Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-09


charged. and the pay of those remaining re-
duced to bring expenditures within the APP
ropriations. .---.-
A Buffalo telegram of Jan. 9Th, says,
the storm has entirelysahated, and prospects
Of an early opening OF the various railroads is
considered good.
Joseph Vanheusen, of Greenbush, N.
T., went to olga grave ON the might of Jan.
4th, and waa found the next morning frozen
to death. He was 62 years old. ~
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.
+, The representatives of twelve railroads,
including the Chicago & Northwestern, and
Milwaukee g st. Paul. met in Chicago. and
decided to abolish the issuing of free passes
to shippers of freights or their agents.
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 snow.
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 liftit off from the bed
to soothe it, let ii 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 psid out
for in .erest and called bonds and received for
customs. - Ea~@@ 8a-@4 a." ~ @aso $50
The business failures in great Britain
and Scotland during 1878 were 15,057, of
which 2,64S were in financial AID wholesale
and manufacturing branches of trade. The
increase is 4,S07 failures last year over the
proceeding year.
At a meeting of prominent Roman
Catholics, in Cincinnati, on the Both inst, a
committee was appointed to prepare circu-
lar for distribution among the members of the
church, soliciting subscriptions for the finan-
cial relief of Archbishop Pure ell.
Three hard looking scamps entered a
jewelry store in Winona, Minnesota, Jan. ID,
and stole two watches. They were pursued,
arrested and the watches found on them.
One of them showed fight, and in the scufae
was accidently shot in the jaw by police
mans pistol
The following is United States cur
rency outstanding Dec. 81: Old demand notes
$62, OBS: legal tender notes. all issues, $780,
6S1, 016; one year notes, Sc, $50 ,265; two year
notes, $6I3l4,600; two year coupon notes.
$63s3 $50; compound interest notes, $26S, 76O;
fractional currency, all issues, SIG, los, 49,
Total. $685.. Dos, 5S4.
A Walla Walla dispatch: Every prep
alton is being made by the military and civil
authorities to prevent trouble at Umatilla
reservation, January 10th, when two Indian
murderers are to be hanged. Two companies
of cavalry viii leave Walla Walla for the
scene Tuesday. Sheriff Sperly has 100 armed
men also on hand. The Indians are insolent
and trouble is feared.
Lehigh, Pa. operators have appoin ted
a committee to adjust the question of coal
prices. The Sehylkill operators have in
| formed their customers that the following fig
| ures win rule for the present for line and city
trade: Egg and broken, $2.15; ltove, 1925;
small stove, $3.50; chestnut, 50. When the
present orders are exhausted it is believed
prices will show another decline.
|. A dispatch from Providene, January
LIST, says resumption Of specie payment caus-
es not ripple at the banks or in financial
circles. Very few wanted checks paid in
gold, and some banks received more gold on
deposit than they paid out. In all general
business transactions bills were preferred
Even savings bank depositors took their in
terest in bills rather than gold.
The total coinage at the United States
mint in 1878 was q, 754 ,2s9 pieces Double ca
giles 54S645; eagles 1880; half eagles 131, 74O;
three dollars 81, S24; quarter eagles 2S6,260
dollars, gold 3o,210; ditto, silver 1O,5O9, $50;
trade dollars, 900; half dollars 1,378, 400;
quarter dollars 2, 960,sOO; twenty cent pieces
900; dimes ,67s,S00; five cent pieces 1850;
three cent pieces 1850; cents 5,798,85O.
On the Sd OF January the mint bureau
turned into the treasury S575,OOO profits
accruing to the government from the coinage
of standard dollars the past three, weeks after
buying the silver for coinage. paying fol
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
lion, of which it contains to the amount o
about sixteen hundred thousa nd dollars.
| At 10 o'clock, Jan. 1st, the large stone
Touring mill at Rockdale, two miles wes
of Dubuque Ia, was burned to the ground
4 As no other possible cause can be ascertaincl
for its origin, it is believed the FIRE originated
from hourgas in the patent -four, department
4 There was large quantity of grain and fiou
in the mill, all Of which was destroyed. Tn,
mill was valued at $4,000; insured for ST, 600
The mill was the only building remaining il
the little hamlet of Rockdale on the mornin,
of the great flood of July, 1876, in which fort.
persons were drowned.
i Washington telegra m, Jan. 8: On TIT
1st inst, the postofice department reduce,
the prices of stamped envelopes on an aver
age of 20 per cent. throughout the entir
schedule, and the result is seen in the largel
increased acquisitions now being received
Those on Saturday footed up SAGE, 800 en-
velopes valued at 9,755. or more than doubl
those of any single day in the history of tn
department The entire acquisitions for tn
day for postage stamps, stamped envelope
and postal cards amounted to $517 $50, includ
ed in which were 4. 765, 500 postal cards.
A cable telegram of Jan. Sd, frou
Dublin, says Gen. Grant arrived in that city
on the morning of that day accompanied b
: Gen. Noyes, United States minister to France
The ext President was met by the lord mayor
but there was no public demonstration. Tn
genel al was presented with the freedom {
the city and later visited places of Interest
In reply to the lord mayors complimentar
:. speech presenting the freedom of the cit,