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The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-04
Personal GOSSIP.

Gen. Mckenzie, commander of the de.
partment of Arizona, has, as already pub
lished, become insane during the past week,
bat the matter has been kept quiet at the
war department to avoid trouble III bringing
him East. He has no idea Of bis own C IN
dition, and is coming on under orders to
report at the department. Nothing is known
at Washington about the cause OF his men
tai break down. 1t Is said to have violent
phases. He will be taken to the govern
meDt asylum tor treatment.
Admiral Stephen D. Trenchard, U. S. N,
made a will on the Goth of January, 1856,
appointing his wife sole PxeCu'riX, lFg't.e
and deyisee. She died five years herore
him, and DIS be never executed another will
that msdP in 1856 became imperative, and
Edward Trenchard, the only surviving son
applied FIR letters Of administration on his
fathers estate. The deCedent's real estate
is valued at about 81 900, and personal
property at $1,000.
John Mccarthy Scully, the well known
Irish nationalist, was found dead in bed at
New York of heart disease. He had been
in failing health for several months. His
death was accelerated by severe literary
CDO4s - - - "a AShAh III III
many fenian organizations Ia America and
was the chief organizer Of Land league
movement in New York.
f. W. Roxte an engineer on the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul road, disappeared
about four weeks ago, and his family a.
Minneapolis are BOW very anxious about
hi and fear he has met with foul play, as
be was known to have some $500 in his pos
session when last seen
Miss Maude, daughter Of President Rut.
ter o. the New York Central Railway COM
pany was married on Thursday, the 9th, to
CAerles A. Bo devine.9
Reuben R. Springer has given the Gin
cinnati art museum a lot OF valuable pic
tares. and the college OF mutic $4,000.
Charles King is Middle Cd (Mass.) CEN
tenarian. He will be 1O3 Jan. Is, and has
$50 descendsnts.
Mrs Mary Kirwin of Newipgtor Conn,
is dead at the great age of one hundred and
five years.
Good Methodists say Sojourner Truth
was not 108, nor even 80 years old.
spraaue, the living skeleton. has willed
his bones to Harvard college.
Jessie MCGEE died at Kappa, Ill, 101 years
old, Sunday the 23rd.
Wilson Sherman, sou of the geneTa al, is
very sick i'll Boston.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-04
Railroad News.

Articles Of Incorporation ofthe Moorhead
& Chicago Railroad company were filed re-
Gently with the princlpal Office at Moor
head. and a capital stock of S. 600, 1000 with
the limit of liability the same amount.
The corporation is to endure 81 years from
Jaa. l, 1884. The first board directors is E.
C.. S prague, JOHN Erickson. P. q. Lamb. f.
J. Burnham and F. E. Briggs. The road is
to run from Moorhead to the outherI
boundary of the state.
II. =. Davis. assistant general passenger
agent of the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Mani.
toba road. has resigned, to take effect Jan.
/. His successor in the passenger depart
me2t will be G. III. Warren, at present pri-
vate secretary to General Ma! sSer Manvol,
who will be known IS the general passen-
ger and ticket agent.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul and
Central Iowa have issued a joint freight tar
if. dated Dsc. 20, quoting rates on emigrant
movables from Chicago, Milwaukee and
Racine to points in Iowa.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-04
EPIT0ME OF THE NEWS.
Washington Gossip.

