The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-17
him and tender him the courtesies of the

him and tender him the courtesies Of the
cities. ... <.--
Fay Terrell, a well known savant Of Oher-
lin, Ohio, is making wonderful discoveries
of fossil fishes along the lake shore In Lor-
aine county. Among the remains found,
almost perfect. IL dorsal plate twenty:four
by twenty.six inches, and q cranluR 1oer-
teen and one-halt by twenty.thfee inches.
The length of the fish could not have been
less than twenty-nine feet.
Tho sdpreme lodge, knights of Honor.
has been in session at Galveston, Tex,
with large number Representatives pres
ent. The order numbers $50, 600 members,
and has collected and disbursed among the
widows and orphans of deceased members.
in accordance with its endowment plan,
nearly -, OOO, coo.
oae Of the largest New York dealers in
bull-fogs logs has set 100 expert frog catch.
ers at work IN the New England states, and
estimates that the demand this simmer will
be double that of ,ast year. An experiment
on breeding; oGll-f:ogs in England Is about
to he made, and considerable supply OF
spawn will be sent over for that purpose
next month.
Chicago's April mortality report shows
922 deaths, and an snnual rate of 1919.
The number ofthe deceased under five years
| Of age was 40, and only 20 had seen eighty
years. Consumption and acute hing dis
| rases caused 234 deaths. There were 90
fatalities and II suicides.
Two more of the old Minnesota state
RAILROAD bonds were presented to the state
! auditor for redemption Thursday. They
belonged to Ellen 8. Cromwell, and she re-
l NV ~tcS G. kilAn
G. N. Decker furnishes basis of fact for
the biggest fish STORY Of the season. He
speaeedA sturgeon in the Red river at Fergus
Falls weighing 100 pounds and measu. ing
6 feet 3 inches::in length.
-During April there srrived in the seve al
] customs districts 81, 245 passengers, ofwh I'm
7S,475 were Immigrants, 1882 citixens OF
the United States returned from abroad, and
3, 1888 aliens, not intending to remain In The
United States
The New York grand fury has recon-
mended the removal of Police CaI tains
Williams and Allaire for dereliction OF
duty, in not enforcing the gambling and
excise laws.
Charles Grime>' ma rriage license at Kan
kakee Is valued at 5000 by Miss Clifford.
He got the license an d Jailed to use it. She
wants him to pay her the $4,000 or use the
| license.
The San Francisco steamer Coptic, for
Chins, carried away lO3 Chinaman possess
ing return certificates. The total n.mEeI
Of return certificates issne,a Up TO date is
| 8,6a5.
Mr.. Valentines recunbent statue of Gen.
Robert +. Lee has been formally accepted
by the Lee Memorial association of Virgin.
ia, and will be unveiled on June 81.
| A young nun in Hochslag convent, Mon.
treal, who appealed to the pope to be re-
leased from her vows; has had her praye,
granted and returned to her family.
Fifteen tons of silver bullion passed
through st. Paul Friday 18th inst, from thu
McGreg Try mine at Bo1eman, Mont It Wa.
consigned to Newark, N. j.
A piece OF granite sixty feet long, sever
square, and weighing $50 tons. was success
fully quarried last month at Thomaetcn, Me
The Ohio Central coal dock at Dull nth il
nearly completed. The company intend
! to shipi 0,0e0 tons this summer.
| J. 7. Van Slyck, Texas hereef, is tax
ing a, GOO sheep Jzo.h Arizona to Texas
lie boust: the lot for $32, 900.
! The Western Union did 81, OOO, 600 of bus
hess in Aoril, $7OO.0Co of it being PROFITS.
Jacks onville, Fla, counts up A, 1857 tour
lists during the past season.
Cole, the circus man, has made 81 ono, ne
out of his branch of science,
Immigration INTO Canada io,,r months o
the present year, q. 255.