The Weekly Oskaloosa Herald. pnBLISHBD KVKUY THURSDAY BY LEiCi 11TON NEEDHAM. W. H. N«dh*m. Otfice ocedoor we*t of Poet Office. TEHMS.~S2.OO a Year in Advance. CHUBCH DIKKCTOKY. p VIHVISW—Union Circuit, Uuion Tp.—Rev. J. G. Thompson, t*n*tor. UNIV ERSAUBTSUCIKTY.—No regular servi ce* Sabbath school it 3p. m. *.K. CHURCH —Rev. J. W. McDonald, Servic e at 10* a. m„ and ?A School, 2 p. iu. i’rayer meeting*. I* l y Simpson cihrobhll e.) hcv. -C~ m>mi. P..*: -r. Service* ali Sund.iy School at* lr*>er Meeting* lliur* r. service* at 10)i and 7p. m Sunday School at 12*4 p. m. Prayer luetiugs. r >i’r*day evening*. vl BEREA Nl) i’llttSil YTKKIAN CHURCH. Rev \Vm. Wi ~o Service* on sabbath at a. 10* m in p. in. Sabbath School’iVi a. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Elder B- w Johnson. Pastor. Service* at 1014 m 4nd 7>. in. Sunday School 2 41>. m. Prayer meeting. P*i irrday evening. BAPTIST CHURCH.—Rev. J. F. Child*. Pa*- tor. Service* at 10* a. m., and 7* p. m. Sun ... K CITY DIRECTOR?. Mayor Geo. 11. BAI GH. Marshal W. N. BUCHANAN, Treasurer S. II CHAPMAN. Solicitor ....J. KELLY JOHNSON. FRANK KELLY. Street Com mi** ioner W. 11. SIMMONS. Trustees. l*t Ward lIENRV MAITOX. L. D. ROUNDS 2nd Wad JOHN SIEBEL. J A YOUNG 3rd Ward.. .JAS. H IIINK 11 ART, D A. HURST 4th Ward...H. C. HUNTs.MAN.J Mc^UISTON. TIMETABLES. CENTRAL R. R. TIME-TABLE Trains oorxe South. Train* ooinq North. Leave Leave Arrive Arrive. 6 3 i a. m. fi:3u a. m. Mason City. 7:00 r m. 4:00 p. m. 15 r. m. 5:47 Ackley, 4:55 p m dep't 12:20 P. M. Arrive. Arrive Leave. L»-ave. 1:00 am 11 00 a m Marshalltown 2:50 r m S:0o a m. Leave la-avo Arrive Arrive. 12:50 p m 11:10 a m Marshalltown 2:40 p m 8:oO a m. 2:55 1:00 pm Grinncll 12:45 10:45 4:45 2:00 Sharon 11:85 a m 8:45 BtIB 2:35 O*kaloo*a 10:55 0.45 8:35 S:os Eildyville 10:22 535 Arrive Arrive Leave Leave. 7:45 p m 3:45 p m Albi.a 0:35 A M 4:0*1 p m. connections Mason city, with MillwauKee St Paul Railway. .ici.ley, with Illinois Central Railroad. Mar-haliown, with Chiacgo X Northwestern R. R. I Grinueil. w ith Chicago Rock Island Pacific K. K. Eildyville. with De* Moines Valley Railroad. Alhij, with Mo. River Railway. D. V. R. R. TIME TABLE. OSKALOOSA —GOING KAST. N< r. Mall,. 10:54a. m. j No. 4, Pacific Express, 10:32 p. m. No.fi. Freight, 8:10 p.m. No. 8, Freight, 7:00 a. m GOING WEST. No. 7, Freight,.... 4:15 p. m. No. 5. Freight, 6.14 a. m. No. 3. Pacific Express, 8:53 p. m. No. 1. Mail 12.35 p m. 1 1 i ORDERS. Mahaska LODGE, NO IK, i. o. o. F. REGULAR MEETING, SATURDAY Evening of each week. Brethren visitingthe city are invited to meet with u*. W. H. DUKE, N. G., T. J. EISINMINGKE, Sec. nl2 (COMMERCIAL LODGE. No. 128. I. O. O. F. J holds it* regular meetings every Wednes- j day evening Brothers visiting the city are invited to meet with u*. G. A. WELLS, N. G. J. M. BIRD. Sec'y. 3. f it I ADIS, in HOUSE. *i2 M. J. PALMER. Oakaloosa,lowa. VNCKOFT HOUSE. LONGSHORE A N ELSON, Proprietor*, Ot*ka looaa, lowa. LIVERY. Downing a mcMULun, a c<>„ CJTV LIVERY AND BUS LINE. Oekaluofla. lowa. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. \\r s. KEN WORTHY, 1 ATTORNEY* AT LAW, Now Sharon, lowa. l iti. W. HASKELL. ATTORNEY AT LAW, office up ftalrn in the 01(1 Court Hoti**e, north west corner of Public Square. u4O-tl WILLIAMS, Ytl ATTORNEY' AT LAW', and Notary Pub lic. room recently occupied by County Judge. 87 KA ALDER, i ATTORNEY A'J' LAW. lowa lowa. (Successor to Judge W E Jr x r" ulti-tf UYVENPORT, BOLTON A irSIIER. attorneys at law,Oraaioosa, lowa. urricx, on the west **iile of the Public Square, in the room recently occupied by Z. T. Fn*her. LHy 1 L- iston mcmillan, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Opkalooea, lowa. Orrn ein EuowitouV Block, South i*iue. uti tIIARLLS .1. DODD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Peoria, lowa, special .mention given to the collection of claims. attend* dto promptly. 2Sin€. «to. W. LAFrEKTY. J. KELLY JOHN SON. LAFFERTY a JOHNSON. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Orkaloopa, lowa. Oitice in Uuiuu Block, North side oi the Pub lic Square, up ataire. 47 W. (I. mkeveus. e. b. cytts. tiEEVERS A CUTIS, J ATTORNEY'S AT LAW,Orkaloora. lowa. Ollice iu Union Block, in room recently occupied by Seeven* A Williams. n?l A L CSOOKKAk. JAS RUINBUABT, N. P, lItOOKHAM A RIUN Ell ART. XJ ATTORNEYS AT LAW. 4 ill give prompt attention to all Legal Bu#i i* pp intrusted to their care. Strict attention riven to Collection*. Office immediately over the 4 ‘First National Bank,” Oekalooaa lowa. n2l JOHN p. UCII, W. E. NItCPHEItD. Lacey a subi'IIEIuTT ATTORNEYS AT LAW, and GOVERN M ENT CLAIM AGENTS. Prompt attention giv.