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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-07
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION.

The Republicans of Buchanan county are re-
questcd to send delegates to the County Con-
vention, to be held at the Court House, in In
dependence, on
Saturday, June 18th, 1878,
at 2 o'clock P. M, to elect nine delegates to
attend the State Convention, to be held at Des
MOnes, June 10, 1878.
The basis of representation in said Conven-
ton will be one delegate for each township,
and one delegate for every 40 votes and frac-
ton over 20 votes cast for Hon. Frank T..
Campbell for Lieut.. Governor, at the general
election in 1877. The townships will be entitled
to delegates as follows:
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-07
TIME TABLES.

Chicago & N.-Western Railway.
Time OF Departure of Passenger Trains from
Clinton.
Leave for Chicago :,:I the East, .... $40 a. m,
+" s. IS 12O5n m
g - c. Bluffs and the West,.... 40 D. m.
.... 445 a. m.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-07
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

NEW Clothing for all ages, at the City
of Paris Store.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-07

LIVE Geese Feathers at Marquette's
Furniture Store.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-07

RICH and elegant Lace Curtains, very
cheap, at the City of Paris Store.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-07

A FRESH arrival of new goods this
day at the SO CENT STORE.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-07

CAssIMEREs, at 65 cents per yard, at
the City of Paris Store,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-07

IT will pay to go over the bridge to
the west end to buy your drugs and gro
ceries. Try it. 21tf
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-07

For Sale.
On easy terms of payment, the following des-
cribed land
10. in Fairbank Township. Buchanan County,
about miles west from Hazleton, well situat-
ed and everyday desirable
For particulars, inquire of
ARCH G.. SMITH,
l3-37m3 Independence, Iowa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-07

A CHOICE FARM FOR SALE,
Consisting of 120 acres, 70 acres of which are
ready for small grain. Located 3 81 miles from from
low. Inquire of [28tfF II. j. MARINUS.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-07

IMPROVED farm, near Rowley for sale
on easy terms. (44w9 S. NEWMAN
YARD wide Cambrics for ladies' dress
es, you can find at the City of Paris
Store, for 8 cents per yard.
WE now offer the following Toilet
Sets, in II pieces Brown Fern, Moss
Rose, Wide Maroon, Gold Band. Blue
Woodbine and Purple Band. You will
find them to be very elegant Sets, and
we offer them at remarkably low figures.
Balm & Sites.
SPLENDID Parasols, at the City of
Paris Store.
Croquet sets cheaper than ever at
Tabors. If
80 cents and 81 will buy good croquet
sets at Tabor's. If
CAssIIEREs, at 65 cents per yard, at
the City of Paris Store,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-07

IMPROVED farm, near Rowley for sale
on easy terms. (4w3) S. NEWMAN
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-07

Fairbank, Iowa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-07

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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-07

SPLENDID Parasols, at the City of
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04
Dogs in Boots.

The Journal Of Chemistry saws 'sPuss
in Boots is mythical parsonage, but
the dog in boots is no imaginary creature.
In the regions Of eternal snow and ice,
where the only beast of burden is the
dog, the cold is sometimes so intense that
sharp icicles form between the claws of
the canine sledge travellers This causes
a most serious obstacle to the speedy pro-
erosion of the dogs, and would, after a
few days, render them utterly unfit for
their laborous duties, as the icicIes grow
larger and larger as they go on, until the
poor creatures are quite unable to stand
The Oldest dogs, however, will every now
and then stop and bite off the icicles
rom their feet. Not so with the novice.
He trudges YEARLY along; every step he
takes adds to his torture, and after a
time every imprint of his foot on the
snow bears a red stain from his cut and
bleeding paws. At such times the dog
boot is called into requisition by the
driver, principally for policy, but occa-
slonally, let us hope, out of humanity
The dog is generally made of raw
hide, and is simply shaped like small
bag or pocket. This is drawn over the
foot of the animal and made secure by
tying it round the ankle with leather
string. Thus protected, if the surface
of the snow is pretty level, these won
derful Esquimaux dogs will travel at the
rate of forty miles day for many days
in succession
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04

