The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-07-28
NEWS OF A WEEK.
July 20.

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July 20.
The diplomats of the monarchic state attack
the Vat. can against the democratic policy of the
Holy See.
Judge D. B. Searle of st. Cloud, MINI, is nomi.
mated for congress by the Republican sixth con-
gressional district convention.
company in Illinois will undertake to dis
tribute newspapers automatically and do away
with the necessity for newsboys.
The firms of F. W. Devoe & Co, and C. F. Rey.
nolds Co. New York, the largest dealers in
paints in the world. will consolidate.
The typographical union orders out all union
printers at Des Mones Iowa, employed in the
principal printing Offices. the firms employ
more apprentices than the union scale allows.
July FL.
Palo Alto, Senator Ssnford's celebrated stallion,
dies of pneumonia in California.
Reports from over two hundred places in Min
nesota and Dakotas show that the crops will be-
good
Important fiscal reforms are to be made in Mex
leo. Custom duties will be reduced in order to in.
crease trade
The swiftest, most destructive and most form.
dable naval vessel in the world the Pirate, will
be launched in Philadelphia.
The president issues proclamation appointing
Friday Oct 81, 1892. the 4OOth anniversary of the
discovery Of America by Columbus, as a general
holiday.
Sanford Fleming, of Ottowa, Ont, offers prize
Of 900 for the best workable measure, which, if
made a law. would give the whole Canadian peo-
pie equal representation inparlament.
July %.
The house passes the Canadian retaliation bill.
Chcago's new city directory places the popu-
lation at 1.4700O0.
Ex-State Treasurer holland of Missouri goes to,
the penitentary for embezzlement.
Rev. Sam Small is assaulted in Atlanta. Ga. by
saloonist. He sues for damages and is awarded
$500 by jury for the loss of TOOTH
Much alarm has been caused in Canada by the
| very large emigration of Chinese eastward from
the Pacific coast. There is a startling increase in
the Chinese population in Montreal. Toronto and
other cities.
July %.
Corruption in state finances has been revealed
in Pueblo, Mexico. The general treasurer is short
100000.
Henry Frick, of the Carnegie company, is shot
by printer. The man is supposed to be an
archst.
frightful gas explosion occurs in colliery at
Pottsvlle Pa, by which eight men known to.
be killed outright.
Daniel Dougherty, the famous lawyer and Or
ator, lies dangerously ill at his home in Philadel
pha. His illness was brought about by over.
work.
w. w. Erwin will be retained by the labor
unions of St. Paul and Minneapolis to defend
those arrested for completely in the Homestead
riots.
Reports from Moorhead, Mimi, say that much
damage resulted to grain by hail in the townships
of Highland Grove and Cromwell Most of the
farmers are insured.
The Kansas corn crop is reported almost total
failure.
Ireland sends specimen of linen made from
Minnesota fax which proves completely satsfac-
tory.
Friends of Bismarck advise him to keep SILENT.
but he says he will not allow his mouth to be
closed.
The town of Iron River. Wis, is wiped off the
face of the earth by fire. Fifteen hundred people
are made homeless.
John P. Bayles, one of the few survivors of the
Black Hawk war; dies at Litchfeld, ILL.,, at the age
of eighty.four years.
July 25
Bay City. Mich, suffers to the extent of $1,000.
900 by fire.
In Lakefeld and Worthington Minn fields of
small grain are destroyed by hail.
Col, Soren Listoe. editor of the Northwestern Of
st. Paul. is appointed United States consul to
Dusseldorf, Germany.
Deputy Sheriff Davies of Albert Lea is shot by
and while serving notice of ejectment on Arthur
T. D. Austin of that city.
Three miners rescued from a mine in Ger.
many, after being seventeen days without food.
They lived by drinking water that trickled'
through the sand and eating three Tobacco pouches.
July rs.
The Twin City Derby is won by 70 Tambien.
Fire at Oaksdale. Wash, destroys half Of the
business portion of the place.
Henry Marin. editor of the Oshkosh Telegraph,
dies at the house of his daughter in Milwaukee.
lunatic runs amuck through the streets Of
Lake City, MIMI. and shoots Marshal Rogers. who
dies shertly afterwards.
British steamer is seized at Port Townsend,
WASH, for smuggling Cinnamon into the United
States. The result of this is awaited with inter.
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