Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-03-03
WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW.
THE FAST.

anu otner distinguished citizens were present.
,OIganizauon 70 carry out the purposes of the
league TO crush monopoly and to protect the
taxpaying and wage-earning portion Of the COM
mun1ty was urged. Judge Jere Black was the
PRINCIPAL speal er Of the evening. He held that
persons connected with railroads should be
excluded from Office, called attention to the
increased power Of these corporations IN
politics and the pog or which they have
gained over the State and other courts
Senator Window sent a letter svinpathizing
WITH The objects Of the Getting but warning
the promoters against the spirit Of Com
munism. He denounced the railroad and
Telegraph monopoiies, and pointed ont the
danger that threatened the people from the
fact that the telegraph lines OF the country
were practically controlled by one man. Con-
gresham Reagan spoke and explained his bill,
which he claimed was only step in the drec-
tion of curbing the power Of monopohes Res
olutions embodylng the spirit Of the meeting
were then adopted.
THE New York Assembly has adopted
resolution directing the Attorney General to
institute quo warranto proceedings to prevent
the watering Of stock by the telegraph compa-
MES. .C1e man was fatally injured and seven
Others badly burned by an explosion IN Dettiil-
ers fireworks factory. near Jersey CITY. By
collision on the Buffalo, Pittsburgh and West
eFn road, near President Pa, five persons were
seriously injured.
Up TO the 25th ult. the Sub Treasurer
at New York had received on deposit from ma
iional banks, to retire circulation. nearly 3d.
100000 This action ON the part Of the national
banks caused a serious stringcncy in the money
market, the rate rising to 1 per cent. per day
and per cent per annum. S cretaTy Sherman
produced an electric effect upon the stock mar
ket by announcing that he vas prepared to re7A
deem the bonds lately called. paying interest
20 the date of presentation. He also announced
that the frpa NOfrl1 algo bnuda
with the millions Of greenbacks depo tied
by banks 10 withdraw their circulation
-Four lottery-dealcrs in New York have been
fined and sent TO the penitentiary. A mail
train on the New Jersey Midland railroad was
wrecked by broken rail near Ogdensburg, n.
j. The combined mail and smoking car and
passenger coach went down an embankmeut,
and instantly took fire. The mail was
burned, but the passengers all escaped alive,
though most of them we're injured
In the Whitaker court martial, before a large
party OF wives and daughters Of officers, Lieut..
George b. Burnett laid down upon an iron bed
stead and with bands tied himself precisely as
he found the colored cadet, aftorward releasing
himself easily.
A NEW YORK dispatch says that Feb
rs, 1881, viii be memorable day in the his
tory Of Wall street. The hull that followed
SherInan's announcement to purchase bonds
was followed by q fall that bordered on a
panic. All through the afternoon stocks fell
The excitG1ent was intense. On Wall, Broad
and New .treets small groups of excited
men gather ed discussing the situation. On al
most every ACE there was anxious expression,
and many hand that took tape trembled with
excitement. The conflict between the banks
and the Government seemed to favcr the
former, for accordingly as the banks received
their checks for bonds that they sold TO the
Government, just so soon were they deposited
with the Sub-Treqsurer TO retire circulation
Nganfifup fla rnorlraf aouffpua6 In fall 4
minutes to the closing Of the day were anxious
lycounted. Money was per cent bonus over
night. The banks refused all loans and
were calling IN Their loans rapidly as
human industry eould. In addition
TO the call for S25, 900, 900 Of bonds made the
previous day, Secretary Sherman authorized
the Sub-Treasurer at New York 10 dlsburse
$lO,OOO,000 for 5 and per cents, at par aud
accrued interest. This caused temporary
buOyancy, and prices recovered to Al Z per
cent, but during the afternoon there were
reactions and rallies until the last hour,
when the trading enormous, and the
downward movement so rapid as to amount
almost to panic. The decline for tho
day ranged from ! TO l44 per cent.
Money was stringent, the rate for GAIA
loais Icing per cent, "a TO IL per
cent. per diem added oven at this figure
solid mercantile houses were unable to Obtain
the amounts they required. Exchange fell so
low that foreign transactions were virtually
suspended. Tho losses were enormous, and
that no failures occurred is strong evidence of
the sonndness OF business and the soyency of
dealers.
