The Grange advance., 1874-12-22

defendants. Rindskopt was nominated
Tor Congress by the Democrats at the late
election, but was subsequently forced to
resign. >. The German Reichstag yesterday
adopted resolution OF confidence in Prince
Bismarck by vote of 1919 to II.
MONDAY, Dec. 21.-A falling roof at Sc
dalia, NO., Saturday, killed three men.
1.-THE coavicts of the Auburn state
prison have made several attempts recent
ly to burn the buildings. Two attempts
were ms de Saturday. -. The Eagle woolen
mills at Gallatine, Tenn, were burned
Saturday. Loss $50, 900; insured sl7,~
600. .. The Democrats of the 4th Congress
sionai district Of Tennessee haze nomina-
ted Judge Samuel y. 2. File to fill the va
cancy caused by the death OF Hon. J. w.
Head. Memorials to Congress have
passed the Dakota legislature for division
Of the Territory and for opening the Black
Hills. The Legislature has also formed q
new jndicisl district OF that portion Of the
Territory lying north Of the 46th parallel,
and providing for holding the U. s. court
at Fargo instead o. at Pemon a, as hereto
fore. Frederick Hesser, coroner Of Nor
thumberland county, Pa, was murdered
, at Coalrun mines near Shamelin, Friday
night. Great excitement among the citi-
zens :. An unknown negro. .brutallyassault'
I'd and rautilated twelve year old child
of u S. Judge at !:oston, Saturday. 1t
is thought the child is fatally injured....
The Western Baptist Education
Union have pu chased val
liable property near St. Jo-
seph, NJ, for university purposes. The
| corporation is composed Of leading cit 'zens
Of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa
| and Colorado. The endowment fund
is placed at 100000 with power to
increase to 81, 100000. This is the first
instance on record of this denomination
| establishing first class unitersity, over
stepping State lines in its organization
| and control. .. The Democratic majority
! in the Louisiana House will be about Is.
| .... The iron works of the Great Western
railway Of Reading, Ont, were burned
Saturday, throwing four hundred persons
out OF employment. The Republican
Senators in caucus Saturday agreed to re-
port bill Tor the resumption of specie
payments in 1879, for free banking, and
the gradual withdrawal Of fractional cur.
rency and the substitution OF silver in de-
nominations Of 5 t. so cents. 1t is tele-
eraphed from Hong Kong that tie Pacific
Mail steamship Japan, with 500 persons
on board from San Francisco, burned
| Thursday when sixty miles out from Yo
kohama with loss of all her cargo, in
which was a large amount of specie, and
nearly all her crew and passengers. OF
the passengers 424 were Cinnamon. -. BY
a collision on the Eas. Tennessee and Vir-
yinia railroad Saturday, near Carter's de-
pot, Tenn. J. E. Cross and VIM. Wyate
were killed men were injured, and much OF
the rolling stock OF the two trains demol-
ished >. The new dam at Haydenville,
Mass. built to replace that destroyed in
May last, gave way Saturday, AMI a large
body Of water and ice was swep: down the
channel through the village with terri
bic roar. Seventy five or 100 children
were skating on the pond at the time, hut
miraculously all escaped, and so far as
known there was no loss Of life. =. John
Murphy who was to have been hanged at
Carson City, Nevada, Friday, has been re-
prieved. ). Count Won Arnim has been
sentenced to three months Imprisonment
80. Bismarck, Saturday informed the
Reichstay that another lot against his
! life had been discovered.