The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-14

~ l.. Ene ee4p!oan OF AeuA shoDlnaSo1s 9t4a 4es
thirteen shostiles from the6pse1 Of thu treasch-
Slous Hanktonais, is reported from Bt6ord.s
bill HAS Been passetfthrough the irelshses-
see legislAuEad declaring tho forfeiture ;ot the
Office OF any sheriff who shall permit prisoner
to be taken from his custody and put to death
by mob. It also provided that no sheriff who
is found guilty OF this offense shall ever be eli
gible to any office of trust within the gift of the
state. 1t win he signed by the governor. = a.
There is some talk of giving the New York
collectOrship to some person outside the state.
The names Of Glenni w. Scotield, of Pennsyl-
vania, now register of the treasury; Gov. F0s-l
ter, Of Ohio, J: G New, Of Indiana, Chauncey
= l. sFilley, of Missouri, are mentioned as the
kind of men who could be usefully called to
such post, but in the meantime, Robertson
says he will stick
A light vote was polled At the Rhode Island
State election and the Republican ticket was
elected, as follows: Governor, Alt. H. Little
field; lieutenant governor, Hy H. Fay; secre-
tary of state, j. NJ. Alderman; attorney general,
Willard Sales; general treasury, Samuel Clark.
Littlefelds majority over the Democratic and
Greenback candidates is 7,O72; Fays majority
over the Democratic, Prohibition and Green-
back candidates is S, 1877.
The Mississippi and Rum River Boom COM
the election Of officers The following is the
list of officers: President, s. H. Chute; vice
president, 0. c. Merrimam; Secretary, James A.
Loyejoy; treasurer, j. B. Lovejoy; directors,
). H. Chute, j. Dean, L. Day, O. G. Merriman,
James A. Lovejoy; log committee, s. W. Farm
ham, George A. Camp, T. c. Barrows.
Anne Dickinson has thrown up her theatrical
enlargement in PHILADELPHIA The reason as
signed by her sister is that the company which
was to have supported Anne will not arrive
here in time for rehearsal. The real reason
however, is said to be that at the last moment
Miss Dickinson's scruples got the best Of hel,
and that she did not care to exhibit her calves,
usually worn by the bogus Prince OF Como.
A dispatch from Yankton says: the water has
rapidly subsidized during the past twenty four
ho' rs and the Missouri is now running within the
banks at that place. The bottom lands are still
submerged, and although nearly / 1000 people
have been rescued from farm houses in the in
undated bottoms in this county alone, there arc
\ number that have not been reached on &C
cunt Of the impenetrable character of the ics,
'9ater and surroundings. 1t is feared that this
class will perish from hunger and exposure be-
fore they can be released.
The secret why the rates to the East were 80
suddenly reduced April /, contrary to general
expectations and a month before the opening of
navigation, has been we'll guarded. It is now
learned that the New York trunk lines had been
cutting rates, and Commissioner Fink had to do
w. oAA.ooAASA "A APoAoAAE 1"lo ""I'
But this has broken out afresh, led by the Bal
timore & Ohio, that offered by it's agent on
Saturday, in Chicago, to take grain &c less than
the regular rates adopted April l, claiming the
New York Central had been cutting on the new
rates.
Miss Helen Leopold, one of the bells of the
first Jewish society in Milwaukee is to be mar
ried to a Mr.: Fish Of Chicago in June. It was
determined that the wedding should be on an
elaborate scale, and the prospective BRIDES IA
ther went to Europe, 1t transpires to purchase
the wedding trosseau. Mr.. Leopold arrived i'll
New York from Europe, on Saturday, with four
trunks containing the bridal trosseau valued at
So. 600, which he attempted to get through
without paying duty. The trunks were seized
and will probably be confscated to the govern
ment
A decision was rendered by the supreme
court of the United States, in the Mormon case
Of John Miles vs.. The United States, brought
here by an appeal from the supreme court of
Utah. Miles was indicted for bigamy in the
Third district court of Utah, at Salt Lake City.
A trial was had. and the jury rendered vir-
dict of guilty. Miles thereon appealed to the
supreme court of the territory, where the
judgment of the district court was affirmed.
An appeal to the supreme court of the United
States resulted in q reversal of the decision of
the Utah court, and the case was remanded for
new trial