The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-02-17
on the 1lth. He was eighty six years

old
| OWEN LINDSAY, convicted of the mur-
der OF Francis A. Colvin, was hanged at
Syracuse, N. Y, on the 11th. He de.
clared to the last that he was innocent.
The following was the vote in the SEN
ate on the Centennial Appropriation bill:
reasmAlljson anthony, Bayard, Boutwell,,
cameron tPa.e CapertCn, Clayton. Copklinp
Conover GragiD, Dawes, Dennis, Dorsey. E5
| mnnds Ferry, Frelinghuysen Hamlin. Harvey
Ke1 fesan ingalls, Zones a Jones
Mltcheli' morrill, lMe), Morrill, (Vt.) Morton
Ogesby. Paddock, Patterson, Randolph. Ransom
Robertson, Sargent, Spencer, Wallace, Windcm
,Ndgs-Alcorn, Cooper, Eaton, Goldthwaite.
Hamilton, Howe, Herman, Key, McCreery. Merri'
mon, mon, Stevenson, Thurman, Wadlegh, Whyte,
Messrs English, Christiancy Sherman, Cor.
don and Cameron (Wisconsn), who would have
voted for the bill! were. paired with Booth
oockerell, Davis, Norwood and SALISBURY who
would have voted against it. Mr. Wright who
was absent would have voted for the bill had he
been present. nv
IHE Northwestern Dairymen's Associa-
ton, recently in session at Fort Atkin-
son, Wis, elected the following officers:
President, S. Faville, of Wisconsin; Sec.
retary, r. R. Stone, of Illinois; Ass istant
Secretary, w. II. Stewart, of Illinois;
Treasurer, II. c. Drake, of Wisconsin.
A number of Vice Presidents were also
chosen. Resolutions fayoring co-opera-
ton with the American Dairymen's AS
sociation in the proposed Exposition at
Philadelphia were adopted, and commit
tee to carry into effect the same was ap-
pointed, consisting of Messrs. Drake,
Stone, Wanzer and Smith.
On the 10th w. r. Morrison, Chairman
of the House Committee on Wavs and
Means, wrote to DR.. j. P. Hambleton,
Clerk of such Committee, saying he had
until recently wholly disbelicved the
charge that he (Hambleton) had named
son after J. Wilkes Booth; but that recent
developments gave at least semblance of
truth to the charge, and it was therefore
his (Morrison's) duty to accept Hamble-
tons resignation, rendered some time be-
fore.
AT meeting of Plymouth Church,
held on the evening of the 11th, reso-
luton was adopted referring the whole
matter of the insinuations or accusations
of Mr.. Bowen against Mr.. Beecher back
to the Examining Committee, with in
struCtions to continue The investigation,
and to summon Mr.. Bowen before them.
The committee has cited him to appear
before them on the evening of the 23d.
THE burglar who robbed the National
Bank of Commerce at New London,
Conn, has been discovered in the person
of George c. Packer, one of the tellers of
that institution, and all the missing funds |
have been recovered.
TURKEY has refused permission to DR..
Schliemann to further pursue his exca-
vations in the Troad.
A CoNsTANTINoPLE dispatch of the 10Th |
says the Sultan had offered complete am
nesty to all insurgents who would at once
submit to his authority.
A LONDON telegram of the 18th says |
that the Rotterdam authorities were max
ing active search on the continent for |
Winslow, the Boston forger, but that up |
to that date no trace of him had been dis
covered.
A BERLIN telegram of the 18th says the |
efforts of Herr kapp and others to secure
the remuneration of the naturalization
treaty with the United States had proved |
fruitless.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 10Th
says that during January the demand for
postage stamps, postal-cards and stamped
envelopes reached the unprecedented
amount of $500, 600 worth.
PETER BLACKINToN & Co., wooden
at South Adams, Mass,
have failed for a large amount; also r. II
J. White, lumber merchants of Pembroke,
Can, whose liabilities are $75 600.
In his remarks at the Plymouth Church
meeting on the evening of the nth, Mr..
Beecher pronounced the allegations of
Mr. Bowen false, and added: "And with
God before me, and the judg
ment day, l arraign him (Bowen) as
slanderer and liar
AN explosion occurred in the Exeter
coal mine, n West Pittston, Pa, on the |
afternoon of the 18th. Four men were |
killed outright and six or eight others
were badly injured.
THE Kansas House of Representatives,
on the 18th, passed joint resolution re-
questing Congress to repeal the Specie
Resumption act.
Two CHICAGO -Gaugers !
Cullerton and Hildredth-have been in
dicted for completely in whisky frauds,
and have given bonds in the sum of
S. 900 each for their appearance for trial.
1t was reported on the 18th that several
indictments for similar otfenses had been
found at New Orleans, against residents
of that city.
THE funeral of the late Reverdy John
son took place in Baltimore on the after
noon of the 18th, and was largely attend
ed. Many friends of the deceased were
present from Washington, including |
Judges of the Supreme Court, Senators
and Representatives.
THE Mississippi House Committee OF
Invest CATION into the official conduct OF
Cardoza, State Superintendent of Educa-
ton, report that they find him guilty OF
perjury, embezzlcment, bribery, etc.