Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume], February 20, 1859, Image 2

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mow it wobbbo up iow it inn.
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•Oh, baoanse nobody knows who
in, or what they are., It is Mid
fti w talow chaadlar, nod had n
larga fortune left him. They hare
jwt thnt eat. He hu tnken' n large
hooae near us. I don't know them,
Jon
know. By the way, you don't,
hope?'
•JMo, I don't know them.'
•Oh, that is right. That §«C«f ©r
ig.ftal way* makes ooe suspicious.'
i^uietlv a* Jeaaie h.ul ii*claimei ac
]aeintan'e with the CJheesemans—
there wu such a Hidden tumult in her
heart, and such a stingiog in her ear*,
thnt for the next five minute she heard
not a word her companion itaid.
'There goes my father'.' suddenly
cried Kichard. 'He is looking for yoa,
I know. Let's follow him you have
to be introduced to such n lot of peo
ple. 1 must be off too, or we shall
have the Itoinlcys falling foul of the
Oheesemans, ami there will be blood
spilt. Come along.'
They hafttennd away to the lawn.
Everything wore a gala air their.—
The visitors were arriving fast a
splendid collation was laid out in one
of the tcnta, nnI a baud of music was
playing under the mulberry trees.—
The forthcoming archery fete at Hale
Fields had In-en the talk of the neigh
borhood for days past.
Jessie was an object of'considerable
interest to the guests. She waa said
to be a sort of ward of Mr. Hale's,
end very rich also there was some
mystery about her fortune. Had they
known that it was a half sovereign
lent, ysars ago, by Mr. Hale's father to
Zebedee Peck, the hop-picker boy,
that had laid the foundation of this
seme fortune, thev would perhaps have
manifested less enthusiasm but, being
ignorant of this prosaic fact, several
persons were very eager for an intro
duction.
And now the festivities commenced.
Jessie was no archer, but she stood by
and watched the sporta well pleased
with her old friend Mary Hale, who
carried off the prize of the day.
Then followed the luncheon in the
tent, and Mr. Hale's funny speech
when be presented the oak leaf crown
to his daughter.
After that came a dance upon the
lawn, when Jessie was liin lordship's
partner, and when the band from Can
terbury, under the influence of Mr
II ale's home brewed, played such ex
hilerating quadrille, that {it was e
nough to set the very cows in the
neighboring fields doing
Ponle.
It was only within the last hoar that
his heart bad failed him.
Though Kichard Mallet looked old
er and sterner, he was much the same
man at heart. Time, however, had
wrought some changes in him Tho'
still in the prime of life his hair was
tinged with gray, and his fr^c had a
harder look than of old. 11c wore a
better coat now, and had a black silk
neckerchief fastened loosely round his
throat
The horns and bugles of the copter
bnry band swelled over the gardens,
and the wind earned the hum and
laughter of the guests to bis ear*.
For the twentieth time he stopped
before the gates, aud for the twentieth
time he turned away again.
At last, with an angty exclamation,
at his own irresolution, he opened the
gates and entered!
'Mr. llale won't be able to see you
to-day, my man—he's engaged, and he
can't attend to business,' called out
the lodge keeper as he went through
the gate.
*My business atnt with Mr, Hale,'
said Kichard, looking at the man,
whose red face showed that he had ta
ken good care of himself in the gene
ral festivity.
'Oh, it's the back door you want, is
itf Take that first path, then, to the
right.'
rThe
'Is
man spoke with an insolent
•tr.
But Richard kept in the broad walk
Bad wext on as before. Suddenly he
came to a stop. He had heard his
own name prononnced by some one
behind the high laurel-hedge at his
side.
,M Mallet Ah, that's her name, is
Well, she is certainly good look
»g. Bat they say, poor thing, her
family is not recognisable. Is it true
Miit
Quite true. Mrs. Hale has hinted
•s much to me herself. They do say
her father is a common mason, and
oames a hod on his shoulder to this
day. But however, that may be, they
are vulgar people—that's certain.'
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my
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aud
La
Blithe, however, the music sounded
to the merry-makers, there was one
ear, not far off, to whom it brought no
mirth.
On the lane leading to Hale Fields,
a solitary man was standing, with a
stern, downcast face. It was Uiehard
Mallet, who, for the last hour had pac
ed backwards and forwards in the
lane. Six year* had passed since he
had seen his daughter. During all
this time, he had kept to his resolu
tion of never interfeiing with her edu
cation, and bad never presented him
self before her eyes, lie had a pur
pose ever in view from which he had
never swerved.
Be had come down to Canterbury
by coach overnight, and finding, as he
expected, that his daughter had that
day quitted school, and gone over to
Hale Fields with her guardian, he had
followed them in order to carry out
the purpose he had so long medita
ted.
u
P**e
What a mercy the child was remov
ed from them in time continued the
first speaker. 'Really, no one would
•appose her to be ot low origin, With
her money, you know, she may expect
make a good match one day, and
aogrt free of her former ties. What
good thing she fell into the hands
9t the Hales—quite providential. Ah,
Mtt comes our host!'
Theiadiee me*ed*way and Rich
a#d, with his teeth set, and his feet
washing the gravel under his heel,
strode on to the house. One or two
taraed to look at him as he
Approved, hat the msjorifjrof the
were on the side lawn, where
•ftfthe
ItfTTr'UgiiiTiHl,
daughter ia he inqnin 1 of
|he servant at the hall-door.
Be had walked straight op to the
principal e*trance. The man slave!
in eerpriset and thee, with a salrica!
glance to a waiter near, replied
'No, she aiat, nor won't be to-day,
nor to morrow. Your bosioess ain't
partickler pressin', I 'opeand be
winked at bis companion.
'You'll please to keep a civil tongne
in your head, and answer my questions.
I s i s s a e i a
•Miss Mallet Yes, she's about
somewhere bat yoa can't see her
that is, you—you .' The man
stammered, changed hi* tone and stop
ped. Something had warned him in
time.
'You'll have the goodness to show
me iuto a room where I can speak to
her, and then send and seek.'
Without another word the man
le 1 the way across the hall,
and ushered
Richard into the library.
It waa a handsome room—green
and cool, with a large bow-window
opening out into the garden, and an
awning outside. Kichard could see
the gay company, and the band and
tent on the lawn. He caught sight of
his own figure in a mirror opposite,
but the contrast there did not trouble
him. A strangu self-control had como
over him there waa an iron resolution
written on his face.
He was standing gazing at the sac
rifice of Iphigenia, in bronze, on the
mantel peice, and was striving to find
out its meaning, when be heard foot
steps approaching. He turned, and a
young lady and gentleman entered the
room through ttie window.
It was Jessie and Mr. Dick Hale.
For one moment they both stared
at the unexpected visitor and the
next, Jessie gave a low cry and sprung
forward.
'Father!'
Kichard Mallet's arias were folded
on his breast, his fsce was cold and
unmoved but at that one word bis
arms opened, and be strained her to
his heart.
Mr. Dick Hale disappeared.
'Thou aint forgotten my face, then
said Kichard, looking down at his
daughter. 'That's well. 1 didn't know
but how you might."
Though he spoke coldly his lip
trembled so he could scarcely articu
late.
