The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-02

bNN'AS 'NiN -" D'h''
being upon cone stove, II fiat-iron, one
HashEoarl, one skinner, n dishpan
and three ltrnP-chimneys."
A IxTEES YEAR OLD boy, named Dixon
Smith. recently shot j. VI. Myers, a brake
man on the Indiana, Peru & Chicago
Railroad, who entered his fathers prem
Uses at Upton to steal turnips. lie has
been held to bail in 500 to answcr.
The Carroll Hc1uM suggests that the
Legislature take up and elect as United
States Senator the clerk of the Pacific
House at Council Bluffs. If he is half
as smart as he thinks he is he is head
and shoulders above any man in Iowa"
A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred at Eldon,
at the junction of the Southwestern
Branch of the G., R. !. & p. Railroad and
the Des Moines Valley Railroad on the
22d. The station house belonging to each
road, q hotel and five or six smaller build
ings were burned.
AT a recent meeting Of the State hgri-
cultural College ii was decided to increase
INT SdIdly u iIIc DicitSSplS al otii g-cV.
Prot. Hulchins has rendered his ~rcsigna-
ton and it has been accepted. Prof.
Wynn it is expected will take the chair of
English Literature in the Nebraska State
Agricultural College.
On the morning of the 10Th William
Tompkins, a wcll-known farmer residing
at Macedonia, Pottawattamie County, en-
tered the room of his wife at the Bryant
| House, in Council Bluffs, and stabbed her
twelve times with a jack ~knifc-eIght
times in the back and four times in the
breast. She was not expected to recover.
Mrs. DEBORAH CATTELL, whose name
is signed to the report of the lnvcstigat-
ing Commissioners of the Reform School,
withdraws her name from the report, in a
to the Governor. She says she pre-
fers to wait until the Trustees make their
| report. If that plcascs her, she will sign
it; ifnot, she will make a report of her
own
A FEY days ago f. G. Ridley, of Palo
Alto County, met with "A serious accident.
! nc WIS GItlDe out Win HIS WIG, HIS Suu
resting on the seat between them and his
arm thrown over It to keep it in its place.
Suddenly one wagon-whccl dropped into
a rut and the shock caused the discharge
of the gun, the load entering his shoulder
just back of the arm-pit, inflicting a fatal
wound.
A TERRIBLE accident occurred near
Iowa CITY on the 18th. A lad named
STUNNED was leading a spirited horse to
water, and tied the halter to his wrists
when the horse took fright and ran away,
dragging the boy under his feet. He was
stamped and mangled horribly. The
horse ran with him, with the halter thus
tied to his wrists, until both arms were
pulled from their shoulder-socketS and
literally severed from his body and at
tached 10 the halter. When found he was
dead and hardly recognizable.
THE following were the postal changes
in Iowa during the week ending Nov. 20,
1915: observation-disclosures, Delaware
County. Postmasters appointed-Beu-
lah, Clayton County, Delos Spalding;
Crabb's Mills, Jackson County, Richard
B. Beckan; Douglas Center, Clay County,
Frank C. Thompson; Liberty, Clark
County, Conrad Mowrcy; North English,
Iowa County, Z. B. McCracken; Preston,
! Jackson County, Zachariah DeGroat; Sea-
ton, Fayettc County, Dennis o. Tunison;
Snow Hin, Page County, Jacob Bosaker;
Watkins, Benton County, William Daus,
kin.
AT Clarence, Cedar County, a few days
ago, Mr.. VIM. Hornnan, a well TODD
farmer, approached Hon. Jos. Furguson,
Mayor and Postmaster, just as he was
about to enter his office. SeiZlng him by
his lengthy beard without warning, Horn-
man proceeded to maui and kick him in
a fearful manner. An officer and others
ran TO the assistance of Mr.. Furguson. but
he was found to be quite seriously hurt,
with ribs broken. The alteration grew
outot the following circumstances Horn
man some days ago lost a sum Of money,
accused a young lady with the theft, and
had her arrested. Mr.. Furguson defended
her. In the course of the examination he
made some bitter remarks on the course
of Mr.. Hornman, for bringing such a
charge against a young girl on mere sus-
picion, which raised the dander on the
head of the Hornman family.
On June so John Dudley, of State
Centre, was in Chicago. While on the
street in the early morning he was accost-
ed by a young man who, according to his
own ,tory, was nephew of John Dobbin,
of State Center, and was on his way at
that moment to see if he had drawn a
prize in the lottery just round the corner.
Dudley went with him. The young mar
was lucky, for his number had drawn
5000. After pocketing it a bystander
offered to teach the young man and
Dudley how to draw a prize every time.
The young man was eager to learn, and
after some urging Dudley consented to
take a hand. To make the illustration
more perfect, each was to put 5000 on l
certain number on a card. The young
man put on the $500 just drawn. Dudley
had only $40, so he drew a check for $3.50
and placed it with the $40. After some
abstruse calculations and divers references
to a book he held, the instructor sud-
denly opened a drawer and swept the
money, check and all, in. They laughed
at Dudley's cntreaties to restore the check,
and told him to blow on them if he liked.
All efforts to recover ii were in vain, but
now comes a strange feature. The check
was drawn by John Dudley, of State
Centre, in favor of one j.. II. Morris.
Upon being notified by telegraph the
bank refused to cash it. The gambler
has actually sent the check to a lawyer OF
State Centre and sued for it in the Dis.
trict Court,