Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-11-06

Hctt pIsc arrived III &itIOTH;t
lO7. 700 Chinese, ofwhom $500 have
died. aud $4,000 have returned to
China, leaving on the coast 4 Chinese
population OF $4,000. exclusive vi
those born there.
1t is said that poor German me.
chanic OF New York has just invented
a sounding board which solves the
long-sought problem Of the prolonga.
ton of sound in a piano. The inyen.
ton is very important topic Of dis
cussion among piano makers. and il
the repot is true, aud the sounding
board should prove TO be what it is
claimed to be. the inventors fortune
is made, and the piano becomes at
once the most perfect of musical in
struments.
The annual meeting of the societies
Of the Armies OF the Tennessee, Com
berland, Ohio, and Georgia will be
held in Chicago OIL the 18th and 10th
of December next. The meeting OF
the 18th will be devoted to speeches !;
that of the l6,h to banquet.
Hans Christian Anderson, the Dan
ish novelist, is coming TO the United
States in FEBRUARY next.
The managers Of the Hudson River
Railroad are making good progress
on the grading of their third track,
v hieh has now become q necessity, in
order to move the immense number
of trains over the road.
James Il. Murdoch, the actor, pre-
pared lecture for the coming season,
which he styles Impressions and
Recollections of Abraham Lincoln"
Within fortnight he will visit the
Eastern States on alecturing tour.
Minnesota has more wild fruit this
year than some Of the old States have
OF cultivated fruit.
The growing tobacco crop in Virgin
ia is the best, and promises the lar
gest yield, Of any since 1860.
Tie annual increase of the popula-
ton in Minnesota is reconed at co.
600 births, 10000 Yankee immi-
grants, 10000 Scandinaviaus, and
10000 of other nationalities.
A remarkable cavern has been r.
Gently discovered ia Salisbury, a
township in the northwestern corner
OF Connecticut, which promises, when
fully explored, to take rank among
the natural wonders of our country.
1t has been partly explored, and
found to contain many beautiful!
chambers, adorned with snowy stall
actities AM gypsum formations.
Tie Principal Of the Tracy Female
Seminary, at Rochester, N. Y, has
taken q step in the right direction, by
making arrangements to have the ell
ements OF gardening laugh, as one Of
the branches Of that institution, and a
greenhouse for plant culture and
propagation is now being built there.
Heavy rains in Switzerland have
swollen the rivers and occasioned Sc
rions inundr.ions. Streets. bridges,
and even whole villages have disap
pearcd; many lives have been lost
and property to an immense amount
has been destroyed. A conference O
representative from the sevcra
| cantons is 70 be held at Berne to con
cert measures for the relief Of tht
sufferers.
A New York manager has engaged
Professor Karl Vogi, the eminent Ger
man sayant, to lecture in the Unitcs
States. Vogt is not only a yer,
learned naturalist. but also famous a
the leader Of the liberal school. an,
| as a republican politician. He wa
one Of the Left in the Frankfort Parli
ment, and when that body, in Jun,
Is49, went from Frankfort TO Slut
CART, he was elected one of the fiy
regents Of the empire. lie is an ex
ceodlngly eloquent speaker.
The dome Of the National Capito
at Washington, will require from 81
600 to $1,000 annually to keep it i
repair, as the constant expansion an
contraction of the metal Of which it j
constructed will break the paint, AM
quite ike cause further damage.
The United States contains the 81
lowing s;nguiarly named Post Offices
Marrow Bones, Sorril Horse, Ii III
Toto, Why Not, Alone. backbone
Carryall, Fame, Time, Stony Mar
| Sal Soda, Newborn, Yankee jim
Rough and Ready, Pipe Stem. sbicl
Skinny, Oycralls. Snowshoe. Miracl
Ram, Simmer, Lookout, Paint. Las
Chance, Ogunquit, Memory, Tally He
Spuytcn Dnyvii. Tired Creek an
4 Our Town.