The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-08-12
IOWA STATE NEWS.


are being herded in Wright County this
year.
THE annual fest of the Davenpor,
Schutzen Verein occurs on the 18th and
10th days of August.
Miss E. EVANS recently committed
suicide at the Pacific House. in Council
Bluffs, by taking strychnine in her coffee.
MoNTRosE claims TO have the Oldest ap.
pie tree in the State 1t was set out by
Louis Honore lesson, French trader, in
1893.
JOHN WEAVER, farmer in COMPETING
Township, Wapello County, was horribly
mangled by falling in front of reaper the
other day. He lived but few hours.
1T is generally understood that the Su-
preme Court is divided in respect 70 the
Brandt case, and the impression prevails
that there Till be no decision for some
time to come
CHARLES MARTIN, of Strawberry Point,
Is lucky A few days ago he concluded
TO square accounts with Chicago firm,
and drew his money, amounting to $4,000.
The next day the firm failed
A FINE horse belonging to Mr.. Col
ledge, of Strawberry Point, while run
ming in a pasture stuck fore foot through
tin pan and cut all but one of the cords,
leaving the foot to dangle loose He ha
10 be killed.
AT halfpast twelve on the morning o.
the It'll, at Des Moines, the lumber yard Of
Getchell & Sons was set on fire in half a
dozen places, and at one O'Clock the whole
square was in flames, and over $4,000
worth Of lumber on fire
Dr. HATToN, who was shot some time
since near Council Bluffs by a man who
claimed that he was responsible for the
death of his wife, died a few days ago,
and the man who shot him has been i'm
prisoned on the charge of murder.
BURLINGTON no more bcholds the light
of the countenance of Mr. f. T. Knight
In the night, when all with sleep were
blind, he took up his things and left his
debts behind. He was a carpenter, who
owed considerable money in that city.
THE total population of the Second Con-
grcssional District-the only one that had
made report in full TO the Secretary of
State up to the 4th-is 155,1GO At the
last State census, taken in 1878, the popu-
lation Of the district was 1872, 2l2-a gain
Of 3,j4S
DUBUQUE has a population of %, COS &C
cording to the late census. Her industrial
statistics show $50 establishments, EN-
ploying o. 3G hands, with thirty engines
er The value of manufactured goods for
the past year was ST, 0O2, 001
THE Ottumwa Courier says: can old
gentleman of Agency Township applied
to Clerk Cooley day or two ago for a
marriage license for his son and a sister
of his wife. Three women accompanied
him, viz: His wife, his ncphcw's wife
and the woman that was 10 be his sons
wife, and they were all sisters. Now
please tell Us what relation these parties
are to each other, and if SO, how much?"
G. G. CUMMINGS, an insurance agent at
Upton a special dispatch to the Chicago
Trij,,Re Of the eth says. has absconded
Since his departure the fact has been de-
vclopcd that he committed forgcries
amounting in an aggregate to over 50 900,
the Mechanicsville Bank holding about
$3.50 the Upton $500 and the Clarence
Bank the balance To offset this there is
property left to the amount of perhaps
500
\ FEW days ago Fred Wolf, a German
(Nlills County, farmer, went to Council
Bluffs and bought several gallons OF
whisky, which he took home with
him for the purpose of having a glorious
drunk He succeeded in keeping it up
until the evening of the Goth, when he be-
came disguised with himself and the rest
of mankind, and shuffled off his mortal
coil by hanging himself in a corn-crib,
where his wife found him dead next morn
ing.
JACOB WEAVER, of Wapello County,
seems TO have been born out of season, or
under an ill-omcned star. Eighteen
months ago he had a shoulder dislocated.
He got able to go to work and a sand-pit
caved in upon him, breaking one of his
legs and nearly burying him alive. A few
days ago he was le4dingfour horses before
a reaper. when the horses became trac-
tious, knocked him down and dragged the
machine over him, which nearly severed
one leg from his body, causing death in
few minutes
A LETTER has been received from Rev.
J. II. Eccleston. of Philadelphia, Bishop
elect of Iowa, in which he states that he
had delayed responding TO the announce
ment of his election in May last because
of the protest against the manner of his
election that had been sent him; that he
has carefully weighed the evidence on both
sides and sees no good grounds for the
charges made. He therefore leaves the
final result with the standing committees
and the House of Bishops-with their de.
cision he will be content.
THE Davenport Democrat says: Not
far from Des MOines, a poor mans COW,
browsing wherever she could find a de-
fective garden gate, wcdged her legs in a
cattle guard on the railroad, and waited
for the freight train. When it came she
maintained her position, and gracefully
tossed the engine and four cars into the
n +pl,, but Ia
element consequent on the effort proved
fatal, and she fell into relapse and seven
teen or eighteen pieces, and died all over
that part of the country"
A Mr. DoUMAN, a farmer in Cedar
County, put his coat on in the harvest
field the other evening with the following
result, as told by himself: 81 happened
to look down and discovered a rattlesnake
of twenty inches in length crawling out of
the inside pocket of my coat, its head not
being more than two inches from my chin
when discovered The snake had doubt
less remained in my pocket since the day
before. He appeared to be very peaceable
and not at all inclined for battle, but i'm
mediately proceeded to take my coat off
and dispatch the intruder, which act was
witnessed by several men"
THERE'S a case of true love in Des
Moines On Ninth street dwells family
numbering two daughters OF manageable
age. One of the young maidens was be-
trothed to young man in Missouri. The
other day he arrivedin J es Moines for the
purpose of obtaining his bride, but on GO