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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-09
State n ,ws.

Muscatine talks OF purchasing a
Babcock fire engine.
The now Council Chamber Of Bur-
lington has been dedicated
The Council Bluffs Episcopalians
nettcd 5000 by their Christmas iair.
Tho Second Presbyterian Church
Of Cedar Rapids was dedicated Sun
day, Goth ult.
Harrison county wants three coun-
ty seats. At least the citizens OF
three places are striving tor it.
The body OF Dominic Kies was re-
Gently found III a field near Lamotte.
He had been drinking considerably
AMI 1t Is supposed he laid down in
the field and troze to death.
The Boone City Council has ac
cepted the proposition for gas works,
and tallos and kerosene are likely to
be superseded in May. The price IS
to be 81 a thousand feet.
A young man representing him
self az light weight champion,
contemplaJes starting school in
Iowa City, to teach young Amerlsa
the mysteries OF the manly art.
The Amateur Dramatic Club will
soon appear tor the first time, mo
doubt much to the delight OF Des
Moiners. The Mlstietoe Bough,
and the Unfinished Gentleman will
be presented on the first evening.
Two families near Ottumwa got
INTO a row on Christmas day, in
which knives and hatchets were used,
with several slight wounds on both
sides as a result. Fatal results might
have resulted had not tho nelghbors
interiered.
The entire valuation of Dubuque
county property is 1892 l0I. There
are outstanding DO IDS to the amount
OF $50 900. The assessed valuation
OF the city for State ani county pur-
poses is So ,544,93O. The expenses
for the year aggregate $4,000, >
slight increase upon last year.
A delinquent subscriber recently
sent tho following note to an olitor
to whom hs was indebted Sorry
to say, oil hoss, that l can't pay. |
am very tight up, which is to say !
hain't got nary red Ef lard oil was
ten cents a barrel | couldn't buy
enough to grease my har. Don
worry about 1t, l tr.ely forgive Yot
the debit
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-09

pumps and blow ers, one at .ach end.
Parcels to be transmitted from one
building to the other will be placed
n the sphere. the signal given to the
man at the other end by means OF the
telegraph wire, To start the engine
there. which exhausts the air from
that end, and the atmospheric pres
sure upon the ball soon starts it to
wards its destination. The exhaisting
is KEEP, up, and the natural pressure
behind the ball carries it along at a
rapid rate, not more than two anl a
halt or three minutes being consum.
ed from the capitol to the Printing
Office. To send it the other way
will, however, require one or two
minutes longer, as there Is an ascent
OF about forty five per cent. from
the Printing Office to the Capitol.
The exlausting machinery at the
Capitol will need to be more power
tul than at the other end on account
OF this ascent and the great force re-
qnisits to bling the sphere up. The
inventor claims that the atmospheric
pressure alone will drive the sphere
through the tube; but if necessary
the machinery can also be used to
force air IN the rear CT the bail, which
will increase Its motion. There Will
be dozen or more of these spheres
some made OF wood. some thin steel
aud others OF paper mache. The ma
terlal for the tube has all been pre-
pared, and is expected here daily,
when the work Of laying it will be
commenced In fact workmen have
already commenced cutting through
tho north wall OF the foundation OF
the Capitol through which the tube
is to be carried. Mr.. Bris bane ex.
poets to have it completed and work
ing in the course of couple ol
months, should he not be delayed In
putting il down by the weather.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-09
4 California Command.

The Pacific street negro Eoh, who
distinguished himself a short time
since by drinking gallon and halt
of mixed liquors in the period OF
half an hour, gave another OF his
recherche parlor exhibitions Thursday
night. on wager. The affair came
off at a grocery shop, on the corner
OF Jackson and Jefferson Streets and
tho programme advertised the de-
vouring pt fifteen pound turkey,
with stufling and trimmings, two
loaves OF bread, quart bottle OF
pickles, and two quarts Of whisky
prepared in the form OF hot sling. =
Two prominent officers of the police
attended to preserve order, and also
kindly officlatcd as judges, and dur
ing the performance large numbe.
OF spectators attended. The feat wa.
an entire success, at the the expira-
ton OF an hour the skeleton turkey
being picked as ceaI as if a hyena
had gone over it, ard all the condi
mcnts, including the whisky, having
disappeared. Tho champion was Wis
tied this forenoon by tho reporters,
and found curlod up like gorged
anaconda, and sleeping sweetly. The
parties having this gifted African in
training contemplate a publ, exhibit
tion shortly, probably Tor the benefit
OF some charitable institution San
francisco Bulletin
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-09
The Ideal Farmer.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, in one Of
his essays, thus portrays the glory
of the farmer
"rhe glory of tho farmer is that, in
the division OF labor, it Is his part to
create. All the trades rest al last in
his primitive authority. He stands
close to his nature, he obtains from
the earth the bread AMI the meat.
Tho food which was not he causes to
be. The first farmer was the first
man, ana all historic nobility rest on
possession and use of land Men do
not like hard work. but every man
has an exceptional respec: tor tillage,
and the feeling that this is the orig
nal calling of his race, that he him
self is only excused from it by some
circumstances which made h m dele
gate tor time to other hands 1t
he had not some skill which recon
mend him, the farmer will give
him corn, he must himself return in
to his due place am ong the planters.
Aud the profession has in all eyes
this ancient charm, as standing near
est TO God, tho First Cause. Then
the beauty OF nature, the tranquility
and innocence OF the countryman,
his independence, and, his pleasing
arts-ths cares OF bses, OF poultry
sheep, OF COWS, the DAIRY the care OF
hay. of fruits, OF orchards aud Tor
ests. and the reaction Of these on the
workman in giving him 4 stength and
plain dignity. like the tace aud man
ners OF nature, oil men acknowledge.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-09
The Nom esis Of Luxury.

