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The interior journal., 1873-08-22

Commences ON the 4ih Monday In next
month. We will have very light docket,
as only four or Eve suits have been filed since
March last. The legal profession here are
out Of work aud becoming very much wear
led doing nothing.
The interior journal., 1873-08-22
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

MELONS Of vs,ermillions
No sew wheat -four offered YET.
The nights are unpleasantly cool
Topper, forego your morning dnmi
Several s,aniorii,es are making cis,erns.
Too much talk about the oholera.-Kecp
cool.
TI'e hes, time to put up frui, is when you
can"
The malicious mu-quito make,h mankind
mighty mad.
Trailor'. thrc-ber, "Longfellow." has been
In this vicinity this week.
The moral of misfortune is 10 shun what.
ever can possibly inviieiL
Reports of cholera in Lancaster caused the
Association Of Baptis,s to adjourn.
A sudden whirl Of the weather-cock yes.
terday after noon brought Us a refreshing
shower.
A tooth-carpcnier Of this place exhibit,
good pluck and plenty Of enterprize. See
small bills.
Comelord A Comequickly, Is the style
Of a new hrm just started in the fruit business
in Maxville.
But few Of our citizens have been driven TO
the necessity Of hauling water from Buffalo
Spring this season.
Little boys and girls, see how many words
The interior journal., 1873-08-22

I'M. sandifer has taken number. Of very
fine pictures recently, among which isthe
photograph Of the two corps Of railroad en-
gineers together with the wagons, camp equip
age, Sc, which passed through our town on
Friday last.
The interior journal., 1873-08-22

Prof A. s. Loventhal and Mr.. B. N. Gre
han, School Commissioner Of Fayette county,
are in our town for the purpose Of superin-
tending the Teachers Institute, which COM
menced at our College this morning, full
report Of the proceedings will be found in
next issue.
The interior journal., 1873-08-22
KENTUCKY LIBRARY DRAWING.

All those wishing TO purchase tickst or
fractional parts Of tickets in the sreatea en-
terprise Of the age, and one conducted upon
fair and honest principles, viii find ii TO their
advantage and interest TO make their irrest-
ments at an early day, as they are in CRED de-
mand and selling rapidly. Tickets fo1 sale
by W. c. Curd and J. B. Gagg, somts
Kentucky.
The interior journal., 1873-08-22

Too much talk about the ehOlera.-Kecp
The interior journal., 1873-08-22

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The interior journal., 1873-08-22

ny virtse ef Juds,s.as' ef the sley. court, viii
a. commissioner en- MONDAY, september i,
is1s tscng Qounty c1art dsyl sner Er sals, 10 the
highest iitdrr The hppiesied and lands aajarrnt,
The interior journal., 1873-08-22

AT nAPLE DROVE. Llno.ln ssun,,. K,.. AVA
r4A orn stane.ri, - ths D0nsills IlkeI Order.
s.n<seza zn1 <tl.h1tisa Ea@s.Hsssd. h~ssnss sd
The interior journal., 1873-08-22
COUNTY COURT

The remainder Of the mecademizing to be
done on Mt. Vernon or main cross street
within the town Limit, was this day let out
by the Trustees to Isaac Lay and Marion Nu-
well at 81 IS per rood.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-22

showed the same grit. They would
not be taken care of until others
were attended to. There was a era
zy boy on his way to the asylum at
Jacksonville. He was noisy and
dangerous, and was hand cuffed aud
placed in the smoking car when he
left Chicago. Just after the explo-
sion young girl came to me and
wanted me to find her brother. I
told her he would be looked after,
and tried to quiet her down, but she
would not remain still. Twas afraid
OF her getting into trouble. She
told me her brother was crazy, and
could not look after himself. 1
tried to keep her, but she escaped
me. Presently she came back with
the crazy fellow, who appeared to
enjoy the scene immensely. She
had found him just where he fell in
the meadow. He had been blown
by the force of the explosion twenty
or thirty feet, and not scald or
scratch about him.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-22
the State.

