The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-12-11

tabllshed In Chicago by . combination, which
1 is producing no little excitement there and II
Milwaukee. s53
At Cumberland river shoals, near
Somerset, KY, by 4 premature blastexp losion
in q quarry, two men were fatally injured,
and one man seriously. z II
The loss BY fire in Reynor Bros. whole
sale confectionery establishment, at Pitts
burg, Pa, win reach $4,000. A large part
of the loss was caused by water.
Gen. Mescham, of the army, testifying
before the Indian bureau transfer commission
gave as his opinion that the savage must be
civilized, and that this cannot be done by the
army
A heavy snow storm occurred in Kansas
City, and other portions of the South on
December s, at which place it measured ten
inches deep. The storm extended from St.
Louis, Missouri, to Abilene, Kansas.
A London Telegram says, the Chatter
ly Iron company has refused the offer Of 900
men to resume work at q reduction Of 5 per
cent. Extensive discharges of workmcn in
the neighborhood are impending.
A bank at Montreal has received q
cable dispatch announcing the suspension of
the West of England bank, headquarters at
Bristol. Capital stock FL 100000 and 1t has
forty -nine agencies. Trouble caused by loss
OF the iron trade.
The funding board of Louisiana are
trying to make such arrangements as will
enable the State to pay the January interest
on consuls. It is believed that at least $500,
600 in addition to the interest fund then on
hand will be required
The Euening Dispatch of St. Louis, in
Guiding all property and franchises, has been
sold at auction under second mortgage for
81, 500, subject to q frat mortgage of $4,000.
All the presses, material and other properties
OF the morning Journal, which suspended
publication a month ago, were sold at the
same time, subject to the same mortgage.
An extensive and destructive prairie
fire below Crook City, D. T., has swept in an
casterly direction, burning up hay which had
been cut and stacked for the military posts a
Bear Butte. The military quarters narrowly
escaped destruction. Many ranches were
burned to the ground. Sturgis City, which
lay in the path of the flames, wasssaved by at
slight rainfall, which stopped the fires prog
ress. - u.
! Al Youngstown, Ohio, a terrible ex-
plosion occurred on the 9Th inst, at the upper
Brierhill furnace. The furnace men were in
the act of turning on a blast when the ex-
plosion occurred, throwing the hot blast in
every direction and covering the men.
Robert Lowe, of Newcastle, thigh broken
and otherwise seriously injured; recovery
doubtful. George Anderson, legs and head
badly cut Patrick Saunders, head and body
badly cut. The boss had leg broken and
was otherwise seriously injured. Cause Of
| the explosion net known.
! It is stated bv 8 Waukon paper, on
what is asserted to be reliable authority, that
the Waukou Il Mississippi mar, ow gauge rail-
road, recently purchased by the leading stock.
holders in the Dubuque & Minnesota road, is
to be transformed into a standard guage road,
aud the work Of extension up through Mime
sofa commenced early next spring with q
view TO reaching St. Paul. The line will prob.
ably pass through Preston, High Forrest,
Kasson, anl so on through Dodge, Goodhuc
and Dakota counties, and will thus prove a
competing through line between st: Paul end
| Chicago.
! As an argument against transit ring
the Indian bureau to the military department
Secretary Schurz alleges a lack of due econo-
my In the habits of the military. He says sol.
diers never think of the cost Of thing if it is
thought to be necessary. As an instance lie
mentions that at the close of the Sioux war
there were about 1000 horses, ponies, and
mules taken from the Indians for which COWS
were to be given them, and it turned out that
these ponies and mules cost $l9, 400 besides
the cows, and that to sell them cost $5,6s3 adj.
dtional. This was an instance of tho cav.
alier way which was not found in the interior
department.
The excitement still continues in Chi.
cago, in consequence of"the corner"in wheat
1t was IN open secret that the ring which was
making such bold dash TO control the wheat
trade had endeavored to borrow from Chicago
banks 81 SOC, 600 with which to complete their
operations. This scheme, however, appar
emily fell through, and things became SO pre-
ternaturally quiet that 1.-THE boys" were thrown
completely off the track, and came to the con
cluson that the New York men who had the
thing in hand had despaired ofkuccess, ani
concluded to LAY down" and meet their loss
es with az good grace as possible.
The English Parliament convened Dec
5th. The queens speech, read in the hous,
Of lords, was unusually short. her majest!
regrets being compelled to summon parlia
menf earlier than usual, but the action Of thu
ameer of Afghanistan compelled the sending
of an expedition into his territory, and tn,
earliest opportunity has been taken to call til,
parliament together and make to it the com
munication required by law. Papers on tn
subject will be laid before parliament. As
surances from all foreign powers are friendly
and there is every reason to believe the ar
rangements for the paci6tation OF Europ
made by the treaty of Berlin will be satisfac
tori]y carried out. Estimates for the ensuin.
year will in due time be submitted to tn
house OF commons. After full deliberatio1
upon the matters which have led to the earl,
meeting of parliament, and after suitable re
cess, parliament should proceed to the con
! sideratiOn of meaeures for the pnh1if henaA1