The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-28
IOWA STATE NEWS.

nhE Illinois Central Railroad Comnorv
! esumate That their loss on the Iowa Division
VI 'heir road by conforming to the tariff law
passed by the last Legislature will amount
~ saoo,ooo. The loss the last four montbs
as compared with the four months the same
season last year, is $4,000.
JAMES STEPHENS escaped from the Rur
iiugton Jail in the following ingenious man.
her on The 18th: In the corridor of the iail
ss y, big wood-heating stove, and in this
o'ephens secreted himself before the prison.
eis, sohle twenty in number, were locked in
'neir cells. Undoubtedly by collusion. one
VI INC occupants on the upper cell called
loudly for water during the night, and the
eherlli took some to him and left the out
sue doors open. The stove door baneed
inc jan door thundefed shut, the prisoner
locked 1t and lit out with the KEY. The
sneili wife screamed in the hall, the Sher
Ill swore in the corridor, and the old Nick
WIS TO pay generally; but Stephens was
gone ana has not been heard from since.
MRS. UPPER, whose forgeries attracted
considerable attention few months since
and whose conduct was thought to warrant
the inference that she was mentally de-
ranged, has been arrested at the home of
her husband in Lincoln County, Dakota. on
requisition from Gov Kirkwood, and taken
to Davenport for trial
IHE following are the Postonice chances
Tor Iowa during the week ending Sept, l6:
Postmaster ppointed-Ankeny, Polk Coun-
W, Ell Thornton. Office ediscontinued-Prai
rlcVille, Decatur County.
IHE st. Louis & Keokuk Railroad bridge
across the Des Moines River, near Keokuk,
has been destroyed by high water and drift.
wood.
ROGER DAVIS, miner employed at Lucas,
Lucas County, fell down the shaft of the
mine the other morning and was instantly
killed.
MIR. srorT, grain dealer at Harper's Fer
ry, Allamakee County, was drugged in his
elevator, recently, bound and robbed OF
500.
THE Greenback State Convention met at
Des Moincs on the Goth and duly organized
by the choice of Hon James Mathews as
President. Resolutions were adopted in
substance as follows:
/. We are in favor Of the adoption of the plat.
form OF the indianapolis National Convention
=. While We recognize the rights Of capital and
us Just protection, we condemn all special legsla-
ton in ITS favor
3. We demand a reduction of official salaries
Proportlonate to the reduction of the profits OF
4. We demand the reconciliation of silver.
o. We demand the equalization # soldiers boun.
9. We approve and indorse the nomination OF
refer Cooper for President and Samuel +. Cary
for Nice-l resident of the United States.
The following State ticket was nominated.
Secretary of State, A MeReady, of Sioux
City; State Auditor, Leonard Brown, of Polk
County; State Treasurer, Geo. C. Frye, OF
Jefferson; Register of the State Land Office,
G. NJ. Walker, of Des Moines; Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction, J. A. Nash,
Of Polk; Judges OF Supreme Court,
W. II. McHcnry and S. II. Bon.
ham. The following were chosen as
Electors: At large, A. NJ. Dawley, of Fort
Dodge, and Porte Wclch, of Oskaloosa;
First District, B. F. Brown, Washington
County; Second, Samuel Sinnett, Muscatine
County; Third, G. Spangler, Buchanan
County; Fourth, John Mahons, Floyd Coun.
ty; Fifth, Wells S. Rice, Marshall County;
Sixth, D. NJ. Connolly, WapelIo County;
SSNNh'A1 IL ". 1idi YIN Soult
Charles Hendrie, Pottawattamie County;
Ninth, Fred Hess, Webster County.
THE Winterset Wooden Mills were burned
on the morning Of the 10th. Loss about
So, 900.
AT Iowa City, on the 10Th, while Philip
McCarroll and his brother Thomas were en-.
gagged in boxing, Philip fell striking with his
groin his brothers knee. He was fatally in.
jured.
A FEW nights ago Mr.. Seymour Hollister
living ten miles from Charles City, was bru
tally attacked while in bed, and robbed OF
$2,l15 in school money in his possession
He was stabbed twice, severely, having pre-
viously Che thinks from his own feelings and
other indicatons) been chloroformed The
house was then set on fire, and he narrowly
escaped burning to death.
A FATAL smash-up occurred on the Burl
ington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad
on the afternoon of the Goth, by which an
engineer and fireman lost their lives. The
stock train bound north collided with con.
struction train coming south al point some
four miles north of Burlington, and both
engines and several cars were badly wrecked,
The fireman, E. L. Day, was killed outright,
and the engineer, f. Pickett, died in few
hours.
BUD ARMSTRONG, Glcnwood blood, was
severely horsewhipped by Mrs. sallie Dunno,
on the afternoon of the Goth. She accused
him of speaking lightly Of her character.
A MEETING of citizens was held at Des
Moincs on the night of the Goth, at which an
association was formed for the purpose of
building a monument to the late Gen. N. B.
Baker. 1t was organized with Gov. Kirk.
wood as President, ex-Gov Merrill as Treas.
urer and w. Ii. Fleming as Secretary. Three
hundred dollars were subscribed on the
spot.
THE water-system of Dubuque is quite a
novelty. In one of the bluffs lead mining
company met distractions from water, and
to obtain relief the bluff was tunneled,
when it was found that eopious fountain
had been struck, which ran to waste for sew |
eral years But the water was most excel. |
lent, the supply exceedingly liberal and the
head SO elevated that the idea of utilizing it
was seized by company, the property pur-
chased, aud system perfected which gives
The cheapest and best water-supply known
in the country, furnishing the city for all
at an expense of $4,000 per year
There is also q sufficient supply to be used
for water power.
THE latest reports from st. Louis give
,he following as the current prices for lead.
ng staples: Four-XXX.Fall. S5.00@5.5o;
Wheat-No 2Red Fall, Sl16@1.164; No.
; Red Winter S106010 07c; Corn-No. 2 |
Mixed, 42(9421lc; Oats-No. 2, 34@341sc;
Rye-No. Q, 60@61c. ork-S17.0001 1850;
Lard --10@101s; Hogs-s5 75@625; Cattle
50@425.