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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-02-12

About two hundred men employed
on the Chicago. Burlington y Northern
railroad, which is being constructed on
the east shore of the Mississippi river,
recently struck for an increase of
wages from Sl.25 TO $3.50 per day.
Some of them have resumed work ut
che old figure.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-02-12

The farmers assembled at Madison
last week declared themselves oppo-
sed to the proposition to have road
taxes paid in cash instead of work.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-02-12
Poultry Wanted.

$4,000 lbs. of Live or Dressed Poultry
wanted by Lewis Bros. Linden. for
which the highest market price VIII be
paid. litf.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-02-12
REDUCED PRICES

UndeTgc0re. Hosiery.
Dress G30j&, Silks.
Ribbons, HGadk2rchieT&.
Shoes, Slippers,
Gents FURNISHINGS.
LaceS. G5OreS. Etc. Etc
DO not fail to avail youSelt of the advan-
tages extended through our Mail Order Depart
menL which offers customers at Il distance every
advantage that could be obtained by a personal
purchase, including the very lowest prices and
he latest and best styles.
a. w. RICH & co,
AIS to AT Broadway, milwaukee,.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-02-12
Friday, February IL, 1856.

CIRCULATION L ,O32-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-02-12

to get such things packed in her trunks as she
is likely to want for a lengthy visit; also pack
the nurses box and the childs things"
Jane courtesied and withdrew Presently
she returned and asked how many dresses
she had better packs
Two morning and four evening dresses"
said Horace, promptly. Herbert admired
his brothers great mind, which rose so equal
to the occasion.
Then Jane wanted to know which dresses
The two new ones, of course. Then what!
The black silk, the black lace, the high body
with jet trimmings, the brocade upper skirt,
or whati For the moment even Horace was
at fault. He soon recovered.
I'VE will come and assist your he said
So they went to Beatrice's room, and with
eyeglasses fixed stood one on each side of
the trunk and superintendent the packing.
Much as they delighted in odd jobs of this
kind, to-day they felt no pleasure. They
scarcely dared to glance at each other. They
felt ashamed, as all honorable men do who
by irresistible stress of circumstances are
compelled to act lie. The packing was
completed Jane was sent to see to Mrs Mil
ler's and the boys things. The selection of
these our friends did not superintend The
boxes were brought down, placed in the
wagonetta. and Horace and Herbert drove
away with them. Nothing could have been
more skillfully managed Even Whitaker
was completely deceived
They took the boxes and warehoused them
in Blacktown. you see" said Horace, as
he turned the horses heads homewards,
Beatrice has gone TO London. She means
to make a lengthy stay. She must want her
things. Any woman would"
Every word you spoke was the exact
truth said Herbert consOlinpIy
But they were horribly upset: so upset
that they forgot all about Franks impending
visit. or forgot about it until the next
morning, when they found it was too late
to telegraph
Frank, with hope eternal growing like
eucalyptus, came down as he had fore
warned his friends, by the morning train
He was rather surprised at not seeing his
two tall cousins On the platform, or any
signs Of the wagonette outside the station.
He secured a hanson and drove straight 70
Hardwood House.
Whitaker opened the door. IAN well,
Whitaker asked Carrutners cheerily. He
did not hear the servants reply, for at that
moment Horace and Herbert appeared and
shock hands heartily. They took him into
the dining room, and once more the three
men shook hands
We'll, bow are yo1 bothF' asked Frank.
They told him they were quite well but, all
the same. Frank knew by their solemn faces
that something bad gone wrong. He won
dered what the cook had been upto.
And Miss Clausonf BeatriceFs be con-
tsnued with an assumption Of carelessness,
but longing for the door to open and admit
her. The Talberts exchanged sad glances
sBeatrice, said Horace. lis not her
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-02-12

IN PRICES OF NEARLY ALL
GOODS THROCGHOCT THE EN-
TIRE EST ABB lSUME\T OF
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-23
sECTs OF THS UNITED STATES.
Memo simon the Founder OF the Mennonites.
They Settle In This County in 1909,
A Spnt Occurs In 1871


