The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-08

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bought them.
Subscriptions to the per cent, loan
to-day, $1,265, 900.
Thorne & Parsons, large wholesale
leather merchants of Toronto. have
failed.
A dispatch from St. John, n. f.,
says Bishop Conrop, apostolic delegate
died there last night.
Charles Rogers. chemist. of Detroit,
was drowned yesterday while bathing
at Port Lambton. Ont.
The secretary of war had a long in
terview with the President to-day on
affairs on the Mexican border.
Chester D. Parkhurst, wife and son
of Pottsdam. n. T.. were drowned
Saturday by the capsizing of a boat.
A reform council is in session at
Fairpoint, n. Y. in which labor and
temperance questions are being dis
cussed.
Secretary Sherman arrived at New
London yesterday afternoon on the
revenue cutter Grant, and left for
Newport at noon.
The capital of the Robinson female
seminary. at Exeter, n. H., invested
in certain New York canal stock, has
shrunk from 100000 to $4,000.
There were coin in the United
States minis in July 0,300 eagles and
1,S47 900 standard silver dollars. In
Guiding minor coins, the value Of
coinage was S3,627 1888.
The advisory committee of the
Union mills. Fall River, Mass, held
a meeting Saturday and decided to
start up Monday next, meantime
advertising the property for sale.
The boiler Of the engine running a
saw mill at Enterprise, West Va. ex-
ploded Saturday. killing George Avery
John Parr and Frank Dilworth, and
seriously injuring Dent Park and
three others.
Two hundred men and boys of the
the Buckridge colliery, Shomokin,
Pa, have struck against a reduction
submitted to last month. but it is
thought they will all return to work
in few days, as others will not join
them.
At Philadelphia yesterday morning
Smith seriously wounded by Capt.
James C. Fisher, of the schooner
Jephina Stillman. They were caught
in the act Of robbing Fishers vessel.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5.-Silver
City dispatch: Indians have devasta-
ted the country in all directions. Car
sen. Smith and Hansod. supposed to
have been killed have arrived in safe
ty.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. "a Boise
city dispatch says five meE and two
women are reported murdered by
hostiles on Brunean river last Thurs
day, viz: Geo. Miller. a heavy stock
raiser; Joseph Miller. wife. daughter
and son. Robt. McMurray and one
other man. Letters from Weiser
valley say the indians tried to cross
Snake river below the mouth Of the
Weiser yesterday. but were driven
back ny volunteers and few regulars.
The mountains are evidently full of
Indians. Gen. Howard, with his
staff and the main body of troops, is
between Silver City and Jordan val
ley. 1t is reported that thirty-five Of
White Birds Nez Perces have sur
rendered.
NEW YORK. Aug. Railway. n.
J.. has strange story of robbery.
where one detective runs away with
so. 900 belonging to another de-
tective's wife. while nobody can ex-
plain where the money came from. A
detective named Walker, of the
hotel in this city, for
merly did some work with Detective
Forbes. then of Chicago. Forbes
came east six mon his ago, and secured
board in Walkers house at Rohmay.
Mrs. Walker is woman of property.
and entered into some kind of specu-
atiOn with Forbes, by
which they made $4,000.
Forbes had his money Friday. and
showed it to Mr.. Walkers brother,
md told him that half belonged to
Mrs. Walker. That night Forbes
md his wife stole away from Rohmay.
zane to this city, and, it is believed,
,ailed on the Adriatic sea at 8 O'Clock
his morning. Mrs. Walker awoke
asst Saturday morning. expecting to
receive her money, but instead found
that she had been drugged and Forbes
had departed The mystery il . 70
where the $4,000 came from, and