The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-27
IOWA STATE NEWS.

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Cooper's farm at Long Grove, Scott County.
slew days ago. A man was hauling fence
posts, and drove into stable yard to unload
MS wood-rack. Mr.. Cooper's daughter
ciambered on the rack, and being told to
get down got on the back of the horse The
team ran off, she clinging for fifty Yards.
when she fell off. The wagon ran over her
head near the right ear, causing almost in.
slant death.
IHE Baptist ministers of Iowa will hold an
eight days session at Burlington, commenc-
ing on the 18th day of June next. 1t will
partake somewhat of the nature of theo
logical institute. 1t is expected the exer-
cises will be very interesting.
IHE annual meeting of the State Associa-
ton OF Congregational Churches will be held
at Burlington, commencing on the 3lst Of
May, and continuing over the succeeding
Sabbath
SERIOUS steamboat disaster occurred at
the bridge at keokuk on the morning of the
18th. The steamer D. A. Mcdonald attempted
to pass through the draw with two barges of
ice in tow. In so doing one of the barges
struck pier and filled. She hoated down a
short distance and sunk in twenty feet of
water. A number of women and children
who were on board were rescued with much
difficulty. The Mcdonald was owned by the
Mcssrs. Van SAINT, of Leclaire, and was val
ued at $4,000.
ON the 18th, young woman named
Christina NJ. Bard, attempted suicide by
jumping into the river near Camp McClel-
Ian, East Davenport. Some men who were
working in stone quarry noticed her in
the water, and rescued her, after some diff
Guilty. The woman belongs at the Orphans
Home, and for the last six months has been
subject to hysteria and dcspondency. This
is the third attempt, she having twice tried
morphine.
FIRE at the Woodbury. County Jail, on
the night of the 18th, caused considerable
excitement among the prisoners, who made
frantic efforts to escape, but were prevented.
The roof of the building caught fire from q
burning chimney, but was put out before
much damage was done.
THE south wing of the Insane Asylum at
Mount Pleasant was burned on the 18th.
The main building was not damaged much.
Loss estimated ut $4,000. Not insured.
JOHN HUNTER, of Burlington, bookkccper
of the grocery-house of s. Chamberlain &
Co., shot himself at the Patterson House,
in Carthage, H., on the night of the 10th.
He was found dead in his room, with bull
let hole in the center of his forehead. Fam
lily troubles are supposed to have been the
cause.
THE U. P. K. R. Company have at last
tol-o ho -, fo +ln q
. large depot in Council Bluffs.
THE brewers of Iowa recently met in Bur-
lingtOn and, on the l9th adjourned to meet
in Davenport next year. Resolutions were
adopted protesting against the assumption
that the use of malt liquors increased crime
and poverty; pledging themselves that they
would not support any political candidate
who favored prohibition; that they could not
associate socially or in business affairs with
temperance men; and that they regarded no
one worthy Of confidence who disagreed with
them. The old officers were reelected.
There were thirty in attendance.
CUIID laughs at mud as well as locks and
iocksmiths. A couple who couldn't reach
Burlington any other way, in order to get
married came in triumphantly, the other
day, on horseback.
THE following are the names of the women
who have been elected County Superintend-
ents of Schools in Iowa: Mrs. Salna Black
burn, Shcllsburg, Benton County; Mrs. c.
Z. O'Donoghue, Manson, Calhoun County;
Miss Euncc E. Frink, Clarence, Cedar Coun-
ty; Miss Kate Hudson, Lyons, Clinton
County; Miss Helen R. Duncan, Charles
City, Floyd County; Miss Orilla NJ. Reeve,
Geneva, Franklin County; Miss Abbie Gif-
ford Marshalltown, Marshall County; Miss
J. E. Lester, Alton, Union County; Miss
Elizabeth S. Cook, Indanols, Warren Coun-
ty; Miss Mary NJ. Jerman, Washington,
Washington County.-Darenport Democrat.
AN examination of the accounts of Harry
Gcrhardt, late Treasurer of Marshall Coun-
ty, deceased, the Dubuque Times says, re-
yeals deficit of s24 ,514.S7.
THERE were ninety eight failures, involv-
ing 81 1S0, 900 in Iowa, during the first quar-
ter of the current year. During similar
period in 1875, there were fortyfour fail
ures, involving about 81 ,376, ,265.
THE Supervisors of Delaware County have
ordered a vote at the election next fall on
the removal of the county seat from Delphi
to Earlville.
JOHN r. WILLIAMS, of Dodge Township,
Boone County, went to Chicago, few days
ago, and sold lot of cattle, for which he re-
ceived about 81 500. Since that time, up to
the 22d, he had not been heard from by his
family, and fears were entertained that he
had been foully dealt with. He bore a high
reputation for honesty and integrity.
A FEW days ago, the dead body Of Mr.
Dilsaver, Sheriff of Decatur County, was
found about six miles northwest Of Leon, in
an open field. His horse lay dead to the
southwest of the dead rider, whose feet were
in the stirrups of the saddle. The mans
clothing was torn off from his head to his
legs, his pocketbook thrown about seventy
five feet from him, and his revolver more
than 100 feet His hat was rolled out in a
fiat sheet. Mr.. D. was highly esteemed and
popular man and had been resident of the
county for twenty years.
Hon. d. N. SPRAGUE mentioned as
possible Democratic candidate for Congress
in the First District.
THE city of Muscatine has frst-class
sensation in the reported absconding OF
Prof. Towle, well-known music teacher.
THE latest reports from st. Louis give
the following as the current prices for lead
ing staples: Flour-XXX. Fall, S5.5O@6 90;
Wheat-No. 2 Red Winter, $1.42(91. .4415;
No. Red Winter, s1.27@l.3o; Corn-No.2 2
Mixed, 471z@4sc; Oats-No. 2, S59S5zc;
Rye-No. 2, 671S@67atc; Barley-No. 2, s5@
eOc; Porl-s22. .25a22. so; Lard-s13 o0@l3.25;
Hogs-s7OG@Z75 Cattle-s4. .25@5. .1214.