The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-02
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.

A dispatch from Little Rock says that
the bill t. pension disabled Confederate
soldiers AMI their INDECENT widows, and to
appropriate $4,000 for soldiers home at
Little Ro k. has passed both house, Of the
Arkansas legislature.
A dispatch from Little Rock says that
the bill to pension disabled Confederate
soldiers and their INDECENT widows, ana to
appropriate $40, 600 for 4 soldiers home at
Little Rock, has passed both hou ei of the
Arkansas Legislature.
John Broderrk, New York letter car
rier. committed suicide. He was obliged to
lay off on account of sickness caused by
cigatetta smoking. and it is supposed lie
VAS temporarily out Of his mind.
--Georgc Harris of Newborn, Ill. who
achieved some notoriety by his thirty
three days fasting in January and Febru-
ary, has been adjudg.d insane and was
placed in an asylum.
Mrs. Benjamin Vickerman. Of Williams
ton. Mich, who was recently released from
the Kalamazoo asylum, deliberately set fire
to her clothing and was SO badly burned
that she survived but few minutes.
The verdict in the Captain Galley court
martial case was returned to headquarters
of the Department OF the platt, The find
ingS of the court oXonerate tho Captain
from the charge of cowardice and conduct
| unrecoming To an officer He was charged
with Sinking dangerous duty at Pine Ridge
last December. General Brooke, who COM
manCis the department, is not pleased with
the findings Of the court. He says he does
not see how such a verdict was reached on
the evidence before the court. Captain
Galley has been ordered to rejoin hi, com-
pany in the Second Infantry.
The workings of the Malta are slowly
being revealed, says Il New Orleans dis
| patch The lates, case is that Of 4 wealthy
shoe manufacturer named Monteleonc, who
bad trouble with his workmeu. He caused
the arrest OF a dozen of them. When the
time of trial came MonteIcone experienced
| a change OF heart. and pleaded for the re-
lease of tho prisoners. He was inundated,
the police think, by Malta threats When
interviewed on the subject Mon,elcone adj
mittcl the truth of all the police had said
Oh the subject.
At the mcctin, in Kansas City, of the
Executive Committee of the Commercial
Congress of the Western States the follow
ing speakers and subjects for discussion
were agrt cd upon: Improvement of Water
ways" General L. J. Henderson, of ILL.,
n0is, and Newton c. blanchard. of Louisi-
ana; "Reciprocity," Don NJ. Dickinson of
Michigan. Ben Butterworth. and J. c. Bur
rows Of Michigan; The Coinage Question"
General A. J. Warner. of Ohio; -Agricult-
ural Depression and the Remedy" j. J. In
gals. of Kansas; 1.-THE Promotion of Manu-
featuring Ihterestsin Maj. Vim. Mckinley, Jr.
OF Ohio; "Tavation," G. Il breckenridge, Of
Arkansas John II. Gear. of Iowa. aud Chas
Stewart, of Texas; "Immigraton and Set
Element Of Tnoccupied Lands" Gilbert A..
| Pierce. OF North Dakota, and J. NJ. Thurs
ton; "Unon Commercial Laws" Judge J.
| l.. Torrey, of St Louis, author of the Torrcy
| bankrupt bill; "Railway Transportation.n
George r. Peck, OF Topeka: "Le-isiation as
Affecting Commerce." General Wheeler, OF
! Alabama; "lrrigaton of Arid Lands" T. G..
| Henry, Of Denver, and John Jay, of juno
| ton City, Kan. Among the others who
| will tie present are General David Hendcr-
| son. of Iowa. and Benton McMillin, Of Ten