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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-06-27
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Yellow, for Horses and Animals.

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the world. Their efosts, are little less thaa-
msrvellous yet there are soldc tkinSs Ssv1ich
they will mot do. They will. not cure cancer
or mend broken bones. bat they will sixsys
allay pain. They have Strengthened fngsr.,
cured chronic rheumatism Of many years skasat
ing. and taken the pain from tsvribae suuss-
and scsIds mich has ncver been dens " any
other article. esszsszs-.-s..s -.
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family. 1t will drive Rheumatism, 6ciatioa
and Neuralgia from the system; cure Lsnbags,
Chilblains, Palsy, Itch, and most cutAnscss
Eruptlons; it extracts frost from frozen haads
and feet, and the poison Of bites and
stings of venomens rsptiles; it subdass
swellings, and alleviates pain Of every lin. d.ro
For sprains or bruises il is tbs most pstsas
remedy;ever; discovered The Centaur Lisis
ment is used with great efficacy for sors Threat.
Toothache, Caked Breasts. EarasAe
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pie of numsrous tsstimonisls;
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have suffered much with swollen feat
and chords. have mot been fres efrsa1
these swellings in eight Years. Hswl &
am perfectly well, thanks to the 0snfsnx
1lininent. The Lnimeat ought to be applisf
wSriM asTBENJAMN BRoMlt.
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and be healed. "s 10 10 - -
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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-06-27

The first prize, Gold Medal, at Bremen, Ger
many, International Exhibition. june, 1874,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-17
A Good Word for 'Puss" Belknap.



Puss Vomlinson was kind-heart-
ed, pretty, little girl, fayor;te Sab,
bath-school scholar, and, by aid of
age, a faithful teacher, united herself
while yet quite young, with the Pres.
byterian Church, and became an cx-
ample of piety to her village associ-
ates. DR.. John a. Tomlinson, her
father, and as honorable = man as
eyer lived, was q native Of Connect
cut, and married q Miss Thompson,
and one of our first families for
wealth and responsibility, and though
Il Yankee, and doubtless taught to
avoid regular combats, when the
heightened and fiery young Hoe came
out from Virginia and called HIM to
the field of honor (so-called) he show
ed his revolutionary Yankee pluck
and returned his asSailant's shot with
success. He stood among the first
physicians of Kentucky and though
not a politician, served his country
with ability in the Legislature. He
dispensed old Bourbon freely, and
entertained with cheerful dollar dim
ners, good enough for saints, but
which would, at Washington, where
dinners cost five hundred dollars, be
called vulgar and old fogy. This
was Puss Belknap's maiden and
happy home, where she was very
popular with us all TIL the approach
OF our civil war, III which she took
sides with tho North, and, making
Union flag with her own hands, pre-
scented it, with an appropriate speech,
to Colonel Landrum's regiment.
This was the first and only charge
against her, which, though opposed
to the wishes OF myself, her friends,
and her own family interest, her
father owning some OF the handsom-
est and best-trained servants in the
State, should be a crime, showing
that principle and not self.interest
governed her acts. This was Puss
Belknap's early Eden, but the tempt
er came and led her into high life
(so-called), when she was drawn IN
to the Irresistible maelstroW of legal
snobbery and corruption, where the
eager greed of pelt and power be-
comes the ruling passion Of the soul.
and when ambition hurled Satan and
the fallen angels from their high
estate, and what better can we expect
from the aping taints of poor NOR
tails? Five hundred-dollar dinners,
five thousand-dollar establishments,
with pages and coachmen in livery;
fine houses with costly furniture;
yes and gorgeous costumes and gilt
tering diamonds require money, and
so much Of it that few can with an
honest income sustain it, and yet if
not, they must sink into the cstima-
ton of the vain and ostcntatious So
ciety into which they have been
drawn.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-17
The Women Did It.

