The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-13
IOWA STATE NEWS,

astone, when Costello knocked him down
| ana pounded him to death. Some man
came To town and notified the Marshal, but
| III the meantime Costello got away but re-
turned next morning and gave himself up,
claiming that the murder was done in self,
deicnse. At preliminary examination he
was released en two thousand dollars bail,
| 10 appear for examination.
| FRIGHTFUL wind and hail storm prr-
vailed in the vicinity of Charlton for half an
hour on the afternoon of the 3D. A barn
was destroyed in Charlton; at Derby two
| houses were blown down and a son of
Thomas Wade fatally injured,
| oN the afternoon of the Sd, Fort Madison
was visited bya heavy and destructive tor
hado. AT 5:15 p. IN. severe wind, in the
| form OF massive whirlwind, accompanied
py ram, struck the western portion of the
city, demolishing houses and chimneys in
It's path, passing in a direct line over the
entire length of the city. The cathedral is a
complete wreck. The steeple crushed in the
fooi, destroying the organ and damaging the
ehtire building TO the amount of from SIS.
ooo to 100000. The Baptist and other
churches met with the came fate. Promi-
nent residences present a dilapidated an
pearancc; trees were blown down and up-
rooted; manufacturing establishments
shared their fate in the progress of the de-
structye element; boats were torn from
thclr moorlngs in the river, skifs upset.
several lives are reported lost. The total
money loss is estimated at $15O,O0O.
VIM. WEIGH, of FLOYD County, COM
planned to his wife lately that he did not
ieei well, and wished her to milk the COWS
III his stead She complied, and when she
returned from the work he was dead, A
solemn warning to men that try to dodge
milking time.
oN The evening of the 4th, between five
and six O'Clock, terrific storm swept across
the country, taking the town of Carl in its
course, almost demolishing it. The loss of
property was considerable, but the most la
mentable incident was the death of Mr.,
ness, OF that place His house was blown
down, and he had his leg broken
twice between the knee and ankle.
and was injured internally, from
which injuries he died. His wife was
badly injured also. Mr. Hummel's black.
Stiiitn shop was blown down. The house of
Dr. johnson was unroofed. The side and
rear OF another building was blown out
Kicks building was blown down. injuring
- "u'N.i' ihe houses OF mrs. d A. q.
anS ,r,s,s a. nose' W. nose ii. IL. Flckle
"'' in"uueus rlchIe were plowE down. The
.,so tLo ,,,,,., - 'o W
drou, porr,. WI, - ',-0 on,
ucnrv,s hnr, t1,,ro' ,,.a, - =, ~ :,
Bahcock Ho soid II IiftoH | th, nar, ,,,nn.i 'Il,s
foot fro,,, +bo- ,,r,,,,,1 -, ,,I, ,n
u.os oI,t,, +o .a1,. ,,t s.,, ,sI. E ~
whilst vos in nid e;n Tho ~ har "t "''. Il
son,ntI,irr ncor its ra,,,datir po., ,''D
that ono of ,1rs poso,, ,l,iId.,,,, ,,,;Ii
viva Pi,o hor,os r,,.Io,,,,;,, - VI p
were killed ortrirht Gpovos nn,0ns
fences, trees, and. in fact, everything NOV
able, was swept in the track of the tornado:
the width of the storm was from n quarter
homeless, and the district over which the
storm paSSeu Is rendered deSoiatc'
CORNELL COLLEGE has an endowment OF
SSo,ooo over all liabilities a new chapel is
building, to cost $4,000, $40, 600 of which
has already been secured
"
lhE Do"fo Vi supervisors, al lts last seS
SION, declared the whole OF BlackhaWk
County common Jail. Migrants can work
out their fines in any, ortion of the countv
ot tbo ratio of soventvifvo oonts nov o,5
49,, NV 0>1'' fOt way anu
h'sh'
On the night Of the Sth there occurred
near McCrecor one Of the most unnrovol,ed
,,,,,1or, ~ .,a,,,, N:.l", ~.
,u"i uI'S om ireoiu. hienn'! hihneS was
hhied py william uenry, MS hlred man,
with wagon wrench Henry had been in
kmncv's employ for three months. the par.
t;cs ,or, f,;nrdl,. AND ,o oo,,,, 400,
-, WV ",.u II" 9rT van '' "S
siSneo lot 'ie pl"'al aVV' Inc Wlle ana
child OF the murdered man barely escaped
with their lives The murderer was at large
at last accounts
lie eACehslNe planing ana WOODWORKING
mill of Carver Il Young, at DeS MUineS, was
DESTROYED by an incendfary fire on the even
;rr of tho OH Lass on r,;u and ,,,or,irr
10 20 zoo 'i'0 "''' IL " ~ ,
s@o'Voo'
PRoF UJvpIcUS of Iowa Citv fins t.lks
about June under date of July s:
The month Of June was cold az degrees
below normaD, cloudy % per cent; obo0e
nTIH,"I y moist ana Oh heafiE normal ram
frnrSnnmt and ,narr thnndnrstnr,'n w.
mean temperature of the air was !66.1 de-
grees; the highest, 81 degrees, occurred on
the 10Th; the lowest, 45' on me 18th. The
mean mean rn,a,n'i"m d 'e''nafe t Al t1e ,ne sun, oc.