"A State meeting of the Patrons of Hus
bandry will be held in Cedar Rapids dur,
ing the State Fair, to be composed of the
business agents of the several counties.
The report that Byron Wright was
thrown from wagon, and that the con.
cussion forced the ball in his braiu to the
opening in his skull is corrected. The
ball was extracted, however, and he feels
happy over it.
The Cedar Rapids Times says that the
st. Louis s. Cedar Rapids Railway enter
prise has been revived, and this time with
flatterng prospects Of success. The road
will run from Cedar Rapids to Ottumwa,
there to connect with the North Missouri
road for St. Louis.
BY the new Code of Iowa all bank
paper falling due on Sunday or holiday
is made payable the day previous instead
of the day after, as heretofore practiced.
People having notes in bank to pay will
do well to remember this. The Code
takes effect September LIST.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-22
The Observation-Disclosures paper

LIE Observation-Disclosures pdpcIs
including that pink of honesty and
non-partisanship, according to its
own testimony-the Springfield
Republican,, are industriously try
ing to make it appear that Butler,
in his raid upon the Massachusetts
Governorship, is aided and encour-
aged by President Grant. Regar.
ding these dishonest allegations
without proof, the Chicago journal
says:
We have authority for saying
that the influences of the Admins
tration at Washington are not being
used for his (Butler's) nomination
as has been reported; and, further
more, that it is one ofthe articles OF
President Grants creed that neither
his name nor the influence of his AID
ministration shall be used, with his
knowledge and consent, for the ben
eft of any man, set of men, clique
or faction in connection with the
politics of any State or city. In 9th
err words, Gen. Grant is opposed to
the Government at Washington in,
terfering with tie State or local pol
itics Of the country. In which
thing, as usual, he shows his wis
dom.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-22
Special Agent Van Leuven.

Subsequent information leads us
to believe that injustice was done
Special Agent Van Leuven, IN the
article which we copied from the
Des Moines Republican last week,
in so far as it refers to. his action
in the Sigourney post-office matter.
1t appears that he acted in that case
according to the instructions of the
Post-office Department, and that if
injustice was done the Sigourney
Postmaster, the Department, and
not Mr.. Van Leuven, is responsible
therefor. The truth and justice to
Mr.. Van Leuven require at our
hands this correction of a misstate-
ment of facts. But as our estimate
of Van Leuven's disqualification
for the office he holds, was made up
long ago, and is in no way depen-
dent upon the Sigourney matter, or
even upon his blunder in the Cresco
post office matter, we still hold that
his appointment to so responsible a
position, was mistake; that he po-
sesses no adequate qualifications for
properly performing its duties, but
on the other hand has some charac-
teristics, which peculiarly unfit him
for a place requiring balance and
Judgment. We are free to say that
our objections to Van Leuven do
not extend to his integrity. We be-
lieve him honest, and know that he
is jealous. 1t is not difficult to be-
lieve that he made an excellant pos
tai clerk, but when we come to
take his measure for the responsible
position of government detective,
requiring as it does, wise discretion
sound judgment, resources, expert
ence, address, deliberation, retl-
cense, the faculty of keenly analyz'
ing human character, the skill to
form plans and the courage to exc
cute them, TIVE say when these are
considered the light, airy, voluble,
self conceited young fellow, who
signs his name H. Clay Van Leu
ven, is the most conspicuous exam
pie of unftness we know of, and we
are confident that events will Justl-
fly our judgment. While we are
thus compelled in the capacity OF a
journalist, to give uttcrance to these
unwelcome convictions, and while
we do not admire the methods
which he has pursued to gain pre-.
ferment, we have nothing but the
kindest personal feelings toward
Mr.. Van Leuven.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-22

THE Republican party never stood
higher in the public estimation than
at present. The reason for this is,
it has justified by its acts the conf
dence of the people. 1t has stood
the test of more than twelve years
of power, and during that time has
given birth to measures that have
added largely to the strength, wealth
and influence of the Republic.
Since the formation of the Govern
ment no party has been called upon
to stand strain rs severe as the
one put upon the Republican party.
Both it's legislative and executive
branches have been called upon to
face difficulties almost insurmoun-
table; yet with a firm and patriotic
hand, it guided the nation through
its troubles, and to-day it enjoys the
reward due its services-the contin-
ued confidence and support of the
people.
TO retain this support and to gain
the active sympathy of the thou
sands Of young men who yearly be-
coming entrusted with the privilege
of voting, our party must put for
ward its very best men for office.
We need something more than abil-
ity in our public officials: we need
sterling honesty to make and ad-
minister our laws. The party
should steer clear of political trick
sters, for the election of one of
these slippery gentlemen will more
than offset the good that dozen
worthy officials can do. The honest,
intelligent, and patriotic citizens
should attend the local conventions
and primary meetings. By this
practice good men will be selected,
and the party strengthened. The
surest way to purify the ballot is to
place none but worthy men in nom-
nation. Our principles are right;
the purposes of our party are com
mendable; it now remains for the
people to see that the right men are
selected to maintain our principles
and carry out our Objects Wash
ington Republic.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-22
The Opening Day Of tho Campaign.

