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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-09

Tho amount Of land remaining in
this State subject to homestead and
pre- emption entry, is estimated as
follows by the State Register:
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-09

The Democracy Of this State, in
their call Tor q State Convention on
the 14th OF June, next, say:
"Tho Democracy of Iowa invited
to participate in said Convention,
regardless of their past party affilia-
tions, all citizens who arc opposed to
that combination of force and fraud
into which the puro government of
our Fathers has degoneratcd in the
hands of its present administrators,
all who favor q reform in the Tariff,
the Internal Revenue system, and
the Civil Service, ell who believe that
Corporations should be subordinate
and amenable to the people, and that
honesty in Office should be enforced
by such changes in tho fundamental
law as will secure prompt punish
ment Of the guilty, and place Office
within the reach only Of those who
are of full stature whom measured
by tho Jeffersonian standard Of
Honesty and Competency"
This comes from the pen of John
P. Irish, chairman of the Democratic
Central Committee, as its we'll
rounded sentences of catch-penny
| pretensions to holiness indicate
| The Jeffersonian standard of honesty
and competency, is but "as sounding
brass and q tinkling symbol in the
shambles of modern Democracy
The last glimmerlng ray of THU
Jeffersonian sentiment severed il,
abode with that party, as the birds o
prey of Buchanan's administration
J sat fiend-like upon the helpless form
of . betrayed country, until the,
: thought they had plunged their taI
+ ons SO deep into her vitals that sh
: could never recover, but would re
5 main tho Football .of their mcrcilea
+ democratic rebel followers. John T
! and his friends can sing the sweetos
lullaby strains Of honesty to tho dea
people, but the whitcd sepulchre
IN their past record, indicate In bloot
stained colors, enduring as the sa'
:, dest of memories. the shallow, empt,
: ness, and deceit of their preteDsionI
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-09
President of the Iowa State Uni
Y0rSitY. -.

Rev. George Thackor, Pastor Of
the Congregational Church Of Water
loo, in this State, was, on the LIST
inst, elected to tho Presidency of
our State University. This has boon
found q difficult position to fill, but
Mr.. Thaoker brings TO II eminent
qualifications. 7
Hs ID graduate Of Yale College;
Has brother who is now Professor
ID Yale. He has been for twenty.six
years o successful pastor, and has
boon esteemed an able minister. He
had, we believe, q charge in New
York q long and useful passionate at
West Merfden, Conn.,, whence he
came, at tho great regret of his
people, to Keokuk, whore, after
building up one Of tho strongest
churches In the State, he resigned
his charge in 1867. he has boon
pastor Of the church at Waterloo,
about two years and half, and is
well known throughout the State
| Ho had call about q month since
to the pastorate the Congregation
al church at Des Moines, with the
offer Of q salary Of $4,000, but tn,
call was declined. luls
Il If he accepts and enters upon tn,
work, as there is every reason t,
expect he will, tho friends Of tn
University may congratulate them
selves upon having at It's head, /,
man ofthorough scholarship, abreas
with tho spirit Of the ago. and on
. who gives abundantpromise Of fllin
;. well this important position.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-09

Corrected by MoRlAnrr 4 HLAuoHLIs.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09
The Iowa Liquor Law.

