The Dickinson press., 1883-07-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.

The work on Fargo's new court
house is being pushed rapidly for
ward.
Gen. Jesse III. Moore, United States
consul at Callao, Peru died of yellow
fever last week.
The Associated Press association
will make trip over the Northern
Pacific early in August.
The Pittsburg. Pa. knights of La
bor have rendered financial aid to the
striking telegraph operators.
Col. j. b. Culver, mayor of the city
of Duluth. Minn., died suddenly sun
day afternoon ut Buffalo. \. Y.
Charles Haywood stratton. better
known as Gen. Tom Thumh. died of
apopleXy at his home i'll Midhleboro,
Mass.
Tt is said that in vc.y few counties
i'll Dakota have the iails amy inmates.
The Brown county jail is used for
storing grain.
\ fire at Watson, Mimi. Monday
destroyed a drug store. blacksmith
shop. grocery store and two resi-
dcmces. Loss about $l0.O00.
A fire at Belleville. Nevada. last
Saturday. destroyed onc-llalf of the
Inns AZ I
;s55,O0n, insurance $4,000.
The two Ear!AM.l brothers. who
were in Jail at Nernor, La. charged
With murder and arson, We're released
Ivy Il mob Monday night.
The commercial telegraph operas
tors all over the rolinily are ON IL
strike and in consequence business OF
all kinds is, at Il s,aMA-&tiIl.
James Hul@cr WAS Indicted at Nav
willie, Ky, Tuesday for the rape OF q
little girl. The punishment in Ken
tucky for that crime is death.
The most important part Of the
town of Cokato, ,;iilln.. was burned
Sunday. Three men Were burned to
a crisp. The fire is supposed 10 be
nccMliary.
The Governor of Illinois has re-
fused to pardon Charles ". Angpll
for the emhezzloln mi OF Ilrse Sums
of money from the Pulliman Palace
Car Company.
Dir. Cook of Iniontown. Pa. he's
l.ecn arrested charged with ahortioms
performed ON Mrs. +. N. Clark and
Miss Minnie Goirif. Of s:ro.tsville.
Both women arc expected to die.
Col. II. G. Mitchell, c;itor of the
Duluth Tribune has been arrested on
The charge Of frau,IiIently aiding pre-
"mptors While receiver of he land
Office several years ago. 1t is thought
he will be acquitted.
Grow Dog, the murderer of Spotted
Tail. is lying al the point of death in
the Dcadwoo:l jail. He is affected by
an iron arrow head which stuck in
his shoulder several years ago and
has NOW worked down to his groin.
President Willard has announced TO
his friends that the golden spike
driven with IL silver mallet. at the
laying of the last rail is ready and
will take place on the third day of
September, eighteen miles west OF
Helena.
A severe wind storm doing consid-
cradle damage to property and crops
passed over tIe states of Missouri,
Illinois. Indiana, Ohio an;! Pennsyl-
vHnia Saturday. Trees We're uproot-
cd. buildings ;md fences blown down
and lives lost.
Great suffering is reported III At
Gibson. Nodaway and Holt countless
Mo-. through which the heavy storm
of Friday Of last week passed. In
places not 4 house il, to lic seen stand
ing for miles crops are ruined, and
forests levcled 10 the ground.
A passenger train was thrown from
the track near Knoxville, Tennessee
"Wednesday morning by 4 misplaced
switch. lcmoli~hing the building of
tile East Tennessee Zinc Company,
and wrryking the engine. mail and
baggage cals. No lives lost. Loss
$4,000. g
The office of the American consul
at Montery. Moxico was entered by IL
mob Wednesday and Rev. Shaw. act
ing United States cons"l was seized
and beaten until lie Was unconscious,
and furniture and papers belonging
to the consulate destroyed. II IS
Thought The affair will create Il rup-
ture between the =. I'd states and
Mexico as the in is SO bad the
government can ilA",,l: help resent
ing it.
The eight boilers Of the Anthracite
furnaces, owned iiy The Philadelphia
& Reading Railroad Company, and
operated Iy VIM. NJ. Kaufman, eN-
ploAcu Tucslay morning. reducing
the furnaces to Il mass OF ruins. The
employees were standing outside the
h,,ildi1w t.li;nrr n rest when the eX-