The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-11-09
IOWA STATE NEWS

TIE inE jury at Des Moines, IN the case Of n,
ni'ou states rs. j. A. Rhombero how,
,i@ nu ,r' verdict Of s1t3,O11 35 for the nla;n
: bond. SA' vi distiller':
=. me iollowlng are the postoffice cbanoos
1879. uufing the week ending Oct %
ro'o: Established = Belvidere. Mono"a
I'y, w. a. Dorward, Postmaster. Hnrd,
anu' LAY county, e. S. Montgomery. Post,
MASTER Whipple, Pottawattamie Conntr
'aooo b. Delay, Postmaster. Discontinue
owens Grove, Marshall County post
l,iasters appointed - Clay, Wasbin
county, D. A. Morgan; Cotton Co. Son
tor oun'y' Il. L. Root; Cromwell Cen.
Co. oiay County, George Clark; Fifteen Mile
Wv Wv; lama County, II. IT, Wilson; Luni.
miIsn' county, F. D. Packard; Rutland
n' 1uihpoidt County, A. W. Creed; St. Gilman
os.eoia county, Francis NJ. Blashfield,
"a an "ttempt was made, on the night of ,bo
no'n oit'' a. Arlington, to break into the
,"'se IRON safe of s. L. Kemmerer The
D gar hrst broke into a blacksmith shon
"au soI .ools. He then broke open the door
VI Lie ONCE, attacked the safe, and broke of
the combination lock, when he was intcr-
rupted by the appearance of Abr,m r.,
mercr, who was waiting up to load = ear ~
I, ihe burglar presented a pistol at
heih'hcrer' who, being unarmed, st pied
D"'h le" steps, when the burglar passed
hiiii' menaclng him all the time with the re-.
'"Ver' Golng to the rear of the office be
h'ue ais escape to the river and wood. An
alarm was Immediately given, but as vet no
one mas been arrested. He was evidently a
stranger, as he was unknown to Kcmmercr
LIE Iowa Exposition at Des Moines is to
continue sixty days, instead of thirty, as at
hrst contemplated.
lHE Court House of Emmet County was
recently destroyed by fire. All the county
records, books and papers were burned, be-
sides over $1,000 belonging to private indi-
Nuuals. The cause of the fire is unknown.
out 1t Is supposed to have been inccndiarv.
IHE Belts House, at Glenwood, was burpcd
on The morning of the 31st ult. Loss $4,000.
WILLIAM SMITH, of Scranton Station
Green County, recently had his father ar.
rested and put under 81 900 bonds to keen
inc peace, on account of the latter's attcmpt
70 XIII him. 1t is supposed that the senior
Smith is dcmcnted.
a MAN named Aldridge was murdered in
hlnSSold County recently. He was there
win cattle and sold $500 worth He then
went TO stone quarry to see about getting
out some stone, and was seen no more until
his body was found. He was stabbed twice.
JOHN GRosvENoR and Mrs. Julia A. HUFF.
man, Of Bloomfield, were recently married
The blushing bride was born in 1905, and the
happy bridegroom first saw the light of
heaven in 1901.
f. {. WILKINSON, one 0" the Oldest and |
most respected citizens of CreSton, com
mlttcd suicide on the morning of the 1St by |
drinking four ounces of laudanum. A
friend of his named Bean saw him drink it,
but supposed it was whisky In his vest
pocket was note asking Gods forgivncss,
lliing all his effects TO his wife, and stating
that the note was written in the dark An
inquest was held and the jury gave a verdict
that the deceased came to his death by taking
poison while in state Of temporary insanity
AT Davenport, on the lst, Fritz Paulsen,
fifteen years old, son of II. Paulscn, while
attempting to board a freight train, fell un-
Ter the wheels, the train passing over his
head and neck and killing him instantly.
A HORRIBLE accident occurred on the
night of the 3Oth ult., at Keota the Oska-
oosa Division of the Southwestern Railroad.
A wagon occupied by man and his wife,
named Vincent, and another man named
while about to cross the track, was
struck by an approaching train. Mr.. and
Mrs. Vincent were instantly killed and Gill
nan so seriously injured that his life is de-
SPARED of. The train men allege that the
irst they saw of the wagon it was 80 yards
ahead of them, going from them, and in
parallel direction with the train, and that it
urned on the track so suddenly they had no
ime to stop the engine.
BROWNING MCCoY, of Mount Pleasant, re-
emily fell from the top of a pile driver, near
Fenton, and was instantly killed.
At Fairfield, the other day, Charles Nc.
Jaw, sixteen years old, lost his life in the
ollowing manner. In company with a
ouple of men he had been out hunting and
vas preparing to return home. Charlie, in
,utting his gun in the wagon, held the muz.
lie against his stomach, when by some
means the gun was discharged, tearing his
tomach in a frightful manner. He fingered
bout four hours.
IDA PICKNELL, near Shellsburg, conceived
strong attachment for young man named
richards. of which he knew nothing. She
card a rumor that he was about to marry
mother young lady, and forthwith took
olson. When she began to suffer from its
fleets, she changed her mind about wan ing
o die, and told her father what she had
one and why she had done it. Then every
ossible effort was made to save her life, but
q a few minutes she was dead.
THE Lie Claire estate at Davenport, worth
ONE S2OO, 900, will by the terms of the will
MIS-. lie Claire, be divided among the
eirs Of herself and late husband.
A YOUNG man named w. S. Ressegieu, a
.spectably connected resident of Sioux
ity, has been arrested on suspicion OF rob-
ing the safe of the American Express Com
any at Hamilton, Missouri, last April. The
mount stolen was four thousand dollars.
REV. SAMUEL C. ORDwAY, a well known
clergyman and home mis-
onary, dropped dead on the morning Oh
le Sd in front of the residence of his SON
law, in Marshalltown.
THE latest reports from st. Louis give
le following as the current prices for lead
,g staples: Flour-XXX. Fall. S5.00@6.Oo;
yheat-No. cred Fall, 81 .22(gl.221a; No.
Red Winter, s113@1.131sc; Corn-No. 2
liked 4O1z@41c; Oats-No. 2, SOl4(a3lc;
ye-No. 2, 5715M5Sc. Barley, sOc(@sl 10.
ork sl7 0O@l71O; Lard - 919W92sci
ogs-$5. 15@5.70; Cattle-s3.50(gi9o.