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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16
The " EEKLY SUN.
l776. NEW YORK 1879
1879
l776.

Eighteen hundred and seyenty-six is the Centen-
NAL year 1t is also the year in which an Oppo-
ion US OF s. the inst since The
Of the twenty-third election Of President Of the
United States All of these events are sure to be
Of g1eat interest ana Importance especially the
nected with them will be fully aud freshly REPORTED
and expounded in THESuN.
The Opposition House of Representatives, taking
up the nne OF inquiry opened years ago BY THE
SUN, Will sternly and diligently investigate the
occupations and misdeeds of Grants
and viii 1t is TO be hoped, lay the foundation for
lthis The SuN win contain complete and accurate
accounts, furnishing its readers with early and
Trustworthy information upon these absorbing top
The twenty-third Presidential election, with the
preparations for it. will be memorable =. deciding
upon Grants aspirations for athird term Of power
the candidate Of the party of Reform, and As elect
ing that candidate. Concerning all these subjects
those who read the Sun will have the constant
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condensed when untmportant, at full length when
clear, interesting and Instructive manner.
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cellaneous reading such - stories, tales. poems.
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A GIGANTIC sW1NDLE.

A stupendous land-swindle has
just been unearthed in Southeastern
Missouri. 1t appears that deeds to
lands in North Arkansas and South
eastern Missouri have been forged for
some years past, and agencies for this
work were established in Cincinnati,
Pittsburg, Philadelphia, New York,
and Manchester, England. 1t is es-
timated that deeds to over 12,0OO,-
600 acres Of land have been. forged
and disposed Of, the valuation being
$25,000,000 or $30,000,00O. The
land operated upon is owned by nom
residents, and :as the records were
mostly destroyed during the Civil
War, the Ring had every facility to
carry out the enormous swindle, and
the deeds have been sold all over the
United States and in England. The
Grand Jury of Shannon County, Mo-,
has indicted DR.. Thomass K. Herman,
David D. Bingham, and. James L.
Lawton, for completely. ,Lawton
seems to be the executive man, and
operated extensively in England.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

!" LrrTELI's Liuing Age for :theweek
ending Dec. 18th has q timely and in
teresting articleon Bosnia, Herzegov.
ina'' etc.; "The Curate in Charge" a
new serial by Mrs. Oliphant, which
promises to be one Of her very best
stories; "Richelieu," by the author of
"Mirabeau;" "Her Dearest .Foe;"
"John Knox and his Relations to
Women )" "Vintaging in Tuscany;"
"The history of Twins as a r Criterion
Of tho Relative Powers of Nature
and Nurture" by Francis Gallon, F.
R. s.; "The Seaand; the Sahara" etc.:
Littell & Gay, publishers. Boston.
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A REMARKABLY ESCAPE.

One of the most remarkableescapes
on record was that of a passenger on
the fast express Monday. Soon after
the train passed Charlton he attempt
ed to 60 from one car to another, and
the terrible wind actually blew him
clear from the PLATFORM The horri-
fed brakeman, who saw,the; man go
overheard like a leaf in the gale, i'm
mediately pulled the signal cord, af.
ter running about an eighth of a mile.
The brakeman sprang from the rear
car and ran down the track with a
red flag, when wonderful to tell, he
met the man running to overtake the
train; and apparently chiefly troubled
lest the passengers should be incon-
venienced by the detention: He got
on the rear of the train, made his
way quickly.to the seat where he had
left, and sat quietly down. His wife
turned to him and remarked, "Why,
they say a man was blown from the
train just now? els that so - said
he. Presently a number Of interest
ed passengers, who had followed him
to his place, asked so earnestly after
his welfare that the true state of the
case dawned upon. his l.. wife, and she
exclaimed "Why, was it for you
the train stopped ?" And he had to
tell Worcester (Mass.) Spy.
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THE INEBRIATE ASYLUM.