deaf and blind in ships OF ease,
Launched gayly Ger wreck .thickened sea-
Disporting in an irised froth
Ger waves that moan Of wrong.
What curse will rend your fatal sloth,
And break your idle song
o hear, beneath the ehb and fow.
The long g-complaining surge Of woe!
"Why are ,oe sunk in ieeps of care,
While you ride free and safely there
VIII at are our lives but waves, to feel
While they support your growing keel ?"
G see the wrecks OF hope and home,
The mute yet questioning despair
OF countless CLASSY eyes, that stare
From CHASTITY faces in the foam
O reckless voyagers, beware
Thy festal ships are frail,
Aud voices of unheedsd prayer
Lurk thick in every sail.
The shroulless shadows Of the tide,
Sad phantoms OF the long denied,
Surrounded thee, gaunt and pale,
And Nemesis leans down the sir
To drive the coming gale.
Too long, too lightly, On the breast
or boundless agon,es
Ye eat and drink and sink to rest
In lsnguid ecstasies.
Whv does it yawn beneath thee SO
Too late thy startled cries;
"Wce to the negligent Of woe II
The goardod sea replies,
1t wheln. theo by a simple creed,
OF worth in faultless eyes;
''In disregard of any neel
The guilt of safety les
i Harper's Xagasine.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-09
Under Ground Transporter
ton in Westinghouse
very interesting Gov
ernment Experi-
ment.

The Washington Star says: The
pneumatic tube, about which SO
much has been said within tie past
quarter OF a century, will soon be
constructed and put to practical
test between the Capitol and Gov
ernment Printing Office. Reference
has heretofore been made in the Sta,
to the project OF Mr.. Albert Bris-
hane, and briet description OF the
tube made by him was given Con.
gress, it will be remembered, at the
last session approp lated fifteen
thousand dollars to construct tube
OF his patent between the Capitol
and Government Printing Office, and
as the work OF laying it will soon bs
commenced, there will no doubt be
much interest felt in its completion
and practical working. Pneumatic
tubes are now successfully y working
short distances in New York, Lon
don, Paris and Berlin, but they are
constructed on different plan from
that OF Mr.. Brisbane, the vehicle in
those tubes being run on wheels,
while in that OF Mr. Brisbane it is
not, and consequently much loss by
friction is avoided. Mr.. Brisbane
claims that he can transmit packages
through a tube from New York to
San Francisco by hollow spheres in
the tube and exhausting the air from
the other end from that in which the
sphere is started, thus creating a
vacuum, causing the atmos pheric
pressure OF fifteen pounds to the
square inch, to drive the sphere
through rapidly.
The tube is made of pine slaves ot
three or tour inches wide, one ir oh
thick, put together in circular form,
and securely fastened with heavy
iron hoops placed at intervals OF tour
or five feet. Several coatings oil
thick paper are.then wrapped around
it to make it perfectly All tight and
the tube is placed in the trench Sc.
curoly packed in clay. Before it ID
put together, however, the wooden
slaves are subjected to a steam ex.
haustion OF sixty pounds pressure to
the square inch, which drives out the
sap and congeals the albumen. They
arc then boiled in preparation OF
rosn and linseod oil TO make them
perfectly water proof. The inside
dilmeter will be thirty one inches -
The entire length Of 1t will be 5000
feet. The machinery to work it con
sists OF two small engines, one in the
capitol and the other in the printing
office, with a single telegraph wire
between the two points, two Gil
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-09

All men keep The farm in reserve as
an asylum, where, in case of mechan.
ic TO hide the property, or a solitudM
If they do not succeed in societI
And who knows how many glances
o! remorse are turned this way from
mortified pleaders in courts and sen.
ates or from the victims OF idleness
and pleasure Possessed by town life
and town vices, the sufferer resolves:
Well, my children, whom [ have in
jursd, shall 90 back TO the land, to
he recruited and cured by that which
should have been my nursery, and
now shall he their hospital.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-09
A New Invention in Tele.
grapny.

