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.Mark Twain's Scientific tions. Calcula- Mark Twain, in the August Atlantic .li'mnis over the diminished leuiMJt of ho. -Mississippi in tlii.s strain : Therefore, the Mississippi between Cairo anl Xcv Oricmis was twiilve hamlrei'i and fifteen miles long; one hun dred and s.v'iii v-sjj: years airu. It was "leven hiiaih ed' anil 'eility after the nt-tll"ol 17:.':?. It was one thousand md forty after the American bend cut "If (some sixteen or seventeen years :lco.) Ir, has lost sixty-seven miles since. Consequently its length is only -nine hundred and seYeutv-three miles at M'-ent. Now, if T wauled to 1)0 one of those 'nderous scientific people, and "lot a' t.) U')e what had occurred in a :rivcn time in the recent past, or Avhat will occur in I he far future by what has 'M-curved in late years, what an oppor tunity is here! (ieoloiry never had sueh i chance, nor such exact data to arue irom! In or "ilcvelopmcnt of .species" ither! (!lacial epochs are ,-traue hinir-. but they are vague, l'iease ob serve : in the space, of one hundred and sev-ntv-ix vars the lower Mississippi has -horiencd il-ell two hundred and forty .wo miles. Tiiat is an average ot a tri ')' ov r one mile and a third per year. J'lier:hr any calm person who is not blind or idio'ic, can see that ill the old )"Htu-.Silurian period, just a million rears, ago next November, the lower -Mi-"-i-:ppi river was upwards a. one "trillion three hundred thousand miles "'tug. and siucl: out over the gull of -Mexico like a fi-hing rod. And by the -ame token any person can see that -even hun-lred and forty-two years lrom ;ow the lower Misi ippi will be only i mile and throe quarters long, and C'ai : and Xew Orlean- will have joined riteir savets together, and be plodil'mr omlortably along under a single mayor and a mutual board of alriermer.. There something fascinating about science. One get- ueh wholesale returns of eon ieelures out of sueh a tniUnr investment )f fact. DEATH. From the Altar to the Tomb The Hymeniai BelLs are Stopped that the Tolling- may be Heard. Hardly had the histjoyous echo of the .marriage boils, that were proclaiming :hc nuptials of Miss (.uinn to a gentle--nuii of Phelps, died from amongst our midst, befoie the tolling bell startled ;iiem from joyous hilarity and brouirht :hem keenh'to the laet tiiat tiie br"nle father was no more, and it came to nas in this manner: Last Tuesday evening being the eve set apart for tho taking dace ot the nuptial ceremony of .Miss Quinn to a iTcnileinan who holds the position ol -ection boss on tlu K. C. 11. It. at Phelps, ;t large concourse of friends gathered at the residence of the bride's father, who resides at Eastport. The ceremony bein; over, dancing was agaged in, am! kept up to the '-wee -ma.'1 hou'-s. Wednesday, the next day, tiie bride's father, in company with Frank Ijlakemore. Mr. JJrown. am! a boy named James Ball, skirted 'o come to this side in a small skill", hist as they were about ready to start, t man named Woods came down to the -li av. and desirous of being one of the -.ailing party, alo got into the boat. Tiie boat, on his entering, rocked to tnd Iro, which so alarmed the men that there was a general try to get ashore, and in the conlusion the boat ipsi.ed. Mr. Quinn, who was seated ii the .stern ol the boat, which, was ! he farthest lrom shore, made rainless ef-l-'ris to reach laud. In the meantime the rest of the participants had all stite i' got ashore. Pdakemore, on reacli i.".ghtnd, .soon took in the precarious -ituation of his companion Quinn, and at once started in to rescue him. swimming out, he -booh leached the drowning' man, and as he was going down, grasped him by tho hair. Quinn now endeavored to clutch hold of lilakemore. who Ending