1t may be interesting to some Of
our readers to know that the Iowa
liquor law, contains the following
provisions which, it seems to us are
very pertinent. We clip from an
exchange.
'Perhaps few persons are aware
that Chapter Al, Acts of the Ninth
General Assembly Of the State of
Iowa, approved March 22nd, 1862,
provides that any person manufact-
uring or selling intoxicating liquor,
contrary to the provisions of the
law, and causing the intoxication Of
another person, shall be compelled
to pay reasonable compensation to
any person or persons who may
take charge and provide for such in
toxicated person, and shall also be
liable for one dollar per day for
each additional day such person
may be kept III consequence of such
intoxication. Any wife, child, pa
rent, guardian, employer or other
persons who may be injured in per-
son, property or means of support
in consequence of such intoxication,
shall have right of action against
such person selling the liquor caus-
ing intoXication, who shall he liable
for all damage actually sustained as
well as exemplary damages; and the
property of such person his bonds
men, and the property in which the
liquor is sold arc all liable for the
damage done by reason Of the un-
lawful SAKE of.such liquor. Under
a similar provision Of the law in
Ohio, siiits for damages have been
followed up so thick and fast that
the whisky business has become UNI
proftabletand in consequence is fast
decreasing There is no reason
why the temperance men OF Iowa
should not change their mode Of
warfare and attack the whisky deal
ers at this vulnerable point. No
wife, child or parent, who has been
injured by the unlawful sale Of in
toxicating liquors, should feel any
hesitancy or delicacy in commenc
ing suit against the perpetrators of
such injuries.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09

On Wednesday of last week, a
Mr.. J. f. Blake, living south OF
Luzerne, Iowa township, Benton
county, was arrested on the charge
of numbering Miss Mahala Bog
CESS, who died in Belle Plaine, last
October. 1t seems the defendent
was under marriage engagement
to Miss B., and it is charged that
she died from the effects of medicine
administered to produce an abor-
ton. The preliminary trial result
ed in the accused being held in the
sum of 81 900 to appear at the next
term Of the District Cou. in that
county. for further trial.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09

According to act of Congress,
passed in July, 1870, the United
States army is to be reduced to a
neace footing, consisting of but 3d.
01O enlisted men, and to make up
for alt fatalities in the army, 5000
men will be recruited each year.
The greater number of these men
will be employed throughout the
territories, quelling Indian disturb,
ances. This will be quite an I'M
burdcning to the government, and
will give the men so dismissed from
military service, chance to make
themselves useful in other dircc-
tiOns,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09
Corporations.

A good example of the unfairness
and extortionate policy of monied
corporations in various portions of
the country, may be found in the re-
cent coal miners difficulty in Penn
sylvania. The railway companies
that control the mines, already too
rich, and powerful, and oppressive,
still retain an Unsuitable greed for
gain, and to add to the fairness OF
their treasures, have compelled the
miners to accept a reduction in their
wages, and we suppose if it were
possible, would goad them to their
work with no pay at all. These
men have never received very large
pay for their labor, and in our opin-
ion they should receive good, living
prices; they are entitled to more than
the pay of ordinary laborers, on ac-
count of the dangers they encounter
in plying their trade. At short in
tervals during every year we hear
of coal mine disasters, in which ma
ny lives are lost. Should not mems
lives be at par value? Corporations,
however, have very Indifferent ideas
on such subjects where their tinan-
cial interests are at stake. The val
'ue of human life with them in such
cases is infinitely small. They have
the power in their own hands, and
WELD it to suit themselves most
scrupulously. They place the poor
clod-hopper at the wheel of toll to
grind out their salvation in the way
of money, a pittance of which he
receives, and with which he must
be content or accept starvation as
an alternative. We say these things
merely as q reminder; we have rail
roads, and other corporations in
Iowa, and as yet we have never been
able to impose any restraint on them
by legislation; every year they are
growing more imperious in the as
sumption Of their rights, and less
regardful of the rights of the COM
munity at large. This is the sim
pie outgrowth of the Capitalization
of wealth. Indeed in our opinion
it is the first step on the road to i'm
perialism. There is no help for it
except in united and determined OPP
position in our legislative halls.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09
Greeley and the Presidency.

