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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-05-30
From Howard.

Father 4. shpole, from Clinton Co, is
in our township visiting with his children.
NJ. Liston, road supervisor Of District
No 6, is making some good roads in his
district.
A little warm for the last few days;
GOOD for corn and everything generally.
| Corn is coming up, but looks SICK. Wheat
| never looked more promising this time
of tile year than now. jack frost dam
aged the fruit some, especially tho small
fruit. 5lska 81
Hugh McAnulty is building q county
bridge across the creek south of Robert
Rays on the Toledo road. Hugh is q
boss bridge builder and we have no fears
but that it will be all right when done
Thanks to the county, for good bridge
at that place has long been neeoed, Nc
is also repairing one across Deer creek
known as the Miller bridge. Z
Cows seem to be in good demand arount
Grangcr's cheese factory.
Michigan and Stoddard made a raid Of
the fat cattle of our Up. and did mol leave
one to iell the story. .l .sa
J.T. Cobb was the lucky man TO sci
his farm to those Germans l spoke 0
in my last.
David Miller is helping the looks OF hi
residence by building a handsome fenc
around his door yard.
Father Meyer is building a fine add
ton to. his house.
The road supervisors of u tip, ar
Improving The time in repairing til
roads.
The third quarterly meeting OF Toled
NJ. e. Circuit was held at Crystal schoo
house, Crystal Up, last Saturday and Sur
day morning. We understand qnartcrl
conference Saturday evening was we
attended. The Elder Rev. Mr.. Wolfe
preached an interesting Sermon sunda
morning from Romans, 9Th chapter, 10 an
II verses. People from a distance wcr
we'll and Hospitality entertained by tn
good people OF Crystal. The Elder
claim was fully met by the collection.
FITcH.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-05-30
MECHANICAL AND SCIENTIFIC.

n q stared in Nature that upon
800. ~ tha lines Of railway IA ana
n.os,rd I london. several hundred trains
are running daily, at intervals varying
from three minutes TO an no
During some portions OF the Gay. -
manv a se~venty-fve trains run tnrougn
the Chaplain Junction Station IN IN
ho,r and between 900 and 1,OOO IS the
daily aggregate average. ,
On March s, the severest thunder
Storm ave experienced in the north
wost If iceland was reported BY the Cd
sarver Of the Meteorological Statlon;
The thunder and lightning continueo
necessarily for two hours anu an5
accompanied at intervals Dy nan anu
rain. Thunder-storms in lceiand nas1'
during the past thirty-three years, near
II All occurred in the winter montns.
- National Congress Of MicroscoP-
;sta will owen at Indianapolis on tine
1xtb If August next. A formal invita-
t;on IL extended to Microscopical So
-c;et;es and workers throughout the
country. Arrangements are being maze
Nv the citizens Of Indianapolis to pro-
vide ample entertainment for strangers
.ttand;nr the Congress, which Will aa-
;orrn IN time for the members to pc
present at the meeting OF the American
| Association at st. Louis, one week ia1er'
The many otherwise possible aP,,
plications of the new hardened glass
have been found impracticable on &C.
count of the danger OF spontaneous
SCATTERING, without apparent cause.
ACCORDING to Siemens, this is u to
oyerhardening; and the danger OF frac-
ture, as he states, a always be asceI-
tanned by the prevalence of violet tlnts
IN he glass, as shown by the Polarl-
scope. BY s~ubjecting each piece to TINS
s;mple examination, the defective glass
can be detected and thrown OUT anu
the ~serviceable retained.
The second report of the Geograph-
ical and Typographical Survey OF New
York has been published by MIR: James
T. Gardner, who has the work IN
charge. During the past year the prl-
mary triangulation of points in eleven
counties embracing an area OF 3,OOO
square miles-has been precisely de-
termined. The portion of the State
thus far covered by the survey extends
from the Hudson River to Utica. Every
city, village and hamlet situated in
this area has been accurately located.
The map accompanying the report
shows that. in the previous maps OF
this part of the State, the cities and
towns have, in many cases, been mis-
placed more than a mile. In fact, not
q single town has been found by the
Survey on the spot where il. was for.
merly represented -Harper's Weekly.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-05-30

