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The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-08-28
EDWIN J. FRASER.
Real Estate Broker 4 General AIT,

Awer Broadway opposite Pacific HOUSE,
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.
X SELLS, RENTS, AND EXCHANGES
son. nos Of Real Estate for distant dealers per-
son non. IN Ae City Loans money, makes COLLECTIONS
insn and draws abstracts Of title. Gives reliable
s,scr,. respecting the prices Of Real Estate and
Agency e's eonneeseo Win nesa ns's's
A. - sariety Of the most desirable Real Estate for
al uHes on the most reasonable terms. nl-u
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Prom the Dubnque fines.
4 DJRGE FOR LECOMRION,

Come Join our worthy Prosideat
In honors to the dsad:
Let every heart to grief be leat,
And salt tears freely shed.
Eiil all the candle boxes full,
And baiiot boxes toos
We DemOcrats must take pull '
Al making much sdo. ~
lecompton's deadt the old and young,
The father and the child
And let their requiem be sung "a. -
In measures l0ud and wild.
They were BuchanatSs fsvorite pets,
Sired By bis favortte ptmps, .. ,
And 80 his heart he s0rely fresss
70 SEE the giostiy imps.
Calhoun, ID sorrow 70 his chin.
weeps for his Hector slain,
And English plunges headlonR in,
And scarce the shore can gain. ~
His Absaiom TO death has hied,
And naught can comfort give:
He would himself have rather died -
And let the bastard live. $3.50 .s,,r g.,
Since blessings oft from sorrows spring,
Wen for Lecompton cry,
That we In once yet may sing.
And there our faces dry.
Then join our worthy President
In hon0rs to the dead;
Let every heart to grief be lent,
And safest tears be shed.
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-08-28

CO A late Dublin pnper contains ths
following advertisement: s"To Let--The up
per part of celiar-to small family, rent
low. P. 8. Privilege on the sidewalk for
q pig.' -
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G. Why 10 . hen sitting On fenss iks
. cent? Because shs has lead On ssssidss
end tail on the othsg. i - p-4 +
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Curtis Brothers,

surveyors and Land Agents,
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.
OFFlCE. NO. 4, PALMER'S BLOCK.
WILL PAY PROMPT ATTENTION TO THE LAT.
" ing ont Of Lands, all business connected with
SNt EnsiueeriDS Drafting, &C, also the Paying Of
iMes, Buying and Selling Of Real Estate Locating
Lana warrants, and Making Collections. nS-u
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-08-28
THOMAS T. PAPlN,

Wholesale Dealers in Fancy Goods, I'm.
porters Of Vines, Liquors & Cigars,
~ North Second street.
st. Louis, Missouri.
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ID. &. BLOOMER'S
LAND .1ssaey aaS ErehsGs OMes,
EMPIRE BLOCK.

A LII BRANCHES OF THE LAND AGENCY
a Business promptly attended to. Land Bought and
Sold. Money Loaned and Land Entered on Time Land
warrants kept constantly for sale the lowest rates
u once in Empire Block, opposite Pacific House.
Nav lN5i-plu
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IVUI VOcO1VuV Bt1VUuI0S
KEEN. SHORT d BLUNT,s

An hour afterward, an application is
made BY young .Highfalutin 6onorous, .
politician in embryo, who desires to take
advice ON the propriety Of his accepting an
Office that has been rendered to him by his
party. He goes over the matter with as
much truthfulness as repeated hints from
the counsellors can command, and ID dis
missed to the parlor while the members Of
the firm consult. In a few minutes . ser
want asks Mr.. Sonorous for twenty dollars,
which being paid, he presents the following
note: ...
Dear Sir You have been educated for
business at some expense. Your father
evidently designed You for practical bust
ness man. You hare talent, though it has
been somewhat dissipated. But We 40 COM
PEELED, in obsdience to our professional du-
y, to say that you will ruin yourself If you
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ID. &. BLOOMEl{,
.NSsary Public = ConsnsfssfOnsr Of Deeds Tor
the state Of .NsW Fork.
DEEDS X CONyEYANCES OF ALL KINDS,
~ promptly filled out and acknowledged
~ OrIce in Empire Block, opposite Faclhc House.
NAV lSb1-nl-n
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WILL PROMPTLY ATTEND TO LAND
w Agencies, Collections, Investing Money, Iocat-
ing and Selling Land Warrants and all other business
pertaining their profession Western Iowa and Ne
braskz nIu
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Y. w. kYNETT,
CITY 1ooK5To
North Side lower HroAdway.
rEALEV IN ALL THE NEW STAND
~ ARD Books, Magazines, Periodicals, Cheap I.itcra'
a.. N,~.,.,~rs
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18
Outside Matter.

