The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-02-21

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DR.. Marshall, Mary Anderson's blackmailer''
was acquitted.
The Ohio legislature appropriated 100000
Letters sent by a courier from Coer d'Aleno
cost SO cents each.
The first state election of the year will be
that Of Oregon June2.
A Boston man has portraits of his family
painted on his china.
On the New York oil exchange, 10000, 600
barrels were sold recently.
N. T. Bullock, Dallas, Ga, has lost three
daughters by elopement this winter.
The house in which Gen. Grant was born at
Point Pleasant Ohio, was taken off in the fiood
At New York, George Parsons, toy dealer,
has assigned. Liabilities, $50, 0G0; assets, $40,
Goo
Solomon Isaacs and Jacob Samuels clothing,
New York, give liabilities as $51, 900; actual as
Edward Pilsbury"s Sons, cotton commission
merchants, New Orleans, have failed Liabli-
ties, $4,000.
Gen. 10 Shelby of Missouri the noted ex-con-
federate, has just been fined $50 for carrying
concealed weapons.
River road, near Seattle, struck because
of a reduction from 81 to so cents day.
John Hadley, Albany, N. Y, left sl00,L00 to-
Miss Louisa Whipple, a young lady of good
name in Troy. Hadley's divorced wife objects
The amount of relief funds thus far forward
ed from Philadelphia is Sc, $50. The Pennsyl-
vanla railroad company transports all goods
free.
James E. Scripps, the publisher of the De-
troit Evening News, has paid to Dr. Donald
Mclean $4,000 judgment awarded Mclean in
a libel suit
Hartford, Conn, drum major can toss his
baton over an electric lamp wire forty feet upj
and catch it again without breaking step in the
procession.
Two handsome negroes attended fashion,
able white folks masquerade in Stamford,
Conn, and two pretty white, girls tainted whea
they unmasked.
In Atlanta there are 1000, 900 worth of new
buildings in the hands of contractors and arch
itects, besides the new capitol, which will be
started during the spring.
In Savannah, 81 GOO 900 has been expended
during the past year in improvements, much
of which has gone into the river front and
much into private residences.
Treasurer Wynian received from an Ohio
bank two packages purporting to contain
81 600 each. One was found $3.50 short, and
the other contained two pieces of flannel.
The Etna Life and Travellers Insurance
companies of Hartford have each subscribed
$500 for the relief of the flood sufferers making
total of about 81 800 subscribed there:
Executor Townsend finds difficulty in set
Ting the affairs of Rev. Dr. Mercer the mil
lionnaire Clergyman of Newport, r. l., because
he cannot supply a $500, coo bondsman.
L. D. Mowry & Son, cotton factors, Charl
ton, S. c., have suspended. Liabilities, $780,
GOO; nominal assets, $:2,25 O0J The suspen-
sion is due to bad crops and Investments.
Schedules in the assignment of John Paret &
Co., clothing dealers, New York, show Gabil-
tiles Of $21l 900; actual assets, $4,000. Two
other firms, headed by John Paret also as
signed.
The will of Col Hunt, millionaire lumer-
man Of Roaconlnon county, Mich, contains be-
quests of S., GOO to Caroline Brown, mother of
Artcmus Ward, and similar amounts to Eli Per-
kins and Josh Billings.
: The committee of citizens in Philadelphia
raising a fund for the sufferers has decided to
make Gallipolis the distributing, point for sup
plies. The chairman announced Contributions
to date amounting to 5,64S.
Louis J. Jennings is engaged in writing life
of John Wilson Croker, prominent politician
of generation ago. He will i've letters from
the duke Of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel,
written during the early reform agitation.
The supreme court of Georgia holds in a case
against the Western Union Telegraph company
that the company is responsible for the gross
ICSuSouCC VI llS Ill Git1lSllllttllS Hts
sages, no matter what is printed at the head Of
its blanks
Judge Dickey, of the supreme court of Hi
nois, has granted a super sedeas in the case
of Frederick NJ Ker, sent to the penitentiary
for ten Years for stealing $685. 900 from Preston,
Kean & Co., Chicago bankers, which neccssi-
tates new trial.
