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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-04
A Terrible Warming.

The following sad case is held up as
a solemn example of the mournful re-
suits sure to follow undue enterprise,
and attendant upon all ill-adjudged at
tempts to let the world know of ones
existence:
Some time ago, two young mechanics
in a Maryland town entered into CO.
partnership as wheelwrights and car
riage-builders. Both gentlemen were
possessed of shrewdness and industry,
and were getting along in very happy
and contented way until they deter
mined to venture upon rash UNDER
taking. Up to that time they had been
able to. take things easy. They had
been coming to their shop in the morn
ing just when they felt like it, and quit
ting in the evening just when they
pleased. There was no hurry, no rush,
no worry. Things went on in smooth,
sober and comfortable manner. But,
as was intimated above, they one day
decided upon a change of tactics. They
concluded to insert a conspicuous adj
vertisement in the local paper. Then,
with recklessness that was truly as
tonishing, they managed to get them
selves frequently mentioned in the local
columns of the newspapers. They
might have known that everybody
would read these notices, but, with
singular fatality, they continued the
same desperate management until they
got themselves in a most awkward fix.
The first intimation they had of coming
trouble was when they realized that adj
ditional help must be employed. They
employed additional help, but still their
vexations were not over. Only last
week they discovered that their shop
was entirely too small. Then they
bought lumber, employed workmen,
and will have just about finished to-day
another shop in the rear somewhat
larger than their original one. Strange
infatuation! Both these clever Young
men might have been enjoying nap
this very afternoon if it had not been
for their unguarded conduct. But there
is no further rest for them except on
Sundays and few short hours after tea
each day. We cannot say where it will
all end. Deluded creatures! Wewarn
them in time. If they don't mind,
they will be compelled to employ still
othor eooietents and mako still othnr
additions to their shop. But advice
seems to be thrown away on such ven-
turesome people. At all events, they
should consider the example they are
setting. They should remember that
other mechanics and businessmen may
90 and do likewise. Then what ca
lamity will they have to contemplate.
A town that was once quiet and sedate,
rendered bustling and noisy with the
hum of business, the buzz of factories
and the rush of accelerated commerce.
We turn from the picture with fear and
trembling. g.-Furntare Trade.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-04

The New Jersey Republican State
Convention was held at Trenton, on the 25th.
VIM A. Newell was nominated for Governor,
and platform was adopted reaffirming the
National Republican platform Of last year;
cordially recognizing the earnestness and sim
cerity with which President Hayes is laboring
to promote reconciliation in both sections of
the country and to secure the efficient and
economical administration Of the Government,
and pledging hearty support to every wise
measure calculated to secure the lasting union
and prosperity Of the whole country on the
basis Of impartial justice and equal rights for
all citizens in all sections; congratulating the
country upon the progress made towards the
resumption of specie payments, and demand
ing the adoption Of all measures necessary to
insure the restoration Of a standard uniform
throughout the world at date not later than
that now fixed by law.
The New York Republican State
Convention assembled at Rochester, on the
26th. The Committee on Organization report
ed in favor Of Senator Roscoe Conkling for
permanent Chairman, but Mr.. Conkling moved
that his name be stricken from the report, and
that the temporary Chairman, Mr.. T. C. Platt,
be continued in the position as permanent pre-
siding officer, which motion was agreed to-
I'll to no. After the Committee on Resolu-
tions had made their report, Mr.. George Will
lam Curtis offered as an amendment resolu-
ton declaring that Mr.. Hayes title to the
Presidency is as clear and perfect as that Of
George Washington, and heartily commencing
his efforts in the permanent pacification of the
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-04

