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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1881
Page
2
The Intelligencer reports President Hayes vetoed the funding bill in a move that surprised supporters and critics alike. The piece notes broad Republican praise yet criticizes the decision, implying ongoing political contention in March 1881.
A bill before the Ili nois Legislature would require parents and guardians to send children under their care to school for at least three months a year. An amended version calls for six months annually and mandates the state supply books if the family cannot afford them.
The cabinet is praised as representing all party sections with strong, clean men. It includes Grant and anti Grant factions, Blaine adherents, two Grant supporters, an Independent and Reform Republican, and Wayne MacVeagh. Geographically distributed, it includes a native Southerner and satisfies New England, Central States, the West, and the South.
The inaugural speech by President Garfield is hailed as a landmark articulation of free institutions and national prosperity. Commentaries also critique Hayes and Tilden era actions, praising Garfield’s vision while noting debates over bond policies, banks, and political dynamics of the time.
The piece notes New York’s limited and brief service in key federal roles through early administrations. It details Treasury secretaries from Hamilton to Dix and Postmaster Generals from Granger to Hill, highlighting how few terms and short tenures New York contributed amid broader national shifts.
A Hartford Times summary rails at Rutherford B. Hayes as a de facto president fallen to a fraud in the Electoral Commission. It profiles Cabinet choices including Blaine as Secretary of State and Windom as Treasury chief, with notes on Lincoln and Hunt, Kirkwood, MacVeagh, and other appointees, while criticizing Reconstruction-era politics and praising reform movements in Chicago.
J C Mitchell of Nevada offers single and double row corn stalk cutters for sale. The equipment is marketed for farm use and aimed at improving harvest efficiency.
Des Moines politics swell over Senator Kirkwood s cabinet appointment. McDill learns his own name was chosen before final approval, with Hebard and Cole among favored contenders. Judge McDill travels to Washington to take Senate seat. biographical sketch and funeral of Senator Carpenter end the item.
J. C. Mitchell of Nevada advertises barns and Haworths corn planters and check towers for sale.
Agriculture reports show the 1880 corn yield was about 37 000 000 bushels below 1879. Iowa Texas Nebraska had large crops while Illinois Indiana Missouri Kansas and many eastern and southern states had lighter yields. Demand was strong as a long severe winter increased feeding and hay was short.
A 1558 New York Tribune dispatch reports gold discovery across Iowa from St Charles to Keokuk and multiple counties. Californians and locals flock to dig for prices from two to twenty five dollars daily with reports of a lump worth 200 dollars and boats transporting miners to Fort Des Moines amid rising excitement and emigration.
By order of a Story County District Court judgment El Loux vs Titus M Loux property described including parts of section 31 and township 85 north range 24 west. Sheriff A K Banka will sell at the Nevada court house steps on March 26 1881 at 11 I M for cash to satisfy a debt of 980.27 plus costs 11.85 and interest 6 percent from filing.
Notice that John L. Stevens Daniel McCarthy J. A. Fitchpatrick John Watts G A Underwood D A Bigelow W M Greeley BERK Chamberlain Edward Barstow L Smith and others form the Ames and Nevada Telephone Company in Ames Story County Iowa. Capital stock is 1000 dollars, stock 25 dollars each, with 20 percent assessments possible every 30 days. Corporation to exist twenty years from January 2 1881 with five to six directors and officers as needed.
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