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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29

"DR,' SAMUEL S. WooD.-This
distinguished bloat, we notice by our
exchanges, is still on his travels as
correspondent of the Chicago Journal
of Commerce. He is mainly cele-
brated for the amount of gas which
he splits out at every town where he
hauls up. His corporeal proportions
and high sounding preten,ions prom
Use much, but his letters are the
merest twaddle smeared thin. The
editorial fraternity of Iowa have
extended cour.esies beyond limit
and received in return his impositions
on the publi:. He obtained money
from business firms in this city TO
make especial mention" in his cor
respondence of their business, but
gave nothing about our city but what
a ten year old school boy would have
considered tame, and merely men
toned the fact that certain firms were
doing business in town. We gave
him sufficient data from which to
write up four column letter and he
obtained material oi others sufficient,
to fiji the New York independents
That's his style of coming the conf
dence on his victims. The Journal
Of Commerce is good paper for
business men, but if the proprletors
want their subscribers to stand by
them, they will not allow that "scab''
to make more than one visit to a
town during the year. We give
this complimentary" gratis. - &C.
DIR Falls Gazette
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29
The Ups and Downs OF Wall street.

One of the most striking incidents
of the ups and downs in life has
come under my personal observation.
A very few years ago John-was
a poor but industrious man, occupy
ing the position Of gate keeper at one
of the East river ferries. Ills family
resided in Brooklyn tenement
house, and John expended no more
funds than was strictly necessary to
the maintenance of comfort. 1t had
happened that Commodore Wander
bilt took a fancy to the man. 1t was
one of those strange freaks for which
the Railway King is famous, viz. ::
taking up men in the lowest walks Of
life and placing them on the highway
to fortune. John may some time
have opened the gate and stopped
the ferryboat for the Commodore's
team, after the time was up. Per.
haps he some time found and secured
valuable horse for him. What
eve, may have been the cause, the
Commodore was led to "coach"
him. He was put into the Harlem
pool. After the famous corner in
that stock, John found himself worth
million and a quarter of dollars.
From poverty he was lifted, in a
moment as it were, into affluencs.
An elegant residence, splendid farm
On Staten Island. and valuable stud
| of horses soon followed. John con-
tinued to speculate. and fortune "a
vored him. He entered into the
Jerome combinations, but here he
lost heavily. Still he had very
large surplus left. When the rise in
gold occurred, last September. John
3waded in" AS the price continued
to rapidly advance, he believed. with
others, that the conspirators would
carry it up to two hundred. and he
operated accordingly. When, upon
that eyentful Black Friday, the col
lapse came, and gold dropped IN the
twinkling of an eye, as it were, from
162 to 81, John was "long." Caught
with other bulls on the horns OF the
bears. he roared and tossed about
but ali to no purpose. John was q
ruined man. The fortune he once
possessed was completely lost: lie
mortgaged property right and left,
hoping to stave off the evil day OF
settlement with creditors. But his
last piece Of property is soon to be
sola under the hammer, and John is
where he was;l pecuniariiy, before
the Railway King smiled upon him.
-Cn, CHic0go Jeursa0l.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29

to prepare and publish, with the aid of emf
nent counsel, report uf the products Of the
northwest, the rights to market and trans
portation, and the remedies available for
existing wrongs. the expenses thereof to be
betrayed by subscription price for such re-
port. Ninth, That q commission of three
be appointed by this convention whose duty
it shall be to take measures for the organi-
cation of town and county transportation
leagues, and to call meeting Of delegates
from these leagues to form . State league.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29
WAR WITH THE INDIANS.

Special dispatches from Washington IN
dictate the imminence Of a bloody Indian
war. Twenty thousand Sioux with allies
from the Cheyennes and northern tribes are
expec,ed to take the war path within q
month. There is in consequence Of these
hostile demonstr atoms, very active move
ments of government troops. The 18th
and 18th regiments Of infantry are ordered
TO Sioux City with the utmost dispatch. All
the troops in ,entucky have been ordered
to move, an recruiting officers in Ne"
York are required to forward all available
recruits to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to
be assigned to active duty.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29
Respectfully,
E. B. FRENCH, Auditor.

