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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-13
should not weigh, as general rule,

should not weigh, as . general rule,
moro than 800 or 400 pounds gross
at twelve to. eighteen months old,
according to keep; color may be
black or white, or mixture OF the
two. The hog should measure as
many feet from top Of head to- set
ting on of tail as he does around the
body, and as many inches round the
leg below the knee as he does feet
in length or around the body and
the depth of body will be four-ffths
of his height. In the absence Of
any system of records by which
pedigrces Of swine are kept, your
committee can only give an express
sion which must, from the nature Of
the case, be somewhat general.
Only such breeds should rank as
thoroughbred which arc recognized
in authentic history rs of sufficient
remote origin when bred in a line to
result IN the establishment of fixed
type, capable of duplicating them
selves with uniformity. Your COM
mittee would recommend that the
leading breeders of pure bred swine
form breeders clubs for the pur-
pose Of establishing a herd regis
try after the plan adopted by breed
crs of thoroughbred cattle, in order
to secure greater uniformity and to
perfect as soon as possible the vari-
Gus breeds. The report on a scale
Of points was read and accepted, as
follows: Scale of points for swine:
Scale, lO0-Perfection, 5; back, 10;
long ribs, 8; short ribs, Z; shoulder,
8; ham, -; length Of body, 6; twist,
6; snout, 4; joint, 3; face, 3; ear, 2;
neck, 4; belly, 4; skin, 5; hair, 3:
legs, 4; feet, 2; tail, i.
,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-13

q SITS to $3.50 a month %s,e Sns 5s.
% male. to introduce the Genuine Impiored
- Common Sense Family Seping Nachtne.
g This machine will stitch. hem, fell, tuck,
= quilt, cord. bind. braid and cmbroider in
" Almost superior manner. Price only SIS.
- Fully licensed and warranted for years
= We will pay 81, 600 for any machine that
will sew stronger. more beautiful, or
- more elastic seam than ours Ii makes
ca the ''elastic lock stitch; every second
- stitch can be cut and still the cloth cannot
q be pulled apart without tearing it. We
a pay agents from So to $3.50 month and
expenses, or commission from which
oO twice that amount can be mace. Address
. SEAcoMB Il CO.. Boston, Mass; Piitsburg
Pa; Chicago, III; or ST. Louis, No.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-13
The Best Renovator for Poor
Farm.

H...s
A Southern farmer, with a poor
farm on his hands writes to his local
paper how he brought it up to first
class condition at no cost. And his
example is of such a nature that it
maybe initiated by any farmer in
any portion of the country. 81
think I know first-rate rcnovator
which will pay for itself, by it's own
increase, in one year, and leave the
good it does the land for clear profit.
When l was in Virginia, following
the flag of Stonewall Jackson, / had
occasion to see what sheep did for
that country; and, when came
home, dead-broke, with nothing but
q small, worn-out farm, my own la
Dor, and the help Of a half-grown
son, determined to buy few sheep
with the first money l could spare,
and try what they would do for me.
l bought in the fall of one year, for
500, ten two-year old ewes, that
were in lamb. Iput them in small
field close to my house that was full
of briars and weeds, and that would
have to be tickled nightly to make
it produce eight bushels Of corn.
They soon ate up the briars and the
grass in the fence corners, and by
their constant tramping back and
forth they destroyed all the weeds.
| gave them plenty of water, a little
meal or shorts, and sometimes wheat
bran, every day, and l sailed them
frequently. l kept them in that
field during the winter providing
them with a dry shelter for bad
weather, fed them regularly with
turnips and beeets, and some swamp
hay l had saved.
They throve finely, and in the
spring I had thirteen as fine lambs
as ever. were seen, worth as much
as / gave for the ewes; and l con-
slider that the wool and manure paid
me much more than the cost of the
feed. / plowcd the field in time
for corn planting, planted it in corn
the regular way, and gathered from
thirty to thirty-fvo hnshnls of fnn
corn to the acre; while on the spot
Immediately around the shelter
where they used to gather at night,
l am sure, at the rate of over fifty
bushels. have kept up the use Of
this rcnovator ever since, and find
that it pays handsomely. ! have
never bought an ounce Of guano or
phosphate. l make fine crops of
corn, and wheat, and clover, and
turnips. l have splendid flock of
sheep, and. hope soon not to have
single worn acre Of land on my farm.
My rcnovator has not cost me any
thing, and it lasts more than year.
| will hear from it for several
years."
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Cheap Farms. Free Homes.

