The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-25
THE NEWS.

N. L. Dunlap, the agricultural an
Horticultural writer, died at Champaigl
Dl., recently, aged sixty years.
The British steamer George Balters r
GENTLY foundered at sea and all on boar
vere lost.
he British Parliament from Tipperary
Ireland, and DR.. Kenealy, the counsel fo
he Tchborne claimant, from Stoke or
rent.
AT the Connecticut State Democrat
Convention, held at Hartford on the 16tf
he present State officers were unani
nously renominated. The resolution
avor hard money and oppose Fedora
Executive interference in the States q
louisiana and Arkansas and the increas
Df Federal taxation at time when tn
Industry of the country is SO greatly dc
pressed.
The house of D. B. Mellott, Of McCon
hellsburg, Pa, was burned on the 18th
end in it three of his children.
The Missouri State Woman's Suffrag,
Association held largely ATTENDED
meetng in ST. Louis on the evening O
he 10Th
The National Grange adjourned OF
he 10th, after instructing the Executiy,
Committee to arrange for holding tn.
ext session at Chicago. Among
ther resolutions adopted was ont
ndorsing and recommending the
obstruction by the National Govern
hent of system of waterways SO tina,
nrestrictcd channels of trade shall bt
pened and not only brought the entire
bngth of the Mississippi, but connecting
hat river with the Atlantic Ocean by
4 Fay of the lakes by the Ohio, Kanawha
md James and by the Tennessee and
a avannah Rivers.
III A Spanish column was recently de-
j eated by the Cuban insurgents neal
hanacas. The Spaniards lost $50 men.
x A young man jumped from the dome
4 the Capitol in Washington on the
Eth. He was instantly killed.
sI# Vyse & CO., large straw goods dealers
New York, have failed for over ST.
%, 600
s# Catherine Cary, witness for Tilton in
y pc Beecher. trial, testified on the 10th
lat she had seen Mr.. Beecher go into
RS. Tilton's bedroom repeatedly, and
lat on one occasion she discovered Mrs.
1lton sitting on Beecher's knee. On the
th juror was suddenly taken sick
Id had to be taken home by two officers
the court.
"A yiruient railroad war has broken out
s tween the Baltimore & Ohio and the
ennsylvania Central Railroad Com
\ lnies. On the 17ih the former company
q pre- selling tickets from Chicago to New
ork Tor $15 and to Washington for $40.
The Illinois State Fair has been locat-
at Ottawa for the ensuing two years.
A young lady living in Indianapolis,
emed Doyle, was fatally burned, on the
bth, while using coaloil to hasten a
luggish fire. On the 18th, at West Jetfer-
pm, Ohio, child of William Stratton
4 pset coal-oil lamp. Mrs. 5. picked
p the lamp, when it exploded in her
And-causing her almost instant death
III The British Parliament, on the 18th
pted that John Mitchell, the lately
ected member from Tipperary, is in
sigible on the ground that he is a con-
1cted felon. A writ was ordered to
sue for a new election.
81 An extraordinary session of the SEN
E~te has been ordered by the President, to
pnvene March 5.
|SA The Southern and Southwestern Dem
cratic members of Congress have issued
"a address to the people of the South,
hich appeals to them "for continued
2rbearance and hopeful reliance upon
le virtue and the sense Of justice of the
american people for the ultimate vindi-
etlon OF our rights, the protection of
r Liberties and the safety Of our re-
blican form of government"
5 The Legislature of West Virginia, on
le 18th, elected A. T. Caperton (Dem)
tAC CuIlCO tCtdlcS CcUdtOTSQlD.
On the 10Th fifty-one persons lost their
yes through the burning of match
lctory at Gottenburg, Sweden.
Two thirds of the city of Port au Prince,
aytl, was burned on the 18th, invOlv-
Mg the destruction of from 600 to 700
buses, and the loss of about $2,OOO,OOO.
he fire originated from.the explosion of
barrel of kerosene
III On the 18Th the National House of
representatives passed eighty three in
avidual pension bills
81 The examination of Mr.. Tilton in the
flton- Beecher trial was concluded on
be 18th, and Mr.. Bell, ex-Deacon of
1ymouth Church; Joseph FL Richards,
eother of Mrs. Tilton; Mr.. Braisher and
z. Robinson, business partner of Mr..
oulton, were examined. Mrs. Moulton
as on the witness-stand on the 10Th.
he testimony of these witnesses was
lainly corroborative of the testimony
Messrs. Moulton and Tilton.
w. S. King, of Minnesota, has written
letter to the Legislature of the State in
eply to the resolution calling upon him
resign if he could not appear before
De Congressional Committee and ex-
ain his connection with the Pacific
all subsidy. Mr.. King characterizes
e resolutions as Every extraordinary
SO far as they correctly illustrate your
eck OF knowledge of the common pro-
fieties and decencies of official posi-
Eon, your painful disregard OF truth in
pur official action, and your false and
gpocritical pretenses Of virtuous re-
erd for the honor of the State of Min
esota." He pronounces false the charge
lat he had accepted money as a consid- |
ration for his services in behalf of the
ubsidy bill, and emphatically asserts.
he says he stated under oath two years
go, that he never accepted nor received
dollar in consideration of such service.
md that not one dollar Of the money re. |
'eived by him was ever intended or an.
lied to influence vote on such bill.
S. J. r. Mcmillan (Rep. }, the present
hief-Justice of the State Supreme Court,
es been elected United States Senator
the Minnesota Legislature.
The wife of Senator elect Mcdonald.
Indiana, died suddenly, a few days
30.
a negro was admitted INTO the senior
Ass OF the New Orleans High School |
the 18TH, and twenty out Of the twen-
two members Immediately left the