The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-03-10
Western and Southern States.

The Louisiana senate has adopted resolu-
ton suspending Senators Damas, Cahen,
Simm and Stewart, charging them with con-
tempt in signing the Kellogg memorial, and
ordering the sergeant-at-arms to keep them in
custody until further orders from the senate.
The memorial which they signed was adj
dressed to the Uni ed States Senate, and was
in favor of Kellogg's claims to a seat in that
body A resolution favoring Spoford's claims
had been passed previously by the Louisiana
senate and presented in the shape OF q memo
rial to the United States Senate.
| The San Francisco Call says that secret
| meeting OF citizens has been held in the Palace
hotel Tor the purpose Of organizing a vigilance
| committee. The avowed object of the organ
! ization is the suppression OF any possible riot
which might occur in connection with the
labor agitation movement.
Mark Sumner, q minister, has been sem
fenced in the United States district court at
Louisville, KY, to six years Imprisonment for
| forging pension papers.
W. D. Harshall and John O'Brien, Dakota
ranchmen, have been killed by Black Cat
Fish, band OF Indians.
Messrs. Parnell and Dillon, the Irish agita-
tors, spoke to large audiences few nights
ago at 81. Paul, MINI.
at Savannah, Ga, John Henry Howard a
colored man, was hanged tor the murder OF
| Daniel McDermot, seaman, during q
caIouse; and at Ozark Ark, on the same
day, James Howard suffered similar fate for
numbering his wife.
A meeting OF unemployed workingmen in
San Francisco was address ed by Mayor
Kalloch, who counseled moderation and q
discontinuance OF their meetings for the
present
AT Quero, Texas, three men, Holland, Mar
| IN ~,
ialt dollars for drinks when Holland disputed
the game and started for his house for a gur
to kill Martin. His mother, seventy -iiv,
years OF age, came from the house and caugh
Martin, who was trying to prevent Holland
rom getting the gun and held his arms Will
Holland drew knife and savagely hacke
Martins throat. Coward placed pistol il
Martins hand and the latter shot Holland il
the arm and shook clear oil the old lady
knocked her down and shot her, inficting
, wound flom which she soon died. Then h
fred again at Holland, wounding him MORALLY
Martins injuries were not serious.
Two carloads OF Cinnamon from San Fran
, cisco passed through St. Louis a few days az
i on their way to Philadelphia and New Yorl
: About 500 more Celestials will soon follow.
The Iowa Legislature has passed q bill pre-
t hibiting the manufacture and sale of oleomal
4 garine under heavy penalties of fine and in
prisonment
The Virginia legislature has repealed I'll
: Moffet bell punch liquor law and re-estal
4 Iished the license system.
y From Washington
+ A batch of $50 colored emigrants fro
@ North Carolina, destined for Indanapol
n Ind, arrived at Washington few days sine
The President has sent the following nom
| to- tx.C q
n OF Louisiana, to be naval officer OF the dstri
al of New Orleans; Emmanuel Auerbach, to
!, assistant appraiser for the district of Ne
IA York; Frank G.. Stebbns, of New York,
be consul at Manila, PHILIPPINE islands; Cal
James Il. Janett, Tor advancement to t
grade of commodore on the active list.
Vim. III. Vanderbilt has sent to the treasu
e. department, for registry. $5,2o0,000 in fo
We per cent. bonds. There have been previous
registered in Mr.. vanderblt's name ~
600, 900 of these bonds.
in General Butler made an argument befe
IL the House committee on commerce the otl
u0 day on behalf of the oil producers of Wests
as Pennsylvania, who desire congressional
vestigation into the methods used by |
Standard oil company in building up vi
ul they term ga colossal monopoly which
b. crushing out all its competitors" Numert
~. petitions from producers and refiners, pray
100 Tor an investigation, were presented TO g,
gress during the extra session, and these W
ror referred by the House to the commerce co
~ mittee. General Butler urged the commit
10 to investigate the subject He then proceed
m to criticise the operations OF the Standard
re. company asserting that it had forced railrt
companies to come to their terms, in &c
ust instances extorting large sums from sh
his In one particular case, which he referred
-, he said they had subjected the Pennsylvs
y railroad company to a loss Of $l,500,000,
re- this he said, was all done to maintain Il
monopoly.