The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-10-28
GENERAL NOTES.

MOODY and Sankey held big revival
meetings at Omaha, on the 10Th inst.
SIXTY horses have died of the epizootic
in indianapolis during the last two weeks.
A SPECIAL from Durant, Iowa, says that
Lizzie Schnecklob, aged II years, COM
mitted suicide there by hanging herself.
Fire & C
The Oregon senate passed the constitu-
tional amendment in favor of women
suffrage by 81 to 9, and the house by 80 to
81.
Two companies of United States artillery
stationed in Arkansas have been ordered
to Florida. Two batteries in Texas are
ordered to Arkansas.
GEORGE f. EDMUNDs was, on the 2lst
inst, wa reelected senator from Vermont,
the democrats supporting Bradley 3.
Smalley.
THE Illinois and Wisconsin militia COM
panies, en- route to Atlanta, stopped in
Nashville, Tenn. on the 10Th inst. for {:
few hours, and were royalty entertained.
THE recent storm was particularly flu
rious in the Elkhorn valley, Nebraska,
where the snow drifted to the depth Of
eleven feet. Railroad and stage routes
are blockaded.
OWING 70 the insufficient supply Of
cereals in Russia "a movement is on foot to
prohibit the exporta ton of grain from the
empire. Melikof, the dictat or, is in
vestigating the situation, and will act
promptly.
| JUDGE ADVOCATE GEN. Dunn decides
that sons of officers of the regular army
cannot be admitted to the national mill
| tary academy, their fathers not acquiring
| the residence required by law.
ST.. LOUIS puts forth as candidate for
supervisor to retake her census Mr..
Charles Parsons, president of the State
Savings bank. Gould, the directory man,
declines, with a hint that, as commission
er to prepare the manufacturing statistics
of the city, he will be forced to create con-
siderable disappointment.
EDWARD G. RYAN, chief justice of the
supreme court of Wisconsin, has closed his
! career. He was native Of Ireland, was
! in early years prosecuting attorney and a
newspaper proprietor in Chicago, and par
| ticipated in the first constitutional conven-
ton of Wisconsin,
GREAT hardship is being inflicted on
seamen and others at Quebec by the en-
forcement Of an old law prohibiting sail
| ors from leaving their shi ps without per.
| mission, and citizens from harboring them
| Many arrests or frivolous pretenses have
occurred, and some harsh penalties have
been imposed. Several of the seamen ar
rested are said to be citizens of the United
States.
COLORADO advices represent that Jack
son. the young freighter who was charged
with the murder of an Indian, has been
tortured to death. Agent Meacham is re-
Portsd at the military 1eamp Berry in
at Gunnison. A deputy marshal and posse
are in pursuit Of Berry, whom Attorney
General Devens orders delivered to the
state authorities. General Pope expects
an outbreak of the Utes.
In spite of Secretary Schurz' dispatch to
Gov. Pitkins, of Colorado, the state
authorities have persevered in their deter
! to justice, and the result is that Agent
Berry, Commissioner Meacham, Hoyt. and
Cline are now in jail at Gunnison City.
1t is possible that things will 90 hard with
them. Peck, government scout, who
has appeared at one of the settlements,
testifes that the men under arrest surrend-
cred Jackson to the savages who burned
him without protest.
SEVERAL gentlemen connected with the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway,
including Messrs. Mitchell, Merrill, Carey'
and Walker, have organized the Central
Illinois and Wisconsin railway company,
with capital of 81 100000. 1t will con.
struct road from Rockton, on the Racine
and southwestern division of the St. Paul
road, to Kankakee, crossing the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy, the Chicago and
Alton, the Chicago, Rock Island and Paci-
fc, and other lines. Twenty miles of track
will be laid this fall.
A TELEGRAM from Denver, Colorado,
says: A conflict with the Utes seems i'm.
minent. Yesterday morning two compa-
MES of militia left Gunnison City for the
| reservation to arrest agent Berry and 9th.