Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-07-17
FATAL EXPLOSION.


squares away. Aug. Setter, one Of the pro-
prietors, and Henry Ulrich, engineer, were
killed. The dry goods house which adjoined the
boiler room fell. burying in the ruins a num-
Der of the workmen. Four men, James Mi
chael, John Henckle, John Carla and Freder-
lex Monday have been taken out badly hurt
Others are missing, and men are working hard
to remove the debris The excitement is in.
tense, and the scene at the locality beggars de-
| scription. tits believed several men are killed.
The damage is now estimated at $4,000. ss%.i
LETTER cARR1ERs-FREE DELIVERY.
All the free delivery cities have been
divided into two classes, with a view to classi.
flying letter carriers. First class is ALBANY.
Baltimore, Boston, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Chicago.
| Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit Indianapolis.
Jersey City, Louisville, Milwaukee, Newark
New York, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Pitts.
burgh, Providence, Rochester, st. Louis, San
Francisco and Washington. All the other
cities where the free delivery system is in oper-
| alton, sixty-fve in number, are second class.
The salaries of carriers of the. second class
| cities have been fixed at $3.50 per annum, e.
| Guiding auxiliary and subordinate carriers, and
their back pay is left for the adjustment The
| postmasters in the first class cities will soon
designate carriers Tor first and second grades
VIRGINIA WILL CASE.
William o. George, wealthy citizen,
died i'll 1859 intes+ate. Soon after, Lee George
mulatto, living in Pike, came to Richmond
Va, and put in a claim for the property in be-
half of his MOTHER sister and himself, former
slaves of deceased, who were sent north before
the war. The claim to the property was based
upon an allegation that w. o. George had
been married to the mother in Philadelphia
short time before his death. The Richmond
Georges, brother, sister, nephews and nieces of
deceased, claiming to be heirs at law, ignored
the Philadelphia claimants and at once began
to contest the matter, the first trial resulted
in their favor, the second and third jury failed
to agree A fourth trial was set down for
| October but the case has been called, Judge
Fitzhugh of the chancery court in setting aside
the issue decreed there has never been any
marriage solemnizcd between deceased and
his former slave and further decreed by con-
sent of the heirs that the former slave claim
ants receive one fourth the proceeds of the
estate.
DEATH OF Ex-GOv. ALLEN OF OHIO.
Hon. William Allen so we'll known in
the political circles of the country, died sud-
denly on the morning Of July II, at his home
near Chillicothe. He was in Chillicothe on
Wensday, July9 9. His first mention of illness
was on Thursday morning, but he did not re-
gard his condition of sufficient consequence
to receive attention until the afternoon at 80
He had symptoms OF chill, and Dr. Scott his
son.in-law and physician, induced him to take
some medicine and go to bed. Dr. and Mrs
Scott remained in attendance upon him, al
though Gov. Allen considered it useless and
urged them to retire. He was up several
times during the night. About 80 this morn
ing he arose suddenly, left his bed, staggered
to chair, fell into it and died without word
tDr. Scott had seated himself in an adjoining
room, and responded hastily to Mrs. SCOTS
call, but before he reached the Governors side
he was dead. He was about 70 years old. A
Columbus, Ohio, dispatch Of July II, says Gov
Bishop has issuad proclamation eulogistic of
the late ex-Gov. Allen, reciting his public SER
vices and directing that the flags of the CAPT.
tol be displayed at half mast, and closing the
State Offices on the day of the funeral.
|
The Mark Lane Enpress in it's review
of the British grain trade for the past week
says: The agricultural prospects cause very
grave apprehensions. Should rain continue
the hay crop will be useless except as manure,
The condition of wheat is unimproved. Barley
on heavy land is nearly ruined. Nothing but
the speedy advent of sunshine can prevent al
most general failure of the principal crops.
In consequence OF the weather and light sup
plies in England wheat has improved shill-
ing per quarter in a majority of the country
markets, but despite the firmness of the hold
ers it has been difficult to establish any adj
vance for home grown in London in face of
liberal arrivals and low prices of foreign varie-
ties. Previous rates, however, have been well
supported, especially for choice parcels, and
the tendency is rather toward an advance than
decline. Large forei On arrivals have not
caused scarcity of grainary room, as large
proportion has gone direct to millers, who
bought freely to arrive, transactions on spot
having lately been confined to the retail wants
of small millers. Maize has varied little, but
is rather against sellers. Arrivals at ports Of
call have been very small. Off coast wheat
was firm and slightly improving prices, par.
ticularly towards the close. Maize was steady
and unchanged. A good business was done
in forwarding wheat, particularly for red Win
ter, July, August and September shipments,
and prices improved six pense per quarter
Maize was not freely offered though late
cheap purchases could not be repeated De-
mand still slack Last weeks sales of English
wheat amounted to $4,000 quarters at as al
per quarter, against 1922 quarters at 46s per
quarter for the same period last year. In
ports into the uuited kingdom for the week
ending June Is, amounted to 1,4l5942 hun
dred weight of wheat and 214,283 eundred
weight Of -four. At Mark Lane to-day (Mon.
day., the supply Of English wheat was again
small and prices advancing from one to two
shillmgs per quarter. The supply of foreign
wheat was fair, and it advanced shilling.
Flour advanced I'D per barrel; and oats Sd to
dper quarter. Maize and barley were steady
| WILD TEXAN STEERS ~~- ~-
AT Harlem, N. Y. July 18th. a. herd of
wild Texan steers broke loose in Harlem, and
were virtually monarchs of all they surveyed.
In the upper part of the city for three honrs
twelve animals, wild with fear and maddened
by attacks Of the police, charged through the
streets in every direction, driving every thing
before them. The reserve force of policemen
was called out, and they had hot time Of it
before nine Of the enemy were finally cap
tured and imprisoned In Brewers yard and
the other three killed It is wonder there
were only two;or three casualties. >a'-
Il. A CAvE-IN. - ~
A disastrous cave-in took place July 10,
at Ishpeming, Mich. tits estimated that from
10000 to 900 600 tons. Of rock, embracing the
whole upper part Of the hanging wall of the
major part of the mine fell in, completely
demolishing skip roads and filing the mine
with debris. It being noon nobody was at
work in the mine One hundred and fifty men
were usually employed in that part of the
mine where the fall occurred. It is believed
that one or two Of the pits can never be REQ.
i pened. The accident will undoubtedly dimin-
ish production for the present year. <. II
Il sFs=s YELLOW FFPER. rH set,5..s- !.
A Memphis telegram Of July 12, says
The yellow fever sensatio n has collapsed and
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