Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-02-25
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state News.

| y An Indian tatchet has been toun,
forty feet Below thc surface in Louis
The New Englanders OF Iowa Cit,
will follow the old custom Of having
dssnsr on Inauguration Day. /.
Alvali Tracy, OF Winncshtik county
clipped, last year, 8, 100 lbs OF wool iron
900 sheep, or more than 6lbs per head
The first newspaper IN Iowa-"z1
DM Rngsss V,snor"-was printed at Du
buque, on the llfh OF May, 1896.
Some paper says there is a clock il
Dcs Moines which has run Tor oO'
years and still keeps time regularly.
The United States Assessors rc
turns show that Dubuque has three
hundred aud twenty hquor selling
| shops. zat pgd1
Montana hada case OF poisoning
last week, but the subject of tho pois
oning disappointed the people by re
tusing TO oic. et ysA ="
The, Iowa College, at Grinnell, has
recently received 4 gitt of $4,000 from 3
Cincinnati gentleman, which completes
the cndowments Of the Latin Profes-
sorship. .6a..ts
TMs ATTORNEY General 0f'the State
has decided that, under tho new law.
a County Auditor cannot appoint a
Deputy. The Board OF Supervisors
may give him clerk, it necessary.
General Grants first schoolm :ster.
Lewis Jones, Snperi. tendent OF til Q
Polk County Poor Farm, has gone to
Washington to see the Inauguration,
and how Ulysses behaves himself.
IssrlrrrEp --Yl.c railway post otiice
system las been, insugurated on the
railroad. between here and Des Moincs
The postal Car recently built at the,
works in tins city, Went ont on Tues
day. Another is soon to be-. added
Daraaport Gasette. faa iH ad e-1gt
Mr. w. J. Magoon, Of North En-
glish, Iowa County, writes 10 the ataren-
20 RyuJicaa that the report that his
vile had her single out rs lawyer
in all a mistake:tnat shcis no such per-
son, but ono who is attending to her
daties as a wife, asa good woman
should.
The Republicans of Upton, Cedar
Co, held an election for Post Master
the 10th, resulting in the election Of
Morrow. who had 1872 votes to
l50 for all others. Mr. sMorrow has
been head clerk in tho Post Office for
some tin.e and y spoken cfas we'll
~ '''ss'.oa. buE isGAr,4.s ~gs5l tJW
The Republicans Of Ntnscatins held
an election on the 18th, for Post Mas
ter. The vote resulted in the choice
Of r, w. H.. Brent, who had tho high
est number of yotes,-the whole num-
Der being 0l2, In accordance with
previous understanding Mr.. Brent will
be recommended by the Republican,
en- s,asss, for the Post Office.
n The Jail ut Davenport had "a dcliv-
cry on the 18th, six convicts escaping
Two Of the conyicts were captured the
same day, and brought back to their
confinement. Two more were cap.
turell tho next night. OF the No a,
large, one Is a Burglar, and one. a
Countcriciter Pursuers are on their
track and they can hardly escape. We
CLEAN from the DIR. Gdsltic
a. Mr., W. II MEANS las. placed III
eur hald(s) a piece Of wood that was
touasl wsnty feet beneath the suriace
OF the earth. Itwas taken from its
silent placo ofIrest hy some workmn
while digging a. well on the premise;
OF Mr.. Jameson, who lives in the east
part of Imton. and. it is arretty good
state OF preservation There is nothing
remark bic about, the piece Of wood it
self. but ID is a mystery to VS. how9i'
came to, be ,burie d SO deep IN the DO
som OF mother earth. We are not
educated in treeologv enough 10 tel
what kind ot wood. it is; but it can sbe
found in our office at. any time aud ".
invite III person to Gallup and exam
lnc the salne.-Peepies .JoMytal Ifntsas1e
We cfiyfrom tic s,atl Register a,
6,iowIf ai'elis SsztFq 49,
.,TAE following ilpp the Boonsbort
>AMocate is SO good aIl VIII be consid
cred good BY so many people in De'
Mqincsl that we mselt il entire:
iRcx. Nr. Potter, 'aha New England
Eyangelist, -returnedolo Nontaaaa, las
Monday. evening, in response 70 An in
xitaiion to- sholdah series of meeting.
there, but refused 10 remain longer, be
cause the citizens would not, agree ltc
sctose up their places Of business, dis
charge .Alr.T aylOrs whom they had en-
gagged to leclure, and devote them
scics to has Mishesd,ning the tourdayi
which he proposed TO stay with tLcin
mir Potteras plan aof supcnding 81
business, SCHOOL,. and other houses o.
worship and kinds of religions exsr
eciscs, dc, holding akin readyo obedi
Once to- his w ishes and notions, may dc
livery well down IN the old Acad tow1
and cities OF Yankcedom, but in tns
ike human bcehisos otGi Iowa, like
Montan;y Boonsborc, and other townl
along thssN Northwestern Road, where
every one gathers honeyioon his own
hook, from fiowersin his own garden
it wial4not dolas we'll; or ut least, tht
masses willno as resdily adopt Other