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John Armlstcal, Of Armistcad & Lunicc.
H. L. Guion, Real Estate Dealer,
A. W. Newsom, Of Lawhorn & Ncwsom.
J. r. Goodwin, OF J. r. Goodwin & Co
W. +. Dunavant OF Dunavant 4 Kelly
Andrew J. Harris, Of Moore & Harris.
J. NJ. smith, of Smiley, Smith 4 Co. and
Pratt Gin Co.
II, T., Coffin, Of J. II. Cofln 4 Co.
3 and Also Arlington Insurance Co.
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Trustees Sale of Real Estate

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Decorah-posten., 1889-03-20
Sosiu Gitn. Npnt Serr,

gitn er en- Yalaos meo omtrent so
',srr. for bet Ieite 8roipettcts os
Snu.' gpen, iom er bslissenoe pso Non-
gsrtrtl gauen bar 5 Salponer, 4 500
taa- sture, 1 Smeoie iamt Toito'fice.
Elp, sRontana Central er Der en- @ren
trnnr,bsru Hocific uncer gpsnins; Den TT
L.s;n bsrtil cs IfaI fortiattss til Suite
Ghu iii Barren.
So, sne. gu soo 9tus for 8reatur eierne,
Nv" u,rt NOT { r aJerefarlen. 3ioerne er
..,o,t fiue for Glbeiosmanoen. Nrbeibet
N.Y. N.Y. bstalt, % meset bprt er bet at lepe.
a,,,re Eerritoriet er fn!be at lebise Grs
'.ssr, ipm fommer BERTH fra Eiten, lo'fet
.t,s osr psrierenoe Sp3ter, icm ten brinse
s.srsr til at tro, at Wontcra er ristiS ct
s.r,o,s for ben fatti9e Nrbe,ber. Oct bar
~ timer tpr Nrbeipsmanoeu for Ssrnba=
sr,,a sio / 3errtipriet, men S%ernbanerne
sr,nosr paalig eg Muiie Irbeioere, u9 iaa>
.Sss bltr Der iormar &c ON Senet.
wurtanas S~orpbnno iful pRrt rig pau
a,1o m andre Ntineralier. % Ell NRn9oe
U.o,,,rtors er alttp paaf9ioe meb lin 0atfe
y, Spape, b1abenoe al 9ptten beg en9ars /
q,s,n uaa meoe Dem. De 9roptr % srns
,r nrpnrenoe ON W%filiouer. Somrne er
,,;,o ioa luttplige, at 3remmen gaur / Sp=
;rr,sI,s. men 6lertaGet blir iom ofteit lfrfi5t.
On Erpip 5ctor taber Dog f)sloen 0}ooet,
r,or han life bar mere at lepe Of; "a mau
han oao 10 ga arbeioe til han Faar la9t hot
m, "a iaa bespnoer ban paanpt talen. gn
grcipstrrs Yin er alt Nnost eno bebaseli9t,
han leper % ItrGper ior ct Ytdal, iom ban /
Hite 5tlfploe alorts mar.
On. icm tontnter beruo fra ret comfortable
7asr. ooar utoer Topnet tenderfoot, raturs
Fopis Tile lRrgsr, enb I'll ban l9rer at ta9e
HItatte meo iimpel Sppurtnin9. Nau mua
rltio briugr msb zig Slantets % Guilts, o9
iou iaar mon ielp ufig8e fig Spceplaos.
7t BONNER life Nrbeiosqiuerre pec; ON
hons Tolt bar rosen CABIN euer life, bois De
Ire itlu nj bpgee fig en-, fadr De laNe bore
qette 0iGlrer iulfalo Der, jeg bar pGret
GsSfriuerCn beraf bar i~aaleoes Of Wuu9el
va 8laos mnattet to9e tiltatfe meb at tIpbe
rNer andre Manbs SerG, lia9e uoe pio.,
ren iaa or ban ri9ti9nUf life tenderfoot lon
or. Seq i%iuoer, at 8liu,atet Der or il bt og
bshuaeliat, mar unoto9es / 9ioeu ira lite
gSril til lite Suli. "a re9ner bet uGitsn
altlo, pg giatipaee Yfrloner er / ben Sto life
vioere eliIUGroi9e at omgaaes.
Suao BET &,rfel'ae ausoar, fac bar Ri bpers
fen &rGit eller Slptter, o9 iaaleoes uuo9our
ri Rutertrlpeu
Yoltttt hiituteres lite Gran ON &pGllene,
iaI Senitabeli9beb fortaaes. Ser.
Decorah-posten., 1889-03-20

