The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-10
Miscellaneous News Items.

The expo, is from the port of New York for
the year ending Nov. 80, 1888, of domestic
animals and fresh meats are as fellows:
Beeves, 1875 head, value, S., 769, SOP; sheep
and lambs, 24, 447 head, value, $210 3sG;
hos, GO head. vslne. 81 749; horses, $40
head, value, $16l, ISL; mules, 1854 hea',
value, $685. 1861; dressed beef, sc. 631, 1868
pounds. value, IS 928 308; mutton, 1851, 2S9
pounds, value, $3.50, 267.
Minnesota has pied yed an attendance of
500 teachers at the National Teachers con-
vention, soon to assemble at Madison, Wis.
This is the greatest number pledged by any,
state in the Union, considering population
and the number of teachers. 1t is halt as
many as has been pledged by all of New
England. and as many IS Ohio, Illinois or
Iowa, which have much larger populations
and greater number OF teachers.
The democratic members of the Ohio leg
islature caucused for officers the 5th inst,
resulting: Senate-Emer White, Defiance
county, president pro tim; C. N. Valland-
ingham, Montgomery, Clerk: Charles Neg
speaker; David Fisher. Hard n, clerk; J. NJ.
Penister, Ross, serge ant. at. arms. This is
the slate of the Payne men.
Putnam & Phelps of Boston have assigned
all their joint and separate estates for the
benefit of their creditors. liabilities, $275,-
600; assets, 1925 O00 consisting of personal
property IN and about the tannery, unen-
cunt ersd real estate and tannery build.
The failure of Dietrich & Co., wholesale
bag and canvas manufacturers, San Fran
cisco, is announced. Liabilities, $780,.
600; assets, a34S, 600. They owe in New
York.
A soldier named Kesth was shot aEG
killed by a guard named Uhluver at Fort
Keogh, the q inst. Kessh resisted one
sentry, and was shot by the one on the next
post.
W. E. Phelps & Co., of Elmwood, ILL.,,
operators in coal mines and machine shops,
have made an assignment. liabilities, $780,
$50; assets of an equal amount.
TIE people around New Iberia, La, re
Holstein cattle, aud everybody is going to
have his stock improved.
There are thirty saloons in Agate Bay,
most of which have no license and United
States marshal has gone to bring the pro.
prietors to time.
A. G. Jacobs, general m erchandise, Hen
rietta, Tex, has assigned to q. A. Archland.
His liabilities are $4,000 and assets I'm.
known.
George Rothmuller, editor of the New
York Figaro, has been sued for $500, OO0
libel by Gustave Amberg Of the ITALIA the
ater.
The site of Fort Clark, Tex, embracing
2, 400 acres. has been bought by the govern
ment for 100000.
D. J. Burke of School River, Fla, has
tbirty-fve boys and four girls. He mar
ried five tunes.
The prophets have decided that 1884 will
bristle with dangers and creams with disas.
tiers.
St.. Paul's building record for the year ag-
gregates 1867 buildings, costing So, M0, $50.
The fight over the w. G. Fargo estate,
Buffalo, has been settled amicabIy.
The China S Wings, the only bank at Sun
cook, n. 81 has tailed.
Minneapolis had 1,647 deaths last yea
against 1,63l in 1882.
Memphis has funded So, 5OO, 900, of her
IS, you, 600 debt.
Putnam & Phelps, Boston, assign for
$275, GOO.
Philadelphia built 3,737 new buildings
last year.