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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-26

AND now Mr.. Cox, of t'Ae House
Committee to investigate election
frauds in New York, 20 which was
entrusted the examir.atiSa of the com
plant paint Of eli Nh. Hewitt, that his letters
had been opened in the New York
Post office, cos&ef; in with report
which not only completely vindi-
Gates the New York Postmaster, but
declares that no such tampering as
alleged by Mr. Hewitt has been done.
Thus another precious bit of Demo
cratic scandal falls to-the ground of
its own weight.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-26

The latest suggestion t4ona the
papers s1a' are with govjaen1 FORE
though', try,ns &c. fashion d Govern
or Tor Iowa, is the nlme Of Buren
Il. Sherman, the presen, State Auds,
or. The suggestion is not without,
fitness. Mr.. Sherman is an excellent
man and officer, but 1t is not improb
able that candidates brought for
ward at this early day, may lag IN
the rear when the race act, ,slr,
comes off.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-26
State New @.

The Monticello En- rGSs says that
the saloon keepers of that town keep their
liquor at their residences, and carry it
thence 70 their saloons in innocent look
ing kerosene cans. 1t rotcsts against
this little trick us an unmitgated fraud
upon n confiding public. We cannot see
it In that light The use of kerosene cans
for liquid combustibles Is surely appro-
pirate. The Express ven,ilates one
Joe Hannan, the patentec of an improved
hog trough, who ran away from that vi
clnity lately after swindling several par
ties out of money and goods.
The following unusual affidavit, adj
dressed ITO whom it May Concern" is
printed in the Carroll Herald; ~, r. r.
Hastings, helng duly sworn, depose AID
say THAI f,om this day will not drink any
intoxicating drinks as long as live: End
furthermore, will prosecute any person
who will hereafter sell me intoxicating
drinks of any kind. f II. HASTINGS"
r. G. Hill, printer In the Office of
the Musaatiae Journal has been appoint
cd to the West Point cadetship, from the
Second District. The appointee Is a son
of Col. Hill, who commanded the 35th
Iowa Infantry during the rebellion
Jacob Rich, pension agent ut M
hulue, paid out IN pensions to Iowa sol.
diers, widows and orphans during the
year just closed 1864, 1914. This mon
ey WIS distributed among 1900 persons
an average Of $123.25 to each pensioner
State Senator E. G. Miller, of Black
hawk county, has resigned his Office to
accept another. He has been apro nted
Mail Agent on the B. G. r. 4 N. Rail-
road, and accepted the position.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-26
AN UNBIASED OPINION.


DR.. II. V. Redfeld, who has been
travelling in the South since the cleo
ton in the capacity Of correspond
ent of the Cincinnati Commercial
has won for himself much credit for
the candid, honest and impartial
manner In which he has discussed
the political situation as it came I'm.
der his observation. He seems to
have Invested himself completely of
partisan feeling and bias, and trained
himself to view men and things and
examine evidence with the sole oh.
ject of getting at the truth. regard.
less of its effect upon the CLAIMS of
candidates or parties. He has thus
on occasion found it necessary to re-
Duke both parties, sof things that did
not accord with, his sense of Justice.
He was Ia, New Orleans during the
canvass. OF, the votes by the Return
ing Board, whose action and the
grounds for it were subjected to Wig
orous scrutiny. In his last letter
from Louisiana he thus sums I'D his
impressions regarding affairs in that
State. Coming from an observer of
his judicial fairness, it is of value in
arriving at true conception of the
situation:
The result of my invest CATION
was that Louisiana is a Republican
eiasS ey from 10000 to $4,000 when
Ihe election Is perfectly tree, full and
lar that L on national issues. But
81 State ISSUES. although Republican.
BE majority Is small, an.i might be
overcome by perfectly fair means.--
For INSTANCE, there are a great many
colored. saen of intelligence and prop
erty .D Louisiana, and it is no un-
coir.saon thing for them to vote with
the whites Oh local State issues. But
hen il comes to the Presidency,
Hayes and Til,len for Instance, l am
as well satisfied that free. fair cleo
ton would give the State to Hayes
as that Pennsylvania is for Hayes
Yes, in proportion to voting popula.
ton. Louisiana Is more of Republi.
can State than Pennsylvania. l am
convinced that Hayes is the man
who is elected. l believe he would
have carried Louisiana as certainly
as he carried Vermont if the election
and the conduct Of the voters previ.
Gus to the election, had been as fair
in the former State as in the latter
The five bulldozed parishes were
carried by murder, whippings, intim-
idations and reign of terror. There
were, during the campaign in those
parishes fully forty Republicans muir
dered. They were killed to in,imi-
date the rest and carry the election.
The parishes are mainly near the
Mississippi line, and the Mississippi
plan was carried into effect. Mark
this, in every parish where there was
no murder or intimidation of blacks.
the Republicans made gains-gains
that would have carried the State in
triumph for Hayes had the same per
cent. held good in the FIVE bulldozca
parishes. But, behold, in these FIVE
parishes where there was a reign Of
terror the Democrats made net
gain of about 5000. That Is, they
turned the usual $500 Republicans
majority into Democratic majority
OF about the sane amount. This is
what gave the State to Tilden on the,
tace of the returns. Please keep.
that in mind when rejecting abou'
the Louisiana case and it will help
You to see through the middle at a
glance"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-26

