Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-01-16
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FIRE AT ST. CLOUD.


= A fire broke out at St. Cloud MINI.
4 Jan, 6. In the American express office abou
IL O'Clock and totally destroyed the building
also Marlotts drug store and Mares restaur
ant, besides severely damaging other build
ings. Total loss upon buildings and stock
, about $1,000, G.. -. ~
DIPHTHERIA IN RUSSIA. <.
Adyices from St. Petersburg of Jan. 8
state that the local Red Cross society Of Khar
kopf,, in view of the terrible distress prevail
ing in the province, through The rayagas O
diphtheria, have formed three medical aut
sanitary .detachments to assist the government
to combat the epidemic, 49,, .tyf.
-s.s ;. -" FIRE.
The buildings used as the wood de-
paitment of Mitchell, Lewis & Co.'S extensive
wagon mandatory at Racine, Wis was to
tally destroyed by fire at an early hour on thu
morning ofJan. 9 Loss estimated at $50,OO(
to $4,000; insurance $4,000. Fire caused by
explosion of the dnst fan
go ~ DEPREcIATIoNs OF GAS sToBK.
Edison's electric lig t seems to de-
preciate the price of gas stock in New York
Jan at d. Millers auction sale the following
sasswas sold, par value being 100; fifteen
shares Metropolitan Gaslieht company al
112H per share; the last previous sale was al
lie, October 18th, 1878; sixteen shares New
York Gaslight company at 7511 the last pre-
yious sale being ats2, Dec. 18Th
=. "a SHOOTING BURGLAR.
At Cincinnati, O., about 4 o'clock or
the morning oil Jan.6, Judge Moore of the
common pleas court, heard noise in his
house. Procuring revolver he stepped tc
the head of the stairs where he met burglar
He fred square at him. and the man fell back
down stairs, where he was seized and dragged
from the house by accomplices who succeed
cd in carrying him off. The Judge thinks he
shot the man MORALLY. s...
FELL INTO WELL.
A nine-year-old daughter of Oleck
Larson, living four miles from Baldwin, Wis
cousin, on the 9th of January, went to the
lance of 65 feet. Her father went to the tor
and asked, "are you alive?" Eyes, papa, ane
hanging to rope" was answered. The chile
was brought out and is. not hurt at all, except
a small scratch on the leg, probably where
she struck the bucket at the bottom.
WORK OF A MANIAC.
special from Cambridge, Texas, Jan
Essays NJ. A. seay, man supposed to be in
sane, left the residence of j. N. Ladd, ten
miles east of here, and shot Ladd dead with
out the least provocation, He then went to
Samuel Tubbs' house and shot him five times
Tubbs is not expected to live. seay then
went to Logan's farm and informed Logan
what he had done, and before he could be pre-
vented he placed pistol to his own head and
blew out his brains
IRELAND.
A great land agitation meeting was
held Jan. 8 at Riverstown, en- the border OF
Sligo, Ireland, Ten thousand peasantry were
present. At meeting to-day of the Dublin
Mansion house committee, for relief of the
distressed in Ireland, it was announced thai
the fund now amounted to $4,000. 1t was re-
solved to send kilograms to the Mayor Of Mel
towns in Ireland and Scotland and of a mum
Der of cities and towns in America, making
an urgent appeal for help.
SALE OF A RAILROAD.
At Akron, O., Jan. 6, the Atlantic &
Great Western railroad was sold by Gen j
H. Devereux Of Cleveland, special master
commissioner, under foreclosure proceedings
in the summit county court of common pleas
and similar courts in Pennsylvania and New
York. The road was bid off by R. G. Rolls
bort ST., OF New York. purchasing for the
English bondholders under the organization
scheme for six million dollars, it's minimum
sppraisement under its reorganization. The
road will be reduced to standard gauge.
MURDEROUs MOB.
A Lake providence, Louisiana special
of January Z, says: City Marshal Macguire,
while attempting to arrest a number of fiat
boatmen, was shot dead Five men were ar
rested on suspicion and placed under guard
Monday night several Of Macguire's relatives
broke into the prison, wounding all but
two mortally. The coroner's jury discovered
the murderer Of Macguire to be Jas. Brown
who escaped IN skiff. The men killed and
wounded by Macguirc's relatives were limo
cent /
.'~ DEADwOoD's ESCAPE.
The escape of Deadwood, from being
totally destroyed by fire second time on the
morning Of Jan. g. was most miraculous
About midnight the timber on the hillside on
Shoemaker creek caught fire from miners
torch, and famed by the high wind spread
through that gulch into Black Tail and over
the divide into the city creek and Forest hill
inside the city limits where, by the superhu-
man efforts Of fireman and citizens, it was got
under control, with the loss of only few
cabins and some cordwood. The wind blew
almost hurricane and did considerable dam
age in different parts of the city. All the
stores were cleared Of goods, and had the fire
reached the heart of the city it could have
Destroyed little else but empty buildings.
The widest excitement prevailed throughout
the night.
BURNED TO DEATH.
About 8 o'clock on the morning of
Jan. 6. q fire broke out in the two story
frame dwelling on Union between Powell
and Mason streets, San Francisco, occupied
by Daniel Haskins, wife and five. children.
Haskins and the eldest son had gone to work
and Mrs. Haskins, after breakfast, went to a
room on the second floor front and lay down
with Eddy, aged 4, daughter Annie, aged 10,
and baby sister still sleeping in the back
chamber. Thomas, the second son, who was
In the lower part of the house, heard his
mother cry Help, fire." Running up stairs
he found his way barred by flames. An alarm
was instantly given, but before the engines
arrived the house was almost entirely con-
sumed, and the bodies of Mrs. Haskins, Annie,
Eddy and the infant were found in the ruins.
in of the fire unknown.
UTE INDIANS IN WASHINGTON. =:
:. The Ute delegation Of Indians arrived
in Washington Jan. IL. They were met by
two employees of the Indian bureau, who es-
corted them to their quarters at the fremont
house, and kept strict watch on them during
the day. The hotel has been besieged all
day by crowds of curious people,. anxious to
see the Indians, but all were disappointed, as
the officials of tho interior department had
given strict orders that they should not be al
lowed to talk to any one previous to the coun-
ell at the department., Teey remained in
their rooms all day. Secretary Schurz stated
this morning that he had not yet decided up
on the programme to be followed in their ex-
as he is waiting the arrival of Gen
Adams, who is expected tomorrow.