The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-03-04
IOWA STATE NEWS.


ping WOOD feW Gays ago cut his 1901 SO Sc.
verely that the part of the bone which was
not severed by the ak broke of, and as he
was few rods from the house and large
artery was cut he almost bled to death be-
fore the bleeding could be stopped.
Blackhawk County.
The Waterloo Courier says: "Probably
there has never been a season in Iowa when
the frost did SO much damage as it has this
winter. Nine-tenths of all the cellars in
Northern Iowa are frozen through and
through, and the loss in fruits and vegetables
is beyond estimate. Thousands OF families
are using frozen fruits and vegetables, and
when things thaw out in the spring they will
pay good round prices for potatoes, or they
must live without the Irish dainties so essen.
tial to health and comfort"
Bremen County.
w. w. Bailey, Of Wayerly, has lately fallen
heir to $2,OOO,OO0, willed to him by his late
uncle, Joshua Bailey, Of Cohoos Falls, N. Y
The property consists Of lands, houses, bank
stock and Government bonds, and all located
at Cohoos Falls, N. Y. Among other prop
erty there is residence worth $75,0OO. The
fortunate nephew has been having hard
time of it making living for large family
at house painting.
Buchanan County.
| Mrs. Fuller, Of Independence, has secured
a judgment Of 80 600 against an Independence
saloon-keeper for ministering to her hus.
bands bibulous propensities.
Cherokee County.
A Mrs. Rogers, Of Cherokee, is cutting her
| third set of teeth.
Clinton County.
Clinton has an extraordinary elopement
case. VIM. Easterly, railroad engineer,
leaving behind him Young wife and child,
left for the far W faw weeks ago, with
Mrs. Wiser, tb wiie & railroad conductor
and the mother OF two children.
Des MOines County.
Pinchback, the Senatorial asprant from
Louisiana, not many years ago was waiter
in the Barrett House, at Burlington.
While returning from spelling match held
at the Jones schoolhouse, near Burlington,
the other night, an alteration arose between
several Of the young men of the party, which
resulted in the fatal stabbing of George Reed
Dubuque County.
H. Peck, ut Dubuque, was burned to the
ground the other evening One Of Mr.. Peck's
sons was confined in an upper room of the
! house with broken leg and was only re-
moved with difficulty.
John F. Dean, Of Dubuque, was stabbed
and fatally wounded, the other evening, by a
wandering desperate named Jack Bruce.
The parties were gambling when dispute
arose, Bruce claiming that he had been
cheated in the deal. High words ensued, the
lie was passed, and the parties clinched,
when Bruce hauled dirk-knife and plunged
it into Deans side, abiding him in three diff
ferent places The wounded man staggered
outside and fell upon the sidewalk, whence
he was removed to a drug store. In the con-
fusion that ensued Bruce managed tG make
his escape.
The Times says the amount of capital in
vested in the saloon business in Dubuque is
$500, 100000.
The Dyersville beaus have to take their
girls twelve mil es to spelling-school, and
the dear creatures expect the to keep
their arms about their waists the whole dis
tance.
A Mrs. Clark, Of Cascade, died suddenly the
other night while at her prayers.
An old frame building on the corner of
First and Mary streets, occupied as a saloon
and dwelling, was burned few nights ago
the work of an incendiary. Loss about
$4,000.
Fayette County.
Wall from the West Union Gazette:
No sun, no moon, no stars,
No train, no news, no mail;
No thing but mountain piles OF snow
And northwest wind gale.
Grundy County.
Acouple Of young men stole load of
wheat from farmers bin, near Grundy Cen
ter, o short time ago, and while driving it
away their team fell into an old well, and they
were detected and arrested.
Hardin County.
A man named Boston, residing six miles
east of Ackley, ventured forth in the recent
storm, and, his eyesight being poor, he was
unable to find his way back to his house
again in the binding snow. He was soon
found, however, but both arms were so badly
frozen that amputation was necessary.
Henry County.
About two weeks since man applied to
the First National Bank at Mt. Pleasant for
the loan Of 81 600, with good securitY-repre-
senting himself as a stock dealer from Louisa
County. He gave the name Of j. w. Grubb,
and offered the names Of B. q w. Williams
as security. He was informed that it would
be necessary to have the security sign the
note in the presence of the Cashier, but was
finally permitted to bring Mr.. Mitts, known
to the Cashier, to affirm the signing Of the
note. Soon after, Grubb, with Mitts, ap-
peared at the bank, when Grubb presented a
note for $1,000, which Mitts said he saw the
Williamses sign as security. The money
was paid to Grubb, and he departed. 1t was
afterward proved that the note the Will
iamses signed was for 800 only, and that
Grubb had forged the one paid by the bank.
Jasper County.
An attempt was recently made to burn the
Union Block at Kellogg. Several barrels of
machine oil, alcohol and whisky were emptied
into the cellar Of Blair & Hills drugstore,
and an attempt was made to set it on fire,
but the fire of the train was discovered before
the flames reached the oil. The oil was two
feet deep in the cellar.
Jefferson County.
s. N. Moore, OF Fairfield, has been arrested
on rcquisition from the Governor of Illinois
charged with forgery on the Farmers and
Mechanics Bank, of Galesburg, ILL.,, in the
sum Of 500.
Jones County.
The Junior editor Of the Anamosa Journal is
sitting on the ragged edges Of despair. He
escorted his lady-love to the depot the other
day, on her way to visit some friends at Du-
buque When next he heard from her she
was answering to the name Of Mrs. VIM. Nc
Intyre. He has gone East, the Dubuque
Times says, for another girl "who is not up
to such tricks"
Keokuk County.
A revival meeting in Sigourney has just
closed which resulted in a large number Of
conversions and seventy eight accessions to
the church, seventy one Of whom are on pro-
baton.
Linn County.
A few days ago Samuel Probst, living near
Cedar Rapids, while assisting in moving
building. drawn by horses, slipped and fell
under the runners, and was 80 severely in
jured that he died in two hours.
The other day Jams Christensen, farmer
living near Walnut station, not far from Cedar
Rapids, attacked John Frohm, neighbor,
with hatchet, breaking his skull and in
ficting eight other wounds. There was .
woman In the case.