The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-24

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John Browns Tract, is henceforth to
be the name by which the Old Dominion
will be known to fame.
MISSISSIPPI & Missouri RAILROAD
1t is said this Road will be completed to
Grinnell, twenty-five miles West of Iowa
City, in a few weeks.
Four Of the Democratic candidates for
Assembly in New York, were recently
hauled up before Mayor Tieman for lot
terry gambling. Nice fellows to send to
the Legislature to make laws.
Ginger is becoming a ~favorite garden
plant in the Southern States, it is being
discovered to grow luxuriantly. Scarce
ly a garden wall will be found ere many
years, that will not have its ginger
bed" The green bulb makes the best
of preserves.
A UNIQUE WILL.-There is a will on
file in the County Records which COM
mences thus.
Il, Timothy McCarty, deceased, being
Of sound mind, in the name of God,
give and bequeath," etc., etc.-DuJuque
Herald.
Is ANYBODY FRIGHTENED "A man
named T. H. Stillwell. says the Alexan-
dria (Va.) Gazette, was arrested in that
city on the 2Sth ult., and bound over in
$500 bonds TO keep the peace, for having
uttered Sentiments ~denunciatory to Sou
thern Institutions
The orators of the Sham Democracy
who overran Minnesota during the late
campaign must have had a happy return
They should label themselves as a re.
turning Pixies Peaker did his wagon
Z" Fizzled-ask no questions"
A man in Hartford has made appli-
cation for a divorce from his wife, on the
ground of her being lazy. He alleges
that she will not get up in the morning.
build a fire and get his breakfast at a
s~easonable hour.
MURDER IN HENRY CoUNTY.-An old
man named Warren Davis, living near
Salem, Henry county, was murdered on
his own premises last week. He had
reason to believe that thieves were at
work in his smoke-house, and coming
suddenly upon them, they murdered
him in order TO effect their escape. They
have not yet been arrested.
A golden eagle was killed last week on
the Lower st. Lawrence, and brought to
Quebec, which was shot while endeavor-
ing to carry off a child about three years
Of age. This is the only bird in Ameri-
ca that will attack the human Species
They breed in the North, following at
this season the birds and animals that
seek a milder climate.
In Chicago the beef packers have al
ready killed upwards of $4,000 head Of
cattle, with about half the season to op-
crate in yet. Il is expected that before
the close, that from $4,000 to 0 1000
head will be packed. During the past
week several pork packers have com
menced. Already there is capacity in
Chicago to pack from 5000 to 1000 hogs
daily.
A CURIOUS CAsE.-We mentioned a
couple of weeks since, that the wife of a
citizen Of this county, had determined to
commit suicide by starvation, and that
she was resolutely carrying u her de-
termination. She has been deranged for
some three years. Six weeks AGO last
Tuesday, she declared her suicidal inten-
tons, and since that time her friends have
not been able to influence her to swallow
scarcely a particle of nourishment ex-
cepting the water she drinks. When we
last heard from her, three or four days
since, she was still rigidly adhering to
her resolution, saying "that she had said
she would starve herself, and she meant
to stick to it." That a person should be
able to abstain from any food for over
40 days, and still retain considerable
strength, is certainly somewhat remarka-
bic. This woman has been carefully and
constantly attended, and the family are
quite certain that she has taken no food.
= OeLuIooor Horu1