The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-29

Carroll was nominated for Governor
Leven Woodford, Controller of the Treas
ury, and c. ]. N. Gwynn, Attorneys Gen
eral. In the platform the fourth section
protests against any increase of circulating
currency, and demands that such measures
be adopted by Congress- as will result In
the resumption OF specie payments al
Joseph f. Johnston, of Georgia, has been
elected President Of the Arkansas Int rs
trial University. ..... Over fifty head OF c. !,
tie were killed by a collision between q
freight train and cattle train, on the st
Louis & Iron Mountain Railway, near Vic
tory Station, Mo...... Private information
frem the West states that three company
post is to be established in the Black Hills
probably two companies, one infantry and
one cavalry. The location is not yet de-
cided upon......A notice of appeal, by the
people to the general term of the Supreme
Court of New York, from the decision OF
Justice Donohue in favor of the six mil
lion dollars civil suit of Tweed, has
been served upon the defendants lawyers
and was duly acknowledged by them......
The French Musical societies of New York
City contemplate holding a grand concert
for the benefit of the sufferers from the
floods in France. Tammany Hall has been
offered free for the purpose. The French
Committee of Relief have $1,000 on hand,
which will be Immediately forwarded......A
summary of losses of fire insurance cOmpan.
les for the first six months o. this year, shows
that they aggregate more than the entire
losses for 1874. The losses this year have
fallen not upon great cities, but chiefly upon
country towns, on property destroyed, in
which insurance companies have paid about
$26,0O0,000.
tf Notes from Abroad.
Fresh bands of Carlists have taken refuge
in France, and the commander of the French
forces at Tarbes has telegraphed to Paris for
instructions as to the course he shall pursue.
The provinces of Valentia and Ca3teliOn
are now free of Carlisle. The instruction
is confined to mountains in the Navarro,
Basque, and Catalonian provinces. The
headquarters of General Jovellar are at
Sarinena.....A meeting has been held in
London, at which it was resolved to open
subscriptions for the erection of statue of
Lord Byron in some conspicuous place in
London. Disraeli presided, and speeches in
favor of the project were made by the Earl
of Malmesbury, Earl Stanhope, and Mr.. e..
A. Sala. Gen. Wilson stated, on behalf of
Americans, that they claimed share in
Byron and a right to contribute to the me-
mortal. He was sure his countrymen would
gladly furnish at least quarter of The $780,
statue would cost
Advices from South America state that a
terrible riot has taken place at San Miguel,
town of forty thouqaud people, in the
Southern part Of the Re )ubi'c Of San Sal
vodor. 1t ORIGINATED from the fact that the
authorities refused 10 allow pastoral of the
Bishop OF San Salvador, ho2tlle to the laws,
to be read in their churches. Prisoners
were released from the cab'ilao, the snail
garrison at that place wa, attacked, and
nearly al assa3sinated, and Gems. Espeno a
and Castro were killed. The principal riot
ers, at last accounts were arrested, and a
good many of the inferior ones had been
shot, by order of President Gonzales, who
had arrived with troops......Iady FRANKLIN,
widow of Sir John Franklin, is dead....- 80.
Do Piblo ArOsemena has been elected Pres
ident of the State OF Panama.. Havana
news says that the insurgents have captured
two forts near Barrac0a, to, ;ether with The
ga"riSon. Count Won Arnim has arrived
at Carlsbad with his health in a precarious
condition. After close contest at War;
burg, the Liberals obtained majority in the
Electoral College, aud 1t is now believed the
Liberal ticket will be victorious thi oughout
Bavaria...... Spanish man-of.war Chur-
rucca chased British schooner into Hay ii,
when the authorities found her with con.
ing an examination of the matter.
In shooting for the st. Leger stake, two
hundred yards range, the first day, at Win.
bledon, John R'Cby, of the Irish Team, tied
Major Fulton, making thirty.ive points
The possible score was thirty-fve. The tie
was ,hot off on the tecond day. Fulton. OF
the Americans, won. In the shooting for the
Albert prize, Sir Henry Ha'fOrd won the
first prize, ;cofing 90 out of pc sible 105
and Col. G'lderileeve took the iecopd prize
with score of 92......In the match for the
Rife A. location cup, in which each man
has ten shot, at six hundred yards range
Coleman scored 40 out OF poc.ible 80, led
ing the large plumber of competitors. GIL
dersleeve made As. The excellency of tn
Americans marksmanship causes much as
tonishment.... the match between the
HOule of Lords and the Hou,e of Commons
the range was FIVE hundred yards. The
Commons won, maxim 81 points agaipst 90
made by the Lords, out of possible 375.."A
London dispatch says that the disturbance
in Herzegovina are believed to be lerious
The Commissioners sent by the Porte t.
tranquilize the country have reported by
telegraph that they are unsucces full. The
whole district between Mortar aud thu
Australian frontier, down nearly as far a!
Ra .uSa, is in a state of revolt and the in
surgent threaten death to all who refu.e Il
join them. The Comm gsioners advise tn,
Porte to send troops forthwith.
Major Fulton won the American cup a
Wimbledon. He made 1873 out of possibl,
score of $50. The challenge cup was com
peted for by Americans alone. Fulton mad,
eight consecutive bulfs-eyes; and Garfield
six. The following is the score: Fulton, 1873
Garfield, 1876; Coleman, 119; Bruce, III
Ballard, 10S; Gildersleeve, 105......Alexan
der and VIM. Collie, Of the firm recently sus
pended, have been arraigned charged will
obtaining million dollars on false pretenses
Bail was fixed at $4,000, which was no
found. They have been sent to Newgate
where they will remain until bail is pro
cured. The prosecuting counsel, in open
ing the case stated that from $7,500,000 Il
were afoat, of which the London and West
minister Bank had $2,50O,OOO. After credit
ing all that could be recovered from tn,
bankrupt estate, the loss to the bank woult
be from 81, 10000 to 81, 100000. ..... Frencl
customs returns for the last six months
show an increase in receipts of 23,000,0 0'
francs over tfe corresponding period of las
year. The total revenue of the country TO
the same time increated 10000, 900 franc
over 1S74...... The number of Carlists cap
tured since the first Of July is reported a
four thousand. ...... Inundation are reported
in England at Leicester, Greenfield, Fores
of Dean, and Godmancheste9. In man,
places gathered and growing crops hav,
been destroyed, and railways are interrupted
in all directions.
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