Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-12
State N ews.

~ county llle lliSulahCe company HAS
been organized in Delaware county, of
which III. l.. Ram, Of the Manchester
plan, with assessments of the members in
case of loss.
The two papers of Grundy county,
the 1tnS ard the Nee Century, have
consolidated the new paper taking the
name of Grundy County Republican,
Messrs Stonghton & Keitcr, late of the
Nee c ntury, arc the proprieters
The annual fair of the Iowa State
Poultry Association will be held at Cedar
Rapids, January %, "a, % and &c. \
dog show will be feature Of the fair.
and liberal inducements are offered for
poultry and dog fanciers to exhibit their
stock.
An exchange says: "Thc editor Of
the Traer Gu per is 4 lucky fellow. On
Christmas he received a pumpkin and
box Of bills from admring constituents"
We suppose this is a fragrant instance of
disregard of the ''ps and as"
A curious bat hazardous experiment
was tried at one of the Dcs Mones school
buildings last Friday for the purpose of
testing the celebrity with which the build
ing might he emptied of its GOO pupils, in
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teachers into the secret, but Withholding
it from the scholars and their parents,
about the middle of the afternoon, caus-
ed an alarm to be sounded in the build
ing. The consequence was great scare
among the children, and Il rush for exit.
Through the efforts of the teachers and
the elder pupils, however, all the children
reached the outside in about p minutes
But owing to the blundcr of the person
charged with ringing the alarm it reached
beyond the building, and here the effect
was not SO satisfactory. Parents who
had children among the pupils rushed
frantlcally TO the scene, wild with terror
and apprchensivc of Il terrible calamity
Ladies', overcome by their feelings, faint
ed ON the street, and general scene of
panic and confusion cnsucd, when was
not allayed until the truth was known.
Much indignation was expressed against
the board and Il petition for the resignation
of all concerned in the dangerous expert
mcnt received numerous signatures among
the citizens,
Albert Guick, of Benton county, has
been arrested and held to bail for rape
committed upon Mrs. Mcfarland, who
lived alone in shanty by the railroad,
her husband being in Illinois
"A family in Page county, were recent
ly poisoned by eating watermelon, ths
mother and one son dying from the eff
fccts. Late, outof season Injuries are
not wholesome.
The large saw mil of Lamb, Bing &
Co., at Clinton was burned on the 1th
Iic iOSS vas 'ntb,ppt, upon WHICH, ANtic
was no insurance.
The Centre Point Mirror, OF last Sat
urday says, that the day before, Miss
Flora Hunt daughter of Mr.. VIM. Hunt,
who lives three miles west Of that place,
committed suicide by taking strychnine.
After she had swallowed the poison, she
came into the presence of her mother
with the bottle yot in her hand. She
told what she had done, threw the bottle
on the floor, ran into her mothers armseX-
claiming: lam gong to die and am glad
oft" The cause of the sad act is supposed
be misunderstanding with her school
teacher, who accused her Of some slight
indiscretion with young man Of her &c.
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