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The Dickinson press., 1884-01-12
The Casualties OF the Week.

Firemen of Chicago had a fearful time at
the hres during the cold snap, and many
wer frost bitten. In addition to the burn
ing Of several buildings on Randolph street
Saturday the 9th, tn fine private stable of
Marshal Field. on Prairie avenue, burned,
entalllng q loss of 500, OO0. At 4 O'Clock
nre was discovered in the Beurivage fat on
Michigan avenue, one of the most imposing
residence structures in the south division of
the city, and the flames spread with ouch
great rapidity that it caused a Number of
1aMilles to seek the street in their night
clothes. Trouble was experienced in work
ing the engines on account of the cold, and
the building was badly burned and flooded
inside, but no lives were lost. The escap-
ing occupants took refuge in the Leland
hotel, sdjoining the burned building. Tns
building was six stories high, contained ff-
teen Hats and housed 11Opeople. The build
ing was erected at a cost of $11O, 600, ana
damaged $40, 600, insured TOR $50. 600.
William B. Crow, trainmaster of the Bur-
lington, Cedar Rapids & Northern railway,
was instantly killed the Sd at Mara, q sta
lion on the What Cheer division. The ca
boose in which he was riding broke a
wheel, and Crow attempted to Jump. but
tell, and the car crushed him. he leaves a
wife and child.
The fine residence of D. E. Brown, OF the
hardware firm of Brown C Nichols, Eau
Claire, together with adjoining sheds. was
destroyed by fire, which is supposed to have
originated from a furnace or fireplace. Most
OF the contents were saved in a damaged
condition. Total loss, ST 5000, covered BY
insurance.
Miss Clara Thurston, sister OF Judge A.
s. Thurston, aged eighty-three, formerly a
prominent educator and. editor, and fer
many years principal of the Thurston Fee
male seminary in Eimira, N. Y, was killed
by the cars Sunday, the 9Th while on her
way to church.
The Dickinson press., 1884-01-12
Personal News Paragraphs.

JdAueS MarOleC mas Deen appointed man,
ager at Minneapolis for the Board of Under.
writer's. He was a clerk in the United
Sta'es land Office under Capt. Russell, and
was subsequently .quartermaster Of the
Third Minnesota volunteers, and has since
been engaged in the insurance business.
He was for a time in Michigan, and more
recentlv has acted as local manager of the
Underwriters Union in Dubuque.
While Colorado and Nebraska statesmen
have been talking considerably to the effect
that they would settle the question of candi-
dacy for the vacant judgeshipin the Eighth
judicial district, it appears that a good deal
of work is being dom for a gentleman whose
name has not been mentioned in public, viz,
the Hon. Moses A. McOoid of Iowa. 1t is
understood that he will have a very strong
backing for the place.
On Saturday. Dec. %, Rev. James Gaug.
han of Erin Prairie, Wis, and Rev. Henry
Jajesky OF Winona, were raised to the Cath
olic priesthood at the Grand Seminary at
Montreal, Canada. The reverend gentlemen
are to engage in ministerial work in the st.
Paul diocese, although they have not vet
been assigned to their missions.
Miss Julia Jackson, daughter of Stopewall
Jackson, received calls with a Richmond
friend New Years. The Paris Morning
News says of her: "The American belle
par excellence for the next season in Lou-
don, vice Miss Chamberlain. retired, will be
Miss Julia Jackson, daughter OF Stonewsll
Jackson, the famous confed crate general"
Jonathan Hutchison formerly of Wayne
county. Ohio, died recently at Fort Dodge
Iowa, of mountain fever and pneumonia.
He was a gallant soldier-the major Of the
Thirty. second Iowa infantry. The funeral
took place on the 31st.. with Masonic hon.
ors by Calvary Commandery, OF which he
was a member.
Francis W. Thomas of Baltimore and
Miss Lille, daughter of ex-Congressman
Gen. James M. Singleton, were married
Wednesday, the %, at Boscobel, ILL.,, the gen.
erals country place. Mr.. and lMrs. Thomas
will reside in Baltimore.
Joseph Longworth of Cincinnati left
81, 00O, 600 to his son and daughter, Nicholas
Longworth and Mrs. Nichols, wife of Col.
George Ward Nichols. Ground rents, worth
S15,o00, are given to- the Cincinnati Art
school.
Lieut.. Col. John Coppinger, Eighteenth
infantry, now awaiting orders, is directed to
report to the commanding general, depart
ment of Dakota, for assignment to a station.
Mr.. Blaine began 'his book" last Feb
ruary, just after Mrs. Coppipger's marriage,
n has averaged 1000 words q day. Six
weeks more will see the last page written.
DR.. Mary Walker, in a full black suit
fur-bound overcoat and plug hat, called Oh
the president New Years.
John B. Cough contemplates a departure
from the lyceum platform to religious revi-
valism.
Gov. Beadley has appointed E. B. Finley
of Bucyrus attorney general.
Col. George 81. stoughton aad n. A.
Lewis are dead at Madison,
The Dickinson press., 1884-01-12
A British s~tatiscian OF recognized abili