'Thou art changed since we met,
girl. Instead of my poor lame lass, 1
find thee a lady grown.' He scanned
her over at arm's-length.
'I want to know, now whether you
are still my own child or not I want
to know whether they have changed
your heart as well as your dress. Stay
don't speak yet you may repent it
I have a question to ask you I want
to know whether you will leave these
people, and come home to your moth
er and me—that's the proof I want aa
to whether you are still my own child.'
Jessie's eyes fell. There was some
thing so cold and stern in her father's
voice, it made her heart shrink.
'Think before you speak there is
much depends upon it. Are you rea
dy to leave these friends and cast your
lot with me? Are "you prepared to
live with those who are not clever and
polished, but rough, unedicated peo
ple. Ttere is a deal to lose, bnt I
think there is something to gain. We
can give you love, Jessie, such as you
may never find else' He suddenly
ntoppQd. 'Answer me, my lass, which
is it to be—go or stay?'
'I'll go, father.'
He loved her stilt his last words
decided her in a moment.
'You'll go? And will you go con
tentedly? Will you go feeling yoa
aint ashamed of ttiem you'll have to
live with?'
'Father! why do yoa pat these cru
el questions to me? I have prayed to
(Jod to bring us together every night
of my life. Ashamed! oh, you forget
I am your child.'
Jessie hid her face in her hands,
and wept.
'You say you aint ashamed of me,'
said Kichard, with a strange expression
gathering over his face. 'Then I'll
put your words to the test. Look at
this hand it's rough and bard with
labor: my boots are thick and ugly
the linen on my back is coarse my
coat is badly cut and I don't look like
a gentleman—anybody may see that.
Now if you aiut ashamed of me, com
mon looking as 1 be, why take me out
through that window on the lawn
amongst those people and tell them
I'm your father. Dare you do it?—
Dare you own me before 'em all?—
Speak out.'
Jessie turned deadly pale, and a
spasm passed over her face. What
was it her father asked? It was too
much—too much. A hundred things
forbade it Mrs. Hale's pride, the opin
ion of her friends, and—worse than
all—Dick's word that|very day. She
stood dumb and terrified.
Her father saw her irresolution, and
his breath came quick.
'You've had time to think. Dare
you do it?'
There was a moment's silence, and
then the sttuggle was at an end. She
hsd counted the cost, and had tri
umphed.
She passed her hand over her
brow, and said: 'Yes, Father, I dare.
Come!'
She had reached the window, when
her step faltered. Before her was the
gay assembly. She stood spell-hound
at the sight, aid a shiver passed over
her.
Bat ere he had gone five pases frem
her, Jessie was at his side. 'Father
forgive me 1 have no fear.'
She pnt oat her hand, looked into
his face radient in her love, and led
bim straight to the window. The next
moment they stood in the garden be
for all the people.
•Who has Miss Mallet got with her?
What a siagnlar proceeding! Is she
eseorting one of the gardeners to the
tentf asked the young people on the
lawn.
Regardless of all comments, Jessie
never stopped till she had reached the
tent where her hostess sat.
Then and there, in a few simple
•ordsahe made known her lather to
Mrs. Hale.
A tan of aatoniafcnast na*
JE"*- ""-H* U»7
This is your father, Jesste, hit!—
Then 1 am glad to
tsnee.' Mr. Hale
to RiclMrd. '1
onoe befsra, Mr. Milk* (it
yoar undb died) hot I have not fcr
gotten your oehavioor then.'
his aeqnain-
firsts
[r. MiUet (it vaa w|eu
Mr. Hale's prompt manner had spar
ed anything like a scene, and releived
every one at oaee.
*Sir, I thank you: that's kindly said.
But let me explain how I ca«ne to in
trude myself here.' Richard moou
erect, unembarrassed, with his bat off.
'I aint a man to intrude myself any
where, bat 1 had a reason for coming
here, which may Be a wrong *nn, but
which I couldn help fbllerin' out.—
For now going on seven years, sir, I
have been pining for the sight of my
sight of my child, and all this time I
have never meddled with the educa
tion I knew she ought to bave~l come
down here to-day, sir, to claim her,
and see if she loved me as she used to
do but I come, I'm afraid, in a spirit
as might have ted to no good. She
said she was ready to go wi' me, but
she seemed to be frightened-like, I
thought, and I doubted her still. So
I said to her: 'If you'll cross that lawn
hand in hand with me, and own roe
afore all those people, I'll believe you
love me as you ought,' Wberenpon
sir, before I'd time to consider of wbat
I asked (I wssn't myself just then,) she
stepped out of the window, and
brought me straight into'your presence
without a mnrmur or blush. And Uod
love her for it! And so he will. It
was a right noble act, though I had'nt
ought to have asked it.
Every one was silent. The simple
earnestness of the man, and his erect
yet modest bearing had touched all
present.
'Mr. Mallet,' said an old gentleman
coming forward, 'I admire and sym
pathize with your conduct. May God
bless your daughter.'
The old clergyman, a high dignitary
of the chnrcb, laid his hand on Jessie's
arm, and led her to a seat.
'Let me shake hands with you, Mr.
Mallet. 1 honor both your hand ant^
heart.'
It was his lordship who spoke. Yes
Mrs. Hale might stare, and refuse to
credit the evidence of ber senses but
there was ber noble guest actually
shaking hands with a man without
gloves! When a right reverend detu
and a peer's son had thus openly
acknowledged the stone-mason, no one
was afraid of losing caste by addressing
him.
Jessie and her father would proba
bly have become lions, bad they not
stolen off, through Dick Hale's agency
to a quiet parlor, where they were left
alone to themselves.
Of course, the archery fete at Hale
Fields was long remembered in the
neighborhood, and gained considerble
eclat
from wbat certain ladies pleased to
term 'the romantic incident' that termi
nated the day.
One summer evening, some few
years later, a family group was assem
bled about the shade of a sycamore,ip
front of a pretty farm house in Devon
shire.
The garden overlooked the sea, and,
from the seat under the sycamore, the
white, bird like sails of the fishing
boats coming up with the tide, and the
eat hull of a Plymouth steamer in
the distance, with its smoke plume
trailing along the horizon were visible.
It was Kichard Mallet and his family
who were assembled in the garden at
the Cliff Farm.
The father, with a roll of paper on
his knee and pencil and compass in
his hand, was planing some improve
ments for the farm-yard. His wife
busy with her knitting, sat at a little
distance. One of the boys lay on the
grass at ,his mother's feet reading to
her the other was watching the Plym
outh steamer through a telescope.
Jessie, alone with her father, on the
bench under the tree, sat with ber
hands clasped idly before her, and her
face fixed on the sea. She looked very
pretty in that thoughtful attitude.
'Father,' she said suddenly, 'I was
just thinking how strangely good has
come out of evil in our two lives. Un
cle Zeb's wicked intentions seemed to
have carried with them their own frus
tration. He has knit us closer togeth
er than ever. I think I should never
have known how much I loved you
had I not been seperated from my
home all those years and I certainly
never could have known how much
you loved me.
Jessie took hold of her father's
hand, as she spoke, and looked at him
wilh unutterable affection.