The Supreme Court has filed an
opinion affirming the oonstitutionali-
~ Of the law Of the Legislature Of
1873 providing tora special tax on
liquor dealears brsthe creation Of I
fund for the erection and maintenance
of an 1nebriate Asylum. Gov. Davis
since the opinion was fled, appoint
ed the following Board of Directors {:
j. A. Leanord, editor of Post, Roch.
ester; w. L. Wilson, St. Paul; c.
erandail,~ Owatonna; G; A.. Whear
ton, North6eld; and J.. @. A. Farm
en- Spring Valley. The Board ID
authorised to begin q building at
Rochester, having $4,000 available
in tho State Treasury, and probably
$50, 900 more will be collected from
:liquorsellers before July next. 1t is
presumed that the Board will adopt
plans this winter, and begin building
early next spring. > \. q,
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

No FARMER can afford to be with.
out q frstrclass Agricultural paper.
Foremost in the list must be placed
Moores Rur1 Ne,u- Yorker, . FIR t.
class Family and Agricultural Jour
nal, conducted by practical men, who
heartily: believe that good farming is
possible and that only good farming
will pay. They seem to have an am
bition to improve alike the farmer
and his farm-his house and the
methods of household economy.
Probably no paper has done or is do.
ing more in these regards than the
, Rara1 New Yorker. 1t is published
at No. 78 Duane St., New York, at
1896 per year postage paid. :,
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

"A few days since, in Kentucky, a
coy maiden Of ninety-nine summers
was welded to fifty year-old paraly-
tic on one leg. In the same neigh
borhood another maiden. of seventy
five summers recently brought suit for
divorce against her husband for his
alleged inddellty, although he was
born seventy-three years ago.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

The Congregatienalists. of the
North West have established in Chi
cago an Ecclesiastical Exchange, :"
similar to that in Boston. It is de,
signed to be,a medium through which
churches can negotiate for supplies
and ministers for positions. Mr.. John
Fairbanks Of No. 56 Madison.st. is
the manager.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

. The millers Of the Northwest, rep
resenting7 rs mills with a capacity OF
$4,000 barrels Of -four per day., met
in Chicago this week and organized
au'association, with w.. P. Ankeny,
Of Minneapolis, President. They de-
mand a reduction Of ten cents per
barrel on the rates Of freight, arc pd It
is said d! that their: demand :a md has been
complied with. ..- i. -
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AN MQUsITION HORROR.

The Opinion National of Lima,
South America, in its last issue.
says: Repairs to the old San Andres
hospital being necessary, one wall Of
the Chinese ward was thrown down,
when the laborers found the wall was
hollow and filled with human remains.
The laborers then worked, with zeal
until between four and five thousand
skeletons were discovered. San An
dres hospital was built in 1867 under
protection Of the Marquis of Caneted.
an, Andres Nurtad, and by advice Of
a Spanish priest named Malina.
Since then to the present time it has
been employed for the charitable and
humane purpose for which it was con-
satuted. How the skeletons came
where they were found is not known
to any one, but the impression gener-
ally prevails that these bones belong
to victims of the Inquisition. They
appear to be from $50 to 200 years
old, and from appearance led to be-
lief that the bodies were thrown into
op enings between the walls. All the
openings appear to be closed, and
dresses and boots and shoes are found
mixed with large quantities of wom-
ems hair. A portion of a Spanish
missal has also been found, but moth
ing of any value.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

EX-SENATOR. RICE, of Willmar,
:whor has BEEN spending the past
months travelling through Europe re-
turned to St. Paul Sabbath. He
thinks that, on account of the pros
perousrcondition of affairs in Sweden
and Norway, caused by. extensive
railway operations, the immigration
to the United States from those coun-
tries will not be large for the next
two years. In Prussia times are dull.
In England they appear to be good,
though the prospect of the next
years crop, owing to the great rain
fall this autumn, is not very encour-
aging.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

THoMAssEN, not Thomas, is the
name of the passenger who owned the
case Of dynamite which exploded at
Bremerhafen. He has confessed to
the authorities that he constructed
the chest which exploded, and arrang.
ed a clock-work attachment to cause
an explosion at a certain time. He
was occupied for fortnight in filling
the chest and worked in a coach house
in one of the most frequented parts of
Bremen ''/ - y -'t" : I,
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THE OLD RAILROAD BONDS.
What 10 Thought About Them.