We have been delving away yat daily 50 long
that editing weekly is novel business to us. We
feel awkward, and hardly know where to begin
However, few vague notions, which strike US as
good ones, we shall endeavor to carry out. We
want to make our weekly a readable paper. Pol
tics must have its place. hut should not crowd ut
everything else. Good standard reading matter
should occupy liberal share of our columns; and if
we can scare up little fun, either original bor
rowed,we must give that place. What is tech
nically called ''Outside Natter is that congloni-
Grafton of poecal and prosaic extracts that goes to
make up the first and fourth pages of weekly tri-
weekly and daily papers. This Outside NATTER
is too frequently negected-that is to say-it is too
often carelessy selected and what has served tor
the1outsdes of newspapers for an indefinite period
of time, is hashed and rehashed over and over again
until it gets flat, stale and Improbable, ;" simply
because it is old worn-out stock in trade-never
allowed to recuperate by wholesome 'slyirg in''
for desired period of years. until it shall have be-
come a novelty even by its age and obscurity. We
hope to avoid this error, partially, at least, and
with this view, have determined to place before our
SefeiJ S"'uoy WV VI luiec CoiullfiS OF eA-
tracts from the writings of such standard authors as
Goldsmith, Lamb, (the gentle Elia'') Addison.
Leigh Hunt. Steele, Swift and others, all of whose
works are too seldom read by newspaper writers
and readers.
Hell is paved with good Intentions so the max
i'm says, and perhaps old Charon may have to take
few of our good resolutions in his yawl, just as
ballast while ferrying load of souls; bnt we
shall strive to cheat him of that job if possible and
give our patrons the benefit of what otherwise
would go to mend old Satan's ways.
We publish to-day, with other matter, Lambs
dissertation upon Roast Pig,'' quaint and hui
morous essay that everybody should read. We also
re-publish John r. Ridges noble poem on Mount
Shasta.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18
Good News.

The mail steamer brings us the most cheering
news. The Atlantic cable has been successfully
laid, lightning words of greeting have been sped
along the cliffs and caverns that underlie the broad
Atlantic; good Queen Victoria has spoken in kind
sisterly way to our President, and he, in few mo
ments thereafter, responded pleasantly to her salu
tation. This is glorious newsi Only think of Old
Buck and Queen Vic holding chit-chat away across
the Atlantic! The idea is too grand to be grasped
at first thought
The same nai that has brought us the gratifying
confirmation OF the laying and working of the At
lantic cable, brings Us the returns from Kansas
The news from that Territory is glorious too. 1t
confirms Douglas men in the belief that they were
right in doubling tie policy of the administration
concerning the Lecompton Constitution and vindi-
Gates the action of those firm brave, manly Sena-
tors and Representatives who dared to speak out
against that instrument.
California has rarely been blest with better re-
port from the other side of the land.
In the triumphs t consummation of the great
telegraph enterprise, science has achieved the
grandest victory ever known to the world. The re-
suit of the election in Kansas has re-atfirmed and
reestablshed the most sacred, the most vital prin
ciple yet conceived by man. the living vital prin-
ciple which stands as the corner stone of true re
publicanism, popular Sovereignty May we
never have any worse news from the "Atlantic
Slope"
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

CERTAINLY NoT.-"We have been askedwhether
members of the Senate, who were elected as Dem
ocrats and hold over, but who took sides against
the National administration in the last political
hight. are to be admitted into the caucus of the
true democracy at the approaching session Of the
Leglsaturel Weanswer certainly not.-Sac. Nor
curry.
SO we say, too. Certainly not. And we opine
that every true Douglas Democrat will feel honored
by being considered OUT of any caucus which il
composed Of the sort of Democracy that the Mer.
curry calls the "true Democracy tits time. now
Tor the Douglas democracy to organize fully and
completely. They are the true Democracy, when
1t comes to that and it remains to he seen whether
the people OF this State with the true Democrs
cy or with the Lecomptentes. We think they are
with the true Democracy-the Douglas Democracy
the Cincinnati Platform and the Kansas ebras-
ka Democracy, and are willing just to let the LIE
comptonites have full swing while they can; their
time rs short Organize separately, say we; caucus
separately-do anything separately which will
keep the Douglas principle pure and uncontamina-
ted with Lecompton-F federalism. If the other side
make tests, brave their tests spit upon their tests
defy them and their tests, and stand to the Cincin
natl Platform. We shall see who are the Democ-
racy and who are not, ere long-Nationai Dem.
Amen
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18
The Hesperian.