'Yes Jessie, good
has
come out of
evil in our lives, as you say. And I
think people would often have less
power to injure us than they have,
were we but true to ourselves. As
long as you and me remained so, Un
cle Zeb's curse could never have done
us any harm. We want more faith in
one another, Jessie, and in the good
ness of our own hearts, and then we'd
see less coldness and disunion than
there is in the world. But I mustn't
preach it's only your mother who says
I'm as good as the parson, or who
thinks me as clever, bless her heart"
He looked towards his wife with a fond
smile. 'Holloa, what are they op to
up there! See, there's Phil ahouting
like mad!*
There waa evidently great excite
ment amongst the mother and her
boy*.
•There he goes, father. There's the
gentleman who took us out fishing the
other day, and jumped overboard when
Ned fell into the water/
A Granger was standing near the
ed^e of the eliff beyond the g*H»n
•Oh, do ran and ask him to come in,'
said the mother. 'I've seen bim there
nearly every night this week, and
wondered who he conld be. To think
1 didn't know him! Yon go too, Jessie
you'll know how to thank him. Here's
your hat,'
Jeesia took her father's arm, and set
off for the cliff. As they grew near
the stranger, Jessie suddenly grasped
tight hold of her lather's arm. Hh,
stop, father atop! Look, he'a
Una way.'
JoMia had recogniaed the figure ho.
fore her it was that of Mr. IKak Hale.
He had been prowling ahoot the
neighborhood for aaase da*e MbL i# a,
secret tort of na
«~i—1WiTii-r i—i
thegua ^oa
gave evideaee of, hot the sea fowls ap
peared only to Ireqaent one part of the
AftO* »*edis|e
MMrhfjofW thonpis F«nb.
T,
It respired no gre^i. amooat of per
*u**»on 0% the part of Mrs. Mallet to
induce Mr. Dick Hale to enter the
house, and stay and take supper after
wards, And rs, upon returning to bis
inn at midnight, be decided tc remain
another week in the neighborhood, it
is presumed be spent a pleasant even-
A few years further on and we again
take a peep at a ftkmily group at the
Cliff Farm.
But this time they are assembled by
a winter's fire, with the wind rumbling
in the chimney, and the waves beating
on the beach below.
A gray-haired old man is going to
tell a Christmas story to his grand
children. Grandfather has seen strange
changes since bis youth, and can tell
strange stories too.
'Let it be something true, grand
father,' says a bright eyed girl on his
knee.
'And let it have a terrible name,'—
said Dick, a fine boy of nine.
'Suppose, then, I tell you yoar moth
er's history,' said grandfather, looking
at tbe young matron sitting by her hus
band's side.
'Yes grandfather, tell them that,'—
replies the children's father.
'But mother's history won't be a
story,' cries Dick.
'It will be as good,' saysgrandtather
'and as you want a terrible name to it,
Dick, suppose we call it
Revenge
A Dead Man's
STATE DEMOCKAT.
CITY OF DAVENPORT*
Inter MerateSf tak. SO, 1S59.
Haver Sui»l« el KtekakmA Llktl
Our readers will remember the
article copied by us from tbe Burling
ton Hawkeys stating that Mayor
Sample^ of Dubuque—repudiating
agent—had been arrested in New
York, by tbe creditors of that bank
rapt city for swindling. At tbe sarno
time we also copied a statement of the
Burlington
Gazette,
to the effect that
the report was wholly untrue. The
Hawkeye
now, according to its state
ment, is likely to get in a scrape for
libe,. It tells its own story as follows:
Tuesday evening'* mail brought us the
Gate City
newspaper of the same date—en
sraalleJ it is true, for things are pretty much
all contracting there, and the
(Jate
ia unable
with all its ability to escape the general
doom, but intensely concentrated—convey
ing in language not to be mistaken the
aid rating intelligence that we are to be
called upon in a legal way cot only to
mend tbe damaged reputation of Mayor
Sample—damaged by the publication of a
report in circulation here—but that we will
probably also be held to answer in exem
plary damages for injuring thecreditcf the
city of Keokuk and of the K. Ft. L. «L M.
railroad company. And it is fuither hint
ed that our course has been highly dam
aging to th* Des Moines railroad.
Here is an alarming state of affairs.—
What value Mayor Sample sets upon his
official reputation we have not been inform
ed—neither have we yet been informed of
the preciee per eentage be considers him
self damaged by the
Hawk Eyt.
We are
also in the dark as to the amount of his
cl*im upon ns in beh*li of the City of Ke
okuk, but presume it will be lsrge enough
nrobably to pay the interest on her bonds.
It is also hinted that we are to be called to
aocount on behalf of the county, and if this
should prove true, they will oot ask larger
damages than will raise their bonds f450.
00) now probably worth fifty or sixty cents
to par. Wbat will be the amount of Gen.
Reid's damage on behalf of his road, K.
Ft. D. AM.) and on his own occount, we
are also left to imagine.
It will be readily conceived thnt the re*
eeipt of this astounding intelligence creat
ed the most lively apprehensions in onr
mind. If we are to be called upon, in the
present depressed state of the money mar
ket, for he sums hinted at, at so short notice,
it is highly probable that we shall be unable
"to {connect." We cannot see where the
money is to come from. As we have no idea
of repudiation, our only hope lies in getting
Mayor Sample and the people of the Gate
City to moderate their claims.
Verily, libel suits are getting fashion
able now-a-days.
Unpleasantly £.•«•
The Des Moines
Citizen,
a republic­
an journal, says
Goliath of Oath was a tall specimen of
the
genu* homo.
Since the period in which
he lived, men have physically degenerated
but still examples are occasionally found of
bodily elongstion which excite the wonder
of the populace. Tbe aggregate length of
nine of our State officers is just
fifty four
feet, giving the neat average of six feet to
the officer. The Auditor, Mr. Cattell, is 6
ft 4 8-4 inehes in height, and the Treasurer,
Mr. Jones, rejoice* in a wholesome length of
6ft 4 1-4 inches
We venture that no other State in the
Union can preaent such a "long drawn out"
array of Stat* offioera. It is a blessed con
sideration, too, that this £4 feet of official
elongation, i* electrified from'one teriminus
to th* other, by a healthy current of Repub
licanism.
It is a lamentable fact that tbe
A Hear*
E»dlw—I el We Jasslie.—
AesHcssi laillcsiel.
The following is an *xtr*ct from a private
latter dated Rio Janeiro, December SO, re
ceived by a gentleman of N*w York, aad
published in th*
Oamrier mmd Enquirer:
"We have bad qaite aa *x*it«a*nt her*
for a day or two. Two day* *in«*, whils
the ageat at eee ef the station* of th* Sea
Pedro Railroad waa paying off th* hand*,
en* of them a frw n*gro, wanted to b* paid
b*for* his time, aad on being refus*d grew
*0 insolent that the ag*nt took bin by th*
sbeoMer aad shoved him ont of th* offie*
He went away swearing that he would
have revege, aad th* next day h* earn* into
th* office whil* the agaat was writing who
did nets** him, aad knocked him sen*ei*ss
with a slob. An American who was ia th*
efle*k Immediately drew his revolver and
•hot at bias, bat aafisrtunately, missed him.
