Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-09-15
State News.
Greeley lectures in Waterloo Septem-
Der 23d.

Greeley lectures in Waterloo Septem-
Der 23d
John c. Merrill-no relation to the
Governor-State Librarian, died of ty-
phoid fever ut Dcs Moines last Friday
The bill Of Faycttc county against
Clayton for the expense Of keeping and
trying Andrew Thompson the murderer,
is s2,O11.76.
We Cannot raise fruit in Iowa"
and vet, at the late exhibition Of the
American Pomological Society at Rich
mond. Va, Iowa fruit took the first pre-
MUM against the United States.
Ate stormy session Of two days
al two nights last week, the Renu''-
cans Of the Floyd Butler and Mitchell
Senatorial District succeeded in n"mina
.ing Judge Converse, of Butler county
~ the 3n2d ballot
Two children were recently poisoned
At lansing by eating the seeds of the
Sfrdmonium or Jimscn weed. Their
lives were saved with the utmost Difficult
ty-Thc Mirror says that sickness, prin
cipally from malarial causes, was never
so prevalent in Lansing as at present.
A negro named Louis Quinn, a
quiet and orderly citizen, was stabbed
three times below the heart by rough
named JAS Thompson. no prevention
whatever being given for the deed.
Thompson was placed in JILL and re-
marked to visitor that "if they hang
me they'll hang Id good Democrat"
E. G. Day. of Nevada, Story county,
writes to the UearM md Home that he
has treated potato bngs successfully with
castor oil and prefers it to Paris green.
We presume Ayers pills or any otherca
ihartc would answer the same purpose,
and for speed would recommend Crotch
oil
Daniel Lantz and his father in law,
Adam Roller. Of Waterloo, came near de-
parting for the hereafter in consequence
of fixing up and partaking Of / detection
Of prairie weed with deep yellow
flower, abundant at this season 1t was
taken to cure the ague, but had the con
trary effect of nearly causing them to
shake off this mortal coil.
Eastern farmers will no doubt open
their eyes wide at such items as this
from the Cedar Falls Gazette. "Last
week the editor Of the Nint0n Eagle Of
fered his hat to any one who could beat
his it item, which was 455 bushels from
fce acres, or 81 per acre We are now
prepared to take your hat, Bro. Rich!
with this item: J. f. Zeising, of Cedar
Falls, raised 4O4 bushels from four acres
or 101 bushels per acre"
The McGregor Meas says: "Mr NJ
B Gaines, Of Millvillc, Iowa, has made
most useful discovery. which will be
hailed with delight by Iron makers gen
orally 1t is quick and perfect process
OF hardening Iron, which renders it al
most as hard as steel, ana can be done
in moment after the Iron is forged into
shape for use. In case Of horse shoe
cork~, pillow points, harrow teeth, and in
fact, whenever Iron is pointed, and needs
to be made hard 1t is invaluable"
The Grinncll Herald gives the fol
lowing results of flax culture: MIR.
Alonzo Steele informs us that ten bushels
of flax seed were sown on twenty acres
of his farm near this place, and that If
ter all expenses incidental to shipping it
TO Iowa City had been paid, the crop
nettcd him S430, being over $21 per
acre. We are also Informed that the
ground on which the flax was grown will
produce the following year four bushels
more of corn to the acre, in consequence
of the flax crop, than it would otherwise
produce 1t cnriches the soil"
The DEBORAH Republican gives an &C
count of quarrel with fatal termina-
ton at Frankvillc, on Wednesday of last
week. The parties were at work around
IL thrashing machine. Mr.. VIM. McClin-
took had some words with boy. Mr..
C. Scclcy intcrfered, when McClntock
struck Scclcy on the arm with an iron.
Sccley seized club and struck McClin-
took on the head, breaking the skull. The
latter got into his wagon and drove
home He got out of his wagon, opened
the gate, drove through, but could not
close the gate His wife came out, and
he was unable to speak; could only hold
out a hand towards her He died at |
p. NJ