The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-11-11
IOWA STATE NEWS.
CARROLL COUNTY polled 325 more votes
this wear than in 1874.

ANDREW ANDERSON was caught under.
meath a falling elevator at Des Moines a
few days ago, and had his skull fractured.
THE Supreme Court has lately decided
that playing pin-pool, billiards, cards and
dice for money or the drinks is gambling.
DURING ~therecent snow-storm in Wood,
bury County a s~tage-coach going from
Conceivable to Sioux City was upset
by the wind.
Mrs. MARY MEEK, of Bonaparte, has
been held for trial at the District Court Of
Van Buren, County, for aiding in a rad
on a liquor saloon.
Dies MONIES has been selected for the
annual meeting Of the Grand Masonic
bodies in 1916, and the third week in Oc-
tober as the time.
HoS. JOIN P. IRISH, editor of the Iowa
City DAILY Press, and a well-known State
politician, was married on the evening Of
the 3D. to Miss Annie Fletcher, Of Iowa
City.
IT showed at Sioux City on the 29th
from eight a. m. till three p. N. About
three inches fell. SO severe a storm was
never known to occur before as early in
the season.
THE livery-stable Of \. p. Burrhus, at
Quasqueton, was recently burned, togeth-
er with nine horses, 1900 bushels Of oats
and other property, involving a total loss
of over S3HU-
THERE was a 81, 900 FIRE at Ottumwa on
the mornings the Sd, which babe fair for
a time to become a general coniasration.
4 barber-shop and the Wachelor building
were destroyed.
a Man named B. T. Thomson commit
ted suicide at Lake City, a few days ago,
by jumping into q well. He leaves a wife
and ten children. Hereditary insanity is
the supposed cause.
AMANIAc, AK in hand, recently took
possession Of a large mill in Dubuque
and drove nut the employees. Once out
side they rallied, and with the aid of the
police recaptured the mill and the mad
man. "a
FRANK BREDE, q prominent liquor
dealer in Dubuque. has been sued by the
wife Of c. c. Childs. unce a prominent
citizen but now a common drunkard, who
calls for SIG. 90 damages for the liquor
sold her husband.
a NICE Dubuque man, having occasion
to use the expression, bowels Of com
passion - lesiia;ed, hcmmed and hawcd,
and finally substituted i~ntestines,' and
then wondered what everybody was grin
ming at.-Hark-E Eye.
A PARTIAL change in the proprictorship
Of the Davenport Gazstts occurred on the
4th, and an entire change in the editorial
management, Edward Russell bought "a
one-third interest of Mr.. Potter for $11, 600
and assumed editorial management.
AT Montczuma not long ago a divorce
was granted to a Poweshiek County
woman Just before noon. Just after
dinner the Judge who offfciatcd in the
former case was called on to join the same
woman in wcdlock to another man.
Mrs. EMMA PADDOCK, of Iowa City,
was on the 29th ult. admitted to practice
in the United States Circuit and District
Courts. Mrs. Haddock is said TO be the
first female lawyer ever admitted to prac-
tice in a Federal Court in the United
States.
OK the Goth ult. as N. Carl, under ar
rest for participating in a drunken brawl
at Ainsworth, was being brought to Wash
ington on the mail train, ne attempted to
escape by leaping from the platform
while under full speed. lie was fatally
injured.
Oh the afternoon of the lst as William
Pelline, living near Davenport, was driv-
ing in a lot of hogs, the team got scared,
turned round and started for home. Mr..
Pe,line jumped to the horses heads to
st6pthcm. but was knocked down and run
over by the heavy wagon. lie died in the
evening.
An interesting lawsuit is impending in
the matter Of the removal Of the county
seat OF Harrison County from Magnolia to
Loyal Tx ltSuil 'I l4tt httG Uk t44G ldSy
election was a majority of two in favor Of
Logan. An injunction has been served
upon the Board Of Supervisors, restraining
the removal Of the county archives.
A sHoCKISG murder was recently perpe-
trated near Upton, Cedar County. The
home Of a farmer named Little was en-
tered by two men, who robbed the house
Of 81, 100, the result Of a sale of the farm
the day before, and murdered Little by
cutting his throat from ear to ear. His
wife's life was threatened, but she was
not harmed.
JUDGE DILLON, of the United States
Circuit Court, has rendered a decree of
foreclosure against the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids & Minnesota Railroad and its
four branches for the sum of 81, 000, 900,
and ordered the sale of the road at Cedar
Rapids; also, DEGREES of foreclosure of a
similar character for 81, 000, 900 against
the Davenport & st. Paul Railroad Com
pany, and against the Iowa Central Rail
road Company for s., 000, 900.
THE following were the postal changes
in Iowa during the week ending Oct. 30,
1875: Postmasters appointed-Clanton,
Madison County, William II. West; Col
lege Springs, Page County, William Barr;
Crabb's Mills, Jackson County, Richard
B. Beckan; Essex, Page County, Robert
B. Wood; Galesburg, Jasper County,
William s. Hart; Norwalk, Warren Coun-
ty, William II. Herrick; Pacific City,
Mills County, William yInton; Prairie
burgh, Linn County, Nicely Parsons;
Wheeler's Grove, Pottawattamie County,
L. d. Woodmancy; Willsburg, Page
County, Joseph D.. Parrot.
THE State oratOrical contest was held at
Des Moines On the 28th, and was largely
attended. The following were the names
of the contestants and the colleges they
represented: Miss Genie Blank, Upper
Iowa University, Fayette; c. B. Whitford,
Iowa Wesleyan University, Mount Pleas
ant; Joseph S. Day. Cornell College,
Mount Vernon; B. st. John, Iowa Col
lege, Grinnell; Miss Evelyn NJ. Chapman,
Simpson Centenary College, Indianola; Z.
S. Houghton, Tabor College, at Tabor;
Ira NJ. Earle, Central University, at Pella;
id Smell, Iowa State Agricultural Col
lege, Ames. The judges awarded the
prize to the representative of Simpson
College, Miss Evelyn NJ. Chapman.
ADJT.-GEN. BAKER gave notice some
time since that there was still back-pay
due some OF the soldiers of the Second and
Third Infantry and First Iowa Cavalry.
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