Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-09-13
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FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 49, 1878.
The dissolution notice of the firm of
Hildreth & Risk, Of Winthrop, will be
found in another column.
CORRESPONDENTS of the BULLETIN
will have to bear with us this week in
not publishing their communications.
The fact is, we arc SO crowded by the
tax list that we have not room for our
own matter
Gov HARDWOOD is announced to
speak at Independence, on October LIST.
Place of speech and other details will be
noticed hereafter. Don't forget that
Hon. Thomas Updegraff speaks here on
Saturday evening.
Rev. Il. MANFoRD, (Universalist), of
Chicago, will preach in the Congrega-
tional church in Independence, Tues
day evening, Sept. 18th, 1878. All are
invited to come and hear. Services to
commence at Z! o'clock.
NEXT Thursday is circus day, prob
ably the last one of the season. People
who growl the loudest about hard times
will, of course find half dollar some
way, and go. But then, you know, a
circus is one of the necessaries of life.
Two RIVAL firms were selling buggics
at auction, on Wednesday last. Their
respective stocks were located on oppo-
site sides of the street, and they kept
the crowd swaying from side to side,
both selling many vehicles, however, and
at very low prices.
FINE LINEN-Mr. p. H. Gallagher
has been in this city recently upon his
annual tour. He carries a stock of
beautiful Irish linens, such as cannot
be bought west of Chicago. Gallagher
has made several visits to our city, and
the ladies are beginning to look with
much pleasure to his coming. He will
visit our city again next year.
WE are authorized by the officers of
the Buchanan County Agricultural So
ciety, to state that, on account of the
severity of the times they have reduced
the price of admission to the grounds to
former rates. We shall expect to see
large attendance, as unusual exertion
has been made to make this County Fair
the most interesting one of the State.
NEW OFFICERS.-At the regular
of the Independence Guards
last Friday evening, an election for LIST
Lieut.. was held, in place of Major +. D.
Jackson, promoted. The election re-
suited in the choice of 2nd Lieut., O. d.
Burr, This left vacancy in the office
Of End Lieut., which was filled at sub
sequent election by d. f. Logan. At
the conclusion Of the business, Lieut.
Logan invited the company down to
Franks restaurant, where all partook of
A delicious oyster supper.
THE Conservative, speaking of the ac-
ton of the Republican Co. Convention
in nominating Mr. Hollett in preference
to Mr.. Foreman for Recorder, says that
soldiers are of mighty little account in
conventions these days, any
how" 1t would have been little more
cautious in making such remark, if it
had stopped to reflect that when the
Democrats came into power year or so
ago, they turned off nearly every MAIN
ed soldier employed in Congress, whom
the Republicans had been employing
For years.
CITY OF PARIS STORE,-1t will be
needless to call the attention of our
readers to the mammoth advertisement
Of the above institution in our columns
this week. We had the pleasure of
looking through Mr. Myers stock one
day this week, and can conscientiously
say that it is one of the finest we ever