The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-04-07
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CURRENT. EVENTS.

Mr.. Hugh J. Jewest has declined the Presi-
dency Of the Worlds Fair
An Iceland girl in Marshal made trip Of fl
teen mica over the drifts Oh SNOW shoes IN :6ys
hours. ''' 49,"
Mrs. l. Virginia French the weli-known au-
thoress aad poet, IS lying =. the point Of death
at her home, near McM;anv;lle, Ga
Mrs. Oswald Otteudorfsr Of New York, pro-
notes the German school system to the extent
German Teaoi.ers' seminary IN Milwaukee TO-
ceives $4,000. ...
There Is rurnor Of another Watering Of the
New York Central-An issue Of additional stock
at rate Of ona 10 nine-thas ia, raise the CAPT.
tai stock from 800, DOC, 600, to 81 10, 600, 600
snd then make i. an 8 per cent stock under =
lease 70 the Lake Shore. The Lake Shore will
take Michigan Central, TOO, on the same arrange
ment, guaranteeing it = per cent. the rate which
it has paid for the last year.
Lieut. 3. NJ Berry, .. s. NJ, has been o.
dered to command the steamer Mary and Helen
on the proposed Arctic expedition in search Of
the Jeanette. Secretary Hunt furnished Lieut.
Berry with List Of naval officers, who nave
volunteered for the service and will be guided
~ any preferences he may entertain in making
up the detail of officers who viii serve under
This worlds fair commissioned at New York
resolved thai the executive committee deem il
expedient TO take no action in relation 70 per-
nlanent president until after April IS, when
tons 70 the capital stock The members are
determined TO use their utmost eadeavors to
raise the required amount, SIS, 600, OOO, by April
Is, provided transportation companies sub
.cribe s ,OOO; COO and tie citizens Of New
York 81 900, 900. The commission has a.
ready raised their 81 ,O0C, 900.
A Protestant Episcopal Temperance Society
has been organized in New York, with Bishop
B. r. Smith for President The constitution
Emphasizes the fact that the church was already
committed to temperance work. and its bap-
tsmal VOW constituted temperance pledge.
The means of promoting temperance were TO
consist largely of Lectures and pamphlets set
ting forth the physical % well as moral evils Of
intemperanco A total abstinence pledge will
he recommended to the Incorporate, - mat
ter Of policy and selfpreservat;on, as we'll as a
matter Of obedience to religious vows A total
abstinence pledge Is alsO recommended to per-
sons who believe their example will be of value
to weaker brethren and also recOmmanded1 to
the young as means Of avoiding temptation.
Gen. Lew Wallace, governor Of New Mexico,
has telegraphed the president that he declines
the appointment "a United States charged d. al
fairs at Paraguay and Uruguay,
Lieut. r. NJ. Berry, u. s. NJ. has been Or
dered to command the steamer Mary and Helen
on the proposed Arctic expedition in search Of
the Jeanette. Secretary Hunt furnished Lieut.
Berry with . list Of naval officers, who have
volunteered for the service and will BE- guided
by any preferences he may entertain in making
up tho detail Of officers who will serve under
him.
A dispatch from tuscaloosa, Iowa, says: To
day trade was made whereby the whole prop
erty Of the Consolidation Coal company passed
to the Chicago l. Northwestern Railwsy COM
pany, fox $500, 600 cash. The parties selling
are Hon. J. K. Graves Of Dubuque, 81. W.
Mcneil, and w. A. Mcneil of this city. This
purchase gives to tho Northwestern road nearly
1000 acres Of land, estimated by experts to
hold 20, 600, 600 tons Of ooal; and opened and
equipped with ines. yards, telegraph lines,
al machinery and appliances, equal to : pres
ent annual capacity 81 50, 900 oar lo.ds, and
viii, BY October l be enlarged 70 double this
thus settled tho fuel question for its extensive
system Of roads Marvin Hughitt WAS elected
president Of the Consolidation Coal company:
Parties who profess to know aay there 10
more in the rumoret consolidation Of the Chi
cago L Northw estern and Chicago, Milwaukee
4 81 Paul companies than has como to tho sur
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