Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-03-21
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The MARLBORO, Ont. Touring mills
urued on tue 18th inst. Loss $4,000; iusur-
ance $4,000
Five stores were destroyed by fire at
Eaton Rapids, Mich, on the 18th inst. Loss
$4,000; insurance $500.
A fire in the Central building at Great
Mills, N. H., caused loss of $24,0O0, distribut-
ed among number of occupants. Insured.
The steamer Euphrates from Philadel-
phia for Liverpool has put in at Fayal Severe
ly damaged in fearful gales. She must dis
charge and restore her cargo.
A telegram from Sault Ste Marie of the
18th inst, reports the river free of ice, ex-
cepting in Mud Lake where it is four or five
inches thick but very porous.
In mass meeting at Omaha, lately to
consider the branch mint location, commit
tee of seven was appointed to visit Washing
ton and present the claims of Omaha.
Cubans residing in New York and
neighborhood have resolved to send men and
means to their faithful compatriots who still
struggle to win the independence Of their ma
tive island.
John Cunning was dangerously shot in
party riot in the east end of Montreal, on
the 10th inst. Joseph and William Gardner,
George Kelly, William Chester and George
Beatty, all Protestants, have been arrested
The Home savings bank of Boston sus.
pended on the 18th iust., temporary injunc-
ton having been obtained. For two years the
deposits amounted to sc, 79s,243 Since then
they dwlndled to sS,117,431. OF this amount
$2,34l, 5& ore invested in real estate loans.
Both Branches ofthe' +Kaneucky :lsgis-
lature adopted resolutions ::iinsstridtiak the
'cpngrsesuen of that State to support aid lid
in every possible wey the Texas Paett .taii;,,
way hin Kentucky Is ,stsonkly, IN favor Of
the bill, and the Legislature has only Carried
out the desire of the people. *. - -
The storm on the 9th inst, damaged
the levees below New Orleans to a consider.
able extent. Crevasses are reported at Jesu-
it's Bend, eighteen miles below. the city, and
DR.. Williameon's, thirty-dve miles below the
city, both on the right bank. No estimate Of
damage has been made, s.Ss s 81 ~
Judge McAllister, Of Chicago in a
ha6eas 'o'pus case, recently decided that the
city ordinance prohibiting the sale Of liquors
to minors conflicts with the State law and
with the city charter, both OF which make !
like prohibition, but with variation as to
detail, and that the ordinance as therefore
void. 20 i a. RI 4
There is said to be in Philadelphia an
old association for a novel order of Insurance.
1t is an association ofrich business men, who
whenever one Of their number fails and re-.
tires from business, pension him for life under
coVersof the fiction that some relative,ior per
sonal friend, has granted him an annuity
They will not, however, assist one of their
number, under such circumstances to resume
business.
j The late provision trade failures at
Philadelphia develop combination to main
tain the credit of several firms by swapping
notes and endorsements, Of the same sort as
was developed b. the recent morocco trade
failures of the same city. The arrangement
worked well 60 long % each firm limited It.
sell to safe business, but the facility afforded
for speculative purchases finally tempted one
drm too far and its fall pulled down the 9th.
ers. ssss5
The Indians Of the United States md |
Territories, altoget her number about 385 600
souls. OF tkese 100, 900 are Ia the organized I
States, and 60 600 in the Indian territory, over
whom no manner Of military control Is neces. |
lary, md the 70 900 IL Alaska ne LIT q them.
selves. This leaves 1s5 900 81 the other Teri. |
tories,sof whom e least 90 600 are Is oniat and
orderly IS the most ctlil lied peouie Tnr TIA
control OF the remainder als,1,f 1s m -,