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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-06

Eastern Iowa horticultural Society

The Society will hold its Sd an
nual meeting at West Branch, on
the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Minnesota Railway, during We'd
nesday and Thursday, December
Is and 10, 1872.
1t is hoped and expected that all
live fruit-growers in our large dis
trict will be present. Our pro
grammc includes lectures and pa
pers from many of our most earnest
and experienced tree and fruit
growers, among which we Gama w.
g. Thompson, upon "Small Fruits;
Samuel Edwards, of Illinois, upon
"Evergreens, their propagation and
management; James Redpath, on
"Orchard Pruning; Samuel Bow
ers, "Flowering Shrubs and Plant" !;
Suel Foster, "Pear Culture; Hen
ry Strohm, "Nurscry Management;
j. L. Budd, "Honey LOCUST Hcdg-
ing" and paper upon "Best Cher
ries for Iowa.; Dir. Doran, "Best
Grape for Iowa, and their manage.
ment"; Jonathan Mickey, "Osage
Hedging; A. G. Chandler, Grasp
berry Culture" etc.
We expect to have q profitable
session. Tho hospitable people Of
West Branch say to us; ''Therc is
room and y welcome for all earnest
fruit men and their wives" Efforts
will be made to secure return tick
cts at reduced fare.
GREENBURY Woop, Pres.
J. l.. BUDD, Secretary.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-06

The short session of the XLII.
Congress, which expires March 4th,
1879, convened at the national CAPT
tai on Monday, and the message of
President Grant was submitted on
the same day. The session opens
auspiciously for harmonious and
useful Legislation. Very little of
the asperitics of the political cam
paign is manifested. Mr.. Dawes,
at a convenient opportunity, offered
a resolution expressing the sense of
the House upon the sudden death of
Horace Greeley, and eulogizing his
virtues. Mr.. Cox responded in an
appropriate and kindly vein.
This was followed by the offered
resignation Of General Banks as
chairman of the Foreign Affairs
Committee. This was vigorously
opposed, number of the Repnbli-
can members uniting with the OPP
posite party in refusing to accept
Banks resignation. The result was
that he was not permitted to resign
by vote of SO to 76. Speaker
Blaine then called Mr.. Cox to the
chair, and, descending to the floor,
offered preamble and resolution,
which was carried, providing for a
special committee of five to investi-
gate the charge that members of
the House had been bribcd by Cakes
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-06
An Important Verdict.

The readers Of the BULLETIN may
remember an item in its columns
about y year since, relating to
suit in Des Moines under the law of
1858, wherein Mrs. Priestly, the
wife of drinking man, brought
against Joseph Heerb, wealthy
liquor seller, for damages resulting
from the selling Of liquor to her
husband. After many delays, the
trial came off before the District
Court of Polk county, last week. 1t
lasted four days, was ably
handled Oh both sides, and resulted
in verdict against the liquor deal
er of $3.50 and costs OF suit. SO
it seems that by means Of this old
and almost obsolete law an effective
weapon of offensc and defense
against the rumseller is placed in
the hands OF the drunkard'S family.
The case will of course be fought
through the Supreme Court, and if
the decision of thett lower court is
sustained, suits of this character
will be numerous, and other liquor
dealers will be compelled to dis
gorge their ili-gottcn gains.
We notice that some Of our cX-
changes allude to this as the first
successful suit under the law of
1853. This is a mistake. In May,
1871, Mrs. J. A. Todd, Of st. Ans
gar, Mitchell Co., recovered from
Chas. Gcrmon some $40 damages
for selling liquor TO her husband.
The suit was tried before a Justice,
and by jury.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-06