On the line of the Union Pacific Railroad
12000,0O0 acres of the best Farming and Miner
al Lands in America.
100000 acres in Nebraska, in the Platte Valley
w for al '''.
, 1872-11-17

Dispute as to the Guardianship
of a. Child Born in
Slavery.
The Father an Escaped Slave, the
Mother Manumitted, and the
Child Adopted by q
Third Person.

The question Of the guardianship Of colored
girl, born of slave parents, yesterday took up
all the afternoon in the Circuit Court, before
Judge Rogers, in the petition for habeas corpus,
People er rel Tamar Haycraft '. William Hay
craft. The Court was crowded with co1ored peo-
pie. Not to weary the reader with the intermin-
able mass Of evidence which was adduced, TIC
give the facts as they came out. Tamar Hay
craft aud William Haycraft were married, when
slaves, under the laws Of Kentucky,
where they were owned. Two children were the
resu1t Of the union, the first a boy, Roger, and
the other 3 girl, Mary, the latter being the sub
ject Of this dispute, and now about II years
of age (both appearing in Court, and seeming
wel-dressed, bright and Intelligent children).
The parties lived together in comfort as man
and wife until the spring Of 1861, when William
escaped from slavery. At this time,
Roger VAS already born; and about
six months after Williams escape,
Mary WAS born. In 1864 the wife was
manumitted, and went North She relates that
she proceeded to Chicago and there met Will
lam, who refused to contribute towards the
support of the children; that she then placed the
child in the care Of Louisa Anderson, who kept
her until she herself fell sick, and then placed
her with Mra Clark, to send her on to her
mother, when William came and took the
$A4AN @UoJ3 oA4A f&0f04tSA AAoA AAoAAA DoAA45
delivered to his wife, as designed; since which
time be has kept her and refused to give her up.
Mary further says that her husband is now living
with 9 woman who calls herself Eliza
Haycraft, and that the couple are not Of q char
acter that she would wish entrusted with the
care Of her child. The fathers statement WAS
to the effect that, after he escaped from slavery,
he heard nothing Of his family till 1864. when be
returned to Indianapolis, Ind, and there wrote
for his children, whom his wife sent freely; that
he went to Chicago in the fall OF 1864 that on
the 18th Of April, 1865, he and his wife entered
into written agreement (subnitted) by which
the child Mary was given over to the charge Of
Louise Anderson, above referred to; that
Louise had to so to the hospital, and, through
indigence and sickness, WAS unable any longer
to take charge Of the child; and that
he then resumed charge Of her, which
charge he kept down to the present,
to the content Of the child. He also charged
that his wife not fit to take charge OF the
child, and that after she was manumitted she
was delivered of an infant OF which he NYilliam}
was not the father at Louisville, which she
alleged abe had taken in to vet nurse, but which,
he asserted, was her own offspring, through illic-
it connection with others. A vast amount Of
evidence and talking having been got through,
from which the above facts had to be eliminated
Judge Rogers gave the custody Of the child to
the father. A trial for bigamy will possibly
eVentuate.
, 1872-11-17
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The New Buildings uEd Their Senting ca
pncity.

