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The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30
They Went West!

We sometimes receive inquiries from
young men and boys concerning oppor-
tunities for business in the West, and
the best course tobe followed in order
to ensure success there. A brief &C.
count Of two lads who, to mend their
fortunes, went west from the city of
New York, will give d general answer,
that is applicable to all cases.
Frank Walden and James Carr were
employed in a retail store on Four
teenth Street, New York City. They
had each saved over five hundred dol
lars with which to go West, and both
of them left the store at the same time,
Frank declared that he Knight 20 to
the backwoods, but he would always be
a gentleman, and would travel and live
like one" He spent his money freely
for what he thought a proper outfit.
He bought a first-class ticket to Denver
and INDUCED himself in various ways
on his way there.
Before he reached Colorado more
than a third of his money was gone.
After reaching there he bought land,
and took up o claim at once. Know
ing nothing whatever of farming, he was
cheated on every hand, for the West is
full of sharpers, ready to prey on the
ignorance of strangers. He deserved
credit for the industry he exhibited at
this time, for he worked hard, but for
the lack of knowledge and economy,
n failure after another was made.
His crops failed. The oxen he
bought turned out unfit for use. Other
hindrances and discouragements fol-
lowed, until finally in despair, gentle
man Frank sold his farm for a third of
what it had cost, and after idling away
a few months, turned to gambling to
make money enough to go home. He
never did go home.
His ~fellow-clerk, in order to ave the
cost of his fare, found work as O porter
in a Pullman car on the Northern Pa
cifc Railway. He not only paid moth
ing for his passage to California, but
earned money besides. Making his
way to Southern California, he put his
savings at interest, and found work on
q sheep ranch at forty dollars q month.
There he remained for three years, I'M
till he had thoroughly mastered the
business.
He then purchased land and stock,
taking each step cautiously, and after
close examination. He is now regard
ed as one of the most successful small
ranchmen in Southern California.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30
The Matter of Thirty Years.

In 1854 John Hallock, a prominent
farmer of the town of Mount Hope,
Orange county, New York, went away
trombone and neverreturned. He left q
wife and infant daughter. Mrs. Hallock
long ago made up her mind that her
husband was dead. She never married
again. Anew months ago Mrs, Hallock,
who has lived near the village for sew
eral years, was notified that John Hal
lock had died in Spencer, Tioga county,
New York, and left SIS to his daughter,
Mrs. Carr. The rest of of his property
was left to his widow, who lived on the
farm on which Hallock died. This led
to an investigation by Mrs. Hallock.
She learned chat her husband had mar
ried a lady in Tioga county over thirty
years ago and hat she was ignorant
that he had another wife living. The
Orange county widow at once brought
suit to her dover right in her
deceased husbands property. Hallock's
executors claimed that he had procured q
divorce from his first wife in 1855 in
Kentucky, but last week offered to
settle with Mrs. Hallock No. 1 by pay
ing her ST, 500. She accepted the offer.
The Loan Association Of A%shtabula, Ohio,
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Electrical Science.

The international congress of cleo
tricians and exhibition of electrical ap-
paratus, which is to be held in Phila-
delphia from September 2 to October
II, under the auspices of the Franklin
Institute of that city, promises to be a
very interesting affair. It is intended
to bring together every known device to
which electricity is applied, or in the
service of whichit is agent, and to discuss
inventions and methods, forces, cur
rents, generators and specific und general
application. Under a joint resolution
of Congress, approved February, 1883,
foreign exhibits will be admitted free
of duty, provided that, in case any ar
ticle is Withdrawn for sale, uso or con-
sumption, it shall be subject to tariff
regulations in force at the date of entry.
This promises to be the most complete
exhibition of electrical apparatus ever
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30
Cholera a Slow Traveller.

