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w. P. BIGGS, President,
JOSEPH HANSON, Secretary.
feb. .22-lt
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-30

One Of the prominent causes of the
great decline in stocks and ,swamping
Of large operators, is the decadence Of
speculations among the people at large.
The operators were heavily loaded.
They expected to once more sell out
the stocks on subsequent "bulge'
counted up as certain, but were sadly
mistaken. The frequently shorn lamb
refused to enter the market, and the
big fellows have had to bear the burden
of shrinkage as best they could. Many
Of them counted as safe against financial
disaster have gone to the wall, while
others have been compelled repeatedly
to scale down their fortunes, and are
not nearly so rich as they used to be.
As they made their money, SO they have
lost it, There, is no special call, there
fore, for the expenditure Of sympathy
in their cases. With the outside public
letting the market alone, they have
been compelled, to feed upon each other
and the diet has been neither whole
some nor satisfactory. IF it continues
in this shape until the whole brood are
bankrupted and re1egated to deserved
obscurity, the country at large will be
the gamer. ~ il =
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-30
Important Telegraph Decision.

Des Meines, Iowa Special: An important and
Interesting decision was rendered. III the United
States circuit court IN histcity, involving the
liability of the Telegram scompanles for!danl-
ages for failure to deliver: messages promptly
Nov. s. 1882, George F.zHall at Des@ Moines, at
Sa. M, gave the following message 70 the tele-
graph company: $$s sEf. ~ ;s, s.:
'Charles r. Hall, Exchange, Oh City,. Pa. (:
Buy ME 10, 000 If you thinkit safe wire n1c;n
Meaning for his brother to /, buy: Z u, 900
barrels Of OIL for him The company Socr1nmit~
ted the address ~ Charles 81. Hall and the
message was received at Oil Cty directed sim
ply to Exchange" which is the name Of Tie
building where. the board of trade met The
company after carrying the message to
the building, and on the refusal of the officers
Of the board of trade to receive it, procured tho
correct address and delivered tile message to
Charles T. Hall at p. m, too late to make the
purchase directed The price of oil at the time
the message ought to have been received II 80
d. m, and when the oil would have been p,lr-
chased, if received, was $1.17 pei. barrel The
price at the opening Of the market, the
next day at 1911 m. was $1..35. The PLAINTIFF
gets a Judgment for the difference on 10000
barrels, being 81. 500, and the court certify
division of opinion on certain legal questions
to the supreme court of the United States, in
case the defendants desire to carry the case
there. ~,,,,.,,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-30
of Minnesota; Frank W. Murdough Of Pennsyl.
yania; A. A. Hill Of Illinois, and 4. p. Camp

Of Minnesota; Frank W. Murdough Of Pennsyl.
vania; A. A. Hill Of Illinois, and A. P. Camp
bell OF Missouri ssE S& a
Frederick Ward. of Grant & Ward, was AL
rested in New York by q deputy sheriff in d
suit brought against him BY Nelson ). Tappan,
city chamberlain. Ward lis held in $500, 600
bail, the amount fixed in the order of arrest.
He has not yet been lodged in Jail, but is in the
custody of the sheriff Bail has not yet been
furnished by Ward. - ''' ~ 50,
Eugene Field, the alleged funny man OF the
Chicago News, recently announced the mar
riage OF. j. G. Harris {Uneie Remuspof the At
lanta Constitution: The father Of the lady is
much ineensed at the free use Of the name of
his daughter. and threatens to take q trip to
Chicago for the purpose Of seeking satisfaction
according to the code. * >:ms,
Dispatches from the northwest territories
state that Indian bands have sent out runners
to the various reserves to rouse the redskins to
action. grand reunion of all the tribes has
been arranged to take place at Pasquah's re
serve, and trouble is feared The mounted po-
lice have arrived at Fort Qu'Appelle with can
non Every precaution is being taken
R. N. McLaren. secretary Of the national re-
publican convention, received letter from
Hon. A. Barto of Sank Center, Mimi, delegate
elect to the national convention, with q copy Of
q letter from Hon. George A. Johnson of De-
troit. who was one of the delegates from the
Kindred convention, in the Fifth Minnesota
district. He disclaims any intention Of prose-
cutting the contest for q seat in the national
convention, and says he will SO before the
national convention in Chicago and make a
statement. He proposes to act in good faith,
and will prevent a contest Mr.. Kindred is re-
ported as saying that he is satisfied, and does
not favor contest
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-30
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Prompt Justice in, Old England.

