The Oskaloosa herald., October 29, 1885, Image 1

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Pin ltoss or Ism, par poor M 00
Each sddßtoosllins.. 100
medical!
AC. WILKINS, M. D.,
* OAot front roocu otw Golden lute
Clothing Storo, woot side of squars. KeoMaooe
on tent Hnrnoon street opposite D. P Church.
WL. MCALLISTER, M. D.,
•* ' Physician and Surgeon.
Surgical operations of the Rye a specialty.
Office at New Sharon. lowa. 1*
M JOSEPHINE TENNEY, M. D,
• Physician and Surgeon.
Office on WM Bide of public square, over
Miss Anderson’s miUinery store. Night ojUls
promptly attended
WO. MILLAR,
. Dentist
Office on s uith side of Square over J. M. Jones
A ooV. «ti « store Nitrous Oxide Oaa used
for painiUl operations. mT
Dr. m. l jackbon.
Surgeon Dentist.
Office in Exchange block, on Hlgk street,
Oafcatooea, lowa, over J. W. Morgan’* drug
•lore. »•
Geo. j. turner, m. d..
Physician aud Surgeon.
Office on Market street, over Boyer A Barnes’
store. Residence two blocks south and two
blocks west of postoOce. IS
V. PARDON,
U Magnetic Healer.
Office at his residence, three blocks dtrectlf
south of poetoffice. is prepared to treat all dis
, eases except deafness with general satlsfac
- tion Terms, flO for *0 treatments. He will
* always be found at home.| l»ylpd
\R J. C. BARKINOKK.
* Physician and Surgeon,
Oskaloosa, lowa. Office northeast corner oi
square, middle rooms up stairs in new Masonic
building. Residence on High street, 3 blocks
east of square. Telephone connection at office
and residence with all parts of the city. 19
OR. W. M. WELLS.
Catarrh,Throat A Lung Physician,
Aud Specialist for Chronic Diseases generally.
Consultation personally or by letter. Office
and Dispeusyar over Ways’ Drug Store. West
High Street Office hours from 9tolt A. M., and
from 1 to&r M. Consultation free. ult
D. A. HorruAW. U. D. R.C. Harman, M. I>.
I \BB. D A. A R. C. HOFFMAN.
Physicians and Surgeons.
„ Office two doors north of Simpson M. E.
r ' ohureb, near S. K corner of square, Oskaloosa,
t i * lowa. Residence on Main street, three blocks
east of the public square. lktf
J. L. t'orna. J. S. Hodob
A HODOB,
V Homeopathic Physicians ASurgeons.
Will attend all calls, day or night. Office In
the Franks! rooms in Union block. Dr. Coffin’s
residence, corner of Ellen and Jeffersoa; Dr.
Hodge's, residence on North Market Street. 19
ATTORNEYS
r \ M. PRBDUR,
Attorney-at-Law,
and Notary Public, Rose Hill, lowa. 19tf
\W. 8. Kem wobthy. O. N. Downs.
A DOWNS,
, Attorneys-at-I^aw,
Front Rooms, over Mitch Wilson’s Dry Goods
House. 48ylpd
IIcFALL A JONES,
**"- Attomeyß-at-Law,
Oskaloosa, lowa. Office over Golden Eagle
•tore.
JC. WILLIAMS,
• Attorney-at-Law,
and Notary Public. Front room, up stairs. In
Parkhursvs new building, Oskaloosa, la. I9tf
Gleason a haskell.
Attorneys-at-Law.
Office in Phoenix block, Oskaloosa, lowa.
Business promptly attended to. 19tl
TURN A. HOFPMAN.
Attorney-at-I-Jtw,
and Notary Public. Offioe 4 block south of 8
E. corner of Park. l*
T'»HN O. MALCOLM,
** Attorney-at-Law.
Collections promptly attended to. Office on
north side, over Frankei’a bank. 19
HOLTON * MCCOY,
Attorneys-at-Law,
Oekalooaa. lowa. Office over Knapp & Spald
lnf’> hardware store. IV
T C. BLANCHARD,
•*- i# Attorney-at-Law,
Oekalooaa, lowa. Will practice in all the
oourts Office over the Oekalooaa National
Bank. lVtf
1,-* M. DAVENPORT,
• Attorney-at-Law,
Otkalooaa, lowa. Buatnees attended to in both
Stale and Federal Courts. Office, rooms 1 and
1, over Weeks Sc Steward's store. Mi
O*o. W. LarraaTr. Gao. C. Moboan.
L AFPKRI V A MORG\N,
A ttor ney s-at-La w,
OAoe over Oaksloosa National Bank, Oeka
looaa.. lowa !•
C. P. Hsaki.e. L. A.BOorr.
OEAKI.K A SOOTT,
® Attorneys-at-Law,
and Notaries Public Office first door west of
Benorder's office. National Bank building,
Oakaioosa, lowa. ivti
ROBERT KIBBICK,
Attoniey-at-Law,
and Notary Public, Oskalooaa, lowa. Office in
Centennial block, over Prankel's clothing
store, north aide square. Practice in all of the
oourts o( the Btate. It
TOHN P. LACEY,
Attorney-at-I.aw,
and government claim agent. OAoe in Boyer
A Barnes' block, Oskaloosa, lowa. Prompt at
tention given to oo I lections. Probate businees
will receive careful attention. Business at
tended to in the U. 8. and Btate courts. lVtf
1)H1LL!P8 A G KKKK,
* Attorneys-at-Law,
and Col lection Agents Attend to any legal
business In the Btate and Federal Courts en
trusted to then,. Office over N. Oppenhcimer
A Co.’s boot and shoe store, south aide of r “\
oekalooaa. lowa. IVti
JAM KS I'AHKULI. llAßiai. DaVIS.
F. F Kv ABM.
t lAKROI.L, DAVIS A KVASS.
J Attorneys-at-Law.
Oskaloosa. lowa, will practice in all courts.
Collections made a special feature. Office over
Fruukul A Go's., Bulk. Urancb office at New
Hfaaron. IV
J. A L CWNIKSAH. J G.( HCOKIIAS.
/ , HOOK HAM A < 'IMJOKII AM,
* Attorneya-at-I^aw,
Oskaloosa lowa. Office over Mahaska County
liana, southwest corner public square. Col
lections made and remitted promptly. Convey
ancing done. IV
J*U HIIHL, JMO. M. WaHRKN,
President ('Mbltr.
L. C. SuaMAkt., /loe-Presldent.
The Farmers’ & Traders’
NATIONAL BANK,
OP OSKALOOSA. IOWA.
CAPITAL 1100,000.
DIRK TORS:
Jao tMxl, L. C. Bluiofetrd.
T J. blocs.ioue, O. B. MoPatl.
H. W. McNeill. Matthew Ploken.
P. W. Phillips, Pstmr Stumps,
1.1. Whitmore.
OOMKEBPONDKNTB:
Pint Natlesal Back. Chicago.
Metropolitan National Bank, New York.
lKf Vall#T National Bank, 81. Louie.
BANKING HOUSE
-OP
FRANKEL, BACH & GO.
The Oldest Bank in Mahaska County.
Will receive deposit* and transact a geoeml
£*si. a in* exafeaate.aedaoti'x’iion bus loess, Ike
same as so iaeerpor*u <i i.aok
jfokeim ou all tke prlocipai cities of ike
Catted State* aad all eltiee of Europe bought
aad sold at sums to ault tke purchasers.
