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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11
Tfe Capital Rem oval Convention.

The following from the Burling-
ton Uu'rh' ye, the editor of which
was delegate to the National Cap
ital Convention at Cincinnati, is
the most candid and fair estimate
of its influence and importance
which we have seen:
"The National Capital Convention
held at Cincinnati last week, was
not very formidable affair: nor was
it an entire failure. There were
present a little less than one humid
red delegates, representing some
ten or q dozen States and Terrific
ries. Perhaps all things considered
the attendance and interest were as
great as could have been reasonably
anticipated. The convention was
held at an unEavorable time-on the
eve of exciting elections in Illinois,
Missouri, New York and other
StateS-and in city as represented
by its newspapers, inimical to the
movement. and with very little eff
fort on the part of ANYBODY to secure
either a local or general interest
in the country. Notwithstanding
all this. there was an attendance by
no means contemplate and spirit
manifested that will vet make its
impression on the public mind.
The delegates were mostly young
men whose lives have been spent in
the great West, and whose minds
are impressed with the rising glory
and grandeur Of this great nation.
Their influence, with that of thous-
ands like them whom they represent,
will be strongly felt on public affairs
in the future
a convention which has neither
offices, emoluments, or nominations
to confer, and whose purpose is to
the convenience, prosperity and
stability Of the nation without per-
sonal agrandizcment or promotion,
could not, under the most favorable
circumstances, he expected to win
the favor of politicians or place
seekers, or draw largely on the pat
ronage Of selfish communities. The
removal Of the national capital to a
central and eligible site, is a work
Of patriotism, measure demanded
nv the growing interests and the
expansive domain Of the whole
country. OF course it is opposed
nv property owners in Washington
City, but outside that immediate To-
cality, eastern as well as western
and southwestern people are inter
ested in and will he really benefited
by more central location Of the
seat Of the government.
The resolutions adopted bv the
convention express, we do not doubt,
the sentiments Of a very large ma
! ioritv Of the people West of the AL
leehanv mountains. The committee
| appointed to mcmorialize Congress
in favor Of commissions for the
thorough investigation of the sub
icct, will bring it prominently be-
fore that body and the country.
Examinations and discussions of the
Question are what is needed. When
| the public mind can be led to a calm
and thorough study of the subject
there can he no doubt as to the nj
innate issue. Tho location Of the
Capital fixed upon when the nation
numbered bv three millions of in
habitants, and its territory was con
tined to a comparatively narrow
strip Of country along the Atlantic
coast, is not the one to satisfy ma
ton numbering forty millions, and
whose domain stretches from ocean
to ocean.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11

The Nashua 'nat very pertinent
" enquiries neither the next fair OF
.ae Iowa State Agricultural Society
IS t. iee located to serve the conren-
.e.sre Of the people of Iowa, or that
al the people Of Illinois and Mis-
souri,, For the last two Years tie
IOWA State Fair, supposed TO be
primarily for the bringing together
of Iowa farmers and artisans, and
;hc exhibition Of Iowa products and
skill, has, oss account OF It's location
IN thc extreme corner Of the State,
resulted ia more practical benefit to
illinois and Missouri than to Iowa.
Exhibitors from the rich and long
settled regions Of those States | wing
immediately contiguous to keokuk,
improving the opportunity afforded
by its location, made liberal entries
Of their fine stock and products, and
of course carried off the best and
nearly all the premiums, while many
Iowa farmers and stock raiscrs were
prevented from competing on ac-
count of the rcmoteneSs Of the Fair.
In this regard the Fair was not only
not a benefit, but Il positive injury
to the agricultural and industrial
reputation of the State The Local
ton Of the Fair should not be de
termined by considerations Of rota-
ton, or by that worse consideration,
the amount of money offered by some
ambitious town or city for such To-
cation. Let the convenience and
accommodation of the greater number
Of those who are expected t" give it
the distinctive character Of an Iowa
State Fair, be the only motive
prompting the action Of the Society
IN this mattcr.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11
The Benefits Of Advertising,

