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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-08-10
YSICIANS.
DIR. Ill. q. DOCkHkM,
DIR. III. ii. HUNT

physician AND SURGEON, QUASQUE-
ton. Iowa Will visit Winthrop Thursday
ana Friday of each week.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-19
The Basis Of Settlement.

The welcome intelligence was
by yesterday mornings
dispatches from Washington, that
the joint committees of the Senate
and House, have come to an agree
ment as to the plan for counting the
electoral vote, and that the report
will be signed by all the members
Of both committees, except Senator
Morton and one Democratic member
of the House committee. The de-
tails Of the plan are not given, but
its general features arc n board of
arbitrators, consisting of five mem
bers of each house of Congress, and
five Judges of the Supreme Court,to
whom all questions will be submit
ted. The arbitrators will be evenly
balanced politically, and are to take
special oath to decide questions &C
cording to the Constitution and the
laws made in pursuance thereof
Patriotic men of all parties will re
joice that an amicable and just set
Element of the Presidential question
is thus made possible.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-19

THE chain Of testimony necessary
to prove that the So 900 sent to Ore.
gon, to further the rascally scheme
to steal All electoral vote for Tilden,
was furnished by 1'ilden himself, is
now almost complete. Mr.. &. J,
Jordan, Cashier of the Third Nation
al Bank of New York, testified on
Saturday before the Senate Commit
tee, that he ordered Martin and Run.
yep to draw the Oregon check for
$4,000, OF the 9th day of December,
in favor of Ladl q Bush, Of Salem,
Oregon, and that it was ordered at
the instance Of Col. W. II. Pelton,
the nephew and private secretary of
Gov. 1ilden. lie did not know
what the check was for, but inferred
that it was for political purposes.
He further testified that Samuel J.
Tilden is q director in the bank of
which the witness is Cashier, and
owns s6S,000 worth of its stock,
This brings the matter right home to
Sammy Tildcn's door. Pelton holds
very confidential relations to Tilden,
and has tesa The instrument through
which he communicated wl,L his fol.
lowers and friends. Throughout
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-19
The Kerosene Monoyol,.


Dubuque Times,
An Independence subscriber writes
lis asking the why and wherefore of
the recent rapid advance in the price
Of Kerosene oil. He asks whether
the supply is giving ont, and if so,
what are we to do for cheap light?
We answer that there is neither d.
minutiGn Of the supply nor any like
lihood of it; on The contrary, the
probabilities are that it will very
soon be materially increased. The
reason of the advance to more than
twice the price of four or five months
ago may be stated in single word,
Monopoly. The Standard Oil Com
pany, Of Cleveland, Ohio, is the lead
ing oil refining corporation Of the
United States. This Company has
for years been managed with mark
cd success, hy which it has become
rich and powerful. Its success has
embroidered it to venture upon the
experiment Of buying up or subsldiz-
ing all the smaller establishments in
the country, and so soon as it had its
avaricious clutches fast upon .he
Threats of the rival rehneries, 1t be-
gan TO raise the price, and 1t has
been steadily going up to this time.
To what figure the Company propose
to go no one can toretcll.
The inquiry of all will be, is there
no remedy for this? We are frank
to say there is none but time and pa
tlencc. The Standard controls near
y all the reiiner,es; it regulates the
price and there is no law to stay its
greedy hand. The supply is as great
as ever, the cost Of obtaining the
crude oil is even less now than ever
before on account Of the cheapness
Of labor, the cost of refining aud
freighting is as low, yet the millions
Of consumers are forced to pay more
than two prices for it, As there is,
therefore, no reason but avarice for
the Increase, that passion vii! sooner
Or later break the back of the mo-
w ltll Tue tNtIfluiIu Is
seen to be making money so rapidly,
other refinerieS will no doubt be es-
tablished to share the immense prof
its. A very few such will re-estab
fish the old competition and reduce
the price to fair figure. Our cor
respondent shonld remember that
these giant monopolies always cpt
their own threats, and the Standard
Oil Company will be no exception
to the rule. Until that time comes
we ara at the mercy of this greedy
corporation, and must bear the buu-
den as best we may. AT present
prices it Is estimated that there is a
net profit Of $4,000 on each tram
load Of oil, and hundreds Of loads
leave the Standard refinery every
month. Lot everyone reduce con-
as much rs he may, and
thus Tighten his loss and lessen the
tribute exacted by tho EculleSs mo
nopoIy,
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The Territory Of Huron,

