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ObKALOObA, : : IOWA:
March 11, 1886.
—For the seventh or eighth time
Nick Townsend has been chosen as the
Republican Mayor of Newton. That
a iß a good endorsement from his own
neighbors.
—On the wise theory that he “who
scrubs the head of an ass wasteth
soap,” we pay no more attention to the
semi-maniacs who have been pounding
The Herald during the short month
of February.
—Even Gov. Larrabee, with all his
patience, could not put up with the
present Deputy State Auditor and re
fused to approve his appointment. Just
wait awhile, and we’ll know more than
the lowa world expects.
—The lowa House acted on the Cas
satt bill on Tuesday, which provides
for the weighing of coal uncleaned on
top, and it passed to engrossment by a
vote of 65 to 21. A motion to recon
sider the bill is now pending.
—This Congressional district lost the
past five years 8,129 inhabitants from
the following counties: Poweshiek,
733; Davis, 1,285; Monroe, 1.395; Jasper,
726; Mahaska, Keokuk and Wapello
gained. The aggregate gain in the
district in five years is 378. We cannot
as a District furnish population for the
whole west, and maintain our old
basis. We do as well as we can, and in
the gain, Mahaska, as well becomes it,
leads the way!
—The Hayes impeachment matter
came up in the House on last Friday,
and the vote to postpone the majority
report was lost—yeas 39, nays 57. The
minority report was then postponed by
a vote of 57 to 40, and the majority re
port adopted by a vote of 51 to 48. The
Republicans voting against the resolu
tion to appoint a committee were Cou
sins of Cedar, Moore of Boone, Meser
vey of Webster,Lyons of Mahaska, Cul
bertson of Carroll, Overhoitzer of Aud
ubon, Thompson of Linn, and Larson
of Worth. Mr. Holbrook, Democrat,
voted with the Republicans on the
adoption of the report of the majority
of the committee. The Speaker Sat
urday announced the committee to in
vestigate charges against Hayes, Judge
of the Seventh Judicial District of
lowa, and report to the House as re
quired by resolution, as follows:
Weaver, Riley, Finn, Greenlee, Roach,
Lyons of Guthrie, Holbrook, Ham
mond, and Baldwin. It is undoubtedly
true that J udge Hayes is a bad man;
that the charges touching his gambling
and general low tone and life are cor
rect. But whether that is sufficient to
bring him to the bar for impeachment
is a question of doubt Eminent legal
men say that not enough has been pre
sented to warrant the extreme action
proposed by impeachment A man
may be on the bench and be a hoodlum,
but to convict him of judicial crime
by malfeasance is another thing. It is
this, with other good reasons, that
made some members vote against going
into a matter, the ultimate end of
which being the undue prominence
given to a wicked man who would not
be convicted by the Senate.
—The recent address of Supt. Meek,
of the Wabash railroad, at the charity
ball given by the Des Moines people a
few days ago, is evoking much favor
able comment. It has the merit
throughout of breezy originality, ex
pressed with terseness and great force,
and, coming from a railroad man, is
like a breath of the morning sweeping
over the vales of Ueehbon. In a clear
way he spoke of charity, of the growth
of mendicancy and the absolute necessi
ty of society, in pure self-defense, to
provide against the ills flowing from
poverty, by instituting compulsory and
industrial education. On the temper
ance question Supt. Meek spoke with
no uncertainty. Striking right iDto
the topic he said: “We are being ruin
ed by politics. If it is necessary to per
petuate an evil to advance the end of
politics, we do it Look at the hey,
with the glow of morning in his face
and the shadow of the rum shop born
in his eye. Who cast that upon him ?
His father? No. His mother? No.
It was that curse of the earth, the
demon of the rum shop. Yet we hesi
tate. Why? For party reasons.
Shame. Curse that demon and you
will no longer soe the young boy with
that damning, blighting shadow across
his soul. Curse it, and millions who
now receive alms will give them. It
ought to be exterminated by common
consent Ignorance is the grandparent
of the saloon, and they together are the
moles undermining and destroying the
health, and comfort, and prosperity of
homes, and threatening the welfare of
nations. Do not shackle these demons.
Kill them, and stop the mother’s tears;
let the child laugh. Kill them, and the
sunbeams of and the thrift
of xalll transform these caves
of gloom into happy homes. Kill them
—they are the dragons of the earth—
and this great social problem will be
solved. How to kill them? With the
iron hand of the law crush the saloon
and force universal education. Force
in the light. Trust the future to the
schoolmaster and your social system
will stand the test of ages. Develop
the brain and natural resources of our
youth, and there will no longer be a
question of unequal distribution of
wealth. The combined power of all
that is good in the universe is necessa
ry to destroy this germ of vice and
suffering and crime growing out of ig
norance. Shall we change our course
and build the temple? Or shall we
transmit this heritage of ignorance to
generations yet unborn T
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THE COAL QUESTION.
KdtUir Herald —I want to state to the read
era of your paper that the mtnera of Kxeelsior
aod vicinity do not believe that the person
who appeared under the name of "Practical
Miner" In your paper of March 4, IMA, la a
miner of coal. The belief la that he la a coal
Operator or one of his "tools.” There la some
thin* rotten on the operator's aide of the coal
question when they try to draw the wool over
the eyes of the public by assuming false col
ors. Let the public take note The miners of
lowa are nearly a unit in favor of the Cassatt
bill, sad they hope that the preseat Legislature
will do tbem Justice by making It a law. Mis
souri has a law to the same effect. Ohio ex
pects to pass one this aeastoa. Illinois and
£> Indiana will soon be ready to pass similar
Mils, which will place the coal Adda on the
sane looting with few advantages to lowa.
The coal of this Stale Is of a harder nature,
taking It throughout, than the coal of the
ocher competing States, hwK* loss slack ‘"'i
las coal should be made here. The passage
of Cassatt's mining bill will elevate the con
dition of the miner throughout the State.
Mining will be regarded more aa a trade, aod
operators of mines will And U to their Interest
to employ practical and skilled workmen, for
it will not he to their Interest then to make
eut and pen conL Hence It will not pay to rob
the tohneoe and cotton plantations of the
Mouth to get miners of nut aod pea coal and
Mack. Ikat’s the rub. Yours, with all true
minora, la favor of the dam aft hill.
Executor. Monk 7, MM. Miwan.
We cheerfully gave place to the
above, aod desire to aay that our cor
reepoudeut does not know what he is
talking about when he says the com
munication which appeared March 4,
was not from the hand of a miner.
That communication was the voluntary
work of the hand of a miner at Ex
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celsior, who last month earned, on
about three-quarter time, 868.51, or sev
eral dollars more than his accuser. No
one asked him to write, and no one
knew of his article being in existence.
He is as good a miner as the coal field
here knows, and besides that, is a man
of great personal worth and natural
ability. In fact, if his accuser is a
miner, then is the author of that letter.
However, there is no doubt about
either, having assured ourselves of
that fact from best sources. We want
M the public to take note” of this certain
fact. (2) The assertion that the
miners of lowa are a unit in favor of
the Cassatt bill is not supported by
facts, such as letters to members of the
Legislature, and by petition on the
q uestion. We have used our j udgment
on the question, for our personal use as
an editor, and after a loug conference
with a number of white miners from
Excelsior, believe that the Cassatt bill
would result in great disturbance and
leave the question as far from being
settled as it now is. These white men
were unanimous in their opinion that
the best measure that could eminate
from the Legislature would be the
Boggs Arbitration law,—which was
signed by Gov. Larrabee on Monday
and is now a law. No man will ever
put a straw in the way of the elevation
of any one, but how the Cassatt bill
“will elevate the condition of the miner”
is not made clear. Certainly no in
crease of wages will come in under the
bill. In conversation with Senator
Cassatt on Saturday evening last he em
phatically stated that there would be
no increase of wages under his measure,
and that all reasonable men should so
see it. That is the way we understood
him, in a long conversation. If there is
to be no betterment in wages, what is
the use of throwing that into the con
test, which, if adopted in to a law, means
the certain suspension of work here,
and a season of turmoil full of all sorts
of unpleasantness to all concerned?
3. The closing passage of our friend’s
letter discloses the animus of the case
quite clearly. It is evident that he de
sires that there shall be no additions to
the ranks of the miners from those who
are not professional, with special refer
ence to the colored men at work at that
mine and at Muchakinock. We have
seen the same spirit before, and its
basis is found in the fact that the great
majority of these men do not vote in
the interest of that arch demagogue
Weaver. In fact, letters are on file
here in which it is claimed that if the
“damned Niggers and Swedes” can be
“cleaned out" they will be satisfied.
We have no doubt but that if these
men voted more in accordance with
the views of our friend, their unskill
fullness which knocks out a very satis
factory average in hard dollars every
month would be over-looked. Mean
while let us suggest that this is a free
country, and that these colore 1 men
are entitled to as much liberty In the
choice of labor as those whose epider
mis may be white, and whose lineage
may be traced back to where the ages
become dust covered and undistin
guishable. They have a right to work,
and others have the right to employ
them, if they want them. Our friend
mnst know that we heartily favor the
obliteration of every possible hard
ship that attaches unjustly to all labor
—and trust that some good angel is
laboring for the removal of abuses that
are put upon the editor in many ways.
We have no other interest in the mat
ter at issue than its speediest and hap
piest settlement, and if we cannot see
the beauties in the Cassatt bill that our
friend does, let him charitably charge
it to want of that deep discernment
that marks him, and not to a desire to
do wrong on our part.
Incident to the Excelsior Mines,
which have been brought in question
here, we take pleasure in printing this
from the hand of a miner who has
been in the pit twenty years, and says
his say just because he wants to:
Editor Herald:—A* a reader of your paper,
and a miner for tome twenty yean In lowa, I
thought I would furnish you a few Items on
mines and mining. In our county, In the Excel
sior mine, the superintendent is Mr. B. W.
Wightraan, who makes his home In your city,
and has the general supervision of all the com
pany’s mines. He is the right man in the right
place; his motto is, “Fair dealing between the
company and Its employes.” The assistant
superintendent, or foreman of the mines, is Mr.
