Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-05-17
OUR OWN STATE.


NASHUA, Chickasaw Co.. BY Andy Felt form
erly of the West Union Record A paper
will be established at Forest CITY, Winnie
bago Co., some time in June.
Howard county is importing oats, corn.
potatoes aud hay in large quantities, as We
learn by the Cresco Times.
The Cerro Gorio Repablicas Of the 9th
appears upon MANILA wrapping paper, owing
| TO its failure TO receive its print paper. This
is the next thing to wall paper. which was
extensively used at the South during the
war.
Cerro Gordo county has received land
script for $4,000 acres Of swamp lands, and
has IN the State treasury some $1,000 sub
ject to its order. So saws the Republican.
Hon. Schuyler Colfax delivered his cele
brated lecture, Across the Continent" at
Dubuque, last evening.
There is some prospect that Universal,
est newspaper will be established in this
State during the present year.
The Cedar Falls Gazette says a farmers
| club has been organized in Washington
township. Black Hawk Co. Such organiza.
tons ought to extend everywhere.
The Fayette Obserrer says that Mr.. Sol>
oman REYNOLDS, residing near Waudena, &C.
cidenily sho, himself through Lis arm, near
the shoulder, on the 1th inst He was care>
lessly leaning on the gun, when his foot slip.
ped and hitting the hammer, discharged the
piece. The arm was amputAted near the
shoulder joint, but the recovery Of Mr.. Rev.
nc Ids is considered doubtful.
| An oil mill 10 being built At Des Moines,
and 10 expected to be ready for operation by
the time the fax crop is gathered. The
owner Of the mill has loaned enough seed TO
the farmers in that region to SOW two thou>
sand acres. In connection with the mill will
be machinery for making the straw into tow
in which condition it can be shipped to a
coraage factory.
In Des Moines the bulk Of the banking
business is done by . private banker. For
the quarter ending April LIST, his deposit:
we're $617,s30. Discounts for same time
Sos, 500. The deposits in the Nationa
Banks of Des MONIES for the same tim,
amounted to only $40o,60s, and the dis
counts to e332,75s. So says the Register.
1 Tie iron on the Chicago, Rock Island
half miles Of Newton, Iowa.
PorATo Bucs.-Mr. Thos. II. Fishburn
who resides near Wilton, informs us tina
while digging holes, last week, for the pur
pose Of setting out apple trees, in part Q
his field which was appropriated last year t
\ potatoes, be found the potato bug very nu
merous, being from three to eighteen inche
deep, and two and half wide; his boy pick
ed up ffty-eight full sized potatoe bugs, an,
many others were coyered.-Those pickle
MP were rot fifteen minutes in the sun unit
they we're al alive. Mr.. Fishburn think
the prospect for potatoes this season are YER
poor.-Nuscatiae Journal.
TERRIBLE AccipESr.-One of the mos
terrible accidents that we have ever beer
! called upon 10 to record occurred in Rodger'
Mills. at Deedsville, this county, last Thurs
day. Mr. David Zear had gone to the fouril
story Of the mill to inspect the condition 0
the shaft that drives the whole machinery o
the mill, and which runs through all foul
floors. Fifteen minutes later some employees
becoming alarmed for bis safety, went abovs
to find the cause Of his delay, when the
ghastly body Of the poor fellow was seen re.
volving around this shaft at the rate Of fifty
revolutions to the minute. The shaft had
become gummy, and i. ia supposed as he
was turning to 20 below his coat came in
contact with the shaft referred to, when be
was wound up and instantly killed. When
discovered be was sealed with his back tc
the rod by the gum, his head completely Gu,
open, one leg hanging by mere shred, and
both arms broken. He was going at such
velocity that both his boots were thrown from
bis feet distance oftwenty feet. He wa,
young man about twenty -four years Of age
strictly temperate, and bore an enviabls
character. When will milers become con
vinced of the importance Of encasing THU
shaft with square box! It is done il
some instances, and should be in all case
so protected that accidents Of this kind ma,
, not occpr.-Mount Pleasant Free Press.