Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-03-15
State Items.

The Finton journal claims for the
attorneys Of that city, proficiency in two
languag cs, = the English and proE.ne
tongues.
The Monticello Express has been
sold to John Blanchard, who will here
after be its editor The price paid was
$500. ..-...
L. Casper, Division Superintendent
Oh the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy X.
r., and an esteemed citizen of Burling-
ton, was killed last week by an engine on
which he was riding falling from a
bridge.
Iowa is thus done in verse by II CO.
temporary poet:
Here In the West, where carths two noblest
rivers run, =
Before they meet and mingle into one.
And flashing streams that flow to either side /.
Water the praires far WIDE,
A youthful State sits like Queen
And rules the land that lies between.
The DEBORAH Republican quotes
the remark of belle of that city, to the
effect that "shc would not marry minis
ter if they would throw him after her
Missiles of the character suggested will
probably not be wasted in that town. =.
C. w. Haislt of the DEBORAH TeHtild-
tor slipped on the ice Il few days since,
and falling, broke his left arm near the
elbow.
The Fort Dodge Messenger gives the
following instance of the style in which
Iowa farming in done: Barney Dcvine
living in the valley of the Dcs Moncs
above this city, is a farmer Of no small
capacity The past season lie raised
10000 bushels of corn, and is at this
time buying all the corn he can get at 20
cents Il bushel. He is stall feeding 300
head of cattle with about the same num-
| Der OF hogs. He never has less than five
hundred head of cattle on hand at Il
time"
The Wavcrly Republican, tells Of a
hale old miller in that town 80 years. '1f
age who daily "totcs" 100 to 40 bushels
of grain up three flights of stairs. Tie
risky old chap is looking out for his
second wife If that grain carrying
story is true, he is equal to the care ola
harcm Of wifcs.
The Parkcrsburg Times says: eve
would not reject a jerm Of good, though
we found it mantlcd in evil" -Soirlid
| enough possibly; though most people
would reject its mantlcd in such orlhog
raphy.
That was neat turn of the editor
Of the Iowa Falls Sentinel WREN taken to
task severely by lady for saying that
all Democrats are devils; he re-
piled that though all Democrats mi ght
not be devils he would stand Oh the as
sertion that all devils were Democrats.
The Wavely Mdepeadent says that
Jas. Kelly of Spring Lake Bremen Co.,
when digging II well found at the depth
of thirty feet from the surface Il stick OF
cedar timber four inches in diameter,
imbcddcd in blue clay. Several smaller
pieces were found at the depth of forty
| feet.
The Sentinel says, that the Baptist
society of Iowa Falls, has given Rev.
Morgan Edwards, an urgent call to be-
come their pastor, and that he will &c
cept.
The livery stable Of W. II: Terry at
Webster City was consumed by fire last
Saturday night, together with seven
horses 800 bushels of grain, carriages,
sleigh-, harnesses, etc. Mr.. Tcrry's loss
is between $4,000 and "a, 200, upon which
there was no insurance.
The IoMa North East recently start
ed at Lansing byT. G. Medary formerly of
the Mirror, yielding to the force Of cir
cumstances, after its fifth issue merges
its existence with that of tire Lansing
Patriot the democratic paper. and is
known in the land no more.