The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-11-09
THE NEWS.
AT HOME.

AT HOME.
scorr reached Bismarck, D. T., or
l., q,a rlt from Fort Buford, with of
s a dispatches, stating that, on the a1st,
a.. Miles, command struck the hostiles
p nJ.r Sitting Bull en- Cedar Creek, and q
s ensped which continued for two
I ,~, fine troops completely routing
H.. Indians. and driving them forty
g., miles to the Yellowstone. Five
I,,d Indians were seen, and many
r,ors we're believed TO have been killed
aI wounded Gen. Miles had but
.ro men wounded, and none killed. lie
chased the Indians sixty miles, when they
Avoided one portion going toward the
srcucics, and Sitting Bull toward Fort
Peek. Gen. Miles following. Sitting Bull
crassed the river below Fort Peck on the
OH and sent word to the agent that he
vas coming in, and would be friendly,
ES wanted ammunition.
NUS II. LICK, son of the late James
lick has reached San Francisco and, on
fine 3lst nit, fled a petition to be appoint
ej administrator of the estate left by his
f,tber The filing Of this petition was
considered the beginning of veXatious
and expensive litigation,
TIE official canvass OF the votes cast at
The recent election in Colorado was made
n, the 31st., and shows the follow.
iDr result: For judges of Supreme Court,
Republican majority 14S. For member
At F0WfOWth Congress, Bedford Rep.)
mamaiority Of 1888, and for the Forty
fifth Congress, IA majority of 939. The
legislature stands: Senate-Republi-
cans 10: Democrats 7. House of Repre-
ssnativcs-Repubhcans 80; Democrats
i. Republican majority On joint ballot,
y.
THE public dcbt statement for October,
slows the following: Total debt, S2,21S,-
HG.ssO; cash in Treasury, S199, 53S, 1854
debt less cash in the Treasury, $685.
SS535; decrease during October, 3d.
&,ON.
FOUR carriages, three wagons, one pair
Of mules, one span Of horses one harness
and three cows, the property of Brigham
Young were sold at public auction in Salt
Lake City. on the 1st, by the United States
Commissioner, to pay the award of the
court in Ann EIiLa'S case, and brought
| NlSj,
The Colorado State Legislature con-
yeHed at noon on the LIST. Webster An
hoDy was elected Speaker of the House,
and ". W. Webster President pro tenn. of
Ae Senate.
AN0RTH BOUND passenger train on the
Pennsylvania Railroad was wrecked on
the morning Of the 2d, near Linden de-
| pol by running into two freight cars de-
ached from a preceding train and left
stlndingon the track. J . Elliston, brake
man. received fatal injuries, and d fire.
man and several other persons were more
less seriously injured. On the after
noon Of the same day passenger car on
the Northern Pennsylvania It Lehigh Val
ley Railroad was thrown from the track,
near Bethlehem, by the breaking of an
axle. There We're eighteen passengers
aboard, two of whom were killed, and all
the rest more or less injured, some quite
seriously,
/ THE Congregational Association of
View York and Brook YIN has adopted
preamble and resolution reciting that the
committee appointed last winter to co. |
operate in bringing evidence before the |
Advisory Council Commission relating to
The Beccher scandal have reported that
there is no substantial ground for bellev- !
Ing IN the guilt of Mr. Beecher, and de- !
cITng that we do, therefore, as an As |
ScAuoN, regard our brother as worthy |
0oW confidence and love, and express |
"Mm our sympathy in the severe trial |
through which he has passed.
DR. JOHN &. Roe, Republican State
Senator from Jefferson County, Ind, J
committed suicide in the Insane Asylum, !
near Indianapolis, on the ID. Hestrangled |
himself With a sheet, tying one end TO a |
nail driven in the window frame over |
head
Hon JOHN L. ROUTT was, on the Sd, |
naugurated Governor of Colorado. His |
Message was mainly devoted to State af |
fairs.
A REPORT vas received at Salt Lake on |
Ae "a, from Camp Stambaugh, Wy,
NaIch says village of fifty lodges of the |
'noshones was attacked, on the 30th ult.,
oy large Sioux war party, estimated at
I2OO lodges, at Painted Rock, about nine |
FMlles from Camp Stambaugh. As far
learned, only one Shoshone escaped.
HE Department of Agriculture at
washington has prepared digest of the
"Op returns for October, which indicates
'leuuctIon in the yield of the wheat crop
" nearly one-sixth, While the quality is
somewhat superior. Every section of the
Cn'oh indicates reduced product except
mt Middle States. Figures point to
!'eN OF about 245,000,00O bushels. Rye
reported four per cent. less than in
io''' but the quality better, Barley is
ga per cent. less than last year. Buck
wheat Is full average. Oats show fall
ius OIL OF twenty three per cent. Every
''V'ioh OF the Union is deficient. The
s0tn crop Is deficient, but the figures are
lO' YET obtained. The cotton crop will be
large and likely to approach the heavy
'ieiu OF 1875. Sweet potatoes are a full
a'Vfase crop. Sorghum is full produc
''H' Tobacco report shows about the
average production.
NEEDEN, Goodwin and Collier, found
5;r. Vi mansaughter by aiding in the
h. .-'Ds Oh the prize-fighter Walker, have
ss sSn sentenced to sixyears' Imprisonment
1T'n IN the Trenton IN j. penitentiary.
I' remaining two prisoners, Clark and
~ y' were sentenced to Imprisonment
Oh two years each.
p a TELEGRAM received at St. Paul,
I'M r'In'' On the 4th, dated Camp in the
p; ;slu On the Yellowstone, Oct. 81, uta
v wa D. T., Nov A." says that Gen.
w VIZ, commanding the troops on the
nnr1 oS''one, after fighting, defeating and
t.I Sitting Bull and the confederate
do. ''S under him, had accepted the surren-
Of ~ " foo lodges of Indians belonging
ren a0 cneyenne Agency, these tribes sur
bo nuerlhg five of their principal chiefs as
SeS' as a guarantee of their faithful
IN Hiahce with the terms of surrender.
, bands were to go at once to the
49,, where, upon their arrival, they