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St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14
Judicial Dignity.

David Ripley, County Judge of
Floyd County, went to the polls in
Union township at the recent election,
and elcctioneercd all day against the
proprietors of this paper, each of
whom being in nomination for office.
What an exalted business this for u
Judge ! Honoris causa. His ground
for complaint was, that we wished him
to pay us, according to contract, for SER
vices rendered the county, at precisely
the same rates which VIC charge indi-
viduals, less a dis count of fifteen per
cent. if payment be made within three
months. Notwithstanding this spe-
cial agreement, made with the Treasu-
rer and Recorder, Judge Ripley refu-
scs to pay us, OF ever audit our &C
count and give us a warrant on the
Treasurer for the same.
1.-THE head and front of our offending
Hath this extent-no more
The forty-four Republicans of Union
Township, who sunk their manhood,
and at the command Of our petty
" county king" cast their ballots for
the Democratic opponent Of Mr.. Hill.
dreth, no doubt fancy they performed
an act to be proud of. Par noble fra
trUm.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

The FARrHEsr WEST YEr.-Within
the last six months a city has sprung
up on the bluff opposite Fort Riley,
Kansas, which rejoices in the name
of junction City" This is an ap-
propriate name, as it is not only the
point of junction to which several
Eastern railroads and telegraph lines
are tending, but it is also the point
at which the Republican and Smoky
Hill unite in forming the Kansas river.
1t is also the point of departure of the
several Government roads to New
Mexico, Utah, California, and Oregon;
and, lastly, from this city a line OF
stages has already been started to the
new Pixies Peak gold diggins.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

The mail train from Salt Lake City,
which arrived at St. J~oseph's, Mo-,
25th ult., encountered immense herds
of buffalo near Plum Creek. The par
ty had to stand guard one dark, stormy
night, and keep up a constant firing
Of pistols, guns, muskets, &c, in Or
der to keep the buffalo from running
pell nell over them. The whole face
of the country was perfectly black
with them.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14
The Atlantic Cable.

1t appears hat the new shore cable
prepared for the Valencia end of the
Atlantic Telegraph, only about six
teen miles long, and that the reason
why the work of getting it ready has
been delayed, is found in the convic-
ton that the disturbance in the sub
merged wire is more than two hun
dred miles from the shore. AS the
method by which the electricians dis
cover or conjecture the locality of a
rupture in the telegraph wire is not
generally understood, we copy below
what the London Observer says on
the subject
Strange as it may seem, the cleo
trician has the power of as%certaining,
by means of the electric fluid itself,
the locality of the tiny outlet, by
which it escapes into the sea. Some
time since a most ingenious piece of
mechanism was made, by which the
electricity could be weighed, the fluid
being made to act upon Il magnet !;
and this, upon the end of a nicely
poised steelyard, would tell with ac-
curacy the weight of the current
transmitted from the other end of the
wire at a long distance. Following
out this experiment, first shown by
Professor Frraday, at the Royal Insti-
tuition, other electricians have arrang-
ed a very sensitive piece of machine
ry, by which the amount of resist
ancc opposed to the passage of the
electricity by the conducting wire may
be correctly a~scertained. The amount
of resistance offered through the
whole length of the Atlantic Cable, or
even onc-half of it, is something very
much larger than any which can be
marked by the delicate machinery
hitherto employed upon shorter dis
tances of wire. The consequence is,
that the electricians have not yet
been able satisfactorily to ascertain
the place where the cable is defective.
OF one thing, however, they arc GER
tain-that is, that the fault does not
lie within twenty or thirty miles of
the shore, and we are informed that
within the first two or three hundred
miles the continuity is still perfect
and complete. Beyond this distance
all is still doubt and uncertainty, and
it is idle at present to speculate upon
the subject. Should the defect be
found to exist in the deep parts of the
sea, the public must be content to
hear that for the present the Atlantic
Telegraph is a failure"
The New York Times States that
the workmcn employed in cutting ur
the cable in the machine shop al
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, found q
break a short time since in the com
municating copper wire about three
eighths of an inch long, through
which the saw passed in the solid
gutta pcrcha, showing that the dis
connection must have occurred dur
ing the process of manufacture, ant
therefore leading to the very great
probability that other similar lesion:
may have occurred in other parts o
the cable.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

The Junior editor of the lntelligen-
Ger expresses his gratitude, not only
to his Democratic friends, but also to
many Republicans, of Floyd County,
for the liberal vote they were pleased
to give him for the office of District
Glork
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

A MIGHTY WoRK.-Measures are now
being taken to tunnel the Alps. En-
g%ineers have examined and reported
to Louis Napoleon, and to keep his
useasy subjects out of mischief he
will probably commence the work
without delay. The French Govern
ment is not alone in the enterprise.
The distance will be near 40 miles,
the expense i%ncalculable, and the time
to complete it about six years.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

