Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-01
state NeWs,

Senator Grimes, OF this State, has
made Dartmouth College present
of $1,000.
Iowa Falls had Calico Ball on the
25th, ult-the first of the kind in Har.
din County.
Small pox prevails in Dubuque
The Authorities have provided 4 sep.
arate building tor patients.
A proposition is pending for wo.
man suffrage convention tor Iowa to
be held at Des Moines about tho mid
die of April.
Large quantities of gram for the
downriver trade had accumulated at
most of the Mississippi river towns,
and landings are now lively.
A preacher named Martin mar
ried Mr.. Crow to Miss Fox at
Ccnterville, the other day. The nest
OF crow is an odd placctor fox.
The State Supcrintcnd, mt of Public
Instruction has issued u call for State
Convention OF County Superintendent
to be held at Des Moincs, April 2lst,
1860. y
Iowa papers are chuckling over the
fact that Barcelona, Spain, has ordered
100000 Bushels Of Iowa wheat. Liv.
errool had previously sent Tor 10000
bushels. %
Twenty thousand bushels of Iowa
grain, most Of it from Davenport,
have been shipped in barges from
Peoria to New Orleans without tran
shipment at st. Louis.
The Ledger says that n man in Har-
din County has carried two Potatoes
in his pocket so long-two years -
that the warmth aud moisture of the
body has petrified them.
II. C. Ripley writes to the State Reg
ister that an old lady OF 70 years liv.
ing five miles from Jefferson walked
into town, did her shopping and walked
home again before noon, making q
walk OF ten miles before dinner.
MuscArlxE, March 29.-The river is
again entirely free from ice, and regu.
lar navigation from St. Louis to Rock
Island may be stated to have begun.
The river will doubtless be open to
Dubuque, and perhaps to McGregor,
in very short time. x
Ballou OF the -Ey,s gives tho fol-
lowing dimensions Of an egg which
was presented to him, and of which he
boasts as being specimen of Story
County eggs.-Eight inches one way,
and six and nine sixteenth inches the
other, and weighing four and halt
ounces.
The contract for the grading of the
Iowa Falls and Sioux City Railroad
from Fort Dodge to Sioux City. Iowa,
has been awarded to Douglass, Brown
4 Co., who solicit proposals for sub
contracts. the distance is one hun
dred and thirty-six miles. Work will
be pushed vigorously.
The Iowa State Penitentiary now
contains I'll convicts--all men, which
speaks we'll for the good behavior of
the women Of Iowa. At present
there are thirteen murderers in the
prison. The colorel nation furnishes
its full ratio of represcntation-having
eight, most OF whom are III Tor larceny,
Professor Hall, of the National Oh
servatoy at Washington, writes to
Professor Hendricks, OF this city, that
be, in company with several scientific
gentlemen from Washington, expects
to visit Des Moines next August, tor
the purpose OF observing the eclipse,
az 1t occurs too late in the day tor sat
istactory observation at points further
east.
"VELoclpKDH AND DARKByPRDR.-rhe
State Agricultural Society, offers .
special premium Tor the best and fast
est velocipede; and one for the negro
boy, ten years or under, that can ride
a horse in the best style and on the
fastest gait. AS the Society has pro-
hibited female equestrlenneship, this is
another mourntul instance of the gon.
tleman from Africa being showed clear
into the front seat ahead OF everybody
else. What times we have drapped
uponr' exclaims' the State Regi.ter.
A drunken brute in Linn county
undertook to force an entrance to y
house where two young girls were
staying alone. He kicked open an
outer and inner door. The girls fed
to the kitchen, where they prepared
to defend themselves with an AZ they
found there. Tho wretch kicked out
the panels of the door, but his leg be-
coming entangled so he could not
withdraw it, the girls chopped it of
below the knee! Served him right
He has since had his leg amputated
above the knee and will do less kick.
ing hereafter. The Marion Register
is authority tor this.
On Sunday morning, about 4 O'clock,
fire was discovered in the Dubuque
shot tower, at the head Of Julien
avenue, and it had already progressed
so far that no effort could save the
building from destrrc tion. The tower
was closed on Saturday night, and
everything left safe, as was supposed
How the fire was communicated to
the building is unknown.
The Dubuque shot tower was re
built i'll 1885, having been destr. yed
by fire in 1854. 1t was brick struct
ure, and we'll supplied with machinery
TOR the the business, run by a steam
engine. James Hughes was the
owner, and by this stroke OF bad luck
finds himself some thousands of dol.