The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-20
THE EWs.

A Paris dispatch of the nth announces
the escape Of Marshal Bazaine, on tht
night of the 9th, from the Island of st
Marguerite. During Sunday evening the
Marshal walked on the terrace with his
aidcdc-camp. At ten o'clock he re.
turned as usual, apparently to sleep, bu,
before daybreak he had effected his es.
cape. He must have crossed the terrace
in the dead of night, and, eluding the
sentinel, gained the edge of the precipice,
whence, by means of knotted rope, he
descended to the sea. !. He evidently
slipped .during the descent, and tore
his hands, as the rope was found
stained with blood in several places.
Under the cliff, in hired boat,
were Bazainc's wife and : cousin.
They received him as he reached
the water, and Madame la Marcchal,
taking the oars herself, rowcd directly 10
a strange steamer which had been lying
Off the island since the previous evening.
They reached the vessel in safety, were
taken on board, and the steamer then
"a put to sea. 1t was thought they had
i landed at Genoa, as the steamer pro
Il cccded in that direction. Eighty persons
81 formerly connected with the Commune
had been arrested at Marseillcs.
& The project of Florence, Italy, has
III ordered the disbandmcnt of the Republi-
# can and International societies of that
Il city.
n A brutal prize fight came off near Pitts
burgh, Pa, on the 18th, between Billy
y Edwards and Sam Collycr, resulting in
the defeat Of the latter in eleven rounds
The following were the Congressional
nominations on the 11th: Democratic
Il Sixth Ohio District f. II. Hurd. Pco
pies Party-Ninth Indiana, Archibald
johnson. Republican-Fitth Louisiana,
\ Frank Morey, rcnominatcd
The official Democratic majority in
Kentucky at the recent election was
10000
A call has been issued for straight
II State Democratic Convention at Spring
field, ILL.,, on the 25th Of August
Mrs j. Miller, of Jacksonville, H.,
was recently fatally burned while at
tempting to kindlc II fire with kerosene
The arguments in the railway-injunc-
tion suit before the Wisconsin Supreme
Court were concluded on the 18th, and
the case taken under adviscmcnt
According to Memphis (Tenn) dis
patches, a war between races began on
the 1lth at Austin, Miss. The town was
reported to be surrounded by negroes
who had threatened to attack and destroy
1t. The whites were hurrying to the
I rescue Of the belcagucrcd town and the
bcsleging force of blacks was receiving
constant rcinforcements. The cause of
the trouble was the shooting of negro
girl by one DR.. Smith.
There are indications Of a war between
. Russia and China
On the 18th Goldsmith Maid trottcd Il
mile in 214i over the Rochester On. W
/. track This beats the Buffalo heat by
threc-quarters of Il second
A Estate Prohibition Convention was held
/. at Harrisburg, Pa, on the 1ath, at which
the following nominations were made
. Llcutcnant-Govcrnor, Benjamin Rush
Judge of the Supreme Court, Simeon b.
Chase; uditor-General, Calvin Parsons:
Secretary OF Internal Affairs, w. +. Cut
bcrtson. A State Central Committee
was appointed, with James Bleak as
Chairman
According to a dispatch from Omaha,
Neb, received on the 18th, three days
before company Of strolling
Indians camped near remote
farmhouse in Colfax County, Neb.
Two squaws searched the house for
food and beat the farmers wife over
the head for obiccting The man came
home, and, seeing his wife wounded,
shot one of the squaws. The other re-
ported the fact, and twelve Indians came
to the house, skinned the farmer, and
cut his hands of and heart out in the
presence of his wife.
An Independent Mass Convention was
held at indianapolis, Ind, on the 18th,
for the purpose of filing vacancies on
the State ticket. The following nomina-
tions were made: For Secretary of
State, l.. Bowles; Auditor, d. j. Pres
colt; AttorncyGcncral, William A.
Pccle; superintendent of Public In
struction, Andrew II. Graham A
resolution was passed adopting and re
affirming the platform of June 10, and
the Central Committee was instructed to
fill the vacancies in their own number,
and to correspond with independent or
CARNATIONS in other States with view to
the organization of a national party.
An Anti -Prohibitionist State Conven-
ton was held at Detroit, Mich, on the
18th. A platform was adopted-opposing
prohibition as wrong in principle, and
declaring that it had proved a practical
failure, and advocating the license
system, and declaring that ''we
will not vote at the polls for
any candidate for the Legislature who
does not openly avow himself in favor
of license law" A State Central Com
mittee of two from each Congressional
district was appointed, with power to
select an Executive Committee.
The following Congressional nomina-
tions were made on the 12th Independ-
cnt Rcform-Eleventh Illinois District
J. =. Dimmit; Thirteenth Illinois, A. f.
Stephenson; Fourteenth Illinois, j. H.
Pickerell; Nineteenth Illinois, w. b.
Anderson. Republican-FirstV Vermont,
c. II. Joyce; Second Vermont, l.. p Po-
land, rcnominated; Fifth New Jersey,
w. w. Phelps; Second Florida, w. J.
Purman, renominated; Sixth Georgia, ].
N. Blount, renominated; Seventh Ohio,
I. w. Gordon.
Spain has formally thanked Germany
for its efforts in securing the recognition
of the Republic.
Marshal Bazaine had reached May
ence, en- route for Brussels, according to
Paris dispatch of the 14th.
The officers of the Philadelphia &
Fort Deposit Railroad have refused to
carry the mails longer unless the COM
pensation for such service be increased.
A quarrel between, the Commissioner
Of Agriculture and the Public Printer
will,git is said, prevent the publication Of
the Agricultural Report until after the
meeting Of Congress.
According to Washington dispatches
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