/
/ On the fourth page we give ex-s
tracts from various State papers, not.
controlled bY the bond holders, Civ
ing views in regard to what the peo.'
pie should and will do in the matter
of the settlement Of the old rail.
road bonds. We give more below:
The majority of the people will al
ways dlsapprove the pending PROPOSE
ton for payment.-Red Wing Repub-
loan. -
;. Equitably the State is not bound to
pay these bonds. The issuance of
them was an arrant swindle; and
though the people did agree to it,
it is we'll known that they were de-
ceived into consenting and that those
who so deceived them were the same
persons to whom the bonds were is
sued, and who still hold the major
part Of them and the railroads as
we'll. For the State to pay them now
is for it to give to these swindlers the
money for which they perpetrated
the wrong HGrange Adua'.ce.
The. holders Of the old railroad
bonds are great moralists as we'll Is
great financiers. Having swindled
the State, whereby they, or many Of
them, got their bonds they then swim
died the people again by their wild
cat money, issued Upon these same
bonds as a basis of banking. X. X
But they failed in all these plans. to
bribeand cheat thepeople into = pay
ment of the bonds, and now they are
trying to coax or fool the clergy into
advocating from the pulpit the pay
;ment Of the. bonds by the people,
&bakopee ARGUS. ..,
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30 Mr.. Kerr, the new Speaker, is a
tall, stately man, more than 6 feet in
height, Observation-Disclosures, with a head
well poised. a full growth Of brown
hair, and eyes that seem. to read you
through at a glance. His scholar
ship is Of the highest order; books
are his dearest companions, and his
judgment Of men is keen and discrim-
mating: The man is wholly practi-
cal. There is no element of humor
or romance about him, and his man
ners are digni6ed almost to austerity.
He is Al years old.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

A FIGHT between parties Of negroes
and whites occurred at Rolling Fork
near Memphis, Tenn, Thursday wit h
the usual result a number Of negroes
killed. and no whites injured; The
negroes have fed 70 4; the woods.
While Congressman Lamar drops
oily words upon, the country: as Chair:
man Of q Democratic Congressional
caucus his home supporters a are in:
du1ging in their fayoritc pastime oi
shooting dow" defencelessJ ccoolored
man ~i,is
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On the. Philadelnhia Stock r.

On the Philadelphia Stock Ex-
change. on. the 9th inst, 100 shares Of
Northern Pacific. Railroad stock, pre-
tferred, were sold at the quoted price
Of. $l5 a share. This preferred, stock
amounts to $51, 900 900, and whether
this sale was genuine. Of only. appar-
entis q conuhdrum too hard for an
."tsider TO answer.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

We find the following item in tie
New York Tribune: "The. Pillager
tribe Of Indians, living near Leech
Lake; Minnesota, has been assigned
to the care of the Free Will Baptist
Home Missionary Society. The Pill.
lager 1ndians are a part of the Chip
pewa Nation, and have a bad reputa.
ton for turbulence.':> ~: - - .
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

EX-SENATOR HENDERSON, who
was engaged as special counsel for
the government in the prosecution of
the whisky cases at St. Louis, went
some distance Of this way in a speech
before the court to attack the Presi-
dent For this he was very properly
discharged. and the Hon. ny! James mel, o. }.
Broadhead appointed in his place.
Mr.. B. is a strong Democrat, 50 that
it is fair to suppose the Admins
traticn is not disposed to conceal any
thing or protect. any Of it's friends in
these whisky frauds.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

No BETTER PROOF REou1RED.-It has
not yet been publicly denied that the Best
Chemical saleratus, made by DeLand &
Co., is all that itssfriends have claimed
that is a pure and wholesome article. This
cannot be denied in the face of the testi-
mony of chemists and those best qualified
to judge. 1t is much better than Soda, and
cheaper to use than baking powder.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

TIE Agricultural: Department re-
port for November 4. shows .sws J, that the
corn; crop Of 1875 was one-fourth
larger than that of 1874, and one Of
the heaviest eyer grown in America.
The ! ,e.s same t is true Of potatoes, in quail
ity az well IL: :as cir IN quantity while all
the tobacco-growing States show =
large increase Of product. :
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

