The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-07-22
GENERAL NOTES.

KEY. L. DEWITT IALMAGE will pass his
vacation in Colorado.
THE Denver and South Park railroad
is completed to Leadville
GEN. TREv1No and Miss Ord will be
married at San Antonio, Tex, the last of
this month.
: IT is officially announced that St. Goth
ard tunnel cannot be opened for traffic be-
fore April, 1881.
A LOT of rifles, addressed to local land
lords who disowned knowledge of them,
have been seized near Loughrea, Ireland.
GOOD Judges in Minnesota, estimate that,
there will be large deficiency in the
wheat crop in that state.
THERE were seventeen cases of sunstrokc
in Chicago on the 18th inst, eight of
which resulted fatally.
THIRTY buildings in Tyrone, Pa, were
destroyed by fire on 10th inst. The loss
is S125, 900, and the insurance $4,000
THE directors of the Buffalo and South
to Erie, for term of ninety years.
CARDINAL NINA, the papal secretary, has
again rendered his resignation, only to
have its acceptance again refused
The secretary of the treasury has order
ed an investigation Of the disaster to the
steamboat Narragansett.
Four or five horses and a buggy were
stolen in Charlottesville, Ind, during the
past week aud as yet no clue has been dis
covered to any Of them.
THE propeller City of St. Catherine col
lided with the steambarge J. H. Morse in
Lake Erie and sunk. Al hands, 50 in
number, were saved.
LATE information from Indian Terrific
ry represents that parties are going in
from Texas "a we'll as from Kansas, and
the great excitement prevails.
JOHN r. LYNCH (colored) was nominat-
ed, on the 9th inst, for congress by the
republicans of the sixth Mississippi dis
trict This is the district now represented
by Gen. Chalmers.
HORACE MAYNARD, the new postmaster
general, whose whereabouts have been a
mystery to the administration people for
some time, writes that he will he in Wash
ington about Aug. l, prepared to enter on
the duties of his Office.
A DISPATCH from Lewiston, Me-, saws
the democratic state committee had decid-
ed that it is inexpedient to fuse with the
greenbackers even on governor, and that a
call will be issued next week for a regular
convention.
A DISPATCH from Mexico states that
Mariscal, minister of justice, will be sent
as ambassador to to Washington. Returns
from the presidential election show that
Gonzales is far ahead of all competitors.
As he and Diaz have perfect understand
ing, it is believed that he will be inaugu-
rated without the usual revolutionary
division.
A PORTION Of the city of Waterloo, Iowa,
Was flooded on the 18th inst, by d heavy
rain-storm Barns and small frame build
ings were moved from their foundations,
and many more substantial structures part
ly submerged. Two boys and one girl
were drowned The damage to property
is estimated at $25 5000.
AGENT WHITING reports that Mr.. lib
bles, who has figured prominently as the
champion of the Poncas, visited those In
dians lately by stealth and in disguise, and
tried TO get them to steal away in small
parties and return to their old reservation
on the Niobrara, promising that they
should receive ample assistance if they
would do SO. Whiting tried to arrest Tib-
bles, but did not succeed.
THERE are new gold excitements in New
York. Several farmers in the town of
Wells, claim to have found gold ina stream
that runs through their lands. The gold
washes out in grains varying from the
size of mustard seed to that of pea.
The stream from which it is taken rushes
down a gulch, in which some prospecting
has been done for the quartz veins, and
the company will probably put up a stamp
mill after some experimental digging.
The experiment of the Erie railroad in
the matter of furnishing meals to emmi
grants while en- route west is said to be
a success. The credit of it belongs to
General Passenger Agent Abbott. The
new departure was begun at Buffalo, few
days ago, the company furnishing the i'm
migrants wheat bread, rye bread, Swedish
bread, pies, cheese, bologna sausage: milk,
coffee and tobacco, of good quality, at cost.
The immigrants are given plenty of time
and a comfortable place to take their
meals in. The system will be introduced
at other stations where stops for refresh
ments are made.
AN army officer at Fort Keogh: gives an
account of an intereeting buffalo hunt
which recently took place on and in the
Yellow stone. The Crow Indians. getting
little short of meat, went in pursuit of
bison, and finding herd of four thousand,
attacked it sayagely. The animals became
infatuated after while and started in a