The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-11-18
IOWA STATE NEWS.


Sioux City closed on the 9Th.
JOHN McISTrRE, Of Mitchell County,
has 800 acres of land under cultivation.
Dr.. DULAs' house at Sargents Bluff.
near Sioux City, was burned the other
day.
AT the late election Emmett County
voted not to give its swamp lands 10 a
railroad company,
THE Cresco NJ E. Church is enjoying a
revival Of religion Of unusual interest and
large proportions.
The Burlington baby.show is over and
French baby took the prize over all the
native productions.
j. SCOTT Surveyor of Sac County, was
accidentally drowned On the 9th while
boating On the mill-pond at Sac City.
A CHILD Of Henry Toher, Of Davenport
q babe eight months old, was fatally
scaided on the Sta By the accidental over
turn Of q cofe.. urn.
TEE annual meeting ofthe Eastern Iowa
Horticultural Society viii be held at Gin
ton on the first Monday in December, and
continue for three days.
TIE celebrated HbeI-suit Of Congress
man Kassoa against CIarksou Bros, Of
the Des A0iHes .&qH Rsqfszer, and James
c. Sayerr. was taken up in the Des NoiBes
District Court on the afternoon Of the 10Th.
Both parties said they were ready and the
woEb Of impaneIing a jury was begun.
R. T. WoRDEN, q Dubuque house.moy.
eT, was ct work under a house q few days
ago, when tie undermining gave way
ard the structure fell on him, breaking
his arms and crushing in his breast. He
was picked up for dead. but soon after re-
vived, and, although badly injured. il w2s
thought he would ultimately recover.
DAS REED was killed, near Keokuk, on
the evening Of the 10th, by being run over
By a passeHgeE-uaia. He was thrown sew
eral feet into the air, his hat catching on
the headlight and one OF his gloves on
the pilot His skull was frightully
crushed and death casued almost instant
Iy, He wa intoxicated and was walking
upon the track
As FEETZ DOSCUGHFCED, a resident Of
Duck Hollow vas driving Z span of
horses with a farm wagon loaded with
cab6ages toward Council Bluffs On the
morning OF the 9th the tongue Of the
wagon broke and the vehicle upset and
Mr.. D0noU2bfori was thrown to the
ground and buried beneath the wa@on and
cabbagez. Before the load was removed
he was dead.
The following postal changes occurred
IN Iowa during the week ending Nov
6, 1870: Disc0ntiuBed-Le Roy, Bremen
County. Postmasters aFPoinbed-C0uage,
Hardin COUNTY, Amelia Katsch; Fonda,
Pocahortas County. John W Cray;
Northwarl, Worth County. \ I. Cole:
Ola, Lucas County, Avery B. Dillon;
Point Pleasant, Hardin County, L. L.
Mcfarland; West Grore, Dams County,
John 3, Henry. WOODSTOCK Wright Coun-
", T. c. Yecmsn.
Anew days ago the body of Mr. Wall
Rich. living near Meder's MIN, Clayton
County, Wa found on the bank Of the
YoIga, just at the bridge-cFossing. He
had evidently fallen from the embank-
mcDt which forms the approach to the
bridge, and which Is here forty feet high.
with very PERCEPTIONS sides. He had
struck head first upon the rocks below.
He had been drinking the day before and
his wife has sued the saloon-keePer. of
whom be procured his liquor for 80, 900.
a soS Of William :. Lane, of West
Liberty, was recently killed by an acci-
dental shot on his fathers farm. The
boy in company with his sister, went to
feed the hogs about half 4 mile from his
fathers dwelling. lie took a gun along
for any game that chance might throw in
his way. IN reaching from the corn.crib
down Tor the gun the lock came IN con
taCtWith the Glib, causing the explosion,
when the whole contents Of the gun were
discharged into the boys brain. The sister
gave the alarm. and whtn assistance came
the boy was dead
Gov. CARPENTER on the 9Th appointed
the following gentlemen as delegates TO
represent lhe State Of iOTaatthc National
Railroad Convention to be held at st.
LGuis IN tie ed: James 5. GARRISON, Of
Dcs Moincs: Hon. Hiram Price. Of Day
export: Hon. james Z. Wilson, of Fair
field: e&.Gov. Samuel Merrill, of Dcs
MONIES, Hon. 5. 3. Grinneli. Of Grinnell;
JnO. T. Baldwin, Of Council Bluffs; Jas.
K. Boylcs, Of Ccnterviile; Frank Hatton,
of Burlington Gen. j. a. Williamson,
of Des Moincs; Col J. W. Hammond, OF
Prairie City; Col. A. X. Anderson, of
Sidney.
THE committee appointed by the Gov
ernOr TO investigate the management O.
the State Reform School have reported
They declare the management to
have been in the highest degree
r~eprehcnsible, tic boys being insult
fciently fed. often whipped and
beaten, and frequently confined in dark
dungeons. The report recommends an
entire change in all Of the officials and in
the mode Of government. The investiga-
ton commenced in Aprillast, and seventy
days were occupied in taking testimony.
The report is signed by all the members
of the Investigating Committee, namely,
W. II. Leas, Deborah Catlett and A. G.
Dodge.
THE following figures are from official
returns sent in from the various counties
of the State. The official State canvass
will not take place upon the Governor
ship until the meeting Of the General As
sembly. The vote for Lozier was per-
haps larger than below given, the blanks
on which the returns were made mostly
having columns for Kirkwooi and Letter
only; and the vote for L.oZicr was there.
fore in several cases entirely omitted. The
aggregate vote as below reported is 21S, 921,
some II 600 or u, 900 greater than ever be-
fore, the highest previous vote being that
of 1872; and Gov. kirkwood receives the
largest vote ever cast for a candidate for
Govarnpr of Tpua.