The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-10-01


be sound and reasonably clean, composed
mostly Of the hard varieties Of spring wheat,
and weigh not less than ffty.six pounds to
the measured bushel.
All that was saved Of the county rec
sords, books, etc, from the late Deadwood,
Black Hills, great fire, was one setsof books
tho treasurer's office, The assessment rolls
were all destroyed, and at a meeting Of the
county commissioners this afternoon new
assessment was ordered as soon as possible
Strong guards are on duty at the hank vaults
the outer doors Of which were left unlocked
and no one is allowed to. pass without being
recognized.
I AT st. Louis, September 90, the Bap--
!. fist association by vote of ~ to II expelled
the second church and its pastor. Rev. DR..
Boyd, for heresy. The heresy consisted in af
filiatioon with Jews in union meeting and
joining in singing hymn from which all at
tention to the Savior was carefully omitted,
and in breaking over the line of close com.
munion by inviting Unitarian minister to
commune with the church. The second
church is the strongest of the denomination
in st. Louis.
The Post-office department is prepar-
ing proposals for carrying the mails in Ohio,
Indiana, North and South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Kentucky and
Tennessee, which will be published in Novcm-
Der, and the opening will be in February next.
The mail service, under the proposals, will be
doubled, as OH oil roads where the service is
now weekly it will be semi-weekly; all semi
weekly service will be increased to tri-weekly,
and all country towns and court houses will
have daily service. "
A private circular has been issued at
st. Louis by the trades assembly, and sent to
all the assemblies in the United States and
British North America, setting forth a project
for general strike of all trades. the time to be
determined by the trades assemblies, and to
take united action for the adoption and en-
forcement of the eight hour law, the abolition
of the truck system and child labor. They al
so propose to organize unions of all trades
not now. organized, and to appoint an agita-
ton committee to carry out the purposes of
the assembly. .AA..s. s.......-
The Golas (Russian,) says the export of
grain has fallen off considerably from the
amount of last year, for during the first six
months Of 1878, 158l3,OOO quarters were ex-
ported, but this year only Is, $4,000 quarters,
difference of 1851 900 quaters, or 10 per cent.
On the other hand, imports are considerably
larger than those of last year, making the
balance still more unfavorable. In a few dis
tricts the Russian harvest is good, in the most
it is middling. In the Kietf district. generally
fertile the harvest is very bad, and the price of
n O(y Eor a emf
fering mnch loss from the cattle plague
Advices from Washington of Septem-
Der 49, state that there is in the treasury but
about Sc, 179 900 in gold, in denominations less
than $50. This amount is not sufficient to
meet any active demand upon the treasury
for small coin. To supply this deficiency, it
is understood to be the intention of the treas
ury department to recon most of the foreign
gold received at the New York assay office
into five and ten dollar gold pieces. In re-
coming foreign gold nothing less than five
dollar pieces will be turned out, as it is desired
to get as large a number of standard silver
dollars as possible into circulation.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Northern Pacific railroad company was
held in New York city on the oath inst. The
annual report set forth that the conversion of
bonds on the 18th inst. amounted to s3O,2O7,-
100. There are outstanding of these bonds
only $528OOO. The business of the road, local
and through, is steadily increasing. The fol-
lowing board of directors was elected: Fred
erick Billings, Vermont; Joseph Dilworth,
Pittsburgh; G. B. Wright, Joseph Potts and
j. Frailey Smith, Philadelphia; B. P. Cheney,
Boston; j. NJ Denison, Baltimore; Alexander
Mitchell, Milwaukee; J. E. Ellsworth, Ore
gon; johnson Livingston, Hugh Mccullough,
Wanton Ferguson and James B. Williams,
New York. f. sEg1 ~ .-.'
The French commission having in
charge the proposed Franco American treaty
OF commerce, gave banquet, at Paris, Sept
q, in honor of Fernando Wood, of New York
Covers were laid for one hundred guests
Count FoucLer de Coirl, senator of France, &C.
cupied tho chair. Gov. Noyes, minister of the
United States, Gov. Fairchild, consul of the
United States, and representatives of the
chambers of commerce of Paris, Bordeaux and
Macon, and of the Partisan, American and Eng.
fish press, were present. Toasts to the health
of President Hayes, to the liberty of the press,
to the friendship of France and the United
States were proposed and enthusiastically re.
cieved. A great meeting to promote the treaty
is announced to b. held Oct 9Th, in the circus
of the Champs Elysees. E5 b.
The Londod Times says the extraordi.
nary controversy now alarming Europe on
the supposed misunderstanding between Gors-
chakof and Bismarck shows what dangerous
stuff is all around us. A ring of interested
spectators in collision seems to have half per-
suaded the illustrious statesmen, the great
ness OF one mighty empire is incompatible
with the greatness Of the other For the Rus
sian and German nations at present the diff
Guilty appears to be to manufacture reasons
for flying at each others throat. Their inter
sests are in no respect opposed Neither own
territory coveted BY the other. We believe
much of this fourishing of swords will be
found to be merely the exercise of fencing
schools, but it is time the masters came for
ward ard reassure mistrustful Europe.
Reports from Chicago to September %
are to the effect that there was continued
upward movement that day on 'change
wheat making a most decided advance, No. 1
selling as high as $10614 during the after
noon, and closing strong at shade less than
the best prices. Although prices have I'D
vance6 daily for two ureoka 1u;+l, ~ ,,+,o