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

lHE STATI REFORM SCHOOL, Hon. j, A.
Parvn has recently returned from visi, TO
the State Reform School in Henry county.
where, with the Trustees, he has been puts
ung tia, institution in motion. He saws
,ha, there arc now six bows in the school
ranging from twelve to seventeen wears of
age. The institution can Accommodates sew.
en,y>tive, and will probably be fll hstor,
measures can be taken TO permanently locate
it. The appropriation OF $4,000 has al
ready been expended, bu, no debts ha, G
been incurred. aud the managers will en>
deayor 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 10TH aud elected
the following officers:
Piikin c. Wright, N. T.. Grand High
Priest. Dewitt.
C.S. Rollin, NJ. +. Cir. King, DEBORAH.
Cole Noel, CIR. Scribe, Abel.
{. L. Waters, CIR. Treasurer, Musca.ine.
W. W. Langridge, Cir. Secretary, Musca>
tire.
5. II. Packard. CIR. Captain, Of the Host.
q. W. Cook. CIR. Principal Soiourner
George r. Foster, CIR. Royal Arch Caps
tain.
J. N. McClanahan, CIR. Master Of Third
Veil
3. Crahh, CIR. Master Second Veil.
l.. j. Coulter, CIR. Master Of FRS; Veil.
Theodore Srhriner. Grand Guard.
The total assessed valre Of personal props
er,y in Iowa is Sl..359,39S. THIS is an in~
crease of only S39s,o39 over las, year. No
assessment OF the real property OF the State
has been made this year. In 1867, as equal>
lied by the State Census Board. it footed mp
$lss,55o,sa5. The taxable property of the
State, therefore. is volued at 1886, so7, 223
This is probably no, one>halt the real wealth
OF the State.
The McGregor Nars says: Wm. Z. Emo,
Of Wagner, in this county, cleared this sea-
son the nice SUN Of $l,s2l.ls from thirty
acres of barley. Who SAYS Iowa farming
don't pay?
Y. NJ. C. A. OF DrsrerE.-The churches
Of Dubuque have been holding Union meet
ings in tina, city in behalf Of the Young
Mems Christian Association. Senator Har-
Ian, aud Hons George q, Wright and c. c.
Cole were present, and took an active par,
in presenting the claims Of the Association
to general support on the par, Of the ciii>
zens. Toward the close of the meeting the
SIM Of 81 400 was raised among the auii-
cnce and rendered rs free gift to the ASS
ISOLATION.
The Des Moines Register Of the Is, inst.
states ,ha; five attempts we're made 10 barn
the city on the previous ight-for,unately
without success.
A Golfer dam is row early completed at
the well known "sycamore chain" OF rocky
rapids some ten Miles above Davenport, BY
which it is thought some fifty acres Of the
river bottom will be exposed and vast
amount of wealth in the shape o. pig iron
and lead Of sunken barres and anchors from
steamboats,, will be recovered.
The Hack Eye notes the presence Of Chas.
L. Frost. Esq, of New York, the President
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 viii be found in procuring iron for
the Darlington, Cedar Rapids and Minneso>
tn Railway in time for lavrrg the track ears
u next spring.
Robert lie Marines, a Frenchmau, formers
" resident of Davenport and member Of
Go. G. 10Th Iowa Infantry. committed sui,
eide in Denver, Colorado Territory, on the
ANN INST GcNCtaA years oKu Ut came IulO
possession of a fortune of $4,000 or more,
and lived like prince while il lasted, Civ
lug freely to the poor and lending readily to
all who applied tor loans. Finding himself
poor and fast failing under the ravages Of
oonsam ption, he chose to end his troubles
with revolver. See Goset,e.
Coal FIGvREs-The Eldora (fowaN Lee7q
or saws that in lscs 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
" begun. Wagon after wagon loaded to the
top with this fuel already sawed and chops
ped passes through town. 1t goes TO glad
den the iresides Of prairie farmers of Grnn-
DIV, Marshall, Tama, Hamilton and Hardin
counties. ] he Eldora Coal Mining Compa.
nv ship BIZ rail. FIVE, ten. and twenty tons
day, 10 the regular coal dealers along the
line Of railway. Every month it takes from
a single working shaft more than the entire
product o. our coal field ia 1866.
BAPTIST SrarE CoNvEsT,oS--From the
Marshaltown Times and Cedar Falls Gazette
we learn some particulars about the Bap,is,
State Convention recently held al the former
ri ce. II was the 9th annual session.
There we're present 90 ministers and IL oth>
er delegates .rar the churches. The re-
ports show that thirty missionaries have been
sustained wholly or in par; during the year,
from the funds OF the convention, and tha.
$4,000 have been expended. The missions
ares have baptized, during the year, 700
and received int1 their several churches Ia
other wars 223. Fourteen houses Of wor>
ship have been erected and as many more
are in process Of construction. There was
contributed in cash and pledges at the meet
ing for State Convention. $4,000; Foreign
Missions, s4i5 Home Missions, SAL Pub
iication Society, s355, making a total for
Benevolent objects Of 1851. This does not
include several hundred contributed to ca.
dow Professorship in the Chicago Theo
logical Seminary. The Baptisis of Iowa
now number 10000, and their contributions
for the fiscal year are about $50, 900.
Twen'y-seven Sunday Schools were report.
ed, showing an aggregate Of 2s4 Teachers,
2,so3 Scholars, 5000 money expended,
1898 copies simi-inonthly papers, 81 Goa,
versions.