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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-10

ed at.
We passed Col. Simpsons old
wagon road and what a dreary re-
minder Of by-gones, are the tall tel
egraph poles of the old route, with
the wire still on them as Of yore.
TO show you the dryness of the eli
mate, the poles put up in 81 ofpop-
lar, are now as sound rs ever. In
the states they would not have last
ed three years. The last great rush
over the above road was in '64-5,
during the White Pine excitement,
when the road was crowded with
teams, and dead carcasses were
strewn along thickly, which in the
states would cause insufferable
stencil; here none at all, as they dry
right up. We crossed the route at
scrubs & Browns Wells" as it was
called ON the old maps. We camp
ed that night in canon, and next
day reached Cortez mill, and here
we stopped with G. r. Boswell, for
merly OF Parkersburg, who married
a Waterloo lady. He has had the
misfortune to become deafas mute
so that we had to do all our commu-
nicating with him, by writing on a
pocket slate he has with him. His
family are now in Colorado, where
he is going as soon as he finishes
his job, about New Years. l felt
sorry for him; his health is other.
wise good, and he is very cheerful
and says he would rather live here
than in the states. Next morning
we travelled down the canon with a
man who was prospecting. He rode
mustang and drove donkey that
he called Jack, loaded with buffalo
robes, kit of cooking tools, provis.
ions, blankets, axe and ropes. One
could only see his ears and the 9th.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-10

of the new party, and while it has
printed from week to week its reso-
Iutions that "we will not be inhu-
enced by the candidates party pro-
clivities, but will be governed by
his integrity and capability," con
tinually splits upon that resolution,
and last week, in speaking Of the
Republican candidate for the AS
sembly, it says: ellis sentiments
are good, and if his political asso-
ciates were good. they would carry
weight; but unfortunately for him,
they are bad That is to say, he
is condemned solely on account of
his party proclivities, by the organ
of the same party that keeps a
standing resolution that they will
not be influenced by candidates
party proclivities. Such hypocracy
is beneath the cheapest kind of a
politician.
Yet, however much the people
were disappointed, by the double
game the new party is playing in
the selection of candidates, there
was feeling that the tenth resolu-
ton would afford some security.
The words are very bold, it reads:
"Resolved, That we demand of
our candidates written acceptances
Of their nominations, and full and
clear pledges that they will support
and enforce the principles herein
enunciated, and further, that they
pledge themselves to resign their
offices whenever the people in a
representative convention request
them to do SO on account of
failure to fulfil their pledges"
This was re-affrmed on the same
day that the candidates were nomi-
mated, and did the candidates con-
form to it? They did not. It was
not the intention that they should.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18

Paper containing many fine points
The paper of needles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18
What A Californian Proposes.

CALIFORNIA has one rich man who pro-
poses 10 secure fame for himself by ac-
complishing great honor for the country.
The mans name is James Lick. He pro-
poses to furnish the capital for construct
ing the largest telescope the world has
ever seen or dreamed of-capital to the
amount of one million dollars, if neces-
sary. This telescope he will have con-
structed in this country, and located on
one of the mountains in Nevada, where
the atmosphere is dry and clear. The
design is to consult the highest author
tiles, to discover how large an object
glass it is possible to construct, and to
have it constructed. The largest glass ev-
er constructed is twenty eight inches in
diameter, we believe. 1t is possible, of
course, with unlimited means, to exceed
that size, though the difficulties increase
enormously with each additional inch Of
diameter. Still those interested in the
enterprise talk of ten or twelve foot
diameter, with a focal distanC of one
hundred and twenty feet, requiring an
enormous steel tube, at least, with its
attachments, one hundred and thirty feet
long, mounted on an enormous tower, and
moved by machinery of great power.
Such telescope would bring the surface
of the moon within an apparent distance
of only eight miles from the observer, and
make mountains, lakes, and seas-if such
eXist-distinctly visible in many of the
planets. But can such a classical glass be
constructed? Those who know the diff
culties in the way are doubtful yet not
hopeless.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18
Manufactured Dwarfs.

