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Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-04-19
THE BRIDGE CONVENTION.


The Bridge Convention, hold At Dubuque, ON
the Sd inst. was quite well attended Among
the delegates from towns vest Of Dubuque were
the following from. Independence: W. BsrnhaIt,
A. J. Bowley, Z. C. Little. A. II. Fonda, n. O.
Lawton, A. II. Hyde. W. L. Stout, ). +. Hodges
Il. L. Stout Of Dubuque, was. elected President
Of the Convention. The following letter var
read from Hon. W. D. Allison, our member Of
Congress:
WAsaIseros b. G., March rs, 1867, /,
GEyrLENEs ~ our favor ofthe ED inst came
to hand this morning. and contents csrefuily
noted BY me. infer from your letter that your
attention has not been called TO law passed at
the first session Of the seth Congress, approved
July rs. 1893 being Public Act No. Il3- To
suthorise the constructive Of certain bridges and
TO eetateish them Is Post Roads,"-the 9Th Sec
tion Of which provides for bridge between Du>
buqae and Danlieth. This section was inserted
in the bill upon my motion, and is general 10 its
character, auth. riling any person or corporation
to contruct it. 1t requires as you will observe
assent Of the State Of Iowa and Illinois, previous
~ given, or hereafter TO be acquired. This was
the best that could be done at the time and !
think more favorable bill would not pass now.
II may be question wether . wagon bridge
couid be maintained under this authority; but
my impression il that il could il built in connec-
tiop With a railroad bridge
have not had time to examine this question,
and not receiving from you any specific II ate
mept VI what you require, cannot with certain
~ know whether the act alluded to is all that you
wish. But IL it not il is impossible .. the pres
cat session t. secure the passage OF any Law mp
Oh that subject. In the House no committee
has been appointed to which it would be APP
propriate to refer such a measure, and Il would
be impossible to get through sueh . measure
without reference TO . committee, on account Of
the aversion 10 general legislation At this ses-
sion.
hope you may End the existing Law safic;snt
for your purpose If not, am quite sure thai
early in the next session Ican secure such amend
mcnt ~ you may desire. ! am quite clear that
bridge IL one u the ncces sites essential to the
prosperity Of Dubuque and the region west, and
1 hope there will be found NO obstacle in the way
Of " early construction.
am, very truly, yours,
.sf& 4 gsf WIN. b. ALLISON.
Artis'cs 81 incorporation, with the names Of
Plat smith, c. b. Merry, A. R. LOOMS, J. X
Graves. LID. Randall @. W. Couch and n. =.
Stout, = the Grst board Of directors, were adopt
ed. iSfF ~
The following rssolutions wers adopted e
Resolred, That the true Interests Of the psopls
demand : bridge 1t this point Esd eset hat shall
not b eeptrollsd ~ sey .fsgeigp eprporetiop.
tus shall Be whs!Iy ecntEciled ~ the People q
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Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-04-19
SCHOOL. SCHOOL.

vGyHE puaiic aepsts,H viil.eisAss sses notice,
M "a. freeman r. Knowis YIN CON-
Sssss s ssiset School. N Bassdon's Bsiidlne. on
In-S.. Arm let. 1857, fos term q three
s.sy y. All tescb "a tho Common Eng
~, i"' SsaneSss vish Higher AstbemAtics and
philosophy. Isr.s. et,os fog connop' .h sua
05,oe for High9 Englisn, per ".m a.s. s -
49, ssc:,. 4 psssope 1Stirine 70 - him - 70
~ ~. a,r..sssss11f n sending = ~ ecseol,
-;,i r,ss.s ~ Il the o1ce Of L. ". Harg OF
s1s.rF HerAsv .sxt ON him 1t bis School heop.
N. Ynovn osssss to M we'll recommended ~
NJ eupsrtnssndsnt Of Black Hawk Co., iavss
= 0sst-sisss TsseAes. and ~ hope q wfh ~
csivs iIheral patronage - u luAN <
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-04-19

TIME ssbscriber offcrs for aaie his EARN, situa-
led four miles east Of Independence, on the
main road, and comprising l54 acres, - Of
which arc timber, As sores improved. well wa.
tered, all under fence. with good farm house and
we'll. and thrifty young orchard.
Terms made known BY the sybscsiter on the
prentice. c.nrrp
March 20, 1887. ~ ON
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-04-19