He waa aaught, how*v«r, and th* Ameri
can* present ti*d bim to a tre* end gave
him oa* hnndrad laah**. H* then sum* a
a* aeon a* h* waa rele*s*d, and a
ef ifty wldiar* were seat to tak*
the Amsrieaa* who had flogg*d the n*gro,
bat they would notb*Uk«n. Thaaaaotbar
eompaay waa seat op, bat they eoald not
teks thsm either. Th* •m*ri*ans bad shut
*s aa aad, being well provided
is aad sswaaitioa, d**lared their
to A* lather tbaa allow thea
selvm to be ssede natsoaersL Th*y w«re
witjtag, th*y said, to go to the etty aad
mlllee la* psepsr aathsriti** with th*
Aas*ri*aa Mlahtw for aa advewte, hat thty
boKSSaSrfi%U^?tb£ZTv*s
taksauiiiwm hi*ss*stlaa»,
idia fhe gBTWMtal
to beiailiaed te pr—ieut*
IkuMliiriid Wi hifi ifiW
It will be qnietly settled. Thoae who
keew tbe Hfroe* ia tbis eoaatry, say that
who whipped bias will eertaial* be
Dated.
Mas. Piibb* and Ma.
Yvw*%.—Comet vim*
of the forme'.—"
Fubbs, want to talk to
yon a while and I want jou to listen
bile I do it. You want to go to 'leep,
but I don't I'm not one of the sleepy kind.
It good thing for you, Mr. Fubbs, Ut*.
yoa h'*ve a wife who imparts information
by lectures, else you would he a perfect ig
noramus. Not a thing aliout the hou»e to
read except a little bible that the Christian
Association gave vou, and a traet wbieh
that fellow called Porter left one day, en
titled Light to the Heathen.' It's well he
lelft it. for you're a heathen,|Pnhh« yoe
may feel thankful you ain't a Mormon
Yes, I understand that institution too, yon
profane wretch You mean you're glad
you liavn'l but one wife. You never would
have known there was a Mormon, Mr.
Fnbba, if I hadn't teld you, 'cause you're
too stiagy
to
take a paper. Now Fubbs, 1
declare your name ought to be Fibs—you
tell so mai y of 'em. It's only last week 1
lost a dollar and a half on butter I sold to a
peddler, because I didn't know the market
price. This wou'd have paid for the paper
the whole year. And then you're so igno
rant, Fubbs. Don't you remember when
you took the gun and walked down to the
big uiar«h a hunting, because some one said
tbe Turkeys were marching into Rushes
Ye* itou did.
You needn't deny it, Fubbs.
Didn't kill any did you It was a bad day
for turkey, waau't it, Fubbs 11a! ha! ha
Br Water to Chkrry Cbkp.k —The Knox
ville
Republican
takes exceptions to our re­
ply to a correspondent, who wished to
know whether it were poesible to reach
Cherry Creek from this city by water, with
a scow drawing from eight to twelve inches.
The inquiry seemed to us so absurd that
we regarded it a "sell,'' and replied in the
affirmative, "provided the emigrating party
carried his scow on his thoulders." Tbe
Republican
says "it
is
practicable to go the
entire distance from Chicago to Cherry
Creek in a boat drawing 15 to 20 inches of
water, any time after the firet of April."
We have no objection to anybody's try
ing tbe navigation of the Platte River, eith
er before or after the first of April, u ith a
craft drawing any number of inches, but
we earnestly advise all persons so inclined
to examine Col. Fremont's Reports of his ex
peditions to the Pacific in 842 and 1843,
or tbe "Adveutures of Capt. Bonneville,"
edited by Washington Irving. It will ap
pear conclusively from these works that
the stream in question is not suited to any
species of navigators except very expert
water-fowl. It the Arkansas River is re
ferred to by our cotemporary we have no
rebutting testimony to offer, but our opin
ion is that the "wheelbarrow man" would
make three trips to the gold region while
the scow was making one.—Chicago
Preu.
Wine Mitrukr in Cairo —A man named
Jacob Phillip*, a laborer on the Cairo levee,
respectably connected, killed his wife by
shooting her with a pistol, on Saturday night
last The ball struck her in the right breast,
and she died in about fifteen minutes after
receiving the shot Phillips was arrested
and was on Monday aflernoon examined
and committed to jail to await his (rial for
murder. It turned out upon the trial, that
Phillips was a disreputable character, and
had been drunk all day Saturday and was
drunk at night A German boy and girl,
who were in the house with his wife, testi
fied that Philips lay down upon the bed in
hit reom, and called his wife to him. She
went, sat down upon the bed, and shut the
door. A few miuutes after, the report of
the pistol was hear, and the woman opened
the door, saying that he had shot her.
W*4iin la a Death Chamber.
A correspondent writing from Weat
Union, on the North Western Virginia Rail
road, says that a wedding recently took
place in a death chamber, at Spring Ilill,
near that place. Mr. Barr aud Miss Ripley
were married whilst the father of the lady
was lying a corpse. It appears that that
day had been set for the wedding to take
place. Mr. Ripley was suffering with the
consumption, and expired on that morning
at 6 o'clock. Tbe groom proposed to put it
off a few weeks, but the bride insisted on its
taking place immediately. The wedding
accordingly took place at 9 o'clock over the
corpse of her father.—
Wheeling Intelligencer,
Great News.
Her Majesty Queen Victoria is a grand
mother. The Princess Frederick William,
of Prussia, has given birth to a son. There
ie, according to the telegraph, "rejoicing"
in Prussia, and "satifaction" in England, it
is within the limits of possibility for the new
baby to become heir to the thrones of both
nations. He is the heir to that of Prussia,
but his English grandmother has too large
a supply of boys at home for his chances for
the English crown to be considered bril
liant.
Vice President Breckinridge is said to
feston
irotesl that he does not aspire to the Char
nomination, but will be a candidate
for Crittenden's *eat in the Senate.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
InvalatMe reaedf. Dr. Mana'a Ague B«lam, still
continnea to labor in behalf of the atUicW-d. Bia
mediates arc- universal a.imittel by the American
pres% to far superior to any «nd ell others ever
discovered for the treatnaeotof chilis, fever a'id ague,
and all intermittent*. Then* ran be no doubt, if w
ean place commence in tbe iartimer iMftosMmotiiale
Whteli the Dot tar bas in bis pesseasioo, that it is the
great-st diwerery ever made in the gclinceof medi.
ns. Tub attrition of our read ts is call-d to the
advertisement of talis fjuad la another col
nmn ef thi» paper, and we wou recommend all aaf
fertaiB from this disease, viz: chills, fever and ague,
to avail themae v« s of a trial of Uiis remedy.
Bold by all good drnggtsti.
fingers
of these republican officers are "long"
in proportion.
