The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-03

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and resolutions endorsing the resumption
policy as defined by the present laws. also
demanding reform in the civil service
News From the National Capital.
The new postal bill in the House cuts
of the free delivery system from cities with
less than 40, 900 inhabitants. This will reach
st. Paul, Minneapolis. and several other cities
in the northwest.
In the testimony of John Delano be-
fore one of the Congressman investigating
committees, he stated that he had received
about three thousand dollars from Col. John
l.. Merriam, on surveying contracts, but did
not consider it dishonorable
Bids were opened at the U. S. treas.
ury, on the 25th for the new loan of five mil
lion, eight hundred and fifty thousand. Bids
were received from nine firms, Offering to
take the whole or any portion. Belmont &
Co., and Drexel, Morgan & Co. were the high
est bidders.
The managers of the Belknap i'm
parchment made reply to the defendants
replication to the effect that Congress has
jurisdiction in the case, and they demand
judgment according to law because the de-
tendant, Belknap has failed to answer or DENY
the charges in the articles of impeachment.
Miscellaneous News Items.
Several thousand soldiers have sail
ed from Spain for Cuba.
Katie Pease, the well-known race
horse, has broken down.
The steamer Ovessant, from Brest,
has foundered at sea. Twenty lives lost.
The Spanish Congress has commence
ed the discussion of religious federation
Victoria has approved the royal titles
bill, and is at last afull-hedged Empress.
Reports from Mexico on the 25th
were anything but encouraging to the revo-
lutionist genaral Diaz.
The Panama railroad company are
attaching the Pacific mail steamers as they
arrive in San Francisco, for debt
The leading journals of England sus.
tain the British government in its position on
the Winslow extradition case.
John Church & Co., of Cincinnati,
have been selected as publishers of Wag-
ner's "grand Centennial march,.
The Atlantic and Pacific telegraph
company have reduced their rates between
eastern and western cites 81 per cent.
Indications of foreign war, in
which Austria, Turkey, Russia, 'and possibly
other powers will join, are increasing daily.
The English House of Commons re-
jected, by vote Of 239 against 152, the prop
osition to remove the electoral disabilities of
women.
The Prince of Wales and Prince
Arthur recently visited the King of Spain,
and were welcomed at Madrid with great
honors.
The House committee has agreed to
give the Northern Pacific railroad company
eight years additional time to construct and
complete the road
The Turkish Porte has sent a cir
cular vote to the representatives at various
European courts asking for military assistance
in suppressing the insurrection.
Prince Bismarck has absorbed the
idea of the Empire controlling the railroads,
and is making efforts to secure the consent to
such ownership from the various States.
The stories of forced loans from the
foreign merchants of New Laredo, Mexico,
are reported to be untrue by the commander
of the United States troops stationed there
An engineer on freight train on
the Canada Southern railroad fell asleep at
his post, a few nights since, and run his train
through all open draw into the Welland canal
Gen. Rice, of Iowa, testified before
the Clymer committee that he has received
total of about $l2, 900 from post traderships,
none of which, however, went to General
Belknap.
Gov. Rice, of Massachusetts,. has
vetoed the bill to legalize the marriage of
James Parton, on the ground that the act is
not within the constitutional power of the
legislature.
The irrepressible humbug, Barnum,
has just opened his humbug "Centennial'
show, and on the first exhibition humbugged
10000 inside the Enclosure, and humbugged
an equal number outside by not having his
building large enough to accommodate them
An immense gathering was held in
Paris recently to raise money for the erection
of a statue of liberty in New York harbor It
was attended by the elect of Parasian society,
and was entertained by eight hundred sing
ers in cantata entitled ''Liberty enlightening
the world''
Reports from Eads' jetties belle the
discouraging reports lately given. The
steamer Grand Republic with an excursion
party went through into the gulf and return
ed on Wednesday, and found sixteen feet four
inches during average tide; an increase of
for, ir0hoc II, 6ova
This sad result of one shameful
newspapers attack should be general lesson
in these times L. H. Chandler. pension