Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-07-02

"A female counterfeiter was cooped at
Fort Madison last week

"A female counterfeiter was cooped at
Fort Madison last week.
In Alamakee county the chinch bugs
are raising sad havoc with the wheat and
corn crop. So says the Lansing Msrror
-Marshalltown is to celebrate the til
by having three days horse race, COM
mencing on the first. Ten purses are Of
fcred, amounting in the aggregate to
$4,000.
The Catholic church at Dunlap had
its root Gifted" by the gale on Saturday
night, and several houses miraculously
escaped.
The Patrons of Husbandry of Wood
bury county will celebrate Independence
day by an old-faslioned basket picnic,
to-day friday July I'd.
Provided the company will accept
town bonds payable in ins,allments run
ming six years, at light per cent interest,
Manchester will have new steam fire en-
CINE
The Executive Committee of the
Northwestern Agricultural! Association
have perfected the necessary arrangements
for grand fair, and the premium list
and programme will be speedily published
and distributed throughout the district.
The Fort Dodge Messenger says that
last week during one of the numerous
storms that occurred, young man named
Samuel Smith, near Williams, was struck
by lightning while blowing corn, and in
stantly killed. He was the son of
widow, and in every respect an exemplary
young man.
Mrs. Bruhn of Davenport has
brought suit for damages against couple
of young men of tina: city in the round
sum of $4,000 for accidentally running
against and knocking her down upon the
street with horse and buggy. 1t may
prove to be Il warning to other Davenport
youths to look little oud" where they
arc driving, in future
The Iowa City Republican gives
notice to a shooting ailray, wherein one
Barnard Willard, makes II target of his
brother-in law, James Galvins, and cen
tiers him SO completely that fears are en-
tertained as to his recovery. The trouble
arose out of II horse eating strawberry
bushes Not very digestablc food, we in
fer
The RpOr:er says that Il little three
year old son belonging to Chris Miller,
Esq, living near the Burlington depot,
Waterloo, was kicked by horse last
Saturday, the blow striking him just
above the forehead tearing the scalp al
most across and back several inches
There is hopes entertained of his recovery
however
The loss to the Milwaukee l. St.
Paul railway, on the DEBORAH branch, in
the terrific rain and hail storm of the gath
ut, is estimated at $4,000. Nearly
every bridge on the branch was carried
away. 1t is also reported that Il stream
of water seven feet In depth ran through
the principal streets of DEBORAH, tearing
up about three miles of sidewalk and
fences.
On Wednesday of last week Mr. T.
Lassan, a merchant tailor and resident of
Creston, was seriously injured in Il con-
tict with burglars, who had broken open
and entered his store, from the effect of
which he died next day. Mr.. l.. was
sleeping in the room above the store and
hearing Il noise he arose and proceeded to
see what was the cause of it, and as lie
was entering the door from the outside,
someone on the inside struck him over
the head fracturing the skull Five hun
ured dollars reward is offered for their
capture.
The Sioux City journal give an ac-
of Il sad accident resulting from lightning
in which E. r. Knapp, of Broken Kettle
settlement, in Sioux Township, Plymouth
county, was killed at half-past o'clock
Friday afternoon, four miles from home,
while on his way from fishing excursion
At the time of his death he Was riding
in Il wagon with T. Fursee, Ira G. West
and two of Fursee's sons. The lightning
struck him on the left shoulder, ran
down his side and through the wagon
seat, tearing his clothing to tattcrs and
making hole about an inch and half in
diameter through the seat board. Fursee
was shocked, the electricity striking him
on his left arm, running through that,
down his body and between his legs, bad
ly burning his stomach and the inner sides
of his thighs, tearing his pants completely
off him. West was hit in the face lacera-
ting his check, whence the fluid coursed
down his breast, leaving its mark in sew
eral places on the right side of his trunk
The boys were also shocked, the hat rim
of the younger being entirely torn Off
The team was Frustrated by the concus-
sion.