The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-03-18
LATE NEWS ITHlGs.

Mrs. LYDIA Beecher, mother Of
Henry Ward Beeehor, died il Brook
Ign on the 18th inst, aged so yean.
Judge W. D. s. Moore, formerly
Senator from Maine, died at Lynch
bury, Va, on the 9th inst.
Con. sioklos will receive tho up.
pointment Of Mexican Minister in
place Of Roseeraus. l. ...s.=s.. -
Hon. Elihu B. Washburne has
been confirmed minister to Fran - in
place Of Gen. Dir, resigned.
Gov. Marshall h.. reappoint.d
Hon. N. II. Dunaell Superintendent Of
Public Instruction.
The State Senate =. Harrisburg, !
Pa, ratified The constitutional amend. |
ment on the 1lth, BY party vote Of
Is to Is
The Secretary Of the Interior has
appointed Col. W. T. Forbes n PEN
sion agent at Philadelphia.
Gov. Brownlow is q confirmed in
valid, aud will have to be carried to
his seat in the Senate, like Th.d
Stevens.
1t is reported that Jno. D. Gilt.
ford, Of Massachusetts,, is to DO appoint
ted Collector Of the port of New York.
Grant recently informed . we'll
known republican that he would .p-
point G. A. Dana to the Naval Office at
New York.
The War Department has issued
an order in compliance with an act Of
the late Congress consolidating tn,
infantry into rs regiments.
! Senator Sumner has introduced .
bill to suspend the tenure of Office act
until the next congress. This il prob.
ably offered as a compromise by the op-
ponents of the repeal.
The Congregational church At
Wilton, Maine, was crushed fat on the
10Th by the weight Of the snow on tho
roof: Only the library was saved.
-Robt. Martin Douglas, Esq, son Of
tho late Senator Douglas, has been .p-
pointed assistant private Secretary ia
the President.
The appropriations made by the
last legislature, including salaries Of
State Officers, State Printing, expenses
Of the legislature &c., win amount to
something over 100000.
The railroad bridge at St. Paul across
, the Mississippi is progressing rapidly
all but two Of the piers being finished
; and those two nearly completed.
Mr. Julian, Of Indiana, proposes t.
abolish polygamy in Utah by tem.l
: suffrage. By all means let the Saints tr,
4 the experiment, and if it proves a goo'
thing, the sinners can then adopt il
The stock holders of the St. Loui
& Illinois Bridge company held
meeting yesterday and voted to increas
:, the capital stock. Of the company t
= 100000. Work on the bridge vii
}: be energetically and rapidly pushed fo1
= ward.
81 "A Bill was introduced into tn
~ Senate on Monday, for granting land
:. for railroad from Lake Superior
- Vermlllion Lake ALSO a resolution settin
:. apart portion Of Fort Smelling mil
~ tary reservation for permanent mil
tary post and to settle all claims rel.
= ing thereto.
,e Congress yesterday passed the bi
v declaring that all public obligations n,
specifically payable in currency shall
paid in coin. AS this action follow
general election in which the quo
ton was leading issue it should
!. considered conclusive rs to the prom
~ ises and final explosion Of the M
- Pendleton's foolish greenbaok theor,
"A meeting Of prominent membe
"a ofPlymouth Church, Brooklyn has bee
:. held, to raise the sum Of $4,000, for
colossal statue Of Rev. Henry Wa,
ID Beechcr, which is to comprise one
8, the thirty-six figures des,gned to ado,
er the National LincoIa Monument
Washington.
~ The board OF health has seize
n 487 dressed hogs which arrived on 8.
IS urday.* The hogs started ali,
+ from Chicago but the hog cholera brol
e, out among them on the way, and thu
p were slaughtered and dressed for Il
u New York market.
- The steamer Ruth, one Of Il
. largest and first steamers on the Mi
sissippi was burned on tho 18th. II
i. loss was about 100000, insured f
=, $55,000. She was loaded With 40,
ID pork, meal, corn, kc. She was sunk
ID cutting a hole in tho bow aud lies in
b feet of water.
F. -Hcn: James Guthrie, late Unite
e, States Senator from Kentucky, VII
T. won national fame IS Secretary of Il
. Treasury during Gen. Pierce's admi,
8 istration, and who was subsequently, f
r. many years conspicuous and woll know
4 in financial and commercial circles f
q. his eminent ability as President Of til
a: Louisville and Nashville Railroad Con
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