Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-05-05
Gleanings.

No man is always wrong; clock ,ba,
does not go at all is right cvcrv twelve
hours.
A Western woman recently made ap-
plication for divorce on the ground that
her husband was IAN Internal fool"
The COmanche Indians are disgustcd
with the employment Of colored troops
on the frontier, they are SO difficult 10
scalp.
Certain Western papers have estall-
lishcd a new department of matrimonial
news with the captivating heading "Elope-
ments."
In England, Miss Butcher, aged 27, has
sued A. Wright, aged 73, for breach Of
promise of marriage, and obtained dan
ages to the amount Of one farthing.
At recent wedding in certain town
in Wisconsin, the organist, upon the en-
trance Of the bridal party into the church.
plapcd Put ME in my Little Bed"
A temperance editor in drawing atten-
tion to an article against ardent spirits
in one of his papers, says, 'for the Effects
of 1ntemperance see our inside"
AS an evidence that Memphis morals
are improving, newspaper Of that city
states that the old Methodist Repository
building is about to be converted into
beer saloon.
A poetical Western editor says; We
are in receipt Of two poems, one on the
'Throbbing Brain and the other on
Beating Heart We will wait until VIC
receive one on the Stomach Ache and
publish all three together"
Scargcant Bates, the virtuous bearer Of
the stars and stripes through the South
ern States three years ago. declined an
offer of $4,000 from Gov. Holden, OF
North Carolina to abandon his march,
apparently in disgust" and go home.
The East India Company formerly OBJ
tanned sandal wood in large quantities
from the Feejee Islands, as many as sev-
en- vessels being loaded with it at once-
Now, owing to the reckless improyidenee
in cutting down the trees, this precious
| wood is almost extinct in the islands.
The oldest ex member of Congress is
| Samuel Thatcher, now nearly ninetv-sin
| years Of age, who was born three days
bt fore the Declaration of Independence.
and who represented Massachusetts, dis
trict from 1902 to 1905. He is also the
oldest surviving graduate ofHarvard Col
legc.
In Missouri husband has sued another
man for $4,000 damages "for wickedly
contrlving and wrongfully dcpriving him
of the comfort of the society of his wife,
and alternating her affections for the space
of 623 days" This makes the value Of
the wifc's society & llttie over $32 per
day.
| The weight of our globe is five and
| half times as great as it it were wholly
composed of water AS the density Of
Its rock crust is but half as great as this.
modern philosophers infer. so says Pro
| fessor David Forbes in Mature" that
the immense molten mass of the interior
is principally metallic.
Tippoo Saib, the huge elephant belong
ing to Van Amburg & Co.'S Menagerie,
died Of disease Of the heart at Conners-
vile, Ind. a few days ago. He was about
sixty years old, and was imported to this
country from Asia about thirty years ago.
He measured about ten feet IN height,
and weighed about ten thousand pounds
His value was estimated at 5000.
Mr.. All Gin, Chinaman in San Fran
cisco, shot Mr.. All Sam. another, for be
ing too relentlessly attentive to Madame
Gin, and then gave himself up. When
| Interviewed by reporter, lie said ME
/ dam good man. All Sam he too muchec
heather Chincc No likce; too peculIai.
My wife he no likum. too; but me lik
llum alice same Mclean man do SO al
lee time, and makee b'lieye claZy."
During the delivery of Mr.. Morrilrs ar,
gument against the annexation of San
Domingo, Mr. Trumbull went into the Ia
dies gallery to converse with friends. \
stranger sitting in the next seat, and ca
gerly locking for the lions" tapped him
on the shoulder and asked. where is
Trumbulrs at:' 1t was pointed ont,
And where rs Trumhull:" He is not
on the floor just now" Soon the stran-
ger put the same question to Il reporter
and his curiosity was satisfied,
One of the latest California crops is
tarantulas They are raised in Calavcrss
county, and sold, with Their wonderful
cells, to Eastern tourists as curiosities.
The cells are from three 20 eighteen inch
es deep with waterproof lining coat
ed over with substance looking like
chamois skin. but as fine as velvet, with
a door or lid which they close after them
when they go in. when rearing their
young they latch it, bolt It, and then seal
| it perfectly water-tight. They increase
about one hundred and tlf1y fold annual.
ly.
Fifteen years ago young lady Of Gin
cinnati. while visiting friend in New
York, left her finger rings upon her wash
stand. and not hearing from her friend
thereto, inferred that the chamber
maid had appropriated them Last week
the Cincinnati lady received letter from
an old bachelor uncle. enclosing letter
fifteen years old, written by her New
York friend, containing the missing rings.
The letter had been intrustcd to the. IN
Gle, and he had put it into his pocket,
and from that receptacle it passed isso "
mass of oldpapers, where it had slept ev
er since.
A letter from Centralia, Boone county,
relates that within a few days pasta won.
derful display Of miraculous signs has
been seen in the shape of luminous
body in the form of a tea kettle suspend
cd in colors of fire over the centre Of the
Methodist church in that place: and it is
further stated that on an evening sNbsC-
quent a beautiful and variegated rainbow
was seen arched over the same church.
The correspondent remarks with much
truth that tea kettles and rainbows "hanc-
ing aroand loose IN that style are calcr-
lated to shake the nerves of almost any
community,
The 81. Louis H1estl:c1S Post publishes
the following letter, which, it says is cor
led csn6atil,s, and was written in Roman
script. The editor infcrs ,hereftom The
ultimate absorption of the German popu-
lation in this country, and fusion into tie
American element: "RAClyE, Is Mar'z
II. Mem FrexNd. OXkeosc me dat |
Schreib YOU in Engliscii.. Ich Aaae SD
long in staat Wisconsin gewont, das
ich alredy twise have geyotcd. Das Eng
Usher steht mir so vor dat can not hard.
ly schwctz any deutsch no more. Mcin
addresse ese zwei mile from Racine IN
busch So you send it mach der post
mcister. get en-"
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