Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-01-10

Mr. Cone. granary
Mr. Funk, addition to dwelling
Mr. Little, story -and>s~haif dwelling
Mr. Hall, barn and addition to dwelling
Mr. Snow, two story addition 10 dwelling
Mr. E B Price, barn
VIC Donnan, barn
EAST SIDE, SOUTH or MArs srREET.
d S Lee, o fine brick residence, not quite
finished.
Miss Pomeroy & Sister, . tvo-sso-y resi-
dence.
" "A Jones, residence.
Mr. Lyman, addition 70 residence.
U Wingert, residence.
Mr. Lesher, residence.
School house, as above described.
r Campbell, improvement Of residence.
EAST sIDE, NORTH OF xAIs STREET.
PC Wilcox, store on Main St.
Henry Devlin, sales room on Main 81.
5 Naylor, large addition to hotel lCha,-
ham Housel
~ Orane, tNo~stofy rcSiuence.
DIR B + Richard, swo>ssory residence.
Mr. Sage, two-storr residence.
DR. G House, hcevall and fence.
Globe House-Barn
Judge Barton-Additiou to house
J Evers, carpenter shop.
PC Wilcox, addition 70 resideace.
N Timms, two-story residence.
JF Lyon, addition to residence.
A Trssk, addition TO livery stable.
Marquette & Co, large addition to furni-
ture factory. r
VIM Dale, Improvement 10 house.
Simeon Mead, residence.
A Muushaw, residence.
Enoch Hale, residence.
Hale, Ransier 8 Co., blacksmith shop. L
Bernard Yeager, residence and blacksmith
shop. A s'1 a
VIM Brown, barn.
j. Lesher, two dwellings.
g W Rice, two-aory residence. 7s'
Edward Conable, residence
Smith Van Buren,, residence
Geo Haradon, residence. - ~
A Dickey, two~story residenes-
Mrs Dyer, &esidenee. s ~rs z
Vim Sehoss, residence.
JW XSmish, two-ssosy rssideace.
CIV Olmstead, residence. -sa
is Vinegar / Co, lumber Office.
Two large cisterns, With capacity of
500 barrels we're b,ilt near the intersection
of Main and Walnut streets. b. the city and
private subscription Jointly.
Bridges we're built a, Cobb'a Rom and
Harssr's Run, just outside the city limits,
and extensive fllings wele made, in part on
private subscription, at The same points.
A large number Of houses, barns and
fences we're painted and many minor i'm
| provements not here detailed we're made
throughout the city.
We have probably emitted hak dozen
houses in our enumeration.
SIDE walks.
During ehe year the following plank side
walks were constructed under the supervis.
ion Of AT Williams, Street Commissioner
Main street, 100 rods, Vest Side River
street. 35, Chatham street, 60, Walnut street,
ives. side, 90; lst ward, so. Crossings, lac
rods. Making a total of 56e rods, at cost
$l,io0.
GRADING.
A large amount o. grading was performed
under the direction Of the Street Commis,
sioner, At = cost of 4l,426.39.
A half mile of heavy disching for drains
age purposes vas done on the west side un>
der the same direction.
POPULATION.
The growth Of Independence during the
past ten years has been very regular. In
February, 1865, the actual populstion wish-
in the city limits, Was BY the census 7,02o
and in February, 1867, 2,t4s, IN increase Of
2ls for each of the previous years. This
has been about the average for zen years
past, and upon this basis our population a,
the present writing must be 1850. This is
An estimate based on the census, without
any exaggeration. The population Of the
county is 1880.
CRY OFFICERS.
Mayor, MA Jones
City Clerk, J N Weart
Treasurer, E Brewer
Solicitor, L W Hart
Street Commissioner A F Williams
Engineer, 0 II P Roszell
Assessor, Albert Clarke
Marshal, 7 n Hunt
Councilman, Jed Lake, II Deviin, h A
King, T Sherwood, II Bryant E Cobb, Il
P Henshau, c N Durhsm.
AP&A M.-Independence Lodge No,
81. c n nu,har. W. u; J. Hollett
Secretary.
RA M.-Aholiab Chapter. No. u. D
s Deering, H P; E B Older, Ssc'y.
log T.-Unisy Lodge, No. ls. L n
Hart, W G IT, N Young, Sec'y.
100 F.-Independeace Lodge, No. lAz.
T y Aarinus, N @; Us Wood ward, Secy.
Independence Lyceum.-Dr J G House,
Pres J I hoomis, Ses'y. This Society sss-
tanned . coarse of Eve lectures, last year,
and course Of Eve lectures is nov being
delivered under its auspices. It has libra.
r. which it is hoped will be 50 increased -
70 become credit to The city.
PonK.-The number Of hogs packed At