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V V The Plattsmouth Daily Herald KNOTTS BBC8. Publishers & Proprietors. TIIK I'LAILSMOUTU IJEHALD published every evening except Sunday and weekly every I liurmlay morning- itegis terril at the liolo!lW. ri;itilioillh. Vehr.. I i-i-iil-el.is inait-r. Oilice corner of Vlue and Filth trrets. Telephone. No. 3-t. TKRMS rOH UA1LV. On copy on e:ir In jolvaiic. by iiihII K One co;y prr iiioiitli. l-y ar ler M One wiiy DTeck. by curlier 15 TERMS FOR WKP.ICLY. nae eoi.r oi.o veitr. i:i advance SI W Oiieeoiy ill montn. Inailvauce 75 NATIONAL REPUBLICAN TICKET. roii pitr.smicxT, BENJAMIN HARRISON, of Indian;!. Foil vicr. phesipknt, LEV! I'. MORTON, of New York. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. FHl OOVKKNOH, JOHN M. THAYER. KOIl I.IKirTKSANT COVKIIXOll, GEORGE I). MEIKEEJOIIN. yi HI KKCII K r.VUY II? STATF, GILuEIlT L. LAW?. Hon ti:i:.sii:f.k, J. e. HILL. KOIt AI'Dl TOll OK Pl'KI.IC ACI OL'NT THOMAS II. BENTON. KOll ATTOKXKY :KXKKAT-, WILLIAM LEESE. KOll POM MI' IONKit OK I'VUMC iirn.Dixos, JOIIX STEEX. I. A MM AND KOIt SlTElilXTKNUFXT OF PCIILIC IN- HTKCCTIoX, GEO I USE 15. LAXE. CONCRES r IONAL TICKET. Foil COXiKKS, (Firt Cviirersiotial Disniet.) W. J. CON NELL. HARRISON AND THE IRISH. The Condon Roorback. The Plattsniouth Journal, in last night's issue publishes two columns ol trash in regard to the statement made by some man named -Condon." that he beard General Harrison abuse the IrUl. people iu a speech madest Bloomington. 111., in 1875. This man Condon no on know?, and it is probably another at tempt of the democratic party to add another Morey letter to the long list ot crimes chargeable to their doors. We publish below a number of affidavits ol reputable citizons of Illinois, who heard the speech and conclude that it is a com plcte refutation of the base slander There arc thirty-four of tlu-se affidavit but we have only room for the few w publish: Bloom ixotox, 111.. Spt. 31. Speiiul Telegram. William Condon, an Irish resident of Bloomington, 111., recenth made the statement that General Harri son, in,a speech delivered in Blooming ton. III., Nov. 2, 1870, made certiin re marks derogatory to the Irish people a citizens of tho United States. He de clares that Harrison had stid on tiiat oc casion that the Irish "wen? only good to shovel dirt, grade railroads, and fill the penitentiaries." This statement has since been reiterated by Condon in the form oi an allidavit printed on Sunday, Sept. 23. by the Bloomington Bulletin. In this he swears that the language used was, "It it were not for them (tho Irish), we would not need half our penitentiaries, ; which arc almost full of them; they ar only good to shovel dirt and grade rail roads, for which tlu-y receive more than they are worth, as they are no acquisition to the American people." Four others confirmed by their affidavits Condon's sworn statement. In contradiction of the charge made by Condon the I'untct'jrapJi tomorrow morning will publish the affidavits cf thirty-four wtll known and reputable citizens contradicting Condon in ever detail and particular. Among the a la davits arc the following: .THE HON. JOHN M. HAMILTON. Statement of the Hon. JohnM. Hamil ton, ex-Governor of the state of Illinois: State of Illinois, Cook County, si. John M. Hamilton, being duly sworm, deposes and says tint h is now a resident of Cook County, Illinois, and was until February, 1?S'J, for many years a resident of Bloomingtom, 111.; that in the yjar of 1876 he was a practicing lawyer in Bloomington, HI., aud was a candidate on the republican ticket for state senator from that district. Affiant further says that he has read the published affidavit of one tVilliam Condon and others, of Bloomington. in which it is charged that a few dys be fore the November election, in tho year 187tf at a republican meeting in Durley hall, in said city of Bloomington, in a 8eech then and there delivered by th.i Hon- Benjamin Harrison, sow