The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-11-04
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Nearly halfthe village Of Queens,
L. l., was burned Saturday. Loss
100000. - .
+ There. have been,s 50 far, As
deaths by yellow fever at New Or
leans. "'
The libel suit of Bowen against
the Brooklyn Eagle is set down for
Nov. 9Th. ~
The President has declared his
intention Of adhering 70, the Indian
'peace" policy. ~ '''' " ''''' >'>,
The National Gold: Bank and
Trust Company, of San Francisco,
has suspended.
The Carleton cotton and wooden
mills, at Philadelphia burned Sunday.
Loss, $450,O0O.
There have been 100000 cases
Of the cattle disease in Great Britain
during the last three months.
-Lapage has been Unidentified as
the man seen in the bushes near were
Miss Longmaid was murdered.
"A young man named Fogg, at
St. Louis, Thursday, shot his sweet
heart and stabbed himself. Both
died. $3.50.
I'm the suit against the Boston
Her4ld, for calling the Cardiff. giant
a fraud, the jury returned verdict
for the defendants.
The Spaniards have demanded
the surrender Of the Cuban. cruis-
er Octavia and her cargo from the
British authorities. ~
Congressman: John G. shumak-
er, who went to Europe after testify
ing in the Pacific Mail investigation,
quietly returned home week ago.
Returns of the election for and
against the new State constitution Of
Missouri Indicate that the whole con-
stitution is carried by q large MAORI
tY.
Judge Dillon has ordered the
sale by foreclosure Of the Cedar Rap.
ids & Minnesota, the Davenport &
St. Paul, and the lowe Central rail.
roads. .~ -1...t< /
A special from Vienna saysit il
reported there that the Turks have
murdered sixty Christians in Bihaza
a fortified town near the Dalmatian
frontier. "
The propeller; Phil. Sheridan
went ashore Wednesday morning al
Sand Point, Lake Superior, while
trying to make Grand. Island harbo,
in snow storm.
Legal tenders to the amount Of
of $704,888 have been ordered
retired, that amount being &C
per cent. of the national bank
circulation issued last month.
! The Hudson river railroad com.
pany have discharged over one hun
dred track laborers, and it is ex
pected further dismissals will be
made.
| j. A. Stephens, Of Council Bluffs
has been awarded the Government
contract for two million pounds o.
old corn at 433 cents;'P: Powers, o.
Hamburger, Ia, one million pounds
The sugar cane crop in Georgis
this year was cut short by drought
In some parts of Florida no more
than three per cent. of a crop was
planted for want Of Seed. In Othe]
parts Of the State the crops were
brought up to full average by the
August and September rains.
On the I'd of last July the saf
of the National and Savings bank il
Winthrop, Me-, was robbed Of $50,
600, mostly in government, railroad
and municipal bonds. The banl
officers have effected a restitution O.
| $50, 900 Of the bonds, for which they
paid the reward advertised-$10,000
The newly-arriyed daughter O.
the Duchess Of Edinburg increases
Queen Victoria's tally of grandchil
dren to twenty-seven, twenty-four O
whom are still alive, and that of hel
total living progeny to thlrty'three
including three unmarried children
and the Princess Louise, who is mar
ried, but without family.
+ AT sale of unclaimed property
at the Chicago Custom House, satur
day, one box turned out to contain
some finely bound volumes, gifts
from various" Englishmen to thu
Evangelist sspkey. The box had
beea directed in care of some un
known person, and. 60 the dues. had
not been paid.
| As the fast freight train on thu
Pan II :: ,iioad xas approach
ing bridge neaT Cambridge, Ind.
Friday night, during terrific storm,
the engineer saw the bridge totter and
fall. He reversed the engine, jumped
and saved his life. The engine and
four cars went through, carrying the
fireman and head brakeman, killing
both. . r.
"A majority of Western railroad
companies have agreed that during
1876 no reduction of fare shall . b@
made on account of religious, Masonic
or other assemhlares. excantinp col1n.