The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-10-19
IOWA STATE NEWS.

uefn'ah peddler at Big Grove showing in ~
twas premeditated. An English book ON
pnyslology-the only English book. or booL
any KIND, in his possession-had the mama
VI MISS Rice, of Iowa City, on the fv.Ieof
and was thumb-worn and soiled most ~,
.o".nes ABOUT the veins, arteries, and the
.nruia.ioh ol the blood to the heart, espe.
eia'iy the man artery, through which the shot
penetrated, showing that careful study had
oeen made, and the shot resulted in instant
uea'n without the movement of muscle.
ihh arylng-klln of the Island Lumber
company at Muscatine, was burned few
uays ago, involving loss of s35. 900.
CAPr. ION LEyINs, wellknown citizen
Duouque, met with an accident on the
ioth winch may prove fatal. He slipped on
.he sidewalk, fell, and fractured his skull
Just above the eye.
A. b. CoNNELLY, brakeman on the Chi
cago, Rock Island d Pacific Railroad fell he
tween the cars at Patterson, on the 10th
and was instantly killed. Five cars nassed
over his body.
DUBUQUE brewers have reduced the price
OF beer from SO to IS.
IHE following were the Postoffice chances
IN Iowa during the week ending Oct. 7, 1876;
fostmasters Appointed-Chickasaw Chick.
asaW County, Daniel Kepple; hardwood.
Lyon County, Cyrus NJ Baiy; Lytle City,
Iowa County, NJ. J. Kelly; Oasis, johnson
County, Geo. NJ Albin; Red Cedar, Hamilton
County, Samuel J. Layne. Discontinued
Alta Vista, Chickasaw County.
NENZEL EINICH, shoemaker at Iowa
City, died at his bench, recently, of heart
disease.
d. NJ. GRIFFITH, Democratic nominee for
Congress from the Dubuque District, has
sued the Dubuque Times for libel.
The residence of Conductor Chamberlain.
at Dubuque, was burned on the night of the
10Th, involving loss of $500.
If the wolves are as numerous in the
Western part of the State as they are re-
ported, the farmers there won't have much
OF chance to lose many hogs by cholera.
HENRY ADELsHTEM has skipped ont of
Iowa City with $3.50 of his employers
money and some other fellows sweetheart.
j. A. ELLIOTT, General Agent of the Iowa
Life Insurance Company, dropped dead the
other day from an apoplectc attack
PoTAToEs will not average more than
three-fourths of a crop in Iowa this year.
o. w. MARTINS, alias Geo. Wallace, was
recently forcibly taken from Cascade, Du-
buque County, on requisition from the |
Governer of Indiana, to answer the charge
Of forgery. He came to Cascade three |
months ago in the capacity of bcwtching
and stylish sewing repairer, and was |
not long in town before he married Jennie |
Cox, daughter of an old and espected citi-
zen. Now ii is charged that he has wife in |
Indiana, and is guilty of the crime Of |
bigamy. The charge upon which he was ar
rested was that of forgery. While in In
diana he operated in washing machines and |
clothes-wringers, and when making sales
would take notes in payment, frequently |
raising them. These notes he unloadGd in
a bank in La Porte, raised the money on
them and put out.
THE County Treasurer's office at Knox
vile, was recently robbed by two masked
men of about $4,000 The two robbers
entered the office at seven o'clock in the even
ing and found the treasurer engaged IN writ
ing. meeting was progressing overhead
at the time. After securing him, they asked
if he had 100000 in the safe. He
answered that he had not half that. Draw
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knife cuttinq his cIothing Ue tbcn do.
ivered the contents of the safe amounting
h over $40 600 Following this the robhers
placed the Treasurer within the vault, from
which he was released forty minutes after
ward bv the night Waterman The thieves
made their escape on two horses which tbev
eft tied TO an adjoining fence while going
through the performance. They told the
Treasurer they were the James brothers,
Ind that they wanted to make a raise to
effect the release of their Northfield part
lers. The Board of Supervisors of Marion
County has offered reward of $4,000 for
heir apprehension.
AN infant child of Capt Uriah Todd, of
was accidentally poisoned by
is mother on the night of the 1lth She
gave it large dose of morphine, supposing
t to be Dover power The child shortly
went into commissions and died on
he morning of the 18th.
THOMAS O'DoNNELL, kcokuk liquor
lealer has purchased $1,000 worth of liquor
If Louisville house to be paid for when
rilden is elected.
Two MILLION dollars worth of potatoes
viii be shipped from Iowa this season.
THERE appears to be hogs enough in the
northeastern part of the State to consume
ba corn oron in that section