When all of us, rich and poor dwelt in tents
and log huts, we were excrsabe for not paying
much attention to literary matters; we were too
busy getting gold and trying to keep comfortable
to spend time or mouey in mind ministering. Our
old excuse has worn out long before our habits
have and we are now wanting reason for not pat
ronzing such truly meritorious literary papers as
are being issued this side of the continent. The
most worthy of encouragement of any strictly lit.
erary periodical printed in the State, is the Hespe-
rian, edited by Mrs. F. H. Day, most worthy lady
and pleasing writer We have no means of know
ing what success this excellent semi-lnonthly is
meeting with, but if ii finds place upon every
family table, its value is being properly apprecia
ted; ana If it has but meager circulation high
y instructing and entertaining periodical is shame
fully neglected, and talented womans efforts are
wasted upon an unworthy community. We com
mend the Hespsrian to all u.r lady friends, espe
pecialy, and urge them to subscribe and save
enough out of their "pin money to pay for it.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18
Swallowing the Whole Dose.

''By Saint Paul. these Lecomptonites are fellows
of infinite digestion! Indeed, they must be to
stomach the prescription that makes them worthy
their name. But the Presidents "Black mixture"
is but of the aiteratices they have guped down.
Hammond's Mudsill concoction has been worried
down-the Mail contracts are taken as readily as
mint julep-and now, after many grimaces and
much proorastination they have concluded to swal-
low DR.. Gwins tincture Of Lime Point-straight
What terrible disease this Douglas Democracy
must be esteemed at Washington, to sdemand such
and so many nauseous compounds. We sometimes
think that the most ardent followers of the Buchanan
school of physic. in their eagerness to appear ceH
in the eyes Of their adopted Doctors. actually take
more than the nature of their diseases requires
Having received the first few lessons like ready
made "Lobea Doctors" they have taken to being
Every man his own Physician and to be sure
and follow directions they have adopted the plan
of taking all and everything, just as it comes from
the Lecompton Drug Store.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18
Constable Sale
RY VIRTUE OF AN ExECUTIC

Rf VIRTUE Of AN EXECUTION AND
- deerets order of sale issued Of the Court OF
John . Berry Justice OF the Peace in and for Ophr
Low mp, county Of Butte, On the 14tb day Of sept
1896 a1ainst Harriet Wyncoop and favor of Benis-
MIN Russell and to me directed and delivered commsn-
dng me to make the Of S2i6 principle and In
erest damages and SIS IS costs ami acc-uing cost
on said writ out of the following described property to
wiz tat piece or parcel lot of land lying and being
~ me IOWA oi orosie. county Of Butte and state of
Norha coinInenci1g about 100 feet easeriy from the
so"th east corner OF Myers and Montgomery street,
o"sihs on montgomery street - feet running back to
es Aiiey at right angles to Montgomery street one
one hudfed and thirty feet, being part of lot No
ID oock No. TO- the being known as the Waverly
i"sse prnf erty also. the undivided one nas OF
.e 'ono~ihg described properly in said town TO
VIZ comm heng at the south corner OF Montgun,-
ana ~as Streets running Montgomery street 70
Ise lhecs al right angles Souherly So feet thence al
leht ahyes easIery 10 eet themes at right angles
oreS % teet to the nlsce of beginning-said prop
e. NOR gagged TO secure the payment said indebted
ess' nave levied upon the above described property
a' WIN exp se the same TO public sale to the highest
ouasf ,o s on Saturday the 9th day OF Oct 1855 be-
t"eeh the hours OF ten eleven O'Clock A. NJ of that
a. s'a sale TO take place in front Of John s. Berrys
onie. on brd sreet in 0roge. Dated UrovilIe sept.
@'- A''i. p MAJ sDIRE, Constable
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

An 0Lp HrNBUG RE-VANPED.-A yarn is goin 9
the rounds ofthe papers to the effect that a newly
Hangtowners will soon thoroughly explore, de
creases the distance from Piacervile to Salt Lake
City to less .han five hundred miles A similar
report and prospective exploration were announced
. year or two since. II is by such humbugs as
these that this route has acquired and maintained
IT'S ascendancy over other shorter and more natur-
al routes When the government properly under.
stands the matter, the Placerville route will be
abandoned for that via. Honey Lake Valley. A
glance at the attudes of Placerville and Salt La
viii ahow the humbuggery of the five hundred
mile yarn.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

