Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-04-27
ALL OVER IOWA.

ALL OVER IOWA.
There are Al Divisions Of the Sons
Of Temperance in shis State. T
In Lee county are now living 337
who settled there previous to July
4, 1910.
A farmer in Jones county, in Dig
ging a well, had descended distance
Of seventy feet, when q subterranean
current was struck, and the digger
barely escaped drowning. Tho next
morning there was So feet Of water
in the well. That farmer had better
make business Of digging wells.
Clark Durham, former editor OF
the Burlington Hawkeye, and at the
time of his death postmaster at Bur
i,ngton, died recently IN that city OF
consumption. The Davenport, Ga
ze:te pronounces him the ablest ed
itor Iowa ever had. t
Prof. White thinks peat wall hard
ly be used IN Iowa 30 long az coal
and wood can be had at present pric-
cs. There arc nearly 10000 acres OF
peat in this State-mostly in Cerro
Gordo, Worth, Winnetayo and Han
cock counties.
DIS 4s4ask 80 +. tfs
A sick man named L. G. Bur
rouehs, in Charles City, got, some
strychninc administered to cure con-
WILSON'S. 1t put him on. OF pain
His wife and a man named Tracr
have been arrested for such doctor.
ing. He leaves two little girls,
The Enterprise says B. Heller ship
ped from West Liberty. last 'week,
twenty-nine head of cattle, whose
gross weight was 42,l5O pounds, an
average OF |, 454 pounds each. They
were sold a. $500 per 100 pounds,
bringing the sum OF S2,613.30, or 500
each. 1850
The Times tells how NJ. c. II.
Hathaway, OF Dubuque, is fitting mp
his Ida Court farm in fine style. He
has sown three hundred acres OF
grain the present spring. and planted
30, 900 forest trees, consisting OF cot
tonwood, chestnut, 1arch and soft
maple. These are set four and half
feet apart and cover about ten acres
of ground.
Lorenzo Smith, Of Montgomery
county, accidentally, killed himself
last Wednesday. in, the following
manner as described in the Nillisca
Journal. He had made preparations
to go hunting on horseback-had
loaded his shot gun and placed it IN
q wagon near the honse. He then
mounted his horse and rode up to
the'wagon, took hold Of the gun near
the muzzle and pulled it out towards
him. It is supposed that the horse
moved slightly, which caused the
hammer to catch ON the wagon box.
A moment later and the barrel was
discharged, he receiving the whole
OF its contents in his breast. He fell
from his horse and expired without a
groan His mother heard the shot
and ran to him at once, and took his
head upon her lap. but the vital spark
had fed.
The Cedar Rapids Observer has q
detailed description Of the prrpara-
tions that that cnterprislng city is
r'aking for the State Fair, by which
we notice that everything ia being
done up in apple-pie completeness.
A switch will be put in on the rail-
way, and special train will be on
duty to convey, visitors between the
city and fair grounds at briet inter.
walls during the days of exhibition
The ampiheatrc vii, scat 5000
THERE will be 800 horse stalls, 2OO
cattle stalls, 100 sheep and $50 hog
peEs. For watering stock, and for
other purposes, six large wells will
be sunk, which will probably furnish
an ample supply OF water. The fl raj
hall will be = substantial franc build
ing 32x100 feet, in the form of q
Greek cross, with q circular stand in
the center, and tables in the wings.
The fine art hall will be Of similar
form, 40xl40 feet in dimensions. The
vegetable hall is TO DO 32x1OO feet
and also in the form Of Greek cross.
The mechanical and power hall will
be OF tho Same shape and size as the
preceding, and be furnished with pull
leys, Skating, and power for the OPP
Grafton OF such machinery as may be
placed on exhibition.