The Marshall,own Times says that Wool.
bury's wosleu M Is Isw lin full opeMHn,
turning out the very best of Iowa clotls
The machinery will soou be doubled. :
A cheese factory is il. process of erection
at strawberry Point. tEe a..s
The cheese factory on Muscatine islnad
went into operation on the list lust p ISL
The Grand Army OF the rerubltU hele a
State Convention ut Davenport ON the l'h
LIE Grand Byiug,on, l.. W. Babbett md
Others ID line Democrats called a conyeattn
b meet at Iowa city on the 81 inst.
The Wisconsin Legislature has. passed
the bill for tho construction of the Monre
Railroad, shich now bids fair to rcash
early counp3etion. aa8# hsS Al" as'
Senator. Harlan. introduced bill IN
Mo1daS hast authorizing the payment OF tie
LIST Iowa cavalry. Oar General Assembly
at its last session, appropriated $500 for ihs
purpose Of securing this back pay. Fit.
Henry Warren was selected to attend to the
matter, but accomplished nothing further
than to spend the appropriations, in the
meantime hoh.nobhing with Andy tor the re
moyal of Trustworthy sflicers, soldiers and
others, and filing their places with Copper
heads or renegades like themselves.
"A Boston firm HIS leased, near Crescent
City, Just above Council Bluffs, 9 few aces
ofland containing slate, which they propose
10 quarry and bring to the latter place a.d
manufacture into roofing.
The Society Of Friends in Iowa numbr
nearly eight thousand. They have SIKH
one Sabbath, and thirty-seven libraries.-h
the last year the Society has contributed
$3,O69,6s for the benefit Of Freedmen, AMI
has sustained large number Of teacher
among them, who have given instruction b
over two thousand colorcd people. Nonpas
icl.
the Vinton, has been let to Mr.. A. Spaud>
ing, for $4,000.
VIM. Canot, was badly injured BY ,cci.
deutally falling into the machinery Of hn>
bury's planning mill, at Iowa City, onthe
29th. Besides other terrible injuries, all
his ribs on one side a,e broken.
1t is announced that King George
Greece is soon to marry niece Of Queen
Victory. re isa
The Conservatives" ofTennessee are up On
their morrow bones" to the despised negro,
whom they now humbly ask to send delegates
to their Convention for the nomination of
Governor.
II is reported that work has already con-
menced on the wreck Of the Lindell Hot.l,
st Louis, and every thing bids fair to hay.
this magnificent structure soon 6t for use.
Cola. ado has been sending out from SIS,
600 to 10000 q week in gold during the last
few weeks.
The promise Of the maple sugar trees Of
New England 10 good for an abundant sac
charine harvest RI t
A submarine cable uniting the island Of
Ceylon to the main land, has been successful.
y laid.
tits stated that the prison grounds at SAILS
bury North Carolina are to be planted With
cotton the present year.
Another Fenian rising is threasend in Ire
land or soon as the weather will permit. A
fifteen days snow storm had interfered with
their forward movement. .A
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-04-19

War AGAINST rnT r. R.-The business
men Of DEBORAH have adopted firm resolu.
tion-which was placed in form of bond
in III. sum Of Eve hundred dollars for each
person signing it, not to ship freight over,
nor 10 any avoilab!e manner patronize
either the MeGregor Western or tie Mil
waukee and Prairie du Chen railroads, and
nearly all the business men have signed the
bond. The Decoreans propose to do all
shipping to and from the East ria Lansing,
the river and the Northwestern Il. r., and
and they propose to buy more produce than
ever and pay r. r. prices for il. They
give as reason for this proceeding that
they are compelled to protect themselves
against the faithlessness lad extcrtion Ct the
NEG. West and the Nil. and r. du. Oh.
railroads. We shall see shat will come OF
this. We CLEAN from the Republican. y
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-04-19


iowa and the parties whose capital is invrsicli in
hi. enterprise, and that we cordially invite ma.
tcral aid and comfort from all tho railroad cetn
pnnies who have existing or protested lines had
Ing to and from Dubuque.
Geso,rs!, That We earnestly INVITE The cordial
cooperation OF all the peopleof Northern Iowa
in united cGort to construct a bridge across the
Mississippi river at Dneuqoc, at the eariiesi
possible moi2cnt.
Res,'red, That the business interests Of me
river and interior towns are ideatical, and aIt OF
sufficient Importance to demand the adoption OF
general policy, by which they will le advAncsd.
as wcll as protected. WI
r. R~,cireS; Fiat the bridging " the A:ssisslpl
at this peipt il impcrously demanded ~ ee
growing interests Of Northern IOWA, and MATHS
Cansumma,ioa will > Ike tsssat city apd oo,n-
Several in. eresting little speeches wire tim
As-A. H. eAnun A nd L.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-04-19
HOUSE, LOT 4 BARN FOR SALE

