Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-06
Fractured Extremities.

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tie 4 year old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. +
NJ. Robertson, was playing in a cham
ber window of their residence, in tn,
eastern part of the city, he lost his bal
ance and fell to the ground below. H,
was picked up by the frightened mother
and carried into the house. Drs. Hum
and Wilson were Immediately summon
ed, who pronounced the injuries sus
tanned by the child to be no more seri
Gus than broken leg-thc left. Mr.
Robertson, who was absent from the
city at the time, was summoned by let
ter, and arrived home on Tuesday.
ANoTHER-.Last Saturday evc'g Chas
Hageman and his brother were jump
ing from the sidewalk near the Lutheran
church. AS the former was preparing
to make spring, his brother in play
full mood, gave him slight push, he
lost his balance, and fell upon his left
leg, breaking it instantly. DIR. Wilson
was called. who soon had his patient in
as comfortable position as the cir
cumstances would admit.
STILL ANOTHER Markham in
forms us that last Tuesday, as Mr..
Dietch was employed in butchering a
COW at the farm of P. Hardy, a few
miles east of town. he met with a Sc
we're accident, by which one of his legs
was broken. 1t happened in this way:
Mr.. Dietch had knocked the creature
down by blow upon the head, and was
standing near by, preparing to finish
the operation by another blow. Sud-
denly the animal gave a tremendous
lunge to one side, falling upon Mr..
Dietch's limbs, pinning him to the
earth. When he was rescued from this
position, it was found that one leg was
broken in two places below the knee.
Mr.: Dietch is poor man, and the long
season Of idleness, necessary for him to
recover, will result in many privations
to his family.
ONLY ONE MoRE.-Last Tuesday, a
Mr.. Geiser, who lives in the 18th Ward,
in this city, was working in stone
quarry at Littleton, with team, engag-
ed in hauling. We understand that he
was loading an unusually heavy stone
on his wagon, when it slipped from his
grasp and fell upon his right leg, break
ing it just above the ankle. He was
brought home, suffering intensely, and
the services of DR.. Wilson engaged.
who set the broken member, and the
patient is doing quite well. This COM
pletes the chapter this week.
LAST week, in some remarks append
ed to the resolutions passed by the
Drive Well meeting, it was stated that
the committee who called on Mr.. Hol-
man, to induce him to decline further
connection with the prosecution of the
suits for royalty, made threats of ven
geance against him in case he should re-
fuse. This statement was made on the
basis OF common report, which, uncon-
tradicted, our junior, who wrote the ar
ticle, accepted as the truth. We are
assured, however, that this was mis-
take; that the conference with Mr.. Hol-
man was gentlemanly and courteous on
both sides, and that no threats were
made except such as might be inferred
from the language of the last resolution
We were only made aware of the mis-
take several days after the publication,
by one of the gentlemen who participant
ed in the conference, who came into our
Office in state of considerable excite
ment, and then and there gave utterance
to his sentiments, in language more fore
ible than elegant AS the ebullition ev-
identity brought him a sense of relief,
and as it did us no harm, we make no
protest. On the other hand, while we
cannot praise his discretion, we com
mend his manner to all who feel i'm
PEELED to blow up the editor. We pre-
fer to take infections of this kind in
front, rather than behind our back. and
it shows manly spirit in the assailant
that we cannot help but admire In
this case, we are sure that our friend
went out Of our Office feeling much bet
ter than when he entered, besides be-
ing in possession of advice that will be
of value to him hereafter in similar
cases. But, returning to the main sub
ject, would it not have been much bet
ter if some one of the conferees had
taken the trouble to give our junior a
correct account of matter about which
there was almost sure to be all sorts of
reports and misrepresentation? Again,
why did not the Secretary furnish us
with the proceedings of the meeting, or
signify to us, in some way, its desire to
have them published in our paper? Had
political feeling anything to do with the
omission?
FATHER JOHN L. GosKER, pastor of
St. Johns Catholic Church, of this
city, has been removed to the parish in
New Hampton, Chickasaw county, and
the pastor of that church, Father Burke,
is assigned to this parish. We under
stand that the cause of this change is
expediency. The church here is labor
ing under heavy burden of indebted
ness, and it is thought that the new
pastor, Father Burke, can remove this
much faster than the old pastor, by Sc
curing the aid and cooperation of the