The above heading is not intended
to be a paraphrase of the famous
and cowardly Reuse offered by the
progenitor of the race, for eating the
forbidden fruit, now doing duty in SO
many papers in connection with the
Belknap case, but to fifty Introduce
an account of what the women Of
Usage did for good order and NOR
ality at the polls in that town last
week, the incidents of which we find
graphically described in the Neacs.
The issue was whether the authorities
should license or prohibit the sale of
wine and beer in the town. The
ladies favored the latter policy, and
some forty or more of them, whose
names are lublished in the Neacs, and
whom we recognize as among the
most prominent, intelligent, high
principled and womanly women of
the place, attended the polls in n
body, and worked from the opening
to the close for the candidates Of their
choice. They won the victory, and
demonstrated their power tor any
good wo.k, without in any manner
detractlng from the delicacy and re-
finement belonging to the sex. The
prohibition ticket throughout was
elected by good majorities. We ex-
tract from the Neacs the following
description of the scenes at the polls:
1t was indeed novel sight to see
in crowded election room, ladies
urging tie merits Of their case with
every voter, and we presume there
was not one single ballot cast but
that it was many times urged to be
of the straight line prohibition stamp.
The door would open and you would
be in crowd at ladies, all urging
their ticket and all at once. When
YOU had steam enough to get out of
the round house, they'd give you a
start and they wouldn't let you stop
until that ballot was safely bestowed
III the ballot box. More than one
vote was ''run ill.," and friends and
opposition alike would cheer as some
man was captured and taken to the
ballot box. During the whole day
there was not an audible oath, though
we presume there was more than one
uttered with subdued breath, as it
was evident the women were gam
ing strength and their candidates
were far ahead. 1t was the best
natured election we ever saw-it was
like fair or a festival, and although
spirited discussions and loud words
IN argument were sometimes heard,
there was nothing very offensive;
but occasionally 1t would remind one
of a hot time on the Chicago Board
of Trade, and it is also remarkable
that at the election there was no
smoking and we did not see single
person under the influence of liquor.
Dinner was served gratis by the
ladies in the jury room at which
many partook of, all who did praised
the refreshments very highly.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-17
,,e 16nlleti'l.
FRIDAY MARCH17. 1879.
Ranuhlican State Convention.

.e Twentieth Annual Republican State Con-
On will be held at Des Mones, on
Wsdnesd ~, May 81, 1876.
a Nhe purpose of making the following nomina-
E6y.two delegates to the National Republi-
csrSpnvention "A at large from each Congress
s.EA Dstrict).
Nm candidates for Presidential electors e at
from each Congressional Districtl.
candidates for Judges of the Supreme
indicate for Secretary of State.
udidate fyr Auditor of State
ndidate for Treasurer Of State.
,didate for Register of State Land Office
lidate for Attorney General.
'idate for Reporter Of Supreme Court.
...ndidate for Clerk Of the Supreme Court.
ae ratio Of representation 7ill be one delegate
z each county in the State. and, in addition
sto, one delegate for every 200 votes or fraction
70 cast for Samuel j. Kirkwood, for Govern
s,r, at She general election in 1875.
We invite all to unite with us, without regard TO
past party preferences or affiliations. who wish to
Aae the country at permanent peace; who wish 10
ee the Constitution and its amendments enforced
"a just and equal reghts accorded TO all; VINO
wish to see corruption and dishonesty punished,
I'D the Presidents order carried out Let no
uilty man escape" the affairs OF the government
omically administered and its credit and hon
sintained; all who wish to see the free scn 90
n fostered; all who wish to see sectional Oil
ceA laid aside, but who believe that the wal
lstrated the fact that the blue and not me
.y-the hand that saved and not the one tna'
;,uld have slain, should govern the land; all who
'emn the recen, reasonable utterances OF
,rn Democratic members In congress- VI
'ieve that JEFF Davis has all the rights ne
ed TO while the tales Of andersonville and
horrors yet freeze the blood OF the listen
all such and all others who feel that the
can party is the one to save the country IN
.,s hour OF peril, we bid welcome. and ask you
assist us in placing ticket in the field thai
&,all sweep the State. and place Iowa in the Cen
snnial year. where she now stands, the pahhe'
publican State in the Union.
" order Of Rep. State Cen. Com.
HENRY c LEIGHTON,
Chairman
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-17
Reie ction of tho Womans Suffrage
Amendment