An Eastern pestilence which has mad
It's way on foot through Central Asia,
which has crossed the Atlantic in the
old days of sailing-ships, and crossed
the Rocky mountains to the Pacific when
San Francisco was no more than awhite-
walled Spanish mission, may certainly
be described as an enterprising and per-
serving traveller. If cholera could thus
travel in the years from 1928 to 1888,
what may it not do in these days of rap
id transit? But the fact is that the good
old times of slow stages, Of halting for
the night, and of spending weeks and
months on the journey, were so much
more suited to the ways of cholera, that
eve the thousand. fold opportunities
of the age of steam do not make it half
SO dangerous. If there is one thing less
doubtful than another in the natural
history of cholera, it is that it loves the
ground; that the breeding place of the
poison is the soil, and that it is always
most formidable when it drags its slow
length slong and leaves o trail behind
it. No English invasion Of cholera has
gathered force which did not come to us
across the continent, through Russia
and Germany. 1t came by sea from
Alexandria to Southampton in 1865, but
it was quickly suppressed. It came
next year with German emigrants on
their way to America, and it became a
considerable epidemic. Wehave always
imported it from the opposite shore Of
the North Sea-into Sunderland from
Hamburg in 1882, into Hull from Ham
burg in 1848, into the Tyne ports from
German ports in 1858, and into York
shire and Lancashire from Rotterdam
in the early months of 1866. 1t would
almost seem as if a long journey over
land were necessary to consolidate its
power and give vigor to its constitution.
Although the events Of 1865 to 1878
show clearly enough that railways and
steamboats, have not by any means
driven cholera out of tho field,
yet we have learned that it mostly goes
with a particular class of travellers.
Panic-stricken fugitives, the poorest of
emigrants, wayside tramps, and all
kinds of hugger-mugger in motion are
the favorite media of cholera diffusion.
Unfortunately, these things are not yet
out of date; the south of france is now
witnessing worse scenes of that kind
than ever disgraced antiquity or
Europe's middle night of barbarism.
It is a melancholy satire upon the age
of science, on the CHOLERA bacillus"
and the refnements of technical skill,
that the first approach of cholera to the
shores of Europe should be met by at
tempts at ~concealment on the part of
the authorities, and headlong panic on
the part of the public.-London Stand
ard.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30

many battlefields, but never n 50 hor-
rible and repulsive to the sight as
this same one of Malvern Hill. I
ave had q nightmare for months
afterward when all its features were
not recalled, and the semblance in the
dreams could not intensity the horror
of the waking reality. From the thick
cts to the foot Of the heights where
McClellan's batteries we're planted it is
no exaggeration to say that for a mile
and q half one might have walked on
dead men without putting foot to earth.
And such dead men! Heads cut off,
Limbs Topped, bowels torn out, legstorn
from the trunks, trunks crushed into
an undistinguishable mass-a heaped
up mass ofpounded flesh, that had been
strong, breathing men twelve hours be-
fore. Oh! it was horrible! and this es-
peclally where the huge shells of the
gunboats had exploded among the as
saulting ranks. We crossed the plain,
avoiding stepping on the dead as we'll
as we could, and came to the road
where Jackson had fought. Save that
the dead were not lying so thickly as
va ohO PAo4u 0AS Sdu10 lGdbuT0 was GU
servable, the skill with which the fed
eral batteries had been massed, for
nearly all were the victims of cannon
shot or shell. The federal infantry
bore, comparatively speaking, but q
small share in this battle, while the
confederate infantry, owing to the lay
OF the land, were very imperfectly sup
ported by their artillery.
As I said, above, the pursuit was nc
pursuit at all, properly speaking, and
the confederate army encamped a few
miles beyond the fields, leaving Gen.
McClennan to pursue his way unmo-
Tested to his shelter at Harrison's
landing.
One thing I want to say, is that all
the confederate wounded captured in
this compaign, and who we're recaptur-
ed in the pursuit, gave warm testimony
to the humanity and kindness with
which they were treated by the Yankee
surgeons, and many a man is living at
this day who would now be dead if it
had not been for that kindness.
Thus ended the first battle, which
showed the wonderful pluck and endur-
ance OF the army of the Potomac after
repeated disaster-qualities which were
maintained to the end of the struggle.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30
INVENTOR ED1soN's WIFE.
Romance OF Their Marriage Recalled by
Her Death.