POUNDS AND PENCE-Huzzah for Mesilla Valley
Huzzah for Pence. Huzzah for Pence's baby
Maybe the world is ignorant of the fact that Pence
is to-day man of family-a daddy! He is that,
and nothing previous. A boy baby-ason and heir
was born to him as long ago as on Friday Of last
week. 1t is terrible thing to contemplate
baby weighing more than its sire; but here we
have one that report says weighs more pounds than
pence-in fact it is an eighteen pounder-so Phil.
Ripley says, at any rate, and he pretends to know
all about it. Good for the jolly host of Mesila
May this beginner be but the precursor of a house
full just like him, only little differently arranged
for wearing apparel. We are glad to know that
mother and child are both doing well.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18
Peaches, Figs and Grapes.

We were made the glad recipients of a liberal
share ofthe abundance of Major Bidwells orchard
on Saturday. The MAJORS team drove up to our
door, and in a few moments thereafter a man
heavy ladenn came into our sanctum, bearing
great box Of Peaches, and before we had time to
ask him what he meant by doing so, he vanished,
and soon returned with another box; and in this
latter one were about bushel of the best Grapes
"eever saw in the State-Eastly superior to the
Los Angeles variety. Accompanying the Grapes
was tne lot of figs, delicious and rich. We have
tnus throughthe liberality of kind neighbor been
FURNISHED with goodly store of the finest speci-
mems OF fruit produced in the state-for Butte
county generally, and Chico farm in particular,
produces the best fruit that is grown in this fruit
growing land. Major Bidwell is entitled to our
"armest thanks for his thoughtful kindness.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

CONsTABLEs AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ELECTED
BIpwELL -Justices-George Nc
Bride, Thomas Morrow Constables- Michael Mas
s s,tt D. R. Boris.
MOUNTAIN SPRING TowNsHIP.-Justices-J. W
woodman, A Stephenson. Constabes-John Han
ncr, J. D. Givens.
Ono Observation-Disclosures F. Dewel, j. R.
Peyton. Constables-J. Allenback, J. R. Hickman
WYANDoTTE TowNsHIP.-Justices- q
Keetch. w. P. Galloway. Constables-Wm. Ayres
H. |. Kendall
CASCADE TOwNsHrr.-Justices- Reyes, j.
Brown. Constables-W. d. Farren, G. Adair.
OPHIR TowNsHIP.-Justices- S. Berry, C.
G. Lincoln. Constables 7. Elliott, Jerry Col
lins.
KIMsHEw TOWNSHIP Justices-E. B. Kinson.
C. G. Brown. Constabes-B. F. Cameron, II. II
McColley.
OREGON TowNsHIP.-Justices-A C. Turner, T.
W. Nutter Constables- Thomas Hendricks, Benz
Newbury.
CHI o TOWNSHIP justices Wheeler, James
II. Cole Constabes-N. Whitesides, Ga tie vote
between Mckay and Miliken)
EUREKA TowNsHIP-C. E. Campbell. J. Swear
enger. Constables- N. Allen, Watt Perdue.
HAMILTON Justices-W. Maxwell
J. Ccchrane. Constables-John Pennuck, o.
Walsh.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18

THE EALLEGHASIAss-This troupe paid Oroville
a visit on Wednesday night last. Their perform
We could have wished to see it. This was, doubt
less, in consequence Of their sudden, unannounced
appearance among us, the people not being gener
ally informed of their arrival. The Alleghanians
will play here again on next Wednesday night and
will in all likelihood, be greeted by an overfowing
house They sing the kind of songs that go home
to the hearts of home lovers, and sing them in a
grand, strong, melodious and impressive style
Next Wednesday night, remember, they will
"Come with Songs to greet you"
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18
To our Daily Patrons.

MANY of our old friends and patrons have ex
pressed themselves sorry for the suspension of the
"Daily Record and II a loss o. mornings for some
thing TO read at the breakfast table. We want to
see these and others sho have SO long been our
supporters and readers supplied with thorough
going. reliable Democratic daily. Such paper il
the National Dsmocrat of Marysville. Besides be
ing truly Democratic paper in the Popular Soy
ersirnty sesse Of the word, it is complete ne,cs
paper ant for literary merit compares favorably
with any daily in this State or elsewhere Let the
National Democrat take the place of the DAILY
Record in Oroyie.
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18
An Extra Official Dutv.