A CASHMERE SHAwL.-It is we'll to be
queen. The other day, Prince Alfred Was
in India, and the Mahar,j ah of Cashmere
offered him as present a shawl, on which
three hundred weavers had been incessan,-
ly at work for three years. No such shawl
had ever been manufactured before. The
Prince having perhaps received maternal
hint not to take any more presents, after
his miserable escapades in Australia, de
clined the gift, whereupon the Maharaa
begged Of him to forward It 10 the Queeu
Her Majesty mus have more Cashmete
shawls in her possession than ally dry
goods dealer in New York. Tue real Cash
mere shawl is very scarce object, for the
Maharaj ah claims large royalty Oh every
one manufactured, and moreover buys the
most beautiful for his own use or for dis
,riuution among his friends. What are
called "Indian shawls' generally, are made
in Umritstir, or in France. There is Tor
was a gentleman in India who has all the
curtains in his house made of pure Cash
mere shawls-each one worth about 81 $50,
gold, on the spot. As an Indian house has
no doors, but curtains instead, it may be
imagined that a fair display of the genuine
article is made in this one establishment
N. Y, Times.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29

FlRE.-Reports ef the destruction of
property by fire are unusually rife this weet,,
The first is from Cedar Falls, where at 10
o'clock on Saturday morning frame barn
belonging to W. p. Tanbman, was consum.
ed. The barn was near the railroad bridge,
which also took fire, and the railroad EN-.
ploycs who had charge of it, refusing to act,
it would undoubtedly have been destroyed
but for the exertions of the citizens led by
Peter Melendy, Esq. Mr.. Melendy taking
the hose, STOOD between the bridge and barn
until the latter fell and the bridge was safe.
His hands, face and ears were burned to
a blister.
On the same afternoon the house of Mr..
Henry Wesche, u miles from Earlvile,
with the bulk of its contents, WAS destroyed.
One of the children, little girl about two
years old, sat upon the front door step and
the flames completely enveloping her, would
have persisted but for the heroic conduct of
Miss Eliza Gibbs, who rushed into the
flames and rescued the child. The fire
originating from smoke house, and the
loss about $4,000, upon which there was 20
insurance.
The depot at Winthrop, in this county,
was burned on Sunday night of which more.
particulars will be found on the local page.
A STRAw.-A vote was taken on train
on the North Western road few DAYS since,
to determine the sympathies of the passen-
gers with regard to woman suffrage. 1t will
be seen by the following report Of the result,
hat the "women who do not want the bal
OF were somehow not out in strong force |
IN the occasion
Ladies for woman suffrage 81
g against s
who would vote if they had
chance 81 |
Gentlemen for woman suffrage rs
" against M
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29

HISTORICAL RELIc.-We have in our
possession, temporarily, an old horse pistol,
handed to us by one Of our citizens, which
is said TO be the identical weapon with which
Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in
duel in 1904. The pistol, we are inform
ed, belongs to an old man named Welcb,
living in this vicinity, who was with Burr
on Blannerbasset's Island when the latter
was cooking up his project of invading
Mexico, in 1907. Welch found the pistol
on the island and had tho. best Of reasons
for believing it belonged to Burr. He was
therefore careful TO cling to it in all his
subsequent travelngs. 1t bears every evi.
dence of having been through hard service
Of some kind and it's antiquated appearance
is proof Of old nge. Mscatine ,}cunai.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29

The McGregor Ne,cs announces that after
NAY 9Th the editorial and financial manage
ment of that paper will pass intoahe hands
of Major. Willis Drummond and Douglas
hehiingwell, Mr.. Tompkins retiring from
all connection with the concern. Maj.
Dlommopd viii ultimately assume the edi-
torial dates, but fer the present Mr.. Left.
ipx1ieN will fill .hatpo6tion:r -We.Eill take
mach pleasure in congrstulsting our friend
Drummond upon his return to The profes.
sion of journalism, and we doubt not that
iIe readers of the Neus will hail his return
'@ ia, pnr.:cilar field Ill unaloye. salts
fiction.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29

