Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-01

the bandago and went about her work,
and while engaged her stomach burst
ed open aud large portion OF her
bowels came out.1oDrs. Allen and
Anderson, of Hillsboro, and DIR. ,Siy-
eter, of Salem, attended her, and all
predicted that she weull not, live.--
They succeeded in getting the bowels
back, and removed a piece OF tat
which, had formed on the inside OF
the stomach, The stomach was saw
ed mp and istead Of dying Mrs. II. is
dong well, and will in all probability
recover entirely a a
The Eldora Ledger enters into
calculation rs to the exhaustibility of
the coal mines in the midst of which
It stands. 1t says 4 cubic foot Of coal
II, the mine, is1a bushel. Forty five
busb make a ton. Ten tons, or two
hundred and fifty bushels, a car load
Therefore the four feet vein of coal
underlying Eldora, two square miles
in extent. contains: Number Of bush.
els of coal, $3.50, 500; car loads
fractions excepted), 2lc,226; trains
ten cars each, $1,000; time required
for removal at tire rate OF ten trains
per day, 800 daysa year, 40 years.
The large wings being erected as
additions to the State Agricultural
College, are progressing rapidly to-
ward completion. They are each
4Ox5D feet in size. and the full height
Of the principal building. The south
wing will be completed by the goth
Of July; the roof is now being put I'm
The north Wing Will be finished by
the first Of October. These additions
vii! cost $4,000, that being the con
tract price paid to Fawcctt Brothers,
the builders. The College now has
boarding capacity sufficient for one
hundred and sixty students. The
wings will furnish accommodations
for some sixty men. There are about
two hundred students in attendance
at the College at present.
C. L., Usher, living near Maquoke-
ia, has one of the largest orchards Of
apples, pears and other fruits, IN
northern Iowa. He has nearly 700
apple trees in bearing, and this year
will have, no frosts or other unfor-
seen calamity intervening nearly a
thousand bushels Of apples, besides
pears and plnms. When one tree
dies out ne immediately plants an
other, without waiting two or three
years. and that Is the way to raise
apples IN Iowa. The Doctor is one
Of the pioneers Of jackson county:
having settled there nssls4O. Y
A girl in mems clothes entered the
Office, Of the Grand Junction Head.
Light, ten days since, and after ask
ing for work and learning that there
was none, shed tears and told her sad
tale. Five years ago she ran away
from home, donned male attire, wen,
to sea and lots Of other places, and
after long series Of adventures, was
robbed on a railroad car, and pulled
/ up at Grand Junction moneyless.-
Her parent are wealthy, and live ii
Keokuk to which place she was for
fwarded. But when she left Grand
Junction she was the betrothed Of
the editor Of the Head Light.
+ One William Proper, in Hamburg
vVapello county, paid very lmpropel
/ at, ention to servant girl. His wife
waa jealous at first, and when the re
aliza ton of her Observation-Disclosures
ness burst u.on' her, she seized hel
infant apd attempted to kill il, ~
tending, to commit shicide afterward
She is i ow in the insaiae asylum.
The Warren county Leader say
| that, Philip Colclazier, who had reach
ed the ripe age Of 1O5 years. died il
Jefferson township, that county, q
the 18th inns tant. He. was ten year
old when the, Revolutionary wa
commenced, and was a soldier in tn
war of iSI2.lfar4ti - 81, ~sa4 It.
! The Southwest says that two hors
es belonging to Mr.oWilliam Marsha
living near Gravity; Taylor county
were instantly killed by lightning
few days ago. lie was blowing wit
the team at the time, and was hold
ing the, plow.Iti Hetsays that the con
,cussion paralysed hin. ito some es
tent, but did not knock him down.
The Oskaloosa Herald says: "Th
4 D,iblic generally is OF. the opinion tina
1.-THE Chicago, Rock Islai,d q Paciti
II. r. CO. will extend the Washing
ton branch Of their road 10 this plac
at an early. day, and such we bcliev
is now their intention" es'a = q
Il Last week man who was quarry
ing stone in Mitchell county, cam
upon strata Of rock sixteen feet b.
!, low the surface on which were tn
tracks of a horse-the impression
\ being just as perfect as could BE.
Il A gang Of thieves entered hote
!, at Centreyille, ransacked half it
rooms, went into stores and secures
divers small sums, and then Nlsite,
several residences with; more or les
! luck. Atterall this, they got out Q
n town safely. oS sag n K a9g&.
III The Muscatine journal tells 81
. party of. Mnscatinci county pleasur
! seekers making a trip. 50 Iincolr
i ebraska, and back. in "a sprin,
.Jswa rOn. hs~R.i! .tsAl oty ssa7 L
IN z eV 5irei .s.uIiA.a q
\, The beer saloons an Abba are oh
! |liged to pay 500 Tor AN, annual j
ceHSe' ply III .gnis = II s;uis ,ae .as4i
II Richard Cobb, "a, sea captain, wh.
settled IN Jackson county n years
ago, died at Andrew, on the 2Otl