Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-19

hearing OF evidence.
The loss by fire in Reynor Bros. whole |
sale confectionery establishment, at Pitts |
burg, Pa, viii reach $4,000. A larg par |
Of the loss was caused by water.
An explosion of nitroglYcerine and
occurred Dec. Is at st. Bernard
coal mines, darlington, KY. The shock was
felt for miles. A train Of mining cars, mules
and negro driver were blown to atoms.
Recently, near the village of Blyth,
Canada, an elm was felled which measured
eigh feet in diameter at the butt, and over six
feet at sixty feet from the root. The chop
per took two hours and half to fell the
monster
The late railroad difficulty at st. Paul
Minnesota, is at an end. The Milwaukee &
St. Paul, and st. Paul & Sioux City companies
have agreed to horrnonize on the plan ofown-
ing an undivided interest In the right OF way,
and further conflict will cease.
A special to the Aduertis0r 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 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 s. Pa
cifc 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 Epening Dispatch of st. Louis, in.
Guiding all property and franchises, has been
sold at auction uuder second mortgage for
$4,000, subject to first mortgage Of $4,000
All the presses, material and other properties
of the morning Journal, which suspended
publication month ago, were sold at the
same time, subject to the same mortgage.
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 yiele
per acre., confirm and somewhat enlarge
previous estimates. compilation from al
the returns show the aggregate crop to b.
about 425, 100000 bushels
A serious smash occurred on the Bal
timore & Ohio railroad shortly before daylight
the 18th 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 whel
taken out found to be badly hurt. The roat
was badly blocked at the wreck and passen
gers compelled to transfer all day.
New discoveries of rich silver deposits
continue in the vicinity of Leadville. Itappear
that nearly two millions pounds of base bull
lion was transported from leadville by ont
route in November, and upwards twice tina
quantity of high grade The Colorado
Spring shipments alone in November, of bas
silver bullion, were 1025,O0 pounds. 1t i
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 hell
in st. Paul on the 14th inst. Some half dozel
loads were represented. The object of tn
meeting was to consider the question of
Union passenger depot in st. Paul. A
agreement was entered into to build such
depot, and articles of agreement were pre-
scented to be submitted to the respective roads
The building is to be at the foot of Sible
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wide, with a 40 foot space for carriages an
omnibuses. The structure will cost som
half million of dollars.
. On the 18th inst, great storm of raj
and wind prevailed in The eastern state
sweeping through New York, New Jerse,
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and very wild
, sweep of country, causing foundations o
rivers, the sweeping away of railroad an
other bridges, interrupting railroad trains an
destroying immense amount of property.
some places on banks of rivers people had
abandon their homes, and in some place
" dwelling houses were swept away. A greI
: loss of life isnot reported.
, The sugar traders at meeting in Ne
\ York city, pronounced emphatically again
Secretary Sherman's proposed change in IL
> mode of collecting duties on that article
. in the highest degree unjust and impract
. cable. Instead of decreasing the temptatio
i to defraud, they believe it will have just COZ
trary effect, and if any changes at all are to
y made in the tariff they think it should
9 SO framed as to avoid discrimination again
: qualities of raw sugar, whether of high or 10
q. grade, and that will conform as near as pra
q ticable to ad valorem duty.
6 Dispatches of the 18th inst, from Gel
trail and western Missouri, Iowa and Kanss
L say the heaviest snow storm known for yea
prevailed there the day previous, snow ia
4 ing to depth of from ten to thirty inch,
:, and in some localities is very badly drifte
= Railroads were generally INSTRUCTED al
u some Of them have been obliged to suspe
)" running trains altogether. At Lekingto
Mo-, and other places schools closed and br
1t iness stopped. At Fulton and Rock Islar
t. the Mississippi river closed and people walk
lie across it on ice.