Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-23
Gleanings.

A~Sb PesoSSu thlOuHH 4IHNuuhCCy ID
the other day, to visit young son in
Illinois, aged 9s.
The father of Fralich, hanged at Syra-
cusc the other day, occupied window
where he could get good view of the
execution.
The complete file of the Charleston
Is. C.l Courier, for seventy years, was
bought by c. A. Spofford for $2.250, for
the Congressional library.
A man was fined IS and costs, at Dun.
leith, ILL.,, for cutting off colts ear with
a jack-knife, and perpetrating other
crueltics on the helpless animal.
The heirs Of one Peter Gleason have
established their claim to $4,000, 900
worth Of real estate in the city Of Tren-
ton, N. j., which had mostly been leased
for long terms by another party, who
came into fraudulent possession of it.
Among new colors are ainon, green
ish yellow; alligator, a purplish blue;
corbeau, crow color; GEORGE; lichen, a
grayish blue; suede; paon, peacock
color apricot; nicolo; blanc ct perle;
blanc ct argent; blanc ct or, and blanc ct
blcu.
The salt well near Leavenworth, Craw-
ford County, Ind, which is 1905 feet
deep, and has, for several years yielded
pay ing brine, has suddenly ceased to be
salty, but is pouring forth coal oil in
strange abundance.
Intending visitors to the great Aus
trian exposition will do well to look tc
their vaccination marks as well as to theiI
letters of credit, the deaths from small
pox in Vienna, at last accounts, averag-
ing sixty week.
Fifteen hundred singing birds Of diff
ferent varieties, imported from Germany
by society organized for that purpose
were turned loose in the suburbs of Cir
cinnati recently. The object is to domes
ticate them in this country if possible
While tearing down an outbuilding a!
the Yarhoro House IN Raleigh, n. c., 4
colored waiter found package of none,
containing some 100000 in old Stat
bank notes, some Confederate bonds
$500 in gold and silver, and two watches
There is no clue as to when they wer'1
placed there OF by whom.
When fuel is burned in al open fired
place. at least seven eighths of the actual
or potential heat passes up the chime,
unused. About one-half is carried oil
with the smoke, onefourth with the cul(
rent that flows in between the mantle
pice and the fire, and the remaining LOST
is represented by the unburned carbon ]
aceous matter in the smoke.
4 woman in Reading, Pa, used to bu
peaches when they were sixty cents
quarter of peck when her husban
demonstrated wish her for her extray;
gance, she would burst into tears an
say she was not eXtravagant. becaus
when she bought those peaches she ii
tended to put them in the refrigerato
and keep them till they got cheaper
A Philadelphia woman wanted sal
place in which to secrete her none
some 81 400, and so placed it in that il
genious article of feminine apparel know
as a hustle. Unfortunately another W
mans wit contrived plan to chlorofor
her and relieve her of her funds, whi(
was successfully accomplished, and Il
daring operator got off safely with h
| booty.
A young man advertised for cord
pondence with ladies in Cleveland sho
time ago. Some fellow answered and a
pointed an interview one night on Eucl
avenue. One Of their number dress
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tiser, and then another pretending to
her brother, belabored the romantic you
with stuffed club, purposely prepare
He ran away crying loudly for the polio
An Indianapolis woman has Motif
several soda-water venders not to sell Il
husband any more of that seductive CO
pound OF sugar, water and wind.
| organism is so sensitive (she saws III
the promise Of drink of whisky into
Gates him, and two glasses of comm
soda causes him to step higher than
| horse with the spring halt, and his spir
| to soar among the stars.
| One Allen, of Chicago, is now cole
| ing documents and searching recor
| preparatory to commencing suit to
| cover possession of tract of land ft
miles square in Livingstone County,
| y, on which the village of Mt. Nor
has been built. Allen claims to be a ]
cal descendent of Ebenezer Allen,
whom the land was ceded by Indians
trust for his daughters, and who lmpr
erly disposed of it to Robert Morris, W
| in turn, sold it to individuals. Lawy
inform Allen that his claim is good.
Professor Leibig, writing on the efft
Of various stimulants, describes the
wines as, in some cases, beneficial, or
all events not the least hurtful; wi
wines generally are detrimental to
nervous system sherry and strong ci
intoxicate more rapidly than most wi,
and have peculiar influence on the
trio juice. Beer produces heavy
dull intoxication, although the drin
of it is not apt to get thin. But the
sumers of brandy and whisky "are &C
to a certain DEATH"
At San Francisco, recently, Miss Fl
ma Frazer was awarded verdict of :
900 by tender hearted jury, as o 81
tum for blighted affections, breach
promise, ETC., etc. The trifler with
maiden affections was well known
yer bearing the eminently proper n
of Thrift, and how he allowed himse
be beguiled into such an unthrifty (
of business as paying $12 900 for o
hours protitless Irritation is one of
mysteries of the case which we ca
fully understand.
Church and State are at varianC
Portsmouth, N. H. The people of
town have procured the passage o
ordinance forbiding the violent ringi
church bells, and on Easter NOR
when the rector of the Episcopal ch
ordered the sexton to usher in the
with lively ringing of the bells, th
fetal, fearing the terror of the law
than the denunciation of his spiritu;
wiser, fatty refused. Thereupon tn,
, tor sent his son. and there was an
betimes that dismal morning, bril-
, hundreds of people from their cor
and stirring up fire of indignation
will not be quenched, except by th|
: ignation of the rector.
:, A little circumstance came to ligl
: New York, few days ago, that
trates the beauties of the detective
TEN as it exists in our larger cite
l gentleman was robbed on a street
), a set Of diamond studs, gold chain
+ locket, and fine garnet ring. Wi
D letting his business be known, he
, an appointment to meet one Benne
: city detective, at Dolice headous