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The Dickinson press., 1884-03-01
Personal Points.

John Hullah, a noted English musician is
dead.
The body of Jerome Collins is to be taken to
Ireland for burial.
Mrs. Wendell Phillips objects to the idea of
a statue of her husband in Faneuil hall.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor is dangerously i'll
with typhoid fever. Her son, the American
minister at Rome, has been cabled.
Oliver Edes, the originator of the vast indus
try of macine rivet making of this country, died
at his home at Plymouth, of Bright's disease,
Miss Carrie Sheards, who was principal of
the Oak Ridge seminary at the time Of the bat
tie of Gettysburg and became prominent by
her heroism in aiding Union soldiers wounded
in the battle, died in Reading recently.
Robert Broker, a New York broker at Wash
ington, tells how, during the Chicago fire, he
drove a dray cart of milk to a relief hall, and
Senator John A. Logan's wife sat on the dray
holding tho milk cans. The other assistant
had mutinied.
Mrs. Van Colt, the evangelist, is holding re-
vival meetings at Sag Harbor, L. l., and open
ly charges Rev. J. ]. Harris, rector of the
Christ Episcopal church, with denying his
God. Mr.. Harrison was present at the meeting
and refused to stand up when Mrs. Van Colt
asked that all persons in the church who were
L SAl4SGluQS SuOu1u IlSC.
Recent news from Alaska announces the death
at Sitka on Dec. 3 last, of William Morton, the
Arctic explorer, whose career in the service
of his country is one of the most remarkable
on record. He entered the navy in SIS, and
served almost continually therein until his
death. He served in various capacities, and
sailed in every known sea.
Miss Abigail Scott Dunnaway, editor Of the
New Northwest at Portland, Or, passed through
st. Paul, en- route to Washington city. She is
the lady who has been raising such q commo-
ton by her candidacy for the governorship Of
Washington Territory, and goes to International
capital to look after her interests. During her
stay in ST. Paul she kept secluded, and eluded
the vigilance of the reporters.
The old colored woman, Mrs. Lydia Smith
who for SO many years was the housekeeper
of Thad Stevees, and to whom he left his prop
erty, recently died. Her will was opened, and
that $500 should be invested in government
bonds and the interest used forever in keeping
the grave of her benefactor properly sodded
and covered with flowers.
David Walker, the recently concecrated
bishop of Northern Dakota, was rendered o re-
ception on the evening of the Goth, at the res
idence of his brother, j. NJ. Walker, Esq, No.
345 Dearborn avenue, Chicago. Bishop Walker
was recently consecratcd in New York city, and
preached in Chicago on the 18th in st. James
church. He is now on his way to his new
charge. The reception was q very pleasant af-
fair, and was attended by a number of well
known society people.
The Dickinson press., 1884-03-01
A dispatch from East Saginaw, Mich,

A dispatch from East Saginaw, Mich,
says that Col. Hunt, q lately deceased
millionaire who had a keen appreciation
of humor, bequeat',ed in his will SIS, 900
to the mother of Charles Brown GAR
tcmus Ward"), and a similar sum to Eli
Perkins and Josh Billings. Some of
the neglected humorists cannot see why
Eli Perkins should be virtually desig-
mated as a humorist as he has always
been classed, whether justly OF other
wise, as one ofthe tribe of Annanias and
Saphira. The funny men will now I'M
derstand that pleasant words rather
than satirical are most relished by mil
lionaires.
The Dickinson press., 1884-03-01

The IS, ooo, 1000 people of the country
may congratulate themselves that they
can buy the most powerful fever rem
edy, the drug known as q%uinine, at
$1.25 to $1,35 per ounce. The ring has
at last been broken and healthy compe-
%titions, as in other things, has done its
good work. 1t is we'll known that for
many years this drug was subject first
to a duty Of As per cent, and during
later years to 20 per cent, which
strange as it may seem, gave a virtual
monopoly Of the market to two great
establishments. For years this drug
was selling at So and 81 an ounce, and
so close was the quinine ring kept, that
in 1876-77, when the South and South
west was stricken by epidemic fevers,
the scarcity of quinine was such that
great distress, and NJ doubt loss of life,
was the result. The profits made by
the few great houses that manufactured
quinine were enormous, while the duties
kept out foreign manufactures.
The Dickinson press., 1884-03-01
A Wisconsin Wedding Scene.