Passes* tickets to end from all points la
■urope far sale at tke lowest rates.
Ootfer! tone will receive prompt attention
We do a strfcrtly legitimate book tag boat nose,
uijpw tke waau of oustosaer* special
w«. H. SasAas, d. w. Loanra.
Prea. W. A. Lindlt, V.-Pre*.
Oaakler.
—THE—
Oskaloosa National Bank,
OP OOCALOOSA, IOWA
JDIItBOTORA:
Wa.fl iacvaaa. J w.moMullin.
J. |t onjea*, O. W. LCWtao.
0. L. Sraßoaa, M. L. Lavi,
Mamu s MsCclunm.
lOBKBSPOMOKNTh:
Plret National Bank. Mew fork.
Gtlmse, Sea A Oou. New fork.
Pint National Bank, Clilaape.
Hide A Leather Mat‘l Baak . Chiosgo.
IS Davenport Mat’i Baak, Davse pert.
I. A._L CsoPaasa, h ahowasp.
.laaa A. Ba**s* caebier.
liHASLt CODNTT Bill,
OP OSKALOOSA, IOWA.
Organised Under the State Lave.
PHD UP CAPITAL, 11004)00.
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Professional Cards.
BANKING.
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VOL. 37, NUMBER 10.
MONEY, LAND, *o
Israel M. Gibbs, Broker.
Loons of oil kinds negotiated. Mercantile
paper bought and sold. Room 8, over Formers
Traders' Bonk. Oskaloosa, lowa. Iftf
«(. ms Mien.
I have on mp books o large number of farms
and houses In town? also many thousand sores
of wild land. If pou have real estate to sell or
wish to bup, glvs ate o call. 1 pay taxes in onp
port of the Stole. Con vepanclng done. Office
in Boyer A Barnes’ block, Oskolooso, lows.
One hundred nice building lots in Looey’s addi
tion to oskolooso. M
Is and Agenoy
Farms and Town Property for
Sale, Taxes Paid, and
Conveyancing Done.
Office over Oskaloosa National Bonk.
mf Lafferty A Morgan.
M. E. BENNETT,
Real Estate & Loan Apt.
MONEY TO LOAN
tu large or small amounts, on long or short
•100,000 la *IOO,OOO
Money to Lioan!
At Six Per Cent Annual
on & years’ time, in loans of SSOO aDd upwards;
with privilege of paying SIOO and aoove In an
nual payments, if desired.
JOHN P. HIATT.
Cowan & Hambleton’s
Loan & Abstract Office.
<200,000 to loan at 6 per cent Interest on five
years time; borrower having the op
tion to pay part or all of prin
cipal after first year.
We also have a complete set of Abstract Books
of all
Lands and Town Lots
In Mahaska County, lowa.
ABS&ACTS OF TITLE MADE ON SHORT
NOTICE.
Office In front room of new Masonic building,
north-east oorner of Public Square.
nl9 OSKALOOSA. IOWA.
Residence and Garden
Email Farm Plots For Sale.
I am now prepared to sell in small or large
lots to suit purchasers, and at reasonable fig
ures, the whole of the farm known as the
“STEWARD HEIRS’’ FARM,
lying betweeu the lowa City and Burlington
roaus, immediately contiguous to the city, and
dow occupied as tenants by L. M. and J. C.
Jackson.
The farm is divided br the C- B. I A P , and
lays convenient ’or division Into Plots for
RESIDENCE, GARDEN and PASTURE com
bined. It Is believed to be
Underlaid with Coal !
and has good drainage and water faoilltica.
A complete plan and survey of the property
may be seen at the office of Jno. O. Malcolm.
Part of the purchase money may be secured
on any plot bought, U desired.*
IVtf CHARLES IIUTOHINSON.
OSKALOOSA
Oat Mill Company.
On and after this date the. Oskaloosa
Oat Mill Company will be in the mar-
ket to pay the highest price for all
Good Oats
that are offered
Oat Meal Offal,
the best of cow feed, will he for sale
in any quantity.
7iu3 Oskaloosa Oat Mill Co.
RUBBER BOOTS.
“ CANDEE”
Enbber
BOOTS Hi
double" thick jffljgfl
Ordinary Rubber Boots
llwuys wear out flrxton ■ •PR&QTfkMKf
Boots are douUs thick VMlx|
on the ball, give JJJb
>fi u>( ecoiuxnii'al Rubber
Boot in tbo market.
Laxta longer than any mtga
other boot and the
Call anil ex Z .
amine the
Bentley & Olmetead,
Wholesale Agents,
u&2eowiuo
Treasnrer’s Tai Sale.
Notice Is hereby given that the following de
scribed lands and town lots having been fwl« e
advertised and offered for sale, and not sold (or
the want of bidden, that the said property will
be sold In the office of the Treasurer on the lint
Monday of December, A. D., 1888, to the highest
bidder, without ref-renoe to the amount of tax
that may Ins charged U> the same, as provided
by the act of the Sixteenth Ueneral Assembly of
the Htate of lowa, Chapter 78, and approved
March 11, 1876. M. D. Gilchrist.
Treasurer of Mahaska County.
Treasurer's Office, Oct. 22. 1866.
“1 i*
1 Ii 1 i
Martha Barr Ks
tate. Fremont, O.
Ml I 12 *4 AMI 33 26
W.O.McFailJ'r’iu’nt
OP. It 9 466 13 86 18 63
A. K. Martiii.Beacon
• I*l7 334 206 6 40
D. McDonald, Bea-
COO. 182 18 66 12 07 30 02
L M. Wilkinson.
Lacey.l IMA 127 : in iui 267
B. K. Clark. Leigh
ton,l6*6 8 26 68 33 78 66 07
Rachel Carvsr, Mid
dletown, 13,4 A 6. 3 611 11 8* 17 04
Palsey Carey, Peo
ria. O. P. 18 4 2 36 I 40 8 76
P. D Mpaln, Peotia,
O. P. 17 2 II 78 H 66 2034
J. B. Tarr, Indian
spoils, lot 2 4 3 04 2 36 6 42
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M.pnokkam.sHsw
Jabez Kuby.s pt a\
Ell Shaffer, wk
stteeew .....23 76 14 3* 67 74 161
T. Qualntasce. oiA
vtVtS&'Zn 977 “ 1 •***•*
ft It 6DMne n w 24 77 16 ' 664 866 672
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DMIM IbTRATOtt'M NOTICE.
Mortee M hereby gives to all persons Interest,
ed, that on tbe 14th day of October, A. D. 1668.
BigSBpSSSgl
persons ttSdWed ?o\swfssuS?Vm m!u. p ir
Interest,
Des Moines, lowa.
Horse shoeing.
Tolbert A Miller, Blacksmiths,
at their old stand west of Pogtoffice, will do
Shoeing as low os onp other shop in Oskoloo
so. 19
OSKALOOSA ENCAMPMENT, NO. ML I. O.
0. F. meets on first and third Monday
evenings of each month, at Odkl Fellows Hail.
Visiting Patriarchs cordially invited to attend.
8. I* Hakvsy, C. P
B. 8. Harbour, Scribe. 46
\f AIIASKA LODGE NO. J 6, I. O. O. F.,
I*l meets every Saturday evening at the Odd
Fellows’ Hall, one block north sf the Postoffice.
Visiting brothers cordially invited to attend.
Chas. Wray, W. L. Hows.
