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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-05
OTHELLO's APOLOGY.

[Oil City Derrick-]
Most potent, grave and reverend seignOrs,
That have tn en- away this old man. daughter
Is most true; true, have married her,
Who is Justice Of the Peace down in Herki.
mer.
By your patience
will plain, unvarnished tale deliver
Of my whole course of love; what drugs, what
What conjuration, and what mighty magic
For such proceedings am charged withal
l won his daughter with
Her father loved me: not a continental
Did care for the old mans love.
But pretended to reciprocate his affection,
And in this way did make myself
A very MuldOOn with him in sOlidity.
He oft invited me to tell the story of my life,
From year to year, the battles, sieges, fortunes.
Etcetera. and so forth, and so on
With which had been stuffing him..
ran it through cen from my boyish days,
And you can bet your sweet lives
That spread it on pretty thick;
spoke OF most disastrous chances,
But did not stop to say they were with
cOnfOunded Constable who wanted me
For the small offense of jumping board bill
OF moving accidents by flood and field;
OF hair-breadth 'scapes in the imminent deadly
Or some other place that had read of;
OF being taken by the insOlent foe
And sold to slavery; of my redemption thence.
And with it all my travels history,
Omitting that part when was introducing
The North American Corn and Bunion Eradi-
Gator,
Warranted to remove corns and bunions
Without pain or loss of blood. =
All these did the old gent swallow,
And to hear which would DesdemOna seriously
,- incline;
But still the house affairs would draw her
thence,
Although in this now suspect my Desdemona
Did dissemble, for since we married are
find she can no more a fiap-jack bake
Than can cope with Hercules!
Anon she'd come again, and with greedy ear
DevOur up my discourse: and free
Am to swear that hers was the
INCEST ear in town, and Ofttimes did wish
l might in turn devOur it.
One day the gentle maid with earnest heart re-
quested
That would all my pilgrimage dilate
Whereof parcels she had something heard,
But not distinctly.
This was great leather and all at once
l did consent.
My story was immense,
And it took me four nights week
For three years to tell it.
When at length the tale was done,
She gave me for my pains world of sighs;
She sWore in faith twas strange, twas passing
strange;
Twas pitiful, twas wondrOus pitiful,
And laid over anything she had ever heard be-
By large majority.
She wished she had not heard: yet she wished
That Heaven had made her such man.
She thanked me,
And bade me, if had friend that loved her
should but teach him how to tell nv story,
And that would WOO her.
This was complete give-away;
That is to say, tumbled did to the racket,
And we were wed forthwith
So there's the long and short of it,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-05

A Florida negro mistook mule for
a ghost and poked it with stick. The
verdict recited that he came to his death
by using too short a stick in probing
the unknowable for evidence Of future
existence. - Worcester Press
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-05

The Educational Weekly has new
editor, Mr.. E. 0. Vale, late Professor
Of English Literature and Mental Phil
osophy in Woodward High School, Gin
cinnati, Ohio.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-05

The earnest desire, the pure example
and the timely word will flow from the
pure heart. It is impossible to over-esti-
mate the influence for good Of the truly
worthy teacher.-[ Baldwin.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-05
Blaohsmlthlng
Feed Mill.

PlOws Repaired, Horse ShOeing by an Expe
rienced Workman, General Job Work.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-05

Nature develops all the human facul-
ties by practice, and their growth de-
pends upon their exercise. = CPesta-
lOepi.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-05

PRoF. T. H. MCBRIDE, of Hopkinton,
has been elected assistant to Prof. CAL
win, Of the University.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-05

Rocky Mountain Ners: There is now
on trial in our courts man possessed
Of a good trade, and capable Of earning
a decent living in any city !a or town in in
liquor, a few weeks since, he attempted
to knife man to him unknown, and he
will now pay for few glasses of vile
whisky by spending more or less time in
the penitentiary. Thursdays evening
train brought to Denver another less
fortunate victim. He, too, had been
imbibing vile whisky, and, while under
its influence, drove the lock of a gun
through the brain Of an antagonist, from
the effects of which he died. Here are
two men-a would-be murderer and a
murderer-whosc proper pleas in court
would be, Drunk, Your Honor"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-05

