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The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1873-01-18

State Of Mississippi, Pamela county; the Ba|
Of Supervisors of said county.
To E.. G. Estes, who is a citizen Of The 81
OF New York, but whose postofice addpd
after diligent inquiry, cannot be ascertain
lou are hereby cited to appear before !
Board of Supervisors of Pamela county, al
meeting to be held at the courthouse ths1
Oh the Sd day of February, 1873, then !
there to pay the taxes due on the follow
lands assessed to you, the same being rpnI
delinquent according to law by the tax !
rector Of said county, to-wit.
All dissection %, township 8, range >,
taxes due there IN are as follows. State 5
county 5 IS school 8 35, courthouse 8 IS d
~ 40; printers fee 10 90, clerks fee 200d Y
ages Q "a, total amount "a "A
Together with 10 per cent damages lud|
costs, or show that said taxes have been n
IN default of such showing, judgmentfn
sale thereof will be entered at sand meeting
sald Board against said lands, ~condemning|
same, or so much thereof according to lsv|
snail be sufficient to safety said taxes, q
and damages.
jrn4-4w &c. HARRISON Clerk
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17

DISPATCHES from northwestern
Iowa and Nebraska, give terrible
accounts of prairie fires in those re-
gions, by which an immense amount
of property, houses, stacks, fences,
&C., has been destroyed. These
fires have also been attended with
appalling sacrifice of life. In Sa-
line county Neb., a party of little
girls returning home from school,
were overtaken by the flames and
burned to a crisp. The mothers of
some of them, coming to their as
istance, also fell sacrifice to the
devouring element.
In.O'Brien, Dickinson and EN-
met counties, in this State, the fires
have swept with resistless fury,
consuming the entire harvests OF
the farmers, together with the build.
ings, machinery, &c. In the first
named county, Mrs. Alonzo Smith,
the wife of homesteader, was burn
ed to death with her little babe,
while confined to her bed with sick
ness, during the absence of her hus
band.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17

The Peoples party of Dubuque
county, a combination Of real re
formers of both parties, banded fo1
real purposes of reform, won glo
rious victory on Tuesday, over thu
Democratic cabal that has plumber
ed that county SO long. They sue
ceeded in electing their candidate
for State Senator, Mr.. Cooley, by
500 majority; their candidate fol
County Auditor, Mclaughlin b,
600 majority; Williams for County
Treasurer by 800 majority, and
Coates for Supervisor by 900 ma
jority. The Democrats elected
their candidates for Representa-
tives, but by small majorities.
In Clayton county tho Liberals,
as they still call themselves, elected
their entire county ticket, with the
exception OF one Representative.
Alamakee county gees Anti-Mo-
nopoly by small majority.
Delaware elects the entire Repub.
lican ticket, with possibly the ex.
ception of Supervisor.
Blackhawk county gives the Re-
publican Stctc ticket 1900 major
ity, and also elects the whole Re-
publican county ticket.
The Republican majority in Bre-
mer county is about 1000 on the
State ticket. The majority for Case,
Republican candidate for the Leg.
islature is 500. A. J. Felt, indie
pendent, carries the county by
about $50.
Linn county gives tho Republi-
can State ticket 1900 majority,
though the returns seem to indicate
that the Anti-Monoplists elect one
Of their Representatives and the Su-
pervisor.
Hamilton county returns a Re.
publican majority of 100 on the
State and county ticket, with the
exception of Sheriff, who was de-
feated on local issues.
Mitchell county elects the Poo
plies Reform county ticket, by ma
jorities ranging from 800 to 600.
The Republican State ticket has a
majority.
In Winneshiek county the Peo-
pies county ticket is elected with
the exception of State Senator, Will.
let, Republican, being elected by
small majority.
johnson county gives 800 major.
ity for the Autobiography State
ticket. The candidates of the same
party for the Legislature are also
successful.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17
The State.

