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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-09-21

THE Dubuque Herald thinks that it
"was not much of a puff the Indepen-
dence BULLETIN gave Gears speech at
that place." The BULLETIN was not
called upon to puff Mr.. Gears speech
but to express its honest judgment Of
it, which judgment was, that upon all
the topics before the people Mr.. Gear
holds sensible and eminently correct
views. His only lack is the skillful ar
rangement and power of expression
which belongs to the trained orator
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-09-21

The main line of the B., G. R. Il N.
Railway is now completed and trains
are running to Albert Lea, Mimi, one
of,the most beautiful towns and favor
tie resorts for pleasure seekers in the
Northwest. The Pacific division Of the
same road is also open to Grundy Cen
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-09-21
Money Loaned by
c.. D. JONES,
The Insurance Man

ALNAAs
Order Fixing Terms Of Court for 1873
and 1879.
STATE OF IOWA, &C
Dubuque County, Do
IN compliance with the Code of the State of
l. Iowa, the terms for the District and Circuit
Courts for the Ninth Judicial District are fixed
for the years 1878 and 1879 as follows:
DUBUQUE COUNTY.
t Rstdct C. Go 1ahv u Cns C Got
LIST Monday in in May s - Monday IN March,
DELAWARE COUNTY.
4th Monday in Fcb'y. LIST Monday in Feby.
4th Monday in August. lst Monday in May.
I'd Monday in October.
BUCHANAN COUNTY.
Cd Monday in March, 3D. Monday in Feby.
I'd Monday in Sept. 3D. Monday in May.
4th Monday in October.
BLACKHAwK COUNTY.
LIST Monday in Jan'y. LIST Monday in March.
LIST Monday in October I'd Monday in Nov.
GRUMPY COUNTY.
4th Monday in April. I'd Monday in March.
4th Monday in Sept. I'd Monday in June.
4th Monday in Nov.
Done under our hands this 2lst day of Aug
ust, 1877, at Dubuque, Iowa.
ID. S. WILSON, District Judge.
S. BAGG, Circuit Judge
STATE OF IOWA, GO
Dubuque County, 90
Il, p. J. Quigey, Clerk of the
District Court in and for said County, do here
by certify that the foregoing is a true copy of
the order fixing the terms Of Court for 1878 and
1879, us fully as the same appears on file in my
Office.
As witness my hand and the seal of
said Court hereto affixed at Office in
us. Dubuque, Iowa, this 25th day of
August, A. ID. 1877.
49, P.J. QUIGLEY, Clerk.
BY j. M. WARNER, Deputy. 6w4
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-09-21
FOR SALE.

A light, secondhand buggy, cheap. Also
building lots in the vicinity of the old brick
school house, west SIDE Terms of payment
made very easy. Inquire of
tf49 G.. DICKINSON.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-09-21
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c.. & N. w.
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 & CALIFORNIA LINE.
Is the shortest and best route between Chicago
and all points in Northern Illinois, Iowa, DakO-
tn, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Neva-
da, California, Oregon China, Japan and Aus
tralia. Its
CHICAGO, ST.. P. e. 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
Southern aud Central Minnesota. Its
GREEN BAY & MARQUETTE LINE
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
r, .ho ,,I,, ,o,,+, ,,ot,yao,, T,h;ooro aud Elun
Rockford, Freeport and all points via. Free
port. Its
CHICAGO Il 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 trains of this 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 Michigan Southern, Michigan
Central, Baltimore & Ohio, Pittsburg, Fl. Wayne
Chicago, Kankakee Line and Pan Handle
Routes for all points East and SOuth-EaS ana
with the Chicago & Alton and Illinois Central
for all points South.
Close connections are also made with the
Union Pacific X. r. ut 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, AIS Broadway; Boston Ottce,
No State street; Omaha office, 245 Farnham
street; San Francisco Office, LIZ Montgomery
street; Chicago Ticket offices, ~ Clark street,
under Sherman House, 70 Canal, corner Madi-
kenZie Street DeD0t.
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.. Fl. STENNETT, MARVIN HUGHITT,
Gen. Pass AIT, Chicago. Gen. Man, Chicago.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-09-21
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
Hon. B. R. Sherman

Will address the people of Buchanan
County at
INDEPENDENCE, Saturday, Sept. Goth.
at o'clock, P. NJ, in the Court House.
Let there be big turnout.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-09-21

In response to your note of the ed inst,
have to reply that the resumption of specie
the entire greenback circulation; that, in my
opinion, the $500, 100000 in greenbacks spoken
of in the Redemption act cannot be reduced
below that sum prior to January, 1879, and that
under the general law as it now stands, after
that date, they can be re-issued. Congress will
no doubt act upon that question before the
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-09-21
Again, in his Mansfield speech, Mr.

