The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-01
MIsCELLANEOUS.


Falls, Wis, has been destroyed by fire. /
The snow blockade on the side tracks
and switches at Buffalo, N. r., stops business.
Tho Chicago and Northwestern freight
depot at Fond du Lac was destroyed by fire
Dec. IS. ...l... yer ,.gfr. f.s,efapl ass
Great distress prevails in Switzerland
there being 5000 unemployed persons in
Geneva. '.,.. ...... It.
The returns Of the Union workbouse in |
the east Of London show widespread poverty |
and distress. -
A fire in the Catholic publication So
ciety's building, in New York city, resulted in
a loss ofs50,OOO. .HElf %sE.zs(-;,s PR
Business failures to great or less ex-
ten6 are reported in Ohio, Kentucky, indiana
and West Virginia. 4 5,.2 - t.5e#si@
A Dec. 30th, Green Bay telegram says,
o fire at Fort HARDWOOD destroyed the Grand
| Central hotel and barn. @. =, :.@"
| The liabilities of the Wheeler & Cos
Pork house, in Cincinnati, O., amount to be-
tive IN $4,000 ana $4,000. ill.,. -.
A fire in the Cocheco print works, at
Dover, N. H., damaged the buildings and con.
tents to the amount of $75, 600.
The Emmerson piano factory las been
destroyed by fire. Loss, 100000. IS men
men thrown out of employment. Nsnysl
} A statue to Charles Sumner Was un-
yelled in Boston, Dec. 23d, by the governor.
The statue is in the public garden. j.
In New York city. December 18th,
gold sold at par, the first time since the sus-
pension of specie payment in 1862. ~
President Goven of the Reading rail.
road, gives it as his opinion that there will be
no coal combination make next year.
Three engines and a snow plow ran of
the track on the New York & Oswego Mid
land railroad near Fulton and killed two en-
ployes. ...t. maj, .-
At Kingsley, Q1ebec, on Christmas
day, the boiler of the Dominion paper mills
exploded, and two men were killed and five
injured. ..-. .. ,s. 49,
The most valuable business houses in
Gardner, ILL.,, were destroyed by fire, cally on
the morning of Dec. goth. Loss $4,000. In.
cendiary. "-t -'.s .ttff'} ..'5'.'
The schooner, Ellen. from st. John for
New Haven, has been wrecked on tile coast OF
Maine, and the captain and three seamen
drowned. .-#
A press telegram from Berlin says the
socialist law IS being enforced with renewed
severity, seventeen publications have leer
. prohibited in Leipsic alone.
r A correspondent ut Kuran says a proc
| lamation OF the amcer of Afghanistan has
been discovered, dated Nov. 18th. 1t show:
it had declared ashsly war again 1T tue 'Nt sh
. Backwater flooded the suburbs O
= Fulton, Y. Y, and a hundred families hav'
+ been obliged to vacate their houses. Th
r Gas works and number of factories were snb
: merged.
: About 40 railway postoffice clerks
e route agents and local agents, will be dis
charged, and the pay Of those remaining re
duced to bring expenditures within the AZ
ropriations. H.
Reports from all portions Of the coun
S try show that the late polar wave covered
Vast extent Of country. north, cast and wes1
l. In the northwest the thermometer range
from zero to 20 below.
3 At the 23l annual dinner of the Ne:
England Society in New York city, Dec 2:
!. Secretary Evarts, Secretary Sherman, Senate
a Blaine and many other distinguished gentl'
men were present and spoke.
" The United States consul, at Kingston
D, Jamaica, confirms the report of the loss Of til
steamer Emily b. Sauder, in hurricane i
D. sea, and the loss Of all on board, passenger
ID and crew, except two seamen.
The representatives Of twelve rail, DAD
n. including the Chicago T. Northwestern, ar
in Milwaukee & St. Paul, met in Chicago, ar
decided to abolish the issuing OF free pass
;s to shippers of freights or their agents.
~ The court house at MarysvilIe, Deka|
county, Mo-, burned Dec. 26. All the coun
or records excepting those OF the circuit clel
ot and treasury were destroyed. The value
property consumed is said to be worth $lO(
~ 900.
- The assistant treasurers of the Unite
90 States have been instructed to make no d
tinctiou between coin and legal tender aft
y, the first of January. Checks for payment
~, interest on per cent. loan due that day a
w being prepared. ~
~ At a meeting Of prominent Rom
rd Catholics, in Cincinnati, on the Both inst,
-. committee was appointed TO prepare Giro
III lar for distribution among the members OF t
Da' church, soliciting subscriptions for the fins
W cial relief Of Archbishop Pure ell p" .'a.
The London Standards corre"ponde
y, with the Kuram column telegraphs that CT
&c, Rub srts convoked the principal inbabita
q" of Kuram valley at Peiwar and Ali Kheyl, a
ap- informed them the ameer's rule had pass
. away forever, and heLceforth they must &c
VI to the empress Of India. lt"+Gf: 81
leu The suit against the governm'
III, brought by the heirs of Stephen A. Doug
'a' for certain cotton captured by the Uni
;, States government in Mississippi dnring
l'y' war anu sold as abandoned property, sett
his finally in tae court Of claims, W a judgm
Sys- in favor Of tho claimant. IT, 1911 10 3'5.
her' The suit against the governm
TWO brought by the hei:s OF Stephen A. DOUG
for certail cotton captured by the Uu
'teu States governmental Mississippi during
mas war and sold as abandoned property, has b
una settled finally in the court Of claims byair
oad- mcnt in favor Of the claimant.
'sSi- Msjor George X Shaw has stated
newspaper reporter that he is ARRANGING
lave | cfo I.ilv morn;np r,a,,er at M;uncan