The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-05-23
IOWA sTlff news.

IOWA STATE NEWS.
(. A CREsroN railroad watchman found ST.
go in the yard belonging to cattle shipper.
He sought out the loser. gave him bis money,
and WAS generously rewarded in the sum q
1o0-centsi 2 ssS.9 ssf 1aas - a3Es
DUnSs : recent thunder storm, Mr.
HoRul, living near the County line IN Ring.
gold County, whfle going near schoolhouae,
was knocked down by shock from stroke
of lightning. Recovering himself he went
into the schoolhouse near by, where he found
the teacher and an the children upon the moor,
their senses benumbed from the stroke and
the clothing of two little girls on fire-one his
own child. He extinguished the flames. One
OF the children was dead, and his own child
died the next day.
A yEabo, named Charles Greeley, was re-
Gently tied to tree, at West Liberty, and
horsewhipped for insulting schoolmistress.
The Young lady's father and friends did the
whipping.
The Secretary Of State has given notice
that, uuder the new law regulating the distn-
button Of laws, only the county officers, Jus
tices Of the Peace, Township. Clerks and May
0rs OF cities or towns are entitled to the laws
ct the expense Of the State 3,
An alarming case of trichina has developed
IN Boone County, causing the death of one
person already, and from which some of the
four others now sick will not recover. Two
families living four miles south Of Moingona,
by the name Of Toliyer and Cartwright, are
the victims The attending physician being
unable to account for the sudden. death, a
Boonesboro physician was called, who discov-
cred the cause by microscopic examination
Of the meat. 1t was estimated to contain at
least twenty thousand of the parasites to the
square inch. The meat was ham, cured by
the family themselves. 1t seems impossible
for Mr.. Cartwright to recover. All who ate
OF the ham have been affected The parties
are well-to-do farmers, and the discovery has
caused profound sensation in that COM
munity.
HON. JOHN P. IRISH, editor of the Iowa
City Daily Press, was recently assaulted by
two men, against whose appointment AZ
policemen he had vigorously protested.
The payroll for material and workmen on
the new Capitol, in April, footed up $40,
551.37.
The following were the postal changes in
Iowa during the week ending May II, 1873:
ablished-Delphi, Ringgold County, Mi
chael Rush, Postmaster; Losh Mills, Potta.
watomie County, J. 2. Losh Postmaster; Re
no, Cass County, Jacob Steen, Postmaster;
Scott, Floyd County, Mary E. s. Walker, Post
master. Postmasters Appointed Carter,
Iowa County, William Fl. Everson; Hamlin,
Audubon County, Robert w. Hanna; Milton,
Van Buren, County, H. NJ. Dysart; Urbana,
Benton County, William Wilcox.
THE iIethodists of the State are said to be
talking of consolidating the Mt. Pleasant and
Indianola Colleges, and relocating at Des-
Moines.
FRANK DEAN, convict in the Anamosa
Penitentiary, was shot. the other afternoon,
by one of the guards. while attempting to es-
cape from 9 stone quarry where he was at
work.
THE Granger Elevstor, at Creston, was
burned on the 18th. The building and ma
chinery were worth $4,000, and were totally
destroyed. The elevator was full of grain,
and that, too, was burned, as also we're five
cars on the railroad track adjacent.
CHRIS REESE, farmer, living four miles
south OF Pulaski, committed suicide, the
other day, by hanging himself to tree. He
was found about noon by his sons, hanging
bv rope fifteen fleet long, his feet five feet
from the ground. It appears that he went up
the tree and jumped down, breaking his neck
instantly.
THE Board of Regents of the State Univer-
fv pf Toxva Of MnJUaa or fha 18th
and by unanimous vote elected j. l.
Pickard, of Chicago, late Superintendent OF
Public Schools of that city, President Of the
University. He will assume charge of the
Presidency at the beginning of the fall term
in September.
HAGARTY, Rowland and Sanders, arrested
at st. Louis for burglary and attempted muir
der, at Father Cosgrove's residence, in Daven
port, have been sentenced, the first to five
and the others to ten years. imprisonment in
the Penitentiary. Hagarty confessed.
AT Dubuque, ON the 18th, Patrick h. Car
roll, aged about sixty years, was knocked
down at the crossing near the passenger de
pot of the Illinois Central Road and run over
crushing both legs and one arm. Deafness
prevented his hearing the approaching trair
or the signal Of danger. Every effort wal
made by the engineer to save him, but toe
late.
THE Governor has issued q commission tt
Charles v. Mount, Of vinton, as Major-Gen
eral of the State militia, which settles tht
mooted question Of the election.
THERE are about two hundred students il
attendance at the Iowa State Agriculture
College.
THE State Bar Association has appointed .
committee to secure the passage of a law re
quiring two years. study for law students,
and certificates of admission to practice in
this State to be issued only by the Supreme
Court.
Ex-Gov. CARPENTER has consented to be
come candidate for Congress from the Nintl
District.
THE Keokuk d DesMoines Railroad hai
been leased to the Rock Island Railroad.
GEORGE JACKSON, an insurance agent, wa
arrested at Carroll, the other day, charged
with forging applications for insurance ant
premium rates. He was agent for the Farm
ers' Insurance Company, of Cedar Rapids, ant
the State, Of DesMoines, and his alleged plal
was when he got an application for insurance
in one company to forge one in the other
thus doubling his commission. He was als'
charged with having forged township orders t.
pay for pretended insurance on several school
houses.
TEE latest reports from st. Louis give tb'
following as the current prices for leading
stAples:s Flour--XXX. Fall, $4.5O@5.65
Wheat No. Red, Fail, $1.E2119L. 10; No,
Spring, S1.05@1.05A; Corn-No. 2 Mixed
SSA@3Ssc; Rye-No. 2, 5711@5Sc; Oats
2JM@ 26Ac; Pork-ss. 750s.90; Lard :
e1s@8%c; Hogs-s3.0O935o; Cattle 50. Q;