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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-10
Personal News Notes.

Bancroft the historian, celebrated his eighty
fourth birthda anniversary at Newport Oct g.
Congratulations from all parts of the world
poured in.
Victoria Morosini proposes TO sue in open
court for the recovery of VIZ, 900 worth of dia-
monds given her by her father, and now in the
latter's possession.
t' Hillhouse Raymond ownes the best horse
ranch in Montana. He has $50 head Of blood
ed horses. His fences enclose 10, 900 acres Of
pasture land and he is now making prepara-
lions to enclose 10000 acres moro.
Maj. Daniel Simpson, who for over seventy
years has acted as drummer for the Ancient
and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston,
celebrated on Monday the ninety-fourth al
uiyersary of his birth. He was a drummer
boy in the war Of 1872
A relative of Miss Welton, the lady who lost
her life on Longs Peak, says her mother is
travelling abroad. Miss Weltou was of gen.
tie and wonanly disposition, gave largely to
charity, and was sensitive upon only one sub
jeet--her age, which was forty two years She
was fond Of excitement and adventure, but her
impulses were controlled by a large amount of
canton
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-10
Prightfu1 Catastrophe Near bayfield,.

Bayfield,, (Wis.} Special: A construction
train with three flat cars loaded with piles, and
accompanied by twenty two men, all told, lett
Washburn after dinner to repair washout one.
half mile south Of this point The train was
running at about fifteen miles an hour when it
struck waehout just north Of the Pike creek
bridge, and the engine and tender plunged
headlong. into it. All the hands were riding on
the tender and in the cab of the engine at the
time of the accident; and as the engine made
the fatal plunge one Of the rails ran
up through the boiler and the frebox,
letting the gteam and water escape
into the cab and tender, scalding the inmates
in a frightful manner. The Masonic lodge OF
this city was conducting q funeral d short dis
lance from the scene Of the accident, and i'm
mediately repaired to the spot The sight was
slckening, indeed. Men with the flesh hang
ing in shreds from faces hands and bodies
were lying on the grass or among the ruins.
One man was found dead, his skull crushed
and otherwise mangled Another died after
being taken from the wreck The names OF
the dead are Johnson and Mcconnell. It is
thought that some Of those scalded will die.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-10

pie knew better Now the Democratic party
is trying the same thing again. think the
choice and Judgment OF the Republican party
should connt for something ii determining
the character Of Presid enhal candidate. Jap
plause s
Iagree with the Boston Daily Advertiser,
which declared, when these things were fresh,
il 1876, that the men who were pursuing james
Ct Blaine were the yilest set Of political assas-
sins that ever disgraced this Or any other coun-
try LapplauseI; and am prepared to indorse
that sentiment now, notwi fhstanding any recent
accession 70 their number u [iagghterl
In closing, Mr. Hoar said: think that the
Union is safer with the men who saved it than
with those who sought to destroy it I think
liberty and equality are better assured in the
hands Of the men who abolished slavery than
in the hands Of men'Who tried to preserve it.
I think that the wages Of the American work
man, that the comfort and dignity of the work
mans home, are better of in The charge OF the
mon who achieved the I'M dentce Of Amer
lean manufactures and who have built up these
mighty industries, than they are in the hands
of the men who have been striving to pull down
those industries and to put them under tue heel
of England. EApplausel tts~
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-10

The King and Emperor business in
Europe has seemed to be in fatal de.
cline, and doubtless it is, but King
Humbert Of Italy has SO conducted him.
self during the cholera visitation, as to
relieve the whole Kingly procession to
some extent, from utter uselessness and
worse. It is not much, perhaps, that
he should visit the hospitals Of plague
stricken Naples. Priests and doctors
do that in the course of their profess
sional duty, and would be cursed and
disposed as selfish cravens If they did
not, and royalty is profession which
has its obligati ons as we'll as any other.
But the simple manliness of hi:
bearing, his frank sympathy, bring.
ing hope and cheer into those
dreary abodes Of misery, are moi
professional, but personal qualities,
A correspondent says that in visiting
one OF the Naples hospitals the king
passed through the wards calmly, with.
out haste, conyersing with those who
were able to answer him, noting down
their requests and shaking hands with
many who could not speak. A cigar
was offere d him as safeguard against
infection, but he suilingly declined it
saying: "We must not spoil the all
for the patients" When he had pas.
sed through the wards on the first floor.
he was told there was no more to be
seen, but he said: "There must be 8
second story; let us go there also. We
are all equal here"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-10
Casualties Of the Week.