BENJAMIN f. Butler, who is SOON to be
ex-governor OF Massachusetts,, was in Wash
ington the other day, and, according to tn
Chronicle Of that city, tried to get into the
senate chamber by a door the keeper o.
which didn't or wouldn't recognize MIN.
"You can't go in there, sir" said the door
keeper, "thc senate is in session." ButIer
merely growled OEt, "JIm Butler, - M
persisted in his effort to enter. on, no.
my aBtIQuated masher, said the other with
a wink at a bystander, you can't play me
for a sucker. Senator But er has just gone
in through this door. Mash 'em from the
gallery, my dandy" Gen Butler was par
alyzed for a moment, and then wheeling
upon the 8stonished dOOrkeeper, he falriy
yelled: Butler Of South Carolina be Id,
/ am Butler of Massachusetts,. Gov. Butler,
vCu i'm pudent fool" and amid the protuse
apologies of th, doorkeeper he enterei the
chamber.
Senator Vest says that he has received q
letter from the governor of Missouri, in
reference to the turning over of the Unlled
States authorities of Frank James, the out
law, and he would lay the matter before
the president as soon as possible. he Gi1
not anticipate immediate action, for the
EuDlGGl WOulO ndNG " DN W AN w
tOrnev general who was o in Louisiana
prose cutting the lottery cases and would pot
return to Washington f"r 2 couple OF weeks.
Mr.. Vest 8 id it was his opinion that the
United States had rot the power to inter
vene at this stage Of the proceedings, for the
case was still und r the jurisdiction Of the
state authorities appendiug Judge Crekels
decision.
Among the contested cases in the present
house is hat of FrederiCks against Wilson,
the fifth iowa district. Fredericks is a
Democrat, and Wilson, whose certificate
gave him the prima tacie right to the seat,
is a republican, FrederiCks claims he WIS
elected by twenty-three majority, according
20 the returns OF the local authorities. The
returning board by its count gave Wilson q
majority OF seventeen. He (FrederiCks) de-
clsres this was a fraud on him, a put up
Job, by which be lost his certificate, and be
proposes to go before the elections COM
mittee immediate after the hOli avs. The
papers have been filed. Fred 4ricks is IL
Washington, and is confident as a man can
be who has the count on his side.
John N. Irwin, governor of Idaho Teri
tory, returned to the treasurer of the United
States a draft for $3.50 sent him as salary for
the ouy rter ended Oct. 80. and declined also
to receive the salary due him for the quar-
ter ending DEC, 81. He states that he has
heen unable to attend to the Office since
July l, auA does not consider that he can
con~scientiously take the pay.
Senator Saulsbary of Delaware is the only
member of the senate who has never been
married,
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-04

at the Now aI and NJcIety's ban =
quet in Philadelphia on the I'D, after
President Arthur had responded to a
toast, and while Secretary Chandler was
speaking of the American Steamship
Company as being the only line Of for
eign-going craft bearing the American
flag, Mr.. Sh%ortrtdge, q director of that
company. arose and said the corporation
was negotiating fer the sale of their
steamers. as they could not be run with
profit under the stars and stripes, but
could be under EngIand's ensign. This
blunt speech, as ike colored preacher
said about an exhortation of Bishop
Simpson against stealing. made q cold
ness in de c~ongregashun."
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-04
MISCELLANEOUS News items.

The banking capital OF St. Paul for 1883
shows an aggregate of SIS. 800. 900. or al In
crease OF 81. 10000 during the year. The
total surplus is 81. 16s, 4s3, sgainst 1886, 900
last yssr. The increase In circulation has
been SOC, $50, the total being $660,0S0. The
deposits Tor the year foot up Sill. 207, 307, an
increase Of 81 297 3n7, while the loans
amount 10 S14, 22z AT an decrease Ct $2l9,-
S02. The most remarkable increase, how
ever, is shown in the aggregate OF exchange
sold, the amount being Sl0s.6 83, G79, as
against $91. SIT 45J in 1882. During III.
year two new banks have been o1ganszed--
the National German. American, with q
capitol OF $1,000. 00s, and the 81. Paul Ma
tionsl.
Chicago Special: Conductor Church of
the Illinois Central, charges that Ri. Rev. J.
VI. Lyfton, former rector of the Episcopal
church Of Highl nd Park, a suburb OF Chi
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-04

There is a gocG deal of suggestion and
instruction to be found in an examin-
alton Of the sources from which the
Mormon supply Gcmes. The great body
of Mormons come from England, Scot
land, Wales, Denmark, Sweden, and
Norway England has supplied in
round numbers, 20, DO ofthem Scotland,
$500: Wales. 2,4m; Sweden, $3.50; Dem
mark, 1871; Norway, 1900; Ireland,
1900. About the character of this Brit
ish and Danish contribution there is
very little doubt both tie men and the
women belong to low, ignorant pr asant
class. The same thing IS true, though
probably in a less degree, of the Scan
dinavian cnu'rihr'i'n
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-04
foreign Items Of News.