The action of the Senate last week
in refusing to ratify the action of the
last General Assembly in the matter
of the submission Of the suffrage
amendment to vote of the people,
was cowardiy and mean. 1t was
done III defer ence to old fogy preju-
dices, and against the wishes and ex-
pectation of two-thirds of the voters
Of the State. We hold that, irrespec-
tive of how they would have voted
on the proposition itself, the great
majority Of the voters of Iowa de-
sired an opportunity to express their
sentiments on this question at the
polls. They had settled down to the
conviction that they would have such
opportunity, and will have nothing
but contempt for the moss grown
conservatism that seeks thus to smoth-
er agitation Of a question of human
rights. The men who thus raise their
puny arms against the inevitable,
and seek to mop out the wave of hui
man progress. will, undoubtedly,
when equal suffrage becomes pop
ular, be found in the front rank of
it's advocates, shouting Justify in its
praise, and claiming all the honors
of its accomplishment.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-17
The Customary Plea of Criminals.
Washington Correspondent of. the New York
Herald.

Washington Correspondent of. the New York
Herald.
Mrs Belknap said a day or two
ago to friend, who relates her con-
versation, that she did not consider
herself a criminal, or that she had
done anything particularly wrong;
at least she did not feel that she WAS
committing any great sin when she
used her influence to set her friends
positions, AMI considered that she
was far from deserving the deep
condemnation that was being poured
out upon her and her husband by the
indignant public. at | have sinned,"
she said, "others have doubly sinned;
if | am guilty of crime, others are
guilty OF far blacker crimes" She
went on to say that she had done
only what others had been doing for
years. She was sure that many pco-
pie in her place would have done far
worse than she and used their intlu-
ence to the fullest extent. This CON
tidante OF Mrs Belknap says that AIS.
Belknap and her friends make no
secret in their private conversations
OF those things. According to their
admission the practice is one of long
standing. Mrs. Belknap says her
case is of little Importance compared
with the situation of others. Tho
names of prominent men are threaten.
cd us having secured offices for their
friends through the influence of their
presents and their money. Mis-
Belknap says that astounding facts
can be brought to light if the com
mittec are anxious for them.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-17
Dignified and Complimentary.

At Toledo, Tana county, recently,
e4-Goy. Stone aud Judge Hubbard
We're on opposite sides of a case, and
became very personal and pointed i'll
their remarks, and so excited as to
exchange defiance by shaking fists
under each others noses. When the
court ordered them to tie seated,
Stone tainted Hubbard with the fac
that she (Hubbard) would never have
worn tho ermine but for me" (Stone);
to which Hubbard responded, "YeS,
and that was the only sensible act OF
your whole administrations" and the
Governor retorted, at was the only
act of my administration am asham
ed of, and may God forgive me fol
It," These sharp-set retorts aroused
the bar and spectators 10 laughter
and all parties wore soon on good
terms again.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-17
HAIL NEW HAMPSHIRE!
The First Centennial Gun!

The first gun of the Presidential
yoar was fired 10y New Hampshire,
on Tuesday, and its sound is not
doubtful. New Hampshire is always
close State, and the vote was so
evenly balanced last year that there
was no election by the people and it
had to be decided by the Legislature.
This year there is no doubt about it.
The Republicans elect their Governor,
Cheney, by about 1000 majority;
they have 20 to 25 majority in the
House, out of the IL Senators, and
out of the 5 Councillors. The bat
tie was fought on National issues
and the result is an overwhelming
Republican victory, Notwithstanding
Belknap.
The following dispatch from Con-
cord, of the 18th, is the latest intelli-
gence:
Returns from all but 10 towns give
Cheney 4l,24O, Marcy 37,477, Ken
dali and scattering 4l9; Cheliey's
majority, 3,347. The towns yet to
hear from gave, last year, Cheney
(Rep.) 5l4, Roberts (Dem.) 6o2, and
White Cremperance) 8. The Repub-
licans elect 8 out of IL Senator's
The Council stands, 4 Republicans
and l Democrat. In the House there
will be 2O7 Republicans and l7s
Democrats. The Republican major
ity, it is thought, will be 25 or 80 in
the House. The vote is increased
about 1900 over last year, being
nearly $1,000, and is the largest ever
cast in the State.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-17
FROM NEBRASKA.
Of Tue BuIIetlh.
CREIGHTON, Knox County, !
Neb., March 6. 1875. {
OF the Bulletin