Wood's Haia Hbstobativb.—Amrng ail pr«p
'rations for tbe hslr that have been introduced as
infallible, none has aver given the astlrfaction or
gained the popularity that Prof. Wood's Ilair Bfatn
rative sow hie. His Be*torstiv« ha* passed the
urdeal of innumerable fashionable toilet*, and the
lad)e«, wherever they have tertel it,priBounce its
pterlesa article. They find, where tbe htlr is thin
ned, that it creates a fro growth—that it fully
restores the vegetative power of the roo'a on the
denuded placi s, and causes theSbraa to shoot rorth
anew—that It desolvss and removes dandruff, pre
vents graycess, restores the hair ti its original color
whea graynets h«a actually supervened, gives s rich
lu.tre, imparts the aofuieaa aad Ucxtbiaty of silk to
tbe hair, aad keep* It alwtya luxuriant, healthy 1
ia fuU vigor.—N.
Y. Tribune,
Sold by all respectable druggists.
€!rmwtr St Baker**
OBLBSaATBD
FAMILY SRWmO MACHINES,
JTew Style. Prto* 900.
MS BROADWAY, N. Y.
These Machines sew from two rpools, aad form a
MM of aaequaUed atroaetb, be*nty aad elasticity,
which will rot rip, even if every fourth atltch be eat.
Thar ere laqosetleaahly the heat la tbe aarko) tm
FOX A CIBCULAB^X
J. O. Waekkirae, Ageat,
Daveapert, Iowa.
*na romi ov pbtsio.
FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE.
naaa goes a vaa, mark well his taee,
Bow dark aad sallow ie ita bee,
•is lately flashing eye hew dtmmetfc.
His pace hew aaggUh it is too.
It needs ae words ef mine to tell
The peaas be is suffering to-day,
The ahiptlagpeins thstiack hla braia,
Which aaagfci hot pills will drive Mr
ay.
BeUad Ma walks with heed erect,
With s*ewi»g chsekn aad sparkling eyea,
A fitsa* who yeeSSfSay, Hke htai,
•poke aaeght hat wees la graeasead sigh*.
•Bewy*ffc*r*ver i*th sehd^MIT
Sad sdawena
*a ate drsesrel
INSURANCE.
Plrt taMraMoCMpfttf.
istmrt Orrics, ton
It it hereby tMlHil lial th* Banp aa riN |ei
suae Co«|«- y SpraaPM Mm* has Sic* !w Sw
iSc*ireMi iiMitiutM, l« •e'crSano* «IUi no.
ti 0 s. thapt 1M. la«« ef ISM, which rect*e« ay
I *1 b««ef«re ueew ihssertiSsati u
-T of Herman PIsM B*|. for Be
Ml Oeeatj, whteh
ii brrabr nunuM la full feres aai tl«t for the
jaar MS*
WStrs ha*4 aad a**t el DesHal^e*
l. s lb!* 4th ilar Frtrarr I8SS
J. W. 0 ATTB1.L. A editor of State.
riELn KAVrrMANN, A|«|*.
Wri*,' Muck, uear Seraan Theatre,Second street,
Dwuport, |.wa.
tL F. MITCHELL,
Por the fallowing weilkaown Cewpealee:
aiuiD piri a hp mas
i mb iasuaAiroB 00,
or rniLADBLPRIA, PA.
raoaiA HAB»a ma moiunn oo.,
or raaaiA, ill-,
Oopl**I« tao^as.
OPffOBIaBMMU'a»evSUsaaaare4r *adl»
ood ktreets. sepSdtf
FI1E AUD LIFE INSURANCE.
FAMMKMS UltJOjTUfBUUAMCB OO,,
Of Athene, Pa.
Capital paid np ia fall *aoa**«oa*OO*0MM^MS
Barptas la addition thereto 58 46ft
aaasaasaag.
McWeli a Bra., Qherles lesslie,
O. F. Bhlpman, I. p. Oeaiee,
J. M. Sldldge,
J.
W. Wiley.
Parker a Sdwards, Attorneys at Law.
Oflee—Mo. 19 Brady street, ap stairs, wtts Patter
a Kd wants,
Jsb4 B. PAT, Agent.
OTATB OP IOWA, 1
Acbtron'.* Orri7a, BssMotias, Pebraary, 1859
It Is hereby certided that in tht day of Pebra
ary 1S&S a statement was filed In thin oBce showing
tbe condition cf th'Ulrar'l Fire and Marine Usaranee
Companr of Philadelphia, Mate of Pemsvlvabia, na
tlw tlrnt ilar January lH.r9. In a«x rdauc? with
the provisions of an Act of tbe L**islature of this
Sl« e p*sied Jantiarr 29 ItAI, that such statement
showa that said Camp ny ispu-arssedof Ihere^uisits
amount of cspitsl, ai.d itveated as nqaind iti •ai!
Act
Autborl'y is thfrefor* k1v*b to tbe abevenamrd
Olrard Fire and Marine Inuranee0 mp*ny t»traos
act business of Iatnrsnce ia this State in accordance
with lh-' law* tter«of
It 14 a so i-crtltled that II Mitchell Bfq. of Dir.
enport has been 'Inly appotntet by (aid (J m.pauv
thoir lawful «ttoriiey and ag'nt tor tli Vmr y ot
8co with fu power to t%k« ri?kt of lcaurance
therein acd to acknowledge »eiv.ceof procea". U'fin
his tiling a eci ti le.l coj.y of tV e nv ii. 1 its n i
offlr! with tbe Clerk of .lie Di t. let Coui I in and f.r
sai Oonnty.
1
In te-tlmony whereof, I bavs hereunto set
I rnv hand and affla»d tuyeealof ofltoethlsSih
day of February lcM,
J. W. C4TTBU., Auditor of Iowa.
8 A N V
OF THE OaniTION THE
Glrari Fire aid Marli« la«» CftM
JANUARY at, 1939.
CAPITAL, $200,000,
Capital stock and securities,
including.surp us......*..
i'JITI.
Real estate owned by the com
pany clear of inrumbittiic.^ 1,800 00
Loaoson louUaal mortgages 00
Loans on teds and collaterals 45,425 00
7,781 88
Oaili in tbe Philadelphia Bank
ia the PT.nsyiva*ia In-
Mirano: fjr Insuring
lives and grantlnK annui
ties....
Cab in cur bands
OsshdiiL- from agerts and oth
ers
$S84,T8S1i!
89,638 00
46,426 00
3 902 OS
417 87
8,18* 01
Atnhoy end
Trsnipoi tatioa Co.
ISO htres Hctiuylkill
1T£M 76
C%Kh claim* on which judg
nit has been i Maine.1 5,47197
cssli Hills Reieiv ible, (for
which sto:k is pie Igtd'.... 46,700 00
#1,171 S7
OTHEBSBCUalTIES ASD INVKITaEMTS HELP ST IBB
COMPANY.
psr vai. mkt val.
US har'» Ph lsdelp'a
City six ver cent.
Loan $ 2,800 $ 2,800 00
21
shates C»mI n fc
2,888 »«»$•
Navigation Pr. fer
ru'l Stock
50 shares Bank of
7,500 2^60 00
2,600 8,500 00
9,00$ $,000 oo
Commerce........
40 absres Commer
cial Uaik
22 bonds Lackawanna
a Bloomsourg a a
(coupons pald).«.
2 tonds North Pena
sylvania Co...
