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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-01-08
TnD Dubuque Times tells this good
story on District Attorney Powers, Of
Cedar Falls:

TnD Dubuque Times tells this good
story on District Attorney Powers, of
Cedar Falls:
A good one is told on our District
Attorney Powers, which is relished
by the many at whose expense he has
had hearty laugh when they were
the victims of the jokes lawyers some
times play on each other. Happen
ing down town one day at his home
in Cedar Falls, Mr.. Powers was ac-
costcd by the Marshal with the i'll
quiry, "Don't you want to buy a
couple Of nice shoats? They will be
sold cheap "Wcll, no" replied Mr..
p; 81 have a couple at home in the
pen, and they will furnish all the pork
l want, and eat as much as l can
furnish" ''But these are going re-
markedly cheap" replied the Marshal
Mr.. Powers went down to the pound
to look at the pigs, and told the Mar
shall he would be one of the bidders.
The pigs were sold at auction, as
provided by law, for pigs running
loose in the streets, and Mr. Powers
was the purchaser. He got a boy to
help him drive them home. Arriving
at the pen, he found his own pigs
missing, but, being away from home
most Of the time, he supposed "the
boy" had let his pigs out, and they
would soon be back. He didn't dis
cover that he had bought his own
pigs over again until the boy came
into the house, and wondered who
had brought the pigs back. The
next day one of the pigs jumped over
the 70; foot wall of the pen and was
drowned in nelghbor's cistern; and
now Mr.. Powers is looking for some
Spectator who is getting rich fast to
come along and buy the remaining
pig, and then he won't buy any more
of that family of hogs.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-01-08

SHORTLY after his arrival in New
Orleans, Gen. Sheridan sent the fol
lowing telegram to the Secretary of
War:
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIV.
OF THE MISSOURI,
New ORLEANS, La, 5, 1875.
Hon. w. w. Belknap, Secretary of
War, Washington, d. c.:
think the terrorism now existing
in Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkan-
sas, could be entirely removed and
confidence and fair dealing establish
ed by the arrest and trial of the ring
leaders of the armed White Leagues.
If Congress would pass bill declar-
ing them banditti they could be tried
by military commission.
The leaders Of the banditti, who
murdered men here on the 18th of
September last, and also more recent
ly at Vicksburg, Mississippi, should,
in Justice to law and order and the
peace and prosperity of the country,
be punished. 1t is possible that if
the President issue a proclamation
declaring them banditti, that no fur
thur steps of procedure need be taken
except that which would devolve up
on me.
(SigneD p. II. SHERIDAN.
Whercupon those inotfensive
White Leaguers, who, according to
the Democratic press, never commit
outrages or intimidate anybody, and
who are so tolerant of opposite opin-
ions, bristled up and began to threat
en- to assassinate gallant Phil. If
they thought their vaporings could
intimidate him they were mistaken,
for the accounts say that he walks
among the villainous crowd while
they are breathing all manner of ven
geance against him, rs unconcerned
as if everything was serene. The
White League assassins know Gen.
Sheridan, and they know that he new
ef talks for effect. He realizes that
the troubles in Louisiana arise solely
from INSTRUMENTATION to law, and his
remedy is that which goes to the root
of the evil at one blow. This ac-
counts for the fear and hate with
which lawless assassins in the South
regard him.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-01-08

LAST week 10. Swinburne, of the Del.
hi Monitor announced in black and start
ling headlines that LIE Roy, the Manches-
ter banker, had, the day before that set to
settle with his creditors, absconded for
parts unknown. A few days after, lie
Roy came back, it Transporting that he had
only been to Chicago on business, and
had no thought of fight. And now it is
said that 10. is in unhappy anticipation of
a suit for libel.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-01-08
RIGHT upon the heels Of President

RIGHT upon the heels Of President
Grants recommendation of the
substitution of silver for the fraction
al currency comes the intelligence Of
the discovery of the richest silver
mine in the country, in Massachu-
sets, and the striking, at the depth of
1900 feet in the Comstock lode in
Nevada, of a mountain top Of the
same metal. Which goes to show
that the Almighty is not disposed to
thwart that plan of the administra-
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-01-08

The McGregor Times says that Judge
Murdoch will lecture in that city Jan. 10
on the subject of the Mound Builders, for
the benefit of the Richardson Monument
Associations
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-01-08

4 \ INVOICE OF GAS FIXTURES have ar
y rived and are exhibition for sale at Tabor
& Sons Drug Store. Other lots are on the way
from the manufactures at New York
FRANK W. ROBINSON
1877 fog Western Excelsior Gas Co
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-01-08
Improved Farm for Sale.