Cain claims that the bank charged his pri-
vate checks to the jury fund, and that $780,
600 OF the gas company's funds, was used at
the instance of the directors to get charter
amendment through the legislature.
A DISPATCH from Richmond, Va, says
that the innocence of Charlotte Harris, the
colored woman who was hanged by a
masked mob on the charge of instigating
the burning of barn, is fully established,
and that the boy accused of burning the
barn has been acquitted. Mrs. Harris was
hanged about two weeks ago, to a sapling
which was bent down to receive he. and
then allowed TO fly back in position, which
it did with such force that she was thrown
completely over the tree.
The congress of the United States OF
Columbia has provided that the nation shall
at Its own expense, send to the United
States, Switzerland, Germany or England,
number of workmen from each state, in pro.
portion TO its population, that they may &C
quire knowledge of mechanical arts, and
afterward diffuse the same in their own
country.
The chiefs of the Kiowas, Comanches
and Arrapahoes, with their warriors, fifty
nine in number, confined at st. Augustine
Fla, for the past three years, arrived al
Fortress Monroe on the 18th instant, and
started west in the evening. Seventeen
however, remained at the Hampton normal
school. Among the chiefs were Lone Wolf
White Horse, Black Horse and Eagle Horse
THE Third National Bank, of Cincinnati
began on the 10Th inst, to redeem its notes
on presentation, in gold. 1t is expected that
the other national banks throughout the
country will adopt the same course.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04
New York Wool Market.

business continues in much the old dull
and unpropitious condition for nearly all
kinds of woods. The prevailing uncertainty
over the duty question affords large basis
for explanation regarding the situation of
the market, and since this became an ele-
ment of influence it has unquestionablv
added materially to the prostration, as man
ufacturers do not care to buy material
with the prospect of law be-
ing passed which will compel them
to close their mills. Aside from this.
however, the goods trade has been
quite slow and unsatisfactory, and produc-
ton has to be conducted with the utmost
caution. Wool, therefore is not bought until
it is absolutely required, and then the re-
markably close figuring done on the guam
titles handled would seem to indicate that
wants had been calculated down to the yerv
pound. There is to some extent among
holders an inclination shown to talk little
more steadily, but stocks are all available,
and the freedom with which they are
shown by both principal and broker
whenever an opportunity occurs is evil
dence of continued desire to realize.
From the California and Texas clips the ad-
vices are a little conflicting, but so far as can
be seen, the buyers who are at work paw all
the stock Is worth, and in some cases appa-
rently more than is likely to prove profit
able, unless some very radical caange for
the better takes place on the markets in
this vicinity. There has been some pretty
heavy arrivals of foreign at Boston lately,
partly on manufacturers accountability
Bulletin. ADTjI Eth
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04
NEWS In BRIEF.
GENERAL FOREIGN NOTES.

RELIABLE information from the interior
of the Mexican border states that an insur-
rection against the Diaz government is
steadily and surely ripening. 1t is under
stood that Lerdo's party are arming the
Mexican Indians to renew raiding, in order
to bring matters on the Rio Grande to their
former unstable state as regards the United
States.
THE royal yacht Osborne has been or
dered to the Mediterranean to bring home
the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh.
THE American residents of Florence gave
a banquet to Gen. Grant on the 18th.
THE pope will not personally take pos
session of the church of st. John Laterau
but has commissioned Cardinal Chigi to off
ciate.
SWITZERLAND has accepted the proposal
of the United States to participate in an in
ternational congress to fix the relative values
of gold and silver.
THE members of the French commission
of exploration, left behind by Lieut.. Wyse
are surveying The Panama route and canal
The prospects are most encouraging.
QUEEN VICTORIA has replied to the ad
dress of parliament thanking her majesty
for calling out the reserves. She thanks
both houses for their loyalty, and says thai
she feels sure that she can always rely upon
their adopting measures for the honor o.
the crown, and the stability of the empire.
THE United States consul at Jerusalem
sends an account of the recent visit there Of
General Grant. The general was met Al
Kalourah, five miles from Jerusalem, by the
dragomans and guards of consulates of the
Greek patriarch, and of the pasta of Pales
tine, and by company of cavalry, end was
welcomed into the city with military hon
ors The pashas military band was in at
tendance on the general daily, and during
the time of his stay he received every mark
of consideration from the pasha and loca
consuls and dignitaries of the Greek ant
Armenian churches.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04
An Adventure of Carl Schurz.