-i* u> collection*. Probate bu«inei*« will re ceive careful attention, Bueiue*** attended to in iue U. S. and State Court**. Office over the Nation ii State Bank. Opkalooaa. lowa. 21 PIIYsK I K N i RGKONS. DI- COFFIN. M. D., Homeopathic Physician, Oi>kalM, lowa Office on Main' street, eouth-eaal comer of puelic square. 4 uoorp eapt repidencet blocks due north of Episcopal church* I Coots i tot. on south side of Norßl street, Office h(*urs from ‘A to 'J a. to., from 12*4 to 2 and 7to 1* p. m. Country business promptly attended to Kepkkcn* E* ;—E O Maine. M D. Portage City, Wis Ex Gov T Lewis, Columbus. Wli; Uon A!'-x Mitchell, M C. Milwaukee! Wls OT Palm er MD. lowa City. Iowa: A C Barry. 1) D Racine Wis ;t. F Newell. D. Waterford. Win Rev N Wood worth. Principal of Rochester Institute T J Patch iu. M D, Foil Du i-uc, Wis; Hon Win E bnmti. Kx State J Tre«. surer. Fox J-ake, Wif Hon Geo lirt-muer, Union Grove, Wis. 4-ly f *4 1 \Ks CAMKKON A; COOLIDGB.—PHYSt- SUIUJEONb. ACCOUCBERH, . D A HI J public “quart*. n3l DENTISTS. —il'-' tl'«ir More, up Muir*, gX/ Nilrou* Oxide Ouc _ **l-»™* adiutniMen <1 in tin extraction of teeth. nil. M L. JACKSON. •tiffeon Dnntist. hid* of tb< blc H y«»re. over l'" 11 WI .1 WtflJ i„ the extrac- Uon of teeth. alt-tf HOTELS The Weekly Oskaloosa Herald. Volume 22. Number 8. HOUSE MOVING. J* I n«SON*IiAYW(ioD. HOUSE MOVERS. To those who have poor house* or those who j have not any. Tlie undersigned are now pre* 1 pared to move or raise old house* for poor peo le cheaper th HOUSES IN TOWN. Also many thousand acres ol WILD LANr. 1! youhave Real Estate to sell, or wigh to buy give n« a call. We pay taxes in any part of the State. Conveyancing done n2l W. BURNSIDE CO., CENTRAL IOWA REAL ESTATE AGENCY. AND DEALERS IK WES TERN LA NJJS office in County Recorder's Office, OKkalooia, loivn We have the only Set of Abstracts far Mahaska Co., and are prepared to furnish Abstracts of Title to any Land or City Property in the Co. Special attention given to paying Taxes in thl* State. u9tf G. W. LAFFERTY, J. KELLY JOHNSON, Attorney at Law Attorney at Law, and and Notary Public, Notary Public, Oskaloosa, lowa. Oskaloosa. lowa. LAFFERTY k JOHNSON, Ileal Estate Agents Will cuy and sell Real Estate on commission, examine titles, and do Conveyancing of every de scription. We already have a good assortment of City and country property on our hooks, but desire to increase our list, arid to this end request those having property for sale to give us a call. Office in Uuion Block, over M Wilson's store. OSKALOOSA, IOWA, Oeo. W. Lafferty of the above firm, and late o the firm of Needham A Lafferty. is also an author lzed agent for the collection of Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, Ac. From his long experiance In thia business he can confidently say to those desiring his services that their business will be promptly and carefully attended to. Semi-annual payments of I ensiOßS also collect ed. nl» photograph gallery. WARRINGTON has removed his PICTURE GALLERY To Ilia NEW K«*o,tl«t WENT OF THE N conatantly Qli Qf my Qwn MANUFACTURE, Det 'era a applied at quality. WHOLESALE RATES I have an immense stock of PIPEN OF EYKRY DEMkiftio CIGAR HOLDERS, TOBACCO POUCHES, BOXES. &c. CaU and examine my stock, eaat aide public aquare. Id door eonth of Madiaon Houae, O.ka loeaa lowa. SI FKKD. BECKMAN. GROCERIES. mm bros, Dealers In Staple M Fancy Groceries, STONE, WOODEN WILLOW WARE Choice Teas, Coffees Syrups, PURE GROUND Sc WHOLE SPICKS, CANNED FRUITS, EXTRACTS, BAK ING POWDERS, Smoking and Chewing Tobac cos of the best brands, All ol which we sell at lowest living pri ces for CASH, FORPRODUGE ONLY, We pay the HIGHEST MARKET PRICE I N CAH AND GOODS F O R Fit I-.