The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-04-01

The Chinese are taking advantage of the
low railroad rates and are going east in
great numbers, from San Francisco.
The House committee on education have
decided to report the Blair education bill,
recently passed by the Senate. adversely.
Mrs. Grant has paid over to Virginia
Corbin, Gen. Grants sister, $4,000, which
sum having been lost in the failure of
Grant Il Ward.
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued
The call is for Si0,00o,0OO of the three per
cent. loan of 1882.
Senator Logan introduced bill. repeating
the provision of the existing law, which
declares that when vacancy occurs in the
office of General or Lieut.. General of the
army such office shall cease.
An immense meeting was held Monday
night, March 22d. in the Walker Opera
House, Salt Lake. presided over by the
Democratic menlbefs of the Chicago ma
tional convention, to endorse the acts of
Gov. Murray during the past six years.
Speeches were made eulOgising the course
Of the retiring governor by prominent citi-
zens regardless of party.
The banking and currency committee of
the House had conference with Treasurer
Jordan. The principal subject Of discus
sion was as to the best means of keeping
| silver in circulation as long as possible.
| Treasurer Jordan favored making banks a
circulating agency instead of the treasury
He thought this would secure the largest
| and cheapest circulation.
On March Goth the House Committee on
Public Lands re-considerel the bill, previ-
| Ously agreed upon to repeal the timber
culture, pre-emption and desert land laws.
A motion was carried to report favorably
the bill to repeal the pre-cmption law. IL
was then moved to report favorably the bill
to repeal the timber culture law. The conl-
mittee decided to refer the matter to the
Commissioner of the Land Office before
reaching final conclusion.
| 1t is understood Maj. Gen. Schofield will
be transferred to the division of the At
lantic, with headquarters at New York
that Major Gen. Terry will be assigned to
the command of the division of the Mis-
souri,, with headquarters at Chicago. and
that Gen. Howard will be given command
of the division of the Pacific, with head.
quarters at San Francisco. The proposed
transfer of Gen. Schofield is said to be in
strict accordance with his expressed desire.
| On Saturday, March lo.h, ii. e. Stead
man, tanner of Burt county. Nebraska.
and proprietor of two creamerics near
| Lyons, discharged Ed. Johnson alias John
Anderson. johnson then shot Sreadnan in
| The bowels, causing death. lie then pro-
cured a Winchester rifle, and large guam
t'ty Of ammunition. mounted horse, and
stared of. Constable Parker organized a
parry and caught up with him twelve miles
out. A battle ensued in which the muir
derer killed Peter and Cbas. johnson, and
the consiable's horse. He finally ran into
Chas. JObusoD's barn aud continued to
shoot on the crowd through the cracks,
killing Edgar Everett. The siege OF the
desperate closed by burning the barn and
It's contents, valued at 5000 and belonging
to G. z. johnson, one of the killed. During
the fire he fired shots into the crowd who
returned the fire and shot him in the head.