THE decision IN the case of the
Government against the Centennial
Board of Finance, involving the re-
turn of sl,50o,ooo appropriated by
Congress for the International Elk
hisition, was announced by the Uni
ted States Circuit Court, Philadel-
phia, on Friday. The decision is
against the government, and under
lts rulings, the Stockholders will be
paid before the million and . half
dollars are returned to the govern
mept, Itis believed that under this
decision those holding stock will re-
ceive about eighty cents on the dol
lar invested,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-26

A mathematical problem. Gisen: q
radical office holder. Known quantity;
an appropriation Of q million dollars. Tn
known quantity; how much he will steal
out OF it,--Du6uque Herald.
\ mathematical problem. Given;
q Democratic editor. Known guam
'ity; Federal office in expectancy
say Pension Agency. Unknown
quantity; how much he will lie to
get into it.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-26
Miles Late Interview 18th Sitting Bull

The following is an extract from
Col. Miles official report of the re-
cent battle with Sitting Bulls band:
Sitting Bulls band was again de
feated near the head of the Red Wa
ter, Dec. 18Th, by three companies Of
the Fifth Infantry. under command
Of Lieut.. Frank d. Baldwin. The
Indian trail was obscurcd by S.
we're snow storm, when north of the
Missouri, and as the reports were
conflicting l divided my force, TAX
ing three companies through the
Muscle-Shell and Dry Fork country,
and sending three down the north
side ot the Missouri, four companies
under Capt. Snyder, being then on
the Dry Forks. Sitting Bull had
crossed near Wolf Point, but on the
approach of Baldwln's force retreat
I'd back again at the head of his
camp of 1872 lodges. He was driven
south Of the Yellowstone and his
camp captured with many lodges, to-
ge,her WI h sixty horses and mules,
and everything pertaining to an In
dian village burned up. The Indians
escaped with very little besides what
they had on their backs, Lieut..
Baldwin and the officers and troops
with him are entitled to great credit.
The command has marched over 500
miles, making 10 miles in torty-elght
hours, and endured the severity of a
Montana winter with great tortitude.
FIVE prominent Chiefs Of the
Sioux Nation were killed BY their old
enemies, the Crow scouts, at this
E1;nt on the 18th inst, while coming
in bearing y white flag, followed by
some twenty Or thirty others. The
guilty Crows escaped by flight. This
affair was most unfortunate, as their
coming IN would bayc secured the
surrender Of at least y thousand
fighting men.
Thermometer forty below zero.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-26

HoS. GEO. F. HoAR, was, on Fri
day last, elected United States Sena-
tor from Massachusetts, in place of
Mr.. Boutwell,.
The same day the Nebraska Legis-
lature elected Ex-Gov. Saunders
Senator, to succeed Hitchcock, the
present Senator.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-26

IT Is announced in the Washing
ton specials to the Inter Ocean that
all the Iowa delegation in Congress
except kasson and Pratt, will vote
for the compromise bill.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-26
Q|1le Bnlltti'l,
FRIDAY. JANUARY, 26. 1876.

