The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-02-15
IOWA STATf NKWs.

IOWA sT1TE NEWS.
CtAnxDnos., = Co.'S bsick black and con.
ten1t = Keokqk xe Destroyed BY fire
iev moz1ings ago, involving : lcss Of about
e5,Q0 The arc = supposed y have had
tlncendiary origin.
JOHN TnsN, u Hamburg, committed sui
ode, by hanging, on the Sd.
JIMMIE D1ANn took arsenic at DesMstnes
{ few nights ago With suicidal intent
Prompt medical attention saved her life. It
was case Of unrequited love.
The following were the Postoface changes
In Iowa, during the week ending Jan. ~,
1877: Established -Teville, M0nona Cou1i.
| ~, David Fiscus, Postmaster Discori.
tinued-Belle Air, johnson County. Post
masters Appointed Belinda, Lucas County,
George W. 0ller; Forest Home, P0weshiek
County, Samuel B. Walton.
THE other morning there cams to DesMoinea
on the Chicago, Rock Island d Pacific train
from the East, a young woman, who went to
| the Morgan House, near the depot. She
registered as Miss Mary Davis, but omitted
her residence, and was at once shown to q
.oom y sas nsas 's w .ons a.'e..
person in agony. TWAS some time before
could positively locate the source, but he
finally did it at the room occupied by Miss
Davis, and, rapping on the door, received no
| response but frightful moans. He burst
open the door, when he discovered the room
n
nlleo with gas, and tne woman lying IN Ded
oearly dead. physician was summoned,
wno gave tne proper anuaotes' ana sne re.
vived, put refused 10 give any account OF
hersei1, which gives rise 10 tne supposltion
OF suicidai intent.
MRS. CAROLINE j. HARRIS, widow OF Capt.
J.. c. Harris, one Of the victims In the Vir.
ginius massacre, died at FMarshalltown, on
the 5th, from an attack OF apopiexy.
Tarrr are sOO marrfageablc vounp Ladies'
in Burlinptsn. -
ru,n, ~. ZOO oorr,ots IN +ho s,o+e Pant.
,.n.;ar;as 80 ,vho,, ~ orc a. Eort Mad;son
-
CONVENTION VIII be held NJ Manches-
ter, Delaware County, on the 9th and 2Sth
OF February, by those interested in the man
ufacture oil butter and cheese, for the pur-
pose OF organizing the Northwestern Dairy
mems Association" and the discussion OF
pertinent topics.
GEORGE WAGNER, wealthy brewer Of
Rock Island, recently received letter from
Henry Hahn, Davenport tobacconist, stat
ing that he (Hahn) had found out certain
facts affecting Wagner's moral standing,
and that. unless Wagner gave him $500, he
would publish them. Wagner placed the
iet.er IN the nahds Oh the onlel OF fonce'
ana mann was arrested ana neid 70 pau on
tne o'h. punishment ior piaehlnail m loWa
70 nne snu =, ;ap.,soninens ~ INC feni'e'''iAiy
fAANA uAAN'nh' mno myst'iiousy ~s
appeaiou noh on",i.oa, ."i.u a. i"on.ns aso,
ieturneo Oh 'nc nish. oi .he an. Mex. uay
NC was aiics'eu' ~ 'ne ins'isanon VI INC
oenooi Doaru' upon INC .haiso VI e"peN'
.lenen' ne 70 chsisca WIZ hasins g.
acemeu = bogus ponu anu pA,nca ~ On oo
'ne Dircclors In sc''ie"cn' VI us aecoun"
rs treasurer
Y. WnLreRop, dry-goods merchant oI
Marsnaiitown, hied his petition In bank.
rnpfcy on the 9th. His liabilities are esti-
mated at s5O,NO and his assets at $4,000.
HIS failure was occasioned by shrinkage IN
-Ass Alu uDio' '..A'e k'a'n sp''.'s,o"''
AonAisLs .ceiaens occulleu IN SeIro
married woman went to her husbands mill
to call him to supper, when her dress caught
in the shaft, and her brains were dashed out
before her horrifed husband could shut
down the mill.