Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-01-02


story upon the roof of an adjoining sbuildin>
distance Of three; stories, and were seriously
injured. Three tenements adjoiding were
damaged by falling wallis Two flremen were
severely injured. Entire loss about $4,000;
insurance not learned.
49, = TERRIBLE DISASTER.
"A cable telegram from London Of Dec.
"a, reports that at o'clock A. NJ. portion Of
the bridge across the Firth of Tay was blown
down while train from Edinburgh to Dun
dee was crossing. At Gid O'Clock last night
the gale was so strong that steamboats, were
unable to reach the scene of the disaster, but
several mail bags have been washed ashore
four miles from the bridge and there is no
doubt that the train is in the water. The
passengers who are certainly all drowned are
variously estimated at $50 to 200 in number.
FATAL POOLING.
John M. Waite and NJ. B. Gould, both
prominent and respected business men of Chi
cago, on the afternoon of Dec. ~, thinking to
play practical joke on the colored janitor,
disarranged the contents of Mr.. Waite's room,
and then concealed themselves in a closet
and waited until the janitor appeared. The
latter, becoming excited at the condition of
the room, procured revolver, and hearing .
noise in the closet tried to pull the door open,
and failing in that fired through the door
The shot passed through Mr.. Gould's head
and he died shortly after. The coroner's jury
rendered verdict justifyins the JAM
itor and discharging him from custody. =
IRELAND.
There is much dissatisfaction among
the Irish people because the government has
not applied the surplus of the Irish church
fund, for the relief of the popular distress,
when they.are empowered to do 50 by the laws
of disestablishment act. The directors and
members of the society St. Vincent de Paul
publish declaration that the elemosynary
systems are mockery and delusion, of in
tended to adequately meet the deep and
dreadful famine now approaching. Alehbish-
op Maccobe, Of Dublin, has issued a circular
to the clergy of his diocese asking them to
appoint day for collection in the churches
and to urge their Pensioners to contribute.
THE GRAIN SPECTATORS.
The produce exchange in. New York
Dec. "a. was characterized by dullness. This
was attributed to the tirmness with which
large holders of wheat maintain prices. The
highsprice of grain;has had the effect Of break.
ing down the combination of freight bro kers
who insisted on six shillings per quarter for
grain for the United Kingdom and would not
give charter for less. To-day charters
are offered at FIVE shillings and some have
been made as low as four and ninepe and
very little doing. There are nearly 100000
bushels of grain in this port. The principal
holders are Jesse Hoyt and David Dawes &
Co.
STEAM BOAT EXPLOSION.
The steamer Prairie City plying on
the Wabash between New Harmony, Indiana
and Wabash Station on the St. Lonis & South
eastern railroad, blew up on the afternoon Of
Dec. q, above Lodges landing. The fireman
cabin boy and cook are missing. The body
Of Mrs. Capt. Mcintyre was found on shore
with both arms of. Capt. Cox, who was al
the wheel, was blown up with it, and fell in
the wreck beneath the debris, and had his
arm broken, his ankle sprained, and was 9th
erwise cut and bruised. The engineer es'
capped with slight injuries. The survivors es
capped on barge and were taken to New Har
mony for medical aid.
RAILROAD sMAsA.UP.
While a train of Is coaches was as.
cending the eastern approach of the bridge
at st. Louis, Mo. at $50 p NJ. Dec. rs seven
teen cars broke loose and dashed down the
grade at great speed. When opposite the
railroad depot they encountered freight
train, on the Chicago, Burlington, &Quincy
track, and number of cars of both trains
were smashed to splinters. Charles Roth, en-
gineer, Artey Jones, fireman, Harry Easton
con ductor Of the Chicago, Burlington & Quin
cy train, and Geo. Gray, switchman, and
8 Osborne, employe of Richardson's pork
house, were badly injured, aud another man
name not ascertained, injured badly.
BRITISH VICTORY IN AFaHANIsTAN.
The viceroy of India under date o.
Dec. 18th, Announces: kilograms from Gen
Roberts report the defeat and dispersion o
the enemy around Cabul, on the % inst, be
fore the arrival of Gen. Cough. A dispatch
from Gen. Roberts, dated Cabul, Dec. oath, il
as follows: Our success yesterday was com
plete. The enemy's loss was severe. Oul
losses were FIVE killed including Capt. Dunda!
and Lieut.. Nugent, of the engineers, by pre-
mature explosion, when blowing up the tow
ers of neig hboring village. and thirty-thre@
wounded, the majority Of whom are doing
well. Those Of the enemy living in Cabu
went straight to their homes after the defeat
The Kohistanis and Logares remained in Ca
but few hours, but oil fed during The night
THE UTE INDIAN MURDERERs.
Adv1ces from the Los Pinos Agency
Colorado, via Lake City, to Dec. %, state thai
Ouray has just arrived from the camp Of thu
White River Utes, and announces to the com
mission that he was unable to effect sur
render of the prisoners. demanded by the com
mission. Ouray has given the While Rive1
utes until the 2Sd inst. to deliver up the pris
oners. This is his ultimatum, and If it is no
complied with by that time he will call fol
troops and assist them in war against Doug
las and his; tribe. Ouray says the feeling il
very strong against giving up the Indians ant
he is of the opinion that the warfaction will
prevail. Ouray has done all in his power tt
carry out the peace policy of the government
and having failed is ready to assist the wa
department whenever it shall commence.
A sw1NDLER SENTENCED.
James Hannok, who pretends to be {
Chaplain in the regular army was sentenced
at Pittsburg, Pa. Dec. 81 to three years in the
workhouse He travelled aboutl the
country, and by representing himself as a
different person in as many different locali-
ties, succeeded in robbing numberless confd
ing women OF jewels, and money, as we'll as
inducing women to accompany him from
point to point on promises of marriage, to be
cruelty deserted and left pennilcss. He had
also three wives in as many different places
one being in Milwaukee, one in Wabash, Ind
and one at Fort Wayne. He imposed on sew
eral families in the vicinity Of Pittsburg, re-
ceiviHg three or four fine watche 8, and con
siderable money by false representations
He is hne looking man, and is well educated
MANaLED BY THE CARS. Il
On the early morningof Dec: e7, the
body Of a man was found on the railroad track
near Menominee, Wis, crushed and mangled
into shapeless mass beyond the semblance
Of humanity. He was an unknown stranger
who had been seen around the depot during
the day in very intoxicated condition. II
appears that the deceased was struck by the
engine at the trestle work and carried. down
to the frog partly on and partly under the
cowcatcher, as fragments of his body were oc
casionally found where he had been pressed
between the cowcatcher and the ties. Or