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, 1877-07-20

THE weathercock on the steeple of the
village church, in Soudan, France, was
time-worn and rusty, and those in au-
thority decided thatit should be removed.
A man clambered up the steeple, but just
before he could reach the weathercock he
lost his balance and slid down for seventy
feet then rebounded to the roof of the
church, and was precipitated to the
ground without being seriously injured.
Then a man named CheValier strove to
haul himself up by means of rope and
there he remained 100 feet from the
ground, with head down, beating the air
with his arms, struggling to recover him
self, and swaying backward and forward
with a high wind. Pierre Pean now
stepped forth and volunteered to mount
to the rescue of Chevalier, but, after do
ing his best for three-guarters of an hour,
he had to descend. His place was taken
by Moreau, who, climbing higher than
Chevalier, slipped rope round his body,
and cutting that which held his foot,
freed him from the fearful position in
which he had remained for three hours,
, 1877-07-20

In Norway drunkards are compelled
TO sweep the streets. When a motion
was made in the Chicago common council
to adopt the Norwegian practice, seven
teen red-nosed aldermen arose, simulta-
neously, and wanted to know if this glo-
nons republic was going to be dictated
TO by the effete despotisms of Europe.
, 1877-07-20

NORFOLK, Va, shipped to the North
ern cities last season 100000 head of
cabbsges. The cropwas unusually large.
Hence the extraordinary augmentation
of the number of five-ceht cigars thrown
upon the Market,
, 1877-02-17
Z PLEASANT VICES.

From whiskey, tobacco and beer the
government has collected in the past year
a revenue Of one hundred million dollars,
which seems to indicate that the people
have not stinted themselves as to their
"pleasant vices on accounts of hard times
or because of anxiety over the difficult
constitutional problems. The sixty-two
million five hundred thousand gallons Of
spirit distilled from grain and molasses and
the nine million barrels OF beer on which
the greater part OF this tax was collected is
a very extensive tipple even for forty mill
lions Of people. This little Niagara Of
exhilarating fluids would supply about
eight gallous for each voter. From a peo-
pie who have smoked, chewed and snuffed
thirty-nine million dollars into the nation
al Treasury what miracles Of patriotic de-
yotlon may we not expect?
, 1877-02-17
MEXICO.

Another army, which in the mi<cellane.
Gus condition OF Mexico sustained the Cause
of IgIesias, has surrendered 70 Diaz, aud,
doubtless discouraged by the mouo'ony
with which incidents Of this nature succeed
one another, the Chief Justice OF the
Republic has Determined to leave his
ungratetul and otherwise unsatisfactory
country. II is even reported that he is on
his way to the United States, and that we
shall presently possess, therefore, one
carpet bagger more. Popular enthusiasm,
meantime, is rompantly for Diaz. 1t has
been observed on several occasion" in the
history of our planet that there is nothing
so successful as success, but we believe no
people were ever known that could held
a candle to the MexicanS for the exhibition
Of diversities in division so long as they are
free to divide, or for unanimity when they
cannot help themselves. As Diaz is now
the most popular man in Mexico he bids
fair to make Mexico popular elsewhere, and
is actually reported to have initiated his
administration by sending three hundred
thousand dollars in specie to this country
in discharge Of claims,
, 1877-02-17

caused Immense destruction Of fixed and
aoating property throughout and around
England and ia Northern France. We
cite these instances in order to show that
or annouDcemen Of q severe winter in
E1lone was based upon a careful obServa-
ton OF the conditions and Indications on
this >iIe Of HE Atlantic, aud verified by
similar Observations on the other.
B1siJrs the Iosses sustained along the
coasts by heavy gales the crops have suffer
ed from foods caused by extraordinary falls
Of rain and snow in northern and middle
Europe, the latter form Of precipitation
prevailing in the mountainous regions of
the Pyrenres and Vosges Mountains, the
Alps aud over the watershed OF the Upper
Rhine and Danube. Already the effect
of The saturatjon Of the soil on the
hiIlSides Of Central Europe is be
ing manifested by landsIides and
other Disturbances. That on the rail-
road line between Trieste ard Vienna,
near Steinbruck, in Styria, has not only
overwhelmed the railroad and some
dwelling houses. bur also damned the
river Save, INTO whose bed was pleclpItat-
ed an enormous mass Of earth and rock.
Wbru the tlaw which frequently follows
severe weather and heavy SHOWS sets in
we may expect to Iearn Of q repetition OF
the floods in the Danube, the Rhine aud
the Rdoue, with the accompanying dcyas-
tatioD OF t5s valley ianas aud villages.
, 1877-02-17
WINTER IN EUROPE.