VINIIE undersigned will sell his farm OF 1888 acres
L p. miles northeast from Independence. Said
farm is all under Improvement well watered "a fine
stream running through it, besides three good
wells. good frame dwelling, stables. IA acres Of
thrifty orchard, and other advantages making it a
first class farm for gain or stock
With the land will be sold teams OF horses 3
wagons ? plows. drags, l Kirby. Reaper and
Mower, Buckeye Reaper, Self-rake. and other
farming tools. Thirty-fve acres of the land are
plowed for crops.
Good title guaranteed.
Terms made known on application at this Office
or Of the subscriber on the place.
2m2l JOHN G. LIFTS.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-01-08

A Nd will sell at bargain my home: Sixty rods
good dwelling, a email barn fruit trees and shrub
berry.
Enquire at the premises.
23tf \ y SYKES
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-01-08
Houdans.

Are French breed, large, heavy bodied and I'M
surpassed in their great merits egg producers.
They mature very early and will make pound
OF chicken quicker than any other fowl, and are
superior for the table. They are great layers OF
larne white c,rra and do not set.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-01-08
Dark Brahmas.

For all purposes one of the most valuable breeds
not AS common MS the Light but rapidly increas
ing in popularity. They are noted for their great
size doubtless the largest Of all varis ties of do
nestle fowls. handsome in appearance, etc. Are
very hardy and will thrive under any circnmstanc-
cs Good winter and summer layers.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-01-08
White Leghorns:

This celebrated breed is unsurpassed as layer,
Of large. white eggs they are pur ,ly white both
cock and hen having large red combs. BOOSTERS
at six weeks old; hens are non-.etters.
EGGS FOR MATCHING IN SEASON.
Send stamp for descriptive price 'isi. p. . Box,
81 Independence, Iowa.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01
Double Postage Hereafter.

The sly and grasping trick by which
the express companies got through Con
gross at the late session, as an amend
ment to the appropriation bill, the pro-
vision for doubling postage on all third
class mail matter, is awakening the most
lively Indignation throughout the coun-
try. 1t not only cripples the business OF
printers, booksellers, music-dealers, and
all firms which send small packages by
mail, but it hinders the sending of tran
silent newspapers and magazines from
one friend to another. The Republican
must hereafter pay two cents for a
smaller sheet than it formerly paid one
cent daily papers like the Chicago T16-
usae will have to pay three cents week
lies like the Independent or H0rper's,
four cents monthlies like the atlantic
OF Scri6ner's, eight cents and Harper's
nine cents. The daily Legislative Jour
nal, sent to public officers and newspa-
pers throughout the State, being reck-
oned as transient matter, pays from S. to
$40 day extra postage under the new
law. Lansing (Dfich.) Republican.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01
Bl'igham's Night i'm Jail.