\ friend of ours at independence,
a short time since, related to us an
incident which well illustrates the
benefits Of advertising. Not long
ago he became one Of the executors
to an estate in Chicago, part of the
assets of which was II $4,000 retail
stock Of dry goods. 1t was both
ersome thing to run, and not an easy
thing to get rid of, with the stock
at 50 high figure. Our friend,
who is no dry goods nan, is sci one
Of the clearcst headed BUSINESS men
in Iowa. He saw immo ,;ately that
he must reduce the stock in amount
before he could,m make a profitable
disposition Of it as whole, and he
showed his business tact in the way
he did this. He put conspicuous
advertisement in the Saturday even
ING and Sunday morning editions OF
most of the Chicago papers. On
Monday he had a crowded store, and
by Wednesday he was compelled to
hire twelve additional clerks to wait
on the customers. The next Satur-
day and Sunday he repeated the adj
vertisements, and in less than two
weeks he had reduced the stock one
half, and was enabled then to find
purchasers, in lots, for the other
half without much sacrifice. He
estimates that these advertisements
saved the estate several thousand
dollars.
Moral-Tmen rant to do batsiness
then must u0rertise.-Dn 6uque
m "
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11

No REDUCTION.-The Illinois
Central r. Il. Co. decline to grant
any reduction of fare to delegates to
the Iowa Woman Suffrage Conven-
ton at Dcs Moincs. This calls out
a caustic letter from J. l.. Loomis.
Of this city, published in the Dubu-
que Times, in which he calls atten-
ton to the fact that favors Of this
kind are invariably granted to both
the political parties, and to other
organizations, by this company, and
infers that the peremptory denial OF
Introduction of fare in this instance,
is owing to the fact that women and
the political friends Of women ask
it. We suspect the true reason is
that the friends of woman suffrage
have yet but little power or influence;
control but few votes in the legisla-
t,,yp Re
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11
THE ELECTIONS.

Nineteen States held elections on
Tuesday. The returns so far as re-
ceived indicate that the hopes Of
large Democratic gains have not
been gratitied. The Republicans
lose slightly in some States but
make gains in others which very
nearly o. quite make good the loss
es. As in the case Of the October
elections, we notice no roosters
growing at the head Of columns OF
election returns in the newspapers,
a pretty fair indication that honors
are easy.
In New York the Democratic ma
iority on Governor will be about
10000. In New York city the cleo
ton passed off without disorder, but
the measures against illegal voting
seem to have been evaded to great
extent. Hoffman's majority in the
city is about $4,000, which though
not equal to some of the most bril-
liant efforts of the party, is a great
deal more than an honest vote would
Indicate. The Republicans lose
three members Of Congress, but the
Republicans will probably control
the Legislature.
In Illinois the Republicans elect
their state officers but probably lose
two Congressman. In the Chicago
district Farwell, the regular Repub-
lican candidate is elected by about
5000 majority, but no decent Re
publican feels particularly elated
over that result.
The Republicans lose one mem
Der of Congress in Michigan.
In New Jersey the Republicans
gain one member Of Congress, and
gain control of the Legislature, Sc
curing Z. S. Senator.
The Democrats carry Alabama by
a small majority, and gain one Con-
gresham.
Missouri elects the Gratz Brown
State ticket despite Presidential in
reference.
Arkansas goes Republican dcs-
pite detection in the Republican
ranks, and desperate efforts by the
opposition.
In Wisconsin the Republicans
lose one member Of Congress, the
Democrats electing their candidate
IL the Milwaukee district.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11
Hones.cade to Soldiers.