What do we mean by this phrase Specie re-
sumption)? Is it that we are to have no paper
money in circulation? If so, l am as much OPP
posed to it as any Of you Is 1T that ace are to
retire our greenbdck circulation? If so, AM AS
MUCH OPPOSED TO 1T AS ANY OF YOU. What
mean by specie payment, is that paper ought
to be made equal to coin, so that when you re-
ceive it, it will buy as much beef, corn, or
clothing aS coin
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-09-21
@. & NV.
LINES

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
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-06-22

property Of the State, for tho purpose o
obtaining other arms, equipments, or mum
ments, or munitions more suitable to tht
wants of the State.
Sec. 5. All field officers of battalions
regiments, brigades or divisions, shall be
elected by the commissioned and non com,
missioned officers and privates of the same
respectively.
Sec. 6. Nothing in this act contained
shall deprive any soldier or officer ofther Ma
tional Guard" of any right to which he
may be entitled in that organization. The
said "Natioual Guard" shall continue to ex-
list, and shall be separate and distinct
body.
Sec. z. All commissions issus1 SScsaf-ssA
Office of the Adjutabt aud Inspector Gen.
eral shall be charged for at the rate of 81
each; the fund thus raised to be devoted to
defraying the expense of getting in, repair
ing end reissuing the arms and munitions
belonging to the State.
Sec. 5. All acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent with this act are hereby repealed.
Approved June 8.
AN ACT to amend section Is of chapter 80
of the General Statutes, relating to the
power in school districts to levy aud col
lect special taxes for school purposes.
SEC. 1. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of
South Carolina, now met aud sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority of
the same, That section 15 of chapter 80 of
the general statutes be, and the same is
hereby, amended, by striking out all of
subdivision of said section.
Sec. 2 All acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent with this act, be, and the same are
hereby, repealed.
Approved June 8.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-06-22
aapetsa IL sedtsslntas Sstaaauar4. atasslisI

eral counties, as aforesaid, shall, upon the
application Of the County Auditors, draw
their checks on the County Treasurers for
the several amounts to which the Auditors
may be entitled under the provisions of this
section, and the County Treasurers shall
pay the said checks from tho first col
lection of county funds of the fiscal
year in which the work shall be performed.
But no such check or order shall be paid
BY tho County Treasurer until the Auditor
shall have filed with the County Commis-
sioners an itemized statement of tho servi-
css rendered by his assistants, the number
Of days each of said assistants were en-
ployed, and the compensation they were
severally to receive, which said statement
shall be examined and approved by the said
Board of County Commis ioners: Provided,
That no member of tho board of County
Commissioners shall act as Assistant Asses
sor. That the County School Commission
ers in each of the several counties of the
State shall receive for their compensation 50
per diem for the time in which they are ac-
tually engaged in the business of their re-
spective Offices: Provided, The number of
days in each and every year for which said
compensation shall be allowed shall in no
case exceed 100 days, except in the county
Of Charleston, whore the number of days
shall not exceed $50 days.
SEC. 4; All salaries provided for in Sec
tion Of this act shall be payable quarter
ly, and be paid upon the warrants of the
Comptroller General upon the State Treas
urer.
Sec. s. That all acts or parts of acts in
consistent with this act be, and tho same
are hereby, repealed.
Sec. 6. That this act shall take effect
Immediately after its passage.
Approved June Z, 1877.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-06-22
THE MILITIA LAW.

An Act to amend an act ertitled Gan act
supplementary to chapter Is, title 4, part
l, of the general statutes of South Car
olin> relating to tho militia, and for the
better organization and government Of
the same"
SECTION 1. BE 1t enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the State
of South Carolina, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority of
the same, That in addition to the body of
militia known as the 'National Guard" the
Governor, as Commander-iu- Chief, is here
by authorized to receive all such bodies of
citizen soldiery as may have rendered or
may hereafter tender their services to the
State, to constitute the Volunteer State
Troops, and to consist of such companies,
battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions
as may be organized by the authority of the
Commandcr-in-C Chief These troops to uni
form themselves, and to be subject to all
such regulations as may be prescribed by
the Commander-in-C Chief and issued from
the Office of the Adjutant and Inspector
General and published.
SEQ. 2. The Adjutant and Inspector
General shall appoint an Armorer, who
shall take charge of the State Armory in
Columbia, and keep in order all the arms
and munitions contained therein. His sal
airy shall be $3.50 per annum.
Sec. 3. The organization known as the
Fourth Brigade, South Carolina Militia,
consisting of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth
Regiments of Infantry, the First Regiment
of Rifles, and First Regiment Of Artillery,
with the Charleston Light Dragons and Ger
man dussars, shall be received and embodied
in the State Volunteer Troops. Officers Of
equal grade shall take rank in accordance
with the period Of time in which they shall
have served in any branch of the military
of the State. The field officers of the said
Fourth Brigade, and their successors, shall
be deemed in law the successors of the orig
inal field officers thereof, and shall be enti
tied to hold and joy all rights, franchises
and property which were of the said feld
officers thereof
SEC. 4. Immediately after the passage o.
this act, the Governor shall call in all arms
equipments, and munitions which are in the
hands Of any persons not authorized by Law
to hold the same, and shall require all com
manGs lawfully holding any such State prop
erty to file in the Office of the Adjutant ant
Inspector General full statement of sucf
property, with the authority under which
it is held, and the present condition there
of. The Governor shall have authority I,
permit the sale or exchange of any military
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-06-22

