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~—-5 LEGAL NOTICES. Dissolution notick copartnership heretofore existing between Gruwell * Hawkins has this day been dlMOlrrct bv mutual consent. C. B. Gruwell continue* in the business at the old staud and desires an imme diate settlement of ali firm accounts. Feb. 1. 1878. w SHERIFF’S SALE. O Notice l* hereby given, that by virtue ot a general execution directed to me from t a of the Clerk of the l>lstrict Court of MatiasKb County, lowa, and dated Febru ary 4 • 3873, I have levied upon aud wflloterat' hertn * Nal“ to the highest bidder ‘br cash in hand at the .1 to- ol the house in which the laat Btatrict court ■v held in »*id connfy on Saturday the /tun darofMarch A I» 1873, at the hour ol one o ? tdock M p. m’, the following described real es tate in said county, to-wit; The undivided one half of tne ► u*n east qr of the north eastqr of section No. sixteen (In) tp No seventy six (76) north <>l rat.re No. aixteeii (16) west. . , Taken a* the property.of M M Orvis to satisfy the above mentioned ex«iuno»i m favor of 1* Frankel A Co., aud against M M <»■ , is. J. VV. iiI.Nh.SLKV, 20 Short ft Of Mahaska county. lowa. SHERIFF’S SALE. Notice is hereby given, that by °j h ® General execution, directed to 1 ottice of the Clerk of l* l * ox Mahaska County, lowa, and dated February 25 AD 1372, 1 have levied upon ■J' 1 * 1 V SheritTs Sale, to the highest bidder, for cash in hand, at the door of the house in which the last District Court was held tn said county, on Saturda? the 29 h day of March A. D. 1878, at the hour of o'clock. P. M., the follow-ing dee cnbed real estate iu Mahaska county, lowa, to witz The sonrhea-t quarter of the north east quarter of sec in No. sixteen (16) tp No seventy-six (76) nor'h of range No sixteen ilt>) west. Taken as me property M M. Orvis and George q. urvl. to sa lefy the above mentioned execu tion in favor C. J Jackson und against M. M. Or vie and George Q Orvis. J. W. HINESLEY, 1 Sheriff of Mahaska County. lowa OHERIFF’ri bALE. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a Gen era! ex.-cation directed to me from theofliceoi the clerk of the District Court ol Mahaskucounty. lowa, aud dated February I, A. D , 1873. 1 have levied upon .uu will otter at Sheriff*. sale to the highest bidder i«r cash in hand, at the door of the house in which the last District Court was held in said county, on Saturday the 29th day ot March, A. D., 1873, at the hour of 3 o'clock. P. M., the following described real estate in said county to-wit: The south hall of the north half of the southwest quarter of the south east quarter of section No tnirty-oue (81) tp No seventy-five (75) north of range No fifteen (15) west. Taken as the property of Wallace Likes and John Likes to satisfy the above mentioned exe cution in favor of A. C. Hartman and against Wallace Likes and John Likes. J. W. HINESLEY, 19 Sheriff of Mahaska Co., lowa. SHERIFF’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a spe cial Execution directed to me from the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Mahaska Co.. lowa, and dated Jan. 27, A. is). 1873,1 have levied upon and will offer at Sh<-ntt'e Sale to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the door of the house in which the last District Court was held in said county, on T uesday. Hie 15th day or March A. D. 1873, at the hour of 2 o'clock, P. M., the following described Real Estate in said county to-wit: The west fractional half of the south west qr of section six (6) except eight acres in the nuriu west comer thereof : also the west fractional half of the north west qr of section seven (7) all of the above described property being in tow nship No. seventy-seven (77) north of range seventeen (17) west of the sth P. M. Containing 120 acres more or less. Taken as the property of Conrad. Hoffman to sat isfy the above mentioned execution iu favor of Thomas A. Chase a d against Conrad Hoffman. J. W. HINESLEY, 25 Sheriff Mahaska Co., lowa SHERIFF’S SALeT' Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of a Spe cial execution directed to me from the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Mahas ka county, lowa, and dated February 24, A. D., 1873, I have levied upon and will offer at Sheriff's sale to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the door of the house in which the last District Court was held in said county, on Friday, the 99ih day of M .rch, A. D., 1873, at the hour ol 1 o'clock, P. M., the following described real estate in Mahaska county, lowa, to-wit: The east half of the soutli west qr of section No fifteen (15) und the cist baif of ihe northwest qr of section No. twenty two(22) and the east hali of thj west half of the norm west qr ol section No. twenty-two (22) all in tp No. seventy-five (75) north of range No. sixteen (16) west : also one acre bounded as follows : Commencing at the southwest corner of the cast half of southwest qr of uw qr of said section twenty-two (22) thence west 20 rods, thence north Brods, thence east 20 rods tht-nce south 8 rods to the place ol begining, containing in all 201 acres. Taken as the property of P. A. Watts, et al. to satirly the above mentioned execution in favor of John G. Marks, and against P. A Watts, etal. J. W. HINESLEY. 