The census Of the State has finally
been fully completed, and the popula-
ton May LIST, 1875, was 597 ,278.
The number of males is 314,742; Of
females, 2S0,005; of families, Ill.,.
2O7 showing an average of triAe
over five persons to the family. The
<'color line" is all one side, there being
but 500 negroes and 800 mulattoes
in the State.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

A DISPATCH from London says
that on the whole President Grants
message "has been we'll received, and
especially that portion of it which
treats of the finances of the Govern.
ment and the possibility that at not
distant day the currency of the coun-
try will be reduced to a basis that
will correspond with that Of other
specie-paying communities" =
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

MINNESOTA now supports only two
out-and-out religious .papers-the St.
Peter: Tribune and the Litchfeld
Ne.rs-Ledger. The former is publish
ing two and three column articles
devoted.to the consideration: of the
question, Is there a future state p
and the latter has reached its "No. 81
on Baptism" We always thought
that Frank Daggett had!a theelogia
cal turn of mind. ..
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MINNESOTA NEWS; :


-Willmar has grown $4,000
worth in the way Of building i'm
provements the past year. .ssss
WIN. schaup, Of Brainerd, form
erly Of Long Prairie, while, climbing
a tree to watch a deer Saturday ex-
ploded his gun, and the ball passed
through his chest, killing him almost
instantly.
While two men at Nessel, Chisa-
go county, were engaged in splitting
the same pieceof wood, oneslipped and
fell forward, the axe of his compan.
ion striking him on the back Of the
head, intlicting a wound from which
he died afterwards.
Edward, P. knight, a young man
who left Minneapolis last August
with the avowed purpose of going to
Washington City, was drowned in the
river near Winona, early in septem-
Der. 1t is said that he had about $50
in cash and a watch when he left
home, and there were no valuables on
the body when found, and foul play
is suspected.
There were two cases of mar
row escape from drowning at Roches.
ter-one a little son of Sheriff e.
lison, who while crossing the mill
race fell on to piece of floating ice
which was sinking with him when he
was rescued by his elder brother; the
other son of John Curle, who
while at play slid into an open place
in the river, and was pulled out by
f. f. Payne just ps he was going I'm.
der the ice, -
Byron, in Olmsted county, had
quite a sensation the other day. A
man named Vedder thought that a
young chap named Stephan shermen
had been toointimate with Mrs. V. A
GOODNESS arose in the V. family, result.
ing I'M Mr.: v. setting Mrs. vi
trunk on the sidewalk and requesting
her to depart. She did 80, accom-.
panied by Sherman. Mr.. Vedde,
had a warrant issued for the young
man, who was arrested at Winona
and brought back, tried before a JUS
tice and in default Of bail sent to jai!
to await his trial at the next term o.
the District Court ON the charge o:
adultery. The woman who had beer
the cause Of all the trouble cam,
back with Sherman. Vedder Offered
to. "take her to his heart again" but
she told him to Ego along, that sh,
didn't want anything to do will
him."
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

The editor Of the Cincinnati En-.
q,sirer dem. who was at Washing
ton at the time of the organization of
Congress, writes in the following strain
to his paper "There is no need to
attempt disguise; there is a deep and
ugly feeling here upon the part of
certain Western and Southern Demo
Gratis. They see the game and are
ready for it. They openly proclaim
New York has drawn the bloody
sword. and the issue must be met"
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

:. j., D.. WARD. the United States
Prosecuting Attorney at Chicago, had
too many friends in the. whisky ring
to: admit of his pushing the suits
against it with the vigor desired
by the: Government. so, he was re:
:lieved, and the Hon: Mark Bangs ap.
pointed in Misplace. IF not in earnest
in his endeavors to ':let no guilty man
escape" the, President has: a remark:
ably strange way Of. acting.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

The grand jury at St. Louis which
has been investigating the whisky
frauds, previous to its adjournment
Thursday united in letter to Presl.
dent Grant rendering its highest
considerations of esteem and conf
dence and thanks for the moral SUD-
port he had given it in its work.
A Dumber of the signers were Demo-
Gratis.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

