Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-02-20

er Of Gen. BufOrd, and slayer of Judge Elliott
Of the court of appeals, died Friday morning at
the Anchorage, Ky, lunatic asylum, after q
long illness and chronic diseases. Buford snot
an adverse decision against Col Buford's
sister, in case involving considerable
property After most sensational trial Bu-
ford was sdjudged lunatic and sent to the
asylum, from which place he escaped, going
across the river to Indiana, where he lived abou'
year hunting and tishing the asylum officials
being unable under the law to take him back
to Kentucky. Without friends or money, Ruford
grew sick, and finally was forced by want to &C
back to the asylum. His brother Abe committed
suicide some months ago.
Mrs. Lizzie sibert dropped dead in Bloom
ington, Ind, church.
At Hallidaysberg, Pa, DR.. L. N Beach was
hanged for wife murder.
William Harrington died near New Orleans
the 9Th inst, aged 100 years.
Milwaukee merchants protest against New
York's attempt to abolish interior ports of en-
try.
President Adams informs Secretary Teller
hat the Union Pacific is ready with cash for
settlement with tho government
The banking house of Harris & James, Of
Ste. Genevieve, Me-, has made an assignment
Liabilities 1000; assets, 100000
The Dakota legislature has sent memorial
asking for division. It reached tho senate a
month too late. In the house it falls on bar
rem ground
1t is learned that the sentence of the court
martial in Col Morrows case is that he be rep
rimanded by the secretary of war and that he
retain his present grade for two years. The
will be referred to the president for final
action
Ex-Alderman Wilson, one of Winnipeg g most
prominent citizens, has been arrested, charged
with appropriating 81 coo trust money to his
own use. The money was from the estate OF
Dan Mills, until late doing business in Minno-
apohs.
On the1s Of March last year there were 81
saloons in operation in different portions OF
Minneapolis The number of licensed saloons
at present is only 278, showing falling Off OF
nearly one half under the dead-liue and high
license ordinance enacted last summer at the
suggestion of Mayor Pillsbury.
Never before in the history Of the marine
world have 80 many steamships and sailin {
vessels been SO long overdue as at the present
bound to New York port which have not YET
been spoken or otherwise heard from. Ihe
majority of them should have arrived
many days ago and some fortnight ago.
Recorder Smythe of New York sentenced Miss
Jennie Elmore to five years in the penitentiary
for forgery. The woman eloped from Minneap-
oils with a man who is described rs gam
bier He had poor luck in this city and illtreat-
aIb po lin {ci,
story, induced her by threats to take forged
checks for small amounts and pass them to Sc
cure food
Startling revelations have been made regard
ing the British war establishment when the
troops were inspected recently many thousand
men were found to exist merely ON paper.
Regiments which were reported at their full
complement proved to be mere skeletons, and
cooks,- servants and camp followers wert
hastily crowded into the ranks to satisfy the
inspectors.
Five men were asphyxiated in q Chicago sow.
er. Four were dead when brought up and an
other died soon afterward The names of the
dead are Michael Laski, Joseph Gill, James
Grady, Daniel Curtis and Mathew Mason. All
were married except Gill. The survivors say
their first lntination that anything was wrong
was when Gill dropped dead
0. Rolette. Jr., and Charles Bouttneau are
here with delegation of chefs and head mon
of the Chippewas, and recently Moose Dung
and other Fed Lake chiefs came in from the
West They say their errand is to notify the
government that they will not treat with the
United States or seed foot of ground unless
they are protected by military force, if nee
essary, from the inroads of white men. The
Turtle Mountain chiefs for some reason object
to Encouragement Of the DEVILS Lake lane
district
Maj Gen. William Earle, c. 8. L, who wa.
killed at BERT, recently, entered the British
army in 1851, and reached the rank of major
general in 1880 He served with the Forty
ninth regiment through the Crimean war; and
participated in the battles of Alma and Inker-
&c, and the result of the Redan. In the Brit
ish campaign in Egypt against the army of
Arab Pasha, Gen. Earle was in command Of
the lines OF communication, and rendered ex-
cellent service
A number OF unpublished lettors of Lord
and Lady Byron have been offered for sale al
public auction. In one letter Lady Byron
writes: "Lord Byron married me with the
deepest determination of revenge, which he
avowed on the day of our marriage, and which
he executed ever since with systematic and in
creasing cruelty. There are other letters in
the same strain: also correspondence of Lady
Byron with Augusta, the poets sister refer
ring to family differences. The letters sug-
gest nothing to support the scandalous charges
of Mrs. Harriet Beecber Stowe.
The Wisconsin senators have asked time in
executive session to look over the papers in
the charges against Marshal Botkin of Montana.
Senator Cameron says he will vote for Mr..
rio ho io ofo1
the Judiciary committees report is in accord
ance with the facts. Senator Lapham of New
York is pushing Mr.. Kriedlers confirmation,
and after due courtesy to the Wisconsin sena-
tors expects the senate to vote for MI. Kreid-
ler. It should go into history, by the way. that
Kreidler was not Gov. Crosby's candidate He
had another man in view for the place, but the
president knew Kreidler's efficiency and select
ed him.
Some days ago Miss Cox, residing near
Okone, West Va, was seized with neuralgia of
the bowels Il. A physician administered dose
Of morphine. Shortly after the girl apparent
night Of the girls burial dogs in the vicinity
visited the graveyard and made SO much noise
that the people talked, and it was decided to
open the grave. A sickening spectacle was re-
vealed. The girl had revived after burial, and
q frightful struggle followed She had torn
HeA CAOsuSS AiUIA ueE oOuy anu ripped tne1n ~
shreds. The flesh hung in strips from her
arms, lip was nearly bitten of and nearly all
her hair had been pulled from her head The
family are nearly mad with grief w..
The diaries Of til Greeley. party have beer
open five days for inspection at tho signal Of
fee, and are now closed They were written
for Gen. Hazen's reading and not to be pub
lished, but the charges that were made against
Lieut. Greedy made it necessary to make them
public. Brainerd and Connell have declined
opening their journals to the public; not be-
cause they contain anything that would be I'M
pleasant but that they have proprietary RICH,
to them which they desire to use to their own
advantage. The general verdict in Washington
is that Greedy has been fully exonerated. Tt.