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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02
Civil Service Reform.

The subject of reform in the man.
ner of making appointments to Of
fee, is beginning to occupy large
share of public attention, and may
be predicted as one of the promi-
nent political questions to be dis
posed of within the next decade.
England has already adopted the
system of competitive examination
as test of fitness for official posi-
ton, and with good results. Mr..
Mundella, member of Parliament
from Sheffield, has been spending
some months in this country, and Il
short time since delivered q lecture
in New York, in which allusion
was made to this among other re-
forms in England. We make the
following extract. Mr.. Mundella
said:
l stand before you the representa-
tive of one of the largest constitu-
encies in England without the power
to influence in the smallest degree
the appointment of Custom House
officer or an exciseman. l rejoice
in this for several reasons, personal
and public. Personally, l say no
representative can be strictly indie
pendent who touts after the Execu-
tive for appointments. No man can
efficiently serve his constituents and
his country, whose time is occupied
and mind harassed by hunting after
and dispensing patronage. lie
knows that for every Office he be-
slows, he is pretty sure to make
ninety-nine enemies and one migrate.
The public reasons are still more po-
tent. The prizes of the State are
open to all classes, without distinc-
ton of rank or social position. The
child of the poor man with brains
has the same chance as the son of 4
peer. The effect Of the system upon
the education of the people must be
beneficial in the highest degree.
When it is once seen that the son
of the artisan may snatch the prize
from his noble competitors, parents
will be more willing to make sacri-
fees for the education Of their
children. Not only will the winners
be rewarded, but even the unsec-
cessful will be gamers in intelli-
gence and intellectual force. The
nation will gain every way. 1t
will secure honest and competent
servants whose tenure of Office and
promotion will be solely dependent
upon meritorious service; and when
representatives are chosen, not for
what they can get or can give, but
for their knowledge of political
science, and their power and dispo-
sition to serve the Fatherland, q
higher tone may be expected to pre-
wade the circle of Dolitics.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02
Our New Census.
/, the New York Tribune. oath.

From the New York Tribune, oath.
Though the returns Of the ninth
census are not yet complete, it is al
ready certain that the total popula-
ton of the United States mot incln-
ding wild Indians) will fall below
forty millions; indeed, we believe it
likely to fall below thirty-nine mill
ions; whereas forty-two millions
were confidently anticipated by the
more sanguine apostles of manifest
destiny. Two States (New Hamp-
shire and Virginia) have fewer in
habitants than they had ten years
ago; whereas, so far as we can re-
collect, no former census showed a
decrease in any State unless its ter
ritorv had been diminished since
the last preceding enumeration.
But the States of Maine, Vermont,
Delaware, North and South Carroll
ma, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisi-
ana, and even Arkansas, show an in
considerable percentage of increase;
while Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New York, Pcnnsylva-
MIA, Maryland, Georgia, kentucky,
Tennessee, Ohio, and even Indiana,
have failed to hold their own-that
is to say, their ratio of increase is
less than that exhibited by the
whole country; so that their repre-
sentation in the next House Of Rep
resentatives is likely to be less than
in the present. Illinois, Michigan,
Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Texas and
California are the most thrifty
States; though we judge Nebraska
likely to show as large apeTcentage
of increase as the best of them du-
ring the next ten years.
Should Congress decide to make
no change in the act which fixes the
number Of Representatives at 234,
the next House will probably be ap-
portioned nearly as follows:
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02

A VICTIM OF WHIsKY.-A man
named John Higgins, Of Washing
ton Township, Jones County, while
riding from Cascade with James
Rogers, fell from the wagon and
died from the effects Of the concus-
sion. The Coroner, V. G. Willis
ton, held an inquest over the body.
Rogers testified that Higgins was
very drunk, and when descending a
bad hill he Rogers) was unable to
hold the deceased longer on the
seat, and he fell, with the result above
stated, though Mr.. Rogers did not
suspect that the man was seriously
injured until he had reached home,
Il mile and a quarter distant. Hig-
gins was then found to be quite
dead. We believe that no blame is
attributed to Rogers. Whisky did
the deed and the man who sold it is
the murderer.-.lnumosu Eurehn.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02
TEACHERS COLUMN.
4. ID. WEBB,
EDITOR.

How To TEACH.-First, plainly, so
plainly that the pupils cannot fail to un-
dcrstand the lesson. Second, earnestly,
so earnestly that they cannot fail to feel
it. Third, personally, so personally that
Qst), They cannot miss the truth; (2nd)
That the truth cannot miss them. Fourth,
ktndty, so kindly that the pupils cannot
truth
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02

A report which afterward proved
to be erroneous, came this week
from Washington, to the effect that
Yergcr, who murdered Col. Crane
at Jackson, Miss, over year since,
had been again tried, this time by a
Jury of colorcd men, convicted and
sentenced to Imprisonment for life.
The report was too indicative of
the reign Of even handed justice in
Mississippi to be true. We have
but little faith that the cowardly
assassin of Col. Crane will have
even this inadequate measure of
Justice melted out to him, but if it
should prove otherwise, and Ycrger
should be hung or otherwise remoy-
ed from the sight Of men by the
agency Of a colored jury, that cir
-u.nstanca Of itself wou!d 60 great
way in vindicating the eoiored mans
fitness for the jury box.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02
State News.