The Republican State Central
Committee have decided to open the
political campaign with mass meet
ings on Wednesday, Sept. 18th,
1873, and announce meetings for
that day at the following places to
be addressed by the gentlemen
named in the list:
Cedar Rapids.-Gov. G. G. Car
penter, Hon. NJ. E. Cults.
Des Moines.-Hon G.. w. Nc
Creary Hon. George G. Wright,
Hon. II. o. Pratt.
Iowa City.-Hon. J. A. Kasson.
Gov. S. J. Kirkwood.
Muscatine.-Hon. II. O'Conner,
Hon. A. r. Cotton.
Washington.-Hon. James Will
son, Hon. Alex. Clark.
Mount Presentation. James
Harlan, Hon. Rush Clark.
Oskaloosa.--Gen. J. B. Weaver,
Hon. J. Van Valkenburg.
Osceoia.-Hon. w. J. Loughridge
Hon. J. w. 'McDill.
Council Blutfs.-Hon. F. w. Pal
mer, Hon. Jackson Orr, Hon. A. r..
Anderson.
Jefferson.-Hon. j. Dysart, Hou.
H. G. Henderson.
Fort Dodge.-Hon. John Russell
Gen. N. B. Baker.
Marshalltown.-Judge N. M.
Hubbard, Hon. John Shane.
Waterloo.-Hon. J. B. Young,
Hon. +. B. Kephart.
Charles City.-Hon. John Scott,
Hon. r. Fl. Gilmore.
West Union.-Hon. William p.
| Wolf, Hon. G. r. Scott, Gen. M. NJ.
Trumbull.
I The meetings will be held at 2
o'clock p, M, at each place.
The Local Committees will have
| entire charge of the details, and
upon them will devolve the respon-
sibility of the success or failure of
the meetings.
AS soon as the arrangements are
perfected, other meetings will be
! announced.
It is expected that on the above
day Gen. John A. Logan, of Illinois,
and Gov. G. G. Washburn, of Wis
consin, will speak at Dubuque; Hon.
Robert J. Ingersoll, of Illinois, at
Davenport; and Gov. r. J. Ogilsby
at Burlington. Efforts are also be-
ing made by the committee to organ
ize mass meetings for the opening
day at other leading points in the
State. A. H. MEDIC, Ch'm'n.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-22

THE Dubuque Herald, published
in a county where the election OF
Democrats is yet possible, enters a
vigorous protest against the dis
membcrment of the Democratic par
ty. Abiding to the action of the
Anti-Monopoly movement it says:
1t may be best for the Democracy
of Iowa as party to help the Anti
Monopolists and to support their
ticket; but we wish 1t done under
authority, and by action of the Dem
ocratic organization. The true
thing to do we believe is to encour-
age this other organization, but at
the same time resolutely maintain
the Democratic standard; vote their
ticket if thought best, but preserve
the Democratic organization intact.
Unless this be done and Democracy
again made living conviction in
the public mind, reforms of. all kinds
will never 60 more than skin deep.
The axe must be laid at the root of
the tree,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-22
The Something Wrong.