T.. 9. HAYDEN was hanged Mt Wind
sor, VT, for numbering his wife. He requested
permission TO examine the galows. and in
s'fucted the hangman how to pinion his arms.
In the eamest manner possible
lac declared himself Innocent.
Lottery and policy dealers in New York have
Qrfnolls- To EVrsf
Robert Dunn was fined 1000 and sentenced
to the penitentiary for six months for selling
lottery tickets.
The threatened panic in New York
has been averted. The purchase of bonds, ly
order Of Secretary Sherman, threw Is, COO 90
or "A, 100000 on the street and loosenel the
money market, and the arrival OF several
millions more from outside cities almost COM
pletely restored confidence.
CHARLES MERRILL, of China Village.
near Augusta, Me-, killed his mother and con
oealed her body in haymow until it WIS
frozen, when he cut it into pieces. Part he
burned and the rest he buried in the snow. On
being arrested he confessed his crime, coollv
relating the circumstances. e.. Fire DESTROYED
the car-shops at Laeonia, n. H. The loss is
$4,000, anu $50 men are thrown out of en-
ployment
rTTEE WEST.
TIE Chicago Times dispatched a cor
respond II to the cattle ranches of The West TO
investigate the losses from the unprecedented
storms OF the winter. lie reports that thou
sands Of beeves line the northern banks of the
Arkansas, having driited in from the north
and that they are dying in great numbers A
gentleman who has Just reached Denver de-
clares that he saw fully 5000 dead cattle king
beside the Union Pacific track in Nebraska.
Mrs. SLOAN and six of her children
were burned to death by an incendiary Ere al
East Liverpool, Ohio. Mr.. Soln awakened
discovered the flames at an early hour of the
morning, and, telling the members OF the family
70 follow, picked up 3-year-old daughter and
started for the stairs. The flames had cut off
their retreat by this time, however, and turning
TO window, he leaped out, at the same time
telling his wife and children to do the same
Before they had time TO follow, they were
stlfied by the smoke and persisted in the flames
When recovered, the bodies were charred
beyond recognition, and it was only by the size
OF the rc'nalns that the grown persons were
distngu bded from the children All that is
LETT OF family Of ten are the father and one
daughter, whom he carried with him when he
made the leap. Following Is a list OF those
who persisted Mrs.. William Sloan, aged 81
years Luel Sloan, aged 10 Clyde Sloan, aged
~ Lizzie Sloan, aged ii Alex. Sloan Q;
Paul Sloan, aged 5; another aged
AhthAIo uhu hi4buT DkCeiS, q brother
II law OF tho unfortunate woman
~ r men entered a saloon near Fort Wngaie.
New Mexico, and called for drink. The pro
prietor said he sold no whisky but il the men
wanted to gamble they could. and be supplied
with whisky. The four men then sat down
with the proprietors After playing some time.
row tegan resulting in the death of all the
card players, each being shot several times
nam on the Santa Fe road was derailed near
Larkin, Kan, and badly WI cked. A bow was
Killed, and one passenger had his sknn 'fract-
ured. Seven Of the injured were cared fer al
the scene OF the accident The onameljng
works OF Baker Il M,Nillan, at Akron. Ohio
have been burned.
JOHN @. MOORE, real-estate broker
Of Indianapolis, killed himself in his Office
with revolver. His brother DESTROYED him.
selt AZ Lafayette, four years ego. bv means NJ
esuilloune 80 constructed that burning can
die severed string and let fall The ak
lhere Is much suffering in Dakota for lack OF
fuel. Corn Is freely used in the stoves /. a tcl
egraph-pole was stolen at Sioux Falls aud
railway tiesabstracted at Parker.
hartley CAMPBE1Ls greatest work
My Partner" is the feature during the pres
ent week at Hayerly's Chicago Theater. The
cast is almost the same as that engaged IN H.
last presentation OF the play there. Tonis
Aldrich appears as Joe Saunders. and the re-
mainder Of the cast is iirst-rlte includipsr ss,-
eral names well known 10 Western an,us',,,,,.