Brigham Young is in jail Whatever
temporal consolation and soul-comfort
Chief-Justice Mexican and the men with
whom he associates can gather from this
fact, they now enjoy. At 10 o'clock the
defendant appeared in court in answer
to warrant of attachment to show cause
why he should not be punished as for a
contempt, which contempt consisted in
his not having paid within the designated
time the $3, 900 attorneys fees to Ann
Eliza's lawyers. Judge Mexican having
refused to allow him to retire during the
arguments, as he requested, on account
of illness, President Young sat in court
till he was escorted out by Deputy United
States Marshal Smith, at l o'clock. The
room was crowded with spectators, and
soon after court opened the rush became
SO great as to necessitate the locking of
doors. The defendant manifested not
the slightest uneasiness or excitement
during the proceedings, and when he
was adjudged guilty of contempt of
court, and sentenced to fine and i'm
prisonment, he was not disconnected
the least. Mr.. Jack, the defendants
chief clerk, paid to the plaintiffs attor-
neys the $4,000. Deputy Smith took
charge of the defendant, escorted him to
his (Young's) carriage, and drove to the
prisoners residence. At his residence,
President Young ate his dinner, procured
such clothing, bedding, etc., as he re-
quired for night in jail, and in the
midst of severe snow-storm was taken
to the Penitentiary. President Young
was locked in the only cell at the insti-
tuition, with dozen or more convicted
criminals and men awaiting trial for al
legged crimes. However, he was held in
that place only short time, when he
was furnished room attached to the
Warden's quarters, where he spent the
night. When the news of the incarcera-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01
GrasshOppers in Colorado.

A curious fact is noted by Prof. Hay
den in his description Of the Blue Range
of mountains in Colorado. This is the
discovery of vast quantities of dead
grasshoppers on the masses of snow
lying on the sides of these rugged
mountains, where bears eagerly seek
them for food. At certain seasons of the
year, the professor says, the air is filed
with grasshoppers, apparently flying in
every direction, to height beyond hui
man vision. It is probable, he thinks,
that they become chilled in flying over
these high peaks, and, dropping down
on the snow, perish.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01

HERE is Lucy Hooper's recipe for
dressing a fashionable lady: ''Take a
young woman and turn her once in a
breadth of satin, twice in a gauze scarf,
and three times in a puff of tulle, add
twenty yards of fowery garlands where
with to season the whole. The dish is
then trussed up, but has not yet sufficient
dressing. Something heavy in the shape
of train is needed. 1t may be made of
tmatalasse, with raised flowers, or of bro
cade. Skewer it on well behind, and
garnish with cause butterflies, lace birds,
or gilt beetles. Keep very warm at the
base and very cool at the top. Remove
the dressing as much as possible from
the upper part and pile it on below.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01
How Long to Sleep.

How much sleep is necessary to renew
the exhausted energies of the brain and
tit it perfectly for it's work must be de-
termined by individual experience but
as to children it is safe to say they ought
to be INDUCED to the extent of their in
clination. They require more sleep than
adults, and old people, if their slumbers
are sound, incline to sleep at shorter
intervals than persons in the prime Of
life. The difference in individuals in
this respect is very great. DR.. Cooch
mentions a man who sleeps only fifteen
minutes day and enjoys good health.
Blaine, in his ''Medical Logic" speaks
of some missionaries in Cuba who re-
duced their sleep to the minimum, that
they might pursue their labors with the
least possible interruption. When forced
to rest they threw themselves on couch
with brass ball in hand over brass
basin. The moment they lost their con-
seriousness the ball dropped from their
fingers, and ringing on the basin walked
them, and this sleep they found afforded
all the recruit that nature demanded.
Seneca declares that Macenas passed
three years without sleeping a single
hour, and Boerhaave affirms that he
passed six weeks at one time without
sleep; but neither Of these statements is
credible. &
Blaine was informed by Gen. Piche-
grew that during his active campaign in
Holland he never for year slept more
than one hour in twenty-four and the
same is related of Charles XII, during
his wonderful career Jeremy Taylor,
during part of his life, slept only three
or four hours in the twenty four; and
Napoleon slept only four or five hours
during his military career, but he was
able to fall asleep at any time in the
midst of his work when he felt drowsy.
John Hunter, the great surgeon, slept
four hours at night and one after dinner.
Sir John Sinclair gives the history of
man who had reached the advanced
age of 81, and all his life had
slept but four hours in the twenty-four.
Sir Walter Scott had said that he was
not entirely himself unless he passed
seven hours in total Inconsistencies.
Southey required ten hours, going to
bed at ten and rising at eight Sir VIII
lam Jones laid down the rule of life for
students in the couplet-
" Seven hours to books, to pleasant slnbers seven,
Ten to the worlds alot, and all to heaven"
Journal OF Commerce.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01
Wit and HumOr.

