The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-06-24

OIL MEXICO ana the southern States, mas,
for the first time, made its appearance in
Dubuque.
A FEW days ago robber broke open
Patty's drug store, at Adel, and avenged
mankind by shooting prescription clerk
named Hocye.
: ONE of the heaviest petroleum works in
Pennsylvania has established headquarters
at Des Moines, and will ship oil in tanks
to be barreled there,
The next session of the Upper Iowa
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church will be held in Dubuque, COM
mencing Sept. 23-Bishop Merrill pre-
siding.
AT Extra, where two ducklings merged
(as it were) at the tails were Matched out
of one egg, the people think them a great
curiosity, just as though paradox were
unusual.
JAMES MALONE fell into the water near
Renwick, Shaw & Crossets saw-mill,
Davenport, the other day, and was
drowned before help could reach him. He
was seven years old.
BYRON WRIGHT, an Iowa City school.
teacher, has been adjudged insane. He
will be remembered as the young man who
was shot few years ago by a woman for
refusing to marry her.
THE Algona Republican says that the
farmers of that part of the State are this
year doing the very sensible thing Of
planting great many trees. Maple seed
is being put in by the acre.
WAGNER, who murdered Frank Rhom-
berg, at Dubuque, several months ago, and
escaped on the plea of insanity, has been
pronounced sane by the official in charge
of the Insane Hospital, and discharged
MIR. SAMUEL SMITH, of Grundy County
prophet, if you please, is writing new
bible. But we-on the wholG-however
we will stick to the old one. The new
one will merely be a book Of Sam s.
ChicagO Inter-Ocean.
THE Iowa Citys want the Westerns, o.
Keokuk, to visit Iowa City and be taught
how TO play ball. The Iowa City clul
came out ahead in the State amateur con,
test last year, and are said to have a
strong team this season.
MIR. j. R. Brown, the famous mind
reader who has created such a .furore in
Boston and other intellectual centers by
his wonderful art, animal magnetism OF
whatever it may be termed, has returned
to his home at Council Bluffs.
NaoHAEJ BERNf SCR Ct A2aa t e8$G(
pounds. Mr.. Burns has been offered $24(
for this steer. He was exhibited in Win
tersct last summer, and in three days his
owner took 5000 at the door of the tent ir
which he was shown.
GRAssHoPPERs have made their appear
ance in Pottawattamie and Cass Counties
On the 18th train on the Rock Island
Road near Nicola was almost stopped by
them. The passengers reported the coun.
try desolated for eight miles along the
Missouri River, extending twenty miles
into the State.
AN Atlantic poet bestrides Pegasus and
wakes the sounding Tyre to these kind O.
strains:
Though your features with age may b.
wrinkled
will love thee still, my dearest one;
And when your rayenous tresses shall turn
hoary
ehol1 hoe 40 h.. al
A. M. JONES, of Shellsburg, put up {
Job on his mules last week. He twisted
heavy piece of wire on the end of his
whiplash, wherewith the more keenly tc
awaken their mulish feelings when he ap
pealed to them, but the first time he useC
the new cracker hesnappcd itinto his own
right eye, bursting the ball and destroying
its sight forever. Whoever knew a mules
luck to go back on him ?-HaUkEys.
TIE following were the postal changes
made in Iowa during the week ending
June -, 1875: Established-Ingleville,
Clay County, c. w. Ingle, Postmaster
Kelley, Storer County, H. r. Bardwell,
Postmaster; Mount Valley, Winnebago
County, G. H. Onestad, Postmaster; Pa
ton, Green County, Gus. J. Griffith, Post
master; Trimello, Clay County, James II
Morgan, Postmaster. Discontinued-Tal-
lahoma, Lucas County. PoStmasters ap-
pointed-Hawleyville, Page County, Elias
J. Spaulding; Rising Sun, Polk County,
Samuel Britton.
AN Interstate militia meeting is being
talked of, to be held at Keokuk in July OF
August. The Constitution says: "Thc
First Illinois Infantry of Chicago, six COM
panies of the st. Louis Greys, the Quincy
National Guards, the Governors Guards
of Springfield, ILL.,, the Burlington mill
tary companies, the Dubuque Rifles, Iowa
City Guards, two companies from Des
Moines, the Olmstod Guards of Council
Bluffs and the Keobuk State Guards
have all signifed desire to attend The
object of the gathering is to perfect the
militia system Of the West"
THE Iowa City Press of the 9th says:
We hear rumoTs of a miserable affair at
Oxford last night which we hope are I'M
true. 1t is said that a mob charivaried q
newly-maried couple, and to stop the
noise the husband gave them $3.50 to
treat and go away. The scoundrels went
and spent the money and, returning,
renewed their clamor and vulgar assault.
and finally forcibly entered the house,
took the husband out and tarred and
feathered him. If it is true the law
does not offer adequate punishment, but
such as it is should fall TO its extreme up.
on the wretches."
A STATE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION has
been called to meet in Des Moines on
Tuesday evening, the Goth inst. Delegates
will be received on the following basis of
One delegate at large
from each county temperance associations
one delegate from each township, city or
town temperance association; one delegate
from each lodge of Good Templars, Di-
vision of the Sons of Temperance, TEN
Piles of Honor, Reform Clubs or other
organizations; and one dele
gate from each church or Sabbath-school
where no temperance organization exists
Il is expected that the convention will
adopt platform of principles and take
lone political action, either by co-operat-
ing with the existing parties-provided
their action shall be unobjectionable-or
IN the formation of Prohibition Party