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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19
Casualty Record.

Cape Breton, N. c., lost 100000 by a
great storm.
The S. Y. Beach Paper company's mill at
Seymour, Ct, was burned. Loss $1S,OOO
insurance, $4,000. -.
James Knudson a prosperous farmer oil
Badger township, was killed by lightning
recently at Leon, Iowa.
By a collision on the Schylkill Valley
Railroad, Daniel Wayne, Jones Cleaver,
and VIM. Drinkhouse, We're killed.
In storm at Omaha, four-story brick
building belonging to H. c. Linquist, in
course Of erection and just ready for the
roof, was blown to the ground; damage $40, :
600. :.s ~ -.
The small pox scourgeis assuming alarm
ing proportions at Shenandoah, Iowa. The
local authorities got into squabble about
quarantine and "a number OF persons, all
broken out with small pox, were allowed to
WALK the streets. a~.1
The largest torpedo ever used in an oil
well was exploded in the Hortine 4 Crary
well in the Tiona Oil field, near Mtusville,
Pa, recently. It contained 1000 pounds
of nitro glyeerine. Though the shot was
down in the earth over one-q OF
mile, the force OF the explosion was felt at
the surface. The well will be Of the average
size OF wells in the Tiona, district.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19
New British Ministry.

Mr.. Gladstone announced in the house OF
commons that he had resigned office that
the queen had accepted his signatiol, and
that her majesty had informed him that she
had summoned the marquis OF Salisbury,
the leader Of the opposition in the house Of
lords, to Balmoral for the purpose OF Ell.
trusting him with the formation OF IL now
ministry.
In the house OF Lords Lord Granville
made an announcement Of the resi- Snation
OF the ministry, similar to that of Mr..
Gladstone in the commons. and said he
hoped the ouse would abandon all ordin.
airy business.
The Parnelite members parliament have
begun comforting with leading Conservatives
with regard to the government Of Ireland.
Mr.. Parnell and his followers strongly urge
the Tories to adopt the nome rule measure
for Ireland stating that the advocacy ofsuch
a step by the Conservatives would com
pletelv dish the Liberals.
The pronptness with which the queen &C
cepts the resignation OF the Gladstone min
istry is subject Of general comment.
The Standard thinks that in theme min
istry the earl oi Carnarvon will be foreign
secretary, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach secre-
tarv for war, and William Henry Smith,
first lord Of the admiralty. 1t also thinks
that Lord Randolph Churchill will be offer
cd d high post, but that it is not likely to be
that OF secretary for Ireland.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19
The vale of Cashmere in India, Whi{

The vale of Cashmere in India, which
has been devastated by s1n earthquake,
is renowned in history as one of the
loveliest and most fertile provinces in
the world. The city Of Serinagur, the
capital Of the province, sometimes
called Kashmir, is in the valley, and
has been noted for ages as the Venice
of Asia, from its innumerable canals.
Its great mosque would hold 10000
worshipers. It's gardens and lakes
were the gems Of Asia The city was
the center OF the celebrated cashmere
shawls. The climate, scenery, fertili-
ty, healthfulness and freedom from
serpents, insect pests, and dangerous
animals, and the peacefuiness ofsthe
people have made Cashmere the para
disc of the east It is walled in and
defended by lofty and wondrously
beautiful mountain ranges, abundant
" 1watered by STREAMS, lakes and a
great river, and for many years it ex-
listed as. q kingdom iii peace and Sc,
.curity because Gifts isolated position
The province IS thickly inhabited, end
it is probable that the loss fife has
been great.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19

One million, seven hundred and forty
thousand dollars worth ofstate bonds
have been issued in Connecticut at
three per cent, and are selling slightly
above par. 1t is an Indication OF the
great amount OF unemployed capital,
and also of the depressed condition OF
most manufacturing interests at pres
emit. But on the other hand it is an
unmistakable and very gratifying ill.,
dication also, of the uneXceptlonal
credit of the state of Connecticut; no
reputation OF debts in her records.
Only the United States government has
a better showing. No European coun-
try, not Great Britain, nor France,
Germany, Russia, nor Italy, nor Aus
tria have SO good.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19

