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

TUESDAY,, SEPT. 1.-DiSpatch,S rom
Shreveport, La, state that six Conshatta
prisoners were murdered by forty or flft..
armed Texans while being taken to Shreve-
port. -. The fighting in Alabama has been
greatly exaggerated. No one was killed.
49,. The Rev. john S. Glendenning of Jer-
sey City was in court yesterday on suit
Of the Poormaster to compel him to main
tain the child Of the late Miss pomeroy.
The counsel for the prosecution endeavored
70 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 OH charges of seduction
and breach Of promise. 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 1000 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 fr,m the Virginius massacre shall
be settled Immediately, under certain res
ervations. i. . Nc unit 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 sculls at
Saratoga yesterday, Roach Of the
Gramercy Boat Club Won in l4:A IL.
The three mile race was rowed by O'Neil
against time in 2l:l9 1-2, the best three
miles on record. Thirteen crews started
in the four-oared race Of three miles,
which was Won by the Beaver Wycks of
Albany in 1884. ... The sale Of the Lon
don Eng Hour has been prohibited ....
Beecher preached to 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 hotel in Des Mo;nes, Ia.,
Saturday night. .Dockery, the Ameri-
can who was tried as spy by the Spanish
authorities in Cuba, has been ordered to
! Spain. .. Several collieries resumed
work yesterday in Pennsylvania, and by
to-day a majority Of them will he work
ing. Russia will not recognize Spain,
because, it declares, it cannot recognize a
government which is unrecobnized in its
own country. =. Gov. Osborn Of Kansas
has called an extra session of the Legisla.
:ure, to meet Sept. Is, to devise means for
the relief Of settlers who have been injured
by grasshoppers.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2.-Representatives
Of the Atlantic steamship lines met al
Liverpool yesterday, and fixed the rate Of
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 num-
Der Of Catholic pilgrims from England
have arrived at Paris on their way to the
shrine at Pontigury.. Three Paris news
papers have been fined for publishing
Marshall Bazaine'e letter. 80. Russia has
sent special agents t. the Republican and
Carlist Generals headquarters in Spain te
report on the military positions of the con.
tending parties. The Carlist Generals,
Tristany and Mora, were defeated by the
Republicans near L os Deurgal last Sunday
losing 400 killed and wounded. The
Carlists, having despaired of the capture
ofPuyderea, are preparing to burn thu
town with incendiary projectiles. The
Carlists under Alvarez have defeated anc
driven of the column of General Iona
who was attempting to throw provisions
into Vittoria.. party of 81,
surveyors from Lawrence, Kansas
were massacred by Indians las
Wednesday,. 1.-THE Vermont Stat
election took place yesterday. The resul
was remarkable in that Mr.. Poland wa
defeated for Congress-. The bnlk of tn
general republican ticket is elected b,
light majorities, there having been a grca
deal of scratching >. The Grand Lodo. 9
Good Templars Of Wisconsin commence
, its nineteenth annual session yesterday q
Madison. .. Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy wi