In a case before the Michigan supreme court
where the point in controversy was whether
the a1ODpn1nnt IF q wife from har 611 ba nj
with another man, bars her from a claim to
her rights in her deserted husbands estate the
court claimed that it did.
Ex-Gov. Butler has profound disregard for
petitions s'You could get in Massachusetts, 10,
900 men to sign petition to have me hanged"
petition to have themselves hanged without
knowing what they were doing"
Mr.. Douglass, who has had charge of this
district q speeiAi aeent q The hsssnry de-.
partment for some time PAst Nill hereaiter
have his hsadqua 81 &c Paul. Mina
fsrict nv Times 49, !.
party vote, passed i iliiIl redistri csin6
Tor Representatives 81 cong Th6 p
immediately enrolled sisnsd b. the
sefRcers, and sent to3the governor. The feziis-
tricting shows eight districts Democratic aand
two coalition.
At Buffalo Mrs. Prendergrast has sued Mrs.
Anna n. Fargo, the former wife of W. G. Far
go, and now Of +. F. Fargo, to compel her to
Surrender the possession of the twin children
of W. G. Fargo Jr., and wife, both deceased.
The twins are both bright children, and are
said to be equally fond of both grandmothers.
At Kansas City, Glessner e. Ross, cracker
and candy factory, was closed by the sheriff
on an attachment suit of $2S, 600, for money
loaned by Nathan Hill. The firm has not yet
oaaiCnn1 The 1iqhiljtoq SnnpOsn1 tn no
$40, 900; assets unknown. A receiver has been
appointed The liabilities arc 49,, 900, and as
sets about $50, O00
Ice, which went out on the 18th gorged just
below the city of Albany A rapid rise of the
river was checked by cold weather. Many Of
the lower streets are flooded, and much incon
venience is caused the railroads, merchants,
and others. Many business houses are flooded,
but the damage is not heavy. The lumber dis
trict is completely under water
DR.. George Marshall, charged with attempt
ing to blackmail Mary Anderson, was acquitted
in the United States district court at Pittsburg
recently. The court ruled that the offenso did
not come within the provisions of the law pro-
viding penalties for using the mails for the
purpose to defraud, and, under instructions Of
the court, verdict of not guilty was rendered.
George W. Cable recently told friend, who
warned him that he travelled too much, that he
would rather be in the cars than at hotel
His reason was that in the former case he
wasn't bothered by visitors. All sorts of peo-
pie, he said, hunted him outlook agents,
people with pet hobbies which they wanted
him to take up and advocate, and other varie-
ties of genus bore.
Mrs. Marion Laverre of New York, offers
part Of a mausoleum which she possesses at
Eastport L. l., as resting place for the body
of Commander De Long. Mrs. De Long re-
piled that she understood that arrangements
were pending to hurry her husband in Wood
lawn cemetery and that steps would be taken
to erect monument over his grave. Other
wise she would gratefully accept Mrs, Laverre's
Offer
Advice from Hampstead, Tex, give mcager
details of fearful encounter, in which one
man was killed and two othersmortally wound
ed For some reason or other, Will Wheeler
and John Ellison, late city marshal, commenced
shooting at each other in Hewes' bar-room
Friday night, the 18th. Capt James T. Brown
ing interfered and tried to make peace. When
the firing ceased it was discovered that Brown
ing was shot dead and Wheeler and Ellison
were in such a condition that they will prob
ably die.
There was an exciting scene at circus at
Cairo, Egypt An Italian acrobat unfurled an
Italian flag, whereupon an English officer
walked into the arena and seized it amid great
excitement. The acrobat soon recovered the
flag, however,. and waved it triumphantly,
when he was struck by q Frenchlnan. Amelee
ensued. Finally some English officers managed
multi The italian consul demanded satisfac-
ton for the insult to the flag. It is hoped the
affair will be amicably settled
The following formal challenge was issued
from Cleveland to Pugilist Sullivan: 81, Dun
can c. Ross, will match Mervine Thompsoreof
this city to spar John L. Sullivan with hard
gloves to a finish, for from 81, 600 to Sc, 600,
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