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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-07-02
N AQUOKETA.
Its Population, Location. etc.

EDITOR BULLETIN.-Maquoketa,
the subject of this article, is Il grow
ing city of $500 inhabitants, situated
in the southwestern part of Jackson
county, Of which it is the chief city
and county seat. Quite recently the
people Of this city were the success
full contestants of one of the sevcrest
county seat fights of which we have
become cognizant.
One Of the pet institutions of the
place is the City Hall, very fine
structure, two stories in height, built
of brick, and finished in superior
manner throughout.
Among the manufactures of the
timber city, as Maquoketa Is COM
monty called, is the chair factory.
This institution is one Of home enter
prise and is meeting with fine sue
cess; which, from the quality of the
article manufactured, is not to be
wondered at.
The city boasts of more and better
Wooden Mills than any place of its
size in the State.
The water power Of the city is fur
nished by the Maquoketa river, and
McCioy's lake.
The railroad facilities Of the place
are not strictly first class. The Mid
land, branch of the {. n. w., and
the Davenport e st. Paul, are both
poor representations of the fine rail
way system of the State.
This community was recently
thrown into fever of excitement ut
the suicide of one of its most promi-
ncnt citizens, DIR. Schradcr. The
cause OF the act will ever remain Il
mystery, us DR. S. was in atfiucnt cir
cumstances, and IN ornament to
society. lie leaves Il widow and a
large family of small children.
The principal street of the city is
now being paved, which will make Il
vast improvement is It's appearance.
OF the many fine residences Of the
city we cannot particularize, mas
much as those of ID. c. Clary, Tom
Trout, Is. f. Spencer, d. II. Andcr-
son, Mrs. Chas. Rich, and others,
would well adorn any of the more
pretentious cities; several of them
being of Swiss architecture, with
Mansard roofs and very finely finish
ed throughout.
The press is ably represented by
the Sentinel, the champion of the
Democratic, and the Ercelsioy, the
organ Of the Republican party. The
editors of both are veterans in the
service Of their respective parties, and
editors Of many years experience.
The city boasts Of two hotels, the
Decker House and the Midland.
They are both good houses and are
well kept.
The future for Maquoketa is Il
bright one. During the past year
Improvements too numerous to men
ton have taken place, and with lis
wealthy and enterprising people,
Maquoketa will hold its position
among the growing cities of the
lIawkeye STATE.
Yours rs ever,
''HoPEFuL.'
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-07-02
Now has the doctrine of resurrec.

Now has the doctrine of resurrec-
ton had fresh illustration. The one
historical and authenticated instance
OF this kind never has found crcdence
among Bourbons, because of their
general unfamiliarity with the Bible.
They have generally rejected the
doctrine on the sole ground of it's
physical impossibility; and while the
notable instance Of the resurrection
of Rise Up William Allen somewhat
staggered their lncredulity, your gen
uine Bourbon has shook his head in
solemn doubt, and shut his eyes for
fear of accidents. But on Thursday
a new revelation was made-a rcve-
lation Of Resurrcction-and like it's
great prototype it came in clouds and
storms and thunderous anger, pro-
ducing fright and faith alike.
The second advent of Shep. LETTER
on Thursday, at the What-is-it con-
vention in Dcs Moincs, is the visible
proof Of the resurrection doctrine
He had been laid away with his IA
theirs at some date in the ''retrcating
past" and generations anterior to our
own had only faint "Reminiscences of
the fast fading traditions concerning
him that had come down to them in
the long line Of the centuries. BY
some singular stroke of fate he was
elected to Congress iii 1916, being
the first member ever elected in Iowa,
where he served with Lead-levcl OBJ
security until 1851. Lanman's Diction-
airy of Congress contains this bio
graphical entry:
Letter, Shepherd - He was born in
Pennsylvania; and was Representative
in Congress, from Iowa, from 1916 to
1851
twill be noted that the bographer
was unable to procure the date of his
birth, but rs this event happened Gin
Pennsylvania" it must have occurred
at Il time subsequent to the execution
Of the Treaty Of Penn. 1t appears
that his birth was SO far back in the
twilight of time that no reference to
his beginning could safely be ventur-
ed upon. OF all the other 1900
members of Congress sketched by
Lannan, Shep. Letter is the only one,
we believe, whose birth is lost in the
unhistoric Past.
But then, he's Bourbon-isn't
that enough? He began voting in
Jefferson 5 time, and always Demo-
cratic. During the war he had no
votes nor encouragement for the
Union cause, but he voted the Demo
cratic ticket. His party sky is with
out a cioud-he never scratched Il
ticket. He is just the man tor the
Fog-horns to rally about. If he
should fail in this hcat-which is
rather probable-lst him be groomcd
and put in training Tor the centennial
of l976.-Dubugue Times.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-07-02
GRAPE VINE" ORATORY,
Speech OF Shepherd Letter, upon Re-
ceiving the Anonymous Nom-
nation tor Governor.

