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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-03

Catarrh, Skin Diseases, Eczema, Chronic Female
Complaints, MercurIal Poison, letter, Scald
Heao, etc, etc.
p. p. P. is powerful tonic, and an excellent
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-03

Irregularities, are peculiarly benefited by the
wonderful tonic and blood cleansing properties
of +. p, Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-03
FOE SALE.

WANTED-A COOK. APPLY AT tn
w TIMES Office. 13tf
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18

have fung their names to the breeze and
eye each other jealousy. In running ones
etc over the map Of Burlington county the
first name to attract attention Is that uf
Bargalhtown. There are hardly enough citi-
Zens in the hamlet to keep the grass from
growing in the footpath. pestletowD Is Of
the Same size and character as Bargain
town, but there isn't a druggist in Il.
Mount Misery Is a small elevation covered
with rocks and scrub pines, and not far
from II Is Ong's Hat, an immense boulder,
shaped like a ounces cap. Wading river is
a shallow stream that creeps slowly along
over a level country, and Fox Chase Is the
summit OF a high elevation, across which
hunted foxes usually laid their course.
Brindletown is In the midst OF a dairy
district and there is probably some con-
nectlon between the name Of the town and
brlndle COWS. Boar Stag Cranberry Boys
for deer hunters, but is now cultivated by
growers of cranberries. Mary Ann Furnace
is a slow-going community Of about twenty
persons; Bulltown is in the midst of the
butter and milk producing districts, and
Martha and Calico are the names OF two
settlements beyond the sound Of the locomo-
tive's whistle. Red Lion has a ferocious
sound, but it is an extremely tame town.
Old Half Way was in its glory during
the days of stage coaching, when 1t was a
%favorite resting place for horses and re-
freshing station for men,. Then there are
Tabernacle, Sandtcwn and JobstowD.
In Hunterdon county there are several
towns peculiarly named. About twelve
miles up the Delaware river from Trenton,
at a point where the river tnmbles over a
natural dam of boulders, is a small hamlet
strung along the base of a high blum. The
name of the town is Tumble. and not far
from 1t is the settlement of Raven Rock.
In the interior of the county is Flagtown,
occupied by industrious people who make a
pretty good annual income through the sale
of a flag that grows in the meadows sur
rounding the place. DaptisttowD is one of
the oldest communities in Hunterdon county
and is especially noted for having the best
kept graveyard within a radius Of many
miles. 1t gets its name from a colony OF
Baptists that settled on the land surround
ing the site Of the town nearly a century
ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
Grain Acreage Reduced.

JEFFERSON, Ia April 17.-Special)-
The sowing of oats and spring wheat in this
section is practically completed and farmers
are getting ready to plant corn. There will
be less oats and more wheat sowed this year
than for the past ten years. Last season
a small acreage of wheat was put in and the
yield was 80 satisfactory that this year the
amount has easily been doubled. 1t is not
believed there will be as large an acreage OF
corn this wear as last on account OF the ex-
tremely low price at which the commodity
sells. farmers claiming that they lose money
producing corn at Is cents per bushel, to say
nothing OF the wear on the land. and there
seems to be a strong inclination to turn TO
dairying as a means of support.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
LESSONFRUM I)WA'S CENSUS
Interesting Table of Statistics Compiled
by Captain Landers.
POPULATIONS PECULIAR COMPOSITION
Males Exceed the Number of Females
by Several Thousnnd-What
Germany Has Contrib
uted in Inhabitants.

DIES MONIES, April 17.-(special Tele-
gram. )-Captain Frank Landers, clerk Of the
executive council and superintendent Of the
census, has just completed another compila-
ton of statistics from the census of
last year. 1t includes a large amount of in
formation about the elements that compose
the population Of Iowa, illiteracy, nativity
and other matters. 1t is shown that Iowa
is one Of the comparatively small number of
communities in which the number Of males
exceed the number of females. There are
only 1883 colored people in Iowa; 1874
Indians.
OF the 2,046, $50 people in the state, 1,I27,-
521 are natives and 326, 1896 foreign born.
There are S71 ,774 in the urban population
of the state, or 1926 per cent OF the total.
OF the congressional districts, 1t is found
that the Tenth has the largest population
the Eleventh comes next. Messrs. Perkins
and Dolliver, who represent these two dis
tricts, represent almost as many people as
are represented by Gear of the First, Lacey
of the Sixth, and Hull of the Seventh.
Next to natives of the United States, Ger
many has contributed much the largest pro-
portion Of the states population-132,347
Ireland is next with $4,000, and ireland,
England, Wales and Scotland have contrib
uted a total almost as large as that OF Ger
many. OF the states Of the union Iowa, oil
course, leads, with 1~,134,147 OF Its own now
living in the state; Illinois is next with 49,
956. followed by Ohio with $4,000, with New
York, Indiana and Pennsylvania in order.
OF the counties of Iowa, Dubuque has pro-
duced more Iowans who are now residents
of the state than any other ~county-3S,24 S.
Scott, Polk, Linn, Des Moines, Lee and other
of the older counties follow. OF the occupa-
tons, farmers lead with 246l42; laDolers
with over n 900 are next; teachers with over
is. 900 are third; then comes merchants, car
p%enters. clerks and other occupations. Total
population, 2,O5S.O6 males, LOGS, 1870; fe,
males, 992, 9S9; persons 81 years old and
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
Romance Of II Des Moines Girl.

