The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-07-03
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Mn Catherine n Singer did N Brookly,
MondaH. Mrs.. Singer WAS the frst wife Of til
late Isaac II Singer, inventor Of the Sinpe
1 sewing zmachine: He died leaving 4l4, COO, 90
] but Nfs Singers nkmo was not mentioned /,
his viii She had been divorced tMenty-fou
years ago @zs ;Ssss s.z@S $50 49,
In New York last week 800 Of the 2l69 fire.
were accidental; 1,496 resulted from careless
| ness: so from defective fiues: 121 from mis-
chievousness; 6 from maliciousness, and q
from incendiaries The origin Of 119 fires Wa
| not ascertained -zs$:s-* 49, -. ...
JohnA Van, rich, well known Cincinnatian
has been missing three montha He is Sol
father Of Marie Van, the Cincinnati prima don
da, now in Paris It is now thought he ha,
been foully dealt with. .5 r.: F.; .-s-~
Henry GilGg of London gave . banquet Tues
day evening in honor Of A. A. Sargent OK
United States minister to Berlin. Ex-senato,
] Ferry of Michigan, Justin Mccarthy, E. A
/ Merritt, consul general to London, Bronson
| Howard, Gen Noyes, ex-United States minister
| to Paris Puleston, the banker, and others were
present Gilig proposed toast to Sargent
who replied avoiding reference to Berlin, bu
| expressed admiration for England. sSenato1
| Ferry, in q speech, said American sympathy
for Gordon was equal to English sympathy fol
| Garfield Ex-United States Attorney Tennv Of
Brooklyn said Sargent had done his duty, anc
was sure of hearty welcome home. Sargen
sailed for America on Saturday.
| Abertina Anderson was shot at San Francis.
co by William c. Milton, who then blew his
own brains out The cause was her refusal tt
merry him.
| Andrew Long, the wife murderer, was taker
from Jail at Iona, Mich, and conveyed to Mui,
for preliminary examination The people
| took him from the officers and got a rope
around his neck. The officers by desperate
struggle rescued him. =
A large painting of Mrs. President Polk, pre-.
sented by the ladies of Tennessee, has been hung
| in the green room of the White House.
William A. Cook appeared before the Spring.
| or committee and characterized certain state
ments made concerning him bg George Bliss as
studied, deliberate falsehoods, malignant in
ventions and perjury.
| Postofice bullitin: Postmasters Commits
sioned-Hans o. Haukness, Albert Lea, Mimi
John Kellogg Reedsburg, Wis; Alexander J.
Reid, Appleton, Wis. !; Trevanion N. Berlin
Castle Rock, MINI. New Offices-Humphrey
| Wyant, Bloomville, Lincoln county, Wis.
James A. Winston, of the clerks Office a
Springfield, who assisted Special Agent Bow.
man, of the department of justice, in the exam
ination of ex- Marshal Wheeler's accounts, tes.
tilted before the Springer committee, but pre-.
sented 40 new facts He places the amount Of
| fraudulent charges made by Wheeler at some
thing more than q, CO.,
The president holds that the legislative pow
! or of congress should not be interfered with
except for constitutional reasons and to pro-
| tect the treasury. It has been his inclination
to veto the Porter bill, as he feels that it's pas
| sage is reflection upon the official act of his
predecessor, who was a member of the court,
but he does not think he should use the veto
| for this reason alone
There was great excitement in oil circles al
Pittsburg, Pa, occasioned by the failure of
Tomas j. Watson, the heaviest dealer on the
floor of the exchange. He has been heavily
short for some weeks and this forenoon was
unable to fulfill contract for the delivery of
77,00O barrels. His shortage was $11, O00
Yale conferred the degree of LID. upon
Gov. Hoadly of Ohio and Ellis f. Roberts,
editor of the Utica IN. W Herald.
The Troy Standard editors were fined 800
Lawrence Sheary, the superintendent of streets,
has been stealing money from laborers.