Geo. Ramsey. He is a skilled and practical
mauager of mines, and comes of an old family
of coal mine superintendents of England. The
mines are run and conducted on the best and
most Improved scale of any in the states or in
the old countries. On the fifth day of this month
they hoisted from .shaft No. 2,121 flat cars or
1,727 tons of lump coal, and was not run to Its
full capacity. The miners receive 75 cents per
ton for the lump coal, but the screens are not
as large as at many of the mines In the State.
The miner also gets fair weights for all the coal
he mines here; also a load of nut coal free of
charge every month. In fact, the Excelsior Coal
Company deals honestly and fairly with their
miners and workmen. They are of different
nationalities, and all seem to be happy and con
tented. Respectfully, m.
PROBABLY THIS EXPLAINS.
Excelsior, lowa, March Bth, 1886.
Ed Herald: There are several bills
before the Legislature about and con
nected with mines, and one by Senator
Dooley, of Keokuk county, called the
Truck Store Bill, about which we
would say a word.
Id the first place. Senator Dooley has
a pri vate interest in the action upon
this bill, from the fact that he keeps
a miners’ supply store at What Cheer,
and wishes, no doubt, to monopolize
the miners’ trade of that section, from
the fact that he wants to be a miners’
advocate. He has an object in view,
we think. But for the interest of the
miners or mine laborers of the State,
we claim that we can purchase goods
and mining supplies as cheap at most
stores connected with the mines as at
any other stores in the county. We
know further that these stores are
necessary for the benefit of the miners
and working men of the mines, from
the fact that the majority of miners iu
this aud in other states have to get
mining supplies, such as tools, powder,
and oil, and many other necessities
before they can work or iu any way
earn the cash. There may be a few,
but not one in ten of the miners that
come here or any place else, have
enough money on haud to buy their
tools. How will the miners do in the
summer or when work.is slack ? They
liave and do get credit from these
stores and the company runs all the
risk, and carries these miners over the
times of slack work, until the mines
are in running order. We therefore
claim that these stores are necessary
and beneficial to the miners and mine
laborers of the state in general, and
there is no need of any legislation on
this matter. Respectfully yours.
Many Miners.
AS TO HA YES.
Editor Herald: During the last
campaign it was currently reported
that our representative, Hon. D. L.
Lyons bad no: bead of his own, and
that he would be operated by other
parties. His tote against ths impeach
ment investigation of J udge Hayes and
against bis own party shows s surpris
ing independence of character that re
futes-the campaign charge above men
tioned; and time will probably prove
the wisdom of his vote for the follow
ing reasons:
1. The session of the Legislature
would be prolonged by the impeach
ment to in Indefinite extent and at too
great expense to the tax-payers.
2. The remedy by impeachment is
out of proportion to the alleged disease.
Ills a mountain in labor bringing forth
a mouse. It is shooting a possum with
a cannon.
3. Party spirit is so strong in lowa
that it is uot reasonable to suppoMs that
the Democrats in the Senate can Brest
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THE HERALD: OSKALOOSA, MAHASKA COUNTY, IOWA, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1886.
themselves of prejudice and give an
unbiased decision, and hence the
probability of conviction is exceeding
ly remote; and it does not seem wise io
enter iuto litigation so costly, with
defeat almost certainly staring us iu
the face, however meritorious our case
may be.
4. The remedy is with the people of
Judge Hayes’ district The time for
the election of a J udge in that district
is not very far off and the people of
that district can settle this matter at
the polls. If the majority are so
debauched that they will choose a cor
rupt judge, we should regard that
judicial district as a carbuncle on the
oosom of our fair state and wait pati
ently for it to ripen and discharge the
pus, and in the meantime poultice it
with the broad sunlight of publicity.
If the people of that district know
ingly select a corrupt jndge, then if the
Almighty does not purge out that in
iquity by tornadoes, eaithquakes,
pestilence, fire and disease, He will
depart from His method of dealing
with the unrepentant pursued
during the last six thousand years.
But as much as we may deplore the ap
parent dereliction in that district.it
would seem premature to use the legis
lative pruning knife at this time. Let
us rather pray for a revival in that
district of Christian faith and consci
ence—a tree that always bears good
political fruit and develops able and
nouored jurists.
Yours Respectfully,
Liston MoMillen.
U IN THE HOLLOW /”
THE COLORED COLONY AND THE OPIN
ION OF THE LEADING IOWA PAPER
THEREON.
Dm Mt fine* Hey utter, March 6.
There have been some developments
made, or object lessons given, in respect
to the labor problem in Des Moines
during the present week which are
very valuable. The bill of Senator
Dooley to abolish truck or mine stores,
brought some of the miners out of the
Mahaska county mines to the Capital
to ask the Legislature that the bill
should not be passed. Four working
men came out of the pits of the mines
on Wednesday, aud on Thursday ap
peared before the Mining Committee
of the Senate to give to its members
the actual facts as to the merits aud
demerits of the truck store. In their
direct, forcible statements, their manly
bearing, and their plain qualifications
to discuss the question on its actual
merits, they made a very marked im
pression on the Committee. They did
more than that. They presented so
many and such telling facts that the
members of the Legislature htaring
them, repeated them privately to their
colleagues as being the most stable and
valuable facts in regard to the mining
question that have been presented dur
ing this session. The tearing of the
men, too, was so good, so dignified and
yet so respectful, that it contrasted
very favorably with the swagger and
bluster of many of the miners appear
ing before the Committees this winter.
These were four men from the Much
akiuock Colony. This is a colouy ot
colored men brought to lowa from
Virgiuia. Several years ago the then
coal miners in the large mines of Ma
haska county, largely made up of so
cialists and communists, while unable
to run the mines entirely to their own
notion, inaugurated a strike. They
were very desperate and determined,
but the operators fought it out. They
sent agents to Virginia to induce col
ored men to leave that State where, as
in the whole South, the Democratic
party is degrading labor so cruelly, to
come to lowa. The coal companies and
the truck store companies together de
vised the colony scheme, and author
ized their agents to say to the colored
men that they would advance them
the money to pay their fare to lowa,
advance the money to put the family
of each of them in a home, give them
permanent wages, and allow them
ample time to repay from their own
earnings the money thus advanced.
The operators did this on their faith in
the loyalty of the colored man to his
friends aud employers. In the same
spirit the colored men accepted it.
As a result three huudred aud fifty
colored men w ith their families came
to lowa ana engaged in mining. They
were met with derision on the part of
a large number of the people, and with
ail sorts of intimidating violence from
the striking miners. Demagogues
among the people raised the cry that
it was an importation of paupers who
would soon fill the poor houses of the
county and become a public burden.
But the colored men and the operators
bore it all complacently. The former
went to work in the mines, proved to
be good workmen, and found the labor
agreeable and profitable. To meet the
cry of pauperism, they organized them
selves into a colony or society, with
officers, rules and by-laws, for the pur
pose of maintaining law and order,
caring for the sick and disabled, and
burying the indigent dead, if any, with
out cost to the public. The plan work
ed well. The mine and store owners
joined them in helping to create a fund
for the purpose indicated. In result,
order was maintained, offenders were
punished and checked by the colony,
and up to this time—the number of the
colony increasing meanwhile 750
miners,—not one of the number has
become a public burden, nor been a
cent of cost to the county. The miners,
mine owners and store proprietors have
steadily worked together and kept
pauperism out of the colony, in slack
times of work, the stores have advanc
ed to families provisions to live upon,
waiting till busy working times for
their pay. In the later years many
Swedes and Welshmen, all of whom
have habits of sobriety, thrift and
economy, and believe in the old fash
ioned good will between employer aud
employe, have been added to the col
ony.
The result has been one which has
shed much light upon the proper solu
tion of the lawjr problem. Discontent
and strikes have become unknown.
None of the socialists or communists,
so common in many other mines in
lowa, have found footing or recogni
tion there. The miners have all found
the work profitable, have proved con
tented, been encouraged to save
their money, and are now in a
prosperous condition. These repre
sentatives in Des Moines the past week
exhibited lists showing that many of
the miners are saving and laying up
fifty dollars a month from their wages.
The operating companies have en
couraged them to invest their savings
in land. Quite a number have already
acquired land in the vicinity worth a
thousand dollars. Some twenty others
have gone to Nebraska and bought
from 160 to 320 acres of land each. Still
others have gone back to old Virginia
and bought farms there. Under the
present system aud wage earning, every
miner can, in two or three years, get
him a home or farm of his own, and
they are all being encouraged to do this.
While thus prospering materially,
these miners are all gaining and ad
vancing in other respects just as im
portant. They have formed school
districts of their own, built good school
houses, provided good teachers, and
have all their children in Bchool. They
have built several churches, the colored
people building edifices for their own
faith, and the Swedes and Welshmen
uniting to build churches for the re
ligion of their faith. All these facts
bear testimony to the wisdom of the
plan. They also speak with conviction
for the intelligence and sobriety of the
miners, and the fairness and the wis
dom of the o|*erators. It is difficult to
see why, with twiners and mine own
ers, and store companies thus operating
successfully together, and all making
money, that anyone should be disposed
to break in upon them and take the
good condition away from them. The
secret of the opposition is that nearly
all these miners are Republicans, and
persist in voting the Republican ticket
Senator Dooley and tne Democratic
party like very much better the miners
who vote the Democratic ticket, and
are willing so to legislate as to drive
these Republican miners from the
State. We do not think they will be
able to do it
Blaine and 1888.
A Workingman in Du Moinu Hey inter.
**l voted for Cleveland and i have
lost a thousand dollars by it already,"
said a mechanic in a barber’s chair on
Friday; M for 1 haven’t had a day’s work
since he took his seat as President.
And I have had a hard time of it to
keep my head above water, and my
family from hunger. Blaine’s defeat
frightened capital, closed hundreds of
factories, and threw hundreds of thous
ands of men out of employment, and 1
am one of them. Do you remember,”
he asked the barber shaving him, "a
poem that appeared in the panic of ‘72
called ‘Drive the wolf from the door?’