TIME subscriber offers for sale, in the Village
i Of Littletop, large two story stonc dwell
ing. cor taining four upper rooms, two large ones
below, large west wing, and commodious eel
lar. The lower story was formerly constructed
for store room, but is now divided BY tempo
rary PARTITION Also large barn on the ssac
LOT. Any person desiring place for store
will had Littleton an cxcsilent point, and this
house large and convenient enough for . store,
dwelling o. entestainment. The whole will BE-
sold for $3.50. Apply 20 v. q. DossAS, Iads-
pehdcncs, lows. 'h 4#
@ i 3. N. RIER.
April se, 1857. ssGsgsixs si' Itz AM
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-04-19

rux Ilssr ToSic.-caswsll, Mack Co.
combin alton Of. Iron. Ptcsphoroas and Caiisaya
xnown as ferro Phosphoratod Elixir o. Csnsaya.
Tho roa ssetqres cellar y ths blood; the Yaos.
phorous soneSS uAsts 81 ~ nerve tissue ana
the Calisays gives q natural heaithtu' tone 70
The digestive organs One pint contains the
vrtus II one aance o. Cslisaya and one tessroon-
ri grain o. Tres ani phosphorons. Manu-
featured by cAswELL. MACK 4 Co, New YORK.
For sale BY al druggists. s W. sso-i
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-04-19
=. EII0KLIEJd a CO.'S
Great Sale of Watches

J. EzI0KLxHJd a. CO.'S
Great Sale of Watches
On the popular one price plan, giving every
patron handsoms aAd reliably watch for the
low price of Ten Dollars. Without regard to
value, and not to be paid for unless perfectly
satisfactory! - /.
500 solsd; Gold Huntmg Y skAes $3.50 10 ESQ /
500 Magic tased 0old Wat hes, 200 to 500
500 Ladies' Watches enamellcei, loo to 600
1000 Gold Hunting Chronomctcr
Watches, 25oto $50
loco Gold Hunting English Lev
ers, Y 200 90 $50
5000 Gold Iluntin Dnples W'hes, lj9 to 200
5000 Cold Hunting American
5000 Silver Hantins Levers, 2 50 to $50
5000 Silver Hunting Durlexes, IS to $50
& ss sss asIs I sn;s. M Ess.. Is s.
10, 600 Miscellaneous Silver. Watches, so to 100
rs, 900 Hunting Silver Watches, % to so
10000 Assorted Watches all Kinda, 10 10 ~
Every patron obtains q watch BY this arrange
ment costing but SO, while il may be worth
$3.50. No partiality shown. Ffa
Mcssrs j. Hickling 4 Co.'s Great American
Watch Co, New York City, wish to imm ediase-
IL dispose Of the above magnificent Stock
Ceft1caaae nainin fHrticlcs, arc PLACED y scs'ef
cnvrispsss H6ldlSa cntitiGi tosthS aaticlet
named on their certificates, upon payment oil
Ten Dollars, whether 1t be a watch worth xI5o,
or one worth less. The feturn OF any Of our
certificates entities you 10 the article named
thereon, upon pay nen., Ife'pea..se =, ~ So,',
named on any ccrtiH. ate, u viii atoncc I've seen
that this Is no lottcry, but straightforward To-
climate transacti u, which may be participated
in oven BY the mort fastidioue!
single certificate win be sent by man. post
maid. upou receipt Of IS cents, Ave fer 81, elev-
- Az. ~ nd slepa for
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-04-19

BEET SrGAR.-H. G. Popejoy, who has
just returned from trip 10 Illinois, called
at our Office left US some specimens of
sugar, manufactured from the Beet. at
Chatsworh, iii. One was light brown,
coarse grained, lively, and Us hcndsome
sugar as We ever saw: the other fair
article Of coffee sugar. Mr.. P. says they
manufacture still finer grades, comprising
the best loaf sugar.s-The capacity of The
manufacture is from four TO six thousand
pounds per day they are making at present
Only about 2,00e MS per day. Ii is the only
establishment of the kind in America, and
the Indications are that it is perfect sue.
cess. The work Is carried on BY some 200
Germans, who were imported for the express
purpose. The proprietors last year imported
three tons Of Beet Seed, and some six to
eight hundred acres were cultivated las.
year; much larger amount viii be raised
the present season. Warerly Pherir.
Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-04-19
QUICK WORK.