Judson Silk OF Mortified, Mimi, who was
shot in the arm while bunting, died tho follow
ing day. ~ #, "a Il
Col George II. Woods, well known grain
and commission merchant, was fonnd dead in
his room at the Hotel Brunswick, Decatur. Ill,
recently having died suddenly Of apoplexy.
He served during the war ON the stats OF Gen.
Phil Sheriden and Con. Hooker. - -, :
Fndiay Mcclellan, q miner, was fatally in
!juredin the Colusia mine at Garrison, Mont.
In stepping in the bucket to go to, the bottom
Of the shaft he missed his footing and was
precipitatad distance Of 600 feet Almost
every bone IN his body was broken, his head
almost hattened out and his flesh horribly
decorated He died instantly. -"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-10
Crimes and Criminals.

The body Of Win Iesuer of Grand I;apids,
Mich, was washed ashore near Ashland Wis
Murder is suspected.
Newcomb, Buchanan & Co. of Louisville are
said to have duplicated receipts On frola 4, COO
to 5000 barrels of whisky.
At Barron, Wis, John O'Leary, convicted Of
highway robbery, was married to a cyprian
just before starting for years. residence In
tho Waupun prison.
a great grandson Of Patrick Henry WAS
among the DRINKS and disorderlies who occu"
pied the Louisville calaboose recently, and has
probably retired to the rock pile.
A grand jury Of Denver has brought in an
Indictment against Brick Pomeroy. The
charges are perjury and gaining money under
false pretenses. The requisition papers for
Pomeroy's arrest have been issued. The per-
jury consists in swearing to his advertising
bills which he knew to be false
In Butte, Charles Studer, who was shot by
his fifteen-yea stepson, is dead. studer
married the mother of the boy in Nevada, and
having became separated from his wife, fol-
lowed her and the boy to Butte, where he Often
sively renewed his attentions, though the
woman objected to living with him again.
Inspector Newcombe, of the New York pos
tai detective service, is working up q mysteri-
Gus mail robbery. On Monday George Crosby,
New York broker, registered letter said to
contain $5O, 500 in bonds to John L. Watrous of
East Hampton Conn When the package ar
rived at East Hampton the securities were
gone Investigation showed that the securities
reached New Haven postofice intact.
Some unknown person fired into q Car in
which GOV. St John sat- on his way from Car
isle to Terre Haute recently. The ball passed
through the window ON the opposite side,
making clean hole and lodging in the side on
which St John sat and a little in front Of him.
The train was just slowing up south of Sulli-
van when the shot was fired The governor
took the matter coolly.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-10
Miscellaneous kilograms.

y a. Miscellaneous kilograms.
h Iceland was swept by a disastrous hurricane
Sept IL. @ ~ ..-E.s~ ..I5.s.> @,f$ff#9
John Lyons Of Marquette county, Mich ;.
walked OF the dock and slip at Duluth, and
drowned. #Zss.g h. u ss34 G4ff3 2s5i5 IA NV Es
The duke of Cambridge reviewed the cavalry
at Dublin Thursday He made q private visit
to Cardinal McCabe and then started for Bel
fast, where a loyal reception was given him. 4
.ttI tt is stated that the United States in the
commercial negotiations IN Madrid offered to
reduce the duties on sugar and raw tobacco
imported from Cuba in return for reduced
Cuban duties on American cereals. The ques-
non Of tariffs is still undecided 4. #
Experiments were made at Theirs, Italy, with
a. hundred-ton gun A charge Of powder
weighing $50 pounds was fred, and the pro.
iectile penetrated Schneider arrnor plate 81
hammered steel compound cummell srd COM
pound brown plate. The Schneider plate was
broken into three the brown into four and the
cummell plata into SIX pieces u $5H3
Capt Barton, the arctic traveller, writes the
academy that he feels scandalized At the pnl-
ings Of the English press over the gallant but
inf ttunate Greedy expedition. He says:
tsIf,e silly charge OF carnibali am seems "a
have provoke the outbnrst He ssys that ID
Islam religion of common aense there ia no
obloquy for unf or tunatss whom hunger thus
scompeia To- take life. H s. Il cisi lization 10
make us such p0ltroons that No dAre not ven-
tatre eyerything for nobler meed the sooner M
sabdicate - tfayor q: less slyAnted people the
better I'D
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-10
Shocking ranat,cisna In pennsylvania

