Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-05-18

About five hundred of the employees
of the Chicago Alton and st. Louis Railroad,
at Bloomington, gave notice that they should
hereafter quit work at o'clock in the after-
noon. They were at ONE dismissed. The
employees of the same road at East st. Louis,
were driven from their WORK Monday morn
ing, and the. oficers OF the road telegraphed
to the Governor for protection. w ~
The Maryland State Convention met
in the hall of the House of Deleg ates, at An
napolis, on the 9Th. Hon. Col. John f. Dent,
of st. Mary, was elected temporary chairman
Ali the members we're present, excepting ten.
Richard X. Carmichael, Of Queen Anne coun-
~, is permanent chairman. A committee was
ordered TO prepare torn of oath tosbe sub
mitted to toe members Of the contention
The National Railroad Convention
met in New York, on the 9Th, Edgar Thomp-
son, Pre- ident of the Pennsylvania road, in
the chair. Nearly all the roads were repre-
eented, including a number at the South.
The subject OF the signals, rates of freight,
&c, were considered, as also resolutions
looking to an increased charge 10 govern
ment Tor the transportation of mail matter.
The report of the American Mission
airy Association shows that there are a mil
hon of school children among the freedmen
who need 20, 900 teachers. There are now,
however, less than 2 900 in the field. At least
200, 900 freedmen have learned to read and
write within year. The receipts last year
were 1888, 600; OF the seven months of this
fiscal year, $l45.O0 larger average of
monthly receipts are needed Tor the remain
ing i've months.
The bay at Buffalo was completely
blocked with ice on the 9th, and there was
large fleet Of vessels ia the ofing, iee-bound.
The schooner Sarah West struck a rock on
tue Canada shore ON Saturday, aud sunk in
twelve feet of water. Forty thousand bushels
OF grain WAS transferred to a lighter. The
damaged grain was insured in the following
companies Security OF New York, 600;
Western, of Buffalo, Sl0,00 and Merchants,
OF Chicago, $1,000.
The troubles growing ont of the
eight-hOur movement in Chicago are rapidly
s1bslding. Some feeble attempts were made
on Monday to create disturbance, but were
speedily suppressed by the police. Work
has been resumed in a large number of man.
ufacturlng establishments. Ia some, the en-
plOyes are working on the old ten hour tys-
tenn with no changes in wages, while III 9TH
ers they are working eight hours, with twenty
per cent. reduction in pay.
A New York dispatch says that mo-
ton is to be made in the Supreme Court on |
Friday, for an Injunction TO restrain the |
Prairie du Chen railway company from pur-
chasing the McGregOr Western and Mmneso- |
ia Central railroads and constructing eighty
five miles of track connecting them; also to |
restrain them from issuing So 600 0U0 of
stock and bonds TO carry ont the scheme -
Judge Smith granted temporary Injunction
for few days, and this is motion to con-
tlnue it.
The Supreme Court of Missouri has
given a decision in the case of Drehmann YER
sus Stifel, appealed from the. Circuit Court |
firmlng the decision of the lower court
The suit Was originally brought for the pos
session or property seized by Colonel Stifel
for military purposes, while he commanded |
regiment of fQme guards IN 1861, and which
he has since retained. The decision was
based upon an ordinance passed by the old
state convention, which prohibits civil or
criminal action against any person for acts
performed by virtue of military authority.
A riot occurred in a liquor store in
Brooklyn, on Sunday. Two policemen we're
badly beaten in attempting to arrest the pro-
prietor for violating the excise law. Some
twenty or thirty persons in the room at |
tackled the officials, and desperate fight en-
sued. The officers drew revOlvers 60 save
themselves, when several rioters drew pistols |
ana threatened to blow their brains out
Finally the Cfficers escaped, and going to the
station house, procured assistance. On their
return the place was closed The proprietor
of the Saloon was subsequently, arrested.
A dispatch from Canada says the |
of customs at Ottawa, have |
Issued circular explaining the articles adj |
mitted free of duty, as miil and factory ma |
chinery. The under tariff applies only to |
ma chinery Of all kinds for carding, spinning !
weaving, rope mating, milling OF -four, meal
SC, paper making, saving ana other manu- |
features, and when intended to be fixtures |
and form part OF the mill or factory, and to |
circular or upright saws, cards, spinners |
bObbins, or articles of similar make which |
will be subject to duty of 10 per cent. ad |
unless imported with machines to |
which they belong. Iron chains of less d :
ameter than inch, must pay % per cent
Iron cables over inch, free.
The Board of Councilman of New
York have adopted resolutions in opposition |
to the action of the Police Commissioners |
transferring jurisdiction over licenses Tor |
theatres, emigrant boarding houses, pawn |
brokers, hacks, cars and Omnibuses from the |
mayor and aldermen to themselves, without |
it Is SAID, warrant of law, and requesting the |
mayor to interpose the full power and author
ity vested in him by the resolution of the |
common council, or the charter OF ths city, |
to save ali such persons harmless, from neg
lect to comply with The orders Of the police
authorities in respect TO licenses, in order,
thereby, to test the consttutionality of the
law by which the contemplated transfer from
the city of one OF its few remaining municipal
rights.