his own life to .ie in a jeopardy h" the hold that Quinn had on him, looser" himself alter much exertion, and put lor shore, and Quinn sank to rise no more. His wife on hearing the news of the death of her husband, came ru.shing frantically lown to the bank, and threw herself off into the river, exclahning. will iret my dinnine."' She was promptly rescued, and means taken at once to recover the body. Men were dragging the river till late Wednesday night, and only gave up their search then, to be resumed early Thursday morning, when Joe Iliggius, who :s about the best swimmer in our state, was em ployed to dive for the body. Joe was i:i the river about two hours, but could not lind any trace of the missing man. Nebraska Citr News. Arrested at Last. Two years ago many of the readers of the Gazette will remember the depu ty sheriff of DeKalb county was killed hy Christopher and Darid Groomer,two brothers, who he was attempting to ar rest. The murderers escaped and noth ing further was heard from them until last week, when Christopher was cap tured by sherilt James L)unn, of Daris county," who afterwards turned him over to the authorities of Delvalb county .The murder created considerable excitement at the time, the Grooniers being known as a "hard lot,"1 and the murdered sher iff1 a most exemplary young man. St. Joe .Gazette, 28th. i Q. M. & P. R. E. A Conference to be held m Mary vilie on next Tuesday -with tho President and Sec'y of the road. J Ion. aL (I. Jloseborry has been ad vised by lei 'i- from " Henry Ivoot, president of the (,). M. & V. rai-road company, that the negotiations for the purchase of the . 31. & 1'. road, with direct tfonnection.s "with Chica go and St. Louis have reached the st aire v hieh warrant-; the directory in one.', more presenting the subject to the people of the counties in Mis souri along the proposed line with a view of .seeking to secure a liberal co-operation in aid of this valuable enterprise. Mr. Win. (J buries agent of the Loudon capitalists Mr. Hoot, President, and .Mr. (jeorgc King, Secretary of the company propose to visit Maryville on Troaday. August to confer with the leading citizen of our town and county on this im portant subject. A meeting will be held at t lie court houe in this place )it next Tuesday at 2 o'clock p. m., vn which occasion the gentlemen above named will present the subject for the consideration of our citizens in order to .secure the location and construction of this important road throua'h Xodaway county, via Mary ville. J. el there be a full attendance. Marvville Democrat, -.'tjtli. oefli)avis lias accepted an invita tion to speak at the Kansas City Ex position, lie has also accepted an invitation to addrts the .lellerson county Fair, at DeSofo, in this State, on theSth nist. f8 RASSHOPPEE ALL GONE ! In view of the present llattering crop prospects giving an increased impetus to business, anil acting on the motto QUICK SALES & SMALL PROFITS, Jo II IBLnssellc, has determint d to offer his complete .-.. ek of Pry Goods Groceries Boots S3fces&e. at such LOW FIGURES as will- insure purchasers. GIVE JIIM A CALL and bo COXVIA'CED. JTis Store is at the OLD STAXJ). South Side of the PUBLIC SQUARE. Savannah, Julr tJO, l7."i. TRY YOUR LUCK! 1 K want evervoody i'l t'i" I'nited Mates to W se iir l.i erztit-paae, literary and :'.:mily paper, I HKs.ij vi-.Mi:," ami in or-d.-r that all niay;tnljre r.f it- merit- for tiielu--eles. we uilfsni'1 it, on trial, -i: month.- lv oid ."in cent-, and to e ry .-ub-eri'i er, we u ill send by mail, i-ii-taifc repuid.o'ie ofoiir MAM MOTH I'l.'ltMU'.M I 'A l a UTS confainin la U-ood envelope-., 1(1 sheets wxtni Hole paper, 1 :ooil lVnholder. 1 pod had p.-n-il, J steel Ten-, 1 Memorandum Uook, 1 ' :-.rd l5io:ojfrajh of all tin-li-e-i.ti:its of the I nit -d Mates. :lnil a Nice la.