The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-01-10

Gently Been created III fashionable eirelss .
| the East by the marriage OF Mrs Annette W
w. Hicks to Mr.. Thomas Lord. Nm, Hickl
| is the widow OF Mr.. Thomas Hicks, who lef
her large fortune, and has been prominen
Paris. She is forty three years old. Mr. LORI
is 2 wealthy retired merchant eighty -thres
years Of ago Three Of hfs sons and an ole
employe have protested against the marriage
claiming that his mindais affected by old age
and that he is not responsible for his acts
Commissioners were appointed toinquife intt
his sanity. A New York telegram of the 6tl
says it had been stated that the reason why
Mrs. Hicks married him was because she wal
indebted to him In large amount, one state
nent placing 1t at half million dollara
PRESIDENT HAYES evening recep
tions, as announced, on the 7th, will be HEX
Jan. Is, Feb. 5sad Feb. %, from eight till ten
o'clock. wv
The Secretary Of War, on the 7th
designated Col. John H. King, Of the Nintl
Infantry, and Lieut. Col. VIM. H. Young, O
the Nineteenth Infantry, as the two officers X
serve with the citizens Of Texas appointed
by Gov. Hubbard, to investigate the Ell Paso
disturbances. I'll
The Ohio Legislature met and or
ganized on the 7th, the Democratic caucus
nominees being elected officers Of the two
houses. Allen o. Myers was elected Clerk 0.
the Senate, and James E. Neste, 81 eaker Of
the House; j. A. Norton, Speaker pro. tenn
and L. A. Brewer, Clerk. The Governor.
Message states that $1,000 was paid on the
State debt during the past year-the funded
debt now outstanding being 90, ,479, sos; the
local indebtedness aggregates $39, 32S, $50, and
the irreducible debt is a, ,231 ,404, making the
grand aggregate debt of the State s5O, ,O39, ,478.
FGRRIGN.
ACCORDING to Bucharest kilograms
of the I'd, the condition Of the Russian troops
in Bulgaria was liable to become critical. be-
cause of the destruction Of the Danuhian
bridges over which the supplies were brought.
PERA kilograms of the I'd report the
discovery of conspiracy, having for It's OBJ
ject the dethronement OF the Sultan. Several
arrests had been made and others were to fol-
low
THE Turkish inhabitants of Retimo,
town on the Island Of Crete, made an attack
on the British vics-eonsul, on the ID, and
drove him from the place. An English man.
of-war has sailed for the protection of British
interests on the island. ~ sss e-
ACCORDING to Bucharest telegram
of the 3d. the Turks had recently attempted
to negotiate with the Russian headquarters
for an armistice until spring, but the attempt
had failed because the Porte was unable or
unwilling to offer an equivalent for the ad-
vantages it would derive from the opportunity
to reorganize its forces.
A SEVERE battle was fought, on the
31st ult., at Tashesan, which resulted in the
discontinue and retreat Of the Turks and the
capture of the position. The Russian loss
was 700 killed and wounded.
ACCORDING to London kilograms of
the Atm, irreconcilable differences existed in
the British Cabinet over the Eastern question,
and its immediate disruption was confidently
expected.
The Greek Minister of Foreign AZ
fairs has demanded that the preliminaries of
peace between Turkey and Russia shall be ad-
justed by Congress of Powers, to which she
shall be admitted.
A BELGRADE dispatch of the 4th says
there had been severe fighting south of Etropol
Balkans, in which the Turks suffered disas-
trous defeat.
A CoNsTANT1NoPLE dispatch of the
ith says the reported abandonment and
of Sophia had been confirmed.
CHOLERA has appeared in Jeddah
OFFICIAL information has been re-
ceived at St. Petersburg that the Chinese
$1,000 men, women and children, at
the Kashgarian Town of Manas.
CARDINAL MANNING has proposed to
the College of Cardinals that, Immediately
after the decease of the Pope, the Conclaye
shall meet at Malta The proposal was being
considered by the Sacred College, on the 4th.
The italian Cardinals opposed the PROPOSE
lion.
OFFICIAL information was received at
st. Peterburg, on the 9th, that, three days be-
fore, the Russians had occupied Sophia after
brief skirmish, in which they Lost only twenty
lOui ihOHs 1oOue s3VoU clCh anu WOuuuCu
Turks were taken prisoners.
A DESPERATE engagement was re-
.ently fought near Bogrov, between Gen.
Iourko's troops and Turkish detachment, In
which the latter were defeated, with a loss Of
900 men killed and wounded. The Russian
loss was 200.
An Erzeroum telegram of the 9Th
says Russian force sent to llidja, to destroy
he telegraph lines, had been badly cut up.
The Russian force, under Gen. Dam
lerville. which supported Gen. Gourko in his
across the Balkans, had ffty-three
men frozen to death, and $50 frost-bitten, In q
single night.
The Turks are reported to have
abandoned their position at Schipka Pass.
THERE was a heavy fall in the price
# securities, home and foreign, in London, on
he 5th.
LONDON kilograms Of the 7th say that
France had sent an energetic protest against
my actionby Great Britain looking toward the
of Egypt. The war fever has sensi-
'ly abated. A report prevailed that Earl
jarnarvon, the Secretary of State for the Col
'nies, had rendered his resignation.
The Russian line of communication,
heretofore impaired by the destruction Of the
bridges, has been restored by the
reezing of that stream. g
JOSEPH ANDERSON & Son, Of Lon
lon, extensive dealers In Canadian produce,
rave failed for 81 100000.
Hor,n, 80 Mmnn,-.r