A British statiscian OF recognized abili-
ty states that workmen in England re.
ceive soto 100 per cent. more in wages for
20 per cent. less work than they did fifty
years ago. He then proceeds to say
that while wages have advanced most ar
ticles of consumption have rather di-
minished in price, the change in wheat
being especially remarkable and signif.
cant of a complete revolution in the con
dition of the masses. From official sta
tlstics he demonstrates that in longer
life, in increased consumption per head
of the chief commodities, in better edu-
cation, in greater freedom from pauper-
ism and crime, and in increased savings,
the masses of the people are in an inn
mensely advanced and improved posi-
ti0n-
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The Central1 10 wa Refuses to uomn,v

The Centrallo wa Refuses to Comply
Dies MONIES, Iowa, Jan. 4-The Central
Railway OF lava has announced it's intention
to resist the power of the Iowa railway com.
missioners to compel it to comply with their
recommendations. This refusal grows out
OF the complications arising in what is known
as the Northwood case. The Central built its
track to Northwood upon condition OF Il sub
sidy from the town, and several other towns
in the county, which hove been voted and
paid by the people. Later the Burlington.
Cedar Rapids 4 Northern projected a lme in
the same locality; II it, too, was
voted aid. TIL last-named COM
pany built to Manley, twelve miles
junction with the Central Iowa, and ran on
the latter track. This track was used Jointly
for a while, when the Central drew off is
trains, and left the people of Northwood
without the advantage of competing lines,
Complaint was made to the railroad com
missioner, and after a full investigation the
coard formulated an opinion declaring that
the Central railway should comply with the
conditions on which the aid was voted to
it, and continue the operation of it's tracks to
NorthWood. 1t is now announced that the
company fatty refuses to obey the mandate
OF the commissioner.
The Dickinson press., 1884-01-12

Socialism is something that is hardly
understood in the United States, but it
has obtained a foothold in some of the
larger cities and is likely to gain adher-
ents in hard times, and especially, if it
is seen that the states and federal gov
ernments are controlled by capital and
monopolists. What the socialists actu-
ally want may be considered as authori-
lively set ,forth by the national socialistic
congress" lately held:at Baltimore which
says: "Thatthe resources of life-name-
ly, land, the means OF production, pub
lie transportation and exchanges-be-
come, as fast as possible, the property
of the whole people. We demand the
entire revision of the United States con-
stitution, to the end that a certain num-
Der of citizens shall have the right to
propose laws, which proposition shall
be referred to a popular vote, and all
legislative enactments of congress, if de-
manded by a specified Number of citi-
zens, shall likewise be subjected to a
general vote for their adoption or rejcc-
ton: also that the officers of president
and vice president of the United States
and tho United States senate shall be
abolished, and instead thereof, a feder-
al council established whose members
should be elected by, and directly re-
sponsible to, the house of representa-.
tives. We demand that the right of suf-
frage shall DE in no way abridged, and
that there shall be political equality
before the law of all citizens with
out regard to creed, race or
sex. We demand the establishment OF
q national department of labor, which
shall include q bureau of labor statistics.
We demand that eight hours be &C.
copied al a work day in all industrial
employments, and the rigid enforce
nent of the eighth hour law in all nation
al government works. We demand that
the government alone shall issue all
money, and such. right shall not be del
egated to any banking or other private
corporation: also the right of le%galincor'
poration by act of congress of all nation
al trade and labor organizations" o
course everybody has the right to make
such demands, but acquiescence by the
people is quite another thing-and the
people is the only source of power.
The Dickinson press., 1884-01-12

