Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-01-25
Iowa News.

The Marion Register tells # trial before
Justice Palmer last week between parties from
Centre Point, which resulted in a man named
Furgeson paying ten dollars and costs, for
throwing pail OF waite, upon a Mrs. Han
ners. We presum Mrs. Hammers don't admire
hvdropathy in such cold weather.
From the Marshaltown .4dcdnce we learn
that while the cars containing the soldiers en-
route for the plains halted at State Center on
Sabbath, the ''boys' visited the store Of Mr..
Post, who kindly showed them mittens and
cigars for which they called. These pleased
them ''muchly, and they took them along with
out money and without price, greatly to the
discontinue of Mr.. Post.--Moral don't keep
your store open on Sunday, Mr.. Post.
The Sioux City Register has been recently
enlarged and improved and is now paper of
which its proprietors and town may be justly
proud. With the single exception that ii is a
great ways behind the age in politics, the Reg
'ste is an excellent journal and one worthy of
support in everything but its political doc
trines. This week it records q fight which
terminated in each Of the belligerents being
fined "a and costs--the one who got the worst of
the play loaning the friend who whipped him
funds for defraying expenses.
The Iowa City Pres, devotes nearly column
10 c,iticising Mr.. Tiltons lecture, which he
does in the stcrotyped style Of the Democratic
press on the "nigger."
From the independence Bulletin we learn that
the total valuation of Clayton county is
So, 4S9, 965. The total amount of tax levied
S94 ,91l,S6
From the Iowa City Repubhcan we learn that
Judge Rothrock is dealing strictly with the
liquor dealers Of that city, having fined none
'ess than $50. and some as high as hundreds.
gentleman residing near College Farm, stops
ping at the Des Moines House, attempted sui
eide by taking laudanum, but did not succeed.
From the Upton Adreriiser we learn that n
revival is in progress in the Presbyterian
Chucch.-The Metholists have determined to
erect Church eli6ce.--A Sunday School
Festival last week Noted S112,li.
From the State Register We Learn that the
street car enterprise in that city is fixed
fact; money having been raised for the con-
strnc.on Of one mile Of track, and at the next
Governors Inauguration the citizens can ride
in their cars over the Capitol.
The OFT lmwa Courir states that two huns
drea and eighty marriage licenses have been
issued in that county during the past YER
or these the County Judge has made the
official moose for forty four
The Waterloo Courier says the thermomet or
stood g below zero at noon on Wednesday of
last week-Serviccs were held in all the
churches during the week Of prayer.
The editor of the Cedar Falls Gazette was
assaulted by one of his compositors, and re-
&C we'd sundry bruises and cuts about the
his nose, ard law suit Which ended in his
favor.
The Cedar Falls Gazette says the starch fac
tory is now making corn starch. The debt
of that county is $S9, OOO.--Thc station
agent at Acklcy, Mr.. N. Y. Blake, has abscon-
ded with the funds of the Telegraph, Railroad
and Express companies.-On Thursday of
last week The thermometer stood ut 23o below
zaro.-A grocer found four barrels Of up,
pies in his cellar completely eaten up by rats
nothing remained but about half bushel of
bearings.
The Montezuma Republican records the bel
ligcrent procliyities of an insane man in that
vicinity. On attempting to take him to the
Asylum he made an attack upon two men
who had him in charge, and, after scuffle Of
forty minutes, got the better of them both.
Next day he made an onslaught, with an old
boot, upon man and pummellcd him badly.
He was finally captured and chained to the
floor.
The Monticello Express says the Episcopa.
lians Of that place are making a move for es-
tablishing church. "A preliminary meet
ing has been held for the purpose of organic