The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A LoNG-HEADED man is never head


boy-murderer. The remedy is tiuttering
in the air-Fres Press
THIS is grass-cutting time, and every
dutiful Maud Muller should now be in the
field raking hay or holding conversation
with Judges.-Erchange.
A DEAF and dumb man in Ohio is the
most successful ox-teamster in the State.
There are moments when he wants to yell
so that he can be heard four miles, but he
| can't do it.
A FUR firm in Buffalo keeps right on
advertising muffs and collars and gloves,
| and they can't understand why women
don'trush into their store instead of going
into ice-cream parlors.
THE other day, after an Alabama farmer
had been visited by the third tornado in
side of four weeks, he nailed up sign
bearing the words " Now, hang We, blow
all summer if you want to-"
THE Chief Engineer Of New York re-
ports that the portion of the city below
Canal street is lily supplied with hydrants
in case of fires, and that the most valua-
BILE districts are those which are in the
most danger.
To AVOID liability to mistake, caused
by the similarity in color beween the two
cent and ten-cent postage stamps, the for
mcr will in future be printed in vermilion,
the old color of the seven-cent stamp, the
use of which has been discontinued.
CHICAGO suggests that publishers should
employ more substantial binding, to stand
the wear and tear of boxing hard-headed
urchins' ears withal. With the flimsy COW
ers now in vogue the public schools of that
city use up $3.50, 900 worth of school books
per annum.
THE apple crop throughout New York
the present season will be a comparatively
small one, as the trees blossomed very
sparingly. The prospect Tor pears Is far
better, though it is feared by some that
the cold nights of late have somewhat in
jured them.
ECCENTRIC outbursts of patriotism are
becoming common. Among the latest is
| one of Boston man who sent box filled
| with the sacred soil of Bunker Hill, in
which were buried twelve hatchets, to
citizens of Georgia, to be used in the cele-
brations Of the Fourth.
HARDREssER-'Airs very dry, sir ?
Customer (who knows what's coming)-
like it dry. Hairdresser latter while,
again advancing to the attack )-'Ead's
very scurvy, sir. Customer (still cautious
ly ng)-Ya'as, l prefer it scurvy. As
sailant gives in, defeated.
DIo LEWIS says that if a man will eat
blackberrics and oatmeal for a year he
will be able to lift a horse. Friends and
brothers, will you loaf around like drones
and miss this golden opportunity of lift
ing some dcspondent equine up in the
wOrld?-DetfOH Free Press.
THE following scene occurred in a JUS
tees court in this city: A question was
asked witness by Mr.. r., an attorney, as
to a statement made by witness on the
other side The question was objected to
on the ground that a proper foundation
had not been laid, and the objection was
sustained by Justice II. Mr.. RI did
lay foundation; | was fifteen minutes
laying foundation for the question: and
if the Court had attended to its business,
and had not been SO much occupied in
pulling its whiskers, it would have known
foundation had been laid" Justice H
| if S,,rb yrDrlc I will
send you to jail" Mr.. R." I'll bet you
$50 you can't draw a commitment" Jus.
tice H" I'll take that bet; (after feeling
in his pockets) l only have $25, but I'll
give my note for the balance" Mr.. R.
Here's another $50 that you can't write
a note without copying from a form. You
are a pretty specimen of a Justice" Exit
in great disgust. (Cal) Leader
| A WEDDING was lately postponed in
Kansas under circumstances of a some
what thrilling sort. The bride was the
only daughter of family Of early set
tiers, named Falconer, and the day of the
wedding had arrived, when it was discov
cred that Miss Falconer was missing Hel
parents, ,supposing that she was in herroom
went to the door to warn her that the time
for the ceremony had arrived, when they
found the room empty. 1t was early even
ing, so they walked to the window to dis
cover the truant Their horror may be i'm
agined when they saw, rapidly disappear
ing through the woods near by, a man car
rying in his arms the form of a young girl
which, from the dress, they Immediately
recognized as that of their daughter. In
an instant the alarm was given and the
whole party, we'll armed, started in pur
suit Within a few minutes they were il
gun-shot of the fugitives, but were unable
to use their weapons in consequence ofhi:
shielding his body with the loved form o
the bride elect. The young bridegroom
was almost frantic, and, overtaking the
almost breathless abductor, he seized him
and, after brief struggle, wrestled the CIR
from him, at the same time discovering
that the abductor was a Cheyenne Indian
At the same time that the lover regainet
his sweetheart, the savage, with an eel-lik'
wriggle, escaped from his hold, but thu
pursuers we're too much for him, and ont
of their number brought him to the grount
by means of a well-aimed bullet. TIT
wedding is said to have been indefinitely
postponed In consequence of an attack o
brain fever, the result of the fright tn,
bride received.