The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-16

an eastward bound train on the Atlantic
$ Mississippi & Ohio Railroad was entirely
e destroyed by five about nine miles wes
y of Petersburg on the 9th The mail ca
d contained an unusually heavy Northern
l. mail which, together with the express
G matter in the adjoining compartment
was entirely consumed without attracting
! the attention Of any one on the train.
a Gov. Davis, Of Minnesota, by telegram
, on the 9th appealed to the Government
through the War Department, in behalf
i of the starving people of portion of the
9 State whose crops have been destroyed
for two successive years by the grass.
, hoppcrs.
5 According to Washington dispatch OF
the 9th the Interior Department had de-
cidcd that, after homesteader has COM
pleted term of five years, a further resi-
: dcncc is not required to entitle him to a
!, patent; also, that residence in double
, house built on the dividing line between
adjoining homesteads is residence in
compliance with the law.
Dispatches from Paris of the 10th say
that the committee had held an impor-
tant meeting in which the Government
was represented. The Minister Of the
Interior had given assurance that the bill
providing for continuance of the title
!; of President of the Republic would be
acceptable to the Government; also the
creation of a second chamber, and organ
ization Of the personal septennat, to ter
inmate with the expiration of MacMa-
hons seven-years' term, or sooner, in case
Of his resignation or death. 1t was also
stated that France would submit to the
Brussels Congress serious charges against
the German Government for acts COM
mitted during the late war.
A London dispatch tells strange
story of an aeronautic professor who was
SO confident that he had invented arti-
fetal wings for flying through the air
that he went up in balloon the other
day to dizzy height, adjusted his wings,
cut loose from the balloon, and attempt
ed to fly. The consequence was that he
came to the earth like shooting star
and was instantly killed.
Gen. Dorregary has issued a manifesto,
according to Madrid dispatch of the
10th, addressed to the civilized nations,
in which he assails the Republicans, and
justifies the shooting of them.
A New York dispatch of the 10th says
| Miss Fanny Shortwell, who some time
| ago claimed to have been robbed in Chi
af ,,,
been indicted for larceny and perjury.
A fifteen year-old daughter Of George
Fulton, Of Huntington, Ind, attempted
to kindle fire with kerosene on the even
ing of the 10th, when the can exploded
and she was burned to death
Six prominent citizens of Philadelphia
were drowned by the capsizing OF
pleasure yacht off the harbor of Atlantic
City, N. j., on the 10th. SO says dispatch
of that date.
A Fort Garry (Manitoba) dispatch says
the Ministry has been defeated in direct
motion of a want of confidence, and
new Ministry had been formed with NJ
A. Girard as Premier
A st. Paul dispatch Of the 10th says
Gov. Davis, of Minnesota, had issued Il
Circular calling upon every county in the
State to render aid to those parts of the
State that had been afflicted with grass
hoppcrs.
According to a Brooklyn dispatch Of
the 10th Mr. Fl. W. Beccher had de-
mandcd thorough investigation of the
charges made against him by Mr.. Tilton,
and that the investigation had been
pending since June 80.
According to a New York dispatch OF
the nth, during a violent thunderstorm
the preceding evening, an oil tank on the
Erie Railroad docks at IIoboken, N. j.,
had been struck by lightning and set on
fire At two Il. m. the fire was raging
with unabated fury, and at that time
over 100000 worth Of oil had been con-
sumed The storm was widely extended
and great damage was done by it.
A dispatch from Paris of the 18th says
the Government had suspended the Figaro
for two weeks for publishing an article
melting revolt against the Assembly.
The extreme Right had published dis
avowal of hostility to President MacMa-
hon, but they condemned the action Of
the Ministry in respect to the manifesto
Of Count de Chambord.
A dispatch of the 18th from New York
saws that Gov Dix had called upon
Mayor Havemeyer to reply to the charges
preferred against him.
The fire which broke out on the oil
docks of the Erie Railway at Weehaw-
ken, n j., on the evening of the 10th
ragged during the 11th with unabated
fury, and was only checked on the even
ing of that day for the want Of more oil
to burn The total loss was estimated at
100000
ST. Paul dispatches of the 11th say that
the grasshoppers in Southwestern Min
nesota had been lately reinforced by
swarms from the short-grass prairies Of
Northern Dakota and Northern Mime
sota In Manitoba, in the vicinity Of
Fort Garry, they had destroyed all grow
ing crops.
A Cleveland dispatch Of the 18th says
that during a heavy rain-storm in the at
ternoon of that day the roof Of the
Hovey Block in that city fell in with
tremendous crash, caus ng the death OF
one man and the injury of two others.
The Orangemen celebrated the 18th,
the anniversary of the battle Of the
Boyne, in New York and vicinity with
out let or hindrance.
The weekly statement of the New
York city banks on the 18th shows gain
Of $5, SOC, 900 in specie, $4,000, 900 in de-
posits, and decrease of $4,000, 900 in
greenbacks.
Streator, ILL.,, suffered from destruc-
tive fire on the 18th, which consumed a
large portion of the business part of the
town.
According to Washington dispatch OF
the 18th the rumors that had prevailed
for some time to the effect that Vice Pres
ident Wilson would resign were untrue.
Gen. w. 7. Hillyer, formerly Provost
Marshal on the staff of Gen. Grant, died
at Washington on the 18th.
AS Prince Bismarck was driving to-
ward Saline Springs at Kissengen on the
18th he was fired at by young cooper
named Kullman. The ball grazed his
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