It was written by a youug girl to cheer
up her father who could ftnd no work,
and the drift of it was that be should
have good courage, for some morning
he would hear the factory bell ring,
calling him back to work. I tell you,”
be added with a great deal of emphasis,
“that there are now a million of work
ingmen out of employ raunt wait
ing tor the hand of James G. Blaine to
ring the bells of all the factorise in
v g •- -4* m . v _ * v -
1888, and call us all back to work and
good wages. I know hundreds of men
who voted against him who will be
among the first to vote for him in 1888,
and I tell you that the workingmen of
the United States are going to nomi
nate him the next time, and they will
elect him.”
How Ho Dom It.
Monroe Mirror.
Weaver made a silver speech In the House,
which is described by au Indiana member as
being “a bundle ol unction, a pile of conceit,
and a tissue of demagoguery.— Ex.
And since neither Republican nor
Democratic papers will print the stuff,
he has had thousands of copies printed
at government expense. A bundle of
them Inis been received at those post
offices in the Sixth district where the
postmaster is of Weaver’s selection.
Weaver considers these P. M.’s as his
property and requested them to hand
them out to the public. The old dema
gogue evidently believes in using the
postoffices as political recruiting sta
tions for his (Weaver’s) benefit. How’s
this for offensive partisanship?
Indianapolis.
Rev. Fraker failed to fill his appoint
ment at the M. E. church on Sunday.
The reasons are not known. He ex
pected to begin a series of meetings at
that time. Mr. Tanner conducted the
services.
The electors of this school district
met yesterday and elected David Baker
as one of the directors, while Dr.
Athearn and N. Kiser received a tie
vote for the other director.
Warren Emery, while milking yes
terday, received an injury of the ankle,
causing him considerable pain. How
serious it will prove is not yet known.
Our literary is a splendid success, and
great encouragement is given us by
members of the district, who think that
it is one of the most essential branches
of education. Our discussiou for to
morrow night is, “ Resolved , That the
Chinese should be expelled from the
United States.” Affirmed, S. A. Dar
land et. al.; denied, E. K. Taylor et. al.
Kobt. Smith is visitiug his sister at
W hite Oak.
Miss Maggie Walden spent a few
days with her sister at Rose Ilill last
week.
Mrs. Charlie Elder is on our sick list.
We hope for her early recovery.
To-day one of the most fashionable
weddings of the season takes place at
the residence of N. Kiser. His daugh
ter Maude is to join hands and walk
through the rest of her life at Leisure.
Mr. Leisure is a resident of the west
part of this State, where he is engaged
in the mercantile business. He and
his wife will start in a few days for
their future home. We congratulate
Mr. Leisure for having one of Mahas
ka’s fair daughters for his wife. More
thau fifty guests have been invited and
are now gathering at the residence of
the bride's parents.
Miss Dedrick, ot your city, is the
guest of Mrs. Hanks.
Next week closes our schools. The
parents are requested to visit the
schools at least once each term.
Misses Anna aud Fanny Tinsley,
Miss Bertha Powell, Miss Laura Mal
eby, Miss Rena and the Smith brothers
partook of a luxuriant dinner prepared
by Mrs. Edward Counts, on Sunday.
Miss Fry, Mr. Darland and Miss
Nickolson were the guests of J. W.
Emery and family on Sunday. They
report a very pleasant time. Robin.
March 9.
New Sharen.
Mayor Hoff mire has been quite feeble
of late—not able to walk up town to his
office a good part of the time.
Jacob Watlaud has been down with
lung fever for several weeks, but is now
convalescing.
Geo. C. Morgan was in our city yes
terday on legal business. George sup
ports a plug hat, and looks more like a
a minister than a limb of the lav .
Our skating rink is a thiug of the
past. Watland & Gattell have rented
it and are filling it with farming imple
ments.
Our schools are progressing finely
under the management of Prof. Oath
cart, notwithstanding several of our
school marms getting married this win
ter. Rumor says there is more to fol
low. We presume our school board
will have no trouble in hiring teachers
for another term.
At our school election yesterday,
David Stanton and Isaac Eaton were
elected members of the board. The
retiring members are J. B. Hart and
David Stanton, but the later was re
elected.
At 3 o’clock this morning the alarm
of fire was given, when it was discover
ed to be the bouse just purchased by
James Souter in the south-east part of
town, near the stock yards. Mr. S. had
just moved his furniture in yesterday,
and in the evening took the train for
Oskaloosa, where his family were vis
ititig. The building and all his furni
ture were a total loss. We understand
Mr. S. took out an insurance on his
house aud furuiture last Saturday, aud
it now remains to see if the insurance
company will come to the front an 1
pay the loss. Certainly Mr. S. deserves
the sympathy of all in his loss.
March 9.
Munch Chunk.
Schools have about all closed their
winter terms. Spelling matches will
soon be a thing of the past. At the
match at Mormon Point Friday night,
Jeff McMains redeemed his school from
from the defeat which befell them on
Tuesday night.
Miss Hattie Grace has finished her
term of school at Agricola aud is now
at home.
Win. Walden has moved into the
house lately vacated by Dr. Perkins.
Chris Sankey who has beeu living on
Judge Crookham’s farm is now moving
over into Pleasant Grove township.
Chester Reed, John Roberts and
Benj. Ferguson shipped six loads of
of their own feeding, to Chicago this
week, also four loads of cattle and two
of hogs.
narvey and Al. Eastburn and wives
of Fremont visited at Benj. Ferguson’s
last week.
We noticed in a Monmouth, Illinois,
paper that the li. R. bridge at Keiths
burg is completed and trains crossing.
Little Ida Reed is having a hard
siege with wboopiug cough.
Miss Ida McLandsborough will teach
at West Valley the coming term.
March ».
The snow of last week has made the
roads quite muddy.
Aaron Lunt has rented the Sopher
farm of Sylvester Wymer, and has
moved his family to it
O. L. McAuley has been employed to
complete the winter term of the Gran
ville school. He will teach the spring
term at the Fleming school.
OrvilShaw will teach at Peoria; Miss
Ross at Warren’s, and Mollie Billings
at Cherry Grove.
Several of our people are in Oskaloo
sa attending court this week.
The patrons of Miss Mary Hensel’s
school have agreed t > make up enough
by subscription to pay her 830 per
month for the summer term.
Lee Billings is building a stable,
16x22, with shingle roof.
S. E. Bebb is on the sick list again,
but is better.
Denton Shirner is here from Black
hawk county, visiting friends.
The subdirectors of this township
are as follows: Peoria, Cy. Vancleave;
Fleming,Cyrus Timbrel; Warren, Wm.
Middendop; Van Houten, Mr. Good
hart; Lunt’s, O. G. Hess; Appel’s, Wm.
Laurens: Cherry Grove, W. J. Boyd
and Mark Beach,—a tie; Hickory Grove,
Allen Gable.
Al. Smith and Cooms A Bebb are re
ceiving their spring goods. They have
the largest anil best assortment ever
brought to Peoria, and they propose to
sell at bottom prices.
Enos Wintermute starts for Nebras
ka to-day.
A. Smith started his huckster wagon
this week; eggs 11 cents per dozen.
Billy Bowlegs.
March », ieee.
Local Market*.
APPLES 60® 75
POTATOES 40® 50
CORN, «i 30
OATS 30® 32
BUTTER, ® 15
EGGS , 1081 11
CHICKENS, Uve, per doz < 8.00
CHICKENS, dressed.® ft 06® 06
TURKEYS,dressed, fft -.. OTCiOH
HOGS, per 100 ft* 3.25®3JM)
HAY, per tou T.00®8.00
OUoago Market*.
Chicago, March to, 1886.
WHEAT—6O*®B2 cash; 86®*6* May.
CORN-#7*®37* cash: 40* May.
OATS—29Vi cash; 32* May.
LIVE BTOCE.
The Drover a* Journal reports:
CATTLE—Receipts, 5,400 bead; shipping
steers. 3.uu®5.60; common to good butchers',
D.50&-I.00; stoclcers and feeders.3.oo®4.4o.
HOGS—Receipts, 17,000 head; rough and
mixed. 3.y0®4.30; packing and shipping, 4.20®
4.65; light, a.75®4.&.
s6EbP,—Receipts, 5,000 head; natives, 8.00
05.50; Texans, 2J004.20.
Poor Police.—The Ottumwa Cour
ier says that the city council of that
place could gave 8400 a month by dis
charging the police aud buying a dog,
and the service would be as efficient.
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QRDINANCE NO. 52.
An ordinance to provide a supply of water to
the Inhabitants of Oskaloosa. for lire protection
aud domestic use, and granting certain rights
and privileges to Coverdaie & Cowell, their suc
cessors and assigns in relation thereto.
Re it ordained by the city council of the city
of Oskaloosa, Iowa:
Section 1. That there is hereby granted un
to Messrs. Coverdaie & Cowell,-of Cincinnati,
Ohio, their successors and assigns, the privilege
for twenty years, and an equal right with all
other persons thereafter, of suppylng the city of
Oskaloosa with water to be taken from South
Skunk River at such point as will best suit the
objects and purposes of said Coverdaie & Cowell,
their successors and assigns, to whom this priv
ilege is granted: and the water so furnished to
said city is to be taken from the main channel
of the river aud to be well and thoroughly Alter
ed through a filter of sufficient capacity to filter
all water needed for domestic purposes, aud
similar to the one at Keokuk, Iowa; except in
case of an extensive fire, they, their successors
and assigns, may use uutiltered water it neces
sary to extiuguish such lire.
Hbc. 2. For the purpose of laying down pipe
and other fixtures for the conveyance of water,
aud distributing the same to the city and in
habitants thereof, the said Coverdaie & Cowell,
their successors and assigns, shall have the
right during said terra of twenty years, to use
auy street, avenue, lane, square or sidewalk,
subject ouly to the reservations and conditions
hereinafter contained. *
Mec. 3. That in toying down, placing or re
pairing at any time of said pipes aud other fix
tures through said streets, avenues, lanes, al
leys, squares or sidewalks, no unnecessary ob
structions shall be permitted by said city, or by
Coverdaie & Cowell, their successors and as
signs. And in laying down the street mains
and their connections the pipes shall couform
to the established grade of said city, so that
when completed no obstruction of pipe or other
material shall prevent the tree use of any street,
avenue, lane or sidewalk, but the said Coverdaie
Si Cowell, their successors aud assigns shall have
the right for the purpose of repairing said pipes
whenever necessary, to disturb any street.alley,
avenue, lane or sidewalk, but in all such cases
they, their successors aud assigns shall, with
due diligence, replace aud restore the same in
as good condition, as far as possible, as it was
before the pipe was laid or repaired.
