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

Mr.. Hugh J. yswess mas declined the pres;~
dency Of the Worlds Fair
An Iceland girl in Marshal made trip Of hs-
teen milea over the drifts uD SNOW shoes IN iva
hours.
Mrs. l. Virginia French, the well-known att
thoress and poet, = lying A. :he poin: Of daata
at her homo, near Mem ,any;ils, Ga
Mrs. Oswald Ottel.dor;sr OF New York, pro-
notes the German school system To the extent
o. donating $s35, 900 CT th;s smoan5 the
German Teachers seminary IN Milwaukee TO-
eeives $lO,O0O
There Is ruEnor OF aaos:sr Watering Of che
New York Central-An issue Of additional stock
at rate Of 0na 10 nine--taas is, ga:ss the CAPT
tai stock from 500, 900, 900. to j. % 0OO, 600
lease 70 the Lake Shore. The Lake Shore viii
take Michigan Central, too, on she same arrange
ment, guaranteeing it por cent. the rate which
it has paid for the last year.
Lieut.. +. N. Berry, y. 8, NJ, has been o.
dered to command the steamer Mary and Helen
Oh tho proposed Arctic expedition IN search Of
the eannette Secretary Hunt furnished L;eut
Berry with List Of naval officers, who nave
volunteered for the service and will be Guided
y any preferences he may o;s9rta ;u IN making
np tho dsta1 Of officers who VIII serve under
him.
Ths worlds fair commissioned A. Nav York
resolved tilns the executive committee deem il
e1pedient 70 lake no action z relation 70 per
n.anent president until after Apr! IS, when
the finance committee will report the subsorip-
tons 70 the capital sock. Tho members are
determined 70 use their utmost endeavors to
raise the required amount 81, 900, 900, by April
Is, provided trans ortat;on companies sub
:cribe 81 100000 and tie citizens Of New
York $l,OOO,O 900 The commission has a.
ready raised sae;r 81 100000
A PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL Tanpcrarce Society
has been organized IL Nav 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-
ts1nal VOW constituted temperance pledge
The means Of promoting temperance were to
consist largely Of lectures and pamphlets set
ting forth the physical 80 we'll as moral evils Of
intemperanco. total abstinence pledge will
he recommended to the Incorporate IS q mat
ter OF policy and seifpre=ervat;on, aa we'll as
matter Of obedience to religious vows. A total
abstinence plsdge ia also recommended to per-
sons who believe their example will be of value
the young as nleans Of avoiding temptation
Gen Lew Wallace governor Of New Mexico
has telegrapled the president that he declines
the appointment "a United States charged d. al
fairs at Paraguay and Cragsay.
Lieut. r. NJ. Berry, q. 8. NJ, has been Or
dered to command the steamer Mary and Helen
on the proposed Arctic expedition in search Of
the Jeannette: Secretary Hunt furnished Lieut.
Berry with o list Of naval officers, who have
volunteered for the service and will be guided
by any preferences no 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 4 Northwestern Railway COM
pany. for $500, 900 cash: The parties selling
Mcneil, and W. A. Mcneil of this city. This
purchase gives to the Northwestern road nearly
1000 acres of land, estimated by experts to
hold 20, OOO, OO9 tons Of coal, and opened and
equipped with n ines, yards, telegraph lines.
ent annual capacity Of 80, 900 car loads, and
viii, BY October /, be enlarged 70 double this
thus settled the fuel question for ito extensive
system Of roads. Marvin Hughitt was elected
president Of the Consolidation Coal company.
Parties who profess to know say there 10
more in the rumore9 consolidation Of the Chi
cago 4 Northwester and Chicago, Milwaukee
4 St Paul companies than has come 70 the sur
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