Gen. Phil. Sheridan exhibited As mt oh
decision and promptitude in dealing with
the rebels under the Reconstruction Act, as
he did when be confronted them in the field
He waited until he received telegraphic in.
formation that the Supplemental Rec n.
straciion Bill had passed over the President $
veto, and then instantly issued " Order No,
), new series, removing from office three
Of Johnson's pets and scoundrels, Andrew
5. Heron. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the State OF
Louisiana; Edmund Ahall, Judge Of the
First District Court of New Orleans, and
John I. Monroe. Mayor Of that city and
before twelve O'Clock of the same day their
places were filed with men # loyal records.
A New Orleans dispatch thus describes the
character Of the new officials: pa
The new At,ornery- General is the same
elected with Governor Hahn, Fenian, aud
an advocate OF equal rights. The new
Mayor 10 . merchant Of twenty.six years
residence, one o: Mr.. Durard's Free Suffrage
Committee. The Chief of Police will be
Brevet Brisadier General Sypher, late
Colonel Of the Eleventh United States Col
ored Artillery, and the police will be CON-
posed without distinction Of color. Judge
Abelfs successor was q major on the staff
Of General Banks, and Chief Of Cavalry,
and has since served as Attorney for the
Fnedmen's Bureau 8os
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-13
Miscellaneous Items.
A Sermon Worth Remember
ing.

ing.
"There's nine men standin' at the
door, and they all sed they'd take sugar
in ther'n."
Sieh, friends and brethring, was the
talk, in a wurldly Gems, wunst common
in this our anshunt land; but the dais is
gone Iy, and the sans run dry, and no
man can say to bis naber, hoo art thou,
man, and will you take emmy more shu
gar in yer kaughffey.
But the wurds of our tex has diff
runt and more pertikelur meenin than
this. Thar they stood at the dore on a
cold winters mornin, two Baptiss and
two Methodiss and five Lutharing and
tother was publikin. And they all
vita one vols sed they woodent dirty
their feet in dram shop, but if the pub
likiu wood go and git the drinks they'd
pay for 'em. And they all cried out,
and every man sed, I'll take mine with
shugar-for it won't feel good to drink
the stuff without sweetnin. So the pub
likin he marched in, and the bar keeper
sed, "What want ye9" and he answer
ed and sed, {" A drink p "How will
you have it?" "Plane and strate," says
he, "for it amt no use wastin shugar to
crcumsalivate akafortis" But there is
nine more standin at the dore, and they
all sed they'd take shugar in ther'n.
Friends and brethring, it amt only
likker of spirits that is drunk in this
roundabout and undetermined way, but
it is the likker of all sorts of human
wickedness 10 like manner. There's the
likker of malls that many of you drinks
to the dregs, but you'll sweeten it with
the shugar of self justification. Thar's
the likker of avariss that sum keeps be-
hind the curtain for constant use, but
they hev it well mixed with the sweetnin
of prudence and ekonomy. Thar's the
likker Of selfluv that some men drinks
by the gallon, but they alluz puts in lots
of the shugar of take keer NV No. L.
And lastly, thar's the likker of extortion,
which the man sweelens sccordin to cir
cumstances. If he's in the -four line,
he'll say the poor'I be better off eatin
korn bread; if he's in the cloth line, why
it's good thing to larn 'em to make
their cloth at home; if he's in the lether
line, it'll larn 'em the necessity Nv takin
better keer nv shoes. and thsr's nine
men stand;n' at the dore, and they all
sed they'd take shugar in ther'n.
But, friends and brethring, there's =
time comm, and place fixin' where
there'll be no " standin' at the dore" to
call for "shugar in ther'n." But they'll
have to go right in and take the drink
square to the front; and the bar keeper'll
be old satan, and nobody else; and he'll
give 'em shugar of led, and red hot led
at that, as sure's your names Constance
Dodger.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-13
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let, Workshop and Factory, throughout the
entire world, for the most saleable novelties
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no risk of loss A small capital required
from $40 10 $lOO-the more money invested
the greater the profit. No money required in
advance--we first send the articles and re-
ceive pay afterwards If you actually wish
to make money rapidly and easily, write for
full particulars and address
MILNOR d CO., (From PARISH
2l0 Broadway, N. Y. City.
Newspapers copying will be literally
dealt with 42-yl
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-13