The sun says, with lisp, g I thaw it. -
The North Carolina Nutshell is
edited by " colonel." .ar as~.
SAID thoughtful father to his new
son-in-law, "Now that you have won
her you must tour" a.-r ta
st ALWAYS thought I should never
rear that child, said an old lady of 90,
on hearing of the death Of her son,
age 70. -fa.a.fa s,a. ett.
THERE is no doubt that the small boy
who brings in apples and oranges dozen
times day is "little often, y whether
his parents are living or not.
A DAUGHTER of Eve asked Bobby
Lavender if he thought you pretty, and
he said Yes =" when he comes
back, ask him again-and I'll listen :"
THERE is but one proper way to part
Purchase a crowbar and hire somebody
to do it for you Rochester Democrat.
GENT (to City Detective) Well, Zeb,
how are you getting on City Dad,
sir, very bad No thieving doing at all.
The worlds going to rack and ruin, I
think!
"I'M not in mourning" said a young
lady, frankly, to querist, g but as the
widows are getting all the offers nova
days, we poor girls have to resort to
artifce."
A PHOTOGRAPHER taking down one Of
Dr. Mary Walkers lectures, made the
well-known legend. I" H0nj SOFT Qlsj
NAL q perse," read "Only see how
Molly pants -
WHICH is the worst, my son, to hurt
your own finger or another's feelings"
"Why the feelin's, of course" And
why, my son % "'Cause you can't wrap
a rag round 'em. ="
In reply to a young writer who wished
to know (which magazine viii give me
the highest position QUICKEST" a con-
temporary advises ga powder magazine,
if you contribute fiery article. %
"I'M sorry to hear of your embarrass-
ment," said gentleman to friend who
had failed heavily. {" Not at all, y said the
latter "keep your sympathy for my
creditors it is they who are embar-
raised.
A YoUNGsTER, while warming his hands
over the kitchen fire, was demonstrated
with by his father, who said SEQ
way from the stove, the weather is not
cold" The little fellow, looking up at
his stern parent demurely, replied: Z"
amt heating the weather I'm warming
my hands"
CT HADN'T a chance like some boys"
remarked a man in street car, the Otner
day, as he squirted tobacco juice over
the floor "my father was too poor to
give me an education" "But if | had
been him, P" remarked lady, as she gath
cred up her skirts, 81 would nave given
you manners or broken your neck in
trying"
VISITOR: Well, Miss Polly, won't
you give me a kiss? Polly: No;
mamma says kissing's only for children
Visitor And amt you a child? Polly:
Perhaps, but [ don't call you one
Visitor counts his gray hairs next morn
ing.
Spring has come, Spring has come, Spring has
Hank! the feathered songsters tune their notes of
joy
In cage.>
Hank, the lowing herd List, the warbling bird
Gaily, smiling, budding, blooming Spring has
come!
On horny
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01

quarters. The intelligent, respectable
portion Of the community-even those
openly opposed to the religious system
OF which Brigham Young is the head
are unanimous in the verdict that though
Mexican may be technically justified by
the law he is guilty Of an unchristian
and unfeeling act.-SoN Lake Herald
(MOy2nOn)
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01
THE FLOWER.
BY r.. H. sToDDARD.

