Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-04
Tele4raphic Summary.

Mn. Catherine N. Singer died in Brooklyn
Il Monday Mrs. Singer was the first wife Of the
i late Isaac M Singer, inventor Of the Singer
t sewing machine He died leaving $14 ,000, COO
/ but Mrs Singers name was not mentioned in
/ his will She had been divorced twenty four
/ years ago 5S5#$
IN New York last week 329 Of the 9, 169 fires
1 were accidental; /; ,496 resulted from careless
ness; 50 from defective Anes; i21 from mis-
t chievousness, g from maliciOnsness, and 20
| from incsntharies. The origin Of 119 fires was
i not ascertained sit sy $55s L 3
John A. Van, rich, well known Cincinnatian,
has been missing three months He is . son
of John Van, the range manufacturer, step
father of Marie Van, the Cincinnati prima dom
( da, now IN Paris. II is now thought he has
been fonlly dealt with. L. i.
Henry Gilig Of London gave banquet Tues
day evening in honor OF a. A. Sargent, ex-
/ United States minister to Berlin Ex- Senator
! Ferry of Michigan. Justin Mccarthy, e. A
| Merritt consul general to London, Bronson
Howard, Gen. Noyes, ex-U United States minister
| to Paris, Puleston, the banker, and others were
I present. Gillig proposed a toast to Sargent
/ who replied avoiding reference to Berlin, but
expressed admiration for England Senator
/ Ferry, in q speech, said American sympathy
4 for Gordon was equal to English sympathy for
! Garfield. Ex-United States Attorney Tenny Of
| Brooklyn said Sargent had done his duty, and
sailed for America on Saturday. 81 iGs
Albertna Anderson was shot at San Francis
CO by William G. Milton, who then blew his
| own brains out The cause was her refusal to
merry him.
Andrew Long, the wife murderer, was taken
from Jail at Iona, Mich, and conveyed to Muir
| for preliminary examination The people
took him from the officers and got a rope
| around his neck. The officers by desperate
| struggle rescued him, q
A large painting Of Mrs. President Polk, pre-
sented by the ladies Of Tennessee, has been hung
t in the green room of the White House.
William A. Cook appeared before the Spring
er committee and characterized certain state
ments made concerning hin, by George Bliss as
studied, deliberate falsehoods, malignant in
ventions and perjury. %.a .,..~=
Postoffice bullitin: Postmasters Commits
sioned-Hans o. HauknesH, Albert Lea, MINI. !;
John Kellogg Reedsburg, Wis; AlexanderJ J.
Reid, Appleton, Wis. Trevanion N. Berlin,
Castle Rock, Mimi. New Of1ices-Humphre
! Wyant Bloomvilie, Lincoln county, Wis.
James A. Winston of the clerks office at
|
man, of the department. of justice, in the exam
ination of ex- Marshal Wheclers accounts, tes-
titled before the Springer committee, but pre-
sented no new facts. He places the amount Of
fraudulent charges made by Wheeler at some
thing more than $4,000.
The president holds that the Legislative pow
er of congress should not be interfered with
except for constitutional reasons and to pro-
tect the treasury. 1t has been his inclination
to veto the Porter BILL as he feels that its pas
! sage is reflection upon the official act of his
| predecessor, who was o member OF the court,
but he does not think he should nse the veto
| for this reason alone.
There Was great excitement in oil circles at
Pittsburg, Pa, occasioned by the failure Of
Tomas J. Watson, the heaviest dealer on the
floor OF the exchange. He has been heavily
| short for some weeks and this forenoon was
unable to fulfill contract for the delivery of
77,OC0 barrels. His shortage was $il 600.
Yale conferred the degree Of LID. upon
Gov. Hoadly Of Ohio, and Ellis H. Roberts,
editor of the Utica IN. " Herald
The Troy Standard editors were fined 500
each Saturday, for libel in declaring that
| Lawrence Sheary, the superintendent of streets,
has been stealing money from laborers.
| Inc LlECeu ElOGel GSSOClhIAOu oL iou LOUIS
has made au assignment to James L. Huse for
the benefit of creditors The assets and liza
bilities are not stated. The association is COM
J. Fl. Chassang
| The T. J. Nottingham Supply company, Of
Cincinnati, manufacturers of brass goods, iron
pipe, etc, has assigned. Liabilities, $26,0oo;
assets, $4,000
Andrew J. o'Den Of East Troy, Wis, wns
arrested at Geneva Lake, Wis, on Monday, the
23d, charged with an attempted outrage on
Miss Susie Ingalls, of that village. The allega-
tions are that Miss Ingalls, was staying with
Mr. ODelrs people, near East Troy, and that
Sunday night young O'Dell attempted the base
deed. The girls cries were heard by Andrew
with an ak -helve and went to the room. The
son took the heIye from his father and heat him
over the head The elder O'Dell died Tuesday
the Oath. The son is now in jail ut Elkhorn..
Sunday morning the 2ad, two Italians, giving
the names of Marco and Palidino, were arrest
ed at La Crosse on suspicion, An officer came
and took them to Chicago. They are suspect
| ed Of having robbed q countryman in Balt-
more Of $500 in money and property. :"
| Intelligence received from, Nizhue, Novgorod
confirms the reports of conflict between
| Christians and Jews at that place last Thurs
| day. rumor was circulated to the effect that
| a. Jew had kidnapped Christian child and tak-
en- it to the synagogue A mob attacked the
synagogue. and killed ninety-six Jews, while
many others were roughly handled. Much
damage was done to houses Of Jews, many be-
ing plundered. The police aud o few detach-
ments Of Coasack infantry succeeded i'm restor-
! ing order and t5D arrests were made.
| Moody says his revival campaign in London
| has been eminentlv successful Something like
400 meetings were held in eleven districts, at
which laislon and q half persons were pres
ent. All classes of society were reached and in
! huenced The number Of persons converted
will reach into the thousands, among them sew
eral pronounced sceptics. Two large halls are
now in process of building at Stratford and
| Wadsworth to continue The work begun there.
The cost of the mission is e15, coo. Moody
expects to sail with his family and Pentecost
and Stebbins for New York on the steamship
! Oregon, which leaves Liverpool July IL
| The president received the resignation of
/ Judge Drummona, Of the Seventh judicial cir
cult, and directed Attorney General Brewster
to accept it Judge Drummond writes that
having reached the age of seventy-fiye, and
being enfeebled by his years, he desires to avail
himself Of tho privileges of the law which
/ entities him to retirement from the bench, and
asks the president to nominate his successorat
his earliest conveniencs. There is very little
4 doubt Of the appointment Of Postmaster Cen
eral Gresham as Drumnlond's successor
. The Ohio democratic state convention elected
as delegates to Chicago Gen. Durbiss Ward,
| Allen G. Thurman, John R Mclean and Jacob
| Mueller. The following were elected as alter
mates at large, by acclamation; q. D Marsh,
Dave Flanagan, W: ". Howard and Thomas :
| Wetzler Gen. a. " Rice and r. E. Powell
were selected by acclamation as electors A
| state ticket was named as follows: Secretary