Skc. 4. That in case said Coverdaie & Cowell,
their successors and assigns, shall neglect or
refuse to replace aud restore said streets,
avenues, lanes, alleys, squares aud sidewalks
within a reasonable time after the work of lay
lug down or repairing of pipes has been com-
Sleted. they, their successors and assigns, shall
e notified Dy the mayor or marshal of said city,
and in case the same shall not be replaced or
restored by them, their successors and asslgus,
within a reasonable time, then the city couucil
of said city may direct the same to be replaced
aud restored at the expense of said Coverdaie &
Cowell, their successors and assigns, aud the
said Coverdaie & Cowell shall be liable for any
and all damages, either to person or property,
by reason of such refusal or neglect.
Skc. 5. The said Coverdaie & Cowell, their
successors and assigns, shall be liable to auy
and all persons for all damages sustained by any
person or persous, either to person or property,
by reason of the negligence, mismanagement
or fault ot themselves, .heir successors or as
signs, or their servants and employes in the
construction and operation of said works for a
supply of water as aforesaid. And should the
city be sued therefor lu any case arising under
this or the preceding sectiou, the said Coverdaie
& Cowell, their successors and assigns, shall
have legal notice of said suit, aud thereupon it
shall be the duty of said Coverdaie & Cowell,
their successors and assigns, to defend said suit
or settle the same, and should judgment go
against the city in such case, it shall recover
from said Coverdaie Si Cowell, their successors
or assigns, the amouut of said judgment with
all costs and expeuses incurred in defending the
same, aud the record of the judgment against
the city shall be conclusive evidence in the
cause to entitle them to recover in any such
suit agaiust said Coverdaie & Cowell, their suc
cessors and assigns.
Bbc. 6. The said Coverdaie & Cowell, their
successors aud assigns, shall within thirty days
of the acceptance in writing of the privilege
granted by this ordldance, proceed without de
lay io make suitable arrangements for carrying
out the purpose of this privilege, and shall lay
down before the first day of .January, A. D.,
1880, unless prevented by circumstances over
which they have no control, not less than eight
miles of main pipes of sufficient capacity to de
liver the requisite amouut of water for fire pro
tection and domestic supply. The pipe leading
from the pumping house to the summit of the
hill to be twelve inches inside diameter, and
from the summit of the hill to the intersection
with High street in Oskaloosa to be teu inches
iuslde diameter, remainder to be eight inches
four inches inside diameter; and there shall be
located on said main pipes in said city limits 45
double discharge fire hydrants with stops, valves
and other appendages, lu full operation at such
points as the city council may designate, and the
nose attachments are to be made to fit the hose
now tn use in the city of Oskaloosa. The hy
drants are to be provided aud maintained by
Coverdaie & Cowell, their successors and as
signs, and are to be connected with the street
mains, but the connections of the hydrants with
the mains are to be considered main pipe, aud
there shall be attached to the inalu pipe suit
able valves to shut off the water from any line
of pipe if found necessary. It is further pro
vided that the said city council may from time
to time, by ordinance or resolution, require the
said Coverdaie & Cowell, their successors and
assigns, within a reasonable time, not to exceed
in auy case ninety days, to extend said mains
and nlpes to other parts of the city. The ex
tensions to be from the terminus of the maius
or from the intersection of any two streets as
the case may require; provided, that uo such
extension shall be required by said city as afore
said, unless there shall be an average of not less
than six tenants on each four hundred and fifty
one feet of main pipe, so ordered to be laid,
who will take, use aud pay for the water thus
furnished by such extension; in which case the
city shall pay the sum of fifty dollars for each
hydrant to be located on such extension; but
the hydrants on such extension shall be located
not less thau four hundred and fifty-one feet
apart.
Sec. 7. That during the life of the privilege
herein grauted, lu consideration of the.benetits
to said city, and to the inhabitants thereof, to
be drived from the construction and operation
of water works within the city limits, said city
shall pay unto said Coverdaie & Cowell, their
successors and assigns, for the first forty-five
fire hydrants an annual rental of four thousand
dollars, until May Ist, 1881, to be paid semi-an
nually; aud during the life of the privilege here
in granted, after May Ist. 1881, the annual rental
is to be four thousand two hundred aud fifty dol
lars, to be paid semi-annually. The rent for
said forty-five hydrants shall commence *s soon
as they are all ready for use and furnish the re
quisite amount of wa.er for fire protection; and
for all the fire hydrants furnished the city in
excess of forty-five, the annual rental shall be
fifty dollars each; and the rent for any such ad
ditional fire liydrauts shall commence its soon
as they are ready for use, and be paid at the
same time as that for the first forty-five hy
drants furnished: but it is provided herein that
during the life of the privilege herein grant
ed, that the said Coverdaie & Cowell, their suc
cessors and assigns, shall furnish water free of
charge to all the public schools of said city, aud
to all other buildings used exclusively for city
purposes, and for one fountatu and two water
ing troughs to be located by said city council;
the pipes and fixtures therefor to be furnished
by the city and independent school district of
Oskaloosa. And it is provided further that no
charge is to be made for water to cleanse public
sewers; provided, that no more than one-inch
stream be used one hour each day for each
sewer; and for exhibition of the fire department
of said city.
Sec. 8. The said Coverdaie & Cowell, their
successors and assigns, shall cleanse the mains
and pipes at least once in each mouth.
Bkc. 9. In consideration of the rights and
privileges herein granted to said Coverdaie &
Cowell, their successors and assigns, and the an
nual rental to be paid for the fire hydrants as
aforesaid, the said Coverdale&Cowell,their suc
cessors and assigns, shall give at all times unto
said city the free and unobstructed use for fire
purposes of any aud all the fire hydrants locat
ed and maintained as aforesaid; and the said
city, by its proper officers and employes, shall
have the right at all times, for the purpose of
extinguishing fires, to take water from said hy
drants, without costs or charges to said city,
except the annual rental as aforesaid. The said
Coverdaie & Cowell, their successors and as
signs, shall construct and maintain an efficient
fire alarm communication between said city and
the pumping-works on Skunk River, city to pay
one-half expense for constructing and main
taining same: and In ease an alarm of fire is
Elven in the city, communication shall at once
e made to the pumping-works, and they, their
successors and assigns shad cause a pressure
to be kept up at the hvdrauts in use sufficient to
throw, if necessary, six streams of water simul
taneously out of one-inch nozzles, a horizontal
distance of one hundred and twenty-five feet,
except at a time of unusual and unavoidable
casualties. And iu construction of said water
works, the machinery and other fixtures shall
be manufactured by the Holly Mauufacturing
Company, of Lockport, New York, and shali be
duplex engines ana pumps, and shall have two
separate boilers, capable of delivering into the
maius two million gallons of water every twenty
four hours, or be able to throw, if necessary, six
streams of water out of one-inch nozzles eighty
feet high when the water is taken from ny
drants located on the eight and six inch mains,
or four streams of water out of one-inch nozzles
eighty feet high when water is taken from hy
drants on six and four inch mains; and the ma
chinery used iu the construction of said water
works shall be capable at all time of complying
with the requirements of this ordinance in time
of fire, over and above the ordinary water sup
ply, and keep up a minimum pressure at all
times of tbirty pounds per square inch at the
hydrants located in said city.
Sec. to. The said Coverdaie & Cowell, their
successors and assigns, by their agents and
employes, shall have the right to enter upon
the premises of any private consumer or con
sumers of water, for the purpose of examining
the pipe and fixtures of such consumer or con
sumers, and for the purpose of ascertaining
whether or not a proper use Is being made cl
the water furnished; and when they find the
water to be Improperly used or wasted, on re
fusal to remedy the defects causing the wast
age. or ou failure to use the water fn a proper
manner, the said Coverdaie Si Cowell, their suc
cessors aud assigns, shall have the right to shut
off the water until such defects are remedied, or
satisfactory assurance is given that the water
will be properly used; ana they, their success
ors and assigns, shall have the right to shut off
water from the mains or distributing pipes for a
reasonable length of time for the purpose of
laying down extension pipes or for repairs; and
they, their successors and assigns, are hereby
authorized to condemn and appropriate to their
own use, in such manner as tne law permits, so
much private property as shall be necessary for
the construction and operation of said water
works, upon paying all costs and charges per
taining to the same.
Sec. 11. Any person, except the officers and
employes of said city, tor the purposes herein
after enumerated, who shall, without authority
from said Coverdaie & Cowell, their successors
aud assigns, turn water on the fire hydrants; or
any person who shall place an obstruction so
near any fire hydrant as to interfere with the
free use of the same, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and on conviction before any
court of competent jurisdiction, shall forfeit and
pay for each offense a fine of not less than ten
nor more than fifty dollars, in the discretion of
the court, aud the costs ol prosecution, and shall
stand committed until paid.
Bbc. 12. The city council of said city shall,
during the life of this privilege, pass and en
force all ordinances, penal or otherwise, which
may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
this ordinance, and they shall pass and enforce
such ordinance as may be reasonably required
to preserve and maintain the purity of the water
from Which the supply is taken.
Sec. 13. The maximum water rates to be
charged private consumers shall not exceed
those charged from time to time by any oue of
the following named cities of the State of lowa,
to-wlt: Keokuk, Marshalltown aud Davenport.
