New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-10-15

Ofanimals in transit were largely dwelt upon,
A missionary fund of s., 900 was recommend
ed, to be expended in the formation Of Socie-
ties for the Prevention of Cruelties to Ami
mails in States where live organizations did
not already exist.
The Fall River (Mass.) strike col
largely-attended meeting, to return to work.
A CANADIAN Grand Jury has indicted
the President, Vice President, Directors and
General Manager of the Consolidated Bank of
Montreal, on the charge of making and pub
fishing willfully false and fraudulent state
ment Of the banks affairs in January and
February last.
RETURNS from the Colorado election,
received on the night of the sth, indicate the
election of Beck, the Republican candidate
for Supreme Judge, by about 5 900 majority.
.THESu b. ommittee to investigate the
charges against Senator Ingalls, concluded
their labors on the Sth. The report will be
made to the committee in Washington next
winter.
DENVER (Col.) dispatches of the 9th
say the reported murder of Agent Meeker had
been fully confirmed from Indian sources.
The women and children had been made cap
certainty as to their fate. The Agent at Los
Pinos Agency had been forced to leave, and
the people of silverton were calling upon the
Governor for arms and ammunition.
PETER MCMXNUs, Mollie Mcguire,
was hanged at sunbury, Pa, on the 9th, for
the murder of Coroner Hesser, in 1874.
AT the session of the Humane Asso-
citation in Chicago on the 9th it was resolved
to ask Congress to charter the organization,
under the name of the "American Humane
Association" Edwin Lee Brown was re-
elected President. Thirty Vice-Presidents
were chosen, among whom were Henry Bergh,
of New York; Theo. F. Gatchell, Des
Moines, Iowa; j. w. Fitch, Cleveland, Ohio;
J. G. shortall, Mrs. F. w. Peck, Chicago;
T. w. Palmer, Detroit; D. r, Noyes, Jr., st.
Paul, Mimi; A. G. Stebbins, Toledo, Ohio;
DR.. j. N. CASTOR, indianapolis, Ind; Elihu
Enos, Waukesha, Wis. Secretary, Abraham
Firth, Boston, Mass. Treasurer, Levi
Knowles, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Land Office at Washington has
recently made out statement for the fiscal
year ending July last, from which it appears
that 8, 65O,OOO acres were taken up during that
year. In 1877 the number of acres taken was
3,4sO,O00. The amount taken up during the
first three months of the presant fiscal year
indicates total for the year Of nearly 10, Co.,
600 acres. Texas is not included in this state
ment, as all public lands there belong to the
State.
The Chief of the Bureau of Statis-
tics at Washington reports that the exports
of petroleum and petroleum products, during
August, 1870, amounted to 46, 397, 776 gallons,
valued at $3,630,112.
UP to the 9th the silver dollars coined
aggregated ~, 7'557, ESQ, of which 81, O54,070
were in circulation.
The Treasury Department has ar
ranged with express companies to transport
all shipments of fractional silver coins to
parties ordering them at Government con-
tract rates.
On the 10th the Legislature of Wash
ington Territory by joint resolution took a
recess, for the purpose of visiting General
Grant at Portland. A resolution was also
adopted inviting the General to visit Seattle
during his visit north.
RAwLINs kilograms of the 10th say
that information had been received that the
Utes We're scattering and making war upon
the defenseless settlers of that region. There
were rumors that the Shoshones and Arrapa-
hoes were preparing for war.
A FR1GHTFUL accident occurred or
the Michigan Central Railroad, near Jackson,
Mich, on the morning of the 10th. The Pa
ciic express train, bound west, consisting of
seven sleepers, four passenger coaches, and
mail and baggage cars, was forty minutes be-
hind time, and on arriving at the switch, a
quarter of mile east of the Jackson juno
ton, it collided with a switch engine which,
had been left on the main track Both en-
gines were completely demolished, and the
baggage and passenger cars were piled upon
each other in a terrible wreck. Sixteen per-
sons were killed aud about thirty others more
or less seriously injured. The engineer and
fireman of the switch engine jumped off and
saved themselves, but the engineer and fire
man of the passenger engine were instantly
killed, their bodies being terribly mangled.
An investigation was under way to ascertain
who was to blame for this fearful destruction
of life and limb.
A BALLOON was seen by number Of
people sailing high over the city of Dubuque,
Iowa, on the 10th. A car could be seen at
tached to the balloon, but no person. 1t
disappeared in southwesterly direction.