As a remedy for divorce and for
breach-ofpromise suits, it is suggested
by a contemporary that all marriage con
tracts hereafter be reduced to writing,
and, "sealed, signed and delivered" in
the the presence of witnesses. This is
reducing matrimony to a business basis,
which corresponds with "the most ad-
vanced view" Of the subject, and if it is
to be adopted 1t would be we'll enough
not only to have witnesses to the written
contract, but there should be bonds men
required on both sides for the faithful
performance of the arrangement.
The Dickinson press., 1884-01-12
Willard Steps Down ana Out.

Willard Steps Down ana Out.
At the annual meeting of the directors o
the Northern Pacific railroad, held in New
York on the 9th inst, Willard addressed
the following:
Pacific Railroad:
I hereby offer my resignation as president
of your board. 1 feel constrained to take
this step for two reasons; one is, 1 am suf-
fering from nervous prostration, which rem
ders me no longer capable of properly dis
charging my official duties, and my ply
sicians advise absolute absentation from all
active employment as q condition of the re.
covery of my health. The other reason is
that, in my own opinion, no less than in
that of my personal and business friends,
the interests of the company
call for the severance of my co.,
nection with it. 1t is a sad
reflection that such should be the unjusu re-
suit OF ye rs oisevere labor and consuming
or to serve the company conscientiously
and to the best OF nay ability. But my feel.
irgs shall not stand in the way of the wei.
fare of the stockholders. 1 am consoled by
an abiding confidence that the future will
completely vindicate all I have done. /
may, as soon as my health permits me, asK
the privilege of submitting to you a sum-
mary of nay administration of the com
pany's afaira. Allow me to express to you
in conclusion, my sincere thanks for the
cordial support and a%ppreciative sympathy
you have at all times extended me.
The directors adopted q resolution com.
plimentary to Willard and voted him &c.,
900 a year for his services during the time
he was pre- ident of the company. The
election OF Presidenth has rot yet taken place
but private advice say that the new regime
will be.
Thomas F. Cakes, president and general
manager.
Adne Anderson, general superintendent
and chief engineer,
J. T. Odell, superintendent of transporta-
ton for the whole line.
Mr.. Cakes is at present vice president and
acting general manager. Gen. Anderson is
chief engineer, and ]. T.. Odel is assistant
general manager for the Eastern division.
By a trust deed recorded on the 4th inst,
The Dickinson press., 1884-01-12
MARKET REPORT.
ST. PAUL.