Bbc. 14. The said Coverdaie ft Cowell, their
successors and assigns, shali lay their mains
and pines a distance of five feet from the sur
face of the ground to the top of said mains and
pipes, and toe said Coverdaie ft Cowell, their
successors and assigns, shall at all times, day
and night, be prepared to perform the duties re
quired of them by this ordinance, and to furnish
tne water iu the quantities aud manner afore
said, and a failure to do so, unless occasioned
by unavoidable casualties, may, at the option
of the city couucil, operate as a forfeiture of the
rights and privileges hereby conferred.
Bbo. 15. That In consideration of the rights
and privileges herein grauted unto said Cover
dale A Cowell, their successors and assigns, the
said city hereby reserves the right at any time
after the expiration of five years from the date
of the passage and acceptance of this ordinance,
to take from said Coverdaie A Cowell, their suc
cessors and assigns, the entire work with all
privileges, at a valuation then to be agreed up
on in a manner following, to-wlt: Bald city
shall give the said Coverdaie & Cowell, their
successors and assigns, one year uotioe of its
intention to take said works as aforesala;
whereupon said city shall appoint two apprais
ers, ana said Coverdaie ft Cowell, their success
ors and assigns, shall appoiut two appraisers,
and the four so chosen shall choose a fifth, and
the five so selected shall proceed to value all
inachiuery, pipes, buildings and material then
on haud, belonging to said Qoverd&le ft Cowell,
their successors and assigns, aud decisions of a
majority shall be binding upon said city and up
on said Coverdaie ft Cowell, their successors
wad assigns, and upon the payment of the
Occasional.
Corsair.
WATER- WORKS.
amount so determined, said Coverdaie & Cowell,
their successors and assigns, shall at once de
liver to said city all such property, and In case
the said Coverdaie and Cowell, their successors
and assigns, shall fail or refuse to select the ar
bitrators herein provided for, for thirty days,
then the said city may aoply to the judge of the
district court of this judicial district, and upon
proof of the failure or refusal as aforesaid being
made, said Judge of the district court shall se
lect the two arbitrators to act in behalf of said
Coverdaie & Cowell, their successors and as
signs; and provided further, that iu case the
four persons so selected as arbitrators are un
able witbiu two days after their selection to
agree upon a fifth arbitrator, theu in that case
the Auditor of the state of lowa is empowered
to make the selection of the fifth arbitrator.
Bec. 16. That a failure to accept the privilege
hereby granted,, within thirty days from the
passage of this ordinance, by Coverdaie &
Cowell, their successors and assigns, shall work
a forfeiture of all rights and privileges herein
granted. But if accepted by said Coverdaie &
Cowell, their successors and assigns, this ordi
nance shall constitute aud be regarded as a
contract between said city aud said Coverdaie
& Cowell, their successors and assigns, and the
same shall not be amended or repealed without
conseut of both parties.
Sec. 17. The city couucil shall obtain from
tne Boat d of Supervisors of the county the right
to lay pipe and other fixtures alongside the pub
lic road leading from Oskaloosa to Skunk River,
where the pumping-house will be located.
Sec. 18. That In laying down the pipes and
conduits necessary to supply the city with water,
it is expressly provided that no authority is
conferred herein by the city council to interfere
with the rights and privileges heretofore grant
ed and now held by the Oskaloosa Gas Light
Company, and to railroads and other public cor
porations holding uuder the city: aud it is ex
pressly provided that Coverdaie & Cowell, their
successors and assigns, iu laying the maius and
pipes and In enjoying the privileges herein
granted, shall not in any manner disturb or dis
place any of the permanent monuments of the
city at street crossings and other places.
Sec. 19. That ordinance No. —, entitled, “An
ordinance to provide a supply of water to the
inhabitants of Oskaloosa, ior fire protection and
domestic use, aud granting certain rights aud
privileges to Coverdaie A Cowell, their success
ors and assigns, in relation thereto,” passed
August 18, 1878, be and the same is hereby re
pealed.
Sec. 20. Upon the acceptance lu writing of
this ordinance by Coverdaie & Cowell, their suc
cessors and assigns, the mayor shall announce
the same and thereby fix the date of the priv
ilege hereby created.
Revised December 28.1885.
Published March 11, 1886.
Jas. A. Rice, m. M. Rice,
City Clerk, pro tem. Mayor.
QRDINANCE NO. 53.
An ordinance repealing sections six and six
teen of ordinance No. 52, entitled “An ordi
nance to provide a supply of water to the in
habitants of Oskaloosa, for fire protection and
domestic use, and granting certain rights aud
privileges to Coverdaie A Cowell, their succes
ors ana assigns, in relation thereto,” and en
acting substitutes therefor.
Be it ordained by the city council of the city
of Oskaloosa, Iowa:
Section l. That section No. 6of Ordinance
No. 69 is hereby repealed, and there is enacted
in lieu thereof the following, to-wit:
The said Coverdaie & Cowell, their successors
and assigns, shall, within thirty days after the
acceptance in writing of the privilege granted
by this ordinance, proceed without delay to
make suitable arraugemeuts for carrying out
the purposes of this privilege, aud shall lay
down, before the first day of July, A. D. 1880,
unless prevented by circumstances over which
they have no control, not less than eight miles
of main pipes of sufficient capacity to deliver
the requisite amount of water for lire protec
tion and domestic supply; the pipe leading from
the pumping-works to the summit of the hill to
be twelve Inches iuside diameter, and from the
summit of the hill to the intersection of High
street, lu Oskaloosa, to be ten inches inside di
ameter, remainder to be eight, six and four
iuches inside diameter.
And there shall be located on said main pipes
In said city, forty-five double discharge fire hy
drants with stops, valves and other appendages
in full operation, at such points as the city
council may designate, and the hose attach
ments are to be made to fit the hose now In use
in the city of Oskaloosa.
The*hya rants are to be provided and main
tained by Coverdaie & Cowell, their successors
and assigns, and are to be connected with the
street mains; but the connections are to be con
sidered main pipes, and there shall be attached
to the main pipes suitable valves to shut off the
water from any line of pipe, if found necessary.
It Is further provided, that said city couucil
may from time to time, by ordinance or resolu
tion, require the said Coverdaie & Cowell, their
successors and assigns, witbiu a reasonable
time, not to exceed in any case ninety days, to
extend said mains and pipes to other parts of
the city, the extensions to be from the termini
of the mains or from the Intersection of any
two streets, as the case may require; providea,
that no such extension shall be required by said
city as aforesaid, unless there shall be an aver
age of not less than six tenauls on each four
hundred and fifty-one feet of main pipe so
ordered to be laid, who will take, use aud pay
for the water thus furnished by such extension,
In which case the city shall pay the sum of fifty
dollars per aunum for each hydrant to be located
ou such extension; but the hydrants to be
located on such extension shall be located not
less thau four hundred and fifty-one feet apart.
Skc. 2. That section sixteen of Ordinance
No. 69, of said city, be and the same Is hereby
repealed, and there is enacted In lieu thereof
the following, to-wlt:
That a failure to accept the privilege hereby
granted, within thirty days from the passage of
this ordinance, by Coverdaie Si Cowell, their
successors and assigns, shall work a forfeiture
of all rights and privileges hereby granted.
But If accepted by said Coverdaie & Cowed,
their successors and assigns, this Ordinance No.
69, to which this is amendatory, shall constitute
and be regardea as a contract between said city
and Coverdaie & Cowell, their successors and
assigns, and the same shall not be amended or
repealed without consent of both parties.
Revised December 25,1885.
Published March 11, 1886.
James A. Rick, M. M. Rick,
City Clerk pro tem. Mayor.
QRDINANCE No. 54.
An ordinance declaring certain territory an
nexed to and a part of the city of Oskaloosa.
Whereas. James Hurst and others, consti
tuting a majority of the electors residing within
the territory hereinafter described, presented
to the circuit court of Mahaska county, lowa,
at the November term, 1874, a petition praying
for the annexation to the city of Oskaloosa,
lowa, of certain territory described lu said pe
tition, and
Whereas, commissioners were appointed
and an election held on said territory as pro
vided by law, and
Whereas, a majority of the qualified electors
residing on said territory have voted in favor of
said annexation; and
Whereas, the consent of said city by the
city council thereof, has been and Is hereby
given to said annexation of said territory; now,
therefore,
Be it ordained by the city council of the city
of Oskaloosa, Iowa:
Section l. That the said territory described
in said petition, to-wlt:
All that portion of Mahaska county, lowa,
comprehended within the following bouudary
lines; being all the territory lving between the
present corporate limits of said city of Oska
loosa, and the said following boundary lines:
Begtuuing at the north-east corner of the
south-east quarter of the north-west quarter of
the north-east quarter of sectiou No. eighteen
(18), township No. seventy-five (75), north of
range No. fifteen (15) west; thence south to the
south-east corner of the north-east quarter of
the south-west quarter of the north-east quar
ter of sectiou No. nineteen (19), township No.
seventy-five (75), north of range No. fifteen (15)
west; thence west to the south-west corner of
the north-east quarter of the south-east quar
ter of the north-east quarter of section No.
twenty-three (23), township No. seventy-five
(75), north of range No. sixteen (16) west; thence
north to the north-west corner of the south-east
quarter of the north-east quarter of the north
east quarter of sectiou No. fourteen (14), town
ship No. seveuty-flve (75). north of range No.
sixteen (16) west; and thence east to the point
of beginning, has been annexed to and is a part
of said city of Oskaloosa.
Revised January 18,1886.
Published March 11, 1886.
M. M. Rice, Mayor.
Jas. A. Rice, Clerk, pro tem.
QRDINANCE NO. 55.
CNREFKADRD ORDINANCES
Au ordinance pertaining to certain ordinances
not deemed of sufficient interest to incorporate
in the revision.
Be It ordained by the city council of the city of
Oskaloosa, lowa. <5
Section l. That the following entitled ordi
nances, not being deemed of sufficient general
interest to require their revision, are omitted:
Ordinance No. 66. recorded in ordinance book
“B.” entitled, “Au ordinance providing for the
opening and establishing of a street tn the city
of Oskaloosa, to be known as Forest Avenue.”
Ordinance No. 67, recorded In same book, en
titled, “An ordinance providing for the opening
and extending of Kossuth, Jenny Lind, and
Walnut streets, from their present southern
terminus to the south line of the city limits as
extended.”
