The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29
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b, Johnl EnoNfs New York has sold liaspror-
erty to members IL his family for $2B, 500 81.
fore transferring The property at 73sNercei
street, he obtained loan Of $4,000
BY the collisions Of the St Louis express
with freight trainat Brighton N. Y. seven cars
were overturned and twenty persons injured,
none of them fatally. Allxere taken to hotels.
Murcia is the principal city damaged by floods
in the southeastern part Of Spain. Roads are
impossible, bridges damaged and travel on
railroads suspended Twenty persons arr
missing
Asa Deboise shot Rheuben Cruthfield dead
on the street at Rochester, N. Y, Both were
colored. They quarreled about the alleged in.
timacyof Beboise with Cruithfeld's wife. The
murderer was arrested.
Railroad traffic throughout the flooded dis
trict of the state of Texas still is generally sus-
pended No mail from the north for two days.
No accurate estimate of the damage to various
railroads is yet obtainable
Clarence Wade, a photographer of Mt Glenn
ems, Mich, and William Douglass, the son of a
prominent physician of Romeo, were drowned
in the Clinton river, willie returning from a
fishing excursion. Their boat capsized.
The Sultan Of Turkey was so we'll pleased
with the band of the United States steamer
Quinnebang, which serenaded him, that he
presented the leader with valuable diamond,
and each musician with fine piece of jewelry.
Capt Henlach, condemned to nine-years'
servitude, has been placed in prison at Berlin
Holle- Krazewski, condemned TO three ana a
half years. imprisonment in q fortress has pc
titioned to be placed in the fortress of Koenig-
stein q, 1872
Tracy Gould, who was the principal for the
defense in the trial of Dr.. Gallagher, has start
ed for Birmingham to take charge of the de-
Tense of Daily, Egan aud Mcdonnell, who are
now on trial there onscharges Of treason and
felony. =. 4
The Paris, RepHblique Franchise condemns
theproposed government increase of duties on
cereals and cattle, as beneftting the agricult,1r-
lists at the expense of the consumers. If the bill
passes it urges other Industries to demand
similar advantages. 49, 1~*s f4RF
A petition for the pardon of the Polish poet
Kraszewski, who was sentenced to imprison-
ment at Leipsic, is being circulated in Germany,
and it is believed the movement will be success
full if the Polish newspapers will stop their
anti-German raving
At Port Huron, Mich, row boat was upset
on the river and Train Dispatcher Charles
Mooney, Baggageman John Ford and Thomas
Melvin, all Chicago & Grand Trunk railroad
employees, were drowned. Their bodies have
not yet been recovered.
Ex-senator Chaffee has sold four lots on the
south side of Fifty-seventh street, between
Ninth and Tenth avenues, New York, to Abra-
ham H. Jonas, for $50, 0OO. The property con-
veyed is that passed from Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.
to MI. Chaffee on the It'll instant
At Nashville, Tenn, Judge Allen re-
fused motion of William Spence, charged
with the murder of E. Z. Wheat, fora new trial,
and sentenced the prisoner to be hanged July
IL. Spence's counsel announced they would
bring the case bvfore the supreme court
cornell Vanderbilt" said broker at the
Windsor hotel in New York, the other night,
"cabled 800 words to his father to- day, explain
ing the situation and asking what should be
done William H. took just three words to
answer: They were, Feed my lambs 80
A decree of absolute divorce was granted by
Judge Donohuo in the New York supreme court
the other day, to Charles Hee Sing, a prom
inent member of the Chinese community. His
wife, Emma, an English woman, to whom he
was married in 1876, became enamored of Fon
que and lett MN IN 1851.
H. c. Blanchard, coffee merchant, at Rich
mond, Va, has failed. His liabilities are 1928,
600. Among the creditors are: Barring Bros.
Il Co., Boston $147, 600; Massachusetts National
bank of Boston $1,000; State Bank of Rich
mond $50; F. G. Truman of Baltimore 8, 400;
The failure is due to heavy dealings in futures
Charles Blake, a Philadelphia, arrested in
Wilmington, Del, for burglary, last November,
but convicted only of larceny last week, has
been sentenced for the stealing of an umbrella,
to pay the costs of the prosecution, fine of S.,
to be one hour in the pillory to receive twenty
lashes, and spend three years in Newcastle
Jail
London Special Rev. Henry Thomas Ed
wards, dean Of Bangor, committed suicide ~
Gently by hanging himself to his bedpost
6een obxionsiy dementsd for several months,
but belnks appirently sharnless al waa MOI
deemed heesdsry toIp nt him under suryeil-
lanes - ~ :
.,s To- the 1u,iitel
III csns promises 10 10
lanp 1sosds1tsd O. I6sasshd savants alone,
including 100 mapnl1els % psyliament, have al
ready applied md. secured tickets for attend
ance at yhe nhoetmk6 Of the British Association
of Montreal A large number Of these visitors
will 40 prepared to look into and enter Ameri-
can Investment.
The French brig Senorine sank on the east
ern ledge of the great banks some timein the
F first week of May. An English trading schoon-
or, which recently arrived, brought portion
of her wreckage in trunks, bedding and cloth
ing-all identifying the lost vessel She sailed
from st. Malo, France, March S, bound for st.
Pierrie, Miquelon, laden with general cargo.
The crew of nine men with, ffty-three passen-
gers, all perished: =
James R. Keene told New York reporters Fri
day he expected to pay his debts in full if his
creditors would give him little time To this
end he makes proposition to holders of his
obligations, adjusted and unadjusted, to accept
his notes dated May1, 1884, for the full sum
due them on that day, yable in twelve and
eighteen months for privileges not matured on
that day. He proposes to give notes for the
amount received by him when the privileges
were issued! ~. So.
An invincible informer who testified at the
inquiry at Sligo Ireland, recently, is an access
DRY to the Phoenix Park murders Patrick
Delaney testified that Fitzgerald attended Fe-
MAN meetings in, 1880 as a'delegate for the Su-
preme Council brotherhood Delaney said his
only object in giving information was to save
innocent lives andaprevent others from being
trapped He was duped into assisting in the
dence for money or liberty, -Heexpected to re-
turn to life servitude, and admitted he richly
deserved it
London Dispatch. There is strong feeling
Of disbelief among investors in American Sc
curities that the present low prices of American
stocks can possibly continue. Looking from
this distance the causes of the present depres1
sion appear trivial, and there has been great
deal Of quiet buying, many heavy investors as
sorting that the integrity or good dividend pay
ing stocks cannot possibly be ultimately affect
ed by the uncovering of few rogues and the
wedding out of mushroom growth, whose very!
existence, as matter of fact, has depended on
the general prosperity
Justice Bradley. in the United States circuit
court at Pittsburg, Friday the 23d, handed
down decision in the case of the wife of Lord
Linton, formerly Miss Finley of Kittaning, Pa /,
against the administrators of confirming the
trust deed disputed by the contestants convey
ing valuable real estate in Illinois, Pennsy1va7
and other states, besides money judgments and
personal effects, to his daughter, Mrs. Finley,
and her child, Mrs. Linton, who now lives In
Europe. The estate is very valuable and has
been in litigation several years.
Father Boniface, of the italian society or St.
Leonards Catholic church, Boston, whose
name was associated with certain alleged curl
GUS money transactions, has brought suit
against the Herald of that city, claiming 800,
OOO damages. Counsel for Father Boniface
states that the charges in the offensive article
are entirely false; that Father Boniface has.de-
creased the church debt; that he will probably
enter sI1its against other Dapers IN New York