The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-09-02
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Governor Curtin is the fourth -
Minister 70 Russia from Pennsylvania -,
Diamonds are now found in tho
Rocky Mountains. !: =,
The receiver of taxes of Philadel- b.
phia vas robbed on Friday night Of tb
SAC, 900. fs
Tho Grand Duchess Maria, Of
Russia, is velocipedist "
-Whittier is to have cane made j
from Barbara Fritehie's house. *
IS. y. Couaut has resigned tho
mauagiug editorship Of tho New York II
Times, aud is succeeded BY Mr.. Bige- b
low. 10
Two miles of the Central Pacific 4
railroad have been destroyed by fire.
Passengers were transferred across the Il
break in wagons. b
Secretary Ravlius was Frustrated u
on Friday with severe attack Of hem
orrhsse Of the lungs il
Emperor Napoleon is confined to
his bed by chronic malady. The Z
present attack is not Of an alarming a
character.
"A little girl in Pittsburgh, Pa,
who found a package containing 81, 900 i
aud returned it to the owner, was re-
warded with one dollar for her honesty.
Great scarcity of Croton water is
reported in New York, in consequence
Of the drouth, and many mills in that
region have been compelled to stop for
lack Of the very necessary fluid.
-Horaoe Greeley has accepted an
invitation to deliver tho opening ad-
dress before the international industrial
exhibition at Buffalo, on October 9Th.
Captain John Oliver, a seaman Of
| 1912, sufferer At Dartmoor aud the
! pilot who conducted tho first steamship
into Boston harbor, died near Stillwa-
ter, Mimi, last week.
1T is understood that the authori-
ties At Pekin have officially intimated
to Sir Ruthford Alcock that the Duke
Of Edinburgh cannot be received by
the royal family Of China on an equal
footing.
| "A gentleman Of st. Louis recently |
received letter from Chief Justice |
Chase, in which he says: ~ am out Of
al future political contests, and no one
need be jealous of me hereafter"
! The battlefield Of Bull Run is the
only battlefield Of consequence that has
not been changed since the close Of the
war. The forts, tho monuments, the
atockades, and the desolation remain as
the soldiers left them.
"A boiler in the Phoenix Iron
Works at Phenixville, Penn, explod-
> ed this morning killed from ten to
twenty workmen.
Rev. DR.. Todd, Of Pitts6od,
, Mass, has been presented with 4 ring
, made from one Of the golden spikes Us.
, ed in laying the last rail Of the Union
, Pacific Railroad. The ring bears these
words "The Mountain Wedding." At
which, it will be remembered, Dr.. Todd
F was the officiating clergyman.
. The Empress Eugene will have
retinuo OF about thirty persons when
she visits this country next year, among
whom will be the Prince imperial.
. She will visit Boston, Newport New
York, Saratoga, and Niagara Falls, and,
, | perhaps California. ut has been one
of my dreams to visit America" says
the Empress, "and next year I shall
sec New York and Niagara Falls"
AT a meeting Of the Northern SIN
> gerbund, On Saturday, preparations
! were made for the Humboldt festival.
| and it was resolved to cooperate with
the Philharmonic society in celebrating
the Tooth birthday Of Beethoven with a
, monster concert at Genital Park on
larger scale than that recently given in
, Boston.
, The reports from Hong Kong, Of
the massacre Of Christian missionaries
. in the province Of He-Chun are con-
6rmed. Twenty are known to have
been killed by the. populace. The
= = Pekin government has instituted in
, quiries concerning the outragvs. 49,
: They get rid Of their manageable
children by means Of fairs, in Rouman-
ia. When the fair is opened, the faith
|: ers climb to the top Of their carriages
and shout with the whole power Of
their lungs, II have daughter to mar
= ~. Who wants q wife ?" the call Is
J., answered by some other parent who
!, has son he is anxions to pair of: The
= two parents compare notes, and if the
Q marriage portion is satisfactory, the
It treaty is there and then concluded. 1t.
MINNESOTA NEWS.
II The crows are eating the bugs on
the potatoes near Minneapolis. u
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