The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-22
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great coal mine at Levin, in Pas dc oalais
France. Al tho time Of the calamity, forum
ately, but forty. eight men were in tie mine
All OF these wero entombed
Matters In tho lower house Of the Illinois
legislature seeqa to be in = fine middle. E. H
Haines having been chosen Temporary speaker,
now declares that he is permanently in thu
chair and means to stay there.
Superintendent Mal1on, Of the Dublin police
says that Fenianism is red-hotin all the mining
Leeds, Manchester. Sheffield, Newcastle and
Liverpool this form Of Lawlessness is at it,
worst
Among tho working women Of Paris there
sfe1 ,027 Who earn their living as ballet dancert
Of tho opera, reoei wing wages varying from
4225 to 1915 per annum. The annual sum paid
tor and to the ladies Of the ballet amounts to
4S5O,0oQ
An anti-Jewish riot occurred at Vilkomiri
Russia. A party Of army recruits made q fu.
rious attack upon the Jewish residents One
Of the latter was killed. The Police were pow
erless to quiet the disturbance, but firemen dis.
persed the mob.
At Agona, Iowa, the Lantry house was
burned Very little was saved from the flames.
II is said to have caught from defective fue.
This house was recently reAtted and furnished.
Loss @1o, 900 to $12, 600; insurance, 5000 or
building and 81 900 on furniture.
The judge 1t the Bow street police court,
London, has granted the extradition to Ameri-
a. of William RauscKer second mate, and j.
3: Koelpin, boatswoin, of the American ship L
F. Chapman, on . charge Of having killed 9
seaman named Jansen by cruel treatment.
A man named Delahanty, occupying farm
at Klbeggan, in Westmeath, from which a
tenant had been evicted, was shot dead. Con-
stable Coburn, prominent in connection with
the Castle Wellan riot was about to depart for
America, when arrested under the crimes act
Henry (colore1 WAS convicted At Edwards
vile, H., for the murder Of Henry Ross and
Henry Depaugh, single men, who were found
murdered in their house at Rocky Fork, six
miles from Alton, in March, 1853. The crime
victed and confessed tho deed
A wedding in high life occurred in the First
Presbyterian church at Freeport, ILL.,, the con-
tracting parties being Miss Lillian Burrell, the
accomplished daughter of John Burrell Of
do young lawyer and stock raiser Of Point
Breeze ranch at Meckling, Oak
The official count Of the vote for West Vir-
ginia state officers gives Wilson Democrat
for governor 5 ,2S9 majority over Maxwell (Re-
publican and Greenback) Large sums Of
money were staked on :, 900 majority for Will
him less than 5000.
Tho will of the late Sarah Ellen Smith OF
Philadelphia bequeaths certain property to her
niece When she is thirty years old, provided
she does not have husband who drinks or
uses tobacco Other requests are for the cause
OF the suppression of lntemperance and tobacco
and for various foreign missions.
Two MEN entered the Genesee house, Buffa-
To-, when no one was present but the night
clerk and single bell-boy. They pretended
to register, drew revolvers, threatening the
scared employees with death if they made a
noise, and, having bound and gagged them,
opened the safe and took therefrom "a, coo q
part of which was the charity ball receipts.
kilograms from Chicago announced that the
scalpers were playing old Harry with tho
New Orleans excursion rates from that city.
The regular rate is $20 for the round trip, but
the scalpers are selling these tickets for $l3
They are enabled to do this by purchasing
tickets bought in the Northwest, tho purchas.
er selling his ticket at Chicago to the scalper.
Chester Darby, proprietor Of a steam -four,
ing mill at Cortland, N. Y, has assigned. Lila,
bi1ities, $4,000; real assets, $40, 600. The
firm Of J. B. Gregg l. Son, Binghampton, boot
6e so s1 go TO- SD &c; nomns assets
$l47, Goo The senior member of the firm OF
J. B. Gregg & Son is thought to be fatally
prostTated By the shock
The proposal Of Earl Grey, formerly secre-
tary OF state for colonies, and the marquis Of
r Ill., H.
create council composed Of high commission
ers and agents general of British colonies, to
be attached to the colonial department., hal
been submitted to the government It is re-
ported that the foreign secretary and Ear
Derby, colonial secretary, approve the scheme
The city council of Oskaloosa, Iowa, = town
which voted strongly for prohibition, passed
unanimously "whereas' and resolution de-
claring the prohibition law failure; that it il
detrimental to the best interests of the city
and to the cause of temperance, asking for its
repeal and petitions the legislature for that
purpose and to enact rigid license law in
stead
According to the official record the numbe1
of persons killed by the earthquakes in Ora
NADIA was 695; number injured, 1,4S0 The
shocks of earthquake continue daily in Grana.
da, and the decentralization of the people is in
"A
the amount thus far received. from London fol
the earthquake fund to $4,000 King Alfonso
has returned to Granada and inspected the AL.
hambra.
At Lebanon, Pa, Jerome E. Bright, Robert
Mayer, and George LANCE have been sentenced
to terms in the penitentiary. They are mere
youths, but are familiar with crime. They be-
long to good families, and took their first les.
! sons from dime novels, recounting the exploits
Of Jack Sheppard and Dick Turpin. Their
| they left their homes and established them
selves in . shanty. and robbed numerous
stores, dwellings,, etc.
The following acted as honorary pall-bear-
ers at Colfax's funeral: Vice President-elect
Hendricks, Gov Gray, Hon. W. r. Calkinf
and OK Senator Mcdonald; pallbearers repre-
| senting the state, ex-Gov. Porter and Judge
Gresham: legislature, Mark McClelland
and Thomas Underwood: South Bend, James
| Oliver and Glenn Hudebaker; local lodge,
Joshua D. Miller:
George Stevens, Texas desperate, invited
himself to dance given by q farmer nance
Shepherd, at Ellis Prairie, and to add to thu
| live1iness of the occasion drew his revolver
| and Shepherd, quietly extinguishing the lights
reached down his shotgun when the fash o.
Stevens pistol indicated his locality he got thu
contents of both barrels, and the subsequent
proceedings molested him no more.
Near Alpena, Mich, q rough and tumble
prize fight took place recently, between Wyma1
of that city and Pat McHugh of Wisconsin
ending in favor of Wyman. McHugh bit Wy
man on the fingers: arms and legs, and Nc
Hugh was 30 severity punished that he had t
be carried away. The sheriff and the deputy
arrived just as the fight ended, and arrested
Wyman aud McHugh. Other arrests are ex
pected.
Ex-senator Window was witness in the Swain
CASE He testified he had vague recollection
of having conversed with Gen Swain on thu
subject Of copper mining stock, out did mo-
think he told Gen. Swain in that conversation
that the stock was not worth anything This
question was asked in rebuttal Of statement
by Gen Swain in his examination that the cop,
per stock transaction fell through after the con
versation he had with Window, in which he
(Swaim) got the impression that the company
was wildcat speculation and the stock worth.