The Grange advance., 1875-06-01
CURRENT NEWS.

CURRENT NEWS.
The Omaha Republican, has been
8 ned for $4,000 for libel by ]. NJ, ,Yerga.
The President has signed the; COM
zuissscn Of Thomas Simons of New York,
10 he assistant attorney general, vice John
sGosorth.
Abraham jackson, the Boston law
yer charged with forgery and defalcation
10 the amount Of nearly $800,O00, has
ssxrived at Boston in charge Of detec-
eve. He denies his guilt.
The ex-Fcderal soldiers of Memphis
have returned the compliment of the ex-
Genfederatcs by extending to them an in
yitatien to join with them in the decora-
zipn Of soldiers graves, Sunday.
Mrs. Pfarr, whose husband was MUIR
<Sered Tuesday night near St. Louis, and
whose person was brutally outraged, has
Unidentified the negro Henry Brown, ar
rested as the supposed guilty party, as
fhe man.
The house of j. H. Cowman, 242 Eu-
ea~ street. Baltimore, was robbed Tues.
dav night last of tin box containing
aonds bank stocks, certificates, &C., Of
ahe value of $4,000, belonging to Cow
zaan mother.in.law.
The Sioux Indians in Washington at
an interview with Assistant Secretary
<Ccwan Friday, complained bitterly of the
snferior quality Of the clothing, food and
aob.cco issued them by the agents, and
hotfor fh1oro =, fhn e.,
lure
The surveying party sent out by the
government to locate the line of the pro-
;pcsea ship canal across the Isthmus of
Panama, having completed its work, have
Eeturned. The early estimate of $685.
s90G, 600 for the completion of the work is
1aot new regarded as sufficient.
Information is received at the de.
;Raxttnent of State, Washington, of the
passage, by acclamation, on the 22d Of
March last. Of an act by tho uortoS Of the
Kingdom of Portugal, granting uncondi-
,tion2l freedom to the remaining Portu.
gueae slaves, known as apprentices for
freedom.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
directed the retirement Of $987, ,760 from
9he currency balance of the treasury, the
same being 80 per cent. Of the additional
circulation issued to banks during the
pre<ent month. The amount Of United
States notes outstanding to he used as
circulating medium shall not exceed
49377, ,064, ,055.
Gen. Rufus Ingalls,, the Assistant Quar-
s5ermaster General, was, on the 29,h, de-
s::ailed to act as Quartermaster General
during the absence of Gen. Meigs, who
has been detached for special service in
:anspecting and reporting upon the organ
*zzatson OF foreign armies, especially in
:7c&erence to the Quartermasters' Depart
1aents. Gen. Meigs will be absent over
yeaz.
"Ehc Grasshopper Situation i'm Mis-
souri,.
Prominent gentlemen from the western
part Of Missouri visited the St. Louis
Change Friday, where they made brief
speeches corroborating the reports as to
vaestihution among the people in the re.
:Eslon devasted by grasshoppers, and un-
lass relief is had much suffering will en-
sac. In<Jackson county, oats wheat and
Nssrage will be a failure, and this can be
:said Of other districts. The speeches
:gere listened to with much interest, and
u committee Of IA active, energetic mer.
chants appointed to solicit contributions
sof 'noney, provisions, seed corn, grass
:soed, and other articles necessary for the
ss.slief Of the distressed.