The Grange advance., 1874-12-22


gregated 1890. .oc0, with an insurance o:
$l4l COO, and at Charlestown the same
day Sl45, 900, insurance S60, 1000. The
Board Of Managers Of the Methodist Mis-
sionary Society at their session yesterday,
appropriated large sum Of money for the
relief OF the grasshopper devastated dis
tricts. =. i. Mr.. J. A. Aultman, saperintend-
ent Of the Duquesne coal mine near Pitts
burg, Pa, was shot and mortally wound
sd while making tour OF inspection OF
the Lime. :. Rev, T. J. Workman expell-
ed from the Rock River Conference has
been granted new trial.
FRIDAY, Dec. 18.-The House commit
tee on railroads has agreed to report favor
ably on the bill for government guaranty
Of the bonds of the Washington, Cinein
natl, Chicago and St. Louis railway....
Geo. II. Hand was yesterday confirmed by
the Senate Secretary Of Dakota Territory.
1.-THE Legislature of Mississippi was
yesterday convened in extra session for
action with reference to the recent Vicks-
burg troubles. Gov. Ames in his message
denounces the course of the whites as in
surrectionary,' but makes no recomnecda
ii ms as to the remedy. >. The longshore.
men who have been On a strike tor the
past six weeks, have accepted the rates
offered by ship owners and gone to work.
90. Pork packing at the six principal
cities aggregates 2,0l0, 900 against 20 O7o,
900 last year. Hon. John B. Rice
member of Congress from the first Illinois
district, died at the residence of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Kimball, in Norfolk, Va, yester-
lay. His remains will he taken to Chica-
90 for interment. ."Boss" Tweed was
taken from prison yesterday on a writ OF
habeas corpus, with view to get the case
before the Court Of Appeals, the final re-
sort. The case after short hearing was
adjourned to Tuesday next and Tweed
remanded to prison. IA row beta cen
the white and colorei school boys at Kel-
lar market, New Orleans, yesterday, re-
suited in the latter being driven into the
! street, and several Of the contestants being
slightly hurt, one negro dropping dead
! from heart disease. Previous to this the
whites OF the Central high school had
gone to the girls hign school and COM
PEELED the colored girls present to leave
:he building. AS settlement Of the diff.
Guilty the school board propose an addi.
tional high school exclusively for colored
scholars. Gov. VIM. Allan, Of Ohio, it
is authoritatively announced neither seeks
nor will he decline nomination for the
Presidency. He wants i: distinctly UNDER
stood, however, that he cannot be used as
a cats paw to advance the interests Of 9TH
! er candidates. .. So far as the returns in
Louisiana have been carvassed ~ the re-
turning board. the lower house of the leg
isiature stands 81 Conservatives TO % Rad
icals .. Gov. Osborne. Of Kansas, say $
| that there are 10000 destitute people in
! that State, needing food, clothing and feed
for stock. The prospects for next season. 5
| crops are, however, considered very prom
ising... Judge E. NJ. Kiels, OF Alabama,
! against whom impeachment proceedings
have been commenced in the legislature,
| and over whom an indictment for leiony
| is hanging, has resigned.
SATURDAY, Dec. 19.-Judge James s..
Howe. of the U. 5. Cour: for the eastern
| division of Wisconsin, has rendered his
resignation to take effect January LIST; i'll
health . . The bill for the relief Of grass
hopper sufferers has now passed both
! Houses of Congress and needs but the
Presidents signature to become law.
The Senate yesterday confirmed the fol-
lowing Minnesota appointments John
! Z. Knowlton, receiver at Duluth; Justin
p. Moulton, receiver at Worthington, and
Warren Adley, receiver at Alexandra. (. . /.
Commander w. 8. Gushing, sent to the
government insane asylum at Washington
few days ago, died there yesterday.
Commander Gushing was one 9! the most
gallant officers Of the American navy, and
will be remembered particularly for the
! desperate attack he made on the ram AL
| bemarle near Norfolk early in the war Of
the rebellion, and for which he received
the thanks Of Congress. :. The testimony
| of Secretary Johnson in the Pacific mail
! Investigation yesterday, brought out the
fact that $4,000 was paid R. C. Parsons,
member Of Congress from the Cleveland,
Ohio, district, and that in all checks for
$4,000 were drawn on the company
aud endorsed by Irwin ahd that there
were no entries on the books showing that
any part Of this sum was ever
| returned. e. The Secretary of she Interior
recommends Congress to appropriate
Al R0 f)00 for the snnnoat Of the Norfharr