, 1870-04-14

haye been entirely suspended Tho con-
dition Of tho truck clanot be sscettalned
foe sovsra1 day.. Tho J., l. 4 s. B. r. u oov-
e5ea WIN allitxoed, but N attamps Nil b
e to-mn11uw. Tho t'mAde road between this
city and The Pennoyer farm, orer which tbs
street railroad company ruin thslr cAsH, haa
been partially carried awsv, and Will have to DO
almost entirely rebuilt. Those buildings,
vest aide Of the river, between tue Geneses
and hIistol street bridges, numbering about
Fifty, have, during tho past week, been
untenable, unsettled, and in number
Of CAGES have been swept from thci
foundations, and in ono or two INSTANCES
carried away In this city, not less than 800
have been more or less damaged BY tho flood
Those 1ocsted along the 1ino OF Franklin strest
suffered the most severely, In not few IN
stances families being obliged to abandon their
homes for drier and eafer quarters. Ds,sineea
has been partially suspended. and tho ordi-
nary channels OF trade and traffic blocked up
and inpeded, Involving incaleulahle injury to
the cpInInercsal interests Of the city. The dam
&ges direct and indirect, cannot fall short OF
soo eoo. and may approximate closely to
M1s- Jane g. bwisehelm Ia en- route to Mime
sofa 10 take editorial charge Of her old paper,
tha St. Cloud lisitor.
-Charles A. Aorgan+ prominent business
man Of st. Paul, died on the 11th inst, in bis
In 1855. Mr. Morgan WAS elected City Treasurer
on the Democratic ticket, and held the position
for two tetu1a.
Tho St Paul Pioneer Of tho 18th thus
chronicles the opening of navigation 10 that
point Navigation for tho season Of 1870 is
tie ar1iv.l Of bo.ts through Lake repin on tho
the ''''sfia Minnesota ' RiTcrs, o. A coiac;. aee
dence which no believe has never
happened before in the history Of St. Paul. A
few minutes before u o'clock last night, the
tho arrival Of the first boat through the Lake
for the scason Of 1870. She arrived opposite
the landing at the foot Of Robert street aud
Blowed her engines at IL o'clock precisely, and
It ten minutes past !? ahc threw her plank.
notwithstanding the lsteueas Of the hour,
quite y crowd assembled to greet the orst
boat The Tom Jasper left st. Louis On Tues-
day 1ast. She entered the lake at p. m. yes
day ind passed through in about three hours,
rithout encounteEing any ica whktever. All
along the river, from Ninona up, tho Jasper
waa greeted with loud cheers from enthunias-
Hastings hugo bonfire WAS b1Azing in honor
Of the first boat OF the aaasou-" Lxst year,
the hrst boat arrived at st. Paul April 19.
The earliest opening since 1914 wAs in 1e59,-
a4IEu %ot-kuA luo 4NAESl III 4otfi-AQ{l4 A%
EASsAs.
D. Il. Anthony, brother OF Susan, is can
didate for Mayor of Leayenwosth.
NEBRAsEA
An Omaha paper calls that city the "initinl
terminus" Of tha Uniou paci6e Railroad.
MISSOURI.
General Gabriel r. Paul, of st. Louis, vho
lost both eyes by shot At Gettysburg, is to
have ponsion eqna1 to the pay and allowance
Of retired Drigsdier.
Tho United States Treasurer, few days
| ago, received letter from s. L. Carpenter, Of
Kansas City, Nc, enc1osing !. dresdiu1ly-
battered twenty-five cent note for exchxngo.
Though having sone conscientious.b .bcruples a.
to the genuineness Of the rag, the Nritat
H begged the Treasurer not to brand it as 4
| counterfeit, He said he WAS poor boy, to
| whom twenty-five cents was natter Of great
| TO be bogus, he would Like to have it returned,
I u he knew place whcrc he could spend it fos
/ lager beer.
| Tha Cincinnati Commercial Of the 12tt
sars: Philip Lotz3-a whitewssher by trade
| pareutsi aud whose wife. on xeeount Of IL
treatment. left him to his own fate and hi
whiskey bottle, e,-WAa in bad humnr yester.
day afternoon, and determined to blow biz
head OF, to cseatc I big sensation. Fer shi,
purpose ha bought u pound Of powder, put i
| NJ ~ = A4A V1AF A4A9G4A GAt kSALtyy Alt lei
only hole to put tho fuse in. by half-pas 1
be bad all his arrangements completed put tht
fatal box which Was to serve M1n for = bopab
shell On the doos Of his room, laid down on the
floor himself and ignited the informal ma
chiue, After he had placed his head On tho toI
Of tho same. The terrible explosion
that now followed shock the Ok
honse from top to bottom, cracking
the windows md breaking the aaahes
The report Of tho explosion and the smoke L.
suing from tho room of the would suicide
attracted at once = big crowd Some ruahef
up into the rooro, expecting to witness ter
rble sight. But, alas young Lotz Ind mad.
: decided fasoo.. The head t6at VIA to hav.
been blown to pieoes was quits intact, though
rather black from the eject of tho fro, ant
sluost shayed, a. ths burning poTdet hs4
His mother waa quite nad about the poo
Iesnlt OF the affair, and scoldad him for no
having used regular pistol The ,nnfortu
with ono OF bis eyes almost blown out re
fused any medical help. aud declared that b
would get accomplish lis purpoee By Jumpin
into the canal"