A singular divorce has lately been
granted at Galena. A respectable
young lady was engaged to be married
to a young man but would not marry
until he was ready to take her to a.
home of her own In due time he said
he had the home provided, and they
were married. After the ceremony the
man coo]ly stated that he had resort
ed to subterfuge to get her, that he
had secured no house of his own and
that they must go to boarding. The
bride, incensed at the treatment she
had received, refused absolutely to live
with her husband until he procured a
home for her, as he had promised, and
the latter left her about an hour after
his marriage, since which time the
couple have not lived together. The
Judge said that the case was one Of
the most remarkable ever brought be-
fore him, and that the circumstances
We're such, as testified by the plaintiff,
combined with the fact that the hus-
band had failed to appear, that he
could not withhold q divorce.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19

by patent Of creation, August, 1880; earl
OF Salisbury, May, 1905; Viscount Gran
boune, August, 1904; Baron Cecil May,
1903; and he is also co-heir to the barony
OF Ogle. He represents Robert Cecil,
youngest son Of the well known Lord Bur
leigh, who was secretary OF state near the
end OF Queen Elizabeth's reign and, con-
tinued in that office by James l., retainedit
until his death, in1612. The present mar
| quis was born in 1904 younger son. He
was a member of the house OF commons
from 1858 to 1868, when, his elder brother
dying, he succeeded his father in the famility
honors and estates. In 1856 he was secre~
tary for India in the Derby administration,
but retired from office in 1867. When
Disraei introduced his reform BILL
which gave household suffrage he Oh
jecting strenuously to that progressive
measure. After this, he assailed Disrael
bitterly III a series Of articles in the Tory
Quarterly Review. Notwithstan this,
in 1874 he consented to take office under
Disraeli, to the surprise OF the public, as
secretary OF state for India. When the
complications arose between Russi;, and
Turkey, at the close OF the Turko-Servian
war in 1876, Salisbury was sent as special
emassador to the Sublime Porte. He ar
| ranged for the conference of the powers at
Constantinople, and proposed an inter-
national supervision ofproposed reforms in
the Turkish provinces. The porte rejected
the proposition, and Salisbury went home.
In 1878 he was appointed secretary Of state
for foreign affairs in the place Of Lord
Derby, who had resigned; and in that ca
pacity he wrote the dispatch announcing the
policy OF the British government as to the
! Eastern question and Constantinople, and
soon after went with Disraeli to the Berlin
conference to pluck the Turkish spoils from
Russia's hands and halt the Russian ban
ners in sight OF Constantinople. For his
services at Berlin the queen invested Sails
bury with the order Of the Garter. After
the Tory defeat i'll 1880, Salisbury was. ;1H
| a meeting OF the Tory peers chosen to lead
their party in the house oflorels. Salisbury
is man Of splendid education, and is con-
sidered good speaker. lie is lingo, and
has declared very elnphaticallv that it
would be atrocious cowardice for the Brit.
ish government to evacuate Egypt or yield
Afghanistan to Russia.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19
Deaths Ia the Civil War,

Twenty years have passed since the close
oi the civil war, and now, at last, careful
official record OF the number of deaths that
occurred in the Onion army has been made.
a little more than twelve months ago, on
the I'd OF June, 1884, Gen. Drum directed
Mr.. J. W. Kirkley, an experienced statisti-
clan OF the adiutant general office, to begin
| the compilation OF this record, with the aid
OF ten clerks. A minute and exhaustive ex-
ploration of all attainable documents has
now produced a table Of statistics which
far surpasses in completeness anything
on the subject hitherto existing.
To state the grand result at the outset,
the table shows a total OF 1883 deaths OF
commissioned officers and 349, 913 deaths
OF enlisted men, making an aggregate 1885,
496 deaths among the Union forces. The
period included in the record u.s. for the reg
ular troops, the interval between April Is,
| 1861, and Aug. 1, 1865; for q portion OF
the volunteers it is prolonged beyond the
latter date until the muster out OF each or
ganization. Yet, careful as the examination
OF the records has been, one lack renders it
still lar from complete. The death
REGISTERS OF some OF utle largest prisons at
the South, used for the confinement OF
Union soldiers, are missing. For the
prisons at Americus, Atlanta, Augusta,
Charleston, Lynchburg, Macon, Marietta,
Mobile, Montgomery, Savannah, Shreve-
port and Tyler the registers have not been
secured at all, and the Importance Of these
prisons is well known. Only partial records
| were had from the prisons at Cahawba, Col
umbia, Florence, S. G., Mi]len and Salisbury.
There have1been ways, it is true, of partly
working up these deficiencies; but on the
other hand, as Quarternaster General
Meigs, cited by Mr.. Kirkley, has shown, in
many Southern pris ons three orr four corpses
OF Union prisoners were sometimes buried
in the same trench, and the number fgraves
only imperfectly indicates the number Of
dead. Even in this most imperfect record
the number OF Union soldiers known to have
died in captivity was close upon 80, 000-in
exact figures, 29,49S. The late investiga-
ton, we may add has increased about one
sixth the records Of death among Union pris-
oners.
Taking Mr.. Kirkley' S tables, we derive from
them the following general results:
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19
THE NEWS SUMMARIZED.
Bob 1.xersor and Secretary Lamar.