A novel incident occurred at the
Marshall County Fair, which was not
laid down in the programme. A coup
lie presented themselves and were
married in the amphitheatre, in the
presence of a large number of specta-
tors. Though no premium was offer
ed for such an exhibition, the parties
went their way looking as if each had
obtained a valuable prize.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

New STAGE LINE.-Attention is cal
led to the advertisement of a new
stage line, between st. Charles and
West Union, j. Gardner, Proprietor
This line will be a great convenience
to our citizens and people living along
the route.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

The Senior editor of this paper
tenders his thanks to the many Re-
publican journals of Northern Iowa
who have generously advocated his
election as Member of the Board Of
Education. He would also thank his
own townsmen for giving him a vote
in advance of his ticket. Though not
a seeker of office, and having never
solicited one, he is nevertheless not
unmindful of the favor and kindness
of friends.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

A clergyman was lately depicting,
before a deeply interested audience,
the alarming increase of intcmperancc,
when he astonished his hearers by ex.
claiming "a young woman in my
neighborhood died very suddenly last
Sabbath, while I ~os preaching the Cos
pei IN a beastiy state of intoaica ton :"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14
They tell a story, in a neighborine

They tell a story, in a neighboring
town, of a MAI who had a hair lip,
upon which he performed an operation
himself by inserting into the opening
a piece of chicken flesh. 1t adhered,
and filled up the space admirably.
This was well enough, until, in COM
pliance with the prevailing fashion,
he attempted to raise a moustache,
when one side grew hair and the 9th
er feathers.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

The following names are mentioned
in connection with the Scnatorship
from Arkansas ; Judge Sebastian,
who is up for reelection {; Gen. S. H..
Hampstead Major 7. b. Flournay +;
Hon. I. b. Henly DR.. Deanc of Wash
ington county ; Duval of Sebastian
county ; Green Of Crawford county !;
Gen. Royston and DIR. Mitchell of
Hampstead county, and Col. Tom.
Craighead.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

BARON HUMBoLDT.-Baron Humboldt
has predicted his own death. A let
ter written by him, lately read in one
of the Prussian law courts, caused a
sensation from it's containing the de-
claration, "My death will take place
in 1852" and urging that it would be
better to postpone a certain publica'
ton of his works till then.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

Mrs. Hunter has presented us with
two samples of strip made from the
Chinese Sugar Cane which are very
nice. One of these was clarified sole
ly with eggs and milk, and was light
or colored than any We had before
seer /: but it had a more acid taste
than the other sample, clarified with
super carbonate of soda, and being of
a darker color.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

At a meeting of the members Of the
bar of this and other counties, held
after the adjournment of the late
term of Court in this County, it was
resolved that the portrait of Judge
Murdoch be suspended in the Court
House of Fayettc County. This is
but a just tribute to Judge Murdoch
upon his retirement from the bench
He is the pioneer lawyer and judge
of the the tenth Judicial district.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

In addition to the comets, we have
another astronomical wonder now.
The planet Venus is now visible dur
ing daylight.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14
SID,

At Usage, It'll inst. by Rev. Mr.. Smith, at
the brides residence, Stilson Hutchins, Editor
Dosage Iowan," to Miss Theresa Il. Martin of
Usage.
On the 2Sth inst, by Rev. James 4. Saxby,
Mr.. Ethan Amcs and Miss Louisa Aloway, all
of Clear Lake.
On the 18th ult,, at the National Hotel in
Mitchell, by Rev. Mr.. Windsor, Mr.. J. l.. Mar
tin to Miss Harriet L. Allen, both of st. Ans
gar.
On the I'd inst. in Mitchell, by Rev. Mr..
Windsor, Mr. Truman Morgan to Miss Augusta
G. Smith, all of Mitchell.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

Why is a drove Of hogs driven by
two men down Mill street, unlike a
red hog, with yellow eyes, blue legs
and crimson tail 4? Because one is a
herd of swine and the other an anheard
of swine
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

a few days ago a man named Da-
vid Foss fell down and expired in a
store in Webster City. He was on
his return from Nebraska to Auburn
in Fayette county, where he had a
wife and five children.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14
Township Officers, Elected.


