Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-09-20
DEs MONIES, Iowa, Sept. IA, 1872.

WI. ToxAx. Esa.--EDIroR BULLETIN:
NY work, the Manufacturing, Agricultural and
| Industrial Resources of the State" published
unacr the direction of the State Board Of Immi
! grafton, 10 nearly completed and will soon be
prising citizens, with yourself, have expressed :
wish that Jour city with it, attractions for capital
| ETC., should be represented in the work, but no
attention Of your representative men to this mat
ter, requesting that such action be taken soon az
shall properly express the wishes and Industrial
interests Of your e osi, :n,;.n+
MS. HYATT.
The above note refers to matter
which was alluded to a month or two
since in the columns of the BULLETIN.-
The work upon which Mr.. Hyatt is en-
gagged is to have a circulation of 10000
copies at the East, and besides its gencr-
al descriptions of the advantages of Iowa,
will have space allotted to different local
tiles, in which to set out their especial in
ducements for the investment of eastern
capital, from ono to five pages being al
lowed to each town or city. Waterloo,
Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Anamosa,
and number of other towns have alrea-
dy awaited themscles of this opportunity
to advertise their advantages at slight
cost, and now the offer is made to Indc.
pendence. Our city should net hesitate
to embrace it, and we would suggest to
our philosophical men, who usually take
the lead in such matters, the propriety of
calling meeting of our citizens during
the coming week, as well to take action
upon this matter as to organize bust
ness association for the advancement Of
our material interests of all kinds. We
are assured that if sueh meeting is called,
Mr.. Hyatt will be present and address it.
DEATHs.-Since the last issue of the
BULLETIN, death has been busy in our
midst, striking down two of our promi-
nent business men in the very prime of
their manhood and the hcyday Of their
usefulness. The first, VIM. F. Stout, Of
the firm of z. Stout s. Co., lumber mer-
chants, who died on Wednesday, has
been long u resident of our city, known
and respected by all. We do not know
when VIC have been so shocked as by the
intelligence of his death. We had come
to know him As a frank, genial, true
hearted friend, generous to fault, the
soul of honor, and with = character rs
steadast as q rock. The whole commu.
nifty were his friends and will deeply
sympathise with his estimable wife and
the child he leaves to mourn his untimely
fate. His father.in-law, our venerable
friend J. P. Hartman, who loved him
with all the affection of parent, is much
cast down by his death and shares in the
sympathy of the public.
The other death to which We refer is
that Of G. s. Holcomb, of the firm of
Palmer & Holcomb, egg and butter deal
ers There is peculiar sadness in this
calamity. Young, ambitious, doing
prosperous business, less than year
married to the woman of his choice, pos
sessed of the confidence and respect Of
the community, Mr.. Holcomb but few
short weeks ago had Ms bright future
and as promising Of long years of happi-
ness and contcntment as ever smiled on
mortal But now he that was SO full of
health, of springing hope and ardent as
piration, lies cstiined for his burial,
and the young wife is overwhelmed with
the first wave of sorrow, seemingly
greater than she can bear. The tender
sympathy of the whole community go
out to her in her great atiiiction Mr.
Stout was buried yesterday and the flu
neral OF Mr. Holcomb will take place this
Saturday afternoon, at O'Clock, the
Masonic fraternity taking charge of the
ceremonial.