The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-11-02
IOWA STATE NEWS.

MARGARET MILLINGER and Charles P,,h,u
d son' OF Louisa County, wished to unite tbci
g ues'ihies matrimonially, but stern nsrcn
: op!eetea. The twain lit out at night anf
f aiii'eu at Bur mSton on their way TO Mis-
!, seurl' put were there everhauled bv III,
eenior Millinger, who took Margaret bor.
ana sent Charley adrift with the flavor 90 :
grahger's boot lingering in his Ioye.sict an
atomy NN "h
Al KICK IRWIN, of Sioux CITY, while on,
hunting, on the I'D shot himself in the head
and was instantly killed.
WIN LEFFINwELL, a distinguished c;tizen
Vi Muscatine, died on the oath.
lHE "interset Presbyteriaps have irs+
ueuicated new $4,000 church.
oN and after the 1st of November W;,tor
set boys under sixteen wears old are forhid.
den to appear on the public streets of tI,a+
city later than eight O'Clock In tbe ovonin,.
c;tn onGE '., ~ NITEMAN, employed in the
V NH Elevator Company's Touring
N'' IN . ouA Clty, was, On the evening of
~'u' cauSht In the shafting and whirled
around with he shaft while it made sixty or
seventy revolutions, his feet and one arm
slriklng obstacles at each revolution. Wher
iescuea MS arm and both feet were found TO
DC pounded into shapeless mass. He was
sun alive at last accounts, but his recovery
was deemed impossible
d. Cook SANFORD, editor of the Marshall
STATESMAN, was soundly booted and uncom-
sortaDlY choked on the streets of Marshall
town, few days ago, by H. c. Henderson.
prominent attorney of that city. The troubIe
originated from some attacks upon Hender-
son which had appeared in the Statesman.
HAYES d SKUNK private bankers at Alton,
suspended a few days ago.
Mrs. CATHERINE SEWERS, for some fine
ovnlch'eo' attempted suicide at Davenport,
on the morning Of the oath, ,.by cutting her
throat She was sent to the Insane ASYLUM
at Mount Pleasant.
-lHE Central Iowa Poultry Exhibition is to
be held in Marshaltown, Dec II, I3 and H.
AN important case, affecting the interests
u cues ana towns through which railroads
pass, was decided, on the 25th, in the Su-
prcme Court. The State Legislature passed
law in 1872 assessing railroads a certain
valuation per mile instead of the usual way
OF property valuation as in the case of iudi.
vlduais. The city of Dubuque opposed the
exceeded its authority, and violated the
Stat" law made and provided for the taxa
ton of property. A suit was entered in op-
position to the law, and won by the city in
Inc DISTRICT Court. An appeal was then
taken by the railroad companies, and u de-
clsion rendered in their favor. This decision
affects every city,and town in the State hav-
ing railroad facilities, and evadcs the pay
mcnt annually of hundreds of thousands of
dollars.
JACOB BOWER, bachelor, tifty-four years
old, recently drowned himself in the Iowa
River, near Iowa City, having the blues.
SOMEBODY has seen six pound rat, in
Iowa City.
Ir is proposed to have the monument TO
Gen. Baker complete by the next decoration
day.
WILLIE HoucK of Iowa City, died few
days since For twenty years he has been
wheeled around, having fallen and injured |
his spine when two years old.
j. J. GERAGuTY walked fifty miles in eight
hours and fifty-threc minutes, at Davenport |
few evenings ago, which was tifty-two |
minutes less than O'Lcary's best time.
BART HANLEY, landlord of the Mansion
House, at Iowa City, had leg broken the
other night while wrestling
MICHAEL CULLEN came to Sioux CITY from
Minncsota about two weeks ago and entered
upon spree which culminated, on the night
of the 9th, in his death. During the night,
in a fit of delirium, he left his boarding
house, barc-fOotcd and bare headed and was
found next morning at an carly hour, in the
middle of the street near the st. Elmo Ho-
tel, dead.
TIE residence of John Workman, re-
tired farmer living near Davenport, was en-
tered the other morning, through the sitting
room window, and his pants, containing
$140, stolen.
FRANK KRoNs, while attempting to board
moving train at Clayton, the other day,
fell under, sustaining injuries that caused
his death shortly after.
A FEW nights ago domestic infclicity
drove John H. Bulls, farmer living near
Bismarck, into suicidal grave.
Ar Iowa City, a few days ago, the eastern
bound train on the Rock Island Railroad
struck drunken man, named David King
stone, and inflicted fatal injuries.
THERE is a great deal of excitement in
Council Bluffs over the elopement of four
youths of that city. Two young lads named
Haggerty and Cahoon, aged fifteen and sew
entern years, have for some time been keep
ing company with young girls aged fifteen
and seventeen years, unknown to the girls |
parents. On the 10Th, about noon, one OF
the girls forged her mothers name to
check for 800, and with for ed note, pur.