Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-29
ALL OVER IOWA.

Sioux City Is moving in the matter
of steam fire engine.
Excursions to Clear Lake, in north
ern Iowa, is getting to be fashiona-
BILE.
In Des Moines county, they have
a four-legged and tour.winged chick
en-.
The Iowa Penitentiary contains 272
prisoners. No death has occurred
there for over two years.
Senator Grimes is expected home
sometime in July. His health is
measurably restored.
There is a man in Clarinda, named
Clay, whose feet are fifteen inches
long and five inches broad.
The Davenport Gazette dubs
the Dubuque Times with the we'll
earned title, MARTIAL Cid"
Citizens of Grand Junction and
immediate vicinity have planted six
ty thousand trees this spring.
A young man, named Hunter, kill.
ed himself with shot gun, in Frank.
lin county, q few weeks ago. No
cause IL assiOned
The first paper published 10 Mon
roe county was the Abba Independ-
ent Press, which was issued October,
1854, A. G. Barnes editor and pro.
/ prietor.
Jacob Henshaw, friend, preached
the first sermon ever delivered in
Osceola county, in May last. Four
teen families of Friends are located
IN that county.
Abel Smith, farmer, living near
Onawa, fell from his wagon, which
was loaded with lumber, the other
day, crushing his skull. He was
found by neighbors, ani died soon
after.
An old man named Parkhurst, was
plowing in Oscaloosa, the other day,
with the lines about his body. A
locomotive frightened the team,
and away they ran, dragging the old
man over the rough ground for a
hundred yards, He was not killed,
but was severely injured.
The Keokuk Constitution says
that three sisters IN three different
townships in Fayette county, pre-
eented their husbands with twins last
week; each couple being girl and
boy. The husbands are the happiest
men in the country-their prospects
are so beautiful.
The Des Moines Valley Railroad IS
to be retained by the old company.
There has been intense anxiety in
Keokuk over the negotiations which
have been pending for several weeks,
as it was feared the roads leading
into Burlington were about to COB
BILE up the Valley road.
]. p. Thompson, Esq, of Vinton,
informs the Vinton Eagle that
Southern mocking bird came to his
place last spring year ago, remain
ing during the summer, but depart
ing when winter approached. A few
days ago it came back again to spend
the summer at its old home.
The Davenport Gazette says: "a
son Of DR.. J. A. Emels, Of Sheridan
township, who Is of an inventive
turn Of mind, has constructed car,
using the engine Of threshing ma
chine for motive power, with which
he travels up and down the road, up
hill, down hill, in whatever way he
wills, without the aid of rails or
track whatever. There may be some
thing useful come from that lads
play hours"
Down at Abba they have q woman
that ought to be one of the leaders in
the woman suffrage movement, as
she evidently understands how to
manage the "brutes of creation. -
The Union says: "The quiet Of the
northern part of our city was disturb
ed on Monday evening last, by the
noisy and pugnacious efforts Of wo-
man named Brown, to whip her hus-
band. ont upon the street, which we
learn is not an uncommon occurrence
with them, and that she generally
succeeds in the undertaking. In this
instance she was holding HIM by the
coat collar, swearing at a terrible
rate, and striking him, swearing she
would have his money-$25 he had
just received for work he had done
on the railroad. This woman and
her tour children have been provided
for by the county since last fall, her
husband having abandoned them at
that time. Now, we understand, she
wants to live with him, and that he
and the children shall go with her to
the northern part of the State, where
she says she has relations. She fear
ed he would spend the money, and it
is said she got it from him. We
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