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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-02


ADVANTAGES ov WESTMINSTER AS A SUMNER
RESORT. Westminster sits q very queen among
the towering hills Of PARIS Ridge, one thous.
and feet above tide. Her streets are kent
clean and free from dust, by copious sprink-
ing from machines made for the purpose.
The AIR Is pure and invigorating, always cool
IN the evening and favorable TO sleep. The
hotels and boarding houses are alive with Wis.
tors, VINO express themselves grati6ed to es-
cape from the heat and dust Of the cities, and
from that worrying summer pest, mosouitoes.
which never annoy the citizens of Westniin.
ster. Pure air, pure water, no bilious iuan.
ences, pleasant drives, good accommodations.
moderate prices, render Westminster one OF
the cheapest, most convenient and agreeable
OF summer resorts, and the number OF her ris.
itors will annually increase, as the advantages
she offers become better known.
Western Md. College will have at least seven.
V'fye resident pupils within her walls at the
ensuing Fall term, which number will be iu-
plicated, probably, by nonresident pupils.
This hourishing Institution is growing in i'm.
portanee, and will have to be enlarged 10 nc.
commodate the students who are KNOCKING nj
her doors for entrance. The educational nd.
vantages here afforded, the healthfnlness Of
the location, the moral influences surrounding
the youth who are being trained for usefulness
IN that institution, are among the many ad.
yantages which open up prospect for the
greatest success in the future.
HEAVY RAIKs.-Heayy rains occurred ON
Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday evenings. IN
the upper portion Of Manchester district we
hear considerable damage was done to fencing
and roads. Carroll county has been particu--
larry blessed this season with opportane and
refreshing rains. In some portions Of the
State there has not been good soaking rain
since the 1st Of May. Calvert county Is al
most burnt up, and little or no grain has been
raised, while cattle are almost starving from
the lack Of pasture.
THE BAITIxoRR FIRE.--Lewis Deter broth.
er-in-law Of Louis Dielman, of New Windsor
lost six buildings BY the FIRE in Baltimore, on
Friday Of last week, waived at $50, loo IN.
sured 10 the German Company for $4,000.
Two Of the houses were on Saratoga and four
on Clay street. Mr.. Andrew Reese, brother
Of VIM. Reese, Esq. Of this city, lost a three
story brick store and dwelling, situated on the
west side Of Liberty street.
The barn Of Mr.. Simon Shaffer was strual
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-02

A yfsir 10 Uxlox MIlIs.--Last weak We
visited Union Mills, on the Westminster and
littlestown Turnpike, about midway between
Westminster and Litlestown, Pa, and were
much pleased with the trip. On both sides
Of the turnpike we saw beautiful farms, with
their neat residences and outbuildinRs, which
gave evidence Of thrift and welltilled lands.
At Union Mills we were shown through the
canning establishment Of Messrs. b. 4. Shri.
yer Go. AT present they are engaged in
packing small fruits, such as strawberries,
cherries, gooseberries, whortleberries and
Iblackberries, creating market for such fruit
second only 10 Baltimore. Very little encour-
ageinent was offered for such an enterprise at
first, but soon all prejudices were overcome,
and temporary structure used. The season
tor packing corn, tomatoes, string beans,
plums, damsons, greengages, and fall fruits
generally, has not yet commenced, but they
have already packed $500 cans Of small fruits,
amounting 20 5000, two.thirds of which is
distributed in the neighborhood for fruit and
labor. II is safe to say that when the fall
packing is finished it will amount to $4,000.
Since the opening Of this establishment a
marked change in the farms in the neighbor-
hood Is seen, as market is opened for small
fruits that were heretofore allowed TO 60 to
waste.
Three years ago Mr.. Shriver began in a
small log stable, doing all the work himself,
and from this has risen the present complete
factory, which is built in the shape of an l.,
So feet long and 80 wide; the main building is
45x3s feet, two stories high, has On engine and
boiler room, and has a capacity of from seven
to ten thousand cans daily. Ii is proposed to
manufacture the tin cans and packing boxes
nv another arAsnn and r,rat,ava finnz nra NOV,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24

