The Dickinson press., 1884-03-08

Joseph Duffree Of Cleveland, Ohio, has
brought suit against a syndicate of West Virgin.
ia men, headed by ex-Gov. T%arnsworth, to re
cover $4,000, the value Of some land Whose
title proves defective.
A Venstreforening has been organized at Eau
Claire for the purpose of collecting 81, 600 as
gift to Johan Sverdrup, the untiring lender OF
the Liberal party in Norway. The plan is meet
ing with general fovor, and one man has sub.
Frank Young who was sentencedt to bo hanged
at Helena Mon, for the murder Of Dan Nc.
Carly last July, has been respited by President
Arthur unit i]Dec. "a, in orderthat his attorneys
Vivian and Mayhem, can take his case to the
United States supreme court
Samuel McElroy, the well-known engineer,
has let out the fact thatthe big Brooklyn bridge
is not entirly perfect He says: ssThat the
cables of the East river bridge have very con.
siderably heightened is shown by the fact thai
the suspendor bands have been slipped neare,
the towers by several inches.
At San Francisco, two women horsewhipped
D. l. Regenberger, a prominent attorney. Re.
genberger was walking on Kearney street when
tho pair sprang out Of a carriage, performed
the decd, re-entered and drove away. The
cause is said to be expressions of the attorney
resentinG the intrusion of the women in his so.
ciety at q Mardi Gras ball the night before.
Two weeks ago Virgins, the weather. pro.
phet, advised Canadian and United States pa
pers along the seaboard of two heavy storms
dangerous to shipping, that would happen in
the near future, one beginning the 9th of Feb.
ruary, and the second and greater of the two
on the 18th of March. The first was true, and
Friday, the 18th, q blizzard almost unprece.
denied took place. and is now blowing.
Col. Goodwin of Milwaukee has returned from
Washington, where he won't to take steps to-
ward securing a pardon for George Dauber,
convicted of securing a United States pension
by fraud and sentenced to five years inirprison-
mcnt. He reports that the matter is we'll under
way and promises to result successfully. Daub-
ner has served six months of his term at Ches-
ter, LII. His friends assert that his health ie
falling, and, that he can not long survive a life
of confinement.
Great excitement prevails over the discovery
of a gold mine at Erin, East Tenn. While out
hunting A. H. Bernathy found q cave and owl
dences Of gold. He took a lease of the land
and is selling lots at big profits. Over {, 1000
worth OF nuggets are on exhibition in a store.
Miners aud railroad men are iocking in. Al
ready there are over 200 strangers in town.
Picks and shovels are in demand. The hotels
are crowded. Erin is q small place on the
Louisville & Nashville road. near the Tennessee
river.
George Booth, superintendent of J. Fame
chon's oil factory at Prairie du Chen, died
Tuesday night from the effects of a dose of
morphine. He had been out the night before
at ball and was considerably under the in
tiuence of liquor. Tuesday he went to his bus
mess as usual, but shortly after commencing
work q sudden dizziness seized him, after
which he went into a stupor and thus re-
manned till he died. No cause has been as
signed, except that he had been of a melan-
choly disposition for some time, which is said
to have been CAUSED by unrequited love.
The case Of Robert Bailey, colored, was tried
at Toledo, O., for marrying o white girl, con-
trary to the law of 1910, which imposes q fine
of 500 and three months Imprisonment for a
white person marrying one of negro blood, or
vice versa. A demurrer was filed by the de-
Tense that the law was unconstitutional under
missed the demurrer, holding that the law did
not discriminate in favor of the white race, I'M
posing the same penalty on the person of either
race marrying a woman Of the opposite race.
Bailey was found guilty and given the full pen
atty of the law.
Mrs. Jane A. Brooks, a widow said to be
worth half a million, was arrested at the Pal
mer house Chicago, Thursday night on a war
rent sworn out on the allegation that she was
about to leave for parts unknown. A number
of years ago her husband went on the bond Of
one Henry NJ. Curtis as administrator of the es-
heir, but now a we'll known amateur athlete,
was interested. Subsequently a suit was
brought against the Brooks estate, Brooks hav-
ing died, Gs surity for Curtis, it being alleged
that Curtis was a defaulter. The jury Thurs
day rendereda verdict for $4,000 against the
on tho allegation that she was about to leave
the city for the purpose of escaping the penal
ty of the verdict. Thelady went into Mysteries,
from which she has not rallied, and it is feared
that she will die.