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

The STATE REFORM SCHOOL, Hon. j. A,
Parvin has recently returned from visit 10
the State Reform School in Henry county.
where, with the Trustees. he has been rat>
! ing that institution in motion. He saws
tina, there are now six bows in the school
ranging from twelve 10 seventeen Years Of
age. The institution can accommodate scv,
cniy.iive, and Will probably be fill before
measures can be taken TO permanently locate
il. The appropriation OF $4,000 has al
ready been expended, but no debts have
been incurred, and the managers will ems
denyor TO avoid any indebtedness before the
meeting Of the next General Assembly,
Dab Times.
/ The Grand Chapter Of the State of Iowa
met at Des Moines on the 18th, aud elected
the following officers:
Pi,kin {. Wright, N. T.. Grand High
| Priest. Dewitt.
c. s. Rolliu. NJ f. CIR. King, DEBORAH.
Cole Noel, Or. Scribe, Adel
c. u. Waters, CIR. Treasurer, Musca,ine.
W. W. Langrldge, Or. Secretary, Musca>
tine.
:. II. Packard, CIR. Captain, of the Host.
q. ". Cook. CIR Principal Soiourner.
George +. Foster, CIR. Royal Arch CAPS
tain.
J. \. McClanahan, CIR. Master Of Third
/ Veil
y. Crabh, CIR. Master Second Veil.
l.. j. Coulter, CIR. Master Of First Veil.
| Theodore Schriner, Grand Guard. "
! The total assessed valne Of personal prop>s
eriy in Iowa il SIT .359 1893. Tits is an in
crease Of only $39s,o39 over last year. No
assessment Of the real property OF the STATE
has been made this year. la 1867, MS eoual>s
lied by the State Census Board ii footed mn
$lse,s50,s25. The taxable property Of the
State, therefore, is volued a, 1886, 907 ,223.
This is probably not one>halt the real wealth
Of the State.
The McGregor Nsrs says: Wn.P Emo,
| Of Wagner, in this coanty, cleared this sea-
son the nice SUN of $l,S2l.4s from thirty
acres Of barley. Who says Iowa farming
don't pay?
Y. NJ. c. A. OF DrpuorE.--The churches
Of Dubuque have been holding Union meet
( ings in that city in behalf Of the Young
Mems Christian Association. Senator Har
Ian, and HOES. George g. Wright and c. C.
Cole were present, and took an active part
in presenting the claims of the Association
to general support on the part Of the ci,i>
zens. Toward the close of the meeting the
SIN Of 81 400 was raised among the audi,
| cnce and rendered as free gift 10 the AS
ISOLATION.
The Des Moiues Register of The is, inst.
states that i've attempts were made 10 burn
| the city on the previous night-ior,una,ely
without success.
A Golfer dam is row early completed at
the well known "sycamorc chain of rocky
rapids some ten niles above Davenport, BY
which i, is thought some fifty acres Of the
river bottom will be exposed and vas,
amount of wealth in the shape o. pig iron
and lead of sunken barses and anchors from
steamboats,, will be recovered.
The Hank. Eye notes the presence of Chas
l.. Frost Esq, of New York, the Presiden,
of the Toledo, Peoria and Wabash Railroad,
on business connected with the completion |
Of the line from Burlington TO La Harpe,
Illinois, and who expresses his belief that no
difficulty will be found in procuring iron for
the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Minneso,
IA Railway in time for laying the track ears
y next spring.
Robert lie Marinet, a Frenchmau. former, |
y q resident Of Davenport and member Of |
Go. G. 10Th Iowa Infantry. committed sui.
eide in Denver, Colorado Territory, on the
ll,h inst. Several years ago he came into
possession of a fortune of $4,000 or more |
and lived like a prince while !, lasted, Civ
ing freely TO the pocr and lending readily to
all who applied for loans. Finding himself
poor and fast failing under the ravages Of |
consumption, be chose to end his troubles !
with Q revolver See Gazette.
Coal FIGvHEs-The Eidora fIowal Ledy |
en- says that in ls66 thirty thousand bushels |
Of coal were shipped from the Eldora mines. !
Private enterprise, unaided BY large capital,
improved machinery. or railroad facilities, |
had accomplished SO much. A bushel Of
coal is estimated at eighty pounds. This
fall the private banks have mined thirty
thousand bushels, and the season has hard
ly begun. Wagon after wagon loaded to the
top with this fuel already sawed and ehcps
ped passes through town. Ii goes to glad |
den the iresides Of prairie farmers of Grun. |
dy, Marshall, Tama, Hamilton and Hardin |
counties. ] he Eidora Coal Mining Compa. |
ny ship BIZ rail, Gre, ten, and twenty tons a |
day, to the regular coal dealers along the |
line Of railway. Every month j, takes from
a single working shaft more than the entire |
product Of our coal field in 1866.
BAPTIST SrArE CONVENTION. Prom the |
Marshaltc~n Tintes and Cedar Falls Gazette /
we learn some particulars about the Baptis,
pl &c. II was the 2Tth annual session. |
There we're presen, 90 ministers and IL 9TH
er delegates from The churches. The re-
ports show that thirty missionaries have been |
sustained wholly or In part during the year,
from the funds OF the convention, and that /
$1,000 have been expended. The missions
ares have baptized, during the year, 200 |
and received into their several churches in
ether wars 2a3 Fourteen houses Of wor~ /
ship have been erected and as many more !
are in process of construction. There was I
contributed in cash and pledges at the meet
ing for State Convention, $2,500; Foreign i
Missions, s4i5 Home Missions, SAL Pub
lication Society, s355, making total for
Benevolent objects OF 1851. This does not
include several hundred contributed 10 en-,
dow Professorship in the Chicago Theo
logical Seminary. The Baptisis of Iowa
now number 10000, and their contributions
for the fiscal year are about $4,000. /
Twensy-seyen Sunday Schools were report
ed, showing an aggregate Of 2s4 Teachers, /
2,6os Scholars, 5000 money expended,
1898 copies similnonthly papers, 81 Goa,
versions.