AN Iowa Republican exchange which
was, if we mistake not, friendly to the en-
Reimbursement of the negro, when that Is
sue was before the people Of the State, en-
rorses the following apology for al argu-
H, gaiust woman suffrage.
,,F. = .egi slators are so rapidly
ta correcting these venerable
r. ,,s.-.h-se inequalities Of
.s.. a~t ryr 'natiue than Il
3es.- ~e r.t shg ara3t yemen nave a
10 enforce taese sell
.- af,raof'
This was one Of tie arguments used by
:hs opponents Of negro suffrage. They
very truly said that since the war, large
share Of the legislation Of the country had
been for tie ama,io-ation Of The condition
o: TIE negro; tAey avegTed that white leg
islators were willingly and rapidly correct
in, the venerable wrongs under which he
had groanod for years, and then they tr!urn
phan,ly asked, why must the negro have
the ballo, 10 enforce the reforms which are
being SO efficiently accomplished for him b,
somebody else. We presume our cotemp"
.rarv SAW and showed up the shallowness O
the sophsry at that time. We are sorry
that in lieu Of better argument, he is com
PEELED to endorse its application to the wo
man movement.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29

We are in receipt of the first number of
the new daily issued from the Office Of the
Sioux City Journal, by the Perkins broth
ers. 1t is six column sheet, with quite
Gifted look, and contains ample evidence
of the ability Of its projectors. We wish
them abundant success i'll their new enter
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29

The Ojd Fellows of Dubuque celebrated
the fity-frst anniversary of the order in the
United States, in grand style on Tuesday
last. a procession, music, and an Grafton
NY Gen. VIM. 'Vandever, were the features
Of the occasion. The festive occasion was
closed by a ball in the evening.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29

DEATH OF FAMOUS AMERICAN LADY
Mrs. Emma Willard, founder of the we'll
known Troy Seminary for the education of
young ladies, died at Troy, n. Y, last week,
aged "a years. She was born at Berlin,
c., in 1887, and early in life resolved to
qualify herself for the vocation of teacher,
in which honorable calling she subsequent
1y,Aitained world wide emf ence:e- In. 1907
she took charge Of an academy a. Middle
bury. VT, where she married Dr.: John
Willard, and for seven years gave UP
teaching. ,Butiq el4, her husband hns-
ing met with financial reverses, she opened
= boarding school for girls at Middlebury,
thence removed to Waterford. N. Y..{x
1919, and III -t81i- established the Troy
Seminary, over which she continued to PIC:
side. with tue assistance Of her son, J Ohm
A. Willard, to whom, with his wife. the &C.
tive management. IVES committed some
SeaFs since
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29
BOUNTIES.
Adjutant General Baker has received
the following letter:

Adjutant General Baker has received
the following letter:
Treasury DEPARTMENT.,
SECOND AUDIToR's OFFICE,
April Il, 1870.
SrR:-The recent decision of the Su-
preme Court Of the United States applies
only to men who enlisted for three years,
between May 4, 1861, and July %, 1861,
and were honorably discharged,
Discharge for promotion does not enti.le
the soldier promoted to this bounty.
In case of death after discharge, the
the heirs Of the soldier are not entitled to
the bounty.
Soldiers entitled to this bounty will not
be entitled to bounty under the Act of July
70, 1866. The bounty there promised is
upon certain conditions named in the Act,
and this decision does not change these
conditions.
Respectfully,
E. B. FRENCH, Auditor.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29

