The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-03-25

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o was mailed in connection with the Golde,
$ Age. Mr.. Halliday continued his testi
d mony, and said that Mr.. Beecher hat
OF hing to do with the decision by tn,
$ church Deacons in October, 1879, that i
e was not expedient to take any actor
+ on the scandal
ol Gen. Sheridan has issued instruction.
q to Gen. Terry at st. Paul and Gen. Orc
at Omaha, directing them, in the even
!. OF the mining companies organizing Al
, Sioux City and Yankton trespassing OF
, the Sioux Indian reservation, to use the
| forces at their command to burn the
, wagon trains, destroy the outfit and ar
rest the leaders, combining them at the
, nearest military post in the Indian
country.
l The frigate Arladne has been ordered
to Swatow to support the demand upon
: Spain for indemnity for the plunderine
of German bark.
The flood in the Susquehanna continued
on the 10Th. At Port Deposit, Nd, the
water was from five to fifteen feet deep
| Ill Tue SJFcctS.
The Democrats have elected three
members of the Governors Council in
New Hampshire and the Republicans
two.
Nasquez, the notorious California ban
dit, was hung at San Francisco on the
10Th.
| Recentlysa water spout at Fayetteville,
Tenn, caused an immense overflow of
Morris Creek, and houses, furniture and
live stock were swept away. and over
100000 worth Of property was de-
stroyed. The water-spout continued half
an hour. until it fell CONCEALED into large
Jumps, which knocked holes in the roofs
Of houses and many animals were killed.
Bessie Turner testified in the Beecher
trial on the 10Th. According to her Mr..
Tilton was addicted to sullen moods, DUR
ing which he would make himself disa-
greeable to all in the house, and espe.
cially to his wife, whom he would scold
for ours at time. She never saw any,
thing improper take place between Mr..
Beecher and Mrs. Tilton, and on his fire.
quent visits to the house Mrs. Tilton
treated him the same as other gen.
tlemen visitors. Bessie repeated the
story of awakening one night and
finding herself in Mr.. Tilton's bedroom
alone with him, where he had carried her
while she was asleep, and said she indig-
nantly left the apartment at once. She
also repeated conversations which she
alleged Mr.. Tilton had had with her re-
| garding affinities. On one occasion, when
Mr.. Tilton was shaking his clenched fist
in his wife's face, witness interfered in
her behalf, and he ordered her, with an
oath, to leave the house, which she re-
fused to do, and he knocked her (witness)
down with his fist.
/ The Government of King Alphonso
has adopted an arbitrary policy toward
the press. Telegraphic dispatches are de-
tanned and examined
On the 21st Gen. Campos defeated the
Carlists before Olot and entered the
town. Over 900 Carlists were captured
John Mitchell died on the Goth. On the
21st $4,000 Irishmen met in Hyde Park,
London, and adopted resolutions de-
manding the release of the Fenian
prisoners, and condoling with the family
of the late John Mitchell.
Postmasters have been instructed that
on all mailable matter of the third class
(Which includes articles Of merchandise
and transient newspapers and magazines)
postage must be prepaid at the rate of
one cent for each ounce or fraction
thereof.
Ex-Congressman B. f. Bctler recently
expressed the opinion that the Civil
Rights bill does not give any right to a
colored man to go into drinking saloon
without the leave of the proprietor" and
that "a barber-shop is a business in
which the law does not interfere"
The Wheeler award has been received |
by Gov. Kellogg, but has not been
officially published. 1t is understood,
however, that the committee has decided |
that about eleven Conservative members
not returned elected by the Returning
Board are entitled to seats, and that |
about six Conservatives whose election |
was claimed by the Conservative Com
mittee are not entitled to seats. Under
this award the House will be Democratic |
and the Senate Republican, with a small
Republican majority on joint ballot.
A very destructive tornado passed over
the central portion of Georgia and South |
Carolina on the Goth. Residences and out
houses were demolished, and several
persons were killed and many others |
injured.
Gen. Cabrera, in going over to King
Alphonso, took with him eight of the
Carlist chieftains. CASTELAR, has re-
signed his professorship in the university
because the Government has re-estab-
lished in the schools and colleges the
textbooks prescribed during Isabella's
reign and otherwise changed the mode
of public instruction.
The United States Senate has con-
firmed the nomination of John Parker as
United States Marshal for the Western
District of Michigan.
The Elizabeth Life Insurance Com
pany of Elizabeth, N. j., has failed.
A resolution has been lately introduced
into the New Jersey Senate requesting
the New Jersey Senators and Represent
atives in Congress to urge the repeal OF
the amendments to the Sundry Civil Ap-
preparation bill doubling the rate OF
postage on transient newspapers, etc.
A hurricane recently visited the Qua
chita Valley, in Louisiana, causing great
loss of life and destruction of property
The track of the tornado was 800 yards
wide and extended for fifteen miles.
The South Carolina Legislature has
refused to adopt an address demanding
the removal of State Treasurer Cardoza.
The vote in the Senate was yeas II, nays
18; House, yeas 45, nays 6S.
Continuing her direct examination on
the 22d Bessie Turner corrected some OIL
her statements regarding dates, and
identified several letters which she had
received from Mr.. Tilton while
he was absent from home. She
said Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton sent
her to boarding school, but nothing was