Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-05-16

Penn, November 90, 1889, and was mar
ried to Jeste r. Grant at Claremont. O.
She was the mother of six children. three
OF whom are now living. Mrs, Corbin, u.
Grant, and Mrs. Kramer, wife of the
present U. S. minister to Switzerland
Hon. NJ. H.Dunell of Minnesota is being
pushed by his frieeds for the position
made vacaut by the resignment Of com.
missioner Raum,
Road master Shehan. Of the Dakota cen
tral, retired from that position yesterday
His successor has not vet been appointed.
The trial Of Jerre Dunn for murder of
Jim Elliot the prize fighter is now In pro-
gress in Chicago.
new FIVE dollar counterfeit gold coin
has made it's appearance. II purports to
be a coin of the United States, struck Mt
New Orleans in 1850, heavily plated and
weighs 49a grains.
The billiard balls belonging TO Geo.
| Schiller, who was tried for and acquitted
Of firing the Newhall house, were found
Saturday in the ruins, the whole of which
are being carted away preparatory TO a
new building. They are eight or nine in
number. Some are well preserved, but
| several are burned to the size of walnut
They were % ivory. When not found af-
ter the fire question was raised rs to,
whether Schiller had not taken them from,
the saloon in preparation for the fire.
Finding the balls adds to the already gen
eral public opinion that Schiller is inno-
cent.
Tie Western Union Company has been
granted permission to bury their wires
in New York City, paying one cent per
lineal foot for each street opened, and
giving the city the use of two wires.
The rare occurrence is reported from
Salt Lake City Of Mormon's wife enter
ing complaint of polygamy against him.
In this instance the woman had been
beaten by her husband, and redress had
been denied her by Mormon Justice.
Paymaster Mason, of the United States
army, WAS robbed of his valise, containing
$40, 900 destined for paying the troops on
the Rio Grande frontier, us he was riding
from Fort Worth TO Big Springs, on the
Texas Pacific road.
John j. Knox, comptroller, has entered
upon his duties MS acting commissioner of
internal revenue. He says a deputy COM
missioner will virtually have charge of the
business.
A stmngor shot himself on the sidewalk,
corner of Broadway and Lafayette streets
in Winona Saturday. He had been work.
ing ON the steamer Silver Crescent, also
on the steamer Duncan. The man left
note reading. MY name is w. A. Rob-
ertson. My father lives in Albany, Ill.
Let me be buried by the side of my moth
er. Winona, May IL, 1888. Goodbye,
ALL" He was about IS years old.
The issue Of standard silver dollars
from the mints for last week was $685.
500: issued for the corresponding period
last year, SlTl 800.
The DAILY News Grand Forks, pub
fishes the particulars of dastardly out
rage on q IA year old daughter of Friendly
Malcolm, of lnkster, forty miles northwest
Of here, by physician named Naxon.
Naxon's wife was giving the girl lessons
on the organ, and being away when she
came last Friday for her usual lesson the
Doctor compelled the girl to yield to his
desires. DIR. Wheeler, examined the girl
and says she is in precarious condition.
There is every evidence OF being outraged.
Limbs were badly bruised. Naxon can't
be found.
At 7:40 Monnday, a cyclone storm,
which had been threatening for some
hours, struck the town Of Orange, Mo-, and
in few minutes the town was entirely
destroyed with the exception Of few
dwellings. Six persons were killed and
thirty three wounded, many seriously and
perhaps fatally.
Another account states that the storm
at Orange was not so disastrous as was at
first reported, very few people being hurt
and no one killed. Afew houses were un-
rooted. and some moved OF Of their foun-
datiop. Business signs we're carried three
miles from the city by the wind Joplis
and Carthage escaped with very little in
jury, but the storm passed mp Spring river
valley, moving everything in its way, and
injured people and stock The storm was
about two hundred yards wide and trav-
eled i'm northeasterly direction.
The commission or of the General Land
ONCE has sent letter to the Register
and Receiver at st. Cloud, Mimi. in which
he holds that person duly qualified to
make a homestead entry, who has set
tied upon a tract of land legally subject
to homestead entry, with intention to ac-
quire title to the same under the home
stead law, and who has resided upon and
cultivated the same for q period of six
months, may make his homestead entry
and give notice Of his intention to make
Communication proof under sec. 1901 of the
Revised Statutes, on the same day, or he
may give notice of his intention to make
the entry and the communication proof
in advance; and after the notice shall have
been posted and published as prescribed by
law, he may legally make the homestead
entry and the comutation on the same day.
The Commissioner also holds that the
Ave years allowed in the homestead entry
dates from entry and not from the CON-
mencement of personal residence an the
iand entered.
A cyclone swept over wiilout hburg.