The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-09
IOWA STATE NEWS.

j. W. SMELL, Treasurer ELECT of Boone
County, died a few days ago.
FALLING slate recently killed William
Lewis, at Phillips mine, near Oska-
loosa.
THE small streams in the northern Dor.
ton of the State are frozen hard enough
to bear teams.
THE thermometer at Sioux City on the
night of the 2sth ult. registered eleven
degrees below zero.
THE Island House, at Clear Lake, was
burned a few mornings ago, involving a
loss of about So, 900.
JOHN w. GLLETT, the pioneer settler
of Clayton County, has just sold his $780,
acre farm there for $40 1900.
THE exhibition of the Central Iowa
Poultry Association at Cedar Rapids has
been postponed until Jan. 5 and 6, 1876.
THOMAS MCPHERSON was recently run
over by a locomotive on the C., b. d z.
Railroad, at Ottumwa, and literally cut in
two
THE creditors of Shields, the Daven-
port wooden manufacturer, have agreed to
accept 30 per cent. of their claims and the
mills have started up again.
DR.. C. NJ. HOBBY has been appointed
to the lectareship on the eye and ear in
the University Medical Department in
Iowa City, rice DR.. Hazen, retired.
THE jury in the libel suit of Congress.
man Kasson against the State Register,
after fifty hours consultation, have de-
clared themselves unable TO agree, and
have accordingly been discharged.
A TEAM coming into Sioux City a few
days ago became unmanageable and ran
away, o%ycrturning the wagon and severely
injuring the four occupants of the vehicle.
An old man named Cady was fatally
hurt.
For the first time since b edays of Adam
the Des Moines City Auditor has lately
been able to pay the ~semi-annual interest
on the Des Moincs debt without borrowing
money. He just counted out S15, 900 from
his stronghold, and has plenty of green
backs left.
THE prisoners IN the Marshall County
Jail tumbled over the turnkey the other
day and escaped. The were all recap
tured before night except Il e He broke
through the ice while attempting 10 cross
the river and surrendered TO avoid freez-
ing to death.
On the Both ult. the south bound ex.
prcss.train on the Central Railroad was
ditched and smashed up about three miles
south Of Marshalltown. Several passen-
gers were seriously injured by having
their arms and heads broken. None were
killed outright. Two coaches were badly
splintered.
The following postal changes were
made in Iowa during the week ending
Nov. 81, 1915: Name changed-Glen
Roy, Howard County, to Linn Spring.
Postmasters appointed Cottage, Hardin
County, Emile hatsch; Forestville, Del
aware County, David NJ. Noland; Robe,
Benton County, Lester Condry.
THE Supreme Court has lately decided
that contract with the owner of a field
along a railroad track, wherein the owner
agrees with the railroad company to keep
the fence in good order, does not defeat
the right Of action against the company
for damages if his animal escape through
n defective fence, upon the track, and is
killed.
MADISON COUNTY voted recently TO re-
build the Court House destroyed by
fire a few weeks ago, The PROPOSE
ton was to issue 100000 in bonds and
levy a tax Of five mills for five years
TO redeem Them. The new building will
be firc-proof, similar in outside appear
ance 10 the old one, and will cost about
$12j, 900.
THE residence of Z. c. Chaplin, at
Charles City, was burned on the morning
of the 9th, involving a loss of S13,5 500.
As the building had not been occupied
for Il year the fire was undoubtedly the
work of an i~ncendiary. Mr.. Chaplin is
business manager and part owner of the
Davenport Gdzshe, to which city he re.
moved his family a year ago.
The wife of Chas. Burwel, clerk in the
Laclcde House, at Kcokuk, attempted to
commit suicide on the evening Of the 9th,
by swallowing three grains of morphine.
She procured the poison under the pre-.
tense that it was for the toothachc. A
physician was called in time to prevent
fatal results. The cause of the attempt
was a letter from another woman adj
dressed to her husband which fell into her
hands.
Dir. JOSIAH ROGERS is the name by
which he was advertised in the Davenport
papers, where he had for some time pre-
vious been engaged in practicing medi-
cine. A few days ago a stranger arrived
in the city, saw the medicine man, and
claimed TO recognize him as a red-skin
who killed and skinned a man several
years ago on the South Fork, and com
mitted other aboriginal deviltries, besides
frightening the strangers wife so tina she
died. The red man left Davenport and
the frontiersman followed.
A TERRIBLE tragedy occurred at HON :
stead, Iowa County, OF the 2Sth ult. a
farmer who had suspected his wife left
home that morning saying he would not
return until night, but returned at noon
and found his wife with a young man of
their acquaintance locked in a room. He
broke down the door, gained entrance, and
struck his wife's paramour on the head
with an Ak, smashing the skull and killing
him instantly. lie then left the room,
offering no violence to the woman, and
surrendered himself TO the custody of the
law.
T. C. BEEMEf, a resident of Muscatine,
started for Davenport on the Goth ult,
with his team, and was found In the even.
ing between that city and Rockingham,
lying insensiblc in the road. An cxami-
nation revealed a fracture of the skull, the
left eye hanging out, the left ear just hang
ing by a shred Of skin, two deep cuts on
the top of the head, a cut on the left check,
and also one on the lip. 1t seems he was
cold, and was running alongside the team
with the lines around his neck, when the
horses became frightened and started to
run, dragging him under foot and tramp
ing on him. The team when found were
down, with the wagon on top of them.
One horse had to be killed.
An extensive farmer in this county
claims to have discovered a new cure for