The Oskaloosa herald., 1885-07-09
John G. Ballard, now Of Holdrege,


nieed the day-Foarth-O in gres' pleaSur'
remembering the advice Of the old man dul
given In these columns. Leslie Bolton can te
all about ii.
Mrs. John HI. Warren left Tuesda
evening for Vests, Nebraska, where she wi
| visit short while with her sister, Mrs. Geo.
Myers. Miss Emma Myers, who has spent tn
spring and summer with her parents, win re
turn with Mrs. w.
Rev. Albert Loughridge sailed frou
New York for Africa about two weeks sine,
having again volunteered his services TO tn
cause Of the heather. He expects 70 be sbsen
about q year, and during that time his faInil
remain at Colorado Springs.
Prof. William Blattner, formerly
teacher in the ID. s. ID. institute at Counci
Bluffs, and later of Colorado Springs. Colorado
was visitor with his aunt and cousins here thi
week. Mr.. b. expects TO take charge of the d
and ID. Institute at Pittsburg, Pa, the comini
winter.
Miss Carrie Baughman returneC
home Saturday from Indianapolis. Indiana
where for almost year she has been unde
medical treatment for injuries sustained from
fall. She has grown much stronger and feel
greatly encouraged. and full of hopes for per
manent recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. s. Buchanan, after {
two weeks visit with their daughter, Mrs N. B
Weeks, returned TO their home in Sc. Louis, Mo.
last Saturday. Uncle Alexis. genial disposition
| and pleasing manners made him quite fayorit'
| with the boys here among whom he viii eyel
meet a hearty welcome
Will w. Steward, who for severa
years past has 50 eficiently and courteousl.
1 acted as salesman in the "0ld Reliable"-D. W
Loring & Co 's-has given up his position there
to take charge of the grocery business of Stew
| ard Bros, Of which firm VIII Is q member. II
| Is rather hard yet for VIII to sell goods by the
pound instead Of by the yard. but he will soon
get down 20 business.
Our old friend Silas Scott, for a
/ quarter of century a resident here, but now oI
stromsburgh. Nebraska, and always constant
reader OF TRE HERALD. has these good word:
OF cheer for Us In renewing his subscription. Il
have been taking THE HERALD since John X
Needham and Hugh McNeely used to run it In
the I'd story OF an old frame building on the
southeast corner Of the Square. that was burned
down about 1882 and am so attached TO IL that
Il / can't keep house without H.
Hon. III. w. Gleason was one of the
orators of the day at the Ottumwa celebration
and delivered an Grafton that was very highly
! commended by the audience and press. He
| took a radical but correct position on some OI
| tho leading questions OF the day-speeially on
the alien ownership in great bodies OF land
Judging from the comments We see his address
must have been one Of unusual strength.
Miles Prime, VIM. Bartlett, VIII
Alvey. A. j. Eytle, and John McwIlliams, with
| their families, hIed themselves TO the woods on
Skunk river, near Charlie Blattner's Ice-hOuse
July 4th, and put In the day picnIcing, making
Ice-cream as a dessert to the other edibles gen
erously supplied. All report an enjoyable day
Miles says IT is wonderful what capacity some
people have for iee-cream. but for himself he
don't care much for IL.
Mr.. and Mrs. Terry Mays having dis
posed OF their hne home place near the city
leave to-day for Los Angeles, California, for the
purpose OF seeking new location, where they
| may be able 10 spend their declining years in q
climate more suitable 30 them. They have
lived here about thirty-six years; have lived
lives OF honorable thrift and industry, and we
regret, with q large circle Of fIiends. that they
now see ht 70 change locations. The best
wishes OF the community win attend them,
ALMANAC FOR JULY.-The suns
right ascension, July, was hours, Al
minutes, 2024 seconds, the right ascen-
sion of the mean sun being less by 3
minutes "a seconds-the difference
between rolar and mean time. IL the
stars were visible in daylight, Sirius
would bs.almost exactly under the sun
the exact time of conjunction being
Tuesday, June S0, while the sun
COpella would be seen at the right, or
westward. and Castor and POllux at
the left. The sun rises at 4:27 and sets
at 7:40. making the length of the day
10 hours and 13 minutes and the after
noon minutes longer than the morn
ing. At one o'clock July l the moon
was Just 10 hours behind the sun. Its
time of rising is 1901 and its meridian
passage at $40 a. m. on the next day,
The moon is at its least distance from
the earth July II, at midnight, and at
its greatest distance on the 24th. in the
morning G:4S). The moon Occults
during the month Ill almanac stars,
all of which are small except Alpha
Tauri (Aldebaran), over which the
moon passes July 9, at $50 a IN, nearly.
