The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-02-12
MISCELLANEUUN.

Civil war is reported imminent in
Samoa.
There are now $500 engineers on a
strike in London.
Quarantine against the plague is order
ed at all Spanish ports.
The Prussian ministery have approved
the import duty on grain, cattle and horses.
The steamer Peace from Philadelphia
sunk in Havr harbor, supposed to have struck
pite.
A Naples telegram says Passanante
who attempted to kill the King has been pro-
| nounced sane.
E. Morrison & Bro, flour and produce
merchants of Halifax have suspended. Lila
bilities estimated at $120, 900. Assets $4,000.
A bill is to be presented in the con-
gressional House for the transfer of Chief
Joseph and other Nez Perces to the Indi an
territory.
England has concluded convention
with Turkey, purchasing the state domains
| IN Cyprus with the exception of the sultan's
private estates.
The ice gorge at st. Louis gave way
on the evening of January 2Sth. The ice
| came down in a great mass, but no damage
had been reported.
A dispatch from Berlin states that in a
| village near Astrachan the populace have
massacred the doctors believing that they
poisoned their patients.
Count Itchy, Austrian ambassador at
Constantinople, telegraphs to Vienna that
typhus fever and not the plague is prevalent
! near Xanthe, in Thessaly.
| The Ottawa, Canada, council has pass
ed an order prohibiting the importation of
| cattle from the United States for three
| months from the first of February
A dispatch from St. Petersburg of Feb
uary 9Th, says no case of plague has occurred
at Astoachan since the 9Th of FEBRUARY. Gem
eteries are being arranged for the dead.
A FEBRUARY 9th dispatch from Sidney,
says snow remains to great depth, and
! thousands of cattle are perishing on both
Platte rivers and on the plains between.
The st. Paul, MIMI, city council have
resolved to ask the right to issue $40, 900 worth
| of bonds to build Market House on Seventh
street, on the site of the present building.
ST. Petersburg newspaper bitterly de-
nounce Austria and Germany for adopting
precautionary measures against the plague,
declaring that said action is inspired by hostil-
| ity to Russia and desire to ruin her trade.
A correspondent at Liverpool estimates
| the number Of sailors now on strike at Liver
pool at from 1000 to $4,000. The authorities
are arranging for speedy landing, if neces-
sary, Of $50 sailors and marines from man.
of-war.
A telegram from Bucharest of FEBRUARY
Sth says the government has given eight davis
notice at st. Petersburg of the prohibition of
certain imports from Russia o. Bulgaria, and
OF sanitary supervision over persons crossing
the frontiers
Peter Pfeifer of St. Paul, Mimi, has
resolved to enlarge his present Hall on
Wabashaw street. st. Paul, by an addition
| ~ by 80 which will make it the largest hall
this side of milwaukee. When completed
according to the plan 1t will be an ornament
to the city.
| The relations of the United States with
Russia, in regard to codfshing, are of the
| friendliest character. American fisherman
are allowed to approach within one marine
league of the Siberian coast while fishing. and
as they have no need to land, except for wa
ter, there is no chance for a conflict of author
ity.
A February 4'h dispatch from Palermo
says, the rumor of an outbreak of the plague
at Odessa caused violent demonstrations
there, which, however, were Quoted by the
announcement that the government had Or
dered quarantine of one week on all arrivals
from the Black sea.
There were three runaway frightened
teams in st. Paul. Mimi, on the afternoon OF
Jan. 31st, one attended with probable fatal re.
suits. John WOodman was thrown violently
to the pavement, striking on his head, pro-
ducing frightful cash and conclusion of the
brain. There were but slight hopes of his re-
covery.
A Toronto telegram OF FEBRUARY 5th
says the action of the British government or
: the question of scheduling American cattle
y is watched with interest. Should the decision
be favorable to the States, the Canada,
government will have to undo what the,
r have done, in prohibiting for space of thre
n months the importation of American cattl
e into Canada, or their passage through an,
y part OF the Dominion. If this ia not done
Il the effect will be to send all trade to Unite,
e States ports during that period.
L Mr.. George Q. Taffty, of Washington