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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-18
A Big Boiler Maker.

Samson was a strong man. So is amp
son Fox, the engineer who put the boil
ers into the Servia the City OF Rome,
the Arizona and the Oregon. He has
acres OF works in Leeds, and in Essen,
in Germany. He recently visited
America, and proposes to nut up works
in Philadelphia that vii. employ from
the start 1000 hands, all of which will be
imported free of duty from England and
Germany. Mr.. Fox 10 now at work. on
"a boiler that will enable the steamer to
boat the Oregon, which will, make the
ocean trip in less than six dsys. Mr.
Fc- 'elteyes that ocean steamers will
hereafter be butt for passengers only,
and he THINKS that he soon will be able
70 furnish boilers that will shorten trips
to four days. The price of passage will
beahigher, but a large mount will be
gained i: provisions, and, besides, the
steamers will have to remain = much
shorter time 81 the docks.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-18

The Mormon question will probably
arrest the attention Of Congress this
winter. The Edmund bill put stigma
On peiygamy by disfranchising practical
polygamists, and in time, would doubt
less eradicate the evil. But it is too slow
to suit the Gentiles in Utah or the rest of
the country, and much seveter, and in
some cases, unconstitu ional remedies
are proposed. Senator Edmunas has
recently said that when the law Was
framed, it was supposed that some
amendments would be necessary. He
now proposes a supplemental law in
which the right of female suffrage shall
be prohibited in Utah. It is notable
fact that Mormon women, whether the
wives of polygamists. or exclusive wives,
all uphold polygamy, and it is thought
DISTINGUISHING women will help things.
But after ali it is doubtful whether poly
gamy can be suppressed. It is relig-
ligious dogma, and the Mormons have
shown that they can suffer and die for a,
dogma. 5!F8 z1s, n. az = !. NJ n s.&#.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-18
A Curious 1ncitiont.

A correspondent OF the Hartford
Times relates the following ente ftaining
incident: 'Long ago, DR.. Alfred H.
Guernsey, for many years a reader as
well as writer for the Harpers, told me-
that manuscript which was FIRST reao
by George William Curtis, next
by himself, and by both pro
nounced tirst-rate, was then handed TO
Charles Nordhoff. at that time also d
reader for the house Nordhof took
the manuscript home, ilrou2 1t it back
next morning and said he didn't think
much Of it, Wherenpon, bob Curt:
Esd Guernsey, deferrins to Nordhof
reversed their own Judgment and reiec
ted the manuscript. Now Nordhof
wrote the manuscript, which was tbs
story of 'Elkanah Brewster's Tempta.
tion.' Tt speedily appeared in the At
lant;c Monthly, and when Nordhof was
hunorously taken to task by his reading
confreres for letting good thing go to g
rival and pronouncing against his OWL
production, he told them that if they
were more Influenced by his dIsparage
rnent t. an by the actu / merits of The
manuscript, that was their lockout, no.
his.''
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-18
Foreign News Gossip.

The inspection of the literary collections
of The late Herr Lasker reveals wealth of
maj erial, many unpublished and some un-
finished manuscripts; oil o. which have
been Temporarily placed under seal. Pa
peIs found in the will, the executions declare
throw mach light upon SOME heretofore OBJ
scure points in German parliamentary his
tory. No .odicil to his will was found.
CARDINAL Manning's health since his re-
turn to London from Rome has become
more and more precarious.% He is unable
properly to fulfil the vast duties of the d.
oese of Westminster combined with those
OF representative OF Rome in England. It
is said that c0adju.or bishop will shortly
be appointed. .'=
Sullivan writes to friend in New York
that the whole expenses of O'Donnell's de-
fepse amounted 10 about so, 500 paid most
" to witnesses from Africa, Ireland and
America. MIR. Russell received only 356
guineas and he himself $50. The prelim i1-
airy counsel fees throughout all the stages,
were about 412O additional. & The Irish
World raised about $50, 000 for. O. Donnell's
defense. 49, Z Il. =. ~ ~,
Therg is squabble In London between
Lolita and Minnie Palmer. The former &C
cuses her rival OF having made her success
by Initiating her (Lotta's) points. This Min.
ME Palmer Indignantly denies - II s
r. Edgerton, Warbarton, member of
parliament, is threatened with death
Tor denouncing Davitt, the Irish Nation
2list ~ Z L-s..$1 =. n, q r, 80 g83
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-18

