The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-09-01

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!, Wizards train will consist of
forty coaches, run in four sections
+ thirty minutes apart.
Charles S. Fee, General Manager
}, Haupt's secretary, has been appoint
] ed general passenger agent of the
5 Northern Pacific.
The Rev. DR.. S. r. Riggs one of
, the pioneer missionaries to Min
nesota, died at his home in Beloit,
I Wis, on Friday.
General Rosser, formerly engineer
; in chief of the Northern Pacific,
has been invited to the driving of
the golden spike.
Sitting Bull and a number of his
braves recently unloaded 1 800 tons
of freight from the steamer jose
phine in short order.
The Frank James trial, which is
now proceeding, is likely to prove
abortive in 50 far as finding ver-
dict of guilty is concerned.
Dubuque has female abortionist
named Mrs. Everett, she has been
held for examination and the scan
,lal managers are on the uui vive.
The will of the deceased Count
de Chambord has been opened, SO
SAYS the Vienne Presse, and moth
ing found regarding his political
wishes.
The damage by the recent big
hail storm in Scott county, Iowa, is
estimated at from $4,000 to $780,
600, distributed among seventy
farms.
The French are taking active
measures to prosecute the war in
China, and from present indications
it would seem that active measures
were very necessary.
Miss Jennie Flood, the California
millionairess, has been captured by
a real English baron with ''con-
tinued in our next" name and an
invalid bank account.
The French are having varied
luck in Tonquin. They attempted
to take five towns simultaneously.
but succeeded only with Haidoung.
where they captured 80 cannon
and $1,000 in Annamese money
The Cree Indians have been steal
ing the ponies owned by the Gros
Ventres, the latter have taken the
war path and there is now great ex-
citement at Fort Buford. All the
stock was recovered on Saturday.
Mrs. Caroline G. Davis, reported
to be exceedingly wealthy and GER
tainly highly connected, was arrest
ed at Saratoga, n. Y, on Saturday
forattempting to swindle McCreery
& Co. with forged order. Another
klepto.
st. Paul and Minneapolis are
having a first class row over the en-
tertainment of the Willard party.
1t seems likely that the party will
reap the benefit owing to the fact
that each city will endeavor to
eclipse the other.
Thirty years ago Bismarck sup
pressed all public gaming tables in
Germany; but, according to recent
reports, there is now more deep
play in that country than ever, and
Berlin is the centre ofthe gambling
interest.
The Northern Pacific yesterday
received word that train load of
salmon will be ready for shipment
from Portland to st. Paul about the
lst of September. The company is
receiving freight now both for west
and east-bound shipment.
Two Boston women, seeing five
boys dividing money, started for
the police, but not finding any,
took two of the lads to station.
Then they went back and captured
the rest. The money had been
stolen from gutter drunkard.
The Pioneer Press, under the
heading "Storm in Montana" de-
scribes the recent blow at Dickin-
son and Little Missouri. Those To-
calities have never been in Montana,
that we know of, and Montana has
never been troubled with cyclones.
According to the latest reports
from Rochester, Mimi, over 80 were
killed and 80 wounded by the cy-
clone. Only one man was killed by
the wreck of the train north of
Rochester. \ great amount of dam
age was done in Dodge county, and
several lives lost
1t seems likely that the boundary
dispute between Ontario and Mani
toba will result in the obliteration
of Rat Portage. Last Sunday the
extensive sawmill.. there, that cost