Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-02-06
it is remarkable that many were not killed

Ro1anna, his wife, aged forty, and that Mary
j., the daughter, aged twenty. George ".
Druse, aged ten, and Frank Gates, her neph-
ew aged fourteen were Il de 4n pfeSen'
Detectives returned to Boston from Detroit,
Mich, having in custody ex-Gov. Moses of
South Carolina, wanted in Cambridge for OBJ
tanning money by false pretenses from Col I.
w. Higginson. Moses obtained $34 from Col
Higginson by representing himself as law
yer named Byram, who had been robbed while
returning from Canada The prisoner was
committed to Jail
The Irish newspapers denounce the outrage
in vigorous terms The Freeman rs Journal says:
Only one feeling prevails throughout Ireland
regarding the iendlsh crimes, and that ls deep.
earnest sympathy with those injured, and nc
less than the earnest wish that the diabolical
authors may be brought to justice. Any man
with touch Of human feeling must regret the
escape of the miscreants.
In the court Of appeals in London a decision
was handed down in the case Of Charles Brld-
laugh on his appeal from the decision OF the
divisional court refusing him new trial ID the
| case viii, the government won against HIM
for taking his seat Of commons without taking
the oath The court of appeal decides that
Bradlaugh has the right of appeal, and the de-
clsion is in effect an order for new trial
The court martial in the Swain case il still
celebrating, not having reached any conclu-
sion yet The members refuse to talk about it
to outsiders either to deny or affirm the cor
RICHNESS of any of the rnnors atioat as to thel1
views The fact that no conclusion has yet
been reached is generally regarded by army Off
GERS as Indicating that the court Is divided, and
| no unanimous conclusion is to be looked for.
Congressman Duester was swindled out OF
$3.50 by a female sharper in Washington. The
| woman presented him telegram purporting
| to como from responsible gentleman in Mil
| waukee, requesting Deuster to advance the
woman $3.50 on his account He gave the
! money, and subsequently ascertained that the
! telegram was bogus. The gentleman from
the Milwaukee district is now looking for the
| woman.
In the Massachusetts, senate, Thayer intro
ducod bill providing for tho punishment OF
persons making, selling, Offering to sell or
having in their possession tro-glycerine, gi-
! ant powder or any other explosive compound
with intent that such explosives shall be used
at any place within the commonwealth or in
any foreign country for the injury or destruc-
ton Of public or private property or for the
| purpose OF assassination.
Flandreau, Oak, Special Telegram. There
have been no through trains from the east
since Monday the 18th, owing to blockade
through southern Minnesota. Tuesday the
Goth, the train going east returned from Fuleta
and has been making daily trips between that
point and Woonsocket The weather for the
! past ten days has been cold but with the ex-
ception of one day has been very calm There
is not to exceed two inches OF snow on the
| ground.
At Cleveland, o., Mr.. Patterson and Alex
Bates, two young society men, created sen
sation by engaging in disgraceful fight at a
prominent roller rink The affair grew out of
| some derogatory remarks made by Bates con-
corning Patterson and a Miss Mahr, dashing
young society lady. Patterson was badly
whipped and cried Enough" Owing to the
prominence Of the parties great efforts are be-
ing made to hush UP the affair.
At Huntingdon, Pa, during the absence Of
Sheriff McAlevy the prisoners who are allowed
the freedom Of the corridors engaged in des.
perate conflict among themselves, IN which
Alex. Gray received dangerous injuries by bo-
ing beaten over tho head with poker by fell
low prisoner named Tom Potter The insur-
rection was quelled through the heroism OF
Miss Laura McAleyy, niece Of the sheriff, who
forced the prisoners back to their cells at the
point of revolver.
Admiral Courbet's operations for the seizure
of the mines of Kelung have been thwarted by
the Chinese. Dispatches state that the French
troops disembarked attacked Kelung and were
repulsed with loss Of seyenty-fve men. La
ter news shows the repulse of the French was
due largely to the utter lnatfic!ency OF their At
tack, owing to miscalculat1on OF the enemy
strength. Tho French troops are being now
organized for combined attack upon both
Kelung and Tamsui.
The CT earwater Advance commends the Pho
neer Press in its new venture spresentng IL
its Sunday issue articles on current topics by
specialists" It says the articles are made
doubly valuable because the authors "art
known to be in full possession CT their powers
1t is a literary t. eat to peruse their writings.
The Advance is right, and the fact that these
articles are published in the Weekly. as well AZ
5 in the Sunday Pioneer Press, places them within
} reach of every body for One dollar year. 4
marvel of cheap literature
Capt. J. NJ. Farrell, organizer Of Farrels de
: tective agency and protective police has jus
; died in New Orleans at the age Of fifty niue
| He was one of the best known detectives i'll tht
United States. William Melchert druggist
| made a mistake IL filling prescription. In
stead of one ounce of water and twenty fou
I tlrops Of aconite, as ordered by the doctor, h
put in an ounce of aconito. A dose OF this wa
I administered to Farrell, and he expired short.
after warrant has been ISSUED, chargin!
Melchert with involuntary manslaughter.
a In explanation of the position of Gen. Rose
Grams on the bill of retiring Gen. Grant, som
! papers have published two dispatches purport
ing 70 be from Gen. Grrnt, and sent durn
the war to Stanton and Halleck, one demanding
Rosecrans' removal and the other ordering LII
3 arrest in certain contingency. When Gen
q Rosecrans' attention WAS called to the dispatch
es named and the commands thereon, he said
s"This is the first intimation I have ever ha
a of the existence Of any snch dispatches, or Q
! any ground upon which such telegrames Nigh
be based
Des Moines, Iowa Special--The execuhv
off ces in the new capitol were thrown open +
> the public on the night Of the 29th inst Coy
l. Sherman was assisted in the reception Of guest
byex-Govs Stone and Merrill. 1t was intende
n to have all the living ex.governors present, b1
4 Kirkwood, Gear, Newbold and Carpenter di
not appear There was continuous jam {
q the popu]ace.g and coming from the tim
% the doors opened until after IL O'Clock. Th
y governors new quarters comprise suite
: four rooms, and constitute elegant quarter
thoroughly in keeping with the dignity of th
= state
Q, A conference was held at the treasury depar
n ment Saturday on the general question of tt
~ business prospects of the country as affecte
ID by the alleged depreciation of silver. The1
we're present Secretary McCulloch, Treasure
1T Wyman, Assistant Treasurer Acton Of Ne
Il York, William Dowd. George s. Coo and We
=, rilyea, bankers of New York. Secretary III
"a Culloch said, in referring to the conference
% that views all were in harmony on the gener
" question, that nationa! finance does not call #
ID changes in the present policy of the admins
tration There is no cause, he said, to appr
bend any interruption in the business prospe
10 ity of the country nor anything to justify d
re- probation OF the value OF silver ceruhcates