DIES MONIES, April 17.-(Speciai leie-
gram.)-Miss Rose Kroem, the adopted
daughter of Mrs. William Ankeny of Penn
sylvania avenue, has Just discovered who
her parents were, and that she has a mother,
brothers and sisters living Sixteen years
ago a man named Krogen deserted his wife,
taking with him the oldest and youngest of
his four children, a boy of 8 and a baby
girl. The mother made most diligent search
for her children, but beyond finding that
the baby had been taken to Des MONIES, could
learn nothing of their whereabouts. Mrs
Kroem, who has been divorced and re-
married, now lives in Charlton. Her name
Is Hodges Rose, it seems, when brought
to Des Molnes by her father, was left in good
hands, and finally adopted by Mr.. and Mrs
Ankeny who knew nothing of her, except
the name as given to them. The missing
brother has also been found. He was adopted
by a family named Lucas, and is known as
Charles Lucas. He lives in Osceola, where
he has a position in a bank. Mrs. Hodges
has beeen notified of the whereabouts oil
her long lost daughter and a reunion of the
family will soon be had.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
END OF PHYSICIANS MEETING.
state Medical Society Members Trans
net Much business.

DIES MONIES, April 17.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-The State Medical society closed its
meeting today. Many papers which were
expected were not furnished and several were
referred to the publication committee after
reading of their titles. The committee on
amendments reported adversely on the adop-
ton of a measure proposed for addition
which read: THE professional stan OF the
state asylums for the insane, deaf and dumb
and blind shall each be entitled to one dele
gate" The convention adopted the report.
The following papers were read: Ear
Disease, the Sequel Of Acute Infectious
Diseases by F. e. Sampson of Crestn;
pathology and Treatment of Septic Diseases
of the Mastoid Cells" F. overhoit Oh yes
Moines; "Strychnine," by o. d. Bosom OF Des
Moines. Chairman Watson of the amend
ment committee reported and the convention
passed a new section, which proVides Ihat
when members move ont of the state they
can retain membership in the society by
being elected as a nonresident member.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
Knocked Out Two Motors.


One of the train crews on the Fifth avenue
line had q strange run of bad luck last even
ing. When they went on duty after supper
and took their car from the house they had
not completed the first trip until they had
met with an accident that disabled the motor.
When 1t grew dark enough TO require the
headlight and lamps the motorman turned
the switch to light up. Water,
it is supposed, leaking through the
roof short-circuited the current and in an
instant the whole top of the car was in a
blaze. The current was turned off and the
fire extinguished, but the damage had been
sufficient to destroy for the time being the
lighting apparatus, and it was necessary
to send the motor to the house. Another
motor was run up to the waiting crew, but
before 1t had completed its unfinished trip
a ground developed in the motor ma
chinery and that car was knocked out. At
8 o'clock the crew had been supplied with
the third motor for the evening and were
arxiously expecting another accident.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
QUEER NEW JERSEY NAMES.
EnrIy Settlers Evidently Taxed Their
ingenuity in Town Nomenclature