-miuin of. Jewelry, worti: tiom J.'i cents to-d. Don't h't this pa- you; try one pack age. Kvi rjlicdy is sure t.i p-t istorepiods than ttiev ev r l.roiiuiit heforelor the same price, and the'luckiest irct fro in live to ten times tin- value of iliei'-money. Tee paperalone is more than woi-li .V) cents, and We ivi- you t'.is m.iiriiitic'-nt pri.e e;ra. I.'i-merhir the pa pur and tin pack et for only .V) cents. A-rcnt."- 'wanted. Aildress V.. 11. p.n:uow. I. o. Ilox ."s. Uristol, Tenn. Sheriff's Sale Under Deed of Trust. -TTJHKUKAS William 1. Chirk and V r iora I. Claik, hi- wife, l.v their cer-t-iiii l I ..(' '!en-l il.-if. a Ihe -ith dav of June, A.!. 1-71, and recor'i l in the I.'econler's i.i'.ice ot A mill w eiiisntj . in tin- iaieni .mk-iii!-ri, on illegal pape ot ISecord Hook X'o. 'J!7, coi. ve d the follow nig described Ueal K-sUite to wn : sti-ii. in' rrimiid idll.-t V-live f'Lll feet in Width oifthe li'krthend ot lots No. one, (J), two, (Jl.j I and three, (.), Ill hlock .No. six, (a, 111 U en-.-ter'-i Addition to the City of savannah, to ( '. A. Whiilaker, to secure the p:sj metit of a certain luomi-soi-v note dated on the "'tli day d" June, ls74, for the unt of four hundred and f.rty lo! lars with iutere.-t froti. the date thereof at tin rate often per cent, per annum, and signed Wil liam 1). l.iark. And whereas, it is stipulated and airrroil by the .said William 1. Uark that il -aid note should he fully paid according to the term thereof anil f herein containeil said conveyance t iM-eome void, iuit on default of the paym.-nt of sai l note as therein stated the said conveyance, to ;c in full force :uid the legal holder, or the actimr Sheritl'of said Andrew county, is authorized to sell said Ileal Kstate or -o much thereof as mav he siilliRient tosati-ly thedeiuaiid of said note to the hurhe-t Iddder.liy puhlic sal", at the i.oiirt House door in the City of savannah, in said count v of Andrew and tati; oi'Mis-ouri, And whereas, default has been made in pay ment of the note herein above de-cribed, a- by said note ri ijuired, and pur.-uant to the power given mo sis expressed in said 1'eed ot'Tru-t, 1, tin-undersigned sheiiff of Andrew comity, Mo , will, on MOXDA I", THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, next, between the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and five I.-' clock in the alternoon of said dav sell at the South door ol the Court lloiise.'in the said City of Savannah, for cash to the highest bidder, the Heal Estate above des cribed and convey the same to the purchaser thoreof. GARTER, Sheriff Andrew County, Mo. Aug. 27, 1S75 no 15 wl. Mortgage Sale- WHKUKAS, .s-TlLWF.LL TKUK.Y AND ( atharine True?-, his Wife, Jane Miarp and .samucl Miarp, her-liJishand, hy their mortgage deed, dated the thint lay of October, A. !., Wl, mill recorded in hook.'SO, at pavs "T!l-SO,in the olliee of the Keeordcr of Deeds fur Andrew county, Missouri, conveyed to James (.ouch, tilt- following described real estate, lying and beinirtn Andrew county, Missouri, to-wit: The undivided tbur sevenths of the following des cribed lots, tracts, or parcel of land, siirate in tt"-county of Andrew and Mate of Missouri; that is to say. the east hall ot the northwest. p alter, and the .southwest ipiartcr of the north wc:a iiarterof section twenty-six, in township llTty-nine, or ran -re thirty-six, and a part of lot foiir, of fractional .section twenty-seven, in town-hip lifty-ninc, of range thirty-six, begin ning at the northeast corner ol said lot, and run ning west forty roils, thence nearly southwest along a ditch, sixty-five rods, to the Nodaway .-dough, thence down the Slouch to the southeast I corner of said lot, .-event'. -nine rods, thence north one hundred rods to i:ie place ot begin ning, the above described lot.