Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-10-01
CURRENT EVENTS.


Bishop Whipple issued circular presclib-
ing special service Of prayer in Episcopal
churches On Monday.
Mrs Whittier, the wealthy lady to whom MIR,
Wright left his fortune Of million and q half
dollars, has given UP 100000 to the rishtEul
heir.
On Tuesday last Capt Paul Boynton, the
having made the swim from GlendiYe on the
Yellowstone, distance of 125 miles, in thirty
one hours.
Last Sunday afternoon at St Paul man
cuolly stripped himself on the high bridge over
the Mississippi, and jumped into the river
distance of 80 feet, and came up unframed
and swan for the shore. He gave his name as
Morton and claimed to be l. citizen of the
world
Hamline university at ST. Paul opens very
prosperously this term. The school has been
in session one week and the attendance is nine
y-eight an increase of sixty five per cent over
the attendance at this time last year. Twelve
more have sgnifed their intention of entering
within two weeks, and should students come 10
during the term as they did last year the regis
tration will reach 115 or 12O before the holi-
days.
On Friday at Fort Smelling all labor was sus-
pended at department headquarters and d sa-
lutte of thir zen guns was fired at once, and af-
forwards throughout the day until sunset
single gun at Intervals of thirty minutes. At
the close OF the day a national salute of thirty
eight guns was fired. The troops at the fort
paraded at 10 a. H., and the order read to
them, and the colors of the Seventh infantry
will be put in mourning for the period of six
months.
General Burnside had colored man
for a servant, named Robert Hol-
eway, who was with him from the time OF the
Mexican war up to about four years ago, wien
lie died. He was we'll liked by the general,
who, after Roberts death, took the latter's son,
also named Robert, who is now about twenty
years Of age, and has been the constant servant
of General Burnside for the last four years.
grieving piteously at the loss of his employer.
The news Of the death of Capt. Hentig, who
was killed by Apaches, in Arizona, was con-
cealed from his wife about a week. The pa
pers we're withheld from her, and everything
in regard to the massacre was suppressed.
Mrs: Hentig arrived. Il Reading, Pa, last
Wednesday, and expected her husbands arrival
the same day. 1t was after the time for him to
reach her had passed when the sad intelligence
was for the first time impaired. She has been
seriously sick since she learned Of her hus-
bands death.
The officers of Gen. Carr's command, on his
present expedition, who are liable to become
are: Commander Of Column, Eugene A. Carr,
colonel of the Sixth cavalry; adjutant First
Lieut.. VIM. Garter; R. @. NJ. G. v. McCreery,
company B, Sixth cavalry; First Lieut. Craig
and Second Lieut. Sands, company D.; Second
Lieut. Thomas CRUZ, company E; First Lieut.
VIM. Stanton, company F First Lieut.. g. Over
ton, company P; Maj. T. c. Topper and Lieut.
3. Fl. Cheever. The Indian scouts are com
manded by Second Lieut.. G. B. Galewood, with
the cavalry. The whole force numbering about
250 effective men, including the Indian scouts
On the 18th a train passed through snow
storm all the way from Council Bluffs to Boon
vile, Iowa, the snow at the latter place grad
ually seeming to exhaust itself, coming down
in scant flakes and at ftful intervals AtNeo-
la, Shelby and Avoca the snow came down in
great density, looking everywhere like a mid
winter storm. The Rock Island mail agent
said he was so busy that he could hardly toll
when the storm did commence, but Oh looking
up from the distribution of his mail, he found
himself and train in storm that would have
been in perfect keeping with mia-winter day
The storm reached Des Moines soon after the
train left, dropping but here and there fake
The snow seemed heaviest, it was said, be-
tween Avoea and Stuart and was fully foar
inches deep. The snowfall at Council Bluffs
was light and scattering