Shocking Eanat1cism In Pennsylvania.
Erie, Pa, Special Telegram. The failure
of the Erie County Savings bank developed
distressing case of insanity which came nigh
terminating with a sacrifice Of life. Lee
and Francesca schreck, q young Bava-
rian couple, had their ali in the defunci
bank. During their distress that foil owed
the failure Of the bank, former friend,
John Flick of Bavaria. came with q story
that Schroeek had committed q crime in the
old country and he had been sent to- impose
a penance A season Of fasting and prayer
resulted in united purpose to bury al their
household goods in q grave, and then at 9
o'clock to cruelty schrteck When found
by the officers they had carried out
the first part of the programme and had
schreck stripped ready for the sacrifice:
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Schreeck are in Jail and
Flick is at large. The Indignation is renewed
against the Erie bank officers on account OF
this affair. 1t was found that the people in
tended to enact the death Of Christ, to be
followed by the killing of children to repre-
sent Herods slaughter Of inpocenta
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-10
Changes in Barroora Styles

The New York srn thinks wa aga
living II go-ahead age. ard instances
the changes in barrao1a STYLES. TweIvs
years ago the aoor was sandas, pictures
Of Flora Temple, peytoaa and Faslsiss-s
hung apon the walls, chairs aad ssbfss
sers wooden and primitive, Che ceiling
was dingy. chandeliers wsrs rJ1ssv ard
iy-tracked, chopped pigs feet vera
served as lunch, and whisky and brandy
were poured from the bottle. Voc all
is changed. The barroomss are aossks az
luxury. Tarkisu rigs caser the floors,
expensive paintings adorn the waIEs.
mar bla-topped tables adricslIy uphoE
Stored chairs await occupants, ceilings
are frescoed and exdmisiteIy sss.seoes,
blue enarneliug, refined brouzetl chan
deliers, choice salmon Is tna sssr1e ssa-
sure IN free lunches. ard Hausrs are
poured from delicate dscznssrs Of ess
glass.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-10

Two or three years ago one of the
most unpopular men in Ireland was
I Captain Boycott, whose name has be-
come familiar as . synonym for the
kind Of persecution TO which he was
subjected. But the captain lived
through It, and now, instead Of being
hated, he has become 8 favorite with
the national leaguers in his neighbor-
hood, and they have made him their
candidate Tor parliament 70 represent.
the county Mayo. He is said to b.
growing "a favor every day The
change IS not 80 wonderful IS IL
pears, for Captain Boycott, though Il
positive man who does nothiing Il
eourt popnl ariitt is gelaesrosls a we'll 81
Siiua and has man his property ~ u,
y: principles not subssa nAally nnlil1lI
those III HE 1eag
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-10

