Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-10-28
state News.

For, MADISON has had a ,ncc 0
earthquake.
Mnsca,ine has "aiscd a pear this yea,
weighing 1T ounces.
flogging has just been abolished il
the Iowa lcniteh,iary.
Miss julia c. Addington. modes
and faithful teacher OF Mitchell Coun
~, has been elected County Supe.in
trndr"t, OF that County.
Clinton and Cass counties chancet
their county seats at the late election
the former from DeWite to pcin
midway between Clinton and LYONS
and the latter from Lewis TO Allan
tic.
\ gardener at Ccdar Falls, dutch
man by profession, raised cucum bei
his season that weighed III lbs. snd
was five :eet four inches long. Pota
toes in Black Hawk county are sell.
ing at 30 cents bushel. SO says the
'1azettc
The DEBORAH Register announces
that it will rake aw-loss, sauer- kraut.
tllroaa iron. beans, eastwood, butter
~'iik, biscuit, brass buttons, | eeswax,
cord wood, cornStaik>, cucum bers,
rrutcbr>, corn. gozzlings, goggles,
Freas old boo;s, grapes, at. raps ri e,
''r anything man GIN eat, drink or
wear, on suisse iption to the Register,
1t brought in quantities to make the
right change.
The Mont"znma Republican has the
f'il"wng item OF political interest:
"Among the gentlemen mentioned in
connection Wl. Il nomination tor Con-
gress next year nrc Hon. VIM Tough
ridge, prcsnt incumhent Hon VIM. VI.
Stone, Of Knoxville, Hons. Rash Clark
"nl ). j. kirkwooi, OF Iowa CITY;
Colonel john Conncl. OF Toledo: Hon.
John Myer. OF Newton, Judge Samp.
r"n, OF sigourney, and numerous
others"
The Cerro Gordo Republican an
nonnces the death by accident OF James
i'rlcc. OF ,liat county. aged a years
jtr borrowed Il gun ON the 18th to 90
bunting "On the next morning his
h"dv was discovered !car the road some
40 rods east ht hs hro,her's house,
','"sc 10 a ience, with the top OF his
head completely blown off. by the dis.
charge OF the portions Of his
Trans lying on the ground at his feet,
and pieces OF the skull one rod away
III the road The gun was on the op-
post sle al the tence."
The Court House, at Newton, caught
fiie on tie morning OF the 10Th and
was barely saved from total lestruc
lion. The orig in OF the fire is att.ib.
"ted To the stumps of cigars which
the members Of the Board Of Supervi
.ors, who met the day before, threw
i;lo wooden boxes filled with saw
dast. The damage was about two
thousand dollars.
Some time ago the Knoxville Voter
made mention of something Ike an
Old fashioned coffee pot beng found
IN the bowels OF the earth III Marion
county. 1t was forwarded to Prof.
Faster, OF Chicago, for him to tell
Z" hat it was, who replies as follows:
Inc article, at first sight, looks won
defiully like an antique melting pot;
calculated to deceive the ordinary Oh
Server; but 1t is eoncretion OF iron
lyrites lsalphuret Of from, and one Of
line most beautiful specimens OF the
kH'd | hase ever seen. | have placed
1t in he Academy with your name at
'aehed as donor What you call the
l,''>tle is the core or nucleus, thank
.,oli Tor Your kindness il calling my
attention 70 this"
Col. J. +. Walden. OF Centeryill,.
elder brother of NJ. NJ. Walden, Lieut..
d'vernor elect, OF Iowa. died at St.
LOUIS on the 10th inst. Col. Walden
was man over whose departure all
WHO knew him vii mourn He set.
ed N Iowa, in Lee county, in 1851,
an' removed to Appanoose county in
S26 l. 1852 he entered the yolun.
'eer army AS Captain in the Eth In.
fantry; vas promoted to Major il
800 tie made fine record, and was
III several battles, in which he showed
fhe measure OF ti7,e soldier. In
iNoi he was transferred to the PAY
M istefs Department. where he served
'iii June 1866, in the meantime re.
"'H,hg me bresct o! Colonel. AL the
il'n+ u his death he was on lis way
South, IN the hope OF recruiting his
health lie was aged IS, and leaves 4
sle and ohe child.
The New York Tribune has the
LARGEST circulation Of any paper in the
United States, and Iowa stands eiobth
- the Isl As young a. she is. com
ared with nan, Other States. there
are only seven States III the iTnion
At has more Subscribers tor the .r,ea,
paper al the United States lhan 1hn
state 81 Iowa We may claim this ~
'alr sa,nIac OF the readinu in our
l,orl- State No wonder that low, i
becoming noted tor the general intel.
IL nee vi her people. We wonder
that utn,r aud oder States arc already
<.'.lyIn.' ,..t. 'ger.