The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-06

season the 5th inst.
The Richmond Enquirer has again sus
pended publication.
Senator Blaine has left Augusta, Me-,
for Washington.
The grain shipment from New York to
Europe Saturday, was 13S, 900 bushels.
Two slight shocks of earthquake oc-
Cured at Portland, Oregon, at a. m. Sat-
urday.
Gen. Grant took a cordial farewell Of
President MacMahon and the Duchess OF
Magenta Friday.
C. Adams block in DEBORAH, H., burned
Saturday night. Loss sl5, 900; insurance
about $4,000.
Richard Hooper s. Sons, wine and spir-
its merchants of London, have failed.
Liabilities 81, $50, 900.
A. F. Fifeld, late water register Of
Cambridge, Mass, is found guilty of en-
bezzlement on nine counts.
A New York Columbia, S. c., special
says Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court J J. Wright, colored, has resigned.
Irvine Moore, of Springfield, Mass, has
gone into bankruptcy with 1925 600 llabll-
ltleS ana scarcely any assets.
Details of the losses in the fighting at
Mitchku, the 26th ult., show the Russians
collected $500 Turkish dead.
The outlaw, Rande, pleaded not guilty
in the Galesburg, ILL.,, court, Friday, and
his case was set for trial December 18th.
Buffalo are reported very plentiful east
of the South Saskatchewan, in the British
Northwest Territory
Congressman Smalls, pending his ap-
peal to the supreme court of South Caro-
lima, has been released on $4,000 BAIL
At Deadwood, D. T., Indians are report
ed numerous in the vicinity of Redwater.
where they haye killed a ranchman called
Hank.
Greenbaum, Runyon and Stanford, for
merlv West Park commissioners of Chica-
go, have been indicted for conspiracy to
defraud the city out of 10000.
The officers of the Protection life insur-
ance company, Chicago, have again been
indicted for perjury-this time for having
sworn to false statements.
The nomination of VIM. Henry Smith
to be collector of customs at Chicago was
reported to the Senate without recommen-
dation.
Many of the bodies washed ashore from
the wreck of the Huron were SO mutila ed
by being cast upon the shore as to render
their Identification impossible.
At Des Moines, Andy Smith. one of the
negroes accused of the atrociOus murder
of Ella Barrett in 1874, has been found
gully of murder in the first degree. The
others are to be tried this week
The Vatican has accepted the English
governments condition, so as to be able
to proclaim the hierarchy of Scotland i'm
mediately.
The Pope has written an autograph let
ter to Queen Victoria, thanking her for
permitting the establishment of the
Scotch hierarchy.
The Second National Bank of Lafayette
Ind, closed Saturday, owing to the defal-
cation of Charles T. May The shortage
reaches $50, 900
The outgoing Deadwood stage Monday
morning, in crossing the river from Bis
marck, broke through the ice and the four
horses were drowned.
The nomination of John Baxter to be
United States Judge of the fifth circuit has
not been reported upon by the Senate ju-
dietary committee.
The Republic Trust Company, savings
bank of Newark, n. J b, has stopped bust
ness on account of the difficulty of max
ing safe and profitable investments
Germany has informed Switzerland that
subject to ratification by the German par
lament it will contribute an additional
81 900 900 toward the St. Gothard rail-
way.
Jonathan Turner, distiller of Sage
town. H., indicted for defraudinu the
government, has been released on his own
recognizance, the trial having ended in a
disagreement of the jury. Ten voted for
acquittal.
The French government has revoked its
order expelling an American named Be-
del from the country, for having spoken
disrespectfuly of that government during
the late election campaign.
The Philadelphia mint during November
coined 81 oil 900 in silver as follows:
Trade dollars, 400 900; half dollars, s34.-
600; quarters, III 400; dimes, 40 ,Oo0-the
total number of pieces being 2.o96 400
The body of man named Henan. a
ditcher, who left his place of employment
two weeks ago was found three miles west
of Indianapolis Friday night, he having
been murdered.
The Senate committee on military af-
fairs not having reported upon the ap-
pointment of several citizens to be second
lieutenants in the army, the appointments
fail as if rejected by the Senate.
Both houses of Congress adjourned
from Saturday to 10 a. m. Monday, to close
up the business of the extra session in the
two hours before the opening of the reg
ular session.
At the session of the national grange in
Cincinnati, Friday, the Grange Bulletin
edited by the national executive commit
tee, was ordered discontinued. The
grange adjourned to meet next year at
Richmond
The jury in the case of W. B. Highly.
tried in the district court of Portland for
subornation of perjury in connection with
the Grover Investigation, rendered YER
dict of acquittal.
Samuel Barth, 7. A. Souing, Charles
Harvey and W. 81. Strauss, late directors
of the Union banking company of Balti-
more, have been indicted for conspiracy
to defraud