The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-08

squeeze.
The Ohio Senate defeated the House
:,i!l to provide for compulsory education,
Y six majority.
"A steamship has left Hong Kong to
/. tcover the treasure sunk in the Pacific
Nail steamer Japan.
The man who attempted to assassi-
nate the State witness in the Todd coun-
ty, KY, ku-klux cases, has been captured.
The associated coal companies of
NeH Y ork city have agreed to make an
advance of twenty cents ton for April.
~. S. Treasurer Spinner is said to be
Threatening again to resign because OF
some interference with the clerkships in
mis- bureau.
The United States Senate adjourned
sine die at 5:45 P. N. on the Oath, after
having passed the usual complimentary
Don Carlos, of Spain, has called into
nis service all the males in the Navarro
provinces over Is years of age. That's
sweeping CONSUMPTION.
The court house at Kingston, Ont,
was destroyed by fire on the Oath, but all
valuable records were saved. The lossis
100000; insured at one-third.
An inspection clerk at the post Office
in Detroit is requested to resign for
having allowed certain railway for full
postal service when it was performing
only half service.
At an election for member of the
Hungarian Diet, held in Debreccean yes
terday, the radicals had nominated Kos
suth, but Minister Kisseure was elected
by an overwhelming majority.
The South Carolina Legislature ad-
iourned sine die on the Goth, having &C.
copied the Governors veto Of the funding
bill, which bill the Governor thought re-
verscd the meaning of the funding act of
1873.
: The Senate having refused to confirm
Don A. Pardee to be T.. s. District Judge
for Louisiana the Office must remain
vacant, the President having no authori-
ty to fill the vacancy because it occurred
while the Senate was in session.
The steamer Lizzie Rea, from Shreve-
port for Memphis, struck . snag near
Buffers Landing, at daylight on the
morning of the 9th. The boat and cargo
are total loss and the second engineer
was drowned.
Gen. Augur has taken command of
the Department of the Gulf, with head
quarters at New Orleans, relieving Gen.
Emory who is on his way to Washington.
Gen. Augur brought his Aides from Texas
but otherwise retains Emory's staff.
"A majority Of the Episcopal standing
committees have already confirmed DR..
Jagger's election as Bishop of Southern
Ohio, and a majority of the same have
now refused to confirm DR.. DeKoven' s
election as Bishop of Illinois.
Capt. Celso Mareno, liberator of the
little Italian slaves, has left Washington
for the East, and thence is coming West,
for the purpose of enforcing the law de-
signed to put an end to the padronc sys-
tenn through the country.
-Advices from Madrid state that the
treatment Of the press by the government
is daily becoming more arbitrary, caus.
ing much dissatisfaction. The iberia has
been suspended and telegraphic dis.
patches are detained and examined.
1T is reported from Berlin that in a
recent dispatch to the German minister
at Rome, Prince Bismarck suggests that
all States with a certain number of Catho
lie inhabitants enter into an agreement t6
repel Papal interference with politics.
The Commissioner of Internal Reve
nue. has revoked his former offers of re
ward in like cases and now offers fifty
dollars for information which shall leat
to the seizure Of any distillery Of not les.
than forty gallons capacity. and the ar
rest of the owner.
| 1t commenced raining in San Fran
cisco on the Oath. Dispatches from VI
rious points in the central portion of tn,
State report rain, with prospect of con
tinuance. The storm seems to prevail
generally in that part of the State wher'
rain is most needed to insure q crop.
Japan is afflicted by fires. At Osaka
Feb. It'll, 1000 buildings were destroyed
including temples and schools, and severa
lives were lost. In Yokohama, Feb. 10th
there was an alarming FIRE in which 3Ol
Japanese houses were destroyed. and de
structive fires are of almost nightly oc
currence in Yeddo.
If John Mitchell had not died. i
would have been shown by a transcript o
court records at Washington that he Ina,
taken out his final papers as citizen o
the United States and, therefore, was ns
eligible to the seat in the British Parlia
ment to which he was twice elected IRON
Tipperary.
Notwithstanding Gen. Ord's positiv
instructions and the certainty that boil
the Indians and troops will strive t,
drive out prospectors, Black Hill
transportation company has been forme,
at Omaha. If there's any money in tn
Black Hills business the outfitters an
transportation men will get it with leas
risk Of any concerned.
The books Of the Internal Revenu
office show that in February last ther
were distilled 6,l3O.613 gallons of spirits
and tax was paid upon 11,5O4,3 1856 gal
Ions. There were remaining in ware
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