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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-17

Mr.. Charles NJ. Lee was a we'll
known criminal lawyer of Roches-
ter, N. Y. He summed up case
with superfluity of gesture, and
an affluence of perspiration that
would have astonished even John
Graham in his vehement and melt
ing moods. Lee was defending an
old revolutionary soldier for passing
forged promissory note for some
$50. There was hardly the faintest
doubt Of his guilt; but Lee contrived
to get before the jury the fact that
the prisoner, then daredevil boy
of nineteen, was one of the storming
party that followed Mad Anthony
Wayne in his desperate night upon
Stony Point, and helped to carry
the wounded general into the fort,
during that terrible fray. In sum
ming up, Lee, after getting over the
ugly points of the evidence as best
he could, then undertook to carry
the jury by cscalade, on the ground
Of the prisoners revolutionary SER
vices. He described in graphic
language the bloody attack on Stony
Point, the impetuous valor of Wayne
the daring exploits of his client. and
wound up with the stunning inter
rogatory: "Gentlemen of the jury,
will you send to the state prison,
for passing a contemplate thirty
dollar forged note, an old hero Of
three score and ten, who, in his
youth, cheercd the heart Of his
country in the darkest hour Of the
revolution, by storming Stony
Point"
This was poser. The chins Of
some of the jury quivered, but the
foreman, bluff farmer, put on an
air which seemed to say, that storm
ing Stony Point was . good thing
in it's line, but what had that to do
With this forged note: After being
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-17

A gentleman of the old school
thus describes the rendering of a
well known hymn by modern fash
ionable choir: Firstly, the soprano,
in soaring leap sings, "Take thy
pill" followed by the alto and ten
or in duet with like advice (while
the soprano is magnificently holding
on to the "pil''), and as the deep
bass profoundly echoes the same,
"Take thy Pill" they finally unite
and repeat together, eventually sue
ceeding in singing, "Take thy pill
grim to his home," etc., greatly to
the relief Of both minister and peo-
pie, who seem alike awtally impress
ed with tho suggestive advice so
emphatically reiterated.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-17


The administration of Justice at
the present day is somewhat crude
in some sections of Kentucky, but
can hardly compare with many fea-
lures of the system under the re-
quirements OF the new Constitution.
The first Justice of the Peace ap-
pointed in Magoffiin county after
the new Constitution went into eff.
feet in 1850, was Abner Salyers,
known as "Uncle Ab.," a sensible
old citizen, with one drawback
Gall book-larnin' was dark to him" :"
He possessed the faculty of doing
more unnecessary swearing than any
man in the county and, by the way, he
hasn't entirely gotten over it yet,
and still lives in Magofiin.
The first court Uncle Alb. held
was at Big Meadows, under an ap-
pie tree, in warm weather, nea, his
house, and adjoining a delicious
spring. In an old split-bottom
chair was bran new copy of the
statutes Of Kentucky, spread open
with forked stick; the book, how
ever, being upside down. The case
was suit for the recovery of debt.
The opening of the court was an
nounced by Uncle Alb. with
"This ere courts open. Come to
order. Mr.. Sheriff, call the wit
ness.'
Elijah Patricks (still resident
of Magoffiin) comes forward, and is
directed by the judge ''to hold his
hand Mgh," while, in perspiration
and contortion of countenance to
assume the dignity belonging to his
station, he administers the following
startling oath:
"You do solemnly swar, in the
presence of God, that you will not
tell the truth, nor nothin' like the
truth, G. d you!'
After which the Judge walked up
and down before the open law book,
looking askance at its upturned page,
while the evidence was being heard
by the jury. When the evidence
has all been heard, Uncle Alb. goes
to the house for a drink of water
ostensibly, but really to consult the
old lady on whA decision he should
make.
"Old woman you've heard the ev-
idanco. wh.f,ll I doSo
"Ain't you the Squire? You've
got the law in that ar book; if you
don't know the law, | should like to
know who does," was the old lady's
sensible reply.
Uncle Ab. goes back, and draw
ing himself up and wiping the per-
spiration from his brow, thus in
structs the jury:
"GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY: You
have heard the ease; you know the
law as we'll as l do; thar's the book;
take it and go to the spring and make
a decision; settle it to the best adj
vantage, and if you can't do any
better, divide the costs, and let the
principle go to h, as it's a d
complicated case anyhow"
The costs in that case were di-
vided.
Patricks never forgot that he had
the honor Of being the first witness
in case before the first justice of
the peace under the new constitu-
tion.
Uncle Ab., in course of time, fell
into state ofconviction, and joined
the Christian church in Salycrsville.
Meeting him one dav, Patricks con-
graduated him upon his course and
hoped he would stand by his reso-
luton.
Uncle Alb, pushing up his shirt
sleeves, replied, with great energy,
ayes, sir, by G., hev joined the
church, and l intend to live up to
it, too"
The old settlers Of Magofin are
rather steady old class of boys,
and if they would only suppress
their reckless neighbors the county
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-17
proh0hl,, tho most ouriouS ont :,

