Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
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MILWAUKEE, Specisi Telegram, Feb b-Ihis
Afternoon The viii Of the late sherburn s. Mer.
M wac filed in tho probate court together
with an application for ita probate, made by
MIRA Mary .. Merrill, the widow. The Pe,itiea
recites that the deceased left personal proper
ty worth ss2hUoA ana real estate worth
ss500o0 Mr. Mrril left the follow.
ing children; Sarah Merrill Rocker,
aged thirty three; MarioR Msfrifl smith,
aged twenty threei Fred r. Merrill, aged
twenty, and Richard Merrill aged sixteen.
IRE viii IA dated July ELISA John J. John,
ston, David O. Green, Benjamin a Ie-nUS, AND
Mrs, Merrill are named ~ ssecaiors. 81 tbs
Will the housstesd On Grand avenue and the
honseh,id furniture, ETC., were given 10 Mrs.
Merrill, together with the bequest OF 100000
The sxccuters are also directed to seiapars $500
600 and pay Mrs Merrill the interest On the
$50. So each are ssai mads Z Ssre,sse Heath q
Concord Mssa, and Chsstina Walker Of
this city, sisters, and Moses n Merrill
a brother 10 the ~testator. The tes-
tator having. during his lifetime, giver
property worth 1910 to his eldest daughter
Mira Becker attract of land lying between 0rsnd
eyenue and Wells street ana Weston avenue
and Twenty fourth s'rest is gwen b Mrs Grant
Smith the cthcf daughter, and the executors arr
Instructed TO erect Q house upon the same alta
cost Of $4,000 All the residue of the estate,
i tnCluulnK INC TeNcfelon OF Lue NDtntHitht NlN
the s20.000 already mentioned ts % be turned
over to the executors sho are empowered tods
with IA a. Ney may deem best in order 70
invest II proftably. The testatoI then giyea
directions for the final disposition Of his estate
0ne-fourth OF the residuary estate is to go &c
Mrs Becker, and il she shall die without issus
the said one fourth il to be divided into thret
equal shares and given TO the testators othei
children The same prcyisipf IN made IN re
gard 70 MIS- Smith, TIE other daughter. The
two other one-fourth shares are bequesthed e
the two sons, Richard and Fred J. Merrill IL
tho -four children should die leaving no issue
tho residue 10 be paid over TO the next ofkin IN
the proportion fixed by law, If at any time thu
number Of executors IL reduced 10 less thar
threa the srdges Of the supreme court are tC
select q successor, The executors are not Z
be required 70 give bonds The will is attest
ed by r. NJ. Myers, s W. Green andp, y Weyg
The genuineness OF two unimpsrtant correc-
hons is sttested hS Benisniin G. Lennon, W. II
Morrison and %. : wfgg. Judge. Mann set
the matter for hearing at the April term, and
appointed W. J. Turner guardian adj Item, Of
the minor SON The estate is generally con
sidered to be worth abont s2,0o0,ooo
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The wife OF Delegate Raymond Of Dakota
died at Washington.
Armour a Co, made cash sales during 1884
OF s42,0o0,00 0 worth OF meats.
Bradssreot says tho heavy snow has had a
depressing effect on business
Oregon legislature Salioted all winter for .
Senator and adjourned without election.
Roswell Miller becomes general manager OF
tho Milwaukee road, with ]. +. Tucker az hi
assistant
AFree Baptist conference at Fairbanks, Iowa,
partially confirm the charges against Rev J.
b Palmer.
The late duke OF Buccleuch in his will ar
ranged for the management Of his estate foi
1,5OO years 60 come.
The subcripnons in Ireland to the fund foi
the family Of the late A NJ sulliSah nov
amount 10 $4,000
A Ere at Emporia, Kama, destroyed the DRY
goods store Of ID. Thomas & Co Lose, s5U,
OOOi partly insured
Who Hamburg, Iowa, floor factory was
burned together with its contents. Loss, s4O,-
600; insurance $4,000.
