The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-12-06
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The Treasury now holds S344, $50 in
bonds to secure the national bank circula-
tion deposits; United States bonds deposited
for circulation for the week ending Nov. "a
is S75l $50; United States bonds held for
circulation Withdrawn for the same time,
S536, 600; national bank notes outstanding
in currency notes. S31gl2S,741 gold notes.
-, ,4S2, ,l20; receipts Of national bank
notes for the week, as compared with
the corresponding period last year.
1876, s., ,4O1, zoe; 1870 1882 ,00O........ The
amount Of additional circulation issued
bv the ComptruLsr of Currency during No
vember was 50, ,e5S,255 Eighty per cent Of
this amount in greenbacks viii be retired
leaving the amount Of greenbacks now out
standing, S95l ,340, ,26S. Total amount Of the
additional circulation issued since the pas
sage of the act January IA, 1875, SIS, 1924 $40:
amount OF National Bank notes Outstand-
ing S319,295,791.
A delegation of Fox Indians arrived
unexpectedly at Washington few dayr ago,
and without the consent of their agent.
They had an interview with the Secretary
of The Interior, asking the payment of their
board, but were informed that as thev left
their reservation without permission they
would have to use their own means They
replied that they would. The Secretary
inquired their business, and the Indians
answered that they would tell that to the
Great Father. It is understood that they
want pay for their former lands i'm Kansas
.-......-A circular regarding the payment of
interest on the four per cent. registered
stock OF 1907, Just issued by the Treasury
Department, says: Books embracing the
registered stock held abroad viii be closed
on the evenings of the last days Of February,
May, August and November, and reopencd
for Hrsau. sNr- ! &
mornings Of the 10th of March, June, Sep
tember and December following. The
books embracing registered stock held in
the United States viii be closed on the even
ings Of the 18th of March, June and Dec5m- /
Der, and reOpened for the transfer and ex-
change of stock on the mornings of the lst
Of January, April, July and october fol /
loving.
Items IN General,
The Second National Bank Of LAFAYETTE, !
Indiana, has closed, owing to the defalca- |
ton OF Charles T. Mayo, cashier. The short /
age viii reach sixty thousand dollars-re- |
ported to have gone in Chicago speculation. /
This is the first bank failure in that CITY for /
twenty years.. White, Langstaff d Co.,
hardware dealers Of Memphis, who made an 4
assignment some months since, have been 4
adjudged bankrupts on their own petition
Liabilities, $4,000; assets not given.
Among the principal creditors are the State
National Bank Of Memphis, S26,500; Cas-
well Tate, Mississippi, 81, 600; Avery Sons,
Louisville, $4,000,
Two years ago Lyman Blackman, farmer,
living near Birmingham, Michigan, decided
his farm to his son Henry, on condition that
ne should support his parents and sister.
He falling to do this, his father started for
Pontiac to get out the necessary. papers re-
YoEing the deed. In his absence Henry
4uarreled with his mother and sister, which
resulted in his shooting and killing them
both, and setting fire to the house and barn.
He Is now in Jail at Pontiac.
Southern Items
At-eOlumbia, Tenn, few days since,
mob Of twenty-five hundred citizens took
a negro from the Jail, and hanged him to
the Courthouse window He had made
brutal assault few days previous, on a
white woman.
Governor Hampton, of South Carolina,
has sent his annual message to the General
Assembly. He strongly deprecates repudi-
alton of the States obligations, and argues
that the settlement of the public debt ques-
tiOn shall be made upon a basis which win
not impair the credit of the State. He
urges fostering Of the public school system
70 give uee education to all classes.......... ,
The special investigating committee Of the |
South Carolina Legislature appointed last |
spring to examine, among other things;
into the election of John j. Patterson as s
United States Senator in 1872, have sub !
mitted report. The report gives an epi- ,
tome Of testimony taken before the COM
mlttees, including about forty eL-members :
OF the Legislature, white and cOlOred Re :
pubicans, whose evidence concurs in the 7
statement that Patterson's election was >
secured through bribery.
Notes from Abroad. 2
The Russian official report states their t
losses at the capture Of Kars were twenty =
five hundred. Among the officers killed
were General Belinsky and Lieutenant b
Colonel Melikoff
Mehemet Ali telegraphs from Orchanie n
Thursday November p, as follows: We II
arrived here to-day. The Russians sent one N
Of infantry and one of cavalry from a
Vartza against Nevesich. These were over +
and the cavalry regiment, except | o
SIX men, was destroyed. We also captured 6
two guns and number OF prisoners" D" ...... Q
The new French Ministry has been con- f
stituted as follows: President of Council t
and Minister of War, Gen. Grimaudet de i
RocheboUlt; Minister of Foreign Affairs, V
Marquis de Banneville; Minister of the q
Interior, De Welche; Minister of Justice, 0
Lepelletier; Minister of Finance, Dutilleul G
Minister of Commerce, Ozenne; Minister of I
Public Works. Graeff; Minister Of Public il
Instruction, Faye; Minister of Marine, not t.
yet nominated. DUtlleUl was Deputy for n
but was defeated in the election o
Of October a. He sat with the Constitu- o
tiORal group. He has been connected with Il
the Ministry of Finance for many years. o
Admiral RoUssin has been appointed Minis Sc
ter Of the Marine. The committee Of the S
Left has drafted an Interpolation to be e
made In the Chamber of Deputies as soon g
as the new Ministers appeal. II
French Republican papers censure the COM a
position of the new Ministry in con- Ii
temptuoUs terms. The Union, Lcgitimist q
says the Cabinet derives its significance e
from the appointmentOf N. Welche, whose L
politics are of the Fourtou stamp intensified. r
The MoniteUr says the Ministry viii avoid d
all political discussion, and devote itself r
solely to public business. 1t viii ask the o
Senate and Chamber of Deputies to adOpta II
similar course, and thus establish a truce p
from the discussions which are disturbing II
trade 1t viii explain to the Deputies the r.
necessity Of Immediately con- Il
5idering the budget s. as to reassUre the a
country.