The bill! to establish the Territory
of Huron and provide a temporary
government therefor, which passed
the Senate last week, proposes to
create the new Territory out of the
northern portion Of the present Ter,
risory Qf Dakota. 1t has been before
Congress three years, and having
passed the Senate, now goes to the
House CT Representatives for the
concurrence of that body. The pres
ent Territory of Dakota contains
100000 square miles, and the new
Territory would have an ares o!
seventy thousand square miles, 1t
is to be parallelogram, extending
from Minnesota on the east for some
thing less than four hundred miles
to Montana on the west, and from
the British Possessions on the north
two hundred miles to the boundary
OF the remaining territory on the
south. Its population is estimated
at about ten thousand, having re-
ceived considerable accessions by
immigration since the taking of the
last census. 1t is said that one of
the best farming regions in the
United States lies in the proposed
new Territory,
Among the reasons given for the
passage of the bill is that the settle
ments in the present Territory Of
Dakota arc comprised in two COM
munitics entirely separate and dis
tinct from their geographical posi-
tons. The inhabitated portion Of
Southern Dakota, the old settled por-
ton of the Territory, is along the
Missouri river. It's commercial re-
lations are with Nebraska, Sioux
City and through Iowa to Chicago.
Northern Dakota, the pQItiqp which
the bill proposes to create into a new
Territory, is settled for two hun
dred miles along the proposed
Northern Pacific Railway and along
the Red River of the North. Its
commercial relations are with Du-
luth, st. Paul and Milwaukee. The
inhabitants OF the northern portion
are often compelled to travel as far
east as Chicago in order to reach the
capital, Yankton, in the southern
part Of the Territory, there being no
Direct means Of communication be-
tween the northern and southern
portions. 1t was at first proposed
to call the new Territory l'emhina,
but the name was changed to Huron
on the motion of Mr.. Bogy.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-19

hopeless undertaking, for they were
in the center of the immense audi
ence. The parents succeeded, how
ever, in reaching the middle aisle.
Mr.. Moody, meanwhile, stood en-
couraging them with a bcnignant
smile. Their nearest way out was
by side door. There was almost
breathless silence as they passed
down the middle aisle, When near
the preacher, he exclaimed: "God
bless that mother Iwish there were
many more Christian mothers pos
sessing the courage to bring their
infants to church when they cannot
leave them safe at home" The eff
feet was electrical. \ sense of re-
lief was felt throughout the house.
That mothers heart was not the on
ly one that thanked Mr.. Moody for
a sensitive manifestation of sense
and sympathy, which did equal cred
it to his head and heart.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-19
A Tilden Man and His Horse.

The Dubuque Times OF Tuesday,
has the following description of an
excessively comical, yet disgusting
scene, illustrative Of the peculiar
effects Of q combination Of Demoo-
racy and Dubuque whisky:
About one o'clock Sunday morn
ing our fellow citizen "Scribc" Har-
ris, was aroused from a sound sleep
by the voice of what he first suppos-
ed to be several persons, but which
turned out to be only one, who was
so tearfully and wonderfully drunk
that he evidently supposed himself
to be taking sleigh-ride in compa-
ny with another man when in fact he
was leading his horse by the bits
a bay horse attached to a box cutter
and keeping up running CONVEX
sation on politics with the other
brute, IS the two made the longest
road in getting over the shortest dis
lance ever on record. When oppo-
site Mr.. Harris house the man stop
ped for over halt AN hour and dis
cussed the political situation with
the horse. First lie imagined him
self in some saloon, and invited bis
companion to take q drink. Meet
ing no response he cried, ''IIurrah for
Tilden :" He waited for the other
to echo his cry, which the horse not
doing, the man exclaimed in whisky
tones, On yc, amt We
going to 'rah for TildenF" Then he
would jerk and yank the Ioor brute
by the bits till he would have fallen
into the road himself if the horse
had net held him. and then he would
again appeal to his unrosponsivo
friend: "Now look here, what have
yc got agin Tilden:' Then, appar-
emily imaging some damaging state
ment to have been made by the
horse, be would accuse the latter of
being 4 d-n liar, and jerk away at
him in manner that was cruel to
see; and then resume his political
discussion. So far as they made any
progress at all it was toward town;
but Harris said they were in hearing
two long hours. 1t was in some of
its aspects an irresistible ludicrous
scene, 4n,, yet one could not help
plying the nobler of those tive
brutes, compelled to suffer from the
drunken mans abuse and cruelty.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-19

