Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-29

the Spirit Office, except thet it is
pleasantly located, on the second floor
of one of the best buildings in the best
part of town--which at least looks like
prosperity.
/ At the onion Office we found friends
/ Mendel & Clapp the Proprietors, and
met for the first time Mr.. Nelson, the
4 editor of that excellent paper. The
onion is also located in good brick
building; and it has large power
press, two or three iobbers, lots of ma
terial, and does more Job Work in the
year than the whole town of Knox
willie furnishes to both its Offices,
about twice over. The Union is evil
IDENTIFY live and paying institution
every way, as we were glad to see.
May it be ever so.
RAILROAD MATTERS.
OF course we inquired considerably
+ about the A. X. Il ID. Road, what news
there was there about it, &C.; but we
could not learn solitary thing. They
said they depended OH the Knoxville
papers for news about this enterprise.
But it really did us good to hear Abba
men talk about this Road, and to see
how anxious they were about 1t, and
what a really earnest interest they
showed Why, they talked about it
just like Knoxville folks, at least in
that respect. We feel more assured
than ever that If the reasonable efforts
!. Of the two towns of Abba and Knox
willie alone could have built the Road,
we would have gone down there last
week i'm an hour and half on the A.
X. Il ID. instead of wallowing tediously
the whole day through the mud rs we
had to do. But the good time Is as
yet coming"
MIR. i. r. YOUNG,
Monroe County's Republican candi-
!. date for Secretary of State, and present
worthy anfcflicient Clerk of Courts
for the County, we had the pleasure
of meeting at his Office; and the con-
versation passed 80 agreeably Ito us, at
least, J that the whole evening went
by almost before we thought about IT.,
Mr. Young Is one Of the Oldest citizens
of Monroe County; was private sol
dier in the 36th Iowa; and was taken
prisoner at Marks Mills, and suffered
the full horrors OF the rebel Camp
Ford i'm Texas, where so many of our
braXe boys went through a kind Of
enrfhly pl,rfgsatei,.;,-. Eff. iuung's
father and fathers family are settled
at Marysville, this County; and >. il.
Young, Esq, the well-known Drug
: gist at Marysville, Is one Of his broth
ers. Mr.. Young is certainly very
courteous and sociable, and seems to
be not only gentleman but, better
/, yet, man. And we have never
heard him spoken Of otherwise than
In terms Of high esteem. We take
pleasure in commenting him to the
Republicans of Marion County as a
candidate whom we believe to be well
worthy of their votes, and whom we
cordially wish entire success In the
Convention aud at the polls.
THE cRA MHR HOUSE,
Which Is tile first Hotel you come TO
I'm entering Abba on the Knoxville
road we can recommend in good faith
To all our readers who may have occa-
sion at any time to visit Abba. Mr..
Cramer, the landlord, Is very attentive
and courteous, and seems TO study to
oblige his guests. Whenever we go to
Abba we shall stop at the Cramer
House--at any rate while Geo. +. Cra-
mer runs It..
COMING AWAY
From Abba isn't quite as easy ~ 60
ing there from this direction, for the
general lay Of the country seems to be
on down grade all the way south
: ward from Knoxville. But the first
thing that strikes the Travellers motto g
2 /, the deserted-looking grade Of the a.
5 X. & d., which seems to cut diagonal
. Iy through all the farms between Abba
: and Loyila. The wagon road crosses
9 the grade at least dozen times, we
! should think, between the two towns.
| AT one place the grade runs 80 close
: TO the corner Of farmhouse that ii
g any thoughtlcss passenger should
' stick his head out Of the car window
/. there the house would certainly scalp
I him or knock off his nose of. We
: give this warning therefore, in due
. season.
LOVILLA,
About half-mile south Of the north
:. line OF Monroe County, is the present
terminus Of the Of the Abba Division
of the A. X. IL ID. Railroad; but as nc
trains were running at the time Of our
visit. we couldn't see that the place
was much affected by Its Railroad
facilities so far. It Is small town,