A~~~ sSAA$A ~~e>~s~~s
A good and perhaps true story is told OF
Col. Ingerson and Secretary Lamar. Bob
called at theinterior department., and asked
to see the secretary. 1.-THE secretary is oc-
cupied, sab, wild members and senator's
only. Won't see anybody else just
now, sah,'' said the colored messen-
ger at the door. Bob waited for mo-
ment, with his hands in his pockets. Then
he pulled out a half dollar and dropped
it into the ianitor's hands, after giving a few
whispered instructions in manner similar
to Col. Sellers and his jury men. A moment
later the messenger walked into the secre-
tary's room, where a large number OF sena-
tors and members were assembled, and adj
dressed the secretary: ~
Mr.. Secretary, Mr.. Bob Ingersoll am at
&c doah. He tole me he understands that
dis am de time when yon won't see any but
members and senatahs, as tole him sew
eral times, and he wants to know when you
receive 'gentlemens.
''show the colonel in, said thesecretary.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19
General News,

Ex-Gov. Hale of New Hampshire thinks
that with an extension he can pay all his
debts ~
The Ninth Massac husetts volunteers have
just placed in position a regimental nlonu-
ment on the ba tile field OF Gettysburg
In the libel suit brought by Edward Rose
water, editor of the Omaha Bee. against the
proprietors OF the Omaha Republican, who
have published q charge that he was a Con
federate spy and traitor during the war, the
jury brought in q verdict OF $500 damages
TO the plaintiff. .'
jerome B.. Gable has been reappointed
superintendent Of the Rocky Mountain
division OF the Northern Pacific, and F. w.
Gilbert, the present superintendent, trans
ferred to the Cascade division, extending
from Pasco Junction to North Yakima,
Washington Territory.
Veterinary Surgeon Stalker OF Des Moines.
Iowa. has returned from Decatur county,
where he had gone to investigate a reputed
case Of hydropho bia. He found seven cat
tie dead, and a post norton examination
revealed the fact that they had died Of
rabies. Several dogs that were known to
have been bitten were killed, butt is known
that others that had been injected had es,
capped S3.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19

The Supreme Court Of Wisconsin de-
cides that child at school cannot be
compelled to- carry wood TO the school
stove The court held that carrying
wood is not q legitimate feature of IL
system OF public instruction. 1.-THE
requirement that school children shall
bring up wood" it says, "has nothing
to do with the education aof child.
1t is nothing but manual labor, pure
and simple, and has no relation to
mental development. If a child can
be compelled to bring up wood, he can
be made to saw and split it before it is
brought up; he can be compelled to
bring it to the school yard and throw
it in the basement, can be made to
clear the sidewalk OF snow, wash the
windows or do any other mental work
about the school house and grounds. -
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19
The State of Trade.