Mr.. Lcfncr SAID he was ut \ loss to
find words to express his gratitude
for the nomination of the opposition
party of Iowa. great honor, Il very
great honor, very distinguished
honor. Applause. This honor
was unexpected to me. | had no
more thought last night of being
nominated, than | had of flying to
Siberia. Renewed applause. New
ertheless, gentlemen, ] esteem it the
proudcst moment in my life. Ger
tainly, gentlemen, Il man has lived to
some purpose when the people among
whom he has lived forty years, con-
fer such a distinction upon him. l
know l assume, in accepting, vast
responsibility. I almost shrink from
it when | contemplate the vastncss
of its proportions. Iowa is becom-
ing great State, and we are an OBJ
ject Of interest now III all other
States.
Gentlemen, am satisfied that we
are to have 4 revolution in public
sentiment, and that we fight now
with a prospect Of success. Checrs.
Therefore l accept the nomination
freely, and accept heartily of the plat
form. Uproarous cheering. l have
never been so gr.itified rs at the har-
mony of your proceedings to-day. 1t
is the sure precursor of success, and
we are bound to redeem this State
this fall from its thralldom and tyr
amy. Applause. 10 this purpose,
gentlemen, shall devote my entire
time, night and day, cheers and all
the strength God has given me shall
be expended in your service. Re-
peated cheers.
do not single out any one thing
in our platform to give it the prefer
ence. l like it all-straight. I like
it as whole, and if it shall go ovn,
l Will gladly go down with it. APP
plause. l shall say nothing against
the Republican party here. But
when / get into the canvass | shall
hold it to its record. l will not al
low it to divert the attention of the
public. I will make it face the facts.
In this campaign shall call things
by their right names, and shall not
fight a kid glove and rosewater war
fare. A thief l shall call thief. l
expect no Kindness from Republicans
and shall them none; I intend to
show that party no quarter. Great
applause. The Republican party is
corrupt, every inch of it, from top to
bottom, and I intend to hold up that
corruption to the voters of Iowa
and if they are willing to sanction it
it is their lookout, not mine. The
Republican party has been Il cloud
in this State for fifteen years, and it
is time the shadow was cleared off.
[Ch GERS.
| | want to see the South restored to
her former condition in this Union
Applause and again made free. l
don't want to weary you out with a
speech, and so close with this re-
quest, that, AS l am out Oh the line
as your standard bearer, you shall
help me ont in the good work. All
that l have to say further is from the
bottom of my heart to thank you
again.
| do not claim to be worry great
orator; ! studied law once, and used
to practice some in the grapevine
courts. But | have raised on the
soil of Iowa, with my own hands,
tlirty-tivc crops of corn. Thanks to
you again, gentlemen.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-07-02
Shepherd Letter.