The all-absorbing topic in social circles at
GAINESVILLE, Wis, is q sensational incident at the
wedding of Hiram D.. Murdoch and Allie B.
Childs Thursday the 21st. During the pro-
gress of the festivities the discovery was made
that one of the presents, consisting of $50 in
gold, which had been given by the groom's I'M
Gle, was missing. Great CONSERVATION pre-
vailed among the guests, eighty in number,
each and every one of whom imagined that the
finger of scorn was pointing in his direction.
cidcd to make o search of the guests, which
was accordingly done. The money was not re-
covered.
The Dickinson press., 1884-03-01
How a Far1bau1t Lady Was Robbed In
Chicago.

A dispatch from Chicago says: The Palmer
house was the scene last Monday the 22d, of
q remarkable bold assault and roberry. The
hotel manager declines to give the name of the
lady, at her wv request. Shei is said, however,
to be Mrs. Dudley or Mrs. Sykes, q milliner OF
Faribault, Mimi, who arrived in the city ear
Gage Bros. land purchased a stock of goods for
her business. Returning to the hotel She stop
ped at a drug store to geta prescription put up.
Noticing that she was being watched by a loaf
er in the ladies' entrance to the hotel, she
asked to have the medicine sent to
her room, preferring not to
expose the sum of money which she had. She
then went to her room; a few minutes later,
hearing q knock at the door, she opened it to
admit, as she supposed, a boy from the drug
store. Instead of the boy, she was confronted
by the man who had watched her from the
ladies' entrance a few moments before. This
man seized her by the throat, put a handker-
chief saturated with chloroform to her nose,
which soon rendered her insensible, and took
everything he could lay hands on and left.
After a while Mrs Dudley recovered sufficient
ly to ring the bell andmake known her situation.
She soon recovered entirely from the assault
and has now left the city. Her loss was 800.
The Dickinson press., 1884-03-01

Mrs. Fred W. Paramore, wife Of the son Of
Col. J. W. Paramore, president of the Texas 4
St Louis railway, died in St Louis recently.
Mrs: Paramore, prior to her marriage, was Miss
Nellie Hazeltine, daughter Of w. B. Hazeltine,
formerly a prominent merchant of st Louis,
years.. She was very beautiful and accom-
plished, and a lady well known in Eastern and
Southern society, and became famous a few
years ago ~ the reported fiancee of Samuel j.
Tilden,
The Dickinson press., 1884-03-01

-
The old Credit Mobilier, supposed to
be dead and buried, with the regulations
Of not a few statesmen concerned in it,
is revived in the United States circuit
court at Boston, in a suit involving &c.
600, 600. The opinion of the court is in
substance, that the trustees, Thos. O.
Durant and six others, to whom was as
signed the contract between Cakes Ames
and the Union Pacific Railroad, have
failed to account for many millions Of
dollars due under that trust to the stock
holders of the Credit Mobilier of Amer
lea, and that the trustees have been
guilty of wilful negligence and miscon-
duct in the arrangements of the trusts.
The Dickinson press., 1884-03-01
The Mother of Washington.

Another interesting historical movement is to
secure the completion of the monument to the
memory of Mary, the mother of Washington,
which stands unfinished at her former home in
Westmoreland county, Va, where Washington
was born. Tho monument was commenced
fifty years ago. A bill to appropriate the
money to complete the monument was reported
favorably in the Forty-third congress, ten years
tive Wise of Virginia has introduced a similar
bill, and there is a strong sentiment in favor of
ts passage.
The Dickinson press., 1884-03-01

The lists of failures are growing short
er and the signs of improvement in bus
mess are becoming more frequent. Con-
fiaence is being restored, and that means
better times. Nobody expects a revival
Of speculative booms but the outlook
for legitimate business is much better
than for months past, This is especially
true of the northwest, where the field is
open for labor and capital, and is not
glutted with the one or the other.
The Dickinson press., 1884-03-01
Wife Murder iu WISCONSIN.

