Gisborne, Francis

NEWTON, telegraphist, born at Brought on, Lancashire, England, March 8, 1824; removed to Canada and became superintendent of the Nova Scotia government telegraph lines at Halifax; laid the first ocean cable on the American side of the Atlantic, connecting Prince Edward Island with New Brunswick; was a charter member, and became (1856) the chief engineer of the New York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company; was made superintendent (1879) of the Dominion Government Telegraph Signal Service. Died Aug. 29, 1892. Glad'brook, in Iowa , a post-town of Tama co., 16 m. N.W. of Toledo, at the junction of C. & N.W. and C. & Gt. W. R. Rs. Has some local manufactures and is a shipping point for cattle, hogs and grain. Pop . (1897) about 800.