Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-04-26
OUR OWN STATE.

The prospects for fruit in this State are
good.
De Pel,d Gazette is new paper, printed
IN the Dutch language. at Peila.
Council Bluffs is reported to be one Of
the livliest cities in Iowa.
Hon. J. b. Grinnell, has recently been
very sick with the erysipelas.
The Upton Adrertiser speaks enconrag.
ingly of the progress Of the work on the
| MGsca:ire, Upton and Anamosa Railroad
| in the Cedar Co. section. The Muscatine
Journal thinks the road will soon be com>
ple,ed.
The Ma9uoketa Excelsior says there are
| fifty woelen factories in the State and five
in Jackson county.
The Ninton Eagle advocates the incor
| poration Of that town.
j. Q. Detwiler, has been recently com
PEELED BY sickness TO return to his home a,
Vinton from his occurring tour, bu, is rapid.
" recovering his usual vigor.
The citizens Of Monticello are agitating
the question of incorporation, as we see by
the Express. which also records a case OF
wheat stealing near that town.
| The militia return for this State, for
1866. is lo3'a56. This includes all persons
liable TO military duty.
| The scarcity of breadstaffs west and
northwest Of Iowa Falls, is somewhat re.
/ markable. Immigration and "selling
Short" are the occasion of it.
The Joe Smith, Jr., wing of the Nor.
mons, lately held convention at Keokuk
A library Association has been fully or,
| gained at McGreger. Over one thousand
dollars has been pledged to found the libra
| ~. So says the Aers.
The lecture course at Iowa CITY proved
very profitable, the amount realized from
eight lectures Icing about $l.l00. This
amount goes 10 the library fund. So SAYS
the Republican.
The splendid new bridge over the Des
MONIES at Fort Dodge, was carried away
By the food on the 10Th. The bridge cost
$4,000
The bridge across the west branch of the
Des Moines, at Dakota, in Humbolt Co.,
was taken cut by the late fresket.
The Iowa Falls Sentinel reports great
restitution among the settlers in the North.
western part Of the State. They are short of
supplies of food and of grain for seed. Steps
are being taken to supply them.
A boy at Knoxville while shamming a,
stabbing hinselfin the heart, severely wounds
ed himself, very nearly accomplishing what
be pretended to do.
Two persons-father and daugher-were
both drowned lately near Marshalltown while
attempting to cross a stream on horseback.
The creek was high, and the young lady
missed the bridge, which was under water.
The father attempted TO save her, but could
not swim, and both we're lost.
The Story county Eyis says - plague
has got into the cows about Nevada, some
how. quite a number Of which have unac-
countably lain down and died within week
or two"
The Waterloo Courier says:
~. K. L. Maynard, Esq, editor Of the
Waverly Phonix, has been appointed and
confirmed postmaster of Waserly. This rids
the community Of B. F. Mccormack, who
has the infamy of publishing the meanest
paper in Iowa.
The Register states that very creditable
entertainment given by the colored portion
Of the Good Temrlars in Des Moines last
week, was we'll attended and Melted them
$33.
The resignation Of Rev. Charles Spencer, |
President Of the Iowa State University, and |
now U. 8. consul at Genoa, is announced, |
Clearly Mr.. Spencer should cease to be con-
sui or President.
SERVED THEM R,oHr---The business men
Of Marshalltown have compelled the publish
ers Of the Times, to enlarge their paper.
This is the way they did it They handed
them tpe8ty>0ne columns Of home adrerfis-
menfs, at the following rates; one>fonrth
column, one year, Nhty,fre dollars: one
half column one year, sirty doilars; one
column, one year, o,,e hundred dolldvs Mar.
sbsll town means business, and our friends,
be publishers, have found the place were
,rinter's ink is appreciated. Again nc :ov,
er,cd them right Marion Rcyisfrr. Il