The Grange advance., 1874-09-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK,

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TUESDAY, SEPT. l.-Dispatches from
Shreveport, La, state that six Conshatta
prisoners were murdered by forty or flhs
armed Texans while being taken to Shreve-
port. %. The fighting in Alabama has been
greatly exaggerated. No one was killed.
....The Rev. John S. Glendenning Of Jer-
sey City was in court yesterday on suit
of the Poormaster tv compel him to main
tain the child of the late Miss Pomeroy.
The counsel for the prosecution endeavored
to have the statement of Miss Pomeroy,
made just before her death, admitted as
evidence, and failing with that, withdrew
the complaint. Glendenning is now to be
proceeded against on charges of seduction
and breach of promise. :. j.. President Gran:
left Martha's Vineyard yesterday for New
Bedford. He was met with an address of
welcome, to which he replied, and shook
hands with 1900 people. The party lett
for Newport in the afternoon. >. A consid-
erable victory is reported to have been
gained by the Cuban patriot army :. The
Spanish Minister Of Foreign Affairs has
agreed that tho indemnity to England re-
suiting from the Virginius massacre shall
be settled Immediately, under certain res
ervations. (. -. Mount Etna has been in a
state of eruption since Satu rday, and
streams Of lava are pouring from three
craters. :. The Carlists were repulsed
twice on Sunday At Puyeerda. In the
>wo-mile race for single SOULS at
Saratoga yesterday, Roach of the
Gramercy Boat Club Won in 14:4 IL.
The three-mile race was rowed by O'Neil
against time in 21:l9 IL, the best three
miles on record. Thirteen crews started
in the four cared race Of three miles.
which was won by the Beaver Wycks OF
Albany in 1884. %. The sale Of the Lon
don lEng.) Hour has been prohibited ....
Beecher preached to q thousand persons
at Twin Mountain, N. H., on Sunday.
In 1873 the number of persons killed in
Great Britain by railway accidents was
1872. Five hundred Mennonites ar.
rived in New York yesterday. Mrs.
Bassett stranger, was found murdered in
her room at a hotel in Des Moines, Ia.,
Saturday night. .Dockery, the Ameri-
can who was tried as spy by the Spanish
authorities in Cuba, has been ordered tc
Spain. (. l.. Several collieries resumed
work yesterday in Pennsylvania, and by
to-day majority Of them will be work
ing. Russia will not recognize Spain
because, it declares, it cannot recognize a
government which is unrecobnized in it
own country Gov. Osborn Of Kansas
has called an extra session Of the Legisla.
:ure, to meet Sept. Is, to devise means 70,
the relief Of settlers who have been injured
by grasshoppers.
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"WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2.-Representative.
Of the Atlantic steamship lines met a
Liverpool yesterday, and fixed the rate o
steerage passage at five guineas on fast
and five pounds on slow lines. They
agreed to carry freight at minimum rates
which are about so per cent. below those
Of the old arrangement. "A large mum.
Der Of Catholic pilgrims from England
have arrived at Paris on their way to til.
shrine At Pontigury. =. Three Paris news
papers have been fined for publishing
Marshall Bazaine'e letter.. Russia has
sent special agents t, the Republican and
Carlist Generals headquarters in Spain t.
report on the military positions Of the con-
tending parties. The Carlist Generals
Tristany and Mora, were defeated by tn.
Republicans near Los Deurgal last Sunday
losing 400 killed and wounded. Th.
Carlists, having despaired Of the captur'
Of fPuyderea, are prspAr;ns 40 burn sh,
town with inoandiary projectiles. j Th'
Carlists under Alvarez have defeated ani
driven OF the column of General Iona
who Was attempting to throw provis,on
int Vittoria. ...ASsprv g Of Ssia
surveyors from Lawrence, Kansas
were massacred BY Indians las
Wednesday,. The Vermont Stat
election took place yesterday. The result
was remarkable in that Nr, Poland wa
Dictated for Con1ress. The bulk of th
general republlcsn tictet i : elected b
light majorities, there hay III fB Ssen { NJ
deal Of ofseratehing. =. The Grand LodSef 20 4