Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-11-18
General News Summary.


Oh over the victories claimed by them al the
elections on the ID The President was ser.
snaded at th. Executive Mansion. and re-
spopded In brief speech.
TWENTY ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND
rHrRTrEisHT THOUSAND postsl-cards were
issued BY the Postoficc Department during
the month OF October, being 100000 more
thsn during any previous month.
THE President on the 9th appointed John
B. Raymond Postmaster at yicksbnrg, Misc,
in place Of Henry X. Pesse, suspended under
the Tenure-of Office act.
THE First Comptroller Of the Treasury has
disailowed the claim Of the State Of Nebraska
for 81, ggs, being per cent. on the value, at
81 25 per acre, OF the estimated quantity Of
Indian reservations In that State.
DURING the last fiscal year there were IL.
sued by the Post1ffce Department 107, gig,.
600 postal-cards OF the value Of u ,G76, 100.
The estimate OF the number for the mex. fs-
cal year Ia i54 ,937 90. The number Of pub.
lie or ordinary postal stamps issued 10 Post
masters during the fiscal year was Gs2, 342, no.
OF a value Of si6,27i.47 The value Of
newspaper postage and periodical stamps
was tsi5,g02. The number Of official stamps
issued 70 the executive departments was
1895 900, Of value Of ts34,s7o The total
number OF stamps of all kinds Issued was
R3, 275 ,025, OF value Of s25,477,5li.
The increase In the number Of ordinary
stamps Ia about 10 per cent. The Increase,
Including official stamps, IL about per cent.
The postage stamps sent through the malls
by registered pouches 10 Postmasters num-
bcred 3J9, 462 OF this entire amount there
were lost but ten packages, Of an aggregate
value Of SEQ. There were mailed 10 foreign
countries IL, SOC, 900 letters OF these, 106,2O0
were returned undeliycred. The number OF
letters received from foreign countries was
1890, 900, OF which 49, 100 were returned un.
delivered.
IT WAS reported from Washington on the
9Th that Secretary Bristow was refusing In all
cases to compromise with the Illicit distlll'
ers and wbisky-dcalers who had been de.
tected In their frauds upon the Govern.
mcnt revenues In Chicago, st. Louis, Mil
waukce and elsewhere; his reply invariably
being that the only possible compromise Is
through the courts. Several more Chicago
parties implicated In the frauds gave bail on
the sth The last OF the indicted distillers
Of st. Jouls-Jouette--plcad guilty on the
9Th, making thirty-throe pleas Of guilty In
that city.
A FIVE. DOLLAR counterfeit National Bank
note purporting 10 have been issued by the
First National Bank Of Galens, III, has been
discovered IN the Redemption Agency at
Washington. There Ia no such bank In exs
istence. The note was evidently altered from
the plate Of the Traders National Bank 81
Chicago
yIcE.PnEsIDEsr WILsos fell In a fainting
ut while taking bath at the Capitol In
Washington on the morning Of the 10th and
was subsequently quite III, being In a semi.
conscious state during the day. His physi.
elan was in hopes at midnight that his con
dition would improve by the next morning.
THE EAST.
Ara business meeting OF Brooklyn Ply.
mouth Church on the evening OF the ath the
names Of Deacon West and Mrs Frank ID.
Moulton were dropped from the roll Of mem.
bcrship on the ground Of continued absence
from the services Of the church. Mrs. Moul.
ton was present at the meeting, accompanied
by her counsel, Roger A. Pryor, who read Il
protest signed by Mrs. NJ, In which she re-.
iteratcd the charges against Mr.. Beecher,
which she said she knew TO be true by con.
fessions made to her by Mr.. Bceeher and Mrs.
Tilton. IL was reported In Brooklyn on the
9th that the New York and Brooklyn Asso.
citation Of Congregational Ministers had APP
pointed committee Of its members TO care.
fully examine Into the charges against Mr..
Beecher and report whether the association
ought to retain him In It's membership.
THREE of the four counts In the indictment
against II. d. Ciafin Il Co. Of New York, for
completely In silk.smuggling frauds have
been sustained by Judge Benedict.
Tnn following named gentlemen compose
the committee appointed by the Congrega.
tional Association Of Ministers 10 investigate
the charges against Mr.. Beecbcr; Rev. VIM.
Taylor, Of the Broadway Tabernacle, New
York; Rev. DIR. william Ives Burlington, Of
the Clinton Avenue Church, Brooklyn; Rev,
Profs. Parsons and Martin, OF the New York
Theological Seminary, and Rev. Charles II,
Everest, Of the Church Of the Puritans, Brook.
iys. Plymouth Church has referred 10 com.
mittee the charge made by Mrs. Moulton
against Mr.. Bcecher.
THE complete vote Of Massachusetts, ut the
recent election gives Rice tRcp.). for Governor.
~ ,523 CASTOR tDem.), 7s,2t6; Baker tpro, },
$685.; Adams, LIZA; Phillips, sol.
The official canvass OF the vote Of Pennsyl.
vania gives Hartranft (Rcp) for Governor a
majority Of la,5l0.
In waa thought on the sth that Bigelow
the Democratic candidate for Secretary OF
State Of New York, would have about $1,000
majority
A New YoRK dispatch Of the 9Th states tina,
the order OF United Irishmcn Redvivi had
tried another Que Of It's members for treason
and condemned him 10 death. Patrick j,
Walsh Is the alleged traitor, and makes the
third person condemned.
LARGE numbers Of people were In attend.
ance upon the Moody and Sankey revival
meetings In Brooklyn on the sth and 9th, aud
an unusually earnest religious sentiment WAS
manifested. Several requests for prayers were
road.
HENRY X. MANN, for fifteen years Treas.
urer Of Saratoga County, N. T., has proven a
defaulter In the sum Of nearly or quite $780,.
600. A paper.collar manufactory In which