II England is in much trouble arising
from her Intervention with the affairs OF
Egypt as she has been from similar
cause with other nations during a large
period of her history. The lombard
ment Of Alexandria was justified at home
on the plea that it was necessary to save
British life and property and it was
said that IS soon as these ends were ac-
Scomplished, British forces would be
Withdrawn from the country. But now
England is called on to fight the false
prophet and save the Khedive from de-
struction. This necessity seems as ur-
gent as the FIRST, and cannot be evaded.
How MUGS better the United States are
situated and will continue, so long as
we strictly observe he farewell address
of Washington, and avoid al entanglin9
foreign alliances, The youth of this
country must be taught to observe and
revere the last words of Washington,
and also TO stamp out any lingo states
man whose counsels are ia an opposite
direction.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-18
:, t.flrsE
The Failures Of Last Week,

There were 325 failures in the United
States reported ct Bradstreets during the
week ending the l2th-sixty-three more
than the preceding week, three more than
the corresponding week of 1858. and 142
more than the same week Of 1882. Theto-
tai exceeds the record for any week during
the past five years. About So per cent. were
those N Of small traders whose
capital was . Z less than 5000.
The important failures reported were:
/. M Wolff & Co., wholesale hats, and E.
X. Smith, cotton commissions. New York
City; Buckley & Co., dry goods, Utica, N,
X; M. Waterman g. Co., commission mer-
chants, and e. Ded1ich, bag manufacturer,
San Francisco; William e. Phelps, Coal
and foundery, Elmwood, H.; the Union
County bank, at Redwood, Obi ;; and Kin
sner &, Moore, bankers, Morris, Mimi. t
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-18
The New York Tribune saws that wht

The New York Tribune says that who
ever has followed the discussion of the
red sunsets, however, must have real
lied by this time that the limitations of
modern science are narrow, and that
though even scientific men do not like
to acknowledge ignorance perhaps, yet
the only absolutely truthful answer that
can be given to questions as to the ORR
gin Of the phenomenon is: Il don't
know!" For that is the simple and OBJ
vlous fact. We have ceased to believe
that red sunsets prognosticate war or
pestilence, or the death of great men,
or the rise or downfall of dynasties, but
we know no more than our ancestors
did the read cause Of these occurrences.
scientists suggest all manner Of ex-
nations, but none of them are more
than cenjectures, and some of them lack
the merit even of plausibiity.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-18
Fob EIGHTH CONGRESS-.
I Tt.esddsf. January s.

81 SEN ecretary lincoln sent to the
senate list Of the d "a sers5 ct the ARMY OF
present m detached service. The total !
ahsentees from their regiments foOts mp Sal.
I OF these forty four are at West Point, and
6tty-seYen on nick leave. Many OF them
are on staff duty. 4. 0 &.
6 The new rules ware discussed. Aspec:al
I mess age was received from the president
IN M issiSsiI pi river impro vement 5 35
Provision should be made notonly at once,
he says but efficiently for the nm ertaking.
The Hennepin canal is also Included in the
Recommendation. but not in the positive
spirit with which the other scheme is tIeated
CoIamerce, including, first OF all, the i'm.
portant transit Of wheat from the upper
valley, and cotton from the lower Va i az, is
the capital argument advanced, and really
the only one necessary. f3a II &f%ss= % E 3s@
!. The following nominations were con.
tlr1ned: Irs @z& s3 #s5 ~ 4 n ss5t ss i
|. Postmaste rs--Lewi g. Worthington, Lit
tie Fa is, Minn:; Fl. Kemper, Perham,
MINI. III. & ; g., - .sf :
|. Receivers Of public meneys-J James Bra:
den, Indiana, Walla Wala, Wash Ar
thur J. Shaw, Lewiston, Idaho; Charles F.
Gardne Sacramento, CAL; IT,. Sherwood,
Registers land ofice-Jeremiah D. Hyde,
Visaiia, Cal; John @. Bradley, Marysville,
Cal; David Walker, Bodie, Cal. /
The senate discussed the new rules al
great length. ~
81 ousE-Bills and resolutions " re intro
duced appr priating, Immediately, 81 6oo,'
900 for mississippi river improvement; put
ting SALT wood, lumber and other articles
on the free list; limiting the amount of pub
lie land to be acquired by aliens; TO pur'
chase trade dollars with fractional coins;to1
free ship material, and authorizing
se % s n sfses p1 s1s ~
importat on of foreign labor; reducing the
salaries Of heads of departments; for pub
lie building at La Crosse; .or the admission
Of the state of Was ,ingtOn; extending the
money order sys'em to the state of al
counties having 1000 inhabitants. Severa
constitutional amendments were proposed.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-18
Personal News Paragraphs.

