Our post-office will be changed the first of December. Mr. J. R. McCoy having been appointed by the Cleveland administration. John is a good one and deserves his good luck.—(November 18, 1885.)
Colo was burglarized to a considerable extent last Thursday night. The stores of Hulse Brothers, L. C. Adams & Co., and J. H. McCoy were broken into, a small amount of money taken, several valuable papers captured and some articles of merchandise appropriated. The papers referred to have been found. The burglars have not yet been apprehended.—(Nov. 25, 1885.)
Monday was the regular election of municipal officers. The following were elected: Mayor, W. A. Miller; Street Commissioner, Mr. Lax; Treasurer, Mr. Heflly; Alderman, L. C. Adams and J. L. Hostetter.—Nevada Representative.—(1886.)
J. F. Loucks was in town Monday. He reports that preparations are completed for the building of an United Brethren Church near the southwest corner of New Albany Township. The estimated cost is about twelve hundred dollars. The building committee are Messrs Loucks, Rineheart, Torry, MARTIN and Sawtell, which is a pretty good guarantee that the work will be carefully looked after. The pastor of the society is the Rev. Mr. Lewis, of Toledo, Iowa.—Nevada Representative.—(March 3, 1886.)
Abner Waltz had his residence, near Colo, burned this week. The loss is about eight hundred dollars.—Nevada Watchman.(March 12, 1886.)
Samuel McClure, of New Albany Township, was adjuged insane last Wednesday and was taken to Independence by Sheriff Banks the same night.—(March 31, 1886.)
Colo post-office, it is said, was so named because a dog by that name was run over by a train of cars prior to the survey of the town. John L. Blair gave this incident as the cause of the town being thus named.
Colo was incorporated March 2, 1876, and it was laid out as a town May, 1865.
The town of New Albany (now of the past) was laid out in October, 1855, on the west half of the southeast quarter section 18 and the east half of the southwest quarter section 18, township 83, range 21.
The township, "New Albany" took its name, it is presumed, from the town that had been surveyed three years prior to the organization of the township. It is a township of good soil, yet it has its wet and flat lands is several parts of the township.
Its first settlers probably were William McGuire, Harvey Dye, John Brouhard, John Waltz, John See; Al. Dalton, etc.