The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-24

burg have united In prOLeSt dsdluoO
unnecessary eXtravagancea at funerals
The Italian Parliament has voted,
with large majority. the abolltlon
of death as punishment for crime.
The Grand Jury of Macon county,
Ky.. recommended that the Leglsla-
ture re-establish the whipping-post.
Two-thirds of the trade OF Southern
Russia and one-third OF that OF
Northern Russia is in the hands OF
the Jews.
A steamship from Boston is taking
out a consignment of American robins
for acclimation in Yorkshire. Eng
land.
4 new cloth, made of birds down,
is the latest invention. 1t is water.
proof. and is five times lighter ana
warmer than wool.
A woman in Baltimore, sane III
other respects, believes that she is
princess, and insists on wearing
nothing but purple, even to her
Undertaking.
The Ministerial Union, composed
of the Protestant clergymen OF Phlla-
delphia unanimously expressed tnelf
belief in hell and the doctrine OF future
and endless punishments recently.
The Pope has authorized Cardinal
Manning to negotiate with uIeaC
Britain for the removal OF certain
difficulties which delay the establish
ment of the Roman Catholic hierarchy
in Scotland.
The London Universe says that
during the past year no less than SIX
additions have been made to the
religious sects of England, so that
there are at the present moment as
many as l54 branches Of Protestant
ism in that country.
The contractors for the Brazil
Railroad in Philadelphia received
telegram from the Brazilian Secretary
of State, stating that colored men
would not be permitted to enter the
empire as part Of the working force
of the contractors.
The prompt Canadians have secured
space of fifty feet square in the
centre of the main tower Of entrance
of the foreign department of the
Paris Exposition-a most advanta-
geous situatiOn-for the erection Of a
trophy of Canadian products ITO feet
high.
The need of State prison for the
Southern tier of counties of New York
State is being very generally recog-
nized, and it is thought probable that
one will be established in the Bushkill
Valley, Sullivan county, which is
specially adapted for the purpose.
Judging by all appearances New
York State is not so sure for ShylOck
as that worthy individual supposes.
In Seneca county recently six Green
back clubs were organized; in Schuy-
Ter county at least four towns are
counted sure for the new party at the
election next month; Chemung coun-
ty is Greenback beyond a doubt;
Brooklyn takes kindly to the Work
ingmen's Greenback Union which has
been organized in a majority of the
wards of that city. In fact the cause
is making surprising progress every
where in the state
The Grand Rapids, Mich, Green
back says that "those Greenback pa
pers which decry the six and four
per cent, bonds but advocate the 1855
interconvertible, remind us of a Ger.
tain Methodists class leader, who said
he considered it great sin to chop
wood Sunday, but, rather than starve
or freeze, he thought the Lord would
forgive him if he ran out and gathered
an armful Of Eastwood bark. We dc
not want any bonds at all. We are
waging war for the express purpose
of getting rid of bonds of every de-
scription.'
The large number of failures in
Canda moved an Indiana hard money
editor to say very sarcastically that
they could hardly be attributed the
characterization of silver or the re-
sumption act; whereupon the Indian
apolis Sun hits back thus: Nor can
they be attributed to Greenback in
fation or irredeemable money, for
they have no Greenbacks in Canada
They have the soft, stable, honest
specie basis bank note system in Can
ada, and that system must be held re-
sponsible for all their ills. Don,
forget it."
The Commercial Times Of Milwau
kee, Wisconsin. points the way thus
"Having got through the bills now
before Congress, General Ewing and
Mr.. Bland should put through bill.
for the substitution of a full legal
tender GreenbacA as an American
currency to replace the national note:
by being sold to the banks, to the full
extent of their capital for the bond:
now deposited in the treasury ant
drawing interest. Our national deb
would thus be reduced S40O. 900 ,oo'
and interest on that amount saved
Until this is done it is idle to talk o
Improvement in business.
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