Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1885-02-04
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

France will declare war against China.
The Wakelin hotel, at Duluth, burned.
The Oklahoma boomers have surren-
dercd.
Ingalls, was reelected Senator from
Kansas.
Several Iowa railroads were blockadcd
by snow last week.
The public debt was reduced nearly
$S. 00O, 600 in January.
There are few visitors so far at the
New Orleans exposition.
California had two shocks of earth.
quake last week. No damage.
Liberty bcll' was received with great
demonstrations at New Orleans.
A fire started in the capitol at Washing
ton, but it was extinguished with little
damage.
The national senate passed a resolution
expressing horror at the dynamite explo-
sions IN London.
The Milwaukee g. St. Paul and Wis.
consin Central roads have inauguratcd a
passenger-ratc war.
At St. Johnsburg, VT, and PfQy. N.
Y, all trains were blockadcd BY snow
Thursday and Friday. =
At Chicago, Wednesday, the mercury
was Is below; At Burlington and Du.
buque, Iowa, rs below.
A bill WAS introduced in the national
house abolishing the office of commits
sioner Of internal revenue.
A heavy snow-storm and extremely
cold weather were reported as prevailing
at Montreal-last Wednesday.
Queen Victoria and the council ratified
the bctrothal of Princess Beatrice and
Henry, prince Of Battenburg.
Senator Hill, of Colorado, alleges that
he was defeated for reelection by the
free use of corporation money.
A disastrous storm occurred on the
Newfoundland coast. Many fishing ves-
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The wreck of an American vessel, float
ing bottom upward, was discovered by a
British steamship while crossing the At
lantic.
The finance committee Of the senate
reported favorably OH the house bill for
the retirement and rccoinagc of trade
dollars.
Near Detroit Mich, Saturday, sleigh
was struck by a locomotive. Two of the
sleighing party were killed aud three
badly injured.
A family of seven persons residing in
Reading, Pa, were poisoned by drinking
sour wine. One died and two others are
not expected to live.
The explosion of pipes which conduct
natural gas into the city of '-Pittsburg
wrecked twenty buildings and killed and
wounded several people.
:: Near Durand- Wis, Saturday, Henry
Catcnhausen murdered his wife by pound
ing her head to jelly, with hammer.
After being jailed he hung himself.
Gen. Stewart defeated FL Mahdi' troops
in two battles, and has opened communi-
cation with Gen. Gordon, at Khartoum.
Gen. Stewart was badly wounded.
At meeting of western and southern
distillers and wholesale whisky dealers in
Cincinnati it was decided to advance the
price from $1.11 to 81: 10 per gallon.
Ex-Gov. Moses, of South Carolina, was
arrested at Detroit, charged with playing
the confidence game on d man at Cam
bridge, Mass, to the extent of $34.
Four men in Cincinnati took sleigh.
ride and unlimited whisky. When found
near daylight next morning, one wal
dead and the others SO badly frozen rs to
be unconscious.
The secretary of the navy recommend:
the giving of medals and small money re-
wards to certain officials and residents OF
Siberia for kindness shown the jeanette
survivors and the various searching par.
ties
Great excitement still exists in England
over the recent dynamite explosions, ant
many Irishmen have been discharged
from employment. A man named Gun
ninQlam has been arrested as one of tht
guilty parties.
At Huntingdon, Pa, during the ab
sence of the sheriff, the prisoners in tn
county Jail engaged in a desperate tigh
among themselves. Miss Laura McAlevy
daughter of the sheriff, at the muzzle of
revolver, quelled the disturbance and drov
the combatants back into their cells.
Frisby's Boneset Balsam for Coughs
Colds, and all Lung Diseases.