THE Legislature of Iowa will
meet in adjourned session at Des
Moines, on the third Wednesday in
January. The duration of the extra
session was limited by joint resolu-
ton passed before adjournment in
April, to thirty days. 1t was fur
Their provided that no business ex-
cept the consideration of the new
code should be done except by
unanimous consent, that the mem
bers should not receive mileage, nor
per diem, except for the full time in
which the General Assembly shall
be actually in session. A strong
effort wilk be made by interested
parties to secure the repeal of this
restriction, and it is not unlikely
that the Legislature may launch out
into general Legislation. There is
no interest in the State in pressing
necessity for legislative tinkcring,
and our Senators and Representa-
tiyes will best please majority of
their constituents if they devote the
allotted time to careful examina-
ton Of the work of the code COM
missioners and then adjourn.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-06

The earnings Of the B. G. r. & NJ.
Railroad for the month of October were
$1a6, 9G793, agains. $73,G02, So in the
corresponding month of 1871, a gain in
one year of over $4,000.
The Mt Pleasant Journal records
the destruction by fire Of Ketcham's ele-
vator at that place. The loss was $685.
600; insured for $1,000. Mt. Pleasant
has gas and other modern improvements,
but no organized fire department
The Code Commissioners are busily
at work at Des Moincs As fast us their
work is completed they send il in install
ments to the members Of the Legislature,
so that that body may have an intelligent
idea of the work before it this winter.
Mrs Amelia Boomer of Council
Bluffs, was made one of the Vice Presi-
dents Of the National Woman Suffrage
organization, at its late meeting in ST.
Louis. Mrs. Lizzie B. Reed also Of this
State, was chosen one Of the Executive
Committee.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-06
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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-06

MAGNETIsM-Thc mover and mys-
terry of the world! New facts are
constantly coming to light in regard
to this potent agent in nature. The
magnetic springs Of Michigan, and
other localities, arc attracting pro-
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Many cures are claimed to have
been accomplished through the
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If those waters are impregnated
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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-06
The Prevention Of Murder.

How to guard the, community
against the pistol or knife of the as
sassin is just now, in view of the
startling increase of crime in sever
al portions of the country, exciting
much interest and discussion. The
popularity of this discussion is that
it almost entirely deals with the
mode or character of the punish.
ment for murder, rather than the
means of making 1t certain. Upon
this point the Springfield RepubH-
can has some sensible suggestions
and just conclusions, which are
worthy Of the perusal Of those peo-
pie in Iowa who are clamouring
for the reinstatement OF capital pun
ishment as the only preventive Of
murder. The Republican says:
'The first obvious effect upon the
public mind of the multiplication OF
murders is a Strengthening Of the
cause of capital punishment. The
gallows is a popular institution, Just
now, and those who believe the
worst use society can put man to
is to hang him, are for the time, at
least, silenced.
''This cutlery for the sharpest
punishment, and more Of it, is a
very natural expression Of the in
stinct OF self-preservation and Of So
cial order. Bnt it is not quite dis
eliminating. The question that the
growth of crime presents has not
directly to do with that of capital
punishment. The evil that appalls
us grows not out Of the quality of
punishment-not Of modes Of pro-
tecting society, but the uncertainty
of any punishment at all; not Of
what we do, but that we do nothing.
The gallows is with us; very few
States have abolished it; but we do
not use it. 1t is not that murdcrers
escape th;:t which breeds the breed,
but that ey escape everything
The chances of escape altogether
are greater than the chances of any
neutrality-suspicious. or life impris-
onment.
"That il what's the matter, and
it is to the correction Of this evil, to
the securing Of speed and certainty
in such punishment as the laws
now provide for crime, rather than
in increasing or any way changing
such provisions, that public opinion
and the authorities shonld fist be
directed. So long as we have CAPT
tai punishment, let us use it for ev-
cry case that comes under it. SO
long as we have life-imprisonment,
let us apply that to every crime that
the laws provide it for. And so on
through the list Of crimes and pun
ishmcnts for them. We have laws
enough-they only need to be car
ried out sharply, decisively, GER
tainly.
off the laws are mistake-it
they are too cruel or too lenient,
their enforcement will exhibit the
fact. and force their change more
speedily than their neglect. The
best way to break nown a bad law
is to apply it sharply. Whst keeps
it on the statute book, and what
multiplies offences under it, is tho
omission Of tho authorities to en-.
force it; and so authorities and
community are equally demoralized
and crimes multiply and criminals
grow bold and defiant"
The Republican closes as fol.
lows:
"Thc great wast of this time and
people is q simpler, more direct.
more practical, more certain admin.
stration of law. If when man
commits a crime he could ! @ sure
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-06
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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-06

