St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-23
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ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.
The executive committee of the National
Union league met in New York yesterday,
in secret session, to consider plans for aiding
Blaine's election.
Crop reports from along the line Of the
Cincinnati. Washington & Baltimore road
indicate that in southern Ohio the crop will
not exceed ten bushels per acre, and the
potato yield will be barely enough for home
consumption.
The Schuykill river, which supplies most
OF the drinking water for. Philadelphia, is
polluted with drainage from water closets,
dye houses and mills and factories. The
owners OF the nuisances are to be arrested ON
warrants obtained by the city solicitor.
The stove manufactures have submitted
proposition to the workmen to resume work
at Troy and Albany under an agreement
that wages shall not be further reduced dur
ing 'S4 or'S5,
At the Shamokin (Pa.l mines it was
thought last evening that the bodies OF the
men killed by the gas explosion would be re-
covered this morning.
The union miners on Sunday creek, %
have quit work because their employers were
using cars of the Hooking Valley syndicate,
against which the union men struck some
time ,ago. The operators now propose to
keep the men idle until they will work for
fifty cents ton, eighty cents being the usual
fall rate.
Senator Logan, on his way to Chicago,
made speech yesterday afternoon to
crowd Of his political friends gathered to see
him at Michigan City.
The annual reunion of veterans of north
ern Indiana began at Fort Wayne, Ind, yes.
terday, with about 900 men in camp. 1t
is believed the number will be increased to-
day to 10000
The monument of Governor E. D. Nor
gan, being erected at Hartford, was ruined
by fire last Friday.
The Democratic members of the Virginia
assembly, in caucus decided to take recess
from Saturday, August 80, until October 81.
severe storm passed through the New
England states last Friday, doing much
damage.
1t is reported that Ageuro, the Cuban revo-
lutionary leader, has been captured at
Nashau
Extensive forest fires were raging in the
the forests of Michigan yesterday.
A block of buildings in Colorado City,
Texas, valued at $50, 900, were destroyed by
fire yesterday.
The trial of Frank James at Boone
vile, Mo-, for train robbery, has been con-
tinued until November on account of the
illness of one Of his attorneys. Bail OF
$4,000 was given.
The negroes have been dismissed from the
mines at What Cheer, Iowa, and no riot has
occurred as was reported.
The president has appointed Willard P.
Tisdel, of Painsville, Ohio, agent OF the
United States to the Congo association.
The governor of Utah has telegraphed the
governor OF Tennessee his thanks for the
attempts made to bring the murderers OF the
Norman missionaries to justice.
Edward F. Mcdonald. one of the Demo
cratic presidential elector from Jersey City,
declined and says he is for Butler.
Cooper, of the Republican state committee
of PENNSYLVANIA, will call the body together
in September to fill the vacancy in the cleo
toral ticket, caused by the death of John
Lesenring.
Gov. Bates, of Tennessee, Friday, offered
a reward of 81, 900 for any or all of the men
who were engaged in the massacre of the
Mormon elders in that state.
The Siblcy cotton mills, Augusta, Ga,
burned last Friday. Loss 100000.
The tobacco factory of Pearson & Co.,
Danyile, Va, burned last Saturday. Loss
$4,000.
The establishment of Pollack, Wilson 6,
Sons, saddlery and hardware, Cincinnati,
burned last Saturday Loss $4,000; well
insured.
The convention of American train dis
patchers, in session at Louisville, adjourned
Friday, August %, to meet in June, 1885, at
Denver, Col.
A schedule in the assignment of Jones
Brothers, of New York, fancy goods and
stationery, filed to-day, shows the liability to
be $40, 900; nominal assets, S1S, 900; actual
assets, $4,000.
The net earnings of the New York Central
railway for the nine months ending June 80,
1884, were 1852, $40. The net earnings
of the Lake Shore railroad for the quarter
ending June 30, 1884, were 81, sos, 166.
The Iowa commissioners of the New Or
leans exposition arranged Friday to supple
ment the So, 600 appropriated for Iowa from
the national fund by raising $50, 600 on notes
and bonds, anticipating reimbursement
from the next legislature.
Three stowaways were landed at Water
ford, Ireland, Yesterday, from a steamship
bound for Baltimore. One of them was sick
with cholera.
Failures throughout the country for seven
DAYS, reported to K. G. Dun 81 Co., of New
York Number for the United States, 1877;
Canada, %; total, 219; as against 220 last
week.
heavy rain storm visited Dover, New
Hampshire, yesterday. Lightning killed
many cattle, fred several houses. and ruined
miles of telegraph and telephone wires.
In the storm of yesterday several houses
in Lansinburg, New York, were destroyed.
At Cambridge, New York, a woman named
Sarah Allen was killed by lightning and sew
eral others injured. Many houses were de-
molished-
George Congo, telegraph operator of the
Canada Southern railroad, has been arrested
for tapping the wires and taking of the train
reports.
The Democrats of the Ninth Kentucky
congressional district nominated Franz
Powers for congress.
The stenographers' convention Of the
United States was in session at Harris
burg yesterday.
W. Fl. Reynolds, cashier of the Texas Elk
press company, committed suicide yesterday
1t is supposed he was short in his accounts
France and China.
PARIS, Aug. 22.-Le Paris denies that re.
enforcement has been ordered to China
The question whether France will carry tht
war into the interior, the paper says, is no
under consideration. For the present France
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