CREIGHTON, Knox County,
Neb., March 6, 1875.
The Black Hills is the all-absorb-
ing topic of the day. All along the
frontier numbers are going, and more
are shaping their affairs to go later
in the spring to the Gold Fields
Three companies left Yankton, d. T.,
since midwinter, and who should
your correspondent see in one of the
companies but an Independence man,
i'll the person of VIM. Tarrant, form
erly grain buyer at the b., G. r. e.
M. r. r. He was in high spirits and
had excellent men to go with, as the
company was composed of some of
Yankton's best men, u number of
them being the first settlers of that
place. The weather has been very
favorable this winter for the opening
of the Hills, until very recently. We
have had fall of about s inches of
snow, which will impede the progress
of the explorers some.
There is company from Sioux
City, ell route for the Hills, now en-
camped here, awaiting the departure
of the snow. One woman goes with
them to cheer the heart of her faith
full spouse in his search for the pre-
cious metal; long may she live. A
great many Of the Black Hills reports
ought to be taken at considerable
discount. While number are true,
still very many are without shadow
of truth. Twas considerably amused,
willie at Yankton on business, to see
what 4 sensation an old Buchanan
county man, who had formerly been
miner but is now residing in this
county, made in that place by dis
playing about $50 in gold nuggets,
telling them that he had been to
the Hills, in fact was Just from
there, and that that was some of the
stuff he got there, sc. He attracted
4 larger crowd around him than if
he had been Crown Prince. Com
mittee men, newspaper reporters and
citizens We'd with each other in do
ing honor to the Black Hitler, when
in reality he had not seen the Hills
in six years, and the gold he had car
ried for number of years, and was
some he had got in California. The
result was that the cruel joker had
set the whole city in cQmmotion,
and the Tanhton and Daily DuA'o-
tidn were going into ecstacies over
the latest reports as per the joker.
Winter here has been extremely
mild and pleasant, with an entire alb
sencc of either snow or rain until the
goth of February, when we had a
heavy fall Of snow. On the Gath of
February the Thermometer reached
so degrees in the shade, making a
shady spot really desirable for both
man and beast. Bat since the snow
it has turned cold again. A few
farmers sowed 4 little wheat last
week, over in the Elkhorn and Mo
brara valleys.
But lest | weary you, l will close,
hoping your valuable paper may be
successful and duly appreciated by
the county. Yours, &c, NJ.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-17

TIE Democrats III Congress have
-fina ly settled down upon 4 policy
with regard to the currency question,
They have adopted the Payne propo-
sition, in caucus, by a vote Of 90 to
46. This provides that the Secretary
of the Treasury shall annually lay
aside gold TO the amount Of three per
cent of the legal tenders outstanding,
for sinking fund for the resumption
Of specie payments; and requires the
national banks in the same manner
to provide for the redemption Of their
circulation. 1t also repeats that part
of the resumption act that fixes the
date OF resumption at January LIST
1879. We are not prepared to ex-
press our opinion on the measure I'M
til we have heard from our local
financial oracle, Z. S. G.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-17
Mr.. Aiusworth Declines.

The Dubuque Herald OF yesterday
says, Hon. L. L. Ainsworth, member
of Congress from this District, has
written letter to the Chairman of the
Congressional Committee announc-
ing his determination not he 2 candi
date for denomination. The Xerdfd
under. lands that lie has come to this
conclusion deliberately as a matter OF
choice, he having learned that lite in
Washington is not the satisfying
thing that people think 1t is who have
not tried 1t; that the honor attached
to the position of representative OF
the people, however proud he may be
of such distinction, does not compen-
safe for separation from family and a
disassociatlon from home surround
ings.
1t is not unreasonable to suppose
in addition to the above reasons for
declining, that Mr. Ainsworth now
realizes his unftness for the place he
occupies, and he is entitled to credit
for good sense in refusing to be plac-
ed longer in false position. Mr..
Ainsworlh has his sphere, within
which he can make a creditable
record; but we have always regarded
his nomination and election to Con-
grcss as very much of a farce, Dur
ing the present session he has not
been heard from (Which, perhaps, is
not unusual for new member), ex-
cept through his votes, which have
been invariably with the Bourbon
majority OF the House. He doubt
less see little prospect OF distinction
in Congress, Cox having monopolized
the butfoon business, and Reagan, Of
Texas, contesting with him the palm
of beauty.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-17

