Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-08
State News.

Tho Northern Iowa Dental Asso
citation will hold its annual meeting at
Manchester, August 12th.
Secretary Shafer is full of business
pertaining to the next State Fair, and
thinks it will be the best in display and
attendance ever held in the State.
Anthony Corrigan, farmer living
near Traer, Tama county, was driving a
reaper in the harvest field, when the team
became frightened and ran, precipitating
him before the sickle of,the machine, mu-
tilating him in horrible manner, actual
ly quartering him. He lived an hour.
A fire broke out in the boiler shop
of the Iowa Penitentiary at Fort Madi-
son, on the Goth ult., destroying the boil
er shop, carpenter shop, trip hammer
shop and the dry kiln. The loss to the
State is $4,000, and to the contractors
$4,000. No prisoners escaped, nor no
lives were lost.
This year promises to be good year
for women in Iowa politics. Several Ia
dies have already been nominated for the
Office of County Superintendent. The Ia
test in this line is that of Miss Hattie
Lcnnox, of Mt. Pleasant. This, in the
County of Colleges, is rare compliment
to the ballotless sex.
Walter L. Fiske, O graduate of the
Waverly High School, has received the
appointment of Cadet at West Point, at
the disposal of Hon. H. o. Pratt, after
a competitive examination with fourteen
other applicants. The fact that twelve
out of the fifteen were rejected for de-
fects of body. does not speak well for the
physical condition of our young men.
Charles Jones, an Englishman, died
suddenly from excessive drinking at the
farm of Mr.. Jerome Robbins, ten miles
west of Elkadcr, last week. He had been
employed to work in harvest, ands upon
arrival at Mr.. Robbins premises, about
sun down, lay down in the field where
Mr.. Robbins was at work. When the
work was done for the day, the latter
asked Jones to 60 to the house and to
bed, but failing to arouse him, or to get
an intelligent answer, he covered him
with blanket and left him 70 r the night
In the morning he was found dead A
coroner's jury rendered a verdict of death
from liquor.
The Center Point Lotus of this week
gives the following melancholy partic-
ulars of the drowning Of young lady in
the Cedar:
Last Saturday Mr.. J. G. Robb, accom-
panied by Miss Jennie Cowell, came over
in ia carriage from Shellsburg on visit
to the latter's sister, Mrs. Charlie Moon,
who lives few miles east of here. They
remained over until Sunday evening,
when they started for home. They reach
ed Fishers Ferry just as the. sun was set
ting, and found the boat on the opposite
shore with no one present to manage it.
After calling some time to the man who
tends to the Ferry and who lives some
distance from the river on the west side,
the young man concluded to attempt to
ford the stream, and accordingly drove
in. About the middle Of the stream the
horses suddenly plunged into deep water
and quicksand, and after a short strug-
gle both were drowned. At this juncture
the young man says he grasped Miss
Cowell and attempted to swim ashore,
and after holding on to her until she was
entirely drowned, he let her go in order
to save his own life. He succeeded in
getting out on this side, and made his way
to the nearest house, about half mile
distant, and from there was conveyed to
Mr.. Moons.