Spit Occurs In 1911,
The Mennonites derive their name from
MennO Simon, who was born In Friesland in
1895. He began a tour OF Germany when
thirty-five years OF age, and the explanation
OF his new doctrine brought him many ad-
herents. He labored assiduously for thirty
years, until his death in 1851. These con-
verts came principally from the Munsterites
and Anabaptists.
The followers of Simon settled In this state
a. early as l6s3. Hundreds OF this sect, upon
the invitation of William Penn, landed at
Germantow and several years alter their
arrival erected a school and meeting house
there. Those who came from the Palatinate
in 100 stopped when the beautiful Pequea
valley WAS reached. Among these latter emf
grants were the Hers, Meylins, Kendigs,
Miliers, Oberhotzs, Funks and Bowmans.
Here they were In the midst of the Mingo or
Conestoga, Pequea and Shswanese Indians
but not hiudered by the red man they at once
began improving the land. The pioneers
were augmented by the arrival OF hundreds
from the old world in Ill, I'LL and l72T and
before 1885 probably 500 families were sub
sisting from the fruits OF the rich soil OF LaE-
caster county.
In 1911 quite number of this denolnina-
ton here in the county did not think they
carried into effect the strict precepts OF the
founder. They met, discussed the reforma-
tion OF the doctrine and decided TO adopt new
beliefs. John Herr was chosen the hrst
minister, and the society was named the Re
formed Mennonite.
There are So 900 "Old" and New" Menno-
mites in the United States 300 churches and
and $50 ministers according to the last cen
sus.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-23
Total saving per .nnum to the county. p0;a o

Total saving per anHum 10 the county. .P.072 "
The panel OF urors would probably have
TO bs Increased from IS TO GO jurors This in
crease would at the four courts amount to
exactly one of the present panels and their
pay or $3.50. "a, being an extra item OF ex pense
would have to be deducted from the S6,072,
which would leaves net saving to the treas
ury of Is, ,47276 per annum.
There would also be some other minor
savings, such as sheril's fees for summoning
jurors in the abandoned conrts and for con-
veying prisoners from the Jail at s. per
day, etc There would probably also be some
slight additional ex pensos.
In the foregoing we have considered only
the saving to tho county, but 1t is equally, in
deed more important, tnat the private purse
OF the individual taxpayer be projected. The
county pays only the commemorative costs,
and IN many instances, tor example, mol
pressed cases pays none whatever. 1t never
pays the defendants costa, Defendants are
usually poor aud unable TO pay. Ii there are
any persons " ho are entitled to sympathy ythey
are farmers and business men who are sub
Innaed by defendants and compelled to lose
their time and pay their own expenses, are
kept here all week, and when sent home to
return at an ad journed court when the same
thing may be repeated. II the number of
defendant witnesses equals the common
wealths, and we think they do, then the
people lose S712 AZ al each adjourned court
that they would not have lost had their cases
been tried when thev attended the first time
This amounts to S3,OS9 OS per anuum, which
added to the IS, i72 10 proposed 10 be saved to
the county, mskes total OF S. J62 Al per
annum, which we are confident can De saved.
Why not give II a trial
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-23

from the Minneapolis Evening Journal.
Mrs. Cleveland will have some lovely
young ladies inside the cabinet circles To as
sist her In her receptions this winter. The
Misses Bayard will appear very seldom in
pubic, put their places will be filled by the
Misses Manning, Endicott. Villas and Lamar
MISS Villas Is hardly a debutante yet, but
Will be allowed TO take part in the festivities
in limited degree.
Miss Manning, tho sscretary's daughtsr
who is Just out" IL quite attractive She
assisted her stepmother at her receptions last
season, and was quite popular. Miss Endi-
colt is full. flown society lady now, and Is
very elegant and stately in her manner and
movement.
The piettiest one of them all is Miss Jennie
Lamar, the debutsnte daughter OF the Mis-.
sissippi secretary. Her mother died over
two years ago, and she has been living with
her married sister IN Memphis, Tenn, until
this fall
She Is eighteen, tall, graceful and bright.
Her hair Is golden ana her eyes a rlch-hued
basel She has the gentle ways and tender,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-23
sHERTFF's fRocLAMAF FIoM.

court be corrected by tho court ana AZ crrstS al
but all allegations of papahle fraud OF miaSaSS
shall be decided by tho said court, The sosalssos
days after the day tho returns are hruuaht IuSo
court for computation and tho said 1nouIrv
take, ana shall not be deerned judicial adiuNj.
cation 10 concll de any coutcat now or hcrVs(tev
70 Oe provided by law aud the other OF said trim
nere returns shall bc placed In tho boz and
sealed ss ballots It any OF the SAID JNdges shaii
ton, be shall not sit with tina oourL OF eoe n
conn,ing the returns q such eisction. and 10
Given under my hand NJ Lancaster. thgs lss
day OF October, lss, and IN the li0th year OF ths
Independence ofthe United States.
q. w. TOMLlNsON, sheriff.
sHERirg's orrTcR. Lancaster. Oct l. lssa
oCtB-ttw
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-23
Where's the OuIIi !