The London Times Cairo correspondent
says the administration o Egypt during the
past year has ben a failure. The sole rem
edy is either the abandonment OF Enelish
interference with the khedtve's government,
or the acceptance OF some responsibility for
its operations. The correspondent adds,
there is reason to b. lieve that this convic-
ton has slrsady forced itself upon the Eng
lish government.
The pope " IL hold a consistory in April
when several cardinals will be created, aud
the vacant sees in America filled. II is
rumored that allotber American cardinal
will be appointed al the cose of the forth
coming cOuEcl in the United Safes, and it
is probsels that Archbishop Gibbons of
Baltimore will b sci; cted.
Charles Bradlaugh his inten-
ton to ga to the house of commons en- tbs
day of the opening OF parliament and do his
best to tase his seat. He rejects the idea of
holding public meetings and obtaining peti-
tons because, he says such > course will be
useless.
The Dublin Gazette that three
baornies in Coasty Tyrone, including Dro
more and Omagh, where nationalist meet
iBgs were announced TO be he'll hsve been
placed under the arms act. The lord lieu
tenant has D oh bi I'd the projected nation
alist meeting at Cootcbil!.
The Sweaisl brig Natal. which arrived at
Brisbane, Queensland, rom Boston, reports
q mHtiny on the voy age, in which the cap
tain and first mate were wounded and the
second mate killed, The captain shot two
mutiners md secured three ethers. The
latter are In prison at Brisbane.
1 The fortune of the late DIR. Holloway o,
| London in estimated at SIS 100000. The
| pills and ointmeut cost almost nothing; but
| his advertising, which began with $25. 000
is now more thar 5000, 900 yearly.
CIR MT Silcox. of Middlemess. Ont, was
murdered on Friday night the 18th.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-04
Resignation OF Willard.

1t is stated ON the best authority that
Henry Willard resigned the presidency of
the Northern Pacific Ra iroad company ia q
L.; tsr handed in to the directors on the 29th,
upon which no official action was taken.
Inquiry at the house of Mr.. Frederick Bill
lings co firmed the truth of the statement,
but Mr.. Billings was said to be too sick
from worrying over the recent developments
to be seen. His son said that his ia b
would probably have to assume the direc-
ton of affairs, but nothing definite On the
subject could be ascertained.
The effect ON the market values of the Sc
~curities of the companies, as IL Was thought,
would probably be- In the direction OF high.
er prices; but in view of the dlstrust and al
most terrier which seemed to pervada all In
te' ested in these enterprises, the effect
would be only a temporary one, unless q
franz an ful statement OF The exact condi-
ton of affairs should show the companies
to be in n soundrr co dition than was gener-
ally b lieved TO be the case.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-04

It is,one of the features Of the condi'
ton ofGorthern Pacific securities that
the run2OT that Mr.. Willard intends to
get out of the Northern Pacific en-,
tlreIy, gave them an upward tendency.
When a biz railroad man falls it is usual
ly pretty sudden and very flat. Willard
in Auguat-celebratin2 the completion
ofthe Northern Pacific by a tEans-Contin-
entail excursion of forty cars loaded
with notabIes of all lands-aDd Willard
in December. overwhelmed with abiur-
cations Of stock and bondholders make
a very picturesque showing of the ups
and downs Of fortune.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-04
A Typical Texan Matinee.

McDade Special; Henry POe,her, Wright
MeLemore, and Thad McLemore were taken
roGI a saloon here by fifty well-armed
masked men, carried a mile into the brush,
and hanged to a tree. Thsd McLomore was
under arrest at the time, having been taken
early in the evening on . charge of burglary
by S. ). Walker. The other TWO happened
to be present when the lynchers arrived.
Pfeiffsr was under indictment for horse
stealing in this county. s K men, friends and
relatives OF those hanged, came to Town
ard picked a quarrel with Tom
Bishop aud George Milton. A fight with
shot guns and six.shooters ensued. Two
of the six, Jack BayIey and Asa b yiey
were killed, and a third. Hayward Bsyley,
wounded. Wallis Griffin an estimsble
citizen of McD4de, Y. Il assisting Milton
and Bishop TO defend themselves, was shot
through the head uOrtaliy by Hayward
Bailey. FIVE corpses, those of the two Lee
mores, the two Bayleys, and PfsiHer, are
living in the market house yet unclaimed.
II is thought that friends will come, and
trouble is thr, atened.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-04

The reports of special agents of the
government made during the last sum.
mer show that for many years there
have existed organizations among CAPT
talists to obtain contr, u of vast tracts of
timDer and agricultural land. The re.
ports state that the public domain is
fast disappearing under this system. A
numegr of oils have been introduced to
chsck tpis practice, notable among them
being propo- itlons to repeal what are
known as the timber and pption
laws. K is very evident that the days
when spectators BY combinations can
secure the best of the government lands
have passed Msanwniie the extent Of
the national dom Tin Itself has been rap
idly restricted.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-04
The Coolest Place on Earth.
From the 10 don Pail Mall Gazette.