A horrible murder and attempt at suicide oc-
CURED at Boahe, a small village ten miles from
Richard Centre. At / o'clock on the Goth B. T.
Barnes cut his wife's throat from ear to ear,
and made a desperate attempt to kill himself
by cutting his own throat. The woman died in
q few moments, but the man is alive and likely
to recover. The murderer is one of the lead
ing citizens of the county. No cause is assigned
for tho terrible deed except dependency over
the continued illness of his wife.
The Dickinson press., 1884-03-01

Companies for cremation of tho dead
have been organized in Eastern and
Southern cities, and spots selected for
the erections of furnaces. This dispo-
sition of the remains of the dead was
somewhat revolving at first to relatives
and friends, but timeis gradually wear
ing away objections, and cremation may
eventually come into general practice.
Stranger things have happened in this
world.
The Dickinson press., 1884-03-01

Sixteen Russians, including the authoress
Kinnizakaja, have been banished since the be-
ginning of January. The perfect of the district
Of Lischen has been arrested on a charge of
socialism. Many students have been arrested
in kasan, owing to the publication of Q pamphlet
hostile to the government
The Dickinson press., 1884-03-01
TERRITORIAL NEWS and GOSSIP.

NorE.-This paper does not vouch for the
truth or falsity Of the opinions, assertions or
sentiments expressed under this general head
ing. These items are given the reader as cur
concise form the doings and sayings Of our
neighbors and friends.
The Dickinson press., 1884-03-01

decides the contesting relatives, and concludes
that the will expresses the free, unrestrained
and deliberats purposes Of the ,decedent, that
sLe was of sound mind and memory when she
signed it, and that it is entitled to be admitted
to the probate.
The Dickinson press., 1884-03-01

The papers report that many people
who have suffered by the loss Of proper
ty from the floods of the Ohio and its
tributaries, are proposing to sell out
and Ego west" They could stand q
Hood occasionally on alternate years, but
drowning out every year is beyond en-
duronoo
The Dickinson press., 1884-03-01
The Worst Blizzard.

Adespatch from La Moure, Oak. ,ofthe
10Th says: One of the worst billiards. ev-
er known burst upon Dakota yesterday
afternoon lasting throughout the night.
Four stages were due here at 5 o'clock,
but only one arrived. AS the weather
was fine up to the middle of the after
noon, citizens became alarmed for the
safety of the passengers anddrivers who
were caught out in the sudden storm.
1t was impossible to do anything for re-
lief last night, but this morning several
search parties were organized. The Ell
lendale stage was found turned bottom
upward in a snow drift, half way be-
tween here and Yorktown, this after
noon. Mail bags and buffalo robes
were lying neal by. The searchers then
went to q settlers residence, about two
miles west, and found A. w. Sutley.the
driver, who was suffering from frozen
face and hands. He related that the
storm came on so tiercely when he was
five miles from La Moure that he could
not drive his horses in any direction.
He was alone, and concluded his only
way to save his life was to dig into a
snow drift and remain all night. He
%unhitched, and started the horses away,
and they have not been seen since.
The plucky fellow then made a bed
with the sleigh and robes, and remained
there until daylight, sleeping part of
the time. His suffering was intense,
despite his wrapping, but he will prob
ably fully recover. He was brought to
the hotel here this evening.
The Dickinson press., 1884-03-01

NJ. j. Sanderson, a livery man of this
town, started for Glendale about the
same time a. the stage, and had a lady
passenger. When the storm came up
Sutley could see them two miles behind
him. Since then there is no trace of
the pair, although men are securing
the country in all directions.
Reports from allparts of the territory
show that Mondays blizzard was the
work of the whole winter, but the cas-
u%alities thus far reported, are very
light.
Plans have been made for o city
bnilding at Grafton, Walsh county, to
cost $50, 900.
At Valley City, Oak, ~ex-slugger
James Allen was jailed on charge of
body s%natching.
The United States marshal at Dead
wood has caused the arrest of J.B .Pru-
den of Miles City, Mont, on a telegram
charging him with stealing horses and
stock on the Indian reservation.
Charles Riggs of Altoona, has been
held for the grand jury in $500 fof sell
ing whisky without a license.
Ira Davenport of New York state,
who holds a mortgage for $3.50 against
each of the twenty-six Cameron tracts
The Dickinson press., 1884-03-01

