New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-08-06
THE NEW WORLD.

A SEVERE rainstorm on the Goth
caused disastrous foods at Pittsburgh, Pa,
and vicinity. The rainfall up the Mononghc-
la Valley and along the line Of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad was the heaviest known for
years. The damage to growing crops was
very great. sl,
EX-SENATOR ROBERT w. JOHNSON
died at Little Rock, Ark, on the night of the
Goth. He represented Arkansas in Congress
first as Representative and then as Senator
from 1847 to 1851. t.s,ssgs l..s
A CONSTRUCTION train on the Mil
waukee branch Of the Northwestern Railway
struck COW as 1t was backing onto side
track near Waukegan, ILL.,, on the evening Of
the 26th, and the first car was thrown from
the track, telescoping the rest Of the train.
Nineteen men were employed on the train,
nearly all of whom were upon the car which
ran into the cow. They were thrown from
the car, and many Of them buried beneath the
ruins OF the wrecked train. Four were killed
and seven others seriously, and perhaps fatally,
injured. III 5..5
The amount of public lands entered
for homestead settlement in the year ended
June 80, 1879, was little over 6, 00O, GOO acres
The average number Of acres taken by each
homestead settler, as shown by the entries of
the last ten years, is 120.
ACCORDING to q Washington dis
patch Of the 9th, the imports OF merchan-
disc for the year ending June 80, 1879, were
valued at e445, 799,141. The exports Of
merchandise for the same period were valued
at e7l0, 42s, 74a.
DURING June, 1879, there arrived at
the port of New York 1924 passengers. Of
whom Is, 929 were immigrants. During the
year ending June 80, 1879, the immigrants at
that port aggregated 1924, against 2.163
for the year previous. F's ~ .>.
SEVERAL serious disturbances by the
striking spinners having occurred at Fall
River, Mass. it was announced on the 28th
that the Mayor of that place would start for
Boston to consult with the Governor and see
II some arrangement could not be made to
secure better protection to property and citi.
xens
Or six carrier pigeons liberated at
Columbus, Ohio, at 5 80 on the morning of
the 9th, one arrived at New York City at
11:15 a. M, and second at 80 p. M, on the
2Sth. s5 -..., o... 49,.
The Prohibition State Central Com
lnittee of Iowa have nominated Rev. D. R.
Dpngar for Governor, vice Carpenter, de-
clined. .>g.s. 81
Hon. BLAND BALLARD, Judge of the
United States District Court of Kentucky,
died at his home in Louisville on the 10th.
Neart disease or apoplexy was the cause Of
his death. rs Iii LA 4
On the Goth John Kranz, Of East
Pennington, Polk County, Wis, drove into
lake, with six children in his wagon, to waite,
his horses. The animals became frightened
and ran into deep water, upsetting the wagon
and drowning Kranz and five children.
TIE Department Of State at Wash
ington issued circular on the Goth, as fol.
lows: For the information Of merchants,
manufacturers and others who may be dis
posed to take part In the representation of
natural and industrial products of the United
States at the Sydney and Melbourne exhibit
lions, the Secretary of State ANNOUNCES that
the organization Of the Commission for both
exhibitions Is as follows: Commissioner,
Oliver NJ. Spencer, Consul General Of the
United States at Melbourne Vict. Honorary
Commissioners, Augustus Morris, Sydney
N. 8. w.; Samuel G. Lord, Melbourne, Wet.
DR.. c. q. Cox, Of Washington, has been up.
pointed Secretary of the Commission, and
will sail from San Francisco on the 4th OF
August. All persons having occasion to do
90 can communicate with the Secretary Of the
Commission, to the care of the State Depart
ment, where the mail will he regularly made
up" s.5.s,@t-s ....g
The eighteenth annual session of the
National Educational A association commenced
at Philadelphia, on the 29th. Mayor stokely
and Edward Shipper delivered addresses Of
welcome. and John Hancock, President of the
Association, responded.
The amount Of National Bank notes
redeemed at the United States Treasury dur
Ing the last fiscal year, on account of failures,
going into liquidation and reducing circula-
ton, was $3.50, 457. 55H
A CALL has been issued for State
Convention Of the Republicans of Nebraska,
to meet at Omaha on the LIST of October.
PREsCOTT j.. PILLsBURY, Cashier of
the Lawrence (Mass.) National Bank, was ar
rested on the 3Oth ult., upon the charge Of
being defaulter for the sum of 485, 900, and
lodged in jail in default of $3.50, 900 bail.
PROFESSOR CHANDLER, of the New
York Board of Health, says the scarlet fever
caused more deaths in New York State last
year than the yellow fever did in the South,
and yet failed to excite public apprehension,
or to make people ordinarily careful to pre-.
vent the infection.
Two YOUNG sons of DR.. "A. III. S.
Boyd. Of Livingston County, KY, being Ill,
their father few mornings ago, through
mistake, gave them poison for santonine, and
the boys died in less than an hour after the
accident.
A DISPATCH was received from Cen
eral Miles on the 3lst ult., stating that, after
the action on Beaver Creek, the hostile Sioux
engaged fed northward, leaving their proper
ty scattered along the trail for fifty miles.
Their main camp stampeded and retreated