Secretary. 151 J N. G.
W. TRACY.
Civil i Engineer.
Office and residence on High street. 3 blocks
east of Court House, Oskaloosa, lowa. S2tf
Mrs. Es C. Scott,
Tearlier of Modern Language and Art.
Classes in GERMAN. FRENCH, SPANISH,
PAINTING sod DRAWING; will be organized
in connection with Prof. Howe's Bunies* Col
lege. Nothing but the language taught will be
spoken in the class room. ffittf
WHITAKER & SEBIYER,
Booksellers, Stationers,
AND
Wall Paper Dealers,
117 West High St,
, Oskaloosa, lowa, 19
Henry Walling*
Dealer A
Building Material of all Kinds,
and contractor of
BRICK AND RUBLE STONE
WORK.
Cisterns, Flubs and Cellars
Built on short notioe. Also have good Brlok
for sale at lowest market price.
nl9tf Oskaloosa lowa
FAMILY GROCERIES.
FOR
Fresh Family and Fancy
Groceries,
Queensware and Glassware.
Provisions of All Kinds
AND
FRESH VEGETABLES,
In their season, go to
A. W. MARTINSTEIN.
1* Southeast Corner of Square.
L. Cook & Sons
Steam Plow Shops.
Wo make a SPECIALTY of
Plow, Reaper, and all kinds of
Farm Machinery
Repairing.
Goods warranted to give satisfaction in all
cases. Come in and see us and
» give us a trial.
88tf L. Cook & Son.
CREAM BALM
C 1 ensea the
Head. Allays
Inflammation
Smell, Henririg.
A quick
A positive Cure. HAt "FEVER
A particle Is applied into each nostril and is
agreeable to use. I 'rice 50 cents by mall or at
Druggists'. Send for circular. KLY BROTH
HRS, Druagists, Owego, N. Y nl-ly
OCULIST.
TAR. J. W. MORGAN,
Eye and Ear Physician.
OSKALOOSA. IOWA.
MAMLB WOMI.
Oslaioosa Maria Works.
F. W. McCall,
Dealer In
■ 1 1 fa
Monuments Tombs, Head Stones, Scotch and
Amartsan Oranlta Monuments, As.
18 OSKALOOSA. IOWA
GRAIN.
J. H. Sheak/
DIAL.SH in
C3-E.A.XIT,
Will pay tbs highest market prioe in Cash
m
For all kinds ot Brain.
TOO WILL riMD TMS
ELEVATOR
o B tbe Central of lowa Hallway Track, Waal
High Street. Onkalooea, lowa. fit
H.Snyder&Son,
-DIALERS IN—
GROCERIES
Will sail as dksap as any other house In the
city. If you want a sack of the
BEST FLOURI
ts ike city, call on us.
Everything Fresh.
»» a. Snyder A Eon.
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The Oskaloosa Herald.
)/D OSKALOOSA S?T /?/?
OSKALOOSA, loWA.\^_/
- ESTABLISHED IN 1860.
•»A School Thoroughly Equipped for 9ffoe Turning.❖
Book-Keeping bp Actual Business Practice.
TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT, WITH SEVERAL MILES
OF CITY UNE.
SHORTHAND no TYPE-WRITING by * PRACTICAL REPORTER.
NORMAL PENMANSHIP DEPARTMENT.
This department of our school U one of the best In the
United Stales, under the charge of Profe«or Weaco, one
of the finest penmen In the world. Send S cents for beau
tiful specimen! of his work direct from the pen.
All our departments are superintended by practical
teachers of long experience, Addrees
W. L. HOWE. J. A. WESCO, .
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fURHITUBE.
FURNITURE!
J. B. McCurdy & Co.,
• 1:
North-East
I Corner of the
H Public Square. CIJ
Tho Boss L ,
Ui FirwiinDiiiirs 50
<j And
y ONfIEBTAKERS! M
_ Invite eveiybody to call
pQ and see theli !
W New Stock.
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Nicest Goods
g And
p Bmtisi fariitr H
Ever brought to Oskaloo
sa (br the money.
BuckforpWatches
APlMUljllitflM «*» MTACTtNO tiSRriCK.
atorr. for Astro-
irrnMMiHtfi ii'niiifni work , and
. by Locomotive
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11. rwhofttsVl'uiVwsrrsßtti
J. B. ADLON.
OB jp
207 Week High Street.
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J. H. WILLIE.
Auctioneer.
fj/T Address Oakatoosa, BsaMsais f miles
noMk os fhsaon rosd. ttSafyd
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OSKALOOSA, MAHASKA COUNTY, IOWA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 29, 1885.
OOLXJEOn
MEDICAL
What Those Say
Who have suffered with Rheumatism and
Neuralgia.
“Riverside, Cal.. July 12th, 1884.
“ I lined a bottle of Athdophorob and re
ceived much benefit. I thought my Rheuma
tism was almost incurable, but the benefit 1
received grave me confidence for the future.
The pain has been removed to a great degree.
It seemed to me a miracle the relief it af
forded. GEORGE MARSHALL."
Mrs. John D. Nutting, North Creek, N. Y., writes:
“ 1 have used Athi.ophoros in a number of
cases of chronic Rheumatism with wonderful
auocees. I believe I should have been a crip
ple only for Athlophobos.’’
Such testimonials telling what
JITHLO
fI PHOROS
HAS done are the best evidence as to what It
WILL do FOR YOU.
Mrs. J. Nelson Jordon, of Ellsworth, Me., writes:
" Having been for a year a great sufferer
from Rheumatism and Neuralgia I tried
Athlophoros. Have taken nearly til of*
bottle, it has given me strange ana peculiar
sensations, especially in my bead, but if I had
first taken the medicine ana then been called
on for payment and found the hill sfio.oo, I
should never have complained. I must have
more of it. Must have some for my husband
and aged mother.”
If you cannot get Athlophoros of your drug
gist, we will send it express paid, on receipt of
regular price—one dollar per bottle. We prefer
that you buy it from your druggist, but if he
hasn’t it, do not be persuaded to try something
else, but order at once from us, as directed.
ATHLOPHOROS CO.
112 WALL ST. NEW YORK
ACHES^PAINS!
“I ache all over!" What a common ex
pression; and how much it rneans to rnany
a poor sufferer! These aches fjave a
cause, and rnore frequently than is gener
ally suspected, the cause is the Liver or
Kidneys. No disease is more painful or
serious than these, a qd no renrjedy is so
prornpt and effective as
MISHLER’S
Bitters-
No remedy has yet been discovered
that is so effective 'q all HTDNEY AND
LIVER COMPLAINTS, MALARIA, DYSPEP
SIA, etc., and yet it is simple end l\arrn
less. Science and rnedical skill have
combined with wonderful success those
which nature has provided for the
cure of disease. It strengthens and in
vigorates the whole system.
Hon. Thaddeus BK>ven», the distinguished Con
gressman. once wrote to a fellow member who waa
suffering from Indigestion and kidney disease-.
“ Try Mishka's Herb Bitters, I believe It will cure
you. I have used It for both indigestion and a ffec
tion of the kidneys, and It is the most wonderful
combination of medicinal herbs I ever saw.*
MISHLER HERB BITTEBB CO.,
_ 526 Commerce St., Philadelphia.
Parker 4 (Pleasant Worm Syrup Newer Fail*
carters!