-, tracts or parcel- of laud, containing one hundred and lift y and twentv-seveii fortieths sn-re-s, more or less. tin-undivided four--ecnths. of which is hereby conveyed, which .-aid conveyance was made to i secure the panent ofa certain promissory note, j in said mortgage de.d de-cribed. And, whereas, ieiauir cas D-eii made m the p.iunciit of -aid note, together with the interest thereon, and the same remains due and unpaid, ' Now, therefore, in pursiianceof the provision of .-aid mortgage di ed, ami .y virtue of the pouer therein contained, ami given, and at the rc 'piest of Caroline Winkle, il.e legal holder of said note, and her husband, l.cwis;. iliukle, I the undersigned, .s-herill" of Andrew county, .Missouri, will on Tucxhnj, lie liih day of September, H7o. at the south dool- of III- Court House in s.-ivmii- uah. :ilm i Andrew county. Missouri, between the ! of nine o'chn k in t!:e forenoon and live i-k in th-afternoon of tliat day. sell the described ical estate at public, vendue, to ;'!n r bidder, for cat-it in hand, for the pur- tile hi; pose.- iu sanimoriirae oeen .-ei lorin. I.. V. A UTKi:, Sheriff ndrew ( iiiintv M Auu' :u-tl:;th, l.-7."i j.o i.j ::).!. Order of Publication. st ti-: ik mi.s.s(H'i:i, , l o; i or Ami:i.v, h-iateot Lewis Allen, deceased. AJDV (IN 'Mils; DAY COMK.s-AI.I.KN HOLT, S I'll. he Administrator for Andrew county, in c!ia- ire of the Kstate of Lewis Allen, decea--ll, ami pre- iit-to the Court his petition prajing fir an i rih-r for the .-ale of certain Heal K-tatc, ot v I.icm said Lewis Allen died sie.ed, deacrib ed a- :j!1ows, to-wit: Kit!;, -t-uir acres of land, comnieiicingat acer t. i'ii ro;w tiftj -four rods wet from the south e.isi corner i.V .section thirty-live, (-'iro, inTown-.-hip -iMy-oiie, (I'd), of Haiige thirty-f..ur, (,:t), running thence north one hundred and si.ty rod-to ;- rock, thence we-t iifty-four rods, them e ninth one liuudred and -i;" rods, thence east litty-four rods to the place ol' fiegining, le-in-'!i .section thirty-live, Town.-hiii' .-ixty-one, of Uange thirty-toiir, in Andrew county," Mate ot Miss.mn, td pay the debts of .-aid e-tate. whieh said, petition was accompanied by the aceoums, li-ts and inventories as required "by Inw, show ing that said estate is indebted and that s;u.i debts are unpaid, and that there are not suili-cii-nt a.-sets on hand to pay tiie same. ( n evtinination then-ut, it is ordered by the Court, that .ill per-ons interested in the estate of said dccca-cd be notiiied, that apjilicatioii . is atoresaid. has been made, and that unle-s the contrary be shown on or before the lir-t dav of the llet term of this oiirt, to be held on theUth day September lie. t, an order will be made for the sab- of tne IJeal K-tate in said petition de scribed, or so much thereof as shall be sullicient tor tin- payment ol.-aid debts and the expenses ol -uch sale. And it i-further ordered that this notice be put'li-in-ii in soiii newspaper published in said c iimty of Andrew tor four weeks jn-ior to the ni-t fi rm of mis ( .inrt. s ATK (JF MISs(it:I, . ( iii ntv or Amu:lu, 1, J. II. alduell, Judeof Probate, in and for -aid county, heivby certify that the fori go ing n a true copy of die onkr therein .-et fortl; a- Hilly as the same rciiuins ol record in my ot licc. . -;i, i i i ,.i:..:..i i ,!.; .' . I . I .... . J I .t (il , .. a i.v i',!.nwi:r.i. Judge of rrobate. Aii'j-u-J (, l.s7."i no i wl. Sheriff's Sale- Whi:':as. iior.Lb'rcAiN, r.vm- 1:1: tain Mortgage I eed datei! tV'iruary ilr.-t A. 1 . one thiiii-ainl 'eight hundred and titty n.ne, and recorded in In ok s. pageidi;. m the "oiliceol the Itecorder ol Ijewds ot Andrew county, Mis souri, convt d to .