III to"h
The oldest names of towns, mountains
and streams in New Jersey, says the New
York Sun, are found in Burlington and
Ocean counties, in the southern part of the
state, and a good many of them are dis
torted Indian names, while others were given
by hunters and settlers many years ago. In
Ocean county is a town Of small proportions
called Double Trouble.
Not far from Double Trouble is Seven
Stars, a settlement that boasts of a black
smith shop, a grocery store and a watering
trough. The origin Of the name is as mys-
FERROUS as the origin of Double Trouble, but
it may be that the fact that seven country
roads winding through the pines and con-
verging at that point have something to do
with it. The twelve or thirteen people who
constitute the population of Seven Stars are
proud of the name and the man who goes
into their presence and pokes fun at 1t is
sure to have his hands full of trouble.
Butterfly Bridge is the name of another
Ocean county town Of about the same size
as Seven Stars. There appears to be no
excuse for mentioning a bridge in connec-
ton with the place, for there is no bridge
there. During the summer milliSns of but
terliies come to the lowlands tying around
the town and gather sweetness from the
blossoms of the wild rose bushes that overrun
the swamps. In all probability this fact
gave rise to the name of Butterfly. A noted
stream In this county is Old Hurricane brook.
Over on the coast is Mosquito Cove, and
when one visits the locality in July and Au-
gust he is left in no doubt as to why it
was given that name. 1t breeds mosquitoes
by the billion, and they are not of an in
ferior quality as Jersey mosquitoes go,
either. Alligator comes in for its share of
attention, and no reason is given for fixing
such a name on the quiet little hamlet.
There is no record of alligator hunting
having ever been pursued in the locality,
but it is a great place for turtles.
There are Zub's Bridge and Lower Squan-
KUN, and, as if to encourage immigration
Success, Prospertown and New Prospect
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18

violating the postal laws. He was bound
over IN the sum Of $1,000 to answer In the
May term Of the federal court. The penalty
may be a hne up to S., 900, or Imprisonment
up to five years, or both. Buuell's orenso
consisted In the manner In which he mailed
the 1nterstated Tracer, a publication de
voted exclusively to dun literature" Instead
Of weeping eaeh copy .separately so that
the contents would be concealed, the papers
were mailed in bundles in such a way that
p%ostofice clerks would be able to read the
lists of so-called dead beats, and the more
or less libelous m made on persons
who are in debt.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
uo,us count In Hot Water.

DIES MONIES, April H.-Special Tele-
graz l-Dr. Charles Ven Belou, who is under
arrest in Chicago, will be brought to Des
Moines He is wanted here for a number
of smooth swindling operations a year ago.
came to the city and represented him
self as a German count. He was armed with
letter and papers to prove his Identity, and
swindled the best Germans of the city out
of over Sc, 900 before he decamped.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
CITY Treasurer short.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, April IA sensa-
tion was created at the city council meeting
tonight when the report of the outgoing city
treasurer, j. c. Stoddard, who has held the
office for almost a quarter of a century, was
filed, showing a shortage Of $12, 900. The
city will take steps to protect itself. Where
the money has gone is a mystery, as 1t is
not believed that Mr.. Stoddard has prohted
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
wo,,a EXTEND an Iowa Line.

MASON CITY, Ia, April r.-tspeciai
Telegram.)-From reliable authority 1t Is
learned that the Usage & Southwestern rail-
road is making overtures to parties at Lei
land. to extend its line to that point, where
connection could be made with the MIMI
eapolis & st. Louis. The Great Western
is concentrating its plans to build to this
city, and meetings have been called to be
held next week at Bristow, Benezette, Cold
Water owen Center and Mason Center.
Representative of the road will address the
meeting.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
Rivals the n Rays.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, April 17.-(Special
Telegram)-George Johnson, a young farmer,
residing in jefferson county, has been ex-
perimenting with the X rays and has found
what he terms a Y ray by means of which
he is enabled to change in three hours time
a cheap piece of metal, worth 10 cents, into
$15S worth of pure gold. He is a graduate
OF Columbia college. He has had the metal
tcctad
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
CANCER Confesses bankruptcy.

DIES MONIES, April H,-lspeciaI Tele-
grandfather e. H.. ,Conger, ex-congress-
man and ex-ministet I'd Brazil, was in court
today to testify concerning his property, On
account of an action recently begun to collect
a 81. 600 Judgment against him. He testified
that IL the last few years he has lost in
various investments over $4,000. and is now
bankrupt. He has been considered quite
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
'Rosedale," matinee this afternoon.
Criminal Cases Passed Upon.

