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

CURRENT ITEMS.
Its reported from some sections Of
Kansas that small parasite IS engaged IN
the very laudable occupation Of killing
the grasshoppers.
Robert Dudler Baxter, N English
essayist, who died few days SINCE, Was !
writer on political and statistical subjects
who is often quoted By other writer's.
Ottumwa, Iowa, is happy over the
prospect Of great water power improve
ments, to be followed by the erection Of
factories, oil, paper and Hour mills.
HI. Chapman, the missing express
rider, has arrived at Sioux City. His
delay was partly caused BY his being de-
TUNED two days by military. AZ came
near freezing and starving on his way ont.
The sale Of tickets shows that 81 asgre-
| gate Of about thirty seven Thousand per-
sons attended the recent Cincinnati Mn-
steal Festival, an average Of over I'VE
thousand at each entertainment.
Kluge, the man who beat his little
daughter to death in most brutal man
4 ner in the presence of its mother. because
she could not get her Sabbath schedules
/ son, and who was sent to the lows peni-
Tertiary for life few months ago, is dy-
ing of remorse.
The Attorney General has issued an
j order dividing his department into bu-
reaus, which takes effect the lst Of next
month. Thomas Simonds Of New York
has been appointed Second Assistant At
| IA rF
a signed.
II is feared that the hostile Sioux will
: attack the geological survey party. now
on the way to the Black Hills country
under escort OF small force Of military.
E The dissatisfied Sioux have lately been
J, joined by band Of Cheyennes and all
j are inclined to take to the war path.
!. A meeting Of the Republican State Com
/ mittee Of Wisconsin, on the 10th, attend
e ed by the two Senator'S, several Congress
Q men and other prominent Republicans
resulted in an agreement to have done
e with the divisions Of last winter and to
t call the State convention early in July.
!, In Sutton, Neb., on the 18th, lamp
e was overturned and broken, setting fire to
!, the clothes Of Mrs. James Melvin, wife
Of a merchant. The unfortunate woman
e was severely burned, and her husband,
y attempting to extinguish the flames, was
L also severely burned. The fire WAS final
" put out BY neighbors. It was not
u probable that either would survive.
: A curious freak oflightning is recorded
= as occurring at Schuylerville, n. Z. A
= colt struck barn in which there were
: four men and some horses. Two of the
: ,nen were thrown ten feet, and stunned
= Tor several minutes. The third was found
4 III the road 20 feet distant, senseless. The
: fourth was unhurt. The two horses were
frustrated, and one of them killed.
.. Under Jay Gould's control Of the Union
he Pacific freight, rates are claimed to be
he higher between Chicago and San Francis
al co than between New York and San Fran.
IL cisco, and now Gould is accused Of making
IS. another raise on Chicago by procuring .
Of new classification, increasing the rates OF
ed bacon and hams Is cents hundred, OF
agricultural machinery $50 car ant
~ other principal Chicago exports similarly
in It is believed the Court Of Claims vii
&c decide in favor Of the Union Pacific rail
ck toad against the government. for half tn.
N, government transportation, which vii
on put million dollars into the treasury Q
70 the company, and secure It about
40 quarter u million dollars yearly, th
he other half only Of tho transports b
Is ing taken to pay the bonds issued BY th
government in aid Of the road.
-. On Sunday night, the 10th, Mr.. Ms
Pherson, living eight miles east Of Or
lumbus, Neb., was away from home visit
On, ing friends, accompanied BY his will
% They left four children at home, aged
g, s, IL, and II years. During the absenc
al Of the parents the house took fire m
Inc three ofthe children burned to deatf
". The circumstances indicate that it CON
e. menccd outside, and Was the work Of Z
4. incendiary.
he There comes from Usage the story |
an the state Of desperation to which Il
ven people Of that section Of Kansas ha'
ten been brought by the grasshopper run
sell 4 party Of farmers, scorning concealmen
mt boldly entered : gristmill and bold
= 3 helped themselves to sixty sacks Of hon
8. saying that they had neither food n
YER money, and that they would not perm
der their families to starve while food "
ac- within reach.
can The Paci6c Mail Steamship Compal
ly's il accused Of outrageously treating
Sc cadets" Under pretense Of propcsil
the to give an opportunity to learn navie
It is ton, and BY requiring On expensive o.
lade at. the services Of gentlemen's sons We
ove- obtained By the company. Once
mar board. they were kept st mental occur
The tions, denied time for study. and trest
AVE With systematic indignity.
49, George Smith. in engineer at the q
h.1s factory Of Hankey Brothers, Danvil
M M ILL.,, in attempting 70 adjust the belti
mn over pulley on the Oath was caught
- the Ghaiting Of the machinery, which y
-. making $50 revelations Per minute, =
:. !. whirled over and over for several secon'
III until the right arm, which was The T.
80 ren~3,t wes tnrn fr0sn III socket o00 90