The New Buildings uEd Their Seating ca
pncity.
The Public School buildings Of the city have
made good progress. The Pearson Street Pri-
mary School, accommodating 750 pupils, was
opened in September. The Kinzie School build
ing, on the old site, at the corner Of Ohio and
LaSalle streets, of the same capacity, WAS opened
two weeks ago. Tie Franklin School, on the
old site, corner of Division and sedgwick streets,
very handsome pressed brick edifce, will be
opened on. Monday. The Ogden School, on
Chestnut street, just north Of Chicago avenue,
east OF Dearborn, will be ready in
about ten days. These schools COM
pleto the operations under way by the
Board of Education on the North Side. On the
South Side, the Jones School, on the new site,
corner Of Harrison street and Third avenue, has
reached the second floor. The old lot on the
corner of Clark and Harrison streets has passed
to other Uses, the police station occupying the
Pacifc avenue front. The Clark street front is
now offered for lease. The Jones School build
ing is frst-class affair, in brick, with stone
trimmings and will accommodate 1000 pupils.
It will be finished in readiness for the opening
of the next school year, in September, 1873. A
new school house will be built next year at
the corner of Harrison street and Western
pupils. Another building is IN discussion
on the city lot, corner Wentworth avenue and
Thirty-third street, for which an order was
passed nearly two years ago, the e1ecut1o de-
ferred by the fire: Nothinghas beendone about
the discussed erection, Of the school building On
through from Third to Fourth avenue, north Of
Twelfth street. The proposed extension OF
Dearborn street will probably cause change to
be made in the location Of this Echool building.
, 1872-11-17

Postllion waist, trimmed with thread, beaded
with wreath Of Jets. a long, flowing sleeve,
lined with white satin, finished top and oottom
with thread-1ace and jet wreath. a tnreao
Berthe, caught On shoulder with ]et a1gfe'1e'
OF Peacock blue. extension train, very bouftant.
This was trimmed in front with narrow rnt1eB
lengthWise Of skirt. The back, centre 1rlm-
ming of box-plaited silk, faced with velvet, and
large bow of faille ribbon, OF same snaoe; Eos
cords nf valyet. Silk over-dress, with a deep
fall Of thread-lace, with velvet heading. Sashes
On either side. trimmed with velvet, and velvet
lace coat-sieeres. with lace ruf1es and velvet
heading.
of bronze poplin. trimmed elaborately with vel
vet to match. The skirt was the fashionable
demi-train, with three deep bias rufles in the
hack. bound with the same three gradu ated
bo1-plaits in front. Polonaise full in the back,
close sleeve, with velvet cuffs and box-plaiting
OF velvet. Hood OF velvet, with three deep
points in back, finished with fringe. Velvet
pockets completed this elegant dresa.
There we're many other dresses, too numerous
to mention here; Reseda, London Smoke, 1ose-
color, etc. 4 morning ,aegligee was Of blue
brocaded silk, raised satin flowers. 1t was in
the shape Of = trnic or polonaise, half-6tting,
lined with white satin, and edged with q fall Of
lace Applique and band Of swans down. There
Was riding-habit Of Lincoln green, trimmed
With heavy cable-cord and gold buttons. Scarf
veil, two yards long and black silk riding hat,
imported expressly for the wearer, trimmed
With the veil, and long, dropping wi11ow~p1ume.
ers to match. At least four of the dresses cost
81 900 each. Nearly all the goods used wero
bought Of our own merchants, and Madame
Stoughton, our uptown 1aodiste made the
entire trossenu with her skilled assistants.
TIE HATS. ,
4 rose-colored hat, to match suit, was trim
med with plum-colored plumes, rose and plum
ribbon, aigrette of crystals, and jets
a black velvet bonnet, with an elegant coronet
on one side q fall of thread-lace, with loop-ends
Of MORE ribbon, and spray Of Lily -of-the-yalley
This hat WAS $50.
cannot more than allude here to the shoes to
match dresses, the sets OF point lace, tho ele-
CANT combs and bandeau1 Of jets aud flower Or
na1nents, and the many elegant trites that filled
up the interstices Of heavier details. VIC.
, 1872-11-17

We wish to call especial attention to our extensive
stock Of Lyons cloak yelyets, including all the best
makes in market. We still have small quantity Of
that great bargain, Lyons velvet, at So. We will
make to order any kind Of cloak, velvet cloth, at
prices much below regular rates, make this
branch leading specially and fully understand the
business. We have most beautiful assortment Of
thread gupu1e and yuk laces, and crochet and pas
samenterie trimmings for sale low. :Just opened full
line Of adies underwear naerino and muslins; adies'
and misses worsted galters and Bamoral hose. An
children. We wi1l guarantee all prices low as
the lowest. HorcHK1N, PALMER l. Co.,
No. $50 State street,
, 1872-11-17
DRAMATIC.