* II HITTER) EGI.S, LARD, Ac. Remember the place, S. E. cot tier Pub lic Square, Oskaloosa. nsl Bro’s Givens on constantly keeps Firm above The everything of STOCK PERFECT a hand LINE GROCERY the in desirable G Sugars, Coffees, Teas, S R Crackers Prunes ife Peas, E O Apples dried green, I C As nice as ever seen, R E Peaches and Rice, E R Pepper Spice, C I Caudles, O E Soap, Ii S Oi i G S Ropes G E in the li I Coil. Mo- O R lasses a vine- C E gar,potatoes salt, E C If you fail to get a R O bargain, it is the cus- I R tomer’s fault. Canned E G Fruits in abundance and S Many things more can be found at OUR GROCERY STORE. PROVISIONS, FEED, FLOOR AND PROOOCE, Always on hand, and will be delivered FREE OF CHARGE any where in the city. FARMERS! We buy y.vur Chickens, Eggs, Butter, Feathers, Rags, Vegetables, &c., blocks gou*h-weet of Square, j&i osy tr. DRUGS &c. Dr. G. N. Bekchler. considerably enlarged «iuce I have heard that news. Never should have thought of anything but a pleas aut acquaintance—guess I’ll go in tor her now. Good-bye, old fellow, and don’t hurt yourself workingover those books.’ Ned made no reply, but felt as it he would like to grind under bis heel one who could speak so irreverently of her, who, to his idea, combined every grace of heart and mind, and perfection of form and feature which should make up a perfect woman. His turned to action, and lie caught himself stamping his heel on the desk stool with such force as alrv.ost to dent a hole in it, and looking up. saw Mr. Smith’s steady gaze fixed upon him. Back to his work he tried to bring his thoughts, hut they were not sub ject toliis will, and he found himself in great danger of writing the tho’ts which passed through his mind.— ‘She is lost to me now. Oh, how* I wish it had never happened.’ He shut the hook, nut away his papers and with that dreamy, lost, far-away kind of look, passed unheeding!v among the throng on the money mart of the new world. Charley Ashton lost no time in im proving his opportunities, for that ni >ht found him seated tete-a-tete with Miss Temple in a cosy little room on Twenty-First street. Miss Temple was an orphan and had for years lived with an aunt her father’s sister. An income of four hundred dollars had been left her which at least supplied all neces sary wants. She was not ashamed to assist her aunt about many’ things some would call menial; and in form and feature, heart and mind, all her acquaintances said, fully sustained the high opinion we have seen Ned Farnham had of her. Ere the evening was over, Charley Ashton had succeeded in appearing deeply in love, ami not many d:iy passet! ere he had proposed and was accepted. OI all her male acquaint ances, Miss Temple had always pre ferred the two young men mentioned. It was true, she had rather leaned to the quiet steady Mr. Farnham, hut of late he had ceased to visit her, while Mr. Ashton’s presence had al most been constant. Hence, she per suaded herself that she loved and had accepted him. Charley urged a speedy marriage; why, came in a conversation too long for me to detail, wherein it appeared that some of the ‘boys’ on the ‘street’ were fixing up a pool to buy a certain stock, and our friend Ash ton wanted some of the five hundred thousand dollars to put in it. Anna Temple preferred a longer time and urged that tiin would make them know each other better, especially in the intimate relation in which they now' stood. Charley vowed that he would never change, and he knew that time could never develop any faults in her. ‘But,’ said Miss Temple, ‘there is another reason, and I think I can be free with you now I have spent so much of my little ineoml—and aunt has no spare money—that I have no means of defraying the necessary ex penses.’ ‘But you have the fortune left by your Australian uncle, and even if you have not received it, your agents will certainly make you an advance.’ ‘I have no fortune, dear Charlev. Some thought it was mine, hut the fortune to which you probably al lude was left to my cousin, Miss Anna Thompson Temule. to whom I introduced you at the Philharmon ic.’ ‘Ah, it was indeed She is a fa vored young lady and how much does she receive ‘Report said five hundred thous and dollars, but cousin Nan has been informed by the agents that there are but ten thousand dollars in mon ey, the rest in houses ami lots at Melbourne, valued at ninety thous and dollars.’ ‘Ah well, really, how these things do spread. But to our matter; I guess, Miss Anna, you had best have your way.’ The hours of that evening wore heavily away, and as they lengthen; ed, Mr. Charley Ashton’s manner be came more and more formal. He left, and Anna’s warm heart was sad as she thought over the cool manner and the cooler parting. No sleep came to her eyes that night. ‘Can it be?’she said to herself a thousand times; and yet it must, for his manner changed almost from m\ telling him of Nannie’s fortune.’ The next night and Charlie was not in his usual place, and the next and still more. About a week after ward, a short note informed Miss Temple that “having lost all his sav ings in a bad speculation, he could not think of holding her to an engage ment which would he out of his pow er to consummate in years.’ To say this did not grieve her would be false, but it did not require many days to teach her that she had not loved Charles Ashton as she should the man she was to marrv. Again our two young men met. This time on Broadway. Charley, gayly sauntering along, bailed Ned in his old familiar way. ‘Well, old b y, off eaii-y to-da\ ‘l’ve been promoted, and am not obliged to work so iaie, t iough 1 do often then I think of taking a ride in the park my head has ached much of late, and i am more nervous than formerly.’ ‘Shouldn't work .so hard don t get any thanks tor it. By-the-by, that fortune of Miss Temple turns out to be all in in) eye.' ‘How—w hat ’nth at?’ was the e age r I repiy ‘Well, ft Mi‘B Somebody Temple had about a hundred thousand do!- i lars left her, but it wasn’t our pretty j little iriend.’ ‘But i heard you were very alien i live, some said engaged. ‘There’s no telling what might have been, but tor lhat fool ot an uncle making a mistake in names, liow i ever, it’s ali over u< «w You know that l at lea 't, can’t alio d to marry a poor woman, no matter il she i* a Peri. I know that you entertain some sort- ol foolish notion that love, etc., will do, but il s ail bosh. Give me the dimes, my boy. When pov ertv comes in at the window, etc., you know. i ake my advice and drop all such foolish ideas.’ Ashton might as well have talked to the lamp post for ail the hearing Ned Farnham did. What he was thinking of we cannot say, but he did not go to the park that after in on, but the evening found him in the lit tle parlor which had so often been graced by (Jharlct s presence. Ere the evening \v.is over he had explain j ed his long absence, told ot his bet i tt*r prospects, and offered his hcai 1 aud hand. Sue asked three weeks to consider, lie to visit, her as often as lie pleased. At the etoi of lhat time he was accepted, and Anna learned what true io\e was. Here my story might end, but there is a sequel. Some months after fli*- eng ig'-menl, dr. iSmiih taoped Ned ou the should*-:', and motioned him to the private office. ‘Going »o marry my niece said that gentleman. ‘1 am engaged to Miss Anna 1 du ple, sir, and we expect, in a quiet wav, to be married one month from to-day. But 1 was not aware that she w as your niece.’ ‘Neither was I until a few days since. As tor your quiet way, un derstand me, rir—the child of my only sister cin be married nowhere else but in my house. Come now, no flinching. I've heard all annul it. But sue’s poor —poor as Job s turkey; aud I’ve tung man, you're tied hard and f .st, and i’ll tell you that you’ve got an heiress, and a rich one, too. A foolish brother of her father’s, who wouid go t** Australia, took it into Ids head to die, not long since, and left such a botched-np will that it has taken over six mouths to get at ihe straight of it. We were hit* agents, and kept tin* matter to our selves, because it was a iarge sum, and might create imposters. We soon disposed ot the one hundred thousand dollars to Miss Anna Thompson Temple, but the contents of this box, one hundred thousand pounds, in consols, we used more scrutiny in assigning, and in the course ot our investigations, I not only found the rightful owner of our irust, but the child of my only sister. Sir, you are worthy of hi r, and, what is of less value, her fortune. The morning papers will announce you as a partner m our house.’ “Doctor, what is the host remedy for a brain on iireV” “810w 7 it out.” What have many of our maimed soldiers been doing since tile, ivar y lic-mein her-iug. An insurgent army seized the Ciiy of Mexico on the Istmust., but were promptly attacked by the regulars, defeated and mostly shot. It stated that A. T. Stewart has telegraphed to Potter Palmer to build another magnificent hotel, and draw on him for a half million dollars. A dispatch from Koine says many of the Catholic communities of that city proposes emigrating to England and America, where they w ill foiled convents. A Chinaman’s account of the Chi cago calamity is as follows: “Mel ican llish boy take kelosine lamp ami milk cow; c<>w kick over lamp; up go Chicago.” A Troy paper says a recent