The Wahpeton times., 1885-05-21
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS OF NEWS.

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Bradstreet reports continued dullness in
the movement of merchandise.
The striking quarrymen at Lemont, ILL.,, re-
turned to work, and the trouble is believed to
be over.
At Locust Gap, Pa, Miss Julia Kramer,
eighteen years old, was shot and fatally in
jured by Peter Knobanch, q rejected lover.
The court at Saltwater affirmed the sale Of
the assets of the lumber firm of Walker, l.
Veazie to certain Of the creditors for $4,000.
Editor Houston of New Orleans gives Sen
ator Gibson and Representative King a lively
raking, and gently intimates that they dare not
take it up.
Gen. Butler is the principal owner of the
GreatFalls Or rapids water power Of the Poto-
mac, fourteen miles from the city, which de-
scends about one hundred feet in q mile, and
which, it is claimed, is worth 81 100000.
The management of the Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific railroad has designated DR.. H. II.
Sutherland of Iowa City as veterinary surgeon
to inspect cattle which may be offered for
shipment into or through the state by that line
from quarantined states.
The vote taken in the eastern part of Kidder,
Dakota, and the western part Of Stutsman in
regard to forming new county and calling it
Stanton was carried by seventy-one majority
Tappen will probably be the seat of the new
county. is:
The contract for erecting the main exposition
building on the state fair grounds has been
awarded to Charles, Hamilton Of St Paul.
Architect Brodie declines to state what the
amount of the successful bid was or to give
out any particulars. The contract for build
ing the barns has not yet been let
The Mccormick reaper company at Chicago
has reaceived answers Of 400 correspondents
in the winter wheat states. It estimates that,
If the ratio thus far ia maintained, reports will
show falling off of 10 per cent, in the condi-
ton OF winter wheat compared with the esti-
mate Of April, which put the crop at IS per
cent, of>a full yield, with decrease Of 20 per
cent in acreage sown.
Miss Jane Holmes of Pittsburg in her will
left $270,000 to fourteen existing institutions
and $4,000 each is left for an institution for
the blind, and hospital for children; also
$5O,OOO for Protestant home for boys, pro-
vidipg that all three institutions are organized
within two years. The residnary estate is to
be divided pro rata between all except three OF
the seventeen institutions named The estate
amounts to over 81 COX, 600.
Henry Clews, banker and broker, has i'd
dressed letter to the chairman Of the csm-
mittee on admission Of securities of the stock
exchange, protesting against listing the new
issue of Georgia bonds. C]ews says he has
suffered to the extent Of several million dollars
by Georgia's rad faith in unwsrrantably repu-
dating bonds which have as full right to equal
standing as representing the credit Of the state
rs the new bonds, and protests against the ad-
mission of any new securities until Georgia'e
repudisted bonds are recognized and provided
for.
The sixty ninth annual meeting Of the Ameri-
can Bible society was held recently at New
York The issues during the year Of Bibles,
Testaments. and portions we're 1,548, ,175, oi
which 50S, no were circulated in foreign lands.
Tho total issues were As, AZ, ,206 Forty-eighi
new auxiliaries we're recognized The receipts
for the year we're 1857, 914.34, and the expenda-
tures &619, ,8S2,5 IS. Fortthe foreign work OF the
society to be expended the coming year, el79,
$50 has heen appropriated Hon. +. 7; FEsling-
dammell IL p, and Hon. John jay vics
president ,S, Il