The coolest place on the earth Is not, as
has hitherto been believed by meteorole-
gi,ts, Yakutsk. In Siberia, but V~4rknyantl,
in the same region, lying in ca IL n, b
latitude. on the riyer Yana. It's loa.st
mean winter to pyature is 40 6 degrr.
below zero centigrsde. This, then, is I e
cold pole Of the earth in Asia. the cor, :
ponding pole In America being to the nor'b-
ives, OF the Parry Islands; and the line
joining these two places does not pass
through the northpole itself. which IL thu /,
in all probability, outside the line Of great
est old. Its noteworthy that Verkoyan k,
like iakutsk, Is ON the mainland, a consid-
cradle distance from the Siberian coast,
which Possesses a comparatively milder
climate. The recent Schwatkt FRANKLIN
search expedition, however, found that in
the neighborhood Of the Black River the
mean winter temp nature is not far behind
that Of Verkoyuusk; Of course the .miuin q
OK both places reach q much ioweS iigule.
II 9 we'll known that In the tropics, on the
oiber hand, the greatest heat is not at the
Equator. but s9me distance north and
south nf il.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-04
MatrimOny and Suicide.


LA CROSSE, WIS, Spec;al Telegram, Dec. %.
"A dispatch from NeceGah gives the paricu-
lars of The marriage Of the daughter Of Samuel
Hi.es to William Armstrong, which was quite
a brilliant event Araols the festivities was
an excursion of the eDti e wedding party over
the lew Wise lnsln & Pittsvilie railroad, with a
inch at Dex ,ervllIe at the residence If George
Hilcs, uucle Of The bride. The following dis
patch from Grand r pds will be seen to- have
relat Oh To the :.Sv"a event: Wv. H.. Johnson
of Dextervilie, who has been head ~bookkeepsr
aud general accountant for George Hiles for
years, made an attempt at suicide to-day at 2
p. IN in his room at the Central house
by shooting with a revolver. After din.
ner he complained of being fatigued
aud went to his room. Calling the landlady,
he put tie muzzle of a revolver to his breast
a III fired, just as she entered the room. The
bal passed just above the heat and was taken
cut hear the shoulder bla lie. TIE patient is in
a precarious condition. He is about twenty.
eight years old. There is no definite j lea as
to tho cause of this deed, but it is generally
believed that the ma eriage of a certain youig
lady yesterday, on whom lie had set his affec-
nous, Gu consId rable of a figure in the case.
He had written letters 10 parties at Dexteryl.e,
informing them OF his Intentions, aud tho 8
o'c.ock train brought several persons over here
80 interfere.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-04
Crimes and Criminals.

Helena, Mont, Herald: Gov. Crosby
was recently notified by telegraphic mes.
sage from the department OF justice, that on
the. intercesslon OF Senators Sabin and Nc
MILAN the president had granted to Frank
Young, the slayer OF McOarty, a r~eprieve
for sixty days from Dec. q. The family
and friends OF Young were able tn secure,
through the Minnesota senators in Wash-
ington, what here, Gov. OIosby, with toll
knowledge of the case. felt constrained to
deny. The execution of Young was set for
the 9th inst, the me day as that appoin-
ted Tor the hanging of Clark, and it would
certainly have { ken Place at that date, but
tor the presidents reprieval.
John a. Clark was hangei at Bohemian,
Mt, on the 9th, for the murder OF Thorn
as Rogers AID Peter Lyman. The noose
was adjusted, and Clark addressed the spec
tators, thirty in number. After eating that
he was Of one of the best Virginia families,
carefully brought NJ, he disclaimea any
knowledge of the crime for which ne wss
executed, stating that his lite had been
sworn away falsely. He ended by saying:
Farewell, my southern, sunny home, my
mother dear, and the one l love-" The
black cap was dropped, and Dsputy Sans
ford touched the lever. Clark fell nine
feet, dislocating his neck, and dying in nine
and one halt minutes without a struggle.
Albany, N. Y, Special: r. O.. Snerwin,
the millionaire ad%venturer. who was impli~
|! Gated in the Phelps defAloation from the
state treasurery in 1874. and sentenced re-
| Gently to two years in the Albany state
| penitentiary and fined $500 for contempt oil
@ ,urt, doesn't take q cheerful view of his
| situatiO1. The sentence, III carried oct,
which seems likely enough, notwitastand-
ing his fiji gotten wealth, takes him froE q
blooming bride and q life of luxurious ease
and places him in q felon's garb and cell.
The coronar's Jury. at Beverly. w. Va,
after q five days inquest on the mysteriou:
murder OF the Somerfield family. brought
In q verdict recently duplicating J. @. Elan,
agan I'm the crime. He was arrested and
lodged in Jail. The TACT was developed tina
he had unarreled with Mrs. Somerfeld and
threatened to kill her and burn the house
There is . strong feeling against him.
Capt. Hunter, John Stewart aud John
Mayhem. members OF the Salvation army
were arrested at Bridgeporr, Conn.,, charged
with violating q city ordinance by paradiDI
the streets. Hunter declares that the arm,
viii parade every night, REGARDLESS Of tn
city ordiSance.
From singing at missionary meetings II
the Gloversvllle, N. ", jail. Aggis Austin
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-04

