Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-08-17
Our Neighbors.
DELAWARE COUNTY.

DELAWARE COUNTY
A steam Touring mill to cost $4,000
is to be built at Masonville by Mr..
Burke.
II. P. Duffy, of Milo township, was
gored by bull in the leg, which caused
him to use crutches for several days.
Mr.. S. T. Oviatt, of Masonville, has
sold his farm of $50 acres, valued at
$17 900, to parties in Illinois, taking a
mill and 60 acres of land in Stephenson
county, ILL.,, at $4,000 and the balance
in cash. The purchaser is John D.
Diffenbaugh.
The Manchester Press says that on
Sunday night of last week, tie was
placed on the railroad track near Clark s
Starch Factory, with the intention of
throwing the 9:55 train, from Dubuque,
from the track The obstruction was
discovered and removed in time to pre-
vent the accident. The rascally perpe-
| traitor is unknown
FAYETTE COUNTY,
Taylor Brothers, of West Union, have
sold half interest in their fast stopper,
Mountain Quail, to D, D. Palmer, for
$500.
A game of base ball for 800 was play
ed between the Fayette and West Union
clubs last week, resulting in victory
for the former by score of "a to Is.
The Ne,cs says that large attendance
of students is expected at the Upper
Iowa University the next term, the re-
suit of thorough advertising and person
al effort by the faculty.
j. F. Adams, of West Union, had his
shoulder crushed and his head badly
bruised by runaway colt belonging to
Judge Rodgers, last week
The Peoples Paper says that the lum-
Der office of Staur & Co., Clermont, was
broken open by burglars on the night of
the 9Th, and number of promissory
notes belonging to DIR. B. II. Huxley
were stolen, besides other valuable pa
pers.
BLACKHAWK COUNTY.
A little child four months old, belong
ing to Mrs. f.. II. Grain, cook of the Lo-
gan House, Waterloo, was found, on
Tuesday, in bed with its head under a
pillow and smothered to death. The
verdict was accidental death.
Geo. Holcomb, landlord of the Cen
tennial Hotel, Cedar Rapids, publicly
horse-whipped young women at the |.
C. depot, Waterloo, on Tuesday His
grievance was, that the young woman,
who has a soiled reputation, had been
personating his daughter in several pla-
ces in this State, and representing that
she was driven from home by ill=treatr
ment. TO stop these stories Holcomb
followed the young woman and inflicted
bodily chastisement as described, and in
so doing whatever the provocation, made
fool of himself if nothing worse. He
was arrested and fined $40 and costs.
The woman is between 20 and 25 years
of age calls herself Miss Webster and
saws that her home is at Rock Island.
They are holding Mum Sociablcs at
Waterloo.
A young man attempted to victimize
the bank of j. Y. Knapp Il Co., Cedar
Falls, last week, by presenting for sale
forged note for $3.50, purporting to
be signed by S. H. Rownd The bank
began to investigate and the sharper
fed, leaving his note,
BENTON COUNTY.
The Eagle says that VIM, Hunt, the
bee king of Benton county, has 2lO
stands of bees and expects to realize
$500 from their labors this season.
Mr.. John Tobin, of Vinton on his
way to Blairstown, stopped at a house
to avoid a coming storm, and while wat
ering his horses at trough, sharp
flash Of lightning instantly killed both
horses, and shocked Mr., II, seriously,
paralysing his right arm. The pump
was torn to pieces and the chain melted.
A Shellsburg woman, Mrs. S. Austin,
whose husband died in the service, has
recently received back pensions to the
amount of nearly $1,000, being So a
month for herself and 50 month for
each of her children, from July 1862.
Judging from the notices in the
Journal, last week, the principal oc-
cupation of the ladies of Vinton these
days, is adding to the population.
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