WHEAT-There was no disposition shown for
;;Tad1ng, and the market generally was very dull.
The shipments again. exceeded the receipts
1000 bushels came in. This circumstance. how
ever, was not q factor in the market, and of no
value whatever as affecting prices. No sales were
pSc; February, CSC: March, 81; April, ST.
May, $1.05. No. 9, 9Oc. No. 2 hard, CSC. No. 2,
80 and &c..
FLoUR-The msrkct continues about steady.
manufacturers report the continued receipt Of
light Eastern orders, and the local demand is
Rp'o Sisr "a act aoe = PRICES are unchanged: Orange
Capitol, family, 1926; bakers NIX, $1.S5. In
barrels 25c extra. Outside brands are 25@5Oc
l.o T., acco' ding to quality. Low grades are
.buckwheat, $3.50 per bbl. '
oRN-The market is quiet and UNCHANGED.
soc; SIC was asked on the board. No. 2 Old was
held at 54c cash, and SIC May delivery.
OArs-Prices steady and unchanged for spot;
options lG2c higher. No. 2 mixed spot, 29c bid
bid April, 33c bid; May, Sic bid. No. 3 mixed,
CSC asked and 22c bid: No: 2 white, Bic bid
and 33c asked. No. 3, 29c bid and SOC asked.
CHICAGO MARKET-Flour dull and unchanged.
tivs aa strong = and nal highe e.. with 2 good specula;
lac, declined again, rallied sc, and closed about
1c higher for February and May titan yesterday;
sales RANGED; January, 944@947so, and closed
az IeDluhrE, %. SWSO &c, ana
closed at 95aac: March quotable lc over Febru-
airy; May, 81 :O2@1.O25s, and closed at
$1.O25s; No. 9 Chicago spring, 943s@94l2c, and
closed at 94l2c; No. 3 Chicago spring, 77WSlc;
No. 2 red winter, 97lec. Corn in fair demand,
unsettled and nervous; ranged higher; January
advanced 1sc; February advanced Use, and
May advanced 11sc above Yesterdays closing,
and closed l@lSsc above Yesterday: cash, 56ai
@57l4c, closed at 57l4c: January, 5Gla@57lac,
closed at 57l4c: February, 55!u565sc, closed
at 565sc; May, 59@59a4c, closed at 595sc. Oats
quiet but firm; ranged li@loc higher; cash, Sc
@33lsc; january, 33@33l4c, closed at 33isc.
February, 33lls@33bsc, closed at 33lec; MAY.
37le@217sc, closed at 37A@377sc. Rye quiet
but steady at 5Slac. Barley dull
at 61@62c. Flaxseed quiet at $40
MILWAUKEE M~ARKET-Flour quiet and un-
changed. Wheat firm; No. 2 hard, 95lac; No. 2,
9llec; January, 94lsc; February 95 loc; March,
965sc; May, $1.O2al. Corn very quiet, but
stronger; No. 9, wanted, 571ac. Oats scarce and
%nominally higher; No. 2, 33c. Rye scarce and
higher; No. l, &c. Barley stronger and higher:
No. 2 cash, &c; extra No. 8. Sic bid. provis.
ions quiet; mess pork, $14.25 cash and Janu.
ary: $l4.45 February. Lard, prime steam,
Dressed hogs firm at $6.40@6.5o. Butter quiet
and unchanged. Cheese quiet and inactive. Eggs
weak. Receipts-Flour, 9,0O5 bbls; wheat, Sc.
S75 bu; barley, 22,269 bu. Shipments-IIour
1926 bbls; wheat, 1850 bu; barley, 49,.
694 bu. ~
The Dickinson press., 1884-01-12
Death of a Pioneer minister.

Rev. Horace Bushnell-"Blind Father
BUSHNELL" as he was familiarly called
who died of brain fever at the age of
eishty-one years in Cincinnati, recently,
was n Of the pioneer ministers of tile
Ohio Valley. Born in Connecticut and
brought up on Il farm at Rome, N. Y,
he walked all the way from the latter
place to Cincinnati, tiity-three years ago,
ana soon secured a position as teacher
formed. Not longaiter, he organized a
church in that vicinity, and Continued
to be its pastor until the day of his
death, more than half a century later.
He was during all his career an intense
radical; an abolitionist, a prohibitionist.
and a moral and social reformer of the
%sternest sort. Sixteen years ago he lost
his sight and became a cripple, so that
since then he went about his pastoral
work blind and on crutches.
The Dickinson press., 1884-01-12