republican candidate for president of the United States, he ( Harrison) being interrupted by a question from "an old gentleman with an Irish accent," replied, "It is easy to know that man's race; you all know what they are, and if it were not for them we would not need half our peni tentiaries, which are almost full of them; they are only fit to shovel dirt and grade railroads, for which they receive more limn they are worth, as they are no acqui hition to the American people. , Afliant further say that he .was present ut the sai( republican mass 'meeting, aud Ucurd the speecn ot tho Hon. BeujHinin Hurri.ton all through. That, beiug candidate for senator, he was especially interested in tiie meeting and, the Speech and occupied such a seat and .position iu the hall during the entire meeting aud speech of baid Harrison, that he could see and hear everything that watt don or said during the meeting and the speed of Mr. Harrison, aud now has a clear recollection of Harrison's speech, an I oi what occurred at said meeting. And iQiaiit says that no such language, wonU or sentiments of that character, nature, or import, or meaning were uttered at any time during the meet in 2. nor in hi speech, by the Hon. Benjamin Harrison Afliant further says that no such scene oi colloquy ns that described by said Wil liam Condon, took place at said meeting between the Hon. Benjamin Harrison am ' an old gentleman with an Irish accent," nor any other person. Afliant does well remember that it wan a rainy, stormy day, and that on that uc count the meeting was held in the after noon at Durley hall. liiut tue nail Waa quitvj crowded and that during Mr. liar t ison's speech a drunken man, maudlin drunk, repeatedly interrupted ho meet ing with his incoherent, druuken, louu talk in ttie body of the hall. lie wa dually put out of tho hall by the peoplt silting nearest him. As this was clone some one shouted that it was evident lie was a democrat from. his drunken condi tion. Then order was restored r.nd the meeting was not again interrupttd. Af liant further says of his owu personal ;tuowledge and recollection that at said meeting in his speech, said Benjamin U unison did not utter any words what ever, abusive of the Irish people, and that no such words could have been ut tered by him in his speech without alliaui hearing them, and that if any such word or sentiments had beeu uttered at that time and place they would have attracted the attention of atnant, who was then and there personally engaged in the campaign is a candidate for office, and was on irood terms with tue Irish people of Bloomington and McLean county, an-' soliciting their votes, and would ni have been in sympathy with any suci -en imcnt. John Hamilton. Subscribed and sworn to before m this ''."ith day of September, 1888. G. C. Gii.isekt, Notary Public. EDMUND O'COXXELL. Affidavit of Edmund O'Connell, i prominent Irish-American, Assistant State's Attorney for McLean county: Edmund O'Connell, after first beiut. sworn according to law on his oath, say: that he it a resident of the city v Bloomington, McLean county, 111., ano has lived iu said city for nearly thuttri years; that lie was a resident or said city n lS7t5,and heard the speech delivered n tint ear in said city by General Benjt uiin Hirrison. Affiant further says th le lias read the affidavit of Williao Coud n, sr., in the Bloomington liuUeth of September 23, 188H, and that he at teiub'd the meeting and heard tue speed referred to in said affidavit and by Gen ral Harrison. Affiant further says tha Gi-neial Harrison did not in that specci use the language charged against him bv London in his said affidavit!, nor dii: General Harrison make use of any Ian ruag2 in said fipe!ch that was at all abusive or calculated to give give 6ffens o any Irishman. Ammt tuituer say hat lie is nn Iiish-Airerican, aud na aken an actiyn part and a lively interes n the Irish movements that have en japed the attention of the Irish peoph