The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-15
IOWA STATE NEWS.
The chinch.bug is damaging the wheat

State.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY sent out eight.
cen graduates at its recent Commence
ment.
THE Glenwood Opinion describes the
Fourth Of July as the day for ginger
bread, soda pop, red ribbons and big
girls"
Iowa will raise more corn this year than
ever before. Remember that-Daosnport
Gasette.
FoR the first time in three years the
farmers of Iowa are complaining OF too
much rain.
ming weed is known as "kiss me over the
garden fence"
A SON of Mr. Whistler, of Iowa City,
aged thirteen years, was drowned the
other day while bathing in the Iowa River
near that city.
A SON of E. C. David, of Dubuque, was
drowned while bathing at the foot of
Tenth street with some of his comrades a
few days since.
A YOUNG man named Brode, living in
Dubuque, shot his sister on the 4th,
while fooling with a gun.
THE Northern Iowa papers all report as
good crops as that part of the State has
ever before been promised.
Two HUNDRED AND TEN workmen are
doing what they can to complete the new
State Capitol at Des Moincs.
THE Iowa River was on the rampage
the other day and reached the highest
point it has attained in thirteen years.
THE heavy rains have seriously dam
aged the crops along the Rock Island
Railroad in the central part of the State.
THE Keokuk Savings Bank has given
notice to the Secretary of the State of re-
organization under the new Banking law.
Mr. AND Mrs. E. JACKSON, who live near
Charlton, are forty years old, have seven
children and have never been out Of the
State.
A YOUNG lady named Louisa Wheelan
drowned herself at Gutenberg few days
ago in a slough. No cause assigned for
the rash act
+. LAssAUX amcrchant tailor Of Creston
was killed by a burglar lately. The muir
dcrer subsequently very appropriately cut
his own throat.
IT is reported that William II. Hobbs,
Of Sac City, has fallen heir to an estate OF
$4,000 by the death of an uncle who was
Catholic priest.
JUDGE MILLER has rendered his resig-
nation to the Board of Regents of the State
University as professor in the Law Depart
ment Of that institution.
THE late thunder-storms have been the
most dangerous of any within the past few
years. Lightning casualties are reported
from every part Of the State. Sd.
A MARRIED lady residing near Derby
presented her liege lord with fine baby a
few days ago with some of its teeth already
cut and others nearly through.
THE Investigating Committee of the Re-
form School have decided to suspend Mr.
McCarty from the SUPPLEMENTARY on &C
count Of irregularities found in his books
j THE population of Jefferson County, as
shown by the census for this year, is II, 1877,
104 of that number being colored. Fairfield
has 2,343 people. Number Of voters 3,721,
militia 1850
BOONE has family affected with the
terrible trichina. The Standard says:
1.-The affected family is that Of Mr.. John
Hagan, and the parasite was in ham
eaten by the family"
THOMAS CoNNoLLY's carriage factory at
Dubuque burned down again few days
ago. This is the fourth time Mr.. Con
molly has been burned out-the second
time within the present year.
PLEASANT FoUTs, the first life convict
from Polk County, and who has been in
the Penitentiary at Fort Madison for twenty
years, died lately. He was offered par
don several times, but refused to accept it.
DIR. PARISH, of Glenwood, one morning
lately found one of his horses badly man.
gled and cut by some wretch, his ear and
tail being cut entirely off, and his wind
pipe cut so that he was bleeding to death.
A PARTY of Musquakie Indians recently
visited Des Moines to make complaints to
Gov. Carpenter against their agent, whom
they accuse of appropriating their annui-
ties and fencing up their land for farm
ing purposes. 5--
ALBERT DRESSER, boy sixteen years
old, recently attempted to commit suicide
at Chanton by shooting himself with a re-
volver He had been charged with petty
thieving and hoped to avoid arrest by COM
hitting the act
THE terrific rain and hail storm which
passed through Northwestern Iowa lately
resulted in serious injury to bridges and
railroads. The loss to the Milwaukee g.
St Paul Railway, on the DEBORAH branch,
is put at $4,000.
THE report of the collections of internal
revenue for the Second District of Iowa
during the month of June, 1875, shows the
following amounts: Cigars, S3,174,90;
tobacco, $40; beer, $1,9141S; special
taxes, $435.42; spirits, s3,410; total, IS 564.
THE Executive Committee of the Iowa
State Grange have divided the State up in
to seventy-fve representative districts, pro-
viding, by giving few counties two and
three delegates, for 100 members of the
next State Grange. Most of the counties
have one representative.
THE Mayor of Des Moines issued
notice forbidding the boys of the capital
firing solitary fire-cracker or any other
kind of fire works on the Fourth of July.
and the boys got up before daylight and
fired fire-crackers and doube-headers and
torpedoes the whole liyelong day
F A DUBUQUE gentleman returning home
late one evening heard groan from the
mud of the gutter. Quickly stepping for
ward to assist fallen brother, he essayed
TO raise the suffering individual. A grunt
from his arms told him that the hog was
just as well satisfied to be in the gutter
ANoRTH HILL Burlington woman, who
is .charmingly sentimental, calls her house
1.-THE Bower because it is embowered in
beautiful shade trees and clambering roses.
But her husband, who is an eminently
practical man, calls it the Bow.wower
Just because his neighbor owns nine dogs.
NOT long ago, at Ottumwa a rough
murdered a policeman named Logan. He
was arrested and committed for trial. As
the Marshal was taking him to the Jail he
was forcibly taken from the officers
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