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

jury, III Des MOines, IN the case of tbe
united States as. J. A. Rhombero boyo
iouna verdict of s1e3, OIL 35 for the nlain-
III. Inc suit was brought ON A distiusr,s
bond. " uis'iiler
LIE ioHowlnS are the postoffice changes
, 10 iowa during the week ending Oct. IS.
lo'o' Established - Belvidere, Monona
|oun'y, W. A. Forward, Postmaster; Hurd.
iaha' Clay County, C. S. Montgomery, Post.
master; Whipple, Pottawattamie County
Jacob B. Delay, Postmaster. Discontinued
owens urove, Marshall County Post.
masters appointed - Clay Washington
Houhty, D. A. Morgan; Cotton Grove,
henry County, T. T. Root; Cromwell Cen.
ter' Clay County, George Clark; Fifteen Mile
uroVe' lama County, ii. u. Wilson; Lunf,
| wright County, F. d. Packard; Rutland.
humboldt County, A. W. Creed; St. Gilman
osceoia County, Francis NJ. BIashfeld.
I AN attempt was made, on the night OF the
ooth ut, a. Arlington, to break into the
! large iron safe of s. L. Kemmerer. The
burglar hrst broke into blacksmith shon
and got tools. He then broke opcu the door
! of the Office, attacked The safe. and broke of
The combination lock, when he was inter
fupted by the appearance of Abram KEN
Inerer, who was waiting up to load car of
hogs. The burglar presented pistol at
hemmcrer, who, being unarmed, st pied
back lew steps, when the burglar passed
MIN, menacing him all the time with the re.
'AFer. Going to the rear of the office, he
made his 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 Kcmucrcr.
TIE Iowa Exposition at Des Moincs is to
continue sixty days, instead of thirty, as at
first contemplated.
lHE Court House of Emmett County was
recently destroyed by fire. All the county
records, books and papers were burned, be-
sides over 81 900 belonging to private indi-
VlduaiS. The cause Of the fire is unknown.
but it is supposed to have been incendiary
TIE Belts House, at Glenwood, was burned
on the morning of the 31st ult Loss $1,000.
WILLIAM SMITH, of Scranton Station,
Green County, recently had his father ar
rested and put under IL 600 bonds to keep
the peace, on account of the 1attcr's attempt
to Kill him. 1t is supposed that the senior
Smith is dcmented.
AMAN named AIdridgc was murdered in
Ringgold County recently, He was there
with 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. Hun.
man, of Bloomfield, were recently married.
The blushing bride was born in lSO5, and the
happy bridegroom first saw the light Of
heaven in 1901.
f. G. WILKINSON, one o. the oldest and
most respected citizens of Crcston, com
mittcd suicide on the morning of the LIST by
drinking four ounces of Eudanum. A
friend of his named Bean saw him drink it,
but supposed it was whisky. In his vest
pocket was note asking Gods forgivncss,
Hing all his effects to his wife, and stating
that the note was written in the dark. An
inquest was held and the jury gave 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 freight train, fell I'M
Ger the wheels, the train passing over his
head and neck and killing him instantly. !
A HORRIBLE accident occurred on the
night of the 30th ult., at Kcota on the oska-
loosa Division of the Southwestern Railroad.
A wagon occupied by a man and his wife,
named Vincent, and another man named
Gilman, while about to cross the track, was
struck by an approaching train. Mr.. and
Mrs. Vincent were instantly killed and Gill.
Nv, in nrnt that his life is de-
SPARED Of The train men allege that the
first they saw of the wagon it was $50 yards
ahead of them, going from them, and IN
parallel direction with the train, and that II
turned on the track SO suddenly they had no
time to stop the engine
BROWNING Mccoy, of Mount Pleasant, re-
Gently fell from the top of pile driver, near
Fenton, and was instantly killed.
At Fairfield, the other day, Charles Nc
following manner. In company with
couple of men he had been out hunting and
was preparing to return home. Charlie, in
putting his gun in the wagon, held the muz-
gle against his stomach, when by some
means the gun was discharged, tearing his
stomach in frightfuI manner. He fingered
about four hours.
IDA PGCKNELL, near Shellsburg, conceived
a strong attachment for young man named
Richards of which he knew nothing. She
heard rumor that he was about to marry
another young lady, and forthwith took
poison When she began to suffer from its
effects, she changed her mind aboutwan ing
to die. and told her father what she had
done and why she had done it, Then every
possible effort was made to save her life, but
in few minutes she was dead.
The LIE Claire estate at Davenport, worth
some 5000 will, by the terms of the will
of Ms. lie Claire, be divided among the
heirs of herself and late husband
A YOUNG man named w. s. Ressegicu, a
respectfully connected resident of Sioux
CITY. has been arrested on suspicion of rob-
bing the safe of the American Express Com
pany at Hamilton, Missouri last April. The
amount stolen was four thousand dollars.
REV. SAMUEL C. ORDwAY, well known
Congregational clergyman and home mis-
sionary, dropped dead on the morning OF
the Sd in front of the residence of his SON.
in-law, in Marshalltown.
THE latest reports from st. Louis give
the following as the current prices for lead
ing staples: Flour-XXX. Fall. s5.O0@6.o0;
Wheat-No. cred Fall, 81 .22(gl.22]a; No.
Red Winter, sLl3@l1S1sc; Corn-No.
Mixed, 4O11@4lc; oats-No; 2, So4aSlc;
Rye-No. 3, 5715@5Sc. Barley, S0c@sl: 10.
pork Sl7 0O00l7.lO; Lard - 915W9Sc;
Hogs-S5. 15@5.70; Cattle-sS.5o9490.