II. T. Rasin, prominent Texan, reached
hotel in Galveston Dec. 81. A few days
aftsrward he " IS taken sick, and telegrapned
to Rockpert for Miss Mary Bracht. from
wnom he had been divorced seven years
ago. She came, and on New Years
evening they were married as he lay
in bed, and he died few hours after
ward.
Dr. Henry A. Dubois, a well-known physi-
clan of New Haven, died on the 18th of heart
disease aged seveDty.three. He was lin
cal descendeut of Jacque Dubois, French
Hugenot, who, tn 1875, came with the
Du,ch settlers to Kingston. N. Y.
The will of the late WiIllsm J. Wise, OF
Vincepnees gives $500 each to eight nieces
ignoring thirty other relatives, and leaving
the balance of the estate, worth over $10,-
900, 600 to>three oher nieces.
Strickland Kneass, formerly chief engi-
neer and surveyor of Philadelphia, and for
many years past assistant to the president
ef the Pennsylvania Railroad company,
died Monday the 18th.
Rev. George w. Quimbly, .. D., died at
Augusta, Me-, aged seventy.three. He
was well known as an author, and a. enc
time was editor of a paper called the Star Of
the West, Cincinnati.
Lieut.. Col. John Coppinger, Eighteenth
infantry, now awaiting orders, is direc ed to
report to the commanding general, depart
ment OF Dakota, for assignment to station.
James Donald Cameron Bradley is the
name to b. given Senator Cameron's grand
son at Washington now week old.
David Davis is now president of the Iii
NOS Bar association.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-18
Minnesota State Prison Fire.

The Sash, Door and Blind Shop Of
the Northwestern Car Company,
Burned at saltwater.
At about 10 o'clock Thursday night the
18th fire WIS discovered inside the prison
wall iu the sash door and blind shop, and
almost instantly swept through the whole
building, embracing pattern, hard wood and
wagon shops and boiler room: The flames
then swept over the engine, blacksmith ahe'
cooper shops and all were consumed
and total loss. By strenuous efforts of the
fire Department the building containing a
large amount of valuable mouldirgs and
manufactured lumber was saved; also the
ironclad building containing patterns OF all
castings. The cellrooms were not I'M ured,
and the prisoners all rem aimed in their cells.
The other buildings within were saved
the machine, paint and boiler shops and
foundry. The fire was under control at
1890. The cause of the fire is unknown
The state loss on buildings and N3rtawest-
stock are all covered by insurance. The
building burned was owned by the stale.
The fire caught in the wool working shops
of the penitentiary lying west of the engine
and boiler room cooper shop, black
smith shop and bolt Ioom, anG
started in the glazing room
The portions des troyed are the new shops
erected ia 1882. TIE inspectors for the
State have insurance on the shops aHd all
buildings to the amount of $4,000. When
the fire burst out aud showed its magnitude
the warden and his assistants chained the
convicts together in gangs and called out
the State militia, who responded under
Capt. Merry, fly strong. The convicts
were very docile and no stampede occurred.
There was no OCCASION Tor removing the
copvicts from the building, and nothing
was done save to take the men out of the
cells and chain them. Warden
Red and D-puty Warden Hall were
cool and N ,naged the men excellently
The Northwestern Manufacturing &, Cal
company owned some OF the machinery
and the stock on hand. Their loss will foot
up between $125,0O0 and $4,000. abou
half covered by insurance. The total los:
by the fire on everything is estimated 81
about $25, 900; insurance, 1000 to 500,
900.
The contract for the Office work of tn,
First National bank of St. Paul was in the
hands of the Northwestern company and
the loss On this alone will be 1000:
The surance Of the state on the portion
+ burned is about S12 900. The loss by thu
state on the portion of the penite niery
burned will foot up ABOUT $75 700.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-18
Hard Place to Save Sinners.

lNIu 4 lhCt 10 save SsHRCTS.
The New York Times states that a
tab man.. with a reddish beard, a black
SLOUGH hat, and q blue military coat, took
his stand n.Nassau street, near the cor-
ner of Wall street and waved dis hands,
exctedly about 8 o'clock the other after
noon, In less than two minutes at least
fifty men and boys were grouped around
him. He leaned against an iron railing
and returned the cnrious gazes of fifty
pair of eyes withIa vacant stare. s oon's
policeman sauntered along, and, pokinq
the stranger with the end Of his club,
said s'Wot's the matter" II have
come to save sInilres, answered the
man, with gladstone smile. "Well, you
can't have no sinners down here" re.
sponded the oficer5o of the law, ''move
.onY The stranger took the officers
word for it, and with esgh moved on y:
Ifihe policeman intended to convey the
idea that tflere are no sinners in Wall
street he would seem to hare made a
great mistake; II, however, he int ended
10 imply THAT the attempt to save the
average broker would be useless, he
would seem to have manifested an in-l
telligence that is rare among New York
scobS. e I5ss
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-18
Commercial.
Chicago. Wbea.. No. 2spring- ,9Ism9]

