The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-16


lot of hogs he sold for farmer of that
county.
The extensive saw. mills of G. L. Cole
man of La Crosse, Wis, were burned the
night of the 5th. Loss from $4,000 to
500. 900. with no insurance. By the
fire one hundred men are thrown out of
employment.
Hon. L. A. Dessaullcs, clerk Of the
crown and the peace for Montreal, has
absconded, leaving behind him debts to
the extent of $4,000 or $4,000, due on
promissory notes, the i3dorsement on
some of which are believed to be forged.
The money was lost in patent right specu-
lations.
D. Wright Stone of Putnam, Ct, a
young man Of q, has been arrested for
the murder Of Fred. White of Spencer,
Mass. The murder was perpetratcd at
New London, Ct, Wednesday the 28th
ult., Stone stabbing his victim five times
with q jack-knife. After the murder he
robbed the body Of $3l.
Two cabin passengers who arrived in the
steamer Klapstock, from Havre, have
been arrested and in their possession was
found, among other jewelry. some ans
wering to the description Of family jewels
stolen from the Countess Dudley, in Lon
don, and also diamond scarf pin stolen
from New York lady in Paris.
A grocery keeper of Philadelphia doing
business on the Frankfort road having
thrown away some unsaleable sausages,
they were picked up by children Of the
neighborhood and eleven of them are Sc
riously sick. One child died on the 4th.
The storekeeper and the manufacturer Of
the sausages have been arrested.
A gang Of burglars has for weeks been
successfully operating in western New
York and northwestern Pennsylvania,
without the detection or capture Of one
Of them. Three neighboring villages in
Pennsylvania were raided in one night,
and now the people of that country are
organizing companies of 'vigilantes."
The officers Of the Fort Madison, Iowa,
penitentiary, are to be investigated on
charges Of cruelty made by a discharged
eonvict-one of which is that the prison
ers were made to work last winter in
shops without fires, and another that
those who revolted against this were
whipped with cat until insensible, and
that fegging, though forbidden by law, is
the usual punishment.
Parts Of the remains of Frederick P.
Towne, well.to-do farmer of Peterson,
Mass, having been found in field ad-
joining his farm, his brother.in.law
Samuel J. Frost: who reported that
Towne had gone to California, leaving
him in charge of the property, has been
arrested for the murder. Towne's limbs
cannrt be found. Frost was deeply in
debt to the murdered man.
The town Of Macomb, Ill.,, was badly
damaged by tornado, accompanied by a
heavy rain, the evening Of the 4th. Large
numbers Of trees were uprooted, side
walks. barns and small buildings carried
away, the large Methodist Church unroof.
ed and the steeple carried away land two
story brick block just completed, owned
by David Scott, nearly destroyed. Total
loss from $4,000 to 100000.
jerome J. Kinds, who was some tim Z
ago tried and acquitted on charges con-
nected with alleged mail contract frauds
in Texas, has commenced suit in the su
preme court OF the District of Colum bia,
against the postmaster general, the sixth
auditor, and Altman & Bro, to prevent
the payment to the latter Of certain
mail contract, on the ground that he has
an interest in said contract which he was
illegally deDarred from ex ecuting.
Bitter personalities bet xeen Peter T.
Luther and Sam B. Riley, two editors Of
Terre Haute, Ind, led to an attack on
the latter with pistol by the former
on the 5th inst. Luther's first shot
passed through Riley's coat. Riley then
closed in with Luther and commenced
pounding him over the head with q
blast cinder. and but for the interfer.
ence Of bystanders would have killed
him.
On the I'd, in the trial Of John D. Lee
at Beaver, Utah, for the Mountain
Meadow massacre, the defense offered
affidavits Of Brigham Young and George
A. Smith. which are ruled out Of this
case but filed. They state in substance
that neither party issued any instructions
in regard to the Arkansas emigrant train
but that the people we're counseled no,
to sell grain to any parties for forage
They state that neither party knew o
the massacre until afterward, and ther
only by general report
A special from Button, Ind, says tn,
rumor Of the breaking Of = large reservoir,
at Celina, Ohio, is confirmed by tn,
heavy raise Of the Wabash river. Tn,
: railroad bridge is still standing. Mr.
John Thomas, farmer living two mile.
east Of Button, had twenty five acres 0
wheat washed away and started dewr
river in . boat, with his son, to save
part Of the fence. The boat capsized
throwing both occupants into the water
and Mr.. Thomas WAS drowned, but BIZ
son succeeded in making his va,
to some willows, where he hung on til,
limbs for three hours, when he was res
cued. The body Of Mr.. Thomas has no
been recovered. It is also Stated tia
Daniel Hilbert sailed away up the rive,
in boat last night, and this morning tn
boat came back without Hilbert VII,
must have been drowned.
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