The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1884-05-23
NEWS NOTES.

Gov McEnery, of Louisiana, was inaugural
ed on Tuesday.
Over $4,000 tons of Oregon flour have gone
TO England this spring.
1t is said to be the policy Of the democrats III
congress to adjourn by the lsto July.
France and Italy insist OIL having voice
concerning the administration Of Egypt.
The Northern Pacillc's big ferryboat, Kal-
alnar, was launched at Portland Saturday.
A small cyclone, Sunday, at Decatur, Ill.,,
broke down shade trees and destroyed roofs.
The New York & Harlem repair shops New
York, We're burned Oh Sunday Loss $1,000
Forty-six negroes were baptised in the ocean
near New York, Sunday. Eight thousand spec
tators stood OIL the beach.
The Dayton, Ohio, asylum for the insane is
charged with furnishing subjects for dessee-
ton to an Ohio medical college.
The report that the Fargo Southern railroad
has been sold out to the Manitoba is indig
nantly denied by the officers of the former.
Great excitement is said to exist around Wau-
kesllaw, Wis, in consequence OF the reported
discovery OF diamonds in that neighhorhood.
The wool growers of the United States met
in national convention, on Monday, at Chicago,
and declared that wool cannot be grown for a
free market.
There are ffsy-seyen business blocks and
houses in the course of erection in st. Paul,
tho cost of which will be not less than three
million dollars.
The Bennett-Mackay cable was expected to
reach Rockport Mass, Tuesday. At Rockport
all necessary arrangements for receiving the
cable are completed.
Washington newspaper correspondents will
go to Chicago to attend the national conyen-
ton III Il special train rendered them exclusive
y by the Baltimore e. Ohio railroad.
Miss Martha Parkhill, living near Kingston,
Ohio, Willie suffering from religious excite
ment, Committed suicide by cutting herself
with razor and bleeding to death OH the 18th.
VLeary was beaten in lis recent effort, at
Memphis, Telln., to ride eight horses, for six
days, twelve hours a day, againet. a sieyela.
rider. O'Leary made 800 miles and the bi-
cycst Gil miles.
A. Fl, Andrews Of Chicago, will make the
gavel that is to be used at in the republican
national convention. He has sent to every
state and territory for pieces of wood to be
used in making it.
Great excitement has been caused in tha
northern part Of Germany by the success of the
experiment of boring for petroleum in Pom
meranla. large flowing well has Just been
struck at Swantow, which yields so per cent of
oil.
The private secretary of Russell Sage says
his losses in Wall street from the decline in
stocks will amount to over IS, 100000. In two
days last week he paid out Sc, OO0, 900 for losses
on puts sold by him, sum that would
wreck an ordinary bank.
Cyrus H. Mccormick, the inventor OF the
rcaping machine, who died at Chicago Oh tile
morning of the 18th, left a fortune of ten mil
lien dollars, devised in trust to lis widow for
five years, at the enl Of which time she is to
receive one-Gfti', the remainder to 20 to his
three SONS and two daughters. Should either
OF his children>narry before the expiration of
the five years they arc to receive 100000.
AtDennison, Texas, Monday evening, a negro
attacked two young girls, daughters of promi-
nent citizens, and attempted to outrage them
both, but they succeed in escaping. The vii
lain then attacked q servant girl, whose cries
brought policeman A battle cnsued. Tie
negro was badly beaten, and is believed shot: /.
but he downei the policeman with stone and
escaped. The negro was sfterwI,r,i cnpiured
and Jailed. A mob took hisn out Of ,.is cell,
showed him off an ELEVATION and r.4.iied him
with bullets beforelle struck the ground. Two
Of the three girls attacked received slight knife
wounds.