fur the last twelve years, and that h would be ouick to see and ready to re nt anv insult to the Irish people, bu no insulting or amisive langnaug wa ised by General Harrison on that occa ion. Edmund O'Coxxell. Subscribed and sworn to before nv hi: 2ith dav of September, 1888. E. II. Miner, Notary Public. THE noX. J. II. HOWELL. Statement of the Hou. J. II. Iiowell, j resent member of congress Irom tn fourteenth district of the state ot ilii oois. "I was present at the Harrison meeting n Jiloouungton, III., in lSiUauasa. upon the stage during the delivery oi lie address. I he-rd no reference to tli rish i ace reflecting upon them. Ire nembcr that a disturbance occurred dur ng the meeting by some intoxicated per son, and my recollection is thac Genera Harrison delayed a fev moments ami then proceeded without any reference t--it. J. H. Rowell." 15. F. FUXK. Statement of the Hon. Benjamin F. Funk, mayor of the city of Blooming ton, Iil., for seven terms, president of th tJoird of Trustees of the Illinois Weslc yan university, aud one of the trustee of Illinois asylum for the blind: State of Illinois, t McLean Couuty, ) S3. I s it on the platform in Durley hall and heard the entire speech of Genr.al Harrison, to which reference has been made iu a certain affidavit of William Condon, sr. General Harrison did not in that speech use any language insulting or .1 :cre-n.rt f ill tit t!i. Iri-1 iifnulf. I was very nrar General Harrison, and he:rd all he said. Had he used the lan gi.ng.i attributed to him I surely would have heard it and remembered it. Gen. Harrison's language was throughout digniiifd and respectful. and contained n ii:i;lts to or slurs upon any race of people. B. F. Funk. Su'ticri'ied and sworn to before me, this 25th day of September, A. D. 1888. Isaac N. Phillips, Notary Public It is reported that Eugene niggins has ag:i;n taken in charge the work of colo izing southern Indiana with large numbers of Kentucky voters, for the purpose cf carrying Indiana for the dem ocrats. - The democrats will fail this year as a s'milar scheme failed in ISfO. f-Send your job work to the Hxuald face. I Union. Paul Schminke was in town the 25th iust. ' ' Hon. H. Fi Taylor was in Omaha last week. . Mr. C. II. Black, of McFaul, Missouri, has beeu here a few days takiog tintym photos, and has sold his camera to Mr. A. 31. Itose of this place, who is building a gallery and will be our local photo grapher hereafter. As good looking people as there are in aud around Union, they should'nt be without a photographer and heucc bought one. Lynn and McNatnea is erecting a fine two story building, which will bo the city hotel when completed, and Mr. G. N. McNamee will be the proprietor. S. A. Weimer has been spending the last few days at Nebraska City with his family. It. II. Fran, our postmaster, says he .vuntsto keep the P. O, another term and would like it if Cleveland would be re nominated on that account if 1st. nothing A. Keil has left for his ranch in Thayer couuty where he will remain till spring. The Presbyterian church is being built very rapidly now aud will be a handsome brick when completed. Our Methodist minister, J. Branston, tas been at conference the oast week and ias been appointed at Ithica, Saunders ounty, and Mr. J. G. Day is appointed uere in his stead. Farmers are making ready to commence tusking corn. The corn crop is not ' as good as some haye anticipated. Threshing is most done around here. 3mall grain is nothing extr-i; wheat very poor; oats and barley better. Having mostly done; have had slight frost but has not done much damage. Corn is worth 30c: oats 15(2il7c; bar- -y 3843c,; wheat (new) C0vG3., (old) 8.(32c. Fat cows (butchers stock) 2 $$2 2.I. Hay $4(!4.r0 per ton. Chas. Morton has made up over 500 4'dlons of sorghum this fall aud is still ousy. O, lection is a coming, Aud this is very true, The Denis, will try to rule us But this they can not do. 