CnlcaSo ePIAIS, ooc' No. j" ieu, OIL, Nc. > Ieus
Corn, cash, 7sX@7Sc.
Oats, cash, &c.
Rye, 557Ac.
Barley, Gee.
Pork, cash, s1e75.
Lard, cash, $725@s7.3o
Milwaukee Markets.
g Wheat N No ;, 2 7oAo
Oats, No. white 3015c
Rye, No. /, Sc; No. 2, 53c
Mess Pork, sic cash.
Lard--Prine steam, $Z.27. T. T..
Butter, choice creamery, 26@29c; fair to good,
S3@36c; best dairy, la92lc. -
- Minneapolis Markets.
WHEAT, No. l hard, so11ac; No hard, 75c:
Corn, No. ? 55c; rejected, 4s@5oo; con
demned, 350D40c. =, 1. -,
Oats, No. : old, white, 25l026c; No. 2, new,
25kc; rejected, 2S.9ac; condemned, s@@2so.
Mixed Feed No. !, sl75o@s1s; mo. 2, $3.50
Corn Meal, unbolted, sl7@s1s; bolted, s21
Hay, timothy, saae. 50; wild, choice, $s0,
8 SO; NO. 2 Wild, $5.50@6.75 4. \ 4. y
@ st... Il st. Paul Markets. a.s t< ;
WHEAT No. lizard, new, 79c; No. hard,
No2, Csc 8 *s. st 4 !.
Is. Corn, No. 2, $50; No. 3, 48c w.: n i, =
Oats, No. 2mixed, 24c; No. 2 white, 25c; No.
extra, 24c. 55 s44@ T. :. / ss. -, a.
|. Il Rye, No q, $50. 5@5#. Is 4 .s.,: 7.
Il Barley, No. 2, Sic; No 8, 4oc. j.
s Ground Feed, $18 So, !. E4ya.ts i * n B..
Baled HAY, ss; timothy hay, 80 oo@s1o. So
5 BIZ Timothy seed, s1.2o. 5,:s=. ,s.%
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-10

The mere signing on Sunday Of Z
contract which is not delivered on that
day does not avoid the contract, accord
ing to the decision Of the Supreme
Court Of the United States in the case
of the Gibbs & Sterrett Manufacturing
Company vs. Brucker, Of which report
has appeared. ~ E# 5....-. H.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Hail and River Notes.

The Oregon Navigation company asked 20
list % 900, 900 gold debenture bonds IN the New
York stock exchange
The Pullman Palace Car company reports
That their business is as satisfactory aa ever
before, and that their earnings for the current
year have exceeded those Of any previous years
10 the present time. Their shops are busy,
and they have recently closed an important
contract with the Merchants Des patch and
Transportation company fora lot OF refrigera-
tor cars, which wiki occupy them for some
tina 1#.5s. AZ : + IL. fS5 Z 4. #ssH6.s@
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-10

upon his return to England. BE WAS the re-
cipient OF . remarkable farewell ovation Dnr.
ing his travels with his party In the northeru
territory they were attacked by blacks and
some Of the party killed. The Duke himself
narrowly escaped with his life. Parties have
started ii pursuit Of the blacks 70 revenge the
lives OF those killed in the encounter.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-10
Little Falls Transcript.
N. nj FULLER, Publisher.
LITTLE FALLS, MINNESOTA.

@ The national treasury is loaded down
with over $3.50 900 900 gold and 49,.
5000, 900 silver These sums are far be-
yond any present or prospective sc.
auirerne1its OF the government and are
continually increasing in volume.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-10

We have been asked several times in the past
three or four weeks to explain what is called
tho McSweeney case. We have refrained so
far from doing 3d. waiting until the campaign
orators had exhausted themselves Now for the
facts: ~
Daniel Mcsweeney was at one time resident
of California, and no doubt became g. citizen Of
of the United States. In 1916 he returned to his
native place in ireland, near Cardonagh, Don
egal He took up his residence there, occupieda
farm, and titled it, and after a few years was
elected poor-law guardian for his district of
TIE TIE, puntanaghy union: In 1s!s; lsp, and
league movement His American experiences
made him the most aggressive land Lacquer,
perhaps, in all Donegal He was suspected
by "Buckshot" Forster, was arrested under
the coercion act in July, 1881, and claimed
American citizenship This it will be sensma
while he was lying on a bed of
pain. About q month after he was arrested
Insolvency. wrote to MIR. Lowell claiming
American protection. MIR. Lowell, who is d
slow going person, and particularly slow when
the case OF Irish American citizens are con-
cerned, communicated with Mr. slnnms, the
American consul at Belfast, and requested him
| to investigate The insolvency case. Mr..
simms did as requested, and reported that
| Dir. Insolvency., though at one time an Ameri-
can citizen, had apparently returned TO his
cepted ofics in Ireland, an Office created by
the British government contrary to the pro-
! test Of the Irish people, and had taken
up his domicle permanently under the British
crown, thereby forfeiting his claims 70 A1aeri-
| can citizenship. Mr.. Simms advised Mr. Low
| ell that Mr.. McSweeney's case was not for
| the interference Of the American government
While this correspondence was going on Mr..
! McsWeeney became impatient and wrote to Mr..
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-10

The Great Northern Eaifsay fas
erected m London q hospital ks5r ifs
sick horses al cost 81 80, 0o1
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-10
What Vim. Walter Phelps Says.