SrABBlNG ArFRAY AT CEDAR
FALLs.-A special dispatch to the
Dubuque Times Of Tuesday, gives
the particulars Of . drunken row
at Lloyd's saloon, Cedar Falls, in
the course Of which Fitxroy SEES
sions, formerly U. S. Deputy Mar
shall in fit Of drunken fury stabbed
one Harry Hazlett in the mock, in
flicting deep and dangerous
wound from which he would have
soon blcd to death, but for the
timely arrival ola physician.
The Times Of the next day con-
tains card from Sessions in which
he states, for the "relief Of connec-
tons of both parties" that the ac-
count is "highly exaggerated" the
injured party's life being not in the
least danger, and adds with cool
ness, which would be infinitely re-
freshing in August, that "there was
no intent to cause him injury. He
so regards it, and the whole matter
has been amicably arranged" The
public and especially the press will
take the hint not to concern them
selves further about this harmless
frolic, especially as it has been ear.
ranged" 1t was nothing but q
playful ebullition Of feeling-with a
knife.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24

We publish in another column !,
letter addressed a few days since
by Hon. w. D. Kelley, Of Pennsyl-
vania, to q number Of soldiers at
Philadelphia about organizing n
colony for settlement in the west.
That portion Of Judge Kelley's let
ter in which he alludes to the pre-
pondence of persons engaged in
agricultural pursuits in the west,
and argues the necessity and profit
in the establishment of manufacto-
ries and home market for our
products, will prove interesting and
suggestive reading for Iowa people.
There is no cvading the conviction
that our condition will not be what
it should be even with reasonable
freights to the east until we have
wider diversifcation of our indus
tries and utilization OF the resources
within our reach. Men Of the
abilityand breadth of craftsmanship
of Judge Kelley are not slow to
perceive our wants, and to point
out the proper means to supply
them.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24
REGARDING the connection of the

REGARDING the connection Of the
late Senator Grimes with the Cred
it Mobilier, about which something
has been said by tho papers lately,
the Dubuque Times says:
The editor Of this paper, then
Clerk of the Naval Committee Of
the United State Senate, is cogniz
ant Of the fact that Mr.. Ames re-
peatcdly urged Mr.. Grimes to in.
vest money in the Credit Mobilier,
agreeing to guarantee ten per cent.
upon the investment. We also know
that such guarantee was given, for
we transcribed with our own hand,
the agreement made between Mr..
Grimes and Mr.. Ames. The argce-
mcnt was, in brief, this: Mr.. Grimes
agreed to buy 100000 of the stock,
paying par value therefor. Mr..
Ames guaranteed annual dividends
upon tho atock Of at least ten per
cent, and was to receive one-half
of the excess ifthe annual dividends
exceeded ten per cent. The agree
ment was made in duplicate and
was formally acknowledged. This
transaction was an open one, and in
every sense, we are sure, an honest
and legitimate one, whatever other
investments in the Credit Mobilier
may have been made. Mr.. Grimes
paid par value for the stock in mon
ey, and we know his Investment
was induced wholly by Mr.. Ames's
guarantee Of ten per cent. upon the
investment. This was in 1857 or
1868, and Senator Grimes never
cast . vote that could in any way
have been influenced by the invest:
ment.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24

and easy the last session, has be-
come the economical branch Of the
Legislature, as is evinced by their
amendments 10 cut down the pay of
the officers of the Assembly from
one to two dollars per day. May
heaven bless and preserve them,
and keep them virtuous for the next
thirty days.
Another noticeable popularity is
the extraordinary ease with which
measures, over which the Assembly
fought for weeks last winter, and
finally passed, arc now oblitcrated
from the new Code without five
minutes debate. The newspaper
publication law is one example, it
cost the State ten thousand dollars
to enact it, yet it went by the board
without a single rcmonstrance.
Some Of the few members in ia.
vor of hanging, anticipate the same
silent repeal Of the law abolishine
the death penalty but l will speak
OF this in my next.
MOODY Grow.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24

