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The Mineral argus., 1884-06-05
~Telegraphic Summary.

Mrs. Langtry now has s97, 500 in New Yory
mortgages.
Tom Thumbs 100000 house in Bridgeport
sold for $4,000.
Gail Hamilton and Sophie Sparkle MRS.
Jenny Hicks are at Luray, Va.
Henry S. Church, the defaulting chamberlain
of Troy, N. Y, has been indicted.
The Savannah News says there is no mourn
ing in that region for Began Cash.
Isaac Vetch talked himself to death before
the grand lodge of Odd Fellows at St Louis.
Joseph B. Mcdonald of Woburn, Mass, a
lumber dealer, has assigned. Liabilities, s125,-
600.
Col. Clough of st. Paul says the supreme
court is sure to sustain the Dakota capital de-
cision.
The Enterprise button shop at Clifford, CT,
was burned by an incendiary. Loss, $4,000;
insurance; $4,000.
The six-year-old-daughter of William Dyke,
living mile east of Hillsdale, Mich, was out
ragged and murdered.
Police Magistrate NJ. c. Mills, of Robinson Ill,
who is now missing has left creditors to the
amount ofnearly $500.
10 iOpoAtSu tHdt tnS Dduh Vi mOHiI6al eN-
ported 100000 in gold to New York during
the recent financial trouble.
The Eureka paper mill at Bridgeport, Pa,
owned and operated by Dagger & Cox, was burned
Loss, $4,000; partly insured
Insolvent schedules of the firm of Owen &
Mercer were filed Friday. Liabilities. $780,
46S; nominal assets, SSS3,307; actual assets,
$20,065.
The widow of Capt. Matthew Webb. the
swimmer, is at Suspension bridge, having ac-
cepted the position of cashier in the Whirlpool
Rapids Park.
DIR. R. G. Penn, whose trial has been in prog
ress at H~azelhurts, Miss, charged with kill
ing Fl. B. Rails, was found guilty Of murder in
the first degree.
A memorial window has been placed in Ha-
worth church, London inscribed: 'To the
Glory of God, in memory of Charlotte Bronte.
by an American citizen.
The duke of Marlborough has made an offer
20 the directors of the national CALLER. London
of eleven of the best pictures in the collection
of Blenheim palace for 1861, 500.
Peter Weber, a hostler EMPLOYED al the ST
Paul house, Milwaukee, fell into the river while
in an epileptic fit and was drowned. He was
forty years of age and unmarried
The Mineral argus., 1884-06-05
Important Telegraph Decision.

Des Moines, Iowa Special: An important and
interesting decision was rendered in the United
States circuit court in this city, involving the
liability of the telegraph companies for dam
ages for failure to deliver messages promptly.
Nov. 9, 1882, George f. Hall at Des Moines, at
Sa. m, gave the following message to the tele-
graph company:
Charles T. Hall, Exchange, Oil City, Pa.
Buy me 10000. If you think it safe wire me"
Meaning for his brother to buy 10000
barrels of oil for him.. The company ommit-
ted the address-"Charles 7. Hall"-andt the
message was received at Oil City directed sim
ply to Exchange" which is the name of the
building whore the board of trade met The
company after carrying the message to
the building, and ON the refusal OF the officers
of the board of trade to receiver it, procured the
correct address and delivered the message to
Charles I. Hall at 8 p. M, too late to make the
purchase directed. The price of oil at the time
the message ought to have been received Il 1870
a. m, and when the oil would have been pur-
chased, if received, was $1.17 per barrel. The
price at the openingof the market, the
next day at 10 a. m. was S1.35. The plaintiff
gets a judgment for the difference on 10000
barrels, being $500, and the court certify a
division of opinion on certain legal questions
to the supreme court of the United States, in
case the defendants desire to carry the case
there.
The Mineral argus., 1884-06-05

There are frequent references in for.
eign news to "~morganatic" marriages of
princes and titled persons, and many
people do not understand this exact sig
MITIGATION. The morganatic marriages
are those in which the bride accepts the
morning gift" in lieu of dowry and
rights of inheritance That may fall to the
issue. In Germany they are called left
handed marriages, because the groom
gives the left hand at the nuptial cere.
mony. The marriages are valid and the
children are legitimate, but they do not
inherit their fathers titles or wealth.
They are always made with ladies Of
inferior rank. Queen Victoria is said
to have been very much excited by a re-
cent report that her son-in-law, the
Grand Duke of Hesse, who would be
glad to marry Princess Beatrice, his de-
ceased wife's sister, did the law permit,
had hastily contracted a morganatic
marriage with a person of much lower
rank, after the death of his wife.
The Mineral argus., 1884-06-05
Personal News Notes.