Waterloo is to have another fire
A new paper recently started at Mt
Pleasant has the following for its motto:
Sermons without hireling, dogmatic
priesthood. Law without lawyers. JUS
tice-without heW"
Miss Isabella Smith, of Grundy coun-
ty, received, in the Circuit Court of
Bremen county, verdict of $4,000 DANA
gcs against John 7. Campbell for breach
of promise of marriage The trial lasted
all the week, and wa swarmly contested
on both sides.
The Anamosa Eureka warns the pub
lie against a gentlemanly looking scamp,
who has been canvassing for the Rural
New Yorker, and M Demoresrs Maya
zinc in that place, and who decampcd
leaving an unsettled board bill at the
Fisher House, and box containing-a
stick of stove wood.
The Montana Standard tells of an
old lady in that vicinity who tests the
colors of prints by going shopping with
her mouth filled with soft soap, and chew
ing the corners of the pieces offered for
her inspection. Soft soap is not an I'M
usual article found in stores, but it is
generally found in the mouths of the
clerks, !rather than the customers.
-"Neck-Tie Festivals" are much in
vogue in some parts of the State. An
exchange thus explains them: "a lot
of ncck-ties Of different patterns are
made up by the ladies, sealed up in
envelopes, and bought by the gentlemen
before unsealing, after which the buyer
is to hunt up the lady wearing dress of
the same material, and is thereafter to
devote his attention to her"
The first impression of the first num-
Der of the first volume of the Storm Lake
Pilot was sold at auction the other day
in that thriving village for $106. Pretty
expensive Pilotage, and yet the editor
avows bis belief that if the precious copy
should be offered at auction in ten years
from now it would bring five times $106.
We don't doubt it, and shall never cease
to wonder at the modcsty of our friends
in putting it at so low IA figure.
The Fort Dodge North West thus
tells how town called Kosho on the
northwest road was wiped out: "This
city has disappeared from the face of the
carth-not like Pompeii-but it has gone
off on wheels. First the horse barn fell
down, then the hotel was taken to pieces
and moved ofi'-and lately the depot has
been ho:sted on wheels, moved nine
miles up the road, and landed near the
Sioux City Junction Kosho is now in
habitcd by muskrats alone"
The Clayton County Journal gives
the following particulars of IA horrible ac-
cident which occurred in Elkader last
week: Yesterday afternoon, Leonard
Pomeroy, an Old man, IS years of age,
the father in law Of John Munger, in Read
township met with horrible death by
being eaten alive by hogs 1t appears
that Mr.. Pomcroy had gone out to feed
a couple of hogs at . o'clock in the after
noon. At o'clock he was found in the
pen, his shoulders eaten, his face hcera-
ted and eaten by the ugly teeth of the
hogs, and terrible gashes in his bowels
1t was Il terrible, eNcruciating sight to
behold. No medical treatment can save
him
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02
Internal Revenue.

The annual report of Commission
CT Delano, of the Internal Revenue
Eureau, has been published, and
exhibits in most satisfactory light
the operations and results of this
important department.
In his report Of last year Mr..
Delano estimated the receipts of
internal revenue during the fiscal
wear Of 1870, at sl75, 100000. The
actual collections for the year show
an excess Of more than $10,Oo0,000
over this estimate, the exact figures
heing sls5,2a5, s6797. The report
also shows that the receipts for 1870
exceed those Of 1869 by S25, 1885,
523.68, or nearly sixteen per cent.
when it is remembered that these
results have been accomplished
through no increase of the burdens
upon the people, but i'll the face of
large reductions of internal revenue
taxes, and only by increased zeal
and efficiency in the collection of
the revenue, no further proof of the
ability and integrity with which the
Bureau is conducted need be offer
ed. ..-
Under the operation of the act of
July 14th, 1870, by which taxation
was largely reduced, the Commits
sioner estimates the annual receipts
of internal revenue at 1854.
OF this Iowa is expected to pay
$500, Oo6. The report also contains
a statement of the amount of inter-
nal revenue collected during the
first eighteen months of the present
administration, as compared with
the amount collected during the last
eighteen months of Johnson's adj
ministration. The balance in favor
of Grant is s4o,672, o69.o9, which
may be taken as just the difference
between fraud, corruption and inef-
ficiency on one hand, and faithful,
Jealous and honest performance of
official duty. on the other. The adj
ministration and the party which
placed it in power, may we'll con-
graduate themselvcr and the people
upon this fulfillmcnt Of their pro-
misses of vigorous and honest ad-
ministration of public affairs, made
when it assumed the control of the
government. Mr.. Delano steps into
the higher station, as head Of the
Internal Department, with record
of which no man need be ashamed,
and which promises well for future
usefulness.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02

