Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-07-20
ALL OYER IOWA.

l3 column article descriptive Of Belle
Plaine.
i A mail route has beer established
between Vlnton and Dryden. Mail.
are carried Saturdays.
! Miss NJ. S. Bennett in announced
as candidate TO- County Superin
tendent OF Page county.
| An iron bridge is to be placed
across the Cedar River at Waverly
this season, at cost of s20, ,000
The Principals of four OF the pub
lie schools OF Iowa City are ladies'
and they only get $50 a month.
G. A. Knowles, of Laporte, Black
hawk county, expects to harvest
1000 bushels OF apples this year.
A teachers training school is about
being opened at Charlton, by Prof.
Perry. the County Superintendent OF
Lucas county.
Miss Josephine Ross, near Ames,
fell from a swing on the 29th ult.,
and received injuries from which she
died on the Sd inst.
The editor of the Cedar Falls Ga
zette, on the 4th, was presented with
stock Of corn measuring 10 feet in
length. 1t was planted May 6, and
grown near Cedar Falls.
The Cedar Rapids "City Fathers"
are having rough time in enforcing
the city ordinance prohibiting bar
bers shaving on Sunday. The city Mag
lstratc before whom the suit came
decided against the city. An appeal
has been taken.
Ayoung Abba bully. named Frank
Marshal, had so much Adam in him,
on the fourth, that he let some of it
out, by attacking and brutally beat
ing a lad from the rutal districts.
The lad was knocked senseless, but
it is thought that he will recover,
though the wound is severe one.
Marshal was arrested and relased on
5000 bail.
In Jackson township, Benton coun-
ty, some children were playing with
a shot gun, when the owner, Mr..
Reed, told his hired hand to dis
charge it, SO as to prevent accident.
He presented it towards a fence and
fred. 1t happened that just at that
moment q daughter of Mr.. Reed
came along, aud was wounded,
though not dangerously.
Dexter is to have Carriage and Wagon
Factory.
Keokuk has been enjoying extensive vis-
its from gang Of burglars.
Unprecedented low-nscked dresses are
again in vogue, in Atlantic.
The Buchanon County fair will be held on
the 9th, 2Sth and 29th of September.
Fall Wheat, averaging 20 bushels to the
acre has been harvested in Marion county.
There were 1850 acres of Govcrnme Mt
land taken up in Iowa in June, by actual
| settlers.
Mason City is perfecting arrangements
for building $4,000 School House this
season.
John Miller committed suicide at Ottum-
wa, on the 5th, because he was "tired of
| this life''
At the Madison Woollen Mills, the other
day, one pound Of wool was spun into a
thread miles long.
The Iowa Republicans have this year an
| alphabetical list of candidates-Abernethy
Bulls, Carpenter, Day.
A little girl near Quincy, ate potato Of
ter picking and mashing potato bugs, and
in three hours was corpse.
A fellow Of Des Moines recently refused
| to assist at late FIRE, and he was fined Sic
Served him right, only not enough.
Robert Wilde fell from 4th story win.
d. of Dubuque hotel, lately and received
injuries from which he died in six hours.
| An orchardist, near Iowa city, sold sixty
bushels of cherries this season, at $3.50 o
bushel. Not q very Improbable orchard.
| Over 1000 emigrants have settled in Clay
County the last four months, and have
turned over $4,000 acres Of sell and built
600 houses.
Patrick Carroll. Of Bellevue, . man Of
GOOD financial circumstances, was found
dead in his bel, ofapoplexy, on the 9Th, and
his wife dead drunk in corner Of the
roou..
The Register says: "Some Des Moines
tea msters are ia the habit, when spasmodi,
| cally phrenzied, Of administering soporiics
and narcotics to their mules in the shape Of
pick-axes.'
The B., C. r. s NJ. r. II. Company, are
lscating branch road from Cedar Rapids,
ria independence, to Postville. Indepsn-
dence proposes to vote tax Of q per ce ut
in aid oft.
A Page county correspondent Of the
| Council Bluffs Nonpariel, nominates c. c
Carpenter FOR United States Senator. He
| says neither Harlan nor Allison is popular
in that part Of the State.
Iowa has 20 daily papers, tri.weeklies
5 semi>wsekliss, 2Sl weeklies, Is Monthlies
and Of other times Of publications. total
Of $50, with total circulation of 1894
636-sr 16 copies to each inhabi,ant Of the
State.