New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-04-30


1yof the Interior, expressed their dissatis-
18th. but Chief Moses stood to the contract
A TRAIN on the Hannibal & St. joe
Railroad ran on the new bridge over Fishing
Greek, near Kearney, Mo, on the night of the
18th, the bridge having short time before
been Get on Are by passing locomotive.
When in the middle 1t gave way, and the en-
CINE and thirteen cars loaded with stock were
precipitatcd a distance Of twenty feet into the
creek below. One man was burned to death
and the trainmen were all of them more or
less injured.
BILLS to the number Of 1885 were
introduced in the National House of Repre-
SEN atives, on the 21st, many of them relating
to FIN sncial matters.
The Secretary of the United States
Treasury, on the 2lst, issued the ninety-ninth
call for the redemption of bonds; this call
being for s23, Sc, 800 Of 1910 bonds Of 1884.
Principal and interest will be paid on and aft
er July 81, interest to cease on that day.
GEN. JOHN A. DIX died in New York,
years Of age, and had been in failing health
for some time.
A FIRE at Kinsley, Kan, on the
morning Of the 2lst destroyed one-haf of
the business portion of the town. The losses
aggregate about $4,000.
The recent auction sale of the Chi
cago Fidelity Bank buildings has been set
Of that city, on the ground that the properly
was sold too cheaply.
The Louisiana State Constitutional
Convention organized, on the 21st, by the
election of l.. A. Wiltz as Permanent Chair
man, and A. G. Harris as Secretary.
AUGUST BELMONT, the well-known
New York banker and politician, was thrown
fatally injured.
SEC'Y SHERMAN has ordered reve-
nue. steamer to proceed to Alaska for the pro-
lection Of the Government interests in that
Territory.
THE first Treasury warrant for the
payment of arrears of pensions was signed in
Washington, on the 22d. It was thought
accounts could be made up, at the rate Of
pA,COV,VU luOuGA, uuAcSS uucApcCtcU dpWO>
priations are hereafter made by Congress.
A FIRE broke out in Eureka, New,
during severe gale of wind, early on the
morning of the ed, and burned over q space
Ut onc-half mile In length on Spring, Buel
and Main streets. The total loss was esti-
mated at nearly 81 700, on which there
was not over 9125, 900 insurance. Cold wealth
or, accompanied by fall of snow, succeeded
the tire, causing much suffering among the
housclcss people. There was no lack of food,
the provision stores mostly escaping the
Iamcs.
In the United States Circuit Court.
at Charleston, 8. c., on the 22d, Judge Bond
instructed the jury to find for the defendants
in the Barnwell County election cases, on the
ground OF defect in the information. All
other political cases were continued until the
November term.
On the evening of the 22d, at Penob-
~ the explosion of lamp in the bedroom.
On the Esd, Gov. Simpson, of South
Carolina, pardoned ex-State Treasurer Car.
Iosa and ex-Congressman Small, convicted OF
bribery.
ON the morning Of the 23d, the roof
Of the coal mine belonging to the Wilkesbarre
Coal and Iron Company, near Wilkesbarre,
Pa, fell in, imprisoning five miners, who were
at work In the chambers at the bottom of the
slope, and also crushing two boys who were
sent into the mine to warn the men of their
danger. It was thought uni kelly, on the
morning of the oath, they could be reached
before life would be extinct.
Ar McVicker's Theater, in Chicago,
on the night of the 23d, while Edwin Booth
was playing Richard H., an attempt was
made by man named Gray to assassinate
him, two pistol shots being fired by the would
bc-murdcrer. Intense excitement followed the
dastartlly act, and the perpetrator was secured
before he could fire the third time. Mr.. Boo h
was unframed. It was thought by some that
Gray was insane, but he stated to reporter
that he had been trying for two years to assas-
sinatc DoOth. Hcis from st. Louis. and twenty
three years Of age. He positively refused to
| give the motive which led to the attempt on
Booths life. The Inter- Ocean says It was cup
| posed that some morbid feeling regarding the
assassination Of President Lincoln by j. Wilkes
Booth led to the murderous assault, though
the man claimed some special reason for his
! act.
The Louisiana Constitutional Con-
vention passed resolution, on the 23d, to
| the eject that there was no intention what
| ever on the part Of the Convention of i'm
pairing or restricting the political, civil or re-
ligious rights Of any class.
THE Catholic University, at Notre
Dame, Ind, was entirely destroyed by fire, on
the morning Of the 23d. No loss of life was
reported. The total loss was estimated at
| 100000; insurance, 960, 900. At q subse-
| quent meeting of the faculty 1t was decided
to rebuild atonce.
AT mass meeting in Cooper Union
Hall, held on the night Of the 23d, letters were
read from Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd
Garrison and others. Resolutions of sympa-
thy for the colored people who were leaving
the South for Kansas were adopted and liber-
al subscriptions made.
On the 23d, the Secretary of the
Treasury issued call for the balance of the
loan Of 5-per.cents, amounting to $3.50, :
GOO. These bonds are registered, and can be
exchanged for 4-per-cents at par, or paid at
maturity, on the 23d Of July.
THE following have been named as
the Executive Committee Of the Republican
Congressional Campaign Committee: Chair
man, Representative Hubbell, Of Michigan;
Senator'S Allison and Rollins, Of Iowa and
New Hampshire; Representatives Hiscock, OF
New York; Fisher, of Pennsylvania; Jorgen-
Gen, Of Virginia; Davis, of Illinois; Mckinley,
of Ohio; Orth, Of Indiana; Dunnell, Of Min
nesota.
The New York Senate, on the Esd,
by a vote Of II to 10, passed the House reso
luton rendering to Ex-President Grant tn,
inequalities Of the State Of New York, and
also adopted resolution-23 to4-tor the ap.
pointment Of joint committee Of both
houses Of the Legislature to attend the Ma
tional Encampment Of the Grand Army Of the
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