con vention of Vermont Burglars it was resolved that in all cases where it was possible it was “expedient” to use cli loro form on victims. llenry Ward Beecher says the most gratifying circumstance in his life was being kissed by Kossuth. A contemporary asks “Isn't that a little hard on poor Mrs. Beecher?” A reliable physician states that he has the means ot knowing that 500 children were born on the prairie and on the streets during Monday and Tuesday nights, at Chicago, during the lire. “How shameful it is that you should fall asleep,” said a dull preacher to a drowsy audience, •‘while the poor idiot is awake and attentive?” “I would have been asleep to, too,” said the lbol, “if I had not been an idiot.” “I once dreamed,” said Pat, “that I called upon ihe President, and he axed me would 1 drink. 1 told him I didn’t care if I took a drop of punch. “Could or hot?” axed the President. Hot yer excelncy,” sai«l I; and he slept down in the kitchen for some bilin’ water; and before he got back I woke strate up; and it’s distressm’ me because 1 did n’t take it could.” THE GREAT FIRES OF MODERN TIMES. Brief Resume of all the great Confiagra* tions. As an accompaniment to the ae count of the Chicago tire, we present a short statement of all the great con flagrations ot modern times. We have gleaned these statements from i many different sources TilK GREAT FIRE IN LONDON I occurred on the second day ot Sept., IGGG, and lasted four days and nights, 1 and in that time reduced to ashes five* sixths of the whole city within the walls. The rums cover a space of j more than a mile long and half a mile wide. The value of bdildings and goods co sumed was about $60,000,- 000 Thirteen thousand two hundred hou es were burned, over 200,000 persons were thrown out of house and home, and had to encamp at Islington and High gate fields in the suburbs of the city. Dr. Lingard I gives the following account of the j fire in Iris English History During the day the wind which blew from the cast, hourly augment ed in violence and the tire spread with astonishing velocity, leaping from roof to roof, and frequently ig niting houses at a distance and in ap parent security. The following night—‘if night I —says an eye-w itness j \hat could be called which was as light as day for miles around’ pre sented a magnificent but appalliug spectacle. A vast column of fire, a mile iu diameter, was seen ascending |to the clouds the flames as they rose were bent and broken, and shiv ered bv the fury of the wind ami every blast scattered through the air innumerable substances, kindled new conflagrations, the lurid glare of the sky, the oppressive heat of the i atmosphere, the crackling of flames, and the falling ot houses and church es, combined to till every breast with astonishment and terror. While the storm continued the conflagration bade defiance to all the exertions ot human ingenuity or power. At last with the aid of gunpowder large openings were made, and the eonfla gration, being thus prohibited frorii extending its ravages, gradually died away, though months elapsed beiore the accumulation ot ruins ceased to present appearance* of heat and coin r bustion.’ the BURNING of MOSCOW. As Napoleon Kouaparte was march* ing his army into Moscow, on Sept. 15, IST2, the Russian authorities de termined to burn the city rather than allow it to be occupied by h in. They accordingly distributed combustible material throughout the city, ready to be lighted should Ids army enter it. Ilis entry and attempted occu pation of Moscow and the subsequent burning of the city by the Russians, are matters of history from which we quote the following On Wednesday, Sept. 15, 1812. Napoleon took up his headquarters in the Kremlin, and on the same day the tire broke out in the shops of the Kitai Gorod. The night of the 16th was illuminated by the tire of a gen eral conflagration. The explosion of the balloons of flame which were seen falling from the tops of towers showed the means which were being taken to spread the fire. A vast sea of flame illuminated the horizon for miles, and announced to the unhappy Muscovites who still lingered near the town that their homes no longer existed. The different quarters of the town took fire, burned, and dis- appeared all at once. Heaps of cal cined and blackened stones indicated the spots where houses had stood. The silence of terror was only inter rupted by a roaring like that of the