Many influential journals of the
country are getting in a great fret
and stew over the prospect Of Gree
ley's accepting the nomination for
the presidency. They very piously
admit Mr.. Grceley's honesty and in
tcgrity, and other good qualities too
numerous to mention, but with all
this they insist he is no judge of
men, and too easily imposed upon
to do justice to the requirements of
the presidential office; that it would
be a great shame and sin to place
such pure, simple hearted man as
Mr.. Greeley in the way of tempta-
ton, and that his right place is in
the trammels of the 2ribwqe office
dispensing political hash. Well,
under this head we would respect
fully depose, that every president
from George Washington to Ulysses
Grant, has at one and the same time
been known to the country as hero
and coward, a sage and a fool, a
good man and scoundrcl, and a
miserable sneak generally. No one
of them ever escaped the tolls OF
newspaper censorship, and when
the results of their labors have been
well sifted down, it will be found
there is very little to choose between
them. A party elects president
from its ranks, and tells the country
that nor, they have got an honest
man, but probably before his term
is half out this same party gets sand
in it's eyes, because Of some
trifing misdemeanor on his part,
and cannot see any good quality in
him. And so it stands. Our friends
insist that Greeley should stay in
the Tribune office; they might with
the same propriety have suggested
that Grant, when the rebellion was
over. should stick to war as his
trade, and make himself useful
among the redskins on the frontier.
1t looks as though we might get a
worse man than Greeley for our next
president.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09

WE have received Il circular from
the American Missionary Associa-
ton, setting forth its objects, labors
and needs. They have established
their missions in nearly every part
of the world, and have not neglect
ed the wants of our own county.
Their labors have been productive
of good results everywhere, and they
arc worthy ofthc material aid, which
they are in need of.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09

The army worm has actually
made its appearance in Iowa, as the
following from the Free Press, Of
Morning Sun, Louisa County, will
show: "Mr. Jonathan McAfferty in
forms us that the army worm has
destroyed about thirty acres of his
meadow. This worm moves in a
line, the same as column of infan-
try, and Mr.. McAfferty spread line
of straw over the worms and set fire
to it, which stopped the destruction
of that column of worms completely.
Parties who have visited the scene
of their operations, say the worms
worked only on the Timothy, leav-
ing clover unmolested. Later we
learn that Mr.. John Peck has lost
60 acres of Timothy meadow i'll the
same way"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09

The Des Moines Register gets off
the following good hit at the ex-
pense of the mock devotion of that
delicious songster, Philip Phillips.
1t may seem little impious, but we
can't help it. Too many people Sing
for Jesus nowadays c. O. d:
We notice that Philip Phillips,
the sweet singer Of Israel, as he has
eehrapturously termed, is to 'sing
for Jesus" as he P. P.) puts it-at
the approaching Iowa Sabbath Con-
vcntion. There is, however, a sub
base that is somewhat earthly in p.
P.'s divine melody. He is very de-
votional in his songs, and he does
sing them somewhat after the man
ner of that tune i'll which we sup
pose angels sing. Bnt he takes an
angelic care to get paid for it.
We hear it told that at a recent
convention where Phillips was on
hand with his songs, when he was
introduced as the "singcr for Jesus"
an old settler in Zion, who had been
on the committee of invitation,
couldn't stand that without sticking
pin therc-so he blurted out,
'umph, yes singing for Jesus at a
hundred dollars II night-who
Wouldn't" OF course this was the
wrong view Of it, and Of course
Phillips shouldn't have had his
wings clipped in that way. But
we are glad to hear that he didn't
mind it, but kept right on; and he
has been keeping right on ever
since, singing every night he could
get chance, and getting a hundred
dollars for it. He is to be at the
Sabbath School Convention with his
tunes and terms of hundred dol
lars a day-and "sing for Jesus"
G.. o. d.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09
THE city of New Orleans is suf

1HE Guy OF new orleans is SUI
fering from an inundation, caused
by break in the bank of the canal
running through the heart Of the
city, connecting the Mississippi riv-
err with Lake Pontchartrain. The
water broke through on Thursday
night, and now flows through a
chasm eighty-five feet in width. At
last accounts two thousand five hun
dred houses were submerged; thou
sands ofSfamilies are rendered
houseless, and the total damage is
estimated at S5O0,0o0.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09

The latest adviccs from Buenos
Ayers states that 10000 out Of a
population of 100000 have died of
yellow fever; that 10000 more are
sick, and the majority will die.
Only 10000 people, mostly the very
poor, remain in the city. Some days
there have been 800 deaths.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09


