The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-13
THE NEWS.

According to London dispatches Of til
9Th there had been no diplomatic ruptur
Between France and Germany, and Euro
Epcan powers had not decided to inter
yenc for the settlement of Spanish ;.i
Hairs. The German Government had sen
% note to President MacMahon protest
ing against the Pyrenees being used as
Carlst arsenal, and the French Govern
mcnt had stationed troops along th
Frontier to prevent the passage of arme.
Carlists
A Berlin telegram Of the 4th state
that son of Bismarck had recent,
killed his antagonist in duel
Ii has been decided to call in all tht
Circulation Of the denomination counter
feited whenever it is discovered that any
National Bank note has been initiated
This IS in accordance with the late Law
Df Congress.
Since the recent election in Salt Lake
he city officers have been arrested fol
|iolation of the Territorial Election law
according e. the Chicago Times of the
nh the managers of the various Western
fates for the transportation Of grain
rom the interior TO Chicago from 10 to
25 per cent.
An Omaha (Neb.) dispatch Of the 4th
eays that Custer, having fulfilled the
oi,fect OF his expedition to the Black
Hills, has commenced his return.
The election at Vicksburg, Miss on
thc 4th passed off without disturbance
Tho whites elected their ticket by $50
majority.
Mr.. Titon on the Sd addressed letter
20 the Beechcr Investigating Committee
Btating that he would hold no further
accommodation with them, for the
reasons that the committee was com
of Mr.. Bcechers friends, appointed
8 by Mr.. Beccher and expected to act in
his behalf, assisted by attorneys en-
# #ployed exclusively for his vndication; !;
he expected no justice, either from the
Tribunal, since it could not compel wit
nesses to testify, or from its reporters,
since they did not give impartial reports;
"A and that the committee had come al last
y to be as little satisfactory to the public as
~ to himself, and that its verdict could
Bss not possibly be based on the full facts,
# Since the committee had no power to
Mcompel witnesses nor to verify their tcs-
@ timony by oath, nor to sift it by cross
III examination. lie thus concluded: "For
4 these reasons, which ought to have
5movcd me earlier have at last instructed
#my counsel 10 proceed at once, at his
dlseretion, to carry my case from your
&JuriSdlctlon TO a court of law; and in
Asew Of this instruction from me he has in
Xturn instructed me to hold no further
communication with the committee cx-
#cept this present letter Of courtesy, in
d which have the honor to bid you fare
U well, in doing which allow me 10 add that
n the respect which | am unable to enter
q tain for your committee as tribunal
" Cannot help expressing for you each and
NJ all as individuals"
% After passing the financial budget, on
II the 9th, the French Assembly adjourned.
Meetings were held by Deputies of the
3Icft and Lcgitimists, and resolutions
@werc adopted by the former to agitatc
for a general election, and by the latter
I to agi'atc for a monarchy.
The number Of immigrants arriving at
#Sthe port of New York from Jan. | to Aug |
II, 1874, was Is, 353, a falling off Of 1861 |
1 from the arrivals for the corresponding I
period last year.
The complainant in the libel suit I
against Mr.. Titon on the 9TH, withdrew |
&ls complaint, and the suit was dismissed /
I'm accordance with the request of both I
&Mr Beecher and Mr.. Tilton Mr. Frank /
Moulton has announced that hc would /
shand over to the Investigating Commit
4 Etcc the letters and documents bearing
&upon the Beechcr-Tilton case on Satur,
Eday the Sth
\ ST. Joseph (Mo) telegram Of the 4th
5says; The grasshoppers have entirely
destroyed the corn crop Of Western
Kansas and Nebraska 1t is doubtful if
II 900 bushels of corn will be raised in
Kansas or Nebraska west of a line
lpassing from the Platte River, in
Nebraska, through the towns of Hum
boldt, Seneca and Manhattan to Wichi
Eta, on the Arkansas River Hundreds Of
Zncw settlers in Western Kansas and
Nebraska are selling their cattle and
Elousehold goods for whatever they will
bring, and preparing to leave the coun
TRY. AS there is a good crop of wheat
Eand other small grain there will be no
starvation, but great drawback on the
Business of the country. The hoppers'
kare as thick as bees in swarms, devour-
Elng every green thing in their path, and
Slowly moving to the south and east 1t
Els feared they will destroy all the corn
west of the Missouri River"
Hon John A. Kasson has been rcnom-
Einated for Congress by the Republicans
kof the Seventh Iowa District.
Il x Madison (Wis) dispatch Of the 9TH
@says the Executive Committee Of the
WISCONSIN State Grange had issued an
address to the Oranges OF the State,
|made in the next Legislature to secure
The repeal of the Railroad law, and urg
Eing them to resist the effort.
The steamer Pat Rogers, running on
ahe Ohio River between Louisville and
Cincinnati, was, on the morning Of the
9th, burned to the waters edge, near
aurora, Ind The fire was caused by
smokers dropping their cigars upon the
lcotton-bales piled on deck. The officers
and crew were completely demoralized,
|And the women and children were left to
Ztheir fate. Thirty lives were lost and
y large number of persons were burned
more or less seriously.
A terrible gale was experienced off the
coast of Scotland on the 9th. Many YES
Esels were overdue, and it was thought
|there had been many disasters.
The Carlists in Spain, according to
EBayonne advices of the 9th, had re-
Gently rcceiveda great number of breech-
loading rifles and large quantity of
ammunition. Spain had recently issued
"a circular note to foreign powers calling
attention to the incendiarisms, assassina-
lions and pillage of the Carlists, done un-
der the pretext Of defending religion.
Various Congressional nominations
were made on the 9th, among others the
Following: Republican, Colorado Terri
|tOrV, II. p H. BromWel1. Sixth Ohio Dis