S Chicago. Wbea'. No. 2spring. 9Is @913c
M. 8 spring, 75@Shc; No Q r.d winter
s95@97l Coru, lash, $50 @544.. Oa,s
4casD, 32s W32zc. Rye. 5Sc. Bsrev, 500
Flaxseeu, S1.41. Pork $145f014 gu
Lard, caah $S.s @a.s5. Bulk meas, shout
ders, $685.; short ribs, 81. 75; do clear, So.
is. Milwaukee. Wheat, No 2, spot, 9lsc
Corn, No b5,. OTIS, No. 2. 33c. Rye,
No. !, 81 Ic:: No. 2, 5a4s. Barley. No. q
S594 Provision i, mess pork, $1455. Lard,
pr, me steam, s8.s7 Il SWeet-piek'ed hams,
LOG 1c. Dressed hogs, So 900 6 65.
Minneapolis. Wheat No / hard, csc;
no. 85c. Corn, S @58c. Oats, No. 2,
&c. Rye 470 4sc. Barley, No. 8. 35@55s..
Bra S11 @I2 per ton. ShDris, $I3Mf4.
4 bay, ses9s or rid; s8 81 al 10 for ttimo.ny.
Ground .sed $2nG1 TO- 80. N 81
ST. Panl. Wheat, No. III bard, l97c;
30. 80Ws3c. Corn, No. q 2. Bio. @ rs,
47c s 8
Dalu.h Wheat. MOL hard, 81; No. 2
hard, 92c.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-18

At the annual meeting of the Blue Earth
County Agricultural society the report @
the secretary showed balaoce On hand az
ter paying all expenses, Of $33 IL. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, John Diamond, Mankato;
vice presidents. Qoimly Larki Hon. D,
B 1ck, E. A. Wood ward, E F. Champlin,
B. L. Honk; secretary, Hon. l.. G. M.
Fletcher; corresponding secretary, E W.
Parker; treasurer, D. W. Evans; marshal
Chss. Barney. President Dianond and
Secretary Fletcher, were elected delegates tt
the state agricultural society.
A correspondent of the New York Ameri
can Field, writing from Hallock> MINI.
says: 81 do not apprehend that big game
is very abundant in this unexplored section
1t is difficalt to determine. Game is hard
to obtain, and the Indians are content with
a moderate meat supply. The muskegs and
mOrasses make the country I'd one to
hunt over before freezing weather. I have
seen several carcasses Of moose. Bands o.
elk are frequently discovered within dozen
or twenty miles of Hallock. Parties who
have visited Roseau lake and vicinity,
seventy miles of, in September report tracks
of all sorts ev Try where in great abundance
but dense foliage prevented view Of the ali
mails themselves"
Diptheria cases are decreasing in ST. Paul
but scarlet fever is slightly on the increase
In December there were 80 cases OF dip
| liberia and Is cases of scarlet fever; since
Jan. l, there have been Is cases of dipther
ia and IA cases of scarlet fever reported tx
health Officer Hoyt.
Mrs. Va]eria Stone of Boston, noted fol
her magnificent charitable donations, fell
and fractured her hip a day or two since
She is eighty years Of ase.
The state only carried $sS, 500 on it's en-
tire interests at the penitentiary. and abeu
$4,000 on the pertlon destroyed.
At the regular meeting of the Rocheste
National bank the following officers wer,
elected: President, G. n. Cnadboum; vics
president, John 7. La Du; cashier, II. M
NOVEL;; assistant cashier, C, n. Chadboum
Ihe directors for the ensuing year are as toll
lows: G. Ell. Chadboum, r. ". Chadboum
H. M. NOVEL;, 81. T. Chadboum, N. G
Younglove, John T. La Du. and G. M. Chad
boum. At the directors meeting it was vo
tea to declare emi.ann al divid Id OF
per cent. and to increase surplus 81, 900.
The Uaion National bank OF Rochester
elected M. J. Daniels, president; T. L. Fish
back vice president; T. H. Titus, cashier,
and W. D. Morris, assistant cashier. q The
directors for 1884 are NJ. J. Daniels, T. T.
Fishback, W. L. Breckenridge, J. D. Blake
and Thomas Brooks. -,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-18

At q dinner Of Boston merchants the
other day, Senator Moar yividly presen-
ted the marvellous growth in business
and in crease in wealth of the United
States. He said what few Americans
have ever thought that our accretions
were such that sseyery morning the sun
rises on our fifty millions Of people there
sis transferred from income to capital
$500. 900, one third OF the amount laid
up BY the entire people OF the globe''
though this vast sum is only five cents q
head averaged among fifty millions.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-18
Wednesday, January 8.