Mrs. Mary Stillwell Edison, wife of
the inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, who
died at 2 A. NJ. Saturday at Menlo Park,
N. j., was t%wenty-nine years O fage, and
leaves surviving her three children.
The story of her marriage to Mr.. Edison
is a singularly strange and romantic N
When he first formed her acquaintance
he was about twenty-five years of age.
He had just invented the chemical tele-
graph, by means of which could be
transteansmitted he claimed ON a single
wire 5000 words a minute. The tele-
graph, notwithstanding this, however,
became subservient to the Morse system.
While working on the chemical tele-
graph he employed several young wom-
en- to punch the holes in the paper.
Among..them was Miss Mary Stillwell.
One day he was standing behind her
chair examining a telegraph instrument.
Mr.. Edison" remarked Miss Still
we'll, suddenly turning around, ST can
always tell when you are behind me or
neal me-"
"How do you account for that 2"
mechanically asked Mr.. Edison. still
absorbed in his work.
II don't know, I am sure" she quietly
answered; "but seem to feel when you
are near me-"
"Miss Stillwell," said Mr.. Edison,
turning round now in his turn, and
looking his interlocutor in the face,
I've been thinking considerably of you
Of late, andif you are willing to have
me I'd like to marry you"
You astonish me-" exclaimed Miss
Stillwell. "I-I never"
II know you thought I would
be your wooer, interrupted Mr.. Edison,
but think vel my proposal, Miss
Stillwell, and talk over it with your
mother" Then he added in the same
offhand business-like way, as though
he might be experimenting upon a new
mode of courtship:-':Let me know as
early as possible if you consent to
marry me, and your mother is willing,
we can be married next Teusday."
This was the extent of Mr.. Edison's
courtship, It is hardly necessary to
add that the highly favored lady laid
the abrupt proposal before her mother.
"Ma has consented" she told Mr..
Edison the next day.
"That,s all right" said Mr.. Edison
in reply. GIVE will be married a week
from to-day"
And so it was. The two we're mar
ried in a week and a day from the be-
ginning of MI. Edison's novel and pre-
cipitate courtship. In connection with
his marriage, however, a story is told
quite as singular, but fully in keeping
with the n already given touching his
courtship. It is said hat directly fol-
lowing the marriage he entered his lab
orator in his wedding suit, and hastily
throwing his coat on q bench began
work.
"Why, surely you are not going to
work on your wedding night?" remon-
strated his chief assistant.
Suppose it is ?"he quickly answered,
setting to work with renewed zeal; "the
Gold and Stock company don't care for
that. They want their Instruments to-
morrow, and they've got to have them,
marriage or no marriage; so here goes
The wedding trip of Mr.. Edison ran
into the mysteries of inventions. His
welded life. however, is said to have
been a singularly happy one.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30
The Doctor Said 1coula not Live.

The Doctor Said I Could not live.
In AprilI commenced taking Burdock Blood
Bitters, and in July was curedby this medicine
alone. The stomach and bowels seemed the
first acted upon, after which I rapidly improv-
I'd. My appetite returned, the terrible sick
headache left me, the hacking cough gradual
ly abated, andfrom the first bottle 1 could sleep
we'll at night.
I do not think there is a case of sick head
lche Burdock's Blood Bitters will not cure,
they curedmy sister, Mrs. Thos. J. Haley, of
this city,. Those who saw me six months ago
consider my recovery q miracle. I was no less
ls%tonished, and shall be pleased to reply to all
letters of inquiry concerning my case.
Mrs. Adelaide O'Brien,
372 Exchange st, Buffalo N. Y.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30

uulNW WcuG uOWu. lue COQ1eO-
crate batteries, which succeeded in de-
ploying from the woods onto the plain,
were invariably knocked into smithe-
reens by the time they had fred twoor
three rounds
From time to time flying aid-de-
camps, as they dashed by us, would
shout. Call going we'll on the right"
"Their left wing is doubled up" "Jack-
son is driving them," and so on, but for
the life of rs we couldn't see, if all this
were true, why the sacrifice of men
plainly visible in the center was necess-
ary. Thus matters went On until sun
down, when the brigade was ordered
attention, and we supposed that we
were to be ordered into instant action;
and from the streams of wounded going
to the rear, and their statements that
u troops had not gained a foot of
ground and were much used up, we au-
CURED most unfavorably for the result,
should Mcclellan throw forward his left
wing in full force. However, he didn't
do so, and when darkness closed in we
were ordered to stack arms and 20 to
sleep. Save nov and then a rafting
volley at various points of the line, the
musketry had at this time ceased, al
though the batteries shelled the woods
and each other until 9 or 10 o'clock,
when they loo were hushed.
We passed. into sleep that night with
the unpleasant consciousness that our
arms had sustained a bloody repulse, and
that in all probability we should have
ANOTHER sansuinary battle on the morrow
with the issue thereof very doubtful. 1t
will not be doubted that thisfeellng was
somewhat 9 damper upon our martial
enthusiasm
The nextnorning at sun up we received
the welooms intelligence that the federal
army had retreated from it's strong
position inthe night. As our brigade
was in reserve the day before, 1t was or
dered into What might betermed a tech
nical pursut-very technical, indeed, it
proved to be, as no very energetic at
tempt was made so far as I could see to
tackle the rear guard of the retreating
army. In rider to gain the line of re-
treat the Brigade, followed by the other
brigades ofihe division, made a detour,
passed owe the road through the
pines leading into the plain. Here
the effectof the concentrated fire
of the fsleral batteries was aw-
full to CONTEMPLATE. On either side of
the road fo a hundred yards the trees
were mowd down and splintered up as
if a tornad' had passed. Overturned
guns, exploded caissons and ammuni-
ton wagon, dead horses and dead ar.
tllerists, tere heaped in promiscuous
confusion, nd it was with great diff
Guilty that he infantry could force a
pathway to the open space beyond.
Here again n either side was a verita-
bic wreck. odismounted guns, broken
wheels, Inner chests, horses mashed
up, and men crushed out of all SEM
blance to humanity. The morning was
bright and bautiful, with fresh breeze
from the rivf blowing, but its downy
wings were hden with the odors of q
slaughter hds Sc, seized upon in passing
over the fatal plain below. Ihave seen
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30
Young lrsn,A3..a 4h1..