ST. CHARLES.
For Justices Of the Peace-Samuel Hacklcy,
Josiah knight, Alanson Lambert.
Z1~nship Tfusees-John Kellogg, II. F. Lam
bert, John Muir.
2dwnsAip Czerk-Asa W. French.
Constobses-E. P. Harrington, A.. N. Thomas
Asesso--Albert Anderson.
FLOYD.
Justices Of The P~eace-Hervey Wilbur, Chester
Butterfeld, Henry r. Hubbard.
7o,cnship Trusees-John Richardson, G. b.
White, and 90 votes each for b. B. Van Stein
burg and Geo. E. Raymond.
Tdcnshtp CIerk-Wm. Sprague.
Cbmsabts-Ira K. Lee, Philip Shafer.
Asse~o-Wm. A. Cooley.
CEDAR.
Justices of the Peace-Daniel Crawford, VIM.
IAttridge.
Township 7Iusees--Levi D. Harrington, VIM.
Schermerhorn.
T6scnship C~kerk-Chester n. Townsend.
GnsaHe-A. J. Sweet, E. Z. Castle.
Aaessor-C. w. Smith.
NILES.
Justices Of the Pedce-Newman butcher, Tim
othy Billings.
Zocnship Truskes-J. D. Dawley, James
Pitcher, Ira Shaw.
ZoscnsAip Geyk-Amos Refsnider.
ObnstaUes-James Pitcher, Geo. B. French.
AsHaor-Newman butcher.
RIvERTON.
Justices Of the P~eace-Samuel Clark, VIM. F.
Denniston.
Township 7,ustees-Leonard Bell, Nathan
Thompson, David hurry.
Township Clerk-Wesley Brownell.
Gmstabies- "A. F. Worden, Sidney SHELTON.
Asses~-David Dyas.
UNION.
Justices Of the Peace-H. C~arnahan, Joseph
Ripley.
75wnship Truaees-Thos. Ackley, Stephen J.
Ripley, ]. !. r. Frost.
75Unship CLrk-Isaac Teeple.
Constables-Abram d. Clifford, VIM. Christie.
ance.
Assssso-Wm. Ackley.
ULSTER
Justices Of the Peace-Wm. Mutchlcr, VIM
L. McEwen.
ZsnsAip Has1es-John Ball, A. B. Warren
Geo. Border.
2oUnsip C1erk-Wm. l.. McEwen.
Characterization Wise, John Hanchet.
Assessor-Wm. Mutchler.
ROCKFORD.
Jusices Of the Peace-A. r. Prescott, Henri,
Wady.
EUnship 71ustees-B. P. Franklin, L. Viii
ney, A. Sever.
1o~nship Clrk-N. P. johnson.
C0nadHe-E. N. Van Aukin.
Asessm-A. L. Prescott.
ROCK GROVE.
Justices Of the Peace-Nicholas Flecnor, Zeph,
niah Knapp.
zbsrsshY Nrstes-D. B. Mead, Christoph,
Wamslcy, Edison Gaylord,
7drnship C~leyk-Truman Judson.
GaeaNs-Alexander Sullivan, Christoph,
Price.
Ases~-G. K. Swartwood.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

VIM. II. Johnson, Esq, of Marble
Rock, was admitted to practice law
at the District Court Of this county in
session at st. Charles City, this week.
He will open an Office at Marble Rock,
where he will attend to all business
pertaining to his profession.
DIR. j. NJ. Parsons of this town was
also admitted to full fellowship with
the legal profession, at the same time.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

A ladies' grand equestrian conven
ton was roeontly hold at the Union
course, Long Island. twenty-five la
dies, elegantly dressed and mounted,
contended for the prizes. Miss Law
renee of New York City, won the first
prize, a splendid piano, costing $500.
Miss Lydia Shultz, of Red Hook, won
the second, a silver %salver, pitcher
and pair of goblets. Miss NJ. b.
Smith of New York, won the the third,
a gold watch set with diamonds, and
Miss Elizabeth Money, of Troy, won
the fourth, a superb lady's saddle.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

PoLlrIoAL.-The Legislature of Ne
braska Territory met on the 2lst ult.
Mr.. Bennett of Nebraska City, an
avowed buchanan man, was cho-
sen Speaker of the House.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

The st. Anthony, Minnesota, News
of the 18th ult., states that corr is
now ripe in hat city and fit for grind
ing, that sprang from seed planted
sixty-seven days before.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

A Douglas paper in Illinois an
nounces that "two young orators, the
sons of distinguished men, and each
a chip of the old block, have taken the
stump for Mr.. Douglas" So Douglass
cause has been taken up on two chips.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

The Hon. Edward Everett has writ
ten to the President of Girard College,
promising to deliver, before the Penn
sylvania Institute, a discourse on
Franklin.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

Brown, the McGregor constable,
who turned robber and was lately ar
rested at Sioux City, and the horse
thief Gay, have been taken to Clayton
County Jail.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

Two of Senator Douglass negroes
are confined in Yazoo county (Miss.)
Jail. They ran away from his planta-
ton in Washington county,
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

Three men broke Jail at Oskaloosa,
Mehaska county, last Friday. Their
names were Parks, Glen and BEST
wick. They sawed of the hinges of
the Jail door.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

