The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-02-05
MISCEELANEuUs.

Ilere is serious famine IN Upper
Egypt.
There was $4,000 fire in New Work
city, Jan. 30th.
Fresh outbreaks of the rinderpest are
| reported in Prussia. t@g
Mount Lion convent, Waterford, Ire
land has been burned.
There was heavy snow storm in West
Virginia, on Sunday, Febs.
A Rome telegram Of Jan. 28th, says,
| Cardinal Antoracci of Ancona, is dead
The net increase of coin, in the United
| States treasury in January was $2OO,742.
The ferry boat Sarnia was burned at the
dock at Port Huron, Michigan, January2s.
The Granite WOODEN company's mills.
at Bulrellville, Rhode Island, have been de-
stroyed by fire. Loss 100000.
| Seven thousand miners are idle in
Durham county, England. The distress is
unequalled since the great strike Of 1874.
The board Of directors of the North
western Park Association have decided to
locate the prak at Hull's Point on Lake Min
netonka.
The ice gorge at St. Louis gave way
on the evening OF January 2SSth. The ice
came down in a great mass, butt no damage
had been reported. ~
A St. Petersburg telegram of January
%, says, owing to the plague, the fair. at Sim
bersk may not be held. Usually five millions
of roubees change hands.
A Rio Janeiro telegram of Feb. Cd says
it is reported the black plague has made it's
in tho nrovinco Of Cooro E;vo
doctors haye been sent there.
One Of the buildings of the reform
school at st Paul, Mimi, was destroyed by fire
on Sunday Feb. 2. Loss $4,000. The fire
broke outin the drying room.
Bills for the emanci patton of the Jews,
! says telegram from Belgrade, of Jan. 2Sth,
have passed the skuptschina. They must
still pass the great skuptschina. "
The guests at Willards Hotel Washing
ton city Saturday moring, Feb. LIST, were
greatly excited owing to fire on the top
floor. The principal loss wasby alter.
A tornado at Iuka, Miss, Jan. sOth,
did great damage, destroying houses and de.
streying property generally. One church was
blown down. A number of persons were
killed and wounded.
A Bucharest telegram of Feb. 2 says
the chamber of deputies voted credit of five
hundred thousand francs for tie establish
ment of quarantine and military Gordon to
prevent the spread of the plague.
To fight the plague in Russia, it has
has been declared to burn several villages,
and to establish the most rigid quarantine.
All remedies to relieve plague-stricken
patients have proved unavailing.
Jan. 26th, struck the town of Lockport Texas,
demolishing forty houses, including churches
court house and Masonic hall. A child was
killed and several persons badly hurt. r.
. Considerable alarm was caused in
r Moscow by the arrival there from the plague
district Of recruits for the imperial guard.
They were isolated, disinfccted, and clothes
/ burned. 60"
After the 1st of April there will be q
, reduction of 10 per cent. in allowance to post
offices of the first and second classes, for rent
t fuel and light, in order to keep expenses un
g der this item within the appropriations.
c The two large book and stationery
houses of D. D. Merrill & Co., and White
? Stone & Co., st. Paul. Mimi, have been con
solidated and will henceforth conduct bust
8 ness under the name of the st. Paul Book ant
tationery company.
= Nerly 10000 bids have been received
! at the general postoffice department for car
e rying the mail in Missouri, Iowa, Illinois
k Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. /
month will be required for opening them AM
t making the awards.
If There were three runaway frightened
If teams in St. Paul, Mimi, on the afternoon G
II Jan. 31st, one attended with probable fatal re
suits. John Woodman was thrown violentl
e to the pavement, striking on his head, pre-
g. ducing frightful cash and conclusion of til
If brain. There were but slight hopes of his rt
'e covery. .. s...sss5i "
A Winona, Mimi, telegram of Feb.
e says, the habeas corpus in the case of Bait,
1t man and Clark, of St. Charles, in Jail there fl
ID refusing to pay dog tax, was argued befOl
Is Judge Mitchell and the men were discharge
to from custody. The decision wat made on tt
ground tina: no authority was shown in tt
ID commitment giving the Justice power to ii
a. prison. It is understood the parties will brin
Us suit for damages for unlawful Imprisonment
ne A meeting of the Southern congress
~ men from the district stricken by yello
fever, and members of the national relief COZ
t. mission was held at Washington city on Il
he evening of February LIST to consider the pl'
90 presented by DR.. G. S. Marshall, Of Miss
tx sippi, for the immediate relief of orphans al
%, the establishment of central orphans HON
nd Committees were appointed to secures cha
er from Congress for the establishment Of
he national asylum and to perfect a permane
& organization.
cci A Washington telegram of January 81
w, says the British minister has informed
U.s. department of state that pleura- pneumo1
ere having been detected in cargo of cattle
yes the ship Ontario, from Portland, her majest
government is considering whether they c
ID retain The United States under exemption
81 part of the 50th schedule of the act of 10
of A Liverpool telegram of January 31st 81
IT the privy council department has under c,
,et. sideration the subject of future arrivals
new cattle from America. Those engaged in
40 trade contend that unnecessary alarm
vas been created out of the Ontario's case 8
ere dispute the statment that the animals
tho fered from pleura-pneumOna. They h