The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-06-07
IOWA STATE NEWS,

ssson elected the following oficer. for m.
eosuing year: President, 6r. Ii. kisti5ss II
Sedar kapids; First Vice President 4. W
1ostine. Of Carroll; Second Vice. President
= =. Fitch, Of Charles City; Secretary. ]. r
aenneeg, Of DesMoines; Assist .secretary.
" y. Mtrgridge or West Liberty, Treasurer
=. X Skinner. Of cedar Rapids.
AHIA0Nf LEUrRRLsCHwAB, Line years old
rss crowned in the DesMoines River. At
Deshoines, on the 26th He was fishing.
n CARRoIL, of Iowa CITY, was kicked
n tne head BY his horse ON the 2etb. ana
fatally injured. -A' -11
pa. 7. W. MARTYR. Of Oxford, by accident.
'ooa an overdose Of morphine, the Other
n'gnt, and came near dying. - q,
" the 2oth, D. Hogan, liyirg I've miles
Hen Humboldt, murdered his hired man. 1
young man eighteen years of age, NAMED
rstterson, and then shot himself. BE was
formerly from Dubuque County and was
considered quiet and peaceable citizen.
r. a AtIIs Couxrr farmer, becoming enraeed
because bis horse would not pull plow, tied
the tail Of THE animal to the plow, and then,
~ furious whipping, made the poor brute
plunge sbontuntil he 1ctuslly pulled the tail
out Of the body. !
TIE Marshalltown RepubHean records the
failure, at that place, Of Mr.. ]. r. Brown, one
q the largest shippers Of butter and eggs in
flie State.
1soRGs BAcxART was killed by an accident
on the Illinois Central Railroad, near Da-
buque, about two months ago The com.
pany offered the widow 5000, and she -.
cepted.s sostg'- sag - attaig;r iii
The Iowa Homeopathic Medical Society,
u lts last session. elected the following ON
Gers for the ensuing year: President, E. NJ
Seidlitz,. Keokuk; Vice -Prssidents,s r. A.
Lucy, OK kAooss, and R. s. Harrt, Gfinnell;
Secretary. E, A. Guilbert, Dubuque; Treas.
urer, W. 7. Virgin, Burlington. Articles Of
Incorporation were adopted, to take effect the
LIST Of next July; the name Of the society to
be the Hahnemann Association Of Iowa. Tbs
society Is out OF debt and has considerable
money In the treasury.
l. v. GEoHaH, . resident Of Carl, was ar
rested on the evening Of the SOth ult. upon the
Information Of woman from Chicago,
calming to be his wife, and charging that
Eeeyen years ago he deserted her, and has
been living with another woman ever sinces
Mr. George and wife No. were bound over
to appear before the Grand Jury.
RECENT inquest by the Grand Jury Of
Dubuque has revealed some queer facts
about the expenditure Of the poor relief fund.
One lady who owns two city lots with fine
dwelling on them, is shown to have received
1 400 pounds of -four in thirteen months, be.
side potatoes, soap, ETC., etc. Another
poor.relicf subject, ,anold lady, recently LOST
her bank book" which showed credit Of
several hundred dollars at one of the city
banks. Another case was that of young
man supported by the county at the Insane
!. Asylum because Of the poverty Of his pa
rents, who have only 5000 in one Of the
Dubuque banks!
Ar the Episcopal Convention, held in Da
venport lately, provi ion was made for the
divi.ion OF the State into two dioceses, ION .
line running north and southwest of Polk
County, the western section Of the Stsfeeto
contain . missionary organization under the
charge Of q Missionary Bishop, and the wish
was generally expressed by Episcopalians in
bubt CltyS WuACu Will UC bCACCtC0 80 VIC 0CO
city, that Bishop Garrett, now of Northern
Texas, should be placed in charge Of this
new field Of missionary labor.
DURING a heavy thunder shower at Mar
shalltown, on the night of the 31st, lightning
struck the house Of DR.. Cox, passing down
the chimney and shattering things z nerally.
The family were all terribly shocked. but the
only serious injury was sustained by DR.. Cox,
whose foot was badly laeerated. 80 sk4
BOONE was Visited by destructive fire on
the morning of tue 1st. The fire originated
in Henry Sepps furniture store on Story
street, and, before the flames could be ar
rested, the entire row Of five buildings were
des royed. Loss, about $6,5O0.
Mr.. IRISH, ofthe Iosa City Pyess. was re-
Gently badly poisoned, while fishing, BY
handling what is known as "poison Ivy"
THE Unipi i1sdle Depot, sts Gouiral
Bluffs, viii be 210 feet long north and south,
and 90 feet east, and vest, with wings 40x11
feet-eack one story in height. The main
building win consist Of twos1ories, and the
distance from the ground % the crowning
mart of the cone win be fully sixty feet.
"a BLooDr, Eta agisatss the family of
George Gilbert 1ving near Fairfield. The
El6ther separa,ed from the Rother some time
-eeo, and is liyiAg son ap$adjoining farm:
Mother and s0a met the ather lately and =
terrible fghte1sued. the son holding the
father down while tne mother beat lim with
club nigh uhto death.
hs rARMER neaed Diltx, sssidi1e near
Glenwooa, was IA 'lly shot few daysago Hx
a,ueighbsr nansd Bently. Ahog belDhging
10. Diltx- strsged upon tAs pFemlses q
srsntly and wss put into pen, and Diitz In
4 formed that he could take the porker away
bv having charges. Diltz, in order to get
posse scion OF the hog without expense, went
and released it after dark, and Benlly, who
u standing guard over the pig pen, shot
him as above stated.
NOT so much Al glass Of beer can be had
in Sac CITY. the last saloon having been
closed lately.
TIE new Court House at,sioux City, and
the finest II Northwestern Iowa, will be ready
for occ6pdlcy Mly1. stESs
Trrdiou1 city yosrnal reports that small
sefain in counties in that neighborhood never
locked better.
Trr latest reports from ct. Louis give the
following as the current prices for leading
stapyes: Flour-XxX, Fall, $SOO@S.0 %;
Wheat-No. . Red, FAN, 4l.66@1 .66X; No. 5,
Si56@l.5S; Corn-No. Mixed, 4S@zSstc;
Rye-No. 3, o5@0ec; Oats--So o@S0hc; Pork
si4.oA6t145o; Lard-9@9kc; Hogs-s4'SO@
500: Cattle--$4 .50@5.s5s
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