Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-09-12

aependence-made the circuit in the same
time, but lost fully two seconds by an ae-
cident
AT Lawrence, Mass, Thursday. ST.
harys Church, parsonage. and Ave acres
OF land, valued at s333, 200, belonging to
The insolyent Augustinian Society, were
sold by foreclosure for S73, 700, and pur.
chased by representative of the society
This sum is sufficient to pay the mortgage
and accrued interest. but leaves nothing
for the depositors. -n.a 49,,
The Massachusetts Supreme Court de-
cided Thursday that Bates College, Of Lev
iston, Me-, is not entitled TO the SlOO 600
bequeathed to il eonditionRlly by the late
Benjamin Bates, Of Boston. The will con.
talaed the condition that another SlOO, 600
shonid be raised within FIVE wears. which
the heirs proved, to the satisfaction of the
court, had not been done. .#h ."E
Three sleepers were placed across the
track of the Northwestern railroad at Tur-
ner junction, III, Wednesday night, and
had they been securely fastened passen-
ger train would have been wrecked. and
possibly many lives lost. The catcher
Of the locomotive, however, knocked off
two OF the obstructions and broke the 9th
er INTO fragments. Tramps are accused
OF the crime.
A preliminary move was made at Ithaca
n. u, Thursday, 10y Professor Willard
Fiske, to annul the will of his wife, Jennie
McCfraw Fiske. which bequeathed 81 500.
600 to Cornell University. Executor
Boardman, in an affidavit. publishes the
agreement between Fiske and Miss Nc
GIaw, made at the United States Legation
in Berlin, by which Fiske contracted that
she should have full control. after her mar.
rinGe with him, to dispose of her property
in whatever nanner she saw fit.
Kennedy, the dofaUlting bookkceper Of
the Commercial National Bank Of Youngs-
town. Ohio returned from Canada Friday
morning informed the officials that Sli, 900
would cover his peculations. By selling
kennedy's property the bank expects to
lose not more than $4,000.
An Out-building of the Long Beach
Hotel, near Hunters Point, l.. l.. burned
early Friday morning. In il the musicians
had sleeping rooms. one of them being
consumed by the flames, and the Others
narrowly escaping suffocation. Several
musical instruments, the bathing pavilion,
and laundry were destroyed.
Last Sunday four prisoners escaped from
the Mcdowell County (N. c. Jail. but
soon recaptured. In breaking away they
Iostled the iailor's wife roughly. and lii re-
venge for this, the keeper got one Of the
men, negro, hand-cufTed in the cage. and
fired four shots into his body, without IA
tally woUndiug him.
Famine is adding to the havoc wrought
by the volcanic eruptions in Java.
Admiral Pierre. the recent French Com
mander in Madagascar, has arrived at
Marseilles IN dying condition.
The cattle plaSne in Russia ut present is
very virulent Within four years one
million head have fallen victims to the
disease.
The steamer Jersey City, sc, ,enteen
days from New York. arrived at Bristol
Friday, having lost 2l7 head of live stock
on the voyage. ..#..EE
Wet weather is hiudering harvest work
in England, and large quantity of grain
is still uncut. The grain trade remains
duh, owing to the heavy stocks of foreign
OF hand
Because Of the critical relations between
France and China, the English cotton
goods market suffers, as purchasers are
meager. For the purpose of curtailing
production. cotton mills in Canada will bc
run henceforth but forty hours each week.
Sir Henry Maxse, Governor OF New
foundlGnd, died Saturday morning
Ex-Governor Biddie, Of, New Jersey,
accidentally fell into New York ferry
house Saturday morning, and broke his
left leg.
The Union League Of Professional Base
Ball clubs. which will have teams in eight
cities only, will be organized at New York
Sept. 80. ..s..
DR.. J. V. Wallace, dentist Of Clinton,
ILL.,, committed suicide Saturday by throw
ing himself in front of an Illinois Central
train near Decatur.
james Bryce, the discharged book keep
er Of Henry Ferris 4 Sons, New York
brewers, was indicted Saturday for embez-
zling s2l, 900 of the firms money.
Captain L. A. Carver, wealthy farmer
of Wayne County, Mich, WAS found
drowned Saturday morning his horse
plunging into Rouge River in fright at a
railway train.
Ex- Senator William Sharon, of Califor-
MIA, was arrested at San Francisco Satur-
day as he was taking the train for the east,
on charge of adultery, preferred by Miss
Aggie Hill.
While umpinng the Athletic Columbus
base ball game at Philadelphia Saturday
Mr.. Walsh was struck in the f. by a foul
ball, rendered unconscious, and was very
severely injured
The late Horace Greeley's Chappaaua
farm of seventy eight acres. which originally
cost $4,000, WAS sold Saturday under q
court decree, hrs youngest daughter. Ga
brielle. being tho purchaser at sl9,0OO.
Other parties present refused to bid against
her.
In narrow cut, near Palapsco Station,
Md locomotive and an excursion train,
bearing hundreds OF passengers, dashed