There is general curiosity among
men of all parties to learn something
of the character and antccedents of
the venerable relic of former age
that the Anonymous Convention, at
Des Moines, last week, walked up to
serve as its candidate for Governor.
EXCEPT that he served two terms in
Congress when Iowa was in her child
hood, very little is known of his his
tory. We have, however, slight
indication of his calibrc as Il states
man and hint of his political ante
cedents in speech which he made
in the Convention when his nomina-
ton was announced. This speech
first saw the light in print in the
State Register, and from the tone Of
inflated bombast and thrcadbare
demagoguism which characterizcs it,
we were at first inclined to the pre-
sumption that the REGISTER was per-
petrating a mischievous piece Of
satire upon the old man, but the re-
production of the speech in the Du
buque Herald assures us of its all
thenticity. 1t will be found in full
in another column; but we call atten-
tention briefly to one or two sen
fences that throw light upon the
character of Mr.. Letters patriotism.
AT the end Of a paragraph, made up
of the usual highly-wrought charges
against the Republican party, he
says:
"The Republican party has been
cloud to this State for fifteen years,
and it is time the shadow should be
cleared off. l want to see the South
restored to her former condition in
this Union, and again made free"
When it is remembered that the
fifteen years mentioned by LETTER in
cludes the period Of the Rebellion,
when the Republican party was strain
ing every energy to sustain the gov
eminent in its effort to preserve the
Union, and the Democratic party was
throwing every obstacle in the way of
the success of the natl onal arms, the
declaration that the former was
"cloud" in the State pretty clearly
establishes how Shepherd Letters
sympathies ran at that time. His
present aspiration for the restoration
Of the South to her former "condi-
tion," which was that of slavery and
semi barbarism, is cumulative evil
dcnce of his Bourbon proclivities,
and brings into strong light the vic
tory won by that element in the late
convention.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-07-02

A DISPATCH was received by Hon.
E. p. Smith, At Washington, on the
9th, stating that Red Cloud and
Spotted Tail Indians have signed an
agreement to relinquish their right
in Nebraska, and want as compcnsa-
ton therefor 81 900 in horses, 3d.
600 in cows, 81, 100 in harnesses, and
50, 300 in wagons.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-07-02

THE experience Of Charles Vaughn
Of Council Bluffs, who some months
ago traded off his Iowa property for
Mississippi plantation, is better than
4 volume on the question of home
hunting. He has returned home dis
gusted with the South, and says to
the Nonpurief: II will just say in
conclusion that l have travelled
over and looked through most parts
of the United States desiring to find a
pleasanter country than Iowa, and |
will say in all candor that whenever
man leaves Iowa to find better
country, he is fooling away his time
and money. | have found places on
the Pacific coast and in the South
where the climate is certainly more
congenial, but there are other draw
backs as great as that which is bal
anced by said climate or for which
the climate makes up.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-07-02

On Tuesday night about nine O'Clock,
a fire broke out in the blacksmith shop of
Tom Connolly, Dubuque, and property to
the amount of about $4,000 destroyed.
The origin of the fire is not known, but is
supposed to have caught from 4 spark
emerging from the forge which found lodg-
ment in some salient point.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-07-02

The special correspondent Of the
Chicago Tribune, writing from Ian
sing, Mich, says second special
election was held in that city on the
Goth ult., to vote to bond the city for
$4,000 to replace the five iron
bridges lost in April. The PROPOSE.
ton was again defeated, but the
Common Council have advertised for
proposals to rebuild them, regardless
Of the peoples wishes.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-07-02

FRANCE has been visited by ter
rible and disastrous flood, in which
it is reported that fully 1000 people
have succumbed to watery grave,
and property to the amount of $45,-
600 damaged. 1t is also reported
that Northern Austria has met with
equally as terrible a fate.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-07-02

Gener.l Anthoine, of Paris, was y
cruel coward. Wishing to commit
suicide, but not having the pluck to
do it himself. he induced his little
boy to fire pistol into his forehead
in play, and died, making the little in
uocent parriclde.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-07-02