The Des Moines Register in pursuance o
the threats contained in the Jeremiad whict
sppeared in its columns just after the defea
y, its propretors for the State Partnership
u now moving heaven and earth to defea;
the aspirations of John A. kasson for the
Republican nomination for Congress in the
9th District, said kasson being one of the
ruthless men most prominent in choking
Mills l. Co. from the udders of the State
Treasury. The editor of the Register is al.
so Special Correspondent of the Chicago
tribune, ct Des Moines, i'll which capacity
he pours the following volley into the ta-
.grant Kasson, in the shape OF special dis
match 10 the Tribune under date of April
10Th ::
"Johu A. k,sson, formerly member Of
Congress trons she 5sh District, land on the
shelf in 1866 for Andy Johnsoa!ng. is an
l,ounced in Orwigrs Bulletin, today, rs
candidate for Congress again. 1t has been
penerally supposed that Mr.. kasson would
lie an independent candidate, every Demo
cratic paper in the district having declared
in favor of him, but it appears that this I'M
preston was at fault
The Bulletin neutral as between candi-
dates, but bound to see fair play says that
the dispatch must be read in the light of the
following facts:
LIST. ats author is very young man,
and received his first public notice from
Republican Convention as late rs 1862
the same Convention making him com.
,.itteensan, and nominating John A. kas-
son for Representative
I'd. The young man is now in the EN-
ployment of Mills & Co., who made a fero-
cious, tiger-like assault upon John A. kas-
son some months ago, and through whose
paper-the Register, punishment was threat
ened Kssson, and all other prominent Re-
publicans who dared to vote against f. NJ.
Mills for public printer.
81. This same young man, as Chairman
os the Republican Executive Committee,
invited John A. Kasson to stump the State
for the Republican State Ticket in 1869
Kasson did, a. late as 1869. fill the ap-
continents to address Republican meetings,
made for him By the young man who, for
getting the trust con6ded to him by the Re
pablean party, and remembering only the
punishment threatened Kasson, and others,
by his employers, now makes use Of his po-
sition to declare John A. Kasson "lsid on
the shelf in 1866 for Andy-Johnsoning!
4,h. The young man and his employers
voted for John A. Kasson as the Republi- |
can candidate for Representative in 1869
tn rec years after the sbelvingl'
As between Mr.. kasson and his competl-
tor, Frank Palmer, our sympathies are all
with the latter. AS one Of the ablest, and
mos. uprigh. representatives Iowa ever had
in Congress, he is entitled TO q re-nomlna-
ton, but he certainly has cause to pray that
he be saved from his friends of the Register
E stripe. If there is any one agency IN his
4 istr;ct more detrimental to his cause than
another, that one is the paper to which his !
talents gave influence and position, but |
which now seems anxious to earn and de- |
serve the apprehension of every honest ciil-
zen of the commonwealth.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29
], *3l,443,79o 3s,34o,ooo 24l 275

This total includes the population of the
District of Columbia and all the then Terrific
ries, amounting to 295.207.
NorE.--The population of the Federal Dis
trict and the Territories probably exceeds
100000, raising the aggregate population of
the United States and Territories to about &c.
000.0 The majority of estimates carry it
above 40, 600, 900, which we think the actual
enumeration will fail to sustain.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29

Mark Twain succeeds in mixing his met.
aphors very thoroughly in his letter accept
ing the charge of the agricultural depart
ment of the GALAXY. "In this virgin soil"
he says, II will insert a reapiDg hook that
shall blossom like the rose; upon this sail
less desert will launch q tri1mphal barge;
in this deep mine of aflluence will plant q
sturdy tree of prosperity, whose fragrance
shall slake the hunger Of the naked, and
whose sheltering branches shall stretch
abroad until they wash the shores Of the re-
mctest lands of earth"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29

The Republican Convention for the NOM
ination Of Congressman in the lst District
is to be held at Fairfield, June LIST. The
able and popular Representative from that
District, Hon. g. W. McCrary, will proba-
bly, be reneminated without serious opposi-
tiOn -..t, q.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29

The Io,ra State Register, with sanctimo-
Nous zeal, comes to the defense of the
members of the legislature fer being so ex-
ceedingly generous as to bait the big hook
for the city of Des Moines with $4,000 to
fish out Of the pockets Of the soldiers fifty
or seventy-Gve thousand more. We think
the members certainly need some one to de-
fend them and we know of no one that can
better do so then the Register. Wdterloo
ReDOyfer
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29
BouNTY--The following letter to the
Oskaloosa Herald may be of interest to

OsKHIoosH Ic7UtU may DC UI IutcEeSt 10
some of our readers:
WASHINGTON, March %, 1870.
Editors Herald:-I have many letters
from soldiers asking about the late decision
of the Supreme Court, in relation to boun-
ties for soldiers who have served less than
one year. For the information of all,
will say that the decision gives bounty on
ly to those who enlisted for three years be-
tween the 4th of May, and the 22d Of Ju-
~, 1861. So that the decision does not
give bounty to all who enlisted for three
years and served less than one.
Yours respectfully,
VIM. LoUGHRlDGE.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29

