The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-08-20
GENERAL NEWS sorsS.

narnan.
Roach's shipya.d was closed on tn,
18th inst.
\ family in Chicago was poisoned
last week by eating toadstools.
The Wisconsin Central railroad Is
about TO extend its line into Chicago.
Judgement against Grant x Wa-d
was obtained on a promissory note for
$3I,5SS by Z. Whitaker, on the Iath.
Two sections of Forepaugh's circus
train colided on the 18th inst, de-
moralizing several cars and inju.ins
a number OF the hands.
Wm. Quinn. a newly appointed
postmaster for Waverly Mills. MINI,
stabbed laboring man last week for
calling him a d liar.
Two deaths from cholera are report
cd in Camden, y. ]. Physicians pro-
nounce the symptoms identical with
those of Asiatic cholera.
Only two men in New York gave as
much as $1,000 TO the Bartholdi statue
pedestal fund They were Pierre
Lorillard and Joe Pulitzer, OF the
World.
The New York World announces
the completion of its collection for the
Bartholdi statue pedestal. -$Ioo. ooo.
1t says il will now enter upon the col
lection of contributions for a Grant
monument.
The masked, midnight robber that
has been raiding the residents Of ST.
Paul, was reported captul ed in Detroit,
Mich, on the Icth inst. He proves
to be Billy Burns, a noted and daring
crook.
New York experienced cyclone
on the 9Th inst, that destroyed thou
sands of dollars worth of property in
Watertown, Utica and Troy, killed
eight persons outright and MORALLY
injured many others.
The mystery regarding the murder
OF Albert K. Herrlck, in BROOKLYN. is
solved by the confession of the sus-
pected party, the murdered mans
s,ep-son. Thomas Armstrong, who sci
up plea OF self defense.
London society is IN 4 state OF
chaos. Each day develops more Of
the rottenness Of high life. Severa
divorce suits have been fled by "blue
bloods' since the Pail Mall Gazette
made war on the sale Of virtue.
Strikers in Bay City. Mich. com
PEELED the closing down of a salt block
last week. The sheriff and deputie:
were called upon. and after fight il
which the sheriff was wounded. nine
of the strikers were arrested and lodge
in Jail.
The immediate delivery system wi
90 into effect October /. 1t affects
only cities where the carrier system i
in vogue, when for an additional ten
cent stamp the letter viii be delivered
to its destination by special carrier
immediately upon its arrival.
At Dallas, Texas. during the mem
orial services the American flag was
torn down from building by one
Johnson, 4 foreigner who arrived in
the country after the war Federsl
and Confederate veterens replaced II
and could with difficulty be RESTRAINED
from doing injury to Johnson.
The land sales of the Northern Pa
cific railway company for July were
$4,000 acres. for SI5I,2Io, against
.5.6Io acres for SI349so for July OF
last year, an increase OF 1900 acres
The number of acres sold in each
state is as follows: Dakota. I4,4Ao
Minnesota, sos; Montana, 1850
Washington, $3.50. The sales in al
instances were made for actual settle
ment.
c. p, Judd, appointed by the presi
dent May 10 last, to be special asen
of the national labor bureau for Ne
vada and the territories, was taken t.
Denver, from Alamosa, on the I2tl
inst, on charge of demonstrating
Judd drew up and signed statemen
admitting his guilt and stating that h,
has served term in the penitentiar,
at ieavenworth, Kansas, and tw,
germs in the penitentiary in Colorado
for a similar offense.
a Night Toxn.