Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-28
From Brandon.

From Brandon.
BRANDON, Ia, juno u, 1873.
ED1ToR:-As the Hub" seems to be
forgotten, must again remind you that
it is solid and will celebrate the 18th in
grand style. There is to be match
game Of base ball between the White
Stockings of Brandon and the Highly
ers of LaPorte, for a purse Of $25 and
the championship Of the State. There
will be races for those who are swift Of
foot, and music for those who are light
Of heel; bowery dance by day and
grand hop at Bissels by night. The
boy who climbs the greasy pole will re-
ceive his due reward, and the ladies rep
resenting the States will be offered
free sail on the beautiful Lime Creek
in the steamer Prairie Queen. Then
what would we do without our Band?
The boys have improved and are doing
well, and under the leadership of Mr..
Bryan will be second to none. The La
Porte Cornet Band accompanies the
base ballists, so for music we are we'll
provided.
Now Independence has had the big fire,
a deluge on small scale; a Talmadge
and Drew. And now the Hub should
be remembered by all good temperance
people for we are the only truly temper
ance town in the county.
l am glad to see that the business
men of your town appreciate the Fire
Company, and are standing by them
while they are maligned by some bush
whackers VINO. never stood fire., and
whose gloved hands are in their pockets
when the fire bell rings and calls Tor
men to protect property and even ilves;
We often find that those who are goGdd
for nothing but dress parade like to bel
looked up to, as the man did who killed
the bear, :
The explanation of the abrupt end
ing Of the above communication is this:
The communication came duly to hand,
but while lying on the editorial table
previous to going to the printer, the last
leaf mysteriously disappeared, probably
flew out of the open window, and could
not be found We recollect, however,
that in the lost copy it was mentioned
that one particular package of the Ma
tional Aduocate had not come to hand
at the Brandon post Office, and that the
charge was being industriously circulat-
ed that the reason of its non-appearance
was that it was detained purposely in
the Independence post Office. We are
only waiting to have somebody who is
responsible, repeat that charge in tangi-
BILE shape, when we promise to give the
party fun enough to last him year.
Ed. Bulletin
MILITARY ELECTIoN-The election
of officers for the 4th Reg I. N G. takes
place to-day. The nominations are as
follows: For Colonel, Capt. G. S.
Bentley, of Dubuque; for Lieut.. Col.
Capt. +. N. Carr, of Co. c., Manchester,
and Capt. Crawford, of Co. A, Dubuque;
for Major, Lieut.. F. D. Jackson, Of Co.
H. Independence.
LATER Since writing the above, the
Adjutant General has decided that cleo
tons of this kind have to be called by
the brigade commander, and that the
election called for to-day, being ordered
by Col. Otis, is illegal. The following
order has been issued by Capt. P. W.
Crawford. Commanding.
General Order No. 81
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH RFGIMRNT)
INFANTRY, l. N. g.,
DUBUQUE, June oath, 1878.
I.-COlOnel Geo. H. Otis, Lieut. Col Geo O.
Gardner. and Major N. Eichman, having re-
specially rendered their designations, and the
same having been accepted by the Commander
in Chief and taken effect, the undersigned, as
Senior Captain by priority of Commission, here
by assumes temporary command of the 4th
Reg't Infantry Iowa National Guard.
U.-General Order No. s current series from
these Head Quarters, having been issued with
Field Officers being solely within the province
of the Brigade Commander, the same Is hereby
countermanded p. w. CRAWFORD,
Official: Captain Commanding.
(signed) Theo. c. Cole, Adjutant.
IT has been claimed by anti-temper-
ance apostles that city without liquor
cannot live; that whisky is such bust
ness stimulator that to remove it would
be death-blow to the city. Usage,
Iowa, is one of the towns that has tried
this experiment. We had few hours
conversation with several of the live
business men of Usage, one day this
week, and they informed us that bust
ness, considering the general depression
of business interests throughout the
country, was never better than at the
present time. Further than this, the
business men of Usage, at their own ex-
pense, are Matchmaking the main street
of the town, at cost of 81 900. And this,
understand, is town where not drop
of whisky or even beer is sold inside the
corporation.
MILITARY.-The newly organized
military companies of Rowley are drill
ing every day. The commissioned Off
GERS Of the infantry company are as fol-
lows:
Capt-B. F. Buckley.
LIST Lieut.. X. Patten.
2nd-Lieut-J M Flemino