Toward the close Of last year the indica-
tons were SO very marked that the winter
would prove exceptionally severe, both on
this continent and in Europe, we took oc-
casion on December 25 to predict such a
season in Europe and to give warning Of
the probability of grave disasters from
gales and floods. The violent storms that
have swept the British. French and Spa
nish coasts since that date have caused an
immense destruction Of property aud a
distressing loss of life. We hal previously
stated that the storm which left our coast
on November 81 would be felt within a
week on the British coast. The details
Of the devastation produced by the gale
that swept over England and Ireland on
December 2 gave all the evidence nects-
sary to verify our predictions. Again, on
December 90 we announced that the storm
then moving over Nova Scotia would reach
the coast of Europe on the 9Th Of January.
Our dispatches: duly informed US that the
storm centre. with a pressure of only 2S.6s
inches, arrived exactly. on January 4 and
, 1877-02-17

anic Mountains should be occupied by a
small army and a car load of missionaries
at once. The locality is not the only cue
of its kind in the neighbourhood Of New
York there are a dozen or more Of just
such tribes of heathen almost within sight
Of The church steeples Of New York but
the righteous are SO busy in looking alter
the d~enizens Of Asia, Africa and the isles
Of the ocean that they have no time to
search out and reform these beings who
speak their own language, are almost with
in hearing of their own church bells, and
who send recruits to that great army Of
dangerous characters which makes life and
property unsafe il our largest cities The
revelations. both OF The social status Of
those communities and the manner in
which they are neglected by those who
ere trying to reform the world, are deeply
humiliating, but humiliation is of no use
unless it leads to a change for the better.
, 1877-02-17
PUBLICATION.

4NIIEREAS the Military garrison
wv Of this town will from next week
until farther be firing at the target on
the jail house land every Tuesday and
Friday from O'clock p. m. to sunset,
the pubic is hereby warned against
passing in boats and otherwise stop.
ping at such lines in the bay by the
jail house land, within u line drawn
from the Limekiin to the reef from
Sonth to North.
Christianstcd's Police Office 9th
February 1877.
II. A JIRS.
, 1877-02-17
o. NOTICE.

0ARTlES DESTROYS of opening up
business connections with the
highly respectable Firm of Messrs.
DUFF, LAST & Co., London,
General Commission Agents, Bank
ers, etc, Successors to Morgan Brothers
established 1888 can obtain all
necessary information and full parti~
cuIars Of terms, etc, from
u u GIGG&Y q CO.
St. Thomas, 9TH Febry., 1877.
- In addition to their ordinary
business of Exporters, Messrs.
ID l.. & Co. transact the Bank
ing business OF their Constituents,
and receive Consignments of
Foreign and Colonial Produce.
, 1877-02-17
NOIHIUE IT.

FPS hereby given that a Semi
6 Annual General Meeting
Of Shareholders of the Bank
of It. Thomas will be held on
Friday the 23rd instan. at the
Bank Premises when the Re-
port of the Directors for the
past 5 TX Months will be sub
mitted.
, 1877-02-17
EKJENDTGJ0RELSE

.NET bekjendtgj0res hcrycd, at I'd
IJ kast til Repartitionerne i eltcr-
nRvnte BOer, nemlIg:
/, Afgangne Elizabeth James
DGdsbo,
3, Afgangne Mrs. ArabelIa Blair
meyers og eftcrIeyende Egte-
fmlle Carl William Blair
meyers fnIles 30
vile bliye fremlagte paa Sessioner,
som athoIdes Onsdagen den 7de
Marts f0rstkommende henhoIdsylls
midday III. IL og ItftcrmiddaS III.
| sIef, hyorefter Boernc f%orventes
sIuttcde.
Christiansteds Skifteret den lode
Februar 1877.
H. A. JUR<.
, 1877-02-17

The Chair will be taken
at II o'clock noon.
Bank of st. Thomas,
st. Thomas 9th February
1877.
BY order Of the Board
of Directors.
Ed. S. PETERSEN,
Manager.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-11-09
Temperature OF Milk Rooms.
s. A. in Western Stock Journal.


