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We remember one individual who had taken board and lodging at the county expense believed it to be to his best interests to try and seek his way to a more congenial climate, and he sought to obtain his freedom by burning a hole through the log floor. It was not long, how- ever, before he found he had merely "jumped from the frying pan into the fire." The smoke began to smother him and he was in great dan- ger of burning to death, frightened half out of his wits he hallooed lustily for help; luckily help came just in time to save him and the jail.
The jail long since condemned, was torn down about three years ago. The same logs are now used in the stable of the Rev. C. T. McCaughan.
THE SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
To honor and perpetuate the memory of the many brave soldiers who went forth from Madison county to battle in defence of their coun- try, and who sacrificed their lives on the altar of patriotism, the citizens of the county have erected a marble monument. The people of the county have every reason to be proud of this tribute to the noble dead. The brave boys are gone, but chiseled deep in many a loving heart, their memory is as lasting as the marble shaft that has thus been erected to their memory. Coming generations, will, when those who are living now are gone, point to this column and recount the exploits of the dead, and thank God that they who survived the brave dead, had the public spirit to erect a monument to Virtue and Valor and Patriotism. While America thus honors those who fell for liberty, Liberty is safe in the hands of her sons.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
WHEELER & WILSON Highest Premium Lock-Stitch
Sewing Machine.
GEORGE P. ABEL, No. 90 Walnut Street, DES MOINES, IOWA, GENERAL AGENT FOR CENTRAL IOWA. R. L. LEECH, Agent, Winterset, Iowa.
DAVIS & DENNIS,
DAVIS & DENNIS.
COFFEE
SUCAR
DAVIS & DENNIS
GROCERIES.
GROCERS
DAVIS & DENNIS.
GROCERS, No. 97,
BAKER
THIRD ST.,
J. W. DAVIS, J. W. DENNIS.
DES MOINES, IOWA.
S. A. RUSSELL. HENRY COX.
RUSSELL & COX, Wholesale and Retail
DRUGGISTS!
Corner Court Avenue and Second Streets, DES MOINES, IOWA.
WHOLESALE
TEA
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The subject of building a Soldiers' Monument in Madison county, was first suggested by some correspondent through the Madisonian, and he further suggested that the Madison county Agricultural Society should first move in the matter. Accordingly, at a meeting of the officers and members of the Agricultural Society, held in October, 1865, a Soldiers' "Monument Committee" was organized consisting of the following members: H. J. B. Cummings, President; Flora Winkly, Secretary ; J. J. Davies, Treasurer ; and Mr. E. W. Fuller, Mrs. Mary A. Hutchings, and Miss Emma McCaughan, Executive Committee. Sub-Committees were appointed in each township in the county, whose duty it was to solicit contributions for the Monument. A number of festivals, lectures, and exhibitions were given in Winterset during the winters of '65 and '66, for the benefit of the Monument, and school exhibitions were often given in the country, and various other plans were resorted to to assist in the building of the monument. For the success of the enterprise, much praise is due to the untiring efforts of the President of the Committee. For persevering, executive ability, he is, perhaps, unsurpassed by any man in Madison county. The ladies, too, worked with heart and soul for the success of the enterprise, and are deserving of the greatest praise.
The County Board of Supervisors donated for the use of the Monu- ment, the lot on which the "Old Court-House" stood, also the " Old Jail" lot. The Society afterwards sold the jail lot and bought another lot adjoining the Old Court-House lot, and thus obtained a very beau- tiful piece of ground, one hundred and sixty-six feet square. The Monument was dedicated and erected on this lot. It was dedicated on the 7th of October, 1867, with appropriate ceremonies. Dr. Wm. L. Leonard and Hon. M. L. McPherson made the dedicating orations. In December following, the marble column was erected, and the Monu- ment completed.
The base of the Monument is composed of native stone, standing six- and-a-half feet above the level of the park, and upon this rises fourteen feet of beautiful American marble, making the Monument twenty feet high.
The park-now designated as Monumental square-is located in a very desirable portion of town. And it is fenced with a neat pine fence. The grounds are now placed in the charge of the City Council, who will see that the grounds are ornamented and kept in good repair.
MADISON COUNTY WAR RECORD.
