Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-06


came down in great mass, but no damage
had been reported.
A St. Petersburg telegram of January
49, says, owing to the plague, the fair at Sim
bersk may not be held. Usually five millions
of roubees change hands.
Bills for the emancipation of the Jews.
says telegram from Belgrade, of Jan. 2sth,
have passed the skuptschina. They must
still pass the great skuptschina.
A London telegram of Jan. 9th, SAYS
it is estimated that one seventh of the loo IN
and spindles in Blackburn are stopped and
that from 1900 to 5000 operatives are idle and
destitute,
A tornado at Iuka, Miss, Jan. 5Oth,
did great damage, destroying houses and de.
stroying property generally. One church was
blown down. A number of persons were
killed and wounded.
A destructive tornado, Sunday evening,
Jan. Goth, struck the town OF Lockport, Texas,
demolishing forty houses, including churches,
court house and Masonic hall. A child was
killed and several persons badly hurt.
Considerable alarm was caused in
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district of recruits for the imperial guard.
They were isolated, disinfected, and clothes
burned.
After the 1st of April there will be a
reduction of 10 per cent. in allowance to post
offices of the first and second classes, for rent
fuel and light, in order to keep expenses un'
der this item within the appropriations.
The two large book and stationery
houses of D. D. Merrill & Co., and White
Stone & Co., st. Paul, Mimi, have been con
solidated and will henceforth conduct bust
ness under the name of the st. Paul Book anG
tationery company.
There were three runaway frightened
teams in st. Paul, Mimi, on the afternoon o
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 thu
brain. There were but slight hopes of his re
covery.
A Washington telegram of January Bis
says the British minister has informed tn,
department of state that pleura-pneumonii
having been detected in cargo of cattle OF
the ship Ontario, from Portland, her majesty
; government is considering whether they cal
retain the United States under exemption O
part of the 50th schedule of the act of 1878
A Liverpool telegram Of January 31st say
the privy council department has under con
sideration the subject of future arrivals O
cattle from America. Those engaged in tn
trade contend that unnecessary alarm ha
been created out of the Ontario'S case ant
dispute the statment that the animals sui
fered from pleura-pneumonia They hav
retained veterinary surgeons of high reput
to act as check upon the privy council in
spectors.
Thursday afternoon, January 80,
serious runaway took place on st. Pete
street in st. Paul, Mimi, by which Patric
> Larkin, the well-known expressman, snstaiI
ed injuries that resulted in almost immediat
death. About o'clock a farmers team, a
: tached to a cumbersome wagon, was observe
: to dash around the corner Of St. Peter an
Exchange streets, going north at frightfu
rate of speed on the first named thoroughfart
J Midway between Exchange and Tenth street
, on St. Peter, Mr. Larkin was driving, total
unconscious of his peril, when the rnnawa
team collided with his wagon, causing a shoe
that threw him backward into the bed of tn
, wagon. The suddenness and violence of tn
shock produced internal injuries, from tn
effects of which he almost instantly expired
The accident occurred almost in front of MI
: Timme's store, that gentlem man being an ey
| witness of the accident.