Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1874 — Page 2

THE RENSSELAER UNION.

Thursday, July 9, 1874

Il has been discovered that negative electricity attracts flame, Which positive electricity repels. It is annoupced that General Packard will commence the publication of a semi weekly Republican newspaper at Laporte, within a few days. Farmers and swallows, take cover 1 Lightning-rod peddlers, to the front, double quick, m-a-r-c-h! The present State debt of South Carolina is only §25,770,611.44. Of this amount 115,000,000, nearly three-fifths, have been contracted within six years past, during the period which the Republican party has had control of the State government, Benton county, with a new §50,000 court house In process of erection, is only taxed forty cents on the §IOO valuation, while Jasper county, out of debt, and no public improvements contemplated, is assessed fifty cents on the §IOO. Is there any good reason for making the levy so high in Jasper county? Out of the 126 ohl Republican newspapers of the State, all heartily endorse the Republican State platform and ticket, except the Rensselaer Union. —Kentland Gazette. If that statement is true,at least two facts are proven by it, to-wit: Ist. That the manager of The Union does not like the Republican State platform. 2d. That he dares to say so in the face of tremendous opposition. Judge Jeremiah Wilson is reported to have assigned as a reason for declining to be a candidate for Congress again that it was“because he had got tired of investigating people.” Rather a sad comment upon the party in power when a gentleman who has spent a large portion of his life upon a judicial bench, gets tired of investigating the rascality of its leaders. A scientific gentleman says that the comet is nothing more than a cloud of very attenuated gas. Although it spreads over several millions of miles of space and travels with appalling velocity, if it was condensed into a solid substance like wood or iron for instance, the whole thing could be held in the hand of a person of ordinary strength and size. Like many 4th of July orations, it is mighty thin stuff.

Tt is the deliberate opinion of the man who writes short paragraphs to be put into the Cincinnati Commercial, that’there is more than one man in this country fit to be President of the United States, So important did he consider this discovery, or suspicion, that he repeated it five or six times in a recent number of that excellent newspaper. Let the reader recollect then, that there is more than one man competent to be President, and perhaps be may b.e one of the persons the Commercial is hunting for. i Within the borders of Carroll county live three gentlemen, either of whom, the Delphi Journal thinks, would be qualified to represent the people of this district in Congress; and either of whom would certainly be elected should he receive the nomination of the Republican party. Judging by the record of the past six years, no doubt, the Journal editor, together with many other good people, seems to think most anything would do to represent the district, and most anybody could be elected ij' only conspicuously' labeled “Republican” fore and aft. Still, we have nothing to say against the gentlemen nominated by our contemporary; for anything known to the contrary, they are all very clever men. Had Gen. Packard consented to stand for renominaton, the Michigan City hint er prix e is of the opinion that one of the strongest names yet mentioned would not have been in the field. Should Gen. Packard receive the nomination for Congress at Valparaiso on the 6th day of August next, the opposition candidate will probably carry Jasper county by 1,000 majority. However much editors in this district who enjby government patronage through Mr. Packard’s influence may desire his return to Congress, the convention they are preparing to manipulate at Valparaiso, will not dare to put a salary grabber in nomipation; neither is that convention likely to pass a resolution censuring the thieves Republicans have elected to Congress.

JASPER COUNTY FINANCES.

At the close of the financialexhibit of Jasper county for last year, which is published among the advertisements on the third page of this paper, My. Auditor’ Babcock says: In comparing tills statement with the May settlement it may be gratitiing to your body [the board of County commissioners] as trustees of Jasper county to notice that while the levy for county purposes in Jasper coujity last year was below the average of the State, and that while less than sfxty per Centum of that levy under the two installment principle was collected, the known liabilities have been discharged, our orders have been kept at par, and there is a balance in the treasury which will probably meet the necessary expenditures of the county until further collections reach the treasury. Now it this sta'temen-t conveyed an accurate impression concerning the financial management of the county, every taxpayer might congratulate his neighbor that his local interests were in the keeping of shrewd, judicious, economical financiers; but, unfortunately for the pockets of taxpayers and for our Auditor, the tacts do not support the impression he designs to make upon public opinion. Instead of local taxes being “below the average in the State last year,” they were 41 per cent, above the irverage last year. The Indianapolis Journal on Tuesday of this week published a list of the counties together with the amount levied in each for local purposes in 1873, as shown on the books of the Auditor of State. There are one hundred ami two counties in Indiana, forty-eight of which gave Democratic majorities in 1872, and forty-four were Republican; of these, thirty-nine Democratic and forty Republican —seventy-nine altogether-had lower levies for local purposes than Jasper county had. The total local levy in this county last year was §1.33 on the §IOO valuation of property, while the average local levies in the other one hundred and one counties was less than 89 cents on the §IOO. Now, when it is remembered that no great public works were constructed or contemplated, and when public attention is otlicially called to the fact that the county is out of debt, her orders are at par, and that there is a surplus in the treasury sufficient to meet current expenses, the question involuntarily arises, Why are our local taxes higher than those of other counties?”

