Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-03-10

lhe Republicans of Monticello elected
their ticket without opposition.
The gale last Friday night blew down
q large warehouse in Iowa City.
Cedar Falls, on last Monday, elected
Republican city officers.
The Waverly Republican urges that
the new bridge at that place be made Of
iron.
"A late revival at Fredericksburg re-.
suited in net gain Of forty new mem.
bers to the Baptist church.
"A train of cars passed through Cedar
Rapids this week on the G. N. w. Il. r..
loaded with silver ore.
In Sioux City the hotels are putting
on style N the shape of fresh onions, let
tuce, carrots, beets, etc.
The Senate, on Saturday last, con
tirmed Col E. G. Byram Register of the
U. S. Land Office at Fort Dodge.
AT the city election in Boon, last
Monday, the entire Republican ticket was
elected. w. B. Welles was chosen
Mayor.
In Elkader they have society to
break up treating" The members may
drink as much as they please and can
pay for, but they are under strong obliga-
tons not to treat anybody.
MIR. A. NJ. Dowley has donated an
organ, worth $3.50, to the Unlversalist
church at Fort Dodge. If reports are
true he got his money very easily with
which to pay for it.
II. o. Hall has started paper at Stu
art, Guthrie county, which he calls the
Stuart Locomotive. We hope that he
may always find steam enough to Hall
| his Locomotive.
The Mitchell County Neus says the
mill pond" at that place has gone down
stream. We suppose the ice broke Il
hole in the dam, and the dam-n-cd thing
run away.
The Waverly Mdependem estimates
the cost of replacing the bridges swept
away in Bremen and Butler counties at
100000 A strong argument in favor
of iron bridges.
Bremen county must be glorious
place for the married, not Mated" The
last session of the District Court in that
county, granted ten divorces, and it was
not all that was ON the docket, either.
In the city election in Dcs Moines, on
Tuesday, the Democrats elected their
Mayor, Marshal, and Treasurer The
question was whisky or anti-whisky and
whisky won.
The Mt. Pleasant Journal expresses
itself as prefering Mr.. Harlan to Mr.. AL
lison, but says that Mr. H. will meet with
strong opposition in Henry county If
others come into the field the Journal
says it may not 60 for Mr.. Harlan.
The Sioux City Times says: IF any
Of our readers should be curious enough
to see Iowa oysters on the half shell they
can do SO by examining the pile of rocks
from a quarry near this city There, in
the solid rock, may be seen petriied oys-
ter shells and oysters.
Jennie Mcintosh, who has been on
trial at Kcokuk, charged with murder in
the second degree-destroying her illigiti-
mate child-has been acquitted by the
jury. Tomlinson, under arrest for com
plicity in the crime, is under bonds, and
the time for his trial is not stated.
Deputy Marshal Sessions, on Mon
day last, arrested man by the name of
d. Fl. Hofis, operator at Cedar Rapids.
He was taken to Dubuque to answer to
the charge of passing counterfeit money.
He has been engaged as grain, cattle and
hog buyer at Cedar Rapids for some
weeks, in the employ of Mr.. Ferman.
The Marshal took his prisoner in
charge, ornamented him with bracelets,
examined the prisoners effects, and got
him aboard the train-all while they were
stopping for dinncr-and returned with
him on the same train. That is giving
him "Fitz" in no time.
The Burlington Hapkeye in speaking
of the benefits of southern market says:
"Our great northern road is every day
developing those features Of traffic pre-
dicted for it by its proprietors. Among
the late shipments we noticed several car
loads of flour from Cedar Falls, consigned
to New Orleans houses The flour is
transferred at Burlington to the G. B. &
G., and by the latter road handed over at
Monmouth to the II. r. l. & st. Louis
road AT East ST. Louis it is shipped by
boat to New Orleans.