There are seven members Of the
Senate Committee on finance. All
but two, Wright, of Iowa, and
Ferry, Of Michigan, agree that
the Treasury Department has no
authory to increase the currency of
the country. The maximum of
legal-tender notes allowed is $780,
100000. 1t justly holds that the
power claimed, if given at all
"would be by clear and unambigu-
GUS language, and should not be in.
ferred by subtitle reasoning, or de-
pend on the pressure of interested
parties or the changing views OF
the public policy. In all questions
Of construction as to the extent of
the power conferred by law in mat
ters which affect the public credit
or public securities, a reasonable
doubt as to the grant of power
should be held to exclude it," This
is the only safe ground to take.
The Senate will undoubtedly sus-
tain this position, and the House
also. From the sound principles
laid down in the above extract there
should never be any departure.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24
The Putting Business.

The following form the Sterling
Gazette expresses our sentiments on
"dead head" advertising:
"Gratituous notices are looked up
on by the mass Of the reading pub
lie as due to all who patronizc pa
per-whether it be as hearty ad-
vertiser, or a subscriber to week
ly paper at 81 year, payable when
the subscriber feel in a humor and
happens to think Of it. 1t is not
easily remembered that the local
columns Of newspaper are the
most valuable to the advertiser, be-
cause they are the first read by
everybody. and no publisher can
give them up to putting this mans
patent mahogany sausage suffer,
or that ones new tangled, double
and twisted stump puller, for moth
ing and board himself. Publishing
a newspaper is a Legitimate bust
ness, and newspaper man should
have pay for his labor, the same as
the man who carries the hod, or
yields the hammer in a blacksmith
shop. 1t costs money, time, and a
vast deal of patience to conduct q
newspaper yet no class Of men is
expected to do so much for little
pay as the publishers.
''Most Of the service, whether
valuable or worthless, arises from
thought'essness by these who apply
for it. They would not think Of
asking a carpenter to work day
for nothing, or grocer to give
them s. ham because they bought u
bushel OF potatoes; nor would they
expect, because banking house
has piles of money lying idle in its
vaults, they could get the use of it
for nothing; yet in a printing office
it is only, in their estimation, few
minutes labor to write "puff,,"
and it costs no more to put that in
type and publish it, than the
same amount of matter in news
item, for.which there is no cxpecta-
ton of especial pay. Many, there
fore, receive the favor rs a thing of
course, and some even grumble If o
notice of them and their wares is
not coupled with a direct or indi-
rect disparagment of somebody else
in the same line of trade. If there
should be an intimation that the So
licited notice is a purely personal
matter to the solicitor, and the only
benefit to be derived from it inures
to himself, and therefore the service
should be paid for like any other
service, it is considered sufficient
answer, that "thc other paper" does
such work for nothing, while such
reminder is regarded as a rcbuke
to the avaricious pnaccomodating
dispositions. For much Of this
misrepresentation Of the fact that a
printing Office is like any other
place Of business, and can be sus-
tanned only on business practices,
publishers themselves are response
BILE. In publishing gratituously as
is proper, notices Of public and be-
nevolent objects, they have estab-
lished practice where it is often
hard to draw a dividing line and
where they too often frequently
oyerstep it. Good judgment and a
little firmess would correct an evil
every publisher feels, and which he
has sometime or other talked about,
generally with no benefit to him
self or anybody else"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24

PAT1ENT-"Doctor, l have terri
Bile cough, and my children are all
down sick with coughs, sore threats
and colds. What shall we do?"
Doctor-''Take DR.. Ransom's Hive
Syrup and Tolu, or Honey Syrup.
This will very soon relieve and
cure you and all the children. 1t is
an excellent family medicine. Full
directions are on the bottles. You
can get it at any drug store for
thirty-five cents"
Got the Sick Headache and Neu-
ralgia? take DR.. Miller's Magnetic
Balm and get we'll. 1t will cure as
if by magic. Only 25 cts. per
hottie.
See advertisement in this paper.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24

The latest candidate for the fool
killers attention is citizen of
Dayton, Indiana, who the other day
resolved to attempt to get rid OF
the rats which infested his barn and
acknowledgement accordingly nicely
buttcred two or three crackers, and
spread upon each Of them a large
quantity Of arsenic. While on his
way to the barn in fit Of abstrac-
ton, he coolly proceeded to eat one
Of the crackers himself. He had ,
however, no sooner done so than he
realized his danger, and sent for a
physician, who, after hard fight,
managed to save his life by the ad-
ministration of the usual remedies.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24
Mr. Harlan has made no answer