When Sir William Thomson in
vented his rejecting galvanometer,
and showed It's usefulness for tele-
graphic purposes, be insured the sue
cess OF undersea cables, whatever
their length. Wit this instrument,
the movem nts of the little reflector
enable the clerk to read off the mes.
sage by careful watching. But re
Gently, Sir William Thomson has in
vented an instrument-the patent
siphon recorder-whlch, as it's name
ln,ilcates, writes or records the mes
sage, as received, oD ] strip of paper.
1t is an essential condition OF such an
instrument that it shall be very light /;
aud the slphon, in this case, made OF
capillary tubing, is not thicker than a
horse nair. Indeed, so small Is the
bore, that the ink will not flow here
in OF itself, but squirts out when elec.
lrifed. The siphon is connected
with coil OF copper wire, IN electro.
magnet, and an ebonite disk, armed
with pieces OF soft iron, when being
attracted by the magnet, Is kept ro-
tating, and regulates the current
flowing from the battery aud the ca.
ble. Acted on by tins current, the
ink, as already stated, seuirts from
tie siphon, and writes a succession
of dots and dashes, which represent
the letters OF the alphabet. TO an
unaccustomed eye, the Writing IS a
confused, unmeaning scribble; but a
good telegraph clerk will read it of
as If it We're ordinary writing. Thus
message will now, SO to speak, de.
liver itself from the other sido OF the
ocean, thousands OF miles distant; and
telegraphy has achieved another trl
umph.--[ Chambers' Journal
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-09
Cash Rates Of Advertising.
Legal advertising, at legal rates.

Legal advertising. at legal rates.
For the use of large cuts aud wood type
an additional charge. varying from 10 to 20
per cent, will be made.
Prompt settlements will be expected with
all time-advertsers, at the close of each
calender quarter. Transient advertise
ments must be paid for in advance.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-09

A sharp old gentleman travelling
out west got seat beside his wife in
= crowded railway car by requesting
the young IN n who sat by her to
please watch that woman while he
went into another car, as abe had
fits.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-09
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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-09

It cost $50, 900 to shovel the snow
out OF Broadway, N. Y, last week.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-09

Office on High Street, East Of fana Coun-
ty Bank.
, 1873-02-17

Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
CEDAR .RAp1Ds, Iowa, Fob. 15.--On Thu1aday
Inst; somo section hands near Boone, Iowa,
hitched their hand-car to freight train while in
motion, and when they let go suddenly, a man
named Hoffman was. thrown under the hand
car and sustained inlurieB. from tho effects OF
which he died this morning,
Seven freight cars wero ditched four mi1ea
cast of Fulton, ILL.,, this morning. No one waa
hurt.
New YoRx, Fob ia despatch from Toron-
to, Can, anya TINT engineor Keller was thrown
fifty foot into the air and killed, last night,
Bonaventura depot, Montreal, by the explosion
OF his boiler.r The fireman waa badly acaldod.
A woman narned Handergan, standing near by,
was fatally injured.
MEDINA, N. T., Feb. 15.-Whilo q freight train
going cast was passing over a bridge acroaa q
stroet Ia this town about o'clock this evening
the structure gave way. Sx cars fell into tho
street down III eIbankment about twonty feet.
The engine aud part OF the train ran over aud
killed IN unknown man On a bridge come rods
oast Of the broken bridge. No train men wore
injured.
Illinois Central Railroad, duo hero this aftor-
noon, strucl = broken rail at Q trusa four nntlos
from Cairo, and was ditehed, de1nolishing threo
cars loaded with bulk grain, and throwing eight
others or the track. They can bo gotten On
again. No person waa'injurod.
, 1873-02-17
STEAMBOAT DISASTER.