The trial and prompt conviction Of Lord St
Leonards for criminal assault upon Miss En-
ma Cole has been the principal sensation in
London. The trial took place at the Middlesex
sessions in Clerkenwell, and was presided over
by Sir Thomas Chambers, n P franz Maryle-
bone and recorder Of the city of London, & The
court room was crowded with fashionable spec
tators, and asdozen young noblemen were
seated Oh the bench beside the recorder. Many
ladies' of high rank beseiged the doors of the
court ROOM and were furious when denied ad-
mission.
Lord st. Leonards was:'attendedb by his broth
or, Mr. Walter Suyden, and was ably defended
by Edward George Clarke, @. c.; member Of!
parliament for Playmouth, who has perhaps no
superior at the criminal bar of Loudon. He
made powerful speech for the defense, dwell
ing especially on the admission by the pretty
whom she was unduly intimate He also allud-
ed eloque ntly to the defendants distinguished
ancestry and spoke Of his :honored name, but
the latter allusion provoked a burst OF derisive
laughter from many Of those present, who
were acquainted with the young reprobate's
record AS a counter demonstration, the
friendsof St. Leonapds vigorously app1auded
tlleffine peroration Of Mr. Clark address, and
order was restored only when the recorder
threatened to clear the court of all spectators.
The jury was out but few minutes, and re-
turned q verdict of guilty as indicted, and with
no recommend ton TO the mercy sof the3court
This result was fully expected, and indeed was
regarded as inevitable from the conclusiveness
of the evidence: but q genuine surprise was
caused when Recorder Chambers remanded the
prisoner and announced that sentenct
would not be pronounced until the
June session of the couEt. ~ ~ Y - .
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-30
Minnesota News.

e., Southern Minnesota druggists met al
Rochester, recently, and organized
protective association. F. A. Poole
.k z was elected president, and
81. aHtIargesheimer, sam, place secretary.
The next meeting is at Kasson, May 2,
1885. $s
!. The people Of Elgin were frightened
Sunday by :. atmospheric conditions
which q seemed to indicate a repetition
.of last years cyclone. Their fears were
happily groundless. ~
The Yellow Medicine County Agricul.
! t EllEt Y society held meeting at the
town hallin Granite Falls Thursday,
and md elected as officers Tor the ensuing
Year the following named persons;
President sB. F. Pillsbury; vice presi-
dent, 4. .. Neste; secretary, A. r.
Walker &. q: arrer,, Ell Welcome.
Gen. g. Mclean of Frontenac
claims to have . Jersey heifer in his
herd coming two years old, that gives
quite lllldt q quantity Of rich milk without
her IS ever having had cali. Being nursed
sby yearling put her il the way Of it.
Minnesot ahaa I, 900 lakes which takes
up !, 6OO, 900 acres Of errsiitory.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-30

There are frequent references in for
eign news to "morganatic" marriages OF
princes and titled persons, and many
people do not understand this exact sig
MITIGATION. The morganatic marriage.
are those in which the bride accepts the
"morning gift" in lieu of dowry and
rights Of Inheritance that may fall to the
issue. In Germany they are called left
handed marriages, because the groom
gives the left hand at the nuptial cere.
monv. The marriages are valid and the
children are legitimate, but they do not
inherit their fathers titles or wealth
They are always made with ladies Of
inferior rank. Queen Victoria is said
to have been very much excited by re.
cent report that her son-in-law, the
Grand Duke of Hesse, who would be
glad to marry Princess Beatrice, his de.
ceased wife's sister, did the law permit
had hastily contracted morganatic
marriage with person of much lower
rank, after the death Of his wife. '
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Washington News.

