Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-01-20
General News Summary.


are now In TIE Congregational Library ge So
volumes. against ~. i5s on the let OF Dtcenn
Der, 1874 OF these the Law department con
tsins "a, SIS volumes, The remainder belng Il
the miscellaneous department To these arr
10 be added nearly 6o!ooo pamphlets, bound
and unbound. Mr. spaisord again calls II
tention 70 the urgent Necessity for . new sep
araic bulldog for the National Library, e
prevent osercrowdlng
THE BIN introduced 10 ne House on %.
10th by Mr.. Wood, Of New York, to repeal N
part the Resumption act of dsnusry. 1875
and provide for return 70 specie payments
without contraction, proposes 70 utilize ihs
500, 10000 per cent. bonds not yet nego
tlated, aDd remaining hi the Treasury. IS 1
basis for the issuing a small Treasury notes
In lieu Of the present iegal-tenders and Ma
tionsl Bank currency II aiso provides
for the establishing Of q sinking fund
TO be made 40 OF oue.haif Of the sur
plus coin revenues In esch fiscal year sftei
providing for coin expenditures, and also n
per cent. of interest ON the redeemed 4 pei
cent bonds called In In lieu Of small Treas.
ury notes Issued ~ a redemption fund for the
resumption Of specie payments. II also pro
yides for the suspension cf tie present ssnk.
ing fund until resumption shall have been &C
complished, and contains various new pro-
visions for the regulation Of the finances d
the Government. R N Fs
THE Supreme Court In Washington on the
18th took up the Granger case Of the Chica-
20, Burlington ~ Quincy Railway against the
Attorney General Of Iowa and others. III Z
THE Hon. John Wilson, formerly Commis.
sioner Of the General Land Office, and Third
Auditor Of the Treasury, dieddn Washington
on the iith, aged sixty-gye years.
Mrs. vIcroRIA Woodruff made her APP
pearance before the House Committee on
Claims, in Washington, on tie 18Th 10 ash
reimbursement from the Government 10
losses sustained by the suppression Of Wood
hull d Clafins Weekly. ,ts.ss,..... Il /.
THE EAST. aadl
EAsToS Il MILsE's banking house at Fail
River, Mass, suspended on the 18th. The
failure was announced on the same day OF
Philip stIner, a tea merchant OF New York
who had eighteen stores scattered through
out the city. His liabilities are stated al
LITTLE boy who proved TO be James
Blanchard, o: Milford, N, H. created consid-
cradle excitement at ~. Aibans, VT, y few
days ago by claiming TO be the lost Charley
Ross. Much teIegraphing and correspond.
cnce between citizens Of that place and intcr-
ested parties In Philadelphia ensued, the III.
tie impostor maintainIng for several days his
assertions thet he was the vcritablc Ross
boy, and showing In many Of his statements
a remarkable familiarity with the history of
the missing boy and biz Philadelphia home.
The prctender was taken 10 his home at Mil
ford on the 7tb.
Ngw York dispatch Of the 9th states
that all the churches Invited by Mrs. Moul-
ton 70 take part In The mutual council had
accepted the Invitation. The list embraces
some OF the most celebrated clcrymeu In
the denomination. t8t - ~ sa
A STRENUOUS effort has recently been
made by the friends Of Edward y. Stokes,
Imprisoned for the shooting Of James Flax,
10 procure his pardon, but GOV. Tilden, after
examining the papers and petition, has de-
MED the application.
THg New Hampshire Democratic State
Convention was held II Concord ON tiae 18th
Daniel Marcy WAS nominated for Governor
and Thomas Dinsmors for aailroad Com nils.
sioner. Resolutions were adopted--deeDarine
that II Ii the exclusive right and duty Of the
State 10 provide for the education Of It's chill.
dren, that II Ia the inaiienable right OF every
citizen 10 worship God according ~ the die.
tates Of his own conscience, and no political
disabilities should be Incurred by reason oi
religious belief; deprecatlng all attempts 10
raise seetarian issues N politics: declaring
against third Presidential term ms danger.
GUS TO the liberties OF the citizen aud the
prosperity Of the nation. ,s,.tasf.tf "a.
A LARGE meeting OF workiugrnen WAS held
In New York city on the evening Of the 10th,
at which Peter Cooper presided. An address
10 the workiDgmen OF the United States was
adopted which says; "Whcn the Cavern.
ment began 10 contract It's credit systemati.
cally, aac In large measure, from year n
year, TO pay debt that was not yet due, all
other credit, private and corporate, began "a
contract also, aud brought on panic In Tie
financial affairs of this country, Of which W,
now feel the most dcplorablc efrects" As d
remedy for these evils the address suggests
u currency which will beat facilitate the sx.
change Of the produet ions Of labor; that
this currency TO supported by the credit OF
the whole country; that the present national
debt be put, us far ms possible, IN the hands Of
the American people, and the enterprise and
labor Of the nation be set ~ work again. and
that the national debt be converted Into bonds
payable In currency, aud bearing lower rate
Of interest
Din. SAMUEL q. HowR, the founder Of the
Institute for the f,Iindin Baston, died In that
city on the 9th. aged seventy.four years.
GoLp closed In New York, on the 18th, at
1l2X. The following were the closing quo
tations for produce: No. Q Chicago spring
Wheat, ti2lGal.22; No. 2 Milwaukee, el.22
@i.23; Barley, si.0o01l.io; Oats. Western
Mixed, $5(446c; Corn, Western Mixed, II n
@73c; Pork. Mesa, s9O75; Dressed Hogs,
Western, ss4c; Lard, l2Nc. Flour, good to
choice, s540C95.90; White Wheat Extra,
e5.95QD775. The cattle market was active
iix0sl3c for good 70 extra, Hogs, 7s1esldc.
Sheep, 5Ql7c.
Ar East Liberty, Pa, on the 18th, cattle
brought. Best, e600088,50. medium, s4.75
G152 common, s400Oa<.25 Hogs Sold
Workers., t7lO0135; Philadelphia, e7.4oQt
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