JOHN r. McPHERsoN, Dem, was
on Tuesday, elected United States
Senator from New Jersey, by one
vote over F. 7. Frelinghuysen, the
present Senator from that State.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-26

The nxiety of ii Democratic
House to be informed on the subject
of the disposition of the army in
the Southern States during
the last campaign, and the use made
of it was more than gratitied on Mon
day, by message from the Presi.
dent, conveying the desired informa-
ton and the reasons and authority
Of law for his action. The President
informs the House that the sole pur.
pose was to prevent violence and
blood shed, and regrets that he had
not larger force to use in the same
manner. He finds no occasion to
apologize for the manner in which
the army has been used in South Car
DINA, Florida and Louisiana, and be-
.ieves that their presence in Alabama,
Mississippi and Georgia was as nee
essary to free election, without vio-
lcnce and intimidation as in the
states first mentioned. Altogether,
the message is an ample vindication
of the Presidents action, and the
Deasocratic House will probably not
derive comfort from it's perusal.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-26

The Congregational society of Wa
terloU has extended a call to Rev fl. S.
DeForest, of Council Bluffs, to become
their pastor at salary Of 81 800 with
use OF parsonage.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-26

The Gd.ette says that u farmer living
southeast OF Cedar Falls, lost ono hun,
dred pigs by prairie wolves last year,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-26
Sunlight Oil" and Potatoes.

An enterprising quack ont west
has discover new use for potatoes.
He employs them in the manufacture
Of Il new sunlight OIL the formula
of making which, and the Fright to
use" he is busy in peddling to the
good people Of Columbus, Ill. One
of the victims sends us his family
right" tor which he paid t'co dotturs.
We give the receipt for the benefit
OF o r numerous readers:
ITO make one gallon, take three quarts
OF Nap Ia, one and one half ounces alu III
two ounces of cream of tartar, two ounces
sal soda, one pint Of pot"toeS cut fine
two tablespoonful fine salt, two drachms
gum camphor, mix and shake and the
oil is ready for use in two hours
We hardly know which to admire
most, the cool impuienee of W.
Wagner If Co., who sell the receipts
or the extreme simplicity of the Gull
lible purchasers who buy them at
two dollars each. Now we can save
those desiring to purchase the form
MA for making sunlight oil" al this
expense and trouble. Our formula
is as follows.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-26
To MAKE SUNLIGHT OH. "


Take three quarts of naptha, one quart
of clean sand, mix and the oil will be hi
for use Immediately. Ii sand cannot be
procured, pebble stones or bvct.ho' will
answer just us well.
These substances are rs readily So
unite III naptha rs p0tatoeS, cream of
tartar, alum or sal soda, and will rem
der the naptha just rs ''inexplosive;"
and they have the advantage of be-
ing capable of being used cover and
over again" We most sincerely
hope that no reader of the Jnu"A,tL
is deceived by the Williams who are
travclin. over the country selling
"riyhts" to make and use sunlight or
any other kind Of naptha coil
Journut If Chemistry.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-26
The Inter- Ocean is rabidlv onpos.

The Inter Ocean is rabidly oppos-
ed to the plan for deciding the Pres.
'dent'al issue proposed by the cleo
toral committees, on the ground that
II is compromise. While we are
not prepared to defend the plan as
the very best that nigh, be offered,
1t seems to us that the Inter- Oceuu's
hostility to compromise is little tar
dy. Its thundefs should have been
launched at the idea of submitting
the matter to a committee in the be-
ginning, for it was impossible for q
plan emanating from a committee of
opposing politics to be anything else
than a compromise. 1t had no rea-
son to suppose that the result would
be otherwise than a mutual concess-
ion of points of difference held by
the opposing parties in regard to the
manner of counting the electoral
vote. Still 1t made no protest against
the policy ofsubm;tting this question
to the committees, but held it's peace
until the report came out, and then,
because the plan proposed does not
concede every point heretofore held
by the Inter- OceAm, it denounces
1t and the Committee in I'm.
measured terms. We submit that,
failing to take issue with the idea of
compromise in the beginning, it is
now precluded from opposing the
plan Of the committee because it is a
compromise. BY its silence it assem-
ted to the plan of mutual concession.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-28

land. He told Eve he was about
to emigrate, but she, like woman,
said, "Let well enough alone" But
he would not, but took her on his
back and carried her to the main
land. When he arrived there the
mirage was dlspelled, and there was
nothing but rocks and desolation.
When the Brahma was about to pun.
ish them, the man said, course me
and not her, for it was my fault" F"
That's the kind of a man you want to
start world With But the woman
asked to share the mans punish
ment, and the Supreme Brahma
spared them both. To tell you
the truth, l really wish from the
bottom of my heart that the Brah-
minical story was true. Honor
bright, don't you believe it is true :
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-28
A TATTOOED PRINCE.
Something About the Ambassador r
from Samoa.

