The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-11-02

l1onry -. Bennett, the minneapolis young
man arrested in Chicago for pi1ferrinR fom
his employers letters, is wanted by the
United States authorities for robbing the
mails He did not confine his operations to
the letters of the t1rm that employed him.
John Hopkins, Oh trial sin Maryland foy
murder tried to marry the only withess for
the prosecution So she could mot testify
against him, but hts scheme was nipped in"
the bud by a.Aharp minister
J. Wallace Mix> q rich cogn.oanner OF
Colestoga, n. Y:has fed to South America
ties to the amount Of $4,000.
James Leighton Gilmore will Ibs hanged
in Deadwood Nov. I the president having
refused to commute his sentence.
miscellaneous NesOs NOtes.
Atthe late ,meei,ng of the state assooia.
toin (CongregationaD at St. Paul, the dis.
oussion following the report ofthe visitors
to Carleton college brought one OF the min
listers with tho declaration that Carleton
ought to have 500, ,0OO within two years, and
he should like to pledge the 61st s., 900,
provided the remainder should be pledged in
|Ihat time Immediately the moderator,
WHO Is DtuKcT Ill Lie SOltucGll pdIt VI Vic
state, pledged the second 81 900, and bank.
er at Minneapolis has pledged the third, ST..
600. The field agent, they say, is inclined
to sing ''Where are the ninety" and seven,
in q Very. hopeful tone. -,~r,
There have been melted ut the Phttaaet:
phia mint $s7 900 worth of silver three cent
pieces. The loss BY the operation was $13, i
600, or little over balf the appropriation
a.
loss is caused chiefly by the fact that part
o. issue OF the silver three cent pieces was
76O instead of 900 fine. The coin melted up
will be minted into ten cent pieces.
The walking match in New York cloed
Saturday evening, only four OF the nine
starters remaining on the track till the finish.
Fitzgerald was the winner, his record being
677 miles and two laps. 1t is gratifying to
note that the affair waa complete failure
financially.
The Western Distillers association decid-
ed in Chicago, Thursday, in view Of low
prices. Of high, wines, to still further reduce
production. 10 per cent. This puts distiller-
les to running at 80 per cent. of their full
capacity.
A postofdce has been established at Cho
| wen, Hennepfn county, Mimi, with Will
liam S. Chowen postmaster. The office at
Polk City, Norman county, Minn., has been
discontinued mail to Calenso,
| \ special examination of accounts for the
| department of justice has been ordered to
Georgia to examine the accounts Of Marshal
LOngstreet.
There is to be an advance of2 IL cents per
hundred in lake freights to Buffalo begin
ing Nov. J.,
The tax levy for M1lwaukee the coming
season will be $2,0Sao5s. >
! From i.FO2'eign Lands.
The Paris newspapers publishes%a "a docu-
ment pnrporting to be a manifesto Of the
Anarchist league ct Geneva. 1t calls upon
the people of France to rise as a unit to abol-
| ish all.laws and religion and to destroy those
who employ ,laborers who are oHners of
property. A correspondent of lie Temps at
list is at the head of the anarchy movement.
| Tev Temps calls upon the chamber of dep
| uties to devote all its energies to the task
of strengthening the hands Of the govern.
ment by terrifying the rising spirit Of an.
| archy and ruin and giving confidence and
assuring continued prosperity to citizens.
! Prof Tyndall unveiled the statue on the
| Thames elnbankment at Chelsia. At the
conclusion Of the long address Prof
! Tyndall expressed wish that memorial
should be raised to Ralph Waldo Emerson,
! the loftiest, purest and most penetrating
| spirit that ever shone in American litera-
ture, and lifelong friend Of Carlisle. !. The Dal-
| ly Telegraph in an editorialsay Prof Tyn.
dali closely touched English sentiment when
he expressed the wish that the Thames en-
bankmeht could contain q companion mem
| orial to Emerson. The honor could be
| paid to no more distinguished 4 American
man of letters
! Fire broke out IN the bank Ut Montreal
Winnipeg, Sunday morning about2 O'Clock
supposed to have caught from a steam pipe.
The Canada Pacific general Offices occupied
| the second and third fats. The bank on the
ground floor and the second floor were COM
! pletely gutted. The third story was not
damaged except by smoke and water. No
papers of particular value were lost by the
railroad company, and the banks books are
all safe. Loss estimated about 3,OOOi Gov
cred by insurance.
| Berlin dispatch returns from 465 election
districts show 1873 conservatives, 81 of the:
center party and % progressists elected.
Prof Virchow, DR.. Loewe and Herr Richter
are returned by sweeping majorities Prof.
Virchow received 1852 votes against l63 for
| the court chaplain, Stoecker The result of
the cleo ion for the Prussian diet is that the
conservatives gained twelve seats, princi-
pally at the expense Of the national liberals.
The representation of other parties is the
same as last year.
Consul Peixato reports to the state de-
| partmeut from Lyons that the business OF
that city has suffered very materially re-
Gently owing to the Anglo Egyptian war.
he says there would have been considerable
embarrassment but for the fact that the
United States took from Lyons during June
July and August about So, ,OOO, 900 worth of
merchandise, or nearly 81, 600, 600 more than
for the same period Of the previous'year..
Jennings London special: At least half q
dozen American mines and railroads are be:
| ing privately offered for sale in this market
but there is nc earthly chance of selling
them at present, as the continued disturb
ances on the New York exchange make peo-
i pie over here shy about touching anything
new -! I. :
Davitt in a speech at Aberdeen urged the
Scotch! farmers TO demand reduction
| Of. rents. He: said: they should claim the
| right to have an independent tribunal to
| arbitrate between them and landlords. He
| thought it possible to have conceded to
Scotland the right granted to Ireland.
Gen. Sir Garnet Wolseley landed at Dover
| Saturday afternoon ION his return home
from Egypt. and was enthusiastically re-
| ceived by large crowd. He was only well
coined at the station by Mr.. Gladstone the
duke of Cambridge Granville and the duke
+ of Teck. I
Maj. r, ". Petriken,. assistant chief en-
gineer Of Gould's Mexican and Oriental rail
way, was murdered by Indians in the noun
tains near chihuahua.
The queen, who IS now staying at Balmo-
raj, has. asked Gen. Sir Gar net Wolseley to-
visit her at that place. Gen. Wolsaley Will
at once cproteed tbither. ~ N>~
Personal and In.ve''S0,.tsl. &; {
Mr.. William r. Burke, editor of the Hele
ma [Ark.) Daily World, declines % act as a
commissioner for the State Of Arkansas of