TIE following extract which we
clip from the Iowa City Republican,
speaks for itself in language that is
plain and comprehensive. The raw
ages Of the grasshopper pests are
even beyond our most vivid magma
tons, as will be seen by reading what
a. G. Chandlce, a former well known
resident of Johnson county, but now
of Leavenworth, Kansas:
Every thing is e. ten up. The
whole country looks like a plowcd
field. Some Of the trees thirty feet
high are stripped. We have been
fighting for two acres of strawberry
plants for three weeks at cost of S.
to SO per day. Have canght, meas
ured and buried over two hundred
bushels Of hoppers. Caught forty
seven bushels, actual measurement,
one day, and could have doubled that
had we have had help enough to have
kept the pits cleared.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-07-02

1t is apparent that Iowa is bound
to be second to no other State in the
Union for the barbarous outrage of
mobbing. The latest account that
we have seen of this description was
that committed at Ottumwa, on Mon
day last. 1t matter not how deserv-
ing the victim may be of punish
ment of this kind, it is certainly not
in accordance with law and justice,
nor a civilized community, and should
be looked upon with scorn and con-
tempt by all law-abidlng and peace
loving people. The circumstances
prompting the demorallzing proceed
ings of this mob was the shooting of
the Deputy City Marshal, w. Logan,
by the victim, whose name was Smith,
residing at Batavia. 1t is stated that
Smith was of desperate character,
and at the time of shooting Logan
quitting two balls through his heart)
he was on his way to Jail, accom-
panied by officers, for some offensc
that he had committed. He was i'm
mediatcly manacled with heavy irons,
on his wrists and ankles, after com
hitting the murder, and then lodged
in Jail. The excitement prevailed
among the citizens with increasing
fury during the entire night and I'M
til between l and o'clock on Tues
day, when the prisoner was taken be-
fore the Mayor, and on waving cx-
animation, was remanded to jail
While descending the stairs from the
City Hall, half a dozen persons, back
ell by about five hundred citizens,
overpowered the officers in charge of
him, and throwing one end of the
rope over the victims neck, and the
other over the lamp-post, left the life
less body swinging in the air, viewed
by thousands of spectators, in broad
daylight.
That Smith was double-dycl vii
lain there is no doubt, but we have
means provided for the punishment
Of such criminals, other than letting
a few people take such matters in
their own hands, and bid defiance to
the law, and they should be regarded
with more respect than such outrages
as mobs perpetrate.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-07-02
Magic Swine.

HAVING had several years experience in the
III breeding of improved swine, and made it u
speciality. the undersigned offers for sale for the
summer and fall trade, about 100 choice Magic
boar Black Sambo," and my young boar Black
Prince, both imported from Butler County. Ohio.
and from strong, well tested old soNs, of fine
were mostly purchased from d. NJ. Magic, whose
name they bear.
Parties in want of frst-class stock are invited to
call and examine my herd, or address ME before
purchasing elsewhere.
All stock warranted to be breeders, and rep
resented or money refunded. For price and par
tcuars address
VIII o ,; A. MCGOWAN,
ping after June 1st "'n' 'i"' idu m nn"e en,ak
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02
OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE,

, HAPPY RELIEF FOR YOU'VE MEN from the eHectt
of Errors and Abuses in early life. Manhood re-
stored Impediments to Marriage removed. New
method of treatment New and remarkable rene
dies. Books and Circulars sent free. in sealed
velOpes.
ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.,--an institution
having high reputation for honorable condur
and professional skill 1-9d&wam
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02
On Catching Cold.

