Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-11-05
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Prairie ires have been sweeping
over Hardin county within few weeks
past.
An extensive prairie fire has been
raging i'll Jasper county since the :.tth,
! dong immense damage and destroying
houses, barns, stock, &c.
In Ottumwa, Oct. seth, destructive
fire broke out in hat and cap store,
and spread nnl:l it destroyed eighteen
buildings, laying one third of the bus.-
ness OF the clis III ashes. The loss is
sarlouAlv estimated from seven hun:
area thousand to one H.. l..on doila,s.
The organ OF the fire /, .lAsown.
VIM Ryan, wealthy and entrrpri,
sing man 9. Galena, Illinois, . aaa0y
to erec., in Dubuque, very EXTENSIVE
Por.. lacking Establishment, ana \
Lead Pipe and Sheet Lead Factory.
The G"-rfie says that the Davenport
street railway is being pushed iorwsru
in manner that would a.tonish the
Pacific Mon Railway fellows" II,
says the gazing is nearly completed
from Grant to Rock Island street. tn,
ties in their places, and many OF til,
.tr,ngers ready tor the rail
The same paper says that the stree,
cars have commenced running in Rock
Island and that in four days they vii.
begin 10 run regularly between Rock
island and Moline.
The STATE R,yiste, says tia, in exca-
waiting the basement ottne State House,
last week, the worSmen turned out tn,
bones OF noble Lo.H who had doubt
| less stood seven feet nine when alive.
At his head was a tomahawk, ready.
as the Register ccn;ectures, ITO scalp
Peace Commissioners with when the
Indian Gabriel called him up
| 1t is said that joint stock company
is on io-t for developing the coal il
Iowa county, numbering many prom.
nent men OF that county.
The Eldora Ledger claims for Hardin
county, the front rank in the matter OF
rJil roads, there bein. eighteen miles
in operation and good prospect tor
more very soon.
\ little daughter of Col Z. c Byam,
of West Union, Iowa, during the all
sence OF her father, iell from fence,
and, being taken up tor dead, was bu-
red before her parents return. He
desired to look OH her face once more:
and when the body was taken up and
the coffin lid opened, the hands were
found cintched full OF ha,r, and the
face was turned downward, proving
that the child had been buried alive. -
Chicago Tribune
The grading Of the McGregcr and
Sioux City Railroad from Ca.mar to
Charles CITY, is progressing rap diy
There is gang Of laborers on nearly
every mile Of the way, and it is expect
ed that large portion Of the work
will be completed before the ground
freezes, and that track laying will com
mence early in the spring. So sa,s
Charles City Iatt1igenc.r.
The McGregor Er,e. says: WIN. p
Emo, OF Wagner, in this county, cleared
this season the nice sum OF 1922 IS
from thirty acres of barley. Who say.
Iowa farming don't pay.
The Society Of Friends in Iowa will
hold General Meeting in Des Moines,
commencing on til. 9th Of l.th Month
(Scv.) at 10 O'Clock ,. M, and con;in-
We four days and evenings in succession.
The Mu,ca,ine Journal says that five
ears OF corn grown upon single stalk
on the farm Of Joshua Lamb, IN Con
cord township, Louisa county. produc
ed 3,234 kernels" A pretty good
yield tor one seed
We learn from the STATE Register that
the Hon. VIM G. Woodward. has ten
dered his resignation as Clerk Of the
United States Circuit Court, position
he has held Stree the organization OF
the court. He was formerly one Of
the Judges OF the Supreme Court Of
Iowa and one Of The authors of the
Code Of 1851. His home is Muscat;ne.
a few years since the District Court
in BIackhawk county granted d.
vorcc on the application OF the hus-
band for the alleged decert;on of him.
self BY his wife, who refused to leave
pcnnsylvani. with hin and take up her
abode in Iowa. The husband has since