Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-02-15
State News.

IN prosperous condition financially
having 81 300 in it's treasury.
Mrs. Blanchard, wife of the editor
OF the Monticello Enpress, was very
happily surprised last week, on the an
niversary of her birth, by visit from a
party Of young people of Monticello
who spent the evening pleasantly, and
delivered appropriate presents to the
lady, and testified their appreciation of
her worth.
Monticello is troubled with clothes
line thieves.
And now Monticello has case of
wholesome discipline on the part of one
of it's school teachers, and, as is usually
the case in such affairs, the teacher
seems to have done about the proper
thing.
A Woodbury. county man got mad
at the journal, and stopped his paper
He requested friend to let him know
when the tax list was published, which
the friend neglected to do, and now that
man without paper pays $75 to get
out Of the fangs of the tax-title buyer
who bought his property.
The Hyers Sisters Combination
performed at Cedar Falls this week
Wednesday evening.
Delhi people are discussing the
feasibility of establishing a fax factory
in that town.
"A little son of Hermann Busseman,
OF Dubuque, on Thursday of last week,
fell upon a hot stove while in an epilep-
tic fit, at the same time tipping a kettle
full Of boiling water upon him, scalding
and burning him fearfully. He died
the same evening.
The Upper Cedar Valley District
Sunday School Convention will meet
at Charles City, February 10Th, Goth
and Dist. Rev. Bennett, of Mason City,
President, Hon. F. B. Stacy, of Stacy
vile, Secretary. That of the fifth con-
gressional district at Blairstown on the
2lst, 22nd and 23rd of same month.
Hon. r. H. Gilmore, President, and
Ethan w. Allen, Secretary.
The Hamilton Freeman says there
is a hog in that county that tips the
beam at 900 pounds, and is as large as a
two ycar-old steer. That's worse than
a fish story
-Oskaloosa prohibits the selling of all
kinds of Intoxicating liquors beer in
cluded, within its corporate limits. A
short time ago a man came from Abba.
fitted up fine saloon and then offered
81 900 for a license 1t was refused and
he opened out anyhow. He was arrest
ed for violating the law and found gull
ty on about dozen counts, and had
about forty gallons of liquor spilled in
the street, and will have a chance to
face Judge Winslow at the next term
of court. Oskaloosa is an unhealthy
place for whiskey sellers.
The temperance revival still con
tinues at Muscatine. Some of the
hardest drinkers in the including
some of the saloon-keepers- have signed
the pledge and donned the blue ribbon.
The services are led by the famous
temperance worker, John w. Drew.
1,707 people have signed the pledge.
"A little three year old son of Mr.
VIM Mabbott, of Nashua, last week
Tuesday afternoon, fell into a boiler of
boiling water and was scalded to death.
j. W. Corbin, Sheriff of Delaware
county, has sued Joe Swinburne,
editor of the Delhi Monitor for libel,
claiming $1,000 damage, because the pa
per was not run in his (Corbin's) inter
estS.
When the Woman's Crusade was at
its height, Capt. Lewis, of Iowa Falls,
sold out his saloon and invested money
in city property in Joplin, Missouri,
and recent discoveries of lead on his
property have made him the possessor
of $4,000. The moral is inevitable.
1t pays to quit the saloon business.
The Waverly Republican says that
Orrin West, near Plainfeld, started
with nine swarms of bees last spring.
They gave him sixteen new swarms and
l 200 pounds of honey. One swarm
came the 1st day of June and produced
1875 pounds, another, July 9Th had a
surplus of 165 pounds. Mr.. West thinks
that bees are profitable and that he can
show still better results another year.
Louis Starry, a Monticello cigar
maker, got drunk one night last week,
and made desperate effort, in his fren-
zy to set his house on fire He poured
kerosene all over the floor, and upon
the door and over the furniture in the
room, and then set fire to it with a
match, Fortunately it was discovered
in time and undoubtedly serious con-
Hagration was prevented He was ar
rested, passed examination and was
bound over to Court in $500 bonds.
We CLEAN from the Express.
Ever Peterson of Fayette county,
suicide on Tuesday, of last
week. The rash act was accomplished
by means of IA gun. He placed the muz-
zle of the weapon in his mouth and
pulled the trigger with his toe. Death
was instantaneous. Whisky is supposed
to have been the cause.
West Union has skating rink up
On which are held masquerade balls.
The Board of Directors of N. |. A.
5. met at Postvillc JAN %, and decided
to hold their next fair on the Sd, 4th
and 9th of July.
A new town has been established on
the line of the milwaukee, Il ST. Paul r.
r., and named Bonair.
Tho Convention of E;na Stool