Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-04-03
THE WORLDS DOINGS.
CONVENT BERFED.

CONVENT BBRNED.
During heavy thunderstorm at Cairo,
ILL.,, on the 26th of March, the convent was
struck by lightning and burned to the ground.
Nobody injured. Loss, $4,000; insurance
$'6oo. Z. r.
MURDER.
In NATION, Ill, March 29th R. Hoben
young railroad man, instantly killed VIM.
Weible in saloon, striking him on the head
with a car link Weible was defending a
friend.
DRFALCATION.
A defalcation of 100000 has been
discovered at San Francisco in Montgomery
avenue bonds, by R. s. Lbbey, secretary, the
same party who is defaulter in the Dupont
street bonds.
News IS received that on the 23d Little
Wolf and twenty-five lodges Of Cheyenne In
dams surrendered to Lieutenant Johnson, Sec
ond cavalry, on Box Eldes creek, Montana,
without resistance.
TEN MILLIONS FOR INDIA.
In the house of commons Stanhope
under secretary for India, has introduced a
bill authorizing the raising of e10, 0O0, 0O0 in
England for the India service for the ordinary
expenses for the current year.
DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE.
Knox Martin, colored, of Nashville,
Tenn, murderer of John Willenmier and wife
has embraced the Catholic faith. He could
have taken an appeal and secured another
years lease of life, but is determined to die.
FAMINE IN EGYPT.
The famine in Upper Egypt causes
terrible suffering. In some villages the peo'
ple are naked, and, Ike wild beasts, dig for
fought over scraps of bread. Inland villagers
are said to be starving like dogs.
SHOT TRAMP.
A tramp applied at the house of Nick
Ernee, three miles northeast of Topeka
Kansas, on the Goth of March, for meal,
which was furnished. Seeing watch on the
wall, he attempted to appropriate it, but was
prevented by Mrs. Ernee, who shot him in
the arm, wounding him severely. He was not
captured.
COURT HOUSE BURNED.
March 20 the greatest portion of the
curt house at Newark was destroyed by fire
The building was a new one, costing $l6o,
600. The loss is estimated at from 100000 to
$4,000; insured for $4,000. Most Of the
county records were in good order. A lad
named Kramer anda man named Smy.he
were badly injured by falling timber.
BURNED TO DEATH.
At Claremont, New Hampshire, early on
the morning of March Goth, the fremont
House was burned, and five persons persisted
Mrs. Hannah P. Gibson, of Chester, Vt.
mother OF one of the proprietors; Charles Nor.
gan, a boarder; Lydia Merritt, table girl; Ann
Johnson, chambermaid, and Mrs. 8. A. Place
cook. William Butter, of Brattleboro, 6Vt
and Frederick Warren and wife were severely
injured in leaping from the windows.
CONFIRMATION.
March 9th the Senate rejected the
nomination of William NJ Stanley, of ILL.,, to
be Indian Agent at Los Pinas, COL Conir.
nations: William A. Heron, pension agent
at Plttsburg; Edward NJ. Neil, secretary Of
legation at Mexico; Drs. Hosmer A. johnson
of Illinois, s. M. Bemis HenryJ. Bowditch,
James NJ. Cabell and Robert w. Mitchell, Of
Tennessee, members of the national board
OF health. Two others remain to be con
trmed
BURGLARS IN MADISON.
John Hausman's and J John Hess's brew.
cries were entered by burglars March 80
Every room at Hausman's was entered. Quite
collection Of valuables, including watches
and jewelry, were found upon table, which
it seems, they left behind, in consequence O
an alarm being sounded by one of the gang
Nothing OF value is missing. At Hess they
succeeded in obtaining the safe key from the
proprietors pantaloons, and entered the safe
abstracting there from about $40.
DEMOCRATIC PROGRAMME.
The joint meeting of the two Demo
cratic committees appointed by Democrats O.
the two houses of Congress, have agreed upor
the following programme: The repeal of the
law authorizing the presence of troops at the
poles. The abolition of the jurors test oath
The repeal of the existing authority to ap
point supervisors and deputy marshals al
elections, and to restrict the power of two
supervisors, who may be present as witnesses
but without any police authority. All these
to be incorporated in appropriation bills as
riders
COAL MINERS STRIKE.
The striking coal miners of the uppe,
Monongahela in convention at Elizabeth, Pa,
on the 25th. of March, decided to remain out
for their demand OF three cents bushel and
committees were appointed to wait upon the
miners along Youghiogheny and at Castle
Thannon to induce them to JOIN the move.
ment Over 1000 miners were present at the
meeting, and although very orderly seemed
very determined. The action taken will
doubtless result in an almost universal and
prolonged strike OF miners in that region.
ARKANSAS DEsPEaADOEs.
The town of Fayetteville, Ark, was
entered by mounted band OF about twenty
armed men on the 23d OF March. Several OF
them proceeded on foot to the southeast
corner of the public square, where both bar
rels of shot gun loaded with buck-shot were
discharged into window of the Sentinel office
The party then moved deliberately by the
c. L. Summers, in all of which they fired
shotted guns. The two parties joined near
Summers, where they remounted and gal
Hoped off on the west fork of the road.
DISASTROUS FIRE.
A disastrous fire took place at Madi-
son. Wisconsin, on the afternoon of March
10th, causing the destruction of the old Fair
child block, corner of Main and Pincknev
streets, and the serious burning of half doz.
en- tiremen. The block was occupied on the
ground floor by Rawley & Co., furnishing
goods; c. A. Damon, tailor; Mcconnell &
Smith, stationers; s. Klauber, ''clothier; the
second floor by Tommie Morgan as restaur.
ant and saloon, and one of the upper rooms
by tailor's work room. The fire was dis.
covered in the rear of the third story.
ENGINE WRECKED.
The engine, tender, baggage car and
first coach of the east-beund express on the
Grand Trunk railway was ditched on Smiths
creek, near Detroit, Mich, on the 10th inst.
brakeman, Robert Wilson, was instantly
killed. Thomas Cowan, fireman, was severely
scalded, and has since died. Engineer Wal.
ters was scalded, bat not seriously No pas
SenQers were iniured Tho oo.;d,,4 $780,