The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-06
IOWA STATE NEWS.

ing contractor named Edward Massv who
iiNcs about ten miles below Dubuque He
was sitting in his house holding his little
| girl on his knee, when a charge of heavy
| shol was hrcd through a window directly be.
hind. He was struck in the back, but hav,
ing on very heavy oycrcoat he was not ia.
tally injured
MISS SARAH SHAW, aged nineteen, commit
ted suicide at her fathers house, near Delhi
on the afternoon of the 18th. She fastened
string to her bed-pOst, with the other end
attached to the trigger of shot gun, and,
stepping in front of the weapon, fired the
charge into her heart. She left note say
ing she did not care to live and see the fami-
ly growing up as they were.
TIE Boone STANDARD states that an
"Enoch Arden" case has come to the sur
face in that county. Mrs. Sarah Nelson sup
posed herself a widow, the guide mon"
having been lost to sight and touch for three
years. She married again, but last week the
proper husband turned up, urged the pri-
oritv Of his claim, and the second husband
has rclnQuished his hold and "lit OUT for
other climcs.
ALL the prisoners in the Marshall County
Jail escaped on the night of the 27th There
is an iron-barred cell in the center of the
main jail-room, into which the prisoners,
three in number, were locked for the night
They broke out of the cell in the middle of
the night by filing off the staple from the
door The file had probably been furnished
them by friend from the outside They
then psranpl tbvpt,rb h,1 h,I k,,
evidently previously prepared in the side of
the Jail. No blame is attached to the
sheriff, Geo. S. Hickox. The trouble is with
the Jail itself, which is a worthless, rotten
pile of stone and mortar.
J. II. COSNELL's residence at Correction
vile, was burned to the ground on the
morning of the Goth. Loss about SO, 300
The fire is believed to have had inccndiary
origin.
THE State University Law School closed its
winter term on the 25th. At its recent scs-
sion the Legislature established two homcO-
pathic chairs in the medical department of
the University, and several applications have
already been made to fill them.
\ ROW occurred at Melrose on the 9th
other named Newell intlicting n presumably
fatal wound
REV j. II. SwopE, Presiding Elder of the
Dcs Moincs Conference, died in that city on
the 2Sth, of pleurisy. He was i'll but a day.
THE cost of the late Legislature was about
100000.
THE old soldiers Of Scott County have de-
cidcd to unite as body in the celebration Of
the Centennial at Davenport
IRA S. LITTLE, Steward of the Boone
County Poor House, has disappeared mystic
riously.
THERE is butter and egg famine in Mar
shalltown, but potatoes are worth only
twenty-five cents a buSleh
In Davenport there are seven public school
buldings, costing in the aggregate over
500 600. The attendance, Feb. |, 1876, was
32SG scholasr; the number enrolled, 1856;
number of teachers, including principals,
~; number of lady teachers, rs; of gentle
men teachers, 10. The highest salary paid is
81 900 per annum, and the lowest S400. The
total cost of the schools Is 100000 year.
THE following is the apportionmcnt of inc
interest of the Permanent School Fund made
by the Auditor of State, on the basis Of
twcnty-six cents for each youth in the several
counties. No distribution is made to Lyon,
O'Bricn and Osccola Counties: Adair, 81
247, "a; Adams, 81 ,33S, 10; Allamakce, 81, i,3SS.-
AZ; Appnnoose, SS2972; Audubon, s59s.44;
Benton, 81 OBS So Black Hawk, S2,3l790;
soonc, 81 ,47l.34; Bremen, -, l2l.72; Buchan'
an, 81 ,296 SO; Buena Vista, s220.62; Butle-,
81, ,lU9. 70; Calhoun, S4i2 Il; Carroll, SS33.52;
Cass, s2,322 0G; Cedar, II, 1853. Il; Cerro Cor
do, 81 ,1S96l; Cherokee, 81, ,50354; Chicka-
saw, 81 ,2l472; Clarke, 81 ,190. 20; Clay, S556.-
%; Clayton, S2,9407l; Clinton, s2,I0ii5;
Crawford, ss3S. rs; Dallas, 81 ,653 .35; Davis,
81 1,2l5.74; Decatur, 50 ,2i6. II; Delaware, ST.
3l903; Dcs Moincs, Sl,6l4 .33; Dickinson,
s123.15; Dubuque, 81 1896; Emmet, s73tiS"
Fayettc, SO, l6l "a; Floyd, $l,247.0T Frarfh.
lin 1854 So; Fremont, Sl,6i5.34; Greene,
81 400. IS; ,Grundy, 81 ,533.74; Guthrie, 1851
"a; Hamilton, s. ,3l6 SO; Hancock, $341 .03;
Hardin, 81 ,065 .06; Harrison, 2,654. %; Henry,
1919. "a; Howard, SO, 100. 80; Humboldt, ST.
1S9 a; Ida, S307.20; Iowa, $3,42l.91; jack
son, 81 ,Gl6.43; Jasper 81, ,S23 .03; Jefferson.
81 1879 10; johnson, 81 PCS. IS; Jones, $3.50
26; Keokuk, SS9S.3S; Kossuth, $3.50. So; Lee,
81 ,s54. SO; Linn, 81, ,5H 90; Louisa, $751;
SIS; Lucas, sS03 IS; Madison, 81 ,G6l .25;
Mahaska, 81 ,395.S7; Marion, 81, 1882; Mar
shall, 81, 1,4SS.39; Mills, 81 ,306.15; Mitchell,
$3.50. 90; Monona, sS477S; Monroe, s697. .l2;
Montgomery, 81 III 81; Muscatinc, Sl,337.-
9S; Page, 81, ,440.04; Palo Alto, SS17.50; Plym-
outh, $655Sl; Pocahontas, S25o.43; Polk,
81 ,9l4. %; Pottawattamie, S2,4S95l; Powe-
shiek, s2,7l32S; Ringgold, s1,G2s.23; Sac,
S57l7O; Scott, S1,1s2.72; Shelby, 1872 n;
Sioux s17S,56; Story, 81 ,S2395; Tama, So
46l 81; Taylor, 81 $3.50; Union, 81 ,60l. .95i
Van Burcn, s1,O69M; Wapello, sl,l4217;
Warren, 81 1,3S6.9S; Washington, Sl,606. Is;
Wayne, 81 1,656.5s; Webster, s1,579.17; Win
nebago, s26539; Winneshick, S2,l5+.56;
Woodbury., s977GS; Worth, S703.6 .66; Wright,
S7s7.59
JUDGE DILLoH will be the orator at Da-
venport, at the grand Centennial Fourth of
f,Ily celebration
TIE latest reports from St. Louis give
me following as the current prices for lead
ing staples: Flour-XXX. FallS5.2505.1 10;
Wheat-No. Q Red Winter, s1.5oHG1l 81;
No. 3 Red Winter, Sl.s7@1.3714; Corn--No.
2 Mixed, 4GQ04619c; Oats-No 2, 3415(eS5c;
Rye--No ,, 64I9(a65c; Barley-No 2, 9i14@
sl.10; Pork-s23 oo@2325; shculders-s3s
(assl; Lard-s13. 75@ 400; Hogs-Shippng,
s7.4O@17 81; Packing, $775@S.25; Extra,
Ss30@s.5O: Cattle-Shipping, s4,15@5.5o;
Pony Steers, So. 75@4.25; Feeders, sZ.oo@
A50.
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