Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-02-15

! Nv took FIRE. The mother 81 ING Ai'tie HaAi ."
ed its life BY wrapping her in o shawl thereo
. smothcrng the flames.
Alta recon, meeting Of prominent bushes
men and ca pitalis,s at Cedar Rapids, whic
wa, addressed by Hon. II. G. Angle, 1t va
voted to raise SeO,0OO or more by supscril
,;ons to stock, to secure the location Of the 81
Louis and Cedar Rapids Railroad to that poin
A citizen Of Iowa Falls, Hardin count
made a first class fool Of himself on the 2lst
under the photographic impression that h
had dra wn the Opern House.
We have heard Of several such fools, in diff
feren, parts Of the West He has pleanty Q
company.
The Marengo Republican says one of it
friends recently measured q ladys waterfall
who was attending a concert at that p,ac
which was % inches in circumference and
inches thick l--Myron Clark, Of Marens
was shot through the arm accidentally ms
week ny gun in his own ha nds,-Mr. Tay
lor who disappeared 50 suddenly last week
has returned safe and sound. He had merel,
gone to Iowa City to send telegraph dis
patch.
The Muscatne Journa, tells Of the euicid,
Of Mrs. J. +. Williams, Of Seventy-Six town
ship in that county, who ended her existenc'
by cutting her ,hroa, in most frightful man
ner with q razor. 1t Was her custom to use 8
razor in trimming her corns and on Friday
morning, ostensibly for this purpose, with ths
weapon in hand, she retired to her chamber
where her lifeless body was found soon after
She was q years Of age and leaves four little
children.
The Davenport Gazette tolls US Of a sample
Of o.diAary stone taken from the quarries .,
LeClaire, which on being subjected to heavy
pressure by Government officials on the Is.
land, showed that it would stand . pressure
of rs, 600 lbs. to the square inch before crush
ing. According to their estimate this stone
vii! sustain a column two inches square and
700 feet high.
The Local of the Mnscatine Jouraa! ha.
been to Chicago, and having seen Ristori, say.
she's "immcnse"- w. Roberts, Of
Muscatine, was, on the 25th, convicted o,
adultery and sentenced to six months in ths
Penitcntiary. The case Of Fanny Roberts OF
charge Of the same sffense vas dismissed.
The C'ermont Leader relates the particular
Of the difficulties encountered ny young
man, living on the wapsipinicon, on = rscen
visit to his supposed "intenled." In return
ing he crossed the river on log, his fee
slipped and he fell from the log, his head
striking upon the ice stunning him for time
and the blood flowing profusey from . wound
in the head. When he came to- his hair wal
frozen TO the ice and in his efforts to extri.
cate himself he tore away portion Of his
scalp. He succeeded in reaching house
but he was SO badly frozen that the ampu,a-
ton Of both legs became necessary.
Nipc,y;nine mirriage licenses we're issued
in Fremont county in 1866. The Times says
this amt correct statement Of Cupids bust
ness in that county, - nearly one half of the
young folks 60 to Missouri, where no license
is required, and get misunderstanding
Academy, in that county, now has 1870 schol-
ars. Tom Psine's birthday was calculated
at Davenport on the goth, BY that class Of
men who love the devil and Tom Paine. ,
The Congregational church If Davenport
was fred by an incendiarv on the evening of
the 28th; fortunately i, was soon discovered
and the flames subdued. The damages sus-
tanned amour. 10 $3.50. Insured.
The groom vino tends the famed horse Fire.
fly on which Miss Temple plays Maseppa At
the Dubuque Theatre, has recently 6 out /.
writ Of attachment for the horse in order to
secure debt Of 500 said to be due him from
"Fireay's'' mistress. miner by the name
of James McGinnis, while at work in : mine
near Dubuque on the 18th, was buried beneath
= falling weight Of earth and rocks, and on
being extricatel almostimmedistely Was found
dead. A large rock had struck him on the
head, smashing it frigLtfully, and probably
causing instant death.
In the Lansing Journal We SEQ an account
Of a very sad accident that occurred in the
family of John Deeney, living on Lansing
Ridge Francis, son Of Mr.. D., little boy
five years DID, fell backward into pan Of
boiling water, and was scalded 20 that after
the most terrible agony, lasting two hours, he
died. Mrs. D. was washing, and after pour>
ing the water in the pan went to the door for
cold water, admonishing the children to keep
away from it, but had scarcely got out Of the
house when the screams of the little sufferer
brought her back to lift the poor child from
the boiling water in which he was still SEA-
ted.
The Eddyrille Endeptadsnt says marriages
are all the 30 down at that place, and It
tributes good deal of it to Is and 20 degrees
below zero-On Sunday tho house Of Mr..
WEIGH Of that town caught FIRE while the fam
lily were at church, and WAS only saved by
quick discovery.-A horse thief was arres>
ted in Eddyville week ago who stole horse
nsar Bentonsport short time before.-A
WOODEN factory which, when completed, will
be 80 feet wide, 100 feet long, and two stories
high, is in process Of construction 1t Eddy
are thick and busy at that
town.
The Marshall county Adpanee complains Of