The San Francisco Chronicle
thus describes NJ. Mamea, secretary
of state Of Samoa, who reached that
city in company with j. G. Colmes-
nil, the vice consul of Apia, on his
way to Washington as ambassador
from the Samoan Islands to the
United States: "M. Mamea is a
fine specimen Of physical manhood,
straight as an arrow, and about six
feet six inches in hight. A massive
head, surrounded by a shock of
woolly hair, sits gracefully upon a
pair of broad shoulders. He has a
pleasant and smiling face, beaming
with intelligence, and adorned
with a small coarse mustache of
the darkest hue. He conyerses
fuently in English, and has a thor
ough knowledge of the events Of
the day. On the Isabel up to the
time of his landing on our shores
he clung to the native and primi-
tive garb Of his island home. A
colorless shirt descending to the
waist, with a primitive cloth attach
ment, were the only articles Of dress,
save an extra breaSt-pin or two, with
which he clothed his colossal form
while journeying across the ocean.
This garb, however, has been dis
carded for a black broadcloth suit,
that sets off his stalwart frame and
is in fine contrast with his bronze
countenance. His body, from waist
to the knees, is a gem Of the tat
tooing art. 1t is completely covered
with the distinctive signs and fig
ures common to the chiefs and
members of the royal family in the
Navigator Islands, He is a devout
Christian, being a convert, and a
bible is his constant companion.
He will remain bere until next
week, when he will leave for Wash
ington, where he hopes to effect
some good, and bring the islands
under the protection Of the United
States. 1t is, he says, the unani-
nous wish Of the natives that this
country shall guarantee some pro-
lection to them, so that the increas-
ing and profitable trade between
Samoa and Europe may be turned
this way.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-28
RAILRcADs
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON
RAILROAD.

CCHEDULE ON AND AFTER SEPT. Ie,
Leaves. Arrives.
Mail and Express. dsily.ll 25 pm 5.45 Pm
Somerville accem' 'datn
daily (ox. Sunday).... 500 pm S.lS am
T1uA Twenty Min1tes Faster Lh0r
Clty Time.
SOmerviIIo train will step at reg
ulnr and flag at0ttODs.
The IL. 80 pm. Train makes the quick
eat 1ime ever made to Chattanooga, Knox
willie, Lynchburg. Washington, and the East,
and will stop at all Regular Stations,, and at
Flag Stations when tagged, except Flag Sta
ttions between Colli4rville and Memphis.
Ticket efice 27S Main strcet and Depot
Mem phis and Charleston railroad.
JOHN A GRANT,
Chief Engineer and General Sup't.
T. S. DAVANI,
Isl Assistant General Passenger Agent
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-28
RUSSIAN THEATERs.
Annie Louise Cary Describes Some
OF Their P-eul1Ar1ties.

OF I0eif F~fulhhEAbhebs
San Francisco Chronicle.l
"The arrangement of the audi
ence in Russian theaters is pecu.
liar," said Miss Cary. "The par
quette is mostly occupied by gentle
men. Those Of the highest rank
sit in the first row. In the second
and third rows are diplomats, Off
GERS and other persons of consider
alton. No person Of social standing
sits further back than the fifth row.
So the parquette is fairly ablaze
with buttons, epaulets and medal
lions. 1t frequently happens that
officers have boxes for their fami-
lies, and themselves occupy seats
near the stage, where they can flirt
with the girls. They have their
favorites among the danseuseS, and
do not hesitate to show their pref
erences. The ballet is composed of
foundlings, who are brought up
and educated by the government.
The guardianship exercised over
them is very strict up to the mo-
ment when they are set at liberty,
after which they at once exercise
the utmost license, and shortly
after may be seen parading the
streets in the gaudiest dresses and
the most elegant diamonds. The
Russians are famous for their dia-
monds and for giving valuable pres
ents, or were SO until the beginning
of the present war. The subscrip-
ton for the Patti opera season used
to be 10000 rubles Two years ago
it was 1000 rubles. Last year il
was 1000 rubles in st. Petersburg
and 600 rubles in Moscow. Year;
ago when Patti arrived, they used
to decorate the station house with
flowers in her honor. The raising
Of money by subscription is getting
to be a regular system Of begging
! and people are getting tired. The
war has made times hard, and the
great bank failure at Moscow has
Impoverished thousands. For the
last two years there have been nc
court concerts" "
care the stories true that are told
respecting the enthusiasm of Rus
f sian audiences?"
cit seems like an exaggeration tt
say that an artist was called before
the curtain twenty times. l wai
! myself called out thirty-two times
on the night of my first appearance
The opera was III Trovatore.'
was called out six or seven times
after every scene, and eighteen times
after my first duet with "Manrico.
1t takes a long time for the recalls
and delays the performance until il
, becomes tiresome. But the time
lost in this way is gained in thC
short entr'acteS. No wait Longer
than fifteen minutes is ever allowed
f and when the czar and family are
present we are obliged to dress az
{ quickly as variety performer who
does what he calls lightning
changes. They call out artists to.
/. gether and separately. 1t is Patti
, 8ola = and Gary Solal' and ther
Patti and Gary, and then all togeth
q er. After the people from the lowel
. part of the house are gone, th'
plebs, which includes a lot of nois,
students, rush down and gather q
, the footlights and howl for the art
! lists until all have appeared agar
and again. 1t seems as if the,
!, never would be satisfied"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-28
Louisville and Great Southern RI

