Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-12-02

70 quallty.
| WEST AND SOUTH.
| All Salt Lake City, on the 18th, Judge White
rendered decision relcasing Brigham Young
| from imprisonment on q writ Of habeas eo,Tnu,
and ordered the Marshal 10 pay the expenses
| OF the process--s434. The Marshal had re-
ceiyed notice Of suit for false imprisonment
| A MONTGOMERY (Ala) dispatch Of the 18th
says the majority for the ratification OF the
new Constitution u that State would not be
lees than. 10000. Only four counties gave
mhjoritIes against IL.
CO. MgsKuE, one Of the leading witnesses
| In the whisky.frsud trials at 81. Louis, IN his
| evidence In the Mcdonald case, swore that
something like s400, 900 year was collected
and distributed among the members OF the
"ring' for four years, and that one Of the
"rings received 10000. This same Negrue
i published a card on the 10Th saying that
neither Gen. Babcock, Oryiilc Grant, Col.
! Casey, Commissioner Douglass, Col. Holt,
| Col. Luckey, nor any other officials or citi-
| gems OF Washington, with the exception OF
| william o. Avery, had, 10 bis knowledge,
either directly or indirectly, been connected
In any way with the ring.
The indianapolis Sun Of the 10Th contains
a declaration and appeal to Congress, signed
by over 5000 voters u that city, demanding,
In view OF the continued depression OF busi'
ness, the numerous failures consequent there
on, etc, the repeal Of the Resumption act,
| the permanent retirement Of ai National
Bank notes and the substitution therefor Of
| Government legal Lenders, and the refunding
OF at least portion OF the present national
bonded debt into bonds bearing lower rate
Of interest, say 3.G5 per cent. per annum, in.
tcrconyertiblc with national legal.tender pa
per money At the pleasure Of the holders.
call II also made for u mass.meetipg TO be
held In indianapolis on the LIST of December
In furtheranec o. these demands.
A GALvEsTos CTcx.) dispatch Of the 10Th
states that raIdlng band Of Mexieans had
the day before crossed the river from the
American side with u large herd Of stolen
cattle. A demand was made upon the Mexi-
can authorities for the return Of the cattle
aud the arrest OF the robbers, which being
UNDECIDED, Col McNally, Of the Texas State
militia, crossed the Rio Grande and attacked
the reinforced raiders. He killed four Of
them, and at last accounts was still In the
enemy's country. The United States troops
were concentrating at Brownsville, but would
not cross
Snow was reported TO be three and a half
feet deep at Evanston, Wy. T., on the 10th, and
more falling.
on the evening Of the 10Th Prof Marines
dancing hall In West Chicago was burned.
The burning Of the supports caused the roof
10 fall aud eight tircmen were preeipitated
into the burning mass. All were recovered
more or less burned and otherwise injured
some Of them fatally, II was feared.
GEs. y. Is, HARLAN, a well.known news.
paper correspondent at Springfield, H., aud
formerly Secretary Of Gov. Palmer, died on
the 2ist
ACCORDING 10 statistics furnished by the
Cincinnati Commercial there are at present q
total OF forty.tw State and Territorial
Oranges In the United States, and over "a 900
subordinate Oranges, comprising member.
ship of about $4,000. This is an increase
OF 1900 Oranges aud about 10000 members
over 1874. The receipts Of the National
Grange for 1874 were s229, 533, and the ex-
I pcnditures SIS0,095. II Ia estimated that the
Patrons have sis, 600 cash capital invested
In their various enterprises, which include
railroad and steamboat lines, banks, ere and
lie insurance companies, cotton-gia and
mills. packing houses. Touring mills, elega.
tors, grain warehouses, machinery manu-.
factories, shipping associations, ioundres,
tanncries, cheese factories, etc.
THE Alexandria Committee, appointed 10
examine the books and papers, the wheels
aud tickets, belonging 10 the so-ealled
Montpelier Humane Association" lottery
report that most glaring fraud was praeticed
on the ticket. holders. The committee could
not designate the guilty parties
Il In the Mcdonald trial at st. Louis on the
Goth several witnesses for the defense we're
examined. WIN. Mckee, OF the Globe. DEMO
.esat, and Constantine Mcguire tboth under
indictment M eo-consplrators with Mcdonald
In the whisky fraudsl sworc TO their own In
nocence and TO having no knowledge Of the
guilt of Mcdonald. Other witnesses were ex.
smined, among them Gen, Boynton, cor.
respondent Of the Cincinnati Gazette who tes-
tifed that he would not believe Con. Megrue
Zone of the principal witnesses for the prose.
cntian, and who had confessed 10 his own
eomplicity In the frauds) under oath where
he was personally interested.
AIxpaSs' walking match between Daniel
OLeary, the Chicago pedestrian. and Edward
Payson Weston was concluded 1t the Expo
sition building Ia Chicago on the night of the
2oth. IN the six days o'Leary walked sos
miles aud Weston a51. At the conclusion Of
the match OLaary was presented with gold
medal as the champion walker OF the world.
lie accomplished 500 nailos In lac hours and
i3 minutes, the fastest time on record.
THE Jury In the case Of ex.Superyisor
Mcdonald, on trial at St. Louis for completely