Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1880-05-07
NEvS-NOTEs.
has fifty-three newspapers,

morning Post is to be Knighted.
st. Louis contributed $4,000 imme-
sdiately upon hearing of the Marshfeld disaster.
The remains of John Elliott, missing
over year, were found in Grand Forks county
last week. Blizzard, . .
Hon Orange Ferris, of New York
has been appointed second auditor of the treas
nry in place of Ezra B. French deceased.
Patrick Desmond, a saloon keeper at
Noorhead, was found murdered in his bed last
Sunday morning. Several parties have been
held on suspicion.
The total arrival of emigrants at Cas-
tie Garden during the month of April was 46,11s
the largest number ever landed at Castle Garden
in any ono month.
The delegates to the Cincinnati con
vention from the District of Columbia have been
instructed to vote for Seymour if a candidate, If
not, for Hancock.
Twin babies were born to a colored
woman in Maysvillc, Ky, last week. One was
black and the othcrwhite. This looks very much
like amalgamation.
acknowledgement Key has accepted
the appointment rendered him by the president,
of United States district judge for the eastern
district Of Tennessee.
Lord O'Hagan has been appointed
lore chancellor for Ireland and Dr.. Hugh Law
attorney. general for Ireland. Earl Cowper has
been appointed lord-licutcnant.
-Hanlan, the champion oarsman, has
arrived at Washington. rowcd over the course
and gone INTO training for his great race with
Courtney, to be rowcd on the Potomac.
The will of the late Frank Leslie is
being contested by his two SONS and long con-
test, resulting in the lawers eating up the prin.
ciple part Of the estate, will probably be til re-
suit.
1t is reported that Jay Gould has paid
VIM. II. Vanderbilt S1O,OO0.OOO for 100000 shares
ofWcstcrn Union stock. 1t is said Gould has
in view the ultimate consolidation with his
American Union line.
"A band of Sioux made raid on the
ranch of Hank Clark, hunter Porcupine
creek. last week while he was absent, taking
with them everything portable in the shape of
blankets, provisions. hides. etc.
The Chinese stand no show in Cana
<in. Two of the yellow representatives Of the
1lowery kingdom started in business in Ottawa
and were out by mob. Legislation has
been introduced to avoid any further difficulty.
Gen. John Macarthur, formerly post
master of Chicago. has been found guilty of en-
bezzling S5O.OOO during his official career. He
was given until June 4th to prepare for sentence
or in other words to get his influence to work
for pardon by the time sentence is pronounced.
-Kemblc, Rumbergcr, Crawford, Salt
cr ana Pctrotf, the Pennsylvania politicians and
bribcrs, all st ''scot free" by the board of
pardons upon payment Of their fines. Tweed
should have been resident of that state. 1t
was dangerous to keep them imprisoned, they
knew much for the safety of the state officers.
A band of Indians are reported to be
campcd OH the Powder river, eight miles up from
the telegraph crossing. hunter in the neigh
borhood was ont visiting his traps when he saw
an Indian take beaver from them, when he
made noise and the Indian started for him, the
hunter immc mcdiately turned tail and ran to his
camp The Indian then took the beaver and
started of.
Out of one hundred and ninety-seven.
thousand ST. Lousians that listened to Moody
said to have been converted. very fair show
Ing considering the wickcdness of the great
southwestern city Chicago papers will say that
more would have been converted only for the fact
What the female population deferred from
entering the church ofBrother Moody on account
of the size of ftheir feet.
Mrs. Gen. Custer has written letter
opposing the bill for a statue TO Custer, by Nc
Donald to be erected in Washington. Mcdonald
did the West Point statue. which Mrs. Custer
saws could not be worse than i: is, and Gays:
..Thc statue is dismal misrepresentation in cv
cry respect. cannot endorse the thought Of
this wrctched caricaturc being repeatcd.' 1t ls
tn be hoped that Mrs. Clusters wishes may be
compiled with, but if the bill does pass giving
Mcdonald the commission he will have no ex-
cuse for not making commendable statue this
time, knowing the faults Of the first statue and
how to avoid them in the second one.
The New York World referring to
recent application of five Cinnamon for natural
xation declares no aliens @. Mongolians can be
lawfully made citizens of the United States un-
less MongOlian can be correctly described as u
..frce white person." On what grounds can per-
eons of the Mongoian race be called white per-
eona?" Does not section 2169 expressly exclude
all aliens but white persons and persons of
African nativity or descent: One Of the federal
courts has decided that Cinnamon cannot be ma
ruralizcd in the United States but our New York
state courts go stumbling on ''alee samee" as
before.
A trial of the soft coal which is being
mined on the line of the Northern Pacific rail
road was made yesterday at the office of the land
department Of the road with most satisfactory
Jesuit. The coal is Ignite and when placed in
the crate on foundation fire of wood it ignited
readily and gave out heat much greater inten-
sity than is generated by athracite. The stove
used was an open crate, hence the test was Sc.
xere, and it proved that in air tight stove con-
structed for it the coal would be extremely vau-
able for heating purposes Ry q trial made by
Mr. j. Is. Power, the land commissioner, ut his
residcnce he Satisfied himself that :he coal gem
Grated more heat and held the fire longer than
bituminous In test recently made at the st.
Paul gas works 1000 pounds of this coal produced
4 500 feet of gas The coal sent here for expert
ment ia inferior to that now being mined, but