The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-03
ing duties On imports. A National Ex.
ecutlve Committee was appointed

urange adopted a resolution atNAf tba
state Grange, in council assembled. has
no sympathy z with any past, present, or
future attempt that may be made by anv
poi''ical party or political aspirant to
absorb little reflected warmth, decency.
Or support by persistently calling and
publishing their meetings at the same
'ime and place of ours, and that deeen,
respect for our Order requires that such
attempts sn suitably rebukcd by pub.
fishing this resolution"
Wesley Underwood, convicted mur-
derer, hung himself in the Palmyra mo
all on the night Of the Gath. Hewas
70 have been hung on the 9th.
4 recent decision of the Indiana s,i.
prcme Court declares that eo,nrcd ch,l.
dren are not entitled to public school
| dement's, on the ground that at the time
ol the adoption Of the State Constitution
| coiored people were not citizens. In the
opinion of the court the Fourteenth
Amendment, subsequently adopted, does
not sapersedc this provision Of the State
Constitution.
| = Sl5O,0OO fire occurred at Independ-
encc, Mo-, on the night of the 25th.
The recent publication Of the pretended
account of the escape Of the wild beasts
| at Central Park and the killing and
manning Of great number Of persons
has been the cause Of the death Of Henry
"A. Martin, OF Plainfield, N. ]. He read
the account in the New York Herald,
| became terribly excited over the perusal
OF the horrible details, was taken sick
and shortly after died
The New York Graphic of a late date
| mentions that the New York Central and
Lake Shore Railroads have decided to
extend double track from ALBANY to
Chicago, to be used for freight purposes.
The tracks between New York and AL
bany are already completed
A weak shock Of an earthquake was
felt in Newburyport, Mass on the night
of the gath. The vibration was from
west to east
During the night of the 25th the infant
child OF Allan Glass, of Freemansburg,
Pa, was carried away from the crib
where it was sleeping by its mothers
side
ViccPresident Wilson is said to have
SO much improved in health lately as to
justify the expectation that he viii pre-
side over the deliberations of the Senate
during the coming session.
The safe-burglary case, which has been
on trial at Washington for some time
past, was concluded on the 9th by
verdict Of not guilty as to Williams, and
report of inability to agree as to Har
rington and Whitley.
The United States Supreme Court has
recently decided that the Indians, in
their tribal relations, have no property
rights in fee, and that the timber and
mineral on the reservations are part of
the realty and cannot be sold or leased.
The 1ongshoremen of New York struck
on the 27th.
bad condition of affairs is reported
in various parts of the Pennsylvania coal
region. Riots and personal outragcs are
said to be of almost daily occurrence.
The body of the infant child OF Mrs.
Goss, of Freemansburg, Pa, which was
reported to have been stolen on the night
of the 26th from the crib by its mothers
bedside, was found in the river at that
place on the 27th Mrs Goss has been
arrested for drowning the little creature.
At recent session of the Western
Bureau Of Railway Commissioners in
Indianapolis it was decided to advance
the rates on all kinds of freight from
Western points to the seaboard five cents
per hundred pounds.
The new Michigan Constitution was
defeated by 81, 762 votes. Woman suf-
frage failed by a majority of 95,S77.
Kidder, the Republican candidate for
Delegate to Congress from Dakota, had
majority of s,4OS.
A New Orleans dispatch of the 9th
announces the arrest of nineteen citizens
of Lafourche Parish upon warrants
charging them with violating the En-
forcement act.
The Indiana State Grange at its recent
session appropriated $1,000 to aid the
Nebraska grasshoppcr sufferers, and rec
commended the subordinate Oranges to
contribute additional sums. The balance
in the treasury was stated to be $14,-
SOO.57.
The recently elected Clerk of the Ken
lucky Court Of Appeals has been declared
ineligible by the Returning Board because
he had once been concerned IN duel.
He has taken the case to the Court OF
Appeals on the ground that the Board
had no authority to inquire into the
question of his eligibility, their duty
being simply to certify the result.
Reinforccmcnts sailed for Cuba on the
2Sth.
Disraeli was very i'll on the sstf' ana
unable to attend to business.
On the s9th violent storm prevailed
on the coast of England. Numerous cas-
ualtics attended with great loss OF Ire
are reported.
A letter from Archbishop Manning
was read in all the churches Of his dio-
cesc on the 29th in which he says those
who decline to accept the doctrine OF
papal infallibility cease to be Cathoiics'
The Postmaster Generals report 1or
the wear ending j. une 80, 1874, shows the
following condition Of affairs in his de-
nartment: Revenues, q, SOC, sos; expendi-
tures 90 126, Ala; estimated expenditures
for the year ending June 30, 1872 soo'-
oe4 o34. total estimated revenue, $29,-
14s 156-leaving a deficiency to be ap.
nropriated out Of the general treasury OF
$7,s15,s78. Rs-st ss
Secretary Bristow has ordered the salc
Of 81 OOO, 600 gold in New YORK during
the month of December.
Elias Williams and George Smith, Of
Hamilton County, n. Y, recently guar
relied. In the course OF the fght Williams
threw Smith over a wooden saw-horse
and sawed off his head, scvering II en-
t;relv from the body. Williams soon
afterward cut his own throat sSFs ~
4 Mrs Janesch, of New York has Decn
orrested ON the charge Of having dcliDcr.
a,alv nlaccd her little child on a not
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