The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-08-05
THE NEWS.

ostb say the failure ol duncan, oheIHiah
ioI, : y, of New York, had not otcaused much
,,an,ert in those cities. The American
eN ';ients in Paris were considerably exer-
Ei.ei over the failure.
roryrv cotton-mills in Dundee, Scot
I.pI had been closed up to the 2sth.
,Gt.sGow (Scotland) dispatch of the
os,I announces the burning of Grant,
,t,ormiIls involving the loss of o.eer
$500
THE Secretary of the Treasury 4as issued
.c,lI for the redemption of the. remainder
ofthe $50 bonds of 1862.
FyCHrEF CLERK Avery, of the Treas
urv Department, was arrested in Washing
tonon the 2S:,n and admitted to bail in the
sum of $ 900.
THE New York Ecmiag Post of the
osth SAYS the losses Of Duncan, Sherman
40, on cotton alone exceeded 81 100000
A SLIGHT earthquake shock was felt in
Connecticut on the morning of the 2sth.
JoHy MASON & Co., sugar-dealers, of
PHILADELPHIA and the Commercial Ware
house Company, of New York, and one or
two ether smaller institutions failed on the
2StI,
THE Tobacco Exchange Banking Com
many, Of Louisville, KY, has closed its
doors
ACCORDING to dispatches of the 2Sth
from Fort Barrancas, Fla, yellowfever
WAS prevailing there to an alarming extent.
TIRE Minnesota Republican State Con
rpDtion met at st. Paul on the 2Sth, and
nominated John 5. Pillsbury for Governor;
LB Wakefield for Lieutenant Governor;
S. Irgens for Secretary Of State; o. P.
Wbitromb for State Auditor; William
Paender for State Treasurer; Geo. P.
Wilson for Attorney General; S. Fl. Mich
ol, for Clerk Superior Court; Charles A
Gilman for Railroad Commissioner
JAMES Gilhllan was recommended for
CicfJu~ticc. The platform tavors a
financial policy which shall steadily keep
in view return to specie payment; advo-
Gates tariff strictly for revenue, adjusted
50 as to be the least burdcnSome and most
favorable to the interests of home industry
and labor; demands that railway and other
corporations shall be held in subjection to
the law-making power, and approves of
tr -llir1-tcrm letter of President Grant.
Oy the 29th in the British House of
Commons Mr.. Plimsoll lapologized for his
recent violent speech, and was discharged
from cCnSurc.
The International Mayoralty banquet
occurred at London on the night of the
2gth Six hundred and fifty persons par
ticipated The United States was not rep
resented.
ABoJT9 , 200 workmen employed ON the
st. Gotharl tunnel struck for higher
wages on the 29th The Government sent
THE following is a list of the State cleo
tons to he held this year: California,
Wednesday, Sept l; Arkansas, Monday,
SEPT 4; Mainc Monday Sept. 10; Iowa,
Teuesdav, Oct12; Ohio, Tuesday, Oct. -;
Virginia. Tuesday Nov2; Kansas, Tues
day, Nov.2; Maryland, Tuesday, NOv.2,
Massachusetts, Tuesday, Nov 2; Mississip-
pi Tuesday. Nov ;; Minnesota, Tuesday,
Nov, ,; Missouri, Tuesday, Nov. 2; New
York, Tuesday, Nov ,; New Jersey, Tues.
day. Nov. .; Pennsylvania, Tuesday, Nov
. Wisconsin, Tuesday, Nov. 2; Texas,
Tuesday, Dec :.
troops, who dispersed the rioters, killing
and wounding several,
THE CarIiN town of SEQ de Urgel, ac-
cording to Il Madrid dispatch of the s9th,
had been taken by assault, but the citadel
held out.
THE National Bank circulation out
standng July % was $3.50, 1872 ,53S
J. B. FORD & Co., publishers, of New
York, recently failed. Their failure, it is
said, does not affect the Christian Union
newspaper, Of which they were the pub
fishers,
The Michigan State Temperance Asso-
citation, recently in session at Jackson, re-
solved-thHt the no-license policy is right
IN nprlnciple and should never be over
NNrNWn, declaring that the enactment of
proAibitory law is an issue of oara-
mount Importance; agreeing to support
no candidate for the Legislature of 1877
who is not in favor Of prohibition, and
announcing that, in their Judgment,
there Is no practical difference between
ue present LiQuor-taX law of this State
and license law, which would be clearly
IN violation Of the Constitution"
HE testimony for the defense in the
Mountain Meadows massacre trial was be
gun on the 29th. The counsel for the de-
leASe stated that their theory was that the
INDIANS were the perpetrators of the out
rage having been provoked thereto by the
emjgrants Themselves; that Lee held no
military or church Office and that he tried
70 protect the emigrants, and wept when
uc massacre was proposed.
A DISPATCH was received in Washing
,on On the 18th from Prof Jenney, dated
guy II, stating that he had discovered
goid N paying quantities on Spring and
RAPID Greeks, twenty to thirty miles
northeast Of Hamey's Peak.
lHE Chicago Times Of July 20 says
Acfe Is little hope now for even half a
crop OF winter wheat, Unless the weather
should improve there is likely to be con-
s'aerabie loss in the spring wheat crop.
i1hE House Of Lords on the afternoon of
Inc 5Oth ult. passed the British Channel
Tunnel bill.
a AeoNsIANrINoPI.E dispatch OF the both
wv announces the dismissal of the Grand
'ilIer in disgrace. fE Esr
4 COURT OF inquiry into the circurn-
s.ances attending the loss of the steamer
s'eksburg made public their report on
'he morning OF the 31st ult. 1t censures
He ohcers OF the lost steamship for reck.
leSSneSS.
NE secretary Of the Treasury has di-
,ee'eo the retirement Of SI,O16,4 6,47a in
''-'enoefs. Until further orders the
outstanding legal-tenders will be S374,
Il5,lOS
HE negotiations for the lightning ex-
paeSS mall train from New York TO the
"esl nave been completed and approved
~ Oo rostmaster-GeneraI, The first train
n, 'e' New York on the 1st of October.
he Time 10 Buffalo is fixed at eleven
noutS; Cleveland, fifteen; Toledo, eight
oen, anu Chicago, twenty-six. 1t ill be
N'nhheo exclusively to the mail
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