N10 5 w w 0"
posed of citizens of north Dakota, fol
consultation as to the best means of se-l
curing the object designated in IL
meeting. The meeting will take place
in the Methodist church, Fargo, on
March 4.
The sensation of the day in LaMoure
and throughout the James river valley
is the arrest by United States detee.
tives of q number of persons who have
been fraudulently holding or seeking to
acquire title to government land.
Nearly fifty persons belonging to La
Moure and Dickey counties have laid
themselves liable to prosecution, and
are in the tolls.
Indictments have been found against
eighty-three young men in Fargo
charged with having in their possession
private keys to a well-known gambling
establishment.
Officers were taking Je sse Pruden,
arrested for horse stealing to Deadwood.
Information was received there a few
days ago that an attempt would be
made by cowboys to rescue James Prul'
den, arrested for horse stealing at Miles
City, and en- route for Deadwood. A
posse left Spearfish to assist the officers!
In an interview with Major Fleming
of the Dakota grain commission, Id
he stated that from his observance ID
both North and South Dakota during
his tour of investigation as an inspec!
ter, he is led to the conclusion that
there is much less wheat in the hands
of the producers than is generally sup
posed.
Cashier Halliday, of the Northern
Pacific railway at Bismarck is reported
short several HUNDRED dollars.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-14
BIG SWAMP LAND SUIT.

An order was made yesterday by the State
Surveyor General referring to che Superior
Court of Tulare county the case of the con-
fiicting claims of John .Mullan VS.. J. NJ.
johnson. W. G. Phelps, r. C. Ogden, J. c.
Hays. Jr.. A. Mem. Hays, J. n. Wren,
Charles D. Smith. Mary A. johnson. L. A.
johnson, Matte A johnson, Gardner Young,
G. N. Furnish, W. D. Kelley, William G.
Hsnshaw, S. Castro, Joseph Collier, S. La
lido. Frank Griffi h, John T. Walker, jos.
II. Thomas, Jr.. G. w. Barrett, D. A. Bea-
yer, John 2. Smith and Others. This is q
suit involving nearly 10 COO acres Of swamp
and overt1owed land, situated in the Creighton
survey on the shores of Tulsre lake. The
Surveyor General ct first refused to acoede to
Mullan's demand for an order of reference,
holding that the surveys under which
the latter made application have be-
come invaidated by reason Of their calling
| for more than $40 scres and upon the fur
| Their ground that the suit was sought to be
| instituted for blsckmailing purposes. The
| attorneys for Mullsn thereupon sued out q
writ of N sudste before Superior Judge Finn,
! of San Francisco, returpable February 2lst,
| TO compel the Surveyor-General to issue the
| order of references. In the me- an time Dep
| uty IwltcheH ADVISED with the settlers on
the subjact, and IS they were willing that the
order should be made. the action in question
WAS taken. The defsndants are nearly all
actual settlers on the land in contest, and in
many cases poor and unable to stand the eX.
pense of litigation. Il was mainly for this
reason that the State official withheld his
| signature from the document. It is we'll
known fact that Mullsn has assigned all lis
rights under the surveys to certain capitalists
of San Francisco, and the conclusions of the
Surveyor General relative to the motive for
commencing the suit appear to be well
| fouoded
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-14
NO APPEAL TO BE TAKEN.

It is announced from San Francisco that
in the Woodruff hydraulic mining case the
appeal to the United States Supreme Court
has been vacated. This, Ff the information
proves authentic, means that the hydraulic
miners will not further contest-st least so
far as that ease is concerned-and indicates
their acquiescence in the decision of Judges
Sawyer and Deadly. Assuming the state
practical settlement of the hydraulic min
ing question, and the final determination of
the law concerning that important issue.
1t is matter for coDgratulation that the
end has been reached in the Woodruff case
so speedily.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-14
THE FLOODS,

Deplorable as are the foods now prevail
ing at the East, vast as is the damage done
by the merciless waters, and great as are
the suferings of the people, there is some
compensation to flow from the great disas-
tiers. They will direct attention to the
reckless manner in which we have been
and are denuding wooded slopes where
the rivers and their tributaries rise, and
along which they are fed. Unquestion-
ably the cutting off of timber, and the ex.
tent of the tile understanding practiced
along the Ohio and its tributaries, are the
chief causes of the present disaster. The
earth can no longer retain the waters as
they fall they quickly fill, instead of
slowly feeding the streams, and foods re-
suit. The lesson which the calamities of
the East teaches us is unmistakable.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-14
the tribunals where they invoke justice and
receive 1t.
THE OUTLOOK roR CONGRESSIONAL AID.