Charles Aldrich will be the editor of
tue Des Moincs Republican under it's new
management.
"A. B. SmeIley, master of the Iowa
State Grange, has been in Chicago in
conference with Senator WINDOWS Trans
portation Committee.
"A young ran named kieff, night op.
perator at Calmer depot, had his leg ter
ribly crushed last week in the attempt to
climb upon an engine while in motion.
Gen. s. L. GLASGOW, IF Corydon in
this State, U. S. Consul at Harve, has
been transferred to the same position at
GLASGOW, Scotland, a place of greater i'm.
portance and pay.
Northwestern Iowa is suffering Sc
severely from prairie fires, and it is
thought that many of the new settlers
who have lost everything will be subject
to great privations the coming winter.
j. F. Brooks, the city Marshal O.
Fl. Dodge, who last spring shot and
killed Michael Haines in the attempt te
disarm and arrest him, has been tried fol-
manslaughter; but the jury failing te
agree, his case will be again tried, at the
next term of the Circuit Court
The Sioux City Journal has been ia
vored with the sight of the father of oil
grasshoppers. He measured three and a
half inches in length, and straddled from
side to side, two and one. half inches, and
was about the size of frog. The Jovr
| nal thinks that three or four ofthe mon
sters might successfully tackle man.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17
Keep Cool"

''This is the cheap advice of edi-
tors to the public, during the pres
ent financial crisis. But away out
from the busy hum of commerce,
how ridiculous is such advice. The
boys who have toiled long and hard
all summer, and now when the frost
and cold October wind begins TO
pinch, they have no boots and warm
clothing, aud fathers grain is lock-
ed up in warehouses and the money
in banks, are advised to "keep cool"
till the panic passes over"
The above is from the Suite Re1-
lister and written by Mr.. Clarkson
pere.-There is much more of the
article, but all Of it is in the same
sarcastic strain and practically con-
demning the "cheap advice Of edi-
tors" to 'Dep COOL" In our judg-
ment the cheap advice" was time
ly and necessary, and the carping
sarcasm and criticism of Mr.. Clark
son are entirely unworthy Of his
head and heart. Had it not been
for this advice to ''keep COOL" it is
more than probable that the late
panic would have eliminated in ut.
ter demolition of the confidence OF
the whole people, and consequently
would have brought wide spread
ruin compared with which, the pres
ent disturbance is a mere "f1y on
the Wheel" 1t is, the same "chear
advice of editors to the public" tina,
for the most part saved the public
the whole country from wreck
of ruin, the dreadful consequences
OF which no man can forecast
Cheap as may be the "advice t.
keep COOL" We deem it of far NOR.
value aud Importance than the still
cheaper carping of Mr.. c. "Keel
cool;" no better advice was ever ut
tered in times of excitement, and i
it were more generally needed thar
it is, much Of the difficulties ant
disasters which overtake men il
both private and public affairs
might be avoided Waterloo Cour
| Ter.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17
Chr &n1letin.
The Elections.

Elections were held on Tuesday
in the states of Iowa, Ohio and
Pennsylvania. The returns from
our own State indicate that the Re-
publican State Ticket is elected but
by largely reduced majority COM
pared with two years ago. The
Anti-Monopolists and Democrats
have also probably carried the low
er House of the Legislature, though
the Senate is Republican. The ma
jority on State officers is estimated
at 10000, and may fall below that
figure. More details will be found
in another column. In Ohio it
looks as if the Democrats have car
ried their Governor and both
branches of the Legislature, al
though the contest is close, and will
probably have to be decided by the
official count. The result in Penn
sylvania is favorable to the Repub-
licans, the State ticket being cleo
ted by a decided majority on light
vote
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17


The Adams County Ga=ette gives
the following caustic charactari "a
ton of a class of men found in all
localities, mon whose room in po-
litical organization is vas ly more
valuable than their company:
If a man is only hanging on to
the Republican party, waiting for
an opportunity to abandon it, we
say to him, he had better 60. If no
power will keep him in it but con-
slant fattery and cajolery, if he is
of that peculiar turn of mind which
demands constant treatment Of
chronic ailments, he had better pay
for his nursing with his vote, and
see if he feels any better for his
trade. What we want is men with
strong minds, vigorous, discrimina-
ting, and controlling others, instead
Of lying down and taking any dose
which political quackery will hold
to his lips. None of your "dope"
for us.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17
More Currency.