The business of manufacturing dwarfs
by mutilating children, unhappily, was at
one time followed as a profession by a
BODY of villains who had reduced it to
system. In the preliminary chapters to
"L'Homme Qui Rit," Victor Hugo gives
an account of the operations of these per-
sons which is full of painful interest.
They called themselves "COmprachicos,"
and they labored to supply the demand
which existed couple OF centuries ago,
in almost every European country, for
dwarfs and distorted human beings for
the roval palaces and for the homes of the
wealthy nobility. The king must have his
mishapen lester; the fine lady her tantas
tic page or footman; the nobleman his
hunchback lackey; and even the Sultan
his grotesoue buffoon for the seragl1o.
The demand was far greater than the sup
ply afforded by the freaks Of nature, and
the Comprachicos undertook to make
good the deficiency. They fabricated
monsters upon large scale. The head
quarters of this famous fraternity were In
England, but its ranks were recruited from
all countries, and its operations were ex-
tended to other countries. The organiza-
ton had its origin, we believe, in Spain.
The Comprachicos procured children
| for their purpose in various ways. Some
times there was an heir to an estate who
was in the way of somebody, ana he would
| be sold into the hands of the order to be
mutilated beyond recognition. Sometimes
| pauper and orphan children would be dis
| posed Of by relatives who did not wish to
take care of them; and often, again, when
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18

the raw material was not offered in suffi-
Gent quantities, the Comprachicos would
kldnap children for their purpose. Once
in their hands, there was no possibility
that child could be rescued without
mutilatiOn. Taken when very young,
they were, as Victor Hugo expresses it,
touched up, so that their parents would
not recognize them. Sometimes the
ComprachicOs would operate on the spine
Id such way that the child would have
a bumped back; or they would leave
the dorsal column straight, and alter the
countenance. They would cut the mus
Giles so that the little one would wear
perpetual and diabolieal grin, or would
nave It's face set permanently IN some
fantastic shape. By peculiar process
the growth of another would be stunted
so that the child would be dwarf; while
IN other cases the Joints and muscles of
the limbs would be so treated that they
would acquire unnatural suppleness.
these patients would be sold to showmen
VINO trained them as gymnasts. Some
tlmes, also, the throat would be manipu-
lated, for the purpose of giving the child
peculiar vocal powers. Charles III. had
being thus muUilated, whose office it was
10 move around the palace at night signal
ing the hours by Growing like cock. A
certain DR.. Conquest, of London, wrote a
volume upon this kind of surgery, in
which he describes the processes as if
they had a rightful place among the prac-
tees of science.
The Comprachicos were suppressed by
statute under William and Mary. Their
counterparts are said, however, to exist
at this day in China. The Chinese Oper-
ators take a child of two or three years
old, and put it in a porcelain vase of some
odd shape, but without lid or bottom, so
that the head and feet are exposed. In
the daytime the vase is kept upright; at
night it is laid upon its side, SO that the
child may sleep. Thus the child grows,
filling up the spaces in the vase with its
compressed flesh and twisted bones. This
growth in the bottle lasts for several
years. At a given period it is without
remedy. When the mould has taken, and
the monster is made, they break the vase,
and the child comes out of it.-T'0-ddy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18
Eleven Dollar Bill.

THTRTY-sEvEN years ago I was clerk in a
shoe-store located in the first story of the
American House, directly north of the
main entrance to the hotel. The store
was kept BY Thomas Hunt, an eccentric
old bachelor, who will be remembered
probably by many old BOstOnians. One
day he came into the store on a broad
grin, and said,-
j referring to another dealer on
Court street, had a hard joke played upon
him this morning. He has a green lad
from the country tending for him, who
Well, j went down town this morn
ing, and told the boy to sell all he could.
He was away about an hour, and when he
went into the store, said
"Well, John, what luck? Sold any
thing?"
"'Yes,' said John, with great gusto;
sold pair of five dollar bootsp
&c Goodn says j; not bad for
wet morning
"Shortly after j went to the money
drawer, when he exclaimed, sharply
John, where's the money!
"' Why said John, it's all there
Why, no, says j, only two dol
lars here, and left FIVE and a one here.
What has become of it?'
&c Why replied John, there's an
eyege1a-d0LJdr 6iU there. The man paid me
that eleven dollar bill for the boots, and I
gave him back six! Amt that right?'
The dickensr exclaimed j
The poor lad had taken two-dollar
bill of the old stereotype plate on the
Suffolk Bank, where in the corners, in
stead Of the figure 2" there were the
III" for 2. So Mr.. j is out pair of
fve-dollar boots and four dollars in
money"
And Hunt laughed till the tears ran
down his cheeks
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18
Mr.. Jones' LOYe-Letter.

