The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-05

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49, The actual valuation Of the assets is $685.
ora
Postmaster General Hatton has sent the
| chairman of the house committee on postofices
| a draft Of bill providing for the reduction OF
postage on second class, or newspapers mailed
by publishers, from two cents to one cent per
pound
| Prof Kings balloon ascension with Signal
Officer Hammond at Philadelphia, Monday,
marked his a5.th voyage They travelled eighty
miles in two hours and fifty minutes, and
reached an altitude of ), so feet
| Woodrow, Scott 4 McAllister's furniture
store at Columbus, Ohio. was burned The
stock valued at SIS, 600, Is almost total loss;
fully covered by insurance The building was
damaged 5000; covered by insurance.
Sir Thomas Brassey, NJ p. and junior lord
Of the admiralty, in . speech at Hastings, said
he bclieve, movement in the direction Of To-
cal self government for ireland was minent,
apl important concessions would DO made 70
the Irish
Representative Oates, Of the committee OF
public lands, has prepared report ON the bill
to prohibit aliens and foreigners from acquir-
ing lands within the United States, which the
committee has reported to the house, with
recommendation that it pass
A special to the Fargo Argus from Lisbon
Oak, states the examination of W. W. Brady
for pro curing an abortion upon Sarah High.
land was concluded The bond was fixed at
s5.oN AMI was not given. The victim of the
abortion, Miss Highland, will be in court
Miss Matilda Chase. granddaughter Of Chiot
Justice Chase, and lineal descendant Of sam
ucl Chase. a signer Of the Declaration Of 1nle-
pendence. was fatally burned while sitting in .
chair IN front of an open CRATE fire at her resi-
dence on Maryland avenue, Annapolis, Md.
The Eussian government has rejected the
draft Of a contract submitted by the tx govern
or of Eastern Siberia, which proposed to con-
cedc Ia an American company monopoly for
twenty five years of the fur trade and hunting
of fur animals of the Rus -ian Pacific coast
Cardinal Manning continues indisposed Ho
has sent an address on liberalism to an ann,i-
a. meeting of Catholics at Birmingham, Eng
lend, denouncing the growing phase Of liberal
ism, which, he says, has borrowed the worst
aspects of French rep ublicalism
The New York times of the 18th says: Gen.
Grant has not been as well during the past
week This is traceabe to no one cause except
his general debiitated condition. AMI does not
excite alarm i'll his family but his health has
been such that neither the newspapers nor his
mail have been read to him as heretofore.
Charles Suffer OF Trempealeau, Wis. was
knocked down and robbed of sllO by Ralph
Grenow, half breed, while both were re.
turning from a house of i'll fame in Winona
Grenow formerly hack driver IN st
Paul He was examined and held to the grand
jury.
The sheriff of Ransom county. OAK, lodged
in the Cass county jail at Fargo the prisoners
Dr. W. W Bradley and Sarah Highland, ac-
cused of committing abortion IN Lisbon some
time ago. Miss Ilighlani was brought into
court waived examination, and in default Of
s4,ouV bonds was committed
The will of the late schuyler ColfaS has been
admitted to probate. The residence at South
Bend with contents. goes to Mrs Colfax. to-
gether with. half the residae of the estate.
The rest goes to schuyler Colfax Jr George
W. Matthews il named executor. The estate
is valued at s.5l,0U, and Is without incum-
brances.
| Senator Mcpherson regards the recent fall
ure Of his bill in the house to authorize national
banks to issue circulation equal TO the par
value CT their bonds in the treasury, as the end
Of all such legislation by this congress- lie
thinks the defeat of the bill is an indication
that the national banks are not wanted by the
house as factor of national circulation.
Sister Theresa, niece of James g. Blaine,
died at St. Mary's Catholic convent at Wilkes
barre, Pa, recently Her secular name was
Annie Walker She was the daughter Of Maj
r. G. Walker and Elizabeth, sister of JamesG
Blaine: was born ut brownsville, Ia studied
at ST. Xavier's cal.my, Westmoreland county;
made her religious profession at ST. Mary's
convent. Pittsburg, in 1869, and was thirty
years of age.
The Gar field hospital here is in financial
straits. The building was finished and fur
nishcd and opened for patients a year ago II
is well fitted up for hospital purposes. The
great obstacle in the way of its usefulness Lies
in the fact that it has no endo wment or other
permanent resources to meet its expenses. The
hospital will have TO be closed soon unless
some plan can be devised to insure its perma-
nentsupport
A special from Rome says: Terrible ac-
counts continue to be received from the region
the Piedmontese Alps, of ca sualties and de-
structions caused by snow storms, and avalan-
ches. Twenty houses were destroyed and for
ty people killed at Borgorivo. Fifty houses
were demolished at Frassiniere, and the nu -
Der Of fatal casualties there were eleven. In
| the little village of Frassiniere, which has
total population of 500 seventy persons were
killed"
Great pressure is being brought to bear on
the house committee on agriculture to secure
favorable report on a bill introduced in Decem-
Der by Congressman Willis of Kentucky, enti-
tied IA bill to encourage the holding of . ma
tional agricultural. horticultural, mineral, tim
Der and live stock exhibition at Louisville, ky..
under the auspices Of the Southern Exposition
company and the department of agriculture OF
the United States government
The dry goods house of Myers 4 Sons Of In
dependence Iowa has been closed by the Sheriff
who held six mortgages against the stock. The
stock inventories abou; s.,tW Some time ago
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