Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-11-26

society, against her husband, Amos L.
Hopkins, vice president of the Missouri
Pacific railroad and son OF the venerable
Mark Hopkins, president OF Williams col.
lege. 1t has been known for some weeks to
only their most Intimate friends that hus-
band and wife had separated, but it was
believed the difference would prove only
temporary. Mr.. Hopkins has engaged emf.
nent council to defend the suit. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hopkins have been married sc ven
years. Mrs. Hopkins is a Daughter OF Geo.
l.. Dunlap, y prominent merchant OF Chi.
cago. There is but one course admitted
by the courts OF this state as reason for
granting divorce, and this cause Mrs. Hop
kins is understood to have connected with
lady's maid formerly in her employ.
The recent order directing Lieut.. E. A.
Darlington, Seventh cavalry, to report at
once to the adiutant general OF the army
was, it is understood, issued at the in
stance sof the state department.; Lieut..
darlington will accompany United States
Minister Marry to Bogota as military at.
tache OF the legation. He will be absent
about two years.
general army order has been issued
establishing an army regulation, which
will SO into effect Jan. !. 1t provides:
When an officer is granted leave ofabsence,
1t should be charged to the year or years
In which 1t first accrued III order OF priority
OF date. and any balance OF accrued leave
remaining shall stand to his credit for fu-
ture leaves; provided no credit shall stand
longer than four years from date OF accru-
ing. 1t is stated at the war department
that this order is intended to give any Off
Ger the full benefit OF the cumulative leave
privileges in which they have been restrict
! ed for ten years past.
Russia has designated Prince Nicholas OF
| Mingrelia as her candidate Tor the throne
OF Bulgaria. The other powers have
unanimously approved OF him as the sue
! cessor to Prince Alexander, and have in
! vited Russia to now propose a satisfac-
garian regency. Gen. Kaubars threatens
to leave Bulgaria unless the government
| disrn1sses the commandant OF Phippopo-
| lis, who arrested d Russian official.
! 1t is probable that the civil service COM
nlissioners will proceed to Philadelphia in
a few days to begin an investigation in
| to the charges mad against Postmaster
Harrity by the Pennsylvania Civil Service
Reform association. In addition, several
other communications charging political
discrimination and violation of civilservise
rules have been received by the commits
| sioners.
1t is understood that the naval esti-
mates are S1O.OOO,OOO less in amount
than the estimates last year.
Mr.. Blaine writes II letter denying that
ne ever sneered at civil service reform.
An order has been issued by the sec,eta.
ry OF war detailing Lieut.. D. l.. Howard,
OF the ordinance department., for duty ON
the board OF officers now engaged testing
| rifle cannon at New York city. He takes
| 1,la nj I aI ,o1f 1a1,r
Gently killed by the explosion near Sandy
Hook
George Golfer, q newly appointed postal
clerk operating on the St. Paul limited
train between Minneapolis and Chicago,
was arrested at Chicago by inspector
Doubleday and Smith, charged with rtling
the mails. Extensive thefts Of valuable
letters, principally those directed to A. NJ.
Dauphin, OF the Louisiana Lottery COM
pany, had taken place OF late. Golfer con-
fessed.
At Chatham North Carolina, a white
man named Moor, was sent to the chain
gang for having traded wives with another
| man. When the Judge asked him what he
had to say he replied that he cid not know
his act was a crime. A man came to his
! house with woman who was better look
ing than his own wife, and bantered him
for Il trade so he ''swapped' and paid
|
Swap he hoped that the court would
impose a light sentence
| At Antelope Ariz., three Mexicans rode
up to the store Of c. D. Stanton. Two OF
them entered the store and opened fire on
! Stanton and another man named Kelly.
| The third Mexican fired through the win.
dow. Stanton was instantly killed. KEEL
~ returned the fire, kill, g one Mexican
The United States supreme cort dec id ca
the Peronto case involving the title to
land near Fargo, in favor OF the Northern
Pacific.
London Cable: The British government,
in concert with Austria, Italy and Turkey
will resist the candidature OF the prince OF
Mengrelia or OF any other Russian subject
for the Bulgarian throne. The entente
with Austria grows daily closer, and now
amounts virtually to an offensive alliance
against Russia. Sir A. Z. Paget, the Brit
ish ambassador at Vienna, and Count
kalnoky in 81 conference at Vienna ex-
changed an agreement that if Russia. should
occupy Bulgaria or should seize ner ports,
Austria will send two army corps to join
the Servian troops and they will advance
into Bulgaria, while England will send her
| fleet simultaneously to enter the Black Sea
and guard the Danube and prevent the
passage OF Russian troops. Turkey at the
| same time is to concentrate her troops on
the Koumanian frontier.
E. j. Farnes, g. prominent book teller o,
| Minneapolis, died at Madison, Wis, OF
malarial fever, aged thintysix years He
was a graduate OF the Wisconsin State uni.
versity, studied theology in the best col,
leges OF Norway and Germany. and married
Miss Carrie Rothe OF Decrfeld, Dane coun-
ty, in 1882, after which he located in
Minneapolis.
on the Lake Shore railroad, shot and kill
ed an unknown man, supposed to be one
| OF the stock yard strikers. In q saloon
discussion O'Meara unguardedly revealed
| that he was g. non-union man from Toledo
and on leaving the saloon was set upon
by five supposed strikers.
Hon. George y. Wise was arrested at
Richmond on q warrant charging him with
being about to commit Il breach OF the peace
The arrest was the result OF the publica.
ton in the pa pers OF a card by Mr.. Wise
denouncing in the strogest language Col
William Lamb, ex.mayor OF Norfolk. Mr.
Wise was put under 81, 600 bond to keeE
the peace.
The battleship Tennessee, the largest
| vessel in the American navy and one of the
best known OF the North Atlantic squad
ron, has made her last voyage. She is rot
1 ten.
/ John PHrnell, eldest brother OF Charles
Stewart Parnell arrived in New York from
Ireland. He says that he found Ireland
! greatly improved since he was there q yea,
ago People are not only more hopeful O
4 having home rule, but are greatly deter
i mined to have it. The rent question i.
/ the great difficulty at the present time
4 He himself and his brothers, Henry, Tudel
i and Charles, were not able to get one.third
/ the amount they expected from their es
1 tates. Some districts OF the country ar
i reduced to wretched want.