The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-05-25
Governors Of Iowa.

tCVerQOr8 OF Iowa.
In response to Missouri subscribers
request to record the names of the gov
ernors Of iowa, from the beginning Of
the civil government in her borders to
1he present time, the order in which
they served, we may say, by way of in
PRODUCTION, that, before the organization
of the territorial government Of Iowa, In
1888, the acres now called Iowa formed
an integral part Of the territory Of Wis
consin, the governor of which was Hen
ry Dodge (father Of General A. G.
Dode), who was afterwards United
States Senator from Wisconsin, aud
who received his appointment as COVER
nor of the territory of Wisconsin, from
President Jackson, In 1886.
When Iowa was erected into q sepa-
rate territory, in 1888, Robert L.cas was
appointed governor of the new territory
by President Van Buren,. He was sue
ceeded early in ls4l, by John Chambers,
who received his appointment from
President Harrison, and served four
years, until succeeded by James Clark,
appointed by President Polk, in the
spring of 1874, who held the Office till
December 81, lS46, when the State Gov
ernment went into operation, with An
sci Briggs as governor, who served as
such until December, 1850, one term,
the terms Of Office Of the governors
under our former constitution being for
four years. Briggs was succeeded by
Stephen Hampstead, who served one
term, ending December, 1854. Next
came James w. Grimes, who served as
governor from December, 1854 to Janua,
ry, 1858. During this official term was
adopted the present constitution, which
reduced the term of governor from four
to two years, making it begin on the
second Monday in January Of the even
years, and shortening, by about one
year, Grimes's gubernatorial career,
which came to close in January, 1853.
Ralph P. Lowe was the first governor
elected under the present constitution,
and served one term, ending January,
1860. Lowe was succeeded by Samuel
]. Kirkwood. who was the first execu
tive ofIowa honored by reelection, an
innovation which has thus far been con
tinued to his successors. Kirkwood's
second term closed in January, 1864,
and he was followed by VIM. NJ. Stone,
who also served as governor two terms,
ending January, 1868, to be succeeded by
the present executive, Samuel Merrill,
whose second term will end in January,
1872.
Thus it will be seen that Iowa, since
she became q separate territory, has had
| ten executives-three territorial COVER
nors, acting under a period of seven
years and half ending December, 81
1886; three State Governors under the
.'Old Constitution, acting during pc,
liod Of eleven years, ending January
1858; and four State Governors under
the present constitution, acting during
period offourteen years, to be completed
January, 1S72.-Annals Of Io,oa for
Iua.
The feat of inclosing $4,000 ordinar,
and 500 svo pages of official dispatche
in small quill, and attaching the latte
to the tail feather of q pigeon Is such
manner as not to impede the birds fiigh
or to incommode it, and not to cause i
to dispossess itself Of its precious burden
was accomplished in Paris during tn
late siege. The result was not attaine,
by one effort; at first the dispatche
were written by hand on the thinnesl
paper known; next, the manuscrip
messages were photographed microscop
icalIy on paper; thirdly, the dispatches
were set up In type first, and then re
duced by photography, which allowed
of greater diminution in size and afford
ed more legibibiiity when enlarged
Lastly, an important improvement wa
effected by sending the almost imper
ceptible messages on thin Aims of colo
dion. These films we're ten times thin
ner and lighter than the paper alread.
mentioned, 20 that pigeon was enable
to carry an immensely ) Increased bulge
without any additional weight or vol
ume-in fact, with diminution Of both
The system was conceived and works
out by NJ. Steinachsrs, director gensri
Of tslegraphs, with the aid Of Mn
Bareswsll, Blaise and Lafollys, wh
were at Tours.
, Burlington wants its street signed ,
the corners.