xsips'm Se'nrid, os ban Dor uaift. Sau
oaoos oerst I'll 5ersus 5uus os iolst ct gas
eoro'Seo paa en- soIoon for 81 90, % be,
: lot'alf' at ban fnlbe baue brufiet ncals
1raf'nier ianrmen mel en- unoen 4 eriou
Saa oe9ao ban IL pau Siempeieu mso fine
yer % Jolt, iom iua ham, Tiger, be tuuos
l'e 'otliaa, OF ban bar oruiten. Reu han
l'm Tile Longer eno omtrsut 1 Nil fra Den
e9entl'9e SpoeI, ban bar enooa iuseu gpeus
0rRno,er; Der blto ban liasenbe, mspens
Srerne gil fra bam Get piites / sneen. a,
9af bapne arbeioet reset, formooentlia
Ssostunoen. 4 " sounsr
Decorah-posten., 1889-03-20
6nalian9iten | Glorc 3ioer.

Nuerebe cmfring Nar 1000 brepes ei
betpoeliet SouiHlfe ueb Spaniens ap
iter, ps 5palfispet benptteoes / flor uo-
ltrafnirs. Sarlis 6ualtunser bltp be-
trastet Tom en- 9elifatesie, og be iolstes
paa 3orpene / bpre DONNIE. Oct par
Den iaafalote NOrbfaperbpal, Der pau
ben 9ib fanseoes / be ipolisere Gar
panbe. Senere trof ben fig mer os mtr
nOrbooer pua iamme lib, iom 5ansiten
c9eoes. Osiaa lanss Noroamerifls
apiter breues ben lise ino bet 18oe
aarbunorebe. Nen plubielis lob Der
til, at Rorofaperen par sonife f~oriuun
ben, os 8ioeniiabsmeno iremintte ben
Baaitanb, at ben ben bar uobsb, inbtti
ben MI nplis after bar bespnbt at piie
is Osiaa efter @rpnlanosbualen sior
beg Der iuris Sast oppe peo Bolarbd
uene | bet Zoe os 1Soe Nm bunbrsbe
g~nslanoerne bar be fsrite, Der bespnote,
men iioen beltos osiaa andre Rationer
iarlis Solonoere. De anpsnbte Janait
reoRaber par meset nefte os beitob fuo
at en- Sarpnn os en- Gamble. Disie
Heoifaber bruses tiloels enbnu unbsr
p~palfansiten | Spbaapsi, peb behring's.
itreoet os andre Steber. De, Suen
Jopn bar opfanbet, er esne for Norse.
Decorah-posten., 1889-03-20
Mpiernale. gSa,pnwan Go.. Minn.