-aid county of Andrew, the following described real e-tate, situate. lying and being in the county albre-aid, to- it : 'I he r.orthv.e. t ';t;::rfer of tl:e soiitiie.i-t ipiaiter of Si-ction No. twenty-one, (-J!.), m Town-hip No. titty-eight, ('-) ,"ot K.inure No. thirtv-toitr, : which said conveyance was made to secure tin- jiaxiiient o! a certain bond executed by .-aid Uobert ( ain to tie-said comity of Andrew lor tho u-e ot the inhabitant- rh- p-of f.r -chool jmr-po-es. for tin- .-urn of six hundred and .-Ktydo!-lai's. dat d l-'ebruary lir-t KV.i. and payable on the lir.-it day of February tlu-reatter with ten per cent, interi t tin-iv-ni lrom dab-until paid, and containing tiie lurHn-r stipulations that il the in terest be not paid v, lieu it becomes due, it shall bear interest at the .-ame rale as principal, n- in said Mortgage Deed described, And whciva-. it is providtd in said Mortgage Jbed, that if default -hall le- made in the pay-ii-nt ot tin- principal or interest due and paya ble ac -oidiiig to tin- tenor aiiiiell'-ict of said bond above recited, the .sheriil'oi said county of An drew may without any suit on .-aid mortgage pr-ieeed to -,-li the abjve desCi ibed land or any part thereof to satisfy tiie principal and interest ot -aid bond, and make .in ab-olute coitvey;u'.c.e thereof m lee to the purchaser; And whereas, the said bond together with ihe interest duj thereon remains due and unpaid, Therefore, I, Leroy I). Carter. Shi-riff of the county of Andrew and state or Mi-souri.hy vir tue oft he premises ainiv-aid. and of an order of the County Court of said county made at the Ju ly a. j.iuni'-d tetnithei t, to-wit: August bith, 1n7.", and to me directed and delivered, have levied upon and seized nil the right, titl- and in terest ot th.- said Uobert Cain in and to '.he above described real estate, and will on Suturdmj, Vac Wth d'ty of Scpkm&cr, ls7.-i, at the Coin t House door, in the city of Sa vannah, county of Andrew, and Mate otMis.-ui-11, betWc II tlieholirsol nine o'elock in the lore lioun and live o'clock in the afternoon of that da , sell -aid property at public vendue to the highest bidder tor ca-ji in hand to sati-fy said debt and co-Ij. LKItOV I'. CARTLii, sheriff of Andrew County, Mo, August 20th, '-.: noil. Tax-Payers Attention. NOTICE IS I IE11E1 JY GIVEX TIIAT I will meet the tax-pavers of An drew county, Missouri, at the following times and places, lor the purpose of re ceiving the taxes duo on the Tax Books lor the year lS7o, to-wit: Moberly's.Mill, Monroe Township, September ::, 14. and 15. Rochester, Rochester Tp., Sept. 1(5, 17, and ls. Flag springs, KmpireTp., ept. 'Ji), and . Whitesvilie, 1'latteTp., ept. -'', t4, and il. Roseiidale, I'.enton "lp.. sept. 'J7 and tiS. T.olckow, I'.enton Tp., Sept. '). Clav Center, Clay Tp.,seit.:i'i,!ind Oct. 1 and 2. Fillmore, Jack -on Tp., Oct. 7. s, :mdl). Amazonia, Lincoln Tp., Oct. 11. 12, and 13. lieeler .-ichool House, Jefferson Tp., October 11, 15, and 1G. Coffmans School Ilou-e, Washington Tp., 0:t. 16, 11), and and thereafter at my otlice in Savannah. AV. 1.'. ALLKX, Collector of Andrew County, Mo. Savannah, Augu-t lath, ls75. NEW FIRM ! DANFOBD & HnjviiiG; purchased J. F. Colburn's Hardware Store and re moved it to the E. corner of the Square, and purchased in St. Louis, a full stock of first class goods, consistin-"- in part o STOVES and TINWARE, QUEENS WARE, and GLASSWARE, WINDOW GvLASS, LAMPS, TOOLs, of all kinds, Pocket and Table Cutlery, House furnishing iroo'ls, IRON, STEEL, and WHEELING NAILS, Garden ami Harvest tools, and in short everything usually kept in a first class Hardware Store, wo arc now ottering them as cheap as the cheapest, for CASH. COME AND SEE US I I Pianos arid Or-P'aiTS3 A Are olferui to iiersoiis deairiii OST LIBERAL TERMS I KNOWN TO THE TRADE. The instruments- wo sell