The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-04
GENERAL NOTES.

DRs. BILLINGS, Falsom, Ames and
Col. Warning, began the sanitary survey
of Memphis Nov. Oath, as ordered by
the national board of health.
TRAcK-LAY1NG on the central branch
of the UEion Pacific railroad was COM
pleted to Kerwin, Kan, at o'clock p.
M. Nov. Oath. About 1000 people we're
at the depot to see the first engine pull
in. The city was wild with excitement.
The brig John Welsh, Jr., arrived at
quarantine at New York, says dispatch
of Nov. 25th, having seaman sick with
yellow fever. Another died at sea with
the disease. The brig was from Havana
SOLOMON A. SMITH, a we'll known
banker, president of the mechanics saw
ings, loan and trust bank, Chicago, died
in that city, Nov. 25th, aged Ga.
A DISPATCH of the 9th from Washing
ton says the excess of value of exports
over imports of merchandise for October
was SIC, 067, 1878, the largest in the history
of the country. The excess of the i'm
ports of gold and silver into the country
over exports, from July to Nov. 90,
amounted to about SCI, 100000.
A New YORK telegram of the 28lh says
it mas been officially announced that
William Fl. Vanderbilt has sold $1,000
shares of New York Central stock to va
rious leading foreign and domestic bank
ers, represented by Messrs. Drexel, Nor
gan s. Co., New York, aud Messrs. J. s.
Morgan 6 Co., of London. 1t was ex.
tremely difficult to get at the correct de-
tails Of this colossal transaction-th the
largest single transfer on record-owing
to the retlcence of various persons con-
cerned.
A RAwL1Ns, Wyoming, dispatch Of
Nov. 28t b says the troops now stationed
here today received orders to go into
winter quarters as follows: -Four COM
panies III, X, l.. and NJ Third cavalry,
under command of Col. Bracket, to Fort
Laramie; companies A, B, D, and F,
Third cavalry, Fort Sanders, and COM
panies E and I to Fort Steele. Five com
panies (B, G, K, D, and F) of the Fifth
cavalry, under command Of Gen. Merritt,
who will arrive here on the Goth, will 20
to Fort Russell.
A PARTY of 1870 Latter Day Saints from
southern states. in charge Of Elder John
Morgan, passed through Missouri, Nov.
Oath, en- route to Movossa, in the San
Luis valley, Colorado, where there is al
ready a colony of between three and four
hundred. This is the fifth party from
the south that has gone to this locality
this season. They get their land from
the state Of Colorado at low price, and
conform to the law Of the state which
prohibits polygamy.
In Virginia, says dispatch of Nov.
oath, the democratic members Of the leg
islalture are equally divided between the
debt.payers and re-adjusters. The repub-
licaus elected ten debt-payers and seven
teen re.adjusters. Thus the re-adjusters
have small: majority, but there are so
many questions involved in the issues
before the state that it is not at all certain
which party will eventually win. The
present state officers are debtpayers.
Meetings are being held throughout the
state to discuss the subject and the ne
groes are taking an active pa:t in discus
sions. It is believed the debt payers will
win and that q better day is dawning for
sll classes in Virginia.
THE official canvass of the vote in the
state of Nebraska was completed and
made public Nov. 25th. The following
are the figures: Supreme judge, Cobb,
republican,, 46,113; Wakely, democrat,
TO- 1927; Saxon, greenback, 4,725. Regents
of the university, Carson, rep ublican,
Al, 976; Cannot, republican, 1882; Bear,
democrat, 1891; Sawyer, democrat, 49,