The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-03
DRAMATIC.

In the dramatic world the year has been man
first appearaucs in the West q Chicago, %
January l. After an extended tour through
til I'll country Incidents ad sh'h sns
theatrical scandal, she sailed home July "a
Her earnings are said to nave been neal:
5000, 600 IL this country. In October Henri!
living aud Ellen Terry landed in New York
ind w ns former The pS tss tnr
welcome from people and press such
as belonged to England's greatest
actor. Mary Anderson went to London in Oc-
t.,ber, and has played steadily at the Lyceum.
Mapleson aud Abbey have brought large aid
high-priced operate performers from Europe.
inc uding Patti. Gerster and Sembrich. and
have been playing in fierce rivalry at tue Met
ropolitan and tue Academy Of Music IN New
York.
at New York, Maurice Daily defeated William
sexton; average: DAILY, 4 s-23; sext 2,
l1-l14 The wrestling match on the ~ b.
at Louisville. Ky, between John Gra-
ham and Clarence Whistler, best two
catch ess catch. can was won by GRAHAM In
the Grmco Roman wrestling match. the 9th.
for $500 aud championship, at st Louis, be-
tween Muldoon and Bauer, the former won.
Feb. Muldoon downed Bibby in
wrestling match at st LOUIS U o.v;' the
score, SO to So March II the National league
and American Base Ball associations male
their differences. The Chicago billiard tours
uameut opened on the 26th with victory for
Hsnsu1 tho over hest @y record APF at bssas
at Chicago. May ii. Sullivan knocked Of
Mitchell in three rounds in New York. u +
%, the Pullman regatta opened at Pullman, i!E'
August +, Sullivan. in glove tgnt a. the Madt:
son Square Garden, New York city, knock q
rounds. On the 18Th William Ryan. John
Morrissey's trainer III his ea,ly days, died at
Fort Edward Boston won the league cham
piou-hip; the Athletic, of Philadelph;a, the
American and The Toledo nine the Northwest
ern ohampis SoRT RwEsrEss EVENTS
The year has beeu especially eventful In the
Northwest In Minnesota Senator Windos
Was defeated for reelection, and D. ID Sab!n
elected on the twenty-nint ballot, Feb
The capital Of Dakota, after long
and arduous struggle, was removed ,tc
Bismarck by Gov. Oriway and the capital
commission chosen ttr 'nsh his ms rumen'a l-
ity The Northern Pacific road Was completed
and formally opened Sept. g. st Paul and
event with msguihcence aud en'hu-
.lasm never be ore shown in the tvs
cities. President Willard. accom- panied By
numerous guests, among whom were tsit
Grant aud ex-Secre'aries Evar,s and schurz,
vas accorded grand ovation. ending with
banquet given by the city OF st. Paul at the
Lafayette ho,el. Lake Mnue:oaka. The IL
| spike was driven Sept .. at po!ut six
| miles west OF Helena. with appropriate az :
elaborate ceremonies, The 1el'ows'one
railroad, and Rufus Hatch, with special traiI
| b airing a large number Of invited guests,
! spent q fortnight there. The Canadian Pacific
| was pushed on to the Rocky moun'ains. Rich
| discoveries of gold IN the CBur dA'eIe
mines have stimulated crowded emigration
th,ther. The crops throughout Minnesota ant
Dakota were generally good Early fro.ra
| damaged wheat in some parts OF tue Red River
valley The improvement Of the minera
| region north Of Duluth was be- un IN the
| building o. the Iron Range railroad, which Is
| to tap that hitherto unknown section OF the
State. One of the important even's is too
c m APPLETON Of the N ,ultoba railroad vladuct a:
| Minneapolis, tho first stone bridge across the
Mississippi
One of the most blood curding crimes of tbs
| past wear was the killing of Richard Pierce o.
| st Paul tie night Of Jan. l. Great excitement
| WIS caused BY the affair, which Was OIL!
| layed by the discovery of tbs supposed dead
| man in the pineries and his return home. The
number of murders in the United States }.
probably larger for 1883 than any prscedlne
| wear OnIy TWO celebrated Grimes CAT
be mentioned. June Armlstead Barksda'e
killed his cousin. Scott Clayton, at lawrence,
burg, Va, aud few days later comn II
the puusilist, was shot and killed i'll Chicago
by Jere Dunn. notorious sporting man
March 8. George tonkiing shot and killed J"
! II. Haverstick, his sisters paramour IN NeH
York; Conklng was let OIL on ball ara v
living in Nevada. At HaGrodsburg. k!y:,. Apr;
81, Conyres .man Phil Thompson shot and
killed instantly Wafer Il. Davis, whom hp
charged with seducing his Wife Thompsor
was acquitted April ~, mob at R'yiF
Lake killed the two Ward brothers At Gn'''
, Who murdered his father, Capt Nu':, 10 -
, alteration over sian ae. asains: Mis-
L zzie Mutt Young Nuts trial 10 pending
Pittsburg Sept 3, the body of Rose AmO'
C.ark was found at Stanford, Conn. TIE m;
: derer escaped On the 25th of the s'l
! month, Ada Atkinson was brutaly murder-
. ty Neillng at Oxford, Ind. Melting was sub
, quently IyDched.
Other notable crimes were the robbery
he CITY bank, New York, Of $4S, 900
Cashier Shaw and Assistant Cashier t.
| the abduction of Zerelda Garrison at ST. LOU
the robbery at Panama of 10. 900 sent by tt,
, government to the United States feet in tbs
Pacific: O. L. Ovens s'ea'ing 5000, 600 frou
the st. Louis bank; the robbery OF $2O, 900 j.
diamonds at Springfield. Il. the s.ssnis
! sor: robbery of the United States 81
) pres, company Of $4,000 at Des Monies
| murder OF two men In tho posse that captured
! the B .rber brothers in Iowa; the detalsa'ion o.
, Treasurer Polk OF Tennessee to the amount Of
$3.50, 900; the murder Of Brandy
his wife and her parsmour at Argy
Mimi; the embezz emens Of Phirs':
} he Philadelphia aims house keepes
the robbery Of Secretary reller's trunks, con-
, aiming So, 900 Of diamonds, at Livingston.
], Mons The murder of seven negroes at Dan
vile, Va, on election day, and the shooting of
| several persona at YaZ TO- Miaa. Ciri 5tula re-.
sulting in the .lynchlng l.st night o. four
| q fhuk nlana