New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-08

at Langley cotton mills, on the Charlotte,
Columbia & Augusta railroad, S. c., gave
way, and is almost a complete wreck The
water rushed through in a flood from the
pond, swept away half a mile OF the track
OF the Columbia & Augusta railway and
badly damaged the tracks of the South
Carolina railway. All the new and expen.
sive work recently completed by the form
er road is totally ruined The accident ia
ascribed to violent shock Of earthquake.
The waters flooded all the adjacent coun-
try and did much damage.
President Fitzgerald, OF the Irish Nation.
al League OF America, makes an appeal for
funds to aid in the fight against coercion.
George, Parr, lumber manufacturer and
merchant of Barron, Wis, makes an as
signment.
Gen. Roger A. Pryor has just realized
100000 by an advance in some railroad
securities. *
According to the Railroad Gazette there
was a total OF 118 train accidents during
October, in which 48 persons were killed
and JOG hurt. AS compared with October
1885, there was a decrease of accidents,
an increase OF II killed and decrease OF
28 injured. The ten months OF the cur
tai OF 966 accidents, 334 killed and /, 1913
hurt; a monthly average OF 81 accidents,
33 killed and 100 injured.
The president has made the following
appointments: Edward Cushing to be
collector of customs for the district OF Bel
fast, Me-. Joseph E. Moore, to be collector
OF customs for the district OF Waldbor.
ough, Me-: Philip w. Downes, to be gener-
al appraiser OF merchandise for the port OF
Baltimore, Md; William N. Neal, OF Frank
lin, Md, to be agent for the Indians of the
Lemhi agency in Idaho.
The London Standard says it is serious
ly proposed at Sofia to nominate an Amer.
ican as candidate for the Bulgarian
throne.
The Berlin police have prescribed the
first number of the anarchist periodical
Autonomie.
The total vote for congressman, in Col
oratlo, as given by the state canvassing
board is: Sy1nes, Republican, 27,732;
Reed, Democrat, 26, 929; Murray, Prohibi-
Zionist, 3,597. Symes' plurality 8O3, as
against 6, ,726 two years ago. The vote of
the state was 1898 less than in '84
The secretary OF the interior has decided
that Frank A. Bidwell, of Mitchell, OAK,
and George w. Vennum, of jamestown,
Dak., will be no longer recognized as at.
torneys or agents before the interior de-
partment or at any bureau or Office con-
nected Herewith.
A bill filed in the probate court in Chica-
20 asks for a conservator for the estate OF
Miss Petrinella johnson in order to pre-
vent her from giving her property to the
Salvation army and leaving herself penni-
less.
is suing his wife for divorce on the ground
OF adultry.
At Providence r. l., "Doc' Wilson de-
Moen.
The following Dakota postmasters were
recently appointed: John Boom, Mercer
county; James G. Webb, Pembina, Penn
bina county, vice Edmund K. Caviler, re-
moved; Charles H. Morse, Winfield, Lake
county, vice Charles A. Dewell, removed.
The friends OF Senator Jones of Nevada
are the most jubilant men in Washington.
"He hasgot all his old fortune back, !" said
Congressman Page OF California. He tel
egraphed that he had made "a clean 81, ,O0O,
600, and has made most OF it in one day.
They have found immense new deposits OF
ore in tho Virginia consolidated, and the
stock went kiting from Is to 80. Jones
has got all his old pile back again.
Commissioner Sparks asked for the dis
barment OF James Vennum Of Jamestown,
Dak., and Frank Bidwell of Mitchell, Oak.
Both parties were given sixty days to de-
fend themselves against the charges brought
against them.
Chief Justice Wait was seventy years old
on the 29th, having been on the supreme
court bench continuously since 1874. He
pension OF $4,000 a year. The chief
justice has no thought as yet OF throwing
of his silken gown and retiring to a life OF
ease and comfort. Three other justices OF
the supreme court-Miller, Field and Brad
ley-are now eligible for retirement with
full pay, as they are past seventy years OF
age and had seats upon the supreme bench
or more than ten years. Each Of these
enjoys excellent healt, though Justice Brad
ley looks rather delicate, and is often
mentioned as the first justice likely to
resign.
The president appointed Rudolph Guy.
ehardt OF Washington Territory to be re,
ceiver OF public moneys at Walla Walla,
| Wash.
The president issued proclamation
promulgating the extradition treaty with
Japan, which was ratified after being
amended by the senate last June.
| In the circuit court in Milwaukee the
jury in the case OF s. j. Woodward
against the West Side Roilroad company
returned verdict for the defendant. The
suit was brought to recover $40, 600 dam
ages for injuries received while attemptin:
to board a street car on Grand avenue.
| The wife OF Lieut.. Frank B. Andrews anc
daughter OF Maj William H. Powell, u. S
A., died at Boise City, Idaho.
AT the First Congregational church
7 x %v0rno Il 6NI~ ~1a
d. Nixon, OF the Chicago Inter Ocean, ane
Miss Edna Mann, daughter OF James A
Mann, business manager of the Kansas
City Journal
Curtis Cotton an extensive business maj
of Colorado locked creditors up in his otiic
and departed, owing over 100000.