Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-01
MISCELLANEOUS.


The Weiland canal will not be opened
till May l,
Fifteen inches of snow fell in Derby,
Vermont, March "a.
The cold winter weather has badly in
jured the grape vines in France.
The widest snow storm of the season
was raging at Halifax, on the night of March
"a
Heavy wind, cold weather, and deep
snow reported throughout the New England
States, March "a.
A party of 70 children and 16 adults
sent by Whitelow Reid to homes in the West,
left New York March %. .....
Additional prisons are to be immedi-
ately constructed in Siberia owing to the in
influx of political prisoners.
Good Friday was observed in Duluth,
by services In the churches, and the closing Of
banks and other business places.
In Cordova, Mexico, an Indian woman,
called Maria Pascuold, gave birth to six chill
dren, three boys and three girls.
A New York Post special of March 25,
says the strike in Harmon mill No. g. has ex-
tended to all the mill spinners in the city.
Another secret printing establishment
has been discovered in st. Petersburg, and 10
compositors employed in it were arrested.
By command Of Queen Victoria a
stone cross has been erected on the spot where
the Prince Imperial lost his life in Zululand.
Two parties of Indians had battle
near Alaska, Texas, on the Blue River, March
%. Several were killed and wounded on both
sides.
Secretary Sherman directed March 4
that the assistant treasurer of New York pur-
chase for the sinking fund $4,000, 900 of bonds
at the lowest rates offered.
A London telegraph OF March %, says
the pointsman whose carelessness caused the
railroad accident at Pale, last week, by which
several lives were lost, has committed suicide.
An attempt to establish the whipping
posU III Kentucky fur the punishmen4 of min
or offences, which had passed the lower House
Of the Legislature, was defeated in the Senate
March "a.
The March equinoctial storm seems to
be general. The telegraph wires east of C.eve
and O., March %, were working badly.
There was a heavy fall of snow in New Eng
land, followed by snow over the lakes.
The duchess of Marlborough has writ
ten letter to the Lord Mayor of London, stat
| ing that there is 40 danger of famine in Ire
land, but there is dire restitution in the noun
| famous parts. and on the sea coast. There is
great need of seed and clothing.
Tho off tho oif1, Of
for the present year was issued March 81, and
contains 1o0,578 names, an increase OF 7,l2O
| over last year and an increase of 5882 since
federal census of 1870. By the usual rates OF
people to name this gives the city popula.
ton of over $4,000.
A council of 300 of the citizens Pro
| tective Union of San Francisco, on The night
| didates for the charter electisn, eight demo-
Gratis and seven Republicans. 1t is expected
| they will be endorsed by the Democratic and
Republican county conventions.
Advices from Galveston of March "a
say, that Gen, Grant has accepted an invita-
ton to visit San Antonio. Gen. Sheridan and
wife and Col. Fred Grant and wife leave direct
for Chicago, Friday. There is as liberal dis
play of bunting as ON the 18th of July and ev
erywhere enthusiasm and excitement.
The striking sp1nners OF Harmony mills
Cohoes, N. Y, were paid off March 26, the
company retaining two weeks earnings O
each man under the agreement requiring two
weeks notice of quitting work. The right tc
retain the money will be tested in the courts
The strikers have beed ordered to vacate thu
companys houses and refused meals at thu
companys boarding houses.
| A special from Cattletburg, KY, O.
March 26, says; Within the past ten days full
ly twenty converts to Mormonism have passed
| through that place on their way to Utah
They came from Lawrence county, KY, where
for a year past Mormon missionaries have
been at work. Among the converts was
young and handsome married woman whC
left her husband behind.
The Mark Lane Express of March %
says: Weather has been cold but sunny
Spring sowing has proceeded favorably, ant
the agricultural situation may be regarded a.
promising. There has been an advance Of
full shilling in home grown wheat both a
Mark Lane and in the country in consequence,
OF the supply having been unusually small
and millers operating more freely. The mark
ed diminution in supplies indicated the Low
ebb to which the reserves of last years scantl
crop have fallen, rather than the disinclina
ton of holders to part with their produce
Imports of foreign wheat continued moder
ate. There has been an improved demand d
an advance of six pence to shilling per quar-
ter. A good trade was done in all varieties, anl
sales, although of a retail character, wer
numerous. There has also been some cont
mental inquiry the past five weeks, exceeding
$4,000 quarters. The increased inquiry tn,
past fortnight is very Insignificant, as the un
usually favorable weather for agricnltur
would in ordinary seasons, have justified tn
millers in marking stocks down as close a
possible. But the attitude of the America
ring is being watched with feverish anxiet,
and unless unforeseen circumstances shout
arise to weaken the strength whicl
America appears to possess, the tim
cannot be far distant when the want
} of western Europe will cause rush to get i
at lower prices. Barley remains Gull, but al
other feeding stuffs participated in tn
improvement. Maize on spot, in consequence
of extreme scarcity, sold as high as 20d pc