1t was in Spandau that the adventure
occurred which won Carl Schurz his
knights spurs-if one may use a medi3-
val figure in this unknightly age. But
the whole adventure is thoroughly ro-
mantle. Before the troubles of 1913,
Schurz was studying medicine at Bonn,
and there became intimate with the poet
and professor Gottfried Kinkel. This
Kinkel was wild, visionary writer, but
seems to have possessed that personal
magnetism which secures the truest and
most self-sacrificing friends. Both be
and Schurz took part in the so-called
Baden revolution ia 1819--a campaign
which, so far as the reyOlutionists were
concerned, resembled more closely a
Fenian invasion of Canada than any
other military event with which | am
acquainted. AT the breakup those pat,
riots who were able crossed the frontier
into France or Switzerland, Schurz
reaching the latter country; but Kinkel
was caught, and locked up in the peni.
tertiary at Spandau, where he spent the
most of his time in spinning yarn for the
governments benefit. His friends, how.
ever, were not going to let him pine
away at this useful but uncongenial EN-
ployment without making an effort to re.
lease him from it. His wife, woman of
great energy of character, wrote to
Schurz, asking if he were ready to help
and he came at once to Bonn to see her
From there he went with letters to some
trustworthy persons in Berlin, nota
bly, to certain physician there
and these two, with the as
sistance of country gentleman living
in the neighborhood of Spandau, ar
ranged and carried out the daring at
tempt. They succeeded in bribing a
turnkey, who, between IL and II at
night, having provided himself with the
duplicate key to KinkePs cell which
hung in the prison office, and a rope, let
the latter out, and got him on to the
roof of the building, whence he was let
down to the street, where Schurz and
the physician were waiting. They con-
Quoted him with all possible haste to a
neighboring inn, where suit of plain
clothes was agaiting him, the doctor re-
tanning his prison gear, which he intend
ed, and, to his sorrow, actually did, pre-
serve as Il relic, though implored by his
friends to DESTROY so dangerous posses
sion. For not long afterward, he being
suspected of having had a hand in the
prisoners flight, his house was searched,
and the clothes being found, he was SEN
fenced to long term in prison, and died
there. But this is depression. After
the change of dress was effected, the be-
fore mentioned country gentleman APP
peared with carriage and span of fine
horses, himself on the box, and after
Schurz and kinkel haG got in, started
for the Mecklenburg boundary. They
reached in safety the port of Rostock,
being everywhere helped on by trust
worthy friends, and from there the two
sailed for Scotland in vessel dispatched
by its generous owner solely to convey
them. Mr.. Schurz was at this time NO
vember, 18oO), but % years old.-Har-
per's Magazine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04
BEECHER-TILTON.
The Great Scandal Revived---Mrs. TIL
ton Confesses that the Original
Charge Against Her and Beecher is
True---A Denial from Henry Ward.

The Great Scandal Revived---Mrs. TIL
ton Confesses that the Original
Charge Against Her and Beecher is
True---A Denial from Henry Ward.
The following letter from Mrs. Tilton
appeared in the New York papers on the
morning of the 10Th;
Mr. Ira B. Wheeler.
Ny DEAR SIR: A few weeks since, after
long months of anguish, told, as you know,
few friends whom ] had bitterly deceived.
that the charge brought by my husband of
adultery, between myself and the Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher was true, and that the lie
had lived so well the last four years had
become lntolerable to me. That statement
L now solemly reaffirm, and leave the truth
with God, to whom | also commit
must suffer. / know full well
the explanations that will be sought by
many for this acknowledgment, a desire to
return to my husband, insanity, malice,
everything save the true and only one-my
quickened conscience and sense of what is
due to the cause of truth and justice. Dur
ing all the complications of these years
you have been my confidential friend, and
therefore | address this letter to you, au-
thorizing and requesting you to secure its
publication. (Signed)
ELIZABETH r. TILToN.
BROOKLYN, April ID, 1873.
MIR. Beecher was out of the city,
when Mrs. Tilton's letter was made
public, and his whereabouts was not
known save to a few friends. The
New York Tribune telegraphed him a
copy of the letter at a late hour and re-
ceived the following dispatch in reply
from Mr.. Beecher:
WAyERLY, N. Y, April 10.
To the Editor Of the ". y. Tribune:
/ confront Mrs. Tilton's confession with
an explicit and absolute denial. The testi-
mony to her own innocence and mine,
which for four years she had made to hun
dreds, In private and public, before the
court in writing and orally, | declare to be
true, and the allegations now made in con
tradiction of her uniform, solemn ard un
varying statement hitherto made, | utterly
deny. J declare her to be innocent of the
great transgression.
(Signed) HENRY WARD BEECHER.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04
A Noble Animal

Of the late Lord Ravensworth-the
gentleman who defended George "
against Thackeray-Mr. Edmund Yates
tells this amusing story: He was man
of no little personal vanity. One cold
day in winter, some years ago, having
wrapped himself in fur coat, he went
to call on some neighbors in Northum-
berland. He was ushered into the draw
ing room, and left, as he thought, alone
No sooner was the door closed than he
mounted on chair in front of the mir
ror over the fireplace, and after survey
ing himself with intense satisfaction,
gave vent to the ejaculation: "Well,
man in fur is a noble animal"
Unfortunately for the baron, a lady was
seated in corner of the room in the
recess of a screen at the time, and not
only witnessed the exhibition, but over
heard the soliloquy.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04
Breech-Loading Cannon.

