The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-31
before committee at Washington that he
knew nothing.

knew nothing.
The commissioner general of the land
office received dispatch from Special
Agent Hester in Florida, stating that the
grand jury at Jacksonville, Florida, found
indictments in seventeen cases against al
legged timber depredators of that State, in
volving an immense value of timber, lum-
Der, tar, turpentine and rosin.
Chaska Herald: John Frank, Jr., of
Carver, has returned from Otter Tail
county and we learn he has bought 1910
acres of railroad lands at sixty cents an
acre. Otter Tail is decidedly the biggest
bonanza in Minnesota in speculation of
farm lands.
Mr.. VIM. LEO of Waseca was arrested at
Burlington, Iowa, last week on suspicion
of having robbed a man by the name of
Davenport, and being an entire stranger
he was forced to remain in custody before
he could convince the authorities of his
| innocence.
! THE receipts of the St. Cloud postoffice
last year were s3,297.70; money orders
issued, s33 ,23s.79; money orders paid,
$40, OBS IS; registered letters sent, sos:
registered letters received, 987; registered
letters passed through the office, LIS;
value of stamps cancelled, 81, 169 so;
stamps sold, $3.50. SIS.
THERE are two John Morgans in
Rochester and yet money order for $l2
sent there to that name failed to reach eth
er one of them, for the reason that the
wrong John first received the letter, and
talking about the mistake furnished Rob-
ert Bailey with the idea of possessing the
money by forging the name of the other
John, which he did Bailey is in Jail
awaiting trial on the charge.
The House organization of silver men
and resumption repealers has instructed its
executive committee to investigate and re.
port concerning the old law which author
ICES the Secretary of the Treasury to appear
before the House of Representatives in
person, and answer inquiries, etc. This
report is to be made with view of de-
termining the ACCESSIBILITY of calling the
Secretary of the Treasury before the House
on the silver question, in event of the
executive being arrayed against the views
of the majority on silver resumption.
THE New Ulm Review contains lette,
from Sleepy Eye, which states that the
spirit of the mother Of Nj. Ackley was un-
easy in her grave and came to his house,
one night, and kept up an incessant rap
ping, when he threw a stick of wood at
the door, but still the rapping continued
when his wife suggested that his mother
wanted to speak to him. He asked ii ii
was his mother, and if it was to rap three
times. The raps continued, and Ackley
then conversed with her about six hours
and since then she has visited him twice
In December last the store of John De
Boss, at Bigelow, was entered and ST.
worth of goods taken. A few days since
Mr.. De Boos received the following letter
without date or signature, but the envel
ope bearing the Sibley postmark of Janua
ry 10th: 1--WE boys, in a frolic, entered
your store, not thinking of the conse-
quences of the crime. We are very sorry
and will never be guilty again. We send
you the amount the Worthington paper
says is your loss. So you need be no Loser
and we heartily beg forgiveness.
THE sixth trial of Jacob Neumeir OF
Rochester, for selling liquor without a Ii.
cense. resulted in his acquittal by the jury
The jury in this instance were all, al
agreed upon by counsel, drawn from out
side of Rochester. In all sixty-two jurors
sat in this case of whom thirty three founC
in favor of guilt and twenty mine in favol
of acquittal twelve of whom happening tt
be got together in the last trial settled The
case. This is certainly most marked
veriiication of the saying that petit juror:
are mighty uncertain. The costs in thu
different prosecutions were over $3.50.