The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-04-01
IOWA STATE NEWS.


BlackhaWk County.
. Jesse Sinner, for years the most extensi,
farmer and dealer in the county, and until no
J man Of unimpeachable character, has su,
denly disappeared, swindling the banks
Vinton, Independence, Waterloo and La Port
and other creditors out of some $4,000. q
sold his farm, which he had previously NOR
gagged, and got everything into money an
sloped for parts unknown.
Bremen County.
Jaynesville is excited over the elopemer
Of worthless young fellow named Bruce an
young girl Of fifteen years, daughter {
one of the most industrious and respecte
citizens Of the county, Henry D. Gould.
Clinton County.
The Delmar Methodists are having an ex
tensive revival.
A little deaf boy had his leg broken by
kick from horse, ut Clinton, St. Patrick
Day
Deacon Roys Jones, highly-respected citi
zen Of Clinton, fell from ladder q few day
ago and received injuries resulting In hi
| death.
| OAll0S COumtys
! William Clayton, Jr., was found dead som'
three miles east of Van Meter, near the c.
r. I. & P. Railroad, the other day. 1t seem,
he was out on hunt, having with him &
| double -barreled shotgun He was found BY
! Mrs. Saule, whose attention was attracted
toward him by the report of gun. Wher
| found he was lying on his back about thirty
feet from his gun. His clothes were com.
pletely burned off; his arms and body were
also badly burned. 1t appears he was shot
while loading his gun, the contents taking
| effect in the left breast, ranging upward some
two inches, breaking his ribs and entering
the left lung, and perhaps reached the heart
Fayette County.
At West Union, recently, while in At ol
temporary insanity, Samuel Harvey commit
ted suicide
Hardin County.
Mrs. A. c. Murphy, lawyers wife at Ack-
ley, has sued every saloon-keeper in the place
seven in all-for $15, 600 each, damages for
whisky sold to her husband.
Recently, Mrs. Joseph Conklin, wife of a
farmer living mile from Iowa Falls, COM
mitted suicide by taking poison. Something
like year ago she became deranged and
was sent to the asylum at Independence,
where she remained until it was thought she
was fully restored.
Jasper County.
Three buildings on the south side of the
square at Newton were burned the other af-
ternoon. They were occupied by McColman,
as clothing store; Dudley, as a dry goods
store, and Clark & O'Donnell, as bakery.
Loss about $4,000. The stocks in Carpenters
drug store and Wren's dry goods store were
considerably damaged by water.
johnson County.
In a recent Sunday afternoon saloon row
at Iowa City one Felix Hughes was stabbed
with bownie-knives by couple of roughs
The victim received seven stabs, one entering
the lungs.
George Welch has been arrested at Iowa
City upon the charge of negotiating bogus
note with the Savings Bank.
Jones County.
The Anamosa Eureka gives some interesting
cheese statistics Of the county. 1t has five
factories, and the total number of pounds of
milk received is 2,737, ,73O; pounds of cheese
manufactured, $500 Suppose the cheese
average so pounds each, and some of the fac
tories produce heavier, it would make 1881
cheese, or over III tons.
j. A. Derbins, recently in the hardware
business at Monticello, was arrested at Nc
Gregor few days ago upon the charge Of
forgery. Until within short period he had
maintained good character as business
man.
Lee County.
John Williamson, a farmer living near
Dover, and his two grandchildren, named
Frank and Maggie Maxwell, were drowned in
Sugar Creek, about twenty miles from Keo-
kuk, the other afternoon. The party, in COM
pany with Mr.. Williamson's son, undertook
to cross the stream, which was very much
swollen and full of floating ice, in wagon.
When about midway the party were carried
rapidly down by the swift-running current.
The son swan ashore, but the other three dis
appeared out Of sight. The horses and wagon
were found about mile below where the dis
aster occurred.
The residence Of a Mr.. Shaw. at Denmark,
was recently burned to the ground, involving
loss of about 81, 200. The fire broke out
after the family had retired for the night and
originated from defective due.
Linn County.
Tne cltlzens OF Ueaar kapias are ag,tat,-s
the question Of securing the location Of the
Dubuque Southwestern machine shops, and
make an offer to donate from $1,000 to $4,000
for this purpose.
The Lisbon Manufacturing Company's
shops at Lisbon were burned to the ground a
few evenings ago. Among the property de-
stroyed were It's cultivaters ready for market.
The total loss was about 81, 900.
Louisa County.
Mr.. Ed West walked into Wapcllo hotel
bar-room the other day and fell dead. He was
a man of Incorporate habits. The cause of
his death was thought to have been apoplexy.
Marion County.
Pella is to have a new paper-the Baptist
Beacon.
Mahaska County.
An Oskaloosa couple drove to the residence
of a minister, the other day, called him out
and were married in their carriage.
Muscatine County.
Charles Jennison, former citizen of Mus
catine, was killed in Colorado recently in q
saloon row.
Page County.
Page County will hold her sixteenth an
nual fair on the grounds at Clarinda, COM
mencing Sept %, 1875, and will continue five
days.
Polk County.
The wife Of John Allen, an East Des Moines
barber, recently attempted suicide by taking
q large dose Of chloroform. Jealousy is re-
ported as the cause.
his back crushed and knee broken by fall
ing bank the other day.
Scott County.
c. H. Boyer, 3 young man employed in
Schult d Wales insurance Office at Daven-
port, was recently sent to the bank with q
check for $475, and since then Cyrus cannot
be found. 1t turns out, by letters found in
his valise, that he is one Of gang Of young
thieves with Chicago for headquarters.
There was great excitement on Front
street, Davenport, the other evening, caused
by the discovery that Mrs. Jennie Wyatt, who,
with her husband, had rooms at the house, was
lying apparently in the agonies OF death. A
messenger was dispatched for medical assist
ance, when it was ascertained that she had
taken morphine. In the course Of an hour she
was able to converse, admitting that she had
taken thirty grains Of morphine on account
of some disagreement with her husband.
A terrible and probably fatal accident oc-
CURED in Davenport lately in consequence oi