25 Sheriff of Mahaska county, lowa. NOTICE. STATE OF IOWA. ) Mahaska County, f ToMurgaretN Smith C. II Smith. Moorman, Greet A McQuirton. Miller. Muosell & Co.. J. M. Moorei ead. The Weir Plow Company, Robert Mitchell. 8. J Dutton, J. H. Green A Co .and W W. U.i-kell. You are li-rehy nrtifled thar on or betore the 15tnjayoi March. V. D , 1873, liter will he on fiie i tne office of the cierk ot the Circuit court, in and lor M ih-isk t County, lowa, a petition of I Prniikei <fc Co claiming of the said Margaret N. smith, and C. il Smilu ti e sum of six hun dred dollar- with interest on five hundred and flit’ dollars thereof at leu per cent per annum from the 2ud (lay of December. 1871. and inter est on rtity do i ir. thereof at ten per cent irom December 2. Is7o. on three promissory notes made by said Margaret V. and C. U. Smith to I. Frankel A Co. And asking of all of you tne fore closure of of a mortgage giv»n to secure the pay ment of sa id notes. The said Moorman, Green A McQuistou, Miller. Munsell A Co., J. M. Moo rehead. The Weir Plow Co,, Robert Mitch ell, S. J, Dutton, J. H. Green A Co., and W. W. II i-kell, are hereby notified that no personal claim is made against them or either of them. And you are ali notified that unless jou appear and aas *er or defend thereto, on or before noon ol the second day ol the next term of said court to be conum need on the 3d Monday of May, A. D., 1573, >our default will be entered anu a judg ment and decree will be rendered for the whole amount claimed, with interest aud costs, as prayed for in said petition. LAFFKRTY A JOHNSON, 24 Attys for pltffs. M^-OTICK. To S. G. Caster, H. C. Caster, and C. P, Searle: Yon and each of you are hereby notified that: Whereas, said S. G Caster and 11. C. Caster on the 29th day of May, A. D., 1872, executed and delivered to Joshua ■). Schecktera chattel mort gage, dated on said day, upon the following de scribed personal property, to-wit: “One span of bay horses nine years old, one gray horse six years old, and one brown horse six years old, one farm wagon with bed and body, and one sett double harness,” all of which prop erty is now in the possession of said S. G. and 11. C. Caster, to secure the payment of a certain promissory note made by said S. G. Caster and H. C. Caster to the said Joshua J. Scheckter, dated May 29 1972, for the sum of three hundred and seventy three dollars, drawing ten per cent inter est from cate and oue October Ist, 1872, and which mortgage was duly recorded In the office of the recorder of deeds in and for Mahaska county, lowa, in book No. three of chattel mort gagee, on page 044, and filed for record in said of fice on the 29tb day of May, 1972, at two o’clock in the afternoon ; and whereas, default has been made in the payment of said note or any part thereof except the sum ot seventy-eight dollars and seventy-one cents, which was paid thereon on the Ist day of J uly, 1872 ; and whereas said note and mortgage have been assigned by said Scheckter to C. A. L. Weaver and are now the property of said Weaver. Now, therefore, notice is hereby given that in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided, the said chattle mortgage will be fore closed by a sale for cash in hand of the property therein descrioed. at public auction, at the front of the entrance into the building in which is sit uated the court room in Oskaloosa, in the county of Mahaska and siate of lowa, on tne 28th day oi March, A. D., 1873. at one o'clock, p. m , of said day, or so much thereof as shall be necessary to pay off and satisfy the balance now remaining due and unpaid on said promissory note as aforesaid with costs and expenses of sale, ntiiess the same sbail be sooner paid. Tn« said C. P. Searle is hereby notified that no personal claim is made against' him, but he is hereoy made a party because he appears to hold some kind of a lien ou said property, which Is junior to the lien ol said Weaver C. A. L WEAVER, assignee of mortgage, by LAFFEKTY A JOHNSON. 25 his attorneys. MILLINERY. 18 7 3. Mrs. J. M. ORVIS' has just returned from Chicago where she bought a fresh lot of fancy goods for The Ladies. consisting of Nubias, scarfs, hosiery of all kinds, dollar kids, all col ors, belts, lace collars, linen handker chiefs, etc. Embroideries, choice linen braids, and chignons. New style hoop skirts and bus tles, Lots of other pretty things. 20 dozen pairs good hose—two pairs for 25 cts. Call and see them, prices very low. MEDICAL. Dr. Cox’s Hive (Oroop’ —FVUP lias been known and used by the medical profession over 100 years, and as a remedy for Colds and Coughs has an older and better reputation than any other Cough medicine ever offered to the public. It is known as the Compound Syrup of Squills, and a formula may be found in every medical dispensatory. Dr. Baiißoin’a Hive Syrup aud Tolu, in addition to the ingredients for Cox's Hive Svrup. contains Balsam of Tolu, decoction of Skunk Cabbage Root and Lobelia, a combination that must commend it to every one as a superior remedy for Croup, Whooping Cough. Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs and Colds, indeed for all affections of the Throat aud Lungs where a Cough Medicine is necessary. This Syrup Is Carefully Prepared under the personal direction of a regular Physi cian of over twenty years’ practice, whose signa ture is attached to the directions on the bottle. Its taste Is very pleasant and children like it Every family should keep it as a ready remedy for Croup, Colds, etc., among the children. D. Ransom, So:; & Co., Propr's, Buffalo, N. Y. DR. J. R. MILLER’S UNIVEBSAI. MAGNETIC BALM. It rures as If by MAGNETIC INFLUENCE, Neuralgia and all pain, and is therefore very properly termed “ Magnetic Balm.” It is purely a vegetable preparation. It has no equal as a remedy-for Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Diarrhoea, Dysen tery, Colic and all Bowel Complaints. Its timely use will cure Colds, Croup, Diph theria. Quinsy, and all Throat affections. When properly used, Fever aud Ague, and other complaints incidentto our western and southern climates, are easily broken up. Nervous Pain, Sick-Heodache, and Rheu matism are cured by this medicine when all others have failed. Toothache, Earache, Burnt*. Chil blains and Bruises are relieved at ouco by its use. Tli© genuine lia® D.Banfom dc€'o»*m private Revenue Stamp on the outside, and Dr. 5 R Miller's Magnetic Balm blown in the bottle. Examine closely, and buy none but the gen uine. Sold by all Druggists. Price 25 cents per bottle. D. Ransom, Son & Co., Propr's, Buffalo, N. T. Vinegar Bitters are uot a vile Fancy DnnV, vide ol Poor Rura, Whisky, Proof Spirits and mu j, * ioor Spirits Refuse Liquors, doctored, spiced, and sweetened to please the taste, called ‘Tonics,” “Appetizers,” “ Restorers,” Ac., that lead the tippler on to drunk enness and ruin, but are a true Medicine, made from the native roots and herbs of California, free from all Alcoholic Stimulants. They are the Great Blood Purifier and a Life-giving Principle, a Perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the System, carrying off all poisonous matter and restoring the blood to a healthy condition, enriching it, refreshing and Invigorating both mind and body. They are easy of administration, prompt in their action, certain in their results, safe and reliable in all forms of disease. \o l'crsnn can take these Ritters accord ing to directions, and remt Ini ngunwell,provided their bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or other means, and the vital organs wasted beyond llte point of repair. Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Ilondaolie, Tain in the Shoulders. Coughs. Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, .sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bud Taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, lunammation of the Lungs, l’aiu in the region of the Kidneys, aud a hundred other painful symptoms, are theoUspringsof Dyspepsia. In these complaints it has no equal, and one bottle will prove a bettor guarantee of its merits than a lengthy advertisement. For Female Complaints, in young Or Old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood, or the turn of life, these Tonic Bitters display so de cided an influence that a marked improvement is BOOH perceptible. For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheu matism aud Gout, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bil ious, Remittent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of ihe Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, these Bitters have been most successful. Such Diseases are caused by Vitiated Blood, which is generally produced by derangement of the Digestive Organs. They arc a Gentle Purgative as well as a i onic, possessing also the peculiar merit of act ing as a powerful agent in relieving Congestion or inflammation of the Liver and Visceral Organs aud iii Bilious Diseases. Kor skin Diseases, Eruptions, Totter. Salt- Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples. Pustules, Roils, Carbuncles, Ring-worms. Scald-Head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs. Discolorations of the Skin. Humors aiul Diseases of the Skin, of whatever bum or Baton, an literally din up and carried out of the system in a short time by the use of these Ritters. One bottle in such cases will convince the most incredulous of their curative effects. Cleanse Ihe Viiiatcil Blood whenever you Cud its impurities bursting through the skin iu Pimples. Eruptions, or Sores ; cleanse it when you lind it obstructed and sluggish in the veins; cleanse it when it is foul; your feelings will tell you when. Keep the \>lood pure, und the health of the system will follow. Grateful Thousands proclaim Vinegar Rit tj:ks the most wonderful luvigorant that ever sus tained the sinking system. Pin, Tape, nml otlser Worms, lurking in tilts of ho many tlioiwands, are effectually destroyed an<l removed. Says a distinguished physiologist: There is scarcely an individual on the lace of the earth whose body is exempt from the presence of worms. It is not upon the healthy elements of the body that worms exist, but upon the diseased humors and slimy deposits that breed these living monsters of disease. No system of medicine, no vermifuges, no anthelminitics, will free the system from worms like these Bitters. Mechanical Diseases. —Persons engaged in Paints and Minerals, such as Plumbers, Type setters, Gold-beaters, and Miners, as they advance in life, are subject to paralysis of the Bowels. To guard against this, take a dose of Walker's Yin eoar Bitters twice a week. Bilious. Remittent, and Intermittent Fevers, which are so prevalent in the valleys oi our great rivers throughout the United States, especially those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri. Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkansas. Bed, Colorado, lirazos, Rio Grande, Pearl, Alabama. Mobile, Savannah. Roanoke. James, and many others, with their vast tributaries, throughout our entire country during the Summer and Autumn, and remarkably so during seasons of unusual heat and dryness, are invariably accompanied by exten sive derangements of the stomach and liver, and other abdominal viscera. In their treatment, a purgative, exerting a powerful influence upon these various organs, is essentially necessary. There is no cathartic for the purpose equal to bit. J. Walk i u's Vinegar Bitters, us they will speedily remove the dark-colored \wcid matter with which the bowels are loaded, at the same time stimulating the secretions of the liver, and generally restoring the healthy functions of the digestive organs. Scrofula, or King’s Evil, White Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck, Goitre, Scrofulous Inflammations, Indolent Inflammations, Mercurial Affections, Old Sores, Eruptions of the Skin, Sore Eyes, etc., etc. In these as In all other constitu tional Diseases, Walker’s Vinegar Bitters have shown their great curative powers In the most obstinate and intractable cases. Dr, Walker’* California Vinegar Bit ters act on all these cases in a similar manner. By purifying the Blood they remove the cause, and by resolving away the effects of the inflammation (the tubercular deposits) the affected parts receive health, and a permanent cure is effected. Tlie properties of Dr. Walker’s Vinegar Bitters are Aperient. Diaphoretic, Carminative, Nutritious. Laxative. Diuretic, Sedative, Counter- Irritant, Sudorific, Alterative, and Anti-Bilious. The Aperient and mild Laxative properties of Du. Walker’s Vinegar Bitters are the best safe-guard In cases of eruptions and malignant fevers. Their balsamic, healing, and soothing pro perties protect the humors of the fauces. Their Sedative properties allay pain in the nervous sys tem, stomach, and bowels, from inflammation, wind, colic, cramps, etc. Their Counter-irritant influence ex tends throughout the system. Their Anti-Bili»us properties stimulate the liver, iu the secretion of bile, and its discharges through the biliary duets, and arc superior to all remedial agents, for the cure of Bilious Fever, Fever and Ague, etc. Fortify the hotly against disease by purifying all its fluids with \ ixegar Bitters. No epidemic can tate hold of a system thus fore-armed. Directions.— Take of the Bitters ou going to bed at uight from a half to one and one-half wine glassful. Eat good nourishing food, such as beef steak, mutton chop, venison, roast beef, and vege tables, and take out-door exercise. They are oomposed of purely vegetable ingredients, and contain no spirit. r. ii. McDonald a co., Druggists and Gen. Agts., San Francisco, Cal., & cor. of Washington ami Charlton Sts., N.Y. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS k DEALERS. THE PARKER CUM. PARKER BRtfS WEST MERIDEN,CT. mm- Great Industries OF THE UNITED STATES ; 1300 pages and 500 engravings Written by 20 eminent authors, including JOHN B. GOUGH and HORACE GREELEY. This work is a complete alstory of all branches of Industry, processes of manufacture, etc., in all ages. It is a complete enclyclopedia of arts and manufactures, ana it is the most entertaining and valuable work of information on subjects of general interest ever offered to the public. we want agents in every town of the United States, and no agent can fall to do well with this book. Oneagent sold 183 copies in eight days, another sold 36s in two weeks. Our agent in Hartford sold <SVi in one week. Specimens sent free on re ceipt of stamp, AGENTS WANTED FOR THE FDNNT SIDE OF PHYSIC. 800 Pages, 250 Engravings. An interesting and amusing treatise on the Medical humbngs of'the past and uresent. It x poses quacks, impostors, traveling doctors, pat ent medicine vendors, noted female cheats, for tune tellers and mediums, and gives Interesting accounts of noted physicians and narratives ol their lives. It reveals startling secrets and in structs all how to avoid the Ills which fL sh ia heir to. We give exclusive territory and liberal commissions, For circulars and terms address the publishers, J B. BURR & HYDE, N BkiUord, Conn., or Chicago, IU X. .1. S.