The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-11
IOWA STATE NEWS.
Adair County.

loaded his sled with wood at the top Of clin
on the bank Of the river, which is eighty feet
high. His team became frightened at some
thing and backed over the almost perpendicu-
lar cliff, and landed in heap at the bot
tom. Some projecting stones somewhat
broke their fall. Mr.. C. went around to the
bottom of the cliff to see what might remain
Of his horses, and was surprised to find them
alive and uninjured.
A remarkable street-walking adventure oc-
CURED at Stuart q few mornings ago. A
daughter Of Master Mechanic Crockett, Of
| the Rock Island Road, left her home that
morning about half past five o'clock, while in
q somnambulistic state, and wandered about
four hours before she was discovered. When
found she was in q semi-unconscious state
and badly frozen. When the fearful charac-
ter of the weather ON that day is considered
her escape from death by freezing is but little
| less than miraculous.
| Allamakee County.
Eleven years ago Gerard Riley shot and
killed instantly.a a well-known resident Of the
centy, named Cunningham. Riley made
! good his escape, and all attempts for his cap
| ture have proven fruitless. A few days ago
the Sheriff received letter from q person
named John O'Toole, of Lexington, KY,
| stating that he knew where Riley, the muir
derer, was, and would deliver him up to any
one with proper authority. The Sheriff pro-
cured q requisition from the Governor and
started for Lexington. On arriving, to the
utter disgust of the Sheriff O'Toole refused
to deliver Riley unless the Sheriff paid him
$500, which O'TOole claimed that Cunning
ham owed him in his lifetime. OF course
the Sheriff refused to pay the amount de-
manded He acquainted the Sheriff of Lex
ington County with all the facts, and came
| back to consult with the authorities at home.
Benton County.
The Young landlord Of the st. James Hotel,
vinton, has recently disappeared. He leaves
behind a large number Of unpaid debts.
Belle Plaine has bigamy case. A man
named White had two wives, one in the East
and the other living with him at Belle Plainc.
The Eastern lady came out to Investigate her
recent husband. The result was that he for
sock wife No. 2, with whom he had been liv-
ing for three years past, and went of with his
first love.
Buchanan County.
A six-year- old son of Mr.. Chapman, living
near independence, "just hung on' behind a
cutter few days ago and "let go" just in
time to be run over by load of wood and
killed.
Clinton County.
A Clinton manufacturer sold 1,O47 trunks
last year.
There has been considerable excitement in
Dewitt, lately, over the death of Mrs. Dewitt,
which occurred suddenly few mornings
ago under suspicious circumstances. Mrs.
Dewitt had lived unhappily with her husband,
and they had been separated for several years.
Dewitt returned last spring, sought out his
wife and prevailed upon her to live with him
again. The night before she died she sent
her little girl to the drug store for some
epson salts, which she swallowed and imme-
diately after went into commissions and died
little after midnight. Once during the even
ing, when Dewitt approached her bedside, she
wildly exclaimed, te the CONSERVATION ofthose
around her: go a,cag, you are my murderer %
An inquest was held next day and the stom-
ach taken out for analysis. Dewitt was arrest
cd and now awaits the evidence which may be
produced to show whether or nothe be WIFE
murderer.
Dallas County.
Perry reioices in an old-fashioned revival
Many conversions are reported.
Dubuque County.
When Dubuque man gets mad at his girl,
he pounds her. The other night swain
waiting in the dark to administer this pun.
ishment to recalcitrant sweetheart struck
the wrong girl and knocked Miss Dixon
out of time and into the gutter.
Charles McGovern, a brakeman in the en-
ploy of the c., D. Il NJ. Railroad, was run over
by an engine, near the round-house in Du-
buquc, the other evening, and had both his
legs cut off as completely as though severed
by a surgeons knife. 1t is not likely that he
can recover.
Fayette County.
William Bellows, eleven years old, living
near West Union, was chopping wood, not
long ago, with revolver in his pocket. The
funeral was numerously attended.
Henry County.
The twentieth anniversary Of the opening
of the Wesleyan University at Mt. Pleasant
was properly observed, Jan. rs, by the Fac
ulty, Alumni and students.
Jasper County.
Newton man has a lemon tree eight
wears old now bearing thirty well-dcveloped
lemons.
few nights ago hardware and boot and
shoe store was robbed at Kellogg, and several
wagon-loads removed.
A stratum of rock has been discovered near
Prairie City some twenty feet under the sur
face, containing petrifed tree imbedded in
the solid rock.
Young fellow at Prairie City took out a
policy on his life for IS 600 in favor OF young
lady, his affianced wife. Some time afterward
he sought the insurance office and wished to
have the policy changed. Being informed by
the agent that it was not transferable and
that in case of the non-payment OF premiums
it would be dropped, the victim of unrequited
| affections said in view of the fact that the
Young lady had married another man he did
not feel like keeping it up, and so let it drop.
johnson County.
During the late storm boy was frozen to
death while driving a team home from Iowa
| City over bleak prairie. When the team
reached home they turned into the barn-yard,
where the boy was found in a sitting posture,
frozen stiff, with the lines in his hands.
Lee County.
A frightful and probably fatal stabbing al
fray occurred at Montrose the other evening
between Jerome Parks and William Koonz
The two engaged in an alteration about some
trivial matter, when Parks struck Koonz q
number of blows The latter then drew Q
knife and stabbed Parks in several places
The knife penetrated the abdomen, infiictine
q ghastly wound, from which the intestines
protruded. The physician who dressed the
wounds pronounces them fatal
Tho Keokuk Constellation tells of one Of ths
jokes at recent wedding in the county. The
joke was-as set up by "four or five young
men and the bride and groom-to croton-o oil
a frisky young fellow from the city. A CAKE
was baked especially for the victim sne
croton oil dropped in it. The result wa
that the young man ate heartily Of 1t, soor
grew sick and has ever since hung upon II
verge OF the grave. The parties who perpe
trated this outrage have been arrested ant
will be held to answer for their tom
foolery.'"
Linn County.
Out OF twenty eight teachers employed II
the public schools at Cedar Rapids twenty
seven are females.
An old man was found dead under Brown
Hotel, Cedar Rapids, the other day, havinl
starved to death.