The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-23
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MYSTERIOUS fires at the East are now
attributed to I" ashes from a tramp's pipe"
TwEED's ruling passion was conspicu'
Gus to the last-he "silently stole away"
N. Y. Graphic.
IMMERsING a growing plant in water
of 100 degrees will, it is said, clean it OF
lice and other insects and not hurt the
plant.
WOOD is selling at thirty dollars a cord
at Cornucopia, New. Everything out
there seems to be about as high as the
mountains.
THE greatest feat in telegraphy ever ac-
complished was in sending the Presidents
message from Washington to New York
in just thirty-one minutes.
MATT LYNCH, a lucky miner, spent the
summer in working his placer-claim on
the Moreno, Colorado, and has just
cleaned up SIS, 300 over and above all ex-
penses.
THE boys in Hillsboro, Ore, have a
tribunal of their own and inflict punish
ment on their culprit fellows for vagrancy
one of whom they have frequently
logged.
ANOTHER boy has been fooling with
pistols. His name is Columbus High
tower, of Walton, Ky, and he shot his
grandmother, an old lady of seventy-six
killing her almost instantly.
The people of Middle Park, Col, are
killing their winter meat out of a herd of
500 elk which have congregated in the
valley of the Muddy. 1t is like going
into a big herd of cattle to butcher beef,
says the Denver Meas.
THE Stewart Col reducing works pro-
duced silver bricks during the year, up
to Nov. 90, of a total coin value of $271,-
661. 70, and those of Judd & Crosby
turned out $2O5, OO1. 80 in bullion, making
altogether $476,663.22.
On the north of Mount Helena, Mont.
there has been discovered an extensive
quarry CT Egyptian marble of fine quality.
Specimens lave been sent East and pro,
nounced the only quarry of that kind OF
marble known in the United States.
THE Mexicans on the Texas border arc
adding insult TO injury. They steal the
Americans beeves and after disposing OF
the meat at Monterey they ship the hides
back and offer them for sale to the person
from whom they were stolen.-Detrol'
Free Press.
THE fishing business at Swampscott,
Mass, upon which a large number Of
men rely forsupport, was lately suspended
on account Of a strike among the bait,
catchers" at Cape Cod, who demand one
dollar more per barrel, which the Swamp.
scott fishermen refuse to give.
THE silver-mine excitement is running
high in Mason County, Tex. Two shafts
have been sunk in one place to the depth
of seventy-tive feet, where the yield is SIS
per ton of ore. The ore is Sulphide and
chloride. Over 100, 900 acres N land have
been located in the county within the
present month.
Col. d. r. DAvOL, OF Fall River,
Mass, the other night was to have beer
married, but a tramp, after partaking OF
a meal given by the servant, stepped into
the Colonel's chamber and put on his
wedding garments, a new overcoat and
an extra dress-Coat and decamped, leaving
his old rags on the floor.
THE Legislature of West Virginia has
adopted the design for a State flag report,
ed by the Committee on Military Affairs.
The design is nine feet long, three feet
wide, four diagonal bars two red and two
buff, with a white ground in the upper
part OF the right-hand corner, with the
State arms and motto in gilt.
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD, Tweed's lawyer
points a moral with his escape. He says
it will teach courts not to impose toe
much bail upon prisoners. He says thai
if Tweed's bail had been fixed at $500, 00C
instead of So, 900, 900 he would have OBJ,
tanned bail and his sureties would have
been interested enough to have been his
keepers.
WILLIAM EDDY and his two sisters.
who have been partners in ~spiritualiSm'
in Chittcnden, Vt, have left for Colorado.
The Rutland (Nt.) Herald, abiding to
their departure, says: 1.-The family quar-
rel which we recorded Il while ago, anC
the recent exposures, and, more than all
the dread of a more complete exposure
decided them to try their fortunes annie
fresh scenes"
THE New York Press Club had Just sal
down to enjoy their annual dinner wher
the escape of Tweed was made known tc
them. There never was a dinner party
broken up more suddenly than was that
as the whole reportorial fraternity dropped
knives and forks, grabbed hats and over
coats and set out to ascertain the facts and
circumstances. Tweed had more enemies
in New York that nightthan he had in thu
morning.
THERE'S a woman on the shores o.
Lake George who has her ideas defined
if not accurate. She and her husband
keep a hotel. Lately she has applied tt
have him shut up as insane. The proc
she offered was ~ that he was irritable
and would swear when angry, and g
that he had a high opinion of himself
and seemed to think his presence necessa
ry to the concern"
The Jacksonville Fla.) Press says
Lying on the wharf of the Lollie Boy
are several fine logs of magnolia. They
are intended, we learn, for Il New York
house, who design to test them for the
purpose of engraving. When thoroughly
dried they are said to be very Slightly, i
at all, inferior to lockwood. If this be SC
Florida can furnish an inexhaustible sup
ply of the material.n
A Mr.. J. A. GROVES, JR., while hunt
ing recently near Central Star, Miss, ex
hausted his stock of gun-caps, and while
in this predicament he suddenly saw &
fine buck within full view of him. Act
ing upon the maxim that where there's &
will there's a way, he struck "a match, lev,
eled his gun upon the deer, touched the
match to the tube, fired, and brought
down the quadruped! Truth is strange!
than fiction.
"BLACK yer boots, mister?" asked 8
bootblack, as he slung down his box and
dropped IN his knees at the feet of
st~reet-corner idler on yesterday. NO.
replied the individual addressed. "Givt
yer a patent-leather shine for a Nickel y