a Babe in Noody's Meeting,

T. Weed in n Y. Tribune.
Incidents which severely try the
patience of pastors and congrega-
tons occasionally occur in all Chris
tian churches. They are among the
lnfelicitles of public worship. A
clergyman interrupted in the man
ner referred to may be pardoned for
mentally showing an annoyance he
does not feel at liberty to express.
On one occasion only have ! seen g
clergyman avail himself Of an inter
ruption of this nature to point a NOR
al. This occurred last winter at the
hippodrome. 1t was an evening SER
vice. The house was denseIy land
when when was it otherwise?) filled.
Five Or six thousand faces and
twice rs many ears were looking and
listening to Mr.. Moody. An impas-
stoned and eloquent portion of
his sermon was interrupted by the
loud crying of an infant. Mr.. Moo
dy paused, and turning to those
near him entered into conversation
with them. The mother soon sue.
ceedel in quie;ing the child, when
Mr.. Moody, with y cheerful exples-
sion of countenance, resumed. But
not more than FIVE minutes had elaps-
cd before Il louder wall was heard.
Mr.. Moody again paused and again
entered INTO conversation until the
mother Il second time succeeded in
quoting her child. In the course of
Il few minutes, however, the baby's
voice was heard Toy ;ae third time,
the mo.her and father simultaneous
ly rising, with the evident intention
to depart. That seemed an almost
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-19
Going Slower.

Washington Dispatch TO the Chicago Tribune,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. lo.-One
Of the most prominent Democrats in
Congress to-day said that so far as
he understood the Democratic pro-
glamme, it was to do all the buster
ing possible Up to the 4th of Morch,
and then if Hayes was really lnangu
rated to submit quietly, as all citl
zens will. in this connection it is
significant that many Democrats are
opposed to the policy of the Ohio 9Th
of January resolution, proposing the
calling of . National Democratic
Committee to meet in Washington
at the time Of the count. Hewitt is
reported as strongly opposed to this,
and he with others OF his intimate
associates are convinced that the inn
piled threats Of the Washington, Col
umbus, and Indianapolis meetings.
have only served to unite and strength
en- the Republicans. Another Dem
ocra,, whose relations with New
York Tilden men are confidential,
says they have asccrtained that the
number of those on their side of the
House is increasing who will not in
any event be parties to forcing any
trouble over the Inauguration Of
Hayes, since they believe that if he
takes his seat under the present cir
cumstances it will insure the tri-
umph of the Democracy next fall,
and give the party longer and
healthier life. The fact has also came
that several Democrats who have
supported Iilden earnestly, and still
support him, have of late expressed
grave doubts to their party associ-
ates whether he could hold the par
ty together far tour years if he were
inaugurated.
A notable feature of the political
situation is the entire lack of any
thing like personal devotion to Gov.
Tilden on the part Of the Democrat
ic leaders. What little enthusiasm
was awakened IN his behalf during
JflC CdIi NdnS Has All OoLCu away, anu
he has become to be of little more
account than wooden fgure-head
for his party. Senators and Repre-
scntatives have ceased to run over to
New York on Saturdays to consult
with him. Nobody seems to care to
know his opinion as TO the best
means Of securing his install lation,
and there is not even q suggestion
that the deliberations of the Electoral
Committee are communicated to him,
or that his views are taken into ae-
count by tho Democratic members.
What has led to this change, is
question about which there is good
deal of speculation. One report is
that the Governor has grown crab
bed and irritable, and Is IN e eantin
ual fret about the large amount of
money he has been induced to spend
upon All uncertainty, and that tho
party leaders, in consequence, no
longer trust his judgment and sa-
gacity.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-19

