Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-12-04

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LITTLE FALLS. MINI
THE WORLDS DOINGs.
BRIBERY. .. s>s'' 's s.5t y
At Cinclnatti, O., Nov 26, Mathew
Hoogle, deputy U. 8. marshall, for Warren
county, O, wss convicted In u. 8. Cont Of ac-
cepting money for, withholding information
against violation Of internel revenue laws.
s POWDER EXPLOSION. '.e,45rs-&
BY the accidental explosion of five
pounds Of powder, at the residence of William
Krapc, in Pourie Center parish, La. Nov. 81,
Krapo and one child were seriously burned,
and tive Of his children, one ,,hree and the
ether six years Of age, and grandmother, Mrs.
Fsber, were killed. ~ 49,. -
BODY sNATCHING. r..
Bennett Jackson was arrested at Chat
tanoosa on the morning of Nov % for snatch
Ing the body Tennessee Keith who died on the
the night Of Nov. 70. The body was packed in .
shoe-bo and addressed to Ottawa and said to
to contain fresh fish. On the night Of: Nov.
81, parties attempted to send the same box to
Cincinnati as cotton seed. Bennett Jackson,
lis son, and the sexton of the cemetery were
committed to Jail In default Of $4,000 bail.
GEN. JEFFERSON G. DAVIS.
Gen. Jefferson G. Davis, Colonel of the
2sd Infantry and Brevet Brigadier General OF
the United States army, died in Chicago, ILL.,,
- of
Nov. 30. He was, born in Clark county, In
diana, March 2, 1928, and was therefore near.
ly 20 years old at the the time of his death.
He had gained considerable distinction for
meritorious military service.
UTE INDIANS.
Dispatches from Los Pinos state that
up to Monday, Nov. "a, the Indians had not
returned to thatpoint, though it was reported
they were preparing to come in. Ouray said
the hostiles were arming, evidently fearing
trouble. Dispatches don't indicate the com.
mission expect to accomplish much more.
It ID reported they have fears campaign has
already been arranged, that one column is 10
march from Milky River, one from Utah, and
two from the south. The commission is still
bariicadcd and prepared to resist any attack
POISONED By AsTEP-DAUaHTER'
Last week at Ephiata, Pa, Mrs. Huber
and her six months old child, were taken
violently III after partakiug of soup. The
ar though considered out of danger, is still
confined to her bed. Physicians on examining
the stomach of the child, found arsenic in a
sufficient quantity to cause death, and at an
inquest held this afternoon, drug clerk tes-
titled to having sold Julia Huber, q STEP
daughter to Mrs. Huber, half ounce Of arse
mic with which she said she wanted to kill
rats.
INDIAN COMMISSION FAILURE.
On the morning of Nov. 90, at meet
ing of the commission at Los Pinos Agency
COL, Ouray reported the arrival, the night be-
fore of a runner from Douglas camp with the
information that owing to the advance OF
troops the Uintas have left the agency and
reservation to Join Douglas, prepared to fight
that the White River Utes decline to return
and Jack sent word he will not come here un.
til the Uintas trouble is settled. If this is true
the work of the commission is ended for the
report, believing It ruse to gain time, or that
Mormons are at the bottom of 1t.
THE PRESIDENTS THANKSGIVING.
President Hayes and Mrs. Hayes ar
rived at Philadelphia the night before Thanks
givings day, and on Thanksgiving morning
the President with Mrs. Hayes attended the
dedicatory services of the Pine street NJ. E.
church, Frankfort. The presence of the
President and wife was not known until the
services were nearly over. Bishop Simpson
at whose house the President and wife are
stopping, preached the sermon. Contribu.
lions were received to defray the expenses Of
remodeling the church, and the President
contributed $25. After the services the Pres:
dent and Mrs. Hayes were Obliged to hold ar
informal reception.
ROBBED.
Mr.. Terlon, jeweler of Covington, KY.
discovered on the morning os Nov. 9th, that
his safe had been robbed of forty gold watches
and two pairs of gold bracelets. He remem
..rs that on the previous afternoon after the
goods had been put in the safe, before the
safe was locke d, two men came in and engag
cd him and his clerk in conversation abou
purchases. Then man drove to the dool
and called Mr.. Terlon out. While out one O
the men took the tray and passed it out thu
back way to another confederate, and then re
turned In time to complete the conversation
which had been interrupted. No clue to the
thieves has been found. Loss estimated al
5000 Tho theft had been carefully planned
~ Mr.. Terlon now remembers previous visits
by these men.
fToURING MILL BURNED.
A serious confagratlon, involving the
loss OF nearly one hundred thousand dollars
worth Of property, occurred In Oronoco, Ohm
sted county. At about o'clock on the morn
Ing Of Nov. "a, the large Touring mill of Good
hue and Allis, at that place, took fire at about
that hour and was burned to the ground, to-
Rether with their large warehouse, containing
between 10000 and $4,000 bushels of wheat
and sawmill adjoining, valued at $500 It is
believed that the fire was caused by an over
heated boz. In some of the machinery on the
upper floor where the fire originated, The
owners Of the mill had put in two new run Of
stone and three crushers during the season
and the mill had 4 capacity of 2O0 barrels 9
day, ut the time of Its total destruction. The
insurance on the same is about one-third Of
the property destroyed.
CONFESSION.
A confession has been received in Chi
i. eago from q prisoner at Ballston Spa, New
York, to the effect that John Ryan, now ir
the Michigan penitentiary, and Jno Lamb
now awaiting trial for murder In Chicago, O.
Omcer Race, were the men who in 1875 com
mitted the terrible murder at Norway, neal
Ia Sale, by which one Burdick Somsen lost
his Life, while defending the lie and property
Of his friend, old Mr. Keppler from burglars
The perpetrators of this outrage have never
been discovered The confession states thai
Lamb and Ryan were driven by the Ballstor
Spa prisoner in wagon from the scene of tn:
murder. and that from their conversation he
knew they had committed the crime. The
gambler who put up the job has been arrest
ed. Lamb utterly denies any connection with
the matter.
= FATAL ACCIDENT.
About 5 o'clock on the evening of q
06th, farmer named Joseph Barbetz OF Wis
coy, Winona county. Mimi, with his wife, was
driving across the track of the Milwaukee and
st. Paul railroad, near the city of Winona
when the wagon was struck by q passenger
train. The wagon was cut In two, and Bar
bets was instantly killed and his wife thrown
some thirty-fve feet, causing injuries which
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