Mr. Harlan has made no answer
to the testimony Of Durant before
the Credit Mobilicr Committee, re-
lative to his soliciting and receiv.
ing from the Pacific railroad man
ayers through Durant, 100000 to
be used in his contest for the Sena-
torship in 1866, unless The CON-
ments OF his organ the Washington
Chronicle may be deemed answers.
That paper at FIRST treated the mat.
ter very cavalierly, saying that the
committee had no right to inquire
who, or how much anybody con-
tributed to pay the Legitimate ex-
penses" of political campaign.
When shown the difference be-
tween money contributed for
general campaign and that given to
influence a legislative body, the
Chronicle tries to make il appear
that the $4,000 paid by Durant
was for the expense of the general
canvass, but against this theory is
the fact that at that time Mr.. Harlan
was Secretary of the Interior and
not connected with any campaign
committee, and therefore not likely
to solicit money 70: the general
campaign. Mr.. Durant says that
he "was annoyed by the personal
and persistent solicitations of Har-
lan;" that it was paid into Mr.. Har-
lan's own hands, and that it was to
to be used to secure the election of
the latter as Senator.
Nobody will doubt the DISPOSE
ton of the Pacific railroad men to
invest money in that way if they
could secure an advantage by SO
doing, and the only question re-
naming, is what did Mr.. Harlan
do with the money which Durant
says he placed in his hands to be
used in the Senatorial contest. We
hope that Mr.. Harlan will make a
tull and frank statement about the
matter over his own signature.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24
Tho Manner Of Electing the Prosi.
dent.

Mr.. Morton, made an elaborate
speech in the Senate, on Friday last,
upon his motion to instruct the Com
mittee on Elections, to inquire into
the defects Of the present electoral
system, and the best means to rem
edy them. Mr.. Morton pointed out
the danger of revolution in case the
election of President and Vice Pres
ident is to be determined by the
vote of a State in which the election
Of electors has been irregular, or
alleged to have been carried by
fraud or violence; no provision be-
ing made in the Constitution for
contesting the election Of electors:
OF correcting the returns in such
cases. He argued that there ought
to be such provision made as to
make it impossible for any man to
reach the Presidential chair, who
has not been legitimately chosen
thereto. He recapitulated the case
of Wisconsin in 1859, when owing
to a storm the electors failed to as
semblc on the day appointed by law
to cast their votes. He also alluded
to the cases of the Louisiana and
Arkansas each Of which have de-
posted two sets of electoral votes
with the Vice President, and show.
ed the peril in which the nation
would be placed should it happen
upon the recurrence of any one oil
these cases, that the decision of the
President of the Senate should de-
termine the result and give the
election to a candidate. who wonld
otherwise be defeated.
As a substitute for the whole
electoral system, Mr.. Morton fayors
direct election by the people as
one community, giving the election
to the candidate with the greatest
number of votes, without regard to
State lines. Assuming that the
smaller States would not agree to
this plan, he thinks that they would
have no objection, to such change as
would bring the election of Presi
dent direct by tho people of The
several States, each to be divided
into as many districts as it has
Senators and Representatives, and
each district to have one vote, to bt
counted in favor of the candidate
having the highest number of votes
in said district. This with the ap
pointment of a proper tribunal tt
settle contested and doubtful results
in the districts; is Mr.. Norton
plan. How it will be received b,
Congress remains to be seen. Th'
electoral system does not work al
was contemplated by its founders
and has become an incumbranc'
and a source of weakness. TIL,
nopular demand is for something
more popu!ar and direct.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24
ALspoal of the Publication Law.