Another six days and nights Of demoralized
travelling facilities about town have come and
gone, making still deeper inroads upon the re-
serve funds OF Chicago managers though the
average amusement patronage has been better
than that of the preceding week, in spite OF the
wintry weather which set in during the last four
days. Tho improvement in attendance has been
confined to the South Side theatres, which have
had the benefit Of partially renewed horse car
and stage line accommodations, but the West
, 1872-11-17

On Oct. Herr Johann Strauss gave concert
in the Kurthans. Baden, at the express desire Of
the Emperor Of Germany. The two pieces most
applLu1ed we're Polonaise, entitled sKaiser
Wilhelm" by the concert-giver, and the
Is Marche des Imperiau1," by Herr Hans gon
BQloW. : -, '.s'- .~'~-~ .
, 1872-11-17

On the Domestic the tensions self-ndjukting,
thus avoiding the manifold botharadons which beset
the owners Of other sewing machines. Do not wait
for canyaseers to cali upon you, but 60 and see the
Domestic ut No, r. State street, and prove the very
strong claims made for this machine.
, 1872-11-17

the papers of DesMoines have already stated
that I was !" falsely accused" I have never
asked accepted, or received, en- illegal fee, and
have never been charged with retaining pension
money. G. AUGUSTUS HAVuAND.
, 1872-11-17

TO The Ea7t0F QJ TIC CHtcuy0 1770H"ts
SIR: Will you please say to your readers that
the charge made against me, in this evenings
Journal, is false, and that can be found at 454
Wabash avenue An attempt has been made in
Iowa. by person lying in jail, to inju1e me, but
, 1872-11-17

The season rapidly approaches when everybody is
looking around with view to selecting gifts. E. H.
Goodrich, the we1-known jewel1er at No. 1877 Twenty
second street, already made extensive preparations
for the holiday trade, having secured large and
ried assortment Of goods adapted to this aeason,
, 1872-11-17

Notice Is heEebg gi.en that partnership hesetoso
nj mi LII en6.s1 day Of D. l dissolved
her agent. '''% - c''7~~ HET1fsEsv xiii iVTN
. WILLIAM simpson,
, 1872-11-17

The Saratoga Geyser Water.
Buck h Rayner draw true Geyser at the "Spa,n
, 1872-11-17

RTNERSHIP.
The undersigned hage this day formed copartaersh,
toE carrying the coffee an spice business under
Broadway 3fis. JOHN L. DAVIS
Nov. II, 1872. YEUTZER DEER.
, 1872-11-17
MARTINE'S
DISSOLUTION NOTICES.

DISEOLUTTO
The firm Of John L. Davis i Co. Is this day dissolve.
by mutual co1seut Mr. j. L. Davis being aona autho
lied to settle the affairs Of said firm.
JOHN L DAVIS
NGg. a, 1a2- CHAS. RICHTER
, 1872-11-17


During the play, a variety Of songs and dances.
including "Iager Beer" "Schneider's Cat,
''schneider's Dog" "That Old House" operatic
duetts. ETC., will be rendered, With Little Macs
celebrated "Essence" between the second and
third acts.
A1EEN'9 THEATRE.
George /. Fox and I" Humpty Dumpty," with
lts superb mela1ge OF olio features, remain at
Alkens another week. There was probably
never performance OF the kind in Chicago con-
cerning which such fattenng expressions were
made by the patrons OF the theatre, and, with
anything Ike resumption Of street travel this
weeks business will doubtless show tremen-
dous balance IN favor OF the management The
great Wilson's, the feline Martens, the infant We
locipedists and all the other populars pecialtes,
will be retained.
MYERS OPERA HOUSE.
new bill brimming over with rich burnt
cork business ia announced this week by the
Arlington, Cotton and Kenble Minatrels at
Myers Opera House. The first part includes
neat ballads by surridge, Tyrrell, and Kayne,
with Arlington-and-C -Cottonsms plentifu1ly IN
terspersed. and the finale Of 'Sports OF the
Arena" In the second part the talented
Reynolds Brothers do their elegant silver statue
clog dance and other acts the Abysainian Dwarf
Tommy follows in an eccentric scene; then
comes new bur1esque called the "Epizootic, -
with Kemble as Or. Hippy,oilers, Cotton as Ben,
Arlington as BiN, Surridge as James, Fostel}e as
Nellie, and Martin as Groom; concluding with
the roaring extravaganza, ''John Sheppard and
Joseph Blueskin." Next week J. H. Milburn is
to play an engagement at Myers, and Billy
Rice and Mackin d Wilson will shortly appear.
, 1872-11-17

