New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-06-05
MISCELLANEOUS.

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A large planning mill in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, was destroyed by fire on the night
of the ed of May.
The London TSnaes has begun to urge
the establishments OF British protectorate
over Turkey in Asia.
The Park Place Hotel, st. Paul, Mime
sofa, was totally destroyed by fire on the
night of May 18th. Loss $4,000.
A London telegram from Manila rep
resents trade greatly depressed in Consequence
of the threatened failure of rice in the Philli-
pine Islands.
The Queens birthday was celebrated at
Montreal with imposing ceremonies and a
large military display. The st. Adams (Vt)
troops participated in the demonstration.
No importance is attributed to late
federal outbreak in Catalonia, Spain. The
number of insurgents is insignificant, and
they have been driven to the mountains, pur-
sued by troops.
Thereshas been no change in the state
of affairs in the strike districts of Lancashire,
Eng. The masters and operatives continue
obstinate and there is no prospect of an i'm
mediate accommodation of their differences
With two or three exceptions all the
print cloth mills at Fall River, Mass, will,
within few days. decide to run2on half time
for the next eight or ten weeks, either by run
ming alternate weeks or three days each week.
The liabilities OF Hon. James Skead !,
lumber dealer of Ottowa, Ont, are 1922, 900.
The principal creditors are the Merchants
bank, 100000; Qubec bank, $172OOO; Banque
Rationale $4,000. The Two former mostly
secured.
The bankrupt Chicago firm Of Hadley
Bros. have paid a dividend Of IS per cent to
the creditors, and will probably pay 10 per
cent. more soon There offer of 40 per cent
was refused by the creditors some three
months ago.
A telegram from Southwest harbor
says: Capt. Leeman, commander in the
Russian army, and the Russian officers have
left for good. The paymaster, and two other
officers, and eleven sailors, have gone to Phil
adelphia. The paymaster will return on the
18th of June.
The Episcopal bishops Of the Quincy
and Chicago dioceses met with representa-
tives of the Springfield diocese and with sey
eral clergymen on the Oath inst, for the pur-
pose Of forming an Episcopal council out of
the three dioceses.s A plan was proposed by
Dr.. Judd which will probably be adopted.
John e.. Tappan has brought suit
against Amherst college in $4,000 for breach
of conditions, whereby it holds the bequest of
his father, John Tappan, who left $4,000 to
found a professorship of the pastoral case.
It is alleged that the college neglected to APP
point q professor within the stipulated time.
/ It is reported by the captain Of the
steamship Gamma, from bermuda, that the
English ironclad Serious, swift cruiser, left
that port with sealed orders, supposed for the
coast of Maine, to look after the movements
of Russian vessels in that quarter. The Brit
ish feet at Bermuda, consisting of several
quick sailing gunboats, also received orders
to sail at once for Halifax.
It is reported that orders have been re-
ceived at Liverpool to ship American cotton
for consumption in the mills of Bombay. Il
! is intended, with this material, to commence
| the manufacture Of shifting and other medi.
UNI class cloth in India. This cotton will pass
into India duty free, whilst goods made from
the same kind Of cotton in this country will
pay an import duty Of five per cent.
| The treasury department has discon:
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