\trrn. N. J. SMITH * CO., H_A-IR,:D"W" -A-3R.IE! BUUS DING MATERIAL, Pressed and Japanned Ware, Cutlery, Carpenter’s Tools, Horse Shoes, Nails of all kinds. *•— *•—'l Glass and. Putty. vV- are constantly receiving new goods and will ever have a COMPLETE A STOCK -s will be found in any hardware s '" r ®- Tlri BOIFING AND SPOUTING A SPECIALITY. Order, Site i„n li -hottest notice b, experienced workmen. We are the exclusive Agents tor Jewett $c Root’s Stoves, widely known throoghont .he eonntry .. the heel Move- in the market. “Inland Empire,” “Extenaion,” “Illinoia,, “lowa, elo.. We invite customers to call and see before pur chafing elsewhere. to No. 4, U Great OLE^IR/llsrG- OTJT SALE. Our entire stock of goods to be sold at an IMMENSE REDUCTION IN PRICE Read the following: Kinft Empress cloths for 50 cents worth <5. Diagonal stripes tor 40 cents—worth 60. Ottoman shawls for $7.50 —worth $lO. Long shawls for $7 00—worth $9. Inn Reduction in tbi Brice of OVERCOATS We are selling FURSI FURS! it loner ju ices than any one else in the city. We are still sell * ing heavy muslin at 12 1-2 cents and prints at 11 1-2. And come and see for yourself. Remember the place, west side of square, 2d door north of National State Bank. C. T. WILLARD. The Great Boston Fire I,*, caused a wonderful reduction in the prices oi good* »t the New Cash Store OF KIMBALL «t ROOT. Where you will find a large ami well selected stock of STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, which we promise to sell lower than any other house in the CUV. In our Dresp Goods Department, we have a good assortment of stripe and brocade Japanese silks, Satteens, Merinos, Aipaccas and I‘laids. NVe have a large liue of Shawls, all tte latest styles, among which are those beuulitul ottomans, all styles and grades. Also a nice lot ot ottoman scarfs. We have a tine assortment of Kactorv Flannels, Blankets, Woolen Yarns, Oassimeres, Jeans, Hats and Cans, Boots and Shoes, and everything usually kept in a Dry Goods Store. Our goods were all bought since the great decline in the price of wool and cotton, which enables us to give our customers the ad vantage of the present reduction in the plice of cotton and woolen goods. We cordially invite all our old pat rons and others to cal! and see us. Remember we WliL NOT be undersold. NORHI NIDK PUBLIC SQUARE. 11 A. M. ABRAHAM Wil ..pen hi. pew More, NO. FIVE UNION BLOCK, November sth, when Dress Goods, Shawls, and all kinds of BOOTS AND SHOES, BLANKETS, FLANNELS, &c II you ant to savo money, do not buy be fore you see his goods, for he bought them for cash since the great de- HARDWARE. W. H. Bakkickman. ItKAJiERS in STOVBS. TINWARE, COME EVERYBOP 7j lion Block, North Side Square, Oakaloosa, lowa, ~ dry GOODS. he will offer some great bargains in DRY GOODS, HATS AND CAPS, dine in prices. THE OSKALOOBA HERALD. J. B. McCohdt Oft. memory tbowg the past go plaio, 'Tie pleasant on He scenes to dwell; 1 seem to live them o'er again And love their happiness tv tell. When youth, with health and vigor glows, And generous impulse move the frame, Love fills the heart, and stronger grows. Though foes its otject should delame. First comes the love of parents dear. That love which trne ones ne’er forget; How brightly shines that passion clear. Though age may bring much to regret. Next cemes the love of youthful friends: '1 hose who onr sports have often shared. Their presence, pleasure always lends, And makes 'hem to our hearts endeared. The next, my muse, help me to tell: ’1 is love for those we wish to choose, To help us all life's ills to quell. And with us, all to win or lose. And who can tell their feelings, when Their eyes that face did first behold ; Such beauty and such grace till then. Did never to our gaze unfold. What rapture, 'twas to us to meet The one we thought almost divihe— We longed to hear the promise sweet, *• I will be thine as thou art mine." ▲nd when the trusting promise given, We longed, impatient for the day When vows exchanged in sight of het.Yen, We Joim d to fight in life's affray. Huw mi c'i we found to cheer life’s way By ihit one action of a life— Aid wl o would stop to think, ere they Wit 11 take unto themselves—a wife. Oska'.oosa, February. 18T8. A Skeleton found suspended In the Alba ny Post Office-A Ghastly Sight. Albany, New York, is excited over the discovery ot a skeleton in the Post Office building ot that city. It appears thaf a day or two since, Mr. W. B. Melius, oue of the clerks in the post office, proceeded to tha top of the Exchange Building to see if there was anything there that belong ed to the office, as it was the inten tion to give up that building shortly. Taking the keys to the unused rooun on the top floor, he ascended the stairs case, which is very much out ot repair, and covered with dirt and broken plaster, and arriving at the top proceeded to unlock the door of the rooms which had been closed for seventeen years. While passing through one of these rooms, he was startled by the discovery of a ghast ly skeleton of a human being, the the skull of which was suspended from the ceiling by a striLg. On the floor was seen the withered arm, hand and shoulder, while close by was one halt the ribs. Standing near the door was a box which on examina lion was found to