Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-03-29

with General Sheridan'S troops clos
ing up their rear, and the red men
in front, led by Red Cloud, Spotted
Tail, Sitting Bill, land a small scat
tering of their neighbors) a flank
movement will be necessary, or bro
ken heads and the guard house the
result. Please give this space, as
justice to myself. Yours truly,
EDWIN S. McCooK,
Secretary Dakota Territory.
State Items.
Mrs. Nancy Tucker, nearly 10S years
of age, recently died at the residence Of
her son in Carroll county.
The Page County Herald dominates
Hon. J. s. Mcintyre, the present Senator
from that district as Treasurer of State.
Four: next!
The franklin Reporter says that
Hon. E. A. Rowland, of that county, is
prominently named as probable candi-
date for Congress for the next term.
The Methodist Church at Usage has
received the past winter SO members on
probation. The list includes an editor,
and SO on down through the several
grades of sinfulncss.
A former resident of this State now
in Kansas, writes to the State Register.
Don't let Iowa people come to Kansas,
if you can help it. They arc better off
in Iowa, it don't matter hOw poor they
are" The people of Iowa will please
take notice.
The Vinton Journal changes hands
April list, A. H. Brown disposing of the
same to Chas. r. Wilkinson, formerly Of
the Eagle but more recently of the Cedar
Rapids Observer. Mr.. Wilkinson is
sprightly writer and will furnish the
patrons of the Journal an excellent pa.
per-
Ole Bull and his scarcely less distin-
guished fiddle had narrow escape last
week at Iowa City. The Clinton House
at which he was stopping took fire at an
early hour Wednesday morning, and the
great Violinist with the darling viol
under his arm, and in his night clothes,
barely had time to escape the flames.
President Gilman offers to contract
coal at very low prices to parties who
will establish manufactures of any kind
on the station gounds of the Iowa Cen
trail Railroad. AS an unwonted instance
of enlightened liberality and public spirit,
on the part of railroad manager, Pres
ident Gilman's offer is worthy of note
and of imitation by officers of like cor
pora.ions everywhere.
The Fayette Union tells of o case OF
rlre conscicntiousness: A poor war wild
ow, Mrs. Ann Thompson, who has been
in receipt of a pension of $40 per month,
50 for herself and 81 on account of q son
now IA years Of age, on the occasion OF
drawing her last quarterly allowance nj
Zeigler's bank, requested that gentleman
to notify the government that she would
not need aid any longer, as her boy was
now able to support himself and her
Very many parties holding fat sinecures
under the government might learn les
son of integrity and patriotism from this
poor widow.
"A wretch named Solomon Boyer has
been arrested and held for trial at Ana
mesa, ON charges almost too revolving
for credence. He is the father of three
daughters, aged 10, 16 and -, respect
lively, the mother being dead. The in
cestuous beast is said to have, two years
ago, compelled by force the eldest daugh
ter to accede to his hellish desires. A
year after, the ruin of the second CIR
was accomplished by the same means
and few weeks since, the Immature
father manifested his brutal designs upor
the youngest, when becoming alarmed
the girls complained to the neighbors
and Boyer was arrested ON their infor
nation.
Jake Columbus of Calamus, Clinton
County, in strict constructionist of thu
scriptures. In literal compliance with thu
injunction of the good Book; IF thy
right hand offend thee, cut it off," he, .
few days ago provided himself with al
axe, some rags and blanket and going
to the woods, laid his right arm on .
block, and hacked away at it until it wal
chopped off, between the wrist and el
bow. Wrapping the stump in the rags
he deliberately went to the house of 4,
neighbor and told of it as unconcerncd a!
If an ordinary .occurancc. When ques
toned concerning it, he quoted the abov,
passage, saying his arm had offended
him, and that he had no right to any
other than literal Interpretation of til,
injunction to cut it off. Aphysician wal
called, the arm re-amputated, and Jake il
doing well.
St. Louis ~ q Spring Wheat Market
Chicago must yield the palm te