Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-01-09

: The Second Baptist church IN St.
Louis, Mo, was destroyed by fire on. the
morning of Jan. 8. Its erection and finish
cost $75 600.
A fire at Chatfeld, Mimi, Jan. 2, de-
stroyed the postofice, building with contents,
and seven adjoining bulldogs. Loss $4,000
partly insured.
Reports continue of extreme cold
weather at the East, and snow; blockades, and
interruption of railroad travel, and deaths by
freezing.
At Vicksburg January 9th the ther-
mUmeter went down to 70 deg. above zero.
This report of low temperature in the south is
quite unusual.
About 40 railway postoffice clerks,
route agents and local agents, will be dis
CHARGED, and the pay of those remaining re,
duced to bring expenditures within the ap.
ropriations.. -s| ga :s'as ~ ;
A Buffalo telegram of Jan. 5th, says,
the storm has entirely abated, and prospects
of an early opening of the various railroads is
considered good. 49,
In New Orleans the weather clear and
cold. On the night of Jan. 5th, the thermom-
etor fell to 900 above zero which is the low
est temperature since 1857.
Joseph Vanheusen, of Greenbush, N.
Y, went to dig grave on the night of Jan.
9TH, and was found the next morning frozen
to death. He was 60 years old
The snow blockade from Cleveland o :,
eastward, and from;Buffalo, N. Y,Ieastward
hoe b~o nd ~
running on the customary time.
At Columbus, O., Jan. 5, G.. Corbitt,
driver on the High street chariot, was found
dead on his box; death being caused by par
alysis OF the heart induced by extreme cold.
s., Anew venture in journalism made its
appearance at Louisville, KY, Jan. 4th. It is
similar to the N. Y. Nation in appearance and
contents and is called the Age The editors
are G. E. Sears and w. L. Price.
Intense and unusual cold is reported
from every point Of the compass, North, South
East and West, and all the eastern portions Of
the country is showed in. and all the railroads
blockaded by an immense fall of STOW.
Mrs. Maggie Hegely, of Urbana, o
left her babe on the bed, in care of her four.
year old daughter. The babe cried, the
daughter undertook to lift it off from the bed
to soothe it, let it fall, and broke its neck
The N. Y. Tribune says the sub-treas-
ury has ceased to keep coin and currency re-
ports separate, and therefore will make no
daily report of the amount of coin paid out
for in terest and called bonds and received for
customs.
The business failures in great Britain
and Scotland during 1878 were 1857, OF
which 2,643 were in financial and wholesale
and manufacturing branches of trade. The
increase is 4s07 failures last year over the
preceding year.
Aopringfeld, ILL.,, telegram says, freight
traffic which was virtually abandoned on the
Springfield division of the Illinois Central TO,
several days, was resumed and extra trains
are moving to clear out the accumulated
freight along the line.
It is reported that the peach trees in
southern Illinois are greatly injured by the
recent cold snap, and the prospects for croI
are exceedingly unfavorable. Other fruit moi
seriously injured. Winter grain is reported
to be in excellent condition.
A special meeting of the Cleveland
board of trade was held Jan. 9Th to receive thu
report of Geo. a. Ely, delegate to the rccen
lake improvement convention at St. Paul. Mr.
Ely was appointed delegate of the genera
committee to meet at Washington at futur,
date.
A Walla Walla dispatch: Every prep
alton is being made by the military and civi
authorities to prevent trouble at Umatills
reservation, January 10th, when two Indlar
murderers are to be hanged. Two companies
of cavalry will leave Walla Walla for the
scene Tuesday. Sheriff Sperly has 100 armed
men also on hand. The Indians are insolen
and trouble is feared.
A dispatch from Provilene, January
1st, says resumption of specie payment caus'
es not ripple at the banks or in financia
circles. Very few wanted checks paid in
gold, and some banks received more gold or
deposit than they paid out. In all general
business transactions bills we're preferred
Even savings bank depositors took their in.
terest in bills rather than gold.
On Sunday night Jan. 5th, the extens.
i've establishment of the St.. Louis Beef Can
ming company, was nearly destroyed by fire
The fremen succeeded in saving the real
building, but the front part of the establish.
ment is nearly destroyed. The fire originated
in the process room, but how, nobody knows
as no work has been done there since IL
o'clock Saturday night. Loss estimated at
$75,OOO to 500, 600 on stock.
On the Sd OF January the mint bureau
turned into the treasury $575,000 profits
accruing to the government from the coinage
of standard dollars the past three, weeks after
buying the silver for coinage. paying for
transportation and allowing for washing in
the process of coinage. Since the commence
ment Of the coinage of the standard dollar
the government has profted between the
legal tender value and the real value Of bull
about sixteen hundred thousand dollars
At 10 O'Clock, Jan. list, the-large-stone
Touring mill at Rockdale, two miles west
of Dubuque, Ia, was burned to the ground
AS no other possible cause can be ascertaincd
for its origin, it is believed the fire originated
from fourgas in the patent -four department.
There was large quantity Of grain and -four
in the mill, all of which was destroyed. The
mill was valued at $25, 600; insured for $4,000
The mill was the only building remaining in
the little hamlet of Reckdale on the morning
Of the great food of July, 1876, in which forty
persons were drowned. %S@.@ = t. r: =,
= Washington telegram, Jan. s: On the
LIST inst, the postofice department reduced
the prices Of stamped envelopes on an aver.
age of 20 per cent. throughout the entire
schedule, and the result is seen in the largely
increased acquisitions now being received.
Those on Saturday footed up $4.466, 600 en-
velopes valued at So, 755. or more than double
those of any single day in the history of the
department.. The entire acquisitions for the
day for postage stamps, stamped envelopes
and postal cards amounted to $517 $50, inc}ud-
ed in which were 4,765, 500 postal cards.
\ New York telegram: It is anticipated
that this year viii see the greatest immi-
grafton. to this country of Mennonites that
has yet taken place. Some time ago ukase
was given out by the Gar Of Russia that Men
nonities were to be exempted from military
service until 1880. As this 10 the Mennonites
last wear of exemDtiOn from military life IN