During the late war, Madison county responded nobly to the call for volunteers. According to the Adjutant-General's Report, Madison
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
SMITH & MCCLURE, New and Cheap Store ! ST. CHARLES, IOWA.
KEEP ON HAND A LARGE AND COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES !
Boots and Shoes, HATS AND CAPS,
Notions, Queensware, Wooden Ware, Dress Goods, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Wear, and all articles usually kept in a first-class country store.
N. R. WEEDE, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, St. Charles, Madison County, Iowa.
Gives his entire attention to the practice of Medicine in Madison and adjoining counties.
SCHNELLBACHER & ANDERSON, PROPRIETORS
SAW MILL!
On the Indianola and Winterset Road, Near St. Charles, Madison County, Iowa.
Constantly on hand, a full supply of Native Lumber. Bills filled on short notice. Prices low.
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county was represented in eighteen different regimental organizations, and furnished seven hundred and ten men; which was largely in excess of the quota required of her. This number does not include men who enlisted more than once, nor officers who held different com- missions, but counts only the highest commissions. The number of commissioned officers was forty-two, as follows : One Colonel, three Majors, one Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, fourteen Captains, fourteen First Lieutenants, and two Second Lieutenants.
H. J. B. Cummings, Colonel, 39th Iowa Infantry. George N. Elliott, Lieutenant-Colonel, 39th Iowa Infantry.
Dr. Wm. L. Leonard, Sergeant, 39th Iowa Infantry.
Frederick Mott, Quartermaster, 39th Iowa Infantry. S. G. Guiberson, Captain, Co. A., 39th Iowa Infantry.
Oliver C. Ayer, First Lieutenant, Company A., 39th Iowa Infantry.
Charles S. Armstrong, First Lieutenant, Company A., 39th Iowa Infantry.
J. B. Rawls, Second Lieutenant, Company A., 39th Iowa Infantry. John P. Jones, Second Lieutenant, Company A., 39th Iowa Infantry.
J. M. Browne, Captain, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry.
Thos. W. Stills, Captain, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry.
Adolphus Bradfield, Captain, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry.
William Anderson, First Lieutenant, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry.
Dr. S. B. Cherry, Surgeon, 47th Iowa Infantry.
J. S. Goshorn, Captain, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry.
J. D. Jenks, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 1st Iowa Cavalry.
Dr. D. B. Allen, Surgeon, 30th Iowa Infantry.
Wm. R. Shriver, First Lieutenant, 1st Iowa Cavalry.
William Pursell, Captain, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry.
J. R. Lambert, First Lieutenant, Company I, 4th Iowa cavalry. William Hastings, First Lieutenant, Company I, 4th Iowa cavalry. William Early, First Lieutenant, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry.
E. W. Raymond, Quartermaster-Sergeant, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry.
Wm. W. Buchanan, Second Lieutenant, Conpany E, 5th Iowa Cavalry.
M. R. Tidrick, First Lieutenant, Company G, 3d Iowa Infantry.
R. A. Stitt, Adjutant, 4th Iowa Infantry.
D. E. Cooper, Captain, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry.
A. J. Tisdale, Captain, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry.
Leander Pitzer, First Lieutenant, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry. John A. Kelly, First Lieutenant, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry
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Corner of Third Street and Court Avenue, (East Side, ) Des Moines, Iowa.
DEALERS IN AND MANUFACTURERS OF
Doors, Sash,
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FANCY PICKETS, DOOR FRAMES, WINDOW FRAMES
STORE SASH, CORNICE MOULDING, Brackets and Scrolls,
FANCY WORK, STAIRS AND RAILING.
We have the finest stock of MOULDINGS ever offered to the public. We have also a
STEAM DRY KILN AND LUMBER-HOUSE,
with capacity for drying 15,000 feet per week. Custom drying solicited. All material manufactured by us will be from Kiln-dried Lumber. We are also manufacturing a very fine FANNING MILL. We cordially invite all to come and see us. We have one of the finest Mills in the country.
