Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-06-27
G1eanings.

All CHLCT pIlSIub ICpOTtcE gives JilC Wy j
ing words of deaf mute. Il
The St. Louis papers deny the report
that lhc cholera prevails in that city.
Womans glory is in her hair, but it is
a good plan to tic it up when cooking.
Memphis people are rendered more
honest and moral by the presence of the
cholera.
1t is thought that Victor IIugo's forth
coming poem, "Satan." will be devilish
good thing.
Nevada pays servant girls $G5 a month,
and no one darcs complain about the
cooking either.
The first nautical person alluded to in
the Scriptures is said to be Eve, because
she was the first mate.
An Iowa clergyman who had a dona,
ton party recently, has beans enough to
last him thirty-scven years. *
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
decides that retailers of cigars on railway
trains must pay special tax Of IS.
Prepared rock salt, with which people
can make sea-baths for themselves at
home, is put up and sold by druggists.
A Maine court has lately decided that
a railway ticket is good for six years, if
not used before the expiration of that
time
Little Lottie will return to America in
short time, and will resume her profess
snal career; at Philadelphia during the
summer.
A correspondent Of a New York paper
suggests, as substitute for hanging. to
deprive criminals of sight, and thus rem
der them harmless for the future
They've begun it already. The keeper
strangely" Of course he does-he be-
gan it the morning he shot his pa.
One of the most experienced underwri-
ters now in Boston expresses the belief
that oiled rags occasion more fires in this
country than any other single cause.
Secret marriages are so popular at Pc
oria, ILL.,, that fathers and mothers dare
not scold their daughters for fear that
they arc addressing some mans wife.
Paul Morphy the great chess player,
residing at New Orleans, has accepted
challenge from Hungarian named Oph-
shaker, to play a game for five thousand
dollars.
An ingenious poulterer has taken
hint from the Iowa cyclone. and invented
a powerful bellows, with (which to blow I
the feathers of of poultry instead of pick !
ing them.
A frontier correspondent, who saw
Captain Jack after his capture, remarks
that his appearance would have been i'm
proved if he had been washed before he ]
was irOncd.
1t is useless for physicians to argue i
against short sleeved dresses. The Con-
stitution of the United States says that !,
"the right to bear arms" shall not be in !
tcrfercd with.
1t has already cost Stokes $4,000 to T
keep his neck from being stretched, and 4
the end of the expenditures is not yet !,
visible Better have put an ordinary
"hcad" on Fisk.
The seventh annual convention Of the
Universal Peace Union is being held at !
Washington. Among the resolutions is
one thanking President Grant for the In i,
dian peace policy.
There were just four Governors present
at the late "Governors' Convention" in J
Atlanta, Ga: Brown, of Tennessee; Hen
bricks, of Indiana; Woodson, Of Missouri
and Smith, Of Georgia.
The prccocious school boy who, quo-s
ting from a distinguished statesman, said
he knew no North, no SOUTH" was sur
priscd to find himself put ut the bottoms
of the class in geography. y
II, would only &c matter OF Justice tod
broil Captain Jack on griiiron over a;
slow. fire, but to charge him with the au A
thorship of Betsy and are Out" is cry
city unworthy of our civilization.
The building known rs "Washingtonao'
Headquarters" at Morristown, is adver-
tiscd to be sold at auction on the 25thy
inst. 1t was built by Revolutionary
soldier named Jacob Ford, in 1774. !.
An intelligent lad in Connecticut, II
years'old, has been hard at work on the
alphabet for eight years and has not
learned his letters yet. His parents in
tend him for the profession of letters. !.
A Memphis jury, having convicted &
| man of murder, now finds that the sup
posed murdered man is living. The ques..
ton, whether the verdict shall be rescindn
ed, or the man allowed to murder hi
victim
| The Prussian veteran, General Vol
| Moltke, who is almost as bald as 1Eschy
| lns or Julius Caesar, is much annoyed b.
applications from Teuton ladies, for lock
| of his hair, who are unaware of his shira
ing calvity.
A Frenchman took lodgings in Pari
not long ago, on condition that he shoul-
be called every morning and told whs.
day of the week it was, what was tl1v
state of the weather, and under achd
form ef gocerment he lred.
The smallest known race is that of thal
Bushman of Southern Africa; the lay ;sa sas
that of the Patagonian Of South AmdaOlic
The mean height OF the Bushman is foun
feet three and half inches, and that
the Patagonian is five feet eight inches. !.
| Wate Hampton used to be the riches
man in the South-now he makes h
living by boring people on the subject &
life insurance. He feels happy, howeve
in the reflection that if justice had bee
mctcd out to him he would have bee
hung.
A medical Journal estimates that tfS
people of the United States pay one hui
dred and twenty-five million dollars yea
ly for physicians services and for med
cines. They spend great deal MOI
than that for liquors and other things, Z,
make them sick. 8
One fourth of share in London w,(
ter company was lately sold for e46,O
The face value of an entire share is on.
one pound! 1t is one of the wealthic'
corporations in the world, but its proje
tor lost his fortune and died in the wor
house. Its name is the New River Corr.
rany. q
The Ripon Commonwealth Gays ",
man can keep secret. The edit !
knows it, because girl who was to +;
married, in that vicinity, did not tell hnneg
future prospects to her would be-husbanit.
. ahd when she astonished him, six wecss
aftcrward, with baby, he was so toeal
back that he ran away to Kansas.
, A man who will take a newspaper fox
, or five years, and then refuse to pay t.
it, should begin his name with an h al
& end it with a 9, and put an in the mi
dle.-M. Giledd (O) Register. The cS