Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-07-27

$15,OOO received from insurance companies
NEARLY 5000 more than was accounted
for by his predecessor in the previous two
years.
/ Hardin county had soldiers pic mic on
the 4th. A list Of her soldiers Tho were
killed or died during the war was read
The Eldora Ledger gives the following =
+" Killed in actisn or died from effects Of
wounds, "a. Number lost by disease, 81.
Total number from Hardin county lost in
the service up to the close Of the war sl."
A grain dealer named A. Stoller, who
has been in business in Anamosa some
thing like year. made "new departure,
the other day. The Eureka says he perpe.
t. ted most outrageous swindle on two
farmers living near town, w.o had $1,000
worth Of grain stored in the elevatr r rents
ed by stoller-he having shipped the en-.
tire lot and pocketed the cash.
Mr.. W. IL Parker, Who resides near
Vinton, came to Iowa from Massachusetts
about fifteen years ago. Among the first
things he did was to commence putting oul
an orchard and be nov has some 700 bear.
ing apple trees, II bearing pear trees, 40
Siberian crab-apple trees, so peach trees.
we'll laden with fruit, and the smaller fruits
in great abundance, besides one hundred
thousand young apple trees. So says the
| Journal.
A remarkable intermariage Of TIVE fami
lies took place in Pottawattamie county .
short time ago. One family, consisting Of
three sons and one daughter, married all
Of neighbor's children, consisting of three
daughters and one son-not all in enc day,
though. What's pile Of cousins and mi xed
relations must snsue.
T. B Moore, foreman Of the Belle Plaine
Union, questions the statement Of W. W.
Junkin, that he (Junkin) has been editor
Of the Fairfield Ledger for 20 years past, on
the authority of T. ). Moore, who says he
learned the printing trade Of o. MeCraney,
editor Of said Ledger in 1852. Junkin has
the floor for an explanation
The lightning struck the Pres5y terian
church on the 5th, and followed the gas
pipe into the ground, starting the joints
apart 70 distance unknown. bar was
driven down in the center OF the street near
the church, and when Withdrawn the gas
| followed, aud was set GU gre, lighting he
street. Ihls Is difficult injury u repair.
tlowa City Republican.
! county, writes to the davenport Gazette
that . company organized in that place, are
| drilling At point one mile from town, in
the expectation Of finding coal. Mr.. VIM.
Owens. au experienced Scotch miner from
Buffa o, Scout county, is experimenting the
work. Mr.. Owens has strong hopes of
reaching thick vein of coal. The veins
of valuable minerals, kinds not stated by
the correspondent, have already been reach.
ed, in piercin to depth Of forty feet.
The eastern part of Mills county was vis-
tied BY terrible hail storm on the 5th in>
slant. The Opinion says: "The growing
crops we're almost entirely destroyed, in
/
that three dollars wsuld buy everything in
his fields. Our friend, Mr.. L W. Tubbs,
lost every thing on his large farm, amounts
ing to thousands Of dollars, and many o,h>
ers we're heavy losers by the storm"
On the 18th, the Trustees of Iowa Col
lege conferred the degree Of A. NJ. upon
George r. Ransom, of Iowa City George
H Lewis, A. B., late Of Iowa College; Hon.
]. C. Blanchard, Circuit Judge Of the Sixth
Judicial District. They extended an olive
branch Of good will to the Safe University
by D. Ding its President. Rev. Geo. Thach-
er, and gave the same compliment: and
cheer to Rev. Charles Edward Cheney. Of
Chicago L. L. D. Was conferred upon sx-
Senator J. B Howell, Keokuk; and Judge
Charles Drummond. Chicago.
Speaking of what became Of the Know
Nothing Party the Nosrariel says. fright
here in Council Bluffs, we have an illus,ra-
tion Of what became Of the Know>NothiAg
party. N 1855 Known othing city ticket
was elected here, and the men who we're
thus elected are to>day, withou. exception,
| 10 be found in the Democratic raaks. In
fact, one Of the Aforesaid Know>Nothing
officers was elected to city Office, on the
Democratic ticket At the last election.
About 5 o'clock the morning of the 4,h,
6rs broke out IL the grocery store Of Webb
4 Smith, Des Moines. The first to discover
it we're two clerks who slept over the store,
who were awakened BY the smoke just as
the ire was bursting through the aosr.-
They spraag out the window upon the
awning, without waiting for their clothes,
which they devoted 10 the flames. The fire.
men were away to Council Bluffs on an sx>
cursion. A few men left behind, with the
aid Of other, got out the steam FIRE engi mes,
and put down the flames As quickly as pos
sible, but not until several other buildings
were burned and property destroyed to the
estimated amount Of $S0,000, on which
there was but II, 500 insurance.
What . man can do in twelve months in
"Mr. VIM. Bogart, living northeast oftown.
came into our county one year ago last
spring, purchased 24o acres Of good prairie,
broke one hundred and forty acres last
summer, built him good house, put out
one hundred acres of wheat and small grain
last spring, besides forty acres Of corn, and
broke 40 acres more Of prairie this summer.
His grain is looking splendidly-having ;
6ne show for large crop Q: wheat and corn.
His whole farm presents neat and tidy
appearance, and all this accomplished in
little over one year. We hereby extend an
invitation to everybody, to emigrats TO
| Grundy and do likewise"
Dubuque has had grandmothsrs re .un-
Il