The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1867-12-05
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On Monday evening Dickens gave
bis first reading, in Boston, to a largs
audience.
-Gsa. Grant will be 46 years old
nezt Spring.
-stev.rt employs over 1000 mon
in his New York stores.
-N.vig.tioa closed Il Qasb.e on
the 30th. Sir inehss Of ,soov fsN IL
prsv,ous night. ~ ...,.tf
"A heavy storm ragsd o. tho Lake,
On tho soth, destroying several .sssels
| near Cleveland. 49, D.: = ,s,t'
James Stephens, once the Feaian
head.eenter, il in Paris, faded, ferlo,n,
aud forgotten.
-Gen. Sherman left St. Louis on
Monday evening for Washingtoa, vhers
he expects to remain this winter.
The Herald special says ex,Sena.
tor Foster will be rendered the. Austri.
an mission just declined BY Greeley.
Gen. Sheridan arrived At Chicago
on Monday evening and was escorted "a
the fremont House but declined max.
ing Any speech. ="
Tho Senate has confirmed Horace
Greeley's nomination y Minister "a
| Austria; aud Gen. Horaes Caproa, d
Illinois, ~ Commissioner Of Agzieslt.
ure.
-Horace Greeley publishes 4 card,
in which hs says, referring to his ap.
pointment to the Austrian mission,
that he will not leave the country until
after the next presidential election. ':
A Milwaukee dispatch Of the 3oth
says: 1t grew very cold yesterday.
This morning the thermometer stood
two degrees belov zero, .sd At uooaa
stood two degrees above. Tho l.kee
are not yet closed. y =: -,
SECRETARY McCulloch informed .
leading member Of tho Finance CON-
mittee that he still believed that ooa.
traction was tho only true policy, to
pursue to insure the resumptiso Of
specie payment At IN carly day. fig ~
-Several members Of the committee
on Appropriations Ire opposed to ~
appropriation called for to ply for Rus:
sian-Ameriea. Il viii be 6ercely op:
POSED in Congress. = =: =
The government u in poaseasio.
Of important facts showing that tho an
nexationists in the Canadian provinces
are very strong, and in certain, local..
ties are in majority. ... r.
Tho glass works At Kent, Ohio,
lost 81 800 recently through /. curious
mistake. A barrel Of white sugar, sup
posed to be salt, was emptied iato the
furnace, running it, entire contents.
MIR. George H. Psndleton's grand
father was the second Of GIN. Hamil-
ton in bis fatal duel with Aaron Bur;
and into his arms Mr.. Hamilton fell. q
The President is in receipt Of d.
patches announcing tho defeat Of tho
Convention in South Carolina. He j,
also assured that it has been defeated
in Mississippi. This will tickle tho old
sinner.
since the Inauguration of tho
Beecher Daily Ledger drama At the New
York Theater, the presence Of Henry
Ward Beeeher, Madam Ristori, and A.
T. Stewart has been noticed in that
place Of amusement.
"A London dispatch says Baron
Won Beust, the Austrian Premier, hes
issued 4 note declaring the mainten.
ance Of the temporal power Of the
Pope necessary for the peace Of Europe.
Prussia has agreed to the proposition
fo- a conference.
"A dispatch from Paris announces
that France and Austria have agreed
upon special treaty on tho Eastern
question, binding themselves to main
tain the territorial integrity Of the
Ottoman Empire.
"A tin wedding was lately Observed
in Glouoester, Mass, after . rather un-
usual mspner. The wife sloped With .
young fellow the sane night, taking
with her al the "tin" she had saved in
ten Year,. The discovery Of her a.
sence closed tho festivities.
The Central Kentuckian supports
Col. Frank Leathers for Doorkeeper Of
the Kentucky House Of Represents
tives because he belonged 70 John
Morgan's band, aud was ''alw.ys gay
aud full Of vivacity." His Democracy
is therefore above question. , :
-Napoleon, in his speech, opening
the French Chambers, il said 70 have
announced that he intended to nsgoti-
ate new loan, designed for works Of
peace, the construction Of public IN.
dertakinss aud the encouragement Of
commerce. The amount Of this 4loes,
it is said, will be. about $40, 900; 900:
The Dayton co., Journal, The
home organ Of Gen. scheack, which
h.s an intimate knowledge Of his politi.
cal views, in noticing his appointmen,
a. Chairman Of the COMMITTEES Of Ways
aud Means, says: I'VE orc inclined TO
the opinion that he vii prove very r.
dent advocate Of greenback currency,
and not very earnest in favor of the
National bank system" :~,:
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