Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-01-17
STATE NEWS.

Fayet!e Co.-At . meeting Of The old set
tlers " Eayeste county, held ON New Years
day, at Favet,e, . Historical and Pioneer
Association was o5sshisei, With n. (. Sper-
~ .. President, Aaron Brown IS Vice Pres
iaeut, J. w. Rogers as Recording Secretary
aad {. K. Ben, rs Corresponding Secretar,
Steps ~ere taken 10 collect and preserve
facts and records Of the early settlement and
subsequent history VI the eounty.-The
dedication OF .he nex Methods, church at
West Cnioa occurred or the sih met. DR..
RAYMOND, Of The Garrett Biblical Institute.
Ut Evan.lon, ILL.,, preached tie dedicssory
sermon.
Dubuque Co.-Anaiher Leavy mineral
discover, has just been msde BY the Duba>
que Level and lead Mining Company, .
lode four feet IN thickness having been struck
Forty thousand pouuds Of mineral we're "
ken out iu twenty >iour hours. So says the
Times.-John b. Cough leotured in Du.
buque too evenings last veek.-Rev. J.
G. Fletcher lecfured on Monday evening on
:. Pompei and HerculAneum."
Clinton Co.--TAe Mirror says shey have
hre engine in Lyons well manned, bat to-
tails useless in case oftire. The thing on /,
work.-A sieamboat Is being bull, at Ly-
ons TO run 10 Mag auokesA. Low Moor
Farmers' Club celebrated its 6fh anniver
sary on the ly,h nit. The regular meetings
OF the Club are held every t~o veeks-
Clinton Co. has = Horticultural Society in
good running order. We CLEAN from The
Lyons -Hivror.
Johnson Ca. meeting of the Board
O! Curaiors OF the State Historical Society
on the lst inst. it vas voted to place ia
charge Of The Adjutant General Of the State
Sll Bags Which came into possession Of the
Society during the administration Of Gov.
Sione.-The % musicAi convention held las;
week AT Iowa City was we'll attended aud
proved = s1ecess.-Nr Miiburu lectured
at lows City on the li,h inst. We CLEAN
from the Republicans.
Brer~ Co.-The PyniE says that little
laughter Of John Rentew, Of Syracuse, was
SO severely burned by her clothes taking
6re, ON the last day of December, that she
died after suffering terribly for three hours
Large quantities Of fresh Pickerel have
been brou2h, ito Waverly from Lake All
bert Lee, MIMI. selling for six cents per
pound Bremen county warrants are 81
par.
The Pess.-W. w. MeJunkin, OF the
Fairfield Ledger, has bought out the Iisitor
OF that place and merged il into he Ledger
The Cedar Falls Gazette announces its
determination TO spread itself 10 nine eel.
utnns on the first of April. Ii is nov al
eight column sheet. the size of the Bulletin
beture its present enlsrgement-W. =.
Campbell is about starting a paper a, Brook
lyn, Powesbeik Co.-Lewis Miles, Jr. has
taken editorial charge OF the Corydo,: Noni.
for.-The W.verl, Democratic Ne,cs has
been enlarged 10 seven column sheet and
is printed on new type.-The Waukou
Standard. ne. paper Under the propr,e-
torship Of Z. W. Mcdonald, comes TO "
With bright face and sparkling variety OF
matter. Success 20 il.
In Genrai.-Some malicious scamp burnt
up . lot OF hogs prepared for market BY An
Ton Weinshswk Of Jackson county, together
With large chicken rsosi. the other night.
So sAys the Bellevue Joa,nal-A Lodge
Of Good Templ~rs was organized in Spark .
Settle men,, jackson county, last week. -
The temporary bridge across the Missouri
at Council B,uss has been completed and
ia use several weeks s-The Marion Reg
is.sr Gays thai couple Of nice Young men
amused themselves, the other day. in that
town, BY stealing overcosts and other cloth.
ing; but they we're caught at it and tined
$40 each.-They have live Hor,icultur>
81 Society in Mahaska county. y.-The col.
ored people Of C.n,ral Iowa celebrated
emancipation day, on the LIST inst. 10 the
number Of five hundred, at Oskaloosa.--
A lady in Iowa Centre, Story county. lately
gave birth 10 four children, three girls and
boy. They did no; i've The stock OF
the Cedar Falls Starch Company has been
raised from $33,o00 to $4s, ,0OO.-A
bridge. t~o hundred feet long, is to span the
Des Moines River at Dakota, the county
scat Of Humboldt eounty.-The Clerks
aud County Judges Offices q, Council Bluff
we're lately burned aud a portion Of the coun.
~ papers consumed, although tie most val
sable we're savsi.-Thers are now $50
children in she Home ut Davenpou.-Io,
va items Of interest are as scarce rs hens
teeth, about these iitnes.-The new Con,
gregaiional Church al Monticello will be
dedicated on the 26th inss. Rev. Mr.. Nut,
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