The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-03


perliansnt e M.dsses essolutia [ng,
precedence to Fofster's bfEi04 the P9tteefion
Of life and property in 1fed and the Irish
Home rule members have decided to oppose the
coersion bills to the last extremity.
The house committee Of ways and means, by
a vote Of 6so 4, indefinitely. postponed Husd's
follows on the motion p postpone: Ayes
Phelps, Felton,. Nsys1Messrs. Tucke r, Car.
l'sae' Mills Y Morrison ! I<}t.TfT
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY. 1
The aggregate monthly expenditure h TIE
Both houses Of the wisconsin legislature met
in joint session Wednesday, when Philetus
Sawyer was declared elected United States SEN
4tor. ~ I5:tr! .t.,G-t H}!s tffiiii.H 20
The one vacancy ON the retired list =, the
army will be filled by the retirement Of Surgeon
General Barnes, and promotion of DR. Baxter,
chief medicinal puryeyor, to be sergeant gen
eral =. ''''E II r. 5''N- y liz , -
George H. Foster has beef, nominated United
States district attorney for the southern district
of New York in place of Woodford. This nom
inaion is regarded as a3direct cut at Conkling
and that bit of q row will grow out Of it ~. q,
Twenty-three wears ago Horace Everett plant
ed on his farm near Council Bluffs twenty
three acres of waste. land with black walnut
trees They are now 16 to 70 inches in diam
eter, and he has sold them for 1927 600. = r.
The entire issue of the $4,000, 600 Az
per cent. forty-years gold bonds, issued by TIE
Pennsylvania company, has been taken by
syndicate composed of Kuhn, Loeb 4 Co, VIM.
L Scott Of Erie, Pa; Drexel 4 Co. of Phila-
delphia, and others ''':is' S!i!} 3"-;i =" Az
Official returns show that 8 ,2O7 acres sXere'
planted in sugar cane in Minnesota in 1875, the
product being 329, $50 gallons Ions In 1872 the
product Of 446, 946 gallons, or an average Of
$3.50 gallons per acre. 'i'''. ~ l'A'''" ,,
Congress at the last session, passed resolu-
ton making the Louisville and. Portland canal
Free The result was it became nobody 3 busi-
ness to repair it, and now the secretary Of war
sends q communication to congress asking for
$82, 900 to put and keep it in good condition.
The directors Of the Chicago racing associa,!
ton hav" adopted q programme for the sum
mer meeting for the week ending July The
premiums offered aggregate $39, 200, the lar,
gest for I number of years. Extra purses OF
$500 to 81 900 will be offered for the best
time on record in the various classes.
Commissioner Williams of the general land
office appeared before the house committee on
necessity for are survey of the public lands
The committee directed its chairman to request
the appropriation committee to include in the
sundry civil bill an appropriation for this pur-
pose. a.,
In Tennessee, on the thirteenth ballot,
Howell E. Jackson. State credit; Democrat,
was elected to the senate: The ballot stood i
jackson 20; Maynard; 25; Rose I. Jackson
was declard elected. He was lifted out Of his
seat by friends, and escorted 70 the stand, and
said that he would do whatever1ay in his power
to allay all sectional agitation and bring pros;
perity to the country ,n,4s,asi !,ye :: .f4';{
Longfellow's we'll known legend Of Pandora
has been adapted to the operate stage, and
placed upon the boards ct the Boston ttheater..
The honored poet himself has personally super
intended it's production, and has extended his
congratulations to Miss Blanche Roosevelt for
the success and hit she has made as Pandora.
However, the piece does not promise; to :'be a
great success. - ~ :,,, ;.,.: ~ y!4,1.
The war department has directed the abo1i--.,
ton of the recruiting rendezvous in Washington:
This action is taken because the recruiting food
for the army is running low. The order will
take effect on February l, next, when First
Lieut. Lamatitle, Eleventh infantry, who is i'm
charge, vii! turn over the public property in
MINI, and report to the commanding genafa
department of Dakota.