Rev. Watkins, ousted from a Stratford, CT,
church for believing in faith cure, will have a
church of his own in New York.
The jewels of Grace Garland, the switch of
Wall street, y were sold by a constable in Bloom
ington, Ill, she having pawned them for $500.
Earnest Hoefer of st. Louis is missing in
New York. He had a large amount Of money,
and had recently returned from Germany with
his wife.
Rev. Mr.. Mennard, rector of the Protestant
Episcopal church at Cedartown, Ca, has been
put in an insane asylum. He paid unsuccess-
full court to a popular young lady, and his re-
lection resulted in insanity.
Ferdinand Ward, the banker failing to obtain
100000 bail, was taken to the Ludlow street
Jail, and lodged in a cell there. He refused to
see any person. Gen. U. S. Grant stated that
the rumor that his son U. S. Grant Jr., had fled
to Canada to escape arrest was wholly without
foundation. His son had gone to Morristown,
N. j., where he lives, and would be back the
next morning. Both his sons, the general said
were in town and intended to remain here
The Mineral argus., 1884-06-05
Gen. 3. r. Butler Accepts.

Gen. Butler accepts the nomination of the
National Monopoly organization for Pre-
sident of the United States. His letter of ac-
ceptance is as follows.
Lowell, Mass, May 22-Gentemen: have
the honor to receive your courteous note Civ
ing me the result of the action of the conven-
ton at Chicago on the 14th inst. of representa-
tives of anti-monopoly. The honor of the
designation by such a body as candidate for
presidency of the republic cannot be to highly
appreciated Concerning each measure of
public policy set forth in the resolutions, l need
only ask that if the votes of electors shall in
trust me with the executive powers of that
high office, each of them will be fully, justly,
and energetically used to make every measure
of relief to the people and reform in the gov
ernment pointed out by your platform, as prin-
ciples relating to administration. Accept for
yourselves personally my most gratefully con-
sideration.
[Signedl 3. F.BUTLER.
The Mineral argus., 1884-06-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Washington News.

Senator Palmer of Michigan will build SEQ,
600 residence In Washington.
The preside t has approved the bill granting
a loan Of 81, 100000 to the New Orleans exposi-
ton.
Postoffcers established: Minnesota-Ulen,
Clay county. Postmasters Commissioned
-Humer Folger, Jamison, Iowa;P Clark, Coe,
Green, Iowa; George A. Thomas, Thomas,
Ringgold county, Iowa; d. F. Horn, Durham,
Stutsman county, Oak.
A sensational story Las been circulated at
Washington to the effect that the Pacific Mail
Steamship company is seeking to have adopted
an amendment to the shipping bill which would
enable that corporation TO collect a subsidy Of
$4,000 annually from the nation
William Hunter, assistant secretary of state,
has entered upon the ffty-fifth year Of his ser
vice in the state department, and the event was
appropriately celebrated by secretary Freling-
huysen and MIR. Hunters associates. He is not
only the oldest employee of the government in
length of service, but no one ever served long
er than he.
Washington Special: Gen futile, who accom-
panies the governor Of Iowa here on his recre-
Ation tour, is interesting himself in the establish
ing of the proposed National Soldiers home IN
Senator's Plumb and Logan have the bill
in charge, and have had Kansas in view as the
place o flocation. Gov. Sherman stated thatthe
Iowa legislature had already appropriated $50,
coo towards its construction
The Mineral argus., 1884-06-05
Market Reports.