Probably the most curions ant in
the world is the parasol ant Of the
West Indies. DR.. Forbes Winslow,
in his work on Light, says these
ants walk in long procession, each
one carrying cut leaf over its head
as a parasol, in the sun, and they
deposit these in holes ten or twelve
feet under ground, apparently with
no other object than to form a COM
Portable nest for species af white
snake, which is invariably found
coiled up among them.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-17
INDEPENDENCE NURSERY.

A T the Independence Nursery, one mile west Of
N this City, can be found good assortment OF
the most hardy varieties of Grated Apple Trees;
also Seeding Apple Trees; Early Richmond and
MOrellO Cherries; Flemish Beauty Pears; Yellow
Egg, Lombard Columbia, Minor and Blue Plums !;
Red and Yellow Siberian, Transcendent. son!ard,
HyslOp, Forbs and TetoPsky Crabs; Hougnton
Seeding, Scotch and English Gooseberries DoO-
little Black Cap, Purple Cane and Catawina Rasp-
berries; Concord and Clinton Grapes; Wilson's,
Russell'e. Lanning's White and French's Seeding
Strawberries; Currants, Roses, FlOwering AL
monds, Snowbals. Gladiolas. Lilies, Dahlias.
FlOwering Shrubs. Weeping Willows. Evergreens;
Verbenas, Sweet Potatoes. and in fact any ana
everything in the Nursery line cheaper than can
he had from any other Nursery. will also order
on short nolice anything in the green house line,
from D. Willmot Scot. of Galena. Illinois. at cata-
lOgue prices freight and express CHARGES excepted
Almost all of the above were crown and accli-
mated here on our own grounds.
J. s. BOTCK.
eS.n Proprietor.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-17

MEssRs BENNETT, ELDRIDGE Il Co.,
GrOccrs, Burrs buildings, Chatham street,
are now doing good, brisk business des-
pitc the tightness of the times. Since
opening last May, their trade has steadi-
ly increased, for the simple reason that
they have squarely e0rned 1t. Every ef-
fort has been made by them to secure the
best quality of Goods, and to put their
prices at the lowest possible limits. Pay
ing less than half the rent given by some
of their competitors, doing all their work
thcmselves-thus saving the very consid-
erable item of clerk hire-and by utterly
refusing to credit, losing nothing on bad
debts, they can and do fix their prices at
figures, below which it is not possible for
legitimate trade to go.
Below will be found list of their prices
on few staple articles:
A set of Cups and Saucers. ......$ 80
A Glass Table Set. 80
61s lbs. Dried Blackberries ....... LOU
lb- Dried Peaches s............. l.W
5 lbs. Coffee. l.OO
81 lbs. Sugar. .................. l.VO
Is lbs. White Fish h............. I.oo
A tip-top Pair of Farmers Boots. 4.50
In Table Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware
Tea, Coffee, Syrups, &c, they feel very
confident they can offer special induce
ments to those who pay down for Goods.
Cash Paid for Farm Produce
BENNETT, ELDRIDGE & co.
09.tf
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-17
THE NORTH POLE.

