Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-11-10

"'eo''A O>'sS 81 uNS PsNbNsSu hSSVo'N
for the coming lecture season on the
subject, Are we Improved Apes" in
which the d rwinian theory will be ex-
amined and dissected.
The Manchester Press says that a
little three year old son Of Jas. Mcbride,
Jr. who lives about five miles from that
place, fell from load Of corn under the
wheel of heavily laden wagon. which
passed directly over his head. He is in
prccarious situation, but come hopes
are entertained Of his recovery.
The Cedar Rapids O6serrer admin
listers the following happy mixture Of re.
buke and advice to Chicago business
men: 1.-THE Chicago papers are COM
planning Of the fact that St. Louis mer-
chants are advertising in the local pa
pcrs of Iowa. Let Chicago initiate the
example instead Of murmuring over it,"
-Noyes & Holt have sold the Mason
City Republican to N. v. Brewer, late
editor of the Davenport Gazette. who will
hereafter have sole editorial control Of
the paper. Mr.. Brewer has the ability
to furnish the people Of Cerro Gordo
county with a Journal Of which they may
justly feel proud, and We hope he may
find the situation pleasant and profitable
We presume our friends Noyes & Holt
will not long retire from the newspaper
field. They have our best wishes n any
venture they may hereafter make.
The State Register having intimated
that Iowa City had NO fire engine, the
Republican corrects the statement and
says that if the Register writer should
attend fire in Iowa City he would see
"a very good looking machine of the
hand variety, manned by twenty five
captains, all screaming at once, and three
to five privatcs. and the way the water
wo Id fly. spit and sputter would be Il
caution to him to keep ont Of range, if
he did not believe in srrinkling"
About the editorial excursion John
p. Irish has this to say:
PUT us down for four, Junk. We
will c. rtainly 9" that far around the
world about that time. provided Tom
Scott will agree to plug the horns Of all
the brass bands on the U. p. road"
Don't some of our exchanges think Of
some pleasant retort to make in favor of
the "hnrns9" We do. but we won't say
it-Fairfeld Ledger.
We certainly remember one or two oc
casions on the St. Louis trip when the
music of the horns WAS appreciated by
the most unmusical ear.
An irrepressible five yea, old. of Mt
Vernon, hearing his mother remark t.
some friends that "she usually found her
first impressions Of people to be correct
ones" called out at the top Of his voice.
Mamma, what were your 'pressions
when You first seen mcs" Doubtless for
the reason that truthful answer would
have been the reverse Of complimentary,
young hopefurs curiosity was not graft
fed.
The Fayettc Union says that Wolsey.
Of the horse stealing firm Of Lightfoot &
Wolsey, with Dick Arthur as his attor.
ney, has on his own information and
without affidavit procured from justice
Of West Union a warrant for the arrest
Of Shean, the Minnesota Sheriff who ar
rested him and upon whose testimony he
was convicted of horse stealing, and has
applied to the Governor for rcquisition
for Shean. The Union thinks that kidnap
ping horse thieves has become a danger.
Gus business. and that this is intended for
test case to legalizc horse stealing.
The Dubuque Times tells Of 'noble
savage" who perambulates the stree OF
that city boiling into dwellings unbidden
and in other aboriginal ways. making
himself generally disagreeable, and who,
when occasion offers, presents the follow
ing certificate Of character:
1.-The bearer Of this is poor blind In.
dian. The d-n c-ss may be depended
on to steal everything he can get his
dirty hands onto. Anything that any.
body may fee disposed to give him will
be appropriated for whisky the first
chance he gets. You will no doubt take
pleasure in helping to another dose OF
deadly rotgut this wretched scion Of the
id race which has broken up 40 many
households and destroyed the lives of so
many women and children"