Criminal Cases Passed Upon.
Judge Smith spent a few minutes yester-
day in disposing Of some criminal cases.
Zed Bethers pleaded guilty to having
robbed Payne's grocery store, and was SELL
fenced to one year in the penitentiary at
Fort Madison.
William Williams was sent up for one
year for robbing a dwelling house.
Harry Smith was given sixty days in Jail
for larceny from a building in the day time.
James Smith, who was charged with hav-
ing broken into a school house, was dis
missed on motion of the county attorney.
Bethers and Williams we're taken to Fort
Madison last night by Sheriff Morgan.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
skeleton of Unknown Man Unenrthcd

CHEROKEE, Ia, April 17.-(SpecinI)-A
good deal of excitement is manifest here over
the unearthing OF a human skeleton by a
party Of workmen, who are engaged in grad
ing a street in the northwestern part of
the city. The bones were found about ten
feet below the surface and they are in an ex-
ceptionally we'll preserved condition, although
1t is apparent that they have lain in the
81 nund for q number of years.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
matinee this afternoon.
Dangerous.

II a child opens a valve on a gasoline stove
the chances are you are burned out. With
the Blue Flame Coal Oil Stove it merely
turns up a wick. Finest toast you ever ate
made in flame of coal oil stove. Cole &
Cole sole agents.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18

dos MONIES, AprH II'-VspeuIdI IeIe-
gram)-The executive committee OF the
Iowa Butter and Esq Dealers association met
here today and determined to build a $4,000
strawboard factory at Cedar Falls. The
committee has been unable to conn to terms
With the American ~Strawboard trust, which
controls the output of that material, and has
recently advanced prices 100 per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18

DIES MONIES, April N.-Ispeclal Tele-
gram. A. S. Burnell, who conducts a bad
debt collecting agency at Marshalltown,
was arranged before United States Com
missioner Mason this morning, charged with
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
nreMerY safe nIown.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, April H.-(special
Telegram)-Thieves broke into the office
of the Anheuser Busch company before
daylight this morning. and blowing open the
safe. etole $50 and other contents. There is
M cline
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
We DO the Framfng!!

Why? Because our goods are the best.
Our prices are right, and we guarantee salts
faction. See our new pictures.
H. L. SMITH & co.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18

Hon, II. w. Byers. speaker OF the house
Of representatives OF the Iowa legislature,
was in the city yesterday doing a little mis-
sionary work in the interest OF his canvass
for the republican nomination for congress.
He is just two days behind Hon. Smith Nc
Pherson of Red Oak, who is doing consider
able work these days in bis own behalf.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18

WINTERsET, Ia, April Thames Dona-
hue was fatally shot last night by Frank
Villiers, one Of the men who were patrolling
lanes to prevent Davies. the alleged bank
wrecker, from escaping. Donahue refused 10
stop when commanded TO halt.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18

For some time parties and societies have
been using the south room of the court
house for public meetings until the matter
has become a good deal OF a nuisance.
AT the last meeting OF the board of super
yiscrs the county auditor was instructed to
purchase additional chairs for Farmers hall
on the basement floor and to lock the court
rooms. This has been done, and hereafter
meetings Of a minor nature will have to be
held in the farmers hall. Use of the court
room will be granted only to conventions
and gatherings OF a public nature.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
"Rosedale," matinee this afternoon.
Hot bed Snsn.

we nave o,ooo NOT 1Hu sasn Whicn we are
How many do you want? We will make you
a price that can't be duplicated. G.. B.
Paint. Oh end Glass company, Masonic Tenn
ole. Council Bluffs.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18

April 81 and May 5 are dates for next
HOmeseekers' excursion, via the Burlington
Route. One fare (plus $) for round trip.
o. NJ. BROWN,
TiclEat ouant rnupoi1 nludc
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
'Rosedale," matinee this afternoon.

W. offer you only clean. crisp. snow white
laundry york and best delivery service at
Eagle laundry, 724 Broadway. Telephone 157
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
CoIumbin Riding school.

Cole G Cole, the enterprising hardware
and cycle dealers. have rented Chambers
academy and opened a private riding school
from 8 to ~ a. nj. Free to purchasers Of
their wheels.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
Tlcket agent, COUNCIL BUTTS.

Genuine Bokhara divans and new pieces
OF oriental furniture at the Durfee Furniture
pOmnany's
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18

The Burlington Route announces sale OF
Homeseekers' tickets to some additional
territory, including points in Colorado, Utah
md WYOMING.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
"Rosedale," matlnee thIs a~fteIpoon.

Hoffmayr's Fancy Patent Flour makes the
best and most bread. Ask your grocer for 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
matinee this afternoon.
KodnEed - Couductor.

