The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-01
THE NEWS.


brnd against him in 1878, and of l,ooo
Bp the Grand Jury Indictment OF
Nav last He was afterward taken III
retndv ON 4 civil suit and conveyed to
udIow Street Jail, to remain until bail IN
he sum of S3,OO00O0 is furnished.
ACCORDING to a Wilkesbarre Pa-) tele-
ram of the 22d final settlement of the
koaI.miping troubles had been reached
nd all the coIlcrics in that region would
tart on the 23d.
THE Indian Bureau in Washington, on
n he 93d, received dispatch from Prof.
enpev. Of the Black Hills expedition,
lated near Harncy's Peak, June II. He
ovs: II have discovered gold in small
Is buantiics on the north bend of Castle
& freek in terraces or bars of quartz gravel.
Il <1oId is found from Castle Creek south
&Eardlv to French Creek, at this point, and
8ihe deposits are almost wholly in Dakota.
Thc region has not been fully explored,
but the Weld of gold thus far has been
=3puite small, and reports of the richness of
fhe gravel bars are greatly exaggerated.
EIhe prospect at present is not such as to
2karrant extended explorations in mining. !"
The New York State PrOhibiionists
|ESnet at Syracuse on the 23d and nominated: !:
no Secretary of State G. ID. Dusenbery;
"a 1tomptrolcr. Arson \. Hopkins; Treas
s5nrer, Stephen B. Ayers; State Engineer
and Surveyor, George A. Dudley; Canal
Reconnaissance, Ira d. Bell; State Prison
dnspccior. John B. Glib; Attorney Gen
'fral, Ed. T. Marsh. Strong prohibition
Resolutions were adopted.
zsss. Nix. BEACH finished his argument for
8s77thc plaintiff in the iltOn- BecCher trial on
Sthe ODD after which he presented to the
sfourt afidavits concerning additional ev-
8ilencc which he desired admitted, and
asked for Il rcopening of the case to that
end The Judge took the matter under
sadvsemcnt
3 In accordance with a decision rendered
z'@by Judge BIodgctt that alleged Illicit dis
filters must surrender their books to the
s8ovcrnment officials, the United States
nIarshal on the 23d took possession of all
books belonging TO the establishments re-
Gently seized in Chicago.
81 TIE California independent State Con-
z8rention, held at Sacramento on the 23d,
S<adoptcd platform mainly devoted to the
Transportation question. 4 full State
ticket was nominated, headed by Gen.
SBidwel for Governor and the acting Gov
Mernor Pachcco) for Lieutenant Governor.
81 A DANGEROUS counterfeit fivc-dollar
'sInoc on the First National Bank of Canton,
il, is reported from Washington. 1t is
similar TO the counterfeit tives on the
STradcrs' National Bank of Chicago
q IT was reported in London on the oath
&<that the Marquis Of Lornc and the Prin-
&C. Louise intend making tour of the
States.
81 COUNT VoN ARNm has finally been
sz4ound guilty of abstracting public docu-
.Ments from the archives of the Paris Lcga-
lion and sentenced to nine months impris-
$pnmcnt
& THE report of the commission to exam
ssssine into the condition Of the Chicago Gus
%tom-IIouse was published on the Gath, and
lis substantially that the foundations are
Shnsatc and the stone Of a poor quality.
FsSccretary Bristow has decided to stop work
son the building until the meeting of Con
*grcSs,
d AT the opening Of hi. court on the
#morning Of the oath Judge Nelson an
#nounccd that he should deny the applica-
Stion for rcOpening the 'rilton- Beecher case
Sand the papers were filed with the Clerk
Sof the court. The Judge then delivered
sbis charge to the jury, and at one o'clock
Sthcy retired for deliberation.
The Iowa Opposition State Convention
assembled at Dcs Moines on the 24th and
Enominated Hon. Sheppard Letter for
|Goyernor; Capt. L. B. Woodward for
lieutcn&nt-Governor; w. J. Knight for
sJudgc Of the Supreme Court; \. r.
Wright for Superintendent of Public
obstruction. The platform declares
sag'inst third term and favors a
production Of the Presidents salary
| and the resumption Of specie payment
as soon as the same can be done without
injury to the business interests of the
Ecountry, and i'll the meantime favors suf-
|ficicnt supply Of national currency for
business purposes, and opposes the present
National Banking law. A motion that the
Iparty organization be known as Demo
kcratic was tabled. .-..
\ A SEVERE wind and rain storm on the
might of the 23d destroyed fifty houses and
three miles Of sidewalk and fences in De
5corah, Iowa. .- .-, -s- .-z- ---.
DISPATCHES from France, dated June
p, represent that the loss of life by the
Hood in the Garonnc had been appalling
Over 500 houses had fallen in Toulouse,
and it was reported that over 900 persons
had pcrished. In the st. Cypricn quarter
2l3 corpses had already been recovered
AT lrcmouillet five houses only remained
Standing out of 400. In the district of
Folk two villages had been submerged
and many dead bodies had been found.
A LETTER was received in New York on
'the2oth giving an account of the great earth
quake at CirCuta, South America. on the
18th OF May. The first shock killed in |
single instant 5000 people out of popula-
ton Of 10000
GARCIA, who stole Murillo's famous |
picture from the Seville Cathedral, and |
who was kidnapped in Cuba and subse-
quently sent to Spain, is reported to have
been shot at Madrid without trial The
Carlist fortress of Misavet, on the river |
Ebra, is officially reported to have surren-
dered
A BERLIN dispatch of the 25th saws
Count Won Arnim would appeal from the
late decision Of the Kammergericht in his
case.
PROF. DONALDSON and three members
Oh the press made a balloon ascension
IRON Toronto on the 23d and were picked
up the next day by a vessel five miles off
folnt Peter, on Lake Ontario
IHE New Hampshire House of Repre-
sehta'lves on the 25th passed resolutions
censuring the Governor and the Council
IN the Senatorial matter, by vote of ia
TO 1866
hoRIlMER THOMPSON, better known as
Y. IL. Philander Doesticks, P. B., died in
New York city on the 2dh. a.
HERE were three executions for muir
uef IN New England on the 25th. At
Dedham, Mass, James Ii. Costley was