The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23

[Thcse items were sent up by our cor
.rcspondent, for last weeks CHRONICLE
but were received too late:
J. Z, Benson is talking of starting n
Law, Collection and Insurance office
here.
There has new millinery shop been
started here by Mrs. Jennie Smith and
Miss Ida Wilkinson.
J. NJ. Dixson lectured here Monday
evening, CT last week on "The Achieve
mcnts of he Rlind
The Rev. Fuller has been employed to
prcHch for "Thc Peoples Church Of
Chelsea" for the next year.
Mercer & Cary have filed the house
formerly occupied by Warner Cole as a
saloon, with agricultural implements.
This is an enterprise that has long been
needed in Chelsea.
Last week when Toledo was having
Shedding the ground was bare at Chelsea.
Our astronomers account for it on the
theory that Toledo does not keep it as
hot as Chelsea does
On Friday, 10Th, couple of fellows
from Belle Plaine were duck hunting,
with boat. About mile west Of here
the boat capsized and one Of them came
near Growing, but was rescued BY his
partner,
School closed on the 18th and the chill
drcn are again happy. An exhibition
was held on the evening OF the 9Th, con
Quoted by G.. NJ M4lin the teacher Af-
ter the exhibition WAS over, the Chelsea
Theatrical Troupe played THE Fruits Of
the Wine Cup.'I
Several accidents occurred about here
during the recent high water. J.. Nc
Cammons attempted to ford the Greek
! with his team attached to a road wagon
the wagon got fast on stump, his
horses houndering in deep water he pull.
cd the dUubIetrcc pin and let them 60.
They got hcme all right, hut he was left
in the wagon in the middle of the creek.
He made his situation known by hailoo-
ing aBd a boat WAS put into the creek and
run down to where he was, and he was
safely landed on shore.
On Friday last Messrs. Sitter and La
Barr went to Helena Mills for boat
load Of -four, Coming home they run on
q stump, the boat upset, and the flour
with the two men was capsized into the
water. LaDarr chung to the boat "nd
got it righted and picked IN most of the
-four uninjurcd. it having been covered
! with tars,aulin which protected it. He
elected landing about two miles down
the river where he unioaded his flour
and started back after Sitter, supposing
he had swan ashore, but instead, he
found him clinging to a limb in the cur
rent. He had on pair of rubber boots
which soon filed with water and was fast
sinking him when he caught limb and
held on with his teeth until he got his
boots off and by that time he way so
chilled and numb that he could not swim,
| bank and were making vain attempts to
throw him a rope. He says he could not
have held to the limb but q few minutes
longer when LaBaw rescued him. He
was in the water nearly an hour. He lost
his gun, shOt-pouch and boots.
The other day Two young men of this
place took Horace Grceley's advice and
started west, getting as far as lama City,
where they run out of funds. But at the
city of water power they made a raise in
an original way: they there heard citi
zen Iamenting the loss Of a canine Of the
hound species, feminine gender, which
had strayed or was stolen, at any rate,
she had left in Il prccarious situation.
So those enterprizing young men tol the
sorrow stricken owner that they knew
where the lost dorg was and that she was
doing as lc8lJ az could be expected, and
that if he would give them their supper
and seven dollars lawful money of the
L. s. they would tell him where she was.
The owner more than glad to again be
made happy in the possession of his faith
full hound. readily consented and after
filing their stOmachs at his expense and
poCkcGng the V and u they informed
him that he could find her and her pro-
ccnv in the cellar of one of our towns
men. The next day the train brought
the gentleman from Tama, in search Of
his Increased stock of purps, but to his
sad dismay he not Only found that his
dog was not there but that the gentleman
he was referred 10 had no cellar, and that
the young men had not returned 10 Cfel-
sea rs they had old him they would but
was on their way West, looking for an
other man that had lost deg. He re.
turned Il wiser and dog-gone madder man.