The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-15
THE NEWS.

u DorarAus. oi lllinetN' "uN ,i0 ''"o s'
lon,,7ion Geo. RimmcF, at HeHdon, En-
| h,1 nn fine Ith, was easily won by HI
iormcr. ...-.-
rur contest fer the Mayor and citizens
,,a at 1,cyG,,f. Ireland, on the ,th resulted
wy y, ,he success of GildCrslccvc, Of th'
American team,
,uuRlp dispatch of the 'tll says the
on,irc Carlist forces had departed from
4 Valencia and ArraS"n' Inc Alphonsis''
& were in close pursuit
4 As iusurrcction has broken out against
the Turks in herzegovina.
TuE commission appointed TO consider
whether Italy shall participate in the Phil
.Jo,rhia Centennial Exhibition has recent
Ir brcidpd in the negative on account o
,Ic ovncusr necessary. The United States
Goycrnncnt has been informed oil the de
cfsion,
WASHINGTON dispatch Of the 7th
.,,,cs that under the provisions of the act
of Juy Is, 1874, providing forthe resump-
,jm Of specie payments, the Treasury De
naftmcut had disposed of about so ,0O0,-
6oo of bonds known as > per cents, and
with the proceeds had purchased about
50 900 OOO in silver, for the purposcof re-
,nne fractional currency.
Nya meeting Of Plymouth Society of
BrookTyu-composed Of pcw-holders in
Plymouth Church-on the evening of the
n ;tb, resolution was unanimously
alopiel fixing Mr.. BceChCr'S salary for
y Mc ensuing year AT $l00,00d,
Nh. BEEcWER testified before the Grand
Il Jwy in the Locdcr-Pricc case on the 18th,
Il and denied I'LL the allegations made by the
accused 50 far As they related to himself.
y Price plead guilty of perjury and conspir-
acy, and Locdcr not guilty.
THE Wisconsin Republican State Con,
ypn,ion was held at Madison on the 1th.
n Hon. Harrison tudington, of Milwaukee,
81 wa, unanimously nominated, by acclama-
fion for Governor. The other nomina-
4 fons are For Licutcnant-G Governor. Ii.
Eaton; Secretary of State, Hans B.
sWmUcr; State Treasurer, Maj. Henry
n Bartz; Attorney General, John II. Bennett;
sSupcrintcndcnt Of Public instruction,
5l'obor Graham. T. w. Keycs was re
s,lectcd Chairman Of the State Cen
strI Comitlrc The platform approves
s1hr thiWrrm letter Of President Grant;
zindor,cs the present Republican National
administration and the policy of arhitra-
dion in setting International difficulties;
3ayor, a tarIlI for revenue only, advocates
ihc gradual resumption of specie pay
3ncnt,, GWorS legislative control of public
Corporations etc.
4 TuE Opposition State Convention of
AIinnr>otl, held at St Paul on the ith.
zhomnaicd D. /. Buell. for Governor; Z.
N DWmt LirutrDant-Govcrnor; Albert
fChdtcr, Treasurer; J, W. SenccrboX,
Railway Commissioner; Adolphus Bier
flan, Secretary Of State; Lafayette EN-
sfnctt, Chicf-Ju-'irr: W. Doran, State Audit
spr; 4 4, Mcleod, Clerk Supreme Court
.Ihc name Democratic Republican was
adopted The resolutions favor a rcSump-
ion Of specie payments and return to
gold and ,ihrras basis of currency; a
Erit for rcvcnuc; the State control of pub
lic corporations, etc.
\ Tue rivers Toqucs and Orbiquet, in
France. recently ovcrflowcd their banks
shd inundated the town of Lcsicux and its
environs. Several lives were lost.
\ TERRIFIC rain and hail storm visited
Switzerland lately. The hail-stoncs were
81 great size, killing and wounding many
persons, destroying crops and damaging
nluch valuable property.
A COMMERCIAL crash is predicted in
Norway in consequence of the stagnation
b the lumber trade.
AccoRDNG to Madrid dispatch of the
~ Carli>t, were continually presenting
bcmscIycs to the authorities, demanding
pnnr>ty.
The Executive Committee of the Ma
hon1 Grange, in session in Washington
Dll HE Sth, voted to remove the headquar-
Pr Of the National Grange to Louisville.
r. They also voted TO hold the next
necting Of the National Grange at Louis
pie on the third Wednesday in Novem-
btr next.
PROF STEINER, with three compan-
Pms. made a balloon ascension at Milwau-
e. on the evening of the 7th, intending to
haEe an eastward voyage to the Atlantic
past. After being up three hours they
ended about twcnty-eight miles from Mil
Eaukee. The quality of the gas with
fmch the balloon was inflated is said to
Eve been poor. Another attempt was
contemplated.
IN his late report concerning the Black
ills region Prof Jcnncy says That coun-
y IS admirably adapted for agricultural
purposes.
MRS. STRINGER, Of Cincinnati, found
p klndIing-wood in hcrcooking-stove too
Elmp 10 burn well, so she undertook to
surTy up matters by pouring coal-oil from
seah INTO the stove. After five hours of
~ most acute agony she died from the
alects of her burns.
i A REAL-EsTATE lawsuit of great magni-
Poe and duration is one of the probabili-
Is IN Chicago. A strip of land contain
9S about twenty-five acres and worth sew
FaI millions of dollars, on which stand
ne Illinois Central depot and a portion of
~ tracks, Is in dispute, having just been
ntered by Willis Drummond, late Com
missioner OF the General Land Office, at
ne Land Office in Springfield. 1t has
Fen occupied and presumably owned by
ne railroad company for the last thirty
ears.
! ssGEN. FRANCIS =. BLAIR, JR., died at his
esidcncc in st. Louis on the night of the
III, aged fifty-thrcc.
"a MADRID dispatch Of the 9th saws the
artists had been defeated al Trevino, with
oss Of 400 killed and sixty prisoners.
lHE counting of the funds in the Treas
~ al Washington developed no discrcp-
2cy or deficit, with the exception of the
'"o package stolen some weeks ago.
HE Comptroller Of the Currency on the
- called upon the National Banks for a
Sport Of their condition at the close of
sihess June 30. The Comptroller has
rected The retiring of all the circu-
ihg notes of the denomination Of
~ dollars Of the following banks,
holes Oh that denomination having been
ceess'ully coHnterfeited: The First,
pird and Traders National Banks, Chi
XgO: First National Rank of payto, IN