The temperatures of dairy rooms I'M
der different persons management vary
considerably, from 500 to Coz being
the range. Experiments and observa-
ton has sho yn me that 60o to go is
about the proper and best temperature
for the dairy room, but taking care not
to let it run up over 65o as the quality
of the butter is apt to deteriorate with
so high temperature. This is the best
for milk, but where the cream itself is
kept we would advise much cooler
place or spot, on account OF the cream
being much denser, consequently requlr-
ing more cold to equally influence the
whole of it.
Some d..irymen churn at from 500 to
So of temperature, and produce butter
of quality which cannot be excelled
while others have adopted from 81 to
co. To go lower than 500 is a use
less expense without any compensating
result in the quality or quantity Of the
butter When kept so cool the churn-
ing is long and tedious process and the
extra labor is not repaid by any extra
results. By permitting the temperature
of the dairy room to get too high, over
60 the butter comes, perhaps, so oner,
yet it comes spongy and its keeping
qualities are Of the lowest order, while
its present eating qualities are not prime
by any means.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-11-09
Feeding Soft Corn.
Scientific American.

Feed the soft ears of corn to milch
COWS; gain in the flow of milk follows.
Now stop feeding these soft ears and
give them the big ears set with hard
kernals, and it will at once be seen how
much more good the soft corn does
them If the cows are overfed, or per-
haps should they have but little of the
hard corn, the kernel will be found in
the manure, unutilized by the animals.
In feeding herd of cows on hard corn,
some COWS will always be found not di-
costing completely the kernels. 1t is al
so observed that when corn is sent down
to the mill before it is sufficiently dry
to grind fine with the cob, it is unsatis-
factory feed. 1t does the cow less good
than we should expect, thus clearly be-
traying the fact that at this time the
meal is less nutritious, in itself is less
digestible than meal made from the old
corn
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-11-09
MEDICAL.
: '.':sl93Fr0M2 or WORMS.

g.Isf' jJly;>: Os- WCHMS.
Ill.coWiicnancc is pale and leaden-
cu!o:cl, with occasional flushes, or
j, c;rcunscribcd spot on one or both
checks the eyes become dull the pu-
pills diiatc; all azure scmicirclc runs
along the lower cyclid; the nose is IL
ritated, swclls, and sometimes bleeds;
swelling Of the uppcrlip; occasional
headache, with humming or tllrobbing
of the ears an unusual secretion of
saliva Shiny or fl,rred tongue breath
very foul, particularly in the morning;
appetite variable, sometimes vora-
cious, with a gnawing sensation of the
stomach, at others, entirely gone,
hccting pains in the stomach; occa-
sional nausea and vomiting; violent
pains throughout the abdomen ; bow
els irregular, at times costivc; stools
shiny; not unfrequently tinged with
blood /; belly swollen and hard urine
turbid; respiration occasionally diff
cult, and accompanied by hiccough;
cough sometimes dry and convulsive
uneasy and disturbed sleep, with grind
ing of the teeth !; temper variable, but
generally irritable, SC.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DIR. G.. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE
will certainly effect cure.
1T DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form it is an innocent prepara-
ton, not eabable. Of doing the slight
est injury to the most tender infant.
The genuine DR.. McLANEs YER
MIFUGE bears the signatures of c.
McLANE and FLEMING Bros. on the
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-11-09
FOR SALE.
| From the Daily Drovers Stock Journal, Union
Stock Yards, Chicago.
Go West, Young Man and Buy
a Farm.
If You can Get One Like This.

AN IOWA STOCK FARM FOR SALE.
l offer for sale my farm. southeast of indie
pendence sixteen miles, improved as follows:
Twenty-Five hundred rodsn post and board
fence, thirty rods board shedding, with well
and windmill in yard; three living springs,
furnishing water in every forty acres; seeded
to clover and timothy. except sixty acres now
farm house and comfortable stable; half sec
ton prairie, sixty five acres timber. Also four
hundred tons tame hay, three to eight thOuS-
and bushels corn one hundred and sixty shoats
and hogs, and twenty-five steers. And will
buy without commission, five hundred head
more; and will give immediate possession if
desired and will make it a bargain forany that
wish such farm.
NY reason for selling is this: | am living in
independence and have no boys to run the
farm, and have to hire it all done, and am pay
ing 10 per cent. in money, and 1t is too much;
and have all can attend to in stock at home.
Price of land per acre.. $50 90
Hay, per to1,.. --.-...-........... w
Hogs, per 100 lbs. Observation-Disclosures. 50
Steers, per 100 lbs, ................ 80
Corn, per buShel, Observation-Disclosures. ~
Or will sell hay. corn, hogs and steers to be
fed on farm. viii furnish hand and team to
pendence; John b. Sherman, Sup't Union Stock
Yards, Chicago, also many of the Commission
men at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago. will
answer any letter of inquiry. Land in section
20, 81, 7; 100 rods from good School House, 10
miles from Illinois Central Railroad, s miles
from Burlington g. Cedar Rapids Railroad, 3
miles to good mill and good neighbOrS Terms
for farm: One-third CASH, and balance on rea-
sonable time at per cent interest.
w. A. JONES,
S-tf INDEPENDENCE, IOWA.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-11-09
DIR. G. MCLANE'S
PILLS.