TIE VoLTA1c BELT Co., OF Marshall, Mich,
ofert to send their celebrated ELECTRO VoITAIo
BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES on trial
for thirty days, to men young or old) aAaicted
With nervous debility, loss Of vitality and all
kindred troubles. Also for rheumatism, neu-
ralgia, paralysis, and many other diseases.
Complete restoration to health, vigor and man
hood guaranteed. No risk is incurred as thirty
days trial is allowed Write them at once for
illustrated pamphlet free.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30
The Big

MI. j. Hirsch, College Point Brewery, L. l.,
of horses and hands, and having tried st.
Jacobs Oil, the great pain-curo, for rheuma-
tism, aches and pains of his mon, and for gals,
splints, thrush, wind-g gals and other affections
of his horsos, finds it superior to oil remedies,
and would not be without it
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30
Given Up to Die.

Buffalo, N. Y. Oct 2, 1883.
Ihad for 3 years been troubled with terrible
sick headache and a horrible cough. NV skin
turned to a yellowish hue. Isunered the most
excruciating pain of the bowels; small, dry,
irritating humors broke out over my face; my
stomach would not retain tho simplest food;
vomnited great quantities of offensive, greenish
mucous.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30

displayed together, and to afford album
dant opportunity for study by electri-
clans. The President is authorized by
a resolution of Congress to appoint a
number of experts in electrical science
to represent the Government at the ex-
hibition.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30

"a Perfect Flood OF Sunshine"
will fill the heart of every suffering woman if
she will only persist in the use of Dr.. Pierce's
"Favorite Prescription :" 1t will cure the
most excruciating periodical pains, and relieve
you of all irregularities and give healthy &C
ton. It will positively cure internal infamma-
ton and liberation, displacement and all kin
dred disorders. Price reduced to one dollar.
By druggists.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30

One reason why diseases of the bladder and
urinary organs are so difficult to cure is that
they frequently have nc pronounced symp-
toms; HUNTS kidney and Liverl REMEDY is
peculiarly adapted to the cure of those COM
plants, and goes at once to the seat of the
trouble giving re!ief at once.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30

An Invaluable Remedy.-None except those
can fully appreciate the value and efficacy of
Perry Davis Pain Killer, a sovereign remedy
for this distressing disease in all it's forms is
used internally and externally, test its virtues.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30
The Supreme Court of Ancona, TIA

The Supreme Court of Ancona, Italy,
has rendered a decision by which the
Pope recovers 5000 francs, which
were seized in 1861 by the Bureau of
Crown Lands and the Department of
Public Worship. This decision will
compel the italian Government to pay
several millions of francs which were
arbitrarily coniscated in a similar man
ner.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30

succumb to this terrible and fatal disease,
which is daily winding its fatal coils around
thousands who are unconscious of its deadly
presence, DR.. Pierce'e Golden Medical Dis
covelry'" will cleanse and purify the blood of
consumption (Which is only scrofulous disease
of the lungs). Send three letter stamps and
get DR.. Pierce's complete treatise ON consump-
ton and kindred affections, with numerous
testimonials of cures. Address, Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30
SCRAMBLED EGGS is q nice breakfast

SCRAMBLED EGGS is o nice breakfast
dish for a hot summer morning. Peel a
large, firm, fresh tomato and chop it up
small, chopping with a small bit of deli
cate white onion, put into a hot sauce
pan with plenty of fresh butter and pep
per and salttotaste. Stir on the fire I'M
til the onion and tomato are thoroughly
cooked, then pour in four we'll beaten
eggs, and stir quickly until the eggs are
nearly set. Stir quickly on a hot dish,
surrounded with little dice of fried
bread and butter.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30
A Minister and the Orphan Children.

