The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-30

The Toledo Chronicle, under the man.
agement of J. B. Hedge, has been enlarg-
ed and otherwise greatly improved It
now exhibits one of the best local pages in
the State. We are glad of Bro. Hedges
success.-Hdmilton Fireman.
The tide is against Mr. Beecher Tama
thinks that Tilton's tale is terrible. Idnsd
Press
The people of Toledo think that Til.
tons tale does not begin to compare with
Beecher's.
! The Press says we have fewer locals
than any other paper in the county. It's
idea of ''locals" is somewhat after this
style: "Flies are getting saucy." where
are the circuses:" ''Thc nights are moony
again" etc, which are very interesting
and instructive to the reader.
Dennis & Averill are sole agents for j
l. Chase & Co.'S Threshers. You can get
them at Tama City or Traer. They will
thresh Flax or Timothy as well as any
machine in use They have had two car
loads, and will soon have two more.
Leave your orders early
The Press reports cholera symptoms in
filth enough in the Press to breed cholera
in January, let alone the hot weather of
July. The only wonder is that the whole
community does not die with that or the
black yomit
They do tell us that one of the Tama
county Anti Monop. editors who resides
near the sands Of the classic banks Of the
founded and co(r)nfused these hot days
at any rate he looked 50 last week He
sees the hand writing on the wall.
The racks manufactured by the Yer
mont Rack Co., advertised in another col
umn are the handicst things we have seen
for long time. When not in use they
are folded up out Of the way. They are
ornamental, neat, tasty, useful and well
worth the price asked ror them. They
are made Of various sizes, styles and
prices.
Are you going to paint ? Then read
AvERII.L CHEMICAL PAINT
Purest white and every variety of Shade
or Color. Durable, Beautiful, Water
proof, Elastic and Economical.
This paint is prepared for immediate
APPLICATION, requiring no oil, thinner or
dryer. 1t IS sold BY the gallon only. For
sale only by BERGER & YEIsER
Last Friday eveing AZ Mrs. Spayth and
her sister Mrs Smith were riding along on
Washington ST., the horse suddenly took
fright and began to shy off Mrs Smith
thinking probably the horse was going to
run away or ovcrturn the buggy, came
to the conclusion she would jump out and
in doing SO, fell in such way as to hurt
herself severely.
We have received from the Secretary
of State, through our genial County Au-
ditor package Of books, consisting of
the general and special laws enacted by
the Nv General Assembly; a copy of the
Report for 1873 of The Iowa State IIstori-
cal Society, and Vols. |, 2 and 3, Iowa
Documents including the Census, Report
Of the University, Agricultural College,
&c.,
The Iadepea9eM is troubled about
in which it seems to think we
have no opinion. Ii it alludes to the cru
SADIE and post-oilicc defilcment, and we
have not had any occasion, as yet, to
express an opinion about it, although we
have one and Will give ii, when the con
trovcrsy ceases between our corrcspon
dents and the Idepe~aeat.
The attention Of our readers is called to
the advertisement OF the Fire Insurance
Agency Of Nelson & Barker, in another
column. They represent six Of the best
Companies in the United States, the ag
gregatc Of whose assets is &22 500 900
These Companies have all passed through
the great fires of the past three years and
come out unscathed and with their capital
Their rates are as low as
can be expected for absolute protection
We have been informed that the S. $. |
Convention of this-the 5tl--District, will (
be held here sometime the latter part of
the Summer if our people give the proper |
We hope this will be al
tended to ii once, so that we may secure
il, as il would be grand thing for the s. I
$ work in our community This D;stric.
Is composed Of the following counties:
Marshall, Powieshiek, Iowa, Johnson
Linn, Benton and Tama.
If the people will make barricades Of |
heir dead from behind which to hurl /
heir envenomcd darts at the living, they |
ire cstopped from complaining if the I
living defend themselves by making war
,vcr those same barbados. We have no
other apology for making the remark that
f the Iadependem man secs fit to bury /
lis dead is other men bury their brutes, the /
civilized, enlightened and christian pub
ic of Tama county will simply pass such |
Judgment upon. the act as it deserves
The Independent tried to spit in our /
ace last week for argument in waiting +
or something to turn up but its veteran
publisher surely couldn't have been
,round when that article was put in type /
)r else he would not have tried SO hard I
% spit against the wind while it was blow
ng hard at him at the rate of forty knots
IN hour. Try again my lad, your logic
: unS,IrpaSced in Ill the million narpS