The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-02
PERSONAL.

The President has selected Senator
Morrill, of Maine, Senator Howe OF Wis
consin, and Hon. Wayne NcVeigh OF
Pennsylvania as additional commissioners
to investigate alleged Indian frauds.
It is explained from Washington that
the Presidents only desire in requesting
Attorney General Pierrepont to suspend
his request for the resignation of District
Attorney Fisher, was that the latter
might have an opportunity to fully reply
to the complaints against him in the ad-
miristration of his office, and that there
will be no further intervention by the
President. Mr.. Fishers son resigned
his position as assistant in the Office the
2lst.
The commission to inquire into Indian
Agent Saville's conduct, having completed
their preliminary work in New York,
have gone to Omaha and will from there
90 to Cheyenne, Fort Laramie, the Red
Cloud Agency, the Spotted Tail Agency,
and if necessary to other Indian Agen-
cies. The powers of the commission have
been extended, and they will take into
consideration the entire question Of
/
MISCELLANEOUS.
| Harvesting in Nebraska is nearly COM
pleted. Yield of wheat is generally placed
at Is bushels to the acre: oats good and
barley half crop. Corn and potatoe:
reported very fine.
A man named johnson, with his wife
and five children, drove into the river a
Atlanta, Ga, and getting into deep water
the wagon box hoated of and all thu
children were drowned.
The schooner G. C. TrumpE. owned il
Milwaukee. and which originally sailet
from that port. has arrived at Oporto
Portugal, from Quebec, and there beef
chartered for trip to Brazil.
Hon. John G. Shoemaker, Of Indian
apolis, has purchased the Sentinel print
ing establishment of that city. l. G
Mathews will have editorial and bushes
control. 1t is understood that the pape
is to be thoroughly and consistentl
Democratic.
| The contest for the principal chief q
the Cherokee Nation is resulting in fire.
quent bloody encounters between the or
. posing factions. On the 18th an affra
occurred twelve miles from Fort Smith
in which three men, Sylvester King, WIN
Sanders and James Cady were killed.
A South Boston founGry is fnishin
! the largest breech-loAding rifled canno
ever made. It weighs, finished, 822s
I pounds. and required for casting l56, 90
pounds Of metal. It's preof chargs vi
{ consists Of an elongated conical pointe
shot reighing 600 pounds. with from Z
: to 20 pounds Of powder.
The list Of German exhibitors 1T tt
! Philadelphia Centennial has been Of
( cially closed. The number Of those vi
intend to exhibit in the art departmel
r is 500. The large nanufactories on Il
0 Rhine and in Westphalia and Saxon
= will be specially represented. An Imp
!. rial Commissioners has been appointed
t obtain more room for the German d
t partment in the exhibition building.
e Robert Whiteside, . convict in the Ill
nois Penitentiary At Joliet, became insal
8 some time since. snd Vas transferred
+ the insane asylum At Elgin. He was q
S companied there by DR.. T. D. Baird, Il
e hospital steward Since his transfer
e has succeeded in escaping on one or "
t occasions, always endeavoring to reas
j. Joliet, with view Of killing DR.. Bair
i. He was seen IN that city on the 10th, b,
+ mp to midnight had not been discover,
BY the officers searching for him.
J. On Sunday the 18th. 1t Moline, H.,
]. vire-valker attempted to carry Nj