Captain Hall Explains the Aysteriss
Of the Arctic Zono-His Contea-
plated Third Voyage, and the Route
He will Pursue..The Vessels On.
oers. Grew. and Out1t.-Co-operation
by the Government.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-17

Has in twenty years of close personal application
to the indispensable quality of extreme hardness
collected the largest stock of Russian and Siberian
APPLES to he found on the American Continent
now offers to the public these indispensable varl
ties the planting of which insures success in this
climate The Grounds of my customers hear
abundant evidence of the fruitfu'ness of these
Russian and Siberian varieties. all of which can he
obtained az low and reasonable rates. to"efher
with a large and varied stock of all variefles o
nursery products. especially adapted to Northern
Iowa
FRANK CARRELL and p. IiINMAN. Agents in
Buchanan COnnty.
D. G. SABIN. General Aren't for Central Iowa
NAV he found at the office Of Hon. DaS. Lee. Ir-
dependence. Iowa. For further particulars ad'
dress the proprietor.
j. s. SHEARMAN.
1.tf Rockford. H., Box 7S.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-17
THE MORMON DELEGATE,

In the farthe st end of this remark
able hall, in chair of easy dimen-
sions, rePosed the patriarch, the
other Hooper, the Mormon delegate
from Utah. Invisible palms waved
their branches over his head, and
wives unseen reposed at his feet.
But this faithful servant of Brigham
Young is said to be the husband OF
but one wife, and though he defends
the system of polygamy he fails to
carry it out in practice.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-17
Electropathic Treatment Of Dis
eaSes
Man a Compound Electrical Being.

DR. HOBBIE is prepared to treat successfully
- all chronic diseases. and especially those ne
yOnd the reach of medicine, with the Double Cur
rent Electrical Instrument, new method of cure,
by means of the various qualities of electricity.
The following are some of the diseases: Rheu-
matism. Paralysis, Blindness, Deafness, Diabetes,
Cough. Catarrh, Spinal Diseases, Female Weak
nesses. &c. &C.
- Office and residence third door west OF the
Post Office, Independence, Iowa. 1S-6m
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-17
r. n HUNT.
j, S, KEF,LAR,

r LICENSED ACCTIoNEER, 1ndependence, To-
| wa VIII sell Real Estate and Personal Prop
.rfy of every description. Satisfaction Gnarah-
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-17

The sharp-witted correspondent
Of the Philadelphia Press, in her last
letter from Washington, sketches
some of the members Of Congress
thus:
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-17
nr H u. HINT. NJ. D..

LICENSED AUCTIONEER, QHasqueton. buch
/ 4 anan County. Iowa. l'-"h
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-17

nFFICE and Residence Corner of Court ana
Blank Sts north of Catholic Church. 4l-H
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-17
Business Cards.
s. WOODWARD,
w. H. BARTON,

4 TTORNEY AT LAW. Office on corner 0
n Main and Walnut Streets. over Closes store
Independence, Iowa. Particular attention pain u
General Collections and matters before the FRO
80 Sa,r+ 33-tf
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-17
A. S. BEELS.

r ICENSED AUCTIONEER, Hazleton, Iowa.
Ia will attend Sales Of Real and Personal Prop
erfv Oh short noi:e. in this and Fayette counties
Satisfaction Guaranteed. 33-ly
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-17

HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Ill Independence Iowa U-h
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-17
ID, HOLDRIDGE.

TTO4NEY At LAW, Notary Public ana heai
n :Sj ate Agent. viii give cspe sial attention
to Collections, pay Taxes, Examine Titles Gol.ec'
R.,ts and sell Real Estate Also. Licensed Gov
er,ne 1t Claim Arent. VIII prosecute AMI coilec'
all cl:i n :ainst the government nc'idin5 zen,
.i,as Back Pay. Rounty- Sc Once in the canal
Block over Glass store.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-17
HIS OFFIC CERS.

His sailing master has had thirty
years. experience on the sea, and
twenty OF them has been passed in
the Arctic regions. The man has
full faith in him and the enterprise,
and American navigators generally
believe that he will succeed. His
first and second officers have each
had ten years Arctic experience.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-26
Nervous Debility.

Thousands suffer from it. A weak
nervous, exhausted feeling, no energy, an,
imatIon or vlgor, low spirits, confused
head, weak memory, nocturnal or invol'
untary seminal emissions, with loss Of
power and threatened impotence. The
consequence Of excuses, overwork or in.
discretions. This Is Nervous Debility and
finds sovereign remedy in Humphreys
Homeopathic Specific No, Twenty.eight,
Thousands have been cured by these sim.
pie sugar pills They tone up the system,
arrest the discharges, diOpel the gloom
and mental depression, and reluvenate the
system. Price $5 for package OF five
boxes and vial OF powder, which Is i'm.
portant in all old long.stAnding cases, Or
81 per single box. Sold by all tirst-class
druggists, and sent to any address on re-
ceipt of the price, Address Humphreys
Specific Homeopathic Medicine Co., 5GS
Broadway, New York, eOdGw
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-26
The Right to Work.

