The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-28
IOWA STATE NEWS

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sst;a iiinois Central Railroad COMPANY
sn,na'e mat their loss ON the Iowa Division
y. .neii ROAD by conforming to the tariff law
| t"sseu oy Inc last Legislature will amount
~ sooo,oOO. The loss the last four MONTE
do compared with the four months the same
season last year, is $4,000.
;. JAMES STEPHENS escaped from the Rur
iius'oh jail IN the following ingenious man.
noi on Inc 18th: In the corridor of the iail
Dig Wood-heating stove, and in this
stephens secreted himself before the nrison.
CTS, some twenty in number, were locked in
tnelr cells. Undoubtedly by collision one
" 'ne occupants on the upper cell called
louoiy lor water during the night, and the
eheri1f took some to him and left the ont.
sue doors open. The stove door banged
inc Jali door Numbered shut the prisoner
locked 1t and lit out with the kew Tho
eneflli wife screamed in the hall the Sber.
III s"ore IN the corridor, and the old Nick
was 10 pay generally; but Stephens was
conc ana has not been heard from since,
MRS. UPPER, whose forgeries attracted
considerable attention few months since
ana whose conduct was thought to warrant
the inference that she was mentalIv de-
ranged, has been arrested at the home of
hef husband in Lincoln County, Dakota, on
arequisltion from Gov. Kirkwood, and taken
TO Davenport for trial
IHE following are the Postoflice changes
Tor Iowa during the week ending Sept. l6.
postmaster ppointed-Ankeny, Polk Coun-
W, Eli Thornton. Office observation-disclosures
ricyille, Decatur County.
IHE st. Louis & Keokuk Railroad bridge
across the Des Moines River, near Keokuk.
mas been destroyed by high water and drift.
wood
ROGER DAVIS, miner employed at Lucas,
Lucas County, fell down the shaft Of tbe
NINE the other morning and was instantly
killed.
MR. sroTT, grain dealer at Harper's Fer.
ry, Alamakee County, was drugged in his
elevator, recently, bound and robbed OF
500.
IHE Greenback State Convention met at
Des Moines on the Goth and duly organized
by the choice of Hon James Mathews as
President. Resolutions were adopted, in
substance as follows:
/. We are in favor Of the adopion of the Mat
form of the indianapolis National Convention
=: While We recognize the rights Of capital and
us Just protection, we condemn all special lcgisla
ton in Its favor
}. We demand reduction of official salaries
Proportonate to the reduction of the profits OF
labor.
4. We demand the reconciliation of silver.
ties.
>, g. We approve and indorse the nomination OF
refer cooper for President, and Samuel +. Cary
Tor Nlce-l resident of the United States.
The following State ticket was nominated:
Secretary of State, A. McReady, of Sioux
City; State Auditor, Leonard Brown, of Polk
County; State Treasurer, Geo. C. Frye, of
Jefferson; Register of the State Land Office,
G. NJ. Walker, of Des Moines; Superintend.
ent of Public Instruction, J. A. Nash,
OF Polk; Judges of Supreme Court,
W. II. McHcnry and S. II. Bon.
ham. The following were chosen as
Electors: At large, A. NJ. Dawley, of Fort
Dodge, and Porte WEIGH, of Oskaloosa;
First District, B. F. Brown, Washington
County; Second, Samuel Sinnett, Muscatine
County; Third, G. Spangler, Buchanan
County; Fourth, John Mahons, Floyd Coun-
ty; Fifth, Wells S. Rice Marshall County;
Sixth, D. NJ. Connolly, Wapello County;
Seventh, H. G. Hargis, Polk County; Eighth
Charles Hendrie, Pottawattamie County
Ninth, Fred Hess, Webster County.
THE Winterset Wooden Mills were burned
on the morning Of the 10Th. Loss about
s25, 900.
AT Iowa City, on the 10Th, while Philip
McCarroll and his brother Thomas were en-
gagged in boxing. Pbilip fell striking with his
groin his brothers knee. He was fatally in
iurcd.
FEW NIGHTS ago Mr.. Seymour HoIlister
LIVING ten miles from Charles CITY. was bru
tally attacked while in bed. and robbed q,
S2115 in school money in his nossession
He was stabbed twice, severely, having pre-.
viouslv Che thinks from his own fepIinrs and
other indicationsl been chloroformed. The
house was then set on fire and he NARROWLY
escaped burning TO death,
AF,TAI, smasb-up occurred on the Burl.
inoton. Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad
on the afternoon of the Goth bv which an
engineer and fireman lost their lives. The
stock train boupd north collided with a con.
struction train coming south at point some
four miles north of Burlington, and both
engines and several cars were badly wrecked.
The fireman, E. L. Day, was killed outright.
and the engineer, F. Pickett, died in a few
hours.
BUD ARMSTRONG, a GIcnwood blood, was |
severely horsewhipped bv Mrs. saIlie Dunne, |
-, a. $500, 81 a. sort 81 -
oil INC "l'eiioo VI INC .o'i' ohe a''u'ou
him OF speaking lightly of her character.
MEETING of citizens was held at Des |
Moincs on the night Of the Goth, at which an
association was formed for the nurnose of |
hIiIdino- ,,nnunant 70 tbe Ioto Cox
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