The following are the instruc-
tons of the Commissioner of the
General Land Office relative to the
act Of Congress granting home
steads from the public lands to
soldiers i'll the late war:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
GEN'L LAND OFFICE, Aug. 8, 1870.
Gentlemen The following is the
twenty-fifth section Of the act of
Congress approved July Is, 1870,
entitled can Act making appropria-
tons for the support Of the army for
the year ending June so, 1871, and
for other purposes" viz:
Sec. %. Ana be, It fiutAer en-
acted, That every private soldier
and officer who has served in the
army OF the United States during
the rebellion for ninety days, and
remained loyal to the Government,
and every seaman, marine, and of
ticer, or other person who has serv-
ed in the army OF the United States,
or in the marine corps or revenue
marine during the rebellion for
ninety days, and remained loyal to
the Government, shall, on payment
of the fee or commission to any
Register or Receiver Of any Land
Office required by law, be entitled
to enter one quarter-section of land,
not mineral, of the alternate reserv-
ed sections of public lands along
the lines Of any railroads or other
public works in the United States,
wherever public lands have been or
may be granted by acts of Congress,
and to receive a patent therefor I'M
der and by virtue Of the provisions
OF thc'act to secure homesteads to
actual settlers on the public domain,
and the acts amendatory thereof,
and on the terms and conditions
therein prescribed: and all the pro-
visions of said acts, except as here
in modified, shall extend and be APP
plicable to entries under this act,
and the Commissioner Of the Gener-
al Land Office is hereby authorized
to prescribe the necessary rules and
regulations to carry this section into
effect, and determine all facts ncces-
sary thereof.
BY these provisions the Home
stead Law of goth May, 1862, and
the acts amendatory thereof, are so
modified as to allow entries to be
made by the parties mentioned
therein of the maSiT. um quantity of
one quarter-sectior.. or 100 acres of
land, held at tie double minimum
price OF s2.5c per acre, instead of
one half o',arter-section, or eighty
acres rs heretofore.
In case of a party desiring to
avail himself thereof, you will re-
quire him to file the usual home
stead application for the tract de-
sired, if legally liable to entry, to
make affidavit according to the form
hereto annexed, instead Of the usual
homestead affidavit, and on doing
so allow him to make payment Of
the $40 fee stipulated in the act of
goth May, 1862, and the usual com
missions on the price Of the land at
$3.50 per acre, the entry to be regu-
larly numbered and reported to this
office in your monthly homestead
returns.
Regarding settlement and cult
walton, the requirements Of the law
in this class Of entries are the same
as in other homestead entries.
Very respectfully your -obcdient
servant, JosEPH 5. WILSON,
Commissioner, Register and Re
ceiyer.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11

A little girl was heard to wish the other
day that she was Il boy, 50 that She
could swear when She dropped her books
in the mud
An urchin' being rcbukcd for wearing
out his stockings at the toes, replied that
it couldn't be hclpcd-"tocs wrigglcd and
heels didn't
4 lodging house keeper adycrtiscs "to
furnish gentlemen with pleasant and
comfortable rooms; also, one or two gen
tlcmcn with wives
Mark Twain says that the Sandwich
Islands dish of plain dog is only our
cherished American sausage, with the
mystery removed.
The New York Commercial Advertiser
announces that IL Newark mans wife has
her arrested for repeating.
An Old dilapidated bank note is going
around with a piece Of yellow paper pas
ted on the back of it, on which is written
in IA bold, free hand go it, Bill, I'll back
you"
A school girl was recently asked at an
examination, by the clergyman, to tell
him what Adam lost by his fall, and, when
pressed, she replied: Il suppose it was
his hat"
There was a dutch woman whose hus-
band, Deldrich Won Pronk, kicked the
bucket and left her inconsolablc. Folks
said grief would kill that widow. She
had figure of wood carved that looked
very much like her late husband, and
placed it in her bed and constantly kept
it there for several months. In about
half II year, she became interested in a
young shoemaker, who rot the length of
her foot and finally married her. lie had
visited the widow not more than a fort
night, when the servants told her they
were out of kindling wood, and asked
what should be done After Il pause, the
widow replied, in quiet way: Maple
it ish veil enough now to split up old Won
Pronk, vat ish up shtair.'
RAILROAD DIsAsTER-The east
ward bound freight train left here
last SaturdayP. NJ. at .. When it
reached the bridge spanning Beaver
creek, three miles east of Acklcy,
the engine crossed over, but the
bridge gave way and prccipitatcd
the tender and seven wheat laden
freight ears in Il common wreck in
the stream, which was some fifty
feet wide and six to eight feet deep.
The tender closed its career bottom
side up.-Thc loaded ears tossed
their three thousand bushels of
wheat into the creek and then follow
ed suit. The cars were broken in
to thousands Of fragments, and are
in proper condition for kindlings
when dried. On the front end of
the first ear stood Il raw brakeman,
and as the car leaped he went heels
over head, landing in the stream at
the base of the further abutmcnt,
and went to the bottom. He rose
two or three times, but was pelted
back by the rushing mass of cars.
He finally came to the surface and
crawlcd out, more dead than alive.
He had bad cut over the eye and
an ugly flesh wound under one
shoulder blade, and was otherwise
and internally hurt. The rear car,
caboose, was partly filled with
passengers, but escaped the general
wreck as the chasm was utterly
blocked. With the exception ofthe
brakeman, no one was hurt. Had it
been the passenger train, no one
could have painted the horrors of
the disaster. The cause Of the
accident was an old rotten bridge.
-Ior0 Rails Sentinel, u
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11

