The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-06-07

and physician Of the road being ina =, .
outrage was committed by ! ran, q - -
bers. who fred shot 1t the cars. th.,r ~.
doubtless being to throw the entire trs,r
from Inc track and rob theexpress and plus.
The twenty-nfth annual conver.,,, :,
the international Typographical Union CON. :.
menced its session At Louisyile. n. ~ I,... ~
4th. About any delegates were present.
"A TORNADO swept over the Tovn !,
Mount Carmel, H., on the afternoon of tn
4th, causing great Toss Of Ilfe and nror.r,s ~
Two churches, two school-houses thee .,st'
House and many stores and reaidenc
reduced to ruins. One report nlsce. ,is =
number Of killed 1t between fiftzcr 80
twen;y, and states that ! number - n,n.-
persons were seriously Injured. q Are h,or.
out among the ruins, and did cousider.n,s
damage. The loss in property w.uld Il 80
thought, reach e500,VlN -
PERSONAL.
FLETCHER HARrKn, the senior msu,h,,
OF the firm Of Harper d Brothera. Of Nev
York, died in thatsity on the morning q -.
2eth, aged seventY-two year.. =
The body Of little Willie Dean ~.
missing Chicago boy who was supposed to
have been kidknaped, WAS washed ashore
from the lake on the mernine OF the 10Th.
twelve days after his disappearance. The
little boy had, it seems, strayed 70 the lake.
where heundoubtedlY fen Into st6s xslGr<snd
was drowned. :.
Ex-Gov. WARMorH. Of Louisiana wa
married at Newark, N. J., ON the a)th nit =
Miss Sallie Durand. 4'1Ga'-s- :
]. 3, STIILsoN, Salt Lake. corresnond.
ent OF tks New York Herald, stet$ <hSt two
attempts have been made 10 assassinste him.
one ON the evening Of the 26th ult., and the
other on the S1st ult. An investigation held
BY prominent Salt Lake citizeus, on the lat.
tended to corroborate the statements msda
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FoLlTICAI.
THE Cabinet, at their session in Wash.
ington on the 29th, determined that q letter
should be addressed to the Mexican Govern.
ment by the Secretary Of State, notifying
that GoverBment that IT must take imme.
date stepsto prevent raids acfoBs the Rio
Grande into Texas, otherwise our military
commander in Texas would be instructed to
follow marauders into rMexics apaSpunisas
them dponfkat erritory.S < w sIGa
The next Pennsylvania Republican
State Convention is to be held ct Harrisburg
On the Goth Of August. lsses : . 81
THE Governor Of Illinois has vetoed the
bill, passed by the last Legislsture, making
liver coins legaltender for the payment Of
debts In the State.
A WAsHiNGToE dispatch of the e1st ult.
says all representations on The subject Of the
Chisholm massacre had been referred to
Atty. Gen. Devrns, who would examine the
laws for the purpose of ofascertaining whether
there is any authority for the Federal Courts
to interfere. The Secretary Of State would
take part In the investigation only
from the fact that the British authorities c6m-s-
planned that one Of the parties massacreds
was British subject
TIE Democratic State Central Com
mittee Of Ohio have decided to hold the next
State Convention at Columbus, on the 25th
of July. & .-s.-f 4 a
IT was reported from Washington, ON
he Sd, that the ?ostofice Department had
sent special agent to Louisiana to take ac-
ton regarding two cases, in both Of which
the parties (colored) appointed to be Post
masters-one at Clinton, in East Feliciana
Parish. and the other at st. Francisville,
West Feliciana Parish-repo that, owing
to the threats and opposition Of white citi-
zens, they were unable to take possession of
their offices In botn Of these cases repre-
sentAtions are made to the Department By
ci liens whose good standing is indorsed bv
Congressman Ellis, to the effect that the new
appointecs are, by reason Of illiteracy, ETC.,
unit for the positions. A thorough investi-
CATION will be made. VS.