William Walter Phelps, who passed a few
hours in Washington, is reported by the Star as
saying that "the people who were trying to cry
Blaine down simply did not realize how over
whelming his strength is" He thought Blaine's
election was as certain as anything which has
not already happened could be. He felt sure
of New Jersey, saving that Irish opposition to
Cleveland in that state was exceedingly strong.
Ohio was safe, and i'll New York the results
would be astonishing; the co1nbinatio in that
state were all favorable to Blaine, and the Re-
publican committee felt perfect confidence in
the situation. In relation to the beta offered by
democrats in the New York World, such ss ST.
600 even that Cleveland would carry the state
by SO, 0oo majority, or 81 600 to $500 that he
would get 10, 600, etc, he said that it was all
for brag, and no money could be found when
Blaine's friends wanted to cover it.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-10
Mr. Blaine's Action in the Case OF Amer
Jean itizans.


The Chicago Citizen John r. Finerty's Paper.
On the 34th of May, 1881 before the coer-
cion act had come into his possession he wrote
to Mr.. Lowell to use all care and diligence i'll
protecting American citizens, and on the I'd of
juno following wrote to Mr. Lowell o letter,
from which We extract the following instruc-
tons in reference to the case Of Joseph B.
Walsh, Of Castelar,, Mayo;
'Whasever the necessity may be in the est
nation Of her najesty's government for the
existence and enforcement III ireland of the
exceptional Legislative measures recently en-
acted in respect to that country, this govern
ment cannot view with unconcern the applica-
ton Of the summary proceedings attendant up
on the prosecution of these measures to natur-
allied citizens of the United States of Irish
origin. whose business relations may render
necessary their presence in Ireland Or any part
of the United Kingdom, or whose flial instinct
and love for kindred may have prompted them
to revisit their native country.
IF American citizens, while within British
jurisdiction, offend against British laws this
government will not seek to shield them from
the legal consequences Of the acts hut it must
insist upon the application to their cases Of
those common principles Of criminal jurispru-
dence which in the United States secure 20
every man who ofends against its laws,
whether he be IN American citizen or foreign
subject, those incidents to a criminal prosecu-
ton which afford the best safeguard to liberty
and the strongest protection against oppres-
sion under the form of law, which might other
wise be practiced through excessive zeal
That an accused person shall Immediately
upon arrest be Informed Of the specific crime
or offense upon which he is held, and that he
shall be afforded an opportunity for speed y
trial before an impartial court and jury, are
essentials to every criminal prosecution, neces-
sary alike to the protection OF Innocence and
the entertainment Of guilt. You will lose no
time in making the necessary inquiries into the
cause of Mr. Walsa's arrest and detention, in
which it is probable Mr.. Barrows, the consul
at Dublin, may be able to aid YOU And if
you shall find that the circumstances of the
case, in the light of this and previous
instructions, are such as to cali for Interior
ence on the part of this government, you will
make such temperate but earnest Representa-
tons as in your Judgment will conduce to his
speedy trial, or in case there is no specific
charge against him, his prompt release from
imprisonment.
It is desired that you will report the result
Of your proc ceilings to the department with
as little delay as convenient" Now what
holder doctrine in regard to American citizen
ship could Irish Americans ask than is enur-
ciated here?
Mr. Blaine acted on it throughout, though
Guiteau's bullet sped soon after the receipt of
the Instructions by MIR. Lowell, sadly interior
ing with his course
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-10
The Chicago Markets.

Wheat, Chicago spring, 79@79xc; No. 8,
Chicago spring. CSC; No. 2 red, &c; No. 3 red,