Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-02-26

ton, at Colfax, Wash. ... - =.
The brother Of the late Vice President
Wilson is very i'll and entiely destitu te in 4
Washington. -
A bill will be reported to the house pro-
viding that lands shall not be conveyed to
the Pacific companies until the cost OF sur.
veying has been paid. .
The body OF Rev. Jesse B. Braly of Nor.
tonville, KY, was found encased in ice in
the river below St.. Louis. He had com.
mitted suicide from fear OF the result of an
then going ON in relation to
his private affairs.
The Renfrew Manufacturing Company of
Adams, Mass, which is one Of the largest
OF ginghams and table
cloths in the country have raised the
wages OF their operatives 10 per cent. M,
date from March 1. Tho men had not
asked for more pay.
The strike OF hosiery operatives at Lei
cester has ended IN a compromise. The
Sunderland ship builders threaten to open
their works TO unemployed workmen unless
the hands in the strike accept the terms Of
tered thea,> Messrs. Morgan, the bankers,
have donated $500 to the Mansion House
relief fund. The fund now amounts to
esq, eco.
THE examination into the death OF Mr..
BarS;ett, merchant OF Pimly, England,
to whom it is alleged cloroform was admin
istared by his wife, SO that she would be
able to marry Rev. Mr.. Dyson, Wesley
an minister, with whom she had been init.
mate, has been finished, and Mrs. Bartlett
and Mr.. Dyson we're both committed for
trial on the charge of numbering Mr.. Bart
lett.
P. E. Sarrazin Il Co., cigar and tobacco
manufacturers, OF New Orleans, have
brought suit against their creditors, pray
ing Tor respite OF six, twelve and eighteen
months. Their assets are $15S, 900, and
their liabilities $4,000.
Mrs. Hendricks, OF Indianapolis, has been
annoyed by spiritualists, who send her let
ters purpossing to have been addressed to
her from the spirit land by her husbsa nd.
One person in New York wrote incles;n g a
letter from Mr.. Hendricks, claiming that it
was genuine and written in his own pecul-
lar style. There was an undoubted resen1-
blance but Mrs. Hendricks characterized
it as only Il clever piece Of imitation. re.
marking that she could easily detect the
difference.
AT Salt Lake City, Thomas Birmingham
ana j ames Bowen, convicted of unlawful
combination, were sentenced in the distr ct
court TO six months imprisonment and tic
pay fines OF $500 each. Abram H. Can
| non took the witness stand when HRS case
was called. Upon being asked whether WV c
women were his wives and whether he had
thank God. l have lived with them az
charged" He was convicted Henry Din
moody pleaded guilty. He promised ODE
| etlence to the law, and sentence was sus
pended.
The governor OF Illinois has offered re.
t'ward OF 5000 for the arrest of the parties
who hung Miss Georgia Aldrich at Wind
sor.
l. A. Hopkins absconded from Chaplin &
Cores wholesale liquor establishments
| Chicago, with So, 500. Soon after the firm
! received a draft for 81, 700 from Hopkins
| who is at Montreal.
A we'll known Minneapolis gentleman re
| ceived Il letter from friend who is con
! Quoting an exhibit at New Orleans. The
letter states that there are very few visi
| tors in attendance, and that all the exhib
! itors are heartily sick OF the affair." and
! would be glad to get out of it if they could
The managers OF the institution are cut.
ting expenses on every side, and the enter
prise is almost dismal failure.
David Shelly, wealthy farmer living
! near Shirley, ILL.,, armed with two shot.
guns, secreted himself in the oat bin OF his
! barn. The members OF his family dis
! covered his whereabouts AID ATTEMPTED tc
take him to the house. He jumped from
his hiding place and fred number o.
shots, inficting probably fatal wounds up
on his brother, Levi Shelly. his wife sister
! ln-law, and his son, aged seventeen. He
! then set fire to the barn which was entirely
+ consumed.
The action OF the assistant treasurer o
New York in refusing to accept deposits o.
silver until he is able to count it is in strict
|; accordance with Instructions issued by the
United States treasurer. Similar instruc
tons have been sent TO all the assistant
treasurers, the object being to insure great
Yer protection in the handling OF govern
.ment funds.
The president has nomina ted Lieut.. Col
Nelson B. Sweetzer, Eighth cavalry, to b,
colonel Second cavalry; First Lieut.. Ed
ward =. Wood, Eighth 'eavalry. to be cap
tain; Second Lieut.. John A. Johnston
Eighth cavalry, to be first lieutenant
John Christian Franks, United State.
marshal for CALIFORNIA;.
JOHN Bell aged sixty five, and a membe,
ef we'll known upholstery firm OF Pitts
burg, was decoyed into bunco room anG
became SO pleased with the workings O
the game he went to atbank. drew $2,OO(
and returned. He WIGS knocked down
and when he recovered he found botl
! money and thieves gone
Detroit, Mich, claims to possess the old
est man in the world in the person of An.
drew Lucas, an ex-slave, .who is 127 years
| Ot.age and still vigorous.
Samuel Kanchcr al, Yankton has invent
| ed: q. wheat huller that cleans the grain O
| Its outside covering, leaving the interior
Intact. This is the the roller mil
process.
Marcus Frazier, Manager. of the Globe
Lie insurance company has been arrested
| In Des Moines for using the mails for illega
purposes, his death assessments beinl
based,on imaginatioa.
George Cabot Waed of New York who
has besn suffering for sometime from gener.
al Esaraeis, was adjudged bye sheriff jury
and three commissioners appointed by tn,
supreme court 10 be Of unsoland mind anC
incapable OF taking csare of himself or hi
| property. Mr.. Ward is g ~ell known broker
The ayiie OF Prof. Waldo of Yale colles
wandered away while insane, cad was kill
ed by afAilin the presence ofaaearch party
1t is Thought that her insanity,dates from
the. birth at her last child, three month";
ago. She.%as native otP hilaRe}phia and
u niece of Judge Fullerton of Nen York.
Emerson &C. White of Cincinnati has
strong backing for the appoin1ment oil
commissio ner.of education to succeed Mr.
Eaton. Educators in Ohio generslly favor
him.
Marshal Campbell has been cou:6Smed by
the senate. .~ - =
Admiral .uouette has seized 4 Cuban fill
clustering vessel. fitted out at New Kork.
A declaration re.,resenfino ex.Tn;Sn sol
diers who have been prisoners Of xar nd
dressed the house committee ON iavalil
pensions, in advocacy Of bills granting
pensions to all who, we're imprisoned more
than sixty days. Gen Black, commission.
~ OF pensions, addressed the committee in
fevor of the repeal of the law of 1896,
providing for pension to widows ofsol.
diers who have served an wars prior 10
that date. -