Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-08-10

the bug eats the heart out Of the
limb, and that a. there are no signs
OF the insect having passed through
the bark from the outside, it was
probably concealed in the bud.
| The Voter says there Is q man in
PelIa, Mr.. Bowman, eighty two years
old, who maintains himself and aged
wife in comfort by lis regular work
OF tailoring. And this he does, not
from necessity at all, but from choice,
rather than to be dependent on any
body.
| Going to parties, grossly abusiGg
ladies', using the most profane and
obscene language, assalling couples,
and throwing butcher knives at
young women, is the employment Of
John Salisbury, ruffian who is the
terror OF Fremont township, John
son county.
The Cedar Rapids Times says:
~. w. Abernetby has placed upon
our table . sprig from . pear tree,
about fifteen inches in length. on
which are hanging twenty three good
sized, fully developed pears OF
course you can't raise pears in Iowa,
1t least not more than twenty three
on one limb.
All those good girls are not gono
yet. The Jefferson Bee has found
two of them. It says: 1--WE haze
two girls in our city that during the
Summer have walked out in the
country three miles every evening"
after a days labor in the school
room, and then were able to sustain
a championship on the crosuet
grounds"
The Fort Dodge Times says there
is now in possession Of Mr.. G. Hen
ry, OF that city, clock manufactured
in Germany in 1862, which is still in
running order, and keeps accurate
time. The main weight weighs IA
pounds; the pendulum bell pounds.
It runs with q circular chain and is .
real curiosity. 1t has always remain
ed IN the Henrystamily.
There is trouble among the Rep.
publicans in the Senatorial district
composed OF Marshall and Hardin
counties. A convention was held at
Marshalltown, last "Wednesday, in
which Hardin county would not par
ticipate, her people claiming that
Marshall county had promised her
the next Senator. DR.. r. H. Taylor,
OF Marshalltown, was nominated. The
trouble will probably be compromis-
ed in some manner.
There was a grocer in Sidney,
Fremont county, named James Nc
Matt. Last week his wife discovered
him with her servant girl on his
knees. She stole away silently to q
harness shop, bought black snake
whip, returned to her home, locked
tho door, aud give McNatt and the
girl larrupping that nearly killed
them, and awakened the whole town.
The man has gone to parts unknown,
and Mrs. McNatt is keeping store,
doing q flourishing business.
Ofsea- shells on Iowa praries tho
Butler County Star says: Every
little while we run across discoveries
in the upper strata of our prairie ge-
ology that leads us to wonder what
and where we were a few million
years ago. Lately our railroad men
have unearthed two or three beds Of
petrified shells which those posted in
conchology pronounce extinct spe.
cies OF salt sea-shells. There are
beds Of thess near Rockford and
Marble Rock: aud some very curious
aud beautiful specimens have been
brought away. When and how did
these, petrified sea shells get SO far
from home"
II Iowa City Press says Dow
ney's Bluff, ON the left bank OF the
Iowa river, fifteen miles above lows
City, is "thickly studded with Indian
mounds which out date the tradi-
tions Of the red. owners who ceded
this section to the whites. They
were built by some elder race, and
are peculiar because they contain
pieces of rude pottery, whish were
not used by our modern tribes and is
found in none Of their tombs. A
few years since Mr.. NJ. W.. Davis
dug in many of these mounds and
secured q valuable collection of this
pottery, which was Immediately sent
for by the Smithsonian Institute,
showing its great antiquarian value.
Here is what the Vinton Journal
has to say on the problem OF raising
apples in Benton county:
Mr.. J. V. Covert has . fine orch
ard on the south side OF Big Grove,
wherein he has some 800 apple
trees, $50 Of which bear fruit. Mr..
G. has raised about Is bushels ot.the
Early Harvest variety, of which he
l hat