Military museums afford abundant
proof of the antiquity Of breech-loading
cannon. The precise construction of
the guns used at the battle of Crecy can
only be conjectural, but breech-loaders,
certainly as old as the Tudor period, and
one probably of the time of Henry VI,
are still to be seen at the museum of the
United service-institution. There lie
the old guns, breech-pieces and all,
which sank in the Mary Rose, and which,
by their rough workmanship, account
for the accidents which ofttimes befell
ancient bombarders. 1t was these ac-
cidents which probably led to the
abandonment of the breech-loading sys-
tenn, and the employment of muzzle
leaders for the last two centuries. The
old cast-iron gun may be seen at Wool
wich and other places in lis original form,
and also in the various stages of CONVEX
sion into the weapon for the moment in
fayor.-AH the Year Round,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04
THE WEST.

INQUIRY continues in the case of Assem-.
blyman John O'Connor, of Ohio, who is
said to have been at one time convict in
the Michigan penitentiary.
AT Madison, Wis, on the 10Th, suit was
commenced by the United States revenue
department, against N. B. Van Slyke, of the
First National bank, for $27 ,0O0 the sum the
government was defrauded out OF in the
Middleton distillery manufacture
THE coinage of the new silver dollar com.
menced at the San Francisco mint on the
18th inst, in the presence of number of
invited guests.
THE Republicans of California have
nominated c. C. Beekman for governor.
ACCOUNTS are published of alleged i'm
proper conduct of the Episcopal bishop,
Allan McCoskrey, of Michigan. The sub
stance of the story is that for a long time he
has cohabited with a young girl whom he
has educated and supported, and whom he
recently married to young man of Detroit,
named BaAnister, who discovered the guilt
of McCoskrey, and indirectly through him
the matter has reached the public Nc
Coskrey denies the whole story, declaring
that he resigned on account of ill-health
and old age.
THE jury in the great Emma Mine suit for
a portion OF Homestake No. mine. at
Deadwood, after remaining locked up
eighteen hours. on the 10Th, asked to be dis
charged, as it was Impossible to agree on a
verdict. They stood eleven for the defend
ant and one for the plaintiff. The juryman
whose decision was for the plaintiff made a
statement in open court that parties in the
interests of the defendants offered him
s, 900 for his vote.
w. X. MILLER, of Canton, o., filed vol
untary petition i'll bankruptcy on the 10th
inst. Liabilities $492, 900; assets unknown.
THE following is the text of the bill re-
pealiDg the bankrupt act, as passed by the
senate on the 18th:
Be it enacted by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States of
America in congress assembled. That the |
law approved March 5, 1867, and |
I'll acts in amendment or supplementary
hereto, or in explanation thereof, be and |
he same are hereby repealed, provided, |
lewever, that such repeal shall in no man.
Ter inyalidate or affect any case in bank |
uptcy instituted and pending in any court |
,rior to the day when this act shall take |
fleet, but as TO all such pending cases and |
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04

THERE is in Berlin a society called
" The society of collectors of cigar-cut-
tings." Every Christmas the proceeds
of the cigar ends collected by the agents
are applied to the purchase of clothes for
poor orphan children. This is emphatic
ally woman's charity, for the system
of collections is for the ladies to per
suade their gentleman friends to save
the cigar ends for this purpose.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04
THE MARKETS.
New York.

new YORK, April 20-S 100 P. M.-Cotton
Exchange closed. Flour-Quiet; receipts
$4,000 bbls; sales 10000 bbls. Wheat-Quiet
and steady; receipts $4,000 bus; sales none
at call No. spring seller April at S1.25
bid; $1.27% asked for do May. Rye-Firm
at 73@74c. Corn -14@Ac lower; receipts
AZ, 900 bus; sales 100000 bus at 52@551zc for
western mixed. Barley-Quiet. Oats
Steady; receipts 1000 bus sales 10000 bus
32@36c for mixed western; 33@40c for white.
Pork-Heavy at $9.75@1000. Lard-Firm-
er at $3.50. Whisky-At $1.0S. Petroleum
Crude at SIC refined ct HE. Coal
Quiet at S3.25@3.75. Leathei-At 20@21c.
Wool-Firm demand at 30048c.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04

THE late Mark Hopkins, of San Fran
cisco, arrived in California from the
state of New York in 1S49, when he was
80 years of age. He became teamster,
then merchant, and finally a director
of the Central Pacific and other rail
roads. He left fortune estimated at
S1O,OO0,000 or 100000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04

Iii proposed by the management of
the Stewart Women's Hotel to open a
commodious restaurant for the accommo-
datlon of the public. From this will be
served all kinds of meats, not to be eaten
on the premises but taken home, at the
lowest cost price. In this way the man.
agement hope to extend the benefits of
the culinary department so that four
thousand people, besides their guests, can
obtain three mealsa day at the hotel.