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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-03-21

The long mooted question be-
tween Omaha and Council Bluffs,
or rather betw cen the Union Pacific
Railroad and the State of Iowa, as
to which OF the above mentioned
cities shall be deemed to be the
terminus Of the Pacific railroad, has
been at last settled by the decision
Of the Attorney General Of the Uni
ted States, that Council Bluffs is
such terminus, and that the bridge
across the Missouri is part Of the
railroad. The question came up on
the claim Of the bridge company
which is a lesser Credit Mobilier
Of the railroad company-to be ex-
empt from the operation of the act
of Congress empowering the govern
ment to withhold one-half the
amount due the railroad for the
transportation of troops, stores, &C.,
and apply it to payment of the in
tcrcst on the bonds guaranteed by
the government. The exemption
was claimed on the ground that the
bridge was not part of the road.
The people of Council Bluffs hail
cd the news Of the decision with the
thunder of cannon, speech-making,
and other demonstrations of tumul-
tuous Joy, and the papers indulge in
predictions Of the decay of Omaha
and rose-colored anticipations Of
the prospective greatness Of Omaha
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-03-21
The Pennsylvania Legislature is

The Pennsylvania Legislature is
contemplating the passage of an act
to increase the pay of its members,
with a retroactive clause similar to
the congressional steal. The peo-
pie Of Pennsylvania people may we'll
inquire what they are coming to
when their representatives, in the
face of the aroused and indig-
nant public sentiment over the
action of Congress, thus coolly
propose to repeat the swindling
performance, even down to its most
fragrant particulars. The mscru-
pulous men who thus, under the
form of law, organize raids upon
the public treasury, seem to contem,
plate the certainty of their displace-
ment and disgrace, and work on the
principle of stealing while they
have the chance. They thus hope
to make the extent of their deprcda-
tons atone, in some measure, for the
contempt Of their constituents
For much of this corruption and
dishonor, the people have the reme-
dy in their own control. Put slight
trust in professional politicians.
Let the office seek the man, and
view with suspicion those who en-
ploy the indecent acts of the dema-
gogue for their own advancement.
Let admitted character and capacity
be the primary consideration.
This is not inconsistent with party
fealty, but it should never be subor-
dinate to it.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-03-21

err, compel some companies to
ultimately suspend business, pro-
hibit the transportation of certain
articles by rail, or compel their
transportation below actual cost
"The rule of uniform mileage
rate is also wholly opposed to the
fundamental principle of taxation,
that the burden should in all cases
be so imposed as to rest most heav-
lily where it will be least felt. The
man who travels every day over a
given route, has a right, on every
principle of economy, to buy his
passage a, wholesale rates, and to
him a concession is n matter of
great moment; whereas, it is of
comparatively little consequence
what he pays, within reasonable
limits, to the man who travels very
rarely. A law, therefore, which
imposes an additional cent per mile
on the daily traveller to give it to
the occasional one, does not seem
to place the burden of taxation
where it is least felt r....
The Commissioners are inclined
to believe that the system Of dis
eliminating rates now generally in
use ON the Massachusetts, roads is
not only more profitable to the cor
porations than the uniform price
per mile system of the New York
roads, but it at the same time is
more advantageous to the travelling
community through its practical ad-
justment of the burden.
''The equal-mileage rate has not
only been found to be wrong in
principle, but its universal applica-
ton is apparently out of the ques-
ton. 1t might indeed be practical
ble-ifits cxpediency were admitted
if all the railroads in the State
were consolidated into one corpora
ton, and operated by one response
BILE management. In such case it
would be possible to strike an aver.
age, and, by making the profits of
one portion of the system, counter
balance the losses on another, ar
rive at the basis of a law. Such a
policy of consolidation, however,
has never been encouraged by the
Legislature of Massachusetts. There
are, accordingly, now in this State
no less than titty-fve corporations,
owning on an average forty miles
of road each, while some thirty-five
distinct Boards of Managers control
about sixty miles each, varying from
ESQ miles in the case Of the Boston
& Albany, to less than six in that
of the Fall River, Warren Il Provi-
dence. These corporations repre-
sent almost every conceivable form
of railroad existence; some are very
wealthy, others are very poor, and
yet others are bankrupt; SO ne pay
dividends, but others do not; some
are through-roads, others are local
branches; some run between large
cities and through level and
densely populated region, others are
through broken and
sparsely settled districts; some find
their profit in carrying passengers,
others in carrying freight, and yet
others in the two combined; some
derive large income from the sub
urban travel of those holding season
tickets, others have scarcely any
local travel at all. To take such a
system as this, and to apply to it
one hard, unyielding law of charg
es, would be an experiment which
the members of this Board are not
prepared to recommend. In their
opinion it would be not only wrong
in principle, but impossible Of APP
plication."
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-03-21

