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Washington Letter.
December 30, 1889.

Christmas at the Capitol was a
happy joyous day in many homes
and churches aud public institu-
tions. Tie weather was spring
like in its remarkable mildness,
the thermometer standing at sixty
in the shade. At the White
House there was q Christmas tree
for the first time in score of
years, of which the Presidents
grandchildren were the joyful
benefciaries. President Grants
children were too old for such
amusements, as were also those of
President Hayes, while the same
may be said of President Arthur.
The ill-fated Garfield was not des-
tined to spend a Christmas in the
mansion, and President Cleveland
was childless.
AS is often the case on such
festive occasions, there is dark
side to the picture, and the day of
good will and good cheer was sad
dened by scenes of death and dis
tress, and blackened with crime.
There were several youthful VIC
TINS of the playful and treacher-
GUS toy pistol, and there was .
misguided man who sought sur
cease of sorrow by ending his
days in the waters of the historic
Potomac. In the category of
crime may be chronicled the ar
rest of two prominent physicians
of this city for robbing a woman 8
grave in the Congressional ceme-
terry, to say nothing of the robbery
of jewelry buried with the
corpse.
Two we'll known faces are miss
ed from the Democratic side,
Randall, in the house, and Brown,
of Georgia, in the senate; and 1t Is
greatly feared by friends and adj
mlrers that their days of public
usefulness are ended. Randall is
tower of strength and courage,
and his place would be hard to
fill. The eminent Pennsylvania
lies i'll at his residence on Capitol
Hill, and has not been in his seat
this session. Mr.. Brown, another
invalid, is, | believe, more noted
for his wealth than statemanship.
Among the statesmen who have
gone home "to look after their
fences" to use the language of
Ohio's favorite son and Senator,
are Senator Allison, of Iowa, and
Representative Seney. Many ex-
pressions, and from Democratic
Senators, are heard favorable to
the return of the sagacious Sena-
tor from Iowa, he of the silver
hair and dignified mien. The big,
bluff Scotchman, Senator Beck, of
Kentucky stalwart Democrat,
though he is, says that Iowa will
make a great mistake If she
should foolishly displace the
gentleman in question. When SEN
tor Allison retires, the Senate will
lose a pillar of much strength. Mr..
Seney Is one one of statesman who
Is contesting with Mr.. Brice, the
millionaire chairman of the Demo-
cratic National committee, a sena-
torial seat from Ohio.
Among politicians at Washing
Ton 1T is confidently believed that
MIR. Brice will be the winner, for
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Brice and Doodle are regarded as
synonymous, and Doodle is known
to be potent factor in determin-
ing the choice of the Ohio Dem
ocracy. Senator Payne, of Stah-
dard Oil fame being a caes In
point.
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Brashear Briefs.

At the Academy contest Ada
Merrill received the first prize.
+, A. kirkpatrick and wife and
J. S. Bailey spent a couple of davs
in LaBelle last week.
Miss Stella Hopkins went to
kirksville Monday.
Mrs. Yves. Waddill attended the
funeral of her nephew at LaBelle
last week.
MIR. Baine moved to Hurdland
Monday.
Rumor hath it that the Barn
hart house will be occupied by an
NJ. d. from Willmathville.
J. n. McCreery is visiting in
Illinois this week.
j. S. Bailey, principal of the
Academy, has been fortunate in
securing the services of Rev. Bru-
ner as solicitor for a short time.
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A Plea for Sympathy But To
Late to Squeal.

EDITOR GRAPHIC-Ip the last
issue of your paper VIM. Hart
appears with a plea for sympathy,
in the shape of an article of com.
plant claiming that he "has been
assailed through a paper" and
denied the right of defense. This
is a mistake, miserable blunder,
and Mr.. Hart certainly knows it.
These are the facts:
l. Mr.. Hart assailed Jesus
Christ and the Apostles, yea, he
wrote a book against the whole
Bible, and had twenty years to
spend on that book against the
Bible, then circulated said book
among the people.
2. The writer set up a defense
of Jesus Christ, the Apostles and
in fact the whole Bible, in the
Church Register of which he is
one of the editors, by reviewing
MIR. Harris book of fallacies and
the moment friend Hart began to
feel the sting of defeat. he begins
to squeal and beg for sympathy
through the public press. Mr..
Hart has had his turn at the Bible,
and closed up his book with the
end, and now, he is not content to
give us chance at his book. He
pleads the baby act. So you see,
Mr.. Hart is not assailed, but only
criticised for his onslaught upon
Christ and the Bible. Tnis we
have as good right to
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Guardian Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
was appointed Guardian of the person and
estate of Henry GerhOld, q person OF unsOund
mind by the Probate Court of Adair county
on the 10th day of December, 1889. This Dec.
gSrd lSS9. SAMUEL PRESTON,
Guardian o Henry Ge-hold.
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Strengthening and
Rheumatic Plasters.
ARE A REVELATION To THE WORLD,
AND ARE THE ONLY GENUINE
RHEUMATIC PLASTERS.

