The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-12-20
IOWA STATE NEWS.

| IOWA STATE NEWS.
BIZ powder explosion in DesMoines coal
mine, on the 7th, a man named Bates was ter
ribly and fatally injured. Two other miners
were injured, but will recover.
THERE are said to be not less than 1000
deaf and dumb children in the State.
RULoFF HARTNAuGH was run over by a
switch-engine, at Council Bluffs, on the sth,
and SO badly mangled that he died in few
hours.
On the evening of the 9th, Isaac johnson,
living at Farley. left home with loaded rife,
telling his sister that he was going out to
shoot pheasants. Not returning, search was
instituted next morning, and his body was
found near the house, shot through the heart.
1t was case of suicide, supposed to hayebeen
induced by the refusal of young lady to re-
ceive his addresses.
| JAMES MAMN, the active partner of Mahin
Bros, publishers of the Daily and Weekly li1s-
cati,ss Journal, is dead.
THE State taxes are now collected closer
than ever before. There is only delinquent on
the tax Of 1875, $24,S47.T. The total delin-
quent tax, prior to 1875, is only Sl09, 76l 81.
The entire State tax for 1875 was $793, 1877 30;
for 1876, $S05 $50. IA; increase during the year,
$12, ,OS2.S4. The entire taxation of the State
for 1875 was $40, ,2SS, TILT; for 1876 it was
80 1885,, 1920; increase for the year, S411,-
04O.62. The greatest increase is in municipal
and school taxes-the latter being nearly one
half the entire tax.
QUAn shooting will be legal sport after the
| LIST of February.
| THE wagon and blacksmith shop of Henry
Lessersmith, at Glidden, were burned on the
morning of the 18th, as were, also, the furni-
| ture store of Gilbert Edin and the hardware
store of Anselme & Co. Loss, 5000.
AMELIA, Brigham Young's favorite wife,
was former resident of Keokuk.
THE State Treasurer's balance-sheet shows
the following funds on hand, Nov. 30, 1877:
Agricultural College Endowment Fund. s68, ,l6O 90
General Revenue Fund. .............. 1850 05
Swamp-iand Fund. d..................... 5,527 81
THE Governor has issued proclamation Of
fering $500 reward for the capture and convic-
tion of each of the murderers of Miss Kadi-
gan, for whose murder Reuben Proctor was
hung by mob. He also offers $500 reward
for the arrest and conviction of the persons
who hung Proctor.
AT Keokuk, the other night, the dress of
little colored girl, five years old, named Hanna,
was set on fire by piece of burning paper,
which was dropped by her brother. The girl
III .a,r,o - -. s,,o - "a .ha ~
a;nht Ell o,,o ha,,-,,...1 .,,s - ~
- tho bottom oftbo Nirbt Sho diad tbo al
lowing evening from the effects of her in
iuries.
PAR, INCONVENIENCE confdentisl o,er,- and
book-keencr of DeItz & Hammer. of Iowa
CITY was recently discovered 70 he a dofauItar
~ Tho omonpt If a ooo which bo had tolon
in sums of fvc to fiftv dollars Of a time His
s;ckness and the emn,ovmopt of a now bool-
keeper revealed his thefts. He confessed re-
stored what he could, and left the city. Fast
living didit.
]. G. LYFoRD & Co., grain dealers, of NAL
colin. SUSPENDED on the 18th.
A FIRE occurred at Beacon, on the evening
of the 18th, which DESTROYED double dwell
ing oeiohsinS W t1ehi9 lonioioy' "hoSo h..le
hVe-year-olu son perisheu III ,ne na,ies. ne
nao fe'ireu 70 oeu' anu 'ne ia.nor nau gone 10
prayer meeting, leaving .ne whe' MIS- rome
roy at nome Inc c.iius pooy was ai'iios'
cohsuheu' tne ci'arieu 'iuih ohE ieihA'hii,s'
Inc nre caught iron, 'he ou.siue anu gaye ' 'iie
wv .""'o' 'o ',o',' ''''' -
nrpo,r ros reoe,vod FROM C-bave,ne on
tho 10Th that willie Raker son of the late
Adi,t-Gen. Baker had fatally stabbed a soldier
at that place.
Tur Greenhackers of the State were in ses-
s;or ot DesNo;pes on tho 1etb oil tho con-
oressional Districts beinp renresented Reso-
lutions were adopted demanding the remoneti-
zatioa of silver, the issue of more Greenbacks,
ETC., etc. The State Central Committee was
authorized to appointdelegates to the National
Convention when called.
CoRy is worth thirteen cents busbe] in Sac
Comfy.
r.r,, p.;,,o,a - low, uooo;,,o, 90 ooo
To-. oarr,,;r.r ,ho Mo- paroos
He annual meeting Q, Tue Deshoines ii Vai-
icy Meuieai oocie'y WIZ pe heio a' o''uiii"a,
Oh 'he io'n u 'anua'y'
WALTER ELKINs was arrested at Keokuk,
on the 18th, for murderous assault upon w.
NJ. Downing, toll-collector at the east end of
the Keokuk and Hamilton bridge. He went
to the dollhouse early that morning and threw
rock through the window at Downing, strlk-
ing him on the forehead and producing seri-
GUS wound.
Juper RorHrocK will he Cbief,Justice from
Ian. / 1873 to Ian. / 1s7a
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