'Hurrah for Harrison He's all right." John AlcCarroll and G. A. Hose re turned home last week Irom a yisit with old friends and acquaintances accross the wide Mississippi valley. The democrats keep saying "free whisky." Now it is a well known fact that so long as the General Government i in partnership in a certain sense, with very distiller, rectifier and dearler in A-hisky troughojt the country, the moral npprt thus given the whisky interest. is bound to be a sarious hindrance to the ;mpvrance cause. Your vote is an es ression of your conscience of the liquor luestou. Patriotism, religion and our ionics are awaiting on your vote for re lubiican of the liquor traffic. It rura lling produces crime and pauperism md paralyzed our business, onr industry. ur religion, our homes and our country. hen vote th" republican ticket and get t out of existance as you would anyoth r nuisance. These are my sentiments. Yours Truly, Josh Cunkingham, What Am I To Do? 1 he symptoms of biliousness are uu lappily but too well known. They differ n different individuals to some extent. V bilious man is seldom a breakfast eater. foo frequently, alas, he has an xcellent qjpetite for liquids but none for solids f a morning. His tongue will hardly bear inspection at any time; if it is not white and furred, it is rough, at all vents. The digestive system is wholly out of rder and diarrhea or constipation may ie a symptom or the two may alternate, flu-re are often hemorrhoids or even loss f blood. 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If every victim of this dis ease would heed only three words of mine, I could banish Gout from the land. These words would be 'Try Ayer's Pills.' " "By the use of Ayer's Pills atone, I cured myself permanently of rheuma tism which Lad troubled me several months. These Pills are at once harmless and effectual, and, I believe, would prove a specific in all cases of incipient Rheumatism. No medicine con Id have served me in better stead." C. C. Eoek, Corner, Avoyelles Parish, La. C. F. Hopkins, Nevada Citv, writes : "I have used Ayer's Pills for sixteen years, and I think they are the best Pills in the world. We keep a box of them in the Louse all the time. They have cured me of sick headache and neuralgia. Siueo taking Ayer's Pills, I Lave been free from these complaints." ' I Lave derived great benefit from AVer's Pills. Five years ago I was taken so ill with rheumatism that I was unable to do any work. I took three boxes of Ayer's Pills and was entirely cured. Since that time I am never without a box of.the.se pills." Peter Christensen, Sherwood, Wis. Ayer's Cathartic Pills, rF.Er.VEEi BY- - - Dr. J. C. Ayer &'Co., Lowed, Mas Svld by all XK.-aJ.ur In SCedfJne. RURAL INDUSTRIES. "GATH'S" CHAT ABOUT SOME OF OUR SMALL MANUFACTURERS. The Waffonmalcer of an Ohacare Village. American Mechanics In Country Town. The I'eddle r, Chicken Merchant, Etc. Why reople Went West. I was about to say that I take n interest in the small manufacturers of tho land, and I ran upon ono of these only yesterday at an obscure village which is about fourteen miles from any railroad, and at that distance has three different railroads tantaliztngly do scribing a kind of diamond around it, but not one drawing any nearer. The consequence has been that tho artisans of that little vil lage have adhered to the crafts of their fore fathers. My wife wanted a wagon and had been to thin village to see the wagouxnaker'a assortment, and I drove eleven miles to look into her selection. There was a plain man who had lived through all the civil war a firm Unionist, had manufactured from his youth up the different kinds of riding wagons, and was still making them between tho intervals of his job work. Living re mote from a railroad, in a country of abundant food and wood and leather, he could afford to make a wagon for 20 per cent, less than city work. His little warehouse contained ten or twelve new wagons, and one of these which had been transformed had l-en driven nineteen -ears by its purchaser, who