Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-25
Cuba Is to be represented in the Cortes by 40

Cuba Is to be represented in the Cortes by 40
deputies and 10senators. '--.
The municipal affairs of East St. Louis
are still in a disturbed state, and further riots
and bloodshed are feared,
4 Paris dispatch Of the 18th inst, says,
specie In The bank Of France Increased 8ede,
COG francs during the past Week.
: AConstantihople telegram states that
There isreastIn io2belieye that peaceful settle
ment will ba effected with Greece. Ut i
+ The Rocky Mountain Neaosat Denver,
Colorado. has changed hands, and will here
after be les,ted Al Democratic paper. 9
A Washington telegram of the 18th
says, subscriptions that day to the new four
per cent loan, amounted to 81 ,l91 800.
The trustees of the Jay Cook estate has
realized nearly s2,OOo,Ooo from clainAs due the
estate. A dividend Is to be, made on money
III hand. '''. ..','d ~ y
The Paris and Vi1eh rs newspapers gen
orally coihment fagorably upon Lord Beacons-
field statement in explanation of the treaty of
Berlin in tho House Of Lords.
The superintendent of the mint at San
francisco states that since the first Of July
$1,000 silver dollars have been Exchanged at
hat mint at par Tor gold icoihs:
The Bear Paw MAountain gold excite
Iheht L taking many restless gold seekers
the other day for the new FL Dorado.
:, On Saturday the Goth inst, Hon. G. II.
Kimba1l, general superintendent OF the life
saving service, established stations. at
Muskeson, huntingdon and Kenosha: Tie is
now in Chicago enlistihg crews:
; Gen. John McNeAl is how engaged III re-
moving Chief Joseph's band Of Nez Perces
prisoners from Fort Leavenworth to the, In.
dian Territory about IS miles soAth from .Dax.
ter Springs, and sa;oining the territory now
occupied by the Modocs..
: A London telegram of July 16:h says
10000 nail makers in Oldhi]l, in Dunley, Row.
ley and Hales Owen district, have struck fur
an advance of thirty per cent. In wages. TO-:
600 more will Join the strike at the end the
week. ~ -.
An Auburn, N. Y, telegram Of the 18th
inst, gives detailed avsonnt Of the Cor
hell Harvard eight cared, feshman ace. Cor.
nell was victorious, and the classic youth WERE
of course, put a great ways ahead in their
studious pursuits. .
On Monday, Ju,y s2, there were co..
eco pefsons present at the soldiers and sailors
reunion at Newark, Ohio. The President of
the United States, the General of the Army,
and great many other gentlemen of distinc-
sion were present.
1t is reported from London that Mr..
Gladstone, the leader of the Liberal party in
England, in late speech violently assaulted
the Berlin treaty, and called In question the
wisdom and the craftsmanship Of Lord
Beaconsfield, in asserting to it: Nevertheless
the populac we're with ReacoNsheld.
The English steamer j. B. Walker was
to sail from the port of New Haven, Conn.,,
on the 18th inst, for Constantinople with
arms and ammunition for the Turkish govern:
ment. She has on board 20 OoO,DoO cartridges,
1900 riAes,e0o sable bayonets, and 10000
scabbArdB. The total value OF the cargo is
81, 035,0OO.
The great heat of the week ending
Saturday, July Goth greatly abated the day and
night, and the deaths from heat prostratiot,
AdN ucuIIy CessSeU. several lU0Grenb in the
cities and country feli victims to sunstroke.
Nearly two hundred died in St. Louis alone.
But this was by far the most severely sun
struck city in the land.
The fo"ring mill in Florente town.
ship, Goodhue county, Mihhesota, was destroy
ed by lire Thursday night, July IS: The mill
had FOUR run ct stone, and was valued at
$25,''00. Insured for $4,000. 1t was rumored
that 81 900 in money was in the mill. The
fire was the work of an inccndiary Perhaps
burglars secured the money, and then burned
the mill to cover up their crime.
Lord Rrarons6elds appearance before
The British Parliament, July 18th, caused
great enthusiasm. He gave an account Of
his diplomatic action at the Berlin congress.
The object was to save Turkey from partition
as that Would involve bloody wars A divis-
ion of territory, a loss OF provinces, was not
partition. A government might sage provin.
ces and should be powerful. Britain had lost
colonies. Austria had lost provinces, ard
France was still powerful GoVernmsnt
though she had lost territory.