1L20 pm. Night ExprsSs-Daily except
Saturday-Connects at Milan for St., Louis
and Chicago, at Mckenzie for Nashville.
Chattanooga, Atlanta and the Southeast.
atGuthrie for Hopkinsvile, Henderson and
Evansville, at Louisville for all points
North AID East.
at:O0 a.m. Day Express-Connects for st.
Louis and Chicago, at Louisville for all
points North and East.
a:SO pm. Milan ACcOmmOdatiOn-Daily
except Sunday.
Pullman Palace Cars on either train to Louis
Vile, and on Night tram to Nashyll,er1 !. ..
Ofice, 297 Main, Northwest corner Madison
s'1pS las. MONTG OMRRY, Sup't Memphis Div.
JAMES SPEED, Ticket Agent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-28
MEMPHIS TENN. WEDNESDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 49, 1871

after month, he struggled onward
in his lonely course. His is, and
has been, much more difficult task
than that of the celebrated Vene-
tian traveller, Marco Polo; for
though the latter toiled through
many hundreds of weary miles, he
frequently reached great cities
abounding in all the plenty and
splendor Of oriental luxury, finally
being engaged for many months in
the service of Kublai Khan, the
mighty emperor of Eastern Asia.
The Venetian enjoyed, during the
most of his time, all the splendor
of Oathay, then by far the grand
est and mightiest nation Of the
world; whilst the Missourian has,
in the midst of starvation, tropical
heat and malarial fevers, known no
human habitation, save at long in
tervals the dirty mud huts OF the
lowest sayages. His latest exploit
travelling fifteen hundred consec-
utive miles along the riverLualaba-
is certainly under the circumstances
unequaled in all previous time.
When Stanley was Is years of
age, his parents were both dead,
having left him in straitened cir
cumstances. His education, under
such facilities as the State of Mis-
souri, afforded previous to the adop.
ton of its present excellent school
system, it need not be said, was ex-
ceedingly limited. 1t was with diff
ficulty that he could write legibly
yet, strangely enough, his ambition
was to be a newspaper correspon
dent. 1t was at the breaking out o
the late civil war that he finally de.
termined to pursue his choseI
career, and he made application t.
the New York Herald for employ
I ment. How, under the circum
stances, he obtained it, when man,
others better qualified and bette
known were in his way, is no
known. But he was engaged, an,
soon proved himself to be we
, fitted for the position. His letter
from the seat of war at first wer
? clumsy and almost impossible to b
l fully deciphered, but his enterpris
g and his accuracy rendered his sci
: vices unusually valuable. He cor
: tinued to rise and improve in h
9 chosen profession, until he is NJ
:. now surpassed by any of his brett
l rem of the press. He was chose
o by theHerald to search for and reac
t DR.. Livingstone in the interior {
6 Africa, when such an enterpril
$ was considered by well-infoTme
d men as almost desperate; but /
b astonished the civilized world /
g accomplishing that great undertal
g ing.
J, He has a fine physical constitl
e ton, and a spirit of bravery, ente
e prise and perseverance unSurpasst
IS by man. The house of Derby
% England-the old "Kings in IL
o Isle of Man has furnished a lor
line of illnstrious Stanloys, as ha
d also, the other family Of the san
s. name, now represented by Lol
Stanley of Alderly; but not one
% them can compare, in just and d
e served celebrity, with their illu
IS trious Missouri namesake.