Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-08-17


TxHssals paxpfcrIok.-profa.eor
Ls6sidas,, ~ Indi4pApolh assrosoasr.
a. lsekiag q shs rinss aFouad TIE ssa,
q i the foslssing horrible prophecy.
ssI observe by the planets that > dread
fui ptaxus viii eommsnse In Rassias orig
inAilnx from sifks brought over from
Ekypt, Cairo and TaRkey. Et viii extend
sef0ss ths Baltic Sea, aascaasa 1armany,
ssuss Immense mortality 10 England, and
chen spread ia tho United States This
drsadEul epidemic will spot the people
ike . leopard. and surn sbe aesh % . par
pls biAsk. Tie pestilsnes wilt carry OF
saeh an asneant OF snarsals that there
viii not be saoagh left 20 barry the dead
ss xirs asasEa OhEistiau burial Tbs
ssrssss Of our cities, towns and villages
win be swasassd With the dead ana dying.
TIE gro2as and yslls Of horrvr viii hll sv-
sry breast with eoassernasion. Copfnsion
will ahsund On all aides. The death knell
will cease 10 toll as the maIady RACES Ia
fury. The infected will fall and die
wherever they take 1t. The stencil of the
dead will become 30 coHamon thai the sar-
yisors will not heed it,"
The above Is truly . hOEriiying predic-
slon which We hope and trust may not
prove true; but we are no astrolages-
Perhaps 'sPottes Christi or soma other
prophsa can give some information spon
shss paint. War, Pestilence and Famine
ii Ia aaid has beaa allotted to this nation,
bat this looks like determination.
CouNrEzFzrrs.-We take the following
descriptions Of aev eoantsrfeits of q. S.
one dollar Treasury notes, and City osat
pieces, from the St. Louis PREzs:
0xK DoELAR TRKasuRY NorEs.-Ths
green ink used Ia printing 10 somewhat OF
q lighter shade, and does not give that
clear and distinet impression which 10
characteristic Of that used 10 printing the
genuine. The p~ortraisiof Chase is coarse
and dark, and shading letters serstchy
and blurred. Figure l on the green scroll
work onsths lower right quarter of the
bill arc printed In green, 10 the genuine
they are white. 10 the pink representa-
ton Of the seal OF the Treasury Depart
Eaent, in lower left center, notice toe abb
bYeviatsd words TRESAUR. AMER.
SEPTEGT. SIGIL-: the ~abbreviation
SEPTESI ia incorrect; the word proper
SEPrKsTRtoFaLIs, and Is abbreviated 10
the genuine SEPTENT. In the engraveTs
imprint, "Ameriean Bank Note Co., New
York; on lower center, the tfi" in the
word sAneEicauo Is not dotted, and the
HBD crowds the letter SAP 10 the word
stBank:" also that shars is no period al.
ter 'eCo." The lines Treasurer of the
united States' and tsRegister of ths
treasury" respectfully below and after
Spinner aud C~yittenden's names, together
with the e~ngravers' imprint above men.
shaed, are uneven and irregular. These
notes viii require watching, rs such slighI
inperfections rs are presented here vii
soon be overcome By the counterfeiter.-
ALI "0ns Dollar" greenbaeks should b
carefully examined.
FTvrY-CExT PrEcEs.-The new, or lens
fifty cent Dotes are already extensively
coanterfeited. The paper Is coarscT anC
thicker than the genuSae, and on close in
spection Is blurred and indistines. Ib'
counterfeit may be detected by CHANGING
at the top Of the line of stars betweei
the figures $50 > at the top aud bottom o
the back of the note. The stars on th'
counterfeils have white c~enters, while thl
eutire star on the genuine are in green
The reading IN black on the face Of th'
genuine note is clear and distincs, Will
on the counterfeit the bronze is PIRATES
on the black, the word FIFTY CENTS
beiBg almost obliterated. These defect
can be easily overcome, however, an
when the notes become worn and dirty
will, no doubt. defy detection.