then sold it back again and got a new one. Here, for $80, you could get a hand made wagon quito as cheap as the cheapest jwtteru made wagons iu tho western states. For 80 you could buy what is called a Day ton wagon with two seats; for f 10 you could buy a tongue made to order, and according to tho dimensions you mirht leave, the tonguj being net with all its paraphernalia, with front and rear. For f 4 you could have a brako put on any wagon. Of course the springs of tlieso wagott3 are made at different places, such us Wilmington, DcJL; the wheels are generally made m thn adjacent country. and sometimes come from the west. All the rest of the machinery, except the iron fix tures, like the steps, is made on the spot. We are constantly saying that there are no American mechanics, but wo are only talk ing about the towns, lathe country towns of tho United States there are just as many blacksmiths, wheelwrights, etc., ns there ever were. These men, working alone and making all parts of a finished product, not div iding their labor into a series of single drudgeries, become intelligent and ob servant and keep their eyes upon the manu facturing cen: era of the country and know wuonever a new Fpring uaa come out or ir a i:ew patent is better adapted to their purpose than cn old one. In this way the old Ger manic regions of tho United States through eastern Pennsylvania, middle Maryland and central Virginia kep up their little shop 3 of all descriptions, ami on emergency you could collect a small army of country me chanics, every one of them old in this soil and stool:. Again you will see, about twice a week. through the district I have described, the chicken merchant come post with his wagon constructed to put chickem in the bodj turkeys towards tho front and other sorts of fowl in aboub the rear, lie goes surrounded with cackling and crowing, and his little game is to forward the said chickens to toe city market in coops aud crates made for thht end. About twice a week, also, you will see tb& egg 4t.ua ourter man come along m a wagon manufactured for his service. It contains a refrigerator ui-t for tho butter and a saw dust body for tho eggs. He buys chiefly from the poor, aud those who waut ready money, wno would otherwise put in their butter and eggs at tbo country store in the way of bartering, and thus suffer two shaves; first the shavo off their product, and, sec ondly, tho shave upoa the product they ex- cuango I or. i lie egg and butter man pays religiously but 8 cents a pound for butter to the country people who keep a cow or two. Ho pays C cents a dozen for eggs at nearly nil times of the year. He saves the wayside a walk of two or three miles to the next vil lage store. At the present time eggs are 18 cents a dozen at the stores, and therefore every time the egg man surrounds a doeen eggs he has made 10 cents. x ou niiguc not suppose that there were country potters any more ia this region, but you would be mistaken there. They have an oia po.ipry at riagerstown, wnicn is more than 100 years old, and I know of one iu an obscure part of tho country which has sup ported two or three generations of the same family in respectable independence. That is to say, they may make $500 a year in cash upon their pots, jars, etc. The man gets his clay irom some distance, and has a little kiln which you would liardly think to be more than a Dutch oven, end he has a small shop wbei-i be sits at bis wheel and makes his pots and jars. Sometimes he delivers them at the railroad station, and at other times the farm ers come with their own teams and place the pots in the straw and take them home to their wives, who nil the said pots with pickets, pre serves, catsup, apple butter, etc. Really our largest manufacturers have come from these little beginnings. The majestic works of this country, which employ 1,000 bands, fre quently began with a rural blacksmith. Isot long ago I drove to the only county seat or court house town in