Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-02-21
STATE NEW ;.

The Nin,on Eagle says that a Young ma n
named Edward Dixon, living some distance
south of Ninton lately had one of his legs
broken in two places by the premature dis
charge OF a blast in log of wood. Splits
ting logs with ganpowder is rather danger,
cus business.
The Thompson 4 Parkhurst troupe sang
at Niuton last Saturday evening.
Henry Vincent. the English orator. lec>
tured at Cedar Falls, last Friday evening
Mr.. Travis paintings OF the Army of the
Cumberland were exhibited at Cedar Falls
week before last. The Ga-ette speaks in the
highest terms Of the paintings and explains
tory lecture.
The Times SAYS great revival Is in pro>
gress in Cedar Rapids.
The Jones County Teachers Association
held its semi annual meeting at Fairview.
commencing Thursday, Jan. 30ih. about
fifty teachers being present. We CLEAN from
the Earota.
Mrs Anna Savery, of pes Moiues, is lee
turing to large houses in Central Iowa, on
Tie suhicc, Of Angels and Politicians"
The press speaas yer, highly of her lectures,
r..ich are on the side Of woman suffrage.
The vigilance CO.. mi,tee OF Cheyenne hay-
ing driven out lot of blacless, the .uil'y
have scattered themselves eastward, tie
bulk of them at Omaha, bur numbers Of
them infesting tie smaller towns ON the
North Western road.
The McGregcr Western railroad has been
blocked up with snow several times during
tie winter, delaying trains.
Malcomb township, Powesaeik county,
has live farmers club.
An extensive revival is in progress in
Montezama.
4 Congregational Society at Iowa Civ
are to erect a church to cost $4,000.
Leonard Brown. an Iowa poet, has pGb>
lished the second edition Of Poems Of the
Prairies.'
Henry Clay Dean is s,umping New uamp-
shire for the Cops.
l4,Gs1 hogs were slaughtered in Dcs
Noihes last year.
Ottamwa has a new steam FIRE engine,
costing $4,000, which was ruined at late
FIRE through the ignorance Of tie ngiaeer.
Seyenty>one cases Of bankruptcy. up to
date. in the sixth Congressional district
Pref. Perkins. under direction of the Fac
nlty OF the State Cniversii9, is compiling a
hymn and tune book to be us.d by students
ID chapel and other devotional exercises
A home insurance company has been or
ganized in Dubuque.
4 WOODEN mill hrs recently been finished
on Skunk River, in Henry county.
An artesian well is being bored at Keo-
kuk. \ distance Of $50 feet has been reach
ed. aud still no water.
Chief Justice Dillon recently ec,ured in
Muscatine on The Vale. OF the Missssip-
H."
Mr. James Wordsworth, citizen Of New
ton, was killed recently in coal shaft by
The breaking Of the descent rope, precipi,a-
ting him distance of 80 feet.
Highway robbers abound in Boone coun.
ty. The other day they pitched upon re.
turned Californian, and robbed hiai Of $500
he had a much larger sum on his person
but fortunately the robbers did not find i.
He declared them worse than any crew he
ever met in California.
Miss Anna L. Dickinson's lectures before
the various literary societies Of this State
| have uniformly been attended with The great
est success and appreciation The marve.
Gus genius commands admiration from eve,
rybody.
Hon. c. f. Clarkson, Of Grundy county
is being urged as candidate for Congress
| iona honofs.
Two young men of MeGregor are going Il
take pleasant walk 10 the Rocky Noun
tains, in the spring.
Strenuous efforts are being made to pusl
the Burlington d Cedar Rapids railroad en-
ierpriSe into activity.
The Press.-Mr. l.. NJ. Holt, Of the Mon
tana Standard, has taken to himselfa a part
ner in the person of Mr.. V. a. Ballou, form
erly Of the Hamilton Freeman The .Stano
ard is an excellent sheet and under the ne,
arrangement will doubtless continue to i'm
prove.
A newspaper will commence publicatio
at gfinnell about the first of March.
The Press is the only newspap per in wes
ern Iowa, published in the German Ian
guage.
The Burlington Uorkcye flee has bee
moved into new and CON medious quar-
e-s.
A new journal, called the Commercial, ha
been started at Council bluffs. Mr.. Burh'
formerly Of the NonporaI, is the editor.
We learn from the Dceorah Reputtico
| tndt thSte - IIoslett iOE Tue tatis Ssta'
lishment Of Democratic paper in ths
town.
| j.. T. White purchases the Union Guart
published at Bloomfield, of Messrs. Jones
Young. Mr.. White will Immediately en-
large the paper.
The Hamilton Freemaa says tha. u yer
fine vein Of coal has recently been opene
in Hamilton eoanty. 4 Mr.. Bone has a
extensive ledge Of slate, which is thought
be adapted to roofing.
The thermometer went down to 36o belo
zero, that cold Monday, In Howard count.
as wA see by the Creseo Times.
Mr.. Felts, School Superintendent Of Fay
ette county, Is about TO remove to Illinois
The DEBORAH Register claims forty belo
zero in that town, on Monday, the o inst.
Madison county has over 30, 900 sheei
and the WOODEN mill at Winterset has manu-
fsc urei 10000 pounds Of the wool proer
ced by them.
Lieut.. Byers, o. Oskaloosa, will shortl
publish book about Andersonvile prison
The saloon keepers of Des Moines close
UP their " chebangs' last Saturday week,
panic having seized them because Of r.
port that the grand jury were about to pr'
ceed against their buildings as nnisances
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