Ak insurmountable obstacle arises
in the way of Watterson's project, to
have 100000 Democrats in Wash
ington on the day the electoral votes
are counted, with revolvers in their
pockets and knives in their boots,
for the purpose Of bulldozing Con-
gress to count Tilden IN. The diff
Guilty is to raise the money for trans
portation of the 100000 Democrats,
as it is understood that Tilden's barl
Of money has given out, or at least
cannot be drawn from for any such
crazy project as this.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-19
was Is.

TnE proposition to call one hun
drcd thousand or more Democrats to
Washington on the l4th of Februa.
ry, the day set apart for counting
the electoral vote in the presence Of
Congress. is in the regular line of
Democratic bulldozing. 1t lis in
tended to ovcrawc the Senate, and
by outside pressure and show Of
force, compel the counting of the
vote for Tildcn. 1t is y clumsy de,
vice, however, and well calculated
to overwhelm its concactorS. These
hot heads, i'm their blind efforts, some
how TO secure the possession of the
offices, are continually forgetting that
Grant is yet in Washington with the
power and disposition to preserve
the public peace, and the means and
firm determination to crush incipi-
ent revolution. Even if this mus
chievous and chimerical scheme
we're possible of accomplishment, its
sesGlts would probably surprise, if
they did not disgust its promoters.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-19

That was a pretty sharp thrust
which Judge Hoar gave Ben. Butler
the other day in Court, in Boston,
They were opposing counsel in a suit
to recover damages tor loss Of life,
before the Supreme Court Of Mas
sachusetts. In the course of the ar
gument, Butler quoted from Job:
"Yea, all that man hath, will he
give for his life," when Judge
Hoar interposed with the remark that
the sentence quoted was a plea by
the devil in a motion for new trial,
and that he did not think that the
Court would be any more impressed
with it because of it's modern en-
dorsement
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-19

THE Chicago Times is of the
opinion that eff this republic shall
continue to exist, it will be owing to
the existence and influence Of an in
dependent, non-partisan press" and
then with brazen effrontcry, worthy
of its patron saint, the devil, it adds:
"such paper to-day is the Chicago
Times" 1t is one of the best indi
cations of the stability of the rcpub
lie and the intelligence of the citi.
zens, that it continues to exist and
prosper, Notwithstanding its malign
and demoralizing influences Of such
papers as the Chicago Times and
New York Sun. VIGOROUSLY desti
tute of honor and principle, with
opinions easily Adjustable to the pc
cuniary interests of their rroprietors
their columns in the market and
at the disposal of any ambitious and
INSCRIPTIONS demagogue who is
willing to pay their price, utterly in
different to conscience, consistency.
or the public good, those papers, and
others of their type, under the thin
disguise of a fictitious independence.
and doing more to debauch public
morals, and weaken the popular
faith in free institutions, than all
other influences combined. If the
perpet,ity of the Republic depends
upon the influence of press of this
character, it is no longer worth saw
ing.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-19

THE Einton Eagle came to hand
last week dressed in mourning for
w. w. Hanford, one of the former
proprietors of that paper, who died
of consumption at his home in Vim
ton, Jan. 9th. Mr.. Hanford's con-
ncction with the Eagle began in
1856, and for nearly twenty years he
gave to the conduct of it his person.
al attention and conscientious care.
lie was a man OF high character and
strict integrity, and enjoying the
esteem and confidence of his neigh
bors and the community, to 4 mark
ed degree. He leaves a wife and four
children, besides large circle Of
friends to mourn his loss. His age
v.oc
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-19

