The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03

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The following dismissals Of internal t
'evenue officers is announced Gaugers I
IL. G. Ebermine, First Indiana; G. n.
Campbell, 9Th Illinois; A. NJ. Everest. =.
n. Mead, J. A. Howard, W. j. Bassctt.
LIST Missouri; Ed. Z. Redington and G. F. :
J: Moeller, LIST Wisconsin.
! The trial IS to the legality OF the
election Of the late John Mitchell to Par
lament from Tipperary, Ireland. result
ed in decision that he was disqualified
from holding the seat, because he was
felon and alien. An appeal>was taken to
the Court Of Common Pleas.
Gov. Jacobs and otner State officers
Of West Virginia, have left Charleston for
Wheeling. leaving the books, papers, etc,
connected with the State Government 10
the custody Of Judge Smith. to await the
decision in the injunction served to pre-
vent their removal. upon which an ap
peal has been granted.
The following is the list Of internal
revenue officers recently dismissed in the
first district Of Illinois: Storekeepers-l
James Miller, John Steimetz, F. Wittle,
Henry Wend, G. D. Phelps, Ernest Mat
tern and Nathan Gatzert. Grangers--R.
Miller, L. Mattern, A. Waterman, r.
Rookie, G. F. Robinson, d. L. Taylor.
The Supreme Lodge of Knights Of
Pythias has decided to hold the next ses-
sion in Philadelphia the fourth Tuesday
in August, 1875, and appointed COM
mittee to make arrangements for . CEN
teunial celebration there. The fifth Of
February has been established as the an
niversary of the Order and day of eel
ebration.
1.-The following dismissals Of revenue
officers were made Wednesday: In the
first district Of Illinois, George A. Verho,
George II. Mueller, John c. Faltz and
Thomas Schieka. Storekeeepers: }. Il.
Hildreth, Otto Hartung and E. F. Gull
| verton. Gaugcrs: j. w. Harry. The
gauger in the first Ohio district has also
been dismissed.
BY the falling of scaffold at the
Central hospital for the insane of Ohio at
Columbus, George Bowers, Jerry Ryan,
| Albert Gottlieb and VIM. Hermann were
killed, and Fred Kuntz and Ben Smith,
it is thought, fatally injured. They fell .
distance Of IS feet. One man on the
scaffold made descending jump Of 30
feet, alighted on wall, and escaped with
out injury.
i Rev. Erwin House, assistant editor
Of the Western Christian ADVOCATE, fell
dead Of heart disease at P. NJ. Thursday
in his Office at Cincinnati. Deceased has
been in the editorial department Of the
Methodist Book Concern about Is years.
was the author Of several religious books,
and for years prominent among Sunday
school workers Of the West. He was 81
years old.
The trial to test the validity of tht
) election Of the late John Mitchell, in Tip
: erary, Ireland, has commenced. Thu
; petitioner, Moore, claims the seat on tn
! ground that he was legal candidate an.
7 legally elected, his opponent being inell
gible from the first, because he had trans
: ferrcd his allegiance from the Queen 0
England to the government Of the Unite'
4 States.
: There is trouble in the cement regiol
!, Of Kingston, N Y, where . strike is il
progress. Friday the strikers in larg
. numbers made preparations to attacl
= Morton's mill, the only one in operation
! and three companies Of the 10th battalio
n Of State troops were ordered out to pre-
e tect the property. The troops seized 4
stand Of muskets, supposed 70 be for th
i strikers. The strikers are reported Z
d very bitter and trouble il anticipated.
: msney anA laseress In tie Great Cisaei
e from the New York SUM-
Mr.. T. D. Hinckley, of Hoyletol
d Washington county, illinois, wishes I
t understand 'why money should be bel
V ging rer cent. investments in Wa
3 street 1t the same time the people Of Il
d West are paying from II to 20 per cen
interest on foreign money, giving real e
tate 1t one-third its value for security.
z The reason is that in the West and vii
- land as security, the money has to
4. loaned on long terms, and the lender CO
!. not get it again just Is he wants it. Evs
when the mortgage becomes due, It Oft
proves difficult and even impossible to q
p the security and realize the amour
en loaned. But when men lend money for
70 per cent. in Wall street they take q.
Il bonds IS security, and the borrow
q agrees to pay it back whenever the lead
u calls for it. If he is unable to pay I
cording to his agreement, the bonds G
OF be sold and the money realized in day
ge time. It is because the loan is thus
n cured aad is terminable whenever I
rs lender desires, that the rate Of interest
IA 20 low. Besides. the transaction is ma
20 vices have shown temporary impro'
ment, but London and Continental M
ew kets are weak and tending down. 7
ed speculations regarding the next crop h
RS subsidized, and the question j. now pre-
~ ing on n what to do with the wheat Il
nc 4 raised We have 1l,O00,00 bush
he 'in sight, that can not b moved With,
los. We will have It least 1l,OO0,t
:, here On the spot, with no papers excep
a. simple power Of attorney, and it ent,
~ no anxiety upon the lender. The cas'
~ very different, . our correspondent ,
~ understand, when the money ID sent ,
- 70 the West 70 Be loaned On mortGA(
y long and fixed periods. Then age
must b employed and paid, and Their