The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-02-17
THE NEWS.

C,irrs the LOru Nii'O'
Hsfestys speech o.,
u,perp telegram of the Sth says th'
,;st. a had secured entire mastery o
IVY NY rrovinces of Biscay and Alava,
,rop CHRIsrIANcY, of Michigan
'D ,.ried in Washington, on the 7th
'I ,,;,s ~ Lille Iugerbeel, lately clerk il
no Treasury Department.
Rosroy telegram of the sth says quite
. ,onsaton prevailed in Newburyport
Mass, caused by the late marriage oI
I,a Ir,, Parton, the author, to his step
I~ ,"rbtcr relation forbidden by the laws
"|I ~ ,Rot State. The bridegroom learned
". ,t.,us on the morning after the we'd,
E., and left his home in charge Of his
.,f' and took rooms for himself at a
,,,,licc.bousc. A special act is TO be
..rnlpced in the Legislature legalizing
the marriage
uysRs NooDY AND SANKEY held their
t,, revival meeting in New York city on
Mo ovpninr of the 1th, at Barnum' g
FiorrIrome. Fully 5000 people were
present
PERRIN H. SUMNER was arrested in
p-ooEIvp, y. Y, on the Sth, charged
with committing forgeries in California
,ssregatng $500, 900.
ny the morning of the Sth Il body of
masked men appeared at the Jail in
Bloomington, Ind, oycrpowered the Sher-
If secured the keys, and shot and killed
rrsOpcr named G. A. Marshon. Mar
.b,r WAS convicted of murder and sem
.rcpd 10 the Penitentiary for life, three
vs,rs aro, but the Supreme Court lately
rlDed him new trial.
0y the 9TH, +. p. Weston, the Ameri-
,,n neeStrian, and Perkins, the English
champion, completed a match for ESQ
,rD. The match was the greatest number
[ miles in twcnty-tour hours. Perkins
made ,iNtv-tivc miles in fifteen hours and
,,oDppd. Weston WAS declared the
winner
4 AHsyDAYE (Spainl dispatch of the 9th
gy> The Carlis:s had assumed the often
,iye against the Alphonsist positions
AEzaD
OyE Holbrook, a former special agent
Of the PoStoAice Department, appeared
before the House Committee, in Washing
lon On the 9th, and gave testimony show
mgcoIIuson of contractors with clerks
.@thc purpose of procuring fraudulent
contracts.
ADESTRUCTIyE fire occurred in New
York city on the evening of the Sth.
Thirty buildings in the block bounded by
Grand, Howard, Broadway and Crosby
streets, were burned, involving loss, in
buildings and contents, of about 81 800
UE. Three iiremen were killed and four
seriously injured by falling walls.
TUE two Grain brothers, on trial ut
Cairo, ILL.,, on change of venue from
williamson County, were convicted on
the 9ih and sentenced to the State Peni-
M1Mry for twenty years each.
IHE Michigan State Prohibition Con
yCD,on, 10 choose delegates to the Nation
a Convention at Cleveland, has been
called To meet at Detroit on the 22d of
March
TIE contest ilr the Mayoralty of St
LOUIS which had been before the City
Council for several months, was decided
on The evening OF the yth by vote of ten
'NJamcs II. Dritton, the present Mayor,
'lI sixteen for Henry OyerstOIz, The CON
Ns'lHL Mr.. OverStolz was installed at
'''O. and made an address TO the Council.
hF BFiton, in card published on the
morning Of the 10Th, states that he eXcepts
10 The action Of the Council, and shall
continue TO perform the functions of his
once until the matter is decided by
/ proper tribunal.
MADRID telegram of the 10th says the
| 'pdAish Government had sent 10 It's diplo-
AtIIc representatives abroad a confiden-
"' memorandum upon the condition of
"A The circular indicates the causes
u Tue InSurrectlon, the character OF the
"''eis and the reforms which will be
Introduced when the rebellion is termi-
Hatel.
iHE story that a quantity of gunpowder
"'o 0crn discovered among the coal on
,saI2'F at Antwerp, Belgium, is pro-
Pronounced untrue.
HENRY C. Bowen appeared before the
cumming l~ Committee of Plymouth
'"O'Sil' On the evening of the 10th, and
1"S' Itadlng statement in which he al
'Gago 10 the untairness and irregularities
W.T. proceedings said he wished to aid
"' COMMITTEE to make the examination
"oouSh and conclusive, and to that end
Ds1u propose the selection of three men
J.! r|''n Tue Congregational body, in whose
'','sLoh the world could have confidence,
T'''e whom only Messrs. Beecher and
ivy" Win their witnesses, should
@rPaf When he (Bowen) would unre-
,n.y ,5''ly give in the evidence which had
"'H' 10 believe in the guilt of Mr..
,I ."e' 'he parties hearing the evidence
", " Pedged to keep it profound secret.
d.. '0ul'ilittec decided not to accept Mr..
''u proposition on the ground that it
.,5 I nv NJ case between Messrs. Beecher
NV, D'"eh, but a case between Plymouth
'-',u ana Mr. Bowen, and ought not to
Hae "'"'u'a~n from the church and taken
,J'.' ,.' strangers, They then adopted res
,, ,."on calling upon Mr.. Bowen to state
or ''cS IN his possession in support
"s allegations that he had made
% Ar. Beecher. Mr.. Bowen then
uin "@' as the committee refused to
rsr,,. Nun the necessary time to prepare a
l'' ne must withdraw. He then read
,t paper concluding with the statement
1 n f.; 4v was now ready when properly put
ER~,,. r.'I before any proper tribunal, or
In. wv 'le committee, "but he must de-
,rn I' I" 'hls notice and in this irregular
|.ia %y 10 answer the questions on this occa-
H.; lie again appealed to them while
h.. Ds 'he room to give him time to pre-
|lare reply. p''
h. "1 ~ nahk OF Commerce at New Lon
ID -, -, C'nn., was robbed on the night OF
Rols nh second trial of Piper, the Boston
Non murderer, was concluded, on the
i a. a. " verdict of "guilty of murder
+ the first degree"
'N ,pe evening OF the 10th, at Apnapo-
Eon,5 hp' Hon. Reverdy johnson was
uaa dead in the grounds adjoining the
h.,, pHofs residence. 1t is supposed
~ Ut stumbled and fell over some loose
,eVeS OF coal lying on the sidewalk. his
'saa "' striking the edge of the projecting
4 VI thc wall, producing a fracture of