Burning Of tile Henry A. .Iones--TWen-
ty-oaae Lives Most.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 15.-Tbo steamboat Hon
~ A. Jones, from Houston for Galveston with
q cargo Of I'D balos Of cotton, was destroyed by
fire this morning, in Galveston Bay. Twenty
one lives were lost; among them wore theCaptain.
]. Price, first clerk, and james B. Hogan,
second clera. Both wero well-1nown steamboat
men.
GALVESTON, Fob. 15.-The steamer Charloa
Forbes brought to thiH city tho rescued from tho
burnt steamer Horny 4. Jones. Among thom
arc asaistant:-pilot Dayia G; Gordon, who.waa
tho following particulars: Whom about three
miles aboyo lied Fish Bar, at 4:50 this morning,
the watchnlan on the lower dock called out, 'ned
Fish light In right" A watchman was in the
hoard, somotGing lilo tho escape Of nteam, but
mora resembling tho roportof gun. The first
pilot, who waa on tho roof, ran down to the
fowor dock, and Immediately sang out to tho aa-
On on fire Gordon Immediately lofs tho wheel and
ran down stairs. Whom ho got below DO found
the fire had wrapped the whole boat and cargo In
:. sheet OF tamos; He had only time to reach
the eato barge o The s b9ss s9sss haa @ a 1ss borS
tic he time oaS Gordon "oe rsaolea 'Gh the Gs bspGo
It caught fro, aud was lot loose from tho burn
Ing bout ant i5ostod away. Murphy, tho sngl,
regarding tho cause Of tito dlsaator; The prob
abilities arc that tho 1ro.wal gave way, and that
the report heard by Gordon was caused by its
fail. It Is certain that tho whole weasel aud
cargo woro in 1amoB within avo minutes
to be lost: ]. ]. Price. flrpt olork James
Hogan, second clerk !. William Murphy, first
englpeer potor Peterson, cooper
John Cummings D. Turnor; Jno. Callahan !;
ohristophor, Shelby; JamoH II Brown u'';t: Mm,
Charley ohasrley,h doclhana; Bob Tilos, aronan w.
Mcclure, first cook VIM. Dshop, aecona cook :;
ono boy, name unknown Alfred. cabin boy !;
Ae1. Bolts, cabin boy; and two etolEors names S.
board, Of whom twenty.Beyan were saved. Tho
loss ID about sbO, 900 to tho Direct Navigation
| GnmnHllY. No insurance.
, 1873-02-17

| Custom Rouse Excitement = Eatal
Fnll-A Missing Ship-Miscelluueous

Custom Rouse EKC7tem0nt - EatA1
Fall-A Missing Ship -N1iscellnueous
D.. Locnl NcNvas .''' -''s'@ -
New YonK, Feb, IA great doal Of commonly
WAS created by tho announcement at the Custom
House yestorday that james Il. Douedict's nama.
had boon withdrawn from the Sonate for the.
position Of Surveyor Of this port, to which he
had been nominated. Two Deputy Collectors.
are prominent candidates for tho Office.
; John N: Hodges, o Wall street banker, Inst
night fell down . stairway at his residenco in''
Fifth avenue, and broke his neck.
Fire: commissioners. Pitcairn, 1IeIroy, and
Faley, and Chief Engineer Ha7nill Of pittsburglh
yosterday examined the workings OF the Fro
Department. in this city. They will e1tand their
tour to Boston: and othor cities. J.,
The Investigating Committee Of the Commits
sionora Of Emigration exonerate. tho officers OF
tho German bark Argonaut from blame in re-
spoet to the alleged abuses toward passengers
on q lutte trip from Bromon.
The ship. American CongroBB, belonging to
Grinnou and Menturn, sailed hence for London
on Dec; 7, and has not since been heard from:
valued at S70, 900. Her ow1ers think she is lost.
At horristown. n. T., David Moore, charged
with tho murder Of hia wife, waa found guilty Of
murder in the Hoepna degree.
, 1873-02-17
FORE!GN.
SPAIN


