The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-12-20
tax the ability of English statesmen to the

Hangman Binn has arrived to make pre-
The American minister, says he is not 1ree
to discuss the steps taken to obtain8a re.
spite, as he is ShamperedEin approaching the
British governme by.the result of the
Lawson case. It IS reported the jurymeni
have been seen and Efforts were unavaiiing
to get them to join in memorial for re-
spite. O'Donnell took final leave of his
friends on the 18th.
In the case of the Central News against
Judy. in London, for publishing an alleged
defamatory article in reference to the tele-
gram reporting the supposed plot to assas.
sinate the marquis of LansdoWne in Can.
ada, verdict of not guilty was re-
turned. The judge thought there was
no case, as the libel was mainly critic
ism by one member of the press upon an
other.
Gen. Lord Wolseley was on the 18th inst,
summoned to Windsor castle and reached
there very early in the forenoon. The queen
desired him to give expression to his views
upon the present situation in Egypt so far
as it was affected by the operations of Ell
Madhi in the Sudan, and might render
British Intervention necessary.
The Spanish government has telegraphed
the Spanish ambassador at Paris instructions
sto% make representation to France that if it
should be proved that the French autheri-
ties have acted upjusti6ably in the Gulf OF
Guiana.
1t is stated that Ferry has informed Pres.
ident Grevy that Great Britain has resolv-
ed to intervene between France and China
only after an agreement on the subject with
Germany and America.
Miscellaneous News Items.
s The pablishers of the Scandinavian papers
of Minneapolis and st. Paul have organized
The scandinavian Press Association of the
Northwest to further friendly intercourse
between its members, entertain visitors, and
discuss matters of interest to the profession.
The officers are IS follows: President, Lu.
ther Jesger;- vice president Magnus Lan-
now; secretary, Christopher Brandt; CORE
spending secretary, A. sodertsrom; treasur-
er. Fl. Eyer. The next meeting will be
held in St. Paul on the first Thursday in
January.
A serious com; LEGATION has arisen. result
ing from the illness of Congressman Has
kell of Kansas. He is not able to leave his
he'd, and has applied to the speaker to come
to him and administer the oath of flee.
Such proceeding is without precedent, and
probably the speaker will solve the diff
Gully by leaving the question to the house.
ga meeting of members of the Wander.
slice family was held at Philadelphia to
prosecute their claim to the property OF
Jacob Vandprslice, who died in bort, Hol-
land, in 1920. leaving an estate now valued
at 100000 Jacob had no children and
the claimants are descendants OF his FIVE
brothers.
One of the largest cattle sales on record
was consum mated; at Denver. D. b. and J
W. Snyder & Co., Of Denver. bought of Sny-
der Bros, of Geora etown, Tex, over 20 600
head OF cattle and 400 horses; consideration,
500, 900 cash.
Stephen s. Price, Philadelphia, charged
with the embezzlement of $S7, OoO from the
estate of Thomas Richardson, of which he
was executor, was acquitted by the jury
after being out all night.
The wife ofJohn Horrie of bonneville,
New Brunswick, gave birth to four boys on
the afternoon of the 18th inst. One dies
two hours afterward. The others are doing
we'll.
1 The state treasurer's report shows the
debt of Pennsylvania to be $40, us, 1888.
During theiyear the debt has been reduced
$500, 800.
Tyler & Frost, shoe manufacturers, of
Lynn, Mass, and Joseph Mullet of East
Brook6eld, have failed. Liabilities not
stated
G. B. Wickham &, Co., bankers of Tioga.
Pa, have failed. A judgment has been en-
tered against them for $4,000.
In the Vermillion region there is plenty
of snow :or lumbermen, and lakes are
frozen so teams cannot cross.
A New Haven, Conn.,, jeweler is building
an elaborate gold watch for King Kslakaua.
The St. Paul postoffice is now handling
10000 pieces of mail per day.