The New York Tribune has a
very sensible article upon the farm
ers movement, portion of which
we copy below. After speaking
of some of the minor trials and pri-
vations which fall to the lot of the
farmer, it says:
But underlying all this is a
grievance actual and tangible; and
that is their present and immediate
objective point, to.wit, the absolute
power over them and their business,
of the railroad corporations which
they have created by their votes.
They have seen the railroads dis
eliminating against them in freight
tariffs, and paying no heed to re-
monstrance or protest. They have
appealed to legislatures and to,
courts, and found themselves met
with the money and power of great
moneyed corporations; and finally
they have betaken themselves to Or
ganization and to trying the force
of numbers for the acquisition of
what they believe to be their rights.
They may be striking out in some
cases blindly and in a hasty, un-
reasoning way, but what they mean
to do is to agitate the subject till it
gets some attention and some
thought from men competent to de-
wise remedy, or at least relief.
"And so they are saying, There's
something wrong about this,' and
inviting the country to a discussion
of it. Indeed, they mean to give
the governing powers no peace I'M
til it is discussed and some better
adjustment secured. There is some
thing wrong about it; there always
has been something wrong about
the relations of labor and capital, of
the many and the few, there will be,
doubtless, till the millennium
dawns. 1t is the discipline and the
work of the world to 90 inquiring
into all these wrongs and inventing
some amelioration or escape. Some
thing wrong about this has been
the cry through all the ages, while
humanity has tuggcd at the end of
its chain and wrestlcd with its linn
itations. Unrequited labor cried
aloud under the lash for, oh, so
many years. There's something
wrong about this till at last the
wrong was righted. 1t was step
upward. And now labor, free, but
under restraints that seem unjust
and in relations that seem unequal,
repeats the old refrain, Something
wrong" and beats the air. 1t opens
the new epoch.
"The work of setting the wrong
right, is no task of a day or year
nor is it the mission of any special
party, though party leaders may try
to think so or make others think
SO. 1t is an old problem with alter.
ed conditions, and it's solution is
not simple or near at hand. Parties
will use it and demagogues fool
with it, and the masses be more
than once deceived; but out Of the
discussion we shall come by and
by into clearer views Of the merits
OF the question, and labor and CAPT
tai will come into fairer and juster
relations"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-22

THE lack of numbers, interest and
enthusiasm in the so called Anti
Monopoly State Convention, at Des
Moines last week, was painfully
evident, and significant. For the
Jonah's gourd party to only secure
a muster of couple of hundred
delegates, from onc-third the coun-
ties Of the State. and nearly half of
these without credentials, in the
rankness of its morning growth;
the promise of vigor when the sun
is up is not flattering. The nomi-
nation of State ticket would have
willingly been dispensed with by
the new party managers, but for ap-
pearances. The real object Of the
organization is to help few dema-
gogues to legislative and county
offices, and the farce Of State nomi-
nations was enacted only as an ad-
junct to the main design. So we
find counties in which are apparent
ly vigorous local organizations, not
only not represented at Des Moines,
but neglecting to choose delegates
for that purpose; and those dele
gates who did attend, went through
the forms Of nominating State
officers under the promptings of
their Democratic managers, in
manner so listless and Indifferent as
to indicate that they considered the
convention grand bore.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-22
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

In tie Circna Court Of Buchanan County, Io,ra
September Term, 4. D., 1878:
PLAINTIrF.-L. W. Hart.
DEFENDANTs.-Thomas Ryan and Catharne
Ryan.
70 said Defendants:
You are hereby notified that there is now on file
in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court %
Buchanan County, Iowa, the petition of L. W.
Hart the Plaintiff aforesaid, claiming of you the
the sum of Thirty Dollars, as money justly due
from You on promissory notes executed by you
to him. Also that your property is attached to
secure payment
You are also notified that unless, you appear
thereto and defend, before noon of the second day
of the September term of said Circuit Court of Blu
chanan county, to be held at Independence, in
said county, on the 29th day of September, A. d..
1873. a default will be entered against you, and
ndsm4ent rendered thereon.
4w HART B BRUCKART,
ATTORNEYS for Plaintiff
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-22

On Monday last, at the meeting
of the stockholders of the Central
Railroad of Iowa, at Atarshalltown,
the ex-Rev. and ex-Hon. J. B. Grin
nell was elected one of the Directors
of that Road. On Wednesday,, he
appeared in the anti-railroad State
Convention, and was called out to
mako the big speech of the occasion,
and did make it. Thus has it come
to pass that the director of the Cen.
trail Railroad and the obsequious
creature Of any railroad that will
comply with his terms, is the giver
and expounder of the gospel Of the
new party we have in Iowa. BY this
evidence may be seen how much OF
a sham and more Of a cheat was the
Convention of .Wednesday.-&ate
Register, 18th.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-22

The Burlington Haack-Eye says:
"The Changers were badly sold out
in the Autobiography convention.
Neither the first, second, or third
place on the ticket was accorded
to them. An open opponent of the
Order got the first place, two law
yers the next two, while the only
remaining position was given to a
travelling "deputy" Granger. The
fancy ''farmers," like Grinnell,
Irish, Harbour, etc., who run the
convention, were less polite than
usual in making up the ticket
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-22
THE Muscatine Journal thus pho.