A commission of lunacy in New
York have pronounced Geo. Francis
Train insane. This is but the ofi-
cial PRONUNCIATION of fact of which
the public have been aware tor
years.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-03-21

The following account of per-
formance by three-year-old in Ce-
dar Rsp;ds, as told by the Republic
can, illustrates the protective Prov
idence, or good luck-as the reader
prefers to regard (which sur
rounds the steps of infancy:
Yesterday, while little son OF
Mr.. James Morrison, three years old,
was climbing on the top OF a well
curb in his fathers yard, he lost his
balance and fell headlong into the
well. Fortunately, the ice had ac-
cumulated about the mouth SO that
there was but space of 10 inches
for him to go through. This sent
him straight into the water, distant
IA feet, without touching stone on
the way, and he bounded up like a
cork after entering it, not having
sustained scratch. The bucket
was in the bottom Of the well SO that
it did not Interfere with his dive
A lady saw him fail and called
White, the drayman, who was pass
Ing, and they soon | ad third party
let down by rope after him. The
little fellow was coolly leaning
against the wall with his head bare
~ out Of water, and his toes just
touching the box in the bottom. He
watched tie proceedings as calmly
as if he had been safe in his moth
er's arms, and went through the
whole without Il whimper.
The young man has made a good
start. When he gets little older
he will practice falling off the root
OF house, and his father hopes that
when he gets to be five, he can fall
off u church steeple without injury
He evidently has a future before
| him.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-03-21
Uninspired Prophecy.

THE Burlington Ha,ckeye assumes
that sixteen members of the Iowa
Senate, who hold over and whom it
names, "will go into the next Gen
eral Assembly dead set against all
practical legislation, for the control
of railroads." The assumption is
based upon the record of their votes
on this question in the last Legisla-
ture, and is, to our mind, without
good warrant and unjust, in that it
covertly conveys the insinuation
that the Senators named by the
Ha,ckeye were governed in their
action by mercenary motives, which
preclude them from being amena-
BILE to the influences Of an awakened
public sentiment on this question,
or from modifying their views up
on investigation and new light upon
it. The editor of the Haackeye be-
ing himself a member Of the Senate,
knows we'll that some of the men
whose actions he thus forecasts,
voted right upon the abstract ques-
ton of the right and policy of leg
islation for railroads. 1t was on
questions of methods that they dis
agreed with him, and thus incurred
his criticism; and this question of
how to legislatc justly and Impair
tally to all the people concerned, is
one which did not array distinctive
" the friends of the railroads on
one side and the friends Of the peo-
pie on the other. The editor Of the
Ha'cheye may have clearer vision
than his associates in the Senate
and know, perhaps, by intuition,
just what was the wisest and best
thing to do in the premises; just
what sort Of legislation would best
combine and harmonic all interests |
and sections, and also stand the test
of constitutionality, but other Sena.
tors freely confess that the main OBJ
stacle in the way of wise and judi
cious Legislation on the railroad
question last winter, was lack OF
knowledge of the subject. Not one
in fifty of the members Of the Leg
islature knew anything about rail
road management or methods, nor
did the railroads, as rule, seek to
help them to this information, by
sending as their representatives at
the capital, men OF undoubted' char
acter and large ability and expert
encc III railroad affairs. In contir-
nation of these facts We need only
allude to the appropriation OF 81 900
at the last session to be used in pro-
cureing such information and facts
bearing upon the subject, as will
enable the General Assembly next
winter to discuss and act upon it
inteligently.
In view Of the probability that
the next General Assembly will
grapple with the railroad question
with better facilities for compre-
all its bearings and posi-
bic results, better knowledge of the
in other states, more
comprehensive ideas Of the de-
mands Of Iowa as a whole, better
knowledge of the workings of the
railroad system, and clearer con-
ception Of the scope Of its own pow
ers, it is not at all unlikely that a
majority, if not all, the holding
over Senators may unite upon some
measure Of practical relief for ad-
mitted wrongs. To forecast their at
,itude in the next Assembly, as one
Of stubborn hostility to the interests
Of the people, as does the Ho'cheye,
is an imputation upon their good
sense and honesty, not warranted
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-03-21
Teathers Column.
Solutions to Board Problem.
w. J. KELSEY, EDlToI,