It is said that Congress never reaches
for action more than eight per cent. OF the
business brought before it. Out OF some
10, 600 bills, resolutions and petitions what
chance have we, the people of remote
secticn-a mere drop in the great ocean of
struggling interests--of securing hearing
on the important question of the preserva-
ton of the river? Not much, it must be
confessed. But for that very reason we
should be the louder in our cry. To wait
until the next Congress will not better the
matter e particle. We should make up
and forward our preamble of facts and pc.
tition for relief at once. 1t is probable
that or delegation may be able to receive
from the proper department such attention
as will Justify q recommendation of in
quiry at least, and that can probably be
get through the present Congress, even il
10 direct appropriation can be had. The
luminosity already manifest to river i'm
! provement bills IN Congress may be taken
/ as an indication of the improbability of
securing an appropriation at this time to
straighten the river, confne its current or
restore its capacity. This opposition to
river improvement is SO pronounced that
worthy measures must suffer with the bad
ones Ii arises out of the fact that claims
for such multitude Of insignificant
streams are put forward as riders to
worthy bills offered, that the whole lot
goes down in disgrace. This is precisely
what befell the river and harbor bills in
the last Congress, and is the probable fate
of any measure for California that may
now be pressed. Mr.. Budd's bill for the
improvement of the river should pass ; it
has been asssiled in some quarters because
of fears that it would prove a shield for
hydraulic mining, but since then MIR. Budd
has distinctly disclaimed any such inten-
ton on his part, and can SO modify the
bill that this bare suspicion cannot even
attach to it. But we have, as already
said, very little faith that the measure
will become law. There is, therefore, all
the more reason for energetic and immedi-
ate efforts being made in the way of general
petitions, memorials and representation of
the facts to our Senators and Represent
atives on the part of county and city off,
Gals, Boards of Trade, Supervisors, citi-
zens' associations, taxpayers unions and
commercial organizations, supplemented by
such other legitimate influences as can be
brought to bear upon Congress.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-14
CARD To THE PUBLIC.

Ut Is WITH PAIN AND REGRET THAT re-
Il fer to OF make mention Of a subject, recollec-
ton Of which | had hoped might this have
passed into oblivion but false statements and re-
ports in connection Herewith, now being made and
circulated by MIR. s. W. Butler and Others which,
il left unrefuted, are calculated TO place me in a
false and unenviabe position before the public
pei me, however unpleasant the task to publicly cor
rect said reports.
lam informed on good authority that a statement
is being industTiously circulated in effect that am
DESTROYS to meekly return to Mr. Butler, and with
him to pass the remain der Of my days: that [ am
willing and DESTROYS to Ietract all charges and &C
cusations upon which suit for divorce was blsed
and admit that they were made while in anger
and under undue excitement, and were without any
foundation in fact. 1t has been reported that
subOned the principal witness in the adultery case
to swear falsely against him. Also that since the
divorce granted Mr.. Butler has kindly paid my
house-rent and supported myself and family. All
of these statements pronounce unquallfedly false
in every particular, and made doubtless 10 misead
the public and create the impression that innc-
cent man has been victim to willfHl and malicious
persecution
AS to reeonciling matters with Mr. Butler and re.
turning to live with him. have no desire to do so.
TwentysiX years Of cruel treatment quite enough
for As to rersctng all charges ana accusations
of cruelty and adultery contained in complaint in
suit for divorce, l cannot. They were not made
while in anger nor under undue excitement, but w.
der cool and deliberate consideration, and not one
false statement was contained therein.
The cruel treatment charged was matter of no
toriety and was endured until forbearance ceased TO
be virtue. The charge Of adultery Would to
God could say it false; that my eyes deceived
me. But no. God led me to witness the crime COM
mitted by Mr.. Butler, and under his own roof, his
victim being to whom he should have borne the
character Of guardian aid protector. On that the
veil Of death had closed my eyes forever ere wit
messed that scene The truth Of these charges were
fully verified by the verdict of the jury who found
him guilty of both cruelty and adultery.
70 tha ~ ffatn aino fha -i.afif If NY
Buffers niquity TO swear falsely against him, it is
false; and the author Of the report well knows it TO
be so. That should induce so near and dear
TO me-one whom had raised from childhood and
learned to love as mine own child-to swear her
chastity away, is monstIous In matters of house
rent and support Of family provide for myself
have neither asked nor received from Mr. Butler at
any time since my divorce dollar for such Tsur.
pose. Hoping that man, self debased, may regain
bis once good name by some method other than ira
ducing the reputation of defenseless woman by
making her out vile perjurer. and that hereafter
this unwecome subject may pass into oblivion, is
the sincere desire of ELLEN NJ. BUTLER.