The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-12-02

John W. Mackey, the Pacific coast millionaire,
has gone to Europe to join his wife.
The large dry goods shop of Augustus Sharpe
& Co. at Dayton, Ohio, has been closed by the
sheriff.
The Penobscot river, in Maine, closed the
earliest since 1912. The ice was six inches
thick.
Chicago of a central land league, it's purpose
being to assist iii the defense of Parneu and his
cOnfreres in Ireland and to encourage the land
agitations of that country.
George Packer, the first Mayor Of Grand Ha-
ven, Mich; Oliver Perrin, wealthy capitalist
Of Cincinnati; and Benjamin Roberts, of Sandy
Springs, Md one of the quaker Indian commits
sioners died on Monday last.
The Second Presbyterian church at Chicago
has called Rev: Dr.: Macintosh of Belfast, Ire
land. DR.. William H. Ryder, of St. Paul's Uni
versilist church, received, and will probably &C
cept call from Dr.. Chapin's church, New
York.
? Joseph Hart, publisher of the newspaper in
New York called Truth, has brought suit in the
correspondent OF the Cincinnati Enquirer, for
alleged defamation of character. He seeks to
recover 81 600 damages.
G. II. Mumm & Co., of Reims, France, pro-
pose to bring suit against Otto Zwirtusch of
Milwaukee in the sum of $4,000 for repeat
on packages of wine put up by him. Is it pos
sible that many tony Americans have been
drinking Zwirtusch's swill, thinking it was
Mumm's imperial.
Ocean steamers and vessels engaged in the
coasting trade, bring additional news of rough
and intensely cold weather at sea. Intelligence
of mishaps and delays to vessels is constantly
being received, and the indications are that the
winter of 188O-81 will be long remembered
by mariners for its severity, and also for the
numerous disasters to shipping.
The following post offices have been in
salaries for future incumbents as follows: Min
ersyille, Pa, 81 400: Lancaster, Wis, 81 200;
Wis, 81 800; Perry, Iowa, 81 200; Abingdon,
Iowa, 81, 200; West Point, Neb, 81, 100;
Fredonia, Kansas, $1,000; Arkansas City,
Kansas, 81, 200
The United States fish commissioner has re-
ceived information that the California State as
ISOLATION has just received from China a guam
hty of gavran1y, a very fine food fish, which is
to be introduced into the California waters
Some of them are to be semitic Washington for
propagation and distribution in all rivers and
lakes in this country, where it is claimed they
will flourish and is superior to salmon.
James Craig Watson, professor of astronomy
in the Wisconsin State University, died on the
23d inst, at Madison. He graduated at the
university of Michigan, and in 1857 was ap-
pointed CeacnefO1 mathemat1cS there. In 1903
he became professor Of astronomy, in 1860 of
physics and mathematics, and from 1868 until
his removal to Wisconsin was the director of the
observatory at Ann Arbor, having entire charge
of the astronomical department. He discovered
over twenty asteroids, for which in 1870 he re-
ceived the gold medal of the academy of science
On Sunday 28th Gen. Grant and ex- Minister
Romero Of Mexico attended service in Rev.
Beechers church, Brooklyn. The congregation
became aware of the presence of the distin-
guished gentlemen, and remained in their seats
after the benediction and doxology. Mr.. Beech
ended and asked that they leave the church
There was as yet no manifestation of DISPOSE
ton on the part of the congregation to leave be-
fore Grant and Romero Mr.. Beecher then
said: t'This house is for the worship of God-not
of man" and appealed to the crowd to dispense
The seats still being retained, Grant and Rom
ero took their departure and were quietly fol-
flowed by the whole congregation.