All the above work at prices reduced to suit
the fQeo. yCo0e and see for yourselves.
Independence, Ia., May Is. ~.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-05

succeeds Hayes. I can't live ez I hev
bin, and the sooner l die the better.
Dimocrisy amt got no muscle nor much
intelleck. It's fabby. It won't survive
me long PETROLEUM V. NAsBY,
Despairin.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-05
NASBY.

ners, and Briefly Describes the Effect OF
the Burchard Resolution upon that Ill
Fated Community,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-05

From comparison of these tables it
will be seen that, Notwithstanding the
immense number Of labor saving ma
chimes introduced in the twenty years
embraced in the above figures, the
hands employed have more than doubled,
and the wages nearly quadrupled, al
though the population had only in
creased from little over twenty-three
to thirty-eight and half millions, or
about 81 per cent.
In considering the effect of inventions
on the laboring interests of the country
we must not forget that many inven-
tions actually increase the amount of
labor to be performed, as, for instance,
the telegraph and photograph. The
census of 1870 gives nearly 1900 as
the number employed in different ca
pacities in the telegraphic Offices of the
country, to say nothing of those indi-
rectly connected with it in building the
lines, drawing the wire, making the in
struments, etc The photographers are
also large class entirely dependent on
modern invention, without which their
occupation could never have existed,
and they in their turn keep large num-
Der of people employed in preparing
chemicals, paper, plates, mats, frames,
ETC., for their use. The rubber business
also employs tens of thousands of oper-
atives directly in the manipulation of
the rubber, leaving out of consideration
those engaged in other countries in the
collection and shipping of the raw gum,
and the thousands employed here in the
sale of the manufactured articles. If
to these we add the immense number Of
people employed in connection with the
railroad and steamboat interests of the
country, which are wholly dependent
upon the inventions of the steam engine,
locomotive and steamboat, it will appear
plain to the meanest capacity that in
ventions, SO far from throwing people
out of employment, have rather increas-
ed the demand for their services.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-05

Feed Grinding done; Feed kept on hand 70
sale.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-05
Qlle Bnllttipl,

Legal and Official Advertisements, One Dollar
per square for the first, and Fifty Cents per
Square for each subsequent Insertion, up to
four insertions. square is equal to ten lines
of Brewer type, or eight lines of Nonpareil
the type of this paper.
business Cards Of six lines, or less, $500
year.
Marriage, Death and Religious Notices insert
ed without charge. Obituary Notices ten cents
per line.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-05
Others indirectly supported by the sew
ing machine business

others indirectly supported by the sew
ing machine business.
In our remarks so far we have only
cited such points as appeared to have a
bearing on the question Of the effect on
labor of the employment of sewing ma
chimes, but have said nothing as to the
gain Of the people generally by their
use. We do not have by us any reliable
statistics on the pricessof clothing, but if
any one doubts the fact that sewing ma
chimes have reduced the price of wear
ing apparel let him 60 to a shirt maker
and ask the difference in the price that
would be charged for making two shirts
of the same materials, one to be made
entirely by hand and the other by ma
chine.
With regard to the effect of sewing
machines on the shoe manufacture we
have some interesting statistics that we
believe may be relied on. The sewed
shoes which are made in the greatest
numbers are the ordinary gaiter shoes
(women's). These shoes, before ma
chimes were introduced for sewing them,
sold at about $500 per pair, but now
shoes of the same quality can be bought
for $3.50, notwithstanding that the ma
terials in them have gone up from 40 to
20 per cent, and that wages have more
than doubled. The women who former
ly sewed the uppers got so cents per
day; they now get 1.33 on the machine
Men got on an average $1.25 per day,
varying according to their skill; now
they get about $2.50-some rather less,
many great deal more
If we consider the textile industries
of cotton goods, woolens, worsted goods,
carpets, hosiery, ETC., we find that not
withstanding the great advance in the
number of labor-saving inventions, the
hands employed have increased faster
than our population, and that the wages
paid have more than doubled, as will be
seen by the following figures, taken
from page 500 of the Industry Volume
of the Census of 1870:
1860 1870.
Hands. ......... 1850 2l5328
Wages. .......... 81, ,71O 79,4Ol, 1857
frOOucC. .Ib.4I6,4OO 395, l5S, ,565
The last line shows the advantage of
the use of the improved machinery now
employed, as, Notwithstanding there was
only an advance of less than one half of
the number of hands employed, the val
ue of the product was increased about
$50 per cent, although the hours of la
Dor in many factories were largely re-
duced between 1860 and 1870
AS another instance, take the use of
the reaping and moving machine In
the twelve states. where these are used
most we find that farmers and agricul-
tural laborers have increased from
1,3O1 1863 in 1850 to 2,024, ,399 in 1860,
and z,o4., $50 in 1870.
1t may be objected, however, that
most of the States where mowers and
reapers are used are the rapidly growing
Western States, and that this is there
fore hardly a fair argument to use. We
will therefore give the following table,
compiled from the census, showing the
hands employed in the various manu-
factories of all kinds all over the United
States:
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-05
MANUFACTURING.
Wood Work.
Machine Shop.

