The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-01-16
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Inc fOttSVllle, fa., Dank mas suspend
ed.
A tug has gone to Fcrrol, Spain to take
Cleopatra's needle to London.
The debt of the city of Boston is $43,-
1884, 44. The city debt of New York is $117,-
al, 1850. -
The forfeited securities of Bonner &
Co., suspended bankers of New York, were
sold on the 9th. .@~.
Peoria, ILL.,, has held large and en-:
thusiastic anti-resumption and silver remon
etization meeting.
A fire in Ripon, Wis, on the 9th, de-
stroyeda building and stock of dry goods,
valued at $4,000. .--....
The Great Darlington, Mass, Savings
bank has suspended. Deposits, $414,OOO;
Liabilities S4140oO. .-,.. s.... -.
In the New Orleans billiard Tourna-
ment on the 18th, Rudolph defeated Droir by
score of 600 to Al.
The third annual exhibition of the ma
tional poultry association opened at Chicago
on the 10th and will last to the 18TH .s..t.
The dividends of the consolidated Vir-
ginia Stock, are to be reduced upon the rec
ommendation of Superintendent Fair
A severe snow storm prevailed at Nor.
Iolk, Va, on the Goth, and great disasters to
shipping with loss of life, are reported.
The Grand Trunk Railway company is
about to establish an accident insurance board
for the benefit of the employees and officers.
The Ohio legislature has passed bill
providing penalty Of $500, or six months i'm
prisonmcnt for advertising to procure divorces
The distillers of Chicago have passed
resolutions favoring a reduction of tax on
high wines, to not exceed 50 cents on the gal
lon. CO.
The bankers of Buffalo, Ny have held
a meeting and resolved to oppose the Bland
silver bill now pending in the United States
Senate. -
The Connecticut Insurance Commits
sioner has asked for the appointment for the
Charter Oak Life Insurance Company of
Hartford.
An organization of Commercial travel
ers, auxiliary to the Northwestern Travelling
Mems Association of Chicago has been form
ed in st. Louis
Six car loads Of fresh meats, the first
lot of Western produce ever shipped from
Halifax, N. s., was forwarded on the Circas-
sion on the 18th.
The standing committee Of the diocese
Of Massachusetts have unanimously confirm
ed the election of Rev. DR.. Seymour, as bishop
| of Springfield, Ill.
Another body, that of a man, but now
nothing more than mass of cinders, was
found in the ruins of the Barclay Street. New
York, fire on the 31st.
The business men of Kansas City, Mo-,
in large meeting on the 9th, demanded the
reconciliation of silver and the repeal of the
resumption act.
Henry M. Cutler, cotton broker of
n. y, after victimizing Brooklyn man out
Of 81, 600 worth of cotton pledged it for $4,000
and then ran away.
The strike of the Crispin Society Of
shoemakers at Lyman, Mass, is extending,
and large force ofpolice is necessary to pro-
tect on-unionists from assault.
The mother of ex-Gov. cCormick,
American commissioner to the Paris Exposi.
ton, died at Jamaica, Long Island, on the
nightsOf the 1lth, aged 66 years
The President has commuted to I'M
prisonment for life, the death sentence Of VIM
J. Meadows and Thomas Robinson Of Ark.
ansas, the former for murder and latter for
rape. II
The President has pardoned John T.
Loomis, convicted of using cancelled postage
stamps for payment Of postage and sentenced