The new Custom House at Pensaco-
la, Florida, has just been finished.
The cost was $6O, 900. We learn from
the Gazette that the amount Of reve-
nue. collected at that port for the year
ended 30th of June, 1857, was, Gin
round numbers" $47S. To collect this
sum it cost the Government 5000.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

We have some startling disclosures
to make, in reference to the manage
ment of our county affairs, which we
shall attend to ere long.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

There are boats now navigating the
Erie canal of greater tonnage than the
ship with which Columbus discovered
America.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

A Canadian editor says they have
terrible winters there, but with a pref
ty wife one can get along comfortably.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14
St. Charles City, Iowa, Oct. IA, 1858.
The Election.

Election day in Floyd County pass
ed off with more than usual q~uietude.
The vote was lighter than we had an
ticipated, and probably IN hundred
voters in the county remained away
from the polls. 1t will be Eel by
the returns below that the Republi-
a n have carried the county by a
large majority. The table shows the
vote of each township for each Of the
candidates :
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

Mr.. S. E. Hildreth, of Ozark, Jack
son county. wner of the Touring
mills there, while engaged recently
in repairing his mill dam on the
Maquoketa, was instantly killed by
the bank caving in.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14
Wright & Brothers
Cash and Ready Pay Store.

I HAVE THIS DAY associated with me in
i business my brother, b. L. Wright, and
the business will be conducted under
the name and style Of Wright & Brother.
Il. B. G. WRIGHT.
st. Charles. April Nth, 1853.
4 Ii who are indebted to the undersigned.
n either by book account or note, are respect-
fully requested to call and give us all ycn can.
as we are going Fast in "A short time after
goods, and every dollar win help us.
WRIGHT ( BROTHER.
4 GOOD assortment of Liquors, consisting
n of Brandies, Whiskeys, Gins, Port and
other Wines kept constantly on nan and for
sale by the keg or barrel, cheap for cash OF
produce, at WRIGHT 4 BROS
TIME best brands of CHAMPAGNE for sale
l. in pints or quarts, at
WRIGHT & BROS.
S0O0 FIVE THOUSAND bushels OF
cOOOs Wheat wanted, for which tho
highest market price will be paid by
WRIGHT & BROTHER.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

The yellow fever is on the increase
at New Orleans. Deaths from it are
nearly 100 a day.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

Iowa College, under the patronage
of the Congregationalists, has been
removed from Davenport to Grinnell.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

One Of our lady friends says there
is nothing like getting married to
bring young ladies to their senses"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

The sieve through which the man
strained every nerve is for sale at less
than first cost.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

Only nine of the two hundred and
thirty towns in Vermont gave Demo
cratic majorities for Governor.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14
WRIGHT & BROTHER.
Provisions

CMOKED HAMS, Smoked Sides, Picked
~ Pork, Potatoes, Wheat, Flour sc. con-
stantly on hand and for sale by
WRIGHT & BROTHER.
st. Charles City, April ii, 1858.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

~ Wv L WA
will consist in part of all the different varic-
ties of
Ladies' Dress Goods,
White Goods,
Household Goods,
Eng. & Am. Prints,
Carpets,
Hats & Caps,
Boots & Shoes,
Ready Made Clothing,
West India Goods,
Groceries,
Crockery & Glass Ware,
Yankee Notions, &c. &c.
Farmers Produce taken in exchange for
Goods.
Our Groceries will invariably be purchased
with cash and sold at
The Lowest Margin of Profit.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-14

MORE HEIr.-Judgc Ripley, of Floyd
county-a good Republican, but not
able to stand Williams nomination.
will support McClintock. This action
on the part of Judge Ripley, will have
the effect of giving McClintock a ma
,iority in Floyd county which we shall
be generous enough not to claim as a
triumph of political tenets.- North
Ioaran.
The above statement was published
in most Of the Democratic papers Of
the District previous to election, and
it was undoubtedly expected that it
would have a wonderful effect. BY
reference to the returns the Democrats
can sec whether Judge Riplcy's dcfec-
ton had the effect of giving McClin-
took a majority in Floyd County" or
not. If Ripley's position and charac-
ter were as well understood in other
counties as they were in this, we
doubt not his influence has amounted
to about the same throughout the Dis
trict. 1t may not be generally known
that Judge Ripley went into our coun-
ty Republican convention, where he
was not a delegate, and sought to
control its action, and compel it to
nominate Ahner Root for Clerk of the
District Court. Failing in this, he
denounced the action of the Convention,
and there in open meeting resigned his
place as member of the Republican
County Committee, and declared his
intention to join the Democrats and
support their nominees ; yet, where he
is known, no Democrat will give him
his confidence, or even fellowship with
him-politically.