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

WHOLE NO., H3.
J. A. Martin got tight in Tom
Crowley's saloon, at Moulton, the
other night. Tom did mt want any
drmkards about his place, and 30 he
tried to put Martin out; the latter
stabbed HIM in the side with a pock-
ct knife, and has been held tor trial.
The injured man Crowley shot a
neighbor in Van Buren, county, not
long since.
Some strange disease is carrying
off the Page county pigs. The Her.
aid tells VA of one man who lost six
ty, another sixty-6ve. The disease
first maker itself known by . violent
diarrheA, which continues in most
cases for three or four days, resist
ing all remedies. The hog then be-
comes perfectly blind, and soon bids
goodbye TO this vain world of stock
markets.
Mr.. Bushman, residing in German
township, Hardin county, had his
little boy with him while reaping
grain. When he was oiling the ma
chine the lines caught under the
reaper tongue which caused the team
to back. and before Mr.. Bushman
could pick up the child, who was
sitting behind the machine, the reap
er passed over and crushed his body
50 badly that he dicdl in . short time.
The counties Of Story and Boone
form the 45th Senatorial District
In the joint convention held Aug.
5, Boone had Is delegates and Story
10. Story claimed the Senator, and
because Boone would not concedc It,
the delegates of Story withdrew and
nominated Geo. NJ. Maxwell, of Sto.
ry county. The delegates from
Boone county, being Ms Conresties
nominated A. J. Holmes, OF Boone
for Senator.
\ couple weeks ago, some little
whip.jeserving darlings, in Union
township, johnson county, tried
their hands at bon fire, aud were
very successful. The Press says
they burned forty two tons OF hay
granaries, fences and outbuildings
for Jacob Cox. In the same town.
ship, on the next day, FIRE caught IN
the stable of Z. Gardner, whi,h wa'
, destroyed, together with thirty Of
forty tons Of hay.
During q heavy storm at Ceda,
Rapids on the 18th inst, q woman
named Addie A. Millari, who wa
working in the basement Of . build
ing in which the telegraph Office i
located, placed her hand on one 0
the sas pipes for support while bend
ing over her work, when . heav,
discharge Of electricity took plac,
through the ground wire in tho telc
graph office, which was attached t,
the pipe, killing her instantly.
In Daloncga township, Wapcll,
county, the Republicans passed reso
lutions asking the Republicans elect.
Ell to use all honorable means to re-
duce expenses aud lessen taxes; to
reduce the number Of officers, courts
and court expenses abolition O
Grand Juries asking that the law be
SO changed that Petit Juries may de-
liver a verdict in all cases not involv
Ing the life OF defendant, when two
thirds concur therein; and asked the
abolition Of the Office Of County Su
perintendent.
The Centreville Citizen has seen
a sign in the sky: ION Sunday even
last, between daylight and dark
without a cloud to be seen, there
came instantly a great light, like. the
light OF some great meteor, or some
thing Of that kind yet nothing o.
that character was visible; nor was
there any other visible source from
whence tie light emanated. Per-
sons both in town and country, for
miles around, saw it, and all were
equally at . loss as to its origin
Who will explain ?"
In Story county they do Mt have
to wait long for apples after setting
out apple trees for apples. The Rep
rescntative says: "Mr. j. w. Cess
ma, of this township, brought into
our Office the other day an apple,
fully matured, perfect, and about 81
inches in diameter, that grew upon a
tree only about two feet high, and
two years old. The apple would
weigh more than the entire body Of
the tree above the ground. It was
the Dutchess of Oldenburg 1budded'
upon common stock two years
old"
The Andrew Journal thus des.
cribes an elm tree in its vicinity =
"By actual measurement this tree is
p feet in circumference at its ground