The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-28
ELECTRIC FLASHES.
Thursday Nov. 21st.


Prussias deficit this year will be
73, SOC. 900 marks.
A great panic prevails in Pacific
coast silver mining stocks. Sierra
Nevada fell to 65, Union to 55.
Yesterday the time fixed by Eng
land S ultimatum to Afghanistan eX-
pired. No reply was sent by the
Ameer.
A. T. Stewaat's remains are still
undiscovered though the police slim
ulated by Il $4,000 reward aro max.
ing many arrests.
A fire damp colliery explosion at
Nesquehenning, Pa, Yesterday killed
Owen Gonaghon and Benjamin Grit
fifth and injured two other miners.
The London Standard says Il cabi-
net council of England yesterday de-
clared war against Afghanistan. 1t
attributes the trouble to Russian in.
trigue.
Governor n. Cholls has inst Gnted
investigation into the alleged political
troubles in Louisiana which will elicit
the truths without fear or favor of
any man.
The Inhabitants of Spring Garden,
Ala, having in the opinion of the
L. NJ. General unwarrantauly inter-
fered with a special agent of the de-
partment in the discharge Of his Off
cial duties. that post office has been
summarially discontinued.
y London special says: .'Appalling
distress and destitutiUn exists among
the mechanics and laborers of Shelf
field, in consequence of businass de-
preston. Hundreds exist in tene-
mentS without clothing or furniture,
all being sold or pawned to procure
food.
\ peshawer despatch. Goth inst.
records the advance of the British
army on Cabul. Thirty miles of road
was covered with troops, elephants.
cames and cattle. The Pesllawe'
force is marching Oh Jumrood. The
Ameer Is again spreading report
that the Russian will defend Cand;l-
har.
Or. Bemiss head of the national
yellow fever commission has reported
|. that the fever was imported to NJ
Orleans in May by steamer Emily
Sander; >. it is insatiably trans
United by personal interco,rses; 5,
not one case indigenous to this cOu,l.
try was found; i, the use of Gisin.
fectantS in infected cities is idle; 5.
personal prophylaXes by drugs &c. is
us less and &, quarantine vigorously
enforced has always protected It's sub.
ject from the plague.
BY the report of the comptroller OF
the treasury shows the total number
of banks and private bankers in the
union to be G,45o. aggr, gate capital
S6,5. 40, ZOO, total deposits, 9l9.954.
900. Since the organization of na.
tional banks the total u. $. revenne
from banks has been $50. .033, ,554. He
says 3-4ths Of the bonds which Sc.
cured national bank currency Nov.
I. 1865 bear interest at six per cent
| these have been refunded until now
less than l-5 bear this high rate, the
other being from 4 to per cent. He
claims that S2D.Uo0.OU annually can
he saved by refunding these bonds at
| four per cent. but conveniently
writes To state the saving ii these
bonds were paid off in treasury notes
| bearing no interest.
Friday November a..
The British Parliament meets Dec.
5th.
Italy will take energetic measures
against secret political societies.
October yield of precious metals.
Pacific coast. is light viz: 81 $50. 100.
The steamer Frank kranz in the
lower Mississippi trade sunk; loss
$4,000.
The steamer War Eagle keokuk
line. WAS sutk near that city. Will
be raised.
Tenhosh 4 Co. shipping and com.
mission. SIN Francisco. failed: liabil.
tiles 5000.
\ federaist plot has been discover.
Ell in the Spanish navy and several
officers arrested.
The Florida supreme court have de
ciaed that lIIsbee. Republican, was
elected Ia Congress.
Road agents robbed the mail and
ming. The mai. left Mckinney the
2O;h inst.
George b. Stetson. former presi.
LEM vi the Br.lgewateT. Miss. iron
company is reported II d-faulter in
S13 100.
Seventeen Nhalers. with 1000 blr.
rels of oil. 10,ou0 pounds whalebone,
snd IS, ,UOJ iiou::sss OF ivory arrived II.
Sln Fr;lncl>co this month.
At Pisa. Italy. 2lst inst. at A cele-
hratiou OF q Ieen Maiyiienrite's birth
lay Il bomb MAS thrown into .he
crowd. bat with no serints result.
\ mob entered the I.e Grange, ky..
jail the night of the 2Dth. and took
out Geo. Williams. imprisoned for !,
na,ueless crime. and hun. him.
\ large Belfast fiax spinner his
closed; liabilities S4JJ.UO0. And two
If the largest slate works in Wales
have stopped altogether and all the
rest are reducing in men aud wages.