A NEW CATECHISM.

The South Bend daily Tribune of July 3d, contained the following “query ofconsiderable importance:” Editor oj the South Bend Tribune: The Vidette of this county published recently a biographical sketch of Major F. F. B. Coffin, and accompanied the same with complimentary references to him as very proper materia! out of which to make a Congressman. As there are grave doubts among the Republicans of this section as to the real political status of the gentleman in question, we request you to ask .of Maj. Coffin whether he still considers himself a Republican T and whether his name is announced as a candidate for Congressman “subject to the decision of the Republican ■nominating convention.” ” Many Republicans. Valparaiso, Julj' 3d, 1874. Certainly, gentlemen, it is pertinent to know exactly the political status of candidates who aspire to seats in Congress. Grave doubts should all be removed fiom the minds of the people before they are called upon to perform the highest duties pertaining tq the manipulation of a convention and the hatching of a candidate. “The real political status” ol all aspirants should be determined to the fraction of an atom. In order that in the present instance this may be done to the complete satisfaction of every postmaster interested, we would suggest that an investigating committee be appointed, whose duty it shall be to propound questions calculated to elicit a full expression of the opinions of each candidate presented, upon the revised and enlarged articles of faith recently promulgated at Indianapolis. An investigating committee is suggested, because such an appendage has of late become the necessary adjunct of all deliberative bodies where the Republican element preponderates, and the Valparaiso convention would hardly be considered an orthodox representative of the party should this highly prominent feature be omitted. In order to expedite business in said convention, aqd it may not consume, time to' originate: questions to be propounded to can- ; didates, as well as to convey to 1 the public an idea of what is required, we beg to suggest that something similar to the following formula might be adopted : Each candidate being duly sworn may be catechised as follows: Do you “appeal with pride and confidence” to the Credit Mobilier revelations, the railroad and stearn-

ship subsidies, the moiety system and other interesting incidents of like nature in the ‘‘past, history of the Republican party in proof of its principles” ‘and its consistent discharge of duty to the country? Do yon firmly believe that the principles and measures growing out of them’ have been stamped with public approval and that there is no taint of suspicion now resting on the honor of the Republican party? In view of the fact that Bingham, Richardson, and scores of others whom these men fairly represent, were simply removed from one position to be transferred to another important office after their shortcomings were detected, will you solemnly swear to the people and proclaim from the stump that “the Republican party has shown itself ready ancLcompetent to remove public ills when they are known to exist, to condemn the conduct of faithless and dishonest public agents, and to detect and expose abuses in the administration of government, even when practiced by its professed- supporters?” Do you believe that the present tariff system was ever calculated to carry out the “true policy of government” as that policy is defined in the second resolution of the Indiana Republican State platform? Are you in favor of free National bankings expansion of the volume of Currency, and immediate return to specie payments at one and the same time?

In your daily prayers do you constantly and thankfully remember the zeal with which William Williams, John Peter Cleaver Shanks, Jeremiah Wilson and Jasper Packard represented the principles of the Republican party by voting for and pocketing the salary steal? Have you still entire confidence in the integrity and honor of a President who approved a bill that doubled bis own salary and then vetoed a bill that was intended to provide an amount of currency commensurate toj the demands of business, giving as a reason for his veto that the currency was irredeemable and consequently worthless? Have you ever voted for a candidate for constable, road supervisor, town clerk, or for any other office, who was not regularly nominated in a Republican caucus?

