Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-10-14

Fairfield and Fl. Maiiaon are talking
ABOUT being connected by rail
Thc editor Of the Grunell Herald
saw at Malcolm two white rats that
were caught in tina, city.
The vote OF the Upper Iowa Meth
edlst Episcopal Conference. on Law del
ccarion, was as toilows: Fer. 1861:
AGAINST. a1n.
The new Orphans Home, at Cedar
Falls, is nearly completed and will soon
be ready Tor occupancy by tic orphans
Of The dead .l,licrs oi iowa.
The Des Moincs Register dared not
publish the report Of The Spiritnalst
Convention without diSclaimnr any
synnathy with the ''intidel sentiments
expressed therein" Very fastidious.
We learn from the Mt Vernon
Hawk eve tfat the average Weld of
wheat il Inn County will not exceed
Ten bushels to the acre Also tina, one
Conrad. a mechanic OF Mt. Vernon.
WAS lately arrested there, charged with
sealing goods from enc Of the mcr.
san's. On being searched $40 worth
OF the goods were found with him
The Citizen, OF Oskaloosa, has chang.
cd la'aprierors, Huntcs' Bros. being
rne purchasers. As they are sons of
HE nr, 1yictors OF the Herald, it is IRE.
snmahlc that The Citizen will now give
Judge Longnr,age little breathing
81 ~ retiring. Carlton sent a Par
THAN arrow at the Member from
p-",a District: OF course he feels
better now.
The Anamosa Eureka commenced
It's fourteenth volume last week. the
present head of the paper E. Booth,
having been at the head thrnugh near
y al those thirteen pas, years. The
Eureka richly deserves the success it
has met with as 4 local chronicle of
Jones County ,ite-The Ed t5r Of the
above paper was shown. q few DAYS
since, some sprlgs OF an apple tree with
bads aud blossoms just developed
ARA life in October weather.
\ Novel PLAS--Thc Grundy c..
Atlas says. by a resolution OF e. t.
Ciarkson, ut the last session of the
Board Of Supervisors, and which was
adopted by that body, the expenses of
the county Tor a time to come are to be
detraye, tv private individuals-otii
GERS OF the coanty-t:om their sala-
rieA
Guess the candidates for county Of
ticers are not rery plenty in Grund,.
Are they, neighbor Tracy
These three apple items we copy
from the Davenport Gazette:
Hundreds Of bushels OF apples in
Gruniy county this season, and plenty
OF orchards coming on. Who will saw
Iowa is not bound to be fruit grow
ing State?
Mr.. lsedpath, Of Blackhawk county.
has an orchard OF app|ea containing
2.3l7 bparins trees. His crop this
year will he 500 bushels. His trees
Are from nine to thirteen years old.
\ CT apples in the orchard of Mrs
Knight at lnlependence-seven or
eight bushels to the tree-and no
thought there that fruit cannot be rails.
el in Northern Iowa.
Jackson county is the only county
il The State, bordering on the Mssis-
sippl, that has not a mile OF railroad
within her borders.
Iowa APPLES Samuel Cameron, has
gathered 80 bushels OF very nice apples
r. III his trees this season. Oh no. we
can't raise apples in Iowa.
SO says the Cedar Falls Gazette, OF
date, Oct s, 1869.
The GIenwool Opinion says that a
Mr.. \. korne, while lying under tree
one m lie west OF thai place, was at
tackled by a dove OF hogs and devour-
ed before assistance could reach h,m.
The Win,erset Sun has the fellow
nag illustration Of how j, pays to farm
IN Iowa. -Four years ago, Tom Early.
% jackson towship, broke out 100
ares "t prairie and started thereon a
homestead This yesr he raised s. 700
worth ot wheat and has corr field
Tor which he has been offered $1,000
IN cash
1t was at Musca,ine, lately, that
lteeplng Tom experienced an exasper-
sing disappointment. At milni ght he
st. much mutl1eJ man in the street ,
aTI TO see was 10 follow him. Mutfled
MAJ, knocks AT the door OF n house
AL is admitted. =. T. is tu'l OF dirty
del, lit lie rraw.s et,althily up
Now ! have I'M says Tom; with
m. little eye, their SIN III espy' He
finds convenient window, the KEY.
hoie being nna,si!ablc lie commands
the interior; he hears kissing; he
trans his enraptnre.i gaze; it is-it
iA-- aha'-it is a husband Kissing his be-
loved wife! IT, sharp sighted nves-
gator I tires IN q eat disgust al this
ire!ragible evidence Of so much virtue
sad marital fidelity in Mesca inc and
;sroans III spirit at being Obliged to
think better OF his kind. Ii conhi hard
" have been worse II he had los, Ills
..u sigh, like the original T. L.
The oihcla returns OF the votes for
Governor OF Vermont. at the late cleo.
ton, loot NJ As follows: General Peter
&. Washbirn, Republican, 81 ,S34;;
Homer w. Eaton, Demo. rat; y 49,
r. cr.ng. u, kc,'uhl.ean majority
sta.$ Al, XSsj