New Ulm weekly review., 1879-06-25

that the Warner Silver bill should remain un-
reported, and no further action be had upon 1t
this session.
AT Kansas City, Mo-, early on the
morning of the 18th, Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Noon
an were awakened by noise which they
attributed to burglars being in the house.
Mr.. Noonan took revolver and went into
the front room in the dark, followed by his
wife. She became frightened and threw her
arms around her husbands neck, when he,
supposing himself assailed by burglar, fired,
killing her instantly.
The Committee on Elections of the
National House Of Representatives formally
decided on the 10th, by a vote OF ten to two,
that the Congressional elections in Iowa last
October were legal, and that the present
Congressman were entitled to their seats.
Mr.. Weaver, who is member Of the commit :.
tee, declined to vote from motives of delicacy.
Four reports would be made in the case.
/: A WASHINGTON telegram of the 10th
says the Labor Committee of the lower house
of Congress had agreed to visit San Francisco
and other leading Western cities after the
adjournment of Congress, for the purpose of
taking further testimony.
A HEAVY freshet has lately visited
North Adams, Mass, and the country round
about. The damages reported up to the
morning of the 18th aggregated $150,C0O.
PATRICK F1TzGERALD, the runner,
ran eleven miles in ffty-nine minutes and
fifty and three-quarters seconds, on the ground
of the Manhattan Athletic Club in New York,
on the 10th.
A NEW and dangerous counterfeit
ffty-dollar greenback has lately been put in
circulation in the South. It purports to be
the issue of 1869, and has a medallion like
ness of Henry Clay imprinted on its face.
Close inspection is said to reveal it's defects.
A TERRIBLE hailstorm, six miles wide,
passed over portions of Columbia County,
N. Y, on the night of the 18th. Hailstones
fell as large as hickory nuts. Poultry was
killed, crops were destroyed, and several
houses were unroofed.
HENRY w. BLAIR Republican) was
elected United States Senator by the New
Hampshire Legislature on the 18th. The vote
on joint ballot stood: Blair, 1S1; Bingham
(Democrat), 80.
EVAN RICE, ex-Cashier of the Ma
tional Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine,
Del, has been sentenced to five years. i'm
prisonment for embezzlement and false en-
tries.
The Republicans Of Wisconsin will
hold their State Nominating Convention on
the 23d of July.
THE findings of the Court-martiai in
the case of Colonel D. S. Stanley and Colonel
w. B. Hazen have been made pnblic. The
Court found Stanley guilty of conduct to the
prejudice of good order and military disci-
pline, and sentenced him to be admonished
In general orders by the General of the Army.
General Sherman approved the finding, ad-
ministered the admonition, and directed the
principals and witnesses to return to their re-
spective posts of duty. He also stated that
the charges against Colonel Hazen could not
be inquired into by general Court-martial,
because the alleged offenscs were barred by
the statutes of limitation.
HON. F. w. GREEN, ex-Member of
Congress from Ohio, died at his home in
Cleveland on the 18th.
AT the National Encampment Of
the Grand Army of the Republic, held at
Albany, N. Y, on the 18th, William EarL-
SHAW, of Ohio, was elected Commander-in-
Chief. The next encampment will be held at
Dayton, Ohio. -> 3,
ON the 18th, the New Hampshire
Legislature elected A. B. Thompson, Secreta-
ry Of State. s. A. Carter, State Treasurer, and
john +. Clark, State Printer.
. Tie California State Republican
Convention met in San Francisco on the
18th aud perfected an organization. On the
18th, q plalf1m was adopted in which the
following were tho leadingpoints: reaffirming
the principles of the Republican party;
6enouncing the attempt of the Demo-
Gratis TO interfere with the purity of
elections; sustaining the Presidents veto
policy; declaring that Congress should regu-
late freights and fares in Interstate COM
merce, and pledg1ng the Railroad Commits
sioners to fair reductions Of the rates Of fare
on railroads; opposing Chinese immigration;
ETC., etc. George e. Perkins was nominated
for Governor.
The Workingmen's Convention has
nominated Rev. I. s. Kalloch, pastor of the
Metropolitan Baptist Church of San Francis
co, as their candidate for Mayor of that city.
On the 10th, the National House of
Representatives passed bill to provide for
the exchange of the trade dollars for the le-
gal.tender silver dollars. Tho text of the bill
is as follows:
That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause
Treasuries Of the United States legal-tesder sil-
weight of said trade dollar has not been reduced
provided 6y lay for the single piece, and shall
further coinage of trade dollars; proyided, that
the trade dollars recoined under this act shall
REQUIRED by the act of February q, 1878; and
prooided tWTthey. that trade dollars that have
been chopped" or restamped for circulation in
ded from the provisions Of this bill.
SECRETARY SHERMAN has given no.
tice that he will redeen ut once, without re-
bate of interest, all the outstanding $50
bonds, consols of 1867 and consols of 1868.
called to mature July and 4.
The ceremony of relaying the cor
ner-stone of "Washington's Headquarters''
took place at Valley Forge Pa, on the 10Th.
Ex-Governor Pollock delivered the address,
The National Association of Christ
ians met in Chicago on the 10Th, and elected
the following officers for the ensuing year !:
President, Philo Carpenter; Vice President,
Samuel Plumb; Corresponding Secretary, J..
P. stoddard; Treasurer, Edward Hildreth ;
Recording Secretary, Thomas Hodge
The Maryland State Democratic
Convention has been called to meet in Balti-
more on the 9TH of August.
A WASHINGTON special of the Goth
says Senator, Lamar, having become satisfied
that Senator Conkling would not send him a
challenge, would leave for Mississippi on the
9lst This was regarded as the end of the
affair between tie two Senators.
PRESIDENT HAYES has approved of
the Congressional joint resolution relating to
bridge across the Detroit River at or near
Detroit.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.-The Army Appropriation
bill was reported back on the 14th, with sundry
amendments. and placed on the calendar. "A
bill was passed to grant additional rights to