Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-02-16
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Great gifts make beggars bold.

Great gifts make beggars bold.
Snow ball has taken the place OF base
ball
A spur in the head is worth two in the
heel.
A mustarl-p plaster is warm personal
friend
The Irish element in the British army
is decreasing.
Moody is said to have made 5000 con-
verts in Chicago.
II is wiping away tears, not shedding
them, that proves you're made of the right
stuff.
There are a thousand hlcking at the
branches of evil to one who is striking
at the root
Louis Kossnih. now in Italy, is to be
offered II seat rs u Deputy in the Hun
garian Parliament.
4 man iii Massachusetts has been fined
for not providing comfortable shelter for
his stock.
on a log in the Hoosac Tunnel, two miles
from daylight.
The army records show that Kentucky
raises the tallest and Connecticut the short
est men il the country.
The question against fashionable
circles is "Do those gentlemen IN
ulster wear trousers.
Why is man who expects q kiss and
| is refused like shipwreck fisherman?
| Because he has lost his smack.
Be ready to go more than half way to
reconcile difficulty with neighbor, but
never go half way to borrow trouble.
Two members of the Illinois legislature
have introduced bills to make wolf scafps
a legal tender at a valuation to be fixed by
law
Velvet sermon covers have replaced
embroidered slippers as the gift most
suitable to dear pastors by susceptible
parishoners.
Two citizens of Richmond, Virginia,
have been indicted by the grand jury Of
that city for betting on the Presidential
electson.
The Irish Rifle Team have challenged
the American Team to match for the
championship in Ireland, to take place
the coming season.
The Russian have over 5000 torpedoes
in the Black sea, and it IS now as danger
Gus place as the committee room OF a
woman's rights convention.
Etiquette is taught in primary schools Of
Cleveland. American soci ty would be
more creditable if the same plan were gen
orally adopted.
An important capture Of plates for $40
counteIfeits on three banks in Indiana
and of $40. 900 in bogus silver coin, was
made near Cincinnati recently.
A thief who stole palf a dozen sheets
from IA clothes line in Saco pinned pa
per on the line and wrote upon it, II
believe I have got than all:'
As an outlet for the over-crowded Cali
fornia grape market, they have begun to
manufacture syrup. Three gallons OF
grape juice make one of syrup.
FIatters decl ,re that this is the worst
winter they've had for many years.
Four considerable houses in the trade
have failed within very short time.
4 large barn on the farm of NJ L. Sui
livan, at Burr Oaks, Illinois. was de-
stroved by fire on Tuesday night and
thirtvtwo mules perished in the flames.
The monster clock of the period has
Just been completed for the crystal palace.
I.onion. The dial is fortY feet ia diane
ter and the minute hInl nineteen feet in
length.
The Cat oil. Difetorg for 1877 re-
ports that the numaer Of Catholic churches
in this country is ) 2)2 of priests, 5,297.
The estimated Catholic population is g..
100000
Mrs. General Sherman is at present en-
gagged in a movement to collect money in
this country to be presented to the pope
or the tiftieth anniversary of his entrance
10 the Priesthood.
The State of Maine pays a bounty for
every bear killed within its limits, of $5.
Last year WAS apparently a good, or rath-
er IL bad year for bears, for 543 were kill
ed, costing the State s2,745.
Negroes are not as cheap as they used
to be- There was q time when $2,Oe0
WAS big price fof colored man, but
$50 900 was too small sum to buy q
South Carolins colored elector for Tilden
An Irish housemaid, boasting of her in
dustrious habits. said she rose at four,
made fire, put on the teakettle, prepared
the breakfast and made all the beds be-
fore any one in the house was up.
1t may be interesting to the many
readers of "Helen's Babies" to know that
its author. Mr. Haburton, is the associate
editor of the Christian Union, and that
Budgc and Toddie are his boys
Prominent tree men of Normal, ILL.,,
report very serious injury to fruit buds
of cherry, peach. apricot and other trees,
and to small fruits in all parts of Central
Illinois from the severe frosts of the sea-
son.
A lady correspondent writing to the
Des Moines Register advocates the use of
grasshoppcrs for food and quotes from
the lth chapter of Leviticus, 21st and
SSu verses 10 SuOstantlalc ner reasoning.
Iowa is the second S tate in the Union
for corn, raising last year 155, ,00O, ,O0O
bushels, Illinois alone exceeding us. The
States next range in the following order
Ohio, Indiana, Missouri and Kansas.
Chicago in 1876 reported 1919 business
failures, with liabilities amounting to So,
1874, 700; Boston 25S failures, with liabili-
tiles of $40 100000; and New York SS,
failures, with liabilities at $50, 244,0lS.
A girl who was one of our first loves
Was one night lighting us out after hav.
ing Il delightful evening. In baslful
trepidation she blew US out and drew the
candle behind the door and kissed it.
Ueeelnt Pan Ie tler.
The Rev. DR., E. G. Taylor says that,
while visiting school in the South, he
asked tiny darkey what he studied for,
and what was his object in attending
school. Hesitating y moment. the little
fellow ansM cred: ITO git offs"
The next annual report of j. B. Grin
nell srcceiver of the Central Railroad of
Iowa, will show for 1876 an increase of
StS0OO passenger earnings. and de-