The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-09-26
Wahpet1n copnty Dakota eeptenber 90 1884
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Tuesda the boiler OF threshing
engine. near River Falls, Wis, .ex-
ploded, killing the engineer, Chtrles
Ecker and seriously wounding
chauncey chapia
st. Petersburg, 10 Advices from
the north tate that Russian
corvette at YladivasTel has seized
the American schooner, Eliza; for
having contraband goods on board,
and the English schooner, Helena,
for illegal hunting.
Mrs. w. B. Douglass Of Fargo,
Dak., while en- route from that city
to Chicago two weeks ago, lost a
package containing $4,000 worth of
diamonds, which is thought to have
been stolen somewhere between st.
Paul and Milwaukee. The matter
has been quiet until now.
Forest fires are burning fiercely
on the west side pf Port Huron,
Mich. The people nronia,
Beach this week u 8 II is ksg&
for any sparks that afEafit scome Is
town. AT one time, the fire threat
ened the bridgesahd III was thought
that some of tile buildings must 90,
but they were saved.
DR.. Darwin Potter has examined
Kate Smulsey, the Fort PLANES,
N. Y, fasting woman, and says the
girl is suffering from st. .Vitus'
dance, pure, simple and uncompli-
Gated. II unhesitatingly pronounce
the alleged fast IN unmitigated hum
bug, a stnpendous fraud and a ply
sblogical impossibility."
Motley, Minn., 17.-On the occa-
sion of the opening of the roller
rink at Motley, a crowd of drunken
roughs went to the skating rink,
and on being reprimanded by the
proprietor for their ungentlemanly
conduct, pitched into him and sew
eral of the participants were badly
cut up with knives. Ladies' tainted
and were carried home insensible.
The parties have been arrested and
will pay the penalty of their rash
ness in Jail.
Atlantic, Ia, IA terrible trag-
edy was enacted Wednesday night
at Reno, a small town situated
eighteen miles southeast of here,
and not on any railroad. Jacob
Steen, postmakter at Reno, shot his
wife. killing Sher almost instantly.
and then turning his weapon shot
himself, in1icting wound which
proved fatal in short time. Mr..
Steen was quite a prominent man
in the community, and was at one
time candidate for representative
from Cass county. It is not known
Chat he had any family trouble, and
insanity is probably the cause of
the deed. The affair caused intense
excitement in the community.
:RqItland, Or. Special; 2O.-A
shocg Fling murder was reported near
k9axesano, w. T., two weeks1kgo.
Pickler, a prominent Ger,
Esteriocsiy disappeared a 86uld
1fhe found. I'd " his was
EAiseovered in a sd 10 snnder
Such circumst ass1bave no
doubt that llo had fSalIx, dealt
with. When ali38 Picker
had II large sum dk9nonsy in his
possession. This factswas genera lily
known. He had evidently been fol-
lowed, assassinated, and robbed. No
trace of the money can be found.
Suspicion points strongly toward
two men who have suddenly left
for parts unknown.
Brainerd, Minn., 17.-The Burns
rape case was begun yesterday in
court, and before adjournment last
night all the prosecutions testi-
mony was in. 1t appears that Jack
Burns, a saloon-keeper of sporting
notoriety, went riding with Miss
Emma Mays and her sister, both
young women, another man being
along, and ut a distance in the coun-
try Burns got Emma to leave the
wagon with him, and as she alleged,
violated her. The next day she
weepingly confessed the assault to
her mother, and a warrant was
sworn out. When secured Burns
got the officer to 60 with him for an
interview with the girl, when the
latter attempted to shoot Burns and
wounded the officer. The defense
claims that the girls character was
Fbad, and that the rape case is
ltrumped up.
An experienced sheep grower, who
kat the present time a flock num-
1g about 500 head. informs the
fson Sentinel that his ex perience
the line indicated leads him to
d it as tho most, profitable
ee of stock raising in this Sec