The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-02-07
MISOELLANEODS NEWS NOTES.

Lieut. HARDER and Master Scbultze,
rades, passed through Berlin, the 3rd inst.
on their way to Hamburg. They were met
at the railroad station BY Reiss, represent
ing the geological society, who placed a
magnificent wreath upon the coffin of Lieut..
De Long in the name OF the society. When
the remains arrived the collins were so
heaped with wreaths that they could not
be seen. Mr.. Sargent, the American min
lister, received the escort at the station. At
the meeting OF the geographical society,
the Jeanette expedition.
As a sequel to the horsewhipping on the
Northern Pacific train when Capt. Mullen
arrived at Glyndon he swere out warrant
for the arrest of both Mrs. Jewett and her
husband, the latter being charged with aid
ing and abetting. They were brought to
Moorhead by a constable, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Jewett taken to Glyndon fer hearing
case seem to be that Mrs. Jewett borrowed
airing from Capt. Mullett, granting him GER
tain favors, but the captain. it appears, re.
penred of his generosity and brought suit in
Moorhead to recover the ring. The cap.
tain's statement on the stard caused the
cowhiding.
Mary E. Paige widow of Samuel B.
Paige, the millionaire lumberman of o.
kosh, Wis, has begun suit in the United
States district court at New York against
the New York World for $1,000 damages,
because of alleged libel The article which
the World publishes and Mrs. Paige alleged
is libelous and defamatory-was entitled,
1.-THE Career of Pop Mary" and was given
to its readers Dec. Is, 1883. It. was copied
from the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
and duly accredited to that paper. Similar
suits have been or will be begun against the
Commercial Gazette and several other
western papers.
Mr.. Sutton, United States consul general
in Northern Mexico, has just returned from
an official visit to Monterey and Salti]lo,
and reports that young American named
Leggett in the murder, of Contractor Wick
land near Garcia Station has. been confined
ia Mexican prison over year without
any charges preferred against him, and that
the Mexican authoritiej ndtAmeriean con-
sui ut Monterey are labolirg under the
opinion that Mudde escaped from prison
eight months ago along with Leggett.
County Clerk keenan,. of New York city,
informed the legislative investigating COM
mittee that he had paid 81, 500 to Tammsny
hall for his nomination, and paid nothing
else except incidental campaign expenses,
had taken the iron.clad oath not to buy
votes at the election or bride any person to
refrain fro1n voting.
At a recent Yale senior class election a
resolution was introduced that the senior
societies system be abolished, and that the
faculty should be asked to do so because
they created social aristocracy and ex-
erted an undue influence in college matters,
sitting expression of college sentiment by
control of the college press. The resolution
was defeated.
While the Masonic fraternities were as.
sembled in Erickson's hall, Guildiord, n.
Y, preparatory to attending funeral, the
floor of the third story gave way, precipi-
atinP seventy men to the floor below.
Many were severely injured, but none fatal
~, The debris caught fire, but fortunately
was soon extinguished.
R. B. Haywood, drummer for Phelps,
Dodge & Palmer, Chicago, was supposed to
where his wife i'd ntified corpse as his.
He has turned up in San rarcisco.
The seventh annual meeting of the Min:
nesota State Dairymen's association takes
place at Faribault on Feb. and 8, and the
people of Rice county are arranging to give
the association cordial welcome.
There are about 16,052,2e3 children of
SCHOOL age" which varies in the different
states from four to sixteen. in the United
States.
The Miners Bank Of Pottsville, Pa, failed
for. 81, $50 900 in 1876, pays dividend of 8
SO 100 per cent, and exhausts every cent of
assets.