Ordinance No. 69, recorded In same book, en
titled, “An ordinance establishing a street, to be
called Month Avenue, and appropriating money
to nay for the necessary land therefor.’*
Oraiuance No. 71, recorded in same hook, en
titled, “An ordinance extending Forest Avenue
and opening Williams Street.”
Ordinance No. 72, recorded In same book, en
titled, “Au ordinance authorizing the Issuance
of four thousand dollars in city bonds for the
purpose ot paying off, and taking up artesian
well bonds numbered from 28 to 67 inclusive, due
October 13,1876.”
Ordinance No. 73, recorded In same book, en
titled, "An ordinance ratifying the acts of the
mayor and clerk of the city of Oskaloosa, in issu
ing fuuded bonds numbering from one to 1 our
inclusive.”
Ordinance No. 58, recorded In ordinance book
“C,” page 116, entitled, “An ordinance author
izing the Issuance of seventeen thousand dollars
In city bonds for the purpose of pay lug off and
taking up bonds numbered from 80 to 129 inclu
sive, issued August 17, 1874, and due August 17,
1877, and bonds numbered from 1 to 10 inclusive,
Issued December 1, 1872, due December 1, 1877,
aud to authorize and provide for a loan in antici
pation of the revenues of said city.”
Ordinance No. 67, recorded in same book, page
128. entitled, “An ordinance vacating alley/’
Ordinance No. 68, recorded in same book and
page, entitled, “Au ordinance vacating a part
of Nlnde & Mearle’s addition to the city of Os
kaloosa.”
Ordinance No. 78, recorded tn same book,
page 158, entitled, “Au ordinance to encourage
manufacturing in the city of Oskaloosa, aud to
exempt certain property from taxes for city pur
poses.”
Ordinance No. 80, recorded in same book,
page 161, entitled, “An ordinance authorizing
the Issuance of ten thousand dollars in city
bonds, for the purpose of paying off and tak
iug up bonds numbered from 1 to 10 inclusive,
Issued January 1, 1871, and known as ‘artesian
bonds.’ ”
Ordinance No. 83, recorded In same book,
page 166, entitled, “An ordinance in relation to
the right of way ol Central lowa Railway Com
pany,” etc.
Ordinance No. 87, recorded In same book, page
171. entitled, “An ordinance providing for settlug
additlonallamp posts.”
Ordinance No. , recorded In ordinance
book —, entitled, “An ordinance chauglug
the boundaries of wards,” In ordinance book
“C,” page 636.
Ordldance No. , recorded in book ,
entitled “All ordinance deeding certain terri
tory annexed to and a part of tne city of Oska
loosa ”
Ordinance No. 90, recorded In same book, page
178, entitled, “Au ordinance authorizing the Issu
ance of eighteen hundred dollars In city bonds
to buy lot No. 6, block No. 28, city of Oskaloosa,
for city purposes.”
Ordinance No. 94, recorded tn same book, page
185, entitled, “An ordinance providing for the
Issuance of tblrty-stx hundred aud fifty dollars
in city bonds, for the purpose of paying off and
taking up bonds numbered from 10 to 20 Inclu
sive. Issued June l, 1873, known as ’steam engine
bonds,’ and from 25 to 27 inclusive, issued June
1, 1873, known as ‘hose bonds.’ ”
Ordinance No. . recorded In book “B,” en
titled “An ordinance setting additional lamp
posts.” (Bee book "C,” page 636.)
Bsc. 2. That the ordinances above enumer
ated shall have the same force and effect as
though the same were incorporated In this re
vision, and tlie same are in no sense repealed by
any repealing clause of ordinance No. 57 of this
revision.
Passed January 18, 1886.
Pub.lshed March 11, 1886.
Jas. a. Rice, M. M. Rick,
City Clerk, pro tem. Mayor.
QRDINANCE NO 56
ADOKTIWO REVISION.
An ordinance adopting the foregoing ordinan
ces, as revised aud arranged uuder the order of
the city council, and to provide for the publica
tion of the same.
Re It ordained by ths city council of the city
of Oskaloosa, Iowa:
Section I. That the foregoing ordinances,
revised and arranged by James A. Rice, city
solicitor, under and by direction of ttie city
council, numbered and entitled as follows, to
wlt:
No. 1. An ordinance prohibiting stock from
running at large.
No. 2. An ordinance licensing auctioneers,
transient merchants and peddlars, and fixing
the amounts of the required licenses.
No. 3. An ordinance to regulate the construc
tion and erection of awnings and signs.
No. 4. An ordinance establisniug a board ot
health aud prescribing certain duties.
No. 5. An ordinance dehuing the boundaries
and wards in said city.
No. 6. An ordinance to license billiard halls.
No. 7. An ord tuance to license bowling alleys.
No. 8. An ordinance establishing ana regu
lating the city couucil of the city of Oskaloosa,
lowa.
No. 9. An ordinance defining the duties and
fixing the compensation ot the mayor.
No. 10. An ordinance defining the duties and
fixing the compensation of the city solicitor.
No. 11. An ordinance defining the duties and
fixing the compensation of the city clerk.
No. 12. An ordinance defining the duties and
fixing the compensation of the city treasurer.
No. 13. An ordinance defining the duties and
fixing the compensation of the city marshal.
No. 14. An ordinance defining the duties of
the city assessor.
No. 15. An ordinance defining the duties and
fixing the compensation of the street commis
sioner.
No. 16. An ordinance establishing and regu
lating the police department.
No. 17. An ordinance licensing itinerant doc
tors, and fixing license therefor.
No. 18. Au ordinance providing for the regis
try of dogs and restraining them from running
at large during certain seasons.
No. 19. An ordinance In relation to licensing
and regulating draymen, teamsters, wagoners,
cabmen, carmen, hackmeu, coachmen, omnibus
men and owners of every other description of
conveyance kept for hire.
No. 20. An ordinance providing for the elec
tion of city officers and for contesting elections.
No. 21. An ordinance granting right-of-way
to Oskaloosa Gas Light Company for electric
lighting.
No. 22. An ordinance establishing and regu
lating the fire department of Oskaloosa.
No. 23. An ordinance providing for the se
curity of the city against nre.
No. 24. An ordinance fixing fire limits.
No. 25. An ordinance establishing grades.*
No. 26. An ordinance to regulate the keeping
and sale ot gunpowder.
No. 27. An ordinance for the suppression of
houses ot ill-fame.
No. 28. An ordinance regulating the keeping
of inflammable fluids.
No. 29. An ordinance to prevent children and
youths from jumptug ou railroad cars.
No. 30. An ordinance defining and prescrib
ing punishment for certain offenses against the
peace and order of the city.
No. 31. An ordinance prescribing the mode
in which charges may be preferred against
auy officer under the city government, and for
hearing and determining the same by the city
council.
No. 32. An ordinance fixing the manner of
ordering permanent Improvements and the
method of making and collecting assessments
therefor.
No. 33. An ordinance to regulate the running
and operating of locomotives and cars iu the
city.
No. 34. Au ordinance requiring certain resi
dents of the city to perform labor upon the
streets, alleys or highways of the city.
No. 35. An ordinance In relation to repairing
and rebuilding permanent and temporary side
walks.
No. 36. An ordinance In relation to seals of
city.
No. 37. An ordinance licensing skating rinks
in the city, and fixing amount of Uceuse there
for.
No. 38. An ordinance licensing shows, exhi
bitions, performances, theatres, aud concerts,
and fixing the amounts thereof.
No. 39. An ordinance to enforce the observ
ance and quiet of the Sabbath.
No. 40. Au ordinance licensing shooting gal
leries.
No. 41. An ordinance providing for the
weighing of hay, coal, and other articles of sale.
No. 42. An ordinance granting the right,of
wsy over the streets and alleys in Oskaloosa,
lowa, to the lowa Union. Telephone aud Tele
graph Company, for telephone purposes.
No. 43. An ordinance regulating the planting
and trimming of trees, aud the protection of the
same.
No. 44. An ordinance vacating Kossuth street
In Whit e’s addition to the city of Oskaloosa.
No. 45. An ordinance vacating Kossuth street
in West Oskaloosa.
No. 46. An ordinance providing for a sealer
of weights and measures for ihe city of Oska
loosa.
No. 47. An ordinance granting the right of
way to the Central Railroad of lowa.
No. 48. Au ordinance granting to the Chica
go, Rock Island & Pacific Eailroad Company the
right of way for Its railway through, over, across
and along Mouth Avenue street, in the city of
Oskaloosa.
No. 49. An ordinance granting the Burling
ton and Western Railway the right of way for
Its railway through, over, across aud aloug
Mouth Avenue add Normal streets In the city of
Oskaloosa.
No. 60. An ordinance amending ordinance
No. in relation to the granting right of way to
Burlington aud Western Railroad Company
over Normal Mtreet.
No. 51. An ordinance granting right of way
for a railway to the Mtandard Coal Company.
No. 52. Au ordinance to provide a supply of
water to the inhabitants of Oskaloosa lor fire
protection and domestic use, and granting cer
tain rights and privileges to Coverdaie & Cowell,
their successors aud asslgus, iu reiatiou there
to.
No. 53. An ordinance to auieud the above or
dinance in relation to water works.
No. 54. “An ordinance deeding certain terri
tory annexed to aud a part of the city of Oska
loosa.”
No. 55. An ordinance pertaining to certain
ordinances not deemed of sufficient interest to
Incorporate in the revision.
be and the same are hereby adopted as the
revised ordinances of the city of Oskaloosa, 1885,
and there is hereby ordered printed in hook
form, two hundred and twenty copies of the
same, with proper index and marginal notes,
with a list of the city officers from Its organiza
tion in 1853 to 1886, and tbe rules and order of
business for the government of the city council
In its legislative capacity, all of which are here
by recognized and adopted as of equal validity
with said revised ordinances of 1885, and said
ordinances thus printed shall be received in evi
dence without further proof.
