The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-09-02
FROM MASSlLLON.
Sgill Another Political Note.

Ma EDITOR Louden and Cisr
I ence have been heard from touching the
| political matters of our county, You will |
| rot consider US in Msssil.on imperti |
| nent If We have a word TO say IN regard |
1 to the same matter; and in so doing,
allow us "a remark that We are pleased
/ with the men whose names are offered
| a. candidates for the several offices,
except that Of County Superintendent.
For that sfflce We have man of our
| own whom We prefer to all others who
| have been presented for that position. |
| Mr. Gates. cur candidate, is the County
surveyor. gentleman whose ability Is
uuquesiioned by all who know him
| either friend or foe. As for ourselves,
We have known him for more than ten
| years and from him we have learned the
| following facts in his history: lie COM
menced teaching in ls2. in New Hsmp.
| shire, and in 1887 he graduated from
| Columbus College, Washington, ID. &. |
] He made teaching his business until he
came to Iowa in the fall of 1853 in
| March 1854 he settled on the farm where
| he now resides When he came TO Iowa
| be designed to make farming his bust.
ness. hut his inclination soon led him
back Ia the school room where he labor
ed until he has added fourteen terms 10
his former experience Of sixty terms as
a teacher We also learn from him
| that ii he succeeds in getting the posi-
ton, he will, before entering the duties
OF the office, visit the schools of Dayen-
port and make himself acquainted with
their method and practice of teaching;
AM il necessary other places also in
order that he may obtain q knowledge
OF all the improvements in teaching
now prac,Iced in the best schools in
Iowa; and, that ali the knowledge SO
gained and added to his already large
experience as 9 teacher. he designs TO
bring TO the aid and the benefit of the
, schools of Cedar county. Such being
the qualifications and design of Mr..
Gates, YOU will not think 1t strange
that we are anxious TO see him placed at
the head of the public schools of our
county, for We fully believe that he will
! do more for advancing them and bring
r ing the law requiring Superintendent
; into favor with the people than any
! Superintendent yet that We have had.
Aug. "a, 1878 A. ID.
L The be!ated Union Pacific trair
that arrived in Council Bluffs abou
half past twelve Sunday morning, me
Y with hail of an experience nea
: Potter's Station. some two hundred
. miles west of Omaha, on THURSDAY
!, evening. The hail fel! with sucf
5 frightful force as to compel the trail
il to stop. The hail WAS of immense
IS size. being on an average three in
:. chcs in diameter. Within FIVE min,
h utes from the time the first stone
struck the train there was not 4
=, whole light Of glass in the south side
i OF the train, the entire length Of it
r The windows in the Pullman car.
i were Of French plate. Of All inch il
n thickness, and double. The dome o
n the engine looked as though j, hsd
= been pounded with heaVS weight
4 and the woodwork ON the south side
! ofthe cars was p!owed up as If some
one had struck i. all over with a
hsmnsr. Several of the ladies' faint
: ei, AID Mrs. Earl. wife OF the noun.
r tain ilvassoa superintendent Of the
r1Ai.wec: .z:7 sg4sn. >ere-a! Ter.
,. sou. we're more or l-ss injured. The
bom5arimear lasted about twenty
minutes. and sss Of exampied fury.
: When the train arrived a. Grand Is
: .aod, the windows were timed over
! the entire laIsta II the train.