The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23
THE NEWS.

) Ip~ has been called to meet at Jackson on
% 1'' ,r Nav to elect delegates to the
% ,,I ~ convention and nominate Presi-
atsl electors
-, di.,otchcs of the 18th say that
~. W., innp,lation of the Seine had oc-
ly,D Several of the more important
4,,% NV, orcr the Seine were threatened,
'.'-s ,S,rol over them had been prohibited.
~ so,orips at Alfortville had been
5J ~ At St. Maur, 200 houses were
~1,I sr With water to the depth of several
'' Dnriug the gale of the 10Th, at
pmbr,v Sr eleven persons had been killed.
aJ',~ I.h u,s,or was also reported along the
Ene in Germany
prr ROBERT MILAN, D. D., Bishop of
Gcuts, is dead
ror Democratic members of Congress,
m ,orcrs On the night of the 18th, re-
.raj ia support the Payne bill, by a
pg Of 60 to 49,
rrr New York Greenback Mass-Con-
..;,D met at Syracuse on the 10Th.
gS,F,rl schell was elected permanent
n...iioDt The resolutions declare oppo-
,aon 10 anv reputation of the Nations
,Iiss,iors, but assert that the act of
r,rrr>s of March, 1869, promising TO
nay tbe J.21', in gold, is a gross violation
,fsr contract whereby said bonds were
.ret and that said lay was passed by
h,rl. that the effort now making by the
S,ntary of the Treasury to pay fractional
l,-srcv in silver should be Immediately
ro5li;cd. as silver is worth less than cur
,.gcr, that legal l-tcndcrs are standard of
,,re while gold constantly tiuctuates;
h,. tbc amount of money required by the
rsopIp depends on their intelligence; that
saIteniers should pay the bondholder
ri, interest and all other debts, private
,,I pnbc, including duties on imports;
na The act pIedging resumption in 1879
:sh;Ipre, and its immediate repeal is
5srspld; that Congress should enact
lV, for the encouragement of labor, agri-
crrtpre and all other industrial interests,
ai for the development of the Nations
resources and wealth by the people TO the
exclusion of monopolies.
TIE Wisconsin Legislature adjourned
,R fs on the 1ith, and the Iowa Legisla-
ue On the 18th.
The Virginia Democratic State Con-
vaton has been called to meet at Rich
uond, on the oath Of May.
The Vatican University has been or
dcrcd closed by the Italian Minister of
Public Instruction, on the ground that it |
| m illegal establishment.
TBE wife of ex-senator Schurz died in
| New York city on the 14th.
The Democrats of Rhode Island met on |
| tc 18th, in State Convention, and nomi- |
mated! For Governor, Gen. G. Lewis |
CoOae; acknowledgements, B. o. Sio-
GUN; Secretary Of State, John S. Price;
A.Omry,General, 0. 5. Lapham; Treas
uer " P, Congdon.
TIE Massachusetts State Senate has
passed the Woman Suffrage amendment |
ohe State Constitution, by a vote of |
eighteen to ten
TIE New York Democratic State Con-
nptjon will be held at Utica on the 26th
.dAprl.
SEVERE storms Of wind, rain and snow
prevailed in many >eclions OF the West on
Ae l5h and 10Th. Great damage was
done by heavy rains and floods in some
localities,
AGGEENBAcE State Convention will be
held 1t Columbus, Ohio, on the 9th of
April.
APAHls dispatch of the 18th says that
On That day an arch Of the railway bridge
ever The river III, near Lauterburg, had
given way under the pressure Of the high
water. \ passenger railway train from
AaLhou>e TO S,rasburg, crossing at the
14le, was prcciEi'atcd into the water, the
.I' laIlng upon each other and being
.jsA0I To pieces. Every passenger was
.VleF crushed 10 death or drowned. Up
he morning of the 18th thirty corpses
Dad been recovered.
4 BLOCK Of shipping houses on Port
'oa street, Manchester, England, was
0iHel on the morning of the 18th, caus-
ngl loss Of several hundred thousand
onIs.
hobERTS, ey-Presidcnt of Liberia, died
Aonroyia on the 2Gth of February. He
VIZ buried with military honors.
IHE Ohio Democratic State Convention
'' been called to meet at Cincinnati on
he l1h Of May.
l. iHE Opera House building in Spring
''0' H., belonging to Jacob Bum, was
uFAea to the ground on the morning of
e l'lh, involving loss of about S17O,-
0
NA'EEAL cf the parties, indicted for
'4Plcl'y in the whisky frauds, appeared |
,''e ue United States District Court, in
ne'go, on the Eth, withdrew their pleas
4o' guilty and entered pleas of guilty.
10 y Hesmg and Jacob Rehm were
nons them.
LIE Medical Director of the Turkish
my states that the Turks have lost, by
'.'e and by the diseases incident there
: o'V0O men since the beginning of the
eI=esoylnian insurrection.
FERDINAND FEEILreRArH, the German |
w.t. aied on the 18th at his home in Cann- |
'D'' IN Wirtemburg. He was sixty |
'srs old
iHA steamer Isabel went ashore on |
-"'e'ef Rocks, between St. Ives and |
,la ) End, England, on the night of |
, Io'h' All on board perished.
y NAPLES telegram of the 18th says
unexpected eruption of Mount
,'!'luS had commenced. Lava was
,"Hs toward Pompeii, and the sight
Is said to be grand.
y WASHINGTON telegram of the 18th
20 'pat word had been received from
"" u, T. Marsh, who was then in Mon
~, u'a' he and his wife would return if
:, Ssiuch' Grant would issue full pardon
yneu' This the President had decided
W. W. anu dispatch was received from
~, VA on The 18Th stating that they would
W. " al once for Washington.
illALLocK, : the Treasury Clerk, who
~ . 'ne $4,000 package from the cash
o 'n, IN the Treasury at Washington,
au' year ago, has been sentenced to
q years. Imprisonment.
olFTEEN bodies have been recovered