Machinery Repaired, Lathe work Of every de-
scriptiOn, Drilling and Fitting. Corn PlOw
ShOvels speciality.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-05
JAS. f. JEWEL,

A TTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUB
n lie. Office in Osgood's building, up stairs,
next to the river.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-05
ATTORNEYS.
H. w. HOLMAN
FRANK ID. JACKSON

A TrORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT Law
IA Special attention given to collections. u
fee over Chicago Clothing House.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-09-19
HIGH BIDDING.

The republicans say stand firm fol
honest money, gresnbacks equal tc
gold, national banks and assumption
All will come right and times be bet.
ter. But a greenback candidate fol
congress in Ohio bids higher than
that. When he gets to Washington
he promises his constituents to have a
law passed to pay off the national
debt in new greenbacks, which will
save $350,O00,00O every year in inter-
est. The government is to take this
money and give every man $1,000
who will 60 west. He is also to have
free railroad pass and government
agent will supply him when he settles
with a farm and stock complete
which he is to pay for when he can, il
convenient. This is attractive doctrine
for the west but if the law does pass
what will become Ct our girls in the
Eastern states with youns nsp, AL
going west,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-09-19
TRAMPS AND BULLETS.

Dennis Kearney is wild over the
result in Maine. He of course claims
the biggest share of credit. He spoke
in Baltimore on Thursday night and
to give additional effect mounted a
dray. The working-men he said
would carry every state in the Union
if they would only poo! their issues, -
If any attempt is made to cheat OIL
count them out they will drop the
ballot ard take to the bullet. They
would hail with joy reign of terror
and anarchy. There is an army o.
tramps who will capture this govern
ment as the tramps captured France
when they made the streets of her cit
les run red with the blood Of capital
list. and artist ocrats. Dennis conclud-
ed harangue of such reckless talk
by sending his hat round to pool the
issues,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-09-19
LAST WEEK.

The storm Of last week took q wide
range. In Canada, Western Pennsyl'
vania, Ohio and Virginia it was very
destructive. Railroad washouts, and
bridges carried away, caused great ir.
Irregularities in travel. In Meadville
Pa, several lives were lost by the
nood.-A frightful co'liery explosion
took place in England on Wednesday
There were ST. men in the pit, only
so of whom were cued.-The old
defenders of Baltimore now number
only thirteen, but they celebrated the
18th by their annual meeting and
The reported massacre OIL
General Miles command by the In
dams is officially contradicted. On
the contrary he whipped the Indians
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-09-19
FEVER STATISTICS.

A New Orleans paper gives tables
showing that the yellow fever cpl
demic has never exceeded ninety
days. That it is now at its height
Having begun in July it is likely to
close its force by October and then
entirely vanish. The deaths in New
Orleans in July were SO, in August
$50, in September up to the 18th, $50.
In 1853 the epidemic carried off in
its ninety days course SLY, in 1858,
abont 4, $3.50 and in 1867 not quite
5000. The ravages Of the fever this
year are considerably less than those
years. Its spread along the river
tswns. however, has this year been
frightful. 1t St. Louis there has been
heavy frost and we hope soon to hear
that the terrible plague is stayed.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-09-19
TIE ACTUAL COST.

The secretary OF the agricultural
department Of Pennsylvania has been
trying to ascertain the average cost OF
raising grain in that state. lie makes
his report from statements received
from about two hundred practical far
mers and his calculation is that the
actual cost of producing bushel of
wheat is SIT cents, corn 44.4 cents
and potatoes 24.S cents, These figures
include the items of interest. taxes,
manures seed and labor. At present
prices Of grain this would leave a
small margin Of profit but would not
stand keeping many fast horses and
fancy buggles, or pianos in the parlor.
Just now there are not many kinds Of
business that pay any better profit.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-09-19
TIE REVOLUTION.

