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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

ANOTHER bank failure at Duluth.
The First National Bank closed its
doors on the 9TH inst. The failure is
a very bad one, the amount Of cash
on hand being only $256.05. Among
it's depositors are most Of the business
men of Duluth, while the county
loses $4,000, just the. sum it lost a
short time ago by the failure Of the
Bank Of Duluth. The principal
stakeholder is j. L. Dodge, of Great
Darlington, Mass, who has about
100000 of stock, and has advanced
about as much more in cash to keep
tho thing a'going.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

DANIEL DREW, the well-known
Wall street operator, has fled peti.
ton in bankruptcy. His. liabilities,
secured and unsecured, amount to
81, 100000. HIS two notes to the
Drew theological seminary at Madi-
son and the seminary at Middletown
are unsecured. "Uncle Daniel" has
been figuring in Wall street for the
past thirty years.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

MONDAY night fire was discover
ed in the Office of the Surveyor Of
Customs at Memphis, which de-
stroyed or damaged the books and
papers Of the office. A clerk was
found in the room. who claimed that
he had been working late and that
his lamp had exploded. The thing
has a bad look.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

LONDON, March 9.-Ths Lord Chief Jus.
tice. Sir Alexander J. E. Cockburn, vas
u day preseatsd with the freedom Of the
City Of London.
L it to be understood from this
that Alex. can stay out late at night
occasionally if he wants to, without
being subjected to a catechising by
Mrs. Cockburn? ..'
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16
MODEL DEMOCRATIC REFORM.
Err. .4,..
CONVICTED OF BR1BErAK1xG.


The Washington National Repub-
Sca,, publishes statement that Will
liam NJ. Robbins, the North Carroll
ma member of the committe that in
-vestigated Belknap, was convicted of
bribery and publicly censured by the
Legislature Of North Carolina in
1868. The Republican states that
Robbins received a bride of $40 for
voting for a claim before the Legis-
lature of which he was q member,
and publishes statement written by
Robbins in explanation Of the mat
ter. and read by him before the Leg
islature. in which he confesses to have
received the money, not to influence
his own vote, but to secure his ser.
vices as an attorney in procuring 9th.
er votes. Resolution ofexpuIsion were
introduced and defeated by a vote of
IL for to Is against. Resolutions of
censure were adopted by vote Of %
to 3. The following are the resolu-
items Of censure adopted:
WHEREAS, It appears by the re-
port Of the Committee on Bribery
and Corruption that w. M. Robbins,
Senator from the Thirty-second Sena-
torial District, did, on the 22nd day
Of last August, receive from John w.
Stephens the sum of $40 for his SER
.vaces in securing the passage of a
resolution through the Senate in "a
vor of said Stephens; and
WHEREAS, A Senator cannot right
fully receive any fee or reward for
his services as Senator beyond the
per.diem allowed by law; and
WHEREAS, The receiving Of any
fee or reward is a high breach of the
privileges Of the Senate, and tends to
the destruction of legislative integri-
ty; therefore
Resolved, That the Senator from
the Thirty-second Senatorial District
be, and is hereby, censured by the
Senate of North Carolina.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16
GRAY HAIRS GOING 10 PRuoN.

TRENTON, n. j., March 13.-Jo.
sephus Looy, defaulting State Treas
urer, this morning was sentenced to
confinement in the state prison for
three years and until the costs Of the
prosecution are paid. He wept Bit
terly on hearing the sentence. He is
over sixty years old, and has = &mi-
" highly respected.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

The New York Sun, which, in its
Insane desire to find fault with every.
thing and everybody connected in
any way with the President, has been
using Mrs. Grants name rather FREQ
Iy, receives this sharp rap from the
Philadelphia Times (1nd.):
The public will not take kindly to re-
Elections or innuendoes against Mn. Presi-
dent Grant. For seven years Mr.. Gran,
has been mistress of the White House,
and her name has uniformly and Justly
escaped the scandals which have spared 40
few in their sweep. She has been model
Of q modest, sensible woman for the WON.
en- of her country, aud commando the uni
veraal respect Of the nation. =.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16
LATE NEWS ITEHGD.