81. Michaelis orphan asylum and St Joseph's
convent, on Mount Oliver. Pittsburg, was par.
tally burned Loss, $4,000
George AZ Anderson, a. ~sheboygan, Gnu:
tloyed in a ~logging-camp near Marshield,
WlA, was slned Dy q taling tree
The dwelling house aud portion Of its con
tents belonging 10 Mrs Thomas X. Wilkie, Eat
Claire, was burned Loss, $500
The Robesonia furnace plant at Reading, Pa,
has been sold to william r. White and Mrs
Henry Borie, of Philadelphia, for $4,000
Maj Burke is in Washington, hoping to Sc
cure an appropriation Of sJo00oo. for the New
Orleans exposition, now s3oooW In debt
Fire at Troy N Y, destroyed the store Of j.
Leroy Pine company, manufacturers 81 SUPPLIES
and Coon A a. = collar shop. Loss, $4,000
Ef-Gov. Moses OF South Carolina was zen
fenced TO six months in the house Of correction
at Boston, for swindling Col Higginson out o
s34
Special Examiner Rathbone declares that
Commissioner Of Pensions Clark Is a liar, and
that he 10 trying TO make himself solid with the
Democrats
George II. Mills, who murdered his wife,
Eliza +. Mills, Oct g 1883, at their residence in
Williamsburgh, " L., was sentanced in Brook
Ign to lie hanged April 10
Mischieyous students at Harvard college
wound q large wooden tube with heavy wire
and exploded it at midnight by means Of a
fuse, creating q great sensation
At Bloomington, Ill, DIR. Cyrenaus Wakefield
q well known philanthropist, died recently
aged seventy. His estate Is estimated at near.
" q million He leaves four children.
Under the terms OF the new extradiion
treaty with Great Britain, defaulting bank OH
Gers and others charged with similar offenses
viii no longer find an asylum in Canada.
Yet another terrible example. An Alliance
Ohio woman gave birth to twins in a role,
rink and didn't take of her skates. II ia no
stated whether the twins were right and left.
Richmond business men adopted resolution,
criiicising the recent decision of the United
States court, and calling on all good citizens moi
to pay taxes in coupons or Virginia state honda
Mr.. Munroe Of New Haven, CT, manager OF
the Marquand estate, has given, $4,000 for
the endowment fund Of the Yale divinity school,
and the money has been paid in The total
fund Is now si7,Goa
One Of the acts OF the late plenarY council
was to prc=ss. the pcre Nth the name OF Rev.
jolt s. Foley for bishop. Father Foley was
chancellor to the council He is the brother o.
tho late bishop OF Chicago.
The Spanish government has instructed Ia,
Spanish minister at Washington, in case thu
proposed Spanish american treaty is not rati
lied by the senate before the change in the nd.
minstration Of the United States government,
he shall. on April s withdraw the concessions
relative to sugar which Spain offered TO Amer
lea. with the hope Of securing It's ratification.
Postofices Established Wisconsin: Eleva,
~Trempelsau county. Postmasters Commits
s~ioned-Andrew J. LINDSAY, Bay Center, Oak.
Frank w. Hunt, Fort Buford, OAK William
II Harris, Chaplin, Iowa; John W.. Lickens,
Peru, Iowa; J. Mullen, Lanesboro, MINI. J.
W. Dawson, P~billipsbure, Mont G. O Hart,
Driftwood, Neb Jchn ID. Leland, Leland,
Iowa; A C. Hollanger, Eleva, Wis.
A letter has been received by I. j.. Luttrell,
Of the Inauguration committee, from the Jeffer-
oaian club of Cleveland, Ohio, stating thai
they would take part in the parade IL they were
permitted to allow a negro man 10 march
through the line and present President Cleve.
land a silver bouquet Mr.. Luttreii wrote il
response that Mr.. Cleveland was not r~eceivins
any presents from any source whatever.
John Manning. a ranchman shot and killef