Have you heard the news from
Maine" used to he the exulting shout
of the republicans about this time tor
many years past. But it is the green
back boys who arc singing the jubi-
LIANT refrain this year. Not that they
have exactly won clean victory, but
they have upset the republicans and
swallowed down the democrats. The
election last week has made the new
National party power in Maine aud
thrown both the republican and dem
r,ratic camps into confusion. There
is no election of Governor by the pop.
u)ar vote. The Nationals will have
in the State Legislature 81 members
of the house. the republicans IS and
tile democrats q, which will give the
Nationals control.
Some weeks ago, when political
movements We're apparently quiet, we
called the attention of our readers to
the new movement as a growing eIe-
ment which was likely soon to sweep
over the country as tidal wave
Party leaders are now realizing the
tact. The National party is every
day growing stronger and there is not
a State in the Union to-day which Is
certain for either of the old parties as
previously dem ocratic or republican.
The Nationals are full Of enthusiasm.
Their meetings are alive with speech
es and songs and popular war cries.
Their doctrines may be delusive and
dangerous. 1t may be greenback
craze, as it was a silver craze last
winter, but it is going to make big
change in the state Of Presidential
candidates and parties next year.
That pretty certain.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-09-19

A farmer named William Achuf,
eighty wears old, was killed at Sandy
Run Station, on the North Pennysl-
vania Railroad, Friday afternoon,
while attempting to cross the track in
carriage in front of the $50 express
train from Philadelphia. The team
was struck bv the locomotive and the
horse and driver instantly killed.
Early. Thursday morning serious
cutting atfray took place on board
the bark Wave King, Captain Cor
bett, lying at Locust Point, resulting
in the stabbing Of Thomas Nailon by
James Mcdonnell. Both men are
sailors on the bark and had just re-
turned on board about l o'clock, at
the time of the fight. Owing to the
darkness their movements could net
be distinctly seen and the accounts
given of the ARRAY are very contra
dictory. The two men quarreled
several times after reaching the veI'
sci but were separated by the crew.
Finally Nailon, who, it is claimed,
was the aggresscr, struck Mcdonnell
and a few moments later called out
that he had been stabbed. In the
intense darkness a general scuffie en-
sued between the friends Of the men
and half dozen fights were in pro;
gross VIXEN Captain Corbett stepped
ashore and called on the police to ar.
rest the parties. Officers Jennings
and Jacobs rushed on board and tinal-
ly succeeded in arresting Nailor and
Mcdonnell. Both men were taken
to the Suthern station and DR.. S. A.
Bell called to attend the Injured man.
Nailon was stabbed in six places, the
most serious wound being two and a.
half inches long in the left side over
the heart. The other wounds were
all deep flesh cuts, from which the
blood flowed freely. The injured
man was taken to the Washington
University Hospital, and Mcdonnell
held to await the result Of his inlu-
ries. Nallon's injuries are thought
to be Of serious character and he is
greatly Frustrated from loss Of blood.
Large claspknivcs we're found in pos
session of both men, the one found
NaiIon, singnlarly enough, being GOV :
cred with bod, while Mcdonnell s
was perfectly clean.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-09-19
Aug 222.3nl
Notice To The Public.