The Lindell Hotel association of st. Louis
has made an assignment to James l. Huse for
the benefit of creditors. The assets and liza
bilities are not stated. The association is COM
posed of Charles A. Scudder, Henry Ames and
J. H. Chassaing.
The 7. J. Nottingham Supply company, of
Cincinnati, manufacturers of brass goods iron
pipe, ETC., has assigned. Liabilities, $26,0OO;
assets, $4,000.
Andrew J. O'Den of East Troy, Wis, was
arrested at Geneva Lake, Wis, on Monday, the
23d, charged with an attempted outrage on
Miss Susie Ingalls, of that village The allega-
tons are that Miss Ingalls, was staying with
Mr.. O'Dells people, near East Troy, and that
Sunday night young O'Dell attempted the base
deed The girls cries were heard by Andrew
ODelps father. The latter armed himself
son took the helve from his father and beat him
over the head. The elder ODeu died Tuesday
the 24th. The son is now in jail at Elkhorn. =
Sunday morning the ed, two Italians, giving
the names of Marco and Palidino, were arrest
ed at La Crosse on suspicion An oficer'came
and took them to Chicago They are suspect
ed of having robbed a countryman in Balt-
more of S.: 500 in money and property.
Intelligence received from Nizhue, Novgorod
confirms the reports of a conflict between
Christians and Jews at that place last Thurs
day. A rumor was circulated to the effect that
aJew had kidnapped Christian child and TAX
On it to the synagogue mob attacked the
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many others were roughly handled. Much
damage was done to houses of Jews, many be-
ing plundered The police and few detach-
ments Of Cossack infantry succeeded in restor-
ing order and $50 arrests were made
Moody says his revival campaign in London
has been eminently successful Something like
400 meetings were held in eleven districts, at
which million and half persons were pres
ent. All classes of society were reached and in
auenced. The number Of persons converted
will reach into the thousands, among them sew
eral pronounced sceptics. Two large halls are
now in process of building at Stratford and
The cost of the mission is e15,OOO Moody
expects to sail with his family and Pentecost
and Stebbins for New York on the steamship
Oregon, which leaves Liverpool July IL.
The president received the resignation of
Judge Drummond, of the Seventh judicial cir
cult, and directed Attorney General Brewster
to accept it. Judge Drummond writes that
having reached the age of seventy five, and
being enfeebled by his years, he desires to avail
himself of tho privilege of the law which
entities him to retirement from the bench, and
asks the president to nominate his successor at
his earliest convenience. There is very little
doubt of the appointment Of Postmaster Gen.
eral Gresham as Drummonds successor:
The Ohio democratic state convention elected
as delegates to Chicago Gen. Durbiss Ward,
Allen G. Thurman, John R. Mclean and Jacob
Mueller The following were elected as alter
Dave Flanagan, w. W. Howard and Thomas
Wetzler Gen. A. V. Rice and T. E. Powell
were selected by reclamation as electors. A
state ticket was named as follows: Secretary
Of state, James W. Newman, Portsmouth, IRE
member Of the board Of public works, John H.
Beufer. The platform reafirmed the resolu-
tons of Ohio of $780, 1881 and 1852, and of the
democratic national conventions of 1872, 1876
and 1880. 80.
The prince Of Oranges illness was chiefly
induced by the vitiated atmosphere in which
he lived. Sixty parrots were kept in his bed
room. ....' '. :.
F1fty-two oil portraits, some not finished,
others well finished, of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence, were purchased
in Philadelphia last week at IL apiece. Several
of these heads have the character of the elder
Peale's portraits. That of Robert Morris is
remarkably good. They are little smaller than
life SIZE The bookseller who had them said
that they were brought to him by respectable
looking man, who convered the impression
that he represented some family compelled to
sacrifice them.
Nominations-John W. Medium, surveyor
general Of Wyoming; William Redpath, Indiana,
AGENT If Indiana at Onanaw agency. I r. b.