Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-01-09


Canada malt and two thousand bushels Of malt T
dust were preoipitated Into Onondaga creek
and much was washed xway. The loss is about
$780, 700: The upper hoor ,has heretofore car
ried double the weight whiah Broke it down.
oMciao rHIEvrslsENTrNorD. nd
CHICAGO, an. 5.-Judge Blodgett of the
United States court, today sentenced John W.
Gregg to two years imprisonment in jail and
fine of $1,2lS for embezzlement in the post |
office. William Spalding, custom house clerk, |
was also sentenced to pays line OF $1,648 for |
embezzlement.. -~------,--r -
sA.CF 9sTEANBoAr EXPLOSION. (sts i nd
, PENSACOLA. Ella, JAM 8. The steamer Fisher,
the mail boat between, Renssoola and Kreepost,
exploded. killing Capt, Watson, and one other
and mortally scalding the engineer: ~
F'' THE RAIL yuaarRNAur. :. - "'s1
CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-The terribly mutilated
body of JAS. Boyers, the young messenger for
grain firm in the city, was found scattered
along the track of the. IfinpiE Central railroad
this forenoon Although frightfplly crushedp
bruised and mangled life wasn't entirely ex,
tinct when he was found, but he died during
the day. It is supposed he attempted to jump
from the train. - .;ib %i'' SSif:E ;.;[r ~
/ - .'s1 Amo11IE suRRENpERs. ''4tsss!
PoTTsvuLE, Pa, Jan, 5.--Edward Curley. q
Mollie Mcguire of Columbia county, enlarged
with the murder of Joe Gunningp an, old man
in Centralia, July Goth, 1876, returned ITO Gem
tralia yesterday and surrendered to the authofi!
ties and was committed to Bloomsbury jail
Curley is expected to turn States evidence and
expose the participants in . number Of mp l:
ders. committed in the, vicinity of Centralia,
| the scene of many tragedies during the reign
| of the Mollie Maguires. At Cprley's hearing
| yesterday, Michael Brogan, who recently, mar
| ried a daughter of Cunning, attempted to
shoot him. The town'is very much agitated.;
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! RICHMOND, Va, Jan. '5.-An' investigation
into the accounts of N. @! Taliferro, retiring
generalagent and storekeeper of the penitenti-
airy. broughtto ighta shortage, of ,$l5, 900 to
$20, 600. Taliferro acknowledges the shortage,
but says it will be made good by his sureties.
He says he does not know how to account9 for
it, except from the fact that he was engaged in
. commission business as we'll as being agent
of the penitentiary, and that the affairs of both
concerns became mixed. He claims to have
outstanding assets sufficient to- cover the def.
cheney. ..:, ~
| BLACK Hills SHOOTING. = =, =;
DEADwooD, Jan. "a man naned Joe Co:
burn, aged about Is" lately employed in con.
structing the military telegraph linei entered
the restaurant Of VIM. " oolsey, Fountain City,
few miles from Deadwood, this evening" and
renewed an old quarrel by refusing to pay a
bill. Coburn drew revolver first, but Wool
sey firing the ball entered TCoburn's breast
He lies in dying condition. 1t is believed
his home is in Michigan. ,Woolsey is unde,
arrest. -, -'''- ''A s''' '''
i JAIL BREAK. T.
COLUMBUS. O., Jan. 5.-The prisoners con
fined in the franklin county Jail made a break
for liberty at o'clock this evening, just after
the new sheriff had assumed charge, and nine
escaped through the entrance door. Jame,
Herrell alias Kerr, indicted for murder in The
first degree, and j, W.,Doge, for cutting with
intent to wound, are among the missing. =
RUN OVER AND KILLED. = 1T
CINCINNATI, Jan. 5.-Moritz B. Mann. nearl,
10 years old, was knocked down by a team to:
night while crossing the street near his resi-
dence, and his skull was crushed by the wheels
passing ovtr it, :. Deceased has been for long
time bookkeeper for. the firm of J. & l.. Sea
songood. The driver was arrested on thu
charge of manslaughter. ~ =, :.
BOILER EXPLOSION
BALTIMORE, Jan. 5.-The boiler exploded to
night in the rolling mill Of Coates Bros a.
Locust Point, by which the mill was consider
ably wrecked and number of EN- ployes seri
Ously Injured. The boiler was elevated som.
eight or ten feet from the floor Of the mill ant
! its fragments passed out through the nortl
aud west sides and end of the building. Thu
,lay men had just gone off and tho night forc'
/ had gone TO work. Geo.: Writ, Jos. Wicker
| and Chas. Thomas were seriously hurt anc
scalded, but none fatally in iured. JOS Morgan
! Geo. Geister, John Williams, q. jackson, JAS
Kinney, William Walton, Geo. Bell and Chas
, Disney, all employees in the MILL were badly
scalded and some of them received injuries
. from flying splinters. The dome of the boile
E was thrown $50 yards. The roofs of severa
small dwelling houses Immediately west of tn,
mill were damaged. Loss $4,000.
EMBEzzLEMENT AND PERJURY.
SARATOGA, Jan. 5.-Stephen d. Richards
cashier of the Commercial National bank
which failed Dec. Is, 1870, was arrested thi'
afternoon charged with embezzling funds Of
the bank, also with perjury in swearing to re
ports to the comptroller Of the currency. HI
gave bail. D." 'iI - .,"'