Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

In the Tyne ship yard 5000 ship
builders are on strike1
The bank of Oswego, N. Y, has failed.
The French Atlantic cable is broken
161 miles from st. Pierre, Miqueron.
The departments at Washington will
be closed on Saturday, Feb. %, Washington's
birth day.
The pluero-pneumonia is spreading
amoning the cattle of North and East York
shire, England. ---..-
The city bank of Oswego, N, Y, has
gone into the hands of receiver. Depositors
will be paid in full.
The London Times says, the Pope has
expressed desire to make DR.. Newman a
cardinal, but the doctor declines the honor.
A London telegram of Feb. 18th says
about 5000 weavers are out of employment at
Marclesf cid !, on account OF the depression in
trade.
Secretary Sherman has ordered the
revenue cutter Oliver Wolcott, now at
Post Townsend, to sitka, to preserve the
peace.
A small steamer on the Muskingunl,
Ohio, river, exploded her boiler Feb. 10th, in
stantly killing the fireman, and seriously scald-
ing the captain and two of the crew.
The British man-ot-war Osprey, left
Victoria, B. c. Feb. 18th, for Sitka at the earn
est request of citizens who represent that they
fear an indiscriminate massacre by Indians
A number ofyoung citizens of Zurich
have started for Georgia, where it is proposed
to start Swiss colony, under the auspices OF
the workingmen's association. Others will
olloW. iQst.J
A st. Petersburg telegram says, des-
pite the general thaw and warm weather
throughout the infected districts, both public
| and private advices state that no fresh cases
of plague have occurred.
Cardinal Manning, archbishop of West.
minister, has had long and cordial interview
with the pope, who congratulated the cardi.
nal on the progress of Catholicism in Great
Britain, and discussed measures for its exten.
sion ~
Preparations are making throughout
the cities of the Eastern States for a grand
celebration of the forthcoming anniversary OF
the birthday of the Irish patriot martyr
Robert Emmett. which occurs on the 4th oil
March next.
A London telegram of Feb. goth, says
meeting of the Mersey docks and harbol
| board has been held, where it was decided te
spend 935000 in erecting slaughter sheds aad
lairage, necessary to the continuance of the
American cattle trade.
The Brooklyn, N. Y. Presbytery, Feb.
uary nth, adopted resolutions instructing
the committee, if they find common fame re.
port against DR.. Talmage fulfills all condi.
tions of the book of dicipline, they shall
formulate such common fame into a charge
with specifications and names of witnesses
to support them, and submit the same to the
presbytery.
A New York telegram of Feb. 81, says,
The English trustees of the Atlantic 81 Great
\ Western mortgages have agreed upon terms
of lease for ninety-nine years of that road tc
the New Yorx, Lake Erie q Western railroad
company, and formal proposal has beer
mailed to President Jewett, of the latter com
pany. The lease will go into effect after The
Atlantic & Great Western road is sold undei
pending foreclosure proceedings and reor
ganization has been effected. The sounse
of James McHenry announces that he will
oppose the lease in courts.
An Ottawa dispatch of Feb. 81 says
The government intimated to Hickson. gen
eral manager of the Grand Trunk railway
who has been in active communication will
them respecting recent orders with regard tt
importation and transportation through
Canada of United States cattle, that ii Western
States will take the necessary steps to guard
against the disease spreading into their terri
tories which are free from it, they viii use al
their influence with the British government
to permit the shipment of cattle from Western
States through Canadian ports.