The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-02-26
Scissorlnktums.

San Francisco wants a whipping
post.
Texas boasts OF the superior dual
ity Of Its food
Tortoise. shell smelling bottles are
being worn
The California State prison don't
pay expenses.
Harry Bassett viii not bo pu. on
the turf this year.
Persia sings Of her coal ,nines IN.
dcrneath the ground.
Eastern papers declare that csffse !
swslt eesn hevyaxtxseessss 5sr r1ssaas~
- tnnrnews snafsnr rnnnrfars arn ran.
ildatcs tor the Nova Scotia Legisia-
tnrc.
An Albany divorce case, which has
been pending for nine years, was de.
cided last week
The Gothamitcs drink so little
water that the Hudson has had three
ireshets this season.
Russia has announced her inten.
ton 10 co operate IN the proposed
international Postal Congress.
The Louisville Professor who
elopcd with another mans wife and
s 900 has been traced TO Europe.
The Mayor Of st. Louis has vetoed
an ordinance providing free baked
beans AMI lager for The INDECENT
classes.
| Tho California Legislature is re.
solving in favor Of penal colony in
Alaska. Let it emigratc Who
cares?
When Dlo Lewis speaks against
the Zinc collins" now in vogue, ho
refers to some OF the bath tubs row
IN use.
Many of the Ohio Ladies think that
the Prayer Test answers as we'll for
splrituouS as for spiritual purposes.
The Rhode Island Legislature be-
lieses that State Prison convict
should have orc tenth Of his earnings
when discharged
Santa Barbara, Cal, had grand
bull and bear fight recently, which is
said 10 have been attended by all the
best citizens.
The Smith sisters oil Connecticut
who had their cows seized for taxes
have received subscriptions amount.
ing to over 5000.
Massachusetts has one dependent
person to every sixteen in populA.
tion-and this does not include State
liquor law constablcs.
It is stated that raw oysters con.
tain sufficient pepsin TO digest them.
selves. PePsin is the active element
in The gastric juice.
People who figure very close mako
their checks payable ono day after
date, and thus cheat Uncle Sam out
OF two cent stamp.
Carbolic acid turns out to be
d eadly poison for snakes, few
drops beng sufficient to cause tho
almost instant death Of the much.
dreaded cobra.
Tho newest local option is that of
the Virginia farmers, who want every
county to veto whether levy Of SO
much shall be laid upon canine
capita or not.
gho Midland Railway OF England
contcmplatcs adopting the American
plan OF checking luggage, and thus
saving passengers all anxiety about
its safe keeping.
A New York woman has recover.
cd $1,000 damages from the city in
consequence OF her husband having
been knocked down and killed by
carelessly driven city ambulance.
California hotel-kcepers, oft dc.
celyed hut ever trusting, arc to be
consolei by the passage OF bill
making 1t mlsdemcanor for per-
son to obtain board, or lodgings un-
der false protcnces.
A prisoner recently left tho jail
at Bowlder, Col, while the jailer
slept. 1t did not take long to find
him, however, because the mob that
assisted him TO leave hung him on
tree close by.
Two New York families residing
on the same street aud next door to
one another, gave parties recently on
the same evening, AS natural con
sequence several Of tho guests got
into the wrong house and cxplana.
tions were in order Cntil midnich..