Pennsylvania wuere it is said the whole county is destitute of railroad facilities. I had to cross a mount ain to get into this county, and there lay the court bouse clustered in a beautiful but Bar row valley, with abundant streams. The whole county was walled in by nature, like some parts of the Alps. For fifty years the people had conceived that railroads would have to come to them some day, because they were on one of the great lines of com munieation between the east and west. At last some of the Pittsburg people united with the Vanderbilt family to run a railroad through that region, and spent a great deal of money in beginning the tunnels and build ing the steel towers to cross the chasms. But the exigencies of many railroads united to withdraw all this enterprise just as the con summation seemed within reach. The peo ple there have settled down to the conviction that now they will never have any railroad whatever. The result is seen in the moving of every yoing man to Kansas, Dakota and the far west. The young men stayed around as long as there was a chance to work on the railroad and enjoy the fruits of its construction. When they found th matter was knocked ia the head, so to speak, they packed their bundles and set off for the excursion Uuln which, once a week or twice a month the year through, rqns from these old settled carts to Kansas and Nebraska. Too would sea in those trains the Duokers, the United Brethren, the Lutherans ana the jierormea .Brethren taking their lunches irequenuy with them, going to Kansas under the charge of a guide which tbo railroad company em ploys, and they perhaps go out and return for 36 or even less. They look at tha new land, figure up on their old farms, and then dispatch a sojy-ia-law or a son to tha sew re gion to pot in bis crop upon those plains and prairies, where no trees are to be cut down nor any stones are to be gathered from the r-rfaca ieorga Ar4 Towcral i? Etatoc I-:"-- - . -: :::: IWfi ffl HS Plattsmen:h OFFIC E AT RIDDLE HOUSE THK WOULD FAMOUS OPT FROM Berlin, Germany RESTORERS You can consult him about Your Eyes, and how to take care of them. More light for the unfortunate spectacle wear ers, and the doom of blindness prevented by the use of bis Alaska Brilliants and Australian Crystals. A new chemical combination of SPECTACLES And patent self-adjusting spring Eyeglass as The first time intraduced into this coun try; manufactured to order after can ful cxaannation by modern instruments. PROF. ASSMAN has arrivtd in Plattsmouth, and has an office nt the Riddle House. He is do- inn au immense ousiuess iiiroutriiout me United States, giving the best of satisfac tion and delight to hundreds with de fective sight. His knowledge of tin human eye and his skill in adjusting the glasses is marvelous beyond imagination. Endorsed by all the great men of this country and Europe. in an instant, as it oy magic he is en- aoie.i to ten you any ailment ot your tailing vision, poiut out the cause and danger, and adapt brilliant glasses, p - cultarly ground to suit every defect of the eve. which will aid in strengthening the eyesight of the old and young. Sci enlists invited to examine the new ys tern for the preservation of the huuia; tye. Teachers should watch the early mam festations of their scholars' eyesight and report in time to their respective parents to have their eyesight examined by Prof. Strassman, the expert optician of nation al fame. Artificial Eyes Feplaced. Persons deprived of an eye can have this deformity removed by the insertion of an artificial one, which moves and looks like a natural organ. OFFICE HOURS. 