We publish this week the call Tor us
Congressional Convention when WIN
meet at Cedar Rapids on We'd June so1n'
The bur mess 10 be transacted we presume
will he merely 4 fafeaf denomination OF
our present able and popular herreseh'
totive Hon Rush Clark. Al hfast moro
has as vet no opposition to him developed
itself. He has served his first term thus
Tar with success and credit and to the
general satisfaction Of his constituency
and his denomination is aforegone con
e~lusion. That he will be re elected there
is no doubt whatever if the Republicans
of The District do their duty. The De-
mocraey are going to use every endesyor'
honest and dishonest, to get q large ma
io.ily or at least keep their present POW
er in the House of Representatives. ane
it behooyes Republicans everywhere .
see to it that nothing is lost by default
The Communists or Nationals as they
term themselves, arc assuming alarming
proportions in some of the eastern cite
and localities, and the Democrats WI
ioin with them and do tlieirutmost TO re
gam what they lost when James Buchana
went out of office and Abraham Lincoi
stepped in. and judging from late deveiol
mcnts in Congress We believe the sam
scenes would be re-enacted Il they onc
got control of the Government. liner.
tore, we say, let US see TO 1t that we ihol
on TO what power We have in Congress
and regain our position lost through u
influence of Independents, Greenbacker
&c. in the North, and Rife Clubs and Il
like in the South.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-05-30

m. h.hv lev IN her rms Is placid,
quiet, flexible, gracefg ana
as . dream Of Parade nna-
The mother thankf MI lnu u.a
dirk for the agony az torture ne ~.
endured SO patientlyprh er. az l:S ~
the way she thankedim; 2 y. n,t
look at him.. She liked stralens ~
Of the window, With stony glaIo,
said, in tones that n1de the tneEin
ter SILVER: d
-.Mr. Thumbledif isn't . very goo
nurse, is he, babyf' -.
All the women niled, except L u
gloomy woman whtalked bass. one
nodded approvingly
The baby looked p into NJ. mum
bledirk's face and lsghed aloud.
What Mr.. Thumhdirk SAID wnen NJ
dashed in at the sartum, 2 evening
was this:
"By the avengig daughters o.
Night, the everlasting, snake-halreo
Erynnes, the terrf-haunted shade
never knew the horlrs that haunt the
soul of a sensible style man that tries
to take care of som0ther FOOLS howl
ing, squalling, squirting baby!'-B~r'
IinqlOn HdUE-Eyc.
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their mathematical resu,ts
man ever played steadily VI
bank save to his own min ans
! Now here is a thought VIII.
be of profit to our fast ougtk
wealth. Let us waive for s0s ~ ma
the matter of the sin. tbs sus naoas
moral principle, the disess.aT red |,
bilitated condition Of boSS aaa /
that the fever Of gamblin9 and vi
let us overlook all these md psooqcs
results of the vice, and view A.
merely as one of doIlars s'e H.
Morrissey was an honest cam ala W
he was honest enough to s su1lef I
with him the men who nl:, NAY "
lost. If they lost always w;tS l. an
much oftener will they loss y
tricksters of whom the VIM I
fraterity is essentially compo.sss asSl,
one gambler it is SO y annteS l,
and noteworthy quality tIst AZ
"honest," how honest ara ne n
whoseE ontrasted characters m as .
of M%orrissey stand out sharn aIas
in a low sense, glorifed: anS y
chance have our young men ~ "
but wreck and ruin when w, !, w !
ruin were the inevitable lot Of . " y
patronized the most honest csn I,s
them ALP Perhaps if the men Sana as
threshold of what ought to be , NJ N
probity and usefulness will aa ,s
gambling thus as a losin, wv =
founded upon a system in wh;.. y y
bank'' must always win and ths o,,.
player always lose, they will g sas
practical warning against the I as
which God, the moral law and . y y
fed view of the aims of hum.u Y
have thus far, in their case. tsTa,
supply.-M. y. Eeening Post '''''
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-05-30
Spying as . Fine Art.

Take as an illustration the s of the
Spaniard (Guiral, I believe, is the
name) who has brought suit against the
Spanish Minister for 800, 600 for dog
cling the footsteps of Don Carlos both
here and in Europe. According to his
own statement, Guiral travelled in the
Princes suite nearly all the time. He
was his intimate companion and bosom
friend, chatting with him daily, dining
and winning with him, going with him
on all his little excursion trips, attend
ing him at all receptions, hearing all
that he said and all that was said to
him, meeting everyone the Prince met
and hobnobbing with all, and at the
same time keeping the Spanish Minister
advised, with the utmost e~xactness, of
every word that was spoken and every
thing that was done. The Minis
ter denies that he ever reallyemployed
Guiral for this work, but he does not
deny the work itself. 1t was remark
ably clever work of its kind "a very
contemplate kind. no doubt), but there
are plenty of men to do all of it that
may be wanted. The Fenian leaders
here are watched just as thoroughly by
agents who report to Mr.. Thornton, in
Washington, as Don Carlos was by Gui-
raj. And as the Spanish Minister en-
ployeda Spaniard to watch a Spaniard,
so does Mr.. Thornton employ Irishmen
to watch Irishmen. 1t was on the same
principle that Mr.. Gowen set the detec-
tive, McParlin, at work among the
Noble Maguires. The New York
Fenians know very well that they are
watched, and this makes them doubly
careful in what they say or do. But no
matter how careful they may be, their
intentions and plans are sure to reach
the British Embassy very soon after
they find u~tterance or take shape, even
in the inner circles. The whole Fenian
conspiracy in Ireland was betrayed by
one of the most trusted agents Of the
leaders. a man who was admitted to all
their councils without question, and i'm
mediately reported their doings to his
employers in Dublin Castle.-N. Y.
Cor. Hartford Times.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-05-30
A Lesson From an Honest Gambler.