y Senator Palmer of Michigan viii build a60, :
900 residence in Washington aS5 S q.
The president has approved the bill granting
a loan of 81, O0O, 600 to the New Orleans exposi-
Postoficers established: Minnesota-Ulen,
Clay county. Postmasters Commissioned
-Humer Folger, Jamison, Iowa;P. Clark, Coe,
Green, Iowa: George a. Thomas, Thomas,
Ringgold county, Iowa; D. F. Horn, Durham,
Stutsman county, Oak. ...o2 ''T@ q
/. A sensational story has been circulated at
Washington to the effect that the Pacific Mail
Steamship company is seeking to have adopted
an amendment to the shipping bill which would
enable that corporation to collect subsidy of
$3.50, 900 annually from the nation.
+ William Hunter, assistant secretary of state,
has entered upon the fifty fifth year of his SER
vice in the state department. and the event was
appropriately celebrated by secretary Freling-
huysen and Mr.. Hunters associates. He is not
only the oldest employee OF the government in
longth OF service, but no one ever served long
er than Lie. .R.,> 7ea.'a -. -, > :.
Washington Special: Gen. Tuttle, who accom-
panies the governor Of Iowa here on his recre-
stcn tour, is interesting himself in the establish
ing of the proposed National Soldiers homo in
Iowa Senator'S Plumb and Logan have the bill
in charge, and have had Kansas in view as the
place of location. Gov. Sherman stated that the
Iowa Legislature had already appropriated $50,
0GO towards it's construction.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-30
Calamity at Dubuque, Iowa.

AT Dubuque, Iowa, on Sunday afternoon, a
dire calamity occurred tCarr, Ryder Wheel
er's planning mill Tho engine room exploded
with terrible loss Of life and great damage to
surrounding property. The report was heard
all over the city, and buildings surrounding tho
mill were shaken by the violent conclusion.
The air for blocks around the mill was filled
with debris, consisting'of heavy rock, tinabors
and portions of the boilers.a Atthe same time,
the debris, etc. caught fire, adding manifold
terror to the situation.
After the smoke and flames had somewhat
subsidized, through the efforts of the firelnen
the search for the missing parties began. The
first found was the body of the eng ineer, Milo
NJ. Mellen, which was discovered about seven.
teen feet from the boiler. His body was terri
bly, mangled. almost beyond recognition. At
half-past o'clock the second fireman, Michael
Mclaughlin was found. He was horribly man
gled. Several physicians were on the ground
rendering assistance wherever needed. Ire
first freman's name was Fritz Villdanger, and
his mangled body was found inthe door leading
from the main portion Of the engine room.
The remains of all throe were
speedily removed to their residences Prob
ably the saddest sight of all was the discovery
Of the bodies OF two little children Of Charles
May, adjoining the engine room Adjoining
this house was a yard in which were playing
three little children named May. They were
killed outright aad terribly scalded Several
others received slight bruises, which are, not
supposed to be serious. The loss to- property
is 81, 600; fully insured in the Hartford lns'lr-
ance company. The firm employed 2oo men.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-30


There is about one doctor to every
500. Of population I'M this country, while
in Germany the prop rtion is one to
5000, and German doctors do not com
plain of oyerwork. There are 100 med.
ical schools in. the United States, att
tended BY about Il, COO young men an 4
nually, and the number Of elipi onlas as
sued averages about 5000 a year, SO that
the profession is becoming more and
more crowded, but singular as it may
seem, that when Dr.. Benjamin, Of New
Jersey, introduced o resolution at the
session Of the American Medical Assoc
ciation in Washing ton, urging American
medical colleges to elevate the standard
of education, Eat least SO far as to re-.
5quire q preliminary examina tion, a
three years course, d register Of at
tendance and a practical knowledge oi
diagnosis 4 II was with the utmost diff
Guilty that he secured an adoption.
The opponents evidently believe ii the
Darw,inian theory 81 g the survival 81 The
fittestp ina free trade Of medical knowl-
edge and experienc 81
4s9T
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-30

