Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-07-29
FROM DUBUQUE.
DUBUQUE, July 18th.

the skies are ajar at last,-we have been
refreshed. Thursday evening Dubuque was
visited by terrific storm of rain and wind,
accompanied by thunder and lightning.
The wind made considerable havoc among
the wndow-shutters and other outside fix.
lures in our streets, but We have not as We,
heard of any damage to the crops TIE
thunder and lightning was the severest Of
the season. indeed, the atmosphere seemed
charged with electrical fluid to an unusual
degree,-the operators in the associated
press telegraph office, experiencing the ut
most difficulty in taking the midnight dis
patches, the paper on which they are taken
being several times consumed by the cleo
tlical FIRE. There have been several other
yisitstions Of storms this week and last, but
more so violent as that just mentioned.
The recent reports of European wars,
with which all our foreign news has been
rife, has bad the effect Of stirring up the
foreign element Of our population the
French aud Germans particlarly TO intense
excitement. When the news came Friday
afternoon that war lad been proclaimed,
the scene was quite lively. Within an hour
after the reception of this rews, the claret
flowed from dozen nasal extremities. Lily
service not being deemed sufficiently dem.
onstrative of the affection they bore for the
Fatherland aud sunny France, they had re-
course to the art pugilistic. Not IA few talk
of returning to tie old country TO participate
in the war. 1t is said that The Ge. mans oi
| Chicago have raised fund Of $500, to be
awarded to the Prussian soldier that capt
ures the first French flag.
Thursday of last week, Peter Cartwright
took his departure from Our city, alter de-
ivering IA course of addresses i'll the Met ..
dist church, where he was most heartily II.
! ceived BY large audiences. His alscourses
| we're no display Of eloquence or rhetoric
! but simply "reminiscences in detail of his
eventful life, delivered III plain, Peter Cart
| wright style. AT this period of bus hie he
las 90 need oi fac spun language. the Va
ried labors Of his past lie speak with Al
eoqueuce that surpasses ali art, a recital O
! chem is Ike
| WAX ing up a tale Of glory
From the relics Of old story.
He was born September LIST, 1885. in Am
berSt county, Virginia, which would max,
him nearly IS years cid II: the present time
! he connected himself with the Mrth1dis
at an early age, and commenced his | b +.
as an exhorler In tie year 1902, making al
interval oi IS years. durug which he ha
! labored Increasingly TOT the church. Insr
Is food for thou hi il IA coL'eml latIun = h
History. As he says II, his au', h'p graft
| he has autlvai nearly every man 81 hi
,ireis u the bri.ntess and best names liia
| nave .rautd tie pages OF history, have a-s
ed away III his TIM; bonn hgeau year
before the close OF the last century. h. -,.
fingers, gray-haircd pilgrim, at the gate
| way of another. Without ogershadowini
intellectual power, he has made name
and unbiem,shea, - iamiliar throughout IT,
civilized world With good physical power
| aud good common sense, he has accomplish
ed ever ytbre, - he is indeed venerable
Mrs. Enma Hardirge, lady who ha
! made reputation as an advocate otsprtua'
| ism, also delivered a course OF three lecture
last week. The first two evenings she le',
| lrei, but small audiences greeted her. the
third evening. however, Club Hall WI
| well filled, Setting aside he pros a..
cons Of spiritualism, all who listened TO Mr.
! Hardiuge will confess her ability. She hat
a bold determined style, display muct
argumentative power in developing the
the history and creed of her faith. Sh,
SAID that no great referD or movement il
any direction had unfoded its full strength
in its incipiency, that time matured al
things, plead for time in behalf of spirit
uaism, and thought there was nothing too
great for its ac accomplishment. Give Us
time" she said, Sand we will accomplish al
things give US time and we viii worl
Miracles Mrs. Harlirge is a nobl
looking woman :: her facial outlines ar
quite angular, in stature she is tall ant
degniied in presence, with deep, musica
voice, and l2ultless elocution. A tinge O
irony peryades her utterances. We thlnl
she could fulfill much higher destiny wer
she to become the champion of something
more substantial than the ''airy nothing y
spiritualism. G. IL. NJ.