Nine-tenths of all troubles which
require the aid of plasters are
rheumatic in their nature. A
change of weather or sudden draft
causes cold which develops into
muscular and that into infamma-
tory rheumatism. And yet there
has never been SUCH a thing as a
distinctly rheumatic and strength
ening plaster, and hundreds have
died suddenly where rheumatism
has attacked the heart, whose
lives might have been saved had
this plaster been applied in sea-
500. They are constructed on
purely scientific principles and are
purely vegetable. Prepared by
Rheumatic Syrup Co., Jack, Mich.
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Adair County Circuit Court Docket

Brica decd vs Clifton, Gray
Il Mcclure.
1858 Angeliue e. Darling etal vs
Mary L. Sheriff. etal.
1868 Mary Long vs. James DunE,
executor.
$500 Ida NJ. Sutton VS. Samuel A.
B. Sutton
6013 Samanda Adams etal vs
Williams Adams etal
6033 Clara Thompson vs David
S. Hooper
6037 Nancy 1. Motley vs. Thomas
A Motley.
6039 John F Novinger vs. Daniel
d Novinger.
6040 Sarah A Reynolds, executrix
vs. Zepheniah Reynolds Jr.
GOAL Louisa T Torrance vs. Jonas
Torrance.
6Q42 AlBsrt Dyer vs. Daniel Six.
6063 First Natl Bank of Kinks
vile vs. George G Chappell
Gar. of j. d. Miller.
6077 Henry d Floyd vs James
Galaspy.
60S2 Sarah Ray vs. VIM. Ray
60S3 jeff Thomas vs Bette
Thomas
60S4 Casper H. Lintner vs. Marie
johnson etal.
TUESDAY, End DAY, JAN. 7th 1890
6C95 Phoebe Douglas etal expartt
6091 Jonas Caskey vs Abs Gill
and the Wabash Western r.
r. Co., Gar.
6096 Amy Kerns VS. James B
Kerns
609S Joseph Wilson etal VS. J K
P Morelock etal
6100 Anna Sterns Va Alvin NJ
Sterns
CLOG John W Collins vs. John
and Thomas Christian
6109 Albert Prather VS. Rachel
Prather
CLIO John w Turner vs. Rachel
Turner
Gill George Stewart vs. Eliza and
Edward Stewart
6103 James Canady vs James 81
4oungman -,
6ll7 State use Amanda Potter VS.
VIM. A Falkenstein .
GIG Henry Eckert and VIM.
Eckert vs. W B Harlan
6l2O John 81. Campbell e. Co., VS.
Abel F. Bumpas
6123 George W Phelps VS. James
& Thomas Burnett.
6122 John V Redmon, Exparte
614S Frank Quinn VS. L J Dockery
J NJ Ivie.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. Sth 1890, 4th DAY
6l49 A M Shepleigh & Co. vs. P
M Smith
6150 John II Gregory VS. Catha-
llu6 duu LIaVlS hdTClQ
6l52 Sarah Patton vs. Nelson Cole
6155 Geo. A Redmon vs. j H
Hogan, J. W. Roney
6156 w H Clark We d d Novinger
6l57 City Of Kirksville VS. Ed
Bounds and James Mears
373O Mary 3 Kramer vs. Francis
Keller etal
6159 ] 0 Coffee vs. S B Lind.
6163 Frank Quinn vs. Napoleon
Wilson
,6164 Mart Rowland Gnterpleader)
VS. f Smith & Son.
6l66 G W Minear VS. B F Ilgen-
fritz etal
6l47 Delhina &c mbs etal vs. Nancy
Elmore etal
GIGS Nichols Sheppard & Co. VS.
Martin Meter
6169 VIM. F. Marble vs. John
Vanhorne.
THURSDAY, JAN. 9th 1890, 4th DAY.
5 Tax Suits.
RETURN DOCKET
6102 Dora Sylvia VS. James Sylvia
6104 Sam'l M Picker etal VS.
James Hayes etal
6107 S G Taylor VS. D j Taylor
CLOS Virginia Tweedell vs. James
Twsedell
6114 Ida d Crane VS. Charles w
Crane
6l54 John Shoemaker VS. Lezette
Shoemaker
615S Henrietta Elmore vs. George
L Elmore etal
6160 Margaret Smith ys Sidney
Smith
6162 Newton A Baylor vs Anna
DeReamer
GIGS Amelia G Pevehouse vs.
Joseph Pevehouse
6l67 G B Rager VS. John Brashear
FRIDAY, JAN. 10th, 1890, 9TH DAY.
Criminal Cases
% Cases.
Strengthening and
Rheumatic Plasters.
ARE A REVELATION To THE WORLD,
AND ARE THE ONLY GENUINE
RHEUMATIC PLASTERS.
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We will not run down others goods in
order to sell Our own.

