The Grange advance., 1874-07-15

WEDNESDAY, July Especial kilograms
from Glyndon, Pembina and Fort Garry
report that the settlement on the Pembiaa
river in Dakota. near the British bound.
ary line, WAS attacked Sunday by one hun.
dred mounted Sioux, who killed o. W.
and Baptiste De!orme, Baptiste Lorim,
and several children, all half breeds. A
number of women and children of St. Joe
fed to Pembina. among whom are Mrs.
and Miss Mayer. As they
looked back they saw the houses and wig
vans Of St. Joe burning. A company Of
the goth infantry was sent from Pembina
st N m:dn;ght for relief Of the settlers still
defending their homes, and volunteers were
organized Apprehensioas
we're yesterday expressed Of further
attacks on exposed frontier
The Indians were well
and, thei- horses being shod, it
is feared they had captured the horses
from the American boundary survey party.
%. General William o. Nichols, formerly
Of the Confederate army, committed sui
eide Monday at his home in Rutherford
Park, N. J.... 1t is now authoritatively
that the representatives of the
several through transportation lines, at
their meeting in New York last week,
agreed upon a general advance instead Of
decrease of rates. Gen. 0. Q. Howard
has been assigned TO the command Of the
Department of the Columbia, with head
quarters at Portland, Oregon.
THURSDAY, July 9.-The case Of the
creditors Of the Northwestern railway
against the State Of Wisconsin, proceed
ing to preyeut the State from enforcing
it's railroad law, which was on the 4th de.
cided against the creditors, has been ap-
pealcd to the Supreme Court of the United
States. On the part Of the State pro.
ceedings have been commenced in the Su-
preme Court of Wisconsin to compel the
Chicago and Northwestern, and Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul companies TO obey
so much Of the law as was teld valid by
the late decision Of the United States
Circuit Court-that is, as to freights and
fares within the State. The convicted
police commissioners of New York city,
Charlck and Gardiner, whom the Mayor
reappointed to the Offices they had vacated
by their crimes, have been constrained to
resign. and the Governor of New York is
strongly petitioned to remove Mayor Have.
meyer. Lieut.. Colonel Frederick K
Meyers, deputy quartermaster general U.
s. A died at Santa Fe, New Mexico,
Tuesday night. The Eve mile single
boat race for 50 600 side. and the cham
pionship Of America, between George
Brown Of Halifax and William Scharff Of
Pittsburg, was rowed on the Connecticut
at Springfield, Mass, yesterday afternoon.
Brown came in length and half ahead,
in 36 minutes, 45 seconds. Aa importa.
ton Of IS more colored men to work in
the mines caused demonstration by the
white miners at New Strai,sviue, Ohio,
which NJ so threatening that q special
force Of constables was sworn in. 1t is
noted that wives of white miners held up
their babies to look at the black men who
had come to rob them of bread and the men
told the negroes they had been deceived
and begged them not to 60 to work.
The French ministry again rendered their
designations yesterday on account of being
defeated in the Assembly, and again Mac
Mahon refused to accept. MacEahon now
proposes TO send in message to the As
sembly, asserting his determination to re-
>aln and exercise the powers granted him,
and Insisting on the necessity for COM
plete reorganization of the government.
80. Thomas F. Mason, bank cashier at
Charleston, s. c., has confessed to the
embezz'ement Of So, 600 and is accused Of
taking $25, 900. The Carolina Central
railway, which conceals its accidents from
the public, killed Two men yesterday morn
ing BY running a train over the buggy in
which they were riding. {. . AT Grayesville.
Calumet county, Wis.,, Tuesday, Thomas
Lofts knocked bis wife over with q ham,
mer and then finished the murder with An
Axe. Being arrested he said he killed her
on account Of her abuse Of the children.
....Frem Camp Brown, Wyoming Ter