The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-01-10
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TIE State Horticultural Society meets !
DesMoines on the third Tuesday Of January
1873, being the ed, and after the meeting q
the Legislature.
OK the night Of the 9th ult., at Davenport
the residencesof Col. VIM. Penn Clark and II. p
Beatty were entered by thieves, who, climbing
the porch, gained entrance to the upper roomi
while the family were below, at supper. The,
secured jewclry from Col. Clark's, valued al
&220, and from H. p. Beatty's watch and
chain and . locket and chain, valued at $3.50
SEVEN business houses In Council Bluff.
were entered BY burglars and robbed Of theiI
valuAbles, In one night, recently.
GEORGE WELLS has 5000 acres in Grundy
County, inclosed and under cultivation.
The Iowa Stale Register Of the 2Sth nit.
says: From all parts Of tie State comes the
news of sprouting buds from maple trees, and
lettuce and other green things growing IN
open air.
A COMMITTEE has recently examined the
books and accounts Of Mr.. Kent, Treasurer Of
Woodbury. County, and find him indebted 10
the several funds in the amount Of over
$36,0OO. -
DUBUQUE has q couple Of men at work col,
lecting material for . new dtreetosy. and nm.
less they get epuugh names that, multiplied By
~, will equ6l ae 900, those txe 1lpectory
chaps will die. RegiaT. .s
/ A BURLINGTON father the other night inti
mated to his worthless twenty three -year-old
son that inasmuch as he didn't pay his board
he had better find other quarters for himself,
whererpon the wretch fired revolver at the
old man for daring to make such an infamous
proposition. The shot failed to hit its mark
and the son was arrested.
| KARBERG g. TIEpE, wholesale tobacconists,
at Dubuque, failed on the 31st ult.
| THE internal revenue receipts of the Du-
buque district during December were $1S,613.
Ex-PosTMAsrER MAXWELL, of Creston, who
proved defaulter, recently returned to that
place and was arrested upon charge Of en-
bezzlement.
CAPT. F. r. WEST and his two sons, Harry
and Albert, late bankers Of DesMoines, were
arrested, ON the 1st, on indictments for lar.
cepy and embeszlement. They each gave
bail in 5000 for their appearance At the next
term of the District Court. ,t,~s .~s,egss
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DkEsS5 poaiu.ng7house ih burlington was
entirely consumed by fire, on the evening Of
the 3Oth ult. Loss, 81, 500. Cause, defective
nee sea
p1 @ssii'aneo" ' Tue o.ner hisht, Frank
Wallace vas struck by billiard ball IN the
,la 'a"es inolhpson anu ia.any IN
!u'N Anc trouo'c arose IN dispu'e as 70
the pay
AT Wainut Greek, Fremont County, on tne
Su lanify Trouble Oh long s'andmg euimt
naeed IN nand-to-nahd nght between elsht
persons q ule same ianity. originaiiy the
,roupie concerned tne SAFE OF iahd py PRESCOTT
ohiect;no IN tho ,no,m;'r ' 80 .ha o. .ha
t,o,,hIo 6a,a,, o,,a,v o,so,,t ~, ,s.,,;a, Ill,
t.,,,,;a. a,.;.a r..,ss - ~, az. 81.
dnrina which prasao.t r;n,Yo5 1nn,as, ,.;fa ~
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do,,htod,r nroz.o fa,o, ss a.n.io,, @ WI i,n,a u
diatelv heaan Tho no,,,ar o,'. .wn .araro
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Uer in,entio, ,,os =, In, ~, stra,,,,t,, fa;,ad
All the parties were placcd updcr arrest All
arc elderly. the mother being over seventy.
~, fo,,o,,,. 40 ~. rosta.,,o. ohona.. .,
Io,.a a,r,,,,r tha vel, a,,a;,,,, nao~ 90 1s-z.
Estahlisbed5 5Dramen Mitchell County Ole
q Hancernd postmaster D;scort,nned-
lola, Marion County. Postmasters Appointed
Clifford. Hardin County, Charles T. Clifford:
Walnut, Pottawattamie County. w. II. Bow
man. ~
A FIRE at Winthrop, on the morning Of the
I'd, DESTROYED five business houses. as follows:
Mrs. Phinen, dry-goods, loss, 5000: r. r.
Plane, $1,000; d. w. Hoyey, $1,000; George
Jack, $1,000; P. Echinson, 1880: M. A.
Chamberlain, $4,000. Total loss, $4,000.
} The winter term of the State University
opened, on the 3d. with more than the usual
attendance in the various departments
Tyr RI. ri Of Reoents 81 tho 'st.+e IYr,ver-
s;t,. ,r;,l hold on sd;onrnaa nao.;,a ~, tho
sth ~ March to consider anv names that NAV
be presented for the Presidency of the Uni
versity. ~ Ifsg1
JOHN SToLTz committed suicide at Des-
Moines, on the Sd, by shooting himself in the
head with revolver. He left note stating
that he was out OF work and friends.
THE clearinghouse OF A. N. Thomas,
DesMoines, closed its doors on the morning Of
the Sd. Cause, difficulty OF making collec-
tions. s1l
COUNCIL BLUFFS packed beef is sent direct
TO the English market.
SOME Dubuque miners on Christmas Day
discovered a silk dress at the bottom of a
shaft. The romance was taken ont Of the
discovery when it was found that female
thief lately sent to the Reform school had
taken It from house where she worked and
dropped it into the shaft in her fight. YAis