The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-14

A ST. PAUL (Minn.) telegram of the 81,
l says fourteen citizens had overtaken tb
Northfield robbers late on the night of tn
: 1th, in a ravine near Shieldsyille Shot
were exchanged and one of the rolJbers
horses killed. but the robbers, mountin,
the dlsmounted comrade double, took +,
the woods and escaped. They were las
heard OF at Waterville Lake, going south
There were about 400 men in pursuit o
the tugitives, one band of forty being les
than an hour behind.
ONE Ridgely, trapper, reached Min
neapolis, Mimi, a few days ago, and CAV,
the Pioneer Press and Tribune an accoun
of Gen. Clusters last fight with the In
dlans, of which he claims to have beo,
an eye witness, being at the time a pris
oner in Sitting Bulls camp. He saw,
one-half Of Clusters men were eitbe,
killed or disabled at the first Indian vol
ley, and all of them but six were killed
before Reno commenced his attack at tbf
other end of the camp. These six
Ridgely says, were taken prisoners and
burned at the stake in the Indian camp,
The Washington National Monumen,
Society has executed a CONVEYANCE of al,
It's rights and privileges to the United
States
FULL returns from the recent Vermont
State election show the following result
for Governor: Fairbanks (Rep.), 44,5S5:
Bingham Dem.), p OBS; Scattering, %
Fairbanks majority, 23,527. In the
House, the Republicans have 2O5. Demo-
Gratis, 81; no choice in five districts. The
Republican candidates in the three Con
gressional districts are elected by an aver.
age majority of about 5000.
PRESIDENT GRANT has issued a procIa-
nation ratifying the treaty between the
United States of America and the King of
the Hawaiian Islands.
\ WASHINGTON dispatch of the 9th
says the story told by Ridgely, the trap
per, concerning Clusters death was dis
credited in military circles. The trapper
was believed to be half breed spy for the
Indians.
MOSES Y. TILDEN, a brother of Gov.
Tilden, died at New Lebanon, N. Y, on
the morning of the 9th.
\ REDUCTION of ten per cent was made
on the 9th on the rates for Centennial
tickets to New York and Philadelphia
from all points west of Chicago and St.
Louis.
4 Los Angeles (Cal.) dispatch of the
9th says that Klingensmith, the Mormon
witness of the Mountain Meadow massa-
ere, had been arrested and brought to that
city.
THE Indian Commissioners held their
first council at Red Cloud Agency, on the
9th in the presence of $50 Indians, in
cluding Red Cloud and several other
chiefs. The Indians were said to be in
favorable mood for a treaty. A series of
propositions was read and interpreted to
them.
The Governor of South Carolina has is
sued a proclamation calling upon the pco-
pie of Charleston and elsewhere to obey
the laws, and expressing his determination
to protect all persons in the State in their
political rights.
On the 18th the election in Maine oc-
CURED. The latest kilograms received on
the morning Of the 18th say that PA
towns gave Conner Rep.) for Governor
52 $40, Talbot (Dem.) Al ,442. Last year
the same towns gave Conner (Rep) 40
645, and Roberts Dem sc, ,961. The Re
publican candidates for Congress are
elected by majorities ranging from 1000
to 5000 The Republicans will probably
have two-thirds of the House and twenty
seven out of thirty-one Senators.
The trotting stallion Ethan Allen died
at Lawrence, Kan, on the 11th. He was
twenty seven years old.
On the 11th, 100000 in United States
six per cent bonds, held to secure Ma
tional Bank circulation, were withdrawn
from the United States Treasury, for
which four and half per cent. bonds are
to be substituted.