If the board is l2 feet long, 10 inches
wide at one end, 6 inches at the other,
its surface is 8 square feet, and each part
after saving will have AZ 81 it, Now
if the board diminishes = of its width in
a length Of l2 feet, give it length of "a
feet and it will come to a point, thus
forming a triangle "a feet long with a
surface of ~ square feet.
Then saving AZ square feet off the
large end leaves u smaller triangle with
a surface Of ~ square feet. Thus by
proportion ~ is to ~ as "a squared is
to the square of the length of the smaller
triangle. Squaring "a and dividing the
product of the means by the given ex-
IRENE we have 800, the square root of
which is 1871 feet, the length, Of the
smaller triangle; subtracting l2 feet mum
Der of feet added to complete trianglc)
leaves 97l feet, length of small end of
board. Il. s. SToCKwELL.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-03-21
Notice Of Proving Will.

STATE OF IOWA, &c a..s
Buchanan County.
To al ,ch ora il may Concern:
You are hereby notified that an instrument in
writing purporting to be the last Will and 'resta-
ment of Sarah Stubbens, deceased, late of Buch-
auan county, State OF Iowa, was opened and -ead
in open court. on the 9TH day of March, 1879, and
the 18th day of May, 1878. was fixed by the Court
for proving and admittia. the same to prooase.
Witness my hand and the seal of the
f. 81 Circuit Court in and for said County,
this 9Th day oi March A. ID. 1873.
=Hr u. l.. SMITH,
2,w3 Clerk of Circuit Court
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-03-21

Spots on the sun-Frcckles on
your boys face.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-03-21
SOLUTION.

Considering the board to be divided
into pieces one inch in length, we find
that we have an arithmetical progression
of which The first term is Las, the com.
diff. is "a and the sum of the series is
the area Of one half the board or 64S
Having the first term, the com. diff, and
the sum of the terms given. the number
of terms may be found by the following
formula. Let a represent the first term,
d the diff, n the number and 5 the sum.
Thnn ,9-aI-. 0d2,a -,.sds) u n. tho ~,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-03-21

A board is 6 inches wide at one end
and IL at the other It's length is IL feet.
1t is required to cut it in two at such a
point that each end shall contain one half
the board. How far from the small end
must it be cut
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-03-21

of terms multiplied by twice the differ,
cnce is equal to the difference minus
twice the first term, plus the square root
Of the difference, minus twice the first
term added to eight times the product of
the sum and the com dill But a=6 As,
d-l24, and s=G49. Then d-2a-minus
IL, and td-2aa 144, 6ds-2l6 144-,,.21G
$50 the square root of which is 1913
Then 49, 1S,073-6,973. 2d-1.12 and
and 6,973 div. by l-12-S3,67G the mum,
Of terms and the length Of the board in
inches -S3,676 inches=-6,073 feet, an
sWcr.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-03-21

The width of the board increases y
inch for every f,ot in length. Then at
6.973 feet from the small end the width is
6 inches plus 3,4S7 inches or 8, 4S7. The
average width Of the piece is 7,744, al
lowing for the decimals cast out 7,744
multiplied by S3,676-64s very nearly,
which is half the area of the board IN
inches. G. G. WELLS
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-08-07
OLTRE NEWS.

