Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-12-06

DEAR kLruBL,cAN.-Un the ID INST, At l;2.
p. III. We took passage on The { X y W Il |
for the town Of Upton. On our way nj
things seemed in n thriving condition OK
cept vegetation which presented about tho
.amc appearance ms ut Toledo. and the wintery
king snow, seemed master Of the situation :.
TN our way, however, We found y new town
going up, We notice y very fine depo, build
ing. several new houses and several other,
under way. We met at Chelsea our oil friend
aud former fellow townsman, Mr.. James Ross
Esq, who in company with Mr.. Woo lward
also formerly Of our town, is in the dry goods
business. At 200 p. M. we arrived at Ciar-
ence, Cedar county, Iowa, from here We con-
tiles somewhat, took passage on Foot & Walk
er's line, Weston-like wendell our way, only
not at same speed, for Upton where We arriv.
ed ut IL o'clock same night, made our way to
the Fleming Hotel which we found crowded 70
its utmost capacity, and We we're permitted to
take our rest in I e arms of Morpheus. on n
very easy Lounge in the sitting room. No IN
mi!iar faces greeted US until in the morning
when the Fleming boys and Mr.. Tay Tor me,
us with their usual smiles. We stepped OIL.
about 6 o'clock =. m. OH the side walk and the
first familiar face VIC saw was that Of Judge
Bissell, we also met Charlie Hammond, J. ".
casad, turning about we behold Mt the dis
lance our genial old friend II. z. piatt, Esq.
than whom no better man lives in old Cedar.
AS soon rs Court time came We went TO the
court room where We met S. Yates, Justice
Elliott, and pretty soon in came another OF
Cedars best, j b S~l,earer. Sheriff. We also
met there Wolf s Landt, j W Bull, Ell Found
VIM Knott, $ l Smith, who, We understand is
about returning TO Tip,sn, and will contribute
of his editorial talent to that prince of good
papers the Upton Advertiser. We also met
here ono Of the most talented legal men Of
Cedar, Judge futile. Upton seems in a pros
porous condition. Business seems brisk, anl
all things moving off in good order. We also
met several of the base ball boys here. They
all seem anxious TO have q tilt with the
~ " III, Out ~ SccWo tuat
this club, claiming TO be the Champion Club
Of the state, is not very willing to try their
mcttlc with the Resolntes Of Upton, one thing
We are certain about and that is, the club
which plays the Resolute, must come up to the
fly catch, safe bat and sure run c r Scott,
Prosecuting Attorney was not on hands owing
to illness and Samuel Farall acts in lis place
with marked ability. Judge Rothrock looks
hale and hearty and presides with very much
ability. We expected 10 see the cars on the
N. A. & T. Railroad in running trim, but i.
seems that they seem to be about as near Tip
ton ~ they were one year ago, all, however,
seem quite certain that the road will be CON-
pleted soon, We hope it will. Court is quite
we'll attended, aud business seems lively,
though il was hard TO start up owing 10 The
fact that attorneys were not ready. We met
our old friend Mulford Of the Adoertiser Office.
and he represents that paper rs prosperous Ms
usual. +. Cook, Esq OF davenport was also
in attendance Vt Court, he is = son Of Hon. J.
I. Cook formerly VI Cedar county, and is .
young man Of rare abilities. II is showing
here now the 4,h on tc \ 'lirlc sprinkle
We got through here for the present and
start for home one or two days sooner than
We anticipated. At Mechanicsville on this The
4ih inst, and take lodging with Ira Swetland
Of the Central House, We 6nd him in good
spirits and fully up to the "Billisrd Cue" hs