From the PiGtsburg Chronicle.
"lf pigs were TO grow on trees, what
would be good name for them, Snooper p'
For what, JoGgins, the pigs ?''
Z" No the trees"
Don't know what would ?"
/" PorkY pinesn
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-23
first-CIAss Insurance.

Insure with "Thomas' Eclectrfc OH" AZ II
the cheapest and best method of insurance we
know ct. by LIS use you are sure To escape
many grieyious aches and pains Policies are
oOtainable AT all druggists In the form OF bottles
at 80 cents and 81 each. For sale by H. Is. Coch-
ran, druggist. lS7 and lS9 North queen street,
Lancaster,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-23

poetic OK xpresson OF tho sunny South. She
will be the belle this winter, and will pre-
sont n charming contrast In blonde points 70
Mrs Cleveland a. they stand In line to 70.
ceiye their fellow-citizena
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-23
sHERIFFS PRoCLAMATIoN.

tlons, shall be entitled to vote OF nil elections
tirst-lIe shall have been u citizen OF the
United states at least one month.
second-iIe shalt have resided I'm the State one
year, Tor II having previously boon qualified
elector or native born citizen of the State and
shall have removed from and returned, then six
months) Immediately preoeding the election
rhird-lie shall have resided In the election
months Immediately preceding the election,
fourth-lf twenty-five years or upwards, be
shall have paid within two years state or coun.
ty tax, which shnli have been assessed ut least
two months and puid at least one month before
SECTION 6-Eiectors shall In all cases except
for treason, felony and breach or surety OF the
peace, be privileged from arrest during their at
tendance on elections ana In going 10 ana ro'
sRCTIos G,-when ever any of the qualified
electors of this Commonwealth shall be IN actual
president of the United states, or by tho author
iiy of this Commonwealth, such electors may
exercise tho right OF suffrage in all elections
by the citizens, under regulations IA are or
shall be prescribed by law, "a fully rs III they
were present at thoir usual places of election .
SECTION 7-hll laws regulating the holding OF
elections by the citizens or for the registration
OF electors shall be uniform throughout the
state, but no elector shall be deprived OF the
tered.
son shall be deemed 10 have gained a residence
by reason of his presence or lost It by reason of
his absence. while employed in the service,
United states nor while engaged in tho naviga.
tion of the waters OF this state or of the United
States, or on the high seas, nor while a student
In any institute of learning nor while kept In
any poor house or other asylum at public ex.
Election officers will take notice that the act
entitled "A Further Supplement- to the Elec-
tion Laws Of the commonwealth disqualify.
ing deserters from the army otthe United states
from voting has recently been declared uncon.
stitutional by the supreme Court OF Pennsylva.
formerly disqualified hereunder are now law
ful voters II otherwise qualified.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-23
Average witness fess and mileage in
quarter sessions per year. .,,,''..... sJs5 a,l

As two courts can do double the work OF
one there can be no doubt, but that with
good business management the work that
now consumes nine weeks can be condensed
into five. Four weeks expenses will then
he saved, which by the above tables will
ba
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-23
ACT 30 JATuARv, ls7L.

SECTION 9-In addition to the oath now pre-
scriUed by Law to be taken ana subscribed by
election officers, they shall severAlly be sworn
or affirmed not to disclose how any elec;or shall
have voted unless req ulFed 70 90 50 as witnesses
i1u judicial proceeding Alljudges, ins pectors
clerks, over-eeTs of any election held under this
act, s ali before entering upon their duties, be
duly sworn or affirmed in the presence of each
other The Judge shall be sw orn by the minority
inspector itthere shall be such minority in spec.
tor and In case there be no minority Inspector
the by justice of the peace or alderman, and
the inspectors, overseers and clerks shall be
sworn by the judge, certificates of such swear
ing or affirming shall be duly made out and
signed by the officers so sworn, and attested by
the officer who administered the oath.
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-18
A Gallant Attorney.General.

