Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-12-12

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trying to make such arrangements as will
enable the State to pay the January interest
on consuls. tits believed that at least $780,
600 IN addition to the interest fund then on
hand will berequired. # %
The Euening Dispatch Of st. Louis, In
Guiding all property and franchises, has been
sold at auction uuder second mortgage for
81 500, subject to q first mortgage of $4,000.
All the presses, material and other properties
of the morning Joas,nal, which suspended
publication 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
easterly 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, was:saved by at
slight rainfall, which stopped the fre's prog
ress
At 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 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. -!
l. 1t is stated bv a Waukon paper, on
what is asserted to be reliable authority, that
| the Waukon & Mississippi narrow gauge rail-
road, recently purchased by the leading stock
holders in the Dubuque & Minnesota road, is
| to be transformed into standard guage road,
and the work of extension up through Mime
sofa commenced early next spring with a
view to reaching St. Paul. The line will prob.
ably pass through Preston, High Forrest,
Kasson, ana so on through Dodge, Goodhue
and Dakota counties, and will thus prove q
competing through limo between st. Paul and
Chicago.
As an argument against transferring
the Indian bureau to the military department,
Secretary Schurz alleges alack of due econo.
my in the habits of the military. He says SOL
diers never think of the cost of thing If it is
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mentions that at the close of the Sioux war
there were about 1900 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 $1,000 besides
the cows, and that to sell them cost 1888 ad.
ditional. 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.
It was an open secret that the ring which was
making such bold dash TO control the wheat
trade had endeayored to borrow from Chicago
banks 81 SOC, 900 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.
clusion that the New York men who had the
thing in hand had despaired of success, and
concluded to "lay down" and meet their loss
es with as good grace as possible.
The English Parliament convened Dec
5th. The queens speech, read in the house
of lords, was unusually short. her majesty
regrets being compelled to summon parlia
menf earlier than usual, but the action of the
ameer of Afghanistan compelled the sending
of an expedition into his territory, and the
earliest opportunity has been taken to call the
parliament together and make to it the com
munication required by law. Papers on the
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 pacifcation of Europe
made by the treaty of Berlin will be satisfac
torily carried out. Estimates for the ensuing
year will in due time be submitted to tn.
) house of commons. After full deliberatior
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 measures for the public benefit
which will then be laid before it.