Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-02-23

ed Wnat IS Dalu 10 De q sPiehulu.Deo
Of pest, tLirty acres in extent and
ten feet deep, Mr.. 8. proposes to
work the bed next season, and prom
ises 70 deliver the peat to customers
in Belle PLANE at a per ton, which
he claims to be worth as much for
heating purposes Is one and a half
cord Of the lest wood. We CLEAN
from the Union. rg
The Waterloo Courier tells: Mr..
Daniel Parsons, OF East Waterloo
township, slaughtered a beet . few
days ago. in the stomach Of which
he found one two and three one cent
coins some twenty nails Of VARIOUS
sizes and bullet. Mr.. Parsons
purchased the animal several, months
ago, in this city, and thinks the afore-
said contents were received while Z
resident Qf Waterloo. I. s.'asi
| Away out in Clear Lake, ! couple
Of boys, aged Is and II, respectively,
burglariously entered the railroad
depot, and tapped the agents till al
worth. A few days afterwards the
lads secured $6 at the same till. They
were having good time when ar
rested. What will become of them?
There's no room for them at the Re
form School.
Sioux City is live town. The
Journal says the town has three faro
banks in full blast, sixteen doctors.
fifteen lawyers, three hundred aud
twenty-one professional loafers, and
twenty seven professional women
according to the last census. The
professional men seem to have the Ad-
vantage Of the women.
The proprietor OF the Western
Hotel concealed himself under = bed
in the DOM Of some girls 1t the st.
Elmo, in Sioux City, to see what Was
going on, and secceeded in irighten-
ing one Of the girls nearly to the
death. His name was Nelson, and
he was arrested.
The champion father in Iowa is D.
A. Dodd, in Humbolt county, who 10
sire of ten children, the oldest being
only sixteen years Of age-the pres.
ent Mrs. Dodd being his third wife:
The champion mother is Mrs. Blank
in Keokak county, whose 2lst child
was born few days since.
Another whisky murder. The
Alton Tribune says NV. Fl. Arnold
was found dead in his bed. at the
Creston house, on Monday morning.
January 30th. An inquest was held
ON the body by J. J. Leeper, ESQ.,
The jury rendered the following ver-
die: Excessive use of ardent spir.
its, resulting in nsaina a potu.'"
A FIRE broke out at Decorah,
February ., destroying th re e
buildings, which were oc-
cupied by Goddard & Henry,
/ dry goods; S. Mount, hardware, and
Mrs. Adams, milliner, The FIRE was
the work of an inccndiary. Loss,
$4,000; covered by insurance.
Des MONIES started out to
built $4,000 school house for the
Third Ward, and has succeeded in
expending about that amount without
coming within $4,000 Of finishing
the building.
The official figures of the popula-
tion OF the State. as given by Super
intendent Walker, Of the Census
Bureau, arc ,l0l,SO2, which is 10.-
900 more than heretofore published.
A lad at Avoca, carried in his
nights wood and went out to do
other chores, his parents being at a
neighbours. The hot stove set fire to
| the wood, the wood set the house on
! fire, and in half an hour the family
were homeless.
A farmer found an infant in bask-
ct, covered by = horse-blanket, in
the middle Of the road near Marble
Rock, Floyd county, one cold night
week before last. The babe was
properly cared for.
Miss Caroline NJ. Grouse, recently
elected engrossing clerk OF the Kan
sas House OF Representatives., FORM
erly lived in Waterloo, in this State,
where she 'en.rosseds the affections
OF several young men Of the place.
SO says the Courier.
A thief, named John Gla1dies, es-
capped from the Jackson county Jail
on the night OF the 7th inst, ran
three miles into the county, stole n
horse, and fed to parts unknown.
/ a Mr.. Jacob Hohl was run away
with near Jesup, the other day, and
bundled out ofhissleig with robes and
gun. The latter discharged its load,
sending charge into the thigh Of
Mr.. Hohl, maEing an ug.y wound.
| Poweshiek county has Ave 2apers
at this time-one in Mountezuma,
one in Gr,nnell, one in Brooklyn,
one in Malcom, and one in Victor
Four years ago there was only ono
the Montezuma Republican.
Three lads in their teens were dis
covered burglarizing grocery in
Clinton at l o'clock the other morn
ing, and were arrested.
! Burglars operated in Fayette the
other nigh;-entcred thrcc houses
aud. in all, rcd SD. Then they
got mad aud lett the town.
The Sioux City Journal has been
shown 81 page pamphlet just issued
at the Santee Indian Agency, and
printed in the Sentec Sioux language.
The type was all set by Indians.
We learn that John Bolton, living
in the edge Of Grundy county, was