Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-03-20
STATE NEWS.
G.. r. Z.

From the Iowa City RepaHican, We learn
that Rev. DIR. Black, hate Vice President OF
Washington and jefferson College III Penn~
sylvania has been elected Presscsn, OF the
State University bv the Board Of Trustees.
Prot. Eggert has been advanced to a full
professorship. 1t is expected tina. Law de
partment will be added 10 he [ University.
West Des MONIES has l,6se children OF
school age, and school sccomaod.iians for
only 900. A new school house il being
erected, $4,000 having already been ex,
pended upon il.
/. ID. lngersoll Is lecturing in Central To-
va On tae subject Of :. -Four Years in Va b.
inrion.
Many of tie farmers Of Chiekasaw &c. are
engaging in bop raising.
The school district Of Cedar Falls is in
del. sll,s oll7, With 81, ga ~ in the treas
urv. 4 tax OF f.seen mills was voted at The
last election.
The RAINING ice in the Cedar gave the
bridge al Niu,on severe test, las. week, al
VIC see By the Eagie, but the bridge s.cot
The pressure noblv. g
john l. Blair offers $250, ea0 s~ae POINT
rnoyal OF the Capital OF Ie-1- bconesboFo
on n. Sor,hwests-s<<h proposed to give
s,,a No,,ar-- a case the Capital be reno
600 s-Jone Co. This makes $4,000 Of.
LED f.r new Capitol blilding in new To-
cation.
A brute IL uarshall Co. nearly killed bis
wife, last week. because she jcined the
church during The late revival
Mr.. Rollins, OF Buffalo township. Linn
CO.. recently lost his house BY an 10 cendiary
ere.
Over three hundred persops have united
With HE several churches in Cedar Rapids
a. the resll; Of the recent revival.
Woodbury. WOODEN factory at Marshall,
town turns cut rs Yards Of cloth daily, as
We see b. tie Times.
Narshal.own is going to build foar ward
school houses, instead Of one large school
building. Bad far grading.
The ID. L s. c. r. r., from Dubuque to
Iowa Fails. is now called the Iowa Division
OF the Illinois Central.
An anti swearing society has been formed
at Muscatlae. A penalty Of ten cents fol.
lows each ohense. The Journal saws that
a large fund has already accumulated. The
society u success financially, if not moral
II.
= -A%sht" "oaOa tSNCitty GucfttA
Jeff. Davis on the street. Of DGbuque.
Mrs. h. 4 King sssnry iIeesured recently at
Nitsa, On . slGrage for Waaner-
I be v rioas hrsnehes Of The PRESBYTERIAN
Church are to bod State Convention a.
Iowa City on The 6rsi Wednesday in Nav,
for the purpose of considering the question
Of union.
Ex-Goy. Stone pa5iished the Grst news
paper in Knoxville, Marion Co. It's ssst is-
sue was on the Is, Of Oct. 1855.
The Dubuque Herald says its tie gener-
81 opinion there that Anna Dickinson aud
Fred Douglass q are the two best men thu,
have lectured there this winter
The Pfess.--lhe Washington Rscss has
Just 6onned new dress.
The Eddsrille TTansc,i,t has been en-
arged 10 twenty eight columns
The Jasper ReYsbiicnn has been changed
% quarto.
c. Stewart Ellis, Esq, Of Des Moi es. has
third iuteres, in tho Davenport
Gazette. paying therefor the sum Of $s,333.>
,33. The editorial staff Of the Gazette now
,onsists OF Edward Russell. j. S. Conner.
:. S. Ellis, Col. Impey, COL Lissler, Mr..
Martin and Mr.. Eennett-