Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-03

Liverpool on the 28th ult.
A Wisconsin man has found that green
cranberries viii cure - dyspepsia.
Nine grand industrial exhibitions in as
many cities OF this country this fall.
Tom Scott is getting Fremont out of
his French scrape about those Southern
railroad bonds
Barney Williams has cancelled his en-.
gagement at Booths, and goes back to
Europe in October.
No less than three gifted writer's Of
Richmond, Va, are said to be engaged on
as many lives Of jeff Davis. 3
George Francis Train says he does not
caro- to return to America until his dead
body is brought back for burial.
The iron trade in the United States
gives employment to 1875 operatives,
and the lumber trade to 163,S97 opera.
tives.
Everybody in Racine. Wis, wants q
new hotel. They say the Huggin house
is good enough" but the name Is too
suggestive.
Golden City. Colorado, Is rejoicing over
q bar of black sand, nine miles long and
one mile broad which yields 5000 gold
to the ton.
Jenny Llnd's hair IS brown and white.
She might do it up brown" entirely, il
she was not one of those who were not
born to dye.
Pennsylvania tobacco, next to that
grown in Connecticut, is said to be the
best for smoking purposes raised in the
United States.
Forty years ago, when New Bedford,
Mass, was the great whaling port, city
lots were 500 per foot. Now they can
be had at $40.
Caleb Gushing says that he believes
that his late affair about the yellow dog
has given him greater notoriety than any
other act Of his life.
1t is useless to argue against short
sleeve dresses; the constitution Of the
United States says that the right to bare
arms shall not be interfered with.
what" said q teacher to a pupil,
"makes you feel uncomfortable after you
have done wrong!' my papa's big
leather strap" feelingly replied the boy.
A correspondent Of the New York
Nail say 8, that kissing lady with an
Elizabeth ruff on is about rs much fun as
embracing a circular saw in full motion"
By q recent order Turkish ladies in
COnstantinople are not allowed to enter
the stores for the purchase of goods.
That would be poor place tor A. T.
Stewart.
The wife Of ex-Secretary Gideon Wells
fell from the steps of the Cliff house at
Newport. last week, fracturing her lsft
arm and inflicting severe contusions on
her face
The force Of habit is fully illustrated
in the case Of retired milkman, who
says he never sees a can Of water with.
out having most irrisistable desire to
put milk In it.
A student undergoing his examination
was asked what was the action Of disin.
fectants, and replied: "They smell go bad
ly that people open the windows and
let fresh air in."
An Australian gentleman, Mr.. Hodson,
who has for 80 ne time rented the Colpton
| estate, Stratford on.Avon, where Shakes.
peare used to visit, has just bought it for
the sum OF 1885,
Josh Billings did not know that his
sayings were good enough to print until
he was forty five years old. Before that
time he was named by many OF his fel-
lows an "odd cuss."
Farmers barbecues are the fashion
just now. At one given near Plattsburg,
in Clinton county, last week, six beeves.
ten sheep, and thirty-five hogs were
roasted and devoured.
Near Fort Negley, Tenn, may be seen
. fence, the palings Of which are made en-.
tirely Of the tail-boards Of deceased gov.
ernment wagons which figured during
the late unpleasantness.
The scientists, at Portland, gave Nj.
agara hackmen another 5000 years lease
on the Falls, stating it would take that
much longer than heretofore estimated to
wear out the dam rock.
The other day, countryman at Bar.
nuns museum asked one of the men,
where's the mummy" The latter re-
YhCu, AAC NS0u, UAO AllC tuQuIICk DNS0.
ed on perfectly satisfied
A correspondent says that only three
Of the authors Of Beautiful Snow" are
summering at Saratoga this season. The
rest Of them are down by the sad sea side
and among the mountains
The Government of India estimates
that the expenditure for the next five
years on ZOO miles Of railway will amount
to $135. .000, 900. Some works for irriga.
ton are, however included.
Aunt Grace-My dear children, you
will all be pleased to learn that you have
got new brother. Small son and heir
Oh! how awful jolly! Let me be the
| first to 60 and tell mamma!
There is 8 bridge in Japan made ca.
tirely of bamboo. It is single span Of
| sixty feet, . hundred feet above the wa :.
ter, and without railing. 1t swsys in q
manner which terriies nervous pedestri.
! ans.
Young gent-"Might ask you, miss
a" Miss-"Very sorry, sir, but am
engaged for the next three dances" Y.
ct is not dancing ah-is is-it's--
beg your pardon, miss, you are sitting on
10Y hat.
There are upwards Of 100 miles Of
wooden railway in the province Of Que
bee. The guage is 4 feet S11< inches. The
running time is about 16 miles per hour,
but the trains have been run at the rate
Of IS mites per hour.
The Jubilee Singers" Of Fisk Univer.
sity are rcaping golden harvest In Eng.
land. It WAS lately announced at Mr..
Spurgeon's tabernacle that they had al.
already got $4,000 Of the el4,0O0 which
they are trying to raise.
A young man Indignantly informed the
waiter Of the restaurant who had served
him plate of ice cream, that he was mot
the person to be slighted, and said: "1f
you don't take that puddin' back and
warm it, I'll warm you."
Leather made from the skin Of the
white whale is now . regular article Of
manufacture at some of the villages ON
the St. Lawrence below Quebec. It is
both fine and durable, and shoe-thongs
made Of it are said never to break.
The natural increase Of population in
England last quarter was 67,667, at the
rate Of 966 per day. Against this is to
be set the emigration return, which shows
an exodus Of Al, ,202 persons for England,
~ AKA fnr Scotland and AZ 900 90, To-.