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John M. Cooper, Second Lieutenant, Company F, 4th Iowa Cavalry. David S. Smith, First Lieutenant, Company K, 11th Iowa Infantry. George Gregory, Second Lieutenant, Company K, 11th Iowa. J. W. Stiffler, Second Lieutenant, Company K, 10th Iowa Infantry. J. H. Goolman, Captain, Company H, 23d Iowa Infantry.
S. G. Beckwith, First Lieutenant, Company A, 23d Iowa Infantry. J. L. Shipley, First Lieutenant, Company H, 23d Iowa Infantry.
J. D. Ewing, First Lieutenant, Company H, 23d Iowa Infantry. John E. Ford, Captain, Company F, 30th Iowa Infantry.
Robert E. Martin, First Lieutenant, Company C, 33d Iowa Infantry. Of the above named officers, J. D. Ewing, Leander Pitzer, O. C. Ayer and J. P. Jones, were killed in battle, or died of wounds received while in battle. They were all brave and noble men ; and their names are honored and revered by all who knew them.
In giving a brief notice of the war record of Madison county, the following strange narrative, which we clip from the Cincinnati Commer- cial, should very appropriately occupy a prominent place in the history of Madison county, for the hero is none other than Wm. C. Newlon, a Madison county Soldier :
The War Spirit of an Iowa Soldier. [From the Cincinnati Commercial.]
It was immediately after the battle of the Hatchie. The dead of that terrible conflict had been laid beneath the mould while the wounded had been brought to the church building, or placed in the spacious apartments of the wealthy disloyalists of Bolivar. Among the num- ber of unfortunates was William C. Newlon, a Sergeant in Company G, 3d Iowa Infantry. His leg had been so badly shattered and torn by a musket shot as to render an amputation unavoidable. He was informed of such a necessity, but not a murmur or word of complaint escaped his lips. Nor did the intelligence seem to cast over his face the least perceptible shade of seriousness. The table was prepared ; the instruments were placed conveniently, and everything put in read- iness for the operation. He was brought out on the verandah and placed upon the table; his poor shattered, torn and half fleshless leg dangling around as if only an extraneous and senseless appendage. There was no sighing, no flinching no drawing-back or holding-in. There was not a simple feeling of dumb resignation, nor yet of brute indifference ; but a soldierly submission-a heroic submission-without a question or a sigh. He indulged freely in conversation respecting the operation, until the chloroform was applied. From the wakeful and rational state he glided into the anæsthetic without the convulsive
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FOSTER & BLAKE.
ARCHITECTS Over Bush's Drug Store, Opposite Savery House, (P. O. BOX 45) Des Moines, Iowa.
Churches and School-houses a specialty.
WILLIAM HART, DEALER IN STOVES, HARDWARE, GLASS, NAILS, TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY, ETC. Also Manufacturer of Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Ware. All Kinds of House and Job-Work done to Order. No. 76 Second Street, DES MOINES, IOWA.
R. W. SYPHER, Dealer in all kinds of
LUMBER
SHINGLES, LATH, DOORS, SASH, &C., Cor. 7th and Walnut Sts. DES MOINES, IOWA.
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motion of a single muscle, and without the utterance of a single inco- herent sentence; but glided into it as the innocent and weary child glides into the sweet embrace of a healthful and restoring sleep.
The operation was performed. The arteries all ligated; the stump cleansed, and the last suture just in that instant applied. During the entire operation he had scarcely moved a muscle. Just at this time the large body of prisoners taken in the engagement were marched up the street, and were nearing the house where the maimed and bleeding soldier lay. The streets were all thronged by soldiery, and hundreds of them rushed to get a near sight of the vanquished (prisoners) while they rent the heavens with their loud huzzas. A full regiment pre- ceded the column of prisoners ; and when just opposite, the band struck up, in full force, the inspiring air of " Hail Columbia." In a moment -upon the very instant-the color mounted to his face! He opened his eyes half wonderingly, and raised his head from the pillow with the steadiness and dignity of a God. The scene of the conflict came back to him, and he thought his noble regiment was again breasting toward the enemy, through a shower of shot and shells. His brave comrades he deemed, were falling one by one around him, just as they had done in that dreadful hour of fratricide and carnage. The spirit of the battle came over him, and his features assumed an air of bold, fierce and fiery and unyielding determination. He broke forth into exclamations the most terrible and appealing I had ever listened to in all my life.
