The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-11-05

Several good sized bears were killed in TIL
bluffs not ten miles from McGregor durin
the month Of October.
Clinton County.
The authorities Of the county are busily en-
gagged in looking after its swamp-land ir
terests.
One day lately Capt. Merrill of Dewitt
had a fine harness taken from his Carriage
house, and the next night span of horses
harness and lap-robe were stolen from s
Cotton. The horses were hitched to u buggy
belonging to Ellis & Wallace The theft wa.
discovered next morning. and the thief pur
sued. He was ovcrtaken twenty-four hours
after, twelve miles north Of Boscobcl, Wis
Upon his person was found memorandum
book in which were detailed the circum
stances attending the capture of fifty-seven
horses since the first of last July.
Delaware County.
James Van Alstine, ruling elder of the Pres
hyteran Church at Manchester, recently com
mitted suicide by hanging.
Des NIoines County.
The residence OF 6. NJ Erickson, about five
miles west Of Burlington on the Augusta
road, was entered by burglars the other morn
ing and a suit of Clothes two silver watches
and twenty one dollars in money taken from
room where parties were sleeping.
The other day, at Burlington, according to
the Hatek Eye, it struck man Oh Ninth street
that it looked so much like rain that it
would do well 10 clean out the cstern, which
had been pumped dry. lie got down into the
cstern, leaving the spout adjusted, and had
the family pull up the ladder so that it would
be out Of the way. The storm broke suddenly
and the pclting rain drove the mans family
into The house for shelter, while he danced
around the gloomy dome under the dirtiest
fountain ever dyed by SCOT and dust, and his
agonized howls came in mutiled tones into
the sitting-room and terrified his family by
frantic appeals to shut of the watcrsp
He was finally rescucd--a much wcttcr and
dirtier man.
baggage wagon and dray were going at
rapid rate Of speed in opposite directions
on the Burlington lcvcc the other morning
when they came together with such force
that one of the dray shafts was driven into the
breast of the other horse between one and
two feet. lie bled to death in a short time
Dubuque County.
The Supreme Court Of the State adjourned
sine die on the 9th.
Charles Wagner shot Frank Rhomberg
INVADED Hrs uoniustr, -,ItUrG -,
affections Of his wife. After committing the
deed Wagner walked across the street, gun
in hand, and, entering the Jail, gave himself
UP to the Sheriff, apparently satisfied with
what he had done.
Jasper County.
At Newton d grain dealer named Little
lately represented that he had 500 bushels OF
corn to sell, bar@aincd il out to five different
dealers, rot an advance Of 800 from each OF
them and left for parts unknown.
Jefferson County.
A freiuht train on the Burlington 4 Mis-
souri, River Railroad bound east jumped the
track at Mitchell Crossing on the morning q
the 27th. Four persons were in the engineers
cab. one Of whom, Ingram, the fireman, was
seriously injured, having an arm mashed
from the shoulder down. Amputation was
promptly performed by the company's sur
econ. Ten cars were thrown of, killing fifty
hops and spillng quantity Of grain
Johnson County.
An Iowa City Tcuton is putting up 2,ooo
barrels Of sauer-kraut
KOssuth County.
An Aleona girl named Williams, who has
been doing house work for living, has re-
Gently been notified that she is one OF iour
heirs to an estate in Nova Scotia valued At
$25o,oo0
Lee County.
AT Montrose, the other evening, during an
angry discussion Albert Brtton drew a knife
and stabbed his brothcr-in-law, named Reed,
in the breast, shoulders, arms and back. Reed
was alive at last accounts, but cannot posi-
bly, recover.
Linn County.
Billy Goodman, one of the trio of burglars
that robbed the stores at Upton last spring
| and who afterward escaped from the JAN u
| company with four others by cutting a hole
in the ceiling and climbing out at the rooi
made another successful attempt at Marion
on the o6th, which resulted in the freedom o
| himself and two Youths likewise confined fol
theft About six r. M. the egress was
| effected by an ascent through vault iron
the cells to the vacant ones on the uppel
floor: thence to the family apartments, where
securing three blankets, HE rogues MADE
safe descent from the side window.
/ A few evenings ago, at Western, youn4
| Bohemian was beaten to death by two rough
to whom he had refused to sell beer.
Marion County.
The other dav Bishop Haven took an IN
fair advantage of gushing youth at Marys
| vile. The Bishop was dedicating Method
| ;st Church and soliciting subscriptions 10
II and certain young man whispered that
| a certain young lady in the congre@allo
would marry him he would give 5000 to III
church. And tie Bishop blurted itright out l
meeting, and the young lady, like Barkis' al
nonnced that she was willing. And now tina
vornr man IS exceedingly sorrowful.' Not Dc
cause bls possessions are great, but the X
worse He might call his bride his Life, an
all that a man hath will he give in exchans
for his life; but he can't give more than
ha. pot And so neither for his bride nor I'll
church can that youngster raise tlthc OF III
tin that in the exuberant fondness OF Il
heart he SO idly promised No recourse IS le
him but the cold grave or to cut and run ifol
the costly happiness he eraved-
MARSHALL County.
The First Baptist Church OF Marshalltow
! was struck by lightning during the storm 9
the night Of the 25th No great damage ";
done.
Polk County.
W.B. Hall, the Secretary and Manager
/, the Dcs Moines school-desk factory, WI
mysteriously disappeared some months az
; has been found in an insane asylum at MI
dletown, Conn. He took the cars Tor u
4 cago. which was the last heard of him UNI
lately.
The Supreme Court has lately decided IN
! the city Of Des Moines is not liable Tor u
q value Of DR. Fields Office, which was destroy
i to stay the progress Of the fire at the time U
i CITY Hotel was burned.
e A passenger on the Des Moines
a Dodge Railroad became derangcd the 9th
# day and tore in pieces all the money he h
with him and several hundred dollars wor
OF notes. That's kind Of Insanity u
Il aoaen,t frnuhIa the average pOssessor