The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-23

UN the night Of the 18th. the steamer
City Of Madison, es route from Chicago TO
Ludington, Mich, took fre off Racine, and
burned to the waters edge. The crew es-
caped In yawl-boat
PRoF. WATSON, Of the Michigan Uni
versity Observatory at Ann Arbor, reports
the discovery by him, on the night Of the
8th, Of hitherto unknown plsnet. It was
In the constellation Of Capricorn. An &C
curate observation of the stranger was not
obtained until the night OF the 18th, when it
was discovered to be moving west and
north, and was shining like star Of the
tenth magnitude.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 18th
states that the land case involving the title
Of the State Of Kansas to over 2S6, 900 acses
of land, being the aggregate Of the grant of
the State under the act Of 1851 admitting
Kansas into the Union, had been decided By
the Interior Department in favor Of Kansas
CONSIDERABLY excitement has been
caused in Washington and surrounding
counties, in Nebraska, by the mysterious DIS
appearance Of the little daughter Of Mr.. Rose.
At first 1t was thought the child might have
been lost on the prairie, but a thorough
search failed to give any trace of the little
one. and the conclusion was arrived at, on
the 10th, that che had been kidnapped for the
purpose Of obtaining a reward for her re-
turn. An Omaha dispatch of the 10th says
man by the name of Holmes had been ar
rested on suspicion of being concerned in
the crime. A reward of 81 600 has been Of
fered for the chiId's return.
A REMARKABLE astronomical discovery
is reported by Prof. Hall, who has charge Of
the great telescope in the Washington Ma
tional Observatory. After two or three nights
Of close observation of small star, discov-
cred in the neighborhood of Mars, and which
seemed to be following that planet, he dem
onstrated that it is a satellite Of Mars. A Sec
ond smaller body was also discovered, which
is thought to be another moon of the same
planet.
IT was reported in New York, on the
morning of the 21st, that an arrangement
had been entered into by the Western Union
and the Atlantic & Pacific Telegraphic Com
panies, by which the Western Union had OBJ
tanned the controlling amount of the Allan
tic & Pacific stock, the earnings to be pooled
in proportion of seven-eighths TO Western
Union and 0ne-eighth to Atlantic g. Pacific.
PERSONAL.
PRESIDENT HAYES old regiment, the
Twenty third Ohio, will hold its annual re-
union at Fremont. on the 18th Of September.
The President, Gems. Sherman, Sheridan and
other distinguished persons will be in at
tendance.
GEN. GBB0N, accompanied by Liert.
Jacobs, arrived at Deer Lodge, Mont..,
the 18th, where he met with an enthusiastic
reception by the citizens. He was feeling
well, but was a little stiff from his wound.
w. B. HBBY, indicted for suborna-
ton Of perjury in the recent Grover investi-
CATION at Portland, Ore, has been held to
appear for trial in the sum of 81, 500, and, in
default thereof, was in Jail on the 10th.
RALEIGH T. DANIEL, the Attorney Gen
eral Of Virginia, and Democratic candidate
for reelection, died at Richmond, On the
10th, after two days illness, of hemorrhage
of the bowels. He was seventy-two years
old.
The Commission appointed by the Gov
ernment to treat with Canada for the return
of Sitting Bull and his band of Indians is
composed of Gen. Terry and Mr. John Nc
Neil, st. Louis merchant. Capt. Corbin
will act as Clerk of the Commission.
The annual reunion of the Army of the
Tennessee occurs at st. Paul on the 5th and
9Th of September next. Extraordinary
f.,r -<c:.
mcnt of the visitors. President Hayes and
his Cabinet have been invited and arc ex-
pected 10 be present
PRESIDENT HAYES and party were at
Windsor, Vt, on the 18th. where they met
with an enthusiastic reception. Before
leaving Brattleboro, speeches were made by
the President, Scc'y Evarts, Postmaster-Gen.
Key, Att'y-Gen. Dcvcns, and William Hunt,
of Louisiana.
SENATOR MORTON was reported to be
improving in health, on the Goth. He had
was paralyzed, and he was, in all respects,
in an improved condition.
POLITICAL.
THE Grcenback party of New Jersey,
on the 14th, nominated Gen. Thos. D. Hoxey |
for Governor, and passed resolutions de |
manding the immediate repeal of the Re- |
sumption act, attributing to it the contrac- |
tion of the currency, and the general distress |
of the country, and warning workingmen |
that it is part of a conspiracy of the money |
power to pauperize and then disfranchise |
labor, denouncing the demonetization OF |
silver, and demanding the repeal of the law |
effecting such decentralization.
The Democratic State Convention Of |
Maine was held at Portland, on the 14th, |
and Joseph H. Williams, Of Augusta, was |
nominated for Governor. Resolutions were |
adopted reaffirming the platform and prin- |
ciples Of the st. Louis Convention; char |
acterizing as monstrous fraud the reversal |
of the election of Samuel ). Tilden for Pres |
ident, and asking an amendment to the Con- |
stitution which will make like result in |
the future impossible; declaring that the |
restoration to the common rights of citizen |
ship Of the people of three Southern States,
long kept subjectto military occupation, is
. joint acknowledgment Of the wisdom of |
Democratic principles, and that the Demo-
cratic party opposes only what is wrong in
the administration OF the Government.
THE State Convention of the Inde-
pendent Grcenback party of Pennsylvania
has been called to meet at Williamsport, on |
the 10Th Of September.
The New York Prohibitionists have
nominated State ticket and resolved that it
is the duty of all to extirpate the crime Of
selling intoxicating drinks.