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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-30
MISCELLANEOUS,

The Consolidated Virginia mine
yielded the unprecedented sum Of g..
100000 in February. ~ l
There is at present large exc.
dus ofnegroes from Tennessee, Kansas
being the happy land.
There are III female students in
the Russian Academy Of Medicine
this year, of whom 102 are of noble
birth, II daughters of merchants, and
~ daughters of clergymen.
Accounting to DR.. S Wills VIII.
|.liems, for long years .. resident in
China, only few thousands of the
many millions Of women in, that coun.
try can read or write.
Since the construction ofth first
iron-clad in the British Navy-tht
Warrior-eighteen years ago; = sum
equivalent toS1 600, 000, 900 has been
expended in England on the Navy
When French army officer i.
convicted of felony his epaulets n
torn off, his sword is broken, and q
private steps from the ranks and
kicks him. After that the civil au
thoriities take care of him. + b.
whats usee play poker" re-
marked an Acknowledged denizen O
Tucson, New, the other day. M
hold four kings and a lace; Mclean
man hold all same time four laces
and a king; whole week washes
gone likee woodbine."
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BEAULIEU TESTIFIES
Az to tho True Inwsrdness Of Chippcws
Scrip Operations. 4&S|


A Washington dispatch Of Monday
says: The subcommittee on Indian
Affairs, consisting of Representatives
Wiltshire, Page and Boone, to-day
examined Beaulieu, a Chippewa from
Minnesota, who testified that E. P.
Smith, while agent of that tribe, be-
fore he became Commissioner Of In
dian Affairs, purchased scrip of the
halfbreed Indians and paid for it in
goods purchased by the government,
acting as agent of the firm of Loring T.
Fletcher, Of Audubon, who reside on
the line Of the Northern Pacific road,
who were using the scrip for the pur-
pose of buying up valuable pine lands
in that section Of the country.
While acting as commissioner, Smith
sent out q Miss Cook as his clerk to
obtain such vouchers, attended coun-
Gil Of Indians, and obtained them
by false representations. When Mr..
Smith was before the subcommittee,
previous to leaving for Africa, he de-
MED the truth of similar charges, but
the Indian witness to-day testified with
an apprent sense of honesty.
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THE BLACK HILLS.

The truth about the Black Hills is
coming to the surface now much
more rapidly than the gold which
was supposed to lie just under the
sod in that country. 1t is pretty
we'll understood that .whoever gets
gold out of those hills will have to
work hard for it, and where one man
succeeds in making even fair wages
at mining, five more will not be earn
ing their salt. The excitement has
been famed by spectators and mer.
chants who see in it a fortune from
the profits of transportation and fur.
nishing supplies.
A number of Minnesotians now at
the Hills or who have returned give
very discouraging reports, and ad.
wise people in this State to stay
where they are.
General Merritt, of the military
division of the Missouri, says there
is not gold enough in the Black Hills
to pay those now there, while pro-
duce Of every kind is very dear, and
the prospect is that large number
OF the emigrants en- route will suffer
terribly, if indeed many of them
are not starved,
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MINNEAPOLIS is worked up to fe
yer heat over the election of May
or. DR.. A. A. Ames is the Dem
ocratic candidate, and the Republi'
cans will probably nominate Major
Bracket. DR.. Ames, failing to car
~ the Republican caucuses, an
nounces his withdrawal from that
party and his conversion to Democ.
racy.
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col. KING TO RESIGN.

The regular Minneapolis CORES,
pendent Of the St. Paul Pioneer. Press
writes that Col. King, just previous to
starting to Washington Friday
last, stated that he should be compelled
either to give up his seat in Congress
or to sacrifice his important business
interests in Minneapolis, and that as
he did nut feel disposed to do the
latter, he had quite fully made up
his mind to resign. He also realizes
that the reports concerning his con-
nection with Pacific Mail matters
have so far impaired his influence as
to seriously affect his ability
to serve his constituents. The
correspondent further says that
Col. King may be expected in Min.
neapolis again within a week or two,
relieved of Congressional cares and
responsibilities, aud as this CORES.
pondent is Col. KS. brother he may
be expected to know what he is talk
ing about.
Should this resignation take place,
Governor Pillsbury could give notice
for a special election, to be held in not
less than twenty days after the date
Of the notice. But as the regular
election will be in November, it is
believed that there is no necessity
calling for the excitement and ex-
pense of special election at an ear
her date.
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THE NEW POSTAL BILL.