The first attempt at resumption Of coal
mining at Scranton has been checked, In
consequence Of a piece Of tyranny as
thoroughly odious as any now existing on
the face Of the earth. Twenty.seven
miners, yielding 10 the cries of their fam.
lilies for bread, or consulting their own
good pleasure, no matter which, accepted
an offer Of wages and went to work in
coal mine. Immediately they were assail-
ed by threats OF the direst vengeance BY
members Of the unioh-they were told
that their continuance Of work would not
only forfeit their own lives, but consign
their homes and families to the flames
They knew too well the desperate char.
aCtcr of the men who made these threats
to venture the hope that they might be
disregardcd. Even the presence OF mil,
itary, pledged 10 the preservation Of order,
did not sufficiently assure them OF escape
from the assasSin's bullet or the inCendi-
ary's torch. The second day, therefore,
but one Of the twenty.seven was daring
enough to make his appearance at the
minc-thc Others had succumbed,
and yielded to brute force the right to
earn their bread. The name the single
miner who bravcd the wrath Ofthe union
lists and shoulderel his pick for work has
not been transmitted by the telegraph, but
it fully deserves 10 be. In an humble
way this man is hero Many man,
and many people, have been cannon.
lied in history for thus asserting rights
not whit more precious, in the face Of
tyranny not q whit more formidable or
hateful.
But one opinion can be formed in re.
gard TO the system of coercion and VIC
lence upon which the associated miners
seem to have rest their case. Certainly
but one opinion can be held in regard 10
the right Of every miner who chooses TO
go to work TO do so. and be protected by
the whole power and vigilance of the law
from assassination, incendlarism, and ev-
cry form Of intimidation. II q right so
clear, ind ut the same time so essential 10
social and personal well.being, can be do.
MED in any quarter, then so far and so
long as this denial extends, society, gov.
ernnent and liberty arc alike imperiled
Of Commerce.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-26
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTTcr
YOIING MEM

Who have injured themselves bya certain mac
t!ce, INDUCED In when alone, habit frequently
learned from ovcl companions, or at school, thc
effects ed Of which arc nightly felt, even when
asieGp, and, Il not cured, renders marriage I'm.
should apply Immediately, 'S"''
what pity that young man, the hope Of HE
country, tho pride Of hla parents, should be
snAtchcd from all prospects and cnjOyment1 of
ne ny tho consequences Of deyIAting from the
cTet habit. Such persons must, before Contem.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-26
ORGANIC WEAKNESS
DIR. JOHNSON

Member ana Or tho Royal College OF Surgeons, Lou.
9on, GraIuat9 Of one Of the most eminent Col.
ieSeS IN The United States, and tho greater mart
81 Wnose NE has been spent in the hospitals Of
effected some Of tho most astonishing en- M thai
were ever known. Many troubled with rIneinr
IN the head and cars when asleep, great nervous.
ness, being alarmed Of sudden sounds, bashiuj.
ness, with frequent blushIng, attended some.
t ELaes WIN arrangement OF mind, were cured
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-26

reflect that sound mind and body arc the mos,
necessary requisites 70 promote connubial hap
through life becomes a weary pilgrimage: the
prospect hourly darkons TO tho view, the mind
becomes Swallowed with despair and Oiled with
tho melancholy reflection that tho Happiness of
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-26

MILWAUKEE has got Turkish bath.
An editor therewas run through, and on
going home his vile hunted him out OF the
house, and wouldn't believe it was he I'LL
he showed her his railroad pass,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-26
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.


PASSENGER TRAINS WILL
run BY the following schedule on and Aites
December 18th, 1910, WheellnG tine:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-26

ROLLER skating was too strong a coun.
ter.attraction In Atlanta for Mexican
Buchanan to succeed,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-26