Mkc. 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances
conflicting with auy of the provisions of the re
vised ordinances of 1885, and all public aua geu
eral ordinances not included iu tills revision,
except the ordinances hereinbefore enumerated
as omitted, be aud the same are hereby re
pealed; but no fine, forfeiture, penalty, right,
action, suit, debt, or other liability whatsoever,
created, instituted. Incurred, accrued or accru
ing, by or under the same, shall be released,
discharged, annulled, repealed, or In any wise
affected, but may be prosecuted, recovered, or
enjoyed, or any suit or other proeeealng, be
commenced or completed thereon, as fully and
In the same manner In all respects as if such
ordinances or part thereof had remained in full
force; aud these revised ordinances, including
those mentioned as omitted, shall be held to
enutain all the ordinances of a general charac
ter in force at the time of the adoption of this
revision.
Mbc. 3. Private ordinances, or ordinances of
a special character, are not repealed unless re
puguant to the provisions of these revised ordi
nances, and all ordinances granting privileges,
or which expire after a term of years, shall not
be enlarged or abridged, by thelf incorporation
Into these revised ordinances, but shall cease to
be lu force at the time aud under the conditions
or circumstances as piovided In the original
ordinances.
Passed, January 18, 1886.
Published March 11, 1886.
James a. Rick,
City Clerk, pro tem.
FOR SALE COLUMN.
Advertisements under this head at 5 cents per
line. No insertion for less than 25 cents.
fj’Oß RENT—Three rooms in the first story of
C middle house. Enquire of Mrs. E. P. Mllli
kin. Apply soon. 29-lpd
FOR MALE.— Two span large, well-broken.
young work mules for sale. Enquire of W.
L. Darland, Oskaloosa, or J. F. Darland, on
farm, Adams township. 29-lm-pd
FOR MALE.—A good new dwelling with 7
rooms, cellar, bam and outhouses. Easy
terms. Inquire of
29w3 Geo. F. Howard.
UIARMB FOR RENT.-Two good farms for
A rent, west of the city. Enquire of J. M. or
8. H. M. Byers, at their residences in this city.
|7H)R RENT.—The room immediately north of
A 1 Oskaloosa National Bank is for rent. Ap
ply at the Bank. 28
FOR MALE. —Now Is the time to buy a home.
I have for sale three fine building lots, lo
cated In the northeastern part of the city. All
east fronts. Call at my office.
28-2 pd John M. Herron.
F)R SALE OR RENT—A good farm of 200
acres in Des Moines township. Terms easy;
all on time if desired. See
FOR RENT.—Good stock and grain farm for
rent. The farm is 1* miles N. E. of Rose
Hill and will be rented for cash. For particu
lars Inquire of or address Willis Pettftt, Rose
Hill, la. 23tf
HOME FOR SALE.—For sale, on easy month
ly payments, a desirable residence for
small family. In good neighborhood, small pay
ment down. Possession given at once if desired.
For particulars, address lock box 217, cltv post
office, or enquire at this office. ' sltf
FOK BALK.—Having purchased a stock of
lumber in Oskaloosa. aud expecting to give
that business my attention. I otter for siue a
few desirable two or three acre lots. Just north
of my residence; also, two stock farms in this
county, cheap, one of 143 acres and one of 200
acres. Terms easy.
6tf
FOR SALE.—A farm of 36V4 acres; a rood two
storv brick house, containing a large rooms
and good cellar; two good wells of water; a good
cistern; barn and the necessary out houses.
The lands are underlaid with a good vein of
coal that will average six feet tn thickness. It
has been thoroughly tested by prospect shafts
on all sides, and a good shaft sunk, 6x12 feet,
and 71 feet deep from the surface to the bottom
of the coal, and the proper entries have been
extended from the bottom of the shaft a suffi
cient distance to give room for 80 miners. This
property will be sold cheap; l*eltuated one-half
mile southwest of city limits. The Central lowa
railway crosses the lands. For further Informa
tion inquire of John Burdkhr,
27tf On the premises.
No. 2417.
REPORT
OF THE CONDITION OP THE
OsMoosa National Bant
at Oskaloosa, in the State of lowa, at the close
of business, March Ist, 1886.
Resources.
Loans and discounts.... $184,891 06
Overdrafts ? 10,096 69
U. 8. Bonds to secure circulation ... 13,500 00
Other stocks, bonds, and mortgages.. 4,600 00
Due from approved reserve agents... 61,755 86
Due from other National Banks 7,847 44
Due from State Banks and bankers.. 6.016 96
Real estate, furniture, and fixtures.. 17,684 61
t.urrent expenses and taxes paid.... 879 81
Premiums paid 964 46
Checks and other cash items 1,180 62
Bills of other Banks. 3,900 00
Fractional paper currency, niokels,
and pennies 175 60
Specie 9,612 90
Legal Tender Notes 10.600 00
Redemption fund with U.B.Treasurer
(6 per oent. of oiroulatlon) 668 60
Total $898,687 80
Liabilities.
Capital stock paid in $ 60,000 00
Surplus Fund 11,000 00
Undivided profits 8,847 49
National Bank notes outstanding..,,, 11,260 00
Dividends unpaid ........ 1,66000
Individual deposits subject to check. 148,710 88
Demand certificates of deposit. 100,848 09
Due to Btate Banks and bankers 4,084 49
Total $398,88790
STATE OF IOWA, I
MAHASKA OOUNTT, f
I, W. A. Lindly, Cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above state
ment la true to the best of ray knowledge and
belief. W. A. Lindlt, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Bth
day of M arch, 1888. C. R. Lor la no.
Notary Publio.
Correct— Attest;
H. L. Spencer. 1
W. H. Sksvbks, V Directors.
P. W. Lotus*}, |
•rj}'. .
MAHASKA POOR FARM.
Report on the Asylum of the
Poor— What There is on the
Farm—Official Report.
Report of Committee on Poor Farm.
We, your committee, respectfully re
port, That we find the farm in fair con
dition for the amount of expenditures
put upon it in the last year. That we
And the stock in good condition, except
the cattle which have had very little
grain and are rather thin in Cesh.
Committee recommend feeding a small
amount of grain in the future, -
That we find neatly enough grain
and hay on hand to carry the stock
through till the incoming crop.
That we And there was raised about
six hundred bushels of potatoes the
last season. About four hundred of
which are still on hand.
That we And a good supply of meat,
fruit and vegetables and pantry stores
on hand.
That we And on the premises twenty
eight (28) poor, of which eighteeu are
males and ten are females. Four of
which are incurably insane; all of which
appear to be comfortably housed and
Your committee also report that the
county farm is not a suitable farm for
such purposes, in their opinion, for the
following reasons: First. It is located
too far from the county seat. Second.
It is a larger tract of land than is re
quired for such purposes. Therefore
we would recommend that said farm
be sold if the county can obtain a
reasonable price for the sama
We also And that the total enroll
ment for the year was ilfty, with an
average of twenty-six, with a cost per
capita per week of 51.50 each.
The total value of property invoiced
is as follows:
Total value of horses S 530 00
“ “ “ cattle 874 50
“ hogs 105 00
“ 44 44 poultry 15 00
“ “ “ farm imple’s. 425 60
“ “ 44 grain and hay 365 25
44 44 44 household sup
plies 736 48
Total value of furniture, bed
ding and clothing 509 05
Total value of table ware.. 33 47
44 44 44 320 acres of
land 8000 00
Total valuation 8 11,594 34
Wm. S. Martin, )
A. N. Caldwell, [ Com.
J. H. Evans, )
The ‘‘Morgan Killers” and Antis.
At Birmingham, lowa, a town in the
northern part of Van Buren county,
there has been for soqje years an intense
anti-Masonic and anti-secret society
sentiment in a considerable part of the
citizens. This, of course, provoked a
counter feeling just as intense. All
other forms of politics have yielded
place there to this issue. It came into
the late town election. Mr. Ben. H.
Smith well-known in Keokuk and a
former resident here was elected mayor.
He is a Free Mason and elected as such
after so hot a Aght that during the
canvassing of the vote at ’Squire Fer
rell’s oAice, a dispute arose over a vote
which some declared illegal. The dis
pute soon ended in a free for all Aght,
during which Dr. W. P. Norris and J.
S. Sutton were seriously injured and J.
C. Anderson and Jas. Wilson hurt.
Sometime during the melee Sutton cut
Dr. Norris with a small pen-knife.
qkiginal notice
In the Circuit Court of the State of lowa, in
and for Mahaska County, April
Term, A. D., 1886.
To Elisha E. Covey.
You are hereby notified that on or before the
ninth day of March, 1886, a petition of' Byers
Henry will be filed id tbe office of the Clerk of
the Circuit of the State of lowa, in and for Ma
haska County, claiming of you the correction
of a deed of conveyance so as to describe the
following: premises, and aUo to quiet his title
in and to said premises, viz:
Northwest 54 of Section 5, Township 74,
Range 16. in Mahaska county, Iowa; also Gov
ernment Lots S and 6 in said section 5; said pe
tition also asks general equitable relief. And
unless you appear thereto and defend before
noon of the second day of tbe April term, A. D.
1886, ot said court, which will oommence on the
19th day of April, 18s6, default will be entered
against you and judgment and decree rendered
thereon as prayed for in said |ietition.
J. F. & W. R. Lacey,
29wt Attorneys for Plaintiff.
SHERIFF’S SALE.
Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of
general execution, to mo directed by the Clerk
of the District Court of Mahaska county, lowa,
against tho Goods, Chattels, Lands, Tenements,
etc., of Wm Nash, defendant, in favor of
Charles Hutchinson, plaintiff, I will offer at
public sale, to tbe highest bidder, for cash,
at the door ofthecourt house in the townof Os
kaloosa, county of Mahaska, and State of
lowa, on the 10th day of April, 1886, between
the hours of 9 o’clock a. m., and 4 o’clock p. M.,
on said day, all of said Wm. Nash’s right,
title, and interest in and to tbe following de
scribed real estate,situated In Mahaska county,
to-wit:
The east half (4) of the northwest quarter
(except two acres in the southeast oorner) and
the north half (4) of the southwest quarter (54)
and twenty two and 90-100 acres in the west
half (|) of the northwest quarter, described as
follows: Commencing at the southeast corner
of said west half. (4) of the northwest quarter,
thence north twenty-five (25) chains, thence
west fifty-eight (58) links, thence in a north
westerly direction to a point 71 76-100 chains
west of place of beginning, thence east to
place of beginning; all in section No. eleven,
(11) township seventy-four, (74) range fourteen
west or sth P. M.
