Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-04-10

fifty men with horses and supplies to fight
Riel The horses alone cost him $1,000
Princess Dolgorouki, widow Of the late GEAR
of Russia, is living in Paris In queenly style.
The czar made excellent pecuniary provisioni
for his second family. ss.s L ! {
There is loud call from the Grit newspapers
in Canada for the prompt recall Of Lieut. Gov.
3ewdney from the Northwest, and the resigna-
ton Of Sir David Macpherson, minister Of the
interior. -,'. -.-
Mgr. Di Rende, papal nuncio at Paris, has
been appointed cardinal protector Of English
speaking Catholics at Rome. He will be the
medium of appeal to the holy SOC by English.
speaking Catholics instead OF the episcopare.
The recent failure of Bartle Goldsmith, the
London solicitor, for 81 COX, 600, has involved
his mother and sisters in complete fnancia!
ruin. The Imperial bank is heavy loser.
Extravagant habits and speculation in mining
shares caused Goldsmith downfall
About $73, 100000 has been expended in
four months on Lesseps' Panama Canal, and
only ZOO 900 out of the 102, 600, 600 meters tc
be e1cayated had been dug March 81, 1884.
At this rate the canal can, perhaps, be COM
pleted il, say eighty years, at a cost of about
81, 0O0, 600, 0OO
the Mexican government believes in Ead's
ship railway scheme sufficiently to guarantee S
per cent for fifteen years ON $25, OO0, 600 OF
stock and the free importation of coal for the
| use Of the railway and the ships. The railway
will cost $50, 0O0,0o0, and the distance across
Tehuantepec is 1872 miles.
Tracklaying on the Canadian Pacific rail-
| road, at the gap, says the Montreal Herald,
was proceeding at the rate of two and a halt
| miles day, when the work was suspended IL
order to push forward the troops by sleigha
Work was resumed few days ago, and track
laying will be finished by the 10 or ~ inst
| Lord Mayor John O'Connor is in another d.
lenma about the civic flag of Dublin. The
lord mayor being q strong nationalist, at first
! declared in public speech that if the prince
| Of Wales came to Dublin the flag would be
| lowered from the mansion house, his lordshlp's
| official residence. Then he said the flag would
| be officially flown, and now the flag has been
| stolen.
| Hostillties between Guatemala and the allied
| republics have been suspended and an arlnis-
! tice of ono months duration is announced.
| The Legislative assembly of Guatemala has an
nulled the decree promulgated by President
Barrios on Feb. Is, in whrch a union Of tho
| Central American republics was proclaimed
and Barrios was announced as, dictator and
supreme military chieftain Of all Central
| America The gold hlted sword of President
Barrios was found on the battlefield of ChaI-
chuaalpa broken. According to the latest in
telligence received here, President Barrios is
dead No particulars have been received
| A judgment of the court of review at Quebec,
composed ofJudges Casault, Caron and Bour-
gers and three Roman Catholics, has just
disposed of a dangerous pretension" on
the part of the ecclesiastical authorities.
| The case was that of one Francois l.
Henreux, whose second marriage with a
widow named Pagean had been ecclesias--
tcally annulled On the ground of spiritual
affinity" from which al episcopal dispense
ton had not been previously obtained. Hen
reux applied to the superior court to civilly
! confirm this annullnent but Judge (now chief
justice) Stuart decided the suit in favor Of the
wife, ruling that the civil code did not recog.
nize such cause of nulity as spiritual affinity
The court of review has just unanimously
| affirmed this decision.