INDIANA GOSSIP.

Medaryville has a population of nearly 400, which is rapidly increasing. They had a birth and two funerals*there this year. Valparaiso cremated SIO,OOO worth of hotel property last week. Th i American and the Tiedeman hotels were both burnt, together with most of their contents. The Medaryyille Guard says there issdfiie talk of organizing a new county out of portions "of Pulaski, White, Starke and Jasper, with Medaryville as the county seat.— Well, talk is talk, but it-takes money—sso,ooo or more—to place a new county in running order. Judge Hammond granted an injunction in the case of Scott and others, against the Sheriff and Commissioners of Benton county, to stay the removal of the county records from Oxford to Fowler, until the validity of the order for removal can, be tested in court. “The Pennsylvania Railroad Company have reduced the time of labor, at their shops in Fort Wayne, -to-five hours per day. and pay their hands only 60 cents for the time employed. They have about 1,100 hands engaged, and it will be difficult for them to support their families unless they can make some oLtheir spare time available elsewhere. Mr. T. Keene, of Valparaiso, ex-secretary of the Indiana State Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, received a letter, week before last, from Grangers in Alabama, asking relief for many there in distress from a freshet ami subsequent drouth, which had destroyed their prospects for crops and reduced them to destitution. A contribution was made by the Porter county Grangers, who shipped them thirty bushels of corn, freight prepaid.

The peddler is an itinerant wanderer who calls upon you, shows his wares hastily, pockets your ! money with alacrity, and vanishes, i never to be seen by you again.— ! Buy your goods of the merchant who lives in your midst, keeps a supply of everything you need, invites your inspection, advertises his goods in the,papers, contributes to all local improvements, and deserves and earns your patronage.— The home merchant dare not cheat or defjaud you, because he would thereby ruin himself and his trade within amonth.— South Bend Tribune.

The Valparaiso Vidette, edited by ex-judge Talcott, says that Mr. S. P. Thompson ought to, and almost surely will, be electee! Prosecuting Attorney for this district. Keeping hotel must be a paying business in these hard times. We noticed Father Babb on the street the other morning in a bran new suit of broadcloth and a new silk hat.— Remington Journal. The Rensselaer Union records the marriage at that place June 22, of Z. Dwiggins, Esq., brother of Robert S., our farmer common pleas prosecutor, to Miss Estclla Purcupile, daughter of Archibald Purcupile, formerly of this place. An acquaintance of the Purcupiles at this office wishes them all much joy of the new relationship.— Valparaiso Vidette.

Last Saturday morning, a man from White county came to Rensselaer on the track of one of his neighbors who had “skipped off” with one of his daughters—and, by the way, owing the old man a small sum of money. He said he didn’t care a d n for the girl but wanted to get what the fellow owed him, and kept up the pursuit several miles further, where Tie overtook the flying fugitives and demanded the amount of indebtedness. The fellow paid over the money and the father went on his way rejoicing.— Remington Journal.

We had a call a few evenings since from our friend J W. Duvall, of Rensselaer. “Wes.” had been with Noah Freeman chasing and capturing a horse thief, and came over here with him after they got the rascal. Our friend looks hearty and happy. He commenced on Wednesday last running a daily hack from Francesville to Rensselaer, this having been designated as the mail route instead of from Bradford to Rensselaer. Persons going to Rensselaer will find Duvall’s hack line “just the thing” for a ride over the prairie.— TPina/nac Republican. — ■ In answer to several inqurics that have been made regarding our position during the coining campaign, we would say, tbaf we are not the organ of any party, clique or ring; that we propose to run this concern upon an independent basis in our own weak and feeble way. In the meantime we shall aim to vindicate that which is just and upright, ami shall endeavor to expose and suppress that which is unjust and wrong. Personally speaking, when the time comes, We shall vote for those whom we deem to be the best men.—Remington Journal.