waves of a stormy sea this was pro duced by the wind, which, driving with violence the torrent of flame, buried afar and wide the destroying clement. From time to time whole buildings feii with a crash. Wherev er the eye turned nothing could be seen but smoking ruins, or devouring flames. Ever and auor. was heard the mournful toll of a bell which sounded like the signal passed be tween one and another equal <>f de- struction. In spite of the vigilance of the sentries posted at the houses, i he fire spread as if it had been driven by :m invisible power. Although a j great part ot the town was built of wood, it took many days of general conflagration to consume it. At last iu most quarters of the town there were left so few traces ot habitation that the streets could hardly be recog ip zed. Human bodies half burned, and the dead carcasses of horses, cows and dogs, lav in the midst ot the ruins. 30,000 houses, besides a great number of palaces, were re duced to ashes scarcely 0,000 buildings were left standing. The private losses by the destruction of houses and their contents was calcu lated at not less than £30,000,000 sterling (>*150,000,000), and this was probably under the mark. The first torch which set Moscow’ a blaze was said to have been applied by Count llostopchone, the Governor ot the city.” FIRE IN CONSTANTINOPLE. This city has been several times partly destroyed by fire, which seem to have been of more frequent oc currence there than in any other city on record. Of the fires that have visited Constantinople about the lar gest is one that occurred in 1852, by which 2.500 houses were destroyed. In bur own country we have also had some terrible court *gralions, which, however, sink into insignifi cance when compared with this dr» mlful Chicago fire. GREAT FIRE IN NEW YORK. On the 16th day September, 1835, I he most destructive fire ever known to New York city swept tbe first Ward, east of Broadway, and below Wall, st., destroying 648 of the most valuable stores, the Merchants Ex change, and property valued at $lB, 000,000. PITTSBURG This city was visited with a most disastrous fire in 1845, by which the wrhnle business quarter of the city was destroyed, w’ith a loss of over $5,000, 000. THE IOWA ELECTION. A Table of Majorities, Gains and Losses of the two Parties. Below we give a table, as pre pared by Col. Tichenor, Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, showing by counties the majorities, gains, and losses of the two parties in this State attheieoent election. The lignres are official ex cept in the counties marked with a star. The circulation of com para son as to gains and losses, is inado on the vote for Col. Carpenter this year, and tor Gen. Wright last year. This table is interesting as it shows at a glance the Couuties which have done their whole duty to the party (his year, and those which have not. {Some curious figures will be noticed Established July 1850 under the head of of gains and los ses. It will be seen that the State re new- its allegiance with the faver of an increased majority giving a ma jority of two thousand larger than that of last year. Next year lowa is good for Sixty Thousand Majority for the re-election of Grant: Rep. Dan. Rep. hem. mitj. muj. gain. gain. Adair 408 2 Adams y‘>:{ og ♦Allamakee 50 Appanoose 236 47 Allbilbon 22 39; Heaton 876 ojjy black Hawk 1817 ~51 Boone :{72 393 Bremer «00 Buchanan 000 100 Buena Vista... 268 38 Butler 700 ”i*jj I'alhoun 110 5 Carroll 133 51 Cass 506 332 j Cedar 793 160 i 'en o Gerdo.... 524 35 Cherokee 200 22 Chickasaw 321 172 Clarke 510 179 Clay 560 296 Clsnton 810 5 Clinton 055 103 t'raw ford 128 39 *0 rocker 20 Dallas 702 50 Davis 17 22 Decatur 172 130 Delaware 523 162 Des Moines 716 306 *Diekifison 275 Dubuque 1301 205 Emmett 160 Favette 762 34 Floyd 789 120 Franklin 664 107 Fremont 132 1 Greene 340 42 Grundy 424 69 Guthrie 337 172 Hamilton 570 116 ♦Hancock 150 Hardin 858 147 Harrison 118 5 Henry 861 322 Howard 288 15 Guru bolt 266 40 Ida 56 10 [owa 274 85 Jackson 191 41 Jasper 1641 340 •Jefferson 359 167 Johnson 80 108 Jonec 828 80 Keokuk 190 9 Kossuth 455 59 Lee 316 3 Linn 1483 681 Louisa 625 56 Lucas 208 16 Lvon 59 47 Madison 570 86 Mahaska, 853 95 Marion 73 88 Marshall 1444 37 Mills 234 421 Mitchell 707 168 Monona 460 132 Monroe 275 124 Montgomery 336 8 Muscatine 472 52 O’Brien.. 180 Osceola... 45 45 Pace 503 11 Palo Alto 51 41 Plymouth 236 .9 ♦Pocahontas 150 Polk 939 188 Pottawttamie.... 