SENATE.-In the senate the same discus
sion about the rules was continued. Mr.
Frye threw some spice into the dali mon
otony of the dull proceedings, by an at
tack up n the commerce committee, which
than spending it's time Ia distributing a
proper proportion of river . and
harbor money to each con-
gressional district. He declared that the
Shipping of the country demanded some at
te,,tion which had declined since 1861.
This Senator Vest took to be areflection up
on the confederancy, and was nettlsd to a
characteristic speech. Senator Mcmillan de-
tended the r. commerce committee
He said there was much difference of
opinion in regard to such dues aud it was
not clear that they should be abolished.
With regard to thewo1k Of the committee
on commerce, Mr., Mcmillan said that dur
ing the last congress it made eighty reports
on great variety of subjects. The ner-
chant marine had not been neglected. With
regard to the river aud harbor bill, he
thought it one of the most useful an bene-
fetal bills that congress has to deal with,
ant, criticisms made on river and harbor
bills would apply to other bills also. Tie
proposition which was to create an inter-
national Improvement committee to take
away tuo JUTlSu1CtAOuO VI buo CVIliuSCCS COM~
mittee over river and harbor bills. was not
acted upon when it came time to go into
executive session.
HoUsE.-From the very warm discussion
over the preliminary disposition of the
presidents message and the report Of the
Mississippi river commission in both houses
of congress IL is evident that congress will
find some other work besides tinkering
with the tariff. The house devoted almost
the entire day to the question Of reference.
Three committees claimed jurisdiction on
this suhject-Rsagan's committee On COM
MERGE. Willis committee on
rivers and harbors, ana Kings
committee on Mississippi river i'm
provsment and levees. The gist of the
fight lay in the supposition that the refer
ence to the King committee meant what
the president recomm ended-a separate
bill and a ioeral appropriation for the Mis-
sissippi. A warm contest Of words Tor su.
pretnacy oyer this important measure was
the result. Over three hours of the session
were used up in disposing of the matter,
several roll calls being taken before it was
finally settled in favor of the committee on
rivers and harbors.
Resolutions we're adopted instructing the
proper committees to inquire into the ad-
wise billty OF retallatOry legislation against
countries which exclude American meats.
A bill for the relief OF Gen. Fitz John Por.
ter was reported. The secretary of the treas.
ury asked tor an appropriation of SIS, 600
for printing 81 and 81 treasury notes. Res
olutions OF respect to the memory of the
late Herr Lasker OF Germany were adopted.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-18
TAKING EXERCISE,
An Example for Public Men-Hov
John Quincy Adams Did.


John Quincy Adams Did.
From the New York Tribune.
The subject Of exercise by the Chic
Magistrate makes timely the personal
confession of John Quincy Adams Oh this
subject. He was aswimmer. Two days
after he entered his ejghtieth year he
recorded: Il rose this morning with the
dawn, and, drawn by an irresistible i'm.
pulse, walked over the lower Tibe,
bridge to- my old bathing spot or
the margin of j. the Potomac
(probably behind the Nava
Observatory Hill at what is called
Braddock's Rock). "And there, under
the shelter of q Nigh bluff yet remaining,
I bathed and swan from five to ten
minutes, came out, dressed myself and
walked home. AS went down the
hill to the edge Of the water I found
three young men, neither of whom |
knew, already in the river, and heard
one Of them say: There is John Quincy
Adams They had their clothes at one
Of my old standard rocks, but without
/ noticing or disturbing them | found an
other rock a few rods higher toward the
Potomac bridge where I left my clothes.
The tide was low and the time not con-
yenient for entering the river: but / sue
ceeded in obtaining the bath for which /
painted. The time consumed was as In
former days, about one hour and half:
half an hour going to the river, halt an
hour to battle, swim and dress, and hal an
hour. TO return. The thermometer was at
eighty=fo1r.n The next day but ene he
records: Third bath and swim in the
at x IL,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-18

The aggregate fire losses in the Uni-
ted States for the year 1888 were Sl03,-
.0OO, COO. There were 1856 fires where
the losses exceeded sl00, 1000. The De-
cember fire record shows an aggregate
loss of 81, 600 900. The fire loss of 1889
WasStbe heaviest. excepting in 1871 and
1872. the year of the Chicago and Bos-
ton fire. It is classed by those who
have given the subject much attention
that at beet 80 per cent. Of thus loss might
not have occurred but for careleesness
of one sort or another. #