Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1880-03-12
HEWs-NOTE,s.
Tennessee democrats are tor Bayard

6EvrS-NOTES.
Tennessee democrats are tor Bayard
"a horse ear track will shortly he laid
from Central City to Deadwood.
Speaker, Randall thinks congress
Will adjourn about the middle of May.
The machinery for Broadwater, Hub
bell 4 Co.'s new saw mill has arrived at Miles
City.
A bill has been introduced in the SEN
ate providing for the organization of Alaska Ter
ritory.
Chas. Kent, of Sioux City, treasurer
Of Woodbury. county. s q dcfau,er to tho ex-
,ent Of $4,000
g The Dcadwood Evening Press thinks
that Hon Henry B. Payne. of Cleveland, O., is
the Democratic dark horse for president.
The U. s. ship Constellation is COM
missioncd by the secretary of the navy to carry
the supplies donated to suffering Erin.
Coaches ~on the Cheyenne route to
the Hills are terribly delayed lately. The south
crn Hills arc having their annual spring snow
storms.
The Chicago Evening journals
Washington correspondent thinks the pro-
xramnc is for sherman to withdraw in favor
OF " ashburne for president.
-Thurlow Weed, the oldest politician
IN the country and a staunch republican, has an
nounced himself as opposed to Grants nominn-
uon as matter of principle.
About 100000 per year is taken from
contractors on "star" mail routes for fnee, ETC..
consequent upon delay of mails or failule to
comply with terms Of contract.
The Massachusetts, legislature has
passed resolution favoring the proposed act
al congress pcusioning survivors of the Mexican
aud Indian wars, which in cludes jeff Davis.
Hugh j. Jewett. of the Erie railroad,
Is talked of as a prominent democratic candi-
date for the presidency and is considered by lead
Ing politicians of the democratic pursuusion as
sstrong man.
The awards in the regular annual
mail lettings were completed on the 9th. The
survcc is from fifteen to thirty per cent. greater
and the cost from five to fifteen per cent less
than last year.
A bin prohibiting the sale or manu-
facturc Of olcmargarine. unde: hcav pcncalties
Of fine and imprisonment, has passed both
houses of the Iowa legisl ature. Other states
should follow the example.
"A dispatch from Yankton says that
the India: are pre- venting the surveyors OF the
Northwestern from surveying across their res
eryation, two parties having been driven back
with threats from the Indians.
"A good brick worth $4,000 from the
Durango mine, was on exhibition at the First
National bank, Deadwood, Tuesday. 1t was
the result of about twenty days. run from the
Racine mill .-Western Enterprise.
Judge Hilto.i, the manipulation Of the
late a. r Stewards hundred millions. lacks the
generosity Of his hcncfactor. Though IN Irish
man himself he is yet to be heard from as sub
scribe- the Irish Relief Fund
The heavy drafts made upon the
army and navy pension funds have reduced both
to such IN extent tha, it is not unlikely that
deficiency will arise, leaving the June quarter
and the first payment Cor the newly allowed pen
sions for June unprovided for.
-Ballantyne, a Scotch. chemist, has dis.
covered the process Of manufacturing diamonds
His specimens have been pronounced genuine
by noted scientists of Europe. As much time
has been consumed by different parties in
vain cndcavors to solve this problem as that Of
perpetual motion.
-Acklin, an II. C. of louisiana. who
figured prominently in an abortion scandal in
New Orleans lat year, is now accused Of palm
ing OF a sham report on the house as coming
from thecommittec of foreign affairs, Of which
he was member. His case ls referred to the
Judiciary committee and he will probably get
bounced.
There was decrease in the public
debt during February of s5,67s.ot9; cash in the
treasury, $1G96, 1851 1853; gold certificates, $00S2
600; silver certificates, S9,3C9,sso; certificates of
deposit outstanding, $1l ,4S5OCO; refunding cer-
tificatcs. S1,Sss $50; legal tenders outstanding,
ss46,6s1 .Ois: fractional currency outstanding,
Sl,563,l31 ,10s.
The Baroness Burdettc Coutts has
given Ss,5O3.000. as u permanent Irish Relief
Fund. The lady is one>of the wealthicst of the
En- slish nobility snd does well in emuating the
example set by Mr.. James Gordon Bennett of
the Herald Queen Vic owns o.Oo0 in
bonds and subscribed s10,00O-an interesting con-
trast considering the station Of the parties.
Wheat can now be carried from New
York to Liverpool for dfty-fo cents hundred
pounds English farmers cannot compete with
this rate and pay the rents cxacted, by the land
owners. The failure ofthe English wheat crops
for years tocome is foregone conclusion, at
least as long as English land is held by the no.
hility, or while Dakotn fields is rich with grain.
:-Sundry afternoon last the wholesale
dry goods house of Outerbach, Finch, Culbert-
aon & Co., st. Paul, burned to the ground. This
was the largest Wholesale house in st. Paul and