To young men, and in particular to
the young men in u lower walks of
life, who admire physical prowess and
the success which it may directly or in
directly beget. the career of the late
John Morrissey was a example most
unwholesome. But there is another
class OF young men in this city, many
Of them brough up in luxury, and
amid the refinements of wealth, who
have fallen into fast lives, and to them
the life Of the dead gambler offers a
peculiar lesson. 1t has often been said
OF MIR: Morrissey that as a gambler he
played fair-that is, that he offered
certain chances to his patrons, that he
did not cheat them by the viler arts of
the gambler and that he paid his debts
if he lost. But by his OWL admission
he never lost in the end. He used to
say frankly that, although s.luck might
be agin him. for a few hours or days.
the laws of chance worked surely to
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-05-30

FORTUNES in Florida from orange.
growing are made as easily, or paper,
as cities are built by companies on sub
urban farms. A Mr.. Dewhurst thus
glowingly calculates what his incom.
will be: He has a 400-acre farm at PinY
Point, and has just planted it witheigh'
ty-four quarts of orange seed, which
are expected to produce 1900 trees
If they bear 5000 oranges each snnu'
ally, he will have 2, 100,0OO,M Of
anges, which, at the low price Of two
cents each, would give an income o.
$42, 600, 900.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-05-30

sKatnks haronof Gil IN not bs Mn IN
his sat IN the Senate ut NIL this session;
1If1e were 10 experience on accclcratiou Of
that STINT monitor that dwells in every
heoyt texstpt a csngrcssman's} lie would
probably remit his salary to the 0 n
science fund. lie has refused polni
blank 70 come here because he sees more
Of Ibis worlds lncre IN his minis eye at
his home in the Far West.
= Id The mail 10 tie Treasurer of the u.
s. last week came some mutilated green
backs from Il man in Missouri. From his
statcmeIt il appears that he was planting
corn I'D paced o basket &C ntainlng w.
BY the side of the field. A calf intent on
financial pursuits retired" the green
1 backs by swalloNinge fhgfnJ fhe s2aii
was.anmcdiarA tatsHcrld, hhalht frag-
mcnss L recovered from the stomach, were
sent 10 the Treasury. Being found all
rieh. i chest.rrk sssslncs dsr8tlc fsp
tani6unt. That is tlie wayth ~greenback
g.lory Of that ulf affected the veal Of
Mf. Freelman. who now announces Him
4 SELF ready to III The calf HAS
not been heard from Oh the sabject,
la In the event OF II declaration Of wal
bctwe cen Russia and England this govern
a nient will at once issue Il proclamation o
neutrality, and use every effort to tnforc'
!, its proyisions. In the Russian Turkt
,.., sn,I, a pnaaer-e was unnecessary, TIL
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-05-30
Deciphering Secret Message,

