di,lers
daily.
Thousands die annually from some
form of kidney disease that night have
been prevented by timely use OF hop
hit,ers.
Indigestion, weak stomach, irregu
llarities Of The bowels, cannot exist when
hop bitters are used.
A timely use of hop
Bitters viii keep whole family
In robust health year at little cost.
TO produce real genuine sleep and
child-like repose all night, take little
bop bitters on retiring
--Tnst indigestion or stomach gas at
nigst, preventing rest and sleep, will
disappear bv using hop bitters.
--Paraly,ic, nervous, tremulous old
ladies' are made perfectly quiet and
sprightly by using hop bitiers.
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a TIMELY use OF mop
Bitters will keep whole family
VALUABLE FARM
no ACRES, FOR SALE.

CITUATB in Belmont county, miles north
y west Of Bellaire,. mile Of Quincy station
on the B. & o. 4. B., / miles of W. T. v. R
r. and only miles from Wheeling and
Bridgeport. Said farm is well watsred by
running springs; good orchard Of $50 trees
Of choice varieties; buildings fair. saii farm
is In high state of cultivation we'll ss. in
grass, well timbsred, and will bs sold on
reasonable terms and easy payments.
Call on or address, J. &. DIX IN,
Beallsville, Monroe County, ohie,
faup SQ4
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ROAD NOTICE.

NJOTICE Is hereby given that petition
IN !sillbs presented 70 the Commissionsrs
ef Monroe ,oounty. at their next session, g
he held on the hrst Monday Of March, p
1854, praying for the alteration Of the connty
road leading from the Potts meeting hons 70
b. J. DORIS milf, inssaid county, as follows:
Beginning In the county Rad near the south
west corner Of Il J. Doris mill house, for
m.rly W. s Mooss's mill: thence thrcu d
the lands Of w. s. Moose, NJ. Burkhart. F
Burkha,t and Z, Psith. and ending At or nea
the west end OF said Faiths dwelling house
jams, ,.S4td. PkffTl0NERS,
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And noi,e given said several tracts, os parts
the tax ard penalty M
the court house sad county on
said and penalty paid before
tue be continued from day to day until the SAID several
shall sold or offered tor sale
December ~ lss3-w2. -. A. ATKINSON, $
County Auditor.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY s, 1854.
DE Address all letters:
aTHE SpIRIr or DRMocRAc1,-
Woodsaeld,
Monroe County,

The iowboa. 1. N. Bunton struck .
pier At Davis Island, below Pittsburgh,
swung round and sunk on a bar at the
head of The island, on the morning OF
the zi inst. A short time sfier she
caught Ore and burne to the waters
edge. Some four persons are thought
to have lost their lives.
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ROAD NOTICE. 8.

NOTICE is hereby given rthat . petition
IN Nill be presented to the ccnmissisnsss
Of Monroe county, At their next session, 70
be held on ths frst Monday in Marsh 4. B.
1854. praying for the sstablishnsst Of :
county road along the following dsscrihe&
route in said county, 10 Wit Bsginnins II
the oou-ts road knownsss the 4. Rsisbsck
road Aon tbs lands OF Joel faviqrin csstsr
township, a. tue most suitable pan nershs4ss
of said Taylorss dwelling house, thsucs
swsst~ardly throagh the lands cf &osl fsy-
lor, the laads belonging 70. the hsirs Of A.
Reisbsck aud the lands Of 3, christnsr, -
intsrssct the county roaf lea lima along tbs
south branch Of Stsud'ng S.ous Run. ensAs
lands of said Christnsr hear the mouth 81
said run. PkttTI0Nkk.
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DELINQUENT TAX SALE.