These Pills are not recommended as
remedy for all tho ills that flesh is
heir to, but in affections of tho liver,
and in all Bilious Complaints, Dys-
pepsia, and Sick Headache, or dis
eases Of that character, they stand
without u rival
A G u II AND FEW Err.
No better cathartic can be used pre-
paratory to, or after taking Quinine.
AS a simple purgativa they are I'M
equaled.
BEWARE <.F snGrSTS0Ns
Tho genuine are newer sugar coated.
Each box has red wax seal on the
lid. with tho impression DR.. NC
LANES LIVER Pills.
Each wrapper bears the signatures
Of G. Ms'L.iNE and FLEMING Bros.
Sold by all evsrc.Iah!c druggists
Ind country storckcepcrs generally.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-11-09

Cement is stronger than mortar, but
much more expensive unless near local
tiles where the material OF the cement
is found. The proportion of the ny
draulic lime to sand in mortar, generally
is one fifth; sometimes in pointing
one third; but if the sand is course and
clean, almost pebbles, as low as one
tenth is sometimes used. Mortar is
improved by being again wet and work
ed after it has set few hours or a day.
But no amount of the best cement or
mortar can guard against the power OF
Jack Frost, with the leverage Of a wet
bank of earth. The expansion OF water
into ice will in time rack and destroy
any wall that can be made in such a
place.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-11-09

According to the Northampton, Mass,
Gazette, VIM S. Douglas, of Greenwich,
has very remarkable COW. : 1t is stated
that she gave, in the month of June,
one thousand three hundred and ninety
two quarts of milk; the most she gave
in any one day was fifty-two and one
half quarts. She averaged through the
month forty-six and two-fifths quarts a
day; at six cents quart the milk would
bring 1882.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-11-09

scith the gloss and freshness Of youth.
Thin hair is thickened, falling hair
checked, and badness often, though
not always, cured by its use: Moth
ing can restore the hair where the
follicles are destroyed, or the glands
atrophied and decayed. But such y as
remain can be saved for usefulness
by this application. Instead of foul
ing the hair with pasty sediment, it
will keep it clean and vigorous. Its
occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances
which make some preparations dan
gerous, and injurious to the hair, the
Vigor can only benefit but not harm
it. If wanted merely for
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-11-09
5s'''a''''''' 4's'.

The reading columns on this page will be de
voted. mainly, to topics pertaining to FARM and
HOUSEHOLD. The farmer readers of the Bull
LETIN are requested to write for it.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-11-09

REMEDY FOR Poison IvY.-One-half
ource Of salts of tartar dissolved in two
ounces of water, and applied to the at
fected part several times daily, will eff
feet q cure.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-11-09
c. 81 N. w. II. r.
c. 81 NV. r.. r.
G.. & N. wv.
LINES-

LINES.
| THE CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY
Embraces under one management the Great
Trunk Railway Lines of the West and North
west, and with its numerous branches and con-
| nections forms the shortest and quickest route
| between Chicago and all points in Illinois, Wis
cOnsin, Northern Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa,
| Nebraska, California, and the Western Terri
tories. Its
OMAHA Il CALIFORNIA LINE.
Is the shortest and best route between Chicago
and all points in Northern Illinois, Iowa, Dako-
ia, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Neva-
da, California, Oregon, China, Japan and Aus
tralia. Its
CHICAGO, ST. p. & MINNEAPoLIs LINE
Is the shortest line between Chicago and all
points in Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota,
and for Madison, st. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth
and all points in the great Northwest. Its
LACROSSE, WINoNA & ST PETER LINE
Is the best route between Chicago and La
Crosse, Winona, Rochester, Owatonna, Manka-
to-, st. Peter New Ulm and and all points in
GREEN BAY 4 MARQUETTE LINE
Is the only Line between Chicago and James
vile, Watertown, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, APP
pleton, Green Bay Escanaba, Negaunee, Mar
quette, Houghton, Hancock and the Lake SUI
periOr country. Its
FREEPoRT < DUBUQUE LINE
Is the only route between Chicago and Elgin,
Rockford, FrCepOct and all points via. Free
port. Its
CHICAGO 4 MILWAUKEE LINE
Is the old Lake Shore route, and is the only one
passing between Chicago and Evanston, Lake
Forest, Highland Park, Waukegan, Racine,
Kenosha and Milwaukee.
PULLMAN PALACE DRAWING ROOM CARS
are running on all through trans OF tins road.
This Is the ONLY LINE running these cars be-
tween Chicago and st. Paul and Minneapolis,
Chicago and Milwaukee, Chicago and Winona,
or Chicago and Green Bay.
Close connections are made at Chicago with
the Lake Shore 4 Michigan Southern, Michigan
Central, Baltimore & Ohio, Pittshurg, TT. Wayne
4 Chicago, kankakee Line and Pan Handle
Routes for all points East and SOUTHEAST, and
with the Chicago & Alton and Illinois Central
for all points South.
Close connections are also made with the
Union Pacific II. II. at Omaha for all far West
points.
Close connections made at junction points
with trains Of all cross points.
Tickets over this route are sold by all Coupon
Ticket Agents in the United States and Cana
das. Remember, you ask for your Tickets via.
the Chicago & Northwestern Railway and take
none other
New York Office, AS Broadway; Boston office,
No. State street; Omaha Office, 245 Farnham
street; San Francisco Office l22 Montgomery
street; Chicago Ticket offices, 81 Clark street,
under Sherman House; IS Canal, corner Madi-
son street; Kenzie Street Depot, corner West
Kinzie and Canal streets; Wells Street Depot
corner Wells and Kinzie streets
For rates or information not attainable from
your home ticket agents, apply to
w. H. STENNETT, MARVIN HUGHITT.
Gen. Pass. Ag't, Chicago. Gen. Nan. Chicago
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-11-09
Grange Directory.