73 sht res Pennsylva
nia RR Co
2 bonds Delaware
10^88 CO
22,000 17,809 00
llJtOO
8,850 8,189 OS
Co
2 bonds Junctloa
Co, Ohio
180 shares Hartford
Coal C»
54 sllare^l.thi.li Na»*
iiuttoii Company's
8-rip
lsshar«s Washington
M»iiifac' urints C),
$'03 eah
lOsbtrct Farmers' fc
Mim if
67 share Rank of
Wa ihlogton..
10 share« Common
wvth Hank
tjO shares American
S,1B8 po
2,000 1,000 00
2,000 1,1(00 00
8^8$ CO
9,000 9,000 00
2,m
i#n is
9,080 4i,6d0«B
Mechanics' Build.
tag Asjoei.it',i (1 At!
Oratz'-J..........
5 sba'es Preferred
8icci Actdemy of
2.SSS MS0 00
600
350 00
10 shares MagueJe
Telegraph Co..,,..
S bonis Hop well
1,000
Coal a Iron Co....
15 shares Preferred
N k U
l^SS 750 00
Co
MANN, the renowned dlseoverer of that
35 »li's Little Setttyl
kill
9 nds Donaldton
1,760
Improvement
St
4 tocn Is Pittston Goal
Co
1,840 00
250 00
1,500 00
lJOOO 00
A & W PCo..
2 shares Arch Sweat
Theater...
««.«»»»,
tor
4,000 00
$284 7-9 73
Inoome aad Expenditure* for 1858.
Receive! tor Premiums.........$60,201 S2
Bccelved
later eat *.527 SI
$5*,729 88
iirmimt*.
Paid Losses for the year..........
Psld for Be-Inauraa
Paid Cmmesions
Paid Salariia...........................
Pstd Kent....
Appropriations to Firs Deraitaieat, aad
Taxes paid the State
BetnmaJ Premiums
Dividends and latereel
LIS LI TIB*.
lessee ell paid.
Ho b«ws anadjnsted.
Jfo Looses reported.
We hsva borrowed no money.
We owe no Beak or oth petty.1
We hereby certify that th*foregoing stst*aeat of
the eoodtilon of the Olrard Pbe aad Marine Insa
fanee Company, la correct aad tree
A
JM*S ALTOBD, Secretary.
ALfRBB OlIXETT, Viee-PresHeat.
a. v. nircHELL, Art,
P* blS MfcfeoMs' Block, Deveaport.
Poajr For Sale.
P.IK frees Hadeea's Bey. splndid saddle
beaat, sad well salted fer a trip te PlSCePsak,
hstia* made several nips from Hniaoa's Bay to St.
Psni, and Is as toogb as a plae haet, jaet the thlag
for rtdla* aheed of tbe trala to seieet oamp
groeods, hnnting. fee., heteg aeed t* th* leuad of
8 re arms. Bnqaireal tkeeAeeef
rebio 1. T. LAXB fe BBO.
DftBciaf Acadeajr.
PROP.
ROBINSON haseasae*MaBeecfc*
(ay at the Oemaa Theater, at whtck alaas he
wiB teach ell the fe*Moa*9le*aiiiSB ef the day
the Aeadeaiy will he opeaed ea
fehraery let, 18BB, **7 Met***
mef tuHlie jaBial.$8 *a*$8Bt*Bisa*
I «me lady. $S: JavealUe. $S. J,as
As Is »AI€18€Q89
*0. 241 MARUt
K1
aad Kid Vlastsse are said v*.
INSURANCE.
*rpii^fa ts
it ts hereby esttMed *at«a Uptstfe 4||*f Jsa
W steiamiat »aSledla«ai*eEss,ahow
l*S the eaditiea of thaPe jria Maria* aMPlre u
uranee Cow|.«ny, of Peoria, B'ate of I llaele, ea the
1st day »r Jau.ary. IS
00
2,000 1,280 00
1^0 00
J*, ie accordance wtt* we pre.
•islon. of an Act ef the Legislator* er tMe Stale.
ps«ed January 28.1857, that sash staleaieat
shews
that said n moan? |h pteaeased ef th» reqnwMe
anenot ef capital, end levelled es rt-qeirtd in said
Art.
Antbnrltv Is therefore given te th* above aeaed
Peoria Marin* atwiPiri- Inaeraoce Company te treas
act Mirinp.a 01 ln~uranee In thl S ate. In aeoor
danoH with tbe laws th«re(.
It ie a so eertiitne h.t H. P. Mltehell, Brq.. o'Ba.
v'»p-.»t. ha« bten du y appotMei he said Company,
their lawfol attunij sod ag'utfir thecoantyirf
fc ill, with fo i |Kikei to take rtfk« of in arar.es
thSMSa.sa*tea framings —itesof preesea, opoa
ni' Olisi a ttnlAsi copy
of
thn itstrmsal flltil ia
t-i.,oac lib Ike Cierh ef the Dhtricl Court la and
far »all County.
It I* further certified that the eaaexed ii a tree
copy »f tbe repaired tai* meot
la testimony whereof I have hereunto aet
)ni» hand an I atTlxed my aei of offlce tMe
SSUi day ef Sep^eaher, ISS8L
-v- WWCATTELL, Auditor of Iowa.
I A E I E K
OP THB
PtarU lirlae 4 Flrelasaraac# Ct.
PIORIA, lLLl|IOW.
January let, 18SS.
Vame aad locality of the Company—PioaiA Ma
aiaa awd Pi as lescaAaoi: Coapaaf, Peoria,
The amount of Iti capital stock.. $^00,000 00
The amouiit of its eapital stuck paid ap.. SOO.OUO 00
The aseete of the C«uipany are—
1. ah on bsml
2. Real Kstats, un ncuajt.-r'd........
8. Bonds owned by the Co drawing
ten
tier
eent
4. Debts of the Company, recereii ty
amitiage aa1 rf*l e.tate worth dou
tie tbe amount loaned thereon,draw*
Ins twelve per cent..
6. All other debts as [er number alx
5. Ih-bts for premiums, doe and net
due
7. All other aeceritiiHi, coi.flatlus'qi
discounted bills, nutes.drafts and aH
cp'sre-s natu ,hj dsily, htvlrg
frooi sight to nlneiy dsysrun date
tu run
Total asset*
Bonds owned by the Compsny
par val mkt eel.
Ohio Stase $»stcck....lo 000 10 «00
Missouri Stat-6 (4c dtoc.at 00 17.800
Muh'n 8t»tc ~{'c Btcck. 5,(i00 6.130
Hartford Olti 0 V-c stock 2',000 20 400 68,950 00
Bankiit.cka:— par val. mkt. val.
80 ahars Phoenix Bank,
Hortfuid 8/100 8,008
•8 ali ar-s Bxchange B'k,
Hartford 8,100 8,040
I35sbtr-a Merchints and
Manufacturers' Bank,
Hait^ord 18,500 14,810
107 shires Charter Oak
B".k, Hartford .10,700 U,23S
Iftsbarfi.Mercantile Hank.
