Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-05-04
ALL OYER IOWA,

Smoke house pilfercrs arc the latest
affection in Davis county. "
The papers in Benton county are
discussing the Primary systcn Of
nominations.
Is. +. Murray. Of Wintcrseu, de-
clines to be candidate tor l;euten-
ant Governor.
The Northern Iowa Dental Asso.
citation meets at Annamosa, on the
ID Tuesday of June. ne
Mrs. Foster, the eldest person in
Des Moines County, died on the .22d
ult., ut the ago Of a6 years.
The Cedar Falls Gazette says that
g. II. Brhmle, Of that place, has
Bible printed in 1868, on wood type.
Some scoundrel near Bloomfield,
a couple weeks ago poisoned four
horses because he hated the owner.
At tumbstone in cemetry in APP
pauoose county bears tins inscription:
liz WAS WHAT.
But words are wanting to say.
Think what !: man should be,
III WAS THAT
The newspaper printed in Wayne
county quotes the following from
Prof. Whites Geology of Iowa, re-
specting the geology OF that county:
"Lithostrotion Proliterum--Coral
.dendroid, simple or III tufts, cylin.
drical OF oeeonic, p oliferous; calix
often profound, monticuliform, the
columela often extremely salient
The High School at Council bluffs
Is most appropriately named. 1t is
situated on the top of a high bluff
three or tonrI or five hundred feet
above the business portion Of the
town. There is always breeze
there. On Wednesday there was a
gale on that apex. and a little girl
was picked up by 1t, aud was being
bumped along the ground when the
janitor saw her and started to save
her. The wind picked him up and
landed him on the slope side, square
upon the little Miss, and then both
rolled down the hill several rods.
The gin received some ugly bruises.
1t is said that in winter time the
Council Bluffs High Schoal is the
most pleasant locality this side the
great ice-bergs. s.s.
At Ossian, Vinneshiek county, a,
two O'clock on the morning of the
18th inst, Mr.. A. J.. Loiber, who
had given evidence Of alteration Of
mind since the the birth of her child
three weeks before, arose from the
side OF her sleeping husband qand
'smothered her babe to death. She
tLen went to the railroad track and
threw herself before night freigh,
train, and was killed in Horrible
manner, Tor ther6e was evidence tha,
she was dragged beneath the pilot
for distance o! nearly halt mile
and was at last dropped into cattle
guard. Her body was only recog.
nizable from strips OF clothing found
along the track. f'l
Il The corps of engineers on the pre-.
J, liminary survey of the Grinnell.
Cedar Halls & Winona railroad reach.
eel Cresco last week. Their Survey
crosses the Turkey river about a
mule and hat west of Vernon
Springs nearly south, of The Barnes
School House and after reaching the
! summit level, takes . north east
coarse, TO Grcsco.
| The Engineers report a feasible
route ana easy grade The route
from here TOOK A. north easterly
course. toward Fymonth Jspck.d We
believe DIR citizens will givaIthisren
teri'i.;se the attention its merits de-
serve y Cresco Times. + Eois
TIC ,Bcopn,sc. ', ,:s sad Il, warns The
Mars hall Times that its manner of
itpppslill22nn " G{fqallonell .SeptGs candid
acy ie;, FoYcnnor may strike d Tight
in, lhs East. Nasops will bs, inter
fstei 70 learn that "a great many Of
his brother Masons may be moved
70 honor The Grand Master, when
abused in their behalf, who otlar-
wise would not have thought of it
particularly. The styls Of that op-