A VETERAN TYro.-There called
at our Office this morning an old
printer, whose history furnishes Sc
much that is remarkable that We
briefly present it to our readers be
lieving it will be interesting:
William August keil was born at
Tronsjoe, Norway, April 8, 1900.
At the age. of. thirteen he entered a
printing office to learn the trade.
Having finished his apprenticeship
of five years, he went successfully
to Copenhagen, Hamburg, Lubcc,
Leipsic, Havre, IIesse Cassel and
Switzerland, remaining in Switzer-
land seven years. From there he
went to Italy, and thence to Ham
burg, Warsaw, Constantinople and
again to Germany, In 1850 he sail
ed for America, and since arriving
here he has tramped through lndi-
ana, Alabama, Tennessee, Ken
lucky, and the far West. Mr.. Kiel
is u veteran soldier as we'll as a ty-
pc, having served through the Po-
fish revolution Of 1880; the Basic
revolt of 1892; fought in the Swiss
Sondernand4 movement, and lastly,
against the rebels of the south in
the war for the Union Failing eye
sight prevents him from doing much
work, yet he is hale and hearty, and,
having by his life Of temperance,
passed the allotted three score and
ten, he bids fairft to reach the fourth.
He is a great walker, some days
making thirty-fve miles, and often
camps out. His mother died last
winter at the age Of lOs. Mr.. Keil
is now on his way to the north, still
in search of new sights and scenes.
-DMZ,x1ue Tele0rnDh.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09
Episcopal State Convention.

The eighteenth annual diocesan
convention of the Episcopal church,
was held in Council Bluffs on Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday of
last week. The proceedings Of the
convention were conducted with a
happy degree Of harmony, and we
think will result in much good, to
the church. The most peculiar
feature of its proceedings was the
introduction of the woman suffrage
question. The right of women to
vote in church affairs was discussed
long and earnestly, and in some in
stances bitterly. 1t was finally
moved and carried that the ques-
ton be referred to the next con-
vcntion, to be held in Iowa City,
in May, 1872. The convention
was the largest ever held in the
state. The bishop confirmed l72
persons during the past year, 4
greater number than in any pre-
ceding year; two corner-stohes
were laid, and four churches con-
sacratcd. The reports from the
various parishes show the church
to be in a prosperous condition,
and disposition is exhibited to
conciliatc all differences rather than
cultivate dissension. The conven-
ton sermon by Rev. c. ii. Sey-
mour, Of Dubuque, was very able,
and the annual address of Bishop
Lee, was full Of heartfelt exhorta-
ton for the peace and unity of the
church.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09
The Boston Store.

No 4. Chatham St.
JERNEGAK & CAMPBELL,
wholesale and retail dealers
in Groceries, Wooden & Will
low Ware, Canned and Dried
Fruits.
We buy cur Goods direct
from importers and manufac-
turers and save the whole
salers' profit, and buying and
selling for Cash enables us to
retail Goods at wholesale pri-
ces. You will save ten per
cent. by buying your Grocer
les at the Boston Store. Light
rent, light expenses and small
profits.
We are Agents Of Sisson
Wallace & Co., San Francisco,
for the sale of the Celebrated
TEAS of their own importa-
ton, and can always guaran-
tee bargains in Teas.
We are also Agents for the
the celebrated Oes Moines SUI
gar Cured HAMS.
Burr's New Block, Chatham St.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09

Reports from the southwest
bring accounts OF another out
break of the Apaches against the
whites. The cause is the recent
slaughter of Indians at Camp
Grant in Arizona. An urgent call
has been made for military assis-
lance in that quarter.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09