IT is said that Senator Sh,,o,
made complaint that messages s".. y
him in cipher have been decipber%S =
their contents given to Others snss.ts {
ing in stocks, and the other Rss;sa, E
Director, D. o. Mills, has orde,% S
investigation. This decipher ii \
patches of large stock speculator !
not q new business, but, on the ~.
trary, is an old one, and one Of IN =
mitted evils that follow stock gambr'sl
In the days of the suit between /.
Potosi and Burning Moscow mines
telegraph operator was sent from =.
by some of the mining magnates n y
the wires at Sportsman Hall, a loe,Ss
about twelve miles distant from Play
vile. In those days, the only II
graphic communication with Tirr;,;,
City was by this route. The oper,,r
was detected, arrested and finaIlv son.
to prison for a term of two wears
few years since one of our present min
io~naires, who was then notsO rich ,
worldly goods, but fertile in resources
made arrangements with an oper,im
in Virginia City to decipher The a
spatches to Senator Sharon, those !.
pecially relating to Chollar. Tn
Senator then, as in the present cas-
was not only surprised, but indigpnt
that what he considered his sole AMI
private information was in the DOSES
sion of this other stock operator ]ur
before it had reached him. After speu.
ing some time in trying to find the IN,
wardness'' of this marvel, he resorts
to strategy. He instructed the Sups.
intendent of the Chollar to forward
cipher dispatch, as usual, but which
was understood between them to msu
to the contrary Of what it was usedtr
formerly. The result was the stot
broker got the information first, 4
usual, and made such a demand sl
purchased so largely of the stock that
it was advanced many dollars W
share, and at the very highest 6gr
was he loaded and his friends; but, u4
fortunately, Sharon was too hasty and
"let the cat out of the bag the first
day. Had he but kept the strategy So
cret for three days there would Be to
dav one millionaire less. The operatH
was detected, and when confronted will
the evidence, admitted he was the OH
who deciphered the dispatches d
Sharon and forwarded them to h
broker here. There were also vel
authenticated stories afloat years agoO
how Hayward's dispatches from Crow
Point were deciphered and several well
known brokers connected with th
tampering. 1t is to be hoped the pres
ent investigation will be thorough, an
check that betrayal of confidential ma
ter which operators by oath bind them
selves to keep secret.-AHa CRltoraa
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WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS.

w u,ScvnN n G Nav 25th, rs,
7, ,tc bousc Monday, Mr.. Saylor,
.,oal.or ,~,,o.tep announced the select
.or,,o;,tee who arc to do The dirty inves-
- wo,a. ma The Presidents tile.
snesperpanda, anuoin,ed the committee
hefora he left town. but requested that
Il shoula Ne Kent secret until the Goth.
~. n,mos arc as follows: Clarkson N.
Potter hartman. MORRISON, I'll. ;Mc81ahon,
o,,;o. stcpcer Penn, Blackburn, Ky.
Cobh Ind Hutton. Va; Sen Butler,
M,ss U;scock N. Y: Cox. Ohio, and
Rood Main. Eleven in all. seven Dem.
ocrats and four Republicans. The com.
III, II oss;cned a OCH and will 90 ic
work =, ouce THE intention is TO con,
,luct the examination with open doors,
Int ,bcy reserve Che right to hold secrcI
sessions whereyc, they choose Oper
doors ,,owcve~ do not mean that the pub
IL pencrall- viii be admitted, simply
the representatives of tile press. Mr.
Blackburn viii be tile leader OF llc dem
ocratic seyen. Heiswasiwho most pcin
tedly thseaaened The title last October
By hi. appointment on the committee it i.
eyilcucc that the House does not intend t'
give .Ae President fair deal, bccars'
With Blackburn there is nothing but set
tied prejudice, and he enters upon hi
s*~ai-judical business of Investigating
81.
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Republican Congressional Convention,
9Th District.

The republican voters Of the 9th Con
rressional DistrictFof the State % Iowa,
will meet in Delegate Convention Nv .nc
Opera House,i in the city Of CEDAR isaplas
oatb day of june, 1873, at II O'Clock, A
NJ far The purposc Of nominating a can.
didate for the Office of Representative OF
sa;a District in Congress. The ratio OF
REPRESENTATION will be one delegate for
each county in the district and IN addition
thereto one delegate for every Two Hun,
dred votes or fraction over One Hundred
votes cast for Hon. Frank 7. Campbell
Tor Lieut.. Governor at the General Elec'
lion in 1877. The following table shows
tne representation of each county:
NHS nrt rn kTrc
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-05-30
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Iowa State Sabbath School Convention.

The Thirteenth Annual Convention of
the Sabbath School Association of Iowa,
will be held d. W. in the METHODIST,
ErIscorAL CHURCH. in the city of Cedar
Falls, commencing Tuesday, June IL, at
7:3O P. NJ. and closing Thursday evening,
June ID. 1t is of the greatest Importance
to the success Of the Sabbath School work
in Iowa, that cvey county in the State be
represented by three or more of its most
faithful workers in this convention.
While it is to be a Mass Convention, and
all Sabbath School Workers are most
earnestly and cordially invited to attend;
yet experience has shown that in order to
Insure a representation, delegates must be
chosen and in some counties, remote
from The place Of holding the Convention,
provision must be made for paying part
of their expenses. 1t is therefore made
the duty of every organization interested
in the study of the Bible, to take such
measures as VIII insure 10 them a represen-
tation in this great jubilee Meeting We
want a grand union of hearts and hands
in this glorious work. We want to get
an infusion Of zeal and courage from the
most earnest and jealous, and a baptism
of the Spirit from on high, so that this
Convention shall send forth workers who
will awaken n deeper intercstin the cause
than has ever before been felt in the State
To this end we would earnestly recon
mend that Sunday, June 9th, be observe
Throughout the State as a day of confer
ence and prayer; that Pastors present it
claims to their respective Congregation
in the morning; thai Superintendent de
$ vote q due portion Of the hour Of Schoe
!, in special PRAYER for Divine Blessing NJ
/ on the approaching Convention.
The people of Cedar Falls viii receiv
US with open hearts and doors Thos
expecting to attend will confer a fave
and a V themselves annoyance, by sent
Il their names to Caleb May, Cedar Fall
a. by June 9Th, that places OF entertainer
may be reserved. a
II County Secretaries, Pastors and Supe
~intendents are requested to extend th
v notice. Publishers of secular and reli,
# ious papers, will favor the cause by gil
. ing this announcement of the Conyentit
re a place in their columns.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-05-30
Republican csuliy'c oAysn!ion..