Rey: L B. Paine, Macon, Ga, writes: eve
have been using Swifts Specific ut the orphans
remarkable results from its use on the children
and employees of the institution. It is such an
tonic, and keeps the blood so pure,
that the system is less liable to disease. It has
cured some of our children of Scrofula.n
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30
Don't Be sw,ndled.

The only genuine German Hop Bitters and
White Wine of Tar Syrup are DR.. c. D. War
ner's, whose name appears on every bottle,
label and wrapper of the genuine.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30

Baldheaded men are informed that there ia
but one avenue of escape from their affection,
and that is Carboline, the great hair remover,
which being recently improved, is moro efica-
cious than ever and is faultless.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30

method of treating rupture, without the knife,
enables us to guarantee a cure. T1usses can
be thrown away atlast Send two letter stamps
for references, pamphlet and terms. Worlds
Dlspensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30

The best place to obtain G God business ed
ncation is at tho N. ". Business College, Mad
ison, Wis. Send for Catalogue.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30

The Garfield Memorial hospital at Washing
ton has twenty patients.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30
LET TRUTH TELL IT'S STORY.

Singing, irritation, Inflammation, all kidney and
urinarycomplaints, cured by" Buchu- Paiba. "$1.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30

Fire at G%reenyille, Tex, destroyed the new
court house and forty buildings.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30

At New York the schedule of assets of Orange
Judd, for $144,NO was sold at auction for $545.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30

Mr.. Dodd, living on Buck creek, Mont, was
run over by his wagon and killed
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30
"a perfect F1ood of sunshine"

Dickinson, cashier of the Wall Street bank,
lost S1G0, 600 in speculation.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30
Older cham Elm naror wi,liam

CROUCH o Pain. Quick cure for Collie, Cramps,
Diarrhaa, Aches, Pains, Sprains, Headache.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30

Clements R. Markham, of the English Royal
Geographical society, warmly defends Greedy.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30
CONSUMPTION

Grenada, Miss, sympathizes with Anoka.
Losss300,0O0
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Bed-bugs, flies, roaches, ants, rats, mice,
out by ''Rough on Rats" 15c
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30

DR.. Warmers German Hop Bitters, the great
bear DR.. G. D. Warmers name on bottle and
lahol "
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30
ROCKFORDWATCHES


The feeble grow
strong when Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitter
is used %topromote as
sanitation OF the food
and enrich tho blood.
Indigestion, the chief
obstacle to an acqui-
sition of strength by
the weak, is an all
ment which infalli-
bly, succumbs to the
action ofthis peerless
corrective. Loss of
flesh and appetite,
failure to sleep, and
growing evidence of
premature decay, are
speedily counteract-
cd by the great in
%yigornnt, which
braces up the physi-
cal energies and for
titles the constitution
against disease. For
Generally.
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Nervous Weakness, Dyspepsia, Sexual De
bility, cured by "Wells' Health Renewer." 81
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30

Mensman's Peptonized Reef Tonic, the only
preparation Of beef containing its entire ,!atritious
ting and life-sustaining properties; invaluable for
Indigestion, Dyspepsia, nervous prostration. aud
all forms OF general debility; also. in all enfsebled
prostration. overwork, or acute disease, particularly
4 resulting from pulmonary complaints. CAswELI,
Druggists.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30

The increasing sales Of Piso's Cure attest
| its claim a. the best cough remedy.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30
Rupture Cured

The Loan Association of Ashtabula, Ohio,
has closed its doors, with liabilities Of $500 GOO.
The Dickinson press., 1884-08-30
Without a Scar

Is the way that Veterinary Carbolisalve cures Calls
Cuts and Wounds. Always brings tho hair in its origi
nal color. In soc. and 100 cans ut Druggists or by mail
j. w. COLE g. CO., Props, Black River Falls, Wis.