The moment begin to do this that customers
will have good question the character of the articles
sell There is an old sayng"good wine needs bushwhch
has application every line OF trade. We know
short and anxious cuomers but life long enough
honest goods their and when buy goods
have merit sufficient to hold their without resorng
traction of others shall quit business and die 1t
though sledge hammer needed firmly mbedded the
be suspicious of sOekeeper agentor
tai argument making trade depreciation anothes goods
and that which need introduction this kind reco
milton not worth buying.
w. B. REYNOLDS & SON.
GREENTOP, MO.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-04-11
Clippings.

A New Bedford clergyman who has
been in service long time advertises
seven hundred sermons for sale, cover
ing all subjects and applicable to any
locality. He only wants one dollar
apiece for the lot if taken in lump
DIR. Francis Il. Brown, of Boston, has
devised a plan by which six deaf per-
sons who formerly heard nothing of the
sermon hardly miss word of it when
they attend church. A large sound
receiver stands near the preacher and
branch speaking tubes run by way Of
the floor from it to each of the deaf per-
sons.
Low shoes are but seldom seen now
a-days, therefore the man with the fancy
socks, like the lady with jeweled garters,
may only find solace in the self-consola-
ton within the confines of his private
apartment
When the new minister is handsome
and unmarried there is almost sure to be
revivel among the young ladies Of the
congregation.
Cut glass is becoming the fashion for
toilet articles. The reason for this is
practical enough-the silver requires
constant polishing, while the glass is
easily kept in order and is quite IS
pretty.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-04-11
WASHINGTON NOTES,

VICE ADMIRAL STEPHEN Rowan, q. S.
n. (retired) died of Bright's disease al
the Ebbett House, Washington recently.
GEORGE w. HOLMAN, of Rochester,
Ind, has been appointed bank examiner
Of Indiana.
THE public debt showed a decrease
during the month of March of Sill
$50, S57.
1T is understood that the Attorney
General will take an appeal from the
decision of the Court of Claims. which
makes the Government responsible to
the members of Congress for their loss
of salary through the Silcott defalca-
ton.
1T is estimated that the Dependent
Pension bill which passed the Senate
the other day will require SIS, 1000, ZOO.
The House Committee on the Judici.
airy has appointed subcommittee to
visit Southern States and make thor.
ough investigation of the alleged inn
proper action of court officers in insti.
tuting prosecutions without reason and
for the purpose of collecting fees.
THE bill to give the widow of the late
Major-General Fitzpatrick 500 per month
has been favorably reported to the
House.
THE House Committee on Naval AT.
fairs has favorably reported the McAdoc
bill to prevent the enlistment of aliens
in the navy.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-04-11
PROMOTIONS.
General Miles to Succeed the Late General
Crook-Lewis A. Grant For Assistant Sec
rotary of War.