Senator Burnslde's wife, who
has been Ill for some time, died
Thursday:
Heavy frost, forming thin ice.
at Memphis Monday night, is feared
to have injured fruit. -
1t. Gov. Davis. Of Mississippi,
has been found guilty as charged in
the articles of impeachment
The Scraps, with the Prince of
Wales and suite on board, sailed
Saturday from Bombay, India, for
England. :!
-Eastman 4 Colby, lumber deal
ers Of Brockport, N. Y, have failed.
Liabilities 100000; assets $780,
900.
The Emperor of Brazil has &c.
cured rooms at the Continental Ho-
tel in Philadelphia FOR the Centen-
NAL.
p. T. Barnum is good Mayor,
but q lad politician. He has shut
up all the rum-shops in Bridge
port.
The Iowa Senate has passed .
bill establishing two homeopathic
chairs in the medical department of
the State University.
The latest New York journalis-
tic rumor is that tho Harpers are to
purchase the Tribune, and install MI.
Louis j. Jennings as editor.
The government has begun a
suit against the New Haven and
Hartford railroad company to recov-
er 100000 Of unpaid taxes.
"A land slide Friday night at
Coatcant, = small town on the Rhine
in northern Germany, caused by re-
cent heavy rains, buried eight houses
and t*enty-six persons. .--.---.-...
The span Of bridge under con-
struction at Chillicothe, O., fell Fri
day, precipitating ten or fifteen work
men distance of 30 feet into the
river. One man was killed and esv-
eral were badly injured.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16
A R1cH ORANGES ROBBED.

New YORK, March -13.-Five men
masked, entered the house of james
Crosby. wealthy farmer, living on
the Dallytown road, near Farmer
Station, on the Northern New jersey
railroad, early yesterday morning,
and took off $4,000 worth of United
States bonds and $4,000 worth Of
silver ware and jewelsy.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

MORE trouble in Brooklyn. The
Church Of the Pilgrims, DR.. storrs
pastor, bolts the action Of the recent
Congregational Advisory Council,
declaring that it does not bold
itself o. bound to continue denomi.
national fellowship with any church
which adheres to the novel, false and
revolutionary. principles given in
the result Of the Council, which prin'
ciples are denounced 20 subversive Of
the platform and polity Of Congrega'
tional communion.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

The Cincinnati Commercial Ind.
makes the subjoined observation
AS the Queen of England's uncle
the Duke Of York, sold commissions
to get money for his mistresses, and
the latest Demo cratic Secretary Of
War plundered the national arsenals
for the use of traitors, perhaps the
British Tories and American Demo.
Gratis should not moralize too pro-
fusely about the corruption o.
professional Republicans.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

A. H. WILDER, of St: Paul.. has
been fully exonerated from the ch.rg:
es of fraud, in act or intent, brought
against him by William Welsh, Of
Philadelphia. The jury unite in a
published card stating that the evil
dence fully exculpated Mr.. Wilder,
the only point upon which the jury
disagreed being as to whether Mr.
Welsh had or had not been actuated
by malice in making the publication
which occasioned the libel suit.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16
HISTORY or 81. PAUL,

We have received from Mr.. j.
Fletcher Williams, of St. Paul, Sec-
rotary of the Minnesota Historical
Society, copy Of the History of St.
Paul,"a handsome volume of AS
pages. No man is better suited than
MI. Williams for the work, which he
has evidently undertaken and carried
out from his natural taste for that
which is historical and not from any
view to pecuniary profit for himself:
The information concerning the earli-
est days of St. Paul is especially
valuable because under ordinary cir
cumstances most difficult to obtain.
Beginning with a brief sketch of the
Northwest, the author passes to the
first settlement At St. Paulin 1888,
after which follows q narration Of
the events Of each year up to and in
Guiding 1875. To the history Of the
events previous to 1860 nearly 400
pages are given, that Of the subse-
quent Is years being compressed in:
to about 60 pages. The book is
handsomely printed on tinted paper
and is profusely illustrated, some Of
the views and portraits(among others
several steel plates) being good
while others have no paral.
lei for exccrableness outside of An
dreas'. atlas. A copy Of the book
will be forwarded prepaid to any per
son sending $3.50 tot. F. Williams
St. Paul.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

LIEUT.. Col. NORM and a detach:
ment of the engineer corps of the
Spanish army, who come to construct
the buildings for Spain on the cen
tenhial grounds at Philadelphia, ar.
rived at New York Friday and were
received by the Spanish Consul and
other distinguished Spaniards. -,
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16
Ugh LIFE IN HIN0LAND.