"John Paul." the humorist, speaks
some sense in the following extract
from a letter to the New York Tri.
Au,ae on the crisis:
Our present currency was crea-
ted and the amount fixed during the
war, when it had only to float the
north; since it has had to swim the
south as well. And while the
amount in circulation has been les
sened by the destruction of notes
by fire, flood, and other accidents
a lessening which must amount to
five or six per cent. Of the total,
though l do not remember to have
heard this alluded to, even by those
who complain of the contraction
as we'll as by withdrawal of legal
tender certificates, the values which
this currency was made to repre-
sent have doubled and trebled.
That is as if, having launched a ship
or scow, if you please-we let a
certain quantity of water into the
canal where she lay, sufficient to float
that ship or scow, and then shut
the gates against the admittance Of
any other floating medium, proceed
to load the vessel down until her
bottom is settled in mud. Plainly
one of two things must be done
that is, give more currency or else
dump the cargo and bring our ship
back to draw the same cargo she
did in the first place. 'fhe cargo
being really Of value-that is,
values having really increased not
only in this country but the world
ovcr--more water would seem the
easier way out Of the dilemma. l
don't assume to teach my grand
mother how to suck eggs, but that
is how it looks to me. Had we
gold and silver circulation the evil
would right itself, money would flow
in from other nations, but this re-
lief is denied by the existing nature
of things, the currency of the rest
of the world being merely mechan-
die to us, and in reality only going
to load our ship down deeper. Fig
ure in what way you please, does it
not amount to this endless freight
or more water?
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17
Thanksgiving.

The President has issued the fo.-
lowing proclamation of this annual
festival:
BY the President of the United
States Of America:
The approaching close of anoth-
er year brings with it the occasion
for renewed thanksgiving and ac-
acknowledgement to the Almighty
Ruler of the universe of the unnum-
bered mercies which He has bestow-
ed upon us. Abundant harvests
have been among the rewards ofin-
dustry, with local exceptions; health
has been among the blessings en-
joyed; tranquility at home and peace
with other nations have prevailed;
frugal industry is regaining its mer-
tied recognition, it's merited reward.
Gradually, but under the providence
of God surely, as we trust, the ma
ton is recovering from the .inger-
ing results of a dreaded civil strife;
for these and all other mercies
vouchsafed it becomes us as a peo-
pie to return heartfelt and grateful
acknowledgements, and with our
thanksgiving we may unite prayers
for the cessation of local and tempo
rary suffering. l therefore recon-
mend that on Thursday, the 9th
day of November next. the people
meet in their respective places OF
worship to make their acknowledge
ments to Almighty God for His
bounty and His protection, and to
offer to Him prayers for their con.
tinuance.
In witness whereof, l have here.
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be af'ix.
ed. Done at the city of Washing
ton this l4th day of October in the
year of our Lord 1873, and of the
independence Of the United States
the ninety-seventh.
ULYSSES S. GRANT.
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary o.
State.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17

THE Lansing Mirror and Chron-
icle records the following not very
solemn joke at the expense of ALA
mrkee county politicians. 1t says:
An old farmer drove into town, on
the third day, and, in the afternoon,
wanted little help about greasing
his wagon. Half a dozen candi-
dates went for him. One sprained
his back in lifting the hind axcl, an
other adaubed his pants all over
with the tar bucket, another gave
the old farmer chew Of tobacco,
the others offered him cigars and
lemonade, mashed their fingers and
made themselves generally useful.
The honest old gentleman thought
they were about the incest fellows
he had ever seen, and invited them
if they ever came down to Clayton
county, achere he Iced, to give him
a call! The 'deal of thinking" that
followed this intelligence was not
very loud, but it was deep and vari-
egated.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17
SIDE WALK NOTICE.

To Al tchOn IL may Concern.
NOTICE is hereby given that at regular meet
IN ing Of the City Council of the city of indie
pendcnce, Iowa, held october 18th, 1873, the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted; three fourths
of all the members of the Council voting for the
same:
Resolved Jy the CITY Council of Me city of I,sls.
peRdence, That the owners of the lots abutting
on, or lying along, the east side of Chatham st.
from Main to Greene street.-the, and are hereby
required to relay the sidewalk In front of, or
along side Of their respective lots.
Said sidewalks to be five feet four inches wide,
stringcrs not less than two inches by four inches
And unless the said sidewalks are laid within 30
days from the 18th day of October, 1873, the City
Clerk shall advertise for proposals for building
the same, and the same will be built and the costs
assessed upon the respective lots, as provided in
IAN Ordinance to Regulate the Paving ,Of Side
walks" passed September Sth, 1873.
r.. S In Witness Whereof have hereunto set
my hand and seal this 14th day of October, 1873
1--we JAS. NJ. WEART, City Clerk.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17
HIGHWAY NOTICE.
OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR.
Independence Iowa, Sept. IS, 1873.