The question whether woman is .
person has just come up in Minnesota,
this time in connection with cemeteries
By the statutes "any number of per-
sons not less than seven" may form a
cemetery association. At a meeting
lately held in Kasson, Mimi, to form
such an association, woman's name
was proposed as one of the Trustees.
A doubt was raised whether women
were legally persons and it was de-
cided to exclude women until the next
annual meeting, by which time legal
advice could be obtained. Mrs. H. M.
White, one of the excluded, wrote to
the Attorney-General at St. Paul, ask
ing his legal opinion as to whether she
was person. The Attorney-General
promptly replied that she was and that
the opposition could have no ground to
stand upon, ''unless those who hold
that women are not persons should con-
tend that they were angels and hence
would never require burial. Won,an's
journal.
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-18
To Him Be All the Praise,

Theodore Monod once made use of
this beautiful illustration. He said:
IF piece of iron could speak, what
would it say? 1t would say: 4 am
black, am cold, l am hard Per-
fectly true. But put that piece of iron
into the furnace and wait awhile, and
what would it say? The blackness is
gone, the GOODNESS is gone, the hard
ness is gone'-it has passed into new
experience. But if that piece of iron
could speak, surely it would not glory
in itself, because the fire and iron are
two distinct things that atremain distinct
to the last. If it could glory it wculd
glory in the fire and not in itselt-in
the fire that kept it bright, molten
mass. So in myself l am black, l am
cold, and / am hard, but if the Lord
takes possession of my soul, if am
filled with love. if His Spirit fills my
being the blackness will 90, and the
GOODNESS will go, and the hardness will
go; and yet the glory does not belong
to me; but to the Lord, who keeps me
in sense of His love-"
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-18
THE FASCINATION OF SIN,
Evils Awful Power of Perpetuating ant
Increasing Nself.

Evils Awful Power of Rerpetuating and
Increasing Itself.
When once man has done wrong
thing it has an awful power of attract
ing him and making him hunger to do
it again. Every evil that 1 do may, in
vulsion of conscience, but stronger
than that revulsion of conscience it ex-
ercises fascination over me which it
is hard to resist. 1t is a great deal
easier to find man that has never done
a wrong thing than to find man that
has Only done it once. If the wall of
the dyke is sound it will keep the water
out, but if there is the tiniest hole in it,
it will all come in. So the evil thaI
you do asserts its power over you, it
has fierce. longing desire after you,
and it gets you into its clutches.
Beware of the first evils, for as sure
as you are living, the first step taken
will make the second seem to become
necessary. The first drop will be fol-
lowed by a bigger second, and the Sec
ond, at a shorter interval, by more
copious third, until the drops become
a shower, and shower becomes a del
uge. The course of evil is ever wider
and deeper, and more tImultuous.
The little sins get in at the window and
open the front door for the big house
breakers. One smooths the path for
the other. All sin has an awful power
of perpetuating and increasing itself.
As the prophet says in his awful vision
of the doleful creatures that make their
sport in the desolate city. "None of
them shall want her mate The wild
beasts of the desert shall meet with the
wild beasts of the islands," Every sin
tells upon character, and makes the
repetition of itself more and more easy.
"None is barren among them" And
all sin is linked together in Shiny
tangle, like a field of sea-weed, so that
a man once caught in its oozy fingers
is almost sure to drown.-Dr. Ale1an-
der Macldren
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-18
The Lake Of Constance.

The Lake of Constance is only somt
fifty miles in length, but any one who
travels from pier to pier and wishes to
know the right time of day at
each ought to carry five watches. Its
waters wash the shores of FIVE different
States-Austria, Baden, Wurtemberg,
Bavaria and the Swiss Federation. II
you land at Rorschach and want to
catch the train for Ragatz or Chur
your watch ought to stand at Bern
time. In Friedrichshafen you must
know the Stuttgart time, in Constance
the Baden time, in Lindau the Munich
time. The Austrian time is not reck.
oned from Vienna, but from Prague,
which differs no less than twenty-eight
minutes from the Bern time. Hence
q traveller crossing over the Austrian
frontier at ST. Margareten must put
back his watch half an hour in order to
set himself right at tho Swiss station
IN r. Observer.
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-18
WILLING TO CORRECT.
But the Correction II to Be Made Ate
the Expiration of q Decade.