Of 500, 900, was stolen from the First National
Bank Of Cortland, N. Y, on the. I'D, and the
loss was not discovered until several days after
the theft. The stolen property belonged to
private individuals.
News was received at Fort Shaw,
NJ. T., on the 2Sth, of an encounter between
the Nez Perces and detachment in charge Of
the Government freight-trains, at Cow Island,
on the 23d. The fight continued throughout
the night, the Indians leaving in the morning,
having in the meantime burned about fifty
tons OF freight, thirty tons Of which belonged
TO the Government. Two citizens named
Weimer and Walker, who took part In the
SIGHT, were seriously wounded. Itwas thought
the hostiles were making their way to the
British Possessions. Several reliable half
breeds who arrived at Pembina, D. T., on the
eSth, report that Sitting Bull, with I, 500 war
riors, was encamped at Wool Mountain on the
Canada side, as late as the 18th. Several out
RACES on trading parties by Sitting Bulls war
riors had been reported, but he repudiates the
charge Of having authorized them. -
The entire business portion of the
Town of Putnam, Conn.,, with the exception Of
the National Bank and a ncwly-erected hotel,
was destroyed by fire, ON the morning Of the
90th ult. Loss, about 100000.
A FERNANDINA Fla.) dispatch of
the 29th ult. says that of the ,632 inhabitants
of the place 293 were sick OF the yellow-fever,
and $50 had been sick. Four deaths and three
new cases had occurred within the previous
twenty four hours.
The public-debt statement for Sep
tember makes tile following exhibit: Coin
bonds outstanding, s1,712, $50, $50; legal
tenders, ETC., 1890 2O3, or; interest, $27, ,12s,-
SIG; total debt, 81 2229, ,s91, ,1s3 Cash in Treas
ury, $17s, ,3O3, 1928. Debt less cash in Treas
ury, S2,O5l ,5S7, ,255. Decrease during Septem-
Der, s3,sss5A.
The coinage at the mints of the
United States sfor the month of September
was: Double eagles, "a, 492, 200; trade dollars,
81 $40, 900; half dollars, $4OS 400; quarter-dol-
lars, s349, 1900; dimes, $4,000. Total, s7,O56-
400.
A CAMP ROBINSON (Neb.) telegram
Of the 1st says there was good deal of excite
ment among the Indians at the different
agencies in regard to their removal to the Mis-
'ouri and it was considered doubtful If such
'emoval would be accomplished without force.
On the 30th ult., at Port Royal, S. c.,
there were four deaths from yellow fever.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-04
Tn Captain Jinks with ragged clothes,
I'm Captain Jinks with a rosy nose,
I'm Captain Jinks with many woes,
But am not dOwn-hearted.

When he was asked by an officer to
..come along he cheerfully went.
When they put him in a cell he had no
objection. When they refused to give
him ice-cream with his supper he was
willing to take pumpkin pie. And
when they brought him out for trial he
looked at his Honor and mildly said:
.sLet me down gently, fellow-man.
I'm old and thin and weak, and any
bad news might bring on a fit or some-
thing
"Old man. where is your homepn
asked the Court.
.All this big world is my home,
Squire. = a
!. Where are your good clothes,
money and other evidences that you are
not a vagrantp' - IL lel
:. I'm run down, Squire. These are
my Sunday clothes. I'm out of cash,
and can't furnish any collateral Tor
one square meal. You see me just as
am, and now what are your intentions
toward me? Please don't hit me with
big sentence all at once
Joseph Strathers, you will be better
off in q brick house than on the streets.
In fewldays more the winds will blow
cold, the frosts will warp you out oi
shape, and crusts and crumbs won't be
laying around loose. I think III send
q Yes-yes- knew you would from
the start, bnt don't be brash about it,
Let the sentence come easyr'
Il HstftU<14 Ts1l nd ON, IL aof-
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-04

1Ot8l8. .uu0sUW T1oos4ou W
THE Fourth Annual Meeting of the women's
Christian Temperance Union of Iowa will be
held in Ottumwa, Oct. 9, 10 and IT.
A TERRIBLE and fatal accident occurred at
the gas works in Marshalltown, on the evening
Of the 23d which caused the death Of Thomas
Mannion, John Adder and Thomas Cummings.
1t seems that there was an accumulation of
water in the center seat in the purifying pit
and other sdisarrangements about the drp-pipe
and valve, and these three men went down to
draw out the water. They were alone there at
three O'Clock, when called to dinner, and said
they could not leave, but would be up soon.
About six o'clock Mrs. Mannion became uneasy
and went to call them. Looking down into
the pit she saw her husband sitting down clasp
ing stand-pipe, dead, and Adder partly sub
merged In the water. Assistance soon arrived,
and the bodies were rescued at very great risk
of life, as the gas Of the receiver had all es-
capped and the pit was full, as well as the en-
tire works. The cause Of the escape was not
ascertained until this morning, when an exam
ination showed that Mannion had opened the
valve in the drip, and the gas escaped at once in
his face, and he must have been killed in
stantly The other two evidently had made an
effort to escape, but were overcome and
smothered. iSNssN
Hon. CHRISTIAN WuLLwEER, Of Dubuque,
late United States Minister to Ecuador, died
in Dubuque, on the 29d.
On the evening Of the 25th, Andrew Diehl, .
German farmer, living about five miles west Of
Carroll, was struck by lightning and instantly
hiIIod Hfs douuhtar aued f7ffaov, Years was
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-04