contain a large quantity of cinders, small coal aud charred bones, giving evidence of a deliberate attempt to burn the bones. On the floor were portions of old cameras, parts of a sewing machine, and innumerable other articles, among which were picked up two parchweut deeds, one of which bore the date of the seventeenth century. How these articles got into the room or who has a key besides the officials, may possibly be discovered after the medical men have given their opin ioh as to whether the remains were those of a male or female, but a present the whole thing is shrouded in mystery. A few days ago a tall, rough-look ing mountaineer entered the office ol the Union Pacific railroad ticket of fice at Denver, and through mistake purchased a ticket lor New York via the Kansas Pacific line, when he wanted to go over the Union Pacific, He did not discover this fact until alter the ticket had been paid for, and on asking the agent to change it the latter refused to do so. “You won’t change this ticket, then, won’t you ?” “No, sir,” replied the agent, “you have your ticket, and I have the money for it, and if you have a tick et over the other route, you will have to buy it.” Very quietly the stranger twisted his ticket into a small roil; very qui etly h*- drew from umle<' his right coat tail a six shooter about the di mensions of a mountain howitzer ; coolly and deliberately he stuck the twisted ticket into the muzzle of that six shooter, and sticking the ugly looking thing through the little win dow o l the ticket office, and almost in the agent’s lace, and speaking in a tone that lelt no doubt of his deter mination, said : “Stranger, thar’s that ticket; take it yourselt and change it, or by G—, I’ll blow it clean through you.” The ticket was changed immedi ately, and without any more words from the agent, the mouutaineer walked away saying: “I jes thought I could induce him to change his mind just a little.” ATTACHMENT TO NEWSPAPERS. Tne strong attachingni of subsoil hers to well conducted newspaper* is fully confirmed by publishers, “Stop my paper!” words of dread to beginners in business, lose their terror after a paper has been publish ed a number of years. So long as a paper pursues a just, honorable and judicious course, meeting the wants of its customers in all respects, the ties of friendship between the sub scriber and the paper are as hard to break by an outside third party as the lines which bind old friends in business or social life. Occasional errors and defects in a n -wspapur are overlooked by those who have become attached to it through its persunl for years. They HometuncH become disgusted with it on account of something that has slipped into its columns, and may stop taking it; but the absence of the familiar sheet from their homes or offices for a few weeks becomes an insupportable deprivation, and they hasten to it again, and possibly apol ogize for having it slopped. No friendship on earth is more constant than that contracted by the reader of a journal which makes an honest and earnest effort to merit his con tinued support. Hence the newspa per which is conscientiously con ducted becomes a favorite in.the fam ily. A Sailor’s Description of a Ride on Horseback. —“I hired a very fine horse, and, mounting him bravely, laid his head east by south, as near as might be according to our binna cle. But, though the wind was abaft the beam, and tide and all in his fa vor, and brave oominander upon his plpop, what did he do but bouse his stem, aud run out his spanker-driver, and up with bis taftrad, as it I was wearing him in a thundering heavy sea. I resolved to get the upper hand of this mutiny. I slipped my foot oat of the chains for fear of any sud den capsize, and then I rapped him over the catshead, where his anohor ought to hang. He, however, instead of doing at all what I expected, np with his bow-sprit and down with his quarter, as if struck by a whale under his fore foot. This wis so far from true seamanship, and proved him to be so unbuilt lor sailing, tha I was compelled to disembark ov«r hit stern, and with slight oeliaiens.'’ Thursday, March 6, 1873. MEMORIES. uy n. a. i> A HORRIBLE DISCOVERY. POWERFUL ARGUMENT. 1850 OSKALOOSA HERALD TEAM PlllvriMi ill o US B ! l Corner of Main and Washington Streets. LEIGHTON & NEEDHAM, Proprietors. Per Annum in Advance.,,!^ We possess unrivalled facilities for the execution of all kinds of Book and Job Printing. Our type is new, engine and presses of the best makes, workmen masters of the art, and by constantly add ing all of the latest styles and patterns, and keeping the best quality of papers, en velopes, etc., on hands, we are prepared to do better job - printing than any other office in southern . or central lowa. —§— B I L I. . note, and lsttbk HEADS! WEDDING, VISITING. AND BUSINESS CARDS! SCHOOL, SHERIFF’S, J U STICE’S, CONSTA BLE’S AND ALL THE USUAL LEGAL BLANKS! WHITE OR COLORED, PLAIN OR FANCY POSTER WORK! BUFF, WHITE, F U N E RAT., AND ALL GRADES OF ENVELOPES! EVERY KIND AND CHARACTER OF PROGRAM • £S ! None but the best material used in, and our most ex perienced workmen employed upon PAMPHLET