CURE
Sick Hendschs and relieve all the troubles Inci
dent to a bilious state of the system, such as Dia
stnesa, Nauaea, Drowsiness, Distress after eating,
Pain in the Side, Ac. While their most remark
able success has been shown in curing
SICK
Heedaehe,yet Carter’sLlttle Liver Pills are equally
valuable in Constipation, curing and preventing
this annoying complaint, while they also correct
all disorders of tke stomach, stimulate the liver
and regulate the bowels. Area If they only cured
HEAD
Ache they would be almost priceleea to those who
suffer from this distressing complaint; bat fortu
nstsly their goodness does not end here, and those
who once try them w*' d these little pills valu
able In so many wmj hey will not be willing
to do without (hem. * 'ter all sick bead
ACHE
Is thsbsns of so many Uvea that here is where we
make our great boast. Our pills cure it while
other* do not
Carter’s Little Liver Pills are very small and
very easy to take. One or two pills makes dose.
They are strictly vegetable and do not gripe or
pnrge. but by their gentle action please all who
use them. In vials at 25 cents; five for 61. Sold
by druggists everywhere, or sent by maiL
CARTER MEDICINE CO , New York.
RAILROAD.
—THE
CHICAGO.
MILWAUKEE
& ST. PAUL
RAILWAY COMPANY
Owns and operates nearly 5.000 miles of thor
oughly equipped road In Illinois, Wisconsin,
lowa, Minnesota and Dakota.
It la the Nhort Line and Beat Route be
tween all principal polnta In the North
west and Par West.
Por maps, time tables, rates of passage and
fketgbt, etc., apply to the uearest station agent
of the Ciucaao, Mii.waokki A St. Paul
Railway or to any Railroad Agent anywhere
in the United Stales or Canada
R. MILLER, A. V. H. CARPENTER,
Ueneral Manager. Uen’l Pass. A Tkt. Agt.
J. P. TUCKER, GEO. H HEAFPOHD,
Asst Uen’l Manager. Asst Uen’l Pass&Tkt Agt.
Milwaukee. Wisconsin.
iar For notloes in reference to Speoial Bxcur-
Ilona, changes of lime, and other Itema of In
tereat In connection with the Chicaoo, Mu,*
WiDlli * BT. Pain. Kailway, please refor
to the local column* ot this paper. n2ari
MACHINERY.
TOxuroxTs
MACHINE WORKS,
Oskaloosa, lowa,
W. E. VERNON, Prop.,
MANUFACTURBU OF
STEAM ENGINES,
Prom One to Twelve Horae Power.
Machinists’ Supplies,
Including Shaftings, Puurya, Leather and Rub
ber Belttng, bteam Fittings, eui.. etc.,
tarnished on short notloe and at
very reasonable rates.
JOB WORK
of all kinds neatly and quiokly done. Call on
me before yon bay anything In my line,
bbope One Block North of Ex
change Block.
“l*f W. E. VERNON.
Farm For Sale !
TJe undersigned will oCar al public vendue,
on Baturday, Deoember *, i«t», »t i o'clock r
M. r a farm of M» acres, situated one* fourth (Jg)
mile east of the town or Bussey. Marlon ooun
ty, Iowa; sale to take place on firm, bald farm
la under state of good cultivation and well
adapted for tanning and grazing purposes, be*
lug at present all down In grass; has a good ap
ple orchard with 200 bearing trees; a good cher
ry orchard god other small fruit In at uiuiaoee.
The buildings consist of a one-story brick
dwelling bouse, frame barn and other oot-hnlid*
Inga For further particulars, address the un
dersigned at Miller. Baud county, Dakota, or
Jeaie Bussey, Buses?, loam.
Oft ALrfUtDJBMIbON,
DAKOTA.
A Herald Man Visits the New
Land of Promise’and Discourses
Thereon.
Columbia, Dakota, Oct. 15, 1885.
This thrivyig little burg of about one
thousand souls is the terminus of a
branch of the Chicago and Northwest
ern Railroad, which puts out from
Huron, over one hundred miles south.
Like all Dakota towns, Columbia has a
new, fresh appearance,and the improve
ments are modern, substantial and per
manent. Geographically Columbia is
located on the “Jim” river, about 200
miles above its confluence with the Mis
souri—about 50 miles north and 250
miles west of St. Paul, and is at pres
ent the county seat of Brown county,
with a county seat fight of doubtfnl
results upon its hands. Here is about
the center of the famous
JIM RIVER VALLEY,
which is about 40 miles wide and 400
miles long, and is a perfect sea of wheat
fiields from one end to the other. Our
business here is more with the products
of the country than with its people,
and we find the principal products to
be wheat, oats, flax, geese, ducks and
prairie chickens. The dimensions of
our pocket-books would not permit of
our figuring extensively in the first
three items of products, so we unpack
our 10 bore guns and proceed to gather
in the last three. As to ducks and
chickens—well, we came here for a rest
from figures and such things, and we
will not undertake
TO COUNT OUR BAG ;
but the result of a three-days goose
hunt was nine Canada grey and twenty
five snow geese. The snow geese we
found in large numbers. Thousands
upon thousands of them can be found
here from the middle of September
until the middle of November. Through
the night and during the middle of the
day they frequent the numerous lakes
and sloughs, and morning and evening
they seek the stubble fields to feed, aud
it is not an uncommon sight to see sev
eral thousands of them feeding in one
field, presenting the appearance, at a
distance, of huge snow drifts alternat
ing with the stubble or bare grounds.
We had had no particular acquaintance
with the goose family until this trip,
and had been educated to consider it
an insult to be compared to the goose
in other words to be called a blamed
goose, or some other kind of a goose—
ut now we hold ourselves in readiness
TO TAKE OFF OUR HAT
to the man or woman who calls us a
goose in dead earnest. They are not
only a handsome fowl, but exceedingly
smart and quick to take a hint. We
tried sneaking upon them while in the
fields, but to no purpose ; put out de
coys and secreted ourselves close by in
pits dug by our own hands (and the
Major’s), they found us out and circled
around us just out of reach of our
guns. Everything failed until we no
ticed a plow team pass within range
without putting them to fiight. An
idea struck us and we put our team
into the furrow and followed the plow.
The ruse was successful, but we had to
find a new lot of geese to play the same
thing again. The goose is a smart
bird, notwithstanding his bad reputa
tion, and he who enjoys a delicious
roast goose, the result of his own prow
ess, earns his provisions by the sweat
of his brow, and the balance of his
body will be somewhat moist. So much
for the goose, and now for something
else of more importance to the general
reader.
TIIE DEVELOPMENT
of this section of Dakota has l>een
rapid and pern anent. The Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul and the Chi
cago and Northwestern Railroads occu
py Southern Dakota as completely as
does the Burlington and Missouri
Southern Nebraska and Northern Kan
sas. Five and six years ago this entire
valley was considered a part of the
great desert of waste land, and ws s al
most entirely destitue of inhabiants or
improvements. Now,Southern Dakota,
which is knocking at our national door
for admission as a State, has a popula
tion of 250,000, a large share of which
are to be found in this valley, this
(Brown) county contributing 12,000.