The postage bill reported favorably
from the Senate postal committee
is Hamlin's measure amended so "a
to provide that the rate on third class
mail matter shall be one cent an
ounce for any distance not exceeding
!, 900 miles. 1922
Italso provides that transient news
papers and magazines shall pay post
age for any distance At the rate of one
cent for everywhere ounces and enc
cent for each two ounces or fractional
part of two ounces additional. This
amended bill is decided improve
,nent on Hamlin's bill. Let the Sen.
ate now hurry up and pass it.
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BISMARCK never does things by
halves. Wednesday an ex-Deputy
United States Marshal was arrested,
charged with attempted rape on the
wife Of F. Reardson. Thursday the
dead body Of Louis Everson VA
brought in. Heis supposed tohave been
killed by falling on frozen ground
Saturday Thos. MCGOWAN, proprietor
of the Miners Hotel. in fit of insani.
ty, shot four times at his wife, one bull
let striking in her right shoulder and
lodging in her lungs. Her recovery
is doubtful, and MCGOWAN is in Jail.
He had been drinking heavily for a
week before.
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TIiE CHINESE INVASION or CALI.
FORNIA,

The steamer City Of Picking ar
rived at San Francisco on the 18th
inst with 1917 more Cinnamon. and
it il. stated that the whole steerage
accommod dalton Of all the steamers
sailing from China for the next six
months has been contracted for by
the importers Of coolies. The San
Francisco Chronicle, in commenting
on this arrival, says: eve have a.
ready in California a Chinese pop
ulation OF over 1O0, 900 in = total pop.
ulation Of less than million. Their
presence in such numbers is known
to operate A. 4 blight upon every in
dustry in which they have engaged,
and to be = terrible calamity to the
laboring and industrial classes.
What does the arrival Of these 1917
Mongolians mean? It means the dis.
placement Of these 1,O17 white men
and women from the employ
ment in which they are now en-.
gagged. For it has been clearly dem.
onstrated that white labor cannot COM
pete with Chinese labor. 1t is q fact
established beyond dispute that these
almond.eyed Tartars can work =
longer number of hours at smaller
cost for food, clothing, and lodging
than American mechanics or Ia
borcrs can. They can work eighteen
hours day at rate of wages upon
which a native-born American would
starve. They can lodge, packed like
sardines, in close and noisome quar-
tiers where white men would stifle.
They can cheerfullY endure priva-
lions which would drive people ofour
race to suicide. If they are sent to
our jails and penitentiaries for vio-
lating. the laws they find il impris-
onment a luxury rather then pun
,ishment, for they get better food and
lodgings than they have been accus-
toned to, and are freed from the
necessity of work.
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TINE FOREIGN GRAIN TRADE,
The Mdrk Lana E1press review 81

The Mark Lana E1press review q
the grain trade the past week say
the tendenoy to improvement noticed
last week has assumed the shape ofs
definite advance in prices, and the
caution with which buyers operated
lately has been succeeded by a feeling
Of greater confidence. This improve
ment is not confined to London, bu!
is shared by all the large provincial
and = majority Of the continental mar
kets. kilograms from Odessa report
= good inquiry with considerable
shipments for continental account,
Finer weather at the end of the week
had the effect Of quieting the nearer
foreign markets as we'll Is those Of
London and Liverpool, but We are
inclined to think the lull 10 only tenn.
porary in view of the probable short
ness of stocks in France and Germany.
Our own country markets continue
scantily supplied by farmers at from
2 to 4 shillings per quarter higher.
A greatly reduced quantity Of English
wheat, apparently, will be marketed
during the next month or so. Feed.
ing corn shared the revival of activity.
Flour has partaken of improvement,
and both here and abroad realizes
higher prices.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-30

Poor Pendleton! That Kentucky
Central Railroad claim was too much
for his reputation. This is what the
New York Herald says oft "Alto'
gether the transaction reflects No
credit upon Mr.. Pendleton, how
ever We may view it. He may have
been legally entitled to the money
which he earned under his contract
Butmorally the whole business is = job
Its revelation closes the career of Mr.
Pendleton ~ a useful and trusted
leader of his party"
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-30

