The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-17
IOWA STATE NEWS


Mn. wv. CHRIsnAs, q well-to-do-flrmer lv-
ing near Bonaparte, while attending church on
recent Sunday suddenly became q raving ma
MAC. Jumping upon the seats he declared his
Intention to preach . Sermon and commanded
the preacher II ait down. This broke mp the
meeting, and be WAS taken home by his friends
where he remained in hopeless condition at
last acccu1As
TEE i" patent poiishT man came to grief at
Council Hlufis in his endeavor TO play sleight-
of-hAnd with ths silver spoons when they were
submitted 70 him for experiment.. He was
locked up in Council Bluffs calaboose.
A coUr1E got married in Davenport, the other
day, and went across the river to celebrate the
wedding, during the progress of which a contest
arose between the groom's mother and lhe bride
Hwas q somewhat spirited affair, in which
clubs, hatchets buckets of elack-ime, etc., took
part @ @
A MRs. A1MEpA CASE, Of Harrison County,
lately brought suit for the custody Of her chill
dren. before Judge Reed, of Council Bluffs, her
husband having possession of them. Judge
Reed gave husband and wife a lecture id court
whereupon they once more joined hands and
pledged themselves to one another in love.
walked out Of tic Cdmthouse together, and took
the tfa,f for their home in Harrison County.
A aRANuIArED egg factory is one of Kcokuks
recent enterprises. The eggs are opened, desic-
Gated, dried and sifted When finished the
product resembles bright yellow sugar.
TIE residence of Father Schultz, priest at
New Wine, Dubuque County, was entered by
burglars, on the 9Th, while he was holding ves-
pers, and robbed of 5000 in cash, beside jew
elry and other valuables.
| On the 9th, at Dubuque, the corpse of a child
which expired of measles and scarlet fever. was
refused transportation by rail, either as express
goods or baggage, to Keokuk, and was taken
was securely inclosed in sealed casket, the
railroad officials refused to receive it. fearing the
contagious diseaass
The President has directed that the Pension
Agencies at Fairfield and Dubuque be consoli-
dated with the agency at D5s Moines.
AT Dubuque, on the Sth, Jane Lawler, aged
sixty, was divorced in order to return to Ireland
to obtain legacy left by deceased relative,
the provision Of whose will made that step nece
HaIy Otl tAit pdIt VI bnc WollhIs Ouc CuOnc LUZ
tune rather than husband,
The body Of an unknown man was found in
the river at McGregor, on the afternoon of the
7th. He had, from appearances, been lying in
the water for two months. He had short thick,
very gray hair, and was about fifty years of age.
Fifty dollars was found on his body. 1t is sur
missed that he is the man that went through the
ice six weeks ago at Harper's Ferry with his
team, while going home from MILL in conse-
quence of which his wife went crazy
The Upper Mississippi Scheutzenbezirk meets
at Davenport on the oath of June.
The robbery lately perpetrated in South AM
ana, Iowa County, was on the funds of the
Amana Society, a communistic association Of
that place.
The First National Bank of Davenport claims
to be the Oldest National Bank in the United
States. 4
A GANG of burglars went through Harper's
Ferry on the night of the 7th, and got away
with several hundred dollars in cash and goods.
A YOUNG LADY school-teacher in A11ama11ee
County had a lover whose affection turned to
rage in a singular manner Recently, declining
to receive his attention any more, she gave him
the nitten. This sorely perplexed the young
man. He packed up his dnds for leaving the
country, but, before going, called at the school
to say farewell. After few minutes conversa-
ton, he requested the favor of a parting kiss,
and reached out to embrace her, when she strug-
gled, under bashful modesty. Selling the op-
portunity, he drew her face to his and bit her
nose nearly off. The end part, a good mouth
full, hung by the gristle, and was sewed in place
by a neighboring surgeon. With the best possi-
Bile care, she will be disfgured for ife.-Du-
buqae Dispatch to the Chicago Times.
A LEE County Judge has just decided that
tional pardon.
An infant daughter of John Greiner, of Du-
buque, was run over by a team, on the 10th,
and instantly killed.
SAMUEL WATKINS was recently arrested at
Council Bluffs upon the charge of killing a lad
whom he had employed to work for him, last
summer. The remains of the lad have been
lately exhumed, and his skull was found to be
broken in several places.
GEORGE NJ. Bowen, late book-keeper for
Roberts 4 Co., at Davenport, has just been in
dicted by the Grand Jury for forgery. Ten in
dictments were found against him.
The residence of G. s. Shaw, in Davenport,
was burned on the 11th. Loss, 81 500. On the
same day the barn and store-house adjoining
the residence of Oliver Flourist were destroyed
by FIRE. Loss, $4,000. 4
THE commencement exercises of the State Uni
versity will begin on Sunday, June II, with the
baccalaureate sermon by DIR. Thacher. On tie
10Th, the law Grafton will be delivered by Hon.
Henry Booth, of Chicago University. There
will be an Grafton on the Goth by Rev. J. M.
Gregory, Regent of the University of Illinois;
the alumni Grafton on the 21st, by J. 8. Clark,
of Des Moines, and an essay by Mn. w. B.
Craig, of Iowa City.
JONES 4 AykpssoN, of Davenport, indicted
for obtaining lot of tea from Boston firm,
have been acquitted, the court holding that it
had NO Jurisdiction.
PASSENGER CONDUCTOR CHAMpLAIN and Engi-
neer Pickering, Of the Northwestern Railroad,
were robbed Of $4O0 at Council Bluffs hotel
ON the night Of the 18th.
A REPORT is circulated at Boone to the effect
that the parties who left that place for the Black
Hills, some weeks since, were overtaken by .
snow storm and perished.
The latest reports from st. Louis give the fol-
lowing as the current prices for leading staples:
Flour-xxx. Fall, 99.O0@10. 50; Wheat-No. 2
Red Fall, - 16@a17; No. 8. @l.seal .se1 /;
Corn-No. 2 Mixed, 5OxdQ5Os<c; Rye-No. 2.
9O@91c; Oats-A4@4A1<c; Barley -s0c@ sl. 90;
Pork-e15. .25@15.s5; LArd-ss<095sc; Hoe
--44.6o06.40s Cattle o. 75(Q60Q