A young man whom we shall call Billy
Jones, could be seen in the pOst-office a
few days ago, Boosting to a crowd of
friends of the sOul-inspiring letter which
he would soon receive from his Dulcinea.
The mailbag distributed, Mr.. Jones hur-
riedly unlocked his box, and there, be-
fore him, to his hearts delight, was the
long Iooked for, white-winged messenger,
bearing the well-known initials of his
punctual correspondent. Desiring to
show the productions of her prolific
imagination to couple Of his intimate
friends, he sat down on the iron stair
way in the post-office and broke the letter
open. His bewildered countenance
plainly showed that something was not
exactly right, and, folding it up, he gave
it to one of his companions to read. That
companion has kindly furnished US with
the following copy:
My DARLING BROTHER: have just written
Billy the spooniest letter ever penned by a silly
girl to a mOonstruck youth. | disliked to
continue corresponding with him while you
so strenuously oppose it, but his nOnsensical
answers to my foolish letters afford me so
much amusement that cannot give it up at
present. l write him pages of the most
familiar quotations from Shakespeare and he
thinks it all original with me. But, to view
my position more practically, you must re-
member that am 25 years of age, with moth
ing to support me, and very little prospects of
getting married. True, Mr.. and myself
are engaged, but he is too slow, and fear he
will eventually sever our association. If |
thought so, and saw no favorable opportunity
of doing better, l believe I would marry Billy
as the last resort. You must admit that he is
a young man of some ability, however limited
that may be, and his prospects of making a
living at least are pretty good, considering
the times and his childishness after a few
years of contact with this working day world,
| tAink Billy will be something, and if not his
submissive disposition and genuine affection
for me are commendable qualities in his COM
position. Now, brother -, give me your
consent to keep Billy on hand until am sure
what course Mr.. - will pursue in relation
to our engagement. If you can spare fifty
cents please send it to me, so can have a
gem taken of me for Billy's watch-case. Your
loving sister,
Billy now went to his box again, and
received postal card, bearing the fol-
lowing brief and explanatory message:
DEAR BILLY: l sent you brothers letter
through mistake. Mail it to him in - i'm
mediately, and he will send you yours. Your
sweet chuck.
Billy is now in a quandary in relation
to the course to be pursued by him in the
future.-M065Le Register.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18
RAILWAYS READY RELEE
FEVER AND ACUE.

Fever and Ague cured for fifty cents. There is not
remedial agent in this world that will cure Feverand
Ague and all other Malarious Bilious Scarlet Typhoid,
Yellow and other Fevers (aded by RADwAY' PILLS.,
so quick RADwAY's READY RELIEF.
Fifty Cents per Bottle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18
THE YELEOW COTTAGE.
RynkRToH DOUGLAS.

ny MARION DOUGLAS.
MID folds with useless daisies white,
Between river and wood,
Hrjth not another house in sight.
sTZIe Iow-r0ofed yellow cottage stood,
Where I,
Through all LIES rosy morning played.
No other child the region knew;
Nv only playmate was myself.
and ali our books, treasured few,
We're gathered on a single shelf;
Bat obi
NSot wealth a king might prize could be
What those old volumes were to met
on winter nights beside the fire,
III summer, sitting in the door,
Z turned, with love that did not tire.
Their well-worB pages DER and DER;
IN me,
though sadly fallen, it is true,
Their herOines all lived anewi
One day. about my neck ruff
IN elder flowers with fragrant breath,
was. with conscious pride enough
TO suit the part, Elizabeth;
Ehe next,
4 sighed, the hspless Queen Of ScOtsi
Where darling swallows used to fit,
Close to me, On some juttng rocks,
8 boye the riversI would sit
For hours, and wreath my yellow locks,
and triil
4 child's shrIl song, and, singing, play
III was a SIRENS witching lay.
on Sundays, underneath the tree
That overhung the orchard wall,
While watching. one by one, TO see
The ripe, sweet apples fall,
3 tried
Ny very best 70 make believe
3 was in Eden and was EVel
Oh golden hoursi when I, to-day,
Would make a truce with care,
40 more OF queens, IN bright array,
: dream, or sirens far;
z U thought,
I am again the little maid
Who round the yellow cottage playedt
50. Nicholas for December.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18