General Miles to Succeed the Late General
Crook-Lewis A. Grant For Assistant Sec
Rotary of War.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-The President
Saturday sent to the Senate the follow
ing nominations: Lewis A. Grant, of
Minnesota, to be Assistant Secretary of
War: Brigadier-GeneralN Nelson A. Miles,
to be Major-General; Colonel Benjamin
H. Grierson, Tenth cavalry, to be Brig
adier-General.
The selection of Brigadier-General
Nelson A. Miles to succeed General
Crook, deceased, seems to give general
satisfaction in army circles. General
Miles, who has been in the city several
days, was the recipient of hearty con-
CALCULATIONS. In company with Major
General Schofield he called on Secre-
tary Proctor and thanked him for his
promotion.
General Lewis A. Grant, of Minneap-
oils, nominated as Assistant Secretary
of War, was bred a lawyer, and at the
breaking out of the war was a partner
in the firm of Stoughton & Grant, one
of the leading law firms of Vermont
lie entered the army as Major of the
Fifth Vermont regiment in September,
1861, rose by regular promotions to the
rank of Brigadier-General April 81, 1864,
and commanded the so-called "Vermont
Brigade" to the close of the war. This
brigade was we'll known as one of the
best fighting brigades of Sedgwick's
corps, and General Grants rec
ord of hard service is second
to none. He received the brevet rank OF
Major General October l9, 1864, "for gal
liant and meritorious service in the pres
ent campaign before Richmond, Va,
and in the Shenandoah valley" Since
the close of the war he has been active
ly and successfully engaged in business,
first at Des Moines, Iowa, and then at
Minneapolis, where he removed about
six years ago. His appointment was
recommended by the Minnesota Sena-
tors, by Mr.. Snyder, the member from
Minneapolis, and by Governor Gear and
others from Iowa.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-04-11
PASSING PERSONALITIES.

PRINCE BISMARCK is fond of American
apples. A barrel of pippins was recent
" forwarded to him from New York
City.
MARSHALL WILDER, the clever dwarf
humorist, made his first appearance on
the stage On the back of Joseph Jetfer-
SON in "Trip Van Wrinkle"
SENATOR EvARTs, Chauncey NJ. Depew
and Robert G. Ingersoll are said to be
men who take scarcely any exercise in
the ordinary sense Of the word.
WILLIAM HENRY billiard, the Amer.
lean painter, always gets a great recep-
ton when he goes to Amsterdam, be-
cause he is descendant of Jan Van der
Heyden.
FRANKLIN B. GowEN made q scrap
book of the hundreds of threatening
letters which he received during the
prosecution Of the "Mollie Maguires,"
and in after years often looked it over
with grim amusement.
CHARLES VILLIERs Is now the oldest
member Of the British House Of Com
mons. He is eighty-seven years old, and
has sat continuously for Woolverhamp-
ton since 1885. He was associated with
Golden and Bright in the sAfasm agita-
ton.
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THE EAST.

THOMAS CORNELL, the steamboat and
railroad man of Kingston, n. Y, is dead.
He was personal friend of Secretary
Blaine and had been in Congress
WILLIAM KEMMLER has been sentenced
to death by electricity at Auburn, On.
W prison as prescribed by law during
the week beginning April IS
GOVERNOR HILL of New York, sent to
the Senate a veto of the Saxton Ballot
Reform bill.
On the Hudson River railroad, near
Garrison, n. Y, freight train ran into
mass of fallen rock before the flagman
had time to give warning. Three train
men were hurt and the engine and
twelve cars wrecked.
p. j. CLAssEN, Of New York City, has
been indicted by the United States
grand jury for embezzlement and mis-
appropriation of funds of the Sixth
National Bank of that city.
I. r TOWNSEND & Co.. commission
wool merchants of New York City, have
assigned. They were rated high. The
assignees hope to pay dollar for dollar
By an explosion of fire damp in a
nAAoAe oV ~NohbASoACs II d.s lllc obutE OdN,
three miners were killed and eight Sc
riously injured.
JOSEPH WooD, negro aqueduct labor
er, who killed Charles Ruffian. has been
sentenced at New York to die by cleo
tricity.
FAST day was strictly observed
throughout Massachusetts and New
HAMPSHIRE on the 3D.
FIRE in New York City DESTROYED
James S. Bryant's wagon and carriage
factory, Noah ii. Hoyt's stable and six
horses and three dwellings There were
many narrow escapes. Loss, $50, 900.
The Horace Greeley homestead at
Chsppaqua, n. Y, burned to the ground
recently. All the books, water color
picture of Mrs. Greeley and bust of
Horace Greeley were saved by the
neighbors. Miss Gabrielle Greeley was
1t church in Pleasantville at the time.
SIX of the leading white lead manu-
featuring companies of New York State
have consolidated under the name of
tie National Lead & Oil Company. The
capital of the Dewcompany is 1000, 900.
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THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.
CONGRESSIONAL.


