New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-12-25
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The House appropriation committee
have Recommended an appropriation Of
$4OO,O 900 to prevent the withdraw Of the postal,
cars. 1t was discovered that Postmaster
General Key was in earnest in his threat to
withdraw the cars.
a Portland, Oregon dispatch says, in
the U. s. District Court IN the case Of the
Un'ted States vs.. w. G. Gr:swold, charged
with fraud in connection with Indian war
claims Of 1854, the jury have returned YER
dict awarding plaintiff s35,22S.
The late railroad difficulty at st. Paul
Minnesota, is at an end The Milwaukee s.
st. Paul, and St. Paul & Sioux City companies
have agreed to horluonize on the plan ofown.
ing an undivided interest in the right Of way,
and further conflict will cease
| A special to the Advertiser from Bonn
bay dated December 18th, says an Afghan
official arrived in Gen. Browns camp from
Jellalabad and invited the British to advance
to Cabul and establish new government in
consequence of a general rising against the
ameer
John Green and team, at St. Paul, Min
nesota, Dec. 18th, were run over by gravel
train at the crossing of the st. Paul & Pa
citc railroad track, near the city mill. Both
OF his legs were crushed, and if he lives which
is doubtful, one will have to be amputated
He also received other injuries.
The treasury department, to stimulate
sales, contemplates fixing the commissions
on subscriptions for per cent. consols, up
to June 3Oth, 1879, as follows: On subscrip-
tons from 100000 to 81. 100000, Is of 1 per
cent From 100000 to 100000, 4 Of l per
cent. On amounts in excess of 100000, an
additional commission of one-tenth of / per
| cent
| The October returns of the department
OF agriculture did not materially change the
aspect OF the wheat crop as foreshadowed by
the monthly report of its condition. Decem-
Der returns, including estimates of the yield
per acre, confirm and somewhat enlarge
previous estimates. A compilation from all
the returns show the aggregate crop to be
about 4s5,00O,000 bushels.
A serious smash occurred on the Bal
tlmore & Ohio railroad shortly before daylight
the llth ist west bound freight jumped
the track near Laughlin Station and was bad.
ly wrecked One of the brakemen named
Fuller, was buried under the debris and when
taken out found to be badly hurt The road
was badly blocked at the wreck and passen.
gers compelled to transfer all day
The Boston, Mass, Herald saws there
are several gangs of bogus commission mep-
chants III that city under an ogranized leader
who supplies all the capital They obtain con
signments on credit by means of circulars
quoting high prices, and dispose of the goods
in New York at low rates. More than mil
lion dollars have been realized, and as the law
does not reach them the business still thrives
In New York city the two iDgleaders
in the car strike have been arrested, but the
strike of drivers continues, and several as
saults have been perpetrated by the strikers,
and distinctions are placed upon the track.
The railroad directors met and resolved MOI to
take back any of the strikers, and to run the
road as they deemed best. They have received
many threatening letters, and are determined
to bring matters to an issue.
New discoveries of rich silver deposits
continue in the vicinity Of Leadville. Itappears
that nearly two millions pounds of base bull
lion was transported from Leadville by one
route in November, and upwards twice that
quantity Of high grade. The Colorado
Spring shipments alone in November, of base
silver bullion, were 1025,O00 pounds It is
evident that the product in silver of the Lead
vile mines will very largely exceed any es
| Inmates hitherto published
A meeting of railroad officials was held
in st. Paul on the 14th inst. Some half dozen
roads were represented The object of the
meeting was to consider the question of
Union passenger depot in St. Paul. An
agreement was entered into to build such
depot, and articles of agreement were pre-
! sented to be submitted to the respective roads.
The building is to be at the foot of Sibley
street, and is to be 800 feet long, and 100 feet
wide, with 10 foot space for carriages and
omnibuses. The structure will cost some
half million OF dollars.
On the 18th inst, great storm of rain
and wind prevailed in the eastern states,
sweeping through New York. New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and very wide
sweep of country, causing inundations on
rivers, the sweeping away of railroad and
other bri tges, interrupting railroad trains and
destroying immense amount of property. In
some places on banks of rivers people had to
abandon their homes, and in some places
dwelling houses were swept away. A great
loss of life is not reported
Dispatches of the 18th inst, from cen
trail and western Missouri, Iowa and Kansas,
say the heaviest snow storm known for years
prevailed there the day previous, snow fall
ing to a depth of from ten to thirty inches,
and in some localities IS very badly drifted,
Railroads we're generally INSTRUCTED and