One of the lectures to the public at Gre
sham College, London, was delivered by
DR.. Il. Symes Thompson, Z. Z. q. p, on
the seasOnable topic of catching cold AT
ter description of the symptoms and the
pathological condition induced by cold,
DIR. Thompson passed on to the more in.
terestihg points Of its prevention and cure.
In regard to prevention, he deprecated too
much fear of catching cold and the dread
of the least exposure to cold air, as being
very likely to bring about that tender hot
house plant condition so favorable TO in
ducing the evil one wished to avoid. Elk
posure to cold, he insisted, does no harm,
except under the condition of its moving
rapidly in a small space. Thus exposure
to strong wind in the open air does no
harm, while Portuguese proverb SAID, with
q great deal Of truth, if you catch cold
from draught through keyhole you had
better make your will. 1t was draughts
coming with great rapidity through small
openings which were so especially iDjnr-
ious. Living constantly in very impure
air made people very sensitive to cold, and
illventilated bed rooms had much to ans
wer for in this respect. 1t was mistake
to suppose that night air, except in aguish
places, was obnoxious. In London night
air was purer than air in the day and he
advised everyone, while avoiding direct
draugh, to keep the bedroom window
slightly opened. The effect OF want of
ventilation was strikingly illustrated In the
case of horses. When left to run in the
field they were hardy, and did not suffer
ut all from cold; but, cooped up 10 warm
stables they become very sensitive to
cold and prone to serious and fatal aztec
tons of the chest That was lesson to
us to keep our bedrooms cool and
we'll ventilated. In clothing, the
great, thing was to vary the character
and amount according to the season and
weather, avoiding the extremes of always
being swathed 10 flannel, no matter what
the temperature; we might initiate with
advantage in cold weather. the example of
Russians and Canadians, who were careful
to put on very warm clothing when leay-
ing the house and to remove it the moment
they come in. Of the curative treatment,
what was called the dry method had
once been in great vogue This consisted
Of abstaining from all fluids for twenty
four, thirty.six or forty-eight hours, and
where vigorously followed at the outset
the cold was generally stopped. He would
not recommend this treatment to any but
those IN thoroughly good health, tor in
the delicate oI sickly the arrangement of
the vital organs, by this abstention from
fluids brought about evils more serious
than the cold. Another method was the
maintenance Of an equable warm rempera.
ture, aud where this could be done the
skin was soon restored to more natural
condition and the evil was relieved. The
mucous lining, however, could be more
rapidly relieved by inducing the skin tc
perspire vigorously, and ii this was done
at the outset the cold would be checked
This could be done by hot bath or,very
much better, by . Turkish bath, for WhiIs
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02


An indianapolis letter in the Cincinnati
Commercial says: Professor John LGay
called my attention to the following portion
Of Mr.. Tilton's evidence:
Ineyer wrote and delivered a lecture, on lectur-
ing tour in the West, on divorce and Marriage"
i made out notes on the subject, and delivered .
lecture on Il whenI was asked to do so. delivered
this lecture 20 he Of S4Tne eIiysrsty BY
ton, Ind never told my hearers in that lecture to
follow the laws Of nature or denounced the interior
that n had my way Iwiuld crush the church and
the state that would be the duty Of the state
regulate prostitution. -'--+-"
Here is an absolute falsehood." OBJ
served Professor Gay. Mr.. Tilton did de-
liver a.lecture on Divorce aud Marriage
on the 9th of February, 1921 the chapel
Of the State University at. Bloomington,
which he is pleased to call seminary in
Bloomipgton, Indiana, and he told his
hearers to follow the laws of nature. When
he said it he held in his hands two crisp
pieces of paper, and crushing them in his
hands, exclaimed that he would so crush
| the church and state 80 far as it interfered
with the sexual relation, adding that II
would be the duty Of the state to regulate
prostitution, aud so on. / can get any
number of citizens Of Bloomington wht
heard the lecture to certify to the same
Some OF them. including q lady well known
in Cincinnati, went out Of the hall" y
The Professor does not need any afhda
Wit. He has reason to know whereof hi
speaks; as he lost his position as Professel
Of Literature in the University on account
of rebuking Mr.. Tilton for his free-lov'
and .blasphemous utteranees at the time
| The students, many Of whom were com
! plstely captivated by. Mr.. Tilton's elo
quence, rebelled against the Professor
authority, and he found it agreeable to re-
sign. ] j 65f.iC 5tH sG~El
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02

in hot water bath 1t was not possible to
endure q greater heat than 100 10 1903 de-
grees, in Turkish bath temperature Of
$50 to 200 degrees could be sustained
without discomfort. Vigorous perspira-
ton was in this way induced, tho blood
was drawn from the internal organs to the
surface, much of its impurity eliminated,
and If the cold douche was avoided, and
the skin was got thoroughly to work, the
patient walked away in an hour, and left
his cold behind.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02

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