\ FEW weeks since the House of
Representatives passed resolution
instructing the judiciary Committee
Of that body to report an amend
ment to the Constitution prohibiting
Che payment of rebel claims. The
Southern Democrats voted against
the resolution in body, but the
northern wing of the party, with the
exception of Mr. Ainsworth, of this
district, and three others, voted for
it, which, together with the solid
vote OF the Republicans, was sutfi-
cient to secure its passage. The
Democratic press thereupon, with tri-
umphant and impressive manner,
pointed to this action of the Demo
cratic House as complete and
crushing rctutation of the charge
that the Democratic party tavors the
payment of the rebel claims. Now
mark the sequel. BY the terms OF
the resolution the judiciary Com
mittee was required to report the
amendment within twenty days. But
though more than forty days have
elapsed since the passage of the res
olution, not lisp has been heard
from the Committee on the subject.
1t has deliberately chosen 10 ignore
the command of the House, not even
offering an excuse or explanation for
its delinquency. What is more sig
aifcant, not Democrat on the floor
of the House has thus far alluded to
the subject in any way, or demand
ed why the judiciary Committee has
not performed the duty assigned it.
The proposition is practically IS
dead rs though It had never been of
fered, and we are compelled to as
sumo that the Democratic ma jority
have not, in the present state Of the
Presidential complication, made a
record against the rebel claims for
fear of offending the South, the help
of which section is absolutely neces-
sary to seat Tilden in the Presideu.
cy. The trucking evasion Of this
issue will enable honest men to fore
see what would be the action Of the
Northern Democracy, provided the
party had control OF the Government.
The support of the South wonld be
as essential to The success ofTilden's
administration as 1t is to place him
in power, and no demand 6f tat sec
ton would be denied or ignored.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-19
Dr.. Mary Walker is astrile a

DR.. Mary Walker is astride 4 new
hobby. She wants Ia see the Presi-
dency abolished. This is because
she called at the White House one
day and sent in her card to Presi-
dent Grant, who returned it to her
with the following Endorsement on
tho back: "Whencyer Mrs. Walker
will appear at the door of the Ex-
ccutive Mansion in apparel becom-
ing her sex she will be admitted
U. S. Grant" 49,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-19

Q'Ilt Bnlleti'l
FRIDAY. JANUARY, 10, 1876.

The farmers Of Minnesota have
taken hold of tree planting in ear
nest. Over ten millions of cuttings
were set out last year. The young
trees were mostly cottonwoods and
white willow, but there was a liber-
al sprinkling of maple, larch, white
oak. &c.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-19

We do not believe there was a single
credit mobilier rascal but believes in the
returning board and in Hayes election -
Dubuqae Herald.
How is it with Samuel J. Tildcn,
who advised and endorsed the cred
it mobilier infamy as shown by the
sworn testimony of Ames and his
co-conspirator., and who thus comes
properly under the above description
Does he, too, believe in Hayes cleo.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-19

an enthusiastic Democrat writes
to the Cincinnati Enquirer that Ga
million Democrats are preparing to
be present in citizens clothes at the
inauguration of Tiltlen." II this is the
Democratic programme, it might be
well for citizens to look up their
clothes, and especially to watch the
observation-disclosures Sentinel.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-19

this Oregon investigation Pelton has
shown great solicitude about the evil
dence, and endeavored in various
ways to suppress it. From his re-
latlons to Tilden, and all the circum-
stances Of the case, the conclusion is
inevitable, that in this as in other
matters, Pelton was the puppet
worked by the skillfnl hands of the
great "reformer," S. J. Tilden.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-19
Tax Redemption.

To b. j. SMITH:
You are hereby noticed ;aat on the 18th day of
October. 1872 C. J.. Patrick bid OFF at the tax sale
Of Buchanan county the following land, to-wit:
the sis of the sell Of the nwl OF the neA OF sec,
ton so. township So, range s. in Buchanan county
Iowa. Now you are hereby notified that the right
OF redemption will expire and q deed will be Civ
en- of such land, unless redeemed from said sale
within 90 days OF the complete service OF this no.
tice, C. PATRICK
Dec. GOTH 1876. 3w9i
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STATEN MT

Of the Finances of Buchanan County State Iowa. for period
commencing January 1876 and ending
December 3Ist, 1876