The reason that people vote so many poor sticks into Congress, is not that they like to be represented by such men, or desire them for rulers and' law-makers, or prefer them as guardians and expenders of the public money. It is because they allow themselves to be wheedled by political managers, bamboozled by political clap-trap, and treated as though they were merely the materials" <sf party, allowed to vote in ordel td insure party success. Who is there who backs, and what is this miserable party business, that the people should be led to their rain by them?—Cincinnati Commercial. The Chicago and South Atlantic Railroad Company has made a very liberal offer to the stockholders, which will in a short time make a full remuneration for all the outlay to aid the road. The Company grant to each holder of a certificate of stock the privilege to ride upon all accommodation trains at a rate not to exceed one cent per mile.— This generous offer will undoubtedly make the stock worth par from the moment the road is finished it not to command a premium.— upon such terms as these there should be no hesitancy about subscribing the full amountof stock required.— Monticello Herald. ' «■» Last Thursday, W. J. Duvall, of Rensselaer, in company with a couple of other gentlemen, came to thiaplace looking for a stolen horse which had been taken from near Mexico, about seven miles north of Peru. He was traced through Rensselaer, where the thief stopped and had the horse shod on Wednesday,- to a place four or five miles (his side of Rensselaer, where they seemingly lost track of him altogether. But the same evening they overtook and arrested him at Watseka, 111. Hq then concluded to go back to Peru; and the probability is, he now contemplates taking a trip to Michigan City soon to learn a trade. Wes. Duvall is winning a reputation at catching horse thieves.— Remington Journal. , , ,

Railroad Mews.

Through the indefatigable exerertions of the President, Managing Director, and friends of the cause, we are able to state definitely that the great enterprise interested in, will be launched next week. We understand that the contract is let to Appleton & Co;, of Chicago. Boston and New York, and that they will break ground on next Monday, June 291 h. The details of the contract we know nothing about, but learn that the contractors will be put under first class bonds to complete tiie road from Dyer, on the State line, to Delphi, and equip it, in one year from the first of July. As soon as, or before the road is completed to Delphi, the remaining portion from Delphi to Indianapolis will be let to contractors, provided the subsidies from the counties south of Delphi are raised within that time. The managers of the company are fully determined to carry out the original plan of extending their road to the Atlantic, and some of the Directors are now in the South making arrangements for the commencement of work beyond the mountains. The commencement of the work on next Monday, we learn, will be attended with appropriate ceremonies. ——

Now’, since the work will be commenced during the present month by the company, and since they have .assumed that the pledges on the part ot the several counties would be complied with, we should come up to the work manfully, and raise our quotas, and secure what may be lacking to give full right of way through the county. These remarks are alike applicable~to the several counties along the line.— Remember, we have much to do, and not much time left to do it in. Recollect, the company is trusting us —taking all risks—and we should, in a matter in which we are vitally interested, allow ijo default on our part. We have a few thousand dollars of stock yet to raise in White county, and there should be no delay nor lack of energy till it is fully made up. Our friends in the country are deeply interested in this* grand road, and should come forward willingly and sustain a share of the burden.— McnliccUo Constitutionalist,

Concerning Comets.

Though the structure ami uses of comets are but little known, there are few objects in astronomical science which appeakmore powerfully to the imagination. These wanderers of the skies, recurring at vast intervals of time to the visible portions of their erratic orbits, have in all ages excited the wonder and admiration of the ignorant, the fears of the sujuerstitfoms,-and thespeculations of the scientific mind. Many essays and treatises have been written upon comobs, some of them with tails to ’em so long and so nebulous as,to puzzle the inquiring mind fully as much as their great prototypes which trail across the sky.

The name of the comet comes from the hairy appearance of its tail, being derived from the Greek home—lcome meaning hair. This appendage varies greatly in length in different comets, and the apparent length of the tail of the same comet differs still more widely to the eye, according to its distance and the state of the atmosphere.— The comet which at present excites the curiosity of the public, on its first appearance to the naked eye had a tail of about five degrees in length. Tins is gradually increasing as the nucleus, or body of the confot, moves toward the sonth. — Already according to the calculations of some astronomers, this comet’s tail extends over the modest length of three millions of miles. It will be visible in its greatest length about the 16th of July, when its head will have passed out of sight beyond the northwestern horizon. Tho tail will broaden as well as lengthen during the next few days, but its thin and almost vaporous structure will render it very little conspicuous to the eye, resembling a thin white cloud, or the milky way m its least brilliant aspect.