ST. PAUL and Minneapolis do not
appear to be any nearer a state Of
oneness than they were some time ago.
The Minneapolis Tribune remarks {:
ave are sick of this talk of union
of St. Paul and Minneapolis"
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

A MEETING of the National Re-
publican Committee will be. held at
Washington January 18th, for the
purpose of fixing the time and place
for holding the next Republican Ma
tional Convention for the nomination
of President and Vice President.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Fifteen hundred soldiers left Cadiz
yesterday for Cuba.
E. S. Tobey succeeds Gen. Burt
as postmaster at Boston.
The 100000 race at San Fran
cisco will take place Christmas.
"A slight earthquake shock was
felt at Nebraska City Friday morn
ing.
The Kentucky state grange re-
fuses to affiliate with the colored ''man
and brother"
By the wrecking of two schooners
on the coast Of Nova Scotia nineteen
lives were lost.
-Freeland, Harding & LOOMS,
extensive Boston clothiers, have fail
ed; liabilities, $750,000.
p. T. Barnum has presented a
pack of English fox hounds to Gen.
eral Custer for use on the plains.
Three hundred thousand dollars
worth of property was destroyed by
fire in New York on Thursday.
AN order. has been received at
Fall River, Mass, from Manchester,
Eng, for $4,000 pieces Of print
cloths.
"A quarrel over. a debt of two
dollars at Greensboro, Ky, resulted in
the mutual murder of the two dis
.putants Monday.
Ninety persons are still missing
of those who were on the steamer
Deutschland, wrecked off Harwick,
on the English coast.
-Ex- Senator Nye has so far re-
covered his mind that he has been
taken from the insane asylum. His
complete recovery is hoped for.
The municipality of Paris has
voted subscription of $4,000 to the
fund for the Centennial statue of Lib
erty in New York harbor. I'll"
"A coloref woman has received
judgment in 500 against the St.
Louis &: Iron Mountain railroad for
refusing her a seat in the ladies'
car. IS, 49,,
Commodore Vanderbilt has made
an additional donation of 100000 to
his pet institution. at Louisville
Vanderbilt U niversity-making $780,
600 in all. .....
The suits of the Pacific Mail
steamship company against certain
parties, for money discussed by IT.
win, and which were some time since
withdrawn, have been reinstated.
The Government and banks of
Peru may be said to be virtually
bankrupt. The negotiations at Paris
for the sale of 100000 tons of guano
was not accepted by the Government.
1t wanted more liberal offers.
The President, at his interview
with Secretary Bristow and the At
torney General upon whisky matters
evening, took occasion to
reiterate with great and peculiar en-
phasis his famous mandate, LET no
guilty man escape" e.:
1t is stated that the recent con-
between Prince Bismarck and
Prince Gortschakoff resulted in an
agreement for q peaceful solution of
the Turkish difficulty. They will
not raise the eastern question, nor are |
they in favor of an international con-
ference on the Suez Canal question.
DR.. Won. Bulow, like Mr., Theo-
dore Thomas, was obliged to inter-
rupt his first concert in Washington
and publicly rebuke the noisy audi:
ence. The worst offenders in the no
unmannerly audiences, Of
Washington are said to be the young
er members of the diplomatic corps. |
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

IT is stated that Congressman Ran
dali will soon introduce bill cutting
down the army from the present max
imum $4,000, to $4,000. This is
buncombe. The army is now scarce
ly large enough to perform the work
absolutely required of it.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

SENATOR MCMILLAN is q member
of the Senate standing committees on
Commerce, Claims, Privileges and
Elections. Senator Window is
Chairman of the Committee on
Transportation, and is a member of
the committees on Appropriations,
Public Lands and Patents,
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

GEN. BABCocK was indicted by
the grand jury atSt. Louis Thursday,
and the military conrt of inquiry,
appointed by the President to inves-
tigate his case, will suspend proceed.
ings until after the trial by the court.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-16

The Mark Lane Express review of
the grain trade says the markets in
the French provinces are improving.
The tone in Paris is quiet and steady.
The Belgian, Dutch, German and
Russian markets are steady.