The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-09

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from hts late residence to the dlissecting tsble
me provisions Of the will will bs compile,
WIN. - - i:s,-ys'eis = '------,.
Aare totally iessroysd Miiisf bros. dry good
bonsA Total iosso stock. $3.50, ,oD 70 s2oo, 600
dealer, next door, sustained loss Of 3ll,OO
George 8: Sonntagg 4 Co. hardware dealers
lose about ~, ,OCG @. O. Tenney, hat and fu
dealer lose $4,000. F-57'-''.-
The government Of Victoria hsA instrHcte
Its London agent 10 brotest against the annex
Stlon Of New Guinea BY Germany. II says
Tue territory ID not reclaimed and annexation o
tho New Hebrides by France be permitted, th
ostrangement from the mother country OF tn
colonies will be increased.
Leopold Won Schenan was found dead In hi
apartment in Baltimore recently. He was suf
t3cated by gas generated by . coal oil stove
he was the son Of . general In the Saxon army
Ii the house was found . bank book With Oh.
!NO TO his credit He has said to have receive,
WV month from Germany.
In the French senate Meline, minister of sgri
culture, announced that the government woul,
insist upon the adoption of the clause increas
ing tho duty on cattle, which the commits
!.Si naa suppressed. He promised the govern
ment would do everything in its power to i'm
prove the position Of far1ncrs
At Marquette. fire broke out in the cost,
residence of Horatio Seymour, Jr., and befor
TWAS controlled tho contents Of two rooms
consisting of valuable relics of the revolution
Fly war, furniture, three hundred dolla
clock.and valuable carpets were destroyed
Inc hre was caused by furnace pipes.
The London Telegraph sass: 1--WE under
s.and ,'as tho commander Of tho Australisnstat
nas 9een ordered to hoist the british Gag, ove
inc Louislade groups of islards. and ovc
Long island and Rock island, if other power,
ioreshadow an intention to annex the islands o
shores contiguous to Australia"
Representative LAIRD of Nebrask. met with
severe accident while out riding New Year.
fell, throwing him to tie ground and faliint
pEou him, breaking his right log above the an
kle Physicians say he sustained . compound
fracture of tho limb.
Delegate Brent O: Washington ,Territor,
slipped on tho ice in Washington while walk,n,
from the capitol few days ago, and, in falling
broie one of tho small boncs of on ankle Ii,
mas been confined to his room since the acci
dent, but hopes to be able to walk out Will
tne sld OF . crutch in week or two.
]. e Curtis, secretary of'the Pan Handl,
Glass company, and one Of the prominent citi
zens OF Wellsburg, ". Va, made an assign
ment me- His liabilities arc placed at from sAo.
claims, $4,000. The failure. creates genera !
ssn;Eprise and Il y feared will prec ptate othel
The present winter promises to teach the cat
tie men Of Montana severe lesson a. to tlit
folly OF bringing unacclimatcd cattle into the
territory late in the season. or the Ell .0S
pilgramsr estimated to have been driven into
Montana last aeeson it is believed that no less
than s., ,7c0.will have perished before the open.
ing Of spring.
The earth continues to quake in the provin.
ces OF Granada and Malaga, causing enormous
destruction Of life and property II is estimat-
cd that during the past week no less than .. .O(T
persons have been killed The people have ta-
KEN to the nelde and the towns are deserted.
subscriptions have been started for tie relief
Of the sufferers.
W. +. Do Rosett and Nathan Passan engaged
in street duel recently at lockwood. Tenn.
They had difficulty the day previous, and
swore vengeance When they met on the street
they began firing at each other with shotguns,
De Rossett received load in the face and
forehead and neck
The secretary Of the navy has sent the fol.
lowing telegram to all commandauts of nsvy
yards: Discharge all employees who have
hitherto been paid under the Six months ap-
vent the destruction Of property and loss Of
life, and sll such must work without agree.
ment for compensation"
Among tho large checks that passed the New
York clearing house was one for $25o, O39.
drawn by Joseph Pulitzer on the American
Exchange National bank, representing tho
balance of tho principal and interest on the
original purchase Of the World The original
price was GAG, OO0 Too World paid \ Cali
dividend Of $l54 GOO for 1854
The Russian government has proposed q
plan for tho settlement of the Egyptian ques-
ton, which will probably bo acceptable to
france, viz, that the new loan be guaranteed
Dy oil the powers at . small reduction Of in
terest, any surplus obtainable to be divided
among the creditors, and that the British with.
draw from Egypt ona fixel date
Near Chehallis, Wyo., William Pearson, a
strong believerin spirtualism, imagined tina, he
had received an order from Q higher power to
kill his infant child. This he did with ham.
mer: He then informed his vito that he would
cut his throat if the wife would do the same.
Both were found half-fr0zen and with Their
throats cut, but not dead. Both viii proba.
bly, die.
Shocks Of earthquake continue to be felt in
Jaen, Malags, ,Benamargosa and velez, Malaga.
There were several severe shocks 1orrox
recently, destroying more buildings. The town
9 completely, abandoned A church at Terri
vas damaged Services are now held in the
open air. Three hundred and fifty corpses
have hay been discovered at Orenast At Del Rev
s5o persons are suffering from Injuries.
The New Year will be the beginning of Q nev
'ystem Of counting the days by astronomers.
One Of the recommendations of the recent
prime meridian conference was that The sstro.
lomical day should begin ct midnight ss lie
,ivil day does; and though the reports Of the
are not of binding obligation on
any one, il is probable they shall be adopted
The royal astronomer Of England has signiied
lis intention Of setting back his clock twelve
lours, and his example will be followed BY
most others.
Tho weather in 81 Paul last Friday, ID inst
vas colder u On it has been any day since Dec.
$, 1872 The minimum temperature recorded
hat day was 30 deg below zero The lowest
ecorled Friday was 3h6 deg below zero.
Inference Of only "a deg. Christmas day, 1879,
8 the coldcst ON record since the establish.
nent Of . signal service Office at st. Paul
Fwice only since 1879 has the record gone be.
ow ~ deg These days were Jan. y. 1883,
nd Jan. ., 1854. On both dnys The signal
cryice Office reported . minimum temperature
4 3l.5 deg. below zero
Col. Wolf. who with Col Ross Is representa-
i've Of tie Cherokee Indians received the $780,
90 voted to that nation by congress year OF
0 ago. has arrived in this city to testify before
he house Indian Affairs committee with regard
) the disposition made of the s22, 500 Of that
nm which was never paid over to the Iud;sns
ol Ross has been subpenaed, and is expected
loss ard Wolf admitted before United States |
last fall that they know who got |
he s:s,an, but they refuse to tell Now It IL |
he purpose Of the house committe, to CONNIE
hem to explain. who got the money, az tha
anes OF prominent men have been mixed IN
he affair; E. GG-,