The Grange advance., 1874-09-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TUESDAY, Sept. 22.-Yesterday the sum
Of 81, ,929, ,Sl9 was paid at the State De
partment to the agent ofthe British Gov
ernment. being awards to British claim
ants by the mixed commission, under the
Washington treaty ofl873.. %. Rev. Wes-
ley Prettyman, Of the NJ. E. church, and
Postmaster at Marietta, Ga, has been ar
rested there charged with enbezzlement
and other penal violations of the postofa;e
laws The party in pursuit Of the Hot
Springs, Ark, stage robbers, have been so
far successful as to force them into the
mountains, where they are completly sur
rounded, and the capture or death of the
entire band is expected. "A Cuban in
France has given $40, 900 to the PARROT
agency in New York Victor Sejonn
French dramatic writer is dead. 80. Gen.
Sherman takes up his headquarters in St.
Louis Oct. 4. The Narragansett Fire
and Marine Insurance Company, of Provi-
dence, r. l., has suspended on occount Of
its heavy losses by the Chicago
and Boston fires. -. Frank Moulton
has accepted the service Of = capias in the
libel suit Of Miss Edna Dean Proctor. in
which that lady asks for 100000, grow
ing out Of charges in the Beecher scandal.
%. Henry Ward Beecher has notified his
congregation that he will attend the Fri.
day evening prayer meeting this week aud
preach from Plymouth pulpit next Sun-
day. Henry W. Dodge, executive officer
OF the Hayes arctic expedition, died at
Brooklyn, Monday, of appoplexy, aged
45. The complete transfer of the city
government Of New Orleans to the Kellogg
officials is finally consummated. An at
tempted compromise by the opposing fac
tons in reference to the composition 0
tie returning board Of the coming election
failed. Advices from the interior Of the
State Indicate further trouble. In some
parishes citizens are armins and refuse to
allow the restoration Of the Kellogg Off
eials, and it is feared that nothing but the
presence Of U. S. troops will restore order
in these disa1fected districts.
WEDNESDAY,, Sept. 23.-The Russian
government, on account Of the extensive
emigration Of Menxonites, proposes to ex-
empt the members OF that sect from actual
military service, but to hold them liable
to duty as hospital atteVdants. .. .Nomina-
Hon~ for Congress were made by tho Wis.,
eonsin Rcformers yesterday As follews {:
Sixth District, Hon. Gabriel Bouck, ot
Winnebago; and Third District, Hon.
Charles C. Thompson, and Gen. Ed. Bragg
ofFondulac, from the Fifth. u. President
Grant, in conversation yesterday, stated
Chat ~ far as federal otli-
GERS were concerned, tn.
South should have no complaint in the fu-
tsrc. In this particular he was decided
en- new departure. The civil service
rules are working 30 acceptsbly that tho
President has issued An executive order
extending their operation over the customs
district Of Boston. Reports from the
wheat crop OF Europe continue asttering.
1t is estimated that Hungary has = million
4srters to cell. Prices in Germany, Russia
and France have declined heavily Mrs.
Euniee Howell, a maiden lady Of 70 years,
at washingtonville, Orange Co, m. r., was
murdered Tuesday night. Her gold
watch and a large sum Of money kno to
be in the house, are missing. IS. A.
Briggs, Of Chicago, said to be defaulter
in the sum Of 500, 600 from the bank OF
which he was Vice President aud Cashier,
was arrested in New York yesterday, and
sent back to Chicago. The motion to in
ciude the old Prairie du Chen railroad in
the injunction compelling compliance
with the Potter law, was argued in the
Wisconsin Supreme Court yesterday, tie
court then adjourning for week when a
;:ecision will be rendered. Tie Annual
Convention Of the Catholic total absti-
nence union Of America, will be held at
Chicago Oct. Z. Judge A. A. Atocha, Of
the New Orleans Superior Criminal Court,
before whom any action instituted by
SS.e authorities against leaders Of the
late insurreetion, would have been brought
has resigned. ,. ID
THuasDAr, Sept. n Ellie de Beaumont,
The eminent Frsnsh gsolog1t Is dead.
The Democrats Of The 10Th Ohio Congss-
sional district yesterday nominated Hon.