The Comptroller of the Currency.
stated, on the 25th, that the additional circula
tion of National Bank notes issued during
September would not be less than $1,000, 900,
and the indications were that much larger
amount would be issued during October and
November, for the purpose Of supplying banks
with currency necessary for the movement Of
the crops.
ABOUT 5000 of the striking coal
miners in the Lehigh-Scranton (Pa) coal re.
gion resumed work, on the 25th, at an adj
vance of 10 per cent upon the price paid be-
fore the strike. It was believed in Philadel-
phia that the strike was substantially over.
WHILE Anderson Shifflett was being
hanged at Harrisonburg, Va, on the 25th, for
the murder of man named Lawson, the rope
broke, and the doomed man fell to the ground.
He was again placed upon the scaffold, utter
ing ordinations that he was innocent of the
crime for which he was being executed, admit
ting, however, that he knew the murder was
to be committed. A second rope was placed
around his neck, and, after being allowed, at
his own request, to look once more upon the
light Of day, he was again swung of and died
of strangulation, his neck not being broken by
the fall.
PRESIDENT HAYES, on the 9th, re-
ceived the Sioux and Arrapahoe delegation of
Indians from the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail
Agencies Several members Of the Cabinet
were present at the interview. In their
speeches the Indian Chiefs all expressed de-
sire for cattle, wagons, farm Implements and
schools, so that they may become civilized and
live like whites. All objected TO being re-
moved to the Missouri River. a'ss...; ~ ~. =,
A FIRE in Providence, r, T., on the
9th, destroyed several hne business blocks
INJECTING loss in property Of ab0ut 17b020o,l
which Is largely covered BY Insurance.. 'l:i III
Ar Rocky Hall, KY. on the night of
the 18th, IN engine attached to I train Of can
on the Louisville n Nashville Railroad ex-
ploded, killing three men and serioualy injqrIng
several others A number Of nee horses
which were on board were killed and sevefpl
Others were more or Iess injured f5s5
Two on the highwaymen who re-
Gently robbed the express car on the Onion
Pacific Ratlroad were overtaken near Welaee,
Kan, on the 20th, BY posse under the Rocky
Mountain Detective Association. The robbers
made stand and wsrs both killed. and eoeoe0
IN gold coin recovered ~
a PACKAGE containing Government
and railroad bonds certificates Of stoekA
mortgages spd prcpissoly notes, 70 " yllas
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-04
Story Of a Wreck-Adrift on Water
Cask in Mid-Ocean.

