Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-14

HlOpOocS 10 grant Ss.UUU. N1neCeoQ
bills for the removal Of railroad irregu.
larities are before the Legislature of
Arkansas.
Amarked improvement in the iron
trade is visible Ut Philadelphia. Nails
count OF tine exhaustion Of sstocks.
Steel rails in large quantities are being
held at $27. The Edgar Thompson
steel-works will resume this week, and
business has recommended in one OF
divers mills at Pittsburg.
Herman Kranisch. Il young German
farmer, was taken ill at. hotel in Por-
tage, Wis. A friend undertook to re-
'leve him by administering fifteen
drops of aconite, which caused the p;l-
TENTS death in a few minutes. Wien
the sympathetic friend saw what he
had done he hung himself, but was
cut down before life was extinct.
s. =. Merrill. General Manager Of the
Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail
way Company. died at an early hour
Sunday morning. For twenty-four
hours before death he was unconscious,
and during the last week Of his illness
he suffered but little pain. MI. Mer-
rill's illness began just about a year
ago with Il slight stroke OF paralysis.
Mrs. Rudbeck, a wealthy resident of
Waterloo. Iowa, a cousin of Senator
Logan, learned that her husband had
been remitting large amounts of her
money to New York. She instructed
her banker to cash no more of his
checks: when the injured husband left
for the east. He is an adventurous
Swede whom she married four years
ago.
The agent Of the associated charities
OF Milwaukee. accidentally Learned of
the destitute condition of General Her.
ry M. Strong. who was atschoolmate Of
President Arthur at Union college, and
who commanded a brigade at the bat
tie of Gainesville. Although partially
disabled by wounds, the veteran would
not app'y:for i pension or ask for as
sistance.
George w. Bowen, who vainly claim
ed-the, immense estate Of Madame Ju-
mel-a All: Legitimate son. died Situr-
day in Providence at the. ~ lOf 81.
Joseph Glinnel, who secured q 'reduc-
ton OF letter postage tt" scents, while
in congress- a generation ago, .breathed
his last at:NeW Bedford. A Cincinnati
dispatch records the demise Of Henry
Kessler, Sheriff.
A bogus Peruvian Count, calling
himself Pereyra, recently made his
appearance in the town Of York. Pa,
and married a pretty girl of that place.
Before the honeymoon had begun to
wane his money gave out and he. de-
serted the, girl, leaving her at a Balti-
more hotel. 1t is said that he ia want
ed III New York for larceny, and the,
detectives are in search of him.
Such pressure is being brought tc
bear against Mormonism in Salt Lake
City that the practice OF .polyQamy lie
threatened with extinction. .Dissen.
sions in the Mormon Church are caus.
ing itsGcradual disintegration, and the
young. Mormons are trying to break
away from ecclesiastical rule. A city
OF refuge is being established by the
church near Guaymas, in Sonora.
A congressman from Minnesota pro-
poses to ingraft upon the postal appro-
prlation bill a clause providing that all
tast mail trains from Chicago, shall
leave upon the arrival of the eastern
mail: III an interview, the postal au-
tilorities demonstrate that no more
lime than is necessary is allowed il,
Chicago for the transfer of mails, and
that the, scheme proposed would Jesuit
IN missing connections very frequently
The New York banks now hold $4,
985.OtO in excess of their legal requires
'ments. This reserve is Il strong stimu-
lus to speculation on the stock ex-
change. where the transactions last
week were very heavy. Gould and his
teTporar! partners have succeeded in
lifting the entire market in a manner
calculated to entice the general public
Into speculation. unless some disaster
occurs to dlssiDHte growing confidence.
The cit;Z,ns Of Audubon, Iowa, bat
tered down the walls of the Jail early
wednesday morning. to secure the
murderers of Hiram J"llerson. Two of
them, John A. Sluytl,e and Joel J.
Wilson, fought the mob desperately.
aud We're shot dead in their cells. Cic-
ero Is. Jellt rSon, after making a full
confession WAS hanged in the public
park. The action Of the people was
due 20 acllange of Venue secured blythe
accused.
passenger. train on the Burlington
road was. Sunday evening, wrecked on
a bridge l,eur Crpston, Iowa. The fol-
lowing persons We're killed: Mrs. Pow
Ell. OF New Albany, Ind; Robert
Brown OF Mount Pleasant, Iowa; and
~ or Ivy" whose names are unknown.
me following were injured: j. r.
Hawkins, conductor, and s. I. Lindsey,
Of Creston; Isaiah Waterman, Corning.
Iowa; W. j. Davenport, Burlington.
Iowa, and Mrs. H. Day, Burlington,
Iowa.
An extra freight train on the Penn
%sNyivania road stopped. for repairs on
The Raritan bridge, ut New Brunswick,
y: j., 1T 3o'cltc> Saturday morning.
Ihe train following came at a great
SneCd upon the extra the crash tx-
plouing ali uil-tank. The burning fluid
ran down into the canal and the streets,
destroying two large factories. Five
nre-englYeS were sent out from E,iZ.-
beth and Jersey City. One or more
brakemen were swept INTO the wreck
and roasted alive. The total loss is
probably SHsO.OoO.
Congressman Talbot Of MARYLAND
asked Mr.. "Richelieu" Robinson We'd
nesday II he was not raid lest English
assasslns should make in attempt upon
his life: Robinson for all answer OPEN
ed his desk and exhibited three dyna-
mlte-cartridges peacefully reposing
among his hooks. Great God!" cried
Talbot. Those things in Congressl"
and ran away. Robinson saws that it
vas all Joke and tnat the supposed
Observation-Disclosures were only sealing
wax. Talbot, however, swears that
they were dynamite.
Pre~siden!-elect Cleveland returned to
Albany Saturday from New York to
prepare his inaugural address. The
democratic congressman and leuisla-
tors Of Illinois have recommended
william NJ. Springer flor secretary II
the interior. Senator German Ell.
pressed Ills desire that a portfolio 10
given to b. +. Jonas, of Louisiana.
Senator Colquitt and others argued the
fitness OF A. Il. sLawton, of Savannah,
for postmaster general. Isaac H.
| Hunter. a cOl0rp6 Viruinian nsks shn