The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-20
The Vacant Surgeon GenrraIship

| inc ' acaht surgeon Gen"faISnip.
| TIE death OF 5urseon General Cane, of
the army, is likely to caus, warm contest
for the vacant surgeon eeneralshp. 1t will
! ~en allb .red tha' the deceased nd Med.
cal urveyor BAKER CONTESTED tor the
position for severai months before the Prrs-
! ldent gave u 10 the former On account If
| seniority d.. Bakers friends aim that
! he is nov the senior II edna ofiic,r of the
army, and il the presiden. fblirws the pre-
cedent naOp'od in Gen Ca rs case he is
entitled Il promotion, As the president
has power to fiji the vacancy oy selection
/ it is almost too early to pra',lct what h. re
! suit will be. Tne prr>ent assistant surgeon
general is an applicant, and here are sew.
eral other medical officers no cJul be in.
duced 10 accept thr appointment,
! A coolie mob made Il dcspera'e attack on
| forei Il residents and cor. IRA ions an sea
men at Canton, on Sfpl II. A. the steam
er Hansow was leaving the wharf a Cnina
| man t-ll into the water ard was droNn-d
| TIE IN b accn.td tbr watchu an o. throw
| ing him oyerbosrt. L al To wreak ven
gera' Ce on the otii GERS OF the vessel tney
morcl.d In "A BODY u 10 W. set fire t@ The
building ~ ThCm <. RpHe S.litn IL Co;
the residence o. w Ss .de's n perial cns
! toms examiner; II ,wrll, deputy conms
| sion.r al customs. Dr. Wales OF the custom
house, Pew. G INDY aud srv.ra Others.
Toe cuEsuls fearing 4 @ aitacR wnuld be
cone general. haGlea d,Sn their 4 ,gs and
dspache Il boat 10 Hong Kong Tor assist.
arce, al foreigners seeking shelter aboard
the vessels ia the port.
AT Waters ourg. Coun. there WIS an alarm
Of fire at the Elan street school during tn
morning session. and go children rus ed
headong down stairs in panic. Many
we're Knocked down aId tr.Hp'ei upon.
Ote girls collar bone was bros n, ard an-
q h.r had her yes badly cu,. A ,hiri was
'onnd j. sensible, and nss sls'aiSet inter al
i'iu9les. Many Others were bruised The
Or' caught i the waste pap'r room, rear
the furnace bu. VS. easily subiued.
Gsn. Roger a. Pryor sent the following
cable to Patrick Ford Of New To'K: TIE
,rnor that tsya q lvisei against 'urlher
subscriptions Tor C'D ,unel's defsns: is ut-
tegiy uutru'. Friends Of the prisoner must
he on their guard against malicious reports
Money Is tnuc1 needed 10 aersy The ex-
pcIsss Il Witnesses from dstaut parts, aud
iur other necessary outeys We are tigH,-
i2g to pos'pcEe the tG!a! 10 tie middle OF
- vtinbtT.
Eeury Kyle sn eight er year Old negro
boy feoriuu " sssaull ed the fvs.year. old
chlid CO. Mith A'Cay. Iea- Spring Creek,
Ga hut VISA rehenGtd e!ore he accom-.
rilsl ei his purprse and turned over To a
coupe OF b. III, lo? couveyauca tor safe
kCep'.s. b nj oi mount, masked mel
ov' r'ook u Ia on tine & Il o., took Kyle and
IN hlm d. ad
TIE Livi ton Enterprise is authority
f,r tie statement that Mi Congcr has ap
olieAf'r al appropriation Of tl50,0OO tr
the improvem.ut of toe roads In the Vel
ID stone National park.
Gifia'd, Pc, is deaer'ed. A year ago
81 GO 900 was invested in Oil properties
there.
A barq ies has been rendered by The citi-
zens of Cincin at. Ohio, 10 the army of the
tuu,b !land Mt It's coming leun, n, to be
held in that city on the .trn aud 18Th inst
L.G. Medley, magnetic" was jailed at
Jsmest. WI, y. y, for practi,ing without
diploma.
Csp!. Robert T. Emmett OF Tie army.
Grand nephew Ct the Irish latIiot, was
married the Ilth, in New York, to Miss
Helen Phelps.
George Head, formerly Of Rochester and
later OF Fergus Falls. diet Oh the 4,h, at
Hamilton. Bermuda Islands, whittier be
had gone for health.
The register of the Iald office at Duluth
has received orders from Washinstnn TO
withdraw from sale the lands OF the North
eri Pacific in the odd sections in the iortN.
mi'e ii mrity limits. THESE lanos have
been advertised for sale. and the sale was To
have bean on tie Is h fihe present NOR th;
bat tins subsequent order takes them ort OF
market
JAMES l.. D.vidson, prominent ard
wealthy farmer oi Cottage Grove. Wis, ar.
resed last month, charged with ass.ul, with
intent TO commit ralc, on tie complsint Of
Mrs Marie l. krsit. one of The deiesd tnt's
tenants p'e'ued guilty 20 simple assault.
TIE atter par of the charge bang ditii u IL
To prove, II was no, pressed Davidson was
iin'd SiGo and ccst', accounting in ali to
Sl5i.
Rev. Joan g. E)bles Of Freehold, Y. j.,
has bssn indicted BY the grand Jury tor
emb,zZl NEST For what amuUAt aud from
whou are Facts not yet mace public.