Grange Directory.
PRAIRIE GROVE GRANGE, No. 443.-Meets
ut the Sheridan School House, Monday even
ing, on or before the full moon, each month.
A. WROTEN, Secy.
WINTHROP GRANGE, No. 166. = Meets at
Winthrop on Friday, on Or before the full
moon of each month.
S. G. PIERCE, Master.
S. w. RICH, Sec'y.
WEST BUFFALO GRANGE, No. 1216.-Meets
Tuesday, on or before full moon.
J. d. RUSSELL, Master.
GREELEY GROVE GRANGE, No. S11.-Meets
on Friday evening, on or before full moon, at
Warehouse Hall.
w. DUNCE, Master.
p. b. SCHEMERHORN, Sec'y.
MIDDLEFIELD GRANGE, No. 52s.-Meets on
Wednesday, on or before full moon.
b. DUBOIS, Master.
Z. j. WIGG. Sec'y.
SUPERIOR GRANGE, No. 352.-Meets Satur-
day, on or before full moon, at No. 8 School
House, Hazleton Township.
T. MESSENGER, Master.
G. NJ. MILLER, Sec'y.
BYON GRANGE, No. 267.-Meets at Justus
Durkees, on Tuesday evening, on or after
full moon.
e. GLEASON, Master.
FRANK Fox Sec'y
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-11-09
REGISTERS IsNsMENT
R0WELL'S ADS.
R0WELL'S ADS.
yACKSON'S BEST
SWEET NAVY CHEWING TOBACCO !

was awarded the highest prize at Centennial
Exposition for its fine chewing qualities, the
excellence and lasting character of its sweeten-
ing and fiavoring. If you want the best tobac-
co ever made ask your grocer for this and see
that each plug bears our blue strip trade mark
with words Jackson's Best on it. Sold whole
sale by all jobhers. Send Tor sample to {. n.
JACKSON & CO.. Man'rrs, Petersburg, Va.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-11-09

We pay cash for Bounty Land Warrants, and
we invite correspondence with all parties hay
ing any for sale, and give full and explicit in
structions where assignments are imperfect.
We conduct our business in separate Bureaus
having therein the clerical assistance of able
and experienced lawyers, and give our closest
personal supervision to every important paper
prepared in such case. Prompt attention is
thus secured to all business entrusted to us.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-11-09
FOREIGN ADS.
ESTABLISHED 1869.
R S. 4 AP. LACEY, Attorneys at Law,
599 Serenth-st., Washington, d. G.
.lnuanfore

We procure Patents in all countries. No At
TORNEY FEES IN ADVANCE. No charge unless
the patent is granted. No fees for making pre-
liminary examinations No additional fees for
obtaining and conducting rehearing. Special
attention given to Interference Cases before
the Patent Office, Extensions before Congress,
Infringement Suits in different States, and ali
litigation appertaining to Inventions or Pat
ents. Send stamp for Pamphlets, giving full
instructions.
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r. S. g. A. p. LACEY, Att'ys,
w ASIII NGTQN n

Any person desiring information as to the
standing and responsibility of the members of
the firm, will, on request, be furnished with
satisfactory reference in his vicinity or Con-
gressional District. 12-24tf