The Davenport Go=ette ayailing
itself of the opportunity offered by
some remarks concerning Senator
Harlan in the Marshall Times, opens
the discussion of the senatorial ques-
ton and, assuming that the contest
will be between Mr.. Harlan and Mr..
Allison, warmly espouses the cause
of the former. We cannot see the
appropriateness of the opening up
of this subject at this early day,
but if it is deemed necessary in the
Gozette's plan of campaign, we
raise no formal objection. But in
the interest of decent journalism
we do hope that in the opening con-
test, that paper will refrain from
the course, personal abuse and ma
licious misrepresentation of Mr..
Allison, which characterized its
illusions to that gentleman in the
last Senatorial contest. We make
the appeal on the score Of decency
alone, for we are convened that the
Guzette's villitication of Mr.. Allison
on the occasion alluded to did him
no harm personally or politically.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02
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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02

Secretary Boutwell, is bringing
the great Pacific railroad corpora
tions to a sense of their obligations
to the government, i'll manner
which will secure him the applause
Of the country. AS our readers are
aware, besides the immense tracts
of valuable lands granted to those
companies formed to build railroads
to the Pacific, the government also
guaranteed the bonds issued for the
construction of the roads. 1t has
paid considerable sums in interest
On these bonds, which has never
been reimbursed by the corporations
nor probably ever would have
been, voluntarily But as intimated
thc Secretary has found way to
bring them to time. He has Motif
Il his subordinate in the Warrant
Department to discontinue the issue
IF warrants to the Union Pacific,
Kansas Pacific, and Central Pacific
railroads for transportation and
frcights OF government troops and
supplies, until those corporations
shall reimburse the government for
moneys advanced on their account.
This action has disconnected the
agents Of the companies who were
bcseiging the department for the
settlements of their accounts. The
delinquency Of the Union Pacific is
S2,283,229, and that of the Kansas
Pacific s4Ss, 100.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02
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Notices of' the Press i.

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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02

.N0ficeS 81 he Press
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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02

THE Dubuque Times announces
the probability that Hon. J. NJ
Brayton, District Judge elect, will
take up his residence in that city
during his official term. We have
no hesitation in avowing that Du-
buque has earned no title to such
consideration at the hands of Judge
Brayton.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02

DAVENPORT has a Lazy Mans So
,cicty. One of the articles requires
that no man belonging to the socie-
ty shall ever be in hurry. The
other day DIR. Peck, Of that place,
was summoned for the first time in
six months. His horse had been
standing in the stable SO long with
out exercise that it was little
frisky and went through the streets
of that deserted city with the Doc
tor in gig, at fast gait, contrary
to the rules of the Society. On his
return some of the members remind
ed the Doctor of his fast driving
and violation of the rules. "Not at
ALL" said he; "the truth is my horse
was determined to go, and felt too
lazy to stop him" lie was exoner-
ated.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02
ESTRAY COWS.

TAKEN up by Nathan Holman in Newton Tp.,
Buchanan County, Iowa, on the 14th day of
November. 1870, one Cow about ten years old,
black head and neck, body black and white, right
horn the shortest, left car cut or torn. Appraised
at $40 90.
Also one Red Cow four years old. white on the
end of the tail. Appraised at 81? 90.
Also one pale red and white Cow, three years
old. Appraised at $1s %.
22-1w d. l., SMITH, Clerk
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02
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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given to all persons interest
~ ed that on the 18th day of November, A. d.
1870, the undersigned appointed by the Circuit
Court of Buchanan county, Iowa, Executor of the
Estate of Arthur Woods, deceased, late of said
make payment to the undersigned. and those hav-
ing claims against the same will present them le-
gally authenticated to said Court for allowance.
Dated Nov. II, 1870.
21-2w JOHN L. GOSKER, Executor.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02
New Advertisements.
NOTICE

IS hereby given, that application has been made
/ to the Circuit Court of Buchanan County,
Iowa, by G. II. Dewey, druggist doing business
at Fairbank. in said county, for Permit to sell
Intoxicating Liquors for Medicinal. Mechanical,
Culinary and Sacramental purposes. and that said
matter will be finally heard and determined by the
Court on the first day of the next term, common
cling on Monday, January odd, 1871.
Witness my hand and the seal Of said
f.. 81 Court, this 18th day of November
1870.
S2-2w ID. l.. SMITH Clerk
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02
ESTRAY HEIFER.

TAKEN up by Gardner c. Canfeld, In Como
/ Township, Buchanan County, Iowa. on the
4h day of November 1870, one red and white
Hefer white face, bush of the tail white, white on
the belly, red around the eyes, one year old last
spring. Appraised at S12 CO.
2a-1w ID. l.. SMITH. Clerk.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02
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supplement containing numerous fuli-slzed
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every fortnight.
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endered paper, and is published weekly.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02
ESTRAY COLT.

TAKEN up by William Fillmore, In Como Town
ship, Buchanan County, Iowa, on the first
day Of November, 1870, one three year old Bay
Mare Colt brown name, tail and legs, small white
spot in forehcard. Appraised at $50 20.
22-tw ID. L. SMITH, Clerk.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-02

FIFE second session Of the 4lst
Congress viii commence in Wash
ipston on Monday nost, Dec. 9Th.