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


Mrs lydia Hunter has been giving reads
ings IN Fairfield with soccees
ID. A. Mahoney has gone into an insu-
rance agency al Dubaqae.
Prof. Perkins,. OF the State University, Is
holding musical conventions ia different
parts OF the Stale.
Two churches are tuiljius Ia Nashua,
The Cedar Rapids ?snssi is 10 have pow,
er prsss.
Patrick Damn fell of fre;sh. train a,
De Wit, las; Tharsdsy, while in,oxicat.i
ard was run over ana Killed
Daring the last mouth the LIND Once Al,
Sioux City has sold 1888 aires OF public
land.
The construction Of the Iowa Falls and
sioax City Railrsaa is progressing, reports
'eiae eeni'ayy notwithstanding.
4 boy named Spauli,ng had the entire
chal sc OF q gan shot through The palm OF
e's hand, the other day. as he was crawling
! through The ituce, near West Mitchell to
shoot rabbits.
Frank Milmyer has been senseaced TO ten
years IN the penitentiary, for placing obstruc>
iicas On the railroad track near ror Maa>
ison. in MAY. ls61. The same rascal has
an award ofone year for stealing tionr.
James SchofeId, ag, d sbou, 70 wears, an.
Piled TO Clinton drug store for pulverized
rhubaTb. By mistake the clerk pu. up ops
TN. The unfortunate man took dose Of it
and died before morning. lie leaves wife
aud two children.
TIE LATE GENERAL MArRirs.-The fol>
lowing resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed bv the Army OF the Tennessee, at the
recent meeting in Chicago:
Rese!red, That the Society OF the Army
Of the Tennessee learns, with tbs deepes;
regret, OF the death Of the late Gen. Chas.
l.. Maihiss, Of Iowa, an adopted citizens Of
the United States, who, in the late war
tor the Union, first served ~ Captain in
the distinguished First Iowa Volunteers,
then as Lieu,anant Colonel Of the Fifth
Iowa, then rs Colonel Of that noted com.
mand, from which, for the mos, Intrepid
galianiry and Efficient conduct at the
battle OF Iuka, be WAS promoted TO the
rank Of Br'sadier General, in that capacity
maintaining the reputation he had justly
earned. and greatly adding 10 j, through
out all the campaigns and operations OF
General Sherman TO the victory of Miss
sionary Ridge, where be was severely xsun,
ded.
Resolred, That the pure personal char.
aeter, stric, individual and political iu,eg>
rity, valor and military services of General
Maihies mos, justly won for him general
respect while he was living, and en,i;le
his memory tn be cherished in the hearts
Of ali good and patriotic c;,izens now that
he is dead.
Ina Iowa NORWEGIAN CoIL.-Ia West
DEBORAH, beautiful suburb of the prince
y town, is the Iowa Norwegian College, an
institution Of learning of high order, and
now hsying more than one hundred students
in attendance. The building is . majestic
pile. bulk in the old gothic style Of archi>
lecture, which in sn ed6ce SO large has
wonderfully pleasing effect, and re calls as
sociatiens Of ",be olden time long ago
more completely than any building in the
country. ! II is vastly superior to Douglass
University, as SO far completed, and the
State University NJ Madison. Wisconsin. is
no, to be compared with il only one build
ing 10 Iowa exceeds il in size-the slrpen.
dous asylum for the insane st Mt Pleasant
II is built on commanding eminence, and
from the corridors and turrets, or any OF
the windows, nav be had views Of enchat-
ing landscapes. The institution is under
The control # the Lutheran sect, and 10
uncommonly thorough ard classical in the
course of instruction." Liakeasale " in CHI
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