The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-11-16
IOWA STATE NEWS.

~ W A . i ALE EWS
MIR. HOMER EMERSON, of Wipnebapo
county, was smothered in a well recprtIv
"hle at work in the welfsendeavoriny fo
loosen the curbing with an AK, preparatory
TO Its removal, it gave way above him. al
loving the dirt to cave in, completely GIlino
the well. Assistance was quickly on the
spot and every effort made Tor his promnt
clslnterment, but they were unable to reach
MN uhtil some time the next day, when he
was found in standing posture with life ex.
tinct.
1hE recent warm weather has Matched out
millions of young grasshoppers in the
northern part of the State 1t is predicted
that in 1877 the grasshopper pest will be uu-
known.
AT Davenport, few days ago, fellow
named John Temple was arrested by the
chef OF police for forging the name of Nc
Cash u Donahue to two checks They were
presented to the Davenport National Bank,
but Temple was nabbed and committed for
trial in default of 81 ,OOO.
NJ. IL. ATHERToN, a former citizen of
Iowa, is under sentence of death in Califor-
MIA for murder
WILLIAM FoNEY,a a colored man, and Eliza
beth Peck, white woman, were married at
Waukce, one day recently.
IHE Citizens Bank, at Alton, has gone
up, taking with it numerous deposits, town
snip school funds, and leaving new school
house unfinished. Liabilities $4,000; assets
not known.
NEoLA grain-buyer has lately decampcd
with about $500 in money belonging to the
firm for which he was operating
THE wife of Dr. Stillians, of Clarinda, has
fallen heir to $1,000 900, left by the Grapcr
family, of England.
SOME time since a driver named John
Shaw and groom named Dick Latham were
sent to Illinois with the pacing mare Prairie
Bird, belonging to DR.. Hicks, of Keokuk,
and trotting horse, to attend series of
fairs. After winning number of races and
pockcting the money they made their way 10
Tennessee and Mississippi where they dis
posed Of the sulky and one Of the horses.
They were pursued and captured, brought
back to kcokuk, and held to bail to answer
to the charge of horse stealing.
A BUTLER County man has sold $3.50 worth
of hogs this year
e'i Iva Aoui'iJ LAlilDltion VIII
o' iieiu a' M"I9h"liVo"h' on the IEth' 1oth
anu l4th Oh beceinoer'
j. l.. PopEJoY, OF Franklin County, has
sold $4,000 worth of blOOdcd stock during
This year.
The Northwestern Railroad machine shops
are TO be located at Jefferson.
AT recent wedding in Davenport the
officiating bridesmaid Was only three Years
old
oiu'
JUST above the town of New Albin is the
Iron boundary most DESIGNATING the initial
" "
point Oh the boundary line between Iowa
and Minnesota This post was set hy Can't
Tnn oftoruord haitian l,rn,,,, -, o., T oo :,
49, "iII' ""'N 'o'''' N"o"h IT'S 'ch' hcc' III
lSi9. The latitude, iOrty-thrcc degrees and
thirty minutrs is cast in rr1irf ~, tbn most
a., ,,-;I ~
oh one Sluc Is inc Woid Iowa; on lhe thlrd
side lS19 thc wear in which the most WAS set
,ra ~, ~, e,,,r.h -;d .t, ,i ,,;,,,,-,t
,ni" ,. "' '''' -''''i' olN' 'lC WIN -ii'lc>"'n'
ms hOGndary post, small and simple as it
is desiynatns tIr n,r4h horn Ddor,, of Iow,
~ 10y VI
anu INC sou hcIh voluntary OF Minnesota,
ana is a silent but faithful witness of how
Co.. ,o,l, c.,,o o,....,I, .L, a.,, J., 4l.,.
i"' '"C" S'"'' 'N'V""e, 'He ""' /" 'I' Ho' W.
the other to the south. in some countries
sucb n boundary limo wOuId hr H,nlyrd on
:, -
each side by revenue officers and soldiers,
hut here there is nothing to indicate that
thorc ora +uo distinct and Sovoroi,rr Stoto,
Ihele are wv" olS'ih't ana sovereign states
at each side OF the latitude OF $3.50 but this
iron pOst.-Hulrh- Eye.
lHE uoNerhgr HAS lseheu IHe iolio"HiS
Thanks giving IrOCIamatl0N:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
In cosrpliance with the custom tehli-hed by
orr fathers aud so often repeated by tn r grateful
chi dren | e. Ue-t tbe people Of this State 10 o.
serve Thurs Az. the Both Ga. of November as a
cay OF tnakss[dnS ana Pr"'sg onn Ana q" rr i&E
our accustomed rur, uits and rest from the tur-
mol Of our daily lily IN reyer ntisl acknowlrdg-
,iess nf Tiyine TrpI dance WA '"0
1t is beft'ing that in this particular year we
snGu.n @ renew Nv, our co'TSn' nj NLm m T"a r
Government; foe the continued prosperity of our
state and Nalon; Tor the blessings q peace ana
Tmti mi caI,mity: for out progress in knowIed,se
and liberal Christia sentime is; for 1he generous
M IN b tI for ,ST Tb in
crease of industrial enterprises and for the in
crsas;ns eYtagnee IN %nt aay"nCeangnt III an tnat
therefore, on that day assemble ut our customary
places of public worship. or gather around tn"
macee 5e and uTcharitabcnDss dedcnte oTrseyes
anew to charity and good works; that we may,
m ,.l IN :" COD md "
fellownlen, resist all ell overcome all tempta-
tons, and become more devoted to every Chris
''i'r In % m tiPmonv wbrTef have bcrernto set INV
hand. and caused TO lie affixed the Great Seal OF
the STATE OF nc iowa Of Dos voras This third o If
November in the wear of our Lord one thor~and
eisht ndrsd m and ,eEen'E,s% and Of the ME;
and drst and Of the State Of iowa the thirticth.
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