Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-01

Rights Congress In Paris, France, Friday July
26lh, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe Of Boston was
elected President of the Congress
! Gen. Howard reports Z hat the Bannock
Indians andthe Piutes, have separated, and
the latter are, pref aring to surrender. u
Labor troubles have broken out inn
Washington city. The rioters interfere with
men willing towork and endeayor to prevent
them Some rough collisions w. the police
have occurred. -
The wheat harvest was nearly complet-
ed in Nebraska last week. The yield was not
as large as was expected owing to the late
storms; but larger then last yea: owing to the
increased acreage.
7 On Saturday the Goth inst Hon. G. II
Kimball, general superintendent, Of the life
| saving. service, established stations al
Muskegon, Ludington and Kenosha. He is
now int Chicago enlisting crews; III 15j
{, Full accounts OF the solar eclipse Of
Monday the Goth of July, come in from al
points. In the track Of the totality, the sky
was mostly cloudless giving to- astronomer
| opportunity for valuable observations.
The George Washington relics pur
chased,by the government with the appropri
alton of $12O, 900 made for the purpose by con
gress have arriaved il Washington city and vii
be placed on exhibition at the Polert office
The yacht race on Lake MENDOZA, july
26th for $50 was won by the Lulu, of Madi
son., beating the :Agamemnou,' of Geneva
thirty -four seconds. The breeze was stiff
the course sixteen miles, and the race very
exciting. A..
In the lower ports along the Missis
sippi there is much anxiety in regard to thu
yellow fever, and measures are being taken tt
prevent It's introduction and spread Board!
LOT hcalthar active and quarantine regulations
and being established. ..~,> ID, :.
Collector Smith of New Orleans gives
information that yellow fever SO prevails a
New Orleans; that 1t would not be proper tx
issue clear bills Of health to vessels leaving
| that port. Up to July %, there were reported
80 cases and SO deaths in the city.
The damage to the crops, as reported
from: the late rains and hot weather arr
believed to be greatly exaggerated. Reports
| from all sections of Minnesota and adjoining
States are more encouraging. All along TIT
line of the Northern Pacific road the wheat il
represented to be in good condition. ~"
It is reported from London that Mr.
Gladstone, the leader of the Liberal party il
England, in late speech violently assailet
the Berlin treaty, and called IN question tn,
wisdom and the craftsmanship of Lore
Beaconsfeld, in asserting to it. Nevertheless
the populac were with Beaconsfield.
On the 26th of July, the steam wagon
Green Bay, broke down near Evansville, Wis
and was shipped home without finishing tn.
trip. The steamer Oshkosh made the tril
successfully. The commissioners will no
make the award for several days, but every
body favors Oshkosh having the prize O
1000 appropriated by the Legislature.
i, A Helena, Montana dispatch of Jul,
Doth says, Lieut.. Wallace overlook and tough
the Indians who committed the recen
murders at the mouth of Bear and Rocl
creeks, on the North Fork Of the Clearwate
Sunday, July 21st, killing six and woundins
three. Among the killed was Tababor, thei
chief. They also killed twenty-three head O
their stock and captured thirty7one Indians
consisting of seventeen bucks and two squaws
Lieut.. Wallace's party numbered thirteel
soldiers and two citizens. No casualties OF
our side except the wounding of few horses
! The fight lasted two hours.