Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-10-31
MISCELLANEOUS.

d. a. Joseph q Co., wholesale Jewellers
at Toronto have failed. Liabilities $3.50 ,O0O
The Ocean Mills at Newburgport,
Mass, have been sold at auction for $105, 900
to E. R. Nudge, of Boston.
Twenty thousand people were present
at the opening of the Fair in the new Catho-
ic Cathedral in New York city.
The banking houst Of Clabough, Mel
son & Co., Boltimore Md, has suspended and
made an assignment. Liabilities 81 100000.
The dry goods house of Ray & Bro, of
Montreal has failed. Liabilities 100000.
Outside speculation in real estate was the
cause.
Snow to the depth of nine inches fell
in the northwestern part of Ontario, on Sum-
day night. Oct, 9th, doing great damage to
fruit and other trees.
A dispatch from Vienna says the Porte
has addressed circular to the powers de-
clareing the instruction of the Bulgarians
is fostered by slave agitators.
An Auburn, Ind, special says, the
First National bank which lost so heavily by
its absconding tire asurer, Hazard, has
closed and will 20 into liquidation.
The steam ship Canada reached New
York Oct. Oath, from Harve bringing S45O,OO0
| in gold coin. The steamship Leasing from
Hamburg brings s35o,ooo in gold coin.
A dispatch from Pera saws the British
vice-consul at Bourgas has been seriously as
saulted by Russian officers, and the Russians
refuse to allow the British man-of-war Con.
don to go to Bourgas.
Information has been received to the
effect that General Trevino, commanding the
Mexican forces on the Bio Grande, has already
dispersed several bands of marauding Indians
found on the Mexican side.
The damage done in Philadelphia
alone by the late wind storm is estimated at
two millions of dollars. The damage in the
sweeps ofthe storm throughout the region
visited is beyond computation.
In accord ance with orders OF the Gov
ernor, the arms of the first and second infan-
try, Crescent City Battalion aud Orleans ar
tillery, were removed to Mechanics Institu-
ton, where they will be guarded by at least
TO- ty men until after the election.
The United States war department has
received Information which makes it now
appear probabl- that the Diaz gvernment has
sent large body of Mexican soldiers to the
Rio Grande border to cooperate with the
United States to prevent depredations along
the border.
A Glasgow, Scotland, telegram says
The liabilities of John Innes, Wright g. Co. are
over $5OO,OOO,WO. The assets are comparative
~ meager. 1t is the Glasgow house only that
fails, both Wright and Scott have retired from
the London and Rangson concerns after the
failure of the City of Glasgow bank.
The slaughter house and pork packing
establishment, of Christian Kln.p of East Buff
falo, N. T., has been destroyed by fire. Only
about forty out of some 400 live hogs were
saved. An immense quantity of pork, lard and
dressed hos were destroyed. Estimatede
loss, $160, 900; insurance, $4,000.
The frosts in the lever ravaged portion
of the South, continues with increased vigor.
Physicians anticipate speedy and entire ter
refugees are returning, and many of them
find that their houses have been plundered
during their absence.
In the matter of an application for an
injunction against the issue of the 81, 100000
loan for completing the Cincinnati Southern
railway, the superior court has decided the
loan constitutional and the bonds legal, and
refused to grant the injunction, hence the
city of Cincinnati must foot the till,
J. n. Burke, stockholders of the Con-
so]idated Virginia Mining company, has
brought suit in the Twenty third district
court of California, to recover from j. Good
J. W. Mickey, J. g. Fair and the Pacific Mill
& Mining company $4,000, OOo alleged to
have been wrongfully taken from tho stock
holders of the Consolidated Virginia by de-
PENDANTS in the manipulation of ore and re-
tention Of tolling OF the company.
The firm of Dodd, Brown & Co., one
Of the largest wholesale dry goods houses in
St. Louis, has failed. Liabilities supposed to
be one and a half million dollars. The cause
of the failure is too extensive credit to coun-.
try dealers, and the impossitility of collecting
their dues. The indebtedness is mostly in
New York city. They owe H. B.. Claflin &
Co., 100000 They owe more than score of
other New York firms, ranging in amounts
from $4,000 to s75, COO. >.-. ...z. 7. -:
j A Vienna correspondent says, if the
latest news be true. affairs near Constantine
pie are more and more assuming the same
semi hostile phase as before the meeting Of
the Berlin congress. Turkish troops have
been moved into position vacated by the Rus
slams. and earthworks are being repaired and
armed before Constantinople and dallipoli.
The Turks are arranging TO increase their.
forces, and are summoning half pay officers to
active duty "a special committee for the de-