The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-02-23
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.

likely to become law this session.
In the Indian Territory the Cher
okces are organizing national
bank.
The Union Pacific mined in Wyo-
ming in 1888 nearly $4,000 tons
Of coal.
Ten persons were killed in Gin
cinnati on the 18th inst, by falling
buildings.
Rrigands have captured a judge
and other officials of the Monastier
on the Albanian frontier.
Fifty persons have been arrested
for fraud in acquiring title to their
land in Lamour and Dickey coun-
ties, d. 7.
Congress passed q joint resolution
appropriating 100000 for the suf-
ferers by the late floods, in very
short order.
The Minneapolis & St. Louis rail
way has given up the wheat transit
system and, with the Manitoba, be-
comes a free road.
Alex Mckenzie of Dakota capital
fame has taken up his quarters in
Washington, where he will look
after the wirepulling of his party.
The Powers are about to come
to an agreement for carrying out
the work Of civilization. begun in
Central Africa by the King of the
Belgians.
Work on the new postoffice build
ing in Minneapolis has been discon-
tinued pending the appropriation
of larger amount for the purpose
OF completing it.
Mrs. Albert Hammerling Of Min
neapolis, died on Saturday Of tri-
chinosis caused by eating ham.
Other members of her family are
in dangerous condition.
Cowboys attacked sherif's
posse seventy five miles north Of
Deadwood, killing a man named
O'Hara and wounding Fred Willard
A cowboy named Cunning ham was
killed.
The Detroit News has finally paid
over to DR.. Mclean Of the Michi-
gan University $4,000, the amount
of verdict which be recovered
against that paper some time ago
| for libel.
A contract is signed between the
Central Pacific, Union Pacific, Chi
cago & Northwestern and the Pull
man company for through sleepers
and palace cars from San Francisco
to Chicago from April 1.
1t is positively asserted by a
prominent director Of the Oregon
Transcontinental Company that no
conference for the purpose of wind
ing up the affairs of the company
or for any other purpose, has been
held in Boston.
The nomination of Mitchell to
be register of the land Office at Du-
luth will probably be withdrawn On
account of series of articles he
published some years ago attacking
Christianity, and using the most
violent and indecent language.
Harvard graduates in the District
of Columbia had a reunion ban
quet in Washington last week and
failed to invite Prof Greencr, one Of
the most learned and accomplished
colored men in the United States.
This has created quite breeze.
An official circular from the City
of Mexico snnounces that but Is
miles Of rails remain to be laid on
the Mexican Central railroad, and
the road will be completed by March
Is, when there will be an interna-
tional route from Missouri to the
Mexican capital.
The Texas Legislature, before its
final adjournment, passed a Bill
to lease for seven years, at five
cents Per acre, 365 sections of
school lands belonging to unorgan-
lied counties. A Scotch syndi-
cate has purchased the ranch prop
erty of six Texans for S2,50O,O0O.
1t is reported that Prince Bis
marck has returned the resolution
Of coincidence passed by our Con-
gress to his. minister at Washington
with the request that it be sent back
to the House of Representative as
the position of Herr Lasker in Ger
many was not such as to justify the
resolution.
The chairman of the Colorado
Wool Growers association has is
sued a call to the wool growers of
Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Utah,
Wyoming, and New Mexico to meet
in convention at Denver, March II,
with the purpose of forming state
associations and combining to pre-
vent the further reduction of tariff. |
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