Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1867-01-29

A saw mill and wagon factory at Canton
we're recently destroyed by fire. Loss,
$40 001.
Messrs. Lansing. Armstrong and Shaw,
are just opening q Commercial Colls &c al
Cedar Falls.
one party Of the citizens Of Webster City
are circulating petition for. and another q
remeastraace against. the incorporation Of
that town. 50 says the Freeman.
The Insurance men Of Decorah hare or
canized Local Board OF Underwriters. as
We see by the Repatyicaa.
\ new Masonic Hall was dedicated las,
week a; Decorah.
4 highway robbery was committed in
broad daylight on the road between Pots.
vile and Casialia. few DAYS since. Foar
men. armed with rerolvers, stopped a maa
who was quietly riding along in his wagon.
demanded and toak his money amounting 10
$50, after which they ailoxed him 10 pro.
ceei. The Decorah Republican saws there
is an organized band Of outlaws roaming os.
er the Yellow River country, and that rob.
berries are frequent in that section.
| The Fayette County Union has been sols
By McClintock L Rickel to Isaiah Wood and
Milo Lacy, both practical printers. The In.
ion VIII eoniinue Democratic in politics.
/ The District Coart at Iowa Citr Is pogn.
cling upon the liquor dealers vigorously. as
we learn from the Rpujlicnn.
Sheriff Hanks called on all the saloon
keepers Of Pella- the other day, and required
them to give bonds for their appearance a,
the next term 0: the District Court.
An effort is being made IL Scott county te
raise purse Of $1,000 for Judge Cook
whose barn was recently fred aad des.royec
by the minions Of shiskey.
4 free bridge. to cost SIS. 900 is soon t.
be erected across the Cedar River a, yin.on
provided the citizens furnish ne-foarth G
the amount without cos; TO the county. S,
says the Eagls.
A new temperance movement has beer
organized at Ninton, under the mos. favora
BILE auspices. Unusual public interest i
manifested.
The residence Of Mr.. Walters. a, Co.iu'
Grove, was burned to The ground on Sun
day, The 18th INST, as We learn by the Della
ware Co. Union.
The Hardin Sentinel SAYS the small pox i
again raging in that county, having obtain
ed foot hold near Berlin. Ii appears to b
Of a mild form.
A debating society has Just been organ
lied at Iowa Falls.
DR.. ]. II. Cusack, the defaulting ex- Treas
urer OF Hardin county, whose deficit am oun,
ed to $l.si7.56. has effected .ettlemen
with the Board Of Supervisors for that coun
ty by paying $500.
Grace Green nwood was to lecture in Water
loo on the 10th. Subject: !" The He,oi,
in common Life
The Courier SAYS that Poor Farm. con
sisting Of a brick house and three village
lots in the suburbs Of Waterloo has beer
purchased iy the Board Of Supervisors o,
Black Hawk County
A Soldiers Orphans Home has been ca.
tabished at Glenwood, Des Moines county.
There are now three in the State. In the
two Homes Of Davenport and Cedar Falls
there are seven hundred and forty children.
A DiscovERY.-Elihu Robins. while work
ing % his stone quarry, short distance
above town, came upon crevice in the rocks
IN which were some ten bushels Of snake
honest This discovery affords satisfacte-
ry solution Of the question Of" What has
become Of all the Cspperheads Of this sec
ton since the fall election ?''-cedar TaHey
1imes.
The MarshalItown Adrance SAYS: Mr.. NJ.
b. Hoxie, late of Des Moines, we understand.
has removed TO and become permanent
resident Of our city. Heis employed in some
manner, in the service Of the government.
The Ledger has the following: "The rich.
est man in Fairfield, as we are informed. is
a poor wood-sawyer. Charles Anderson. or
{" drunken Charley is known to all our cit,
izens. By the death Of his father in Swe-
den, he has fallen heir 10 about 800. 600.
Poor a. Charley is so debauched on all oc>
casions when he can procure whiskey. that
be will never realize any happiness from his
riches. We learn that a number Of years
lgo Charley had fine carriage to ride in /:
put he was so dissipated that his wife sent
iim to this country, and be has since led a |
'orry life. She nov sends him money oc.
;asionally, but il is soon squandered in drink.
ie would be better withou. any, !