Mr.. Louis Angel an intelligent Ger
man, who arrived in this city on Monday
evening, looking for chance to ship
in our fishing fleet, furnishes a most
thrilling account of recent shipwreck
and suffering, with an escape from
death that may swell be regarded as
proyidential. Mr.. Angel was mate of
the three.masted schooner Ida Lewis,
of Boston, bound from Brazos Santiago,
Tex, for New York, with a cargo of
hides, which was wrecked off the
former port on the 9th of August, all
hands being lost except himself and a
boy of fifteen years named Henry Wal
lace, belonging in Providence, r. l.
The schooner struck on the BrazoS
Santiago bar about half-past one
o'clock a. m, but soon drove out
side and went to pieces. The wind
was blowing from the north, with a
long sea range. and the waves were
mountain high. Mr.. Angel was fortu-
nate enough to secure rope from the
wreck, with which he SWAN to float
ing water-cask, and lashed himself and
the boy, whom he had determined to
save, if possible, to the cask. Their
situation on SO frail support, buffeted
about by the sea, with the wild waters
frequently covering them, can better be
imagined than described. At one time
the cask was thrown violently against
the side of the wreck by the heavy surf,
and the boys leg was crushed by the
collision in frightful manner. With
little hope of succor, exhausted by ex-
posure, and beaten about at the sport
Of the waves, they drifted hither. and
thither for many hours, until uncon-
sciousness kindly blinded them to the
perils and apparent hopelessness of
their position. They were, however,
discovered by 1ight-keeper on the
coast, who telegraphed to Point Isabella
for assistance, and two boats were sent
out to their succor, and took them off
after having been driven about on the
cask for period of nineteen hours.
From the boats they were transferred
to little tug, where they were wrap
ped in blankets and taken to Point
Isabella, where they fell into the kind
hands of countryman of Mr.. Angel,
who spared no efforts to minister to
their comfort and recovery. Itwas four
days before Mr.. Angel recovered con-
sciorisness, and his little companion
wn so seriously injured in the collision
with the wreck that it was found neces-
sary to amputate his leg. Having lost
everything, the rescued man and boy
were dependent upon charity until suf-
ficiently recovered to travel, when they
were furnished free passages by steamer
~ CaJvoSfnu uv,d %6onfo f<, Nov1 Work
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IOWA STATE NEWS.

The following is statement Of the interest
Of the Permanent School Fund as apportioned
by the Auditor Of State on the basis of twenty
five cents for each youth in the State:
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-04

value of these noble creatures, and of
the way in which they can be trained
or the service of man.-Dr. Fields
Letters in the EpdftqeLiSf.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-04
A DISPATCH to the Louisville Courier.

Journal from Richmond (Ky.) on the 1st.
speaking of the killing OF Perry White
(colored) by Hon. Cassius NJ. Clay, gives the
following verdict of the Coroner's Jury:
Perry White came to his death by pistol
shot wound inflicted by c. M. Clay, Sunday,
Sept. 30, 1877. Testimony being given US un-
der oath by c. NJ. Clay, he being the oniy wit
ness, we are constrained to justify said Clay,
and believe that he did it in self-defense." 1t
is understood that White attacked Clay be-
cause of his mothers dismissal from Clay's
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-04

sczrrxx meaus wilti rose ana ma
Eoes the yeilsce We tetrible Turks,
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PERSONAL.

PRESIDENT HAYES and the party ac-
companying him returned to Washington, on
the evening of the 25th, from their Southern
trip. They met with a hearty reception and
cordial greeting at all points on the route
through Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Ala
bama and Virginia. The President concluded
to defer his proposed visit to Richmond, Va.
until October. @ffEsy
DIR. V. A. TURPIN, a Chicago busi
ness man of good reputation and large means
has been appointed Receiver of the suspended
Fidelity Savings Bank, of Chicago.
SYDNEY MYERS, owner and manager
of the defunct Merchants, farmers, and Me-
chanics' Savings Bank, of Chicago, was, on the
26th, indicted by the Grand Jury for embezzle-
ment, and taken to jail in default Of bail The
same jury also returned an indictment for the
alleged embezzlemcnt of $780, 600, against the
officers and managers of the late Protection
Life Insurance Company. p. Hilliard, Pres
ident; A. w. Edwards, Secretary; John Reed,
Treasurer; Martin Ryan, Actuary, and L. NJ.
Sawyer, Assistant Secretary.
SIDNEY MYERS, the President of the
defunct Merchants, Farmers Il Mechanics
Savings Bank, of Chicago, has been released
on bail of $4,000.
z Col. DAVID H. ARMSTRONG, of st.
Louis, has been appointed by Gov. Phelps to
fill the vacancy in the United States Senate
caused by the death Of Lewis " Bogy, of Mis-
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-04
In the Detroit Police Court.
TENDER AND TOUCHING.

