The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-01
CURRENT NEWS ITEMS.


IA snow slide on the 23d twelve miles
north of Brigham City, Utah, killed two
men.
---Go!d is being drawn from London to
New York to meet the Wall street |
squeeze.
1.-The man who attempted to assassi-
nate the State witness in the Todd coun-
ty, KY, ku-klux cases, has been captured.
u. S. Treasurer Spinner is said to be
threatening again to resign because Of
some interference with the clerkships in
his bureau.
The United States Senate adjourned
sine die at 5:45 P. N. on the 9th, after
having passed the usual complimentary
resolutions.
Don Carlos, of Spain, has called into
his service all the males in the Navarro
provinces over Is years of age. That's
sweeping conscription.
The court house at Kingston, Ont,
was destroyed by fire on the 24th. but all
valuable records were saved. The iossls
100000; insured at one.third.
An inspection clerk at the post office
in Detroit is requested to resign for
having allowed certain railway Tor full
postal service when it was performing
only half service.
At an election for member OF the
hungarian Diet, held in Debreccean yes
terday, the radicals had nominated Kos
suth, but Minister Kisseure was elected
by an overwhelming majority.
L. cd tn ooDE
Don A. Pardee to be US. District Judge
for Louisiana the office must remain
vacant, the President having no authori-
ty to fill the vacancy because it occurred
while the Senate was in session.
1t commenced raining in San Fran
cisco on the Oath. Dispatches from va
rious points in the central portion Of the
State report rain, with prospect of con-
tinuance. The storm seems to prevail
generally in that part Of the State where
rain is most needed to insure crop.
Japan is afflicted by fires. At Osaka,
Feb. eth, 1000 buildings were destroyed.
including temples and schools, and several
lives were lost. In Yokohama, Feb. 10Th,
there was an alarming fire in which 300
Japanese houses We're destroyed. and de-
currence in Yeddo.
If John Mitchell had not died, it
would have been shown by a transcript of
court records at Washington that he had
taken out his final papers as citizen OF
the United States and, Therefore. was nat
eligible to the seat in the British Parlia-
ment to which he was twice elected from
Tipperary.
Notwithstanding Gen. Ord's positive
instructions and the certainty that both
the Indians and troops will strive to
drive out prospectors, Black Hills
transportation company has been formed
at Omaha. If there's any money in the
Black Hills business the outfitters and
transportation men will get it with least
risk of any concerned.
The books of the Internal Revenue
office show that in February last there
were distilled 6,l30,6l3 gallons of spirits,
and tax was paid upon ll,504,356 gall
Ions. There were remaining in ware
houses on the 18th of February 7 1913, 666
gallons. On the first of that month the
amount Of spirits in the warehouses was
12,747,6l0 gallons.
The South Carolina Legislature ad-
journed sine die on the Goth, having &C.
copied the Governor S veto of the funding
bill, which bill the Governor thought re.
versed the meaning of the funding act OF
1873.
= At clock on the morning of the
Goth, fire broke out in the post.office
building at Fulton. H., entirely destroy
ing it. together with the Journal office
and material, records Of the post-office
and other valuable papers and books
The city records, including the charter
were all burned. Loss on property $l0,'
900: insurance $4,000.
---Good Friday was observed rs gen
eral holiday in London England. the
churches being crowded, morning ane
evening, while the parks and public gar
dcns were also thronged with pleasure
seekers. the weather being fine.
lin quarrel between two men in Mel
son county, KY, few days since, Sam
Haham cut Merritt Lefire with knife
and Lefre took up a spade and spill
Haham' head open, killing him instant
ly.
1.-The New York Senate has adopted
resolution authorizing the Governor Il
appoint four commissioners to Investigate
the management of the State canals fol
seven years past. Gov. Tilden has open
ed a war on the canal commissioners an,
will be glad to have the advantage Of
full knowledge Of their doings.
"A Galveston Nems special from Cor
pus Christi. of the Goth. says larg
body of armed Mexicans attacked severa
ranches, about seventy miles from tn
city, that evening. and robbed one stor.
taking several Americans prisoners. a
invasion of that city was apprehendcd
The excitement was intense and all tn
citizens were in arms.
Revolt An the Indiana Prison.
Eighty convicts in the State prison a
Jeffersonville. Ind, at work in the four
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