The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-01-14


The appointments of John G. Parish q
Deputy State Auditor and f. A. Warne
as Deputy Secretary Of State were ar
proved by the Governor.
u ITEMS Of INTEREST.
i NOBODY wears patent-leather boots o
shoes for full dress nowadays.
II LAST year India had 8, ,700, 900 acres o
land devoted to cotton cultivation.
PHILADELPHIA papers assert that al
men of cents will visit the Centennial Ex
hibition.
A FARMER in the vicinity of Hamburg
Pa, poisoned some rats in his cellar ant
found among them one rat as white 4
snow-a decided curiosity.
/ GRANDNOTHER's GNeERBREAD-Cuy
and half of molasses, cup rich SOU
cream, teaspoon saleratus, Tablespoonful
ginger; mix little stiff.
| DIR. LoRrNa says that nature nevel
made a scholar and an acrobat in on,
piece; therefore the gymnasiums whicl
are killing off the students of the lant
are evils.
| In Montreal the other day Scotcl
girl positively refused to have the cere
mony performed because the man sh,
was to marry was six minutes late il
arriving at the house.
THE vigilant detectives who knew
where to put their hands on Charlie Ros.
within twenty-four hours after the shoot
ing of the burglars are still looking fo
him. They know.
/ A RHODE ISLAND railroad having beer
sued for killing johnson Day proved
that he was too lazy to even hurrat
for liberty on the Fourth of July, ani
the widow received only $500 damages
where $40, 900 were claimed.
EMOTIONAL insanity having been dis
covered as an excuse for murder, the
legal fraternity have discovered another
mental disorder to palliate perjury. II
is called aphasia, or an inability to ex
press ideas in their own word.cOloring
| THE Newark woman who married four
husbands out of the same family ex.
planned her conduct by saying that she
was determined to find out whether there
was man among them worth cent fol
any earthly purpose. The fourth man is
| still on trial.
If many of the complaining and nerv'
Gus men and women instead Of being
cooped up would take regular outdoor
exercise in the glorious sunlight and the
pure, cool atmosphere their spirits would
revive, color come to the cheek and an
improvement to the temper.
MARK TWAIN has been there and says
he is the only man who really under.
stands the Sandwich Islands, and that
the prevalent idea that these islands are
real sandwiches is erroneous, for he has
had pieces of them in his victuals while
there and knows better.
A DISCIPLE of Darwin at the Sydenham
Crystal Palace writes: yesterday
passed an hour watching q chimpanzee
nsaray 4 ssgs6 ftssa btfig a s9a
tions as to humiliate me by the incon-
testible relationship"
ONE of our ignorant rich men many
years ago refused to contribute in aid of
the observatory at Cambridge because
the astronomers there would be discov-
ering more stars, when there was no use
for half the stars already known.-Boston
EUening Transcript.
AN Eastern paper states that Prussian
manufacturers and tradesmen are send
ing to this country for skilled labor, and
it is believed that during the next three
or four months there will be an unprece-
dented emigration to Germany. Inmany
cases money has been sent from Europe
to persons here with which to pay their
passage home.
A LADY in the Treasury Department
reported to Gen. Spinner that she wanted
to marry Mr.. Smith, in the department,
to which the old watchdog consented.
Presently came another young lady who
wanted to "marry Mr.. Smith," She was
an old young lady and wanted another
Smith, but Spinner did not see it.. He
sent for the first Smith and ordered him
to marry the old young lady or be dis
charged for bigamy. Next day the two
Smiths married the two young ladies'
and Spinner discharged them all four to
make sure that he had no bigamists in
his ofiice.-CAicago Tribune.
APRoPos of the January dividends, q
New York correspondent says that annie
the cry of welcome uttered in the public
ear by the holders of good stocks there
is one institution that keeps profoundly
silent. This is the opulent and dignified
Che Mical Bank, which has no occasion
to advertise its profits. The genera
dividend is "a per cent. per annum, but
it will no doubt soon increase. for thu
stock which ten years ago was $4OO fol
shares of 800 is now in demand a
$500. Among the stockholders arr
found some of the oldest families il
New York city, such as the Stuarts
formerly sugar refiners, the Roosevelts
and other solid names. The Chemica
is close corporation. It never an
nounces its profits nor invites the stock
holders to the annual election of officers
1t issues no bills. 1t makes no flourish
The police of Nantes have been in
vestigating a curious matter, namely
the discovery in the river of hand, Gu
off at the wrist, holding violin. Th'
explanation is as follows: An oil
teacher of the violin named Sofia livet
at Villedeuilsur-Seme and used to argu,
that the left hand was more honorable
than the right, because it manipulated tn,
strings and was served by the right hant
holding the bow. When on his death
bed, the other day, with his violin in hi
hand, he begged one of his old pupil
who used to visit him, and who resided
at Nantes, not to allow his left hand t
be separated from his violin "a Giuseppe
Guarnerius of the year 1725), but to ami
hilate them together. The young maj
imagined that the best way of carrying
out the wishes of the deceased was to Gu
of the hand at the wrist and to throw j
with the violin into the river. HI
seemed surprised at being interrogatet
by the police, and has been discharged
But he is nevertheless closely watched
some doubt being felt as to the state o
his mind.