Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-09

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Attn mayors banquet in Limerick, the may
| or proposed, as the first toast. ireland Ma
| ton" which he described as a loyal toast t
| lrishman Thomas o Brien, NJ p, responding
| to the toast. praised the Lime rick corporation
for the successful resistance OF the extra police
! tax
DR.. James e. Harris physician of Indian
| apolis, who died few days ago left will d.
| recting that no funeral be held over his re-
| mains, and that his body be taken directly
from his late residence to the dissecting table.
The provisions of the will will be complied
| with.
| Afre totally destroyed Miller Bros. dry goods
house. Total loss on stock, $780, 0o0 to $500 600;
building, $4,000. Charles T. Shmidt, music
! dealer, next door, sustained loss of 81, 600.
| George s. sonntagg l. Co. hardware dealers,
| lose about SIC, 600 C. c. Tenney, hat and fur
| dealer lose 600.
! The government OF Victoria has instructed
its London agent to protest against the annex
alton Of New Guinea by Germany. 1t says il
the territory is not reclaimed and annexation OF
| the New Hebrides by France be permitted, the
| arrangement from the mother country of the
colonies will be increased.
Leopold Won Schenan was found dead in his
apartment in Baltimore recently. He was SUI
! located by gas generated by coal oil stove.
He Was the son of a general in the Saxon army.
| In the house was found q bank book with $l2,-
| 500 to his credit He has said to have received
| $500 month from Germany.
| In the French senate Meline, minister of agri-
| culture, announced that the government would
insist upon the adoption Of the clause increas-
| ing the duty on cattle, which the committee
had suppressed He promised the govern
ment would do everything i'll it's power to i'm.
prove tho position Of farmers.
! At Marquette, q fire broke out in the costly
residence Of Koratio Seymour, Jr, and before
1t was controlled the contents of two rooms,
consisting Of valuable relies of the revolution
airy war. furniture three hundred dollar
clock and valuable carpets were destroyed.
The fire WAS CAUSED by furnace pipes
The London Telegraph says: ''We under.
| stand the commander of the Australian station
has been ordered to hoist the British flag over
| the Loulslade groups OF islands, and over
Long island and Rock island, if other powers
! foreshadow an intention to annex the islands OF
shores contiguous to Australia.
Represe NATIVE Laird of Nebraska met with
severe accident while out riding New Years
day His borse slipped on the pavement and
| fell, throwing him to the ground and falling
upon him. breaking his right leg above the an
kle Physicians say he sustained a compound
! fracture of the limb.
! Delegate Brent O: Washington Territory
! slipped on the ice in Washington while walking
from the capitol few days ago, and, in falling,
! broke enc Of the small bones of an ankle. He
has been confined to his room since the acct
| dent, but hopes to be able to walk out with
the aid OF q crutch in week or two.
| J. f. Curtis, secretary Of the Pan Handle
Glass company, and one Of the prominent citi-
! zens OF Weilsburg, W. Va, made an assign
| ment His liabilities are placed at from $40,-
| OOO 10 $50, 100; assets, 100000; preferred
! claims, $40, 600. The failure creates general
surprise, and it is feared will prec pitate other
| failures
| The present winter promises to teach the cat
| tie mon of Montana severe lesson as to the
| folly of bringing unacclimated cattle into the
territory late in the season. OF the 215, 900
| ''pilgrims" estimated to have been driven into
Montana last season it is believed that no less
than 80, 700 will have persisted before the open
ing Of spring.
The earth continues to quake in the provin-
| ces of Granada and Malaga, causing enormous
destruction of life and property. 1t is estimat-
ed that during the past week no less than 900
persons have been killed. The people have ia
ken to the fields and the towns are deserted
Subscriptions have been started for the relief
of the sufferers
W. F. De Rosett and Nathan Passan engaged
in street duel recently at Redwood Tenn
| They had difficulty the day previous, and
swore vengeance. When they met on the street
they began firing at each other with shotguns
De Rossett received q load in the face and
another in all arm, and Passan was hot in the
! forehead and neck
The secretary of the navy has sent the fol-
| lowing telegram to all commandments of navy
yards: discharge all employees who have
hitherto been paid under the Six months ap-
preparation act except those required to pre-
vent the destruction OF property and loss Of
life, and all such must work without agree.
| ment for compensation"
Among the large checks that passed the Now
York clearing house was one for 1852, 039,
drawn by Joseph Pulitzer on the American
Exchange National bank, representing the
balance OF the principal and interest on the
price was $685. 900. Toe World paid cash
| dividend of 1854 600 for 1854
The Russian government has proposed a
plan for the settlement Of the Egyptian quee-
ton, which will probably be acceptable to
France viz. that the new loan be guaranteed
by all the powers at a small reduction of in
terest any surplus obtainable to be divided
among the creditors, aud that the British with
draw from Egypt on fixed date,
Near Chehallis, Wyo., William Pearson, a
strong belle YER in spirtualsn,, imagined that he
had received an order from higher power to
kill his infant child This he did with ham
mer He then informed his wife that he would
cut his throat if the wife would do the same
Both were found half-froZen and with their
threats cut, but not dead. Both will proba
bly, die.
Shocks of earthquake continue to be felt in
Jae1, Malaga, Benamargosa and Velez, Malaga.
There were several severe shocks q 1orrox
recently, destroying more buildings. The town
is completely abandoned A church at Terri
was damaged Services are now held in the
open air. Three hundred and fifty corpses
have been discovered at Orenast At Del Rey
$50 persons are suffering from injuries.
The New Year will be the ginning of new
system of counting the days by astronomers
One of the recommendations of the recent
prime meridian conference was that the astro-
nomical day should begin at midni ght, as tue
civil day does: and though the reports of the
conference are not of binding obligation on
any one, it is probable they shall be adopted
The royal astronomer Of England has signified
! his intention of setting back his clock twelve
hours, and his example will be followed by
most others.
The weather in st. Paul last Friday, I'd inst
was colder than it has been any day since Dec
rs, 1879. The minimum temperature recorded
that day was 80 deg below zero. The lowest
recorded Friday was $50 deg. below zero, a
difference of only g. deg. Christmas day, 1919
is the coolest record since the establish
uent of signal service office at St Paul.
Twice only since 1879 has The record gone be-
low 50 deg. These days were JAM ~, 1888,
and Jan. 4, 1884. On both days the signal
service Office reported a minimum temperature
Of 81. S deg. below zero.