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

To OXFORD WITH THE CLUB.-On Friday Q,
accompanied the boys Of the D. d. Club Of this
place to Oxford in their response to an invita-.
ton to play a social game with the Club of Or.
ford. In order TO get to tie ball grounds in
time to enjoy the game aud return on the same
day, it was necessary TO take the 10 O'Clock
freight for our passage. This we did, and
arrived safely in Oxford about eleven
o'clock, without the occurrence of anything
remarkable except that one half of the
firm Of Lawrence & Free, Attorneys at
Law, and Notaries Public, lost its hat. The
members Of the Club who were to engage /; n
the game, beiook themselves to the pleasant
shelter of the Oxford Hotel to await the hour
for ball in play' and to refresh the inner man
with what was pronounced "a straight up
and down substantial dinner" while we found
time to navigate about the town and "see the
things we saw, among which we may men.
ton, first, the new Congregational Church,
now nearly completed. The spire of this
church was the first thing we saw on ap-
preaching the town. The building is 10 feet
by 90, with a 16feet story, and when fully
completed will be the most t~astfully appearing
church in the county. 1t stands on elevated
grounds with a beautiful surroundings fea.
ture never to be overlooked il the selection Of
a site for erecting a place of worship.
We found their school still in session, and
under the control Of Mr.. Evans as principal,
with Miss Foote of Grinnell as assistant.
Among the many places that have been ia
vored by calls from those who "nightly bese.
unguarded DOORS Oxford has now just claim
to be reckoncd. On the night Of the 23d, inst,
one Of the said gentlemen who ''pocket your
silver candlesticks and walk off, thus" en-
tered the house of Squire Nimon and took
from his pockets the keys to his store and to
the Post Office, then went to the store opened
it and the Office, and searched the drawers
but found very li'tle of the needful Us that
had been removed in the evening, leaving only
abou. a dollar in the drawer, which Of course
was gobblcd. The keys were left where they
were easily found but the theft left himself
where he was not SO easily found. 1t is
thought that some packages which were car
ried from the express the previous day had
been seen, and we're the bnit that was sought
for.
One Of the latest additions to the business.
Of Oxford, is a new harness shop by Mr.. C. c
Gibson, the acting Captain Of the Oxford Club
at the game Of Friday. The trnde in ~agricul-
tural implements, lumber, SC, seems to be the
most fourishing Of the place at present. fgs
About 2 o'clock the Clubs come on the
grounds, and, after a short delay in getting
the scorers books ready Mr.. Young Of the Le-
Grand Club, who was chosen Umpire for the
game, called ''ball in play and the Toledo
boys going to the bat went out on a score Of
two tallies. They were followed by the Or
ford boys who baftcd with considerable vigor,
but their balls wore mostly taken up by the
short-stop and directed to the LIST base where
they confronted the batter, soon promoting
Oxford to tho field . gain with n corresponding
score Of two. Long time in even scale they
stood" but finally the game turned in favor of
the Oxford boys, the ninth inning ended,
and the score footed up AZ tallies for Oxford
md IS for Toledo.
The clubs, Umpire and scorers each ~receiv-
ed three hearty cheers, and as the time was
too short to play another long game, ono Of
innings was agreed to, and after = few