The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06
CURRENT EVENTS.

0aTHelu VOmD III guarded Dy sOlQlefs.
Money is "close' in New York and Boston.
The last of the Chinese students in America
have gone home
Rivers aro rising all over the northwest and
there are great fears of floods and damage.
New York was excited over cock and bull
story that somebody conremplates the assassin
alton of Roscoe Oonkling
It is reported that Mrs. Garfield will shortly
sell the house occupied by tho family previous
to her husbands Inauguration.
The business of the st. Paul post Office in
September, 1880, Amounted to $214,63O.O4
for September, 1881 it reached $269, 1884, 10.
Hugh & Co., commission merchants Of Chi
cago, suspended, owing to the heavy advance
in October wheat, of which they were largely
short.
Hon John s. Wise, Of Virginia, one Of the
leaders OF the readjuster party of Virginia,
says he feels very confident that the combina-
ton ticket treadjusters and republicans) will
bo elected.
The confederate veterans of the Shenandoah
valley, Pa, accompanied by a band Of the
stonewall brigade, were cordially received and
entertained by the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie at Carlisle, Pa.
The members of the Minnesota Editorial as
sociation, over hundred, left St. Paul on
Thursday fer q trip to Omaha, Chicago, Mil
waukee, etc. It is expected that they will reach
home Sept. LIST.
New York special to the Boston Herald: A
careful canvass of Wall street and banking cir
cles in this city develops unanimous eenti-
ment against the removal of Window from the
treasury department.
capitalist Of Eau Claire, not long since pur-
chased large tract of land near Warren, on the
St Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba, and has lust
harvested 10000 bushels OF wheat
The fund for the relief of the Michigan fire
sufferers now amounts to over 1928, ,O9O. OF
this sum New York contributed $54 ,489. That
international mendicant, Chicago, has contrib
uted about So, 600, and some speeches.
When told that the coffin could probably not
be opened after arriving at Cleveland, poor
Grandma Garfield said in faltering accents.
''Oh, must see him; I must see him once
more. He was my own boy, you know"
Nothing has been heard by exploring vessels
in the arctic regions of Bounett's steamer. but
Capt Winants, in letter to the San Francisco
Bulletin, advances the theory that the Jeanette %
has sought northeastern passage around
America.
The washout near Fond du Lac, on the 81.
Paul l. Duluth road Thursday night, was more
serious than had been anticipated. The SCOOP
was forty five feet long by thirty-five feet deep
necessitating piling, and the building of 8
bridge across it. The work was completed
EIAu1y AA8A%
The twenty mile running race at the Western
Agricultural fair at Rochester, N. Y, between
| Miss Emma Jewett of Minnesota, and Mrs
Robinson of England, was won by Jewett She
had the lead from the first, and Robinson qui
! on the fourth mile on account Of sickness
Miss Jewett had previously won race at Buf
| falo.
G. F. Freeman, president Of the Milwaukee
chamber of commerce. on his wav home from
an extended trip through tho wheat regions 'o1
Minnesota and Dakota, thinks the grain supply
of both states over estimated, and the damage
by rain very material, though the percentage
Of loss could not be computed until throshiEg
begins.
Alta special meeting of the city council of
St. Paul on the 9th ult, the Order of Rail
way Conductors of the United States and Cana
| da were cordially invited to hold their next an
| nual session in st. Paul, and Col J. A. Mitchell
was requested to extend this invitation to the
grand division at Buffalo, and on behalf Of the
city council, to tender them the hospitalities of
the city. :
Senator Sawyer of Wisconsin says there
will be meeting in " ashington Saturday. al
| which number Of republican senators would
be appointed to confer with the democrats, and
the senator thought the result would be- that
the republicans would select president pro