SOME Of the Republican papers of
the 9Th District, and some out of it,
are after Congressman Jas. Wilson
with sharp sticks, for turning Col.
Elliott Shurtz, wounded soldier, out
Of the Marshaltown postmastership,
to make way for Ed. Chaplin, of the
Times. Viewing the act on its merits,
or III connection with Mr.. Wilson's
prospects for reelection, it looks as
though he had made fatal mistake.
More Congressman make wreck of
their careers on the rock Of appoint
ments than from any other cause, aud
yet how tenaciously they cling to
their patronage.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-17

GOVERNOR TILDEN, of New York,
is good forgotten, as his testimony
in the Tweed case at New York
shows. But, unfortunately, the facts
are not disposed of 10y his defective
memory. There was visible embar-
rassment on the Governors part last
Monday, when, after saying that he
never had any correspondence with
Tweed, three letters in his handwrit-
ing were produced, directed to Tweed,
and bearing upon political matters.
When asked If Mr. Tweed made any
large contributions to the Democratic
party between 1866 and 1874, when
he (Tildcn) was its Chairman, the
Governor promptly answered ale
did not" A moment later his rccol-
lection was quickened by the appear
ance of Il $4,000 check drawn bv
Tweed in 1868, and bearing Samuel
J. Tilden's indorsement.-SprinafeM
{ WosS.) Union.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-17
Conscience, Thy Name IL Cooley.

In the Des Moines correspondence
of the Dubuque Times we find the
following reported remarks of Sena-
tor Cooley, of Dubuque, upon the
question of the submission of the
Womax's suffrage amendment:
Senator Cooley believed the representa-
tive should acquiesce in what is to be sub
mitted before he votes for it; should be
convinced that it is promotive of the gen
eral good. He would like to have the
question submitted, but he could not see
how lie could vote for it unless he believed
it was for the best.
Now, there is conscicntiousness for
you, and logic, too, heaps of it. 1t
must have been IN inspiring specta-
Gle, and touching in the last degree,
to have seen that truly good and
pious man, D. N. Cooley, standing
up in his place in the Senate and
unctiously proclaiming that his high
and conscientious conception of his
duty as representative forbade him
to submit to a vote any proposition
which he could not himself endorse!
With what oily orotundity must the
sentiment have rolled off his tongue,
and how deeply impressed with his
sincerity must have been the auditors
who knew him. How it must have
shamed those Senators who were 60
ing to vote for the submission of the
proposition, simply because it was the
fair thing to do, and an ovcrwhelm-
ing majority Of the people expected
and demanded the privilege of voting
upon it irrespective of their opinions
of its merits. Since the days OF Ro-
man virtue no such conspicuous III
stance of devotion to principle as
this offered by the ex-Indian Com
has been seen, if we ex-
cept the case Of Marsh, the accusef
of Belknap, who could bride officials
and traffic in positions, but who could
not swear to a lie. Cooley's con-
science, like Marsh's, is alike remark
able for rigidity and elasticity in the
wrong places,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-17
4 Word of Joy.
FROM THE HON. JAMES ROSS, GRAND
LECTURER I. 0. G. T., WIS.
Or0n9e UIUiunts.'

Oronge JlAiams.
DEAR SIR: - From feeling of
gratitude, | take great pleasure in
giving this voluntary testimony to
the efficacy of Hale's Cough Cordial
in easily and pleasantly curing per-
sistent cough and catarrh. For a
month while engaged nightly in pub
lie speaking, had suffered with an
annoying cough which Stubbornly re-
sisted the various cough remedies
that l had taken. Through the ad-
vice of friends l fortunately gave
Hale's Cough Cordial a trial, when
my coughing ceased at once, and the
following day it had done It's work
completely and l felt all right. The
first dose went directly to the cold
spot in my lungs, aud in the midst of
y general warmth and perspiration
the stubborn cough seemed to dis
solve. In gratitude aud esteem, l am
Yours truly,
JAMES Ross.
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Son. 4wS2