.
Zen lfonoinaoiife Sefolfnin9 LhAt oRret
orerpcieuoe Der I Gountiet, og er oct mnolte
trNun, men, bclner 3Dlferre tna at lutte
IND, joni Dc bar qicrt / bs ienere War, iau pil
NOT risie meo De faa andre NatipuGliteter
tIire Dc talri9ite. s Dc 4 li0ite Mar or Ger.
Haacr ira 9lgiu, 81, tonne hCr Slot %
tg!Ge iom 4OuoiDgere % boiot zig; III bar
Ns bnsget fig 10 lutberite &tIter, IN / Ct.
Snmes % Den unben I ct Brorh Scpnlbip;
tlise bar be li1e Heli9iors Sioler % er
HOtiau bra NGbOer at om9uaes. s Den oeit'
lss Gel al gouutiet bar Wenoniterne fra
etepperne seo bet lorte Sao iunoet fig ct
elsnr, % bet tan lises I'm benz, at De er
rrsset it%rGpiomme Ssnoer. s fire 5aare'
~FtHosalGoer, iom bluses Of be99e slgn I
Ruben % ttluirfet al benz ielp, trobier De
etornens Splen / ben foloe Sintertib. 8rofs
h~SeosNVau9el paa Yrairien, bar be bos for
st SVete ct sobt Sorraao Of BrGnbiel, Der
''taar al en- Slouoing Of @isoiei pg Ss,
tgt'et O9 CpIt0blet / ct Hlim for fig ielp,
sate1 / eler nRr Suiet. 3ertii er De lleIte
S'ot 1orinneoe meo prGgtiae SaaninsasSuie
q Snoebp9gu9er, er rellgieIe % bar fine
s9Ne Strter. Sertil bar be ct e9et Nsiurances
Seltab, Der ItrGfter ls til andre Wencntter
l6OrbunossS tater % Ierritorier, iaoiom
Snnlas, GQtota oIp. Bette or en- nls9et btl
Hs ytdaee at esiurere pdn enoel Nar bar DC
aVsie laa Center at betale, andre Ndr tan
Va gao % til no9le faa Dollars, men in9en,
lom )tadr ~uoenfor oeres aitfe, ian npoe soO.
al Sslitubets 5ortele.
6or nO9et ooer ct Iar iioen oarreoe hi Ell
d0fmer'Nslurorce ber / gounttet for alle
"%a'loler, unoer Statens 9coe. % bar biotll
yU'st ma8et belet9e, iaaiom in9en Sfaoe
Vaa oet asNurereoe CT inotrnfist Der er Nsirs
.ancs te9uet paa npget ooer femii 5ulinoe
Dollars Serbi.
S0Ft eourip bar enbuu 4auo, iom lie er
YV'qr'et, men eies al ijerrtbpenbe Berioner,
VT SlfrHe ol iGlse. Yriierne bar pRrei
'rlrl09 10 Dollars pr. Were.
scr 5ernbaue CT Chicago ct. Y. @. os
e|aga Sanen, p9 bore Sper er Wnoelia.
: JansS % SuttsrfieIo, iom er belissenre
ae0Hte Sane. Ct. Samss er 9elinss
AVeI 'or u 8 N9nbene meatm Ct. V. %
T,UuE YIN % er tilise gcuntp SGoet
"uOtl'a er en- rotiaa betoem Sp % bar en-,
sans laast ct 8p ptbt % brebt, furoi oct par
w. NU'itrelo 8sperue ianseoes, meb llnts
ss.Ne AZ Jumes Srebreue, Der bar TONNE
Wv MUG 20 hot lGnssre ipcoper. 9pIiussu
~ 9er' ION pau be iIeite Sttber / 9anbet,
TSS 0sr hoao Spebe % Sapre ansaar.
,.iOH' paoce Gin, fl nofiaa bra rlobptte,
Ssliss. ~ "''' XIV '',,"'
Decorah-posten., 1889-03-20
aprreipDnDance.

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srf9h" !, Sir ite tusaus sieunsmlaiie al Re-
ttn'rH ~ INIT pl itie b,ios OiisntIissiori. msSs
,%ehion'H. -.,rss eorrsIpouosnt snit,r BET, men gss
ri!,t 'f'' r,oa haze &suntt Os a~orssltn.
Decorah-posten., 1889-03-20

SVpa Of GuroaI, Yatnn 4se Y9arts SO.
s,r ouS'sel's ulpite benote Ratten melem
In ny % 26ce 5ebr., ioet en- 9pRer Der.
'Os 'aa Seieu til 1T Diem; bans Rupu
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-03-21
WHAT THE & Il O DONE

