Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-01-31

-oiu aud The rln.s door a.. ihc roOn on The
is broken ma. bc disgustel but he says h.
ing, not knowing how soon he may wish Ia
resa late in his lcAs sober moments. lnHptvI,-
pcrly organized block, nobody takes the
slightest in,ercs, in anybody clscs business.
Pass alpn, the halls hate al night and yon
will hear buc, analian songs, feminine laugh
ter, music, ard weeping ia various looms --
but the makers Of one sound are seemingly
unconscious Of all the o.hers-No, 81 may OBJ
serve casually. that the bachelor in No. 3. has
grea, many lady visitors, but he is him.
self too lurc to suspect evil in others. The
principal nuisance in block life is the gener>
al desire TO learn and practice upon mu~ical
instruments. When n Young man becomes -
victim Of this form VI i. MOBILIZATION and Is
driven from his family and refused shelter ia
al. boarding houses, he naturally goes 10 live
in block. Such young men are nuisances.
could stand Edsalls Indian songs, but new
Ell %, used 10 his room mates ACCORDION or to
Guy : piano. Guy Knows no more Of tina, in,
3 rumcnt than y mud turtle does Of the use Of
lie globes, and sometimes wonder that his
neiphl,ors let him live. There must be Ut least
three or :our thousand men in this city who
live altogether in this block life" and rrobs
bly, one-fou,h that number more who DO 50
in an occasional way. Social gucrilias Who
..stay down town late" and are better fitted,
TOW ard 'she shank of the cvcning" Tor
friends room than the tosoms Of their fAmilies
would not have said 20 much sbou, this sub.
ject, bu, really there is scarcely any thing Of
news 10 write to-day The channels Of trad.
seem 10 be frv1cn up and merchants say ths!
they will no, thsw out this spring until I"
month later than usual. Such dull time ws
have never had and il improvement 10 ! fear
Tar in the future. The dullocss Of trade ~
pears to 10 reelected into social life. Even on,
crimes have lust that grad sensational char
ac,cr proper to Chicago and arc only second
rate, while there 10 . positive desrth Of sici
divorce cults and things Of that kind.
We have had little excisemcn, over the
threatened +" Lake shore steal IN ingeniou,
scheme 10 &c, into the Genital common coon.
Gil snd thence into the hands Q. some wealthy
peculators, the immense valuable property
along the lake shore, there was bill before
Congress to meet the elaine Of the state and
general government upon j, in tho city with
this end in view. but the pressure Of public
opinion was % strong the council have re-
pudistoj the thing and resolved against il 50
that it Is practically killed, it 10 hop-a. TLis
u the third long reach which has bsca made
for sshis property.
wish TO direct the attention Of your read
ers TO an e1ccllcn, evidence Of the readiness
Of our Chicago merchants in adapting them
novelettes.-in the system upon which our
largest crockery and earthcn. ware b. us. tina I
Of Mcssrs. Merrill s Hopt ms. No. 90 Lake
street, conduct their business. In NO branch
Of trade are orders more varied or made 70
embrace o greater variety Of individual ar.
tices in diiIeren, proportions, than in ,hcirs
yet they have originated . manner Of catA-
logucing in over sixty differently assorted
'lo,a," every line Of goods which they keep
so that the buyer can get any quantity and in
any proportions he pleases, by simply order
ing from their printed catalogues. The adva' :.
tage in this would be small, if their go, .
were re-packed here. but j, is immense when,
as they manage it, all these lots arc packed
by the manufacturers and ten per cent is saw
cd to the purchaser by the avoidance Of re.
pacing Lrcalage, etc. Messrs. Merrill S
Hopkins are also the agents in the northwest
for the celebrated ueriden plated ware and Do
large business in forwarding aud filling or
ders direct upon manufacturers. Gilmores
promenade concerts, following the grand char.
Try ball were not a very decided success. They
closed Sunday night.
Ole Bull gives here this week, his farewell
concerts in Chicago. Geary. the celeb: atcd
tenor. will sing II them. Booth i playing At
McNickers.
Leading quotations to-day are Flour
Ss,37A a, 1900 for spring wheat, extra. No.
s2,ll a 2.l2, No. 2, ssOs4 a. 2,O9A, No. 2,
$3.50 "a, 1871, corn. No !, 644 "a So cts. new.
81 a. 81 cts., mess pork $1,000 a. 1880 G.
hsms l0a cts dressed hugs 1925 q $50.