284 110 Poweshiek 732 146 liinggold 432 80 ♦Sac Scott 1180 182 sheiby.:.::'..,:. m Sioux 88 14 Story 729 187 Tama 726 310 Taylor. 550 148 I'nior. 422 I°3 Van Buren 188 14 Wapello 188 H 3 Washington 466 Warren 953 Wayne 218 60 Webster 366 199 Winnebago 233 Winneshiek 704 5/ Woodbury 492 258 Worth 242 63 Wright 230 16 43,376 2,092 Total Republican Majority 41,293 Register. THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER. This individual turned up a short time ago on board of the splendid steamers which traverse the lower Mississippi. The Hendeison Demo crat gives the following amusing ac count of his marriage: Early this morning there were ad ded to our company of travelers, a pair which looked very much like runaways; the gentlemanja tall, raw boned of the “half aligator” class, and the lady a fair match for him. Among the passengers from Napo leon is a solemn looking gentleman, who has all along been taken for a preacher. About nine o’clock last night, I w’as conversing with the “reverend” individual, when a young man stepped up, andaddressing him remarked. “We’re going to have a wedding, and would like to have you officiate.” “All right sir,” he re plied, laughingly, #nd we'Btept into the ladies’ cabin, when, sure enough, the couple stood waiting. There had been several “kissing games,” and several mock marriages gone through with during the evening, -.fmd I sup posed it w’as merrily a continuation of the sport; and so thought the “preacher,” who I could see had a good deal of humor in him and was eneliued to promote general good fealing and meriment. The couple stood up before him (a good deal more solemn than was necessary in a mock marriage, A I thought,) and the preacher asked the* necessary questions, and then, proceeded in the usual way, pronounced them “husband and wife.” There was a good deal of fun afterward, and when it was over I left tl e cabin—and so did the “preacher,” who remarked to me that he liked to see the young folks enjoy themselves, and took a great deal ot pleasure in contributing to their fun but he did not under stand why they selected him to act the preacher. Just then some one called me aside, and the old gentle man stept into his state room which was next to mine. When I returned the door stood open, and the “preach er stood just inside with his coat and vest off, aud one boot in his hand, talking with the gentlemen who had played the “attendant,” and who, as I came up, remarked; “Well, if that’s the case, it’s a pretty good joke, for they are iu dead earnest, and have retired to some state-room.” The old gentleman raised both his hands as he exclaimed: “Good heavens you don’t tell me so and rushing just as he was, boot in hand, to the state-room indicated, com menced an assault on the door, as if he would batter it down, exclaiming at each lick: “Lor heaven's sake don't I aint a ‘preacher The whole cabin was aroused, every state-room door flying open with a slam, when the door opened, and the “Arkansas traveler,” poked out his head, coolly remarked:— “Old boss, you're too late!" They will joke in New York even about the swindlers of the city treas ury. One item complained of is £6,000 for hatchets, and it is delud ed on the ground that they were or dered for the purpose of “cutting down accessive appropriations.” Th<> King of Bavaria has forbidden Freemasonry in his service. And a heap of good it will do him to issue his edicts on the subject, against an order that has withstood every effort to overthrow. The Weekly Oskaloosa Herald. Bast Advertising Medium in Cskaloo'i j HAVIKo A WIXKLT Circulation of 2,000 CoplcN Must of which arc to person* in Mahaska ftoni!** opr facilities fob BOOK AND JOB WORK Are as uc tn*. hfe.iianda of the pi&ce wi/ warraiiv. arn- w..ra done on as reasonable ral.s as at any other oflin A writer at Pestigo mentions thu case ol a litile girl, 12 years old, who saved her little sister from death, but who was advised by many to de sist from the attempt lest she herself should perish. She heeded them not, however, but by tht most hen,, io efforts she succeeded in rescuing her little sister from the merciless flames. Her father, mother brothers, and other >Ut rs perished in the d« vouring element. And after th-tin had abated somewhat, she worked her way back over hot ashes ami burning coals and dragged tin dead bodies out into an open space, ana then stood watching their charted remains all day and through th, |.»i g and desolated ni-ht that followed. 