Comets have been fruitful subjects for writers, while the philosophers have speculated about them and discussed the mystery of their substance, their orbits, and their function in thej solar system, not forgetting the structure of their tails. The poe.ts have been indebted to them for startling imagery and comical comparisons. The theologians, On their part, have made great use of.comets to

strike terror into the minds of the vulgar. But only one of these wandering visitants was ever met or attempted to be counteracted by a Papal bull. The great comet of 1450 was visible during the month of June, and is described as of an unheard-of magnitude. The tail ot this comet stretched over sixty degrees of the heavens, or from the horizon to the zenith. It was accompanied by inundations and earthquakes, and spread terror throughout Europe. Public superstition connected it with the apprehended triumph of the Turks, who were then engaged in overrunning the Christian nations of Europe. Pope Calixtus II issued a bull, in which he anathematized the Turks and the comet together. But the Turks took Constantinople, notwithstanding the bull, and the comet calmly proceeded in its orbit, quite deaf to the thunders of the Vatic i an.

The superstition of mankind has attributed all kinds of elemental convulsions and calamities to cometary influence. To the effects of comets arc charged hot weather and cold, earthquakes, floods and droughts, cyclones and whirlwinds, volcanic eruptions, stortns of rain,, snow and hail, clouds of locusts, epidemic fevers, dysentery, influenza, famine and plagues. As there is no season in which some one of these visitations is not present on some portion of the earth’s surface so the coincidence of a comet’s appearance at the same time furnishes to ignorairce and credulity an unfailing cause for each dreaded phenomenon. Indeed, a learned Russian has written an extensive work to prove that there never was a disaster without a comet, nor a comet without a disaster. Happy are they who, living in an age of newspapers, find the errors and superstitions which are generated only by ignorance dissipated by the widely diffused intelligence which reaches every man’s door.— Cincinnati Commercial.

Commencement of Work.

In pursuance to previous arrangement, work was commenced on the Chicago and South Atlantic Railroad on last Monday, (June 29th,) about three miles northwest of Lowell. The enterprise was launched under favorable auspices, there being in ..attendance—many people from Lowell and the surrounding country, who came to witness the ceremonies of the occasion. After everything was in readiness the President of the road made a brief and apropriate speech, and then proceeded to throw a shovelful of earth in the name of the enterprise, another to represent the State of Indiana, and one to each of the commonwealths throughwhich the road will run, that they might be harmonious in the great work of uniting the Lakes to the Sea, and that they should hereafter be cemented by the iron bands of the Chicago & South Atlantic Railroad, in mutual interests, and in political and social fellowship. The President then passed the shovel to the Superintendent of the work, who likewise used it; after this, it passed into the hands of many others who by turns each cast his shovelful of earth. Three tremendous cheers were then given in honor of the enterprise, and also three more for the President. When these ceremonies were over, the fences were removed and work actively commenced with plows and scrapers.— A general good feeling prevailed, and all were pleased with the ceremonies of the occasion. The President and numerous visitors made a brief excursion to Cedar Lake, and returned to Lowell in the evening. At night a rousing railroad meeting was held at Lowell, which was addressed by the President and Vice-President of the road ; when the stock books were opened for subscriptions, and a large amount of stock was subscribed on the spot. — Monticello Herald.

NEW MILLWOODS And Most Fashionable STYLES OB’ MILLINERY GOODS Are kept in Rensselaer, by the MISSES HOGAN, Who have a select stock of goods in store and arrangements with a Chicago firm by which orders will be tilled weekly, if necessary. DRESS nAH ING Anil all kinds of Sewing doM ta order.— Also the latest styles of HAIR WORK, Switches, Puffs. &c. .Persons' desiring to preserve the 'hair of deceased'friends, can have it neatly arranged in Bouquets or Wreaths of Flowers and Leaves. A All orders for,..work or goads, promptly attended to. 31 JENNIE. &, MAGGIE HOGAN.

