The Grange advance., 1874-10-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TUESDAY, Oct. 6.-Gen. Sherman left
washington Monday for st. Louis, the
future headquarters Of the army .. Wes-
'ton is making another attempt to walk 500
miles in six consecutive days. .. Brigham
Young is convalescing. The French
elections resulted in favor of the censerva-
:tives. 80. Our government wants Spain to
pay up i'll the Virginius affair. . Richard
Winslow OF Cleveland, O., was killed
Monday by the falling Of flagstaff.
The town Elections took place in Connec-
!iicut Monday. Eastern Connecticut
showed slight but general Republican
gains, with little or no change in the bal
aHce of the State... David Valentine &
Co., New York, jobbers in silk goods and
fancy dress goods, have failed with 'iabili-
ties Of half a million. :. The earnings OF
the Chicago & Northwestern railroad for
the fiscal year ending Nay lat, 1874, were
S2l5, ,63l 1866, and the total expenses, in
cluding interest on outstanding bonds,
ETC., $2l4, ,276,855, leaving q COM
bined net profit for the year Of
1885,, ,08l The colored people
Of Knoxville, Tenn, have petitioned the
Rev. Geo. w. Severeto run for Congress
in the second district Of that State j.. The
cotton mills of Rhode Island generally
commenced running Monday on two thirds
time. It beginsto look blue for the de-
positors in the freedmen's banks, collec.
tions being made very slowly. The twen-
ty-three branches are to be closed up at
the end Of the month. .Outrages in the
South continue to be reported. A letter
received at Washington from Alabama ex-
poses h terrible state Of affairs there, armed
bodies Of whites having inaugurated a
reign of terror. ,. The following Congress
sional nominations were made by the
Democrats and Independents of Illinois
Monday: First district, Bernard Caul-
field; second district, Carter H. Harri-
son third district, J. V. Lemayne. They
are now represented by Rice, Ward and
Farwell .. John Anderson, Of N. Y, has
sent $4,000 francs for Garibaldi's relief.
WEDNESDAY,, Oct. 7.-Comm ander Kel-
lcgg, of the United States gunboat Ajax,
is dead. John A. Broadwell, late tax
collector Of Jersey City, pleads guilty Of
embezzlement. :. Lieut.. Mahmoude Terry.
Of the Turkish army, visiting this country
to inspect arms manufacturing for the Sui
tan, committed suicide Tuesday night at
Providence, R. T.. Tho Irish rifle team
are making tour through some of the
principal cities of the West and North
west, and are meeting with enthusiastic
receptions. -. Tilton furnished bail in the
Beecher libel suit Tuesday .. Rev. ]. F.
Glendenning, charged with procuring an
abortion on Miss Pomeroy, causing that
young lady's death, has written letter to
the Presbytery Of Jersey City, requesting
athorough investigation Of the charges
...The ceremonies Of the unveiling of the
Lincoln monument at Springfield, H., on
s the 18th, viii commence at ten O'Clock
and end at 8. .. The New York Central
railroad wants $1,000 due it. for in
creased mail service, but will have to
wait, the appropriation for that purpose
having been already overdrawn. Prof.
David Swing, Of Chicago, has formally
Withdrawn from the Chicago Presbyterv
In complying with this request the Prssby-
tery adopted resolutions regrstting the &C.
ton and assuring him Of tho strong per-
sonal and Christian regard entertained for
him. The forty-fourth semi-annual
conference Of the Latter Day Saints
is in session At Salt Lake. It is announced
that several hundred saints will be sent
to st. George to hurry up the building Of
the Temple At that place. d.. 1t is reported
that within the past two weeks eleven
! persons have been killed by Indians in
\ western and southwestern Kansas. SIEVE
al others are missing and, supposed to
have met the same, fate. Three coluu ma
i of troops are operating against the red
Skins sopthward each moving in sup
1 porting distance Of the other. >. Gov,
kellogg Of Louisiana complains that White
.eaguers are still drilling in that stits.
u violation ofthe recent compact :. The
NsT Hprk Tzibpns 1ublishss further ex
bSm Coy. Lsllogg's sheok-book,
that int Senator 1latt. ca
lsatsr, sl g, 1874, three thousand dol.
ls iass 90 ssanssl fsss, and that altogether