Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-09-05
THE NEWS.

ing up with long continued drouth, and
farmers are feeding their stsck on winter
hay.
Owing to interference by the author :
ties the prize fight between Slade and /
Mitchell has been declared off and the |
stakes withdrawn. |
The PENNSYLVANIA railroad has purchased ,
the charter of the Martins Creek road, /.
and will build line to the center of the |
state district
| Stubbletield & Co.'S. stable at Blooming
ton, ILL.,, burned Saturday. and eleven
valuable Norman horses persisted. The
loss is aboAt $4,000
| In trial heats at Newark. New Jersey,
Friday, for professional scullers Lee and
| Hosmer we're the victors. The other con-
/ testants we're Ross, Gaisel, Elliott, Ten
Eyck, Mckay and Riley.
! Esau Smith, a negro, sentenced to be
hanged in October, 1875, but who escaped
from Jail and was not captured till last
June, was executed for his crime at St.
Joseph La, Friday.
Hope for the snfety of the steamship
Ludwig, sixty days out from Antwerp for
Montreal, has been abandoned. There
were seventy soals oa board, twenty -four
being passengers
The German Progressive Society Friday
indorsed the work of the Freethinkers, in
session at Rochester, New York, and re-
solved that they were honored in uniting
with the Freethinkers Association.
DR., Joseph Williams, city physician OF
the Bunker Hill District, Boston, was ar
rested last week for criminally sssaulting
IL year old girl who called at his Office
on business. Williams admits the crime.
The saw and planning mills Of the A. FL
dred Manufacturing Company, together
with l, l,OOO, 900 feet of lumber, burned
Friday morning at Fort Howard, Wis.
The loss is S2OO,OO and the insurance
s63, 900.
| n Dull hllu oaHpSi "cl' gwen 'iiN
OF the United States Frigate Nandalia, at
Montreal, Friday night, which was bril-
liant affair Unusual attention has been
shown the officers and crew by citizens
generally.
The license to the United States Plate
Glass Insurance Company, of Pennsylva-
,;o 90 trapyoct bus;naSs in Massachusetts,
has been revoked by Insurance Commits
sioner Tarbox, because OF false returns of
assets and liabilities.
At Newport, VT, Thursday, party Of
men on a locomotive from Canada over
powered the railroad watchman, attached
an engine recently seized from the South
eastern road, to their train and made quick
q time scross the boarder. Rather an un-
usual occurrence to steal locomotive.
Two assisted" Irish immigrants were
sent back to Canada from Buffalo Friday
b They reported that l,lo0 other assists
3 came with them to Canada, and that il
was the British governments purpose tC
ship from there to the United States.
Wednesday nights storm effected dir
results on on the Nova Scotian coast. Tel
schooners were driven ashore, some o
which were completely wrecked, while
inland, structures were moved from thei
foundations or blown away by the hurri
cane.
Bradstreet's agency reports l26 failure
in the United States last week, the small
eat number for any like period since Oct
IA last. The number is 26 less than 10
the previous week, but l6 more than II
;. the corresponding period in 1882.
Miss Fannie Strickland, aged II, die
at Adrian, Mich, Thursday night from
" strange cause. The post -mortem reveale
\ the fact that the abdominal cavity wa
filled with pus, and low down in the in
testinal canal was found piece of crap
stem about an inch in length.
/. Sunday morning sudden gale strue
- the American feet Of fishermen on Il
Great Banks Of Newfoundland, just Mt
time when hundreds of dories were o.
oyerhauling travis. Scores or the'
). boats were overturned, and about eight
fishermen found water graves.
Numerous suits have been brought /
vorkmen AGAINST the Bethlehem, Pa
Iron Company to recover amounts d
ducted from the mems wages for bills ri
- at the company's store Large sums a
= involved. and in two cases judgment ID
been rendered against the corporation.
Twenty nine persons died of yellc
-, fever in Havana last week.
The foot and mouth disease is increasil
gnlong cattle in England.
5, Cetewayo has appealed to the Engli
for protection in zululand, as state
anarchy prevails.
A niece OF the late Queen Of Madagase'
- who is hostile to the French, is now I
reigning sovereign.
The death rate from cholera among {
British troops in Egypt is now per Gel
? Since the outbreak of the epidemic t
total death in Egypt from cholera ha
Iur. reached 1888.
' Irishmen met in London Friday mig
- and subscribed funds to secure an emine
30 licitor to defend O'Donnell, whe kill
james Carey. H
N The commercial treaty between spi
H. snd Germany passed the Reichstag Sat'
oo. day. and the sessions of that body w
then declared closed.
o,, Frenchmen in large numbers have
- rived at Goritz to attend the funeral OF
Count de Chsmbord. The remains "
consecntcd Saturday in the presence
many notabilities, and Queen Victoria -
bouquet Of lilies to be placed on
ro dead Counts coffiin. The Russian co
~ viii go into mourning for FIVE days.
Mary. Anderson made her debut befc
ro,1o,, audiance Sstnrtlay night and I