The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-12-09
CURRENT EVENTS.

The President kept the message close this
year. Neither the message nor any part of it
was stolen
B. +. Allen was acquitted by a Chicago jury
in the Federal court, of the charge Of making
false returns to the comptroller Of currency
Rev. John S. Summers of Washington, Rev.
Father Julien Bensit of Fort Wayne, and Capt
Frederick G. Cameron of New York, died lately
The president has appointed A. P. K. saff-
ord of Arizona Territory a delegate to the
Worlds fair in New York in 1888, and NJ. R.
Barr to be collector of customs for the district
OF Erie, Pa.
Gen. Hazen has been appointed chief signal
officer, with the rank and pay of brigadier gen
eral. Hazen is an Ohio man, and his selection
promotes another man, Alex McCook, of Sher-
mans staff, to the colOnelcy of the Sixth infant
ry, made vacant by the promotion of Hazen.
Senator Christiancy, in his cross bill in the
divorce suit instituted by his wife, alleges that
she staid one night in the St James hotel, in
this city, with one Giro The clerk Of the no.
tel has testified before the commission that
the woman who was there with Giro was not
Mrs. ChIistiancy.
Joseph Hart, publisher of the New York
Truth, the other day brought q suit against
George Alfred Townsend for 81 o, 600, and now
he asks $50, 600 from the New York Times.
Jones, to-day: The objectionable article ap-
Perjured Witness, in which Harris name was
connected with testimony of O'Brien and Morey
in the forgery case
special from Providence, R. L, says Mr.
Britton, Kate hase-Sprague's lawyer, is here
to file bill Of divorce against Gov. spraguc, on
the ground Of cruelty. The latter made pro-
position that if Mrs. Sprague would cease her
attempts to get possession of Canonchet, and in
duce her trustee. Thompson to give up the
prosecution of Willie Sprague for the shooting
of ~
the divorce on the ground of cruelty. The offer
was rejected, and the bill will be filed immedi-
ately. Sprague's adviser is Ben Butler.
Special from Springfield, Ill: Leary l. Key
died yesterday. He was sergeant of the Six
teenth Illinois cavalry during the war, and was
Jacksonville, where he organized and command
ed the prison regulators In this position he
arrested and tried the raiding prisoners who
were robbing the sick and dying and condemned
six Of them to be hung, the sentence being car
ried out under his supervision. He was man
horrors Of the prison destroyed his health.
Alexander Nish has big farm at Waukee,
Iowa, on the Fort Dodge road, where he was
well fixed with wife and three babies. To les
sen his burdens he hired a man to help on the
farm. The other day, after an absence of a few
hours on business, he went home and found his
wife and hired man gone. He traced them to
that she had left to stay-she Liked the hired
man best. So the magnanimous man gave her
s., 900, and told her to be happy. Hehas ap-
piled to the courts to legahze the separation.
Evarts W. FAIR, member of congress from the
Third district of New Hampshire, who died at
Iittleton, N. H., of pneumonia, recently, was
born in Lttleton, October 10, 1910. He stud
led for a time at Dartmouth college, and enter
ing the Union army at the outbreak of the war,
no ri0 70
to major. He was admitted to the bar in 1867.
He has been assessor of internal revenue, pros
ecutng attorney for Grafton county, and mem
Der of the executive council Of the State. He
was member of the present house of represen-
tatve and was reelected to the next