The Marshes haye returned and
given their testimony in the Bel
KNAPP case. 1t differs very little from
the testimony previously given by
Marsh and is considered sufficient to
secure the impeachment Of the ex-
Secretary. The House Judiciary
Committee will present to the Senate
articles of impeachment this
week, probably to-day. There ap'
pears to have been obtained from
no quarter testimony of any import
ance in this case except that con-
corning the sale Of the leadership at
Fort Sill. Gen. Belknap and family
remain closely at home, receiving
few visitors,
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-30

IT is with feelings of mingled
shame and indignation that we are
compelled to face, in many of our es-
changes from outside the State, para
graphs and articles stating that, by
reason of the failure of the Legisla-
ture to make an appropriation for
the Centennial, the State Board Of
Commissioners have been compelled
to give up all efforts at securing a
proper representation of the products
of Minnesota at Philadelphia, and
that the whole project has thoroughly
collapsed. The parsimony and short
sightedness Of the Legislature call
forth ridicule and sneers from all
quarters, and the. people responsible
for electing such pack of boobies
and asses to direct the policy Of the
State mus; bear the reproach conse-
quent upon their acts.
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The population of St. LOUIS, Is
given by the new directory, is 498, 1872

-Wde A'cake for April is emf
nently pictorial. The management
Of this magazine seem to understand
one important point, v's: the bulk Of
boys and girls are attracted by fair,
large, open pictures; although there
are plenty Of eugravings in this very
number noticeable for 6neness Of de-
tail for older tastes. The illustration
of "Gold.Locks' Dream Of Pussie'
Willow" a delightful poem, is a
charming design. ''rhe Fate Of a
Face Maker" is another capital poem
cepitally illustrated. The "Behav:
ing" paper in this number Is worth
the price Of the years subscription.
D. Lothrop h Co., publishers, Bos'
ton. ~ = ''>': - ','<
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-30

"A correspondent at Eau Claire
Wis.,, strongly urges; that the land
Offices in the state be investigated. He
says that by a fragrant violation Of
the Homestead laws coterie of viii
lains in the vicinity of the land office.
have possessed themselves of millions
of acres of the richest and most val.
liable lands in the Union. While the
sharks in the Ring are allowed to
seize upon vast tracts of pine timber
lands with patents obtained by fraud,
every encouragement is thrown il
the way Of actual settlers.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-30

A LADY in New York, whose name
is not given, has purchased Cozzenl
Hotel, on the Hudson, sold. unde,
mortgage foreclosure, and made it q
free gift to the New York Hospital
It will accommodate FIVE hundred
patients. The grounds contain forty
acres, with as pure air and as inspir'
ing scenery as can be found anywhere
on the banks of the Hudson. It il
indeed a noble gift.
1t transpires that this generous
donor is Mrs. William H. Robinson,
wife of the President of the Illinois
Central Railroad.
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The Confederate members Of Con.
gress, through Clymer's COMMITTEES,
are about to begin an investigation
into the conduct of the War! They
want to know whether the horses used
by the Army Of the Potomac in the
operation Of whaling the aforesaid
Confederates. were fed on full n
tons of grain or on mixed feed
and whether the clothing Of the In
ion soldiers was properly cared for
through the use of certain moth
preventive. This thing looks lit
tie odd, and We can only hope that
the Confederates may derive from
their investigations into the conduct
of the War q certain degree Of salts.
faction which they were not able to
Get out of the wsr itself.
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LATE NEWS ITEMS.

p. Rogers, paying teller of the
Fulton Bank Of Brooklyn, fed with
$4,000.
The town Of Herzogendosch, in
Holland, is completely isolated, the
dikes being swept away by floods.
"A large number of cou nterfeit
Gives" on the Merchants National
Bank Of New Bedford, Mass, are in
circulation.
The British naval estimates for
the ensuing year amount to ELI, 1885,.
672, considerable increase over
those of last year.
The eight passengers of the Aus.
tin, Texas, stage Tuesday were rob-
bed by two masked men, who CON-
PEELED the driver to drive into the
woods.
San Francisco's Board of Ed
ucation will close all the public
schools during the. last two months
of the fiscal year, because the school
fund is totally exhausted.
"A Lassen county, CAL, farmer
recently had two thousand sheep
starved TO death. His feed gave out,
and the deep SHOW prevented the
sheep from reaching grass.
Piper, convicted of the murder
of little Mabel Young in the bell
tower of Warren Street Church, in
Boston, on the 23d of May, was Mon
day sentenced TO he hanged.
WIN. Hogan and wife and four
children, were crossing Big Sandy
creek three miles from Winchester,
Ill.,, Sabbath, when the wagon cap
sized off the bridge and drowned Mrs,
Hogan and three of tho children.
Gov. Kemper, of Virginia, has
just pardoned Edward Robinson,
colored, who has been confined four
years in the peni tertiary for a crime
committed by another man. who
swore him into custody to escape him.
self.
The Bismarck Tribune is author
ity for the statement that some thief
in the northwestern mail service has
got away with large number Of
valuable letters within the past few
months. There isscarcely a business
man on the Northern Pacific but
il = victim: -. '.':s--s
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-30