Between midnight March 3rd and noon
March 4th, the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road carried into Washington sixty thou
sand excursion passengers, in addition to
its regular local and through travel. From
o'clock afternoon of the 4th until mid
night of the 5th an equal number was
carried from Washington. Allowing an
average of fifty passengers to the car, in
Guiding sleeping and parlOr cars. it re-
quired 1900 cars to accommodate the
multitudeS. Adding to this the necessary
number of baggage cars to take care of
the baggage of passengers and the sup
plies and paraphernalia of military COM
panies, bands and marching clubs. it will
be seen that the B. & O. hauled train of
nine cars into Washington every fifteen
minutes from midnight March 4th, and
out of Washington every fifteen minutes
from P NJ of the 4th until midnight of
the 5th.
In handling this immense volume of
business in so short time not single
accident occurred and not passenger
was injured; not a car was derailed and
not an engine failed to perform its allOt-
ted task During all this time there was
an incessant fall of rain and all out door
work Was invested with very depressing
conditions.
The satisfactory manner in which this
great movement was conducted reflects
the highest credit upon the operating de-
partment of the Baltimore and Ohio
Company, and indicates the prOmptness
and intelligence with which each member
of the entire rank and file of the force pei
formed his assigned share of the labor
involved.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-03-21
8eln1uttt Chronicle.
THURSDAY, MARCH 81, 1889.
SEyERAI weeks AGO Council bv res,

SEVERAL weeks ago Council by reso-
luton instructed the Marshal to enforce
the law against stock running at large.
At once some persons procured of the
Trustees of the township permits for
their cows to run at large, and now scores
of hungry bOvines are prowling around
the alleys, breaking down fences wher-
ever it is possible to do so, and in other
ways seriously annoying the great ma
iority of the people of the town.
The few people who insist that their
cows shall run at large apparently have
no regard whatever for the rights of
Others. Out in the country men are
compelled to keep their cattle enclosed,
but in town the able Trustees two of
whom live in the country think it the
proper thing that cows shall browse
around the streets and alleys, break into
peoples lots, and annoy the citizens in
every way possible.
The law should not confer such power
upon Trustees; and under no circum-
stances should they ever grant such per-
mits within an incorporated town. That
they should do 50 after the municipal
authorities had taken steps to enforce
the law, as they did here is such an in
reference with and defiance of munich
pal rights as is little short of usurpation
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-03-21
MONDAY, April l, occurs the annua

MONDAY, April l, occurs the annual
spring election. The officers chosen at
that election control local affairs, and it
is a matter of some Importance to the
people that good men shall be chosen
Political parties will hold conventions
and nominate rival tickets, and it is well
that they do; hence the necessity that
good men of both parties shall attend
the primary meetings of their respective
parties, and see that upright and capa-
BILE men are put forward for office.
The primaries are the places for the
People to make their voices heard. If,
despite their best efforts, unworthy men
are chosen as candidates, then there may
be some excuse for them carrying their
grievances to the polls.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-03-21
4 HERO'S FATE.