He limped. He carried huge cane.
He was old enough to be most any
body's father-in-law, and he hadn't the
faintest show of cash in his pockets, yet
he was jolly. He stood in front Of the
Soldiers Monument, danced as well as
a lame man could. and sang:
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-09-06

ity. INSULT No not the slightest danger
of il, from the male students at least
There never was an insulting word said
to me or coarse remark made before
me in the classes.
awhile | was at the Academy, Mr.
Perry, the artist, saw me, and shortly af-
terward engaged me to pose for his Ven
Us Rising from the Sea- Since then
have been posing privately, and have
done well. You have seen me-in pic
lures, mean-many time.
"Hard workl / should say it was. But
then it is not for very long. When |
played Venus to Mr.. Perry's Pygmalion,
for instance, had to lie on a sheet of
plate-glass in an alcove of green curtains.
and very hard bed found it, as you
can imagine. This was to produce the
effect of the green reflection of the sea.
When posed for Mr.. Bensell's Creole
wore only strip of thin gauze about my
hips, and lay in hammock until the
cords cut into my flesh.
"That pose of the Frenchman, however,
was worse than either. See here She
threw herself into the attitude of one sur
prised and terrified, with body bent to
one side and downward, and one hand
out. The position was bad enough, :"
she continued, "but to make matters
worse, Mr.. N was very captious, and
grumbled if | even quivered. At the end
of each fifteen minutes, when got ten
minutes rest, | invariably was SO badly
cramped that l did not recover until it
was time for me to begin to suffer again
He was in such a hurry to finish the
work, too, that he required us to stand
four hours day, two in The morning and
two in the afternoon. He was as bad as
a woman,-and women, as suppose you
know, are the most cruel to the models of
all students. | would rather pose for
twenty male classes than one single fe-
male.
at is pretty hard to get employment
for draped posing" she added. "Most
of the artists use their wives, daughters,
or lady friends for that purpose. There
is even one artist here, an old German,
who uses his three young daughters as
nude models. He painted them in a
group as the Three Graccs for the Cen
tennial Exhibition. / never pose for
sculptors. | tried it once for Mr.. Har-
nisch, of Philadelphia, but their studios
are so cold and the air is so full of mar
ble-dust that it is miserable work.
Travel. o yes. We often pose for artists
in Boston and Philadelphia, and are glad
to do So as it gives us an opportunity OF
of trip away from the CITY,"
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How Louis Napoleon Escaped Thrash
ing.

Hartford Courant.
In the year 1884 the fall election in New
York had been preceded by campaign
of unusual excitement. The great Dem
ocra.ic leader, William L. Marcy was the
candidate of his party for governor. 1t
was expected that there would be lively
times on the day of election in the city of
New York, and several Hartford mer-
chants arranged to go down together
TO see the fun, and at the same time to take
advantage of the trip to purchase goods.
They arrived in the city by boat on the
morning of election and took rooms at the
New York Hotel, which stood on the
present sight of A. I. Stewart & Co.'S
downtown store on Chambers street.
Among the number were David Clark,
and A. S. Porter The whole party visit
ed some of the voting precincts and saw
the fun, which included many street fights
and minor rows.
During the afternoon Mr.. Clark and
Mr.. Porter were looking over newspapers
in the reading-room of the hotel, and
were seated apart. At one end of the
room was the bar. While Mr.. Clark was
busily engaged in writing, his attention
was attracted by loud voices among which
| he recognized Mr.. Porter's, and looking
up saw three young fellows somewhat
excitedly engaged in conversation with
Mr.. Porter. He went at once to learn the
cause of the debate, and found that the
strangers were demanding that MI. Porter
should paw bottle of wine, which they
alleged he had lost on bet. OF couIse
he had made no bet, and the fellows were
attempting TO impose upon him. Mr..
| Clark was then spare man-not so port
i ly as he is now-but was muscular and
strong, and was a dangerous subject in a
, rough and tumble. When he heard the
spokesman Of a party of three declare that
unless Porter paid the wine every bone
in his body should be broken, he stepped
up to the fellow and said: you try that
once, and I'll take every one of you sep
arately and throw YOU out of that win
dow'-pointing to a window not far up
from the floor. The clustering young
man looked at the tall form before him,
ard seeing two sledge-hammer fists, and
long arms, ready for business, took the
hint to depart, and his companions went
with him.
Mr. Clark was considerably interested
in the episode, and before he left town he
learned that the fellow he had talked with
was Louis Napoleon who was then living
a fast and reckless life in the metropolis.
When he saw the man again it was in
1857, but under different circumstances.
1t was in Paris, and the youth had be
come Emperor of the French. and Mr..
Clark did not think il advisable TO intro
duce himself as the person who twenty
odd years before showed fight in New
York.