The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-12-13
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/ pUoran1n vjkhnnl <inA-rnf hone Of euecese
&es1nEX 5i3h{ehtkirc 10 the Russian head.
4 ouarfers; With : sDecial letter addressed per.
senslIy 10 he Grand Duke Nicholas IS Chief
| of the Army iuyestipe Pleyra. The Grand
4 Duke declined either "a accept the letter OF to
! receive thf NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. and dlirected him
4 to be escorted 10 the headouarters o1
Prince Charles as Commanderin Chiei
! The purport 8 Of the letter was 4
| request for favorable terms Of capitulatfon.
| and an especial request from Oenan Pasha Ia
be alIowe8 to s1rrender lis sword to lie Grand
Duke Nicholas. This being impossible, the
1 pariementajrc returned. 0n Sunday another
/! desperate assault was made On the Russian
right, in which Osman Pasha himself was
wounded, and about 5000 Turks put 1oys d.
conduit. Nothing remained but unconditional
! defenses 81 modern times. - s - = =
A. two o,elosk g. % or or Sunday the s Turkish 9,
| both sides, and the moment Of Russia IL
umph was recognized on both sides to be 1t
| hand. Aid g3he wounded yas ptven fndfs-
Ecrimlnately to Turk and Russian while the ne
| gotiations werei in progress, and by -four
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hussssns ls ,t sEe enes4ea q occuPyinE sne 1orfs
suIsimap Pashs, having spspt ssnday IN M
mas returned 70 Anmedii, ana mas oIuerea all
correspondents 10 the rear. IL Is, therefore,
sUss Us 1a but the
neSsu{ flevna's fall may. cause him to fall
back totard Adrianopie. The release Of
Il, 10. ,oOo o men % under Prince Charles and and
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neils operations VII make MS position
Fuad Pasha's Division will be cut of or forced
to make disastrous retreat through Elena
Pass in the Balkans.
Mehemet Ali i bsfogged to an extent s., which ,sa
EEL, - p.ese sn VI;
Even. Esen Mon.enegro is gaming eonsiaeraDie VIC, {,
Agtvan. b hourly looked for; and at Scuta-
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ssys: ee Iarts refpssa t9 accept the con- con
6nefed to continne our fun recognition of
their Empire, aud they must be left to take
the con Seqrences. Those Consequences must
their authoritv % If not of their territorv. in in
Europe; 10 Europesn Pover, and this eoan. II n
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The Reuort of flse Postmaster. Hener.y
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1, The Postmaster General, in his report, places
the ct 1a h,s s tt for the scal
total receipts at ~ ,a k85s showing an excess
q ~expenditures over receipts of S5,954 787 .16.
The estimated expenditures for the fiscal year
enaHg June ~ lS.s sa sGe e. ~ S4Gx7l9 total es-
Of o1er recepts ha esea
~. .S0S, ,6727z to be appropriated out Of til
Of une1pended appropriations for de-
inclencles. and drawn and available, is
w w 9uSa 5S6,l3. During the year there were issued
oSsp6lD postage Stamps y ~ ls ~ ~ newspaper
and perodicai stamps, oa,zSo NO plain stamped
envMeiopes, M 64,y745 600 request stamped envelopes,
N,y9l go newspaper Swrappers, 1700l5, 800 postal
i6 oHSsal aaia psge stamps and IA
aggTegating U6U ~ 5lS pieces, and representing
unHgEfegate salue 0f $26, ,525 8S6.47.. In trans
passS we're a io az mails but two
thus sdmmarzed: Total number Of letters re-
&c celysd we during tho year z2Sszo an average OF
lU.6Io Ior eacn WORKING DAY ana ciassihed thus:
0{1mae mali ietH Z,Al3ezl pfi q drop, 4ll,-
loYxo$1gnn@5IES n5 e cngll fetuIned, tom foreign
'comtfeS lS 20 ;foreign origin, lS6 lSl returned
6e4 III NBcsSagey fStS, f6ey snnedrected, 81 ,yl;
iictitious, 10 7s4; c6ftainihg nhmailable matter,
AUa; snap, zs6l; without address 7,0O;
further ' SIassi,fied accordina fo their Contents
a ssnssS f4eSsa1 % ! in I'm
stsr sRes
fained posta asesstaaSps: III I& confaineT photn- "a
eranhs. S IA confainei ;eyreIrv ciotn;n" b bnoSs
chsomcs, ] IN music, % merchsndse, stc.; a5dS % con.
snsa e. ddps add 6bss ss
tor nfsal sortss TIE arsoaSt ~ money taken
rom 4e{tefs Which c61ld not IL = restored To- the
owners and q, deposited . r. the Treasury was s4754
forwarded thronoh the mn;Is dnr;ng % he year
was 4sas i2, Of Which i45 sos were addressed @ to