The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-05-04
CURRENT NEWS OFrHE WEEK

AAo Nli.suel JAAa COS \ACPJ udS COme
to the conclusion that General Grant was
''tempted" into the presidency in 1868
and should have been lett in his position
as general in the army.
Miss Mollie Stockton, Of Nevada, re-
Gently ;hrashed schoolmaster> and in
explanation Of the transaction said: II
am well aware that the poor female is
too often trampled down without Just
cause"
wilkinson, the defaulting Missouri
revenue collector, recently captured, de-
clares that he has suffered the pains OF
hell. and often thought OF suicide, dur
ing his voluntary absence from the scene
OF his sin.
"Saall not the Erie canal be deepen
ed?" asks Governor Tilden: to which MS
canal commissioners reply: That will
depend much upon whether New York
state can stand an expense Of "a, 800, COO
in that line"
II. P, Kimbail, of the Winnebago, Ill.,.
agricultural society, who raised such q
howl BY inviting Jefferson Davis to de-
liver an agricultural address before it
last year, will deliver the opening ad-
dress at the Mobile, Ala, fair on the
10Th inst.
NEW YORK. April 27.--P. T. Barnum's
great centennial travelling show opened
at the American Institute building to-
night to 10000 persons, and rs many
turned away. The spectacle surpassed
anything hitherto attempted by the ire
pressi5!e Barnum.
The Virginia City man who kissed DR..
Mary Walker, is Just able to hobble
about on crutches, with his head tied up
and patch over his left eye. He says,
significantly Talk Of nitro. glycerine
or mountain mule; they Amt no.
where"
Clinton, Vermillion county. has a first
class sensation in the elopement Of Mrs.
Harlan Brewer, lily white. with James
Casey, ebony black, and barber
Mrs. Brewer leaves beside her husband
two small children. She has heretofore
been considered very respectable
woman.
CHICAGO. April IA dispatch Just
received by Gen. Sheridan from Gen.
Crook says the Indians at Red Cloud are
on the verge Of starvation, owing to neg
lect in forwarding supplies; that unless
immediate steps are taken to supply
them they will leave the reservation, and
fears are entertained that from their
present temper they viii make raid on
the whites.
Samuel j. Frost, the Pctersham muir
derer, now under sentence OF death at
Worcester Jail. for the murder of his
brother-in-law, Franklin p. Towne. was
notified on Saturday afternoon, by Sher-
i'll Sprague, that Gov Rice had desisna
ted Friday, May %, Ms the day for exc
cntion OF the sentence passed upon him.
The doomed man heard the announce
ment sealing his fate with the same
ssolld, Indifferent manner which has
characterized his conduct ever since his
arrest.
In tho supreme COURT Associate JUS
tice Bradley delivered an opinion in the
long contested Arkansas hoi springs case
affirming the decision of the court of
claims. which declared the springs prop
ertv \ government reservation. and de-
MED the titles Of the various claimants
to it. Tnis opinion is the only reasona-
BE one tina. could be taken, and will
give more general satisfaction than
any other thai could have been rem
d.red.
Westhcld, Mass, is acoy with a scar
ial which caar-es DR.. Starsweather, 4
weii-Anown physician Of tha, town, with
improper intimacy with married wom-
IN. during the period of = year aad q
half. she c.3ims t.at he first aecom.
pl.shed his purpose by drugging her, al
ter which she submitted to him until sac
learned nc was paying attention to ar
ether woman. when she went into hys-
serics and confessed to her husband aud
other parties. Some accept The story in
rs ia lness, while others think tn WON
an has Been willing victim
Mr,uerit Boulanger. Napoleor's
mistress, the Venus Anadyomene OF the
soap suts. married in 1878 an English
man. The marriage did not prove
happy one, and Was shortly after dis
solved by mutual consent the lady ayrce-
ing to allow her husband 10000 francs i
year 80 long rs he RETAINED from coming
near her. She now lives q comfortable
and jolly life As an Independent. cA1:e.
ldise in Touraine, and occasionally Wis.
its Paris for peep at the CAV life OF the
metropolis. She has grown stout and
common looking. and every trace OF her
singular and ethereal beauty has dissp
peared.
Fargo Times: We have received
sone particulars OF a melancholy affair
which happened on Monday nigh. las.
nj MoCaaley It seems tia, Quar-
tcrnasser Sergsani Frederick Frank, of
the 18th ia:ansrY. returned to ais home
in heC.uleyvillc on tho evening named,
| after, trip OF several DAYS in
search of cesersers. II appears
that he placed his revolver
unde. his pillow when retiring, and
some time aitsrxard while removing it,
as IS supposed, to ease the position OF his
head. the pistDl VIZ discharged, shooting
him in The region # IL tsmpls, ~ Ill