Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-23

He was forty eight years Of age and an Office,
of the Legion Of Honor.
| Tho nephew Of Sir Alexander Campbell Of
Canals, arrested at Chicago on a charge Of
being concerned in conspiracy to rob tn,
postofice department in Canada, was take1
back to Canada.
At Birmingham, England, recently, 5,oW
persons out OF employment adopted resolu.
ton asking the corporation to furnish employ.
| ment A procession later, marched through
the streets and halted before a bakery. An ar
tisan stole a loaf Of bread, and was promptly
arrested. Violence is feared
George stickney, the detalcating treasurer o.
Union county, Oak, has turned over about ST.
500 worth Of personal property at Elk Point.
to his bondsmen, but has as yet failed to fulfill
his promise to transfer the real estate held in
! the name OF his wife and son. Stickney's
| shortages are now found to be nearly III, 7OO
The Suspension of Oliver Brothers Phil
lips, the largest iron firm in Pittsburg, ap-
pears to have been due rather to desire on
| the part OF the firm to force an extension OF
credit than to any irremediable financial en-
barrassment. The assets are generally thought
to be considerably in excess of the liabilities
According to the terms of peace agreed up
on between Corea and Japan, Corea is to pay
japan an indemnity of $7IN 600 for the n1assa-
Gro Of Japanese subjects and the burning Of
| the Japanese embassy. 4. Japanese garrison
| OF fifteen hundred men is to be permanently,
maintained at Seoul on Kin Hi Tao, capital Of
/ Corea.
The Union Insurance company OF Philadel
rhla, at the annual meeting reduced its CAPT
tai to the extent of s2oo,ooo. This action was
made necessary by losses through fraudulent
transactions of one gifts agents, Lorenzo Dim.
| ick, Of the firm of Crosby 4 Dimick, Buffalo
| who defrauded the company OF upwards 0!
s2o0,00O
| Postofices established: Dakota-De Groot!
ramsey county; Westbore, Mcpherson county.
Postofices observation-disclosures Lake, Sher-
burne county, moved to Clear Lake. Post
| masters Commissoned-Em Roweli, Antioch,
Oak, George Steas, Moorhead Iowa; 6. B. Dc
Groot, De Groot, Hamsey county, Oak. G. J.
BolIes, Westboro, Oak.
| 1t is understood that Lieut. Darlington sent
the secretary of war formal charges against
Gen. Hazen, founded upon statements recently
made by the latter to Lieut. Garlington's dis
| credit. The charges, it is said, arc conduct
unbecomlng an officer and gentleman, aud the
| specifications set forth instances OF alleged
lying and SANDER.
Bros. 4 Phillips, the greatest iron firm in the
city OF Pittsburg when I'll its connections are
considered, few about like wild fire and set
| the town wild with excitement, as such an
event was recognized as a catastrophe un-
equaled by any previous failure. 1t is impos-
sibla to guess at the liabilities of the firm
They are reported at from IS, 700, 900 to S.,
000, OCO
| Postoftices establiehed Iowa--Conroy, Iowa
county. Northumberland, Lewis and Clark
county. Postrnasters comnlissioned-Henry G.
! Hansbrough, Devils Lake, Oak. William H.
ksphart, Miller, Oak j. D. Hunter, Webster
City, Iowa, Mary Demling, Virginia City, Mont
Douglas, Hickory, Iowa; c. S Douglas, Fonta-
ma, Wis. J. c. Englebert, Conroy, Iowa; 8.
Wilson, Rimini, Mont
| Ella Wheeler Wilcox, not long ago Meriden's
poetess- bride, thus expresses herself under
the shadow of coming event, desired by the
| sex feminine 81 want her to be fine looking,
| healthy tender, brainy and capable Of attract
ing mon without loving them Women should
! be in love with the world and be able to meet
its responsibilities, to find charm in the 60
ciety OF many instead of in the companionsh1p
Of any one man."
! In the criminal court at Milwaukee, Dallere
Desarmiers, the alleged Catholic Missionary
from Canada. who was convicted during the
present term of crinllnally assaultng little
| girl, was up for aentence Desarmiers asked
the privilege of making statement, which the
| court granted After mumbllng over q few
| inautlible remarks, however, he broke down,
and was tkereupon sentenced to two years Of
hard labor at tho house of correction.
Secretary Teller has caused a thorough ex-
animation Of the complicated question of
! titles to the lands upon which the Irish immi-
| grant colonies are situated i'll Minnesota. The
matter was brought to his attention by Bishop
! Ireland and has been looked after carefully by
Maj. Strait The land Office finds that the
titles to those lands are inextricabIy confused,
and nothing can be done by the interior de-
partment to settle them. Legislation will be
necessary by congress.
| A shocking crime occurred at Frankford- on.
the Main recently. A police commissi oner
I named Rumpff. who has been active in tho
prosecution of socialists, was found dead in
! front of his own house. stabbed in two places
| The assassin is unknown. A reward Of $3.50
is offered for the discovery OF the murderer
The dagger with which the deed was commit
ted twice penetrated the heart. AS there was
no robbeey. it ia presumed that vengeance was
! the motive of the crime
At a dance at Sand Creek, Black Hills, Jack
Curry, Alex Black and Troy Mitchell began to
have fun by shooting out the lights, when Jim
Davis got his Winchester and winged two Of
| them. Curry got away, butnext morning went
to Davis, armed with Winchester to XIII Jim.
| Both 1uen drew down and fired, but missed
Currys gun would not dichargo the shell, and
he turned and ran, Davis firing after him till a
ball crashed through hisright sholder. Mitch
ellis wound will prove fatal.
In the reichstag, during the discussion Of a
bill for law for the protection Of working
men, Bismarck declared it was impossible to
establish normal working day, and askes how
workingmen could be unidentified for hours Of
labor thus lost He said employers would be
unable to indemnify their men without conduct
ing their business at loss. A normal work.
ing day would, he said, involve reduction Of
| wages, and even if feasible, it would be neces-
sary to erect Chinese wall around Germany
to prevent the importation Of foreign produc-
! tons.
The river and harbor committee had an ALL
day session, with decidedly unforeseen and
gratifying results for the Northwest The COM
mittee appropriated $35 OOD Of the $5O,OOO
asked to complete the Winnebagoshish dams,
soc, 600 for the improvement of the Missis-
sippi, from St Paul down to the Des Moines
rapids, and $500, 00O for the Hennepin canal
For the latter object $50o,CC0 was asked. and
the committee, after neglectlng the item for q
year, was expected, from current expressions
of opinions to refuse Its admission into the bill
At West Side, Iowa. the sheriff demanded of
the assignee of the Exchange bank and assis-
tant cashier that the! open the vault door in
the bank, that he might obtain some papers he
had attached, and, on their refusal, the sheriff,
assisted by a blacksmith, dug hole through
the side OF the vault, got in and secured the
assets of the bank, which consisted of few
basketfuls of paper and worthless notes to the
amount of about s., 0CO, AID lot Of notes left
there for collection. The prospects are that
the creditors of the bank will getabout 10 cents