The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-23

that the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arrapahoe In.
dams, are and have been making preparations
for an outbreak in lew weeks. .- 49,
On the 18th the grand jury of the
United States District Court Of Chicago. re.
turned two joint indictments against Kelley &
Kernon, distillers, for whisky frauds.
The secretary of war has submitted a
request for an appropriation st $4,000 to
meet deficiency in the appropriation for the
pay of troops from June 18th to June s0th,
1875. Y. spZ --<r~-e.sss-
By q collision at Dover, England. on
the 18th, between the steamers Franoonia and
Strath Clyde, the latter Was sunk, and a num-
Der OF her passengers, stated at about fifty,
drowned. - .sesrS =.
In the case Of A. Mann 4 Co., of Gin.
cinnati, on trial the past week in the United
States court, charged with emitting to make
proper entries Of spirits, the jury returned
verdict OF not guilty. +
1t is reported from Washington that
Gen. Cowen has resigned his position as As
sistant Secretary Of the Interior, to take effect
very soon. He intends, it is understood. to
engage in the banking business.
A Washington telegram Of the 18th
says that the resignation of Gen.
Schenck, Minister to England, has not vet
been received, but that it is expected. No in
timati0ns are officially made as to his suc-
cessor
Dominica Davina, Antonio Catatano
and Bastian Lombardo, three Italians. con-
victed last October Of waylaying on the street
in the norther part of St. Louis, and assassin
! ating Francisco Pattra in April, 1874, were
hung in that city on the 18th.
Mr.. A. P. Burbank, the .elocutionist
and public reader. has had an unexpected
measure of success in the East In New York
city alone he read to ten paying audiences.
One afternoon he read in Steinway Hall to an
assemblage of $500 people, and in the even
ing to an audience of l 200 in Chickering Hall.
He has postponed his return to Chicago from
March to AIrill /.
A Cheyenne, Wyoming, telegram of the
l4th says: One hundred and fifty men left
here to-day for the Black Hills party who
came in last night reports that during eight
days ofhis trip from Custer City he counted
l8o wagons en- route for the Hills. Two hun
dred men are Quitting here now and will
start this week. The incoming trains are
bringing scores Of gold seekers daily.
Cardoza, the black superintendent of
education in Mississippi, has had the rare dis
tinction Of an almost unanimous impeachment
by the House OF Representatives-only tour
radicals having the hardihood to vote against
the resolution. A man thus deserted by his
party friends must have an unusual load OF
infamy buckIea OH his back, even for Mis-
sissippi politician.
Gov. Benton Of Wyoming Territory,
just returned Fl ON the Black Hills, reports be-
ing stopped by Indians but not molested fur
ther. Indians are reported at various Places,
watching for an opportunity to steal stock.
Snow is eight inches deep at Custer City and
little mining is done. A government has been
partly organized with vigilance committee.
Red Cloud and Spotted Tail are moving their
people north OF the Black Hills. Stock has
been stolen by the Indians. Trouble is daily
anticipated.
By a report made to the House of Rep
resentatives. itappears that the amount of
money in Uncle Sans cash box, on the first
OF January 1876 was $l9G, nc, O43. The amount
of per cent. bonds sold to October 2, 1875, in
obedience to the resumption act, is, interest
included, Sl5, 795, S55. The silver purchased
by the treasury department has been paid for
with the proceeds offs per cent. bonds sold,
and the balance OF the proceeds of said bonds,
together with the revenues Of the government,
has been applied to the retiremento Of legal ten
ders, as provided by the specie resumption
act.
Judge Wallace, in the United States
circuit court of New York, has rendered an
important opinion as to the liability Of express
companies. The ruling involved the legal
construction Of clause in the express com.
pany's receipt, limiting its liability to $50 un-
less the value of the packages shall be stated
by the shipper at the time Of shipment The
court held that the receipt was binding con-
tract, and that as the plaintiff did not state the
value of his shipment at the time of delivery
to the express company, the responsibility of
the latter was limited to $50, and the plaintiff
could only recover that amount, even though
the actual loss had been occasioned by the
negligence OF the defendant.
Commercial.
ST.. PAUL, Feb. 2l.-DRRssEp MEArs.-Tbe
receipts Of hogs are somewhat light, but there
is fine display Of first class stock at the Sioux
City depot, which sell to shippers at ss.45 per
100 lbs. Packersdo not appear to be anxious to
buy at the prevailing prices, although they are
realizing outside prices tor pork, hams, &c.
To-day the market is not quite so well sup
piled as yesterday, and prices were shade
off from yesterdays quotations. A few lots
sold at $40, and few others on private
terms. Dressed beef is firm at 5xm6xc