Independence Iowa, Sept. Is, 1913. J
10 al lChbm ii may concern:
rJ,llE Commissioners appointed to alter that por
l ton of highway which leaves the east
line OF section twenty nine (29), township ninety
800, range nine (9l, in Buchanan county, running
thence northwesterly, north and nOrtheasierly to
junction with said cas-. line, and locate, in lieu
thereof, on said section line between said points
of departure and return of the highway as now
located.
Also, to vacate, commencing at the east BANK
of Otter Creek, about % rods west of the south
east corner of section twenty-nine (29), township
ninety (aO), range nine (9l. and running thence
west to where il strikes the right bank OF SAID
creek, and locate in lieu thereof, commencing as
above described, and running thence directly
across Otter Creek, and following the right bank
thereof to a Junction with the highway, has re-
ported in favor of the alteration there ofupon con-
dition that the road rs relocated in the case first
above named be put in good order before vacation
of road as now located ano all objections thereto
or claims for damages must be filed in the AUDI.
tors office or before noon of the first day OF
December. A. D.. 1878, or such highways will be
altered without reference thereto.
12w4 J. l.. LOOMS, Co. Auditor.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17

Hon. FRED. O'DoNNELL, in
speech at Des Moines last week,
gave utterance to a doctrine which,
ifhe had spoken it few years ago,
would have caused his scalp to be
suspended in the Democratic wig
wan. 1t was nothing else than the
famous higher law doctrine of Sew
ard. This is Fred's language: eve
want a law that will regulate freights
and railroads. If we cannot get a
perfect law, we will do like the Or
iginal settlers of Connecticut, who
met and resolved that they would
be governed by the laws of God un-
til they could get time to make bet
ter"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17

VICE PRESIDENT CoLFAx takes a
sensible view Of the railroad qucs.
ton. In recent address before
the Agricultural Society at Gales
burg, Ill.,, he took the ground that
while it may not be possible to have
absolute pro rata tariffs, still there
must be adopted rates just to the
people and the railways, and the
pernicious system Of inside corpor-
atoms, wheels within wheels, by
which the honest shareholder is
robbed of legitimate profits, and the
cost of carrying freight is increased,
must be rooted out. He took the
broad ground that the government
being for the people, all organiza-
tons under the law made by the
people, must be subservient to the
will and welfare of tho people. He
advocated the project Of building a
double-track road to the sea.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17

UNDER very unfavorable pros
poets for grain elsewhere, Europe
has been looking very anxiously to-
ward the grain districts Of Southern
Russia. Returns just in from that
continental granary, however, are
not consoling. The official circular
issued by the Russian Minister of
Agricultural states that the drought
has been much more severe in
Southern Russia than was supposed,
and that there is danger that the
inhabitants will suffer for want of
food before the next harvest. So
we shall not only have to supply
England, but help Russia.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17
.ouble-track road to the sea

EX-SENATOR PoMERoY, Of Kan
sas, was a few days since assaulted
in the streets Of Washington by NJ.
F. Conway, also of Kansas, who
fired three shots at Pomeroy, one of
which took effect in his right breast
fortunately producing but slight
abrasion. The Senator avows that
he never had quarrel with Conway,
and knows no cause for the attack.
It is said that Conway attributes po-
litical reverses in Kansas to the in
fuence to Pomeroy, and was labor
ing under great mental excitement
when he made the attack.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17
CH1Er JUSTICE LAWRENCE, OF the

CHIEF JUSTICE LAWRENCE, OF the
Supreme Court of Illinois, in > re-
cent decision makes a nice distinc-
ton between debt arising from
bet upon an election and one aris-
ing from a game Of cards. The
first he holds to be only voidable,
not void, while the bet on q game
Of cards is absolutely void.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17
New York Store.
New Goodsi New Goods !
JUST RECEIVED!