PoTAToEs AND PRoGENY.-Mrs. s. c..
Hall in her Sketches of Irish Character"
relates the following amusing anecdote.
1t is all about certain Lady Middleton,
who, contrary to her most anxious wish,
vas unblessed with any children. After
an absence of several years with her liege
lord in England sic returned with him
IN reside for time on one of the Irish
estates, As the carriage drove up 10 the
mansion, she noticed several fine looking
children about the gate, and having learn
ed that their mother was the wife OF the
gate porter, she determined to interr2gate
her, relative to the cause of her fecundity /,
she, therefore next day. made her way
down to the porter's lodge, and com
menced her inquiries:
"Whose chiIdrea are these, my good
woman?"
"All my own, my good lady,"
"Wbat! three infants of the same age?"
eyes my lady; had three the last
time"
How long are you marriedP,
"Three years your lady-ship."
"And how many children have you"
",SeUen! my lady,"
AT last came the question Of questions
how she came to have the children The
poor woman not well knowing what this
catechism meant, aud not knowing how
to put up in delicate words her idea of
cause aud effect, blushed and grew con-
fused, and at last replied-"I think it
must be the potatoes, my lady"
This unfolded theory of population
quite new to Lady Middleton, who eager
" demanded: 1.-The potatoes! Do you
eat much of them?'
"Oh. yes, my lady. Very seldom we
have bread, and so We take potatoes the
year round"
Greatly agitated with her new lnfor-
nation, the lady further asked-"And
where do you get the potatoes 2"
1--WE grows them in our little garden,
sure. Pat tills it."
SWELL" said Lady Middleton, "send
me up cart load of those potatoes, and
the steward will pay you for Them"
Shortly after her ladyship rose to leave
the house, and, indeed, had left it, when
the woman ran after,her and, blushing,
with some hesitation asked her "And
sure my lady is it to have children that
you want potatoesp
1t was now the lady's turn to blush,
and replying in the afirmative-"Be-
cause" added the woman, 81 am think
ing. if it is, Pat had better fetch them to
you himself"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-13

~M Mr.. Weed, in the Commercial id
vertiser, "regrets" the opinion of After
ney-General Stanberry, and gives the fol-
lowing reasons for so doing:
The POPULAR WILL, when public senti-
rnent is deeply and powerfully moved, is
the paramount law. 1t is useless TO resist
or appeal from it. If, in the opinion of
the people, the President, or Congress, or
the Supreme Court, upon any absorbing
question, is right, it is simple blindness
and folly to "kick against the pricks."
When General Jackson, swapping bis fin
ger at the Supreme Court and the Senate,
said that be construed the law as he I'M
derstood it." Mr.. Webste'rs arguments,
Mr.. Clay's protests, and Mr.. Calhoun's
denunciations were alike powerless and
impotent, He had the people with him,
and was irresistible. So, for the time be-
ing, with Congress. Resisted 1t is irwin
chile.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-13

A GENTLEMAN was promenading
fashionable street with bright boy at
his side, when the little boy cried out.
ooh pa, there goes an editor!" "Hush,
hush," said the other, "don't make sport
of the poor man; God only knows what
you may come to yet"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-13
Probate Notice.

Pierce County Court. in Probate. In the
matter of proving the last will and tesla
ment of Herman Nero, deceased.
ON READING and filing an instrument
~ in writing purPorting to be the last will
and testament of Herman Nero, late of Dia-
mOnd Bluff, in said county, deceased. and al
so the accompanying petition of Roderic L.
Nero, of Diamond Bluff, in said county. rep
resenting among other things, that the said
Herman Nero died at his residence, IN said
Diamond Bluff, on the 26th day of April. A.
d. 1867, that said instrument is the last will
and testament of said deceased; and praying
that day be appointed for hearing the proofs
Of said will and testament. 1t is ordered
that the proofs of said instrument be heard
before the Judge of this Court on Monday,
the fifth day of August, A. ID. 1867, at ten
O'Clock A. NJ, at his office, in the city of
Prescott. And it is further ordered that pub
lie notice thereof be given to all persons in
teresred by publishing copy of this order
for three weeks, successfully, prior to said
day of hearing, in the Prescott Journal, a
weekly newspaper printed at Prescott, in said
county.
WIN. HowEs, Go. Judge.
Dated June IS, 1867. lO-w3
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-13

A VERY religious Old lady being asked
her opinion of the organ of church, the
first time she had ever seen or heard one,
replied: "Its a pretty box of whistles, but
oh ! its an awful way to spend the Sab
bath.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-13
New Boot & Shoe Store.
Louis Jurgins

UTOULD respectfully announce to the cit
wv liens of Prescott and vicinity, that he
has opened a Boot and Shoe Store on Broad
Street, and has and viii keep constantly ON
hand a good assortment of Ladies Cents,
Misses, Boys and Children's wares. All or
ders left with me will be promptly and salts
factorily attended to. Please call and exam
inc for Yourselves. Terms, Cheap for Cash.
LOUIS JURGENS.
Prescott, August IS, 1866. l7-tf