Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-26
PERSONAL.

TO 4S, IN the resolution OF the Senate reSclnd-
ing the vote Of censure on Senator Sumner
passed in 1872.
Judge Rogers, of the Cook County Grim
inal Court, has sustained the indictment found
against cX-Trcasurer Gage, of Chicago, for
failing to turn over the city moneys, but the
first indictment for perjury is quashed on
points to meet which a second indictment was
found by the last Grand Jury.
President Grant has ordered that the Court
Of Inquiry in the case of Gen. O. O. Howard
be composed of Gems Sherman, Mcdowell,
Pope, Meigs and Cole, with Maj A. B. Gard
ner as Judge Advocate The Court will meet
in Washington on the Sd of March.
Chief-Justice Waite arrived in Washington
on the 10th, and called upon the President the
next day and was formally presented to the
members of the Cabinet.
The autopsy in the case of the Siamese
twins was concluded at Philadelphia on the
nth, and shows that Chang and Eng were so
vitality united that death would have followed
any attempt to separate them during life. The
membrane which lines the abdomen was one
in both, extending through the mysterious
ligament that bound them together. This
ligament was also connected with the liver and
the heart Of each.
The State Grange of Ohio met at Xenia on
the nth. There were present 300 delegates,
all Masters of Oranges Worthy Master S. II.
Ellis presided One hundred and fifty visiting
members were present. The Secretary re-
ported that 555 of the 600 Oranges in the State
had been organized since last April. A mo-
e, he ed
down. Motions to ask the railways for half
fare arrangements and to make organs OF GER
tain newspapers were tabled,
The Chicago Inter ocean of a recent date
declares that the firm of George b. Hodge ~
Co., proprietors of what has been advertised
as the Union Furnishing Store, are bankrupt,
and that their stock is in the hands Of the
officers of the law; that they had been missing
for a vpook, ,tuu tnat the express companies
and Postollice authorities had retained all
packages and letters addressed to the Union
Furnishing Company, for ultimate return to
the senders.
The first annual session of the State Grange
of Missouri met Mt Bonneville on the 18th.
Nearly every county in the State was repre-
sented The State Grange organized last
May, with 300 subordinate Oranges, since
when the number has increased to over
LOO. Master 7. K. Allen delivered a long
address, III which he gave the history OF the
Order in Missouri and made many sugges-
tons looking to the perfecting of the organ
izatios in the State and touching the growth
and future prosperity of the Order.
On the 18th the Ohio State Grange unan-
mously passed a resolution rendering the
sympathy and aid of the Order in Ohio to the
women of the State in putting down the eyil
of intemperancc. Columbus was chosen as
the place Of holding the next meeting of the
State Grange. All the amendments proposed
by the National Grange, except items first and
second Of number three, concerning life mem
bers, were adopted.
The Smith sisters, who refused to pay
their taxes in Connecticut, and had their COWS
seized and sold, have received a donation of
$500 from their female sympathizers.
The Kansas State Grange commenced Its
annual session at Topeka on the 18TH One
thousand Oranges were represented. The re-
ports Of the officers show the affairs Of the
Order to be in an excellent condition, although
but small amount remains in the
treasury The financial interests are shown
to have been economically managed, and the
State Business Agency is on satisfactory
basis On the 10th resolutions were adopted
requesting the State Legislature to pass pro-
hibitory liquor law, and declaring that no per
son who retails liquor shall be admitted to the
Order; also declaring that the greatest good
and the highest happiness of an enlightened,
vrtuous and prosperous people are the legiti-
mate results Of thorough and practical educa-
ton dittused among the masses. Hon, NJ L.
Hudson was elected Master of the State
Grange.
The State Grange of Tennessee assembled at
Gallatn on the 18th in its first annual session.
Nearly 500 subordinate Oranges were repre-
scented, there being between 500 and 6O0repre.
scutatiyes present, and many ladies being del
egateS.