The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-06-01

l the BLACK Hllls OF Dakota, inside tn,
Sioux reservation, or who NAV here
| after go there are there wronpfn,
ly, and that they should be M
tined OF the fact. But the Govern
ment is engaged in a certain measure tha
Will probably result in the opening up o
the country to occupation and settlement
In the meantime the Indians should no
be allowed to scalp and kill anybodv
and you are authorized to afford protec
ton to all persons who are coming away
or who are conveying food and stores 70,
those already there"
THE fast-mail train jumped the track q,
Albany, n. Y, on the morning of the
Goth. The engineer and fireman were
killed.
THOMAS A. PIPER was hanged at Bos.
ton, Mass. on the Goth, for the murder, in
May OF last year, of Mabel Young. On
the same day, Samuel j. Frost was also
hanged at Worcester, Mass, for the mur-
ler OF his wite's brother in July last. A
hor5lole scene occurred at the latter execu-
tion. The fall was so great that the head
of Frost was jerked from his body, and
hung only by ligaments. His blood
spurted in every direction over the scatfold
and floor.
DuBUFE's great painting, "The Prodi.
gal Son." was destroyed by fire at Cincin-
natl on the evening of the 26th. The
painting was valued at 800, 600, and in
sured for $4,000.
The late National Convention of the
Independent Greenback party has issued
a call for National ratification meeting
to be held in the city of Philadelphia on
the 4lh day of July, 1876, and invited the
people to attend and ratify the platform
and nominations of the party.
| A MAN was arrested at Des Moines
Iowa, few days ago, having in his pos
session large quantity of bogus twenty
five cent pieces.
A FIRE in San Francisco on the 26th
partially destroyed the Britain Block, at
the corner of California and Davis streets,
involving loss of about $500, 900
A SHORT time ago, one Harmon, a mer-
chant of Abbeyville County, S. c., and
his wife, were found murdered in their
bed. The four murderers were arrested,
and subsequently taken from the Sheriff
and shot Three hundred persons Dartic-
ipated in the affair and 100 shots were
fired
ACCORDING to a London dispatch of the
9th, the Queen of England had arranged
to marry Prince Arthur to daughter of
the ex-King of Hanover Rumors of the
serious illness of the Prince of Wales
prevailed in London, and something like
a panic occurred on the Stock Exchange
A CoNsTANTINoPLE dispatch Of the
27th says official inquiry into the orig gin
of the Salonica outrage had shown that
the American Consul was absent when
the Bulgarian girl arrived and that his
brother sheltered her. Official kilograms
had been received which stated that the
insurrection in Bulgaria had been entirely
subdued, and that military operations in
that province had been stopped.
A SAN SEBASTIAN SPAIN telegram of
the 21th SAYS a state Of siege llad been de
clared throughout the Basque provinces
and Navarro.
An application was made in Chicago,
on the 27th, for the appointment of a
receiver for the Chicago & Pacific Rail-
road.
ACCORDING to London dispatches of the
2Sth, England was making extensive
preparations for war.
A SALoNICA telegram of the 2Sth says
four more of the parties concerned in the
recent murder of the Consuls had been
sentenced to death and thirteen to various
terms of penal servitude.
TWELVE illicit distilleries in Brooklyn
and vicinity have been seized since
April.
G. NJ. D. BLoss, well known editor Of
the Cincinnati Enquirer, was instantly
run over by locomotive on the Little
Miami Railroad, near Cincinnati.
A COMPANY of United States troops has
been ordered to Custer City for the pro-
lection of the miners against the Indians.
THE New York Central and Pennsyl-
vana Central Railroads are reported to
have reduced the passengerrate from New
York to Chicago to seventeen dollars, and
to Cincinnati to fifteen dollars, with pro-
portionate reductions to other Western
points. The Erie rates are said to be one
dollar less.
AN ex Doorkeeper of the House, named
Lawrence Harney, appeared before the
Clvmer Investigating Committee on the
Goth, and swore that he had paid $3.50 to
Speaker Kerr in 1866 for the appoint
ment of Augustus P. Greene to vacant
lieutenancy. Upon minor points the wit
ness was forgetful, but he stuck most per-
tinaciously to the main assertion that the
money was paid for the appointment. Mr..
Kerr denied knowing Harney, and most
solemnly asserted that not dollar had
passed between them as sworn to by the
witness.
The Secretary tf the Treasury has di-
rected the retirement of $404, POS of legal
tenders, that being eighty per cent. of the
| National Bank circulation issued during
May This leaves the outstanding green
back circulation at 1870, 1923 ,66S.
THE Chicago InterOcean of the goth
says: "Mr. d. E. X. Stewart, we'll
known lawyer of this city, received the
other day letter from his brother, Mr. j.
II. Stewart, who has been in the Black
| Hills for the last four weeks, which gives
favorable account of the progress at
mining operations. He SAYS they are
mining seventy-tive miles from Custer
City, on Deadwood Creek, where
they have very rich diggings and
plenty of gold. They find considerable
difficulty in securing claims. The miners
have not seen an Indian since they went
there, though it is evident there are plen
ty Of Indians around, two of their horses
having been stolen Mr.. Stewart is known
here as man of veracity, and the above
statement will therefore carry weight
with it.''
DIST. -ATT'Y DYER, of st. Louis, an
nounces that he has obtained judgments
on the bonds of distillers arraigned for
violation of the Revenue law to the
amount of nearly 81, 100000 He had also
collected $4,000 in back taxes.