The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-10-08
MISCELLANEOUS,


the coal miners of Iowa and Illinois. a..
The treasury department at Washing
ton, Oct 1, purchased $4,000 ounces of silver
bullion for the mint at Philadelphia.
Coinage in the mint at Philadelphia
for tile month ending September go silver dol
lars Sl,60S,O5O; numerous coins Sl4737. 49,,
It is reported from St. Petersburg that
during 1880 the coinage Of 2O,4OOOOO roubles
worth of gold and 7s12OO0 worth of silver will
be authorized J9.y l.t /! s,.,..,,,:.
The American literary bureau state
that the friends of Mr.. Redpath have not
heard of or from him since his disappearance
from Boston some time ago. 30
The spinners in the Reading, Pa, cot
ton factory struck for higher wages Oct, l,
The factory employed, about 27O hands and is
closed on account of the strike.
The strike, of the cabinet-makers in
Cincinnati, of the journeymen trlnEmakers in
st. Louis, Of the moulders in the stove foundry
in Quincy, Ill, and of the .cabinet-makers in
Louisville, KY, continues. -
Nearly, $4,000, 900 were paid out of the
treasury at Washington, during the montl, of
September, on account of pension arrears
But for this, the decrease lin the public debt
would have been about $10,0O0,COO.
At a meeting of the Washington monu-
ment society, Oct 2, a letter was read from
Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, formally pre-
senting to the society the stones which he has
sent to this country, to be placed in the mon,1-
ment. .. .t..~Gg
l. A Sioux City telegram Of Oct. 5 says
81 Indian children from Red Cloud and Spot.
ted Tail agencies passed through on their way
to school at Carlisle. Pa venture of the In,
terror department.. They were profusely dec.
GRATED with bright blankets and paint. .t
Up to September 3d. at Salt Lake.
Utah, the third district court had for several
days been engaged in obtaining grand jury
All Mormons who believe polygamy revea
ton from God and superior to the acts of Con
gress have been excluded. Eleven jurors have
been obtained ! T. ->y5- II @rN no ~
A Chippewa Falls, Wis, telegram Of
Oct. Q, says the st. Paul Eastern Grand Trunk
railway have secured Col, N. Boardman o
Fond du Lac, as chief engineer. COL Board
man arrived yesterday and has been over the
line to Cadott Falls, and pronounces it q very
| feasible route. He will locate twelve miles
next week, and grading will soon commence
| At Fall River, Mass, it was expected
that the manufacturers generally would COM
mence Oct, to pay working spinners by the
| piece, and charging board instead of paying
them by the week and boarding them free, az
has been generally, the custom during the
strike. City free from disturbance past week
except an assault on three working spinners
last night, where assaulted party challenged
| their assailants. 4' ~ 3s4l!Js
The First National Bank Of New York
and the Bank of Commerce, had the time fol
their payment of their subscriptions to the
per cent. loans extended to October Is,
They sent a number Of bonds to Europe
They have paid for all bonds delivered t.
them in this country, and will now make pay
ment for those in London. The office ii
London has closed and the treasury agen
will turn over the bonds to- the purchasers
They will either be paid for by called bond
or coupons in London, or ready, money Ii
this country s.,Ea ..+n s'e "As'$5st
H. The comptroller of the currency re
ports the whole amount Of additional natiolla
bank circulation issued since the publication
OF his annual report Of 1878 as Sill ,833, 325. Thu
amount Of circulation issued in the months O
November and December and in January
March, June, July and August, 1870, was con
siderably less than one million dollars for cac]