THE Senate on the s1st disagreed to the
House amendments to the bill for a public
building at Atchison, Kan, and asked for q
conference. The Dependent Pension bill
was then taken up, the first question to dis
pose of being Senator Plumb's amendment
as to arrears of pensions, making pensions
on account of wounds or injuries or disease
commence from the death or discharge oi
the soldier. To an inquiry Senator Plumb
said that the cost of removing the limitations
ofarrears would approximate $500. 900 900. The
amendment was finally rejected by vote OF
yeas to Is nays. All other amendments
were rejected and the bill passed, ayes AZ,
nays II Adjourned. In the House the
conference report upon the Urgency Def
cheney bill was agreed to. After passing q
number Of local bills the House cons idered
the Army Appropriation bill in Committee
of the Whole and when the committee rose
the bill passed and the House soon ad
iourned.
AFTER dsposing Of few reports of COM
mittees and other routine business on April
1.-THE Senate went into executive session and
when the doors were reopened adjourned.
The House adopted the report Of the
Judiciary Committee calling for an investi-
cation of certain alleged Irregularities
in the Offices of United States mar
snals and the practice in some of
the United States courts A num-
Der OF private pilis passed ana the fort'n-
cation APPROPRIATIONS o,ii was sohs,ueI te IN
coinni''ee Oh the "hoie; when 'ne CoIh'
mittee rose the Dill passeu, aiso Tue pIii pro
Niuahs 10. zooiog,eai park IN 'no Dis'riD, g,
Oh Coiumpia. Inc Naval appropriation ph'
was reported and placed on the calendar,
when the death Of Representative WILDER, of
NeN Iork, was ahnouheeo anu 'ne nouse
aalouInea,
he T,,Af afo faa
,ro,n .ne ouu.ciary OoHim'.ee, reporteo
pach Ine anu rust oill In .he Iorm Oh SUP.
s.i'u'e ne anu seNern o'her menloers Ui
.ne coihihi'tee eApresseu views on 'he oii'
Inc conieIehce repor. On tue Urgency Zen
c,ehcS oii was agreed 10, anu tue h1ohtana
eiection case was taken up. renoine con
s.uerasioh .ne eena'e aulourheu. Inc
Rouse passeu large NUMBER o, priage anu
otne, ioca. oiis ana then eonsiaeIeo sne Dill
ior the aomisslon OF ldano until ADJOURN
"en.. no maj action oelng reached
AFTER routine business on the Sd the Sen
ATE resumed the Montana election case and
after several senators spoke the matter
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THE LATEST.

CLEARING house returns for the week
ended April showed an average de.
crease of 12.2 compared with the CORE
spending week of last year. In New
York there was decrease of 1872.
FINANCIAL affairs were reported good
on the London Stock Exchange during
the week ended April 5. A reduction OF
the bank rate of discount was expected.
Prices were firm on the Continental
bourses and the tone good. The Havana
sugar market reported lower prices.
THREE negroes stealing railroad iron
at Irondale, Ala, were recently pur-
sued by Town Marshal England and his
deputy Fortenberry. The negroes shot
England, probably fatally. Forten-
berry then opened fire and killed the
| three negroes. Intense excitement was
caused.
SIX men were recently beheaded in
the Yunan province of China. They
were the last of the revolters at Kout
Sciou mine.
THE powder works at Chester, N. Y,
blew UP recently. Two men were killed
and great damage was done to houses in
the vicinity.
THE leaders of the Freisinnige party
in Germany have refused to take part in
the movement for the erection of a
monument in honor of Prince Bismarck
A HAMBURG correspondent says that,
in contrast with Bismarck's policy, EN-
peror William intends to pave the way
to an entente with France and thus iso-
late Russia. The Austrian alliance, it
adds, will remain unchanged.
THE several charges against Moussa
Bey have been dropped at Constanti-
nople. The alleged ground for this
action is insufficient evidence.
FRANK DAVIS, convict, escaped from
the Minnesota State prison the other
night by prying the bars of hospital
window apart and letting himself down.
He stole the hospital stewards overcoat
A COURT martial has convened at Fort
Porter, n. Y, for the trial of First Lieu
tenant S. Allen Dyer, Twenty-third in
fantry, on charges of mourning debts
which his creditors have been unable to
collect and Of running away from an
irate milk dealer who assaulted him on
account of debt.
The trust recently founded for the
purpose of controlling glucose and
starch has purchased the extensive
works of the Voorhees, Starch Company
at Danville, Ill.
The Senate on the 5th disposed of q
large number of unopposed measures.
A bill was passed giving a pension of
500 month to the widow of General
John Hartranft The House devoted
the day principally to the consideration
of army bills.