Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-08-26
State News.

Elsin, Fayettc County is TO have q wooden factory.
Belle PLANE has resident who has witnessed two tota
eclipses OF the Sun.
The Journals OF Dubuque and Davenport are unable ,c
come to mutual understanding to which city is ,lc
metropolis of Iowa.
Nntyfour OF the nnty organized Counties of The
state have made returns o. their assessed valuation the
amount OF SOL CO., 93i
On the I4th G. w Shatfcr of Vinton after partakina
OF hearty dinner and returning his work was suddenly
taken with bleeding at the lungs and died in few
ment3.
The Age relates how wealthy old Englishman now re.
siding in Clinton, finds himself in the clutches OF the law
under charges OF being times married than the law
permits
Clinton had frst-class robbery en- the night of the
10Th two railroad hands are 81 900 poorer in consequence
* linton Posotice 1907 letters in week.
Tide Herald
Tho Engineer in charge, reports that the for the
projected rilroa! from Atlantic Hamburg is very
fyorab!e and that the will not exceed halt the
usual cost OF Iowa railroads.
The State Board of Equalization has fixed the rate of
tiNaon at two mills instead OF two and halt as hereto
lore fixed This change is by OF the economy
oution IN the Republican Platform.
The Herald, of Carroll County says that Mr. p T.
Iuntenul of that county, found in his wheat field fifty
hes OF wheat from root, and that the fifty heads
that may be Dragged about--Jos Dckee fell from the
ears, OH the Iitl and was very badly inbred
baton Harlan, of Union township, Hardin county died
OF sufstroke, on the Gtll-State Center people take
more papers than any other of its size in the State
1.-The Marshall wooden mills obtained the first premium
on cloths at the Cincinnati Exposition a,ey.-J. NJ
'lXoh The blind associate editor OF the Temperance Stand
ara, repudates the movement of a third party.-JMe
Marshall Co. Times.
The Gazette says the first newspaper printed in Daven
port was The lowe Sun and Davenport and Rock Island
News" Being little paper, it ambitious to have
big name The first number issued August 4tl 1888.
IIsTonieAL PAINTING PEEss.--A few days ago,
IN Corning Adams County, an interesting relic in the
shape OF printing press OF the old Franklin patent 1t
was manufactured in Cincinnati in 1888, and is
guenty 81 yeas old 1t first used Alton, Illinois,
by Elijah Lovejoy, who murdered by Missouri mob
other fixtures of the Office were thrown into the Missis-
sPp river t was subsequently brought from its watery
grave and taken to Indiana where it used several
years IN the publication OF newspaper From thence
was brought to Iowa about the year Is46 and used
several years in the publication of the Iowa Sentinel
Democratic newspaper Fairfield In the winter of 1853
Y, 1t was purchased by d. N Smith, and removed to the
then new town OF Corning where under the control OF L.
saguet now of the Boone County Democrat it did service
IN the publication Of of neutral paper called the Corning
sentinel 1t is still in good state OF preservation but
not in w understand it is still the property OF
D. n Smith but it should be deposited for preservation
among the relics -four State Historical Society