Electric lights have Disappeared from
the streets OF PARIS. Tha expense was
toe great for even the gay and extrava-
CANT French capital to bar any longer.
The city tried electricity for several
years, paying frsm eleven to thirteen
times rs much for the electric light as
for the gas.lighting. Then the novelty
wore of, and the authorities gladly re-
turned to gas. The experience OF Paris
IS, In the main, the experience Of Lon
don and all large cities where treet IL
Illumination by electric light he's
been given q trial. It
IL claimed -as en- explanation, that the
expenpe Of putting The wires under
ground Is what has proved fatal to
the commercial success of electric light
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-04

csgo, got on his train drunk, and near
Carlo attempte to get into a lady's berth.
The conductor and passengers siezsd him
/ nd kept him under guard until he got
sober. Lytton denies that h was drunk.
bur claims he was suffering from an over.
dose OF bromide taken to cure restlessness,
and that in his confused state of mind he
mistook the lady's berth for one tina he had
ordered made up for his little girl.
Frank Cole and Miss Neary of Cohoes.
N. Y, were announced to be married Wed.
nesday afternoon. The minister. in the
presence of the guests, Vouched for the
genuineness OF a marriage certificate pro.
duced by the couple, dated four years O
The minister, by request had kept quiet.
The state penitentisry at Auburn, New
York, is being fitted with an electric appar-
atus similar TO that employed in hotels.
whereby If a convict attempts to scale the
wall the bell on the annunciator sounds
the alarm, and at the same time the ma.
chine gives tie number of the station.
There were 26) failures in the United
States reported to Bradstreet's during the
past ~week-:wenty less than the preceding
week, eighteen more Than the correspond
ing week of 1882, and uinety.nine more
than tue same week of 1881.
Rose Koran, fCrmerly q lady's maid TO-
Lady Manaeville. has begun suit in New
York TO recover $40, 600 damages for false
imprisonment at the instance Of Lord and
Lady Mandev.lle, who charged the maid
with larceny.
The Ohio senatorial Sight is hot. indeed.
ing he holidays. There is ne doubt
that Il ,nry B.. Payne, Individuals, leads
n the fight, hut he does not lead the
field.
Mr.. Chidsey, City years old, persisted in
paying his suit to Miss johnson, who clerks
in a New Haven saloon. Her eye lighting
on a baske OF eggs, she began a bombardment
that did not cease till he was covered with
albumen.
| The case of the r v. William Mitchell,
the clergyman VINO was arrested in Bos-
ton for stealing a book in a store, was dis
missed from the court, it appearing that he
was insane. He is now in a private asy-
lum.
The Albany Evening Journal says that
Attorney Generalelect D4nnis 0'Brien has
signiied his intention of making a clean
sweep of al the clerks in his department..
An order has been granted in New York
vacating attachment obtained by William
a. Heeney against the CHRISTIAN Healer"
DR.. Monk.
Thirty years ago lager beer was practically
unknown in this country; now there are
$500 breweries with an investment of $780,
600, 900.
The real estate exchange aud auction
room has beeu incorporated in New York.
Capital stock, $4,000, DIVIDED into 5,00e
shares.
The case of Rev. W. Mitchell of Boston,
arrested for stealing a book from a store,
has been dismissed, He is 10Y in a private
asylum.
Osmau Bolety, of Chamberlain, s. c.,
continues to drive q street car, although his
wife has Just inherited $500, 900.
The site of Fort Clark, Tex, embracing
2, 400 acres, has been boHght by the govern
meDt for 800 600.
m st. Paul's building record for the year ag-
gregates 8 ,567 buildings, costing So, 240,450
A ST. Paul tailor prophesies that 1885
will see knee-bretc hesi in style.
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