Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1880-01-30
NEWS AVID VOTES.

NEWS AND NOTES.
Horace Thompson died in New York
Monday
Blaine and Seymour are ahead in
Duluth.
Grant is smoking pure Havanas
down in Cuba,
-Leadvil!c has hotel with the sign,
<Rustle House, B. Cod
"A gattling gun ornaments the rotunda
OF the State House in Maine. .
Sam. Cary, the Greenbacker, thinks
washburne is rapidly gaining strength.
Col. Barr has assumed his duties as
private secretary to the secretary of war.
-Orville Grant is now clerking in the
Chicago postofice, at salary Of $500 year.
M. G. Russell, the newly appointed
register Of the Duluth Landl Of. ce will make
good one.
1t is found that Bailey, the Hong
Kong consulate has swindled the United States
out OF about $4,000.
"A. DeLacy Wood, of the Brecken
ridge Free Press has leased his Office and will
shortly start paper at Caledonia to be called
the Northern Signal.
-Ex-register of deeds, and ex;judge of
probate Cook, of Houston county, Mlnn,,
committed suicide on the Oath, by shooting
himself through the head.
Members of the California State as
sembly took vote recently on the presidential
preference, as follows: Blaine, %; Grant, 12;
Thurman, 21; Seymour, 6.
The PED. says there were 562 pupils
present at the opening of the public schools in
Yankton, or sevcnty-two more than during the
corresponding week last year.
There we're 1879 deaths in Lawrence
county last year; ninety two natural deaths, five
murder, three suicide, and twenty-five by acci-
dent. This il afailing off from the de ath rate
o<last year.
The surveyor of tbs port of New
York, c. K. Graham, has been sued by his
daughter, Leonora Graham. She is still mi
nor and since her mothers death her father has
called her spurious child. h
The safe Of Paymaster Broadhead
was robbed of $4,000 between Leavenporth and
Atchinson, Kansas, on the Missouri Pacific R.R.
$1,000 in small bills remained in the safe un-
touched. No clue to the robbers.
The President has determined not to
ro-appont R. C. Mitchell, Of the Duluth Tri-
Aune, to his position in the land office The con
test was very bitter one and grew to greatex-
tont out of Mr.. Mitchell's controversies on re-
ligious subjects. .
Hon. Chas. O'Conncr, the celebrated
New York lawyer, is said to be desperately In
love with the muchiy-widowed Mrs, Hicks Lord.
Mrs. Hicks is yet young woman, and married
Thomas Lord, millionaire, who had seen eighty
winters, to whom she was in debt $7oo, 600.
Thomas passed in his last earthly check about
year ago, leaving his widow fortune. Mr..
o'Connor is also an ectogenerian. So.
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague gave din
aer party to Mrs. Senator Conkln, which was
attended by the delegation of New York Con-
xreeemen, the justices of tie Supreme Court,
and their wives. The two ladies are on the
most intimate terms, which would seem to re-
f1te the story Of domestic trouble in the Conklin
family, caused by the late dasco at Narragan-
sett. RS
1t is said that Finley telegraphed from
Maine as follows: ITO Nephew in charge Of
Barrel, Gramcrcy Park New York: Boom busted.
Old man in Maine has foot too big-could be
seen all over the country. South solid on any
body to beat cipher alley. Randalls backbone
soft Cox very nervy. Game Of stage this at
foolishness no. Barrels ten thousand for draft
Aonor. Betcherlife. Fl. H. Finley
The sentence of the Reno court mar
Nal was dismissal, as announced in TIE TRI-
sunE last week When disgraced in the same
aannec before, his sentence was comnuted to
4wo years suspension from rank and pay but it
10 believed the President will not interfere in
this case Reno's over fondnees for the women
10 found to be luxury too expensive to the gov
eminent to be further indulged, and yet Reno,
70 great extent, is victim of circumstances.