A London dispatch Of Monday
says: lord Ailsford's wife has
eloped with the Marquis of Bland
ford. the eldest son of the Duke ct:
Marlb: rough. The Marquis Of
Blandford is notorious for his social
escapades, and the Marlborough gems
have been, it is said, sold to pay his
debts. He is a brother of Lord Ran.
jolph Churchill. Lord Ashford, the
unfortunate husband, was called
home from India on urgent affairs
some time ago. The elopement is
the absorbing topic in the clubs."
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

The Chicago Tribune thus sum-
marizes Belknap's political record
"A Democrat and embezzler before
the War; then, the one redeeming
feature Of it all, a War-Democrat
and brave: soldier; next q johnson
Democrat and of6ceholder vaguely
suspected of being ! member Of the
Whisky Ring; and from thence
transferred so the Cabinet, through
a freak of Executive admiration of
his gallantry, to become a bribe-tak-
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

JULIUS PRE11, a young man. Of
Winona, aged eighteen years, bought
a bottle Of brandy at an auction sale
Monday and after drinking freely
fell unconscious to the ground, and
died the next day. The jury called
it "apoplexy," which is q new name
for It,
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

We have no desire to add to the
opprobium that is being heaped upon
the recent Legislature by the papers
of I'LL parts of the State. 1t is plain
ly apparent, too, that the papers rep
resent the sentiments Of the people
and that the disappointment and dis
gust is universal. In general, the
most important measures were defeat.
ed, or went by default.-Reduood
FaNk Gusette.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

PROF. CAMPBE11, ofthe State Uni
versity, lectured at Minneapolis Fri
day evening on Socrates" The lee
ture wasboth able and interesting. The
Prof: inclined to the belief that Ms.
Xanthippe's bair-pullineand curtain
lecturing had contributed no little
toward developing this celebrated
Greek philosopher. Most men now
a-days would prefer not to be devel-
oped, unless they could find some ca
sier way and one involving less of a
strain on their nervous organization.
But the men of this day and gener-
alton are more sensitive about little
things than were those old-timers.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

The newspapers are still devoting
columns to 1.-THE Lessons of Belknap's
Fall" One Of the lessons to be
learned from it is, never to let your
witnesses 60 until you are done with
them-unless you think their testi-
mony in full would be apt to hurt
"the party" more than it would help
II.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

As MANY rs 5000 persons attend
ed the farewell: meeting Of; Messrs.
Whittle and Bliss at St. Louis. There
were two services. and the number
present was estimated to be 10000 in
all. At the close Of the: second ser.
vice 81, 900 w.sr;alised and offered to
the evangelist is an expression Of
the appreciation If the value Of their
services. The money was, however,
declined.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

The Committee on Appropriations of thu
National House has declined to repor
favorably on the deficiency appropriation
of $4,000 for the Sioux Indians at Rec
Cloud agency.
This is unkind. If these indus
trious workers in hair do not receive
their regular rations from the govern
ment they will not he letoprosecutt
their business without considerable
Inconvenience next summer.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16
EQUALIZATION OF BOUNTHs.

The House Committee on Military
Affairs Friday decided to report and
recommend for passagea bill to equal
ize the bounties of all United States
soldiers and sailors who served for
any time in the late civil war. The
measure agreed upon BY the commit
tee is substantially thesame bill that
passed the House and Senate, but
failed on amendments last year, as it
provides for making i'll beunties
equal to So per month for the whole
time Of service, taking into account,
however, all local payments Of boun-
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

The St. Paul Dispatch (1nd. Dem
is of the opinion that q Democratic
success in 1875 would probably bring
the worst elements to the front" and
advises the increasing body of indie
pendent voters to hold themselves
from permanent alliance with any
party"
The Bank of the State Of New
York was compelled to close its door,
Tuesday. Bad loans and large over
drafts caused the collapse. Deposit
ors will lose nothing, the stockheld'
err being the sufferers. Wall street
was not specially affected by the fail
ure.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