els of corn, 500 head of cabbage, 100 bush
els of onions, and calculates on netting
$500. Some impecunious and lazy East
ern youth who has only been able TO raise
a feeble moustache during his life, will
probably go west and marry this amazing
heroine.
ROAST GOosE-Rub the inside of the
goose with chopped sage and onions; stuff
it with bread crumb stuffing and onions
boiled and chopped up, and season itwith
butter or lard and salt. Roast slow and a
long time, to draw all the oil out of the
fowl. Apple sauce, made Of ripe apples,
should always be ready to eat with the
goose
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18

SUFFERERS WITH PILES should erect q
monument to DIR. SILsBEE for his benefcent
discovery of ANAKEsIs, an infallible cure for
the worst cases of piles-a failure in 10000
cases has not been recorded. 1t is a simple
suppository, painless and easy of application,
gives instant relief, acts as an instrument,
pOuItice, and medicine, and cannot fail to
cure. Lotions, ointments, and internal
remedies may fail but ANAKEsIs is infalIible.
Price $1.00 For sale by druggists every
where. Sent free by mail on receipt of price
by P. Neustaedter & Co. Principal Depot, 46
Walker street, New York.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18

A GOOD and useful Christmas present to
a gentleman or boy, will be carton of
Elmwood or Warwick collars, containing
100 collars. Any furnishing store can
supply them.
The New York herald., 1873-08-23
MRS. YOUNG NO. II.

Judge Emerson Gives an Important De-
cision Against the District Court-Mrs,
Eliza Webb Young and Her Minis.
terial Adviser.
SALT LAKE CITY, August %, 1873.
Judge Emerson to-day sustained the defendantn
demurrer in the case OF Anne E. Young vs.. Brig.
ham Young for divorce, against the Jurisdiction o.
the District Court The Judge held that the Pro
bate Court and not the District Court had urisdic
ton in the case This is in direct opposition to the
opinions Of judges Mexican and Hawley, and vir
tually of the Supreme Court Of the Territory. The
case again comes up before Judge Mexican,
at the october term Of the District Court
The Rev. O. @. Straton, Methodist minister here
offers vindication Of himself in long card Id
the newspapers to-day in regard to the charge Of
influencing Anne Eliza Young to enter the
divorce suit and join the Methodist Church.
he makes grave charges against her law
yers and asserts that they attempted to
fleece their client He admits acting aA
confidential adviser, and vindicates himself from
the old charges OF scandal in the ministry In Oregon
He gives history Of his connection with the eOrtr
to compromise the case, which Is somewhat i'm
portaht. He defes the world 10 prove that his mn-
isteral character Is impaired. He Is not ashamed Of
his action and will not be badgered out OF cor.
rect or into false position. 1t is understood thd
legal advisers OF Mrs. Young will give their state
ment tomorrow Great interest is displayed BY
the community in the discussion, which promises
to be warm
The New York herald., 1873-08-23

Our MUTUAL FRIEND.-The quarrel between
Mr.. Winston. of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company, and Mr.. Sheppard Homans its
late actuary, has broken out afresh, and bids
fair never to come TO an end. The latest addi-
ton to the controversy is the letter of Pro-
fessor Elzur Wright published in our adver.
tising columns yesterday. The Professor is
severe on Mr.. Winston, and supports Mr..
Homans' position fully. We understand Mr..
Winston is about to reply to the Professor s
letter. Very good. But to outsiders it seems
passing strange that this controversy is not
settled in the only way that will ever satisfy
the public. Why don't the trustees, who are
men of respectability and high standing, COM
mence thorough and impartial investigation
of the allegations made by Mr.. Homans against
Mr. Winston9 They owe it to themselves as
we'll as to the public that these matters should
be cleared up, SO that the guilty may be pun
ished and the ipnocent upheld. whole ton
of correspondence, with signatures, genuine or
not genuine, will fail to meet the case.
The New York herald., 1873-08-23
A ooLoRED CONVENTION IN OHIO,