MADRID, Fob. 15.-.rho SNOW In iAchy and
Navarro prevents operations by tho. Bpanisll
troops againBt tho CarliBts.
sonor sulmoron, Minister Of Juslico, will pro-
sont bill to tl,o National Assembly, today,
providing for tho abolition Of capital punish
mont.
Thc Government have orlorod tho suppression
Of Tho Royal Guard.
It Ia probable TINT tho Council Of State will
also bc suppressed.
It Is asserted TINT tho Governmonts OF tho
unitod stntea Of Amorica, France, England, Boil
gum, md 8witzorlaud will aoou recognize tho
Republic Of spatn.
The establishment Of the Republic waa colo-
nrateu last night by n general illumination.
Tho streets woro crowded, but there was no dis
cord.
dispatches from the provinces report that
tranquility exists everywhere, except in districts
disturbed by tho. Carlists. 1t is said, however;
that tho ar1ny Is opposed to tho nopublio, md
favors monarchy, but Ia divided in Its choice
for rulor botwoeu tho Duke Montpousior and
tho ex-Queon Ienbella.
Don Carlos entered Spain on Thurnday last.
Tho Carlists are working vigorously to advance
tho intoroBts Of their leador. 80
saragossa Is practically blockaded by tho in
railway between this oty porth and tho town .a Of
Durcoa. '' ~''' '''>' '4'' ''"A -
Among tho meas,,res contaminated bv tba
Ministry aro tho snnarat,on ~ IFo nhurch a1I sn1
ssess aas1 sna G Mpp9 appoingn IT aro Of 1uagss gs sof @
snatch aok,nowlodcinr tho reeent % 1f conrrntnio-
Houa from South Nnsorioans in porie teva that
ti,oy viii have to withdraw. tlaair snnnort from
The Cuban soparntiata, now that tho Antilles aro
under Republican Government. he alao nnys it
has boon dooidod to await tho arrival Of Depu-
ties to tho National Assembly from, Cuba before
arrangements for reforms in thht island arc
made. Tho Government. Intends to suppress
the Ministries OF tho Colonies, Justice, and Pull
, 1873-02-17
UTAH.

A Panic in tho Mormon Church-Utnh
ut tho vionna E1position-Isrutal
Murder. ~, e.,
BALr LAKE, Fob 15.-Tho special message Of
the President on Utah affairs ia stunning blow
to the hope Of the Polygamous theoorats. Tho
Church organs are evidently at a loss what to do.
Tho Herald says it is mother heavy dose. bit
they must dance to tho music furnished them,
and repoata tho threadbaro argument that
Polygamy, being part Of. thoir religious foith,
is above rightful attack:
Tho Ne,os affects moderation and forbearanco,
and says il collision takcg place, it will not DO
st seeking Of tho people, The position Of the
tienco, and calm endurance aud reaignation:
Tho general tono Of tho Mormon prosa to-day,
is indicative Of great fear, 1t wag not thought
possible the Government would materi-
time TIM md advancing intellectual and moral influ.
ences solve tho Mormon problem: .-
The power Of tho Mormons at Washington waa
doemoa imprognabls, but now danger is 30 In
miuent they arc filled with constornation. In
Prie'sthoepd, 1s' e' ho mssss. Il tho MoFmons arc
apDarontly anxious to quietly await roaultB,
though it Ia we'll undoratood that large ma
jo.ity Of the bctter class. seoratly sympathizo
with tho Gonile cause nna wona }oy{Iny VEL
Hoopors second speech in Congress-, IN reply
to Claggott and others, Ia pronounced BY Nor
81 veil nsss5 5as.S h9 WssAe'S effort OF
most extensive and interesting collection
Of specimens Of mineral aud other productions
Of Utah has boen forwarded to New York for the
Vionna Exposition. Their great variety, beauty,
and valuo arc expected to attract great atten-
dospatch from Logan says that Charley Ben
son shot md killed David Crockett, Jr., at that
place, Ut 0 o'clock laat evening, without provoea-
II {nc al
, 1873-02-17
. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
WAsH1SaroN, Fob. 15.--At tho sitting Of tho
Ways aud Means Committee, to-day,
PRESIDENT RING,
Of tho New York Stock Exchange, testified that
tho letter Of Judge Sherman, claiming $40 goo
for services in Washington, Ind boen mialaid,
but would probably be produced IN o day or two
He presented tho report Of tho sub-Committoo
Of the Stock Exchange to which Judge shor-
mana claim was referred, which aeta forth tlns
no basis Tor valid claim by Judge Sherman waa
found. Mr. King produced tho lattor from Judge
Sherman, dated Cleveland, Marcll 81, 1879,
addressed to +. Lockwood, Jr., In which 1t was
stated that, ut tho instance Of tho father
Of h{r. Lockwood, ho (Judgo shorman) made All
effort to OBJECT changes in tho law, no ~ to OK
empt bankers and brokers from heavy taxcH.
IIis efforts and influence resulted in virtual re-
peal Of those laws. Tho writor, therefore. wrote
to ascertain whether the Stock Exchange Com
mitteo would recognize tho contract aud SCR
vicos Mr. King {tle witneBs) had no knowledge
Of Oolgatoa report conforming the alleged prop
oaition Of Daasett, Clerk Of the Commltteo on
Ways and Means. Tho Stock Exchange neyer
used money for corrupt purposes in connection
with legislation, nor hay9 tho members thereof
any impression that money can buy legislation
in Warrington.
The inysstigation will be resumed on Mou-
day, when several members Of the Stock Ex-
ohange will be examined,