Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-02-08

The Marshall 9tNeS E~HS 'Hc HHfN
question Shall we have an Academy? one
| thousa nd dollars has been offered by ei''Aeh
Of lis town, and only four more are wanted 70
mike the effort q working success. Sounc the
trumpet loud and often, Mr. Times; we Wis"
Won n noble triumph in the caUse.---ih'
County Superintendent of Marshall county
has revoked the certificates of sixteen school
teachers for non-attendance upon The leach>
crs' Institute.
The Muscatine Journal records the following
horrible accident: yesterday about noon, as
some persons were passing the house Of Mr..
Henry Furst, some miles east of town, (near
Vincent Chambers farm) they discovered Mrs
rurst lying dead on the floor. Her clothing
| was all burned off, and the ashes thereof
scattered about the room and yard from which
it was inferred that her dress caught fre
while getting dinner, and in her agony she
had passed out and back again into the house.
Her husband was absent at the time, and there
| was no one with Mrs Furs. when this dread
full accident occurred"
The Lansing Mirror reports another: Frank
Peterson, Sweod living in Cen'er township,
met with horrible accident one day last
week The particulars rs we get them are as
follows: He was filling burning lamp with
some kind Of fluid manufactured from rcceipt
which he had procured in Chicago. The An
id ignitei causing the lamp to explode, seat
terns the contents all over Mr.. Peterson an
setting his clothes On f.c. The burning
fluid struck his face and buraei his eyes 50
badly that he has lost the sight of one en-
tirely and perhaps will lose the other. Be-
fore the FIRE could be cxtincuishcd his limbs
and body were terribly burned. Dr. Hedges
of Waukon, was Immediately sent for and it
took him five hours 70 dress the poor suffering
mans wounds.
The Edwards Congregational church o!
Davenport, has extended call to Rev. s. p.
Cochran, of Grinnell---The revival at the
NJ. L. Church at Alton, is still in progress
about forty persons have united with the
church Reyivals are going on in nearly all
the churches ef Oskaloosa. Rev. J. X. Morse,
of New York. has accepted call to the Pre-.
byterian church at Clinton. A protracted
meeting is being held at the NJ f. Church, in
Corydon. Fifteen persons united with the T.
T. Church, Mt Knoxville, during recent re-
vival. Rev. J. W. White has accepted an in
vitaton to labor in the Congregational Church
at Clinton. The revival meetings at the Col
lege in Mount Pleasant are numerously at
tended. The new Episcopal church at Lan>
sing is completed, and The Presbyterian house
Of worship is nearly so; it will cost So 500
4 successful revival has been in progress at
the Calvary Baptist church at Davcnport--
The NJ. E. society, at Upton. have resolved to
erect new church the coming season Doth
houses of worship at Blalrstown, are crowded
nightly with those seriously disposed. There
is considerable interest in religious matters at
Fort Dodge, and the protrac;ed meetings held
at the NJ. L. Church at that place are largely
attended. \ revival is in progress at Abba
The Congregational society at New Hampton
has recently de licatcd a fine church building
at that place. Rev. o. A. Holmes, tic new
pastor of the Baptist church at Marshalltown
is at his post of duty. The revival al The NJ
f. Church at Bloomfield still progresses with
undated interest