The planet Mars may be seen in the
morning, its time of rising being on
July 1, 2:30, nearly. Venus sets at8;50,
or an hour after the sun. Jupiter is
the conspicuous evening star, and sets
at II:3O. At 10 o'clock p. m, July l,
the consultations Hercules and Corona
were on the meridian. Arcturus was
at that hour 40 degrees from the
meridian TO the west and Vegas 80
degrees from the meridian east. while
Regulus (clOse by Jupiter is low on the
western horizon. In the east and high
up is the swan (CygnusJ and on the
southern horizon, just west OF the
meriden, and at the altitude of 22
degrees, is the red-green purple star,
AntareO. The celestial dame moves
westward, it will be remembered,
apout degree, or four minutes of time
i'm "a hours. In other words, star
reaches the meridian four minutes
earlier each evening.
"MCMAHoNis" FIRST RACE.-Our
numerous horsemen will be gratified to
know that Mcmahon" swept the platter
at Marshalltown on the Fourth, and
did it splendidly. We make the follow
ing extract from the Times account of
the race:
"In the first heat of the 2:27, Mollie
b. drew the pole, Alert second, st. Cloud
third, and Mcmahon fourth. Mcmahon
trotted splendidly, and sped by his
rivals, making excellent time until the
last quarter, when st. Cloud. the near
est him, being TO far behind To win the
race, McMahon's driver, Billy Edwards,
pulled him i'm and brought him down
the homestretch at q slow gait. Nc
MahOn passed under the wire an easy
winner, in 2:26, st. Cloud second, M0llie
B. third, Alert fourth. After this ex-
hibition of Mcmahon, he became the
fayorite, although st. Cloud, DIR. Morse's
fine stallion, gave splendid promise.
In the second heat class Mcmahon
broke from the start and fell away be-
hind. On the half mile Alert led, st.
Cloud followed closely and Mcmahon
brought up the rear. On the three
quarters, after another break, Mcmahon
trailed his three competitors hundred
Yards. Alert still maintaining his lead.
Billy Edwards pulled his horse down
To a trot again, and in the first half OF
the last quarter, Mcmahon closed up
the big gap between him and the rest,
and was neck and neck with the fore
most horse. Billy Edwards here called
To McMahon, and he being right on I'll
turn again broke in attempting TO In
crease his speed, and was hopelessly
left behind. Every time Mcmahon
broke he lost speed, Edwards pulling
with all his weight being unable TO
overcome and bring him dowa. Mr..
Edwards acknowledged that it was the
fault of the driver that Mcmahon
broke this time, and said that IL he had
waited till Mcmahon got around the
corner on the homestretch he could have
easily passed his rivals.
In the third heat Alert led TO the half
mile, when he was passed by Mcmahon,
who held q good lead at the three-quart-
ers, with st. Cloud and Alert neck and
neck for second. Mcmahon was pretty
we'll pushed by st. Cloud on the home
stretch, but won in 2:261<.
The fourth heat was won by DIR.
Morse's SC. Cloud, In the fast time OF
2.Z3X. st. Cloud came in after neck
and neck race with Mcmahon, pulling
under the wire just ahead.
SC. Clouds 2.234 had beaten sny
previous record here, but the last heat
was the great one. Mcmahon trotted
withouta q skip the whole heat and was
given all he wanted on the home stretch,
cor,iu0 In af a 2.I6 Oaif and disfAncinQ