Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-12

Little Falls Transcript.
h. G. sT1vRRs. Editorand Proprietor.
LITTLE FALLS. MINI |
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
SUDDEN DEATH. q s. s8
At Wilmington, Delaware. on the
morning Of March s Henry Pepper, law part
ner OF Senator Bayard, was found dead In his
bed. .e & RVS I.
A Paris dispatch says the warehouses
Of the Messsgeries national great carrying
company have been destroyed by fire, Mer-
chandise estimated ct the value Of 100000
francs was destroyec. Six thousand square
yards are covered with debris. Loss fully in.
sured. go s:a il f7s&la5E VI 5saEf
The Cushing house at st. Croix Falls,
Wisconsin, was destroyed by fire on the morn
Ing Of March T. Loss, IS O0O; insured In the
Fire & Marine, st. Paul, for 1900. The records
Of the u. 8. land office were all saved, but
business viii 30 suspended rafewdays. The
contents of the hotel were paraally saved. u,
ATTENRTED' MURDER BIT N1HIL1sr. i
On the afternoon Of March 8, at ST.
Petersburg, Gen. Melikoff, chief of the new
supreme commission was fred at by a young
man with revolver, when alighting from q
carriage at his residence In Grand Masakaia
street. Gen. Melikof was not hurt The man
was immediately seized by 4 cossack. ta s:.s'
FROZEN TO DEATH; j,., NJ; y
A farmer named Daniel Leonard, liy-
ing some eight miles south Of Morris, Stevens.
county, MINI, was found frozen to death on
Horse Shoe lake on the afternoon of March s.
As he was under the influence, OF liquor when
he left Morris, the supposition i. that he fell
from his team and wandered about until over
come by the cold.
"A LARGE SALE. - .....-.J
J. w. Mackey, of San Francisco, stated
March 9, that he had purchased from J. c.
Flood the latter's entire interest III the Com
stock mines and mills He declines to state,
the exact consideration, but intimates it is
over IS 100000. He has the greatest confidence
in Comstock. Mr.. Flood will henceforth de-
vote his attention to his San Matio property
and to his banking: IL '+s.-: 7.:.
FIRE AT DULUTH. =
On the afternoon of Saturday, March
8, the elevator Of Munger. Markell s. Co., was
destroyed by fire with all its contents. It was
commenced in 1878 and finished In 1874 at q
cost Of 100000. 1t was insured for $4,000 and
contained 10000 bushels of wheat and 125,O00
bushels Of corn, both fully insured. The loss
is $4,000. Total insurance, $4,000: "
ALrrTLR GIRL SHOT.
At Delaware, O., on the nightof; March
9 the three year old daughter Of Geo. Bell was
fatally shot by her cousin, Daisy Price, aged 8
years. The shooting was accidental Daisy
had been playing With toy pistol, and when
she had found her fathers revolver she showed
1t to her cousin who attempted to get posses.
sion OF 1t, and in doing so the revolver was
discharged. ts.,.- s.,$.-5 =
A TORNADO. r.,
A terrible tornado passed over Indian
opilis about IL O'clock on the night, Of March
$. large number Of houses were unroofed
chiuneys blown down and trees uprooted. The
Central avenue Methodist church was almost
entirely demolished. One dwelling house waf
lifted from its foundation and carried five OF
elk feet. The inmates of the house escaped
with but slight injury, ...,- 49,.
DANGEROUS CouNTERFEITs.
Washington adv1ces of March T., state
that the treasury department has announced
the existence OF counterfeit one hundred dol
lar bills on the following banks: Nationa
Reserve Bank. Boston ;Pittsfeld National Banl
Pittsfeld, Merchants National bank, New Bed
ford; Second National Bank Of Commerce
Counterfeit notes on the banks mentioned ar,
30 admirably executed they are liable to de
ceive even experts b: ,.. g..
BOY SHOT. HIS MOTHER DROPS DEAD. I
Waring schooley, aged IA, son o
Joseph Schooley, prominent citizen of Pits
burg, Pa, was found late on the evening o
March 4, on the outskirts Of the city In an un
conscious condition. On examination it wa
discovered he had been shot, and probabl,
fatally wounded, by an unknown party. Mrs
schooley, the mother. dropped dead when tn
little victim was carried In the house. Tn
people of the town are greatly excited.
Nicholas Bicht, we'll to do bushes
man Of Fort Branch, Indiana, few mile
away from Evansville, committed suicide O,
the morning Of March 4, by shooting himsel
through the head with 8 pistol. He had bee,
slightly sick for q day or two. His wife ha,
just left him to bring q cup of coffee and ha
scarcely reached the dining-room when sh
was startled by the report OF pistol and re
turning quickly found him dead. They hav
no children..!G 5r.s -, Is
HAND CAR DEMOLISHED. ~
A Red Wing, MINI, dispatch says as
hand car containing screw Of four section me-
were coming east on the river division nea
Engleson, March Z, they were run into. by a.
east bound freight train, demolishing the ca
and seriously injuring the foreman, VIM
Crowley. The other occupants escaped wit
slight bruises Crowley was brought to Re-
Wing and Is doing as well as could be expect
cd. The escape from instant death was ma,
row one.
EsCAPE OF MURDERER. @ys
Arthur Maynehan, convicted few
days ago Of murder in the first degree for kill
Ing John R. Jackson, Of Brooklyn, in septem
Der last, escaped on Saturday night, March {
from jsil at Logansport, Ind. He walked on
after The turnkey, who was removing dishe
after supper, the doors being negligently lei
unlocked Areward of $500 has been offere
for his capture and the officers are using ever
means to find him. .-. ~ . D.. e.,.tl q.
STARVING = Or Via
Advioes from Constantinoplc Of Marcl
2, state that the committee for the distributio,
OF aid among tho refugees in eastern Rou
melia reports that unless freshdunds are PRO
vided 1t must cease operations in few day
IN which case many persons will die Of hun
ger. In Won Armenia afty.two persons die,
Of starvation. Thousands are endeayoring /,
escape to neighboring Persian provinces. tn,
roads are covered deep with snow and man,
perish on the Journey. Accounts from Al
menia are hcartrending. g. =, n" !, $3.50
THE ASSASSIN MoDE1sKY's sTATEMENT.
A St. Petersburg dispatch Of Marcl
4; says Modelsky, after judgement was pro
nounced against him, stated that he was ar
rested in st. Petersburg in 1879, and departet
to Inks, but escaped. When he heard his part
was preparing a revolution for the I'd o
March he resolved to go to- ST Petersburg
having heard Of Gen. Melikoffs appointment
The revolutionists ordered that nothing b,
done on the I'd inst, but postponement Of th,
Inn n.