Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-12-26
THE WORLDS DOINGs.
ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

ARCTIC EXPEDITION. -
The House committee on naval affairs
81 have instructed the chairman to report favor
ably Representative Congers bill to author
lie and equip an expedition to the Attic re.
gions.
STAGE COACH ACCIDENT.
A stage driver By the name of j. A. d.
Dyer was overturned by sharp wind in Boul-
der Cannon, Col Dec. II, and fell down tho en-
. bankment seventy feet Dyer receiving In
uries which resulted in his death. No other
person seriously hurt.
AFORGER FOUND.
A detective in Boston, Mass, claims to
have information that Rev. D. D. Winslow, the
forger, is in Buenos Ayres, under the assum =,
ID name w. D. Lowe, and is publishing the
2 Buenos Ayres Herald. He manifests great In
terest in religious affairs.
= 80 ABORTION.
DR.. Charles A. Smith, prominent
physician of st. Louis, Mo-, has been arrested
for abortion on servant girl named Ellen
Singer. The girl confessed, and names a
prominent st. Louis lawyer as her seducer.
The telegraph omits his name
CHICAGO HOG STRIKERS.
Fowler Bros. of Chicago, pork packers,
discharged 600 hands in their packing and
stock yards because they insisted that no
non-union men should work with them Other
houses are running but with few hands. The
whole number Of workmen idle is estimated
at from 5000 to s000
At Detroit, Minnesota, on the morning.
Of Dec 18th, the story and half frame dwell
inaef Father Curly, Episcopal minister, was
destroyed by fire. Contents mostly saved.
Loss, $1,000. The house was occupied by
John Hunter, and to be burned out at this
time is rough, as houses there arc scarce
FIRE.
At four o'clock in the morning Of Dec.
Is the warehouse" and blacksmith shop, con-
tanning betting, blacksmith and carpenters
tools, at Gravel Island Mills, owned by the
French lumber company, of Chippewa Falls
MIMI, was destroyed by fire. 1t originated in
the floor under the heater in the warehouse.
Loss $500; no insurance.
SUICIDE OF A FEMALE CONVICT.
Mrs. Caroline Krutzer, female con-
Wet in the State prison at Saltwater, MIMI.
on the morning Of Dec. 18th, threw herself
from third story window, and survived the
fab II, an unconscious state but few hours.
she was supposed to BIO temporarily insane,
had becn very melancholy for some time.
She was abou4 sixty years old. and wae SEN
fenced from Aaoka county last September
for one year for assault with 4 dangerous
weapon.
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
The Naiona. Republican committee
was in session at Washington, Dec II j. Don
Cameron of Pennsylvania was elected chair
man. Gen. John T. Averill, Of st. Paul,
Minnesota, was his chief competitor. The
vote stood, Cameron %, Averill 10, scattering
/. Thomas B. Keogh, of North Carolina was
chosen secretary. Chicago was agreed upon
Is the place Of holding the next Presidential
nominations convention. June was fixed
upon as the time for holding the convention
THE UTEs.
A telegram to Secretary Schruz from
Cen. Adams dated South Pueblo, COL, the 10th
reiterates his belief that the surrender of the
White River Utes demanded by the commits
sion viii be made, but says it will take time
to get them together, as the Indians are much
scattered and the snow deep, rendering NOV
ing from one point to another difficult. For
the same reason, he says Gen. Hatch will be
delayed in bringing them out, The snow
fall he says, is unprecedented.
ABseoNDINa CATTLE DEALER.
The Peoria, ILL.,, liabilities OF Thomas
Neill, cattle dealer, are now believed to be
$4,000. Nothing yet heard from him, and
detectives are on his track. Among the heav-
lest losers are the Second National bank
$4,000; the Mechanics bank, $4,000; King
man & Blossom, sec, 900; M. Hereberg, $50, 900;
F. R. Cummings, s55,OOo; New York cattle
shippers, $4,000; spuriecks estate, s55o00
AN the creditors are very reticent. Some have
not a scrap OF paper to show for thousands OF
dollars indebtedness.
FATAL CRAZY FREAK.
A most sickening accident occurred at
the county asylum near Ottawa, ILL.,, on the
morning Of Dec. 81. Sometime during the
night past an insane woman named Kate
Flynn, wrenched the steam pipes in her room
from their fastenings, and broke them in
pieces. When the engineer made steam in
the morning, it escaped with great force into
1t was discovered she was actually cooked
alive. When found, life was extinct.
STEAMBOAT BURNED.
The steamboat Maggie Barker, which
arrived ut Mobile, Dec. TO- from Montgomery,
caught fire and burned to the waters edge.
About 100 bales of cotton were destroyed
The fire broke out so suddenly that in q few
minutes the steamer was mass of flames.
81 About 200 bales of cotton had been unlosded.
The remainder of the 100 bales were destroy
ed by fire or damaged BY water Tho stea m
" or Tally, alongside, fortunately had steam up,
and saved herself and the steamer Annie, which
che took in tow The loss is $4,000. Boat
and cotton fully insured.
FIRE AT BISMARCK
Early on the morning of Dec. 10, at
Bismarck, DIT, fire was discovered in the
rear OF the st. James restaurant, Main. street,
opposite the Sheridan house, supposed to be
caused by defective hue. Before enough
people arrived to get the fire extinguished
the flames eaveloped the whole building aud
spread In every direction, taking the build.
tngs of, H. Marshall. Frank Geist. Elder &
Co., West Dots, Sam Lee, and Jonh stayeu on
tho north, and Chas. Kupotz, D. ]. Balely6 Co.
and Dan Eisenburg on the east. The goods
were taken out OF stores in the whole block
and considerably damaged.
ARREST OF swINDLER.
4 The night train from St. Paul Dec. II,
took an Iowa Sheriff to Albert Lea Minnesota,
with requisition from the governor of Iowa,
endorsed by Gov. Pillsbury, for the arrest of
one E. NJ. Bond, resident there Bond is
wanted at Mason City, Iowa, on a charge of
obtaining goods under false pretenses. Sheriff
sheehan, Of this county, effected the arrest
last night, but the prisoner is held here in Jail
for twenty-four hours under last winters law.
to give opportunity for writ of habeas cor
pus to be sued out, which will undoubtedly
be done.
SOUTHERN WAR CLAIMS.
Representative Thompson, of Kentucky,
chairman Of the subcommittee having charge
Of the classification, of all claims now pend
Ing before the House committee on war
claims presented its report to the full com.
mittee Dec. II. The main feature of the re-
port Is the declaration that the government
is not legally responsible for what are popu-
larry Known as Southern war claims, and that
claimants are dependent entirely upon the
generosity Of the government for the pay.
ment OF them. The report and recomenda-
lions OF the subcommittee win Ap1htaa X
, 2dODted nv Tho f,,11