Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-03-22

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Last week two scsundrels claiming to hal
from Kentucky hired . couple Of riding
horses ct . livery stable In Newton, 70 70 int
the country to visit relatives near town, .,
they said. Several days elapsed and tn,
horses were not returned, and the owners o.
the same became alarmed and started in pur
suit but up to latest dates had not found any
definite clue to the thieves.
Information il wanted Of the whereabouts
Of Lieut.. VIM. Martin, Of Co. B Tooth Reg
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The last
known Of him was nj Lookout Mountain, Tenn
The records Of the Adju,ant Genera.'s Office
show that he resigned Feb. 9th, 1865. He has
an aged and infrm father residing At Wa
| verify, Bremen county, who is very anxious to
learn what became of him. Newspapers will
confer q favor upon an old patriot Of 1872, by
publishing this notice. Information regard.
ing him should be addressed to N. Mccarthy
wAvcrly, Iowa.
VIM. Allen attacked negro and some white
boys, who were playing on . street corner, in
Davenport, few days ago, with knife. On
being struck, the negro clinchej Allen, when
the latter drew = knife, which the former i'm.
mediatsly knocked from his hand. Allen
called for the knife, and one Of the boys handed
it to Kim, when he s,ruck the negro with it, in
dieting a severe flesh wound in his side. Allen
went to jail.
From the Davenport Democrat We learn thu,
terrible affair took place in the saloon Of
Tee. '" Jones, in Coal Valley, Scott county
on Wednesday evening last, : man named
Robert McCloskey being shot dead by the said
'aioos keeper. 1t appears that Nc loskey had
been arrested At some former period in another
part OF the State for stealing = quantity Of
gunpowdsr, and on Wednesday evening he
charged Jones with being the real thief A
fracas snsued, and McClssley was twics
turned out Of the place, and the last time the
door was locked against him. He then burs,
the door open, and Jones, seising . double.
barreled gun, fred u him, the shot taking nc
effect. He then had . few words with Nc
Closkey, and fred the second barrel, killing
him instantly. The murdered man leaves q
wife and family Of three children, in almos,
destitute circumstances. Jones has been ar.
rested and lodged in Jail.
Two men have gone to law about one wo-
man in Davenport. They both claim her, and
the Judge cant tell which has the best mort.
gage. The woman is sublimely Indifferent
and says she don / care which one she has. %
she has one.
Geo. Percill, one Of the railroad company,
bridge builders, who resides at this place, me,
with . severe accident on the l4th inst, while
at work on bridge near Chelsea. He Wal
scoring timber and the axe slipping from his
hand entered his leg just below the knee and
partly on the side Of the leg iadicting se.
we're but not dangerous wound. We are happy
to know that he 10 doing well-Ga.esse, Blairs.
town.
The Davenport Gazette says that Capt Muir.
! ~, Chief Mastering Ofhcer Of the State, re.
csived authority on the 18th to furnish dis.
charges to veterans Of the Third Iowa cavalry
for their FIRST enlistment All enlisted men
are requested to report by letter to their com.
pany commanders, and company commander,
ere to report to Captain hurry 1t this place
As the soldiers interested are scattered ovs,
the entire State, papers will confer . favol
upon deserving class by copying the above
The winterset .Nadisonian is glorying ove1
the fact that Madison county has the TALES
and shortest man In the State. The article il
reference to this matter says: "Cur tall mai
measures six feet and seven inches high, ane
weighs two hundred pounds. We thiak som,
Of employing him a. our lighting editor. Tn,
little man lays tom Thumb out in the cold
His height is thirty seven inches, weight thir
~ pounds, and he is Is years old. Thi.
prodigy Of small weights" 10 . resident o
Wintsrset, enjoys good health, and is lamar
~ cricket" In addition to this We have tn,
prettiest women in the State, and the bigges
babies"
The citizens Of Dubuque will present tn,
new Northern Line steamer Dubuque with
stand Of colors on her 6rst appearance in tina
port.
Patrick Norton, citizen Of Dubuque sine
1887, died suddenly in . ct Of spoplexy o,
Saturday last.-The Herald says some .
tho farmers bringing their wheat to tn
Dubuque market who do not understand tn
Genital system think that it il . swindlin,
trick Of the buyers and refuse to sell only i,
the old fashioned way.
In the Iowa Homesssod We zee n account O
. basket Of apples from the orchard Of NJ,
Burr Andrews, Of Davenport. The baske
contained 100 apples which weighed II
pounds. or an average Of 20 ounces TO the -
pie. Mr. A. Offers to wager 500 that thi
cannot be beat BY any orchard in the Units
States.
The store houses Of Richards L Close, an
Stout / Blodgett, Of Leon, were entered Il,
nights ago BY burglars who succeeded in Oh
ssracting SIS worth Of goods from the forme,
but were surprised while in the latter.
The Davenport Gasetse Of the 18th, recount
the tribulstions and subsequent felicity q
youth Of twenty summers arrested ct the in
stance Of blushing dsmsel and who, upsn
little reflection. preferred matrimony to ! trjs
| before n Juafirs q a. H.. ~a.,,11. mott .