The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-11-04
THE NEWS BUDGET.
A Summary OF Events During the
Past Week.
Latest Events.

HEAVY snow was reported at Marquette.
Mich, on the 22nd inst.
KEARxEY's new constitution has finally
comprised the closing of the California
stock exchange.
HAVING banished all other liquids, the
state of Maine is now having water
famine, the first in sixty years.
BOSTON reports the registration of near
ly eight thousand new voters, the lists
aggregating fifty-eight thousand
, A FURNITURE manufacturer of Cincin-
natl claims that his former market on the
Pacific coast has been cut off by Chinese
labor.
THE Stanley mine and mill, in the
Black Hills, have been attached by a gen.
tleman from New York, who advanced
49,, 600 to develop the property.
Miss JEwETT defeated Miss Pinneo in
the twenty. mile race at Louisville. yester-
day, making the distance In fifty-one min
utes and six seconds.
WISCONSIN wool is in danger from
wolves, and the farmers near PALMYRA
have organized for u war of extermina-
ton.
LOUISIANA planters are said to have per-
fected arrangements for bringing Chinese
laborers from Cuba, Notwithstanding OBJ
stacles thrown in the way by the Chinese
consul at Havana
A NATIONAL anti-horse-thief convention
ut Keokuk, at which delegates are present
from seven surrounding states, reveals the
existence of a persuasive force of which
the public have Lad little knowledge.
JOHN DUFF, the famous railroad builder
of Jamaica Plains, Mass, VIM. Cathrow,
a capitalist of Toronto, and John L. VAL
lalorga, prominent cotton merchant Of
Savannah, Ga, are dead.
TELEGRAPHIC communication with MANY
of the scattered military posts in the
northern territories has been opened by
the completion of the signal service wire
from Bismarck. Dakota, to Dayton, WASH
ington territory.
The price of railway transportation
| reached bedrock in Chicago, on the 22nd
inst. The Alton opened business with a
dollar rate to St. Louis, the Wabash re-
torting by selling limited tickets at fifty
cents-the precise amount paid to the
bridge company at st. Louis on each pass
enger.
THE following official paper has lust
been furnished for publication:
Ian Of IAlE'S UEtlCE,
COLUMBUS Ohio, Oct %, 1880,
To THE WESTERN ASSOCIATED PREss:-The
following is the vote Mt the October election in
| office, to wit: For secretary of state, Charles
| Townsend, republican, 362 ,O2l; VIM Lang, demo-
crat 343 DIG; Charles A. Lloyd, greenback. G. 7S6:
VIM. II. Doan prohibition, ISIS; Townsend's ma
jority over Lang, 10 005.
A DISPATCH from La Crosse, Wis, says
The train of ears which left here a week
ago Thursday on the Southern Minnesota
division arrived here late last evening
from Dell Rapids, D. 7. This train re-
| manned in the cuts west of Fulda four
days and nights, and the train men had to
hauled by team to the train. The cars
doors smashed, ETC., from backing into the
drifts. The road is entirely clear now.
THE n. Y. Sunday Mercury says: A
steamship company, with a capital of ten
million dollars, has been formed to bring
Chinese laborers to the United States, and
one year hence the Chinese population in
this country will be increased four fold
and five years hence there will be mil
lion Asiatic mechanics and skilled artisans
at work among the factories and mills OF
the Atlantic coast. It was Pennsylvania
congressman, one day last week, who made
this announcement to two members of the
executive committee. He said: The six
coolie companies Of San Francisco some
time ago made arrangements with John
Roach to build twenty iron ships, each OF
which viii! pack and convey 5000 Mon.
golians to this country to work for us at
80 cents day. Desiring to enlarge their
field of operations, they sent their agents
east, to interest silk, cotton, stone and 9th.
er manufacturers in their schemes, and
the result has been the formation of the
the company speak of. The stock was
all subscribed some time since.