CINCINNATI, Ohio, August %, 1873.
state Convention Of colored men organized
at Chillcothe to-day by selecting John Booker for
President and eleven Vice Presidents.
Mr.. Booker on taking the chair said he regarded
the coIored people as politically oppressed. He
regarded 1t unfortunate for them that the party
which made them voters might feel that 1t had q
right to expect their cooperation.
Mr.. Booker In the course OF his remarks used the
words 1.-The party to which we belong" when he
was interrupted by Peter II. Clark, who suggested
instead "the party to which we are attached"
About one hundred delegates from different parts
OF the Stale were present.
Peter Il. Clark made a speech, In which he
Northwest in the bestowal of federal offices, and
that In municipal offices IN Ohio and In labor on
the public works they were also ignored. He said
the demands OF the coiored men were expressed
In the Philadelphia platform last year. but that
platform had not been observed. He thought now
was the time to claim redress
The New York herald., 1873-08-23
AN ABscoNDING COLLECTOR.
He Takes $4,000 and Leaves for Parts
Unknown.
wEsrpoRr, Conn.,, August %, 1874


WEsrPoRT, Conn.,, August %, 1874
For the third time IN her history westport be-
comes the victim OF misplaced confidence, one Of
collector, duly elected having retired with
he has been the agent of the stOwn.
and up to the present. had fulfilled the duties
incumbent him. The towns grand list aggregates
$2 SOC, ,O00 and the tax, at the rate of ten mills
yields $25 OOo This amount annually passes through
his hands to the treasurer. At no time, however,
is 1t possible for the collector to have In his hand
more than eight or ten thousand dollars, and his
bonds, as q consequence, are based upon this
supposition- The people OF the town had
the greatest confidence In. Mr.. Goodrich,
one of its wealthiest citizens, Mr.. Edward H.
Nash becoming his bondsman as collector Mr..
Goodrich was proprietor OF grocery store in the
village and had done something in the coal trade.
In addition he held the ofice OF Town Constable,
and piled profitable business in the detective
line. Taking things all In all his prospects and tn
come were better than most young men Of his age.
For some time he has been engaged in serving
papers IN the Alden divorce case which has en-
tailed very complicated species OF litigation. His
profits from this must have been quite little sum.
Up to August nothing wrong had been discovered
in regard to his accounts nor would there have
been now but for his cool walking or with the
amount named above Proof SUFFICIENT Of
removing his trunks and chattels from the town.
and his non-appearance among US forte days
being sufficient. In all probability, no tdings will
at present be heard Of him. although strenuous
memory Of the games Of Mr.. Salmon Sanford.
Treasurer OF the town IN 1858 and 1859, being yet
fresh In the minds OF citizens. BY that analr the
"a 600.
The New York herald., 1873-08-23
THE MAILMAN MURDER IN NOVA SCOTIA.

HALIFAX August N, 1878.
Further particulars OF the Mailman tragedy at
Brldgewater have been received. The body OF
Mrs. Mailman was found In the forest mile from
her own house, covered with moss under the root
OF a tree The murder was evidently premeditated,
and the woods were set on fire in two places In op-
postte directions. A post-mortem examination and
Inquest were held to-day. The verdict returned was
that Mary Ann Mailman died from blows OF q
heavy, blunt instrument on the head, racturing
her skull. The jury believes that the said nstru-
ment was In the hands OF her husband, Peter
Mailman Mailman was captured at Annapolis
while eudeavorlng to escape and taken back to
Bridgewater.
During the inquest yesterday the Court was
crowded and there was the most intense excite
ment among men, women and children. Had tho
prisoner appeared t would have required strong,
armed force to prevent his being lynched by the
excited and infuriated people.
The New York herald., 1873-08-23

OF the Sacred Heart became the prayer, the
battle hymn of the new crusaders Weare not
here discussing whether in the liberty to go on
pilgrimages, to magnify the spirit of devotion
and lead France to the altar. is the limit of
their desires, or whether they will make these
in turn cause to produce foundation for the
monarchy in the hearts of the people. We
can only say it would be very unlike France to
let such an accumulation of force end in
prayer only. The story of Bsrnadette Sou
birons, who saw the visions in the grotto of
Marsabielles, Is beautifully told, and is as pic
turesque as the old, gray legends that charm
us in the antique, while possessing its greatest
value from its living fruits