Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-08-31

| MTS. LOUISA IIuuluuuS, VI Au3mO.
sa, has been arrested, charged with
poisoning her husband, who died last
April.
On the 9th a house was blown
down in Fremont, Chickasaw coun.
ty, and the occupant, Mrs. Pierce,
was killed.
The Republicans. Of Clark county
have placed Dickenson Webster IN
nomination for the House Of Repre-.
sentatives.
The State Board of Equalization
has declared State tax Of two mills
on the dollar-same as it has been
for several years past.
Frederick Wiederescht was thrown
from his wagon, near Washington,
last week, and SO badly injured that
he died in three days after.
Oliver Mills is nominated by the
Republicans for Representative from
the 10Th District, composed Of Adair,
Cass aud Montgomery counties.
The Republicans of Cedar county
nominated John C. Chambers for
Senator and John @. Tatts aud Jas.
w. Beatty for Representatives.
Jacob Stones child, little tod.
dler, in Oregon township. Washing.
ton county, iell into tub Of water,
a few days ago, aud was scalded to
death.
The Marion county Republicans
have nominated the following Legis-
lative ticket: Senator, S. Y. Yose;
Representatives, i. +. Keables and
ID. 7. Durham.
A young man named Barr, near
Green Gay, Clarke county. was
struck by lightning while loading
hay, the other day, aud instantly
Killed.
A man went into the clubhouse of
a hotel at Maquoketa, last week,
drunk--fell asleep, tumbled, got his
neck between the seat and the door,
and so choked to death.
Morris Gehagan, IN Solon, John.
son connty, took arsenic and died
the 18th, deserting his wife aud five
children in a cowardly manner, be-
cause he was out of luck.
The new free bridge over the Ce-
dar at Cedar Rapids has been tested
and accepted. The structure cost
s2l ,4sO, and the iron superstructure
$50, l60-a total Of S4l $40.
| A little son of Hiram Van Reader,
residing near Steamboat Rock, died
short time since from the effect of
fright, occasioned by the assault of
one Henry Sweden on his father.
A terrible storm did great injury
to gram, houses and trees in Mariet.
ia, Washington and Logan town
ships, in Marshall county. The dam
ages amou:s to thousands of dollars.
Kerosene killed Mrs. F. 3. Hy-
land, at Usage, on the l5te inst. She
attempted to kindle q fire with it,
when the can exploded, and burned
her so that she lived but few hours.
An old man named Samuel Wyne,
was crossing bridge at Hamburg
the other day when one Of h,s feet
got caught between planks, and, be-
fore he could extr,catc them q team
ran over and killed him.
There are those in Manchester
who disobey the scr'ptural pro-
hibition against Sabbath day la
Dor. Last Sabbath Mrs. George
Webber, of that place, presented her
husband with a pair of twins.
Robert Mckee, one of the promi-
nent citizens OF Marcngo, died on
Friday last. He was one OF the
earliest settlers of the county, and
was its first treasurer, recorder and
clerk, and the first postmaster of
Marengo.
A Business Mems Association has
been formed at Iowa City, to lad
vance the general welfare and pro-
mote the manufacturing and other
interests Of Iowa City, and to ac-
quire, preserve and disseminate val
liable business information"
, Mrs. Sahey, who lives at Sugar
Grove, Linn county, and who came
to Iowa in 1888, vii! be one hundred
years old on the 1lth OF November,
If she lives to see that day. She can
gather quite family circle about
her-9 children, AZ grand children,
So great-grand children, and four
great-great-grand children-the OBJ
server says so.
The Cedar Rapids Observer is re-
sponsible tor this graceful compli-
ment:
awe see that in Iowa City the
Council have passed an Ordinance to
prevent geese from running at large.
The Marshars fee for arresting one
is 25 cents. The editors down there