The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29
Miscellaneous News Items.


Mr.. W. Irving Bishop the American thought
reader, gave a remarkable exhibition in Lon
| don, Tuesday of his peculiar power. A canon
of Westminster cathedral consented to act as
subject, and after Mr. Bishop had been secure
~ blindfoldel, wrote the name of an object
within a radius of one mile upon strip of
paper, which he continued to hold in his hands
Mr.: Bishop then put a wire around the canon's
wrist and dragged him out Of the hall and
through the streets in the presence of jeer-
ing and yelling crowd, until he arrived in front
of the designated object There he stopped,
and the canon proved by exhibiting the paper
that he fully accomplished his task.
MIR, Labouchere reiterates in Truth his former
prediction Of the early resignation of Mr. James
Russell Lowell as United States minister to
England lii connection with this statement he
alIudes to the pleasant relations chat have been
maintained throughout Mr. Lowell's residency,
not withstanding certain irritating incidents
which might have imperiled the Anglo Amer
lean entente, and expresses the belief that his
retirement will be sincerity regretted by the
English people
Vanderbilts footman Maxwell, is sued for
5000 damages by Kate Madden the chamber
maid, for saying her virtue was not in existence.
Manchester & Co.'s planning mill at Cleve-
land was damaged $50, coo by fire of unknown
origin.
AtColumbus, Ohio, John T. Emery, men,
Der of the firm of Ward Bros. & Co., ticket
brokers, suicided, being slightly deranged from
i'll health
The trial of Attendant Brown, of the Utica,
N. Y, Insane asylum, who was indicted for
man. slaughter at the last session of the county
court for killing Evan D. Hughes. of Nelson,
Madison county, an inmate Of the asylum, has
begun.
In the suit for limited divorce brought by
Edith Allen against Vanderbilt Allen, a grand
son of Commodor Vanderbilt, Judge Lawrence
has left it to Thomas P. Wickes, referee, to
ascereain how much alimony the plaintiff should
have, pending trial
Manasseh Miner is candidate for tar and
feathers at Mystic Bridge, Conn. He drove
his wife out doors, and threw her furniture
after her. A mob got after him, and his house
is yellow with wilted eggs.
Two weeks ago Robert Allison and wife, of
Tracy Station, Ind,, quarreled and separated,
he driving her from his house. The indignant
neighbours warned him to leave the place, and
he attempted to commit suicide by taking NOR
Phine but was pumped out and saved. He
finally coaxed his wife to live with him again,
ing. knocked down and choked by him. Al
lison threatened to kill her should she leave,
but neighbor assisted her whereupon Allison
blew his own brains out with gun.
Col Thomas Buford, who killed Judge Ell
hot, was brought over to Louisville from In
diana, poverty stricken and dying, and returned
to the Central lunatic asylum, from which he
escaped over year ago.
The Hon. William McDougall, formerly men,
Der of Sir John Macdonald's cabinet, has been
interviewed in regard to Canadian independ-
ence He says that the imperial parliament
has already made it independent, and that the
tie which binds Canada to Great Britain is a
silken thread: Although not yet a nation the
government is of the best possible kind. All
cries for independence SIMPLY mean annexa-
ton.
A tremendous sensation has been caused at
Berlin by apublic insult which was given Prince
Bismarck, at Friedricksruhe The prince, with
his family and suite, had started from his sum-
mer residence to take train for Berlin to at
tend the dinner in honor of the empress of Rus
STA, and had stopped at hotel on the way. It
came about that the chancellor was in the hotel,
and crowd composed almost entirely of work.
ingnen assembled in front of the building.
marck!" and the crowd responded with jeers
and insulting yells, which were continued for
some time.
London Cable There has been q marked
increase in the number of agearian crimes and
outrages in Ireland within the last few days,
and the people are beginning to trace connec-
ton between this fact and the dynamite ex-
plosions in London last Friday The conserva-
tive press and public men say that this revival
of the policy of murder is an act Of intimida-
ton, designed to coerce the house of lords in
to passing the franchise bill. The Liberals,
on the other hand, refuse to admit the connoc
ton between the agrarian crimes in Ireland
and the London explosions.
~ A. Washington correspondent says the capitol
is supplied with pure whisky by the distillers'
ring. =. -
There is absolutely no foundation for Truths
report that Minister Lowell is about to resign
his position.
, Lieut. Rice, quartermaster United States
army, walked of train in motion near Mexi-
co, Mo-, last Thursday night and was instantly
killed He was en- route to Chicago from the
west and was in his night clothes when found.
It is supposed he was asomnambulist
There are 1885 paper mills in the world,
which turn out annually 1,904, COX, 600 pounds
Of paper. Half Of this is used in printing gen.
orally, 600, 0O0, 900 pounds are used for news.
papers. An average Of eleven and . hall
pounds is used by every Englishman, and
Ten and quarter pounds BY every Amer,