"Louder with the music! Louder! Louder! Louder! Burst the hea- vens with your strains ! Sweeter ! Softer ! Sweeter! Charm the blessed angels from the very Courts of Heaven ! Victory ! Victory ! Onward ! Onward! No flagging! No flinching ! No faltering! Fill up the vacan- ies ! Close up! Fill up! Fill up! Step forward ! Press forward! Your comrades' graves! The fresh graves of your slain! Remember the graves of your comrades : Blue Mills! Blue Mills! Shelbina ! Shel- bina! Hager Wood! Shiloh! Shiloh! Shiloh! For God's sake onward! Onward, in Heaven's name onward! Onward ! Onward! See! the devils waver !- See them run! See! See! See them fly ! FLY !! FLY ! ! ! "
During the outbursts of passion his countenance kindled and grew purple, till his look seemed that of diabolism! Such a fury marked his lineaments that I instinctively drew back. But there was "method in his madness." He only erred in mistaking time, and in misplacing himself and his position, which the martial music and the "pomp and circumstance of war" in the public streets would have a natural tend- ency toward producing. In the very middle of his fury, he seemed
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L. J. FORNEY, M. D.
A. B. SMITH, M. D.
Drs. SMITH & FORNEY,
Physicians and Surgeons, St. CHARLES, IOWA.
Will devote their attention to the practice of Medicine and Surgery in Madison and adjoining Counties.
MADISON STEAM FLOURING MILL, ST. CHARLES, IOWA.
This Mill is now opened and operated by
MCCLURE, ERGENBRIGHT & Co.
They have remodeled and greatly improved its working capacities and machinery, and also have secured a
FIRST-CLASS MILLER,
And are now manufacturing a choice article of FAMILY FLOUR, equally as good as is made in the State. They hold themselves in readiness to furnish as much good Flour and Bran in exchange for Wheat, as any custom mill can yield for their customers, so that no delay or retention in waiting for grists, or making two trips. first bringing, and second, returning for the grist. need be experienced by our customers. Large grists ground for customers. They also Pay Cash for Wheat and Corn. HOGS will also be bought and kept for sale at their mill.
Their flour is kept constantly for sale at Winterset, at the popular Grocery of HENRY & LEECH, who will deliver at your houses all the flour you may order.
Try this flour. There is no better made, and if not, why buy at higher figures, flonr made ont of our County.
GEO. H. SCHNELLBACKER,
CONTRACTOR,
St. CHARLES, Madison Co., Iowa.
Contracts for FRAME BUILDINGS of all kinds. Will furnish all material. Prices reasonable, and satisfaction guaranteed by him.
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suddenly to comprehend his mistake. He ceased abruptly, his whole frame in a tremor of emotion. He looked around on the faces present, and without a word laid down his head. He grew meditative as he seemed to realize a full sense of his unhappy situation. At length his eyes gradually filled with tears and his lips grew slightly tremulous. He quietly remarked-" Well boys, good bye, good bye; I should do but sorry fighting on a wooden leg." He again relapsed into silence, and was shortly afterwards carried away to his room.
W. M. B. 78th Ohio.
NEWSPAPERS OF MADISON COUNTY.
In 1856, Mr. James Ilor bought a second-hand press, type and material of the Sandusky (Ohio) Register office, loaded them on his wagon and hauled them to Winterset. The press was a venerable one, for it had been used in publishing the Sandusky Register, and other papers in the Western Reserve, of Ohio, for more than forty years. This press is now used in the Gazette office, at Adel, Iowa. With this material James Ilor commenced the publication of the Iowa Pilot, at Winterset, in the summer of 1856. Mr. Ilor published a very neat six column paper for a few months, but he then let it run down to a very small size, publishing occasionally a paper about as large as a sheet of foolscap. About this time, the Republican party, just fairly organized in the county, were making every effort to increase their strength. Accordingly, a few of the leading members of that party, seeing the great advantage that a good newspaper would be to their party, formed a joint-stock company and purchased of Mr. Ilor his press and printing material. The following persons composed the company : B. F. Roberts, M. L. McPherson, J. A. Pitzer, John Leonard, William Pursell, and others. Mr. Albert West and H. J. B. Cummings were the chief editors of the paper while it was in the hands of the company. Under their control the paper was enlarged and the name changed to the Madisonian, and it was otherwise very materially improved. As might be expected, the paper proved very expensive to the company, and they were soon glad to get rid of it.