ST. PAUL-Wheat, No. l hard, 9SI0s1.O OBJ;
No. l, SOC; No. , hard, g30J6c; No. 2, SOC0So.
Corn, No. ?. SOC; No. 3, Sc; rejected, Sic.
Oats, No. 2 mixed, Sic; No ) mixed, SOC;
Barley, No, >, DOC; No. 3 extra, 54c; No. {,
soc.
Rye. No. ., 56c.
Baled Hay, wild, $40; timothy, s11.
Potatoes, 2SG3Oc.
Eggs, 12c.
MILWAUKEE. Wheat, No. 2, 91Lc.
Corn, No. 2, 541%055c.
Oats, No. 2, 53035c; white, 36036Le.
Rye, No. /, &c.
Barley. No. ?, 6515c.
Mess Pork, SIS. 150S1S30.
Lard, sS20@sS .3215.
Butter, choice creamery, 20@22c; fair to
good, 10000; best dairy, 17GlSc.
Eggs, 13@l315c
CmcAGo-wheat, No. ? Chicago spring, $50
assoc.
Corn, 54a54%c.
Oats, Size.
Rye, Gle.
Barley, 69c.
Flax Seed, S1.6a
Pork, S1S371$0S1SO.
Lard, sS12x@sS25.
Butter, creamery, 9O@23c; dairy, 1S@1ec
The Mineral argus., 1884-06-05
Casualties of the Week

Miss Tillie Fear was struck by lightning at
Toledo.
The Clarendon hotel at Portland, Or,
burned Loss, $4,000. Insurance, $4,000.
Miss Marugg took Chicago arsenic to remove
freckles, with much success. She was buried
recently.
At Sharbot Lake, Ont, George Peters, his
little daughter and Miss Bridger were burned
to death, the house being set on fire by Peters
dropping a lighted lamp while drunk.
Ex-Judge W. r. Beebe, senior member of the
firm of Beebe, Wilcox & Hobb, lawyers in New
York city, was struck by a Central railroad
train at Plaintield N. j., recently and instant
ly killed.
A Mixed Train on the Panhandle railway,
collided with Freight at Wheeling Junction
Wednesday morning. D. Bartholomew, a trav-
cling salesman for a Cincinnati firm, with resi-
dence at East Dubuque, Ill, was killed in
stantly.
The Mineral argus., 1884-06-05

There has never been a time in the
history of the world when it cost as little
to exchange commodities between dis.
tant countries as now. Competition has
cut down not only transportation but
transfer charges and commission to the
smallest possible point, and labor-sav-
ing devices and improved machinery
have made that point very low indeed.
Wheat is now being shipped from New
York to Liverpool at one and a half
cents a bushel, and sixty pounds OF
grain can be sent from Chicago to Eu-
rope for about twelve cents. 1t is the
local charges alone which seem too
high at the present time, as contrasted
with the "long hauls."
The Mineral argus., 1884-06-05
Alovd S. Majors, Ex-Preac.er and EE-
LAWYER, Hanged in California.


LLOYD s Majors, was hanged at oakland, Cal,
near San Francisco, on Friday last On the
Monday previous, the condemned man made
a desperate effort to escape. He possessed
immense strength, and he o~verpowered
the two death watches and jaileT, who hap
pened at the moment to be IN his cells.
Wrenching the keys from the %jailer's grasp,
he dashed through the door across the jail
ward. outinto the street But just as he thought
he had succeeded, he was encountered by TWO
fremen who had been attracted by the noise.
They recognized Majors and another struggle
ensued, so fierce that Majors, arm was broken
and he was rendered helpless. He was conduct
ed back to his cell, and from that moment he
abandoned all hope. In conversation with }. b.
Renowder. brother of one of the murdered men,
he said: "Youmay draw the life-blood from my
arm. and with this pen l viii write my innocence
of the crime in my own blood
As he spoke he appealed TO Heaven.
to witness the truth of his statement
Majors mounted the scaffold without assis-
lance, and took up his position on the drop,
firmly erect He refused to say word, main
tanning throughout a stolid silence. At 1912
the bolt was pulled, Majors fell, and his neck
was clearly broken. Majors was forty-slx
wears old. born near the home of Garfield in
Ohio, graduated at Ann Arbor college in 1870,
and began the practice of law. But afterward
Joined the Methodist ministry. After preach
ing several years he, went to the Pacific coast
and settled in Los Gatos, where he became the
owner of a hotel. The double murder for
which he was executed was committed a year
ago. He planned it, leaving the execution,
however, to two tools, named Jewell and Show
ers. They were both tried and convicted, but
before this all the facts in the case became
known, and the agencyo of Majors was revealed
The Mineral argus., 1884-06-05

Ship bread, cakes and crackers, con-
stitute an important item in the trade OF
California with adjoining states and
territories, and foreign countries,
amounting in the aggregate to over
81, 900, 900 per annum. The two or
three factories in San Francisco alone
have been annually credited with a pay
roll varying from $15O,OO0 to 5000, 900,
per mum for the past ten years, and
their sales have been reported during
this interval at from $500, 600 to ST.
OO0, 900 per annum.
The Mineral argus., 1884-06-05
Crimes and Criminals.

