Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-01-16
The miners of Rays coal works at

The miners of Rays coal works at
gainesville, O., have struck for higher wages.
Their place Is to be supplied by new hands,
and trouble is anticipated.
j. D. Emmerson, of Lockport, N. Y,
has leased the Gate City FIGURING mills at
Winona, Mimi, which have been closed for
several years. They will be run to their full
capacity. zs n -, -
At Albany, New York, Jan 18th, the
thermometer mar ed six degrees below zero.
At that date the themonetor in st. Paul, and
at other points in Minnesota scored several
degrees above zero. L1t
A Galveston telegram of Jan. 18th,
says the bark G. w. Cochrane, laden with
5000 bales of cotton, took fire on the It'll, inst,
was scuttled and sunk in twenty feet Of water.
The cotton win be partly saved,
The Library of Birmingham and Mid
land Institute at Birmingham, Eng, contains
ing $4,000 volumes has been destroyed by fire.
It contained the most complete Shakespear-
ian collection in the World, numbering $4,000
volumes. Comparatively few books were
saved. <Z% tn i
A St. Petersburg dispatch of Jan. 7th,
says, the plague at Astrachan is assuming
serious proportions. Fugitjves have carried
the contagion to three adjacent villages.
Quarantine has been proclaimed throughout
the district There have been 400 deaths
up to Jan. 4th.
A Cincinnati Gazette special says Levi
Grail & Sons storehouse at Franklin, Ohio
containing 100000 feet Of lumber, Wallis
livery stable, with four horses, several wagons
and buggies, and Wallis dwelling adjoining,
burned Jan. 10. Loss estimated at Sc 900; in
surance, $4,000. <,s-.. il },::.:4 }
Great indignation is reported in Vino
ma among the citizens over the passage by
the State Senate of a bill to amend the charter
of Winona and repeal it's provision restricting
the sale Of liquor. A special meeting OF the
council has been called to take measures to
prevent the bill becoming law.
Another Indian outbreak is on the
threshold. The hostile Cheyennes, imprisoned
at Fort Robinson, have determined to die
rather than 20 back to. their reservation.
Considerable excitement in consequence pre-
walls. Several Indians have escaped, and all
are sullen, turbulent and defiant.
An Atlanta, Ca, telegram of Jan. 7th,
says, skating in Atlanta is enjoyed for the
first time in twenty years. Thousands of
pounds of ice are being cut and packed here
for the first time. Such a thing was never
known before. There is great suffering
among the poor. The city is relieving suffer-
ers.
A St. Petersburg telegram of Jan. 8,
says the plague has reached the government
Of Erratofn at Naratzin. One hundred and
seventy-three deaths have occurred. The
mortality is estimated at 10 per cent. of the
population. St. Petersburg newspapers
propose that nurses and attendants of the
Red Cross society should volunteer for
Astrachan.
The London Times in a leading editor
ial says: We haye. every reason to believe
Yakoob Khan has already been officially in.
formed of the terms on which we are prepar
ed to make peace. Doubtless these are such
as he can honorably sccept. A dispatch from
Lahore states that there are strong rumors
that Yakoob Khan is quite disposed to make
friendly arrangements.