The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-06-14


troops at Ringgold Barrackss kt,e,st = =. ].
were In the hospital and six had disd '',,s ~
a'ack commenced with diarrhea and coli
a similar disease had appeared ID Brovn -.
vilie' ana several cases had proved fatal.
AT it recent session in Chicago Il
American Medical Association p.ssesi r..o,.
tious urging that the Government dutv ~ =, 3.
nine be removed. n "
Two FAST trains which left Chic..o :.
the 10th, sia the Pittsburgh, Fort Wssrs y
chicago and the Lake Shore a, Nfsch,,,.
southern Railroads, arrived at Net W.
City on the evening Of the 18th, ON sched,,i
time, having made the trip in twentv.ay
hours. The average rate OF speed g, 81
Lake Shore Road was thirty-eieht and . ~,
miles per hour. : -
ELEVEN HUNDRED employees In seve,
coilieries Of the Lehigh and Wilk..h.-r
Companies, 10 Pennsylvania, struck arains
. reduction Of wages. ON the 11th.
PKRsONAHn
An Ottawa (Can.) dispatch Of the XII
states that, according to recent advice. !.
ccived by the Department of the IpterIor' |,
was probable that Sitting Bull was then &
Wood Mountain. in Canadian territory.
LYDIA SHERMAN, the poisoner, escaped
from the Connecticut state Prison : fev
days ago, and was captured about 4 veel
afterward, ct Providence, RI.
EDWARD TRowBRIDaE, United Stats
Consul at Barbados during Mr.. Lincoln,s
Administration, died last month, Of HYDRO
phobia, at Bridgetown, the capital Of tha,
island. He was bitten by pet dog, in March
last.
A COMPROMISE has been effected in the
Sweeney case, whereby the estate Of de.
ceased hrother-James NJ. sweeney-is To
pay the sum of s40O,0O0 to make good in
part the plunderinp Of Peter B.
TIE InternationalTy typographical Union,
ct lis recent session in Louisville, Ky, elected
the following officers for the current wear:
President, Darwin r. Streeter, of st. Louis:
First Vice-President, Edward Griffin, Of Bal.
timore; Second Vice-President, Edwin Fitz
George, of Trenton, N. j.; Secretary and
Treasurer, John O'Donnell, Of Boston, Mass.
reelected; Corresponding Secretary, John
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PRESIDENT HAYES, on the 9th. removed
G. X. G.: Pitkin, United States Marshsl for
Louisiana, and directed a commission to be
made out for Jack Wharton to fill the va
cancy.
CONGRESSMAN CLARKsoN N. Porter,
Of New York, was thrown from his carriage,
in that city, on the 9th, and severely injured.
Ex-GOv. HENDRICKS, of Indiana, ar
rived in New York on the 11th, from Indian
apolis, en- route for Europe. Prior to leaving
home he was rendered reception by his fell
citizens, which was largely attended,
and at which speeches were made by Senator
Mcdonald (presiding), D. w. Voorhees,, Gov.
Hendricks, Gov. Williams, etc.
IT was reported, on the 11th, that Sena-
tor Ferry, who had been seriously iii at his
home in Grand Haven, Mich, was much bet
ter and out of danger.
POLITICAL.
THE Ohio State Greenback Convention
met at Columbus on the 9th, and nominated: /:
For Governor, Stephen johnson, of Miami; !;
Lieutenant-Gover John B. Powell; Treas
urer, John Junkins. of Tuscarawas; Supreme
Judge, Samuel L. Adams; Clerk of. the Su-
preme Court, Charles Bonsall; Attorney
General, Marshall o. Wagner; Member of
the Board Of Public Works, Jacob Riblett;
school Commissioner, J. q. Logan. The
principles Of the National Independent party,
which supported Cooper and Cary, are reaf-
frmed. The resolutions demand an uncondi-
tional repeal of the Specie-Resumption act of
Ian. IA, 1875. and arrest Of the present plan OF
Capitalization; declare that it is the preroga-
tive Of the Federal Government only to sup
ply currency, and that all moneys, whether
paper or metal, should be issued by and bear
The stamp of the Government; declare that
paper money, made receivable for all dues
and legal tender In payment Of all
debts, and interconvertible bonds bearing m
'equable rate of interest, will affoi the best
jrculating medium ever discovered; de-
are in favor of abolishing all banks OF
!. ne; favor reconciliation of the silver
dollar, and making it a legal tender for the
payment Of all coin bonds, but oppose the
i.sue OF bonds for the purchase Of silver
bullion for coinage; favor taxation Of United
States bonds, re-enactment Of the law tax
ing incomes, and declare it the duty Of the
Government to foster and encourage the de-
velopment Of the resources Of the country,
hat labor may be fully and proftably en-
ployed, and the general welfare established
and secured.
PETER COOPER has addressed long
open letter to President Hayes, criticising the
past financial policy Of the General Govern
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