We are happy to notice from time
to time the improvements that are
being made in our fiourishing village
The hum of industry in the varied
departments inspires our citizens with
feeling Of pleasantness that Is soul
cheering to the idle spectator.
Lemmon's new block is nearly CON-
pleted. The second story is Low be-
ing occupied, and but q few days will
be required to complete the entire
building, the glass in the front Of
which cost about $500.
On last Friday evening Erastus
Gould gave q Harvest Dancer at
Kline's Hall, which vas largely at
tended. The dance was kept up until
late hour in the night, to the utter
disgust of those living in the second
story of that building. They passed
the night in sieeplessness, as did King
Darius of old, but were not able to
dispel the music.
On Monday evening of this week,
Grant Taylor, . negro barber, Of this
place, gave . dance at K1ine's Hall,
TO men of his color, which was visited
by q large number Of the ''upper-ten"
whites, who pronounced it the richest
treat of the season.
Rev. A ]. Fishback, the progress
sive Spiritualist lecturer, left on Tues
day morning for his home in Mis-
souri,.
DR.. Prices daughter, Mrs. BosWorth,
arrived here on Monday from Topeka,
Kansas. She came to take care Of her
mother who is suffering with severe
fit of sickness.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-08-07
New York Live stock Market.
NEW YORK, Aug

NEW YORK, Aug. 4.
Beef Cattle-The receipts Yesterday
and to-day were 6, 172 head, making
the total for the week 1876 head,
against 10,0S4 head for last week. The
demand was fair at prices about the
same as Friday. Trade was fairly ac-
tive. Native steers ranged at 10 to
12lc per Id, with few select that sold
to sheep butchers at 123 to 13c; poor
to good Texans at Z to Gle, and a few
Cherokee cattle at 10 to 10lc. The
sales include IA car loads of Illinois
steers, 81 to 81 eWt, at II to 11ic; II
cars do, to 81 cwt, at 10k to 114c (; Is
ears do, 81 cwt, at lie; 20 cars do, "a
cwt, at IL to 12@c; 8 cars do, to "a
cwt, at III to 12Ic; cars do, q cWt,
at 11Rc; 5 cars do, q cwt, at 124e; 6
cars do, - cwt, at lie; 8 cars do, z
cwt, at IL to HE; 8 cars OF Cherokee
heifers, 81 cwt, at 7lc; Is cars Texans,
81 cwt, at Sc; Is cars do, 81 ewt, at s
to 9e; cars do, 81 cwt, at8 to Sic; II
cars do, 81 cwt, at 81 to Gle; Is cars of
Missouri steers, 81 cwt, at 104 to 11lc;
cars Kentucky, cwt, at liz to lie;
8 cars do, "a cwt, at &c, and s cars of
Kansas steers, 81 cwt, at lie. Dressed
beef was in demand at 81 to SIC for
Texans, and 81 to 10lc for native.
Sheep and Lambs-The fresh re-
ceipts to-day were 1909 head making
for the week g, 200 head, against 2S,-
700 head last week. The market was
fair for sheep at an advance of &c per
lb, but dull and weak for lambs, which
70 rH &c snd thSn @pIensXic @ i8ic sheep ruled At at
were very slow at Al to Sic, with one
lot selling up to Sc. Among the sales
were cars Ohio sheep, averaging SO
lbs, at Sic; car do, 8S lbs, at Sic; 2
cars Canada lambs, 62 lbs, at 7s to 7sc;
l car State do, 81 lbs, at 7te;;il car of
Kentucky do, 81 lbs, at 7Bc, and l car
Pennsylvania do, 50 lbs, at &c.
Hogs-The fresh arrivals to-day
were I0,990 head, making total for the
week q, 800 head, against 80, PIG head
last week; none on sale alive; dressed
hogs were dull and weak, closing at
to 7sc, a decline OF to lc.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-08-07
BLO0MFILLE NKWs

Business has been very active r.
ing the last week.
Hay, wheat and oats are abou'all
harvested, and farmers feel happ,
The new depot is being painted
Our gentlemanly operator, I c.
Mckee, will soon move his ofice ON
the small hut, in which he has 0ne
business for three months past, tthe
new one, where he can have ore
room and feel more comfortable.
Christian Schwab appeared Outhe
street with his new express, No. on
last Saturday.
Einsel and Shearer have laidthe
foundation wall of their new busess
block. The briek-layers win pm
mence work on it shortly.
DR.. Harrison, of Toledo Is In wD,
seeking a location.
DR.. Alvort, formerly of BaOn,
Ohio, has moved TO BlOomviIl, and
Is building . fine, hrick resideno
The town and community aIwell
supplied with physicians, thereeing
six. Some say we are in want le-
gal talent, as there IL but one lFyer
here. ] think not, however, bsause
our citizens are so peacabIe and our
teOus, that he gets but q small rac-
tice. But If any Of Tf1n's yong at
torneys wish to move here, they ywill
be warmly welcomed. We ont
want any Of the old ones.
The fall session Of BloOmville hool
will open next Monday; A. J.5pit.
Ter, teacher. RELPs-
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-08-07
Buffalo Live stock Market.
BUFFALO. August 6