An assistant of druggist recently put
up a prescription of dose Of castor oil for q
young lady. She innocently inquired how
it could be taken without tasting it. He
promised to explain to her, and, in the mean
time, offered her, courteously, glass Of
favored and scented seltzer water. After
she had finished it, he said, triumphantly,
"You see, n,ss, You have taken your oil and
you did not know it." The young lady
screamed out, at was for my mother ~
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-06-22

FREQUENCY OF SUICIDEs.-The number
of suicides in the United States during the
present year is said to be unprecedented in
this country. France and Germany, where
inidelity has been more prevalent than in al
most any other countries, seem abo 1t to yield
their unenviable distinction in this respect
to the United States. One Of the leading
causes is thought to be the hard times, and,
it is remarked, "fathers of families who
have been out Of work the whole winter,
and who have managed to support them
selves and their households on the little
savings Of years, in the hope of obtaining
employment in the spring, find their hopes
blighted, and in moment of despair seek
relief from the cares of the world in death"
There is nothing of heroic character or of
moral fortitude in such conduct 1t is
rather cowardice of the basest kind, be-
cause it deserts and leaves to deeper misery
the objects of mans highest concern for
the pusillanimous reason that he cannot bring
himself to share the fate of poverty and
ruin which he has been unable to avert
1t is, moreover, q crime against the Crea-
tor, who gave life, and will take it back
when Ho, in His infinite wisdom, deems it
best; a crime against the family of the su-
icide, which has right to his life and to
all that he can do for those of whom he is
the natural protector; and crime against
himself, for he has no more right to take
his own life than that OF any other man.
There are many things in the world hard to
bear, but whether they can be improved by
changing them ior Ills that We know not
| Of" is a problem which no one in his SEN
ses would like to solve by self.dcstruction.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-06-22

John Southworth and Mrs. Carr eloped
from Pownal, VT, and rode in carriage
across the line into New York State. Mr..
Carr pursued them on horseback, and over
took them in Rensselaer, County. He drow
pistol, seated himself in the carriage by
the side of his wife, and returned home
with her, compelling Southworih to walk
ahead all of the way. Once back in Yer.
mont, he had the offenders arrested.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-06-22

The CONFEDERATE DEAD.-Baltimore
June 13.-Washington Ccmetry, where the
Confederate dead, killed in the battles of
Antietam and South Mountain, are inter-
red. was formally dedicated, yesterday, with
appropriate memorial ceremonies, and the
graves strewn with flowers. An oration
was delivered by Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, of
Virginia. About 1000 persons were pres.
ent. The cemetery was incorporated in
1870, by the Legislature OF Maryland, with
an appropriation of $4,000, which has since
been increased to $4,000. The States of
Virginia and West Virginia have also made
appropriations. Handsome marble monu-
ments adorn the graves in which about g.
500 Confederate dead arc buried.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-06-22
FAMINE AND DRouaHr IN CALIFORNIA

FAMINE AND DROUGHT IN CALIFORNIA.
The accounts from California are very
dismal indeed in regard to the bad crop
prospects in that State, tho ruin wrought by
which is to be added to the bursting of the
silver mining bubble. Doubts are express
sed if the entire San Joaquin valley will
yield 100, 1000 bushels of wheat and barley,
which yielded last year about 10,O0O,00O
bushels. A California correspondent of the
New York Graphic writes under date of
May 18: Gail the news from the Pacific
coast is disastrous. will give it as my de-
liberate opinion that we will have famine
in this State before the season is over The
drought has killed all our crops, and nearly
destroyed all our cattle. This is the Sec
ond great drought since the settlement Of
California, and the memory of those two will
always be cloud upon the business horizon
of this wonderful State, for capitalists will not
invest money in ranches and cattle, and run
the risk of a burning season, when all their
possessions will be devoured and annihila-
ted by the sun and dust. fear you will
soon hear of more business disasters of a
most gigantic character from this coast
Things were really in an unwholesome state
when Ralston died, but the difficulty was
then avertcd only to end in greater calam-
ity and panic. 1t is fact that people who
were millionaires six months ago, are to-day
eager to secure situations as walters and
farm laborers. The drought alone nearly
ruined the State, but occurring simultane-
ously with the bursting of the mining bub-
BILE, it has proved more than the people of
the State can stand. Starvation literally
stares the whole farming population in the
face, and in few weeks more they will have
neither meat, fruit nor grain"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-05-10
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL,
Interview Between the President and
Delegation of the Labor League.