There are no large tracts of land held
here for speculative purposes, there
being no railroad grants and school
lands CLnnotbe put in the market until
Dakota becomes a State. The farms
are mostly in quarter sections and are
in the hands of the original “squat
ters.” As before stated, wheat, oats,
and flax are the principal products, and
a bountiful harvest was gathered this
year. We are told that the wheat
crop of this valley this year averaged
over 20 bushels per acre, oats 40 to HO
bushels, and flax 15 bushels. Vegeta
bles of all kinds produce abundantly
and of good quality. Tame grasses
have been experimented with but little,
but the result is doubtful, as seasons
are short, summers dry, and but little
snow falls in the valley, and the frost
lienetrates very deep. The soil here is
a rich, black loam, with a whitish blue
clay sub-soil, and is said to be much the
same the entire length of the valley, im
proving perhaps from south to north.
Look in any direction and you can see
clusters of wheat stacks, which from a
distance resemble small towns, aud
steam threshers are at work every
where. One day when out in the coun
try from this point we counted “smokes”
from eleven steam threshers at one
time. A prominent business man of
Oolumbia told us that not Iras than
1,000,000 bushels of wheat would be
shipped from this point alone the pres
ent season.
VALUES.
No correct value can be given on
farm lands in this valley, but little be
ing in the hands of speculators, and
the asking price would be governed
largely by the wants and conditions of
the owner. In every countrv, new or
old, there are always to be found dis
satisfied land owners, or other personal
circumstances may cause them to place
a lower price Upon their land than
their contented neighbor would ask,
and so it is here. Toe range is from
84 00 to 815.00 per acre. Many sod
houses are seen, yet manv of the farm
houses compare favorably with those
of older countries.
The wheat and oat straw annually
burned here to get it out of the way,
would, at 83.00 per ton, pay the pro
ducer’s entire taxes; but there is no
market for it, and burning it is the
cheapest way to dispose of it Occa
sional fields of buckwheat greet the
eye, but the buckwheat cakes are not
yet ripe; at least none fell into our
plates. Nearly every farmer has from
one to five acres of corn, a small f.int
variety, which stands in the fields
about four feet high, but does not fig
ure as a part of the crop, and the geese
make quick work of it, as they can
stand on the ground and shell the tall
est ear.
THE JIM RIVER
is a sluggish stream of small propor
tions—but little larger than North
Skunk. At this point the Columbia
Flouring Mill Company (mill capacity
150 barrels per day) have a dam of 15
foot head, which backs the water
in the river 40 to 50 miles up,
and makes it possible for a small steam
er to carry passengers and freight that
distance above. Much good land is
overflowed on account of this dam and
the mill company are likely to have
some lawsuits upon their hands in con
sequence.
THE TOWNS
of Mitchell,Woonsocket, Redfield, Aber
deen, Iloscoe and Ellendale, are all
children of the Milwaukee and St Paul
road and are thriving promising towns,
while Huron and Columbia are fostered
by the Chicago A Northwestern, with
a joint interest in ltedfleld and Aber
deen. All the towns in this valley have
good hotels, fair livery and the best of
banking accommodations. Artesian
wells can be secured anywhere at a
depth of 400 to 900 feet. Borne of these
already flowing through six inoh pipes
show a direct pressure of 140 to 1«2
pounds to the square inch, and on ac
count of the even surface of the valley
it is sometimes a problem to dispose of
the water without flooding town and
country.
HURON
is but four and one-half years of age,
has 3,500 people, Holly water works,
supplied from the “Jim” river, good
business buildings aud modem dwell
ings, two fine large hotels and several
smaller ones, plenty of churches and
school houses for all, and is in direct
communication with all eastern, south
ern and western points via. the C. & N.
W. He::e we met our former fellow
townsm in, L. H. Hole, who is perma
nently located, and is now r erecting a
fine 12 room dwelling, over-looking the
Jim river. Mr. Hole is President of
the Dakota Farm Mortgage Company,
a company organized in connection
with tht First National Bank of Huron,
and which does a large business west
to the Black Hills, north to the line of
the Nor;h Pacific and south and east to
the Territory lines. Mr. Hole’s family
now consists of his wife and four bright
boys, the youngest one a Kansas grass
hopper. What is truthfully said of one
section of this valley and its people,
can be said of all, or nearly all of it.
The land is mostly good and the people
of that iturdy better class, full of the
energy and nerve necessary to “make
things go” in a new country. The
drone and idler finds no harbor nor
congenial companionship upon the
frontier, but soon drifts back to the
thickly settled states.
POLITICALLY
Dakota is unanimously Republican. In
local politics Democrats do not take
the trouble to organize, and the only
way the boys can get any fun out of
election or life into a campaign is to
fet out an opposition republican ticket,
'he only sign of Democratic life thus
far exhibits! in the Territory was the
feeble kick against the constitutional
organization for her admission as a
state, and that was born of Democracy
outside the Territory.
• So far we have made rather a good,
yet all true, picture of Dakota, now for
her faults and still the balance sheet is
largely in her favor: Windy, dusty,
dry short seasons, very cold, yet a dry
atmosphere makes this endurable, but
light snow fall, long winters, no native
fuel, not a fruit country. These are its
principle faults but the average will be
a good one. A wag told us that the
Territorial elements were against the
propagation of tame fowls, but inquiry
upon this point settled it in favor of
the chicken, but at our expeuse. A
good story belongs in here, told upon
the canine population but we omit for
want of room and for other reasons.
Well, “in conclusion,” Maj. McMullen
and your scribe have enjoyed our two
weeks play spell beyond telling or ex
pectation. The weather has been fine,
the shooting fairly good and the people
very kind. Especially are we indebted
to Messrs. L. H. Hole, J. VV. Campbell,
and Supt. Olliver of the C. & N. W. R.
R., at Huron, and Messrs. Davison.
Wilcutts, Bell, et al, of Columbia, and
Maj. Baldwin and family of Shelby,
for favors shown.
To-monow we start for home.
C. Leighton.
PACIFIC COAST LETTERS.
Letter No. 3.
Pasadena, Cal., Oct. 15,1885.
Mr. Editor: 1 promised in my last
letter to tell your readers something
about California in this, and will now
redeem my pledge. Of course all will
do me justice in bearing in mind that I
have not yet been thirty days in the
state, and will not expect me to draw
definite conclusions regarding all
things of which 1 shall write. The
character of an individual cannot be
justly measured on a few days’ ac
quaintance, and as it requires time to
discover both the strength and weak
ness in human character, so, too,
neither the advantages or disadvan
tages of a great state can be properly
estimated by one who has resided but
a few days within her borders. L will
simply tell you now something of what
I have seen, arui will enlarge as oppor
tunities are extended.
At present Pasadena is my home, and
it is situated in an elevated portion of
the far-famed San Gabriel valley, from
which fact it derives its name—Pasa
dena meaning “Crown of the Valley.”
The San Gabriel river runs a westerly
course and this “Crown of the Valley”
bes to the northwest, and from the
river to the upper end of the valley,
which is at Devil’s (iate.it is about ten
miles, and in width it ranges from four
to eight miles.
THE devil’s gate
is simply a narrow deiile where the
waters of the Arroya Seco have carved
a channel 100 feet deep in solid rock,
and is the dividing line between the
Pasadena district and the valley above,
which is known as the Canada. At the
Gate the greater portion of the water
supply of Pasadena is secured. It is
conducted down and throughout the
district in pipes, and quite easily, as
the gate is probably 1,000 feet above
the San Gabriel river. Only a few rods
below the Gate the water that is not
taken up by the pipes sinks beneath
the surface and is lost to view until it
reaches another narrow’ defile several
miles below, leaving its bed of rock
and sand of about one-half mile in
width, with banks eighty feet high,
perfectly dry, which explains the name
—Ari oya Seco, or Dry ltiver.