But the Correction IL to Be Made AfteA
the Expiration of q Decade.
He walked into the Office the other
morning, looking pretty much like q
man dissatisfied with general results.
''Can l see the editor?" he inquired.
He was directed to the foot of the
throne.
"Good morning, sir" he began,
gruffly.
"Mornin' grunted the editor.
II came in," he proceeded, "to tell
you of misprint in the paper.
"What is it?'
"Well, l sent notice around here
that my friend Smith had just been
married, and your Internal compositor
got it: Mr.. Smith has just been mar
tyred.
ugh, you call that misprint, do
you? Well, Idon't, and I've raised
that compositor's wages. If you
don't like it, send Smith around to
me ten years from now, and if he
wants it corrected, I'll have it DONE"
The visitor departed to see Smith
Merchant Traveller.
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-18
RELIGIOUS REmQNa.
HE JOYS THOU e,vesr Me.

rom Of my life are all the shadows lifted,
And Der it's sky the spanning bow is bent,
<nefe ers. the clouds in billowing masses
And gloamed the way went
by purblind eyes saw not the golden slory
Ihat from the sky on summer landscapes
And blooming flowers told 70 my heart no
Save rue and asphodel.
No gladness for the life that was living
lips;
I saw no good of the All Giver's giving
Save. only. deaths eclipse.
Yst. while 1 CROPPED where doubt and dark.
ness fingers,
1saw q gicaming hand reach through the
night
And felt the welcome warmth Of cIasping I'm
That led me into light
And my new life this guiding hand is leading
fret:
And m. worn feet once tired, and bruised,
and bleeding,
In garden aisles are set
am no, worthy. q. All Guiding Father!-
Who was SO blind of sight and trust in
Thee
That round about ms erring life should gath.
The joys Thou givest me-
Bm Thy kind hand hath lifted every sadness
That held mo in their circling cinctures
bound:
And through Thy gift 1 wear golden glad.
With wb ch my life is crowned.
Lien u. House. in indianapolis Journal.
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-18
A HELP TO HEALTH.

The Beneficial Effects of True Religion
dition.
Man has religious, as much as he
has an Intellectual, nature. He may
fail duly to develop either. or he may
thoroughly pervcrt both. That man is
healthiest who best looks after his body,
mind and heart.
True religion-not a mere profession
lis great help to health. however
bad may have been ones physical
heredity or his early surroundings.
1t teaches him to keep his appetites-
great sources of disease when allowed
the nastery-in due subsection. No
truly religious man can live to eat, en-
brute himself with alcohol, or be a
debauchee. Such man will get more
real physical pleasure out of life than
those in whom the lower nature has
the mastery. Religion condemns and
tends to repress all jealousy. envy,
hatred and the malign passions, each
of which when yielded to makes severe
draughts on the health.
1t enjoins love to God and man as a
fundamental duty, and fosters it as the
central principle of the life. Such love
not only arrests ali malign tendencies,
but diffuses through the system calm,
soothing. gladsome influence. signally
conducive to highest health. Nothing
can be superior in this respect to active
beneficence.
1t keeps ambition and tho desire of
wealth within proper bounds. 1t leads
the man with capacity fol- the high
Thomas County cat., 1886-02-18
THE KIND PASSENGER.


why He offered q Quarter for . Good
Sound Kicking.
A lady on . Rock Island train the
other day had small dog with her,
which seemed to be out Of sorts about
something, and disturbed the passen.
gers not little by its whining. AT
length man who sat in the next seat
forward faced about and said:
''Is the little fellow sick?"
''Oh, no." said his mistress; ''but
think he wants drink of water"
Then l will get him some, )" said the
gent, good-naturedly, as he took cup
from his satchel and started to 90 to
the cooler.
'Hold on!'' exclaimed the lady, with
alarm, as she handed him q cup of her
own. Take this, please. I am very
particular what cup my dog drinks out
Of"
After watering the pup the stranger
went into the smoker and offered the
brakeman quarter to kick him.-CAi-
cago Ledger.