Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24

grand spree over the completion of a
mile of wooden pavement,
The President has signed the bill
creating territorial government for the
District of Columbia. WE
Mrs. Dr. Cook. of Buffalo, had an
income last year of nearly $4,000 from
her medical practice.
Turkey has officially recognized the
new French government, and the Sub
lime Porte has given assurances of
friendship.
B. F. Boyce, ex-Sheriff of New Mad
rid county, was arrested in St. Louis,
yesterday, on suspicion of having killed
Deputy United States Marshal jenkins.
General e. Dumont, ex-mcmber of
Congress from Indianapolis, is lying in
critical condition at the National
Hotel, at Washington, and fears are
entertained that he Will not recover.
The correspondent of the London
Times at Versailles states that the Prus-
sian authorities have granted and con-
scented to an extension of the armistice
to the 1st day of March.
The European conference has agreed
to open the Black Sea to all the war
vessels which may enter by Straits of
the Dardcnnelles, and excepting those
Of Russia.
The Arkansas Legislature have
adopted articles of impeachment against
Governor Clayton ana Chief Justice Nc
Clure, for conspiring to Gust Lieut.. Gov
ernor johnson.
1t is doubtful if the bills to admit as
States into the Union the Territories of
New Mexico, Colorado and Utah will be
reported to the House this session.
President Grant has headed the list
of contributions to the fund which the
Congressional Temperance Society is
now raising, with $500. VicePresidcnt
colfax and Speaker Blaine follow with
500 each.
"A man by the name of James E.
Beaver, was arrested, at Cascade, last
week, on suspicion of being a horse thief,
and was taken to Dubuque, but his friends
came up and proved him to be another
man." and he was released.
Nasty came nearer than ever before
to the object of his search for the Man
of Sin in New York, Thursday night
when he went within four blocks of the
Erie Railroad Opera House.
Thus far, twenty-five dead bodies
have been recovered from the Hudson
River Railroad Disaster. The body Of
Doc Simmons, the engineer, and that of
another man have been recovered.
Russia has officially announced her
recognition of the new French govern
mcnt, and instructions in accordance
with such recognition have been trans
mitted to the Russian representatives
abroad.
The House of Representatives, on
the 2lst, passed the bill for the con-
struction of the Southern Pacific Rail
road, from Marshall, Texas, to San
Diego, Cal, on the Pacific. The bill
now goes back to the Senate for concur
renee in certain amendments
Chicago is unqucstionably the larg-
est pork packing city i'll the country.
In 1868 the packing hogs was 775, l2l;
in 1869, 579.954; in 1870, 639,645; and
for the season of 1871, to date, 856,560
have been packed, and the packers are
still at work.
The minority report Of the Con-
gressional Judiciary Committee i'll the
great McGarrahan case, which instructs
the Secretary of the Interior to issue a
paitllt w hCNdi idHii, was auVp.Su VII
the Goth inst.
The report that the proposition of
purchasing the British territory in
North America would be brought be-
fore the high commission which is soon
to assemble at Washington to settle the
Alabama claims, was sanctioned by the
President, is authoritatively denied.
The Typographical Union of Wash
ington, at their meeting last week, adj
mittcd to membership J. Keat Smith,
colorcd, by vote of 800 against &c. The
cases of Frederick Douglass, Jr, and La
Velettc Leath, also colorcd, were not
definitely acted OH. The question has
been pending for a year past, causing
much excitement among the typograph-
ical fraternity.
The authoress, Alice Cary, was bur
led at Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn,
Feb. 14th. The pail bearers were Hor-
ace Greeley, George Ripley, Bayard Tay-
lor, p. T. Barnum, w. w. Hall, and A.
J. johnson, Fanny Fern and other liter
ary celebrities were present at the flu
neral, and also the editors of most of
the newspapers and periodicals.
The Massachusetts, Senate has ordered
the following sentiment by Gov. Andrew
engraved on the pedestal Of his statue ::
81 know not what record of sin awaits
me in the other world, but this | do
know That never was so mean as to
dispise any man because he was poor,
because he was ignorant, or because he
was black
M. Theirs has been elected as the
Chief Executive of the French Repub-
lie, and has announced to the National
Assembly the following gentlemen as
the new ministry: Jules Armand Duif-
ert, Minister Justice; Jules Favre, Min
lister of Foreign Affairs; Louis Joseph
Picard, Minister of the Interior; jules
Simon, Minister of Instruction; Felix