Odirc of tie Boord Of County .School Conn.
M.issDncrs Of Frederirh county.
The following embraces the Teachers
who have secured certificates with the
grade and class of the same at the Annual
Examination held during the weeks COM
mcnclng with Monday, July 20, 1873.
FIRST GRADE.
FIRST CLAss-Jcsse w Dixon. Cyrus ID
Hoover, + II Ncghbors, J ii + Rudy.
SECOND CLAss-Gco l. Bitter, Mary +
Carter, William Cuttings, A l. llollz, ID u
Hammond, A { lIaverstirk, Eldrcd John,
son, Emma f Mottcr, Titus & Day.
THIRD CLAss.-Elcn Il Brady, James
+ Dougherty, Sue NJ CARROT, r + Gli>s-
an, A l. IIauver, II l. lIauvcr, b f Hide
brand, G S Lugcnbccl, Clinton Miller, John
y Shields, John H. Shipley, John III Sea
brook. G III Unvcrzaht, NJ Frances Winter,
d G Weller, George " Blessing j ID G
Champion.
SECOND GRADE.
FIRST CLAss.-Simon p Ambrose, II X
Biscr, John w Castle, Joscphus Rcms-
burg, Lima Norris.
SECOND CLASS Emma F Atkinson. Al
ice Alley, f A Anderson, E J Bucking-
ham, Carrie b Carlisle, Georgia y Eng
land, II Frey, Lizzie Hoffman, NJ Z Kin
ma, Louisa A Hoffman, Melissa Long, J
w Lum, Michael McFadden, William +
Miller, John + Mohler, Ella Nelson, + ID
Ncighbors, M f Philpot, Mahlon r Rice,
Theodore Smith, Marshal Stitcly, Addic
Spurricr, John B Thompson,L NJ Warren.
feltz, Annie Working, w Wright, E a
Warficld, Samuel Silence.
THIRD CLAss.-Annio Bartgis Colum
bia Fralcy, Bessie Mussettcr, j. 0 Marlz,G
Powell, Sadie Spurrier, Katie Warticld. J
w G Zimmerman, Olivia Ii Summeryille.
BY order of the Board,
d. Il. LAKIN, Examiner
sept 3t
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-09-19
NEWS OF THE Week.

Mrs. Logan, widow Of the deceased
postmaster of Hagerstown, has been
appointed to fill the vacancy.
In a railroad accident on the Long
Island Southern railroad yesterday
J. l.. Weaver, belonging to minstrel
troupe at Rocksway, Was killed,
The glove fight in Boston Tuesday
between John Connolly and Charley
Walsh resulted in the latter being
knocked out Of time in the fifteenth
round.
An Italian woman, an apple ven
der, was run over by hearse in a
funeral procession in New York Sat.
urday and seriously injured.
Walter Macdonald shot and in
stantly killed John Gardner during a
political discussion in saloon in Phil
adelphia Saturday night.
The Acme Oil Company's building
at Titusville, Pa, were partly de-
stroyed Saturday morning by fire
Damage $4,000; no insurance.
Isaac Reese, captain of the out
wards at the Philadelphia Almshouse
was fatally stabbed Friday night, by
John Dougherty, an employee of the
same institution.
A stage coach was stopped by rob-
Der. near Hot Greek Wyoming, Sat.
urday, and fight ensued, in which
one of the robbers was killed by the
express messenger. The rest OF the
outlaws escaped.
John Hendrickson, who lives a
mile west Of Babylon, L. l., shot his
wife ami lady friend Saturday after
noon. Surprising he had killed them
he committed suicide by blowing his
brains out.
The receipts of the Paris EXPOSE
ton for entrance up to the 18th of the
present month, amounted to I ,4l2,2lS
francs 81, 34S,O2
The total receipts ofsGilmore
Band in England and Ireland for
.hlrty-fve days are officially an
nouncel as having amounted to
G5,O67, 9s. Sd.
There was slight frost Tuesday
light through the northern part of
Illinois and in most of the North
western states. Very little damage to
the vegetation is reported.
Miss Compton, while visiting Bush
kill Falls, Pa, Saturday, fell over a
cataract one hundred and twenty feet.
She was rescued from tho water but
in dying condition.
Miss Kate Mason, alias Alice Trey
allyn, the female detective who was
arrested short time aince in New
York, died, in the Newport, r. |. hos
pital Wednesday.
Thomas Christ Is years old, COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself un-
der the cellar stairway at his resi-
dence, Pa mer street, Philadelphia,
about six o'clock Wednesday morning.
A deputy United States Marshall
and posse, attempted to arrest two
young men of Baldwin county, Geor-
ga, Wednesday for illicit distilling.
A desperate fight ensued, in which
one Of the posse was mortally and one
severely wounded.
Richard Boidon, aged 3s, a sales
man, living on Benson street, Patter-
son, N. j., cut his throat Wednesday
with knife and then jumped out of
a tbirl.story window. His recovery
is doubtful He has been i'll for a
week WITH u a'a:a, seyey,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-09-19
THE SuERIFFALTY.

To the Voters Of Frederick County.
MISUNDERSTANDING received a very
lattcring support for the nomination. for
Sheriff in 1877. for which tender my
grateful acknowledgements, again an.
nouncc myself as candidate for said office,
subject to the action of the Republican
Nominating Convention of 1879 and re-
spectfully and earnestly solicit your sup
port. j. 5. b. IIARTSOCK.
sep 81