Bradstreet's journal, in it's commercial
summary Of last Saturday, says: The gen
orally unfavorable conditions affecting
trade reported by Bradstreets last week
continue unpleasantly prominent. The
volume OF merchandise moving so far as
data concerning it are obtainabIe is light as
compared with like periods in preccd-
ing years. The accumulation OF surplus
funds at the banks at leading business CEN
tiers East and West shows no signs OF the
beginning OF permanent check. The in.
dustrial stagna ton among the Western iron
mills is no nearer a settlement except in
that two more mills have accepted the
terms of the Anlalgamated association and
gone to work. The dry goods market
presents no encouraging features. The
enforced idleness among the iron mills
in the West has resulted in a some
what better feeling in merchant iron
at various points, though no large
sales are reported. The condition OF the
anthracite coal trade is less gratifying, the
competition between carrying companies
being SO intense as to result in the invasion
OF the Philadelphia market by the Delaware
d Hudson coal which sold below the market.
The movement OF grocery staples has been
restricted, with sugar easier and coffee low
er. Dairy products are active and higher.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court
has decided, following the action Of
other courts of high authority, that
the sale or purchase Of a life insurance
policy is illegal and void, even when
made in good faith and with the knowl.
edge and approval Of the company
Such transactions, it is held, are con
trary to public policy and the just
principles oflife insurance, and amount
in reality to gambling on the duration
OF human life.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19
Taking Mr.. Krkley' S tables, we derive from,
them the following general results:
Totals. 34e,912 1853, 400

Totals. 5S4 $40 ,912 $50 496
The table gives the statistics for Mime
sofa, Iowa and Wisconsin as follows:
Minnesota-Killed in action, 81 officers,
273 men; died OF wounds, IL officers, 200
men; died by disease, rs officers, 1861
men; aggregate, 1892; prisoners died of
wounds, IL officers; 159 men; grand aggre
gate, 1854.
Iowa-Killed in action, 119 officers. L.
946 men; died Of Wounds II officers, l,254
men; died OF disease, 100 officers, s,39S
men; prisoners died OF wounds, II officers,
80 men; prisoners died OF disease, Z officers,
sos men; aggregate, l3,0Ol.
Wisconsin-killed in action, 115 officers,
2,27O men, died Of wounds, II officers, !, '
27O men; died OF disease, lOl officers. 1868
men; prisoners died OF wounds, officers,
II men; prisoners died Of disease, 4 officers,
600 men, aggregate, l2,3Ol.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19
thor1ty on forestry, died at Lowville. Levitt
-cnrnti1 N e on The 1th inst. I.

thor1ty on forestry, died at Lowville, Lewil
county, n. r, on the 11th inst.
It is said that Miss Phoebe Couzin's i
solid at the White House and that J ohm
ny Glover cannot get her father bounced
from the marshalship at St. Louis.
Gallant old Gen. Sherman is making his
annual delightfully."- hattering speeches to
s'sweet girl graduates" and he is kissing the
prettiest Of them, too, as usual.
Senator Hawley, accompanied by Mr.. W.
81. Goodrich, his partner in the Hartford
Courant, will sail for Europe in the Britain
mic on June FL, for visit OF about two
months. ~
Rev. Edwin Paxton Hood, pastor OF the
Independent chapel, Falcon square, London,
and author OF many religious, historical
and other works, is dead. He was sixty
five years old
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19

Secretary Bayard addressed thestu-
dents of Kansas University on -''indi-
viduality," and spoke Of the despotism
Of majorities as one Of the weaker
points OF the system OF the United
States, that must be counteracted by
the power OF individuality.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19

Rev. DR.. Allen of the Freedman's Aid
Society states, that colored babies are
much more plentiful than white ones
in this country. Ii the present rate OF
increase is maintained, by 1885 there
will be 1872 100000 negroes and only
9e,OOO,OOO whites in this country.
This is the doctors estimate, made
after careful computation.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19

Another bank officer in New York
has taken $3.50, 900 and fled to Can
ada. He was supposed to be a model
young man and therefore was not
watched, as others were who were not
presumed to be in the model line.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19
I Personal News Notes.

J. III. Rutter, president Of the New York
Central, dies at IrEington, N. y
There have been runners in Brook1y n that
James Med ermott, the alleged British spy;
is dead. tssf
Or. Franklin B. Tough, the eminent au-
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19
Minnesota Episcopal Diocesan Council.

