Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-08-03
Our Neighbors.
BLACKHAWK COUNTY

"A young man named Alva Carey, son
of citizen of Wateroo, was drowned in
the Cedar River, near the mouth of
Blackhawk creek, on Saturday last, by
the capsizing of boat in which he was
with two companions. The others saved
themselves by clinging to the boat until
assisted by persons from the shore.
The administrator Of the estate of
Gomeringer, the Waterloo murderer and
suicide, has commenced action against
the Germania Life Insurance Company,
to recover 81 900 due on policy held
by Gomeringer. The defense of the
company is that the act of suicide inval-
idated the policy.
Frank Stoessiger, of Waterloo, cap
tured II. pound pickerel in Black
hawk creek, the other day. He had to
give the monster charge Of shot before
he could land him.
The Cedar Falls Gazette says that an
order from one of the up-north counties
counties was received by an implement
firm in that town for table rake to be
sent by telegraph"
The Gazette records the latest case of
Acknowledgements boy driving COW,
found pocket book containing 1920, in
the road, and, leaving the animal, ran
back mile to overtake farmer who
had dropped the money, but who, when
he grabbed it out of the honest boys
hands, had not the grace to offer him
cent for his trouble. The only thing
that mars the account was the omission
of the old hunks name by the Gazette.
A singular and fatal accident to
horse is related by the Reporter. John
Winterbum had just commenced his
harvest, and was driving around the
field when one Of the team stepped up
on the handle of a scythe carelessly left
in the field by a boy, and the scythe
blade was thrown up in such manner
as to rip open the animals belly, letting
the bowels drop out on the ground
The horse walked about two rods, biting
and nibbling the grass, and then laid
down and died.
DELAWARE COUNTY. .
The Manchester Reform Club are
holding moonlight sociahles (when fair
Luna Shines in their Park, with con-
comitants of ice cream, fine music, and
other delights. They are quite the rage.
The Delaware County Harvest Home
will be held at Sand Spring, August
oath.
The Press records the drowning of two
young men at Earlville, the sons of r.
H. Van Wagner and Thos. r. Long
The boys who were about 16 years of
age, while waiting at the mill fora grist,
repaired to deep pool in Plum creek to
take bath. In some way never to be
explained, for nobody saw them alive
after they left the mill, both were
drowned in the deep hole, whence their
bodies were few hours later recovered.
Some fields of wheat in Delaware
county were so badly damaged by chintz
bugs, as to be not worth cutting
FAYETTE COUNTY.
u, D, Soohy, the Postmaster of Fay
cite, inserts card in the Neus resign
ing his position as chairman of the
Township Republican Committee, as
signing as reason the late civil service
order, forbidding federal officers to man
age political affairs.
Rev. James Baker, of Smithfeld, was
kicked in the throat by a horse on Mon
day, and died of sutfocation the same
night notwithstan ding the efforts of
two physicians to save his life'
Miss Gardner, a poor blind girl of
Auburn, has had the additional infiction
of insanity come upon her, and has been
placed in the Hospital near this city.
Mr.. A. A. Johnson, of the Gazette
Office has invented a machine for stitch
ing pamphlets, which, with little i'm
provement, he is confident will enable a
boy or girl to stitch and tie 500 to 800
books day.