The Lands Lots and Parts of Lots returned Delinquent by
the Treasurer of Monroe County Ohio together with the
Taxes and Penalty charged thereon agreeable to law,
contained in the following list, viz
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- 'ols sIeHnW HIS 'sl0!qo
ogpueH o!lqueo pue usu!I HIS 70 eiss lspHoH pusI9
.saurY = = ssspd
,.sao1 sq, lspoqua susqeAs
'9ETG9CosIsH HrIIS'SxIrIIS - NIIEEIHI2
o,sp .As j, sus~1 sunuus .oos
$ d - II . AA isa X q III " II
80
puu qmo IL
6 sSaHH0ES 4DNVdF DO AV4dSIQ 0NYdDa
sass /. ,.....s.s S. ,sa .,- a. .na.4
.su.o xH suuo zN spns
oio1a' A77MEf AoNVI 10 EMIT lNVH313 =
Y sIt ssssusssnpus xnssa sulduo3 sssstK &
.fsoTOT9.EV A0u1.I.
- ~ saaiad s1IlovsaIv as
'ssMaAoN AppaoH = seulls!!lq9 ~ ssiis'rnbpssH si
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-
c P. Hux1iseros, Vice President Of
the Central Pacific Railroad. wrote Sc
ries of letiers 10 the late D D. CoLroN
Vice President Of the Southern Pacific
Railroad, during period extending
from 1874 10 1878. while important leg
sslstion was pending in Congress affect
inp those roads. These letters have
been obtained from CoLToE's widow, aud
given 10 the public They exhibit 8
phase of life at Washington disgracelul
toihe nation The NJ 7 Sun says;
1t Was for the possession OF Congress
men, however, that the mair efforts oil
the rfvsl rbiIroad builders Hfie expend-
ed. Mr.. Hunting conter olnous
opinion of The average Legislator al
Washington is sexpressed in the frapkest
language. s.The coming session" he
writes iB the fall of 1874 twill be COM
noeed OF the hungriest setef men that
ever got together. aud the devil only
knows what they viii do" IL JANUARY,
1876. he writes, s'f believe that with
100000 l can pass our bill, but ! take
it that il is not worth that much tc Us"
..Scott." he reports. q fortnight later, s'is
working mostly among the commercial
men. He swiicbcd Senator Spencer ol
Alshama and Walker OF Virginia This
week, tut roo know they car be switched
lack with the proper arrangements when
they are wsnled." In March, 1877, be
.sia,ed in Washington Two days 10 fix
nm the SeLate Railrosd Committee" IL
November. 1877, his observations at the
National Capitol made il seem to him 81
II .alI The slIikas in The world wert
there A mouth later be reports TIA
.Gau'd has large amounts OF cash. ans
watts il without stint TO carry bis points.
The ulitg late for Congressman W Msy
JS7s. is quoted ss follows: "Jhe lexs'
Pacific lolks efieiel one mfmbeE o
Congress 81, coo each down, 20 ,ooo "heI
the bin passed, and $1,000 O. the bond'
when ikey got lhem.'
Nor is Eir G z. Huntington less can
did or less com csl in his way oil speak
Ing Of individuals in Congress and Il
other brsnefes OF The public setsice
Here ale . lew Of The most interesting
OF bis epiihets sud brisf char'c'e
skefchee
The FraudulentPresideu,-"T maj
Hayes -,
sHsrs right" :,
Jahn 4. Lnttssli OF CALIFORNIA;
n,ld hog.p "a cuss yt.h whom II ]
not safe 70 talk opeE'y.
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Ohio o. S. senator.


- Before another issue oil TnE SPIRIT
Che question: as to who will be the sue
cessor OF Senator PEsDLt7oS will, IN ell
probability, have been settled That
Mr.. PExpLIroN would be his own sue
eessor, if 1t we're left to. the voice OF the
voice Of the entire DsuocracY OF the
State, we have not the shadow Of 8
doubt, sad We do not. as yet, believeth
Cleveland Syndicate, backed by the
Standard Oil Company, have money
enough to purchase enonination Of
Mr.. PAYSe. Taa potency OF money is
well known. We have an instance OF II
In the letters. recently pablished, OF c.
r. HuxTIxoroN. 10 which some reference
is made In to-isys sPisrr Up to the
present, We believe this State has mol
baen disgraced BY the use OF money in
Senatorial can.esis, and we bore the
same thing may still be sail after the
Vresen, contest ia nves. A failure 10
nominate and elect Senator PENDLSToS
will he blow to the working and stea'i-
fast Democracy OF lhe Stale fou which
is win not speedily recover
The enemies Of sesator PkSDLGTos
would rather see the State go Republi-
can for President. this year, without
PEkDLlT TON, than Democratic With PIX
DLrros. To them The qnestion is pnrel.
selfish and personal Far The fuccess
and harmony OF The party they care
nothing. Rule or ruin is their enly
motto, aud ibe SO ,ner such men TAKE
their proper place 10 party politics, the
better.
Their idea Of young and vigorous
Democracy, with standard hearer past
three score and ten, is rsther ridiculous,
and especially one who never opens bis
mouth Tor the success OF lbe party, ez-
eept when grind ng bic own ak.
There Is net single valid reason Why
Mr.. PExDLLros should not be elected to
. second term. The usages and harmo-
ny Of The psrty alike demand it
With / AWE in the Senate from Q 10,
.rd 0sxnrx from West fVirpinia. the