to be entering upon the punishment
which the laws provide for it, with
in thirty days, society would be i'm
measurably safer, and offenscs
against persons and property would
be indefinitely decreased. 1t is the
laws delay, the laws uncertainty
the certainty of modern experience,
indeed, that less than half the
crimes detected are punished, that
lies at the basis Of the present cpl
demic Of crime, and its accompany
ing passionate alarm of the commu-
nity."
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-06
IOWA SABBATH SCHOOL CON.
VENTION
Third District Convention. to be held
at Manchester. December 18th, 18th
, and 10Th, 1872.

At the last annual meeting of the
State Association held at Oskaloosa,
June l4th, 1872, the following reso-
luton was adopted:
"Resolvea, That for the securing
of q more thorough and systematic
work i'll all our territory, that our
State be divided into districts, cor
responding in territory and numbers
with our Congressional districts,
and that two workers be elected in
each district, at the annual meeting
of the Association. The first rank
ing as assistant president, and the
second, as assistant secretary
That the duties Of these officers be
for the more thorough and complete
organization Of the Sabbath school
work in their respective districts,
and that it shall be their duty to
gather in mass convention at least
once year, the workers in and
friends Of Sabbath schools in their
respective districts, and at such
meetings act as conductors of the
convention or institute. That they
shall also attend, rs far as possible,
and assist and aid the meetings of
the county associations, and they
shall aid i'll every possible way for
the more thorough and complete
and effective working of the Sabbath
school forces in their respective
districts, and that the secretary and
treasurer be instructed to pay their
actual travelling expenses"
Under the resolution, the under
signed was appointed for the pur-
poses specified, with reference to
the Third district, and after gen
eral conference with friends in all
parts of the same, have concluded
to call the convention to meet at the
Baptist church in Manchester, on
Tuesday evening, December 18th,
at I o'clock,sand continue through
Wednesday and Thursday follow
ing. It's object is indicated in the
resolution.
A general attendance is expected
from the active Sunday school
workers throughout the district,
comprising the counties of Du-
buque, Delaware, Buchanan, Fay
cite, Clayton, Allamakce and Win
neshiek: and more especially the
three former, a similar convention
having been previously provided,
for the convenience of the four lat
ter. From abroad, f. G. Chaplin, of
Charles City; w. II. Jordan, of
Waycrly; Rev. Geo. r. Ransom, of
Webster City; S. w. Cole, of lama
City, and Rev. +. 7. Hammond, of
Vernon, Conn, are invited.
The usual Communication with all
railroads leading in the direction of
Manchester is hoped for, and all
persons arriving are requested to
repair to the church, enroll their
names, and be assigned by the COM
mittee, of which Willard +. Leroy
is chairman, to places of entertain
mGnt.
An excellent programme will be
duly prepared and circulated. The
people will bring their bibles, sing
ing books, memorandum books,
pencils, etc. Workers from other
districts are cordially invited.
HoRT. GRANT, Pres,
McGregor.
WIN. REBMAN, Sec'y,
Dubuque.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-06

before was BORN" and at precisely
4 O'Clock, he alarmed those about
him by saying, in his natural tone
of voice, "It is done" These were
his last words. He then again re-
lapscd into state of total uncon.
seriousness; his respirations became
weaker, his extremitics colder, and
his face bore the unmistakable I'M
print of death.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-06

JUSTICE NELsos has resigned his
seat upon the bench of the Supreme
Court, and the President has APP
pointed Ward Hunt, Of New York,
to succeed him. Judge Hunt has
been chief Judge of the New York
Court of Appeals, and is at present
Commissioner Of Appeals. He is
not considered a great lawyer, al
though well-read one
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-06
Death of Mr.. Greeley.