WORs! ANYTHING ani> EVERYTHING! |the printing line iu good style and at living rates. FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP. THOMAS SEEVERS, Axles for Coal Mines, Brass Valves, Whistles, Gas and Steam Pipe Gauges, Engine Trimming, Special attention giv en to fitting gas and steam pipe in any part of the country. Also Boi ler Making an d Reoairi ng. i :-< v > * - •. OSmOOSA FODNBRY AND MACHINE SHOPS. c^R rsr cooper, NO. 2, UNION BLOCK, OSKALOOSA, IOWA, HEAVY HARDWARE, Carpenters' Tools, Blacksmiths’ Tools, Guns andjGun Material, Millers’ supplies, Wagon and Buggy Wood-work, Prindle’s Agricultural Steamer and Boiler, Cast Iron Bob Sleds, • Hay, Coal, Platform and Counter Scales, Hand and Power Corn Shellers, Cast Iron Sled Soles, Coal Miners’ Tools, Orders for Goods not in this promptly executed. PRINTING. THE § LEIGHTON & NEEDHAM. PROPRIETOR OF WEST MAIN STUEET. HARDWARE I‘EALBR IN UsKalßßsa Mariile Worts! 1873 F. W. McGALL SHOP a tew doors West of the North vVest corner of the Souare 27-tf E. D. GLAZE, c 0 £> 0 Wt would mv to tliof • wanting Monuments Head and Tombstones. or anything in themarble line to V;- lie i c ilt befor■■■ pen hu»ir.g. and nave money Shop oiipncitf Post Odico MILLER, HULL 1 Cl. AM) DEALERS IN OF AM, KINDS Wood and Metallic Burial CONSTANTLY ON HAND. U ndertakers. Poet Office, Oskaloosa, lowa._tfJ n4fitl J. B. McCURDY & CO’S. FURNITURE STORE Uu tti \(irtn-ea<il corner of the Sqaure MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN 1 d a? i H d. pi H ' ■ Table*. Chairs, Loungew, ItcudNteatl Hruiiraiis. WHsli-.iundK, 4 üb board«, llook i-a.ss tore— ALSO Easy *-l»»>lr!N, booking Glasses, '-oi'kingchnirs, and Easy 14 «>ch *1 a (tresses of nil kind., t in k«-j *s patent spring Hod. MET \U< > OF! /AX ItEA P Y-MA DE OOF ElX< . 1 XI) tWSKETS roXXTAXI'LY OX HAND HEARSE IN ATTENDANCE. tar R/>;p.w/, r.v<; prompt/. y at/ended to Portable and Stationary Engines, Safety Hoisting Machines or Elevators for buildings, House Castings, Mill Gear ing, Pulleys and Hangers, Patent cold rolled Shafting, single and double acting Force and Lifting Pumps, Car Wheels and CARRIAGES South side of Main Street, first block west ol Herald Block. All kinds of Blacksmithing, and repairing, in both Wood and Iron, Business entrusted to me will receive prompt and bBS careful attention. LEVI COOK, Manufacturer of CARRIAGES WAGONS AND BUGGIES. First door pouth of J. H Green'* Agricultural Work*, Oekaloopa, lowa, All] kinds of Blacksmithing, Shoeing, and repairing,in both Wood and Iron. Bu*inee* entrupted to me will will receive prompt 17 and careful attention. JOSEPH JONES, Wagons and Buggies, Shop on North Aide of Main Street, one hal block west of H skald Block. Confessions oi an Invalid. pLTBLISUKU h« a warning and for the benefit or * Younif men and others who suffer from Ner voqs Deb ill ty, Loss of Manhood, etc., supplying The means of self-cure. Written by one who cured himself, after under going considerable quackery, and sent free on re ceiving a post-paid direoted envelope. Addrena, NATHANIEL MAYPAiIt, Brooklyn New York. nwa MARBLE WORKS. (»iiiALUO«A. littt.t. FURNITURE. Flj RA ITU liE Cases and Caskets, ALSO WAGONS, PLOWS, &c- p. d mm, Manufacturer ol WAGONS and BUGGIES, Manufacturer f RAILROADS. cenTral r. time-table • DOING SOUTH. St. Louis Express 10:35 p.Yn. Through Freight 5.00p.m. Way Freight 1:85p.m. Through Freight 11:80 p.m. GOINO NORTH. Through freight 8:00p.m. Way Freight 6:30 “ Through Freight 8:50 a.m. St. Paul Express 3:25 a. m. D. V. R. R. TIME TABLE. OSKALOOSA—GOING EAST. Nc. 2, Man, li:48 a. m. No. 4, Pacific Express, 10:20 p. m GOING WE6T. No. 8, Pacific Express 1:25 a. m. No. 1. Mail. 1:13 p m. CONNECTIONS. At Keokuk, with the Toledo, Wabash A West ern, tne Toledo, Peoria* Warsaw, the Chicago, Burlington A Quincy, and the Mississippi Val ley * Western Railways. At Farmington, with the Burlington <fe South ern Railway. At Ashland, with the Chicago, Bock Island & Pacific railroad. (Southwestern bianch ) At Ottumwa, with the Burlington and Missouri River, and the St. Louis, Kansas City and North - ern railroads. Mt Eddyville Transfer, with, with the Central 1 ailroad of lowa. At Des Moines and Altoona, with the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. At Grand Junction, wtih the Chicago and Noruhwestern railroad. At Fort Dodge, with the Illinois Central rail road. Fare as low as the lowest. Sleeping cars on all night trHins. JOHN GIVIN, J.\s. BAIIKER, Superintendent. General Ticket Agent. s SM 5; 0 Wmm TO*THK EAST, NORTH AND SOUTHEAST. ATLANTIC STATIONS. EXPRE9B. MAIL. Leave Oskaloosa lo.OSpm 2.00 pm Albia 4.30 p. m. Q Ottumwa 1.85 am 4 55pm Arrive Burlington 5.00 am 8.-to pin “ Galesburg 7.00 am 10.50 pm “ Mindota. 1110 am 8.28 am “ Chicago (C B & Q). 815 p m 7.00 a m “ Peoria 900 am 12 50am “ Jnrii pol.s, (IB&W 6 15pm 9.25 am ‘ l Cincinnati “ 1100 pm 4 15pm “ Logan-p t (TP* W 5 55pm 9.20 a m “ Columbus “ 2.45 am 5.30 pm Through cars from Missouri River to Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Logansport and Colum bus. Connections at those points with lines leading to the east, north and south. 