The evidence this far developed
by the naval court martial now pro-
crossing at San Francisco in the trial
of Pay:1uspector spaulding, shows a
defalcation of over million dollars.
Pinney, clark for Spaulding. obtain
ed this large sum from bankers and
individuals on false vouchers and
left for parts unknown.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-30

Chicago had Tuesday the worst
storm of the season, a foot of snow
having fallen and drifted so badly as
to prevent the running of trains.
At St. Louis rain storm all day
Monday was followed by ten inches
Of snow Tuesday, which will be fol-
lowed by two feet Of slush tor week
or more.
Toledo, Ohio, reports six inches of
snow and no signs of any let up.
indianapolis, Ind, the same.
Watseka, ILL.,, sends greeting as
follows: "Snow is two. feet deep on
the level, while drifts are no less
than SIX feet. A number of awnings
in this city were crushed to the side
walk beneath the weight ofthe snow.
Stock in the country is suffering ter
rib]y, and it is impossible to get into
the fields for feed
The same storm is prevailing
throughout Ontario.
Rain and snow at Memphis, and
the water in the river was within two
inches of the "l;,nger line" Tuesday
evening.
Washington, Baltimore and Phila-
delphia caught violent storm Tues.
day night, which blew down railway
depots, and did much damage gener-
ally.
The Union Pacific is, as usual, all
under snow, with trains stopped.
Freshets in Worcester county,
Mass, have swept away dams and
destroyed 100000 worth Of proper
ty, and the loss in other parts Of New
England is very great. Several
persons were drowned.
Minnesota sits up high and dry,
basking in sunshine, and looking
with pity on the condition of her less
favored sister States.
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CROOKED OPERATIONS IN MINNIE.
sofa LANDS.

A Washington dispatch to the
Chicago Tribune says: "Dr. S. P.
Lippincott, Chief Clerk Of the Land
Office, has been discharged with sew
eral others in the Interior Depart
ment, for questionable conduct in
connection with Minnesota public
lands. The investigation was secret
ly carried on in the Department, and
the facts have not yet been given to
the public. 1t is said that Congress
will call on Secretary Chandler for
the facts, and endeavor to ascertain
who else is in the pool"
DR.. Lippincott is somewhat better
known as Grace Greenwood's hus-
hand.
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Choice Flower and Garden Seeds.
STRAWBERRIES AND PEACHES.
New Sorts by Mail.

Plants Of the newest and finest improved
sorts, carefully packed and prepaid by
mail. My collection of Strawberries tool
the first premium for the best Collection
at the great show of the Mass. Horticul
tural Society, in Boston, last season.
grow nearly 100 varieties, the most com
plete collection in the Country, including
all the new, large American and imported
kinds. Priced descriptive Catalogue, graf
is, by mail. Also, Bulbs, Fruit Trees
Roses, Evergreen. Is packets Flower o,
Garden Seeds, $500 by mail.
@. @. The True, Cape Cod Cranberry
9. best sort for Upland, Lowland, OF
Garden, by mail, prepaid, 81 per1oo, IS pei
Agents Wanted.
B. II. WATSON, Old Colony Nurser-
les aud Seed Warehouse, Plymouth. Mass.
Established 1912.
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MINNESOTA NEWS.