The Mile Laos band ofIndians in Min
nesota, having been reportedin starving
condition. Gov. Hubbard made the fact
known to the Commissioners of Indian
affairs and suggested that provisions be
made for their immediate relief. The
commissioners at once ~telegraphed an
order to Agent Luce at White Earth to
visit the Mile Laos and relieve them.
The rice crop of the Indians was a fail
ure this year; they cannot sell hay be.
cause there are no loggers; deer are
scarce, etc. These and other things have
reduced them much below their usual
precarious mean of life.
The Dickinson press., 1884-01-12
The terrible Crouch family murder near

The terrible Crouch family murder near
Jackon, Mich, some weeks since, took an
added feature of horror, on the End, when
Mrs. Dan Holcomb, daughter OF the mnr.
dered man, was found dead in bed, having
probably committed suicide. She locked
herself into a room after dinner, undressed.
went to bed, and, it is believed, took lsude-
mum as an empty bottle which had cor
tanned hat drug was found in the room.
Her husband was absent in Jackson ut the
time.
Great excitement is occasioned in Elmira.
N. y, over the discovery of the body of a
young, weli-dressed woman, frozen solid in
the ice in a stream in the suburbs. The
body was recognized ss that of a woman
hotel recently with a man with whom she
mad a quarrel. 1t is believed the man
murdered her and threw the body into the
creek.
A stabbing ARRAY occurred at Plato,
Mcleod county, MIMI, on the night of the
I'd inst, about 12 O'Clock, in which two
brothers,, named Simon and Anderson Mic
cum, came very near losing t cir lives, they
having received several knife cuts, which
may yet prove fatal. The injuries were re-
IA INV OF OduC6, IL O6lQS 1m DOE.
sible to ascertain who did the cutting.
Robert A. Murray, supposed TO be con-
Quoting a legitimate brokerage business in
Boston, has absconded leaving liabilities OF
10000, mostly on raised or forged mortgages.
Murray was aided in his transactions by a
Well-known adventures, claiming to be his
wife.
When Clement, n of the alleged out
RACERS in the Emma Bond case, was warned
at Irving, ILL.,. 10 leave town in five minutes.
he lid. Leo Pet1is has gone west.
In a drunken row at Agate Bay an I'M
known Swede was shot in the leg by g.
Anderson. The dive where the fight took
place was totally wrecked.
A MI. Griffith of Salem, Ohio, was shot
dead by his son Stanley.
Dr.. Geo. A. Greeley of Syracuse is charged
with forgery.
The Dickinson press., 1884-01-12

in the surrogate's Office, Mr.. Viii
lard transfers his magnificent new
Madison avenue mansion to
Edicott, Jr., of Boston. The transfer is
made to satisfy any Indebtedness of Mr..
Willard to the Oregon Railway & Naviga-
ton company, ofwhich he recently resigned
the presidency. The Surplus, if any, after
satisfying the company's claim, is to be
paid to Mrs. Willard, Mrs. Willard relin.
quishes her own right in the property.
The Dickinson press., 1884-01-12

DIR. Bliss received 1000 letters during
the eighty days of President Garfield's
illness. He has had them classified and
listed for use in a history of the case
Bills OF complalMt were med IN the United
States circuit court at ct. Paul, in the case
of Samuel Marshall and other against the
town of Elgin. asking for judgment in the
sum OF -, 0s0, with Interest, allegil g that
he holds Lightweight interest coupohs, is
sued by the defendant, which the latter re.
fuses to pay. Also against the town of
PlaiDvlew, for 3,815. with interest, Oh 1863
coupons, Answers were filed by the de-
PENDANT In the cases of D. N. Osborne & Co.
VI. Stewart Il Russ, and Same vs.. ]. M.
Run.
The Dickinson press., 1884-01-12

there, and in the box was found Mr..
Elliott dead, having his skull crushed in
as if by a hard blow dealt with a heavy
weapon. Nothing goes to show that the
horses had run away, or that Mr.. Elliott
could have possibly met with an accident
OF SO serious a character. Three men
have been arrested on suspicion.
The Dickinson press., 1884-01-12
TIE criminal Record.

