The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-25


ss.f DOMESTIC.
THE Centennial Anniversary of the
surrender of Burgoyne, was celebrated at
.Schuylerville, N. Y, on the 18th. About
4e, 600 persons participated in the ceremonies.
ACCORDING to a circular recently is
sued by the Mercantile Agency of Dun, Bar
low a. Co., the number Of failures during the
first quarter of the present year were 2,S69,
with liabilities at S54, ,53S, ,074-average, 3d.
O10; second quarter, 1850, with liabilities at
S45 O6S, ,G97--ayeragc, 1872; third quarter,
1876, with liabilities at 81, ,346, ,Os5-ayerage,
S23,31s. The following is the record made
during the first nine months Of 1875, 1876 and
1877: 1S75-failures, 5,334; liabilities, s131,
172, ,5O3-average, $21, ,591. 1S76-failures, q
O5O; liabilities, s156, ,272 SOO-average, S22 1866.
1S77-faiures, $685. liabilities, $l41 ,952, ,256-
average, $21 ,622.
A KANSAS CRY (Mo.) dispatch of the
18th says most gigantic swindle had been
brought to light there by the arrest of three
men on a requisition from Gov. Hubbard, OF
Texas, on a charge of forging land titles and
issuing deeds for large tracts Of landsin Texas.
The names of the parties arrested are J. R.
Ham, Edward s. Stevens and George Miller.
1t is also stated that sixty other persons in
different parts of the country, who belonged
to the swindling gang, were arrested on the
same day. Ham, Stevens and Miller were
Immediately started for Texas, in charge of
officers from that State.
GEO. L. PRICE, an express messen-
ger, who, in the spring of 1875, shot and killed
man that had boarded his car, on the Pitts
burgh, Fort Wayne Il Chicago Railway, for the
purpose of robbery, and who was considerably
lionized for his heroic and successful defense
of the property in his charge, was, a few days
ago, arrested in Chicago on a charge of alb
stracting money from packages sent by the
Adams Express Company between Chicago
and Pittsburgh. Marked money, which had
been placed in a decoy package, was found in
his possession. He was released on $4,000
bail.
The rates on west-bound freight from
New York have been advanced to the following
figures: To St. Louis-First-class, sl.2s;
second $1.16; third, 97c; fourth, Gle Chi
cago-First-class, $l.0O; second, 90c; third,
75c; fourth, 45c. Milwaukee-Same as Chica-
go. Indianapolis-Fi -First-class, Csc; second,
SIC; third, Tie; fourth, 43c. Toledo-First-
class, 77c; second, 69c; third, 5Sc; fourth, 35c.
Dctroit-First-class 76c; second, 63c; third,
53c; fourth, 32c.
IT was said in Washington, on the
Goth, that the Board to examine the Washing
ton Monument would report that the monu-
mentmay safely be completed if certain addi-
ton is made to secure the foundation.
A WASHINGTON telegram of the 21st
says there being no export demand at present
for trade-dollars, the Secretary Of the Treasury
had ordered the Director Of the Mint to dis
continue the receipt of deposits therefor at the
several mints, and a general order to that
effect had been issued.
On the 23d, dispatches were received
from the Commission appointed to treat with
Sitting Bull, the substance of which was that
they had met the warrior near Fort Worth, but
had utterly failed to obtain any satisfaction or
terms of settlement from him. The Commits
sion had left for the States, and expected to
reach Fort Benton, on the oath.