BUSINESS CARDS. DR. G. A. MOSS, PHYSIC I ANAND SURGEON, Rensselaer. Indiana. Office between the Bank and Kannal’s Drug Store. B DR. J. H. LOUGHRIDGE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Washington Street, below Anitin’s Hotel, Rensselaer, - - , Indiana, DR. MOSES D. ALTER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Jttenaaelaer, Indiana. Office in Harding <k Chesnut's Drag Store'.DR. R. Y. MARTIN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, WASHINGTON STREET, OPPOSITE POST OFFICE, Rensselaer, - IndianaM. F. CHILCOTE, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Office opposite Court House Square, on Washington Street, Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana. 6-2u-ly

THOS. J. SPITLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, -rz'-- Hcnssefaer, Indiana, Office in the Brick Buildingnorth side of tho Public Square. Especial attention to Real Estate and Fire Insurance business. SB,OOO to Loan on Real Estate security, on reasonable terms. First class paper bought on reasonable terms, including mortgages and bonds. SIMON P. THOMPSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Pros. Atty, noth circuit, Will practice in the Courts of Pulaski, Juj er, Newton and Benton counties. THOMPSON A lIRO.'B LAW A ND REAL ESTATE OFFCE, Rensselaer. Indiana. WM. H. ’MARTIN, ) ( JOSHUA HEALEY. Kentland, Ind. J ( Rensselaer,lnd. MARTIN 4. HEALEY, ATTORNEYS -A.T LAW, Rensselaer, Indiana. practice in the courti of Jasper and adjoining counties. IRA. W. YEOMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Notary I’ublie. REAL ESTATE AND COLLECTION AGENT, Reunelaer, Indiana. A complete A Lstract of Title to all lands in Jasper County, Indiana. Office in the Court House. 6-21 Or, IRA. C. KELLEY SURGEON DENTIST, HEHMIEi.AEU. INDIANA. Teeth extracted and filled. New teeth inf serted. All work warranted for five years Satisfaction guaranteed. Office in Photograph Gallery, over Post Office. 6-8 .1. 11. SPANGLE Would respectfully announce to the citizens of Jasper county and vicinity, that he Is still to be found at his old stand on tho east side of the public square in Rensselaer, and is now prepared to do all kinds of work in the line of TA I LORI NG in the latest styles, and with neatness and. dispatch. N. B.—Cutting done on short notice, at reduced prices, and warranted to Bt, 39-ts DIVA I t ’S ACKSM I'l.ll SHOP Is in operation one door above ’ TTrsT *“the Express Office, KKNSSKLABK All kinds of blacksmithing done to order New Blacksmith Shop. The public is notified that I have bought the Blacksmith Shop southwest side of Front street, near the old saw mill, and repaired it to receive customers. WOOD SHOP In connection where wagon making and repairing will'be done by skillful mechanics. Patrons or Husbandry and other cash customers will find it to their advantage to give me their patr-nage; SAMgON ERWIN. ■ AI.FKKD M’COY. ALFRED THOMPSON' A. McCOY A TnOJIPSON,\ BANKERS. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Buy and sell Coin and Domestic Kxchang* make Collections on all available pointe, pay Interest on specified time depositee, and transact all business in their line witA disjMteA. nTFOffice hours.from 0 a m tot p. m Plain Job Printing »UCEC -AS Posters, Sale Bills, LETTER-HEADS, BLANKS, Circulars, Envelopes, &c. DOND TO ORDER, AT REASONABLE PRICES. JAMES A HEALEY, Rensselaer. Indiana FARMERS’ FACTORY AT MONTICELLO. The undersigned having taken charge ot the TIPPECANOE WOOLEN MILLST have this season entered upon a "New Depart--ure” in their line of business, and if sustained: by the farmers will continue the samel from, year to year. Wo have employed tho most. SKILLFUL WORKMEN,, manufacture the VERY BEST GOODS k and propose to sell them exclusively to the consumer, thereby saving to him all expenseof passing the goods through the hands of. retail dealers. We make every yard of goods me selk, «s<v guarantee everything as represented. ' , We hsve the past year's productions now ready for the trade, in finer quality and lamer ■ prices than ever before offered in this com,, inanity. We pay the < HIGHEST PRICES FOR WOOL in'cash oh goods. Come and see ns »4v« gnaraatse yon-will open your eyes in astoMohmont at the fine display of goods. ©lt* aa your trade, and we will aare honey for yon and make money for ouraelvea. ’ • Factory and aalaaroom at the east end of the old wagon biidge over the Tippecanoe fiver, which ia now free andi in. good repair. Monticello, Ind., May, 1874. 35 3m DVD. & O. S. DALE.