Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-11-22

IA Immigration to. Canada has mater
|ially fallensoff% during the first ten:
months Of lS84,aswhspsthe arrivals were.
1885, as compared with 1888. 485 for
the CORRESPONDING period in 1883. OF
this year'sfsarriyals 81, $40 settled in!
Canada and 1875 passed through to
the United States.
Some weeks ago, John Downey and
wife, of Windsor, Ontario, being, rdes-
titute of thenecessaries oftlfe, agreed,
to drown themselves in the Detroit
river: The woman promptly carried
out the contract, and the husband was
arrested for murder. Friday he hang
edhimself in hisSceT
Among the deaths reported in the
western states are those of Major
William M. Garvey, Of Piqua, Ohio,
formerly receiver Of public moneys at
Cheyenne; Edmund M. Perkins, of
Quincy, III, pensioner Of the wal Of
1872, and William 2. .Pickerell, one of
the first s~ettlerslat Oskaloosa, Iowa. Il
The Alton road will this week per-
imanently reduce passenger rates. tayy2
cents per mild and nearly every line 10
its rate sheets. ut is probable that a
tariff of $40 from Chicago to Council
Bluffs viii be generally adopted, and
that. the yates 70 st. Paul will be re-
u pTsh.ct T.. L.. /. !. *, m.nv v..rs
~housekeeper for the Hammersleys in
May sent to Ludlow street jail for con-
fomnf In rnfrpoinn IN onouyor nr1oofi0no
in the famous WiN..-case.:@ After re
manning in4prison with q parrot for six
months, she has petiti0ned to be set at
liberty / I Il IT'D ~ & {.
The absurd statement is ssent out
from ST. Louis that tensthousand cattle
men will assemble, next week. in that
city, to take measures to obtain better
protection for; their interests. They
propose to ask the government, to set
aside attract six miles wide from Texas
to:the British possessions as an inter-
national trail. 5h"," -. -.
The murderer OF John G.. Atkins of
Waukesha, Wisconsin, was George
Colgr0ve. who was captured in the Vi
cinity, Wednesday, and confessed the
crime. He was engaged in robbing
the" Atkins '' farmhouse when the
family returned from town, and he
shot Mr.. Atkins through the. head to
make his escape. :, ~.~."... ..... :; =
Fifteen states are represented in Chi
cagO by two hundred influential stock
r~aisers, among whom are Ex-Governor
ROutt. of Colorado, and John B. Grim
nell, Of Iowa. A national cattle-grow-
ers' association is being. organized,
and papers on means to prevent the
spread OF contagious diseases were
read Thursday. .3aai il.
"A Southern member of the National
Democratic Committee. says Governor
Cleveland has discharged no. employe
from the executive department. at Al
bany for political reasons, and has en-
phatically declared that the rules of
the civil-service commission will gov
ern all minor. appointments when he
becomes president. ~,
In the Union Nv. Va.) section the
people, because of an unusual drought,
streams heretofore regarded as impure.
A disease known as fux, has resulted,
causing. many deaths, particularly Of
children. Live stock have perishedin
large numbers, the'loss from this cause
alone amounting to $50,O00... ~.
l. Governor Hoadly has issued q. proc
lamation to the citizens Of counties
where striking miners have committed
ontrages, asking that they, discomfort
ance all Illegal acts. proposing that
they aid the local authorities to,main-
tain order, and asserting that, if nee
essary, the entire military force Of
Ohio will be used to suppress the
,wrOngdoing. ga,
- The Brighton Ranch. company, with
out askingtpermission, recently, erected
Eifty-seven miles. OF: fence. on. govern
ment lands in northwestern Nebraska.
In the circuit" court. at Omaha; Judge
Brewer decided that the company had
no right to- fence. the public domain,
but offered to hear testimony on the
question whether title had lately been
obtained to certain sections through
pre-emptlons by cowboys :: u: IL: i
F: Horace P: "Wedeil, member of the
insolyent banking firm. called in
Cleveland: Monday night. at. the, resi-
dence OF Sylvester~T. Everett, Vice
President Of the Union National Bank,
and without, warming attempted to
shoot him. Wedell was. taken home,
where a physician declared him" to be
suffering from mental alteration, and
on Tuesday he was critically i'll with
brain fever. ;" ......" ~
In the probate court at: Chicago, Fri
day, the latest of two wills said to have
been made by Wilbur" F. Storey was
refused probate on the ground of un-
soundness Of mind. An appeal was
promptly taken. Austin L. Patterson,
at the request of the blood" relatives,
was then appointed administrator to
collect, in bond of .Sl,ODO, OOO,v which
was given by William A. Giles, Joseph
| Spiegel, S. M. Rothschild, John M.
Smyth,, w. D. St.. Clair and, "A. S.
Tie official canvass OF: the heel. electoral
returns for New York was completed
Saturday. Gov. Cleveland's plurality
8 reduced from the plurality given on
Nov. S by 1877 votes. The major por-
ton Of this reduction is owing to the
fact that MI. Ottendorfer. one Of the
electors, ran. behind his ticket, and the
official plurality 8 ."based upon the
number of ballots cast for the lowest
Cleveland elector. Il The official plural
ity for Gov Cleveland in the state is
thus cut down to LOST.
The final report Of the National Cot
ton Exchange, made up. by G. a..
Parker, Secretary, issued Tuesday, es-
Inmates the cotton crop of the United
States for the current year at 5,728, 900
bales, or a trife larger than last year.
Should the prospects of the top crop in
certain sections be realized some vs.
0W bales may be added. In Texas
there was q large decrease, and in the
Mississippi Valley the crop is not
quite up to last season, but the At
| lantic States and.Alabama show oaina