0 to 12 a. m., 1 to 4 p., and 7 to 8 in the evening. REFERENCES: kebraska crrr. George Burgett, Rev. A. Clark, Mr. Duff. Mrs Dr Lash, D P Rolfe, Mr Streeter, Dr Brinkcr, R M Rolfe, Rod en brock, C Anderson, J W Waldsmitb. W A Cotton, S H Calhoun, Judge Mai es. David Brown, Dr Hershey, Wm Hyer, T S Jones, E M Taggart, E Rciber, W. H Murphy, Frank 3IcCartney. Jui- Fitchie, Rev. Emanuel Hartig. Mrs. A. E Rudd, W D Merriam, Miss VanM-ter, Dr SL Oant, A Home, Paul Schminke, Nat Adams. Geo A Wilcox, Mr Sheldon, Mr. Gunsell. Rev R Pearson, Shomerus, L Levev. S M Kirkpatrick, Dryscoll, Donald McCuaig, William Wilhelmv. Rev Rivers, Logan Enyart, N Red field. J F Welch, Key. J B Green. John Good- lett, C B Bickel, Dan Gregg, C W Stber- fy, E 8 Hawley, A R Newcomb, Wm Nelson. Mrs N Davis, Wm Fulton, Acam Kloos, Mrs Ed Platuer. M T Johnson. Mrs Carnout, Mrs. Sterling Morton. Mrs. Watson. Miss Morton, Mr Geo W Hawke. Mrs W T. Sloan, Mrs L W Lloyd, Mrs ; J etepbenson. Dr. EiCw), Ur Johnson trttni ltX ; f , ...... t,. ..AM Pro!. Stan v. I Pin . 1 1U1 uuuuuwuiii Nevt-r before lias an Optician rc ceiv;il such tc-timoniHlg from the R'ole Olficc ol Iowa Soldier's Home. Mai-hii ton n, la., Fib. 17, '88. PiiOK. hiiABSMAN, Ltur Sj: Tho glnsx s yi'ti lur. tidied iiiyse f ttnd wife when in CI nion, l.av- proven in 1 very wy sntisfa ory, and we tiike pli Msure 111 rccoinin 1 diuu iur woik nnd g I any a til mII who. nine ! 111 net-d uf kmIViv iw am! comfort for your eyi night. V r Ki-Hpi-clivi Ij, Coi Mi 1.0 Smith, C iiimii'idant. MnyoiV OfhYr. Maislinllfi t, November 3rd, 187. Prof. Stiafcsnimi Ims been iu ur city .-onie six weeks orinoie, and 11 hii opti cian lots givii th Ink! ol Kditdiif-tion 1 both as to prici-H and quality ol woik, j having MVHt'd n nn of th nmsl difficult j casiM of Ihe -yit with m;-c sh iml im mt- j isfled you will fii;d him a skilllul opti- j (iati iid a g nth man ! Wrv RispMt fully. I N i-1 hon Amkh. Muror. I " . ! Dkkkhvk:- It.- No tu.i.Mi.id rcculiut , ban ever visit d lliih city Vfori who has 1 . a a a given to rne purine Midi 1x11 Hi nt pro fessional service, or ban won such testi monials from the people, us Prof. Strass man, now in our city. We are not in the habit of volint'tril tcstiNying in these matters, but in Prof. StrHMmanV case we do it cheerfully, imd entirely in n tinpo citrd way dimply because lie dewrvios it. Oskaloosa Herald. Prof. Strassmhii, a distinguish! d op tician, m w Mopping in our city, 'comes before us with the highist testimonials of fkill ti iid expriitcc iu his nit. and I tnke ph nsure in iici'inim tiding him to my friends and the public who may be in need of hit set vies, nn one entitled to.., his con fid nre. J AVn mamson, M. I). OitiimwH. Iowa. Alter a stay of s. vend weikfr. Prof. Strastoiau, the opticim. is alwiut to close his labors in our city. Persons who haye not yet made use of his skill and t-chnce would do wi II to rail at orce and there by do th nisi lyes a lusting l m ft. lb lias shown himself to l- a mn skilled in his profession, fair and liberal in Li dialings. nnd withal, a gentb m 11 in cv ry nspct. The many commendatory ncticfs given him by the pr-ss arf well deserved and we shall part with him with regret. Red Oak Express, Marrb 23rd REFERENCES. HKD OAK. Dr K B Yonng, C F Clark. G K Pon ers. D B Aliller, J B Reeves, Mrs J Stuuk. Mrs T H Dearborn. G W Holt, A C Blose, W A Close, Mrs. Applebe', Mr Stockslager. J 8 Wroth. Rev McClure. Mrs Hetfler. Mrs. Farrier. Manker. Rev MtCulIerv. Mrs Stanley. R Wadsworth. Mr Marenholtz, Mr Jeffries, Rev Jagg, W Stafford. C W Schneider, Harvey 8pry, C E Richards, David Harris, Mr. Isold, C II Lane, C M Mills. T II Lre. Wm Koebler. C J Lilli- jcberk, T M Lee, Geo L Piatt, Mis L Holyser. Wm Dnbley, O Runnels, Mis B 8 Porter, I II Hhzarenus, Mr Broad bv. F A Carter, Mrs Fisher, Mr Stoddard, E O Shepherd. A McConnell, E A Brown, Mr Gilwon, Mr Fikes. Rev J W Hamil ton, S P Miller, Mrs F C Clark, B E A Simons, J 'W Sautbin. Mr Van Abtiue, L F Ross. Mrs Deemer, Mrs. Jurikin. Tt.os Griffith. I Sanborn. Geo Binu. Mr. Meyers, P. P. Johnson, and many others from the surrounding country. OTTCilWA. Dr O'Ne 11. O F W Backmoa. Pv F C War. Mrs W F Rose, Dr. Lewis. Cai t C. P Brown. Mrs. Slaughter, Dr. J WiUkm- "n. U I J Douglas, Dr U W Rol- :ts. 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