The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-05-06
GENERAL NOTES.

THE legislature of Massachusetts ad-
journed SINE die on the Goth inst.
JOSEPH SEL1aMAN, the New York,
banker died in New Orleans, of heart
disease on the 29th Of April.
HON. JOHN ROBBINS, ex.member of
congress OF Pennsylvania, died in Phila-
delphia, on the ssth; aged 70 years.
DURING April the secretary of the
treasury purchased nine million dollars
of bonds Of the United States for the
sinking fund.
W. Il. RUMBERGER, one OF the riot
bribers of the Pennsylvania legislature,
recently sentenced to prison for one year,
has lost his reason on account of his
conviction and sentence.
GEORGE n. DANIELS, general pas
senger agent of the Chicago & Pacific
railway has been appointed general
passenger agent of the Wabash, ST. Louis
& Pacific railway.
The Western Nail association met in
Pittsburgh, on the 28th, and decided to
reduce rates from 1926 per KEEP to 81.
The reduction was made necessary BY
the rapid importation of nails from Eng
land.
The Dennis Kearney habeas corpus
case came up before the supreme court,
in session on the Goth inst. The court
decided that it had no power to review
it's own action, and Kearney was returned
to the house Of correction, to serve his
sentence.
THE democratic state convention of
Connecticut met at Hartford on tae 28th
and selected a delegation to represent
the state in the national convention to
be held at Cincinnati. The delegation
was not ins tructed but is thought to be
favorable to Tilden.
A CHICAGO dispatch states that DR.. A.
A. Demars, who has been attending
small pox patients is down with tn e
disease. The physicians wife and
daughter are expected to follow. The
rush in all directions for vaccination
seems to increase and sufficient supply
of vaccine matter Cannot be pro.
cured. 1t is estimated that about 1000
"poiots" are being used in the city daily,
and twice that: number could be if it
were possible to get them.
The suit of r. Hoe s. Co. vs.. Cottrell
& Babcock. which was before the courts
for nearly five years. has been concluded
by q decision of the United States circuit
court for the district OF Connecticut, sus-
tanning Hoes patent for the delivery
mechanism Of cylinder presses having q
gripper deliver.cylinder and tapes lead.
ing therefrom to the fly. This fleets
all printing presses in which the fly de-
livers the sheets printed side up without
shutting. 49,.
THE republican state convention of
n - - III, 1~,-r -. 0oAl> \
after the selection Of the usual commit
tees, adjourned until two o'clock, when
it reassembled and selected forty four
delegates to the Chicago convention.
The delegates at large were instru cted,
and the district delegates requested to
vote as unit for John Sherman for pres.
ident, and to use all honorable means to
secure the nomination Of Sherman.
As near as can be learned eight out of
the forty district delegates chosen, to at
tend the Chicago convention. are for
Blaine, but in one district, the 18th, a
resolution was adopted, declaring Sher-
man to be their second choice. Sher.
mans friends, claim the delegation will
be solid for Sherman, at Chicago. The
following state ticket was nominated:
For Secretary of 6tate-Chas. Townsend,
of Athens. Judge of supreme court
Geo. w. Mc1lvane, of Tuscarawas. Clerk
OF supreme court-DwiRht Crowell, of
Ashtabula. Member Of Board of public
works 8. 81. Hosmer, of Muskinggum.
For school commissioner-A. p. De-
Wolf, of Summit. tg= .4 n,
THK emigration returns made up BY
the board of trade returning Off GER at
Liverpool show that the stream of emf