The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-09-24
prospect that the robbers would be over
taken and captured.

Gov Brown, of Tennessee, on the 18t
sent message to President Grant pro
testing against the arrest of citizens 0
Tennessee by United States officer.
upon the charge of being concerned il
the Trenton massacre. He says the dut
of Furnishing offenders belongs to th
State, and demands that all prisoners shal
be turned over to the local tribunals fo
trial and punishment.
Three men who participated in tn
Custer Black Hills expedition telegraphet
from Bismark, D. T., on the 18th tha
Prof. Winchell did not know what h,
was talking about when he said that ther,
was no gold in the Black Hills. The,
declare they found diggings that woult
pay ten dollars per day per man.
The State authorities, on further ex
animation, have decided that the Mil
waukee d Prairie du Chen Railroad
does come within the provisions of tn,
Wisconsin Potter law, and the Attorney
General is about to apply to the Supreme
Court for an injunction against that road
also.
| Reports made to the Department OF
Agriculture indicate that the quantity OF
this years crop of wheat will fully equal
that Of last year. The acreage is Z per
cent. more and the average per cent
less.
The President replied to the message
OF Gov. Brown, Of Tennessee, on the 10Th
saying that he was glad to know that the
State authorities were disposed tn reprcss
and punish lawless acts, but the Constitu-
ton made it his duty to enforce the acts
Of Congress, and Congress had passed
laws giving the United States concurrent
jurisdiction in such cases. He would
give the Governor more definite answer
when the report of the United States Dis
trict Attorney had been received
One Of the buildings of the Granite
Mills at Fall River, Mass, was burned
on the morning of the 10Th. the fire
breaking out after the operatives in the
mill had commenced work. Many of the
operatives lost their lives either by suffo-
cation or jumping from the windows, and
many others were injured. The loss by
fire is over 100000. Further particulars
arc given elsewhere.
The Democratic State Central Commit
tee of Tennessee have issued an address
condemning all acts of violence, whether
committed by whites or blacks. The ad-
dress condemns in unmeasured terms
the CivilRights bill.
Recent reports from the plains say that
the Indians are becoming very bold and
troublesome. The town of Prairieville,
Kan, was lately partially burned and
a train belonging to Col. Miles command
captured, the last after heavy fight, in
which twcnty-six soldiers were wounded.
On the 10Th Senator Brownlow adj
dressed letter to Gov. Brown, of Ten
nessee, thanking him for the energetic
steps he had taken to preserve peace
and punish assassins
Denmark has recently demanded of
Germany an explanation in regard to the
late expulsion of Danish subjects from
Schleswig- Holstein.
\ London dispatch of the 2lst says
that DockeHy, the American ex-Consul
recently sentenced to death in Cuba, had
reached Santander, Spain, where he was
closely imprisoned and badly treated.
The persons indicted for conspiracy
and safe-burglary at Washington will
be tried on the 21st of October.
The United States Marshal on the
2lst served upon Moulton the proper
process in the libel suit Of Edna Dean
Proctor.
On the 2lst w A. Burleigh was NOM
mated for Delegate to Congress by the
Democrats and -Monopolists Of
Dakota
The Fusion police force of New Or
leans was replaced on the Goth by regu-
lar Kellogg police. The McEnery parish
officials at Franklin, La, who had re-
Gently taken possession of the offices,
them to Kellogg Govern
ment on the morning of the 21st.