are all of Standard Quality, and Fully Warranted. Y do not il-al ar all in any of tho VIAXOs ami OUliAX known to dealers as "C1I1-.A1"' Instruments. They arealmost entirely worthless, :md the price paid lor th' in is money thrown away. The Terms we Offer to Purchasers Bring Within the reach of all classes of purchasers, and enables them to procure a stricllv liist-cla-s instrument. I'lanos ami Orin- can ie bouirlitolits and paid for in liAs LfiAi.t.MKNTs, jiayahle at intervals to suit the purchaser. Liberal Discounts Made for Cash. We.iruarauti't' instruments to boas repn -ented in circulars, so that purchaser.-; are at ik risk in ordering an Oran or I'iuno of tw, or our agents. Send for Circulars and Write for Terms. T. J. Washburn, A-eiit, 421 Francis Street ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI. Final Settlement. "VTTICK is herein- triven to all creditors md JJl otheiv. :ntere-ted l.i tiie estates of John Hauler, deceased, Klam.C. Veale, deceased, -lames- Andcrsim. deceased, that I, Allan fi Administrator of said estates intend to make nal settlement therenfat the next term of Probate ( niirt, of Andrew county, in the soil md !t, I-i- Ihe tate da3 of Missouri, to be held at .savannah, 0:1 20th ot September. l.-7."i. ALLAN" IJol.T, Administrator. (iHEKXt.r.r.A: Kisc, Aitv's. August -Jniii, IsT.-, noil wl. j"otice of Final Settlement. "JVJOTICK 1- hereby given to all creditors and X others inti ti steii in the estate nf di n. V. i; r di ee.i-'-d, that the undersigni d, Admin isiratriv iif-anl e-tate, will make" ilnal settle meu therenfat the uet ter3: Probate ( niirt, of Andrew county, to ! l.i Id at -:tv.niiiali, oil tie third Mniidav in septe:;;bi r neKt. .11 LIA (.LA7Ii:5.', A-lmini-iratrix. Savannah. Mo., Auir. no!:; wl. E. We .FOY9 Dealer in KASSLB, KCNUZSTS, HBADST033S, TABLETS, &c. Northeast eu-acr 1'uLlsc Square, Savannah Mo. I aie now !'np..r. d t 1 It 1 1 orders fir Ci;.m i:i ki:v Wou'c, .irnin .1 good .-election ol designs and material. ork v. i ll and promptly execu ied, and mi the mo-t reasonable tel'lVs. March .".th. 1-7-'.. 1 . Sale of Steai up Lands. TJY VIliTl'K of an order of the county coi'rt of J Andrew coim'y, Mi-oui i, made at the regu lar May Term. J.s7.:, 1 will oiler at public salr, to the highest bidder, (not loss than live dollars per aero.) at tin- .south door of the court-house, in the city of savannah, in said county, on 2V 'ESI) A Y, 1174 day of Ootobcr, lS7o, th- following SWAMP LANDS, held in trust bv 1 Andrew e iii.itv. for the u-e and benefit ot the Co'.mty ireltoul Fund, lo-vwt: S. T. 1: 10 ? 1-1011. -lores lot I -'1 .V "! mi do we-t half north-east 1 cl :;i Ml do east halt north-West 4 Cl 'M to do north-west north west.. 4 !1 ."t In do north-west south-east.. 1 cl '.'A yi) do south hf south-east 4 id ."f ID do north-cast north-east.. !i cl :;t 77 SlMOO do West lit" lots 1 A. J 11 east .". Cl 111 77-ln'i do lot i 1- .l!) ."7 7 I.'Mlio do lot .' 1- ' :!7 111 do hortli-westnorth-west.il 'Ui ;!t -.'4 S-lfio do lot 7 : i"'0 :tt 11 7i-nh d Jot. 7 :;4 c :u Tki:m! ov S lt. One-third cash, and balance of purcluwc tr.oiioy secured by mortgaire notes, b'-arniL' ten peiv.'eut. interest per.iuiium, accord ing to tho terms of the law governing the loaning ol the Common .s diool Fund ol the county. Sale to ! betwei-u Mn- hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon Mid ihe o'clock in the afternoon, and to continue lrom d-iv to da until air the lands are sold. 'L. 1). CAli I KW, Sheriff August 13, 17.T tils of Andrew co. , Mo. JOHN I.. r.Mnit. JOs. S!J KLI.HNlini'.liEI!. Hackberry Mills. Formerly known as the "Smith's Mill," situated about 5 miles north of Amazonia, and six miles west of .Savan nah. Having been fitted up by the un dersigned, they will do all kinds of Custom Grinding and Sawing, on short notice. They will keep con stantly on hand, for sale, . Flour, k Bran, ChoppsdFesdj Etc. They solicit the patronage of all their old customers. ClSTFiegular days of grinding, Friday and Saturday. SMITH & SESLLENBERGER. NEW GOODS ! CHITTENDEN, :o:- Jma)3iJ&Sa UlaL Vic's to purcha.