The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-05-16
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

LATE NEWS ITEMS,
The extensive knitting mill at
Amsterdam, N, Y, is burned.
"A serious break has occurred in
the Erie canal.
The Grand Trunk bridge at South
Paris, was burned on Monday.
The Spanish government asks the
Cortes for power to raise 10000 fresh
troops.
Thomas Buchanan Read, the poet,
died on Saturday, May II, at the As.
tor House, New York.
Japan has purchased 500, 900
worth Of boots and shoes in this country
this year.
Ben Wade gets salar, Of $751;
600 a year as attorney of the Northern
Pacific railroad. He is also director
of the Union Pacif, railroad.
AT New York, during Passover
week, three thousand barrels Of uuleav-
ened bread were consumed by the Jew.
ish inhabitants.
Tho French budget gives the es.
innate for the year 1873 at 2, 406, 00O,-
600 francs for expenditures and 2, AA25
100000 frances tor revenue.
"A census has just been taken of
the members Of Brigham Young's fam.
lily, which returns him IS childre q, of
whom 20 are females. His wives num-
Der 80.
Tho election in Switzerland, on
the new constitution, resulted in its de-
feat, thirteen out of twenty-five oantons
having voted against it. The Catholic
cantons all opposed it.
Out of the States which have held
Republican Conventions, ten have in
structed for Mr.. Colfax for Vice Presi.
dent, and two for Senator Wilson, of
Massachusetts,. =
The town Of Somerset, in Penu-
sylvania, was almost wholly destroyed
by FIRE on Friday. Fifty families are
homeless. Loss 100000 a.; insurance
$4,000.
BY order Of the War Depart.
ment, department commanders are auth.
orized to make such arrangements as
will insure to discharged soldiers trans
portation and subsis tence to their
homes.
AT Fleetwood Park, On Friday the
trot between American Girl and VIM.
H. Allen for 81, 200, best three In five,
was won by the GIRL in three straight
heats. Time-2394, 1851. and
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Richard Christie, aged thirteen:
was tried at Brook in Tor the muir
der Of VIM. Wells, playmate
The evidence showed the killing Of
Wells was accidental and the jury re.
turned verdict of not guilty.
Grant used to set type, Collax is
an old newspaper man, while Greeley
and Brown are experienced printers.
-Four typos running tor the highest of.
fees in the peoples gift ought to make
= good impression.
The evidence of tho New Or.
leans. Custom House Investigating
Committee having been examined by
the Presideof, he has determined to
demand the resi- gnation Of Collector
Casey and Deputy Collector Herwig.
The London Times says the
Government Of Germany is willing 10
with the government of France
with the view of accelerating the evac-
u.tion Of French territory now occu-
pied by German troops.
Gov. JEWELS recent inaugural
message condemns forcibly the practice
prevailing in many towns of that State
Of putting paupcrs up at auction and
knocking them down to the lowest bid.
der. The custom is an inhuman and
barbarous one.
The Cleveland Leader is under
the impression that it has enough poe.
try on hand to last till next fall, but
if the spring is backward, and the
fires have to be kept up, it will prob
ably need more.
The most popular lady in foreign
society at Washington is said to be
Lady Thornton, the wife of the Eng
llsh Minister. She is tall, angular,
homely, aud her dress is dowdy and
unbecomiog, but she possesses rare
social attractions and brilliant con.
versational abiliti es.
The savings banks of this country
contain deposits Of $1,000, 900, 900,
mainly the surplus earnings of mechao.
les and laboriug men. Of this amount
over sl6a, 100000 are deposited in tn.
savings banks of Massachusetts, $780,
100000 in the rest of New ENGLAND.
and nearly $500, 000,0 900 in New York.
In Sunday School, during L. Mt,
the teacher asked bright little boy :
"Jimmie, what good thing, what great
pleasure, are you willing to give 10
during the Leuten season 2" Jimmie
mediated about ten seconds and respond
ed: II think Ill give up going to
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