The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-31
GENERAL NEWS GOSSIP.

GENERAL NEWS GOSSIP.
1t is said that specializing in oil caused
Col. Morrow's disgrace: Last fall he dis
counted his salary in advance to four or
five money brokers, buying oil at IS cents
and dropping it at Is cents, leaving him
that they had been deceived, and instead O.
caving him arrested they pooled their is
sues and came to an understanding with
him. The money had been advanced at
the rate off Fer cent. a month. The in
surers thought they could make more in
the end by continuing their bills at this
rate.
The forty-fifth annual report of the IPres
byterian board of education showed tina
IL, 291 900 copies of books, tracts and peri
odicals had been published during the year;
receipts from all sources during the year,
including $38, $50 balance, 1921, 1874; expen-
ditures, $252, 442; aggregate receipts from
sales, $195, 420 Forty-nine colporteurs are
employed in sixty-four Presbyteries, hold
ing 1910 prayer meetings, visiting Sc, 651
families, distributing .gratuitously 1924
volumes, and 8, 1922, 300 pages OF tracts; Or
ganized seventy-two Sunday schools in des-
titute places, and visited l, liz other schools
On the 18th inst, there Was shipped from
Mankato, via the Winona & st. Peter
railroad, for the Dakota cattle company,
forty cars young cattle, and from New Ulm,
The cars will average about forty-four head
each, or total OF 2, 464 head, These cattle
were bought in lie Sueur, Nicollet, Waton-
wan, Brown, Blue Earth and Faribault
counties, and is pretty beavy draw upon
the young stock. Further shipments are
to be made the latter part of this week.
At Independence, Mo-, a gentleman
named Sawyer arrived from Washington
city, and has taken possession of all the
property of H. NJ. Vale, of star route noto-
riety. The property consists of handsome
suburban residence that cost $4,000, 8
large number of blooded stock and extern
sive wine cellar. Whether Sawyer is &C
ing as owner, or as agent is not known,
but the gene, al opinion is that Vale is pre-
pairing for the worst.
The Lin dsay Land and Lumber company,
composed of Iowa and Indiana men, have
been buying timber land in Arkansas for
some time, and now own loo, 900 acres, one
half OF which is in Arkansas valley. They
propose to erect at Little Rock, shortly, one
OF the most extensive saw mills in the south.
west, which will give employment to 200
men. They estimate that they en- cut from
their land, 1,2o0, ooo, 600 feet Of lumber.
Fort Smelling at this season of the year is
found to be exceedingly pleasant, and large
numbers of st Paul and Minneapolis people
go out daily to watch the military plo-
ceedinos and listen to the music of the band.
Battalion drills are held upon Monday,
Wednesday and Friday each week at $50
o'clock in the afternoon, and at O'Clock
upon Tuesday and Thursday the troops are
called up for dress parade.
A law of the late Arkansas legislature
provides for cities of the second Class sur
rendering their charters and returning to
the body of the county. Helena has
heavy debt and the proposition to give up
the charter and thus obtain the time for
settlement was voted down, the people be.
lieving all creditors will except the SO cents
compromise.
Forty-two million dollars worth of I'M
ported goods were in bond May 1. A much
larger amount will be in bond June 1. On
this account custom receipts have fallen off.
After June 1, when the new sugar schedule
goes into effect goods will begin to come
out of bond and, custom receipts to in.
crease.
The lady managers of Mt. Vernon have
just made the discovery that the stars and
stripes have never foated over the historic
mansion since the death of its illustrious
occupant. These ladies have therefore
determined to have formal raising of
the national colors at the close of their
session.
The reported baptism of Sitting Bull is
erroneous There is no immediate prospect
of such ceremony as far as I am aware of.
[S'gned.] James Mclaughlin, Indian Agent.
1t is said the cheap lands in portions of
Virginia are beginning to attract attention.
Quite an in1nx of immigration from the
Northern States has set in.
Richard K. Fox prepared wine luncheon
for 1900 invited guests on top of the Police
Gazette building during the opening of the
Brooklyn bridge.
An assignment has been filed in New York
by Thaddeus Davids & Co., ink manufac-
turers, with preferences amounting to $685.
600.
The Presbyterian general assembly asks
President Arther to grant Alaska a civil
government, 80 the missionaries can 20 in.
Chihuahaus latest news is that the Ap-
aches are still scattering, and Crook and the
Mexicans are marching toward each other.
The Ohio board of agriculture are try
ing to 6nd out if the rtcent snow storm in
iured the crops materially.
The Army of the Cumberland will hold
is reunion Oct. %-5' & Cincinnati.
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