Iowa Old Press
Burlington Hawk Eye
Burlington, Des Moines co. Iowa
September 5, 1878

Postoffice Changes in Iowa
Washington, Sept. 1 - The following are the postoffice changes during
the week ending August 31, 1878:
Established -
Alta Vista, Chickasaw county, Hermann Radeke, postmaster
Oyens, Plymouth county, Tudd Murphy, postmaster

Discontinued-
Binns, Page county
Coelle, Poweshiek county

Postmasters Appointed-
Hull, Boone county, Isaac D. Linerode
Lima, Fayette county, A.T. Hensley
Luana, Clayton county, W.W. Pettit

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The democrats of the third district are doing nobly, and at the
present progress, if the canvass lasts long enough, Tom Updegraff
will have so big a majority that all other votes will be classed
scattering.  The latest results of the democratic manipulation is
that the 'Nord Iowa Herold', a German democratic paper of Clayton
county, has run up Mr. Updefraff's name on its congressional ticket. 
They have exerted themselves especially to draw away the German
republicans from the support of Mr. Updegraff, but the boomerang has
returned and administratered a resoundeing whack on their own noddles.

The New Sharon 'Star' pertinently says: "When in the one breath Brick
Pomeroy says, 'Wipe out the entire national debt,' and in the next
one says, 'Pay it in greenbacks, pay it in absolute money,' he knows
the two things are identical.  He is an open avowed repudiationist,
and knows that greenback payment of the bonds in repudiation. 
therefore he urges it."

The greenbackers of Marion county have gone back on McCormack, who
made the motion which resulted in no nomination in the sixth
congressional district.  They were to vote the democratic county
ticket, but after getting all the money they could from Mc., they
nominated a county ticket.  And now Mc. feels like getting up on his
hind legs and howling.

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Burlington Hawk Eye
Burlington, Des Moines co. Iowa
September 26, 1878

Western Patents.
The following western patents were issued from the United States
patent office for two weeks ending Juoy 16, 1878, as reported for The
Hawkeye from the western patent office agency by W.B. Richards,
Galesburg, Illinois:

Mechanical movement - William Koss, Clayton county
Automatic wagon brake - W.P. Wood, Leon
Grain ventilators - B.J. Elliott, Cedar Rapids
Car couplings - McGinty & Mead, Center Junction
Road graders - B.C. Megquier, Osage
Feed cooker - O.L. Sturtevant, Ogden
Oatmeal machines - Robert Stuart, Cedar Rapids

[transcribers note: only the Iowa patents were transcribed from this
article]

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[transcribed by S. F., June 2004]

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