Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-10-16
THE WORLD'S DOINGS.
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II PRAIRIE FIRES.

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Advices from Bismarck, d. T., and
other points, OF Oct Z, state that prairie fires
are raging furiously, the fire spreading in
every direction and the atmosphere density
filed with smoke. Thousands of dollars
worth of property being destroyed. -~~ !
THE LOST BAL1ooNIsTs. = 4
Chas. Wise, Of Philadelphia, son Of
Prof. Wise, says he has given up all hope Of
the return ofhis father, and believes that he
and George Burr are lost This is also the be-
lief of JAS f. DowneY, nephew Of Prof Wise
A special from Milwaukee, says the balloon
recently found fifty miles north of that place
has been ldent titled as one which was sent up
from Waukesha last Friday.
:BoLD ROBBERY.
The Chicago u Alton tram that left
Kansas City, NO., Oct at 6:4Op m,was rob-
bed of its express money at Glendale, fifteen
miles east of that city. The train was stopped
by about twenty masked men, who kept up
continual firing while the messengers safe
was robbed. The messenger was knocked
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dollars is the estimated loss. The agent at
Glendale is missing. .
THE MISSING BALLOON.
Thomas Floyd, compositor on the
Dubuque Times, saw a balloon early on the
morning of Oct 10. He watched for over an
hour and called the attention Of the telegraph
operator to it. 1t was up very high and car
could be seen but no person. 1t was seen in
the southeast and travelled south, slowly rising
and falling in it's course. Numbers of others
also claim they saw the air ship. r..
A BURGLAR SHOT.
At two O'Clock on the morning Of Oct.
9, burglar attempted to enter the residence
of William d. Kelly, Of Mankato, MINI. Mr.
f. was aroused by hearing some one outside.
Getting up he procured his revolver-a thirty
Faribault. He had on his person revolver,
putty knife, and a pair of steel nippers. He
also attempted to enter DR.. Benefits house,
having picked the locks, but the doors were
bolted from the inside. -
SENATOR sHARoN's RECEPTION TO GEN.
GRANT.
During the 9Th of October Gen. Grant
was the guest Of Senator Sharon at Belmont,
his country seat in San Walto county, Califor-
MIA, in the evening d. reception was held for
which great preparations had been made.
The grounds we're lighted with Chinese Ian
terms and the villa beautifully decorated. speci-
al trains we're run from the city for the occom-
mediation of guests, of whom about 2, 500 were
present, and dancing and banquetting was the
order of the evening.
SHIP ON FIRE AT SEA-
The steamship Mansel arrived in New
York, Oct. II, and reports discovering fire
October Sd, at 7:60 p. m. She Immediately
Stacked speed and set the pumps to work
shifting part Of the cargo into the steerage
At midnight they succeeded in extinguishing
the fire. Upon examination it was found it
orig mated in some cases of silk and cotton
goods, part of the cargo taken on board at
South Hampton. Many cases were totally
burned and others were damaged by fire and
water. The ship suffered no injury. Per
feet order was maintained by passengers and
crew.
THE MISSING BALLOONIsTs.
Louis Faber, engineer on the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern road, states that
aweek ago Sunday night while at Millers Sta
ton, taking water, he observed large bal
loon directly overhead, which he judged to be
less than mile away, driving rapidly along
in northeasterly direction towards Lake
Michigan, which is only half mile from the
station. John Bulla, his fireman, states that
he also saw the balloon and with Faber
watched it out of sieht. They told the oper
ator at Forty-third street about the matter
the same night. TWAS undoubtedly the Wise
balloon.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
A railroad accident occurred Monday
evening at haywood, H., on the Northwest
ern road, by which two men were killed and a
number wounded. The cause was collision
between freight and passenger trains. The
names of the killed are Monroe w. Anderson.
of Elgin, and W. P. sanborn, of Chicago, both
passengers. George, Chisholm was severely
but not seriously injured, and several other
passengers were badly shaken up. The train
was the evening accommodation on the Ga.
lena division Of the Northwestern, and the
train into which it ran was gravel train.
Misunderstanding as to signals is the cause.
KENTUCKY CIVILIZATION.
A dispatch from Gxayson, Ky, says
Jesse Underwood was shot in the door of his
fathers house, known as Fortune Underwood,
The Holbrook party surrounded the house,
threatened to kill anybody who would dare
to bury Jessie's body or rescue George, who is
badly wounded, and with the women and chill.
all that remains Of the unfortunate Under
wood family were left inside of the house
George sent word to the county Judge praying
for help and protection The Governor has
been appealed to but has not responded, This
Is the fifth murder within the last three weeks
in Carter county, four of the murdered men
being Uaderwoods and member of the Hol
brook tribe. .aso.n",
VESSEL WRECKED
The Spanish brig D'Elgente was
wrecked Oct. z, while coming over the lower
bar at Mobile, in charge Of the pilot The dis
aster seems to have been the result Of an at
tempt to 90 about with strong head wind
The pilot, Ned Dorgan, asked the captain If his
ship worked easy, and receiving An affirmative
answer, made the necessary manoeuvres, but
she missed stays and went ashore stern fore.
most. When the captain saw the loss of the
vessel was inevitable. He drew q reyolver and
hred three shots at Dorgan, who Immediately
jumped overheard, followed by the irate cap
tain. A sailor also threw himself into the bav
to assist his superior officer, but both were
drowned. Dorgan and nine sailors swan
ashore safely.
PUBLIC LANDS. ~ 5.-'A'
The forthcoming annual report of the
commissioner of the general land office will
contain an interesting comparative statement:
of the disposals Of public lands to actual set
tiers during each Of the last five fiscal years.
The totals range about 100000 to 100000
acres each for the fiscal years of 1875, 1875 and
1877, too, l66,sA acres for the year ending
June SO, 1878, and S650,119 acres during the
twelve months ending with last June. Tho
otals of entries under the homestead and
timbetculture law scontrast as follows: For
the fiscal year Of 1871, a6se7t acres; for ISIS
6,2ss,77s acres; for 1873, 8.0s6,6ss acres The
cash sales show decrease of 2560oo acres