The order generally issued by railway
companies forbiddlng their employees to use
intoxicating liquors has been enforced very
rigidly in recent years, and the employee
who desires to drink a little once in a
while must be very careful where he takes
his r~efreshment. A few days ago a well
known conductor of one Of the Iowa trunk
lines was called before the superintendent
and asked if he was not drinking a little
more beer than was good for him and the
service. He emphatically denied that he
had violated the III e in any degree, and Will,
he was protesting the official reached into
the drawer of his desk and pulled out a pho.
tograph, which showed the handsome features
of the conductor meeting with open mouth
and a glad smile a foaming glass of lager.
While in the act of taking a drink at the
bar he was photographed by a kodak fiend
in the employ of the company.
The sequel has not been told, but it is
intimate that the ~ecstatic smile on the
face of the conductor as his thirsty lips
touched the beaded schooner went q long
ways toward notifying the superintendent
and temporarily modifying the order.
"Rosedale'' this afternoon. Admission
% cents.
The Council Bluffs High School Mandolin
club is at liberty for entertainment program
engagements. For terms and particulars ad-
dress George w. Pardey, IA Pearl street,
Council Bluffs.
Furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent.
10 First avenue.
Wall paper cleaned, new process, with
patent right at Miller's. 10S Main street.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
NO FEARS FOR POTTER NOW
Missing Broom Peddler Not Believed K
Have Met with Foul Play.
IN A SIMILAR ScRAPE SOME TIME ACC
Supposed to Have Driven His Emu
pIoyer's Horse to Dcnth and
Then Become Fright
cncd and Left.

The friends OF George Potter, the man en-
gagged to sell brooms for the Hawkeye Broom
factory, who disappeared and left a dead
hcise and an empty wagon a few miles out
of town, do not think he has had any more
trouble than he has had on former occasions
He had almost identically the same trouble
a year or more ago, when engaged In selling
baking pans for a local manufacturer named
Schultheiss, and when he got through Schulz
Thesis had a dead horse on his hands and
a big bill against Potter for merchandise un-
accounted for Schultheiss had him arrested
upon a warrant sworn out Of Justice Cooks
court, charging him with embezzlement, but
at the trial the panmaker acted as his own
attorney and failed to make the charge
stick. Potter drove Schulthelss' horse with
out feed until 1t was nearly famished, SO the
owner alleges, and when he reached town
gave 1t an overfeed of grain and caused its
death. Men who examined the broom
makers horse say the animal died
from about the same kind of treat
ment. The owner thinks Potter be-
came frightened when he realized that
he had driven a valuable horse to death, and
concluded the best way out Of the difficulty
was to let the owner hunt fer his goods and
get them il he could.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18

We have just received a large invoice OF
children's blouse waists. Metealf Bros.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18

~"Rosedale." matinee this afternoon.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18

J. II. Buckle and wife of Des Moines are
in the city.
p. Kuhl postmaster at Earling. was in the
city yesterday.
Rev. G. w. Crofts and wife of Beatrice,
Neb., were in the city yesterday.
w. C. Stewart, formerly clerk Of the Ogden
house, will leave today for Denver.
Fred Shell and Ray Lackman of Earllng
left yesterday morning for Seattle. Wash.
Miss Brown OF Mount Pleasant. who has
been visiting Mrs. George Metcalf, has re-
turned home.
Miss Louella Hote of Emporia, Kan, en-
route to Ohio, is visiting her uncle, Captain
o. M. Brown.
Manager Elliott Alton came down from
Blair, Neb,, yesterday morning. He reports
the show business excellent.
The police officers who were detailed to
huHt the insane woman reported to be at
large by DIR. Cleayer were unable to find her
or procure any information leading to her
identity.
George Odds, formerly general freight agent
of the Kansas City up to 1881, and now gen
eral passenger agent of the Canadian Pacific
at Montreal. is in the city the guest of Re
ceiver Barnard Of the Wabash.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18

Davis. drugs. paints and glass tel. 2Ss.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18

"Rosedale'' this afternoon. Admission
rs cents.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
Personal

"Rosedale' this afternoon. Admission
Is conts.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
"Rosedale," matinee this afternoon.

Have you seen the new gas heating stoves
at the company's Office?
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18

We would like to have every mother in
Council Bluffs examine our assortment OF
children's blouse waists. Metcalf Bros.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18

Lost-Between Council Bluffs and Omaha,
a light brown oyercoat. Return and receive
reward Cole q Cole.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-18
LooLing After His noom.

"ROsedale," matinee this afternoon.