The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-07-19
General News Summary



Rev. G. G.. TRuEsDELL, Of Chicag 0
who has been on q visit to St. John, N. q.
reports that the insurance money realized OF
the property destroyed will rebuild the pls.ce
and that the sufferers BY the fire have beer
amply provided for by the donations Of othei
cities.
ST. PETERSBURG dispatches of the 18th
say the Gar had ordered the withdra wal ol
Russian troops from Armenia, and tha.t Gen.
Melikoff had rendered his resignat' on and
demanded court-martial.
SERvIA and Roumania have concluded
treaty for joint operations against tn,
Turks, and it was reported, ON the nth, that
Austria had notified Russia that she intended
to occupy Servia.
THE London Daily Telegraph of the It'll
announces the intended resignation Of Dis
raeli, the British Premier.
P0TATo-BuGs have made uleir appear
ancc in Dublin.
ACCORDING to Vienna kilograms of the
11th, the Turks had apparently abandoned
the line Of the Jantra.
A ACoNsrANTINOPLE dispatch OF the 1ftt
says the Turkish Government was sreasl,
dissatisfied with the inactivity Of Abdul
Kerim, the Commander of the Bu Variau
Army, and had issued pcremptory order.
that he make stand against the Ru,sians,
In consequence Of the command, the Turk.
ish forces had been concentrated en- the
banks of the River Lom, which separated the
two armies.
A LONDON dispatch Of the 18th says the
bombardment Of Rustchuk had been com.
menced by the Russians two days before. An
assault was also made, but the assaultipp
forces were repulsed with heavy loss, after
two hours hard fighting.
The Porte has summoned the military
and civil commandants of Sistova, Tilnova
and Osman-Bazar to toConstantinople, for trial
by court martial.
THE Russian advanced cavalry force
was at Schipka Pass, in the Balkans, ON the
18th.
THE Senate of the London University
has decided to admit women to degrees in
other departments beside those of medicine.
On the 18Th, Ex-P President Grant and
party reached Frankfort-on-the-M Main, and
were received by the American Consul Gen.
eral and American citizens. A banquet wss
given him in the evening.
THE United States Treasury, at Wash
iDgton, had advices from London, on the
18th, that R102 were being paid for $500 Of 4
per cent. United States bonds, thus showing
that the bonds were at par.
The Orangemen of Montreal, in view
of threatened hostilities in case Of public
procession by them at their celebration Of
the 18th of July, this year abandoned such
parade, and contented themselves with more
quiet demonstrations Notwithstanding this,
one young man, who sought to defend and
protect an Orangeman pursued by mob,
was shot to death. His name was Thomas
L Hackett, and it is said the man whom he
was defending had been assailed for protect
ng woman who had beeninsulted for wear
ing an Orange lily. Before being killed,
Hackett fired several shots into the crowd
A man by the name of Boone, wounded in
the riot, is reported to have since died.
ACCORDING to an Erzeroum dispatch,
published in London on the 18th, the at
tempt of the Russians, under Gen. Tergu-
<isoff, to relieve the beleaguered garrison at
,ayazid had failed, Notwithstanding the be-
sieged made most determined sortie on the
approach of their friends. The Russians
were forced to retreat after suffering heavy
losses, and were again defeated in the
vicinity of Mount Ararat. Per contra, dis
patches of the same date from Russian
sources say the garrison had been relieved
and the Turks beaten back.
ACCORDING to Pera dispatches of the
18th, the Russian advanced guard of Cos
sacks had reached Jeni-Sadargh, railway
station beyond the Balkans, about halfway
between Adrianople and Jamboli.
ADvIcEs from Ragusa, Published on she
18th, state that the MonteTegrins had re-
sumed hostilities with Turkey. It was re-
ported that the latter had teen defeated at
Kolashir, with great loss.
The Irish Catholic and National Socie.
ties of Montreal, on the 14th, passed resolu-
tions condemning the murdei. Of Hackett on
the 18th, and earnestly appealing to their Co
religionists TO abstain from any acts calcu-
lated 10 disturb the peace or offend the
Orangemen on the occasion Of the funeral
on the 18th.