Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-05-19
Of the BuLInTrN,


ty-how narrow the stepping-stone
between them seem, where, in the dis
pensations ofProvidence, the thread
oflife is snapped without a moments
warning. How little we value our
selves as creatures of time and cir
cumstances till the death's-head is
brought before our eyes. Love,
fear, misgivings, the ties of kindred
and Of home avail nothing then.
Death claims his own relentlessly.
Our days are numbered, but no man
can tell the mystic number which
unclasps the girdle Of his life.
Times cycles fall about us unceas-
ingly, and we take up the burdens
of life without knowing when our
labors shall end. Some pass Sc
renely down life's way-fortunc
seems to smile on them--they are
permitted to exc out their lives, as
it were, and smilingly close their
eyes upon the world, while others,
luckless wights, are
"IIunted to the brink Of eve. ything,
And then drop Off
Poor Scatterlipr,"
On wednesday of last week, Mr..
Hlnds, . wail-lnown citizen of Du-
bur,Le, smitten with the blithe-
less and beauty Of the wealth
er, engaged a livery rig at La
gen Bros stable for drive,
about IL O'Clock in the forenoon,
and driving around to his house
took his wife and little boy for COM
pany; leaving his mother and the
three other children at home, telling
her before leaving that they would
be home at noon. They started on
an up-river road by way of Thomp-
sons Mills, point situated on the
Maquoketa, which stream cmpties
into the Mississippi near there.
Noon came, but they did not return.
During the afternoon lad brought
tidings which aroused grave fore
bodings among friends Of the fami-
ly, and number of gentlemen went
in search of them. On reaching
the Maquoketa they found the horse
and buggy in water twenty feet
deep, short distance below the
Mills; these they got out and com
menced dragging the river for the
bodies of the supposed drowned.
They were soon found and laid up
on the grass by the riverside, and
after their limbs had relaxed little
of their rigidness, they were con-
veyed to the home Of the family,
where the scene was heartrending.
The supposition is that Mr.. Kinds
drove into the river by accident.
The road was close to the river, and
as the water was high, it had over
flowed it, so that he could not tell
exactly where to drive, and was
thus misled. 1t is almost needless
to say this is one of the saddest At
flictions that has ever visited our
community. The heartfelt sympa-
thies of all Dubuque have went out
to the bereaved family. Three
children are thus made orphans and
a mother bereft Of dear ones. Mr..
Kinds was in the prime of life, being
81 years of age; his wife was a"ed
35 and the little boy about five years.
1t is reported that Mr.. Kinds car
ried $4,000 insurance on his life.
The funeral took place Friday after
noon at the house of the deceased,
Rev. Specs officiating; the attend
ance was large.
A blacksmith named Shelton, dis
covered some peculiarities yester-
day afternoon. Whether he intend
ed to commit suicide or not no one
knows, but it is very evident he felt
discouraged" During the carly
part Of the day it is said he imbibed
rather freely of liquor, and in the
afternoon went to drug store and
procured chloroform under false
pretences, and swallowed seven
Fights of an ounce OF it and started
down street; he had not gone far
before the chloroform began to take
effect on him, and he staggered and
fell, striking his head on a curb
stone, cutting him severely, and
rendering him insensible. He was
picked up and carried home and
physicians called, who did every
thing in their power to help him,
but " to this date he remains in a
stupor.
A lady from Bankstown Prairie,
who had recently come to this city
to receive treatment by our medical
faculty, had an ovarian tumor
weighing forty pounds removed
from her last Monday. This criti-
cal operation was participated in
by five physicians. The patient
was put under the influence of chic
reform and was operated upon so
skillfully that it is thought she will
entirely recover.
The water works project is again
on foot. The contract for laying
the pipe, ETC., has been put in the
hands of Pittsburg company, and
is to be completed, we understand,
in 90 days from the time of letting