J ust here I will make some explana
tions that will be of value to the
reader in pronunciations: Canada is
pronounced Canyada. Arroya means
river and Seco dry-dry river, while
Seco is prouounced Saco. Among the
peculiarities of the Spanish tongue it
will be noticed that the noun piecedes
the adjective, as in Arroya Seco—river
dry—instead of dry river, as white
folks would say it. Again, e has the
sound of a, as in Seco for Saco. .1 is
given the sound of h, hence Mojave is
pronounced Mo-hav-a. For Navajo
you will say Nav-a-ho.
The Pasadena valley is bounded on
the west by a range of hills, the high
est of which rise about 1,000 feet above
the valley (which is more than that
above the sea level), and are known as
“FOOT HILLS.”
On the east is a range of the Sierra
Madrae mountains, the general eleva
tion above the valleyis several thousand
feet. The foot hills are covered with a
short dense growth of Live Oak and
Grease wood, while the mountains,
where they are not bare rock, have a
more extensive growth of pine timber.
From the Devil’s Gate the trend of the
valley is so much to the south-east that
we observe the sun rise almost in the
valley, to the right of the range, at this
season of the year. More to the south
ward, beyond the San Gabriel river
some 75 miles, is an extensive range of
hills standing away up in the sky as if
to assist the sun at its meridian height
in observing the beauty and glory of
the day. To the east “Old Baldy” lifts
his rocky peak more than 12,000 feet
above sea level and during the winter
months is crowned with snow and ice.
Turning to the west we observe the
sun set an hour or more sooner than
we would were we on the summit of
the foot hills. Thus you see nature has
made this a romantic place, one that
delights the eye with its beauty and
stores the mind with grand pictures of
the handiwork of the great Creator.
The soil is as rich as earth affords, and
lies about us in gently undulating
swells much after the fashion of the
high prairies of the Mississippi valley.
About one week of the four 1 have
spent here was too warm for comfort,
the mercury rising as high as 109 in the
shade, and as
THKKK HAS BEEN NO RAIN
since the last week in April the ground
is exceedingly dry, the roads very dusty.
Only one day since I arrived here has
there been enough wind to raise the
dust in clouds, which seems marvelous,
considering the condition of things. A
few evenings have been too warm for
the highest degree of pleasure, but as a
general thing, both the days and nights
are simply delightful, the air being as
balmy during the hours of sun as it is
possible beneath Italian skies,of which
many have read much and few know
but little. The sunset hour is so peace
fully grand as to till the most prosaic
soul with admiration, and is sure to
plicit exclamation of delight. All night
and day long the wind blows a gentle
breeze. When the sun rises the wind
is swelling over the mountains from
the east, travels with it to the south
ward as the day progresses, and on the
west with its decline, when all nature
seems to be hushed and mantled be
neath a calm that is almost holy. One
by one the stars reach out and pin down
the curtains of the sky that appears
forever cloudlesa—it is the sacred hour
that marks the birth of the night—the
hour in which God in mercy designed
for man to begin his rest. Each night
seems but a repetition of the one pro
ceeding it, each sunrise the opening of
a day exactly like the one that died
when last the sun went down, for there
are no storms to war in the elements,
not even clouds to darken the glory or
the morning. But 1 must
DESCEND FROM THE CLOUDS
and tell you more about Pasadena,
which has been cultivated and beauti
lied until it is one of the loveliest spots
I ever saw. If ever there is a paradise
on earth it will certainly be located in
the San Gabriel valley, and Pasadena
will be the gem and the crown thereof,
while the owners of these delightful
homes, fragrant in the sea of flowers
and reveling in a wonderous wealth of
fruit, will be the individual residences
of satisfied angels. The town of Pasa
dena is located practically in the cen
ter of the district I have described as
lying between the foot hills and the
mountains, the Devil’s Gate on the 1
north and the Alhambra on the south,
withing four miles of the San Gabriel
river. The business portion of the
town is small, but enjoys a consider
able trade, and the several branches of
business usually conducted in other
towns are abundantly represented here.
The real beauty of the place is in its
scores of homes, each rich with fruits
and flowers. Fully 60 per cent of the
valley is now divided into lots ranging
from one to twenty acres in size, all
have comfortable buildings, and some
are very fine. It is only a question of
a very few years, when the whole will
be thus occupied. Oranges, lemons, 1
figs, apples, peaches, pears, apricots,
olives, dates, almonds, grapes, bananas,,
in short almost every kind of fruit you
cau think of, and then such a wealth of
flowers and semi-tropical plants as al- 1
most defy enumeration.
THE STREETS AND AVENUES
are regularly laid out, beautiful hedges
line the way, and between the walks
and streets are rows of handsome shade
trees that are evergreen. Fences are
unknown, there not being one in all the
valley. Picture in your minds miles
and miles of such streets and avenues,
such walks and drives, such fruits and
flowers, such lovely homes, all amid
such grand surroundings as I have de
scribed, where skies aro bright and air
is sweet and pure, where storms never
disturb and winter never comes, and
then see if you can think of a place
more like an earthly paradise ! Then
reflect that ten years ago this was only
a sheep ranch, and that five years ago
but slight improvement was made, that
then land was worth $lO an acre, while
to-day it runs from SIOQ, to SSOO per
acre in 50 acre lots, and choice lots of
usual village size sell from SI,OOO to
$3,000. Churches and school-houses
abound. Indeed, I never knew a more
orderly place. Though 60,000,000 gal
lons of wine are annually produced in
the San Gabriel valley, there is but one
saloon in Pasadena, and I have not
seen a drunken man or heard a profane
word in the place.
But I am admonished that it is time
to say good-bye. In my next I will
tell you something of the disadvan
tages I have observed, which will be
sufficient to convince you that if Pasa
dena is the garden of Eden the snake
is here also. Very truly yours,
11. J. Vail.
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.
Notes from that Spot of Sand and
Things.
San Diego, Cal., Oct. 6,1885.
Dear Herald:— Our party got good
send off from Oskaloosa, but the plat
form at the Central depot was so full
of excursionists and their friends that
we could hardly get aboard, and did
hold the train sometime. So many go
ing on the different excursions it took
sometime for all to learn which one
went out first and get through the
crowded platform. But we supposed
when once off our trouble would be
over, but alas; when we reached Albia
where all baggage had to be re-checked
and through tickets signed, etc., at an
office that was not accustomed to such
work, and without any light on the
platform except the tallow dip of a
baggage smasher, and two or three en
gines puffing and blowing off steam as
if champing for an early start, making
the night as hideous as an army of
heavy artilery attempting to make a
forced march through mud and rain,
only we could not hear the sides swear,
ana in fact could not hear anything,
as we could see but little. But at last
we succeeded in getting our baggage
checked to Los Angeles, and thought
we had been lucky, as we would not be
bothered any more. When a special of
the Santa Fe road approached the bag
gage smasher and learned that all had
been
CHECKED TO LOS ANGELES,
ordered the whole business done over
and checks for Kansas City substituted
in lieu of Los Angele*. Our patience
never faltered; we went over with the
task, and learned when we got through
that we were one a half hours behind
starting time, which throwed us behind
the St. Louis train at Moberly, and no
more trains going our way for twelve
hours. But after the dignitaries look
ed our crowd over (either from fear or
respect), they concluded to send a spec
ial through on double quick, making
near fifty miles an hour from Mol>erly
to Kansas City, getting us into Kansas
City at 9:10 the next morning, where
we were promised a car in readiness
that we could go into before re-check
ing baggage. But no such a car was
there, and it being fair week we found
the platform and town as full as we
left the Central depot at Oskaloosa.