Hartford
1 010 00
169
09
ISO
750 00
891 90
I.S42 SO
4.S00 4,050 00
1,185 00
1147 fhar.s Leu?t
Mounts n and other
Coal ani|lron Go's. 67,150 S8 *75 00
2 rn'ls ''ean ylvania
k Z Company.*.
y,6oo 8.8SS
lol »Uac Farmers'and
Me hanio' Bank,Hart'
ford
80 aharea Ci.y H'k, Hatt
ford
80 shares Jitna B'k,Hart
ford
20,821 60
New Tnrk
00
SS.S7SOO
S,000 2,000 00
Mew York.....
25 aharea Har ford s
New wea a a Oo.
Stock n.tea, payable
d%ra after dema- ded,
stronfiiy endora^.l aad
secured also by pledge
of 180,000 00
Total aseets $856^*40 0«
uiaiuns*.
The amount of liabilities due or aot do*
to Banks aad ether creditors Voae
Loa eeadjasted K.d dee None
Losees adjusted aad not due None
Losses ana* justed and n dne.. 1MW 00
Lo sei li suspense and waiting for fur*
tner proof... None
Alt other claim* against«be company.. Weae
But a triflingemount for oflce expea*
Total liabilities
Total amount ef capital
bim
aurploa
$8,210 80
b,S15 0»
as,70S SB
$7,541 *2
None
«Oo 00
S.500 00
posed tu any one are.
JaM 0. BOLLARD, Secretary.
STATB OP IOW *,
Arpiroa's Orncc, Das Moinsh, Jan. ill, 1859.
It is hereby certllled, that on the Slat day of Jaa
uary, 1859,a statement wa tiled in thisifflce show
ing the condition of the North American rire Irian
ranee Company, of Ha-t ord. State of Connec'lcat,
en the ilrn day .f January, ISS9, In asconlanee
with the provisions of an an
ot
In said act
Authority is therefore Riven to thn above named
North American Kirs Insurance Company to trans
act business of insurinsu tu this State iu accordance
wit it the laws then of.
Ills also eeriltied that PieM
k
It is further certified that tbe enneaed is a true
copy of the required smt'ment.
In testimony whereof I have heretinto set
jmy han I and alllx'-l my seal Of oSlce this
^31at d*rof January, IS59.
North Aatrlcai Fire lasaraace Cts
OV THB PIBST DAT OF JAN 18S9,
To the Aulttor of the State of Iowa, psrsuibt to
the statate of that State, approved January SSth.
1»57.
Tbe name ef the company is the Berth American
Plre Insurance Compaay, and It Is located at
Hattford, Conn.
The amount of Ita Capital
Stock Is $800,000 00
The amoant ot its Capital
stock pe'd in In caali Is.. $120 000 00
The amoant of IU Capital
paid in stock not s is.... 180.000 00 800,000 OS
fhe assets of the Cmipany are follows:—*
Oath in hand and la Phoe
nix Bank $14,756 tt
Cash In hande of and due
from agents 11,000 OS
Ain't loaned oa n kttucks
end other approved seen
rt' lee 12,479 S« SB.tSO OS
T.
J•
.10,100 n.$w
3000 8.488
8,( 00 8, MS
'. Jt.700 4,2$$
5,000 5,898
6,000 688$
5,000 6.7»
5,060 5,6*8
.*2000 2,71$
1
*»8BB S.88S SS^74 00
$12,850 OS
Tbe largsat ameeat inaared la any na
rtok
except in a few special caaes.
Tae amount iiaared lo any one cHf,
tnwa or vlllege. No definite euotuli
$19,150 II
2 251 8
a«oo 13
6,til 00
1.274 44
2.4JS
1.S63 04
.. 7,106 09
|0
Saed, depeadieg apoa drcwmstaacefc
The aaMoat tasurod ia any one blocf.
No SeSolte aaaoont Saed, depending
aSBdkfB fllaMBma*4
Mo «rpeelt ia aay State, Territorr. dp
elsewhere, at a gu*raaiee fan 1 for thjp
emlaMie tea St or aecurlty pe*s
eeas latere* ia sab state. Territory^
Csrtised eoav of the Oharter of tbe
Osapeey fa ra Is
bee
00
May
ISfS
JAMBS O. IOUBS, PiasMtnt.
Joma
A. Wallace ^peretary.
P1BLB KAUFFSAMII, As*M»
Weles' Mack, aeer Qsnaaa Theetar, Seooad street,
Dsvsnirvlewe. PrtlO
"P»-
VHK, HABIIE AIBUVB.
OfaaONrtfAwtM.
CMOfM.
$$$8$$$SH8$$aMH I MH
(MOVM.
he vUlaaB
mm
"Wtpsr
INSURAJfOfi,,
i ..''l1®* band aad aad at
this '^y^^M.^raery. I8SS.
C*TTlLt*'
AaMw
K W
fc A
®r ™a roaomoa or tbb
C0H1VHBKTAL IN8VftlBCEf^|ft
OP TBB CITY OP NBW TOtK,
'f isnuaty,
a i |I
n.
ilS"? of Iowa, par.oaat te the atat
ate ef aaid state.
BAVS IRD LOCITtOX.
The as me of this Company to the llaalla i a i 11-.-_
rc STy^VeT^i^ WK5S
ciPiTAa.
The eapUal of iad Caapa
ny actaally paid up
cmti ,1- stop ooii as
The "Brplus.it) itie Orat daj
of Jai-uary. ltM WUtit
sunt.
tbe Company.
4 A uioiiril Of L'.ana oil
londa and mortgaiceB,
Idk first :ien of re orion
Dniiiciimbertd real estate
wor atiraat $l.liMiu(|
and on whub thrie is
loaa than o •yfa-'s
118,648 71
21,106 90
17S99I S8
$847,267 04
Amount of llaMlttt*s, due or lot doe, to
banks or other rredttora of the Com
pany, e,i imat' at
l4sses ai'lus td and due
l/i9«'S adjusted and not due
Ixmsm unsdiurtrd
IxtsA. in u r»se, waitiua further pi oof
All ether l»mie titainsl the Company..
T| n »teat amount Insturtd by tbe Co.
iti an one ri«k
Tfaesrcatest amount allowed ty the rules
ot tbe company in any one city, Iowa
or village No rales concerning the
same
The laigeet amount lo be Insured In say
one bock. Not ex-eedlng $J),000 ep
tasjnsa
81 fib on btaj
TMBTtS
$190 III
Am ent of Cash in h.ndt
of ag ut», su1 |o cuaiau
cf
S. Amount of uiiiocumter.
ed real estate owned by
lnte-
reat due and uwIuk, in
I* r.'Sl 7 per cent per ai*
num.... 587 SB* SB
Amount ef Loans oa
bonds and mortglg s oQ
which there la due more
than oneyear'a int rest,
8. Amnaut of ioaasun at'ks
and boadsof In-iifuttoim
Inrorts rst' il the Stat I
ef New rk, payable
on drmaad, (th- maikct
val tie of s« en 11 le rl
k
being SlJU mteraat
7 per cent per anntiir.....
7. Amount of all |,,ana
made by the uifany nit
*2,000 SB
Included ill peet9!n,g
items
8 Amaunt of itocfe. anil
hunda of Institutions In*
corporated I y I he State of
10,000 00
N w York, owned by the
conipauy
9. Amount of Interest acta*
ally due and unpaid, In*
eluding dividends de
clared
lQt Amount of premlamo
due and uncollected oa
as^isas
18,87*8$
Policial ISiltl' I
II Amaunt of IiiHh rrcelv
able for premtumr —_.