11oyd 3. Hal or1,s@E Hx.H nh0r Ana 61-
1swysr, Hanged insCal 1fornia. ss n
Lloyd 8. Majors, sss hanged at oakland Gal. },
near sar Francisco, on Friday last On the
Monday previous, Stlie condo man a made
= desperate ehort'to escape: He possessed
immense strength, and he overpowered
the two death watches and lsiier' Mno e naP-
Wrenching the keys from the jailer's grasp;
he dashed through The door across the jail
yard, outinto the street But just as he thought
he had succeeded, he MAS encountered Nv Two
Gremen Who had been attractedsby the noise.
They recognized Majors and another strugsle
ensled, so fierce that Majors, arm was broken
and he was rendered helpless. He was conduct
cd back to- his CELL and from that moment ne
abandoned all hope. In Conversation within. q.
Renowder, brother of one of the murdered men,
he said: "You may draw thelife-blood from my
arm and with this pen will write my Innocence
q tie sno GEmg bs f. ,n,anKsa oTa H RoQ
Majors mo,iinted the scafrold without assis22
lance, and took up his position on the drop,
firmly erect He refused to say WORD, MAIN,
tanning throughout stolid silence: At l2;l3
the bolt was pulled, Majors fell and his neck
was cleanly broken. Majors was forty
years old. born near the home Of Garfield in
Ohio, graduated at Ann Arbor college in 1870,
and began the practice of law. But afterward
Joined the Methodist ministry. After preach
ing several years he, went TO- the Pacific coast
and settled in Los Gatos, where he became tho
owner of a*hotel The double murder for
which he was executed was committed a year
ago He5 planned sit 1, leaving the execution,
however, to two tools, named Jewell and Show
ers. They were both tried and convicted, but
before this all the facts in the case became
known, and the agency of Majors vas revealed.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-30
Personal News Notes.

Rev. Watkins ousted from Stratford, Ct :,
church for believing in faith cure, will have a
church of his own in New York.
The jewels of Grace Garland, the F'Witch of
Wall street" were sold by constable in Bloom
ington, ILL.,, she having pawnod them for $500
Earnest Hoefler of ST. Louis is missing in
New York. He had largo amount Of money,
and had recently returned from Germany with
his wife.
Rev. Mr.. Mennard, rector of the Protestant
Episcopal church at Cedartown, Ga, has been
put III an insane asylum. He paid unsuccess-
full court to a popular Young lady, and his re-
lection resulted III insanity
Ferdinand Ward, the banker failing to obtain
$500, 600 bail, was taken to the Ludlow street
Jail, and lodged in cell there. He refused to
see any person. Gen. U. s. Grant stated that
the rumor that his son q. s. Grant j., had fled
to Canada to escape arrest was wholly without
foundation. His son had gone to Morristown,
n j., where he lives, and would be back the
mkt morning. Both his sons, the general said
were in town and intended to remain here
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-30
Crimes and Criminals.

AtRochester, N. Y, Patrick Slatterly whipped
Curley Hnges in three rounds. Both were ar
rested I:
Bnford l. Dean shot his brother David, in
Savannah, Ga, killing him instantly. David
setluced Bufords daughter.
State Senator Ezra Millcr of Mahwah N j.,
who is over seventy two years old and weighs
:}25 pounds, has been arrested on complaint Of
Lizzie Beatty, servant, and held in 81 600
bail on charge Of rape.
J. F. Richardson, local agent Of the Indian
apolis Il St. Louis railroad, the Madison County
Ferry company and the Venice Carondelet
belt railroad at Venice, ILL.,, suicided by shoot
ing himself through the head. The discovery
that he was $t, 600 short to the indianapolis 4
St Louis road led to the act. '2%{
An unknown person started a switch engine
standing ona sidetrack on the Delaware Hud-
son railroad;at Mechanicsyille, N T., switched
it on tho main track, jumped of. and sent the
engine mp the track at full speed. 1t came in
collision with a Montreal sleeper, bound south.
Both engines were wrecked The baggage and
express man, aicknor, seventy years old, was
dang eIously wounded. Engineer Myers had q
leg broken, and others were bruised.
Ill Special: The grand jury has
indicted John H. Hall, Belle. Hall, his wife,
and William Ferris, for the murder of Charles
McMahon, near Mount Pulaski, Aug. 49, 1882
Hall was arrested in January and Ferris few
days ago for the murder of McMahon and his
two hired mem The indictment Of Mrs. Hall
was a surprise for which neither she nor the
people we're prepared She was arrested on
the street Tuesday and is now in jail. This
will be remembered az the murder5in which
the celebrated Barbour boys. lynched in Iowa
last June, were supposed to have been i'm
phcated.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-30
Casualties of the Week.