The Gar Alexander has appoint
ed his grandson, the Prince George,
son of the Crown Princess, a Colo
mel in the imperial Guard. The bat
tle-scarred veteran is only about a
month old.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09
BRIDGE PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS will be received by the Board OF
i Supervisors of Buchanan County. Iowa, until
June 18th, ISL at II O'Clock NJ, for building the
following bridges in said county:
/. One on the east line of Section Q ST T, New
ton Township, near residence of j. NJ Riardon,
across Spring Grove Creek Bridge 30 feet long,
on plan No. . at Office Of County Auditor.
2. bridge across Bear Creek, between Sec
tons 10 and 30, Township 81 range Q, Homer. 80
feet long, according to plan No. at the Auditors
Office
B. bridge across Lime Creek, where the road
crosses the same, between Sections II and II, Ss
10, Westburg Township, 81 feet long, according to
plan No. at the Auditors office.
L. Also to take section Of the bridge recent
ly taken down at Fairbank. and put the same up
across Otter Creek, between Sections % and ~,
Township 80 range q, Hazleton, on double bent
abutments, according to plan at Auditors Office.
By order of the Bridge Construction Committee
i6iw L, l.. BRTNTNALI.. Chairman.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09

Mrs. Laura Fair, the murdcress,
has been sentenced to be hanged.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09
California Enterprise

Below we give an extract from
an exchange, showing the poor re-
suits of California enterprise from
the want of method and dircctness
of effort. Perhaps there is a lesson
in it for people outside of that State.
"The Californians have q great
tendency to do everything with a
rush, and, as natural consequence,
much that they attempt to do is very
poorly accomplished. They have
gone into the vine culture so extern
sively that wine is sold there cheap
err than milk-forty cents gallon;
but the greater portion of the wine
manufactured is dear even ut that
price, being rough, sour, earthly
stuff, neither healthy nor palatable.
The reason of this is that the peo-
pie have not the patience to use the
proper care in its preparation; and
now, instead of improving their
methods of manufacture, they are
uprooting the vines which have cost
them so much money and labor, in
order to make room for more profit
able crops. In the same manner
they plunged into the silk culture
without knowledge or system, and
nearly everybody began to cultivate
mulberry trees, while silkworm eggs
sold readily at five dollars an ounce.
When the market for eggs was fully
supplied, it was discovered that
there was no market for cocoons.
One cultivator recently wrote to the
proprietors Of a silk factory at San
Francisco, offering to give them a
lrage lot of cocoons if they4would
pay the freight on them; and the let
ter was never answered. The Cal
ifornians now think the silk culture
humbug. Yet wine-making and
silkworm-raising will doubtless
eventually prove very important and
highly remunerative branches ofin-
dustry in that State, when carefully
and intelligentIy pursued. Fruit
trees ofnearly all descriptions thrive
luxuricntly in California, and, as
more fruit is now produced there
than there is any market for, the
producers are becoming disguised
with the business. But in time the
trees that have been planted will
yield a profitable return. 1t will
doubtless crafty Mr.. Bergh to know
that in some parts of California they
feed their pigs on Bartlett pears"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09

The Toledo Republican, relates
the adventure of a colored boy who
was in pursuit Of knowledge under
difficulties, as follows:
"a young American of African de-
scent, % years ofage, filled with de-
sire to get "book larnin" tried to get
into Iowa College, at Grinnell, but as
he could not obtain board there he
relinquished the attempt and came
to Toledo. Here he obtained board
in the family of one Of the preachers.
His troubles were not over yet, how
ever, for the servant girl, Bohemi
an, felt debased by the association
and declared she wouldn't wait on
the "nayger." We are glad to hear
that the persistent and ambitious
African found board in family in
another part of town, whose high
bred servants do not object to the
CONTAMINATION
The editor ofthe Cambridge, ILL.,,
Chronicle, being notified by the New
York Cash Prize Company that they
have concluded to dispense with ad-
vertising agents altogether, and dc
business with publishers direct, re.
plies that no similar conclusion has
been arrived at on his part, and
suggests that it sometimes requires
1.-TWO parties to make a bargain. u
The Chronicle is "sound on the
goose"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09

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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09
THE KIRBY

Possessing many new and distinctive feature
which commend themselves to the practi-
cal Farmer upon examination.