VIM. Lottridge, Of Charles CITY,
Iowa, has invented grain-binding
attachment to reaping machines,
which consists in twisting attach
ment to the grain board Of the har-
vester for forming a rope of straw
to make the bands, the said rope be-
ing conducted over suitable guide
rollers to the binding apparatus;
also in an arrangement Of binding
jaws, twister, tucker, cutters, and
the operating devices for the twist
er for swinging back and forth to
open and close over a trough to
which the gavel is delivered from a
reel receiving the straw from an
endless carrier, the said jaws open
ing to admit and disconncct the
driving gear Of the twister, and
closing the gavel, to engage the
twistcr with its driving gear and to
bind the gavel. The invention also
consists of certain improvements III
the construction, arrangement, and
operation of the rope carrier, dis
charger, cutters, and the grain hold
ing and delivering reel.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11
One Of Latin, Rand & Co.'s. M

One Of Latin, Rand & Co.'S. pow
der mills at Platteville, Wis, was
blown to atoms on Monday night.
There were 100 kegs Of powder
stored in the mill, and the shock for
miles around was like that of an
earthquake. Fortunately none of
the workmen were about the mills,
and no lives were lost.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11

TIL st. Ansgar GuEette has died
he death after Il short but brilliant
-4rccg OF one year. 1t was good
-a.}es ami deserved better fate,
5pr me 81 three Republican papers
STIRRING ;isr sGstrnancc IN county,
a.. ab,c TO give one a proper
mp; af,, lis dcceasc was inevitable.
x are glad to learn that our friend
Clyde proposes t" return to the pro
.nss:on at some future time.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11
The Nashua Post adduces a some
4 hat novel but very (rlicitOUS arru-

The Nashua IDaf adduceS some
what novel but very delicious argu-
ment for protection. II says:
Judge Claggctt, of the Kcokuk
Eo"&tit"tioH, one Of the oldest edl-
tors in the State, and of course he
remembers events good way back,
says free trade is an older doctrine
than radical editors believe, and
that it dated back to the year
One. SO far as personal knowledge
OF matter goes, our contemporary
has the advantage Of us, but the
history Of that year speaks Of high
protective tariff on apples! And
the same history tells us that the
scrpentine democratic party step
ped in and taught free trade doc
trlnes and there was n woman in the
case, and she fell into the free trade
snare, and the deuce has been to
pay ever since. If the Judge was
actually on the earth at that time,
and .jndging from some Of his edi-
torials we have no doubt he was, he
has either forgotten the facts or
rarelessly misreprescnts them"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11

In Sabbath school in Grand Haven
Michigan, recently, Miss Elder, the
teacher, asked Burty Parks: "Who was
the father of Zebedee's chillrcns" Rur,w
scratched his head for Il moment ona
hen asked: "Who did Zcbedee srsn.o.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11

1t is rumorcd that the President
intends to order draft Ia till the
Nuolish mission.-H. Louis Times.
No Democratic paper will de
,,oupce that draft, nor will any
I,c,npcrat skedGddle to Canada to
escape il.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11
Official Majorities.

4 special to the Dubuque Times
from Des Moincs, gives the follow
ING as the official majorities on Rep
resentatiycs in Iowa:
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11

Gov. Merrill has issued his pro-
clamation for Thanksgiving, desig-
mating the same day as the Presi-
dent, the oath of November.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11

western COrnelia thus matrrnalIv
addresses her eldest jewcl:-"My daugll-
ter, You are now fifteen years of age. en-
gagged to be married, and without y
treckle on your face. I have done my
duty"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11
40 Acres Of Heavily Timhercl Land,
IL Acres Time Stone 0larrV