Iowa SOLDIERS REuSloN.-I have the
postoffice addresses of most of the late Off
GERS of the Iowa Volunteer Regiments. Ii
is necessary that should have all. l there
fore ask that all of said officers give me
their postofice address. 1t would save me
some trouble if the company and regiment
were added to the signature of the officer.
| also wish the postotiice address of all
the drummers and ffers who belonged to
the late Iowa volunteer regiments.
N. B. BAKER,
Sec. Elk. Com. Iowa Soldiers Reunion.
FRUIT PROSPECTS IN SOUTHERN
ILLINo1s-The Centraiia Sentinel of
the 18th inst. has the following con-
corning the fruit prospects at that
time. AS there has since been a
cold and severe storm we fear that
like good accounts could not now be
given:
The prospect for fine peach crop
was never more cheering than now.
The peach trees are just opening
their bloom, which is abundant, and
pears and cherries will open this
week. There is some danger to be
aprrehended from late irosts, but the
promise Of good fruit crop, at this
season, was never better, and we will
hope that it will escape danger from
now on. Extensive preparations are
being made to give the curculio a
nice little fight, and if it is maintain
ed vigorously this season, the work
will be much lighter another year.
From our exchanges We learn
that fruit promises well in all parts of
southern Illinois and in other States.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29
THE CONVENTIONS.

The Ottumwa Courier makes the sensible
suggestion that the holding of the State and
Congressional conventions be postponed
until the latest possible day, and says:
We have so nearly nothing to fight in
Iowa, that it is really farcical and fearfully
ludicrous to be pounding the air, and toot-
ing on wind instruments, for about six
months, with really no enemy in our front.
Let us appeal to the respective State and
Congressional Committees to put the Con-
veptions off as late as possible, and then let
US have short, sharp and decisive conflict,
and of course, glorious victory.
The Waukon Standard relates the fol>
lowing as one of the incidents in the ex-
perience of gentleman who has been fa>
vored with introduction to polite circles at
Lansing:
"The company was engaged in dancing,
ard the lovliest female present occupied a
chair near the window without q partner
Stepping up to the lady, with FACILITATING
heart. he exclaimed
"Will you do me the honor to grace me
with your company for the next set?
Her lustrous eyes shone with unwonted
brlliancy, while her pearly teeth glistcned,
her snowy bosom rose and fell with joyful
rapture, as she replied:
"Yes STREE! for I've sol, and sot, and
sot, till I've bout TUX root y
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-29
Farm For Sale.

Farm For Sale.
r hereby offer for sale my farm, situated n
miles east of Independence, comprising
3S3 acres of the best of prairie land. all fenced
and under good cultivation, well watered, with
good house and barn, sheep barn, corn and hog
house, and other out-buildings, fine young
orchard in bearing, together with small fruit
in good quantity. The farm with go acres of
excellent timber will be sold all together, or d.
vided to suit purchasers. 1t will be sold cheap
and on easy terms. Inquire Of the subscriber
on the premises.
q. e J. c. OZtAS.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-09-28
Macarthur, Sept. %, 1870.
A Good Sign.

The Republican Party has
heretofore been the stronghold
of the Protectionists. Free
Trade was always a Democrat
ic rallying-cry, and it was not
difficult in the midst Of the
passion of the earlier years of
the war to give it a bad name,
by allying it in the public mind
with British hostility, and
Democratic treason The keen
Republican managers, under
the lead of the Pennsylvania
iron-lords, by false promises to
New-England shortsighted-
ness, by shrewd appeals to
Western farming interests to
secure q home market, ETC., and
by flatteriug Greeley's absurd
vanity to be considered a pol
itical economist, succeeded in
making Protection a prominent
plank in the Republican plat
form. They have thus had
the entire weight of the Re
publican party on their side,
and thousands of good men,
who during the war We're
taught to believe that the safe.
ty Of the country depended
upon the unity Of that party,
have ever since from force Of
habit and under the spell Of par.
ty drill voted for Protection
against their own best con-
viction, merely because they
belived that Protection was a
necessary Republican doctrine.
There are ominous mutterings
in the Republican camp
Many good men are growing
restless under the merciless
lash, that would drive them to
vote for defrauding forty mil
lions of people for the benefit
of forty hundred corrupt
monopolists. The day that
Radicals discard protection
as a cardinal doctrine, that day |
monopoly is doomed. And
the day is dawning.