Sale to commence at the hour of 2 o’clock p.
m,, of said day.
Witness my hand this 10th day of March,
1886. Calvin Woodruff, Sheriff,
29w9 Mahaska county, lowa.
J7INAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE.
M. M. Rick,
Mayor.
In matters ofthe estate of Susan Sprague, de
ceased.
Notioe is hereby given that on or before tbe
9th day of April, 1886, there will be on file
in the office of tho Clerk of the Circuit Court ot
Mahaska county, lowa, the final settlement and
petition for discharge of J. P. MoCrea, ad
ministrator of the estate of Susan Sprague, de
ceased, and the same is set for bearing on the
first day of the next term of the Circuit Court,
to be begun and held in Oskaloosa, on the 19th
day of April, 1886, at which time objections
can be made to the approving of said settle
ment and granting prayer of said petitioner.
F. E. Smith,
29w3 Clerk.
JjHNAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE.
In matters of the estate of Johnathan Sprague
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that on or before the
9th day of April, 1886, there will be on file
in the nffloe of the Clerk or the Circuit Court of
Mahaska County, lowa, the final settlement
and petition for discharge of J. P. McCrea, ad
ministrator of the estate of Johnathan Sprague
deceased, and the same is set for hearing on the
first day ofthe next term of the Circuit Court,
to be begun and held (n Oskaloosa on the 19th
day of April 1886. at which time objections
can be made to tbe approving of said settle
ment and granting the prayer of said petitioner.
F. R. Smith, Clerk.
29w3 .
H. S. Howard.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given to all persons inter
ested, ’hat on the Ist day of March, A. I*.,
1886, the undersigned was appointed by the
Circuit Cburt of Mahaska county, lowa, Ad
ministrator of the estate of James Hoover,
deceased, late of said county. Ail poisons in
debted to said estate will make Dayraent to the
undersigned, and those having claims against
the same will present them legally authenti
cated to said court for allowance.
Dated March 1, l->8»;.
F. E. Smith, Wm. A. Hoover,
38w3 Clerk. Administrator.
JjMNAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE.
Wm. Burnside.
In matters of the est Ate of Mary Davis,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that on or before the
9th day of April, 18H6, there will be on
file in the office of thu Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Mahaska county, lowa, the final set
tlement and petition for discharge of Lewis
E. Lewis, administrator of the estate of
Mary Davis, deceased, and the same is
set for hearing on the first day of the
next term of the Circuit Court, to be begun
and held in Oskaloosa, on the 19th day of April,
1886, at which time objections oan be made
to the approving of said settlement and grant
ing the prayer of said petllioner.
28w3 F. E. Smith, Clerk.
Abstract from the Mortuary lieprd of the
lowa Life and Endowment Association,
OF OSKALOOSA, IOWA, ?
Showing all the Deaths which have occurred since its incorporation March 1, 1882, and previous to February 2£, iSSSt'
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Postofflce Address S? Date .... . ... Date v( » £f
Name of Iteueflelary. u? . Name of Deceased. Date of Death. a u'S ♦;« Sgi
of Beneficiary. [!e of Certificate. of Payment.
______ 1 11 j 1 I*l
MaHha~A7Wainard. Delta, lowa. 287' 6ci. i, 1882. Horace Brain aid. Not. 30,1883. Jan. T, 1884. 56 1 #4lB 10) #T »
Marla Ann Fox. Lamtngtou, Ont. 682 Auk. 2. 1883. Leonard J. Fox. Dec. 4,1883. Feb. 82. 1884. 2 001 T 8 600
Legal Heirs (M. Wilson, Adin’r). Oskaloosa, lowa. 160 Bent. 30, 1882. Samuel Wilson. Apr. 14. 1884- Apr. a, 1884 49 8 MO 00 •00
(leo. H. Ashby. Oskaloosa, lowa. 2M Oct. 30, 1882. Olive K. Ashbv. Aug. 23, 1884. Sept.M, 1884. 33 4 in
Mary K. Nlnde. Oskaloosa. lowa. 407 Dec. 26,1882. Henry P. Nlnde. Oct. iM, 18*4. Not. 13, 1884. 87 8
Catharine Brooks. Sherman, lowa. 1138 Auk. 28,1884. Tbomaa L. Brooks. Nov. 4, 1884. Jan. 7,1888. 87 8 M 0 30 N
John Akemiau. Fremont, lowa. 886 Feb. 2, 1884. Catherine Akerman. Not. 16, 1884. Jan. 12, 1885. 54 T 818 90 800
Legal Heirs. Peoria, lowa. 727 Sept. 22, 1883. Martha B. Lundy. May 5, 1888. June 12, 1888. 28 8 800 98 14 00
James K. Johnson. Oskaloosa, lowa. 768 Nov. 16,1853. Wesley M. Johnson. June 20, 1888. Aug. 19, 1888. 28 9 870 75 12 W
Bva Dodge. Oskaloosa) lowa. 300 Oct. 4.1882. Maty E. Dodge. Nov. 8. 1888. Nov. 85,1888. 86 10 TOO 00 19 00 *
Sarah McCurdy. White Oak, lowa. 389 Dec. 13.1882. John A. McCurdy. Jau. l, 1886. Feb. 11,1886. 07 li 090 40 90 ao
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Upon an examination of the foregoing statement, it will be perceived that the Beneficiary have received from
3,000 to 10,000 per cent upon the cost to the Assured, a showing which we believe will compare favorably with any in
stitution of the kind in the State. It should be borne In mind that the membership of this Association has been very
largely confined to Mahaska county, and that little efTort has heretofore been made to extend the membership elsewhere.
The encouragement recently received from different parts of our State justifies us in the belief that our patronage
may be extended. To this end we propose to establish live, energetic, and careful Agents in various localities through
out the State, to secure for this Association such share of Life Insurance Risks as our plan and management may
merit. We confidently call upon the public to carefully and fairly examine this Abstract and our plan as shown in the
By-laws and Circulars; CYRUS BKEDE, Skcjuctart,
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Keokuk Gate City.
Byers Hen ry
vs.
Elisha K. Covey
Artistic Furniture and Carpets.
For fine FURNITURE, CARPETS and WINDOW DECORATIONS, it will pay you to
visit the Mammoth Establishment of
Za. HARB4OH at Bes Moines,
W here yon can find a complete stook. The most fastldi ous tastes can be fully satisfied 19m3
C. B. West. J. H. Dusenberry.
C. B. West & Co.,
(Successors to Oskaloosa Implement Company )
DEALERS IN
Agricultural Implements.
W agons, Reapers,
Buggies, Mowers,
Cement, Binders,
Sewer Pipe, Kellogg Pumps, Threshers,
And all the Latest Improved, and best Farm Machinery.
Cash Paid for SEEDS. Give Us a Call
C. B. WEST & CO.,
Corner of West High and Jefferson Streets. 29m5
C. Huber. W. H. Kalbach.
Huber & Kalbach,
DEALERS IN
Hardware, Stoves and Tinware.
Glidden Fence Wire , Gasoline Stoves , The
Garland and Cl< max Stoves.
Wl KEEP A FULL LINE OF
BUII.D&R’S HARDWARE,
itd do all kinds of Tin Work,
When in need of anything in our line give us a call.
HUBER & KALBACH,
29 West High Street.
SHOW US THE MAN OR
WOMAN!
Who will not save a dollar when convincing proof is shown that
that dollar and many others can be saved. It is positive
ly and honestly saved by dealing at the
TEMPLE OF ECONOMY!
Golden Eagle
—ONE PRICE*—
BUNK HOUSES
As the cold weather is ueariug its end, we give you an extraor
dinary Reduction on
Overcoats,
Which you will see by casting your eyes at the prices
we give you in this issue :
A Satinet Overcoat sold at §5.00 down to $2.50,
A Chinchilla Overcoat sold at SO.OO down to $3.50.
A Union Cashimere Overcoat sold at $7.50 down to $5.00.
A Black & Brown Beaver Overcoat sold at SO.OO down to $6.50.
A Brown Far Beaver Overcoat sold at SIO.OO down to $7.50.
A Fine all wool Black Worsted Overcoat sold at $12.00, down to
$7.50.
A Fine all wool Brown Cashmere Overcoat sold at $14.00 down,
to $9.00.
A Fine all wool Cashmere Long Sack Overcoat sold at $15.00
down to SIO.OO.
3VtE3Sr’S STXITS.
A Heavy Cashmere Suit sold at $5 now $3.50.
A Heavy Cashmere Suit sold at $7 now $5.00. ,
A Heavy Cashmere Suit sold at $lO now $7.50./
A Heavy Cashmere Suit sold at sl2 now $9.00.
A Fine All W.k>l Worsted Black Suit sold at sl2 now $9.00.
A Fine All Wool Worsted Black Suit sold at sls now $12.00.
A Fine All Wool Corkscrew Black Suit sold at $lB now $14.00.
Red Kuit All Wool Underwear at 25c.
Red Knit All Wool Underwear at 45c.
Red Knit All Woojl tjnderwear at (JOc.
Red Knit All Wodl Underwear at 75c.
This Underwear is marked down from 10 to 25e on each garment.
All Wool Kuit Socks sold at 15c now for lOc
All Wool Kuit Socks sold at 25c now for 20c.
All Wool Kuit Socks sold at .‘isc now for 25c.
Scotch Caps sold at 50c now for 35c.
Scotch Caps sold at 50c now for 35c.
Gloves and Mittens marked down from 25c to 35c per
Pair. Our Boy’s and Children’s Overcoats we marked down in
the same proportion. Do not fail to call and see what we are
doing for the good of the people of this county at the
Golden Eagle One Price Clothing House.
-THE GREAT--
Heavy Suits & Underwear,
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