Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-21
original members escorted washington
and LAFAYETTE.

original members escorted washington
and Lafayette.
At New York; Saturday Captain Phe.
Ian testified as to the stabbing by Short,
making denials that he was in the pay
Of the British Government. A petition
for adjournment for a week by Shorts
counsel was granted, which Phelan de-
nounced, asserting that 1t cost him
time and money.
Twenty per cent. of the suspended
coke-ovens connected with the Pitts
burg iron interests are to be fired up at
once, giving employment to thousands
OF men who have been in idleness. 1t
Of that district will be in full blast by
the 1st of March.
The Leyden residence at Atlanta,
WIN h was used as the hea quarters OF
the c~onfederates when General Sber-
by fire Wedn 8 .ay evening. o late
years it has serv, d as a fashionable
clearinghouse. One lady lost a dia-
mond necklace.
Two tramps removed a rail on the
Missouri Pacific track. near Martha.
vile. wrecking a train of Twelve
freight cars and killing the engineer
and fireman. The scoundrels were
tracked through the snow, and are
threatened with lynchiny by the citi-
zens of Marshall. Texas.
The legislature of New Jersey has
been petitioned 10 instruct that states
representatives in congress- to urge the
passage Of a bill making corruption OF
the ballot-box a crime equal to that OF
treason.
~. Thomas Buford, who killed
Judge Elliott seven years ago for rem
dering a legal decision against his sis.
ter. died Friday in the lunatic Asylum
at Anchorage, KY. Buford on his
trial for murder was adjudged insane
and sent to the asylum. He subse-
quently escaped, but was forced by
sickness and want to go back to the
asylum. where he died.
The bank burglars recently cap
tured near Elmira, New York,
prove to be expert criminals. The
leader is Jack Lowe, who is said to
have committed q murder in Chicago;
another is Tommy F%ealherstone a ia.
nous robber. One of the gang had $45
sewed up in his undershirt and 500
between the soles Of his shoes.
A fresh compile ton in The Storey
will case has arrived in tn 8 country
from Europe in the shape of the first
Mrs. Storey, who was divorced from
the deceased Journal t in 1867. She
is on her way to chi ago 10 file a i'll
to set aside tile deer e of alimony
award d her a quarter OF a century
ago, with a view to obtaining instead
her dover" out d; the estate.
The secretary Of the Irish National
league, in a letter to the president of
the American organization, states that
two speakers can not be spared for a
tour of the United States; that the ex-
pense OF sustaining evicted tenants is
very great, and that frienls on this
side Of the Atlantic should make re-
:neWed efforts in support Of the parlia-
mentary fund.
A bitter partisan fight between the
republican and democratic newspa,
pers at Boise City, Idaho, resulted i1
the sacking Of the establishment of the
republican paper. The building wal
Quilted. An attempt was made to sci
fire to the democratic newspaper build.
ing, which resulted in considerable
damage. The editors of the rival jour.
nails are desperadoes.
Mrs. Dudley, who shot O'Donovan
Rosa. was taken to the supreme court
room on a writ OF habeas corpus. Her
counsel stated that Rosa had publicly
proclaimed his intent OH not to p ose-
cute his assailant. Physicians who
had examined the wounded man said
he was able to appear and testify.
Judge Donohue refused to interfere
with the action Of the police court.
A tramp, Sakral Nelson, who was
given shelter and food by Andrew
Shelter, living near Kankakee, ILL.,. at
tempted a felonious assault on Mrs
Shelter, beating her in a shocking
manner: 80 that her recovery is doub:.
full. After a fierce struggle Mr.. Slleff.
to Kankakee and held without bail.
He was subsequently taken to Chicago
for safety.
During the worst of the storm Mon
day night the angry wilers OF Lake
Of land at the mouth of the Milwaukee
River known as jones' island. threat
ening the lives OF its 2W inhabitants.
No fires could he kept up. and mnnv
were almost cr,,zed with fear and su :
fering. The people took TO the uppel
stories OF the highest buildings for
safety. Some tried to cross over TO the
mainland upon the ice. but were driv. II
back. Tow: I'd morning the wind and
waves subsidized.
John Boyle O'Reilly was convicted
in England Of high treason in 1868 and
sentenced to twenty years. penal servi-
tude. He escaped in 1869 and fled tC
America. Being curious to know
whether the sentence was still hanging
over him he recently proposed TO lee.
ture IN Canada. and sent a note tC
friends lnquiring whether he might dc
so with s,tely. The result of his in
quirles was that he has decided not lc
lecture. The prospect of seventeen
years more OF penal servltude is moi
alluring.
1t is estimated at the lowest calcu-
lailon that there are at this time vel
75,' 90 men and women unemployed in
New York. These are classified as
follows: Women, 10000; 'longshore-
men, 5000; Italians. 6.OOO; cloakmak-
ers. 10000; tailors. 5000; artificial flow.
ers, $500; bricklayers, 1850; carpen-
tors, !, CO.; trainers, $500; p%lasterers,
100; plumbers, 1880; ~stonecutters, 1000:
furniture-workers, 5000; iron-workers.
5000; printers, 1000; bookbinders, etc.,
$500; shoemakers, 500; cigarmakers;
5000; bakers, 500; walters, 1000; other
trades, 2.50U.
III t portion of the Philadelphia
Aims House and Hospital set apart fol
the insane was burned to the ground
Thursday nigh. From fifty to sixty
insane patients, mo t of them in the
violent department., perish d in the
h"mes. There .ere 6A insane p r.
son in the building, many of whom
were rescued almost s%utfOcated Will,
smoke. Only seven of tile bodies of
tho g who persisted were brought out
Of the bur ing building. When the
firemen arrived their movem nts were
greatly hampered by the inadequate
supply Of water. Nearly all the lives