The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-04-21

but the workmen in them escaped with the
| exception of one man in the magazine, no
| trace of whom has been found. Outside OF
The works are six houses, including the board
ing house of the hands, all more or less dam
aged. The cause of the explosion is supposed
to be carelesness. Workmen are hired by the
piece, and directed to use wooden mallets in
picking cartridges, but found they could work
faster and make more money by the use of an
IRON hammer, a risky business around giant
powder. It is supposed some one hit once too
many and his cartridge went off, igniting the
powder before him, which communicated with
the adjacent packages, with the terrible result
noted -
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
The California legislature adjourned
sine die, April l6.
Lord Lytton, the British Viceroy
India is to be created Earl Of Lytton.
Mrs. Emma Bcwser of Louisville, Ky.,
has been awarded the Nashville prize of 500
| for the centennial poem.
Major Thomas Gallagher, gallant
soldier during the war, and formerly well
| known as sporting character, was buried at
Chicago, April 8.
! It is reported that Lord Beaconsfeld
will have Baronetcy conferred on him. with
reversion to his brother.
The Senate sub-comm ittee on the
army appropriation bill had session on sa-
turday, April IL, at which Secretary of War
Ramsey, explained some of its defects
/
lister to England, is still at Biarritz, France
Mrs. Lowell is recovering slowly, but Minis
tiers Lowell will not return to England for sew
eral weeks. aa
There are So bills of public character
upon the congressional House calendar, and
over 500 upon the private calendar, and 100
upon the public calendar in committee of the
whole.
Stockholm advices to April 10, saythe
second chamber Of the Swedish parliament re-
ected the army bill and the ministry resigned
The king charged Count Arvid with the duty
of forming another cabinet III
/ Queen Victoria has sent to Princess
Louise two gold watches to be presented to
the aid-de-camp and groom, who assisted in
the rescue of the Princess when she was
thrown from a sleigh last winter.
The statement that the English minis
try will resign Immediately after the return Of
the Queen to England, is confirmed by the
fact that preparations were made yesterday
by members of the ministry to vacate thei,
official residences.
The President has approved the bill
making appropriations for acquiring sites, and
for the erection of suitable posts for protec.
ton of the Rio Grande frontier. and the bill
donating condemned bronze cannon to the
Blair monument association of st. Louis.
Gen. Grant and party in charge of a
delegation of citizens from Little Rock, Ar.
kansas, left Memphis at noon. April ID by
special train. The General will remain as
guest of Little Rock until Friday, when he
will return to Galena, H., stopping over a,
Cairo.
| Senator Maxey has introduced into the
United States Senate a bill appropriating S.,
900 to reimburse Capt. Payne and other Off
GERS and several privates, for losses of person.
al property captured and destroyed by the
Ute Indians in the fight with Captain Thorn
burgh's command at Milk River, Colorado, in
September, 1879. ...'
In the case Of ex-Gov. Washburn OF
Wisconsin, vs.. the Farmers insurance com
pany, of Cincinnati, Ohio, in the United States
circuit court, the jury rendered a verdict
April Is, for the full amount claimed and in
terest. The suit was to recover 81 100 and in
terest, insurance on the mill at Minneapolis
which was destroyed by fire, resulting in an
explosion in May, 1878. The jury was out
only lolg enough to calculate the interest
Five other cases against other defendants re-
main to be tried. ....
The municipal election in Jersey City
NJ, resulted in large Republican gains, tina,
will give the Republicans control of the police
and fire commissioners, and probably of the
aldermanic board and board of public works
The police and fire boards are now tie. Will
take complete returns to decide who is elected
mayor, although the Republicans, at midnight
claimed the election of their can 1idate, Henry
Durenbury, by $50 majority. In Hoboken the
entire Democratic ticket was elected. John
A. ONeill, Democrat, for mayor defeats the
present Republican mayor.
The Democratic members Of the Sen.
ate committee on rules, and of the Senate Sc
lect committee on the subject of counting the
electoral votes, held long private meeting
April II, and substantially decided to recon
mend Congress to adopt new point, or rule
providing that in case only one certificate o.
the electoral vote OF the Safe be presented tc
Congress it shall not be rejected, except by al
affirmative vote of the two houses, and that
in case of dual returns neither shall be count
ed, unless the two houses agree that one o.
them is the true and valid return. The pro
position is substantially the same offered by
Senator Morton in the Fourty fourth Con
gress, and adopted by the Senate in the form
OF bill, which, however, failed to receive fna
action in that body in consequence of Senator
Thurman having entered a motion to recon
} slider its passage. The former twenty SECOND
Joint rule on the subject required every cleo
toral vote to be rejected, to which any objec
ton was sustained by either house.
MlSGELha EUUS.
Boats started west on the Erie canal
April II.
Russia is about to issue new railroad
, loan of IL 900 600 pounds.
The New York World has raised it