CARDINAL McCLosKEY is seriously
i'll, suffering from general debility.
The fatigue incidental to his journey
to Rome and his arduous duties have
affected bis health so much that he
was not able to appear in the cathe-
dral last Sabbath.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

AFTER many fruitless attempts to
harmonic their followers on the f.
nancial question the Democratic lead
ers have become disguised, and have
decided to call no more caucuses for
that purpose. Of 181 Democrats. in
the House only 81 attended the
caucus ON Saturday evening; and
they represented almost that number
Of distinct opinions ~ 70 tho beet
policy.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

SENATOR DoNNE11x, in the Anti
Monopoist, says he wants fewer Nor
NAL Schools, and more Insane Asy-
lums. Some folks do; but still
there is = respectable number Of PEG.
pie who feel more at home in the
nelRhborhood of the schools.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

: JUDGE TAFT's nomination as Sec.
retary Of War delighted Cincinnati
The press Of all*:parties praises the
selection, and expresses unlimited
confidence in the Judges ability to
distinguish himself in his new pc.
sition. He was greatly surprised by
the telegram which announced his
appointment, having had no pre- mon.
ition of it. At first he was inclined
to refuse the offer, but his sense Of
duty induced him to accept it.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

War brokeout between Japan and
Corea Wednesday Of last week. j.
pan declared war and has blockade d
tho Corean ports.
/: This has since been eeptradicted.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16
BELIEF OF SETTLERS ON MIME
sofa LANDS.

Senator Mcmillan, Of this State,
has introduced in the United States
Senate, a bill for the relief of
settlers on Minnesota lands, as fol-
lows:
BE It enacted etc., That all persons
citizens of the United States or who
have declared their intentions to be-
come such, and who have settled up
on, or made OR acquired valuable i'm
provements upon, any of the lands in.
cluded in the granted or indemnity
limits of any of the extensions or
branches of the St. Paul and Pacific
Railroad within the State of Mime
sofa to which legal title has not been
perfected, shall be allowed to enter
such lands at the United States land
Office Of the district wherein such
lands may be situated in all respects
the same as though no grant of said
land had ever been made by the Unit
ed States.
SCI: 2. That the person or per-
sons claiming the benefits Of this act
shall. upon satisfactory proof to the
register and the receiver of the land
office where such lands are situated;
be allowed to- enter of such. lands,
with cash: or otherwise, at one dollar
and twenty-five cents per acre, or un-
der the homestead or pre-emption
laws, not to exceed one hundred and
sixty acres each, including his, her,
or their improvements Provided,
That such person or persons shall
make application therefor within six
months from the passage hereof:
Sec. 3. That all former acts or
parts of acts inconsistent with the
provisions of this act be, and tie
same are, hereby repealed.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16
%, 5000 FOR ONE EVENINGS business,

At DEBORAH, Iowa, the suit against
T. and D. Solberg, Of that city, 70,
damages for selling liquor. to Ole
anderson, who lives just across the
line in Minnesota, north of there,
and who was badly frozen and Grip
pied for life last March, while intoxi-
Gated and on his way home, was
tried. The jury brought in a verdict
for S., 500 damages.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

The. steamer Darien has sailed
from Rome for Philadelphia with
l ,44O packages of exhibits for the
Philadelphia exposition, from Genoa,
Naples, Messina Leghorn and Pal.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

CINCINNATI voted Tuesday to is.
sue six million dollars Of bonds in
addition to the ten millions already
issued to construct the Cincinnati
Southern railway.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16
NO LIBERALS NEED APPLY.

