Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-11-03

contents including $i5 in stamps.
The illness of Senator Harlan's wife |
aas become 500 serious that it has been
deemed advisable to remove her to New
York for treatment.
A three million dollar mortgage was
recorded at Iowa City last week 1t was
given by the Clinton s. Iowa City Rail
road to raise means for extending the
road to Oskaloosa.
-A:Democrat of Ottumwa voted at
the late election a last years printed
ticket, ut the same time saying he "didn't
want any new departure in hisn"
The Dubuque Times of Tuesday
says: "A feet of IS canoe loads of red
men fioated past here with fnrs on their
way to St. Louis yesterday.
j. W. Ragsdalc, of the Adams coun.
ty Gazette, is a candidate for the Senate
scrgeant-at-arms at the next session of
the Legislature. 49,.
Miss Pattie Miller, the accomplished
daughter ae:Justice Miller, Of. the u. s..
Supreme Court, is to be married in
December to very wealthy gentleman
Of New York.
The Insslssss.s:;n er says that the fire
dcpai tfncnt. of Charles CITY are about
to be fitteAou With new engine, hooks,
ladders, buckets, truck, &c.
w g. Ranidell, chief operator Of the.
Atlantic 3 Pacific Telegraph. Of Du-
buque,, recsIss4 Intelligence, last week,
that an unclea Boston had left him, a
fortune Of $4,000. = ~ ? -
| III. s.'Hyatt, 6f,the Clinton Herald,
has sold his interest in. that paper to T.
J. Sanders, late of the Davenport Gazette.
Mr.. Hyatt will leave the editorial pro-
fession with the regret of all his cotempo-
raries.
The DEBORAH Republican records an
attempt of incendiarics to fire a building
in that town. and says that an efficient
night watch has saved thousands of dol.
lars to DEBORAH during the past year.
Mr.. w.!'R.. Larcom;; agent Of the
Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine, at
Manchester, vas severely injured at Ma
sOnville, last week. In endeavOring to
hold his horses by their heads while the
cars were passing. they broke from him,
throwing him under their feet and tramp
ling upon him." He had several deep
cuts in the head. but is recovering.
The Manchester Union. says that
last week some person, out Of jealousy
toward a contractor on the Davenport
and St. Paul Il. II. set fire to large
pile Of ties in the Turkey TIMBER destroy
ing them entirely The fire spread in all
directions burning in it's course a thou
sand cords Of weod belonging to w. B.
Larkin, of Strawberry Point. and at last
accounts men were hauling water from
Elk Gre, k to control it.
| Richard Greenland, carpenter, was
instantly killed at Des Moincs last
Friday morning, by falling from the top
of a new building: He was standing on
he wall setting joists when the bricks
gave way precipitating him backwards
to the roof Of l.w. building adjoining.
He fell on his head crushing in the skull.
| We gIean from the Register
Mrs. Ncttier Sanford, of Nlarsl&n
town, who introduced the resolution at
the Woman Suffrage Convention, at Dcs
Moines. denouncing free love, writes to
the Ehlora Ledger: eve also attended
the sessions Of the Inwa womin's suf.
frage Convention here yesterday, anil on
the whole it was success. They were
a. little timid in dcnouncing the Wood.
hull clique in resolutions, but upon the
platform the 's!aHGss'' we're all right"
The Sioux City Herald has been
sued for libel by Henry Haspers. mana
ger Of the sioirx City colony. who claims
damages to the amount Of *25,OOn. The
libel consists in charging Haspcrs with
adultery and theft. As the Herald is
published in county with less than
1000 population, it is presumable that if
Judgment in the above amount is recover
ed against it, that the whole of it's sur.
plus will be absoFred and its capital
seriously impaired
The Kcokuk' Constitution says a
traveller came to the Clinton House the
other night on a late train" During
the night AS lie had taken too much salt
in his liquor, he got dry and sought the
water cooler in the hall. Turning to the
left instead of. the right. he was brought
up before a Bibcock fire cxtinguisher,
and failing to find a glass lie put his
lips to the nozzle and fumblcd until he
turned on tile charge. When the night
porter found him he was duly cxtinguish-
cd and was feeling his way to bed mutt
tcrng that "wetness was the only good
Quality in that water"
The Manchester Press says: "The
first instance of a colored man sitting on
a jury, in Delaware county, occurred at
the present term of the Di trict Court,
now sitting at Delhi. Mr.. Calvin Lewis.
pure blooded representative Of the AZ
rican race. was drawn as petit Juror,
and has been serving in that capacity
during the week, and, so far as we can
learn, without serious danger to the con
stitution. Ms IiSis is said to. be. q man
of average intelligence. and his presence
on the jury does not seem to afflict any.
body thus far.
The Des Ntoifes Register is informed
by Hon. Jno. A. Elliott, Land Commits
sioner Of. the Company. that the Dcs
Moines Valley Rt~sd has within the st
six weeks sold over two million dollars
worth of. their lands in northwestern
Iowa. They were mainly sold to the
ma rties who hold tl,.. Fl rSt mort a. ro hOnlS