The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-17
THE NEWS.

According to Paris kilograms of IL
sth the Rothschilds had advanced 80
NeO 900 reals to Spain, and the banker
Of Madrid 150,OO0,000 reals more.
Masked men stopped a train on IL
Kansas Pacific Railway at Muncie, Mo
on the sth and robbed the express car
$4,000
The Government has directed the Di
uict Attorney to enter a mol pros. in th
ssfeburglary conspiracy case at Wasl
ington, and the defendants have bee
discharged.
Miss Proctor has compromised th
libel suit against Moulton on the receir
Of $4,000, the accrued costs. She swear
that the statement is untrue so far as
relates to her, and Moulton swears tbs
he made it solely on hearsay evidence.
The news relating to the Vicksbur
hOubes received on the 10th was to tn
eject that the excitement was subsidin
snd business generally had been r.
umed
The observations in regard to the trar
aof Venus failed at Ormsk, Orensburs
Essan, Uralsk, Astrachan. Kertch an
Tfis, and succeeded at Teheran, He
batstown, Adelaide, Melbourne, and a
points in India, China and Japan.
The Republican Gen. Iona on the 1Qtl
sued proclamation calling on th
Carlists to surrender within eight days
md threatening to lay waste the coun
r occupied by them if they did not.
The Iowa Episcopal Convention in ses
sen at Davenport on the 9th elected
Rev. II. G. Potter, of New York, Bisho,
Of Iowa. Mr.. Potter telegraphed hi
deelination, and on the 10th Rev. w. r
huntington, of Worcester, Mass, wa.
elected on the third ballot.
On the eth the Iowa State Grange as
smbed at Des Moines, about 200 dele
rates being in attendance Grand Mas
ter Smedlcy delivered the annual ad
dress. The number of subordinate
Oranges in the State was stated to be
sOOO-an increase of 1852 during the
year. The Treasurer submitted his re-
Nrt on the 10th, showing the receipts
during the year to have been $33, $685.
expenditures, $31 ,507.71; balance on
hand, S1.S3311. The State Agent ~re-
mted the business of his office for the
year at $4,000. The saving to the
Grange by the State Agency is over
alO00. The Committee on the Railroad
Tariff Law reported that it had proved
inpracticable.
According to dispatches received on
lie 10Th the actual number of negroes
killed in the fight at Vicksburg on the
,h is reported at $50, forty eight of
whom we're buried in one field on the 9th !,
Gov. Woodson, of Missouri, has or
dpd an election on the Goth of January
for delegates to the Constitutional Con-
ention.
ltranspired during the trial of Count
ron Amin, on the 11th, that Bismarck
bad directed his secretary to act as a spy
upon his conduct.
The steamer Pelican was recently loet
oH the coast of England with all on
board
The Administration approves of the
course Of Coy. Ames, of Mississippi, in
TIC Eicksburg troubles, in endeavoring
uMpress the disorders without calling
upon The General Government.
The trial of Jesse Pomeroy, the boy
murderer, was concluded at Boston on
lie 10Th BY verdict of guilty Of murder
ii The first degree. The jury recon-
nendea that he be imprisoned for life.
An earthquake shock was felt in New
l@k and Connecticut on the night of
hlOth.
The trial of the case of Tilton us.
feecher has been postponed until the
mt Monday in January.
Charlestown, W. Va, lost 100000
'0Hh Of property by fire on the night
d The 10Th.
Julia A. Garretson has been elected
Sale Lecturer of the Iowa Grange
IN the 10th the Frankfort (Ky.) Grand
Jury found an indictment against Jones,
lF'S Of the Court of Appeals, charging
.n with usurping an Office established
VINE Constitution, by being Ineligible
ION the fact that he accepted chal-
'lse TO fight duel Jones gave bond
lihc sum of $4,000.
-iaolher cremation ceremony was re-
@fly successfully performed in Dres-
la There was nothirg offensive in it.,
ssaid.
ine lnsurrectlon in the Argentine Re-
'oac IS over and political offenders
aFe all been amnestied.
A'olal amount of $780, has been
"uaed on about 1000 claims by the
sllnern Claims Commission.
'A'on attorneys have appealed from
\ order Of Judge McCue granting bill
particulars in the Beecher case.
ooy eight years old, named John
s'iie' was recently kidnapped from near
parents residence in West Hoboken,
ss Jersey,
n ',ule OIL the prominent citizens OF
'Asuafg have issued an address, giving
j. .s'ement Of the troubles there, in
j., s,'u liey charge vast amount of Off.
, a. sa' ..pffaption, and defend the action OF
!. !. 'al1ens :, in the recent warfare, claim
= wat they were obliged to take uI
-lS IN self.defense.
4I2th. '''' VIZ =
,As constitution of the Iowa State
-so mas been SO amended as to reduce
~ - membership to 100 delegates, and
. NV'iae Tor districting the State il
Esages. = si '''>
~ children of John Datterich, o
''sness, N. J., were drowned on tn,
: :, aoy the breaking of the ice on th,
!. :. near their fathers house, on whicl
; s!Sere sliding.
. l., ~ New York Republic gave up th,
! sst on the 18th.
j.. sa's were entertained in New Or
ls,n. -, VI The l4th, of an attack by Whit
,sa saers upon the Election Returnin,
NJ :, attempt to introduce colored girl
. Ods. ue girls upper high school at Ney