12. Aaiouutoraaeeeamenta
on the »tok of the Com«
pany ealied In, aud dua
endmipalt, or Pr-mliiia
the efl»laiiire of
thi State, psaard January So l«:.7j th«tsiieh mate,
meal show* that said Company Is preset of tbe
requisite amount of capital, and in' ested as requlr
M«$«
Nolea dieacl unpaid... Ma
18 Amount dae the Com
pany, on which JudKm'ta
have been obtained.....
Total Assets
Ksuti nan, Krrirs.,
of Davenport,h*e been illy appointnl by serlcom
pany their lax ful at o-nty and agent for tbe county
of 8' ott, with fui I pow to take risks nf in lursnce
therein, and tj acknowle"'ge»crvici: of procena up. n
their flllni a oeitifl.-d oriy of tbe slaiemane tiled In
tbisi ffic -Willi tbe Cl:rk ufthe District Court, ia snd
for said county.
1 Amount of losses adjust*
ed, arid due and uipakd..
2. Amount o' l.s'ea lurur
red, and In proieasof s'U
JllUliIKIlt
J. W. CATTKLL, Auditir of Iowa.
I A E i E
or tiis oosniTtON or thb
00
8. Am .u of looses reporfa
ed, en wheh no aetioB
has been tsk n
4. Amoutit of claims fer
fiasjmas
LIABILtTtSB.
i,4oaca
I oases resisted by the
Company, including Inte
rest there, n
5. Amount of dividends}
on capital, declared and I
due and unpaid I
*. Arnoui of divldeD4li
oa scrip, declared and)
unpaid
7 Money borrowei
8. Allot her exutint claiau
agalt it the Company...
7,94* *2
1,188*8
«^S««
Mai annant ef Loe*
e i, Claims* and Li*,
billtles $18,745 TO
Tbe greatest amount Insured on sny one risk la ab..ut
$20,0u0, but will not .as a gssaaral rale rtce*«l
$5,Olio
The Compeny hsv» no general rule as te the eatouai
all wel to b* In.ured In any city, town villa**,ur
Mock, It being tar Intention
of
the Company to
diatrlbute ita r|. ks in sucb a manner aa eel loieae
re than $5 000 by aalngle Ste.
No part of ita Capital or earoina* are drpoetted la
any other Htate as security for looses tberHn.
An atteated r-jpy of the Charter or Act of lacerpo*
ration accompanied prior tatmeal.
Stat« or New Tons, I
Oily and Oonnty of New York.
Oeorge
Hope, President aad •. I. 7smesrt.
Secretary of
the
Continent'! Insuranee Company,
being aevera'ly
duly sworn,
himself says,
er*s»tag
depose aad say, *%ch fcr
that Ue
forenilng
la
a
correct ststem-nt of
tm
aaH I* BIO
true, full aiel
the
alls, s
of
aald
Corporation,
aad that they are the above deecrtted effl -era tn-re
of.
(Signed) O«0. HOPB, President,
If. U. LSMPoar, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworu before me this Mlh day of
January, a
V i&>9
(ilgoed) N. WILLIAM Itl'STBtlt.
Coiuuiiiakiner in New York for tbe State of lewa.
€.
Pebl8
V. HLUOI), As*t.
Davenport. I wi
Olftai! Olftal Olftsit
BFLBNOID OIPTB!!
AT 1H RANDOLPH STBBBT, CQ1CAOO.
A. Ciil.BY It CO. «oald Inform their frindi
and the pabitc, that their fllft K wk Store
permanently e»tjl -hed i.. 0lt Follows' BuiKIb*
,belwi-en ark aii'- ieatl rn rtreeta, where ibe pur
Phaser of each book, at the leguiai retail price, wi
Veeelve one of the fol'owli a gt'ts, valrnd a' frem
to $100. Any peraons an.d!Oi fo'tbe bu/ta aad bo
eatlsfle I witb the girts, can have lbs ptlvlkie of ae
teotlng in Ita place a $1 "25 ls«k. making twut'i
ebllllriK b-oks for I'Jt cei.t. eacb. Psr sou. sai
Stale In their orders if gifts solns with eaeh t-«.i
does nat iait, what ex'is bock th»y will select ii
pi
.ire
of gl That i« batter than aiy other Ulf
Book sale ft'-rs In th" L'nit' States, tnst 'ir
to New Turk, Sostoo Philadelphia, w.ur lifts ar
vala'd at from 26 cents to $100 Parthermore,
woaldcost nearly double tbs amount of yeer pur
ch*ae for express barees.
One of the Olfta of the following scbadale ar
pica* ntrd to each put chaser at the time of aaie
8M) Pat Beg lever aoM watches....$100 OOsac
U4 Pat Anchor do do 8* 0*
«*l Ladles cold wstrhes, 18 carat 50 00
MO Sllaer Watches, K»n4 time-keepers 22
00
600 Gold Chains 15 00
450 Odd Bracelets IS OA
ft"0 Held Thtmblea *00
1SOO Jet or orentine Drops .......5 So
1500 Jet or Plorer.tlne Pins —B 50
8lno dameo and Mosaic Setts ......IS SB
5000 Csmeo A
00
5100 Painted Pjrralt Pins S W
50'0
Selle Cameo Drops *......5 *0
5500 Oold Locket* 8 0*
7000 Oold Breast Pina...... ....2 8*
7W0 Oo Bar Drop
8800 Oold peas and Bbocy Balden....5 5*
7000 ....4 S
10000 Bstte Oenla' Sleeve 8 00
8000 Setta Cameo Sleeve Buttons........4 50
100*0 Setts Ladies' Sleeve Battens........5 to
10000 Setta Gold Shirt Stads .8 00
10000 S 8*
8000 Setts Cameo Shirt Studa 3
10600 plain. .2 8*
500* Oeld Peactisaad CM* Peai.... ..4 5*
10000 Uoid Pencils 2 *0
MOOO Ladks'OoJd Peas. Ivory Hj4der....9 0B
18000 I ad lee'Sold react Ptas 1 OS
10009 Oeets' Onld WaU
IOOUO Oeata' Oeld SB
19000 Oold Blase I OS
5000 Blhhoa SIMss 2 *8
Oslhy's arw cetalegue, whleh la seat free to s
parti of the ooaatry, ceatalas aU the moe« sep*'
hooka of tbe day.
Ageota waated la eeevy towa la the Tatoa. fh*:
destriag so ts aet eaa ofelaia fall partlealara hf a,
aa above.
aay ps,
heefes et eae Mae taea*
eddsee*.
Bead fer a Oatalegae. MSea
J. A. OOLBT,
tis
Rare Chaace.
fm
Oaf Matly raallas
am aamaABU aasiaaa*. capttai. is
wbb oat* $1 8$ TV $1$ SB
aawoisg (FA2TOW) efass
eeery nsay,namNhiT, Bier* aad OSes
••a aad Wsassa, Mte*. ta
la Maaal*, la ee*n «mmb BB
era aad Wertsra Wstes aad 1
811181^ I hrtelIi I 8l $S
S v a n e