The saddest event Of the year
now drawing to Il close transpired
last Friday evening in the death of
Americas greatest journalist, Hor
ace Greeley. Mr.. Greeley was, in
the best sense, representative of
our institutions and their elevating
tendency. Born of obscure parent
age, among the barren hills of New
Hampshire, in 1911, he toiled upon
his fathers reproductive acres un-
til he arrived at the age Of Is, when
he entered the office of the NortA-
err Spectator, at Poultney, VT, to
learn the printers art. After vary
ing fortune, he entered New York
in 1881, and in little more than a
year thereafter made his first ven
ture in journalism on his own ac-
count. In 1871, he established the
Tribune, with which his name and
fame will always be indissolubly
connected. On this broad field,
with verge enough to exhibit his
powers and give full play to the in
stincts of his nature, Mr.. Greeley
has won cotemporancous honor and
name in history second to no 9TH
er American, unless it be Mr.. Lni-
coin. No journalist has welded,
during his life, more potent or be-
neficcnt influence than he, and none,
dead, will be remembered with more
grateful affection.
Trained in youth in the sternest
school of integrity and virtue, he
was ever the foe of wrong, in what
ever guise, however intrenched. He
was ever the advocate Of the poor
and oppressed, and his sympathy
knew no narrow bounds of country
or State. His vigorous pen and
mighty intellect were as freely and
intelligently employed in advocat-
ing the cause Of the oppressed in
Europe as in breaking the bonds of
the slave, or championing the claims
of the landless, in his native land.
He was man OF the people, and
more fully possessed their hearts
and confidence than any man of his
generation. With all his severity
of principle, his determined and
hostile attitude to public wrongs
and abuses, he possessed a heart as
susceptible and Il nature rs untaint-
ed as girls. His guilelcss conf
dence in men was often the cause OF
his being imposed upon, and this
constituted one Of his chief weak
nesscs. Unerring in his grasp of
the whole domain Of thought and
theory, Mr.. Greeley was no judge
Of men; and herein lay the greater
share of the distrust of him as a
Presidential candidate. Being
human, Mr.. Greeley had his foibles
and weaknesses. These his open
nature did not permit him to con-
ceal, and they arc not unknown to
his countrymen, but in the brilliant
light which surrounds his ended
career how insignificant his faults
appear. We only remember him
as the great-hcarted, earnest, self
sacrificing patriot, the powerful
journalist, who more than any other
contributed to the elevation of the
press from the position of lackey to
the politician to that of the leader of
public thought and moulder of opin-
ion, and as the noble, pure man I'M
contaminated in the midst of vice.
Every American worthy ofthe name
will be proud to point to Horace
Greeley, and men like him as the
best out-growth Of our institutions.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-06
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an Illustrated MontAly Journal, unicer.
sally ddmittcd to be tie Handsomest
Periodical IN the World The
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est CHARACTERISTIC of ordinary periodicals. II is
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literature; and collection of pictures, the rarcst
specimens of artistic skill in black and white.
Although each succeeding number affords new
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of The Aldine will be most appreciated after it
has been bound up at the close of the year.
Mhe other publications t may claim superior
class, The Aldinc is a unique and original excep-
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out competition in price or character. The own
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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-06
PREMIUM cHRoMos

for 1873. Every subscriber to The Adine who
pays i'll advance for the syear 1873 will receive.
without additional charge, a pair of beautiful Gil
chromos, after }. j. Hill, the eminent English
painter The pictures, entitled The Village
Belle" and Crossing the Moor" are l4x20 inch.
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LITERARY DEPARTMENT
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State News.

Nov. goth, 1872.