The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-07
IOWA STATE NEWS

nh west DesMoines Conference of III,
ohiteo Brethren Church closed its sossior
on 'iie 10Th. The following are the annoint
men,s ior the ensuing year made by the ven
eiaoie bishop Glossbremer:
Des Moines Dstrict-J s Babor
Pejs,. Dnrree; Prairie City-P. r, Adams Waa Nei
ter.at t-a. r. Fisher; Carlisle-C. b Davis. Win
MeterG J. Graham Gnfss5 Psnor9NJ PaE ci7J Ham Van
Lihco,n =. d. Eye; Minden-J, " pone orns ornssd
Gil Blnffs ti 'hGobs: Des Moines-Geo Miller Conn.
ci Bluffs GWes G. W Rose F. p1og pa1ong5hore, P. Fl coun
Kin; Hastings To be supplied: GIsrind. ~ bdI' y
Dufiielao: U oGnnwaymP neSs{yn SURFACE: Hopervie- n
NJ Eads: Platts P;yo ~. H. Price: Otter Creek j
t-;,t J surface; Greenfed-C. Rose OGDEN S"lSGy My
erts: sbeIbvM1Iie M1Iieri 2 E.: scrsnton-J. F. Rob.
Yer; 0gden-O. c. Buxton; PerryT 4 - Mn,inn. M Lot.
Gldden-J. T. Platte. l. a. mulch
oo., vAMEs STEVENS was sent to jail, on the
A'In, at burlington, upon charge of having
~ '"o instances lately, in open DAYLIGHT,
stopped persons in vehicles near the con.
hhes oi the city, on the road LEADING north
and compelled them at the point of a pistol
ITO deliver their money.
IHE Chatham House barns and contents
III independence, were totally DESTROYED by
nre few nights ago, involving a loss Of
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NON. ALoNzo ABERN ETHY, late State su-
| Pefintendent, and now President Of the
ohlcago University, has been presented with
an elegant silver set by his Des Moincs
friends
1HE Democratic State Convention met at
Des Moines on the 30th ult and Organized
py the election of d. F. Miller as President:
'lee-fresident from each Congressional
District, and I. 0. Walker as Secretary.
Inc following nominations were made: Sec
rotary of State, John Stuberauch; Treas
urer, Wesley Jones; Auditor, William Grone.
veg; Judges Of Supreme Court, Wal.
Ter L. Hayes and William Graham;
Attorney-General, j. C. Cook; Register of
state Land Office, Capt. n. c. Ridenour. No
nomination was made for Superintendent of
Public Instruction, the State Central Com
mlttee being authorized to select a candi
date. The following were nominated for
Electors: At Large, Daniel F. Miller and
John P. Irish; First District John Reinhart
Second, D. c. Cloud; Third, Dr. Wm. Hoff.
baur; Fourth, DIR. o. V. Hartman; Fifth,
Col j. NJ. Preston; Sixth, T. b. Perry; Sew
enth, W. w. Wilmer; Eighth, II. H. Scott;
Ninth, NJ. K. Ramsey. A State Cen
trail Committee was chosen as follows:
First District, Hon. Ed Campbell; Second,
ID. y. Richardson's; Third, T. c. Medeary;
Fourth, H. Pratt Roberts; Fifth, L. G.
Kline; Sixth, J. L. Mccormack; Seventh,
j. NJ. Walker; Eighth, n. c. Ridenour;
Ninth, S. S. Webb. The following resolu-
tions We're adopted:
.Resolced, By the Democratic party of the State
OF Iowa. in Convention assembled. that we adopt
us our patform of principles the resolutions and
declarations Of the National Convention at st.
Louis. and earnestly approve of the sentiments of
thc eminent statesman @ 1, Of the Party Hon Samuel
sented in their letters of acceptance of the nomi-
nation by said Convention for the offices of Presi
dent and Vice President of the United States.
ReSOige6, That the Democracy of Iowa appre-
ciate the necessity of rcrchment that has
been reed upon the country by an eXtravagant
Republican Administration, the policy of which
has heCn to steadily increase the salaries of pub
lie officers. and are earnestly in favor of such
duction of the salaries of all officers within the
State as will fairly correspond with the financial
condti Of our people.
The Convention then adjourned.
The North Iowa papers advocate the pre-
serving of the prairie grass until next spring
when they say it can be burned and with it
all the young grasshoppers.
JUDGE BURDICK, formerly of the Tenth
judicial District of Iowa, comes before tie
public again as an insane man. A short
time ago he was discharged from the Insane
Asylum ut Independence, apparently cured.
Raising 300 he went to Chicago, opened
rcal-estate office in connection with his son,
and run through all his funds in a short
time. Recently he arrived in Lansing,
pitfablc- ooking object, but was cordially
received by his friends, who knew his NAL
ady and sympathized with him. His wild
talk of having four real-estatc offices buying
up onc-haIf of Chicago, and other loony
statements, caused his arrest as subject
unfit to run at large, and he will undoubted-
ly be again confined until permanent cure
is effected.
B. SALvo dropped dead from his chair, at
Des Moines, on the morning of the 2Sth.
A COLONY of Hungarian Catholics will
soon settle in Kossuth County.
THE stone work Of the new State House at
Des Moines is finished above the top of the
second story.
JUDGE OLIVER has been renominated for
Congress by the Republicans of the Ninth
Congressional District.
The Shell Rock Ne,rs says that "wheat is
much better than was supposed before har
vest The yield is surprising and the quail
ity fine"
THE Iowa Land Company sold IA 900 acres
of Iowa land during August, at an average
price of 81 per acre. --
A MAN named Kellogg was playing seven
up in Marshalltown hotel. He had six
and it was his deal, and the other man only
had three. The other man begged, got one,
held the ace and deuce and gobbled kcl-
logg's lone jack with his first lead. Kellogg
kicked over the table in fit of vexation,
and the kerosene lamp showed the other man
up through the roof, chucked the table out
of the window and burned Kellogg to death.
Huntington Hatck- Eye.
WE now and then hear Sac County farm
erS declare that they are not making any
money, that they are growing poorer every
year, that it doesn't pay to farm in Iowa,
etc. Now, suppose that we should say these
same things i'll our paper, and would warn
men against coming to Sac County to buy
land, because they would be reduced to pow
ertv, every one of these farmers would come
in and call us fool, and stop the paper
Sac City Sun.
THE latest reports from St. Louis give
the following as the current prices for lead
ing staples Flour-XXX. Fall, S4.5o@5.25;
Whcat-No. 2 Red Winter, S1l44@1.15;
No. 3 Red Winter, s1O0@1.007s; Corn-No.
Mixed, 4as<@4314 oats-No. 2, 32@32sc;
Rye-No ?, 5l@51Ic; Pork s;&759l7OO;
Lard - s105o@l0.75; Hogs = $5.75@6.4 40;
aCattle-S3.00M500