The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-12-29

secretary of the treasury to provide Tor tho
election OF buildings attwenty-two places where
courts are now held. tho cost to be such - Of .
rate Of 8 per cent per annum will produce the
amount now paid for the rent Of the court
house and postoflees.
he co6icile Of Samuel Woods will, providing
for the founding Of q college of music at b.
O0O, 200, was not the intent in law OF tho tes:
tator, and that the terms of the original
will shall hold This evidently oontemplAtes
the endowment OF an institution for the ,bene-
Es0t moody relatives, who are to be the bene~
ticiaries under the terms Of what seems to be .
somewhat singular will
The democrats Of the Virginia general as
sembly honored United States Senator Johnston
with = denomination. The readjusters haye u
majority Of twenty-six on joint ballot
Extra efforts are to ba made at this eeason to
relieve the pressure upon the supreme bench
and secure = prompt clearing OF the overbur-
dened calendar.
Tho total coal shipments from Pittsburg on
the late rise were 1850, 900 hushe!s Of which
for Cincinnati.
ChsrlesT. Deacon, inspector Of customs at
Philadelphia, and representative of q number
OF insurance companies, il missing since the
10th inst
1t is stated that Judge Devens will be sp-
pointed to succeed Judge Gray Of the supreme
court OF Massachusetts,.
The +. NJ. Deuham Il Co, fruit canvassins
company, OF Cincinnati, has made an assign
ment
J. T. Warren i Co., wholesale grocers. Gin
cinnati, have failed. Liabilities not given
FOREIGN FLASHES.
The pope gavo the customary Christmas eve
reception to cardinals, Of whom twenty three
we're il attendance, including the German
cardinal, Hohenlohe. In reply to their address
the pope said his position was becoming more
AMI more into!erable. When he claimed tenn
poral power in order to secure the independ-
ence OF the spiritual power, he was accused Of
being srebel and 81 enemy to Italy. Catholics
who demanded s1no EXPERIMENTATION freedom
for the head OF the church were similarly
stiGnlsti2ed, and pilgrims to Rome insulted by
press and populsce. 1t was, therefore, only
consider tho existing situation incompatible
with the dignity OF tho holy see. His holiness
saia he expected far more severe persecution
in time TO come, but he would endeavor to
guide the bark Of Peter through the troubled
sea, looking forward to the moment when God
would calm the tempest.
The London Times, speaking OF the Guiteau
cass SAYS:
Noghing In criminal procedure ever equalled
the laxity of his trial. What should have been
n grave invcstie alton has become eort of en-
tertainment Although murderer and
cheat, Guiteau has produced the
most farcical trial ever heard of. Now that
he has attained notoriety as criminal, he ie
bent on showing his importance. The laxity OF
proceedings is neither mended by the conduct
Of the prosecution nor by any discretion Oh the
part of the presiding judge.
The great Russian naval port Of Kronstadt
vas fired bc'Nihlists and partially destroyed,
With immenso losa. Kronstadt is Russian sea
port town, twenty miles weet of ST. Petersburg,
on the Arid leland If Katlin, near the eastern
extremity OF the Gulf Of Findland. The town
is strongly situated from strategic point OF
view opposite the mouth Of the Neva, built in
the form OF an irregular triangle and strongly
fortified On every side.
Great indignation prevails at St Petersburg
At the reprehensihle conduct of the president OF
the administration Of eastern Siberia, who re-
fused to telegraph the announcement Of the ar
rivals Of survivors of the Jeanette because they
they were without funds. The first news OF
their escape was consequently delayed ten
weeks.
In Italy, Baron Blanc has addressed me-
morial to the committee on the extradition law
bill stating that assassination, whether OF eov-
ereigns, chiefs Of states or others, can never be
classed among crimes for which Offenders can
claim right Of asylum, and that extradition
should always be granted in such cases.
At Castleton, Ireland, Miss Reynolds, charged
with aiding and abetting . criminal conspiracy
to prevent the psymsnt Of rent, was ordered to
either find bail to keep the poaoe six months or
undergo month g imprisonment. She refused
to give bail and went to jail.
Fifteen hundred arrests fo1 political offenses
bavo been male the present year in St Peters
burg. Many arrests were to falee accusations.
and it is stated that false accusers will be pro-
ceeded against
O'Donovao, correspondent of the London
Daily News, arrested on charge Of speaking in
abusive terms Of tho sultan, has been sentenced
to Elk months imprisonment.
Doroghue, landlord and clerk Of the Touber-
curry county Sligo) board Of guardians, was
fired upon in his Office aod dangerously
wounded.
Emperor William, of Germany, hes 5000
marks to fund for the sufferers by the Vienna
theatre fire.
Hanlan leaves for Englsni in two weeks, to
prepare for his match with Boyd.
e. Dryer, has been selected es high sheriff
of Dublin for 1882.
SCANDALS.