The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-05-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.


nems from the Cwpsai.
The Hon. W. &. King, Of Minnesota, has
been indicted by the grand jury for perjury.
A true bill wa. also found against Kinds for
acts connected with the late Post Office
frauds.
At an informal meeting Of the officers,
clerks and other employees Of the Bureau
OF Internal Revenue, to give expression TO
ther feelings In reference 10 the severance OF
official relations with Commissioner Doug.
lass, his successor, Commissioner Pratt, was
called TO the chair and complimentary rsso-
lutions were unanimously adopted. Com
missioner Pratt declared his sympathy with
the feeling manifested In the resolutions,
which were so we'll expressed and so well
deserved. His own appointment, he said,
had been unexpected aud unsolicited, and
he wished he might at the close Of his own
term Of service, enjoy the same appreciation
and good feeling"
The Postmaster General, under authority
Of an act Of Congress Of June 8, 1872, has
ordered that the rate Of United States post
age on letters sent TO orreceived from foreign
countries, with which different rates have
not been established by postal convention,
or other arrangement, when forwarded by
vessels regularly employed in transporting
the mail, be reduced from ten TO Eve cents
for each half ounce or fraction thereof, to
take effect July I, 1875.
Ersss fhe West.
A Fort Randall dispatch announces that
Lieut. Armstrong has brought in the An
drews-M Morton party, IN route to the Black
Hills from Sioux City, consisting Of forty.
two men, six wagons, aud twenty horses.
Governor Grover, Of Oregon, will call a
special election to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the death OF Congressman Lado.
Eyres.
Sixteen business houses aud dwellings in
Springfield, Missouri, were burned recently,
causing a heavy loss. General c. y. Hol-
lands block was among the property de-
stroyed, involving a loss OF $4,000.
A FIRE at Memphis destroyed the clothing
store Of Cohen a Bro, John r. Hughes
saloon, and several other small buildings, on
Charleston avenue. Loss 10000. insured
in Liverpool, London and Globe, Queens,
Hamburg and Bremen.
A fire at Hebron Camp-meeting Grounds,
80. ..a Ion.,hsn FuI,sr,. dre,l;ny bouse
saS -. Th. co,,o,es belonyed IN the
am.,;c.n Mill.nnial Association. and in.
a,nasd A.. n,;n;.,er'. house, lodging house.
and Pennsylvania cottage. There was about
two-thirds insurance on the property.
A fire at Rutland, Vermont, burned the
opera.hou,e, the stores Of Dunn 4 Cromp-
,an stanley A Co. and others. Loss, s75,-
600 partlv insured.
Michel Iowa. was visited by disastrous
.onsa,at;op which DESTROYED J, C. Tyson's
sIev.,s, two grain warehouses and an ad.
ioininy Office. Loss, 1000 bushels Of grain,
shout Al 400 In machinery and stock, and
AZ coo ON the building. Insurance, nearly
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