Louisville COurieT-JOurnal
Upon lonely island in the Southern
Ocean the hero of the nineteenth centu-
tury lies dying. If ever there were in
later years man whose name the Cath
Ole Church should enshrine among its
holieSt saints, it is Father Damien, the
brave and gentle priest who yields his
/ life, not to save others, but to smooth
their path to the grave. Men have oft
en- died to preserve their fellow beings,
/ but rarely do we record the act of one
/ who voluntarily leaves this world that
he may soften the pain attending the
closing days of stranger Even the
Church, in its early days of martydom,
would not demand such a sacrifice as
that.
/ Where the desert rock of MOlOkia
shoots up from the ocean, humanity ex-
lists in its saddeSt form. Those who
dwell upon that brief expanse of earth
are forever communicated by the re-
mainder of mankind. There are no
4 prison walls, but it is more than a priS-
on to them. They may wander from
side to side. to the borders of the sea, but
can never pass beyond. There is no
thought of escape. 1t is impossible.
/ Upon each there is brand, ineffaceable
and unmiStakable. 1t makes known to
all men who they are. There they must
remain, abandoned by hope. Their on
" task is to wait for death. They can
calculate the time of the latter's arrival.
Their future is solved. MOlokai is the
home set aside for the lepers of the
Sandwich Islands 1t is diseased col
onv: a settlement which is most -four
ishing when its numbers are fewest, an
abode whence only the dead depart.
When the young Ben Hur, the type
of the good and the brave, met his
mother and his sister as lepers, he
was not expected to abandon the sub
stantial benefits bequeathed him by
his Roman patron, and go with the
disease stricken women. Among the
sufferers on MolOkai, Father Damien
had neither mother nor sister. But he
said: "They are friends; they are broth
ers They need consolation for body
and soul. l will give them both. y
They put him in boat and rOwed
him to the leprOus afflicted shore. There
they left him-one sound person among
many overwhelmed by the weight of
physical affiiction. The gentle priest
came, light upon the island. To those
outcast wretches the odOr of Heaven
seemed to trail upon his garments. He
walked among them, human copy of
the Savior. He was physician of the
soul and of the body. He was the father
of the community. From none was Obe
dience lacking. His scepter was the
light of love in his eye, and the sacrifice
he made was the title-deed to his throne.
For months this man labOred among
the lepers. He could save no lives. He
could not even prOlong them. He could
only make death easier. At length he.
too, caught the malady. The little
scales and red splOtcheS on the skin
were plain evidence that the cOntagion
had settled upon him. Usually the suf
ferer from leprosy fingers many years,
but Father Damien's attack was most
virulent in type. The cable brings the
news that the heroic priest can live but
little longer When he dies the world
will lose one of its greatest heroes. Sci
dom do we hear of such as he.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-03-21
THE ERIAL TORPEDO.

TOPEKA, Ks. March 12.-FOr over a
wear DR.. H. W. Parsons, of Wamego
Ks, has been at work upon a machine
called an aerial torpedo" for which he
has obtained a patent in this country.
The War Department officials have
written favorably of the new invention,
and it has awakened lively interest
among war officials in European king
doms.
Briefly described. the aerial torpedo
is cylinder containing numerous bar
rels or recesses from which dynamite
cartridges are dropped, the cylinder being
suspended from balloon and the ex-
plOsive released by simple mechanism
controlled by electricity. The model,
it is said, works to the entire satisfac-
ton of all who have seen it tested.
While a balloon that can be directed
or guided in its course may be used
against an ordinary atmosphere, and
steered and controlled by the operator
who also discharges the bombs, yet DE-
Parsons holds that he can accomplish
with captive balloon all that is needed
to display the extraordinary features Cf
his invention. The location of the bal
loon could then be regulated by the reel
ing or unreeling of the cable which
holds it captive, just as boy changes
the position of his kite, by winding or
unwinding his kite string.
1t is not the inventors idea that this
machine can be aimed at man and
kill him as with gun, nor that it will
do away with cavalry, artillery or infant
ry, but that another corps of, say 800
men manning 100 machines, and drilled
to handle them, will accompany every
brigade, and being supported by the in
fantry, cavalry and artillery will, when
occasion favOrS their use, do more eff
fectual service than the whole brigade
could possibly do, so that the General
in command would maneuver his troops
in such a manner as to bring this corps
into action and allow them to do their
work, the infantry, artillery and cavalry
thus forming but auxiliaries to this
band of 300. Now, watch their work.
1t is estimated that each siege balloon
will contain from 200 to 1,0005 pound
cartridges of explosive, 60 per cent dy
Mantle. arranged in such a manner that
they are under control of an operator,
who is stationed on the ground and
can discharge one bomb at time. a
hundred machines will give this corps
10000 bombs at one charge, after which
they may be reeled back and charged
again every two hours or less, making
six voyages in twelve hours and carry
ing the enormous load of 100000 cart
ridges, or throwing the astonishing
amount of sixty tons of explosive into
a fortitication in a single day.
DR.. Parsons believes that by using
this apparatus modern military tactics
will be revolutionized, and that between
nations having such powerful resources
at command arbitration will usurp the
place of war.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-03-21
New Series, Vol. 20, No 12.
LOOK OFT FOR STRIKES

