The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-06-19

earnings of the road, from which is
to be deducted the semi annual diyl-
dcnds, interest on bonded debt, and
rent Of the p. & B. v. Railroad, az.
gregatipg s2,266,6l4.oo. Deducting
this amount leaves Surplus of ss12,-
653.1S.
The CHANGERS Of Henry Co. had
a grand celebration at Mt. Pleasant,
Wednesday, the 18th inst. The pro-
cession of farmers with their wagons
was over four miles in length. Gov.
Carpenter addressed the meeting.
The Aborn House, of Des Moincs,
was formally opened last week. The
Register says there are eight thousand
feet Of steam and gas pipe in the
buildmg-more than one mile. The
plumbing, steam and gas fixtures
cost over $4,000. The furniture cost
about $4,000, and the table service,
including silyer.ware, foots up to
$500.
Senator Frelinghuyson, Of New
| Jersey, and Representative Holman
Of Indiana, are among those who
have recently returned their back
nav to the National Treasury. They
have requested that knowledge! led quo G.
lie.
A young man at st. Louis has been
arrested for stealing bracelets from
young ladies and giving them to dis
reputable acquaintance. AS his faith.
er is one of the richest merchants in
the city, he is likely to be released on
the plea of kleptomania." It is
daily becoming more evident that we
have one set OF laws for TIE punish
ment of the poor, and another for
the screening and acquittal Of the
rich.-Chieayo Journal.
The st. Louis Republican says: ~.
S. Senator William 3. Allison, of
Iowa, was married yesterday to an
adoped daughter of the late Senator
Grimes. We stated the other day
he was going to marry Anna Dickin
son. 1t seems the Senator knew
better than we did"
/ The State Registr says that Of the
three car loads of Quincy stone re-
| ceived for the State Capitol only one
stone has been accepted.
The State Register says only 50.
200 are now needed to secure the
construction Of the Narrow Guage
(Ames) Railroad.
Vice President Wilson has been
seriously i'll for the past week in
Boston.
The Secretary Of the Navy has
concluded his examination OF the
survivors OF the Polaris. The conclu-
siops reached, it ls said, will be that
Captain Hall died natural death.
The funeral obsequles OF the late
Minister Orr took place in New FORK
last Friday, after which the remains
were put on a train and borne to
Sorth Carolina for interment. The
solemn rites of the Masonic Order
were carried out in all their impress
sive grandeur.
The Iowa Press Association, now
me citing at Cedar Rapids, has passed
resolution comdemning the prac-
tice some editors have Of accepting
free passes from railways. Who
some OF these editors are may be
Judged from the announcement made
on the 2Sth ut., in reference to this
very meeting by President Treyncr,
of the association, who desired to
attend it would be furnished passes
by the Iowa roads, and that those
who wished to go to Chicago would
be taken there, tree OF charge, by the
Chicago & Northwestern Company,
T-Ghteago Tribune.
How the resolution adopted by
tho Press Association could be 30
construed, unless done through NAL
ice, il certainly beyond the reach Of
the common mind to comprehend
The resolution referred to, and
which was the only one adopted by
the Iowa Press Association, con-
corning free passes, is as follows:
Resolred, That the editors of Iowa
will cheertully accept tho situation
involved IN the new departure OF the
railways IN regard to ''free passes
believing as they do that it will be
best both for the newspapers and the
railways that complimentary" no.
tices and complimentary "passes"
should be dispensed with, and that
the relations existing between news
papers and railways should be based