Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-26

INDEPENDENCE. MARCH 9th. 1875.
To tho Honorable Council of Independence,
IoicG:
GENTLEMEN The Free Public Library OF our
City contains at the present date 412 Volumes fl
for use. II Volumes worn out 1875 Volumes r. bic
Documents. l41 Of the 42a Volumes were in the
hands Of patrons Al the time OF the fire and lnclude
all of the 6nO Volumes composing the Library at
that time that were saved from the flames. 252
Volumes have been added by purchase. rs Vol
umes have been added bv donations from the fol-
lowing parties: n. f Hermanre Volume. j F
Hodges Volumes J. N Funk Volumes. Rev J.
s. Gosker Volumes. Mrs. Julia Durham Vol
umes. Mrs. A. T Li''lee Volumes Miss Romans
and Mrs. Woodruff Volumes Mrs. Emma Gillett
I Volume Alon7O Gregory. e Volumes. E. L Low
ell l Volume Ames & Sprague Volume Mrs. c.
+ Herrick Volume We are largely indebted TO
Hon W. Donnan for our extensive assortment
Of Public Documents: Int works valuable for refe-
renee. and general reading also have been contri-
bI'ed to this department by Mrs. Durham Mrs
Little. Mrs. P. c. Wilcox Jed Lake DR. Geo
Warne Secretary of State Of Iowa N. Bohn'ein.
z. A. Older and Hon. Geo. W. Bemis. A large
number Of Donations made between the date Of
our frst annual report ard Nay 25h 1874. are not
included in these acknowle Judgments. because our
oficial records. executing those OF the Secretary
and Treasurer disappeared in the flames. Messrs
Lake h Harmon having generously offered the
Board the Of the west room OF their office with
out compensation until permanent quarters could
he secured the Reaaing Room denar'ment was re-
opened ON the evening Of May 26th. having been
Closed bnf single night on account OF the Fire
On the 18th day Of June 1874. the Book Depart
went was thrown omen TO the public. Since that
date 7s5 prrso.s have drawn books for home read
ing and 1912 Volumes have bee" iasned an aver
age of 40 Volumes daily The Directors hope TO
he able to make further purchases within a short
time The present library does not approach ron
neteness in any IF its DEPARTMENTS. At the time
the order for new books was given. the Directors
made such selections as seemed neressarv m sup
nv the most serious DEFICIENCIES Of the O Library
hut circumstances trarsformrd what was intended
rs supplement into the Library itself
READING ROOM
We have no means of giving the number Of per-
snns who visit this Department each evening =
Our observation tells Us that il is fully up TO the
Book DEPARTMENT in popu ari'y. and in some re-
spects il il doubtless far ahead of ii in beneficial
results. Many evening each one Of the fory
chairs clustered about the reading desks and ia
bes contains occuuant. Each sex and all ages
are attracted thither BY the home-like comforts
and the variety OF mental food offered by the latest
periodicals. Our regular subscription list includes
4 Da'ies. g Semi-weekes. II Weeklies and
Month'ies. Besides these the Hon. W. g. Donnan
has donated the Daily Congressional Record. Or.
Geo Warne the Monthly Weather Review. and &C.
compauyng charts issued by the Chief Signal OH
rer AT Washington Rev. W. B. Phelps the Interior,
Rev II. =. Church the Weekly Witness and D. Ell
well the Advance while we are probably ind. bted
to the publishers for the Jesup Vndicatcr La Porte
City Progress and Des Moines State Journal.
THE CABINET.
Upon removal into the new and commodious Ii
brafy Hall the Board established new Depart
ment under the above title and began its organic
alton by the selection OF d. 8. Deerng Esq az its
Director In his report to the Board Mr.. Deering
not on y urges the gathering Of interesting geolog
ical specimens but a'so the preservation Of speci
mems of a,l birds reptiles and insects that inhab
it this mart Of the country.
He also calls attention to the fact thatou vicn-
ty IL very rich N fossils Of the nevonan formation
and by making liberal collections Of these we
shall he enabled to exchange with parties forming
cabinets in other sections Of the country" and
tins eerure 4 cabinet which will greatly increase