Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-07
NEWS DIGEST.

Ill the NEBRASKA house, the commit
tee on railroads has decided to report
a Scent rate bill.
Mrs: Griffith. a sister of General
Grants mother. died at Batavia, Ohio,
at the age of g. years.
James Owen Smith. one of the best
Kno~n physicians in New York, died
Saturday, in his S4th year.
The Western Export association has
established a new pool in high wines,
n raised the price to Sl.13.
Elijah NJ. HaInes was on Thursday
elected permanent speaker of the ILL
nols house of representatives.
+: II. McCreary, formerly president
OF the university ut Vincennes, lndi-
ana, died OF consumption Thursday.
The New York legislature passed a
resolution requesting o 'ress to an
proprlate $780, OO for the Hennepin ca
nal.
DR.. J. B. Marchisi. who was in the
army OF the first Napoleon. died Sun
day at Utica, New York, agei SO
years.
In both houses of the Wisconsin leg
lslhture John c. Sroon"r received a
m; l"rily OF votes tor United ST.. ties
senator.
The M~shrush well, in the Thorn
Gree k rttrol, UNI district OF =. n,,svl-
v nl;'. fl wed one thousand barrels in
lou ten on!
W. /. Chlsi:olm. supt rintendent of a
f1uulIng-lnlll at W;ukeg. H.. limo s,
Was HI l,d by Catching his cloll.iny on
a revolving shaft.
There are rumor that Charles Paine
Will succeed :. NJ. FELTON, IS general
m;llaaer the New York. Penlsyl-
v;.Lia and OHIO road.
II is reported that the Edgar Thorn
son strel-works at l3radduck, Pa. Re
. 10 Resume OF eratlOuS with Sevt r
al thousand men.
Colonel Joseph Utlcy. Of Illinois
has persuaded the New York legisla-
ture to pass resolutions in favor Of the
projected Hennt pin canal.
Forty delegates are in attendance at
the session OF the national board of
trade in Washington. Frederick Fra
ley was reelected president.
Peter Truax. of Eau Claire. Wiscon-
sin, paid 5000 for some scattered
tracts Of pine land on the Chippewa
river, aggregating 1913 acres.
A clerk in the probate court at st.
Louis was knocked down in the rotun-
da of the court house. and robbed of
1913 in currency and Il watch.
The senate OF Texas has passed the
Shannon railroad bill, which estab-
lisnes a rate Of three cents per mile to
all passengers purchasing tickets.
The late Charles II. Rogers. a bank
president in Philadelphia. left in trust
an estate valued at $ 1000. 900 to build
a home for intirm and aged persons.
An lrishman who has been in the
United States but two weeks has ap-
piled to the mayor Of Chicago for a
position under the city government.
In the Arkansas legislature. after
the reading OF Il letter of withdrawal
from Ex-Governor Berry. James X.
Jones was elected United States SeIa-
tor.
Two Of the pioneers of Coldwater,
Michigan-Philo H. Crippen and Ruth
IL. Cr;ppen-were married on Tuesday
evening. Each is s~eventy-fve years
of age.
Thankful Tanner. of Cleveland, has
brought suit against Mrs. James a.
Garfield for $25,U0O. for injuries sus-
tanned by being Il over by her car
riage.
AT Hamilton. Ontario. John Cash
told some policemen that ne drove the
cab conveying the assassins of Cavern
dish and Burke through Phoenix Park,
Dublin.
y broken rail threw a St. Paul train
from the track. near Hampton, Iowa,
seriously lnjur!ny six passengers. who
were taken TO Charles City for medical
attention.
At Winterset. Iowa, after suffering
from poverty. Mrs. Mary Dooley pois-
oned herself md her son and daughter.
Only the latter survived the effects OF
the drug.
The Plumer Hill mine at New Straits
vile. OHIO, valued at 5000. 100. was tired
BY unknown persons early Thursday
morning. and will probably prove a to.
tai loss.
A semi-annual dividend of l pei
cent. has been declared by the ca.
madam Pacific road, in addition to the
guarantee OF II per cent. made by the
government.
A bill has been introduced in the
Massachusetts SENATE to unish persons
making OF keeping explosive tom.
,.ounds wit. the intention to destroy
Lie or property.
Should e. ~ :al Mcclellan decline t.
act AS m;r>ll: at the inauguration
ceremonies in Washington, The honor
Will lruiiai' V he rendered to General
D n Car os Luell.
surveys 1--we been commenced a,
Cnlll;,. unticr the supervision OF JOHN
A. 3 ri;.ri.. fer y TAI WAY and wa-u.
hliu-e to Council D.utt>, under Il con.
grrsslunal charter.
The Chinese in San Francisco :.r,
anne ii r"!a:,l to the fat. If the
Steamer S II P:;I u. which s.ll.ed TN
Iok"llan1a l,r,v days ago With nine
hlltlr"d OF lic.r race.
J.mmr Caro- !. tie famous burglar
has finished :: long term III the peni.
Tertiary at h n"S,un. Ontario. O.,
leaving for Montreal le exhibited
$1u.uO in Amu bonds.
Upon occupying the executive cham.
beers in the new capitol of Iowa. Thurs
day evening. Governor Sherman gave g
several tX-litutelan1 governors.
Twenty leading physicians of Bos.
ton. Wien invited to cunier with May.
or O'Iirltn, agreed that the cholera is
certain to make its appearance ne X
summer III spite o. rigiu quarantine.
{; pt:in Couch and his Oklahoma
cOiulll>lS have resolved to start anew
OH March. General Hatch has in,
:mHt:On lh;t moyt mellts arc to be
made from IL Xus. Arkansas and Kan
S;.S.
In a building in New York in which
the british consul general has his Office
there was discovered a round tin box
containing Il quantity OF blue powder
and attached thereto was a Lighted
fuse.
The outbuildincs of the insane hos
pital at Indian" polls. valued at $685.
600, were burned early Tuesday morn