Henry S. French has been con.
firmed as postmaster at Mortified.
e. Layhart, of Cottage Grove,
was killed Friday by a log rolling
onto him.
Three horses belongi ng to G. D.
Tuttle, of Cottage Grove, were shot
by some dastardly coward few days
ago.
"A bank, with $4,000 capital, is
to be started at Pennington, Dakota
county, with G. NJ. Dittman at its
head.
The peddlers Of shoddy goods,
Imported from bankrupt houses in
Canada and Europe" have made
their appearance in Dakota county,
and many farmers are taken in by
these oft-exposed swindlers.
Rochester is q favored town. 1t
has a 5000 pup, the property of Isaac
simonds, who has just brought it from
Cincinnati. 1t is claimed to be a pure
blooded Irish setter female, and Of
imported stock.
Tho wife Of A. D. Prescott, Of
Minneapolis, while temporarily in
sane, wandered from her home early
yesterday morning barefooted and ella d
only in her night.dress,' and was
found afterwards on the ice on Bas.
sett's creek, where she had died from
exposure.
1t appears that Fitz Kumdert,
the man SO terribly mutilated Gas was
at first supposed by accident) in a
stone quarry near Saltwater last week ,
had attempted to commit suicide.
He first cut his throat and then stood
over the blast. Still, he was not
killed. He has been very dissipa-
ted man.
Ole Leason visited Albert Lea
Saturday and spent the day in drink
ing alcohol, whisky and beer. Start
ed home IN the evening, and when
about mile out of town, he took a
drink, laid down and died with his
head in his companions lap.
Whisky and heart disease did the bus
mess for him.
Since the first of last Novemb er.
F. Rommel & Bro, of Rochester.
have bought and sold or packed 49,.
600 lbs. of pork. The average
purchasing price was about 81 per
hundred. OF this quantity some 40
900 pounds were packed for next sea-
sons use. This showing does not
include any part Of their wholesale
trade.
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GEN. Crooks expedition destroy
ed Crazy Horses camp Of hostile
Sioux in Powder River canon, on the
18th inst. Large quantities Of am
muuition, buffalo robes, blankets,
provisions and supplies were captur-
ed. 1t was hard blow to the Red
Brother. Let US have some more Of
this kind of "peace policy"
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-30

On Tuesday, the 22d Of Febru'
ary, at the same hour Of the day, and
at the same minute Of the hour, Dea-
con Noah Pease, and his wife Lucinda,
Of Ellington, Conn.,, who were united
in marriage more than sixty'three
years ago passed away from this life
together, and entered upon the life to
come almost without any separation,
oven by death itself. and this not by
the same disease, but by diseases entire
" distinct aud unconnected. Both
were over four-score years of age.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-30

THERE is a wide range in the val
ues Of Democratic politicians. For
example: Robbins, of North Caro-"
lima, member Of the BelkDap in
vestigating committee, sold his inAu-
ence while in the North Carolina
Senate for 800, while "Gentleman
George" Pendleton, in bis testimony
before that Committee, testifes that
he received 100000 for his influence
in getting Belknap to allow swind'
ling claim against the Government
Between the $40 and $50, 600 may be
found the values Of a vast number Of
other Democratic leaders.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-30

There is not an American
abroad" writes Kate Field from
Lon don. who doesn't blush at the
recent revelationein Washington; but
it this unveiling Of whited sepulchres
leads to the conviction Of every GRIM
inal holding Office, the day Of regener-
alton will be nearer than some Of us
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-30

Mr.. JOHN S. BARNES, of New
York, the newly-elected President of
the St. Paul and Pacific railroad, ar
rived in St. Paul Monday. He stat
ed to an interviewer that no imme-
date changes are to be made, and
that the first thing to be done is to
make q careful examination Of the
road and all the details of its busi-
no4s
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-30

The Governor General of Canada
gets $48,666.66 a year, besides his
residenceand staff; the Premier receives
$4,000, and the twelve other Ministers
$1,000 each ; the Lieutenant Gov
ernors Of Ontario, Quebec, and Man.
itoba and the Northwestern Terrific
ries, $4,000 each those Of Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick, and British
Columbia, SO, 900 each, and the Lieu
tenant Governor of Prince Edwards
Island 81 900, the Chief Justice Of the
Supreme Court has $1,000, and the
five Justices $1,000 each: 49,
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House and Lot for Sale.

A, dwelling house with i've rooms and
stone cellar barn on the lot; good we'll Of
water near at hand. Will be sold with the
furniture If desred. Is pleasantly loca-
ted on Jefferson avenue. This house, with
the lot on which it stands, will be sold
cheap and possession given May LIST. If
desired, time will be given on part of the
purchase money. Inquire Of
WIN. KRUGEL.
St. Cloud, March 7. 1876. Pm