AtRochester, N. Y, Patrick Slatterly whipped
Curley Huges in three rounds. Both were ar
rested.
Buford L. Dean shot his brother David, in
Savannah, Ga, killing him instantly. David
seduced Buford's daughter.
State Senator Ezra Miller of Mahwah, n. j.,
who is over seventy-two years old and weighs
325 pounds, has been arrested on complaint of
Lizzie Beatty, a servant, and held in $1,000
bail on a charge of rape.
J. F. Richardson, local agent of the Indian
apolis Isl. Louis railroad, the Madison County
Ferry company and the Venice & Carondelet
belt railroad at Venice, Ill, suicided by shoot
ing himself through the head. The discovery
that he was 81, 1000 short to the Indianapolis a
st Louis road led to the act.
An unknown person started a switch engine
standing on a sidetrack on the Delaware & Hud-
son railroad at Mechanicsville, n. Y, switched
it ION the main track, jumped off and sent the
engine up the track at full speed. 1t came in
collision with q Montreal sleeper, bound south.
Both engines were wrecked. Tn baggage and
express man, Ticknor, seventy years old, was
dangerously wounded. Engineer Myers had a
leg broken, and others were bruised.
Lincoln, Ill, Special: The grand jury has
indicted John H. Hall, Belle Hall, his wife,
and William Ferris, for the murder of Charles
Mcmahon, near Moun Pulaski, Aug. 10, 1882.
Hall was arrested in January and Ferris a few
days ago for the murder of Mcmahon and his
two hired men. The indictment of Mrs. Hall
was a surprise for which neither she nor the
people were prepared. She was arrested on
the street Tuesday and is now in Jail. This
will be remembered as the murder in which
IL - -. $3.50 - T
last June, were supposed to have been i'm
plicated.
The Mineral argus., 1884-06-05

The great quantity of money lying
idle and seeking a safe investment al
fair rates is shown by the eagerness with
which the new railroad loan of Russia
has been snapped up. Russia's credit
is not the best in the world, by any
means, though it has greatly improved
of late years, but for all that its call
for a loan of $75, 900 900 was answered
by offers amounting to ST. 75, 900 900,
or seventeen times the sum needed.
Such a glut of idle money as this
proves it might be possible for our gov
eminent to give the bondholders
another twist by a still further reduction
of the rate of interest on our debt.
There is now but little doubt that our
debt could have been refunded a few
years ago at three per cent.
The Mineral argus., 1884-06-05
The Blind Pool Game in Washington.

Congressman Horr of Michigan, Milliken of
Maine, and numerous other statesmen who have
so far kept their names out of the papers,
together with three or four hundred de
partment clerks, are sadly lamenting the de-
parture of a friend named George II. Lewis.
He left this locality very suddenly and mex
pectedly last Sunday, and his present where
abouts are unknown. There is no anxiety
for his welfare, however, as he is considered
competant to take care of himself, and is well
supplied with means. Two or three hundred
thousand dollars were deposited with
him by the aforesaid officials as mar
gins, and with this money Mr.. Lewis operated
in oil. He did business on the blind pool plan,
and for the first few months he paid amazing
profits to the members of his 'syndicates," as
he called them, and there was nothing around
Washington that offered such great advantages
to investors as Mr.. Lewis blind pools. Men
and women put all the money they had or could
borrow into his hands, and when he thought he
had skinned the town." Mr.. Lewis skipped.
There are a large number of army and navy
officers who miss their friend sincerely, to the
extent of from $500 to $4,000.
The Mineral argus., 1884-06-05