The Ramsey County Democratic
Club, organized at St. Paul last week,
in its bylaws declares that mo Re-
publican nominated in any Demo-
cratic Convention shall be supported
by the members Of this Club, and
any Democratic candidate who shall
be endorsed by the Republican Con-
vention shall be required to define
ibis party allegiance to tho satisfao-
ton of the Club through the public
press"
To the victors belong the spoils,
and democratic oficeholders shall
be required to employ in their off.
cial capacity none but Democrats.
The name of any official violating
this bylaw shall be posted in a con.
spicious place at the headquarters of
the Club"
The Executive Committee is charged
with the duty Of providing the sim
ews of war to carry elections, and to
this end isempowered to make assess
ments on any candidate or member
Of the party"
Democrats are greatly opposed to
GENERALIZATION" in theory but appear
to be ia favor Of it in practice, as it
is provided that this little Tammany
shall hold meeting previous to any
caucus to select delegates to city or
county convention, and the persons
having the highest number Of votes
in the Club "shall be the nominees Of
this Club for delegates to said county
or city convention and shall be sup
ported by each member Of the Club
at the caucuses' in their respective
wards, the Club thus assuming the
dictatorship of the entire party in
the city and county, and Democrats
are expected to yield abject obedi.
ence.
One bylaw provides that the use
Of profane language during debates
shall subject the offending member to
a fine Of from 25 cents to $500. A
strict enforcement of this section will
keep a constant stream of cash flow.
ing into the treasury Of the Club. A
noticeable feature Of the rules Of the
Club is the rigid exclusion Of :Liber-
ais and Independents from any Dem
ocratic support or patronage. It is
almost doubtful about their being al
lowed even to vote the Democratic
ticket.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

THERE were about forty persons At
the Connecticut Greenback Conven.
ton. 1t was a pleasant day, snd the
whole party turned OUT
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16
ToRNADoEs AND FLOODS.


Friday afternoon storm burst on
tho town Of Hazel Green, Wis.,, de-
stroying thirty buildings and killing
ten or twelve persons, besides injur.
ing many more:
Elizabethtown Mo-, also suffered,
five persons being killed outright and
a number of oilers severely injured,
some fatally. Seventeen buildings
were Frustrated.
At Hassan, in the same State,
three buildings were blown down and
three persons killed. The damage
to timber throughout Missouri 10 very
great.
In this State q severe rain and
thunder storm the same day along
the line Of tho Milwaukee, and St.
Paul railroad did considerable dam
age. The depot at Minneiska was
struck BY lightning and burned. A
culvert between Kellogg and Weaver
was washed out. At Minnesota City
the water rose four feet over the rail-
road track. Thehotelwas also flooded
tothe depth Of three feet, and haditnot
been for the heavy freight cars
which stood on the track in front of
the building and served to ward off
the ice and break the force of the
food, the house would undoubtedly
have been swept away.
Trains were interfered with and
the mails delayed.
Two or three bridges were washed
out and the track of the Madison d.
vision Of the Northwestern road sus.
tanned heavy washouts. Seven hous.
Is are reported gone at Arcadia,
Wisconsin.
To the Chicago, Dubuque T. Mime
sofa road, between La Crescent and
McGregor, the freshet did great DAM
age. 1t is said it will take three,
weeks to repair it. The Southern
Minnesota road suffered heavily.
Several houses are reported washed
away at Rushford and Lanesboro.
Trains on the Union Pacific are
again blockaded by a snow storm.
The snow is three Or four feet deep
on Creston Hill, east Of Butter
Creek. =:
Later reports say that the los. 1t
Arcadia, Wis.,, was very great. The
water ran through the main street to
the depth Of three or four feet, and
the stocks of merchants were DANA
ged to the extent Of from $500 to
$1,000 each.
Two boys were crossing the railroad
bridge near New City, when both Of
the end spans were carried away, and
the boys had to stay on the middle
span all Friday night. When res
cued the next morning their feet were
so badly frozen that amputation be-
low the knees will probably be nee
essary.
John Bathen, Albert Howard, his
wife and q child were drowned while.
attempting to ford q creek near Foun.
tain City, Wis.
The railroad bridge at Rushford,
in this State, went out Friday; also
the new bridge at the mill. The
wooden factory is badly damaged, aud
the dye house belonging to it went
down stream about noon.
Northern New York is overlooked,
saw mills and bridges being carried
away
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-16

In the recent township elections in
New York, the Republicans have
gained seventv.one supervisors, and
the Democrats but eleven. The
Democratic wave seems to be reced.
ing in New York, without getting
ahead any in New Hampshire.
If DR.. Stewart does not hunt up OF
hunt down the individual responsible
for the hewing out Of that wooden,
portrait Of him in the new History
of St. Paul" and does not ''shoot him
On the spot" he is not the kind Of
man We take him to be that's all.