On Main Street. Independence GOOD cellar wall
thereon: with GOOD will of the leading lime hisi
ness within - miles more capable of gcreat I'M
proycIncnt aud extension UnGc: Information g&i;i-
ed in the present business of subscriber. who rep
rcscnis 3 kns with capacity of 100 bushels Of lime
per day Ii not soon sold tie opportunity will
not he lost by the present MANAGERS. Inc only
reason for selling now being residence.
Also for sale rsI' h""t RI 1raN %tt"rte} Lfa3,
improved and ~ acres with IL. improved. eXcell
emf bottom land and some lots in Ottcrville. All
offered nj low valuation and on accommodating
terms Apply to $. IL. STANDARD, my agcn, at OF
ter,ile, or by mail to
II. T. YOUNG,
.l..lll1. \
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11
E,leetrogat!:ie Treatment Of Dis
ease,
Man q ClnlnolNl ElGotriGal Po!ng.

nR II0BBIE is prepared 10 trca, successfully
all chronic diseases. ana especially those be
vond the reach Of medicine. with the Double Cur
rcHl Electrical Instrument. a new method Of cure.
rs means OF III. various qualities ~ electricity.
The following are some Of the diseases Rh III
ma!i-fn. PARALYSIS. Blindness. Deafness Diabetes.
Coagh, Catarrh Spinal Diseases, Female Weak.
ncsSeS. &c.. &c.
- pficc and residence third door west of the
Post Office. independence. Iowa. lS-dm
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11
VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.

'INhe undersigned Is deslrous OF selling his Farm
l in Como Township, miles south Of Quasque>
ton, main road to Centre Point and Cedar Ra,
pids. Said farm contains 100 acres of tillable and
meadow land, all enclosed with good fence and
100 acres under cultivation; 10 acres of which Is
plowed for next crop. There are on the land
new farm House, l6x2i feet, and two good wells,
one at the door. There will alsaebe sold with the
farm, 10 acres of Timber, about ga miles otf,
Price SS3 per acre.
Time will be given on portion Of the purchase
money, or onehaf the land viii be sold II lusircd
Apply TO James Jamison, Independence, or on
the premises 10
tAE3 Fl. ANeON
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11
1 SIRE THING.

WE undersigned having removed from Ruchan-
| an county his place of residence for l. Years.
to \. Y. is DESTROYS of concentrating his resour-
ceS. offers for cash-or cash and security among
other solid ctauccs-thc Ottcrvillc Lime business
with PAGES Patent Kiln. and the patent right for
II wears to come for Buchanan and Wiancshek
counties. there's no bctlcr process of lime burn
iuk tt;r this in use. the leading concerns Of the
T. : use II y together with
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11
LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE
on Grain in Store.
Independence. June Sd, 1870.
FOR SALE.

- ESIDENCE of the late Y. c. Wilcox. House
IL stands in square embracing ten lots; can be
sold with two or three lots the whole, As pur-
chaser may wish. Large barn on the premises,
good well fruit trees, shrubhery, &c.. two csterns,
fourteen rooms in the house Apply to {. I.
WILCOX Independence. 6-u
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11
AFFIDAVIT.
LAND OFFICE, A

-, of --, hay
ing filed my application No. -, for
an entry under the provisions of the
act of Congress, approved May 30,
1862, and desirin" to avail myself of
the 18th section Of the act Of July Is,
1870, in regard to land held at the
double minimum price Of $3.50 per
acre, do somemnly swear that | am
the identical - -, who was 4
- in the company Il command
ed by Captain =, in the - reg
iment of -, commanded by -
- in the war of 1861; that | con
tinucd in actual service for ninety
days, and have remained loyal to
the Government; that said applica-
ton, No. :, is made for my exclu-
sivc benefit, and for the purpose of
actual settlement and cultivation,
and not directly or indirectly for the
use or benefit of any other person or
persons, and that have not hereto
fore had the benefit Of the Home
stead law.
Sworn to and subscribed this
day Of --, before --
Register or Receiver of the Land
Office.
Approved:
Sgned J. D. Cox, Secretary,
DEPT OF THE INTERIOR, Aug. 8,
1870.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11

Where the party was a rcgi-
mental or staff officer, or was in a
different branch of the service, the
affidavit must be varied in form ac-
cording to the facts Of the case.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-11
al Sorts.

A little girl was heard to wish the other
day that she was Il boy, 50 that She
could swear when She dropped her books
in the mud"