In the fall of 1857, J. J. Davies bought the office, and he published the Madisonian until the fall of 1862. During one year of this time, he was assisted by Mr. E. H. Talbott, Esq.
In 1862, Mr. Oliver H. Ayers bought the office, and he published the Madisonian about one year, when he enlisted in the army and sold the office to J. M. Holliday. Mr. Holliday also published the paper for about one year, when he sold out to Mr. C. S. Wilson. Mr. Wilson, after publishing the paper about one year, sold it to Mr. H. M. Ewing.
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F. S. WEEKS & Co.,
Manufacturers and Jobbers of
PAPER HANGINGS !
WINDOW SHADES,
Fixtures, Cords, Tassels, AND TABLE OIL CLOTHS,
No. 112 Reade St., Cor. West Broadway, NEW YORK-
SEWARD SMITH. W. J. SHARMAN.
.
SMITH & SHARMAN,
ATTORNEYS - AT-LAW ! DES MOINES, IOWA.
NEW LUMBER YARD,
Corner Vine and Fifth Streets, Des Moines, Iowa.
H. H. LOMBARD,
[Successor to Jack, Carver & Co., ] Informs all intending purchasers, that he has constantly on hand a complete stock of all kinds of
UMB ERI
Lath, Posts, Pickets, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldings, &c., &c., FOR SALE AT THE LOWEST MARKET RATES.
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Mr. Ewing also published the paper about one year and then sold out to Mr. E. W. Fuller. Mr. Fuller published the paper two years, when he sold out to Davies & Ewing. Davies and Ewing published the paper a little more than one year, when they sold out to H. J. B. Cummings, the present efficient editor and proprietor.
The Madisonian has always been a Republican newspaper and has done much for the advancement and best interests of the county, and bears the reputation of being one of the best country newspapers in the State of Iowa. Terms, two dollars per annum.
The Winterset Palladium was started in 1859 by I. C. Browne. It was Democratic in politics and was a good looking six column sheet. After publishing the paper nine months, Mr. Browne moved the office to Lewis, Cass County, Iowa, and started the Cass County Messenger.
The Winterset Sun is a lively semi-weekly paper. It was com- menced in September, 1868, by C. S. Wilson & J M. Holliday. It is a lively and well edited paper and has a very large circulation in the city of Winterest. It is Republican in politics. A. J. Housington has lately purchased Mr. Holliday's interest in the Sun. Its proprie- tors design soon to enlarge its size. Terms, two dollars per annum.
A. F. & A. MASONS.
Evening Star Lodge No. 43, of A. F. & A. Masons, Winterset, Iowa, was organized August 13th, 1853, with the following charter members :
D. C. McNeil, W. M. G. A. Beerbower, S. W .
Geo. Bennett, J. W.
J. A. Pitzer, Treasurer. Addison Knight, Sec'ry.
J. G. Scott, S. D.
R. P. Bruce, J. D. S. L. Burlingame, Tyler.
Since the organization of the Lodge, the various Worshipful Masters have been as follows :
D. C. McNeil, 1853.
J. G. Scott, 1854.
W. W. McKnight, 1855.
W. W. McKnight, 1856.
John Leonard, 1858.
W. W. McKnight, 1859.
William Pursell, 1860.
D. B. Allen, 1861.
Fred'k Mott, 1862.
A. J. Kendig, 1863.
M. R. Tidrick, 1864. J. G. Scott, 1857.
V.Wainwright, 1865.
V. Wainwright, 1866.
M. R. Tidrick, 1867.
V. Wainwright. 1868.
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WILLIAM DICKERSON,
WHITE
AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE AND SEED STORE,
Corner of Court Avenue and Third Street, DES MOINES, IOWA. (At the old stand of Brown & Spofford )
AGENT FOR
DEALER IN
Buckeye Reapers and Mowers,
Fairbanks' Scales,
John Deere's Celebrated Moline Plow, Union Corn Planter,
Broadcast Seed Sowers,
Corn Shellers, Corn Crushers,
Victor Cane Mills,
Straw Cutters,
Patent Churns, and
Walking and Sulky Cultivators.
