The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03
iowa STATE NEWS.
Boone County.

Boone County.
Rev W. c. Martin, Of Boone, well-knowu
| Methodist minister, has withdrawn himself
| from the Methodist communion.
| A short time ago Il child of Joshua Stumbo,
living near Moingona, attempted to kindlc a
fire with kerosene and lost its life.
Bremen County.
! viii Tyrrell, of the Waverly Republican, has
recently tnartied. Miss Flora Parker is the
name Of the lady.
What the Rspab1icaa calls Il "toiipic of
children, aged fourteen and eighteen years,
recently walked into the City Clerks Office
! at Waverly, and asked for pair of licenses.
! The Clerk told them they were too young to
marry The voting chap said, Look here,
Mister, am man. | have ehs~ed tobacker
and swore for more than two years. Vow
none of your foolng, give 'em to me- But
| it would not answer The official told them
they must have guardian appointed before
they could marry. They marched down town,
secured the necessary papers, and then went
back to Butler County to get stick OF guar
dian tiinber They came back and the Clerk
issued the papers.
BlaekhaWk County.
| The new Register of the State Land Office,
Hon. David Sccor, is in luck. He recently
became the father of boy baby.
The suit of Byron Wright rs. Stickley is on
trial In the County Court. Wright is the
young schoolteacher who was shot year
and half ago by Almira Stickey, instigated
thereto by her mother. The present suit is
for datnages.
Buchanan County.
The Centcrville Citizen has been sold to G.
w. Merrill, a promising young journalist.
j NJ WeartZ, Chairman of the Anti Monop-
oily State Central Committee, met with seri-
GUS accident while out hunting near his home
at Independence on Thanksgiving Day. On
loading one barrel of his gun the other was
in some way discharged, the contents passing
thfottgh his right hand, shattering the bones
SO as to make amputation at the wrist
necessary, and also wounding his left hand
so that one finger will have to come off.
Butler County.
Parkersburg has an old sinner who lived
with his wife forty years and then got di-
vorce on the ground of incompatibility Of
temper. The chap is over sixty years old.
Cass County.
A broken brakebeam threw freight train
On The Rock Island Road from the track near
Wiota recently. The accident happened as
the rear of the train was crossing bridge
Five cars were ditchcd, and the passage Of
trains was delayed until late in the evening.
The ditched cars were badly wrecked.
freight train, while coupling cars at Atlantic
the other evening, was caught between the
pilot of the engine and Il fiat car and severely
injured.
Clayton County.
The pressure of ice in the river on the
morning Of the oath snapped the cable used
to replace the draw in the pontoon bridge Of
the Chicago, Milwaukee d st. Paul Railroad
Company near McGregof.
Dallas County.
Tic lower floor of Thornburg's mill at
Perry gave way the other day, and 500 bushels
of corn disappeared.
Des MOines County.
Frank Smith, Danvillc lumber dealer, was
recently killed in the machinery of his mill.
Charles f. Let's, an employe of the Toledo,
Peoria & Warsaw Railroad, stationed at Bur
lington, absconded some time ago with .
thousand dollars Of the eompany's funds. A
u.~..,u 800 ,,,.o ,.ruI, anu NO" Iias
succeeded in capturing him at New Orleans.
Dubuque County.
A few days ago man representing himself
as N z. Marshall, travelling agent for A. +.
Kent IL Co., of Chicago, presented himself
at the German Savings Bank of Dubuque
and showed the cashier a letter, purporting
to come from the abovenamed house, au-
thorizing him to draw checks on them for
such amounts as he might need in buying
pork and hogs. He wanted $1,000, but the
bank refused to advance the money, but offered
to send it on for collection. This was de-
| clined. In the meantime the bank COM
municatcd with Kent 4 Co. and on the I'D
received reply stating that they had no
such agent as N. 2. Marshall in their en-
ploy, and authorized no one to act for them,
| stigmatizing him rs Il fraud and wholly un-
known to them. Marshall has made good
his escape, effectively covering up his tracks
from pursuit.
| Dubuque cooper, unable to bear his
wfe's scoldng any longer, barreled her up
and rolled her around the shop until she
promised to reform.
Judge r. S. Wilson, of Dubuque, was fined
800 the other day for contempt Of court, by
his brother, d. s. Wilson, District Judge.
A few days ago, at Dubuque, August Wur-
temburg, Il gushing youth of twcnty-eight
! summers, married Julia Bauch maiden
whose lips had felt the kisses Of iifty-ninc
| winters.
A doo followed its owner into church al
Dubuque on recent Sunday, and in the
midst of the exercises, coming to the conclu
sion that there was rat under the floor pro
ceedcd to do some tall barking and scratch
ing. After long chase the usher succeeded
| in putting the canine out
Fayette County.
| At Oclwein drunken fellow who was q
decent chap when not intoxicated, recently
entered the house Of Minor Paign and be
haved very disordcrly, to the great terror and
suffering of Mrs Paign, who was very i'll. Mr.
Paign put the fellow out Of doors, after which
he struck Mr.. Paign several times. The mex
day he was arrested for assault and battery
Mr. Paign being the complaining witness
| After Mr.. Paign had given his testimony IL
the ease the defendant arose and asked him
" Did I talk and act like that, Mr.. Paign?
Mr.. Paien answered that certainly he did
"Well, then," said he, 81 don't blame yol
for having me arrested; ought to have
been shetl' Then he paid the costs, handet
Mr.. Paign five-dollar bill for the trouble III
had caused him, pledged himself never t.
drink another drop of liquor, and went hi
wav, an humber and better man.
Greene County.
Rev. Swanson Ranks, of Jefferson, who wa
charged with immortality, was recently fount
guilty by the District Conference and cx
PEELED from the flock.
Grundy County.
Henry Vorght married Gerina Ludenah, Q
Elizabeth, last August, and now it has becl
discovered that the clergyman did not sigl
the certificate, and Gerina wants the jo
done over again.
Hamilton County.
A party of six Webster City bloods, recent
Iy, seeing poor widow, sick and feeble, try
ing to work up the knotty remnants OF
wood.pile with her hands, ordered a cord G
wood and then, borrowing saws, bucks an
axes, cut 1t up ready for the stove.
Howard County.
One German, Of Cresco, was recently al
rested for the murder Of his child by strangu
lation.
Jefferson County.
On the night of the Goth the store OF jaime
A. Beck, of Fairfield. was entered by burglar
and goods TO the amount OF 500 taken. Th
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