The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-01-04
IOWA STATE NEWS.

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in Dcs Moines coa!-mine a few days ago.
His right leg was broken and his skull frac-
tured.
GEORGE AUSTIN, a farmer at Bassett Sta
ton, while oiling the horsepower to q
threshing machine recently, had his heal
caught between the lever and a corner O! the
horsepower. Death ensued before he could
be carried to the house.
FRANK DEAN, an cmploye of Stewart
Bros, pork-packers, of Council Bluffs, met
with an accident on the morning of the 26th
which will probably cost him his life He
was working iii the room in which the large
lard vats were situated A full steam was
on, and he had about completed his room
labors when his business called him into the
vicinity of large waste vat, but the room
/ was SO full OF steam that he made q false
step and into this boiling, seethng mass
fell. With rare presence of mind and super
human effort he succeeded in getting out
without any assistance. His chest, back of
his head, and left side were burned to such
a degree that all the skin, with little excep-
ton, is gone His recovery was con-
sidered doubtful at last accounts.
A PEDDLER was knocked down and robbed
on one of the back streets of Dubuque, one
cold day lately, and lay on the ground un-
conscious until his hands and feet were
badly frozen.
HENRY LAMB, of Mt. Auburn, was thrown
from his buggy, one day recently, and so
! stunned by the fall that he was unconscious
fot three hours. When he recovered his
senses he found that one of his arms was
| frozen solid.
The annual meeting of the Iowa Horticul.
tural Society will be held at Oskaloosa, Jan.
/ 16 to 10. Lectures and essays by leading
pomologists and scientists of the country
will be presented, together with able dis
cussions of topics before the Society. About
5000 will be awarded in premiums on fruits
| and flowers. -r".s
A TERRIBLE tragedy was enacted in Liberty
| Township, Scott County, on the 23d. Two
| officers armed with warrant attempted to
| arrest Patrick Murphy. He made threats of
killing both officers, and took a position
against the wall with cooked revolver.
| One of the officers entered the room, and,
| quick as thought, shot Murphy with a re-
| volyer, wounding him. The other officer
| then emptied the contents of loaded shot
| gun into Murphy's face and killed him.
JOHN EATON, a farmer living near Mar.
shalltown, started for his home about nine
o'clock on Christmas Eve Next morning
his team was found at neighbor's straw
stack and Eaton so badly frozen that both'
legs had to be amputated.
A FEW miles west of Dubuque there was
death, recently, where Spiritualist treated
the case and tried to perform resurrection
miracle. He persisted till the corpse was
hideous putrefac ion.
On the morning of the oath, Thomas Will
kmson, of Davenport, capitalist and one
of the oldest citizens, committed suicide by
shooting himself with revolver. Deceased
was spiritualist, but it is supposed he was
crazed by financial troubles.
A PosTAL-CLERK, named Batchcldor, was
arrested near Dubuque, the other day, for
opening love letter passing between two
parties with whom he was acquainted.
j. H. ROwEN, of Wright County, records
his success in the work of Matching the eggs
of grasshoppcrs which were left in the soil
in that vicinity last fall. The festive little
fellows would jump ten feet in three min
utes after they were born. The hopper eggs
are mostly going to hatch, and that might
be conceded now as well as ever"
THE third annual meeting of the Iowa
Dairy Association will he held at KirkwoOd,
Wapello County, commencing the second
Tuesday in January, 1877, and continue
three days.
THE ticket of1ice of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific Railroad, at Walcott, was
burglarized on the night of Dec. 6, and rob-
bed of about $500 worth of railroad tickets.
No clue was obtained to the robbers until
the 23d, when party offered to sell pack
age of the stolen tickets to a Chicago scalp
er, who, being one of the honest dealers Of
that ik, Immediately notified the General
Ticket Agent of the Chicago IL Rock Island
Road. On the 26th police officer arrested
Henry Lewis at No. 1876 Clark street, Chi
cago, about one half the stolen tickets being
found in his possession. Lewis was admit
ted to bail in the sum of $1,000, to appear
and answer on Jan. q
Gov. KIRKwooD has significd his intention
of resigning the Goyernorship about the 1st
of February. z.-
AT Cherokee, on Christmas, an affray oc-
Cured which will probably have fatal end
ing. A misunderstanding had for some
time existed between a man named Mike
O'Neil and George NJ. Rising. The latter
was quietly sitting in drug store, when
O'Neil entered, and, drawing a revolver, de-
liberateIy fired two shots at Rising, the lat
ter taking effect in his groin, and producing
probably. fatal wound. O'Neil was
promptly arrested, and was with difficulty
saved from Judge Lyneh.'2 s A
THE-folluwingwere the Postoffice. changes
in Iowa during the week ending December
County, John Kryder, Postmaster; Remsen,
Plymouth County, Mrs. E. J. Ellis, Postmis-
trcss. Postmasters ppointed-Bethlehem
Wayne County, W. Q. McColm; Clifton,
Louisa County, VIM. Thompson; Colfax,
Jasper County, J. T. Weaver; Connover,
Winneshiek County, Levi o. Wemark; DON
Nelson, Lee County, John B. Weir; Flor.
ence, Benton County, W. II. Tucker; Urbana,
Benton County, A. T. Mossman.
DANA WHITNEY, of Dixon, committed
suicide on the 9th by hanging himself with
pair of reins. Financial troubles induced
the act.
THE latest reports from st. Louis give
the following as the current prices for lead
ing staples: Flour-XXX, Fall, s6.0Oa6.2 .25;
Wheat-No. Red Winter, s1.3sCo1 3s1s;
No. 8 Red Winter, s1.S4@1S4Is; Corn
No. Mixed, 40@41c. Oats-No. 2,
32H@3. Nc; Rye-No. 2, 7097uAc; Pork
s16.OO@165O; Lard - lO1f@1oAc; Hogs -
$5.50@6 25; Cattle-$3. .O0@5.00.
Daring Burglaries.