The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-17
CURRENT NEWS.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

The old penitentiary building at Sa'
lem, Oregon, with several adjoining shops
was burned Friday afternoon. Loss
$4,000.
The paint shop of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford railroad at Hart
ford, Ct, was burned Monday night; loss
$50, 900.
Gen. H. W. Barry, member of the
House of Representatives from Mlssis-
sippi, died suddenly in Washington on
Monday, of appoplexy.
Geo. w. Pemberton, for the killing
of Mrs. Bingham, in East Boston on the
22d Of March last, has been found guilty
murder in the first degree.
At Clarified, Pa, Monday. j. Siney
Parks and other prominent leaders in the
miners strike were indicted by the grand
fury for riot and conspiracy.
Mark Brown, convicted of the muir
der of d. Gloster Carr, at Parsons, New
York, last October, has been sentenced to
be hanged July 31st, at Monticello.
BY boiler explosion in a saw mill
near Goldsboro Pa, Friday, John B Hut
ford, Daniel Harris and Mr.. Wagonhart
were killed, and several others seriously
injured.
Hon. R. W. Wishard, preminen
LAWYER and ex-member Of the Arkansas
Legislature, was shot and killed at Bar
danells that State, Friday, by u. T.
Cloyd, an editor. The difficulty grew
out of publication rejecting upon WIS
hard.
R A. Farrell, of Bismarck, in at
tendance upon the District Court. at
Fargo, while playing billiards Saturday
night fell in a fit He remained in a COM
atose condition during the night, and
died Sunday morning at o'clock.
During the absence of John Good
bend and family, living near Omaha, Sat
urday, two strangers entered the house,
overpowered the hired girl, brutally out
ragged her person, and robbed the house OF
$3.50.
-.-Crosby, the noted negro sheriff
Vicksbnrg, while in saloon Monday even
ing drinking with A. Gilman, . white
man, and deputy sheriff and tax collector
was shot by him, the ball entering under
the left eye and lodging in the back of
his head. The affair is shrouded in mys-
terry.
The committee of Investigation to
inquire into the financial condition of
Columbia, S. G., report the municipal
debt to be $676,724, mainly contracted
by fraudulent practices by the municipal
government. A mass meeting of citizens
has requested the mayor and aldermen
to resign.
lin burglary at Adshoam, Holland,
last month, there was stolen ten bonds OF
thousand dollars each. of :he Chicago
Northwestern railway company: twelve
Of the same denomination of the Winona
& st. Peter railway company, and twenty
of the Chicago and Southwestern railway
company, in all representing about $780,
600
In the case of Mrs. Davenport
against the Western Union Telegraph
Company, on trial at Cincinnati, for the
recovery Of some sixty thousand dollars
worth Of Western Union stock, alleged to
have been fraudulently transferred, de-
cision was rendered in Mrs. Davenport
favor. The case has been appealed to the
Supreme Court.
The question Of the right Of the gov.
ernment to sieze the books and papers OF
those persons whose distilleries had been
seized on the charge of defrauding the
revenue, was argued in Chicago Saturday
and taken under advisement. The dis
tillers were represented by Hon. Matt.
Carpenter, Sidney Smith, Leonard SWEET
and Edmund Jussen.
-..Henry L. Marker has been arrested
on the charge of embezzl.ng government
money while postmaster at Holly Springs,
Mississippi. Marker, it is said, formerly
resided in Chicago. from which city he
fed to escape creditors. Afterwards he
swindled the First National bank Of
Cairo out Of ZOO on a forged check.
He has travelled under number Of
aliases, and has several wives scattered
throughout the Western country.
MISCELLANEOUS
1.-The American team Of riflemen who
are to contest with the Irish team, sailed
from New York Saturday.
Reports from Omaha, Nebraska, are
that the g-asshoppers are fast taking
their flight, going northwest.
--lreadWeti & Co., agricultural lmpie-
ment dealers Of San Francisco, have sus-
pended with liabilities Of over a hall
million dollars.
Spotted Tail, Red Cloud and other
Indians recently on mission to Wash
ington. passed through Chicago. home
ward bound, Monday.
Secretary Delano has notified the
Indian Bureau that commission will be
sent out to the Sioux nation to negotiate
with the Indians for the REIMBURSEMENT
of their hunting grounds in Nebraska.
The Cheyenne Indians in Washing.
ton have requested the Indian Commits
sioncr to appoint Rev S. D. Human and
Raw. j. p. Newman. Commissioners. to
60 out and aid in negotiating the Black
Hills matter.
The President has directed that all
lands lying contiguous to the Mississippi
river, within twelve miles Of tie mouth.
bc reserved for military purposes, under
the act authorizing Capt. Eads to con-
struct jetties for deepening the channel
Seventy canal boat owners. represent