1 his is the best, shortest quickest and cheap en route. Do not be deceived, but obtain tickets via the B irlingtun A Misouri River Railroad. C K. PERKINS, A. K.TOUZALIN, Gcn’t Supt. Gen’l Ticket Agent. st Lolsjms ran, * and j- Northern Railway, forme: Iv NORTH MISSOURI RAILROAD. The only direct line to St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Jos eph, Lexington, Macon, Han nibal, Quincy, and all points West, East and South. 04 miles the shortest route to Kansas City. 40 miles the shortest route to St. Joseph. The only route running Thrcrtif'h Cars to St. Louis. PULLMAN’S PALACE CARS on all night trains between Ottumwa and St. Louis. Trains leave Ottumwa as follows : 6:00 a. m., and 5:45 p. ro. Arrive 0:00 a. m., and 10:50 p. ra. CONNECTIONS At Belknap with Chicago, Rock Island and Pacif ic Railroad, (Southwestern division) for Leaven worth and Atchison ; at Moulton with Burling ton and Southwestern railroad ; at Macon with Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad for Quincy, Chiliicothe, Cameron and Joseph; at Moberly with Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad for Hannibal, Jacksonville, sspringfleld, and all points in Central Illinois and Ohio; at Mexico with Louisiana new Short Route for all points on Chicago and Alton Railroad ; at St. Louis with all rail and rilver lines for points East, North and South ; at Kansas City with Missouri River, Ft. Scott and Gulf, and Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston, and Kansas Pacific Railroads, tor Ft. Scott, Baxter Springs, Ottawa. Humboldt, Law rence, Topeka, Emporia, Denver, and all point* in Kansas and Colorado W. C. VAN HORNE, General Superintendent, St. Louis. F- CHANDLER, Geu'l Passenger and TicketVAgt., St. Loula. J. O. PUILLIPPI, Ajieut, Ottumwa. ALL KINDS OF GIFT ENTERPRISE. A’ j . Gin%TEiPRISE The only reliable Gift Enterprise in the country. _ SIOO,OOOOO In Valuable 4-rifts to he distributed in L. D. SINE’S 4oth semi-unuu il G-ift Enterprise, To be drawtrMonday, March 24, 1573. Out Gran l t api al Prize 10,000 in Gold! One Prize $5,000 in Silver! £? ElSi°?i Mack Two Family Carriages and Matched Hor ses with Silver Mounted Harness, worth SISOO. 2 Horse and buggy, with silver mounted harnesa, harness, worth $1)00. Two fine-toned Rosewood Piano, worth SSOO. Ten Family Sewing Machines, worth SIOO each. 1500 Gold and Silver Lever Hunting Watches (in all) worth from S2O to S3OO each 1 Gold chains. Jewelry, Ac., Ac. Number of Gifts 10.000 ! Tickets limited to 50,000 AUENTN WANTED TO SELL TICK* ETN, to wlioiu Liberal Premiums will be paid. Single Tickets $2; six tickets $10; twelve tick ets S2O ; Twenty-five S4O. Circulars containing a full list of prizes, a de scription of the manner of drawing, and other in formation in reterence to the distribution, will be sent to any one ordering them. All letters musj be addressed to L. D. SINE, Box 86. Office 101VV. Fifth St. Cincinnati. O. A NOBLE CHARITY. To erect the NEBRASKA STATE ORPHAN ASYLUM. To be drawn in public, March 31, 1873. $230,505.00! Tickets $1 each, or six for $5. Tickets sent by express, C. O.* P., if de.-ired. 1 grand cash prize $75 000 1 grand cash prize d .... ‘25 000 1 grand cash prize 15 000 1 grand cash prize., 10 000 1 cash prize -| 5 000 1 cash prize -J---v 4 000 2 cash prizes, SB,OOO each fi (k:q 4 cash prizes, SB,OOO each $ 000 2 cash prizes, sl,oooeach.. 2 000 50 cash pr zes, each $»oo 6 000 100 “ “ 5 000 200 “ “ ‘ 8 000 6000 “ “ “ 10.... 60 000 8101 “ “ “ 5 15 805 B,4«s cash prizes amonntingto SSCO 503 This les:al enterprise is , ndorsed ly the higneat authority of the and best business men. Over one-half the tickets taken before October Ist. The limited number on band will be fnraieh* ed those who apply first. Money can be sent hy mail, in registered letter, post office money orders, or hv express, AH prizes will be paid in tail. Agents Wanted* For further particulars addre-s J. M. PATTER, n2lwß Gen'l. Manager, Omaha, Neb. A LLCIUUE To YOUNG MEN. Just published, in a sealed envelope. Price 6 eta. A lecture on the nature, treatment and radical cure (without medicine) of Specaaatorrhaca or Seminal weakness, Involuntary Seminal lom es, Impotency, Mental and Physical incapacity. Impediments to marriage, eu ;« so. Consump tion. Epilepsy and Fits, i* titict ■ wy self indul gence or sexual extravagance. By Boauar J. Culvkrwbll, M, D„ author of the Oreen book. The celebrated author, in this admirable eaaay, clearlv demonstrates from ath rty years snccesa • ful pi'.ctice, that the alarming consequences of self abuse may be radically cured without the diui’erous nee of internal medicine or the appU cat*on of the knife ; pointing out a mode of cure at once simple, certain and effectnai, by meant ef which every sufferer, no matter what hia condi tion may he, may cure himseircbeaply, privately, and radically. This lecture prove a boon to thousands and thousands. Sent, under seal, la a plain envalope. to addiees, postpaid on receipt of alx cents, . two noittfe ft t am pi. Also, DrOaiverwhil’a “Marriage Quids,” price 60 cents. Address the publishers, J. C. KUMB * CO.. Tyi Nsw York, P. O. Bos, UM carriages,