-e an Oriran or Piano, the Lafayette Route. COMfC-ED OF TIIK Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Railway, Cincinnati, Lafayette & Chicago R,R. indianapelis, Cinn. & Lafayette R.R. Is the shortest. P,it, Quickest and Kr.--I KolUpped Koiite between all points west 1,1 Mississippi Ur.erand Pi:oi:ia, Lakayi:; i r. is iu .v i 01.1-, ( it iNx ri, Lni isvii.i.K and 1 I Hit of the East, 2'outii-Kast.iiHl North. Th" following is the time of the CINCIX- jVATI lightning express TRAIN. Leave savannah ":"o p. m., I'urli'ntnn (a. :n., Keokul. 1 il, a in.: IVoria h):it a. ni.,st.if- !.!! 3:30 p. nt. : Lafayi rti- .1:iio p. :n. : Indiao-p- dis 7--ey p. in.; Cincinnati 11 :3) p. in.; l.o..:'a viiie 1! ::.'i p. m. I In-., connections fur llaltitnore, AV:ishiii3to;, New Yoih and .southern points. I. i ae .savanii.di ."vi op. m. : leave I5urlht?o:i via i . V,. .vo. Train No. r.. Hl:l.".a. lit. Le 1'ioria in ii. in.; Lafayette I:nia. in.; Indl-a-apoli- lama', r.i. : arrive ( incinuati :;. L'.ui.-villi-s:;.. a. m. ; l i ton -J:ir p.. in.: luinhi's n .1". a. in. : Pitt-iiurir 7 mi j. in. Inn.: -dl:.te coiim-ctio.is tkrouih to I'hiladi liiltia, N'-',v York and l!o.-!oa. CHICAGO & LOGANSPORT FAST EXPRESS. Train No. I Leave savannah :0O p. m.: Tl'.ir lini;ion .1:3U p. in.; Keokuk ::0. p. m. ; Peoria, liai-ip. in. : liiliiiau -J.."iii a. in. ; ChicairoT::"i .:. in.: state Line,! io a. in.; Coliindms :':." p.m.; Pittsluir. J:n:J a. in. : Loaiisport, li::r. a. ::i.; To'.i itofi:."!'! i. ill.: Cleveland 10:111 p. m. ( lose conneetion at Chicauo, Pittsliur 22d Cleveland lor all Eastern and Northern Cities. y this route passencers avoid delays, and onn:ibu.ses transfer throuch lanre cities, which renders it very desirable; particularly for ladies. Ask for tickets reading from Burling ton or Keokuk, via T. P. & AW Fi'y. 1'aggage Checked Through. A. Ij. HOPKINS, Koceiver, l'coria. II. (. TOWN SEND, C.eu'l Tic't Ajrt.,rcon;t. For iulormation, address, W. K. CU.MPTON. Jen. V'csi'n .j:entt llHrlington, Iov.a. Julyi:;, !sT"i -m. A LECTUliE TO YOUNG Juxt l':il'."niiril, in a Salt '1 Knvclujie. J'ricfO t !i. A Loctiire on the N-itiiro. Treatment, anrl liadu- il cure oJeniin.d Weakness, or .spi-nu.i-t-irr'.H' .:, induced I.y el;-Aou.-e, lnvoluiit.i : v Kmissions. Iiupoteiioy, Nervous lieldlity, on I Iiupi -limi-nJs to Marriage generally; Coiisiiuip tion. Liiileii.-v, and Fits: Mental and Phvsi-:I Ineap.ici'v', 'ice V.y liD'itLliT .1. CTLVLK WLLL. M. 1)., author of the 'Green P.ooii," Thi-world-renowned author, in this anniir:i lile Li crnre, clearly proves from his own ep-r-i.-nce tiiat the awful ooutiijueiioes of SoSf-Abtitc m.r. he i ili ctually removed without medicine, and without danp-roiis surgical operatious.bon tries, instruments, rin.cs, or on dials; pointing out a mode of cure at once certain and llVciual, by which every sull'eier, no matter what his con dition mav he." may cure hhiiielf cheaply, pri vatolv anil radically. ZThte Lecture will prove a boon to thousar.f.x ntut tkoiixiii"!.!. sent, under seal, in a plain envelope, to sa?7 address, on receipt of six cents, or two jtostAjro tlUlttJIs. Address the Puldt-hers-. CHAS. J. C. KLINE & CO., 127 "Bowery. New York; Post 011100 llox, 45sC. nuJiMy $100,OOOloXj O.V IMPROVED FARMS, IV 10U" V and MlSSOritl, for term of years, at 10 PER CENT. INTEREST. For lull, printed particular, aitdress Uko. W. Fua'nk & l)Ai:t:ow, Ihmkers, Corning, Iowa, on w. w. c.m.dwell3 Savannah, ron Andrew Co., ilo