The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-24
Communicated.
MIR. EDITOR

MIR. EDITOR:
Can you inform the taxpayers of the
Ind. School Dist, of Toledo, anything in
reference to certain school apparatus pur-
chased some six or eight months ago at
an expense of SEQ for use in said SCHOOL,
A very urgent demand was made Guon
the taxpayers, to induce them to levy the
tax, and arguments made that apparatus
of the kind proposed was absolutely ne
cessary and indispensable to all schools
claiming to be in the van of progress.
Now can anybody give any Information
as to whether the said apparatus has ever
been taken from the box in which it
arrived? and if 50, whether any Of the
pupils Of our school have ever listened to
any lectures wherein the said apparatus
played a part? and if not, why? Are our
teachers incompetent to manipulate 500
philosophical apparatus? is the concern
guarded, as has been suggested, by some
Cerberus, SO that it cannot be touched By
any mortal knight, without discnchant-
ing wand? As a tax payer, should like
to be informed regarding this matter and
If upon investigation it be found too far
in advance Of the age, or of the capacities
Of our children, and useless lot of rub
bish fit only to take up house room, why,
then should suggest to our School Board,
20 sell the concern to the highest bidder,
and invest the proceeds in something else,
that will be useful as well as ornamental.
| TAXPAYER.
I REpLY.-We arc rot advised rs to what
has been done with the apparatus men
toned. We have been informed, how
ever that it has been exhibited u few
times, though not as much as the sc!iol-
ars desired.
| SUICIDE-We have occasion this week
to chronicle another suicide, the fifth one
in lama County since April 1st. Suicides
/ appear to be on the increase in our coun-
| ty and we cannot account for it unless it
is because the Anti Monops succeeded in
carrying the election year ago and VIC
arc just beginning to see the effects. The
last victim is Milton s. Garrison. Several
years ago he was married ii this county,
and appeared to get along we'll enough for
a while. Afterwards he moved up to
Cherokee, and in short time he and his
wife separated on account Of his hacom-
ing frequently intoxicated and very abu-
4 siyc. He then went Soutl, to Missouri,
we believe, and in time returned to Ghero-
kee. He and his wife seemed to have set
tied their old difficulties and commenced
living together again. They returned to
lama County. After their arrived here
he appeared to grow worse-seemedt to be
come total wreck, abused his family SO
and was in such a low state financially tina.
his brother finally took compassion on
him and took him and Ills family to his
own home, when they siAid until the wife's
death After this Milton grew worse and
continued to sink deeper, If possible, and
abused his brother and family 50 that he
was finally told he must so somewhere
else to st,y as they could not and would
not stand it any longer. This was IN Oct
ODER He then disappeared and did moi
rctlrn excepting once for his clothes Whcr
he did not speak 4 word to any Of thu
family. Last Thursday night he came
back and after setting fire to his brother,
straw stack, corn crib and barn took 6
pair of lines and hung himself. In hi:
pockets was found note addressed to hi.
children cxhorting them to b. kind anC
honest to each other, ana requesting that
he might be buried beside his wife, il
Toledo cemetery. Friday morning Coro-
ner Bielby went out to where this tool
place, in Indian Village township, but we
understand that no inquest was held.