The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-09-20
IOWA STATE NEWS.

THERE was quite sensation in Burlington
on the 10th, caused by tho absence Of tn
Mayor, A. w. Parsons, who had been ava,
since the previous Saturday. On that nigh
MRS. Parsons made anxious inquiries con
ccrning him, and the officers of the Mer
cnants' National Bank, of which Mr.. Par
sons Is the Assistant Cashier, had not di
vuiged his whereabout, if they knew, Or
the night of the 10th, the City Solicitor pre
! sented sealed envelope to the City Council
winch was found to contain the resignation
OF the Mayor, dated Sept 8, and few IA.
Pers connected with his Office. The Council
deferred action on the resignation, which was
entirely unexpected. Some months ago Mf.
PARSONS said that the duties OF the Office
were too onerous, in connection with bis
private business, and he then talked of re-
signing. Recently several complications
nave arisen in municipal matters, notably
tne controversy over the office of City Aud.
itor. The Circuit Court recently decided
tnis in favor Of J. w. Burdette, but Mr..
D1ckie, who has5nar fa~~i -->s-t ~ ------
ants acting and issuing warrants. This con-
troversy may account for the resignation,
but not for the absence of the Mayor.
As A family of movers was passing through
Dubuque, on the 9th, the team took fright,
ran away and threw the woman out of the
wagon and portion of the load upon her
She was fatally injured.
IT was stated, on the 18th, that reason
had been found for the departure of Mayor
Parsons, from Burlington, in the fact that he
had been found to be defaulter to the
Merchants National Bank, of which institu-
ton he was an Assistant Cashier, in the sum
of about $4,000. The bank is amply secured
on his official bond, and will lose nothing.
1t was believed that there was no trouble in
municipal finances. Many of Mr.. Parsons
friends insisted that he would come back
and give some explanation Of his conduct.
They attributed his fight to temporary
mental alteration induced by the prospect
of exposure and the complications of mu-
nicipal and other matters intrusted to him.
1t is said that on previous occasion he left
Burlington in very similar way, but re-
turned in few days. On that occasion,
however, his accoun IS were all straight.
AT Bloomfield, on the night of the 10th,
an unknown party fired charge of shot into
Curtis McCaw while he was sitting in Long
berg's butcher-shop. Fifteen shot penetrated
the region of the groin.
A MASKED man called at the residence OF
John Joster, Clayton County farmer, on
the evening of the 11th, and, as Joster
stepped outside the door, struck him in the
face with corn-knife, infiicting terrible
wound and breaking his jaw. He then set
fire to Joster's barn and fled. Mr.. Joster was
fatally injured. The barn burned was valued
at 81, 600.
DURING an alteration with his wife at
DesMoines, on the evening of the 18th, Dan
Smith was shot twice and probably fatally
wounded by his son George, sixteen-year-
old boy.
THE hanging of Glyndon for the murder of
Miss Martin, in Melrosc Township, was de-
MED on the 18th.
RECENTLY, while Christopher Reidler, q
blacksmith, at Rockwell, Cerro Gordo Coun-
ty, was filling a box for a thresher with
molten Babbitt metal, it somehow exploded,
the hot metal flying into his face and de-
stroying the sight of both his eyes,
THERE are 1900 members of the Masonic
fraternity in Iowa.
AAr tko<>E<, fors.Aory reSiolng
. few miles southwest Of Independence, was
standing by his wagon, taking from it corn
to feed bis hogs, he was stricken by thun-
derbolt and instantly killed.
ALARGE force of men are working night
and day on the Union Pacific bridge at Coun-
Gil Bluffs.
The Capital City Bank, of East Des Moines,
owned by Messrs. Christy & Brandt, has
closed its doors. Its liabilities are stated at
$50, 900 and its assets at over SIS, 900.
CYRUS HOUSED, twelve-year old boy, was
recently found tramped to death by horses,
on farm near Bunker Hill, Washington
County. He had been plowing. 1t is sup
posed that the horses, getting all tangled up
together, fell on him. He was badly crushed.
The high truss-bridge over Crow Creek,
near Fairfield, recently gave way as freight
train on the Chicago 81 Southwestern Rail-
road was crossing it, and eleven cars and the
caboose were precipitated into the abyss
fosty feet below. John Baughman, the brake
man, was fatally, and several Others badly,
injured. The engine and two cars passed
over in safety.
The surplus products of Iowa, this year,
are estimated to be worth $S2, III .430. To
carry away this surplus will require not less
than 100000 cars. So that some idea may
be formed of the demand which will be made
this year on the railroads of the State.
JOHN LooBY, section-hand of the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, was
run over and instantly killed by the cars
nine miles east of DesMoines. He was
passing from the tool car to the caboose
and missed his footing, falling to the track.
His head was fearfully mangled.
A MURDER was committed at Brooks, a
station four miles west of Corning, on the
night of the 10th. The victim was strsn.
ger, ana the deed was done by travelling
CHARLES BALL, young man living near
Riverside, in Washington County, was
killed by lightning early on the morning of
the 18th. He had gone to the pasture to get
a team, and when near one of the horses a
flash Of lightning struck and killed the ami.
NAL. Ball turned TO run to the barn, and
when beside a second horse, near the barn,
q discharge of electricity killed both man
and horse. There was very little rain att
time
The latest reports from st. Louis give the
following as the current prices for leading
staples: Flour-xXx, Fall, S6O0@6.50;
2Red, Fall, sl26@1 261s; No. 8,
s1.17@1.1S; Corn-No. 2 Mixed, 41@43c;
Rye-No. 2, 5S19@6Oc; Oats-o61 @26Ac;
Pork--s12. 75@lS1O; Lard-9@9Jsc; Hogs
--$460td54J: Cattle--$4 25u15.75
STANLEY IN AFRICA.