If 1fLecomptonism is right, then is the Constitu.
tion of the United States an incomplete, imperfect
instrument The very pth and virtue of Lecomp.
tonsm has at its core the doctrine that the Presi
dent shall be, first and foremost, thinker Genera
for the nation. He must think for us, and we. be.
ing thoughtless, must act upon his thinking. Now
We confess that, such an arrangement would con
stitute great brain-saving machine, but in the
name of Mercy. how can we, a generous, noble, in
dustrious people consent to tighten our own labors
and impose them upon single man who is only
President to be ex officio brain-cudgeHer for the
whole Union! OF course-under the Lecomptonian
doctrine-Presidenis ("venerable Chief Magis
trates') always think Alright; but should he be
obliged to do all the right political thinking of the
country for the paltry sum of s25 900 per annum!
If he is to assume such task just see what he wi
save the country:
He will do away with all such useless encum-
brances as the House of Representatives. and the
Senate; he will save the necessity of keeping ND
respectable appearance in the thinking world
with such Injuries Douglas Crittenden and Bell;
he will do away with that extrayagant faIacy, Pop
ular Sovereignty, (which is none other than big,
unwieldly thinking apparatus) and while as now,
too many poor fellows are wearing away their
brains with attempting to think for themselves, and
for the press, by the adoption of the Lecompton
doctrine they could be quietly tling the ground
opening out the mineral treasures of mother earth.
We insist upon it that if oIr Presidents are to be
cur thought-makers, their salaries should be in
creased. There is just as much difference in value
between common, old-fashiened President, such
as Washington and Jefferson, and such one as Le-
compton has coniured up, as there is between Ben
Franklin's old wooden printing press and Hoes
"lzst tast-n
SrPERsEDEAs-The Sierra Democra. says that
Michael Murray, who was sentenced in the July
term Of the court to be lung on the l7fh Of Sep
tember, has been allotted further breathing spell
by the Supreme Court, that body having granted
wit Of supersedas in the case, staying proceedings
The weekly Butte record., 1858-09-18
FERGUsoN's DYING MoMENTs-We find the fol
Inri n n. rtarastirr oconnrt nf I,a.er..so,. L.. L

FERGUsoN's DYING MoMENTs-We find the fol.
lowing interesting account of Ferguson last hours
in the San Francisco Alta:
"Before the commencement of the final operation
Mr.. Ferguson prepared himself for death. He then
for the first time stated that he believed the wound
had extended to his hip Joint as that had of late
been the source of great pain. He had little or no
doubt ampltation would be necessary, and did not
not expect to survive it. Indeed he went so far as
to say that life was not desirable under such cir
cumstances. His language was sensible and cheer.
ful, yet his tone was feeble and melancholy He
conversed freely Of the difficulty that brought
about the meeting between him and his antagonist.
which, he insisted, was misunderstood. 9e did not
d0nbt but that Mr.. Johnston honest in that mis-
understanding and believed that he (Mr Fergu-
SOM had really made the remark attributed to him.
Yet Mr.. +. cOntended that he was the proper Judge
and that his adversary was mistaken In this as
sertion, he exhibited much earnestness and re-
peated thelremark again and aga.n He spoke of
the meeting OF them on the ground after he had
been wounded, and regretted that an improper in
terpretatlon had been given to Mr.. Johnstons re.
marks He contended that they were spoken kind
ly and feelingly, and were well intended and hoped
that no friend of his would say to the contrary
be also stated that the whole affair was conducted
honoraby and fairly, and above all he desired that
no prosecution Of Mr. Johnston should be tolerated
by his friends. He said in this connection IL free
ly forgive him and hope he may continne to be a
useful and honorable member of society; then WHY
should others whom he never injured, refuse to do
so." He spoke Of his Mother, but no language can
convey the eioquence of his trembling lips, and
silvery accents as he called the nane Of her who
gave the life that was just entering eternity. Mr.
Ferguson expressed the wish to be buried in Sac
ramento, as hefelt that place TO be his home vet
he would leave the matter to his friends. At this
period he desired to alone. In a few minutes
thereafter his faithful servant John came from his
room bathed in tears. "He had said his last PRAYER
on earth' When his friends again entered he said
Il am now ready The chloroform was applied.
and he never spoke more.r