The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-12-16

The body Of DR.. Charles Durham d
New Brunswick, N. J., called on the 9th to at
tend wounded boatman, was ished from the
canal on the 18th, when the head was found t.
be smashed and the pockets turned inside out,
indicating murder. aefufi ut.sa si.1fHassafi
1t is said that Ed. Peters & Co., the
oldest and most extensive lumber commits sion
firm in BOSTON, has suspended. Large losses
by shrlnkage in property and business de-
preston are the causes assigned. A meeting
OF creditors is soon to be held z"
It is reported that the steamer Los
Angeles, which was feared to be los arrived at
Victoria yesterday in tow Of the British,
gunboat Kokcet. Her engine was broke
down 90 miles south of Columbia River, and
she was eighty days under SAIL. She lost one
seaman in a gale.
At a meeting Of Methodist ministers in
Salt Lake, on the 9th, resolutions were adopt
ed protesting against the action OF Bishop Ha
ven and the Methodist preachers of Boston in
nominating Grant for third term, and de-
nOuncing the course pursued by President
Grant as regards this territory.
Il is reported that the agricultural re-
ports tor November and December say that the
November returns indicate that the corn crop
OF 1878 was one of the largest ever grown
in this country, probably elaalling the
very large crops of 1870 and 1872
1t is at least fourth greater than the crop of
1859. Every section of the Union reports
some increase. @ aE9H tff
The potato crop of the United States is
excellent, botl,in productions and quality The
yield in the districts reported is one-:ourth
greater than last year. In the rainy sections
the sweet potato suffered in yield
and quality, caused from excessive
moisture. In the guilt States and western Mis-
sissippi the yield largely exceeds that of last
year. The quality is about average
The work of recovering the bodies
from the Sway, head, Eng, colliery is still pro
crossing. Til m Der OF fatalities is now put
down at 1870. The entire district is still greatly
excited, and it will be some days yet before
the number OF dead can be exactly ascertaiued,
fall OF a portion of the root having occurred
which obstructs the work of the explorers
Mr.. Biddle, counsel Tor the Pacific Mail
SonpAhys III eAc ulSt1iCt SOuit
Washington, the 18th, stated he had hereto
fore dismissed, in entire Misrepresentation of
the wishes OF the company, and without auth
ority, the suits against parties tor recovery of
money received by them on account Of subsidy,
and ON his motion the court reinstated the
cases.
A New York despatch says the cor.
responding secretary OF the Sunday School
Union and the Tract Society of the Meth, dist
Episcopal Church, Published a card to-day
in relation to the remarks made in the Boston
preachers meeting, Monday morning by Bish-
op Gilbert Haven The Secretary says
the representatives of the Sunday
School Union and of the Tr ct Society present
at the preachers meeting had nothing whatev-
er to do with the invitation to the Bishop
or the sentiments he advanced, and only voted
to welcome him. The societies are devoted
entirely to the christian work for
which they were organized and have not as
sucn the slightest interest in the platform or
candidates of political parties.