At the annual council OF the diocese o
Minnesota, at Faribault, Rev. L. T. Cole
was reelected secretary and Rev. A. D
Stow assistant, II. P. Hoppin reelected
treasurer, and +. II. Holbrook, Jr., Creasu1>
er of the Episcopate fund.
The committee to whom was referred the
matter Of relief of the bishop reported the
following resolutions:
Resolved, That the commit tc recommend
to the council the election OF an assistant
bishop, and that the bshopbe requested to
call Il special council, at such place us he
may select for this purpose, not later than
Nov. /, 1885.
The diocesan board Of missions was ap'
pointed by the bishop, rs follows:
Rev e. S. Thomas, Rev +. {. Dill. Rev
NJ. n. Gilbert. Rrv. \. Il. Graves, Hon. J
Atwater, W. B. Folds, +. L. Bowen, r. T.
Warner, and the treasurer of the diocese ex
o1icio.
The standing committee was reelected
with the exception of Hon. II. T. Wells
who declined to serve. The committee is as
follows: Rev. +. S. Thomas, Rev G. r.
Whipple, Rev. T. B. Wells, Hon. James Gil
tillan, Hon. L. Atwater, Hon. Winthrop
Young. The report OF the deans
was read; and, upon recommends
ton, the convocations reduced to three
AAiS Dt9i'p 11lNiA '"PEClI''NA Wv ~ "''H
as follows: Rev. F. j. Hawlry, Northern
convocation; Rev. f. S. Thomas. Contra
convocatiou; Rev. G. c. Tanner, Southern
conyocation. The bishop announced the
following commit tees
On Indian Schoo7s--Rev. E. $. Thomas
Rev. J. a. Gifllan, Rey. E. S. Peake, DR.. J
w. Daniels and Hon. Gordon f. Cole.
On Systematic Giving-Rov. N. \. Gilbert
Rev. G. Il. Poole, Rev. A. r. Graves, AND
Iessrs. \. w. Lathrop and W. 3. Folds
The commit tee nominated the following Ctii
GERS and trustees OF the corporation:
President. Rt. Rev. II. &. Whipplc, bishop
OF the diocese secretary, W. 5. Folds, Min
nca polls; treasurer Mr.. Merriam, st. Paul
trustees, Charles Horton, Winona, one year
E. T. Wilder. Red Wing, three years; Gordon
E. Cole, Faribault, four years; !. Atwater
Minneapolis, five years; James Gillian, ST.
Paul, six years.
The resolutions OF incorporation were
read and adopted. A motion was made
and carried that the next council be held at
Gethsenane church, Minneapolis, the second
Wednesday in June, 1886.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19
The New Premier Of England.

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil
whom Queen Victoria has summoned to
form q new cabinet, holds four degrees OF
rank in the peerage Marquis OF Salisbury,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19
After the weeks spent in debating the
high license question theL Legislature Of
Michigan has finally defeated both Of
the bills before it. ~. -. 49,.

1t is said that the greater part OF
the territory included in Oregon, is q
region unknown, remote and compare
lively uncivilized. i
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19
Arrest Of Noted Counterfeiter.

Alonzo Puget, one OF the best known
counterfeiters in the country, was arrested
by United States Marshal Gross sand De.
tective Bauer at Versailles, My. Puget has
produced some Of the most deceptive cur.
rency ever issued. He began operating in
New York sixteen years ago, and he
has since turned out his spurious coin
IN nearly every state in the Union.
He was the head of the notorious Crabtree
gang, and was reported killed when
most OF it's members were captured in 1876.
Ills work was afterward recognized by ex-
perts, and Puget was not found until a few
days ago, when it was learned that he was
living IN a lonely hut near Versailles. The
officers, arrested him as he was leaving home
in buggy. A hundred tools Of the finest
pattern were captured, with dies Of treasury
notes that have given most trouble to the
banks. Puget has been recently calling him.
self Fuzen. He is sixty-fve years old and
looks decrepit, though active and strong.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19

The postofffce at the national capt. oil,
both on the house and senate side, are kent
open the year round. The clerks in the
house Office say they handle about four
thousaed letters daily. Many oof these are
forwarded to congressman at their homes
and other places. Sam Randall receives
the largest mail, althd ugh Speaker Carlisle
is not lar behind. ss s IN rs
The city Touring mil at Knoxville. burn.
ed. Loss $500, 600. So