Miss Title Fear was struck by lightning at
Toledo.
The Clarendon hotel at Portland, Or,
burned Loss, $4,000. Insurance, s20, 600.
Miss Marugg took Chicago arsenic to remove
freckles, with much success. She was buried
recently.
At Sharbot Lake, Ont, George Peters, his
little daughter and Miss Bridger were burned
to death, the house being set on fire by Peters
dropping g lighted lamp while drunk. ,,'e
Ex-Judge W. r. Bcebe, senior member of the
firm Of Beebe, Wilcox & Hobb, lawyers in New
York city was struck bya Central railroad
train at Piainteld N. j., recently and instant
ly killed ~-~
A Mixed Train on the Panhandle railway,
collided with Freight at Wheeling Junction
Wednesday morning. D. Bartholomew, q trav-
cling salesman for a Cincinnati firm, with resi-
dence at East Dubuque, Ill, was killed in
stantly.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-30


One thousand passengers left New
York one Saturday, in tho feet steam
ers for European ports. Nearly all We're
5drst class passengers, and it was esti-
mated that nearly all would spend
abroad at least 1000. A million Of
dollars is the lowest sum that this
crowd Of we'll dressed travellers carried
in gold or exchange to pay their ex-
penses in Europe. It is more than
probable chat they carried twice that
sum-, The travelling season must see
all the way from 10000 to 10000 peo-.
pie go abroad, whose foreign expendi-
lures, at the estimate of $1,000 to- each
tourist, would amount to from $50 ,eo0,-
300 ito $40, oOO,0 900 annually. : Agreat,
fuss is made about the expectation Of q
very few millions of gold in the way Of
trade, while few stop. to consider the
drain oceasioned by the vast number OF
people who go abroad every year for
pleasure "'@ e @ IS -''~'
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-30

The great quantity of money lying
idle and seeking a safe investment a,
fair rates is shown by the eagerness with
which the new railroad loan Of Russis
has been snapped up. Russia's credit
is not the best. in the world. by any
means, though it has greatly improved
Of late years, but for all that its call
for loan of SIS, 900 900 was answered
by offers amounting to 81, 275 ,o00, 900,
or seventeen times the sum needed.
Such a. glut Of idle money as thii
proves it might be possible for our gov
eminent to give the bondholders
another twist by astill further reduction
of the rate Of interest On our debt
There is now but little doubt that ou1
debt could have been refunded few
years ago ct three per cent.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-30
FOREIGN Flashes.

The London News states thata Canadian loan
of 910, 900, 0OO is imminent to assist the CONVEX
sion OF S per cent. bonds. ~ : -
The prejudice against American timed
meats is intensified by a sad event which oc-
Cured at Scarborough. A large quantity Of
beef imported in tins. from Chicago, and known
here as Chicago Brawn," has recently been
sold and eaten in Scarborough, and several of
the persons who had eaten it were taken i'll
: with somptoms Of poisoning. One man has
died. and three others are reported as in a dy
ing condition. There is intense excitement in
the town, and the event has caused a sensation
in London, and especially in parliament, where
it is likely to have effect upon the cattle dis
ease bill now pending in the house of COM
mons. An inquest has been begun at Soarbor-
ough, and thorough analysis Of the suspect
ed meat is in progress.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-30


There has never been time in the
history, of The world when it cost as littl,
to, exchange commodities between dis
liant countries as now. Competition has
cut down not only transportation but
transfer charges and commission to ths
smallest possible point, and labor say
ing devices and improved machinery
have made that point very low indeed
Wheat is now being shipped from New
York to Liverpool at one and hall
cents bushel, and sixty pounds o.
grain can be sent from Chicago. to Eu
rope for about twelve cents. It is thu
local charges alone which seem too
high at the present time, as contrasted
with the "Iong hauls."
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-30
Gen. 3. E. Butler Accepts.

Gen. Butler accepts the nomination Of the
National Autobiography organization for Pre-
sident of the United States His letter of ac-
ccptancc is as follows:
Lowell, Mass May 22.-Gentlemen: have
the honor to receive your courteous note give
ing me tho result of thes action of the conyen-
ton at Chicago on the 18th inst. OF Represents "a;
tives of anti-monopoly The honor5sof the
designation by such body as candidate for
presidency of the republic cannot be to highly
appreciated. Concerning each measure of
public policy set forth in the resolutions, need
only ask that if the votes Of electors shall in
trust me with the executive powers Of that
high Office, each of them will be'fQlly, justly,
and energetically used to make every measure
of rolief to the people and reform in the gov
eminent pointed out by your platform, AS prin-
ciples relating to administration. Accept for
yourselves personally my most gratefully con-
sideration. e. !
= [Signed1 3. F.BUTLEB. :