We have youngster in the house,
A little man OF ten, s8 "a
Who dearest to his mother is
Of all Gods little men.
In doors and out he clings to her; Fl.
He follows up and down
He steals his slender hand in hers; ~
He plucks her by the gown
"Why do you cling to me so, child?
You track me everywhere; IS
You never let me be alone"
And he with serious air S+-s
Answered, as closer still he drew,
"My feet were made to follow you."
Two years before the boy was born
Another child of seven,
Whom heaven had lent to us while,
H-aA Went back again to heaven.
He came to fill his brothers place,
And bless our falling years;
The good God sent him down in love
To dry useless tears.
& sl3 think So mother, for hear
. ra In what the child has said .t
tt Ameaning that he knows not Of,
t A message from the dead. $3.50
He answered wiser than he knew
Ia g My feet were made to follow you" 5t
Come here my child, and sit with me,
Your head upon my breast
You are the last of all my sons
.-. And you must be the best. ag. .x..l.s esE
How much love love you, you may guess,
..s.f. When, grown a man like me, rE Gn
You sit as am sitting now,
Your child upon your knee. t3
Think of me then, and what said
(And practiced when / could),
"'Tis something to be wise and great,
TITS better to be good. s
Oh, say to all things good and true,
My feet were made to follow you!'"
gif ar
Come here, my wife, and sit by me,
And place your hand in mine sE
And yours, my child) while have you
- 'Tis wicked to repine.
We've had our share of sorrows love;
-... We've had our graves to fill :; 3
But, thank the good God overhead,
i. We have each other still tt*# fa1 sa&
We've nothing in the world besides
For only three;
Mother and child, my wife and child H.
How dear you are to me!
know-indeed, l always knew, 49, ...-
My feet were made to follow you!
-HGqper'S Magazine for Aprdl. eg
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01
The Civil Rights Law.

A Washington dispatch March % to
the Chicago Tribune says
"Several eminent lawyers at the United
States Supreme Court to-day reviewed
the various decisions that have been made
by United States Judges and United
States Commissioners upon the new
Civil Rights bill. Their unanimous
Judgment was that, with the exception of
the jury clause, if the decisions already
rendered should be sustained on appeal,
there is nothing left in the bill. The
jury clause, pending the debate in Con-
gress, was conceded to be, in legal
sense, the weakest feature in the bill.
The decisions thus far rendered declare
that the law cannot effect the rights of
States to control inns, theaters, common
carriers, billiard-halls, eating-saloons,
and barber-shops.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01

The MOST INGENIOUS PEOPLE. The
Eue'airag Star, of Washington, D. c.,
has inspected the tables showing the
number of patents issued by the United
States to residents of the different States
and Territories during 1874. These
show that Connecticut, the land of steady
habits and wooden nutmegs, leads all the
other States and Territories, with refer
ence to population, in the number of
patents obtained, she receiving one for
every 8O4 of her inhabitants. Next
comes the District of Columbia, with
one patent to every 901 persons. Next
come in order Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, New Jersey, New York, Colorado
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01

FRANCE has 123, 900 manufacturing es-
Establishments. using steam power of
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01

Ears stopped like wool
Mind stupid fool --~... 1850.
I'm tired almost to death. NtE&
But here my doctor comes 49, =
Doctor (and poet) Holiness
And says. 81 Dear sir, your lungs gaining
Because he notices I'm growing more difftlse
In course of all my grumbling and complaining
In the quality of syllables I use;
This being the essence of his later creed,
That people naturally write they have breath to
read.
IF it were a lady patient, in this style he would
greet her: n.sazF e..
$ Do you respire, m., c. M, or long particular
metre ?" @ .--
And she--ss'l fear me-. doctor, I'm in swift de-
cline,
I seldom now respire or write a forty syllable
line"
And before he would assure a man that his cure wa
quite complete,
He would say, 81 must count carefully, not your
pulses-but your feet'0
And therefore Ito return) he finds my cold contnu-
ally lessening in its might
Since it takes increasing length Of breath to read
each succeeding line of verses that write:
And also must concede in view of this very strik-
ing theory recently promulgated by the doc
tor and the poet,
That by token of these lines write and the ever
prolonging length of breath which they nii-
cate and require, am now well as eyer,
even if otherwise / should not know it.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01
TWEED AND ALPACA SUITS.

II6UUy dIIU INEXPENSIVE SllIUS IUI Gully
spring are being made of the gray tweeds
that sell for twenty-five cents yard.
The over-skirt is of the empress shape,
trimmed with many rows of machine
stitching and with another shade of gray,
or perhaps plaid or stripes. The basque
has similar trimming down the front and
back. The skirt may be either black or
gray. Alpaca and fine black mohairs are
made up in the same style, and finished
with very fine knife-p leatings. -HarperS'
ROznr