DEA very Large and De-
sirable Stock of Fall and Win
ter Goods, to which we ask the
inspection of everyone desiring
the purchase of good Goods, at
the very lowest possible prices.
A Full and Complete Stock in
each and every Department.
Do not buy dollars worth
of Dry Goods until you have
examined our Stock and Prices,
as we are confident we can save
your money at the New York
Store. LAwToN 4 Posi-.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17

The English Dean of Canterbury,
and Bishop Cummins of Kentucky,
both high dignitarles of the Epis-
copal church, in attendance upon
the meeting of the Evangelical AL
lance in New York, took occasion,
last Sunday, to illustrate that spirit
of Christian fellowship which it is
one of the objects of the Alliance to
foster and encourage, by joining in
the communion services of Presby-
terrain churches, contrary to the
spirit and custom of the Episco-
pal church. This act has raised a
breeze among the high churchmen.
1t has been publicly animadverted
upon as a violation of the ecclesias-
teal order of the church, and a
spirited controversy is the result.
Bishop Cummins has written a let
ter vindicating the act of the Dean
and himself, in which he denies
emphatically that they violated any
ecclesiastical order of the church Of
England, or of the Protestant Epis-
copal church in this country, and
further alleges that there is nothing
in the discipline of those churches
that forbids such can act of inter-
communion among Christian people
who arc one in faith and Aove, and
enc in Christ, their great Head"
He concludes as follows:
'.When the Episcopal Church of
England and the United States has
been able to clear herself (Which
may God in His infinite mercy soon
grant, of the deadly evil Of ritual
ism, whose last development is the
revival of the confessional, then,
and not till then, may she become a
'haven of rest to MANNED souls, who
would rejoice to see her united in
one common band of organic unity
to all Protestant Christendom."
This indicates progress. If the
Evangelical Alliance shall succeed
in breaking down the narrow walls
of prescription and prejudice which
now separate and antagonize chris
tan organizations protesting the
same faith, it will do great work
for the church, and remove the
most serious obstacle to its career
of usefulness in the world.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17

1t is said that the Spanish Gov.
eminent intends selling all the ecle
siastical property in Rome belong
ing to Spain. 1t is valued at a.
100000.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17

This leads country bankers, mer-
chants and others to deposit in city
banks, principally in New York, to
make their money earn something
during period when they do not
wish to use it. Banks paying in
terest Oh deposits cannot afford to
hold money idle, and hence gam
bling in fancy stocks, millions of
which. as an investment, would not
support a family, even in the most
economical manner; the building of
railways that are not wanted, and
which cannot for years pay running
expenses, etc. Such gambling and
speculation had, he trusted, re-
ceived a blow from which they
never would recover. The Presi-
dent said that, unless his mind
should undergo change, he would
recommend
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17
SIIERIFF'S SALE.
STATE OF IOWA,

STATE OF IOWA,
Buchanan County. Sc
NOTICE is hereby given, that on the Sth day Of
at the Court House in the city Of independence,
and county aforesaid, will be sold at public auc-
ton, to the highest bidder. for cash, the follow
ing described real estate, levied upon, and taken
by virtue Of General Execution, issued from
the Office of the Click OF the District Court with
in and for the county of Buchanan, State of Iowa,
in favor of S. d. circuit, for use of j. II. Camp
bell, and against the property Of Francisco +.
Dickcy, to. wit:
The north half of tie north west quarter of sec
ton twenty (a0), township eighty eight $751; range
seven ca. Also the east half of the north west
quarter of the northwest quarter of section twen
ty-two (29(, township Lightweight (Ss) range
eight (s) all in Buchanan county, Iowa.
To satisfy said writ of execution and all accru-
iny costs. GEO. o. FAIR,
Sheriff Of Buchanan County.
Dated at the SheriGs office, independence, Oc
tober Sth, 1873
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-17
HOUSE AND LOTS FOR SALE.

I will SELL on reasonable terms, my new house,
2ax36 feet and the two lots which it is bnllt,
on the corner of Independence ana Center ots'
iscs 13ml b. f. SMITH.