A Convention If the Republican party
ef Taina COUNT Iowa, wilfmeet at sthe
Court House, in Toledo, on Saturday the
eih day Of juno, 1893 NJ one och Ok; z
NJ. for the purpose Of appointing dele,
rates to represent said county IN tlie state
Eenublican Convention tn be held at sDes
Noines on the 10Th day of June. 1873 ~
The ratio Of representation VIII be one
delegate for each township. and one lor
: every IS votes or fraction thereof OF 40 OF
81 over cast for Hon John Gear or Iovernof'
Tho general election in 1871
The respective townships will be en-
ti,i.1 "a delegates. as follnws:d faes 81
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-05-30

The June number OF the HECTIC MAGAZINE
contains the index to the half yearly volume,
which exhibits more strikingly than a single
number could the exceeding richness and variety
Of the literature that is gathered into this sterling
periodical. Here are enumerated upwards Of
eighty articles, no one Of which is unworthy OF
its place in a magazine of the frst class, and which,
taken thgether, furnish a vast amount of instruct
i've and entertaining reading. The leading paper
o. the June number is a very valuable one on The
Americans in Turkey, showing tn { while other
PATRONS are wrangIing and fighting over the Turks
and their subjects, the Americans have been civil
izing them. Few even Of our own people have
any idea Of the character and extent Of the work
which American missionaries have done and are
doing for Turkey. Next 10 this the most striking
paper is \ a most interesting discussion Of the
doctrine Of Future Punishment. by eight promi-
nent English clergymen and theologians. Other
articles are: Some thoughts ondesigna and Nature,
by Dr.. Andrew Wilson; Impressions OF American
Society. by Rev, K. W. Dale; Cruikshank, by
Frederick Wedmnrc; On the Hardenburg: The
First Ten years Of. tho Canadian Dominion, by
Goodwin Smith; the concluding iustailment Of
Round the World in a Yacht, by Sir Thomas Bras
eey Ancient Times and Ancient Men, by Prof.
Max Muller; four chapters OF Blacks brilliant
story, Macleod Ut Dare; several poems, q bio
graphical sketch with steel portalt] Of Pope Leo
XIII, and four well Allied Editorial departments.
A capital number, With something for all tastes
Single coptesA ~ cte; one copy one year, IS.
Trial subscriptions for three months. ii. ]. II
peifou. Publishef. Is Bond ST. N. Y.
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AAEL& EAkA.

Rev. Mr.. Bowman OF Anamosa and Rev
Mr. Maltby of GAINESVILLE will hold a dis
cussion al Irving commencing May 2Sui
aud lasting eight days. Maltby upholds
Restitution orAdyent doctrine. denying the
immortality OF the soul. Bowman defends
Methodist belief and affirms Immortality
Of The soul II is reported that oyer 100
ministers have sentin for accommodations
during the debate. How chn they all keep
still and let tile two champions fight it
outs Such discussions do well enough If
no. body gets mad. But ] SIN not yet able
0 approve Of them. 16 fa s.
Wheat Is growing thick and gives prom
Use of Il hcavy crop of straw at least and
we may hope for a good yield of grain.
Corn is coming on very slewly, but q few
days Of hotsun-sline will make it all right
Hogs are 81 GLOW that the Germans in
Benton 60 Gle reported 10 be killing tlcil
young pigs. asih8f i4ssa is7Eta
tsa5 ri sC~RookEDNEss. dsff8a
And now comes Arepoft that a young
lady from benton Co. engaged a school
in Oneida tp. A young fellow from neal
WaItbam applied for The school and find
ing himself too late, offered the directo
sb.G0 for lie school. The director tool
the bride and let The fellow have tn
school. / think our Supt. should investi
gate how much moral character such
Teacher has. If he has a moral character