The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-19


many think the license ought to hay
been raised to $500 Or $500.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
The election for President of France
will occur December rs.
"A strong opposition to convict labor
is being agitated in Texas.
The son of MeissonieT the painter
has been bitten by mad dog in Paris
The Merrill house at Glendive, Mont
was busned Sunday. Loss, S4l GOO.
The Hendricks monument committee
at indianapolis issue an appeal for con
tributions.
The non-polygamous Mormons art
increasing very rapidly in New Eng
land.
There was a great liberal demonstra
ton against Sir John Macdonald al
Crystal City, Manitou, Thursday.
Chauncey Depew says that Wander
bit left nearly $500, 600 600 instead O
500, 0OO, 900, as generally stated.
Cheyalier Antoine de Kontski, fo7
many years pianist to Kaiser Wilhelm
is playing to select New York audi
ences.
j.. "A. Jones, wife and two children
of Mechanicsville, n. Y, are i'll O
trichinosis, having eaten fresh porl
and sausage.
According to the Railway Age the
railroad mileage in the northwest dur
ing the past season was 660miles.
Winter shipments of sugar, formerly
landed in Halifax and sent to Mon
treal, now go to Boston and New
York.
Tt is believed the Northern Pacific
express line will hereafter be operated
by the American Express company.
The understanding between the Sui
tan and Prince Alexander includes thu
porte's consent to the personal unions
OF the Bulgarians.
The trusta VI s some 8 .!l!s # the Philips.
burg. N. j., churches have entered suit
to compel delinquent pewholders to
pay their arrears.
The government has ordered five au-
tomato torpedos, two of which have
been made at the Edison machine
works in New Y ork.
a. M. Kelley has gone regularly into
the lecture field. He will lecture on
Sunday in Washington upon Irish
Nationality
f. "A. Charming, a newly elected Lib
eral in England, is a grand nephew Of
Rev. DR.. William Ellery Charming, the
famous Bostonian.
Minnie Baker, st. Louis girl, while
standing with her back to the fire, be-
clothes caught and she was burned to
crisp on Thursday last.
Miss Smith, who recently died a
Chapel Hill, n. G. bequeathed 100 acres
of land and $125 in cash to each OF he
old slaves who are now living.
James Gunter was shot dead Thurs
day at Big Laurel, n. G., by a little sol
whose mother he was abusing. Tn
boy murderer is only eight years OF age
The Northern Illinois railway, run
Mag from BeIlvidere, Boone count
ILL.,, to spring Valley, Bureau county
H., was opened for business Monday
The members of the Louisiana dele
CATION IN Congress are so bitterly an
tagonistic to each other that they can
combine to resist the proposed effort 7
lower the sugar duties.
The new school attached to the &c
man Catholic church of st. Vincent d
Paul at Brooklyn will be the larges
parochiaI institution in the countr,
and will accommodate 200 pupils.
Advices from Mandalay state ths
the sacred white elephant is dead. Th
customary ceremony of keeping th
body lying in state for three days wa
prevented by the British officials, OWN
to sanitary reasons. The funeral We
attended by an enormous crowd.
Miss Genie Knight, daughter of
wealthy lawyer of Ashland, Wis. assoc
ated with Postmaster General Villas.
| THE numbering business, was marie
Tuesday to Leslie b. Rawley, = youn
commercial traveller Of Madison. Non
Of her relatives attended the wedding
As year ago she was engaged to q wealth
southern planter.
a passenger on The Northern Pacif
train Wednesday who gave his nan
as O'Connor. fell from the train jnl
after it pulled out of the Anoka dept
ana received a bad cut on the head. 3
claimed that a fellow passenger VII
Invited him to 90 out on the platfor
picked his pockets and then knocke
him OF.
a triple tragedy has occurred at 81
acora. Indian Territory. In drunke
fight Robert Brown shot and killed I
unknown Greek; then turned and arl
1 at Captain =. Mantle. shooting hi
through the shoulder. Mantle return.
the Gre, killing Brown instantly. a
his own wound proved fztal.