The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-08-11
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Duluth has Chamber Of Com
merce. *-<5. r.
The Michigan University ha.
been thrown open to women.
| The Paris bankers have partly sus.
pended specie payments. -
-Chas. Dickens, Jr., has bought in
the property of bis late father, at auc.
ton.
"A little child of Daniel Dut1in, Of
Fredonia, Ind, was SO badly torn by
hogs a few days ago that it died. -
jeff Davis left Greenbrier (Va.)
White Sulphur Springs, on Thursday
on his way to Europe.
The cholera has considerably in
creased at Havana, where there are
as many as thirty deaths day.
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly has re-
turned from Washington, and is now
at Niuinger.
Sweden and Norway declare for
Strict neutrality. Russia will remain
neutral provided Austria keeps quiet.
The French Government requires
passports from all persons entering or
leaving France.
Fernando Woods investigation u
Gen. Howard's character cost the
United States 100000.
-Ccnsus returns indicate that the
population of New York city will be
less than 100000.
The Pail Nall Gazette says the
result Of the recent battles means the
triumph Of the Prussiaus in the war
Congress left its appropriations
IN such complicated condition that the
grants for various purposes cannot b.
legally drawn from the Treasury
The returns from the North Caro-
lima elections, now give the Republic
cans only the LIST and End Compression
al dlstrlcts-the Conservatives having
carried the five others.
Butler, of Tennessee, the alleged
pension-gtabbcr, is not carpet-bageer,
but a native Seutheruer, and a Coo
tederate warrior with removed dis
abilities.
-Helmbola's cottage at Long
Branch Was robbed Of $4,000 worth
OF diamonds on Thursday night. A
guest was also robbed.
The State Department, on Satur-
day, acknowledged communication Ct
the French Minister notifying our
government Of the declaration of war
against Prussia.
There Is to be no extra session Of
Congress. The President has declared
that there is nothing in the foreign OF
domestic relations to justify such a call,
and the financial troubles relative to the
appropriations are not, as we suspected,
Of such serious character as to clog the
wheels Of the government.
The acting French Consel at
Richmond, Va, has had so many ap.
plications from ex-C ontederates who de.
sire to enter the French army, that
he has been compelled to announce
through newspapers that he has no au.
thority to accept their propositions,
The Spanish Government has
been called upon BY the Washington
authorizes for indemnity: for certain
American. citizens expelled from Cuba
We hope also that those murdered
there have not been forgotten, and
that the Government does not mean
to rest satisfied with making the demand
without enforcing it.
"A party Of gentlemen who left
Fort Garry on the 25th of July, re:
port everything quiet. Col. WolseJ
and the Canadian expedition had reach
ed Rainy Lake, about fifty miles from
Garry, and had sent forward proclama
ton declaring the expedi ion peaceful
t rat the rights of all should be re.
spected. Real has offered to help upol
the road from Garry to Rainy Lake
s believed that perfect accord vii
exis: between Riel aud Wolsey.
There are at present in the por
of New York, awaiting orders from
Europe, nine German steamers ant
twenty seven shilling vessels. Th.
agents Of the companies, according t
marine international law, can not dis
miss the crews in any foreign port
which gives their owners much anxiety
and involves great expense. For in
stance, the six steamers of the Bremen
Company, averaging 5000 tons each
cost $1,000 per day, and the three be,
longing to the Hamburg line about
$4,000.
"A special dispatch says that the
President, after consultation with Gen