The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-02
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

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summary of crop reports received from Of
fetal sources; The agricultural official re.
ports at Washington sho v that Great Bri'
tain, Holland. Belgium and France will re.
quire 100, 1000. 900 bushels more wheat than
last year. Austria and Hungary have a fail
crop, and Germany three-fourths of crop
The condition of wheat on the Black Sea
and in Southern Russia is in q deplorable
English country markets are 1 shilling
higher, an advance off shilfiUgs since the
2lst. The weather is bad.
The First Regiment, Minnesota National
Guard, which has been in camp at White
Bear Lake, near st. Paul, for week broke
camp on Tuesday and each company re-
turned to its own locality. Col. Gaines
Lawson, of the Twenty fifth regiment, o..
8. A., has been in camp all the week, by
ofthe secretary of war. to report
upon the condition OF the militia. He was
very much pleased with the men, who, he
said, had made great progress during the
week, and only wished that they could con-
tinue in camp for longer time.
Duluth Tribune: 1t will be remembered
that, some weeks since, several car loads of
silver bullion were received here from He
lena. Mont, to be shipped to Newark, N.
J. 1t is learned that on the night after its
arrival one of the cars was broken open,
and two bars, weighing about 600 pounds,
and worth hundreds of dollars were stolen.
Last Saturday the bars were discovered bur-
led in the sand near the Northern Pacific
tracks, Rice's Point. The discovery was
accidental, the rain having washed away
the sand until the silver was not covered.
A Cleveland dispatch says the Ward Iron
company of Niles and New Philadelphia
has failed, liabilities estimated at $500 600:
available assets said to be less than 5000.
The company consists of Mrs. Eliza Ward,
mother Of James Ward. The company en-
ployed about 4, 1000 men aud operated mills
in Niles, bought ON CO.. tract from and now
revertin to Cleveland, Brown & Co., of that
city. The mill in new Philadelphia, costing
$3.50, 600, will be involved in litigation
At Miles City, notice was found posted on
Charles Browns door, saying: ."Bullard,
Burleish, Ringer, Dear, Van Gaskin,
Russell and Observation-Disclosures
marked" On the 30th inst, placard ap-
peared in the same place, bearing the le-
gend: 'Stranglers, beware! You are we'll
known" Both signs were written in red
ink, and were signed in figures which were
mere date numbers, or else new cabilistic
cipher for Miles City vigilantes.
New York Special: 1t stated that Col.
William Crooks of St. Paul, Minnesota, who
is at present in this city, had sent twenty
four messages since the strike began, to his
home; being anxious TO find out the con-
ditiou of his wife. who is ill. He offered
$500 if the company would get him an an
swer, but it was unable to do so.
The 9th was another big day for the st.
Paul rowing men. At the Pullman races
they carried off two more prizes, winning
The junior double and the junior four. It
certainly looks as though the Minnesotas
we're going to place themselves at the head
Of this years list. -
At Denver, Robert B. Beath of Philadel-
phia was elected commander-in.chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic on the second
Gen. Barnum's defeat to his expressed opin-
ion on the Fitz-J ohm Porter case.
The only step that has been taken toward
the actual consolidation of the two Mime
sota revenue districts is the requirement of
. new bond from Collector Bickel for $780,
200 which lie has filed. The old bond was
Tor $4,000.
Mayor Edison of New York has suspended
The license Of John Jones, the expressman
who was accused of an attempt to extert
money from James Kane of Green Isle,
MINI.
The members of the firm of L. B. Day &
Co., of Milwaukee, which failed short
lime ago, were arrested on the charge of
getting goods under false pretenses.
The reports of great damage in Dakota by
he late storm were almost wholly exagger-
ltions. The losses were very small so far as
heard from. $50
Mr.. Col6eld of Minneapolis is building
tore house at Duluth with capacity of
holding $4,000 bushels of oats.
The first regiment Of Minnesota National
yards were reviewed on the "a inst, by the
,0verpor. ~ MI Z
The Ward Iron company Of Niles, Ohio,
seconded the bankruptcy tlume for $500, 900.
The Minneapolis water board wants $52,-
o., SO TO complete work already beRun.
Councillors Kittson's Minnie r. was dis.
ANGEL ct fttsburg. 81 .s. $500
CRIMES AND. CRIMINALS.
Three prisoners Of note confined in jail q
dubuque, Iowa, succeeded in making their
scape. One Of them Ed. Williams is an ac-
burglar, wh0was awaiting tria
y charge OF breaking into 4 residence ia. |
FERN township and abstraeting 5000.
mother, Ed. Beach, was jailsd on 8 charge
{ counterf letting q West Union The third,
IS Erin, ~ aw.iting hin: for using the