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


is that the sheet goes in at one end aud comes
out at the other printed on doth sides. The
Atlantic and Young Folks are printed on it
The bill reported in the House by the com
mittee on Agriculture proposes to raise tn,
Agricultural Bureau to an Executive Depart
ment thereby adding another member to the
Cabinet. The proposed Secretary Of Agricul.
turs will have about the same position as tho
Commissioner Of Agriculture.
A strip of land one inch wide and running
the length Of an adjoining block, in Quincy
H., was lately sold for $1,000; or at the rate
of Sl4, 400 per running foot.
The Chicago Republican says that during the
approaching summer bridge will be bull,
over the Missouri to connect the Chicago an d
Northwestern with the Union Pacific Railroads
and that there will be then two thousa nd con.
,inuous miles of railroad west of New York.
| The Presbyterian service held in hired
house at Rome has been suppressed 1T the per-
sonal instance Of the Pope The minister, the
Rev. James Lewis is under sentence Of Danish
ment. 1t is also stated that there is an inten-
ton to suppress the American service now con :
Quoted in a hired room seperate from the Le-
CATION Cardinal Antonelli has expressed his
personal regret that this policy should be
pursued.
Some Of the New England railroad compon-
! les have refused to continue their contracts for
~ ho rato 49,
in consequence Of his refusal Postmaster
General Randall has been compelled to trans
port the mails on short routes by horse. The
mails between Boston and Lowell have been
thus conveyed for sometime past.
A Mr.. Houston, living about sixteen miles
south west of Warsaw, Mo-, on the Usage met
with fatal accident, on Friday evening the
18th instant While preparing for hunt,
standing with his gun leaning on his arm and
calling his dogs, one Of them in leaping up on
him, caught its foot on the lock Of the gun,
causing ii 70 discharge, the entire charge Of
one barrel entering the right temple and kill
ing him almos: instantly.
On Sunday last, Miss Sophia Williams, .
widow lady, fell from wagon while near the
Cross farm, about seven miles from Bloomfield,
Mo-. and was instantly killed by one Of the
wheels running over her breast. Mrs. w. left
her late residence, near West Prairie, some
time ago to visit some friends in Illinois, but
upon reaching Cap. Girardeau, and finding
the river closed, concluded to return home,
whlher she was proceeding when the uniortu-
nate accident by which she lost her life
occurred.
We understand that citizen of this coun-
ty, (Sie. Genevieve, No. while hunting in the
woods on the Saline, not long since, saw two
large, full grown panthers. At first he saw
but one, and was in the act Of drawing .
bead on the warmth, when o second one
commenced scratching bark" up sapling
close by, and he quit, concluding that 1.-TWO on
one we're two too many." We are abeut to
despatch our special to the spot to take
sketch.
Last week the Ironton, Mo, Enterprise pub
lished nearly ten columns oflegal ADVERTISING
from Bcllinger county. There's bread-and>
butter for you!
James Rogers. sheriff Of Bollinger county,
Mo- publishes "a Card in the Cape Girardeau
Ne0s, under the head Of Anew Advertisements
1--WE suppose the editor was ashamed to have it
seen in the reading matter) defending his
conduct for having arrested preacher. Mr..
Rogers can make himself easy on that point
his services are no longer needed in that line
the Supreme Court has taken the preacher un-
der its wing, and says, in the language Of the
old camp-meeting hymn,
We do declare, without doubt,
That Christians have right to shout;
0, glory, glory; hallelujahl
In the Hack>E Eye we see that Elder Smith
estimates the number of Latterday Saints in
Iowa a. 20, 900. He repudiates the doctrines
and polygamy Of Brigham Young. He claims
the Book of Mormon not IS substitute for the
Bible but as sacred record which elucidatcs
the Bible and agrees with i, entirely. This
Book Of Mormon is compilation Of the records
Of Nephi, one Of the sons Of Lehi, who settled
in America before Columbus discovered it in
1892. Lehi was descendant of the tribe Of
Ephriam, who was the sen of Joseph, who was
the son of Jacob. The Book Of Mormon is 4
record Of the Nephitcs and the Lamsnitcs,
remnants Of the House Of Isreal in America.
THIS official document was written on brass
plates and hid.by the last prophet ofthe Neph-
ties, named Moroni, in hill called Cumorah
in the western part Of New York. Joseph Smith
found then, there in stone box, being directed
thithor by an angel who enabled him to
translate the superscriptions, whereupon the
angel gathered them up and they are now non
est inventus.
Ono of those shocking events which wshave
sometimes read of as If brought in to ''point
moral without apparently having any actual
foundation, occurred in this city about O'Clock
A. N. of Wednesday. A Grand Ball was given
on the evening before at Union Hall by one of
our German societies, which was largely 1t.
tended and successfully conducted. About !
o'clock. as stated, while the amusements were
still progressing, young man named George
Eversmann observed suddenly to his compan-
ion whom he was leading in the "giddy mazes
Of the Dance" that he must stop. Scarcely
was this needed when he rolled his eyes wildly
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