THE Muscatine Journal thus pho
tographs the candidate for Lieut.
Governor of the what-is-it party.
"Fred. O'Donnell is % yeare of
age-was born in Illinois, is unmar-
is an Episcopalian in religion a
lawyer by profession-and a gentle
man in manners. Picture a hand
some young man with fair complex
ion and with courtly carriage alfred
in broad-cloth suit with glossy silk
hat and fine kid gloves, and you
see the candidate of the "farlners',
party for Lieutenant Governor.
The horny handed sons OF toll are
expected to send such one as their
representative, to preside over the
Iowa Sonata and arrange it's COM
mittees for legislation"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-22

THE Dubuque Herald says in Sc
many words that "the Anti-Monop-
oily or grange movement is part OF
Democracy" and plainly intimates
that they are not SO far apart but
that Mahomet (the grange party
could easily come to the mountain
1.-THE Democratic partly. Will Re-
nublicans note the admission.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-22

HENRY CLAY DEAN is the latest
renorted endorser of the new party
Republican reformers, SO Called
will vince, but must take the dose;
in the meantime, calculating by the
experience of the late State conven'
ton. how long it will be before the
unsavory Dean will be , leader in
the movement.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-22
Onr Chicago Letter.
CHICAGO, Aug. 10th 1S

EDITOR BULLETIN.-The people
outside of this city, are apt to thinl
that we are so engaged in rebuild
ing, building parks &C., that VIZ
think of nothing else. But I car
tell you different, and all would
know different had they been here
on Sunday morning last, when the
news came that very bad accident
had happened on the c., Alton, &
st Louis, road, near Lemont, is
miles from here. The first news
was very meagre, but soon the
whole truth was known. The facts
are briefly these: Tho St. Louis
express train Of said road, left this
city as usual at 9 o'clock last Satur.
day night. When it reached Will
low Springs, 10 miles from here, it
was some eight minutes late, and
upon leaving there, the engineer
was told to run a little faster than
usual. In tho mean time a coal
train from Joliet, had reached Le-
mont, the next station south of Will
low Springs, and proceeded north
ward without stopping. A fog was
prevailing, which was quite dense,
over the low and marshy tract.
About p miles north of Lemont,
the trains collided with undiminish-
ed momentum. Both engines were
completely wrecked, and the smo-
king car ofthe express train, thrown
atop Of the eugine of the coal train,
and part of the boiler being torn off,
the steam passed in upon the pas
sengers. The scene that followed
can better be imagined than desert
bed. Eleven persons, all in the
smoking car, were killed, and 40 in
jured. From this number it is un-
happily certain that the number of
killed will be nearly mot quite doub-
led.
The blame Of course, rests with
the conductor of the coal train. He
should have waited upon the side
track at Lemont, for the express to
pass; that he did not do so is a
known fact. He knew that the OK
press train was due, indeed, he ad-
mits such knowledge, and cannot
tell why he did not wait. The state
ment Of the engineer Of the coal
train, as given to reporter for a
morning paper, is to the effect that
supposing he had the right time,
he calculated that he had SO min
utes to make five miles, when the
truth was, that his watch was an
hour slow, owing as he supposes
to the hands being caught in wind
ing. The conductor Beane's time
was correct, and he had no excuse
for ordering the train pulled out from
Lemont.
Your correspondent visited sew
cral Of the wounded, and such sights
as he there saw, he never wants to
see again. The officers of the road
are hardly to blame, for both the en-
gineer and conductor Of the coal
train, were men of experience, and
heretofore been known as good care
full men; where all do blame said Of
ficers, is that they did not send re-
lief sooner. The accident happen
ed only q miles from Lemont, tel
graph station, at $50 p. NJ. but no
relief was sent from here until 2
o'clock A. M. and then not half
enough. This is the first time the
said road ever killed passenger,
so they claim. l hope to have some
better news for you next week.
Gus LOCKE
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-22
The Council Bluffs NJ

The Council Bluffs NonpareH
gives this as it's idea of the matter:
at is said that the new party does
not expect victory. Its great mis-
sion is to smash things. That is
they desire to throw the Repubii-
can train off the track, that they
may plumber the wreck, after the
manner of the robbers on the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific road,
the other day."