The "barnacle crushcrs," as they
delightto call themselves, in the
Iowa Legislature have at last com,
passed their revenge upon the
press for its too free criticisms up.
on them. Almost the first business
transacted at the opening of the
extra session after the appointment
of the Rankin investigating COM
mittee was the repeal of the statute
authorizing the publication OF the
laws in the newspapers. In the
House, the sections Of the new code
providing for such publication, were
quietly and summarily stricken out.
The repeal encountered more op-
position in the Senate, but the
effort to have the sections replaced
was not successful. So the people
must content themselves hereafter
with an imperfect, and not readily
acquired knowledge of the laws
they are expected to obey.
In the character of journalist
we have no protest to make or COM
plant to offer, on account of this
action. We have always advoca-
ted the retention of the publication
law on other than selfish grounds.
We believe it was satisfactory to
majority of the people, and toprove
this need only cite the fact that no
considerable number of them have
ever asked its repeal. Taking into
account all the circumstances sur
rounding it, we are not permitted to
believe that those members of the
Legislature most active and pcrsis-
tent in securing the repeal were
actuatcd by unmixed regard for
the public good. But their revenge
achieved, it is possible that they
may henceforth display some deli
gence and industry in the legitimate
business before them. Perhaps not
the least compensating result will
be that Iowa papers will refrain in
the future from the attempt to
manufacture great men and states
men out of very interior material.
They have heavy responsibility in
this regard, and perhaps are not
niapproprlately punished therefor.
The above remarks are not inten-
ded to have an indiscriminate APP
plication. There were members Of
the Legislature who honestly doubt
ed the wisdom of the law and prob.
ably were little timid regarding
appropriations for the purpose, ard
SO voted against it. But these
were not the men with grievances
who, in season and out Of season
worked and schemed for the repeal,
avowedly in most cases to get even
with the papers for non-apprecia-
ton of their transcendent abilities,
or exposure of their little schemes.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24

Or. Cox's Hive Group syrup has
been known and used by the medical profession
over 100 ycara, and as remedy for Colds and
Coughs has an older and better reputation than
any other Cough medicine ever offered to the
public. 1t is known as the Compound Syrup of
Squills. and q formula may be found in every
medical dispcnsatory.
DIR. Iansom,s 1.-Two Syrup md
T0lu, IN addition to the ingredients Tor Cox's
Hive Syrup contains Balsam Of Tolu, detection of
Skunk Cabbage Root and Lobelia, q combination
that must commend it to every one as q superior
remedy for Group, WhOOping Cough,
Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs aud
Colds, indeed for al affections Of the Throat
and Lungs where Cough Medicine is necessary
This Syrup is Carefully Prepared
under the personal direction OF u regular Physi-
clan Of over twenty years practice. whose sigma.
ture is attached to the directions on the bottle.
Hts taste Is very pleasant and children
like It.
Every family should keep It q a ready
remedy Tor Group, Colds, ETC.. among the
children.
p. RANSOM, Soy 4 Co., Propr's Buffalo, N Y.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24

One of the wjhe acts of the Leg.
islature at the present session is
the modification of the present
Registry law, so as to make it ap-
plicablc only to townships contain
ing 5000 or more population. Out
side of the large cities it has been
practically dead letter, useless
and cumbrous formality. It's letter
and spirit have been constantly
evaded. ample opportunity for such
evasion being offered by the loose
manner in which it was framed.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24
Referees Sale.

TN compliance with the order of the Circu,
i Court of Buchanan County, Iowa, the under
signed who were appointed Referees in the case
of Anna +. DeBar. vs. Joseph A, HeRar, James
w. DcBar and Mary c. Delaar. will proceed 10
sell the following described property, to-wit:
Commencing ut point twenty (aOj rods east OF
township eighty nine, $50 north of range nine
{9) west In buchanan, County Iowa. Thence run
ming north twenty two (as) rods. Thence east four
Thence west four a. rods to tho place of
beginning. Which property we will offer for
sale to the highest bidder at the front door Of the
Court House In Indepcn ience. Iowa. on Saturday
the Sth day OF February. 1873. at } O'Clock, D. M
u. T. HENSHAW,
II. A. KING, lReffereea
a7w4. JAS. FORESTER,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-24

SENAroRs.-Ex-Gov Oglesby,
from Illinois, Roscoe Conkline,
from New York, and General Cor
don. from Georgia, have been cleo
ted u S. Senators during the pres
ent week.