Tigers, Elephants and GiratIes.-Their
Cost and the Mode Of Procuring
Them..The Monkey Tribe.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-29

million lives to destroy &c. To secure
the cause of human liberty you are
invited to leave the party which gave
| halfH million of its children In battle
to destroy a government whose cor
ner-stOne was human slavery, and to
ioin the party that murdered this half
| million TO Law that cornerstone -
slavery! To secure equality OF civil
and political rights before the law you
are To leave the party whose illustrI-
GUS Life has been given TO their attain
ment, and to join one whose hideous
life has been given to their extinguish-
ment in whole oceans of patriotic
blood! To secure the national honor
and faith you are to leave the party
that has. by the organic law, made
that faith inviolable, and are to Join.
one which Endorsed q President whose.
annual message cTimsOned with shame.
the nations cheek by recommending
blank, undisguised reputation.
To deliver the nation from the
dangers Of a ~''centrslizedp and mil
itary despotism," you are to leave a
party which has organized out of the
unallOyed chaos of q Democratic re-.
bellion and restored to their place in
the Union, an empire of States, ten in
number, and this without one mill.
tary execution, or n drop Of blood;
and you are to join a party which, in
1865, nominated a man for Vice Pres
ident, and cast for him 2,703, 249vOtes,
solely because he demanded that their
President elect should command the
army to "trample into dust" the un-
repealed laws of Congress, to over
throw the government of sever
States, TO dictate who should vote in
those States, and, with their bayonets,
''tO compel the Senate to submit" to
the military orders of their "Presi-
dent elect"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-29

The Radical press is amusing itsel
quite heartily just now with what il
calls the ''treacheTOus hslf-aceeptance
which the Democracy puts forth" O
those singular improvements on the
Constitution so-cslled the amend.
ments, and contrasts the hearty gustc
with which the Republican party
has gulped them down, with
the grimsces and retchings and
evident nausea with which the
Democrats have made the departure.
The tact is, Democrats have been used
TO good, solid, constitutional food, and
will always find it hard work to thrive
on such poisonous nic-nacs. "Be sure
you're right" has been always the
first half of their platform, and they
will be confused and startled Just at
first by the substitution Of the wooden
rUtmeg policy for it. They will have
to get over this, end get a little used
to the situation they have accepted
before they win begin to make con-
verts. As in Ohio, they have selected
for their chief standard bearer General
McC0Ok, an snti-amendment "Bour-
bon," We hope they will get over
making wry faces as soon as possible,
and begin at once to make headgay.
The character Of their candidates does
much to atone for the acceptance Of
amendments which, we sre glad to
say, they do not mean shall ever be
enforced,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-29

THE people in the interior Of TeXas
begin to feel a little nervous over the
present aspect Of affairs, and well they
may, when the different hostile bands
exhibit the following strength: Com.
anches, 2742; Kiowss, 1906; Apaches,
800; QustadOes, 5000; COudss, 49,;
Wichitas, 299; DeIawares, Il; Keech.
les, I25; Wschss, 124; Tawancares,
l26; HsWanies, S5-total, 1854. Gen
eral Sherman, when recently in the
State on q tour Of inspection OF the
several ~gsrrisOns, made arrangements
TO meet any ordinary attack on the
part Of the redskins, but the
magnitude OF the movement
has been more clearly devei-
Oped since General Sherman Left.
Numbers ofthe above tribes are gath
ering on the plains in large num-
bers, and, judging from the various,
hostile denuncistiOns thst have al
ready been made, a general wsr is
imminent. We hope the government
viii be equal to the emergency, and
be prompt to meet Mr.. Lo! upon his
own ground. The people OF Texas
have been too long left 4 prey to the
''red devils" They hsve as much
right to the protection Of the govern
ment as those Of our Northwestern
frontier, and we submit that the
troops now enjoying idleness in the
South would be better employed in
afiOrding that protection. and by a
show Of disposition TO dose, perhaps,
prevent the calamity 50 justly feared.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-29

WE give place in our columns, to-
day, TO a letter from a leading Repub-
lican, of this State, to Mr.. Horace
Greeley. We cheerfuIly give place to
it as coming from an hOnest-minded
man, whether we may approve all it
contains or not. 1t is to be followed
up; where he will land we cannot say.
From his present letter, we infer he
intended depicting the true status of
things az the South, and, whilst adj
herring to the Republican party, he in
tends to expose their misdeeds, and
calls upon the honest men ofhis party
to plant themselves on broad national
grounds and address themselves to
the intelligence, not to the prejudices,
of the people. Isms, tricks, narrow
minded men and measures have had
their sway quite long enough. Let
intelligence and integrity speak out
from men Of all parties. This will in
deed be a departure which Democrats,
as well as Republicans, should heed.
We need honest men in, and the
rOugues out Of office more than we
need departures. With honest, great
men at the head OF affairs, looking
alone at the interest Of the country,
the country must proper.