Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-09-20

Mcbrloe OF Toe Eloore LedyeF mas very
q Besedici. We 's Expect ssf'' sis S sHa Between !,
the Ledger and the Seatinei will now he con-
Quoted with redoubled Juror.
J. NJ. Dixon, former local Of The State
Register, has been making a short visit al
Des Moines. The sight OF his right eve is
entirely DESTROYED. His left eye will require
many months treatment for entire recovery
He has returned to Cincinnati to continue
treatment.
Mr.. J. B. Howell has resumed charge OF
the Cate City, which journal be edited with
much ability for many years.
The Black Hawk County Fair will open
on Wednesday, Oct. 9Th. The Courier saws
that every evidence points to a great sue
cess.
The Waterloo Courier saws that VIM. Nell
son, residing . few miles OF that town, re-
ceived such n severe wound from a mower.
in front Of which be was remo.i g ~otsiruc.
tons, as to require the ampaia,ion OF one
foot.
A larger number than us.al OF harvest &C.
eidents are chronicled by tie press through,
cut the State.
Fifty sheep were lately killed in one night.
in Flint River township, Des Moines coun-
ty.
The grasshoppers have been very troubles
some this season throughout Sou,h. Western
Iowa. Such large numbers of these covered
the track Of the Chicago L N. W. X. r.. a
few days since, that u train was delayed a
full hour by the slipping of the drive wheels
Of the engine, made greasy by the crashed
"hopper~"
The Dubuque Library Association is in a
very prosperous condition. Over 700 vol
unns are about to be added to the library.
So says the Times.
We notice that Manchester and Anamosa
are among the new money order Offices late.
ly designated.
A ledge of Good Templass organized at
Marysville, on the Gath ult., with 81
charter members, embracing nearly all the
prominent citizens Of the place, as we see by
the Hampton Reporter.
Jesse Clement writes from Monticello
about hops as follows:
Monticello is becoming as famous for hops
- Saad Spring for corn brooms. Twelve
acres were raised here last : ear, forty this,
and next year they will exceed . hundred
oStVos NV U0R ottu III III VpSNoGOu. xuC
business Of hop>picki~g is Just closing up.
about eighty " hands" in oil in his yards.
Others had . less forse Women come from
Dan to Besrsheba and Dubuque to do the
picking, and there ars lively times in the
hop fields. The workmen, including the
workwomen, ere % garrulous ~ . flock OF
black birds. l notice that they pick worms
and oil And thus make . clean thing OF il"
all but the clean. II is said that the worms
which are cured with the hops and finally 60
into malt liquors, make those liquors answer
the purpose Of food as well as dri *. ! knew.
years ago, what the worm Of the still "
meant, but never till now how the worms iu
malt beverages looked. About 40, 900 pounds
of hops were raised here this season. aud
every pound Of them was ~baryained for. be-
fore they we're picked, for fifty cents. They
80 to Wisconsin.
BY the Dubuque Tmes we learn that the
lecture course in that city for the coming
season will open with Hor. Charles Sumner, |
on the 18th Of October. Mr.. Sumner will
also lecture At Mt. Pleasant, Des Moines,
Iowa City and Davenport.
The Episcopal Society Of Waterloo ha.
puECuooCu gtOuuuS tg tue erection Ot u
church building which will be completed
next year. So says the Courier.
A squabble has arisen among the Repui>
licans in Hardin County over the Assembly.
ship, Col. $. r. E~dgingion claiming to have
been fairly nominated in Convention over
Mr.. Knapp who was declared the nominee.
1t seems that an illegal vote was cast BY mis-
take and the balloting was reconsidered. Up.
on the over>ruled balio,ing Col. Edging,on
bad a majority, but upon the next vote
Knapp was nominated. Col. L. calls on
Knapp. through the Eldora Ledger. to give
up the 6eld for the sake e harmony.
A new pos. Office, called Spring Lake, has
beea established in Bremen Co.
A man named Frank Reed, employed in
the construction Of bridge in Eldora. Hsr-
din county. Vas killed last week ;, : falling
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