where they formerly resided, they will be inter
ested to hear from them. The Now York Times
says Of them:
We have not space at present fully to express cur
admiration OF Mrs lmogene Browns RinguE She has
the true artistic temperament which never spares it.
SELF but Is ready to ill every gap with unshnted
ton. Mr. Alfred E. Pease acceptable az he al
ways is. Perceivng that the was already too
long, he with much and tact substituted brill
iant fragment for the second fantasia he was have
played. Two things only seem necessary to make
these artists entirely prosperous. First they must
make up their minds whether they do Or do not e.
pect ericores II they do mean to yield to the per.
nicious practice, they must shorten their
accordingly Secondly they must obtain the services
Of good accompanied.
On this occasion, Mrs: Brown sang Gounod's
D. Whitney, '' Siren and Friar."
MUSICAL LITERATURE.
The Song Messenger, for November published
by Root Caay, has made its appearance neatly
dressed in blue, and is more than usually at
tractive in its contents The editorial articles
discuss the Leipzig Conservatory of Music, Art
and Dance Music, and the "Critio in FIX
The latter paper recalls "reminiscences which
happened once in this city. The critic alluded
to, who used ito do" the guitar very exten-
siyely, can console himself with the fact that
the same "fx." The selected articles are
g The Career Of Pauline Lucca,'' tsSchubert's
Songs" Won Bulow, the Pianist" s'What
Shall be Done with Our Choirs? " and " Beetho-
ven and the Orchestra" Mr. Fred. ", Root has
q very sensible article on 'sStyle in Song Sing
ing" and there is the usual com prehensive yari-
ETY. Of musical intelligence. No music appears
in this number.
Pease's :'Japanese Galop," which was played
lished for piano. On this instrument it is sim
ply commonplace, and loses all the effect which
The orchestra gives it.
Herr A. Rabinstein's Cantata, op. 81, "Die
Gedichte und das Requiem fur Mignon, :, being
jahre," has been published in Leipsie. -Four
voices are required for the leading parts
soprano, contralto, tenor, bass.
The rich musical library Of the late II. Fetis
has been purchased for 10000 francs By lie
Belgian Government, and placed in the Royal
Library at Brussels, in spacious hall specially
devoted to it, where it will be under the guar.
dianship Of ii: Edouard Fetis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-01-29
GEORGETOWN.

NEW MANUFACTORY PEoPosED.--It is un-
derstood that joint stock company, with a cap
ital OF 300 GEO. is being formed in this city and
Washington, for the purpose of manufacturing
leather and attaching to the tannery boot and
shoe factory, with all the latest and most ap.
proved machinery, and under the management
OF experienced workmen. The tannery and shoe
factory is to be located in this city
NAVIGATION SUsPKNDBD.-The river and ca
nal are again firmly closed with ice and there il
no immediate prospect OF the early departure OF
vessels now in port, or of the arrival of those
now due. The Philadelphia steamer George HI
Stout, now in port, should leave to-day, but il
is not probable she will be able to do so before
tomorrow. The Norfolk steamer Lady OF the
Lake, is in Washington, but her commander
telegraphs that she was not able to come here
as usual, on account of the ice. The Baltimore
steamer Georgeanna left on Saturday evening
with 30 barrels of -four and large quantity OF
scrap iron. Business was at a stand-still or
Water street to-day. The -four mills, however
were running as usual.
AN ADDITIONAL STEAMER, the Ironsides, is tc
be placed on the new line between this city anG
Baltimore on the 18th proximo.
On ACCOUNT of the severe weather work OF
the new sewer on Bridge street was suspended
to-day.