The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-11-26

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had deposited it during the day.
Charley Cummings fell from the top Of a
freight train while It vas ras.inw through
Des Moints the other evening and sustained
fatal injuries.
The demuTers in the case of Isaac Brandt,
indicted for embezzlement while Deputy
state Treasurer, were overruled by Judge
Maxwell at Des Moines on the 18th. These
demurrers were to the effect that, Brandt
being deputy, was not an official In the
proper sense Of the term, and that the lndict.
ments we're faulty in that they do rot name
the parties to whom Brandt lotnef the public
moneys nor give description Of the moneys
20 loaned. This decision brings the case to
trial on its merits.
Scott Garrett and wife and Anna Stanley
have been arrested in St. Louis on charge of
numbering Jack Hunter in .Des Moines two
years ago.
J.J. 5riart, State Binder, has been ap-
| pointed Superintendent Of the Des Moines
Z Minnesota Narrow Gauge Railway
taseEnuss1sauAas Counsy. "a
The Avoca Delta says that this year three
boys, the eldest Of them only seventeen years
| old, sons Of A. M. Battelle, have plowed forty
seven acres for spring wheat, gathered and
stored oil the corn on the place, fed atbus
sixty head OF hogs, cared for the cattle and
horses, and cut, hauled and stacked about
fifty loads Of hay.
An attempt was made the other night to
burn the Office Of the Council Bluffs Repu5-
lican. The fire was extinguished without
serious damage, and the incendiary escaped.
George Pfclfer, of Council Bluffs, we'll
known resident, committed suicide the other
afternoon by hanging, in an clubhouse Finan-
cial trouble is assigned as the cause.
Roweshiek County,
The MarshalltOwn Republican says man
in Grinnell, very i'll, recently requested his
friends to prepare 70 send his remains East
for burial, as he did not expect to survive but
short time They complied, and sent to
MarshalltOwn for ice to pack his body in,
which reached its destination in guod order.
Hon, j. D. Grinnell announced before an au-
diencc on Sunday evening that the man
would probably not live more than two hours
and requested his friends to respond to the
tolling Of the bell, and also announced that
the funeral services would probably take
place on Tuesday. Time passed. but the
spark Of life held out; the ice melted unused,
and up to the latest advices his friends were
in the predcament Of having prepared for
funeral without a corpse.
Sac County.
j. w. Nuttcr and E. Kcnkle, saloon keepers
Of Sac City, have been sued by Mrs. Gray for
selling liquor to her husband.
Scott County.
While number of German residents of
Davenport were waiting to take the cars,
the other evening, they were assaulted by
some loafers with shower of stones. A
number were quite seriously injured A re
ward Of $50 was offered for the arrest of the
cowardly villains who made the assault.
John Bosom, an old resident of Davenport,
was found dead the other night, lying on a
table in McClellan's planning mill. Whisky
did it.
The convention for the election Of a sue
cessor to the late Bishop Lee will be held in
Davenport on the 9th of December. The |
most prominent candidates mentioned in con-
nection with the vacant see are: Rev. Philip |
Brooks Of Boston, Rev Dr. n. H. ScEenck of
Brooklyn, N. T.; Bishop Hare, of the Niobrara |
y Gnion ,t College, e ms kS9 York Rev Dr. E. Potter
Massachusetts, Rev. DIR. Barris OF Griswold
College, and the Rev. DR.. Powers OF Chicago |
A few days ago Mr. W. +. Ross, OF Daven-
port, went to jump into his buggy, but missed
his footing and came down with his left breast
against a wheel, breaking rib square
in two.
Stone County.
The big well of the Northwestern Railroad
Company at Ames caved in during the big |
storm on the 9TH, and by the time It is re-
paired that water hole will have cost over
S5.0D
Story County.
A postoffice has been established at Shell |
dahl, station on the Des Moines " Mime |
sofa Marrow Gauge Railroad, and Obey Mel |
son appointed Postmaster.
Winnebago County.
Judge Reiniger has appointed David secor
receiver of the property OF Halvorson y
Chase, consisting Of the North Is'ra Gazette,
newspaper published at Forest City Mr..
Secor will continue the publication until the
court shall settle the differences between the
parties upon trial