During the day we managed to get our
baggage re-checked, and about ten in
the evening got off, but were crowded
somewhat more than we had beeu at
any prior time in crossing the plains.
After getting once fairly started off we
had a very pleasant time and a very
pleasant party, and by the time we
reached Los Angeles we had become
so attached to our new acquaintances
that we hated to leave them, and shall
always give them a hearty shake when
ever we chance to meet again, whether
IN CALIFORNIA OR IOW'A.
We got to San Diego on the evening of
the 23d, having made the trip one day
sooner than we had expected. We
found family and friends all well; but
from Los Angeles until we got near
the sea coast we found excessive hot
weather, much hotter than was ever
experienced by the oldest settlers; but
when we struck the ocean the weather
became very pleasant and has not been
unpleasantly hot here. I think the
climate here cannot be surpassed for
comfort or health. There has been but
eleven deaths here since the first of
April until the first of October, and
most of that number were consump
tives from the East seeking relief; and
this number includes all buried here,
while two were from the country and
two were corpses sent from San Fran
cisco for interment here. It also in
cludes all embalmed and sent East from
here, and two of the eleven were sui
cides. so you see we have but little use
for M. D’s. in the summer season at
least; but when winter begins to pinch
the debilitated in the East, then we ex
pect more emigration and greater mor
tality.
Our connection with the Santa Fe
railroad is not completed, but will be
in a few days, when we expect Eastern
people to give us a call.
We have already commenced making
ready for the Press Association next
spring. We are having all the old bot
tles refilled. Yours, Ac.,
C. W. Ellsworth.
Don’t Eat in a Horry.
A health journal says that people
ought to take three-quarters of an hour
for dinner. This is well if there is
enough dinner to hold out so long.
The penalty for hurrying meals, as
most people do, is a greivous attack
of dyspepsia. In such a case you will
have to resort to Brown’s Iron Bitters
for cure, as did Mr. J. R. Pinkston,
Shorter's Depot, Ala., who writes: “I
found relief in Brown’s Iron Bitters
after years of suffering from dyspep
sia"
While mixing mortar at Lafayette,
Ind., Wednesday, George Barkley was
stricken with paralysis, and falling in
to a bed of hot lime received such
burns as caused death in a short time.
Shedd’s Little Mandrake Pills are
small and easy to take. One Pill a
dose, bold by W. A. Wells A 00,
Everett J. Waring, an intelligent
mulatto, who was admitted to the bar
Saturday, in Baltimore, is the first
colored man ever authorised to prao
tic law in Maryland.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
Educational Department.
HOMER H. SEERLEY,
Super intendent of Osk&looga City Schools,
JbiDri’Oß.
Miss Dora Thomas taught as supply
last week during the illness of Miss
Emma Oadwallader.
Mrs. W. R. Lacey, Miss Mary L. Lor
ing and Miss Jda M. Perry are the lect
ure committee of the Oskaloosa high
school Alumni Association.
The first teachers’ social will occur
the first Friday in November.
The program will be given by the
teachers of the second ward school.
Through the kindness of T. Rufus
Beman, circuit court reporter, we are
presented with a list of the immediate
delivery postoffices in the United States.
Miss Ella McQuiston will supply the
vacancy caused by the illness of Miss
IdaE. Warren until after the holidays.
It is hoped Miss Warren will be fully
recovered by that time.
Des Moines is going to try the organ
ization of night schools next month.
It is proposed to have one school at
Lincoln building and one at Crocker
building if enough pupils present them
selves.
Rolla J. Kendrick of Burlington
high school was at the Grinnell State
meeting of tbe Sons of Veterans. He
gave the city high school a friendly
call. He received a hearty welcome
from teachers and school-mates.
Miss Alice Merrill and Miss Mary B.
Cope have formed a combination and
are giving entertainments in music
and readings before churches, schools
and literary organizations. They are
meeting with deserved success.
The city high school was favored, one
morning last week, by a call from Hon.
H. W. Gleason. He was much inter
ested in the new system of heating and
ventilating that has recently been plac
ed in that school building. We wish
all the business men of Oskaloosa would
make us a visit.
Chemistry is a study that should be
introduced into a high school course of
instruction. As matters are now ar
ranged our city high school has no room
that can be devoted to labratory work,
hence there is no use to undertake the
study as mere text-book instruction is
of very little profit.
Miss Dora E. Thomas has joined the
city teachers’ reading circle and attends
the meetings of the second ward. We
also learn that Miss M. Blanche Scott
continues her membership and meets
with the third ward division. The way
is open for others that would like to
join the teachers in this volunteer work
of personal improvement.
The Teachers’ Institute at New York
aud The Practical Teacher at Chicago
are consolidated. The editors of the
new journal are Amos N. Kellogg,
Jerome Allen and Francis W. Parker.
The first member is an excellent one.
We predict that it will prove a helpful
adjunct to wide-awake teachers. All
these men are distinguished educators.
Louis A. Coburn of O. H. S. class ’Bl
attended the State convention of the
Young Men’s Christian Association
held last week at Davenport, lowa. He
represented the workers of this city at
that great convention. As president,
he is vigorously prosecuting the work
in our midst assisted by a score of as
faithful and willing workers as any
city can produce.
Supt. W. M. Welch of Jackson county
has achieved a great triumph. A few
week’s ago it was conjectured by one of
the book publishing houses, if H pro
posed to crush him for being favorable
to text-book uniformity, that he could
not be nominated at all. We hear that
both democratic and republican parties
have seen fit to nominate him for the
next term, thus rebuking outside in
terference and dictation.
Geo. N. Caven of Minneapolis spent
a morning last week in the high school
visiting teachers and pupils and in
specting the new heating and ventilat
ing apparatus. Mr. Caven was always
a pains-taking, faithful student. His
success in journalism is secured by the
same application and determination
that was so clearly shown in his school
boy days. The boys of to-day are the
men of to-morrow.
The weather will soon be cold. Many
school children are unprovided with
suitable clothing to protect them dur
ing the winter. The teachers will be
glad to assist the people in providing
for these who cannot otherwise be pro
vided for. There are plenty of old
clothes, little half-worn out shoes, etc.,
that will never be used again that
would go far toward making these un
fortunates comfortable aud happy.
The Y. M. C. A. is arranging for a
series of talks to young men. These
talks will be on practical subjects that
will be of interest to every young man
in our city. This new departure will
succeed if our professional men and
women are ready to do the work that
is now being arranged. We think the
managers of this excellent institution
deserve the support and assistance of
every one interested in the welfare of
young men.
The (tlobe favors a new building
suitable for a central high school. The
project is a good one, since'sorae of the
rooms could be used for the first few
years for a primary school. The ques
tion of what to do with the high school
department is getting to be a difficult
one to adjust to the present rooms. It
is only a few years until over two hun
dred pupils will belong to this depart
ment. The rooms that can now be
spared from the present second ward
building are neither properly arranged
nor centrally enough located for the
best interests of the school or of the
people.