BUFFALO, August 6.
BEEvES-Receipt to-day, including
reported arrivals, 3S42 head, makiag
the total thus far this week 6066 head.
The market opened strong at last
weeks prices, but soon became slow
and dragged. The stock is generally
of an inferior grade. The attendance
of buyers was fair. About 1000 head
were disposed Of. Sales were made of
2S Illinois steers, 122761383 lbs aver
age, at S5.00@6.25; IA Illinois cows,
1122 lbs average, at Sis; Sc Missouri
steers, S89@1200 TBS average, at $4.75
@5.624 /; III Kentucky steers, 1000
1923 lbs average, at S5.50@6.35 136
Iowa steers, 11S7@122S lbs average, at
S5.06G5.70; So Indiana steers, 859 a
1106 lbs average, at S4.124@5.50 "a
Ohio steers, 1882 lbs average, at $500 !;
Is Ohio stockers, e43 TBS average, at
S475; IA Michigan mixed, S73@976
lbs average, at S4.121@485; /; IA Michi.
gan oxen, 1903 TBS average at $50.
SHEEP AND LA1IBS--Receipts to-day,
including reported arrivals, 1000 head,
making the total for the week $3.50
head. The market Is not fairly OPEN
ed.
HoGs-Receipts to-day, including
reported arrivals, 5000 head, making
the total for the week II, 800 head.
The market was fiat at $4.7065.O0,
buyers hanging off. Sales yesterday
1900 hogs, 10000 lbs average at $3.50
nE M
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-08-07
Local Correspondence.
MRLMORE NEWS.

The farmers are now busy threshing
their wheat. Some are already
through. The wheat does not yield
so plentifulIy as it might, though the
quality is good.
Our harness-maker has taken his
sudden departure from this place to
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-08-07

The Constitutional Convention vot-
ed, on Friday last, TO adjourn from
the 8th Of August to the ID Of Decem-
Der, and the Convention then to meet
at Cincinnati. The vote stood Al for
10 40 against the long recess. We
presume that It is proper enough that
this adjournment take place although
we believe that the members could
work during what lazy folks delight
10 call the cheated term" As it was,
however, a number were determined
to adjourn and the question has occu-
pied about half the time Of the Con-
vention for three weeks past. Cincln-
natl is not the place to hold the Con-
vention and we hore, that when il
meets in December it will hasten to
get back to the capitol of the State
where it belongs.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-08-07
'sEO NAME"

The Convention that met in Co
lumeus last week to organize a new
party adjourned without naming the
offspring OF Brinkerhoff and the Allen
county sOre-heads. 1t is 3 party with
no name, and by the words " No
Nance it should be known. 1t is Of
negative character, entirely no
name-no principles-no friends-no
followers-and is so tender q plant
that it should receive the kindest con-
siderstion from the Republican party
which Il seeks to overthrow.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-08-07

New YORK, August 5.-At two
O'Clock this afternoon Long Island
City was shaken as though by an
earthquake, by the explosion of two
tank boats lying opposite TO Rookie
feller's Long Island City Oil Works.
In less than three minutes the flames
had communicated to the material
stored in the yards and three square
blocks were enyeloped in flames. The
intense heat thrown out by the high
ly infiammable material would not
admit the fireman to approach within
a block and half of the scene, while
the thick smoke was insupportably
suffocating st q greater distance.
Captain Meyer, of one OF the tank
boats, and 8 number of others were
killed by the explosion. A number of
boatmen near the scene were COM
PEELED to jump into the river in order
to escape roasting alive. The Long
Island City oil works, the Standard
oil works, Lowenstein's varnish fac
tory and other buildings were de.
stroyed. The fire is still burning
brightly. The loss has not yet been
ascertained.
The Tribune says the fire was caused
by Captain Meyer, of the oil barge
lying along side OF the pier adjoining
the Standard oil works, owned BY
Rockefeller d Co., at Hunters Point,
his pipe, whereupon the va.
Dor from the oil communicated with
the flame. The barge was shattered
and set on fire. The unfortunate
smoker was killed and his body burn |
ed to a crisp.