/ Columbus Letter March Ii to Cleveland Leader.
/ The joint convention of Ohio and
Pennsylvania miners and operators con-
tinued in session all day with the same
blue prospects of com ng to an agree
ment upon scale of prices for mine la
( bor Almost the entire day was spent
in hopeless wrangling, interspersed oc-
casionally with a caucus of opposing
| factions Late in the day concessions
from the original demands were made
by both operators and miners as follows:
The operators offer was for Hooking
coal 90 cents in summer and 65 cents in
winter per ton, and Pittsburgh coal 90
cents in summer and a cents in winter
per ton. The miners proposition was
for 90 cents the wear round for Hooking
and II cents for Pittsburgh coal. No
further concessions were made by either
miners or operators and consequently
no agreement resulted. Strenuous eff
forts were made by several prominent
members of the convention to bring
about an amicable settlement of affairs,
and J. H. HySell, a member of the Ohio
Legislature, attempted to pour oil upon
the troubled waters, but in vain, as the
convention adjourned sine die early this
evening. From the result of this con-
vention, some bitter strikes may be
looked for in the mining districts of Ohio
and Pennsylvania during the coming
summer, and the direful scenes of four
years ago repeated, much to the misery
e
ding of the operators. The present scale
of prices holds good until May l, which
date may tell sad story. The position
of the miners is determined one of
positive permanency, and they will
probably declare general strike on May
| unless the demands are complied with
AN IMPORTANT CONCESSION.
From the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette
Next to the collapse of the London
Times forgery charge, the most import
ant development of the home rule move
ment in several years is the admission
by Parnell the other day that Ireland is
''indissolubly linked" with the British
Empire. Although the extreme Irish
Nationalists may protest, nevertheless
the vast majority of thoughtful and
well informed Americans will acquiesce
in the wisdom and, indeed, patriotism
of this limitation by Parnell upon
Irish legislative independence. The
fear that the ultimate aim of the
home-rulers is the destruction of the
Empire is the cause of the opposi-
ton of hundreds of thousands of en-
lightened and liberal minded English
men, and ST. long as that fear exists
home-rule is impossible. Such men as
Chamberlain and Bright appeal to the
sentiment of Imperial unity with over
whelming effect. How could it be 9th
erwise? Tie world over lf-protection is
the first law of nature, and this is as
true of nations as of individuals. But
with Parnell's concession home rule will
soon be in sight.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-03-21
THE COMPLAINT FROM FINDLAY

Pittsburgh Dispatch.
1t is reported from Findlay, in another
column, that the flint glass manufacture
ers there complain even more loudly of
the Improbable character of their busi-
ness than the Pittsburgh manufacturers
do. They do not seem to have a very
/ clear idea of the cause of the trouble; but
they can see no way out of it but a re-
ductiOn of wages, and say that they are
going to shut down unless that is ac-
cepted.
There is certainly considerable wisdom
in their resolution to shut down if they
cannot get cost for their produce: but
there is certainly some instruction in the
cause of the depression. For the fact is
that the present low prices have been
brought about by these very gentlemen.
They have carried on their business, ap-
parently with the conviction that because
they were given free fuel and free sites by
the liberality of Findlay, therefore they
need not be restrained by any limitation
of the cost of production. They have by
their own statement carried this so far
that they cannot get back the elements
of cost that they have to pay. which is
the inevitable result of putting goods on
the market regardless of what 1t costs to
produce them.
THERE'S no doubt, too. that the premium
placed on new factories by the offer of
sites and fuel free has increased the pro
ductive capacity largely in excess of the
demand. This is the inevitable result of
making that free which must represent
cost to some one. The experiment has
been pushed to its utmost extent, and the
result is not wholly satisfactory. There
is no remedy for such state of affairs
but the cessation of the least advantage
OuSly located concerns until the demand
comes up to the total productive capacity.
But it hardly seems just to make the
workmen bear the burden of the reckless
ness of the manufacturers, by cutting
down the wages of the former, because
the latter have broken the market by sell
ing glass below cost.