WASHINGTON, April 26.-A delegation,
white and black, of the Labor League of
the United States, called upon the Presi-
dent to-day and read an address request
ing him to embody in his message to Con-
gress recommendation for the appropri
alton of money for internal improvements
to give employment to idle labor also to
recommend the restoration of suffrage in
the District ofColumbia, and the payment
Of ten thousand working men defrauded
by contractors under the Board of Pub
lie Works. The President, in reply, said;
This speech is 80 voluminous, and the
topics are so numerous, that ! would not
undertake, in unconsidered, off hand SEN
tenCes, TO express opinions in regard to
some of the statements of facts which,
perhaps, deserve good deal of consider
alton. Certainly if there are twenty thou
sand men in this district out of employ
ment, or that number of men to whom
the government owes money, it to be
paid, and Congress would be very dereliCt
in its duty if is not DONE AS for the
general expression of good will you ex-
press, | appreciate it and return my
thanks very fully. Perhaps this is all l
desire to say on the subject without fur
ther consideration. The rights of all
citizens are precisely equal before the
law, and our courts and executive depart
ments must see that these rights are main
tanned with such assistance as Congress,
and, above all the people, are able to give
them. The right Of suffrage in this Dis
trict is not subject | have given any
consideration to. The fact is, that during
the administration of Washington Je1er-
son, Madison, and all the earlier Presi-
dents, suffrage was vested in the people
Of this district with reference to local af.
fairs, but none as to general officers.
There have been various changes from
that time to the present.
Here Chairman Hodnett, of the dele
cation, interposed a query as to what the
President thought Of that order of things
as an American principle.
The President-We'll not discuss. 1t
is enough to say that whatever you de-
sire upon that subject it is within the
power of Congress to grant. 1t is not
within the power ofthe Executive, wheth-
er it is the voice in the election of a
member of Congress or the President.
This, of course, is very large question.
1t is not for the President to lay down
rules for the decision of questions of this
sort to the people. 1t is safe to leave
them to the great body of the people. If
the people of the United States wish to
have suffrage in this district, l shall not
interfere with them and should not veto,
but would sign bill on that subject. If
there is nothing further in regard to this,
| again return my appreciation of your
kindness.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-05-10
THE WAR IN EUROPE.

The Turks are battering Roumanian
towns on the north side of the Danube.
The line of defense between the bend of
the Danube and the Black Sea will be a
quadulateral formed by the fortresses of
Rutschuk and Silistria on the Danube,
Varna on the Black Sea, and Shumla
between the river and Varna. Great bat
ties may be expected within a week. In
Asia the story is that the Russians are
advancing three armies against Ere.
roum. leaving force to continue the
siege of Kars. The Russian comman.
der has shot several commissaries at
Odessa for adulterating -four. This is
after the manner of Wellington and Ma
poleon. In our little American war, a
few years ago, it was rather the correct
and usual thing for a commissary to
swindle the troops and the Government.
If he did it handsomely he stood good
chance of going to Congress, if he was
truly loyal 81 y
1t is said the Sultan has sent out his
runners to all Islam, with the cry of a
holy war against the infdel Russian, and
VOWS pilgrimage to Mecca if he comes
out of the conflict successful. Formerly
this was something more than idle bonn.
bast. What it is now, remains to be seen.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-05-10
MRS. BELKNAP.

Upon last Friday this beautiful woman
left Washington-where, at the Arlington
she has resided since last summer-for
her home in the West. Ofall who once
followed, flattered, sought and sued this
graceful and winning woman of fashion,
not one was near to say, in leaden tone,
farewell. We were not among those who
sought to bask in the sunshine of her
smiles in her hour of prosperity, or par.
took Of her generous and graceful hospi-
tality; and yet we never met her driving
out with her baby in her arms, or saw
her gliding quietly along the halls of the
Arlington, that we did not have heart.
ache. She had fallen from her high es-
tate through circumstances that rob the
event of all crime. She saw those near
and dear to her accepting presents in return
for political favor, precisely as the Presi
dent did continually and all about her
were Of the same sort.
When the exposure came the manner
in which she came to the front and at
tempted to shield her husband and her
dead sister by eliminating herself was
braYe, She failed, but the effort was
heroic and made noble woman of one
who, but little before, seemed only one
of many lovely women dispensing grace
ful hospi atty to a hea tless world.
The world swings on, and ere long the
Belknaps will be forgotten by the gay
throng in which they moved but if it is
any comfort we can say there are few
who, knowing her and knowing all the
circumstances attending the exposure,
who add to their love a deep, hearty,
honest admiration Washington Capital.