Little Falls transcript., 1879-07-24

Badwell of New York, and another near by,
Hon. Thurlow Weed and nephew. The con-
cussion tore off all the joiner work OF Nos. 248
and 245. The windows and mirrors were
smashed and wood work and bedding set on
fire. Two powder cans, one<holding a pound
and the other half pound, were discovered.
There was hole in the top OF each, as il for
fuse A plain wooden box two feet long and
onc-half feet deep with powder, ETC., was also
discovered. The passengers were finally
quoted and no personal injury resulted. A
man who was on board suspected of the crime
is in custody.
FATAL TIGHTENING FREAKS.
At 10 o'clock ON the morning of July
Is, at Eau Claire, Wis, sixth ward school
house was struck by lightning and totally
consumed, together with most of the furniture
Loss $4,000; insured in the Home, of New
York, for $1,000. 1t will be rebuilt in time for
the opening of the fall term. About o'clock
on the morning of July IL, while heavy
thunder-shower was prevailing, Hans Ras-
musscn workman in the Eau Claire Lunl-
Der company's water mill, left his residence
on the hill, near the Chicago, st. Paul & Min
ncapols depot, to 90 to his work at the mill
He had only gone few steps from his gate
| when he was struck by an electric bolt and
| instantly killed He leaves d wife and family
Carter house, a three story building adjoining
and the rear wall of the factory, wrecking the
! contents. A portion of the boiler fell two
squares away: Aug! Setter, one of the pro-
prietors, and Henry Ulrlch, engineer, were
killed The dry goods house which adjoincd the
| boiler room fell, burying in the ruins a num-
| Der of the workmcn. Four men, james Mi
| chacl, John Hencklc, John Car4a and Freder-
! ick Monday have been taken out badly hurt
Others arc missing, and mon are working hard
to remove the debris The excitement is in
tense, and the scene at the locality bcggars de-
scription. tits believed several men are killed.
The damage is now estimated at $4,000.
| TORNADO IN MASSACHUSETTS.
A Boston, July 16, telegram says, one
of the severest tempests ever experienced here
swept over the city this afternoon The dura-
ton of the storms greatest violence was
about twenty-five minutes, and in that period
! great damage was done to life and property
Reports from various points down the harbor
contain accounts Of serious damage and dis
tressing accidents. Many small yachts and
| other boats were capsiZed. The most serio1s
| disaster yet reported is that of the small
schooner Myrtle of Charlestown, having on
board six persons, consisting of four women, a
man and a boy The schooner was capsized
off Bird Island, and all excepting the man,
Thos. Dunham, who clung to the topmast
were drowned The women were Margaret
Dunham wife of Thomas, Mary Ann Durham
| and Susan Durham, sisters, Lizzie Dunham,
his niece, and boy named Arthur Ryan, A
| boy named Walker Hittenbaum was also
| drowned by the capsizing of a boat off Hull.
The damage throughout the city can hardly
be ascertained at present Other towns were
visited with death and destruction, such as
Pittsfeld, Fitchburgh, Springfield, Worcester,
East Hampton, and others ( "~
BUSINESS EXCITEMENT IN CHICAGO.
| Advices from Chicago, of July 10, are
| to the effect that there has been considerable
excitement during the past week in conse-
| quencc of the rapid and unchecked decline in
grain and provisions on Change. Favorable
| crop reports, rumors that the combination
which has held wheatup for a few months past
| were selling out, and the expected outbreak
| OF fever in the southern cities have combined
| to depress prices. The decline in cash wheat
has amounted to about IA cents during the
week, the lowest sales being on call wheat
sold for July option at S615. There were ru-
nors of failures, but as far as known they
were only temporary embarrassments Clear
ings were larger by million and a half July
ID than usual on account of heavy deliveries
| of wheat by the combination, The total de-
m o6a hy thor,
here and 100000 bushels, in Milwaukee, It is
understood that they are rapidly getting out
| of the deal.
ENGLISH GRAIN.
The Mark Lane Express of July j,s avs:
In consequence of the continued rain wheat
has made little if any progress. The cars have
scarcely begun to appear. The bulk of the
| hay remains uncut, or in cases where it has
been cut it has been left lying to rot In Scot
land crops are fully three weeks behinlhand
The pastures are mostly well covered Pota
toes are looking fairly. On the whole agricul-
trral prospects there, though far from prom
isins, arc less gloomy than in England
The grain trade has not been SO animated
since the spring of 1877. The falling of in
deliveries of English wheat having once start
ed on an upward movement buyers responded
with readiness, which proves they are fully
aware OF the conditions tending to create a
rise. Fine samples Of home grown wheat are
now becoming so very scarce that in many
instances holders refuse to accept a rise of rs
per quarter, which has been readily obtain
able at Mark Lane and in the country markets,
and now hold from IS to As per quarter ad
vance. There has been extensive imports and
transactions in foreign wheat during the week,
the imports being principally from American
Atlantic ports There has been no lack of
| speculation The milling demand assumed
! large proportions. These ~ conditions
caused an improvement Of 1@2s, per quarter.
| The inquiry has been chiefly American and
Russian descriptions, but any variety of sound
wheat has sold easily. Owing to the scarcity
OF flne English, there has been much demand
for choice qualities of foreign to replace it
| such as Danzig and New Zealand. These are
held for very full prices. The recently pub
| lished official returns Of stocks of grain in
! London, July 1st, was, Notwithstanding the,
heavy imports of the last six months, nearly
1000 quarters less than at the correspond
ing time last year, showing the large extent
of purchases made by millers to arrive. Bar
ley, maize and oats also show considerable
diminution. Flour advanced shilling per
sack and barrel in sympathy with wheat. All
descriptions of feeding corn favored sellers.
Sales Of English wheat last week were 27,772
quarters at 4as cd per quarter, against 1866
quarters at 44s Sd for the corresponding peri
| Cd the previous year. The imports into the
United Kingdom for the week ending July 9th
were 962,259 hundred weight of wheat and
Id, ,914 hundred weight Of -four. On to-day's
and Mondays market unsettled weather had
decided influence; choice lots home grown
wheat met with ready sale at an advance of
2s per quarter. The foreign arrivals have
been unusually heavy, but American realized
an advance of Is per quarter. Russian was
stead y. Flour in good request at an improve
mcnt OF Is per sack, and Sd to Cd per barrel
Barley steady at last Mondays extreme prices.
Maize quietcr and shade weaker, in conse.
quence Of very heavy IMPORTS.