One of the prominent causes of the
great decline in stocks and swapping
of large operators, ID the decadence OF
speculations among the people at large.
The operators were heavily loaded.
They expected to once more sell out
the stocks on a subsequent bulge
counted up as certain, but were sadly
mistaken. The frequently shorn lamb
refused to enter the market, and the
big fellows have had to bear the burden
of s~hrinkage as best they could. Many
of them counted as safe against financial
disaster have gone to the wall, while
others have been compelled repeatedly
to scale down their fortunes, and are
not nearly so rich as they used to be.
As they made their money, so they have
lost it. There is no special call, there
fore, for the expenditure of sympathy
in their cases. With the outside public
letting the market alone, they have
been compelled to feed upon each other,
and the diet has been neither whole
some nor satisfactory. If it continues
in this shape until the whole brood are
.bankrupted and relegated to deserved
obscurity, the country at large will be
the gamer.
The Mineral argus., 1884-06-05

Business men throughout the coun-
try regard the late squat in Wall street
as a clearing up shower, and do not
seem to be concerned for the future of
legitimate business. They confess, how
ever, to a serious scare during the pen
dency of the squall and before they full
ly understood the causes, as we'll as they
do now.
The Mineral argus., 1884-06-05

AtRochester, N. Y, Patrick Slatterly whipped
Curley Hugesi in three rounds. Both were ar
rested.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-05-02

The enthusiastic support given Mr..
Blaine by his more fervcnt admirers is
often compared with the feeling exhib.
tied toward Henry Clay by the mass
OF wings. There are some elements
OF similarity between the two men.
MIR. Clay possessed rare social quail.
ties, and in an exceptional degree had
the faculty of attaching men to him
the indefnable influence usually tes.
ignated magnetic. He was prominent
before the nominating conventions of
1885 and 1910. and failed to quite at
tain the height of his ambition. In
1874 he was nominated for president,
and his friends were in a fever heat of
enthusiasm, and few doubted his cleo.
ton. There is said to be an editor in
Texas still living whose fervor and
confidence led him to VOW never to
shave. cut his hair, and perhaps wash,
until his idol was placed in the presi.
DENTAL chair. The election was bare.
!y lost through the throwing away of
IL thousand votes in New York state
''pon liberty candidate. Thousands
Ut his admirers took his defeat SO to
heart that his death six years later
was almost a relief to them. At Gin.
einnati in 1876, and Chicago in 1880,
MIR. Blaine barely missed the coveted
honor-liis aspiring hand almost grasp.
ed the apple. but other hands snatched
it fro n him. The indications now are
that these experiences will be repeated
at Chicago. Less eager hands are like.
ly t. take the frnit.-Argus.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-05-02
Pettigrew got badly left at Huron
and his hopes for reelection to con.
sress received their death blow.

Orange Judd, Editor of the Ameri.
can Agriculturist for some thirty years
but unconnected with its business
management for year or two past,
has lately retired from its editorial de.
nartment and located in the West. He
desires to gather complete. POSTAL.
Card Album" of his old readers and
friends. and requests them all to send
him now a postal giving their present
location and address. naming also, when
convenient, the years in which they
were his subscribers. Mr.. Judd's ad.
lress is Chicago, Illinois.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-05-02

by all reports the Huron conven.
ton was an interesting gathering, of
much the same character as other
territorial conventions of late. 1t
would he idle to philosophise on the
political significance of the outcome,
OF of its bearing on the future of ter.
ritorial politics. We are free to con.
fess our belief that the same conycn.
ton meeting again for the same pur.
pose might have an entirely different
outcome. AS it is. however, North
Dakota should be entirely satisfied
with the result. In our delegate from
North Dakota to the Chicago conyen.
ton we have highly creditable rep.
resentative in the Hon. N. E. Nelson.
We feel that the honorable mention
of his name in this connection through.
out the territory is entirely merited
and reflects credit upon our county as
upon North Dakota,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-05-02
Mr.. B,chtel.s Letter

Editor PIoSEER-ExrREss:
Will you give me space in your valua-
BILE paper as wish to call the atten-
ton of the people of this county
to a letter wrote three years
ago with regard to the taxes
as to what they would be If the
people did not throw politics aside, and
take an interest in putting men into
Office. that would work for the interest
Of the people and not for themselves. /
said in that letter, the way things were
running our taxes would in 1--WE years
be SO to 40 mills on the dollar. Those
people who were here then will recollect
how much fun men made of me in Penn
.bina. The editor who left since. and
also the two other county commission.
ers wrote and SAID that was erroneous
in my calculation and prediction, and.
that our taxes would only be . trifles
az the value of our land sipcrsased. The
Increase n,taxes came Just q. + expect
q. Three yess - our vaination ~
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