1 hat is child heroism the like ed which w as never recorded. Foundation of Collkgks.—The tiist college in the American colonus was that at Cambridge, founded in 1638 The fir.-t commencement was held in October, 1642, when nine stu dents were admitted to the degree o* Bachelors. It look its name, Harv ard, lrom a principal benefactor. For more than sixty years, gentle men in Conneticut sent their sons to Cambridge lor an education, but in 1699 the'clergy in Conneticut nomi nated ten of their number as trustees to lorm a college. These met in New Haven in 1700, and formed a society which w’as to consist of eleven clergjmen and a rector, for the purpose of establishing and gov ering a college A character of in corporation was granted by the Leg islature in October, 1701. Mr. Pier son, of Killingworth, was appointed the first rector, aud during his life he instructed the students in that town. The first Commencement was in Sep tember, 1702. On the death of Mr. Pierson on 1705, the students were placed at Milford and Saybrook, un der different instructors, and so con tinued until 1710, when New’Haven was made a permanent seat of the College. It is called V ale college, after one of the principal benefac tors. R, F. Curtiss, formerly of Daven port, was burned to death in the Chi cago fire. The farm house of Adam John son, in Jones county, was burned last Tuesday. A Stanwood lady fainted on the stairs, and fell, breaking her right arm, and collar-bone. A little boy named Willie opiel man, was drowned in a slop barrel at Dubuque, on Wednesday. A barn near Dubuque caught fire, and water being scarce, the tlames were extinguished by a liberal appli cation of milk. Mrs. John Carhart of Scott county, returning from a social gathering at a neighbor’s, fell dead across her own doorstep, says the Gazette. Two men got into difficulty about a horse trade at Primrose on Tues day, resulting in one being killed by the other. The guilty party was ar rested. The Anamosa Eureka reports the finding of a dead body of an infant in the hazel brush near that place no doubt murdered to conceal previ- ous crime. Patsie Guthrie and Dick Corcoran k'ot iuto a dispute at Dubuque, on YY T e dnesday, in which Guthrie kicked Corco. vaQ 80 severely that he died about mi dnighl. A billiard -saloon keeper, named Curley, gave Due day’s receipts to the Chicago sufferers. It amounted S6O, and was a praiseworthy gift. Says the Eeyister. Chas. Ellmyer of Buchanan coun ty, committed suicide at Summit, in Van Bureu county recently, by shooting himself through the breast with a revolver. A shoemaker in Decorah commit ted suicide last Monday morning, by shooting himself through the head. Intemperance w’as evidently the cause of the act. A. 11. Brown, editor of the Vinton Journal fell and broke his arm while getting off the cars. This is unfortu nate as he only had one arm, having left the other with the rebels. A lady who was one hundred years old, died the other day, near Tipton, from the effects of over exertion in carrying a sack of flour on her shoulder about a mile. Thirty-three yeais ago four houses and a feiry landing that stood on the present site of Clinton, were christened New York by Joseph Bartlett, one of the original propri etors. The Journal says that a little daughter of Isaac Gifford ot War ren county, fell into a well twenty feet deep, with seven feet of water in it, on Tuesday last, but escaped unhurt. While Wm. McCormack and Mr. Beek were out hunting last Sunday, near Lagrange, the former accident ally shot himself n the left side, ball going through him, producing iu stant death. A great fire in Cedar Falls, lowa, which occurred Sunday night, de stroyed property to the amount of $65,000, on which there w’as only about $5,000 insurance. It was the work of an incendiary. The Gate City says that a young man named Edmonson of Missouri got to owning some horses that did not belong to him, and the next thing he knew he couldn’t get his feet down to the ground. He strangled. The disappearance of John J. Buchtel from Independence, two weeks ago, mention of which we made at the time, is causing much excitement iu Blackhawk county. No clue can be obtained of his whereabouts. He left a wife, com fortable home, and many friends, not one of whom have any idea why he left. He had S3OO in his posses sion at the time. IB BY FAR THE IOWA NEWS.