The Grange advance., 1874-09-02

The Kansas Republicans completed

1.-The Kansas Republicans completed
their nominations for State officers yester-
day 1.-The first sitting oftbe internation-
al peace congress will be held next
Saturday at Brussels. -. London advices
state that the steamship Lffey Of the Royal
Steam Packet line is ashore at San Ignarro,
Uruguay. John Heury Foley, the sculp-
tor, is dead. -. The races for the great
Yorkshire stakes we're run at the York
(England) meeting yesterday. Trent was
the winner. The Spanish representative
in Berlin has received full credentials as
minister, and has asked for an audience
with the Emperor. Prof Pierre Blot,
the famous culinary artist, died yesterday
in Jersey City,. is announced that
Gen. Butl:r will run for Congress in the
Sixth Massachusetts, district. :. Gov. Dix
has pardoned Christian Mayer, who was
sent to prison for participation in the
Tompkins Square labor disturbance. IA
A Fenian Convention met in New York on
Tuesday.
SATURDAY, AUG. 29.-Six hundred Men,
non;tes arrived at New York Thursday.
boun::. for Dakota. -. The Democrats 0!
Delaware nominated hn P. Cocllrane for
Governor, and Jas. Williams for Congress.
The resolutions vigorously denounce the
administration and the civil rights bill...
Gen. Sheridan has issued an order notify
ing parties now reported to be organizing
at various points on the border, to visit the
Black Hills in search Of gold. that they
will not be permitted to so, unless under
the authority of the Secretary Of the Inter-
ior or Of Congress. The ticket Office OF
the Michigan Central Road at South Bend
was entered by burglars Thursday night,
and s2.2aO in South Bend city bonds
stolen. -. c. Bancroft Davis, our new
minister to Germany, had a special aud
ience with Emperor William yesterday,
and delivered his credentials.
....ln Ohio the majority
against the new constitution is l47,2S4;
against license, 6,2e6; against minority
representation, lS5, 800; against railroad
aid, 25l, 242. The City Of Pekin las re-
turned to New York from her Newport ex-
cursion where 900 people visited her
80. The report Of the Plymouth Church
Investigating committee on the Beecher-
rilton affair, is elsewhere given in brief.
MONDAY, August 31.-The Mississippi
Pilots Association have advanced their
wages to $500 month or trip for boats of
less than 600 tons, $3.50 for boats of over
600 tons and $400 for tow boats. The
pilots of the Ohio are expected?to take the
same action. A meeting Of stockhold-
ers of the Keokuk- Northern Packet Com
panv, intended to have been held at St.
Louis Saturday was prev ented by All in
jucntion sued out to prevent w. F. David
son voting the 1878 shares recently pur-
chased by him and with which he could
control the directory and virtually man
age the affairs Of the company. . A
strange scene occurred in Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, on occasion of receiv-
ing and adopting the reports exonerating
Rev. Mr.. Beecher from the charges made
against him by Tilton and Mou.ton. The
enthusiasm of the church and society for
Mr.. Beccher was at its height when Mr.
Moulton took prominent seat in 'front.' of
the audience and soon after responded to
declaration by Mr.. Raymond that he
(Moulton) had tried to poison the minds of
men against Mr.. Beecher, by up
and exclaiming twice in a loud
voice, "you are a liar, STRIP A scene of
confusion followed, in which women We'd
with men in shouting "Put him out ="
"Shame,'' &c., to which Moulton replied,
ri dare you to put NE out ~ Policemen
appeared on the scene, soon after, whe
MIR. Moulton retired just before the close
of the meel:ng, 1t appeared as he pushed
through the throng tc the door as though
their presence was necessary to prevent
hands being laid on him.. ... In Conshat-
ia, Red River Parish, Louisiana, Friday
and Saturday, there wes a serious disturb
ance, apparently arising from local politi
cal quarrels, from whicha bloody contest
between whites and blacks was feared, but
at latest advices, up to Saturday, evening,
no blood had been shed, though the town
was in possession of $50 armed whites who
had arrested and locked up nearly all the
officers, black and white, Of the Parish,
90. In San Francisco @ Chinese women
imported by the steamer OF last week. are
held in iail to he sent back to China ,,ndar
decision OF the Supreme Court of tha;
State sustaining the State law prohibiting
their importation for immor.l purposes