Swinton’s Classic English Header
will be a great help to all teachers and
schools that want an improved method
of studying English literature. The
book contains biographical sketches of
twenty of the more important English
and American authors and in the same
book selections that are masterpieces of
the same authors. From the Ameri
can authors are Benjamin Franklin,
Daniel Webster, Washington Irving,
William Cullen Bryant, Kalph Waldo
Emmerson, Henry Wad worth Lqog
fellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, Edg
Allen Poe, Oliver Wendell Holmes,
James Russell Lowell, Ivison, Blake
man, Taylor A Co., of Chicago, deserve
the thanks of all progressive teachers
for this new and helpful book.
Heating wad Ventilation.
The State Board of Health, is mak
ing arrangements to investigate the
sanitary condition of every school
house in lowa. This has, as an object,
the placing before the people the exact
sanitary status of the school homes of
the children during a period of life
when disease and death make such
ravages. Then will come the spread
ing abroad of information that ought
|f«wi ud Note*.
to cause a revolution in matters now
existing. If there are any questions
needing solution more than any other
class,' if there is any kind of investiga
tion that will more nearly reach the
great public, it is that of the schools,
their surroundings, aud their sanita
tion.
The heating of most school houses is
accomplished by the ordinary stove.
The heat is, of course, unevenly dis
tributed while the air is often very im
pure and stifling. In country schools
where but few pupils attend, where •
there is not much demand for quantity
of air, this system may do; but in those
country schools where there are crowd
ed rooms, where there are from forty
to sixty pupils, it ought to be a crimin
al act to heat in that way as the very
method is destructive of life and
health. There is no ventilation except
through the doors and windows which
means lung fever, pneumonia, throat
diseases, colds, &c., which are yearly
carrying away great numbers of child
ren. The cold air strikes upon the
heads of the children compelled to sit
in the draft so that it is getting to be
be a very rare thing to find a child
that attends such a school that is free
from catarrh. If people only knew the
consequences of such heating and ven
tilation, they would hesitate to send
their children into such schools and
run the guantlet of death and disease.
They would demand and secure such
heating and ventilation as would obvi
ate all these dangers and guarantee an
education united with strong physical
health.
Every school room can be so fixed at
small expense that the pupils that sit
farthest from the stove will be warmer
than those sitting within four feet of
it. Every school room can be so heat
ed that the necessity of going to the
stove to warm will be unnecessary, as
any part of the room will be equally
warmed. Every school room can be so
ventilated by a special kind of a stove
that all the air will be taken out and
replaced with fresh warm air every
fifteen to twenty-five minutes. Such
stoves cost but little more than the or
dinary stoves and last much longer.
They are a success, as we can testify,
having tried one as an experiment.
No doubt persons reading this would
like additional information. The State
Board of Health at Des Moines is
ready to give printed information re
garding this subject and it is the busi
of its officers to advise those who ap
ply.
Certain manufacturing companies
would also willing give information
regarding the best plans for heating
and ventilating school houses. They
have made a study of this problem
from a business standpoint and are
ready to guarantee satisfaction and
success. We take pleasure in calling
attention to the two following firms
who are doing a great work in supply
ing school boards with the most ap
proved and scientific methods of heat
ing and ventilating: John Grossins,
Cincinnati, O.; Ruttan Manufacturing
Co., Chicago, 111.
This is the day of improvement and
of advancement. The question mildly
stated is, do we think enough of our
children to demand healthful condi
tions in the school rooms? Shall a few
dollars cost prevent us from enjoy
ment of the knowledge that we have
done all we can to give our children an
education without requiring them to
submit to conditions detrimental to
health ?
An End to Bone Scraping.
Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg
111., says: “Having received so much
benefit from Electric Bitters, I feel it
my duty to let suffering humanity
know it. Have had a running sore oh
my leg for eight years; my doctors told
me l would have to have the bone
scraped or leg amputated. I used, in
stead, three bottles of Electric Bitters
and seven boxes of Bucklen’s Arnica
Salve, and my leg is now sound and
well.” Electric Bitters are sold at
fifty cents a bottle and Bucklen’s
Arnica Salve at 25c. per box by Green
& Bentley. 5
On the High Line of Republican
Duty.
COLD FACTS FOR THE DEMOCRACY.
Editor Herald.— Please allow me
space in your valuable paper to say a
few words to the colored voters of Ma
haska county. We who take the Times
see in every edition of that paper some
thing about the colored voters. First
we uoticed an editorial, “Many Colored
Voters,” and the last time, “A Colored
Voter’s Complaint.” It stands to reason
that some will be dissatisfied. But I
ask that colored friend. “Are you not
in a better condition now than you
were 29 years ago, when the Democrats
had the control of the nation?” and,
“Do you think you would have ever
enjoyed the life of a freeman had not
the Democrats lost their power in the
nation ?” Yes, my fellow-citizen, they
fought four years to keep you in sla
very, and died iu the struggle, and ever
since that time a remnant have been
fighting in the halls of Congress and
in the States. National and State leg
islation has been generally opposed by
Democrats. Since the freedom of the
negro did not the
DEMOCRATS OPPOSE THE FOURTEENTH
AND FIFTEENTH AMENDMENTS
to the constitution ? And they oppose
your children attending the same pub
lic school with theirs. Don't they op
pose your sitting at the same table
with them ? Did not Thomas A. Hen
dricks, our present Vice-President, take
the lead in Congress in appealing to
popular prejudice against the negro as
an excuse for his opposition to the bills
then under discussion, by which we to
day enjoy full citizenship and equal
rights with other citizens? Did these
boons come to us through the Demo
crats or Republicans? And when the
States had a voice in the matter didn’t
Republican lowa speak in favor of the
negro ? Were the Democrats opposed V
Yes: to a man. And right here in Ma
haska county these same Democrats
have the audacity to ask you
TO PLACE THEM IN POWER.
What for! Certainly not on their
past record. And you can not be so
foolish as to vote for men who thought
you unworthy the moral and polituxil
equality, given you by Republicans,
and who would to-day gladly see you
relegated to your former condition of
serfdom. The greed for place and
power has burned out from the Demo
cratic heart every vestige of justice
and mercy, and how can you accede to
their outrageous but suppliant appeals
for your votes ? Is not lowa filled with
widows and orphans, made such by a
DEMOCRATIC REBELLION 1*
Oh, may our right hands forget their
cunuing and our tongues cleave to the
roofs of our mouths, if we as a race
ever forget the Republican party and
what we owe it! The records of the
past forty years plainly show who are
our friends. lam confident the Demo
crats have not secured any colored
votes by all the taffy they have been
giving us, and November will prove it.
My colored friend, you may as well be
contented ; for it will be some time be
fore you are given some minor post
office or made janitor of the court
house. There are too many empty
maws to be Ailed. Don’t eat the crumbs
from your master’s table any longer.
Be a man, not a mouse. Sign your
name when you appear in the public
prints. Don tbe afraid to say you are
a Democrat; for this is a free country.
Very respectfully.
Taylor Duke.
SUetleior Mine*, (Jetnber 19, ms.
BwUta'i Araiok Salv*.
Tiuc Best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all the
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures
Piles, or no pay required. It is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by Green <& Bentley.
The latest advices indicate that the
political struggle in Newfoundland
will result in the election of twenty
one Protestants and fourteen Catholics.
It is dangerous to tamper with
irritating liquids and exciting snuffs.
Use Ely’s Cream Balm, which is safe
and pleasaut, and is easily applied, it
cures the worst cases of catarrh, coM
in the head and hay fever, giving re*
Bef from the first application, trice
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