Last Saturday the 5thi New York Joseph
E. Booth was violently assaulted by a law
yer named Fales, because Booth refused to
withdraw q suit instituted by him against a
client of Fales, Mr.. Charles G. Dodge. for
500 600 damages for the seduction OF his
wire, Maria w. Booth. This affair has
served to f n into a blaze the partly smoth-
cred flames of a scandal in New York
society lie that for weeks has pee smould-
ering. The plaintiff, Joseph E. Booth, is
engaged in the manufacture Of furniture.
The defendant, Gen. Charles G. Dodge, is q
broker, and lives in an elegant mansion on
Madison avenue. His father was the lat
William E. Dodge.
The Dickinson press., 1884-01-12
Foreign News Gossip.

Sixteen boarders and three sisters of the
Notre Dame de Lourdes convent at Montre.
al are Dangerously i'll from poisoning.
Meat pie was served for dinner, and all who
partook were soen after seizsd with vomit-
ing and cramps. Two boarders are danger.
ously i'll. The remainder are recovering.
The doctors say the poisoning was the re-
suit of tainted meat. which, although con-
demned by the civic inspector, was sold to
the convent.
Edward Harrington proprietor of the
The Dickinson press., 1884-01-12

The chairman of the committee on
public land asserts that vel 100, o00,0 900
acreas of lard has been forfeited to the
railroad companies to build roads &C.
cording to the terms of the land grant
acts. In some cases not 8 mile of road
has been built. Forfeiture in such cases
is unfortunately demanded.
The Dickinson press., 1884-01-12

Lutlus u. FOND, of Worcester, Mass,
who was recently pardoned out of state
prison, is said to be ut work on machin-
lists wages in a shop not far from his own
former large establishment, which is
now in the hands of his son.
The Dickinson press., 1884-01-12
Railroad Ru1nblings.

The aggregate earnings OF the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad for the year
ending Dec. 81, 1888, were 1923, GEO. 600
against 500, 1856 600 for 1882, increas. of 49,
275, 900. The earnings for 1881 were SIT,
OBS 461,66. The earnings tol the month of
December were So, ISL, OUo, against ST., 1884,
600 for December, 1882, III increase of $751;
600.
The Union Pacific earnings decreased
$451 ,242 for the eleven months ending Nov
ember 80.
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Fifty;head Of horses belonging to half
breed outfit at or heal O'Fallon creek
have been run of, as it is claimed by
white men,.
Engineers and fremen of the Dakota
division of the Milwaukee & St. Paul
railway will hold their annual ball in
Mitchell on the night of Feb. %.
The Dickinson press., 1884-01-12

st. Michael's Catholic church at Grand
Forks, was dedicated recently by
Bishop Marty, the ceremonies being
of an interesting and impressive charac-
ter. 1t is said to be the finest Catholic
church building in Dakota.
There are now over $4,000 head of
cattle grazing within a radius OF twenty
miles Of Maiden, which are valued at
over 81, O0O, 1000.
William E. Burton of Grand Forks,
was killed by the cars at Shell Rock,
Iowa. He was walking on the track, and
the train made but little noise, owing to
the snow. Mr.. Burton's family is at Grand
Forks.
Waterton (Dak.) News: Mr.. Elliot of
Clark has at various times received mon
ey from Canada, and the fore part of
the week drove into Clark, received
some money forwarded him from Onta-
rio, and in the evening started to drive
home. Not reaching home during the
night, his folks became alarmed, a search
was made, and following the trail made
by his team, they soon discovered
where ii had crossed the railroad track,
at which place the wagon became I'M
coupled. Following up the trail from
this point they soon discove red the
horses feeding at a hay stack. The front
trucks of the wagon, as we'll Jas
the wagon box was also