Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-09

Troubles are like dogs; the smaller
they are the more they annoy You.
The Demscrats talk Of running Brcck. =
inridge for Governor Of Kentucky.
Bazaine has continuous headaches, pa.
roxysms Of feverishness, and cold sweats.
A circus rider broke his neck in the
Champs Elysees, Paris, few days
ago.
An Ohio editor publishes marriages
under the head of Attachment No.
ticcs."
If man cannot be q Christian in the
place he is, he cannot be a Christian any
where.
Why does a railroad conductor punch
hole in your tickets To let you pass
through,
The old maxim that "man proposes" 10
f1latly contradicted by Massachusetts
spnsters.
A lady reporter sent to an agricultural
fair, wrote of lot of pigs, Look too
sweet to live for moment"
About forty members of the present
Congress have held military or civil off,
The next Pennsylvania House of Rep
resentatiyes will contain 201 members,
according to the provisions Of the new
Constitution.
Mohammed once said, "When q man
dies, men inquire what he has left be.
hind; angels inquire what he has sent
before him"
An act by which we make one friead
| and one enemy is losing game; because
| revenge is much stronger principle
than gratitude.
| The colorei coachman and German
servant girl who were lately in the EN-.
ploy of Governor Allen, of Ohio, have
run away and been married.
An English real estate speculator re-
Gently offered popular preacher $4,000
| year to settle in the neighborhood of
his property, to send up its value.
A Kansas City tombstone pays the
following beautiful tribute to lnno-
cence:
with yell and whoop,
he died Of the Group"
Prince Leopld, Of the English royal IA.
| mily, is suffering severely from hemor.
rhage, arising from extreme thinness Of
the veins and skin. through which the
blood forces It's way. at r..
-Commissienar Douglas giyes n q his
| opinion that the worst effects Of the late
| panic on the revenues Of the country
have been felt, and that there will hence.
forth be steady recovery.
The company raised for the conquest.
of Cuba at Augusta, Ga, was very
strongly oficered. 1t consisted of Is
generals, 2 colonies, captains, 10 pay
masters, ~ quartermasters, and. pri.
vate. .t s-f,-.7...-.
The representatives of large holders Of
small notes issued by Richmond during
the Confederate war have Instituted
suit in the Circ6it Court to compel the
city to provide for the payment Of the
same.
Mrs. Van Cott, whose labOrs in Omaha
were recently noted herein, is in the
midst of moving revival in Virginia
City, New. Many have been converted,
and the work is spreading.-CAristian
! Adcocate. H'-
A new stea Mship line between San
Francisco and Australia is about to CON-
| mencc operations. Letters sent via San
Francisco 60 for ten cents, while the pos
tage by England is sixteen, and by the
Continent twenty-five.
Mrs. Somerville's autobiography win
soon be published in England, and prob.
ably be reprinted in the United States.
It contains selections from her interest,"
ing correspondence with Herschel, Hum.
boldt, Brougham, Faraday, etc. s41
The 43d Congress Is remarkable ibr
three paculiarities. It ID tho lhreest leg.
islative body that ever assembled in the
Capitol; il contains the greatest number
Of new members; and II has the strong
est representation Of exc >Confederstes. Q
Another Swedish nightingale has
been discovcred-Martha Ericsson,
servant girl Of Stockholm. Her voice
is said to be go marvellous as 70 point
her out as fnture rival TO Nilsson. Patti,
and the rest of them-.Harpsr's Baeasr.
The native troops fighting for the Eug- /
lish In the Ashantee war are to be- label.
/ led With litt.epieces Of zinc OF brass num-
bered to correspond with the numbsr Of
their rifles. One object of the labels ID to
establish the identity Of those who are
killed. = fasa t ElEesl -Ans =
Since the election of four women to
the school committee Of Roston, AN ami.
mated discussion has been going On, and
and tho City Solicitor has at last decided
that women are ineligibls to'ths position.
So much for Boston's aatiquAsed old. 70,
syism. go" r..sr
1t isn't always best to call thines, shy
their right names. A young gsntlspaa
called coach dog DalmaSian Asand,
and was informed by his nanees sthaa u
he could not refrain from profanity In
her presence, they must hcucsfartG Be
strangers. ~ ses gEi4zeS e4R asa
A genius was expatiatinx suDon The,
utility Of an India rubber ship which IS
was iuventiug. when IN old sailor ar.
claimed: mo, mo-. ItwiM never do; -
India rubber ehip would rub out ali %
lines Of latitude and iongitnde, TO sav No.
thing Of the equatorp' esa'a e!1T !,
| President Elliott, Of Harvard snd Pro.
fessor Dana, OF. Yale. are mentioned .for
Regents Of the Smithsonian, ii place of
Professor AKassis and q. President Wool.
coy Tho wsst presents the names Of 9
P1esssof. LeosL Lssqusreux and d. El.
mnnd Andrew6 y hsg.tmGa edi BAG
The srchisscss trade b impsriled BY
suit pendiug ine Bodsan, tho deleidans
| pleading that tho aschlssct was 70 ram
ish him plans aud sspeci6catioase 6ors Z