Washing Machines.
A Large Assortment of Field, Garden and Flower Seeds (in bulk.) Orders by mail promptly filled.
BENNETT ESTES,
DEALERS IN
PIANOS, ORGANS, MELODEONS, GUITARS, VIOLINS,
SHEET MUSIC, &C., &C.
STRINGS, BANJOS, ACCORDEONS, FLUTES, FIFES,
N. H. BENNETT. L H. C. ESTES.
No. 9 Savery Block, DES MOINES, " Consult your interest by examining our instruments before purchasing elsewhere.
DE MOINE HOUSE.
E. S. STOUT, Proprietor,
CORNER OF WALNUT AND FRONT STREETS, DES MOINES, IOWA.
Cook's Evaporators, Geiser Separator,
Studebaker Wagons, South Bend, Ind.,
Walter Wagons, of Chicago, Ill., Spring Wagons and Buggies, Sulky and Revolving Hay Rakes,
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The present officers of the Lodge are as follows:
V. Wainwright, W. M. T. C. Gilpin, S. W. H. J. B. Cummings, J. W. Wm. Pursell, S. D. Peter F. Lynch, J. D. A. B. Smith, Treasurer. O. A. Moser, Secretary. T. H. Pendleton, Tyler.
The Lodge has a room well furnished, in the third story of Judge Pitzer's store building, and it now numbers about seventy members in good and regular standing. Regular meetings on Tuesday evenings, before the full moon in each month.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.
Madison Lodge No. 143, I. O. O. F. was organized at Winterset, April 25th, 1865, with the following charter members :
J. H. Barker, N. G. Dr. S. B. Cherry, V. G. W. G. Walker, Sec'ry. J. O. Kirkwood, Treasurer. Wm. Compton, Conductor. A. J. Adkinson, Warden. E. O. Burt, I. G.
The present officers of the Lodge are as follows :
P. J. Stiffler, N. G. A. J. Adkinson, V. G. J. Bartholomew, Sec'ry. C. P. Lee, P. S. R. Bain, Treasurer. J. H. Barker, Warden. D. Burnett, I. G.
The Lodge has a very nice room, beautifully furnished, in the second story of Sprague & Brown's store building ; and it numbers over forty members in good and regular standing. Its regular meetings are held on every Tuesday evening.
MADISON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The Madison County Agricultural Society was organized in 1856. It has held its Fairs annually, ever since its organization. The first Fair
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Silver Ware,
AND
SILVER PLATED
WARE.
We give the lowest discounts to dealers on the American, Elgin, and all brands of home and foreign manufactured WATCHES.
Tools, Materials, Glasses, Guards, Chains, Keys,
SPECTACLES, CLOCKS, &c., And the reliable and well known
ROGERS & BRO'S PLATED WARE.
To retail customers we offer the best inducements, in the
Quality and Variety of Goods and Prices, To be had in Des Moines, and
SECOND TO NONE IN THE STATE.
Individuals who wish to obtain GENUINE SILVER WARE, or a RELIABLE WATCH for its real value, will certainly find it to their advantage to call on us.
All kinds of Repairing promptly attended to, And especial attention given to Watch Repairing.
ALL WORK WARRANTED!
57 WALNUT STREET, Des Moines, Iowa.
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was held on Cedar Creek, just north of P. M. Boyle's residence. The people of the whole county turned out en masse to attend the Fair, and it is said to have been more interesting than any of the succeeding Fairs. But all fairs must necessarily be interesting and attractive when the people generally interest themselves in its success. The Society now owns magnificent grounds one-half mile west of Winterset. The grounds comprise about eighteen acres, and are enclosed with a good substantial fence. It contains a good, smooth half mile track, and wells sufficient to answer all purposes. The Society is now entirely out of debt, and contemplates the erection, during the present season, of good substantial buildings and sheds on the grounds, for the use of the Society. It is now in a flourishing condition, and gives every pros- pect of accomplishing a vast amount of good. The officers of the Society from its organization have been as follows :
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