The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-06


\ u stated .thas Of the eaass Of 1854 at Yale,
forty-one members hsve travelled In Europe
since graduation.
The burning Of tho National theater brought
tho Washington engagement TO the Wallack COM
pany to IN abrupt close
In St Louis assignation house Thomas
Bostwick, saloonkeaper, killed Mrs. T. B.
AcGue and committed suicide
William Jackson Moore of Triadelphia, Pa,
claims to have escaped from an eleven years.
imprisonment BY his relatives
MI. Jay Gould's daughter Nellie is to marry
NJ. Washington Connor, her fathers partner.
Shets eighteen, and has s9o, ,ooo, 600 in sight
Labouchere says that the Princess Beatrice
and Prince Henry will reside with Beatrice's
mother. The queen will keep On eye on Henry.
Mrs Gen Tom Thumb finds her widow.
Magri, who il we'll formed pigmy Itisa love
match,
Little Rhode Island sports an army Of 700
men, commanded by five brigadier generals,
ffty-dve stan officers and sixty seven inferior
ofioerA
An effort will be made at the present session
Of the Canadian parliament to have Manitoba
and the Northwest Territory represented in the
dominion cabinet
Congressman Prices amendmentto to the river
and harbor bill, increasing the appropriation
for Superior hsrbor from e12, sou to -42S, 600
passed the house
Nh. R R Hotchkiss, the inventor of the eel
ebrated Hotchkiss machine shell gun, whose
death in ParlB recently has been announced.
left fortune Of e5 5OOGO0.
Bishop Gillespie, Of tho Episcopal diocese Of
skating rinks, but 10 inclined to Let the pro.
gressive euchre craze slide.
A petition for the release Of Edmund Yates
from prison in London on the ground Of i'll
court, home secretary. It is thought the re.
lease Of Yates will soon be ordered.
The Irish Times asserts that threatening let
ters have been received at Marlborough house
and at the homo Office from professed Fenians
Of Wales will be attended with danger.
Under the mediation Of the grand duke OF
SAKE -Weimer, the emperor Of Germany has Of
fered to recognize the right of the duke Of
Cumberland to the throne Of Brunswick, on
throne Of Hanover.
The Minneapolis building appropriation was
passed in the civil sundry bill in the house
The Grand Marais lighthouse appropriation
also passed. This gives S9,552 to fully COM
plete the house according to the estimates Of
the army engineers.
Bishop Warren, Of the methodist church,
who married Mrs. Ilin, tho widow Of the Cat.
tie King, is laooring hard on behalf Of the
Denver university fund Mrs. Warren has
agreed to give elO0, ,0OO, on condition that the
citizens subscribe like amount.
Forty thousand dollars is appropriated by
the civil sundry bill for the care Of the Yellow
stone Park. This covers every expense for
its protection and improvement, including the
his salary being fixed at o.. .OOO and the others
at 5000
John smallwood, prominent member of the
law and order organization Of Letcher county.
Ky., met EcClelland Adams, desperado, and
quarrel ensued. Pistols were drawn and
Adams was killed Adams killed two men in
January and defed the authorities. Small.
wood was not arrested
The National Theatre in Washington burned
on the 26th inst The theatre building, of which
by W. W. Rapley who also managed the thea
tire. He estimates the value of the building at
$lOO,OOO, and furniture, scenery and proper.
ties at $4,000, and says his insurance g about
$4,000
Postofices established Washington Terri
tory: Lackman, Kitsap county, Postofices
Observation-Disclosures: Stoner's Prairie.
Dane county; mail to Verona P0stmasters
Commissioned-Dani r. Johns Groton, Oak /:
O. Z. Ingsm, Alton, Iowa: N. w. Simmons.
Boone, Iowa; T. J. Ross, Nevada, Iowa; T. n.
Purtel, Cumberland, Wis
A terrible explosion occurred at the British
royal school Of gunnery at shoeburyness,
while artillery officers and scientists were test
ing new patent fire fuse Three men were
killed outright, and several fatally wounded
Among the latter were some of the most promi-
nent officials OF the government laboratory at
Woolwich. The victims were frghtfully man
gled
The supreme court Of Oregon affirmed the
decision Of the lower court in the case Of Nell
son Bennett against the Northern Pacific Ex-
press company. Bennett sued for $1S, 900, the
value Of package of moneyishipped from Port
land to Ainsworth, and stolen from the agents
safe on the night OF arrival The lower court
found for Bennett in full amount
Excess Of values Of exports over imports Of
merchandise for January, ssss4s, $50; sever
months ended Jan 81, 1885, 9147, 9.SO7:
twelve months ended Jan. 81, 1885, 9l38, 756..
652 Total values Of imports Of merchandiss
for r Twelve months ended Jan. 81, 1885, e6l7,
i66, ,928; preceding twelve months, 1854, 4O5.
6S5 Total value Of exports of merchandise
for twelve months ended Jan 81, 1885, 755. .823..
$50; previous twelve months, SIS, ,sls, ,670i
Representative J. Warner received . com
munjcation, addressed to himself and others
from Presidentelecs Cleveland, relative to the
stoppege Of the coinage Of silver. he favors
the suspension Of the coinage of silver dollars.
financial crisis unless legislation to this end is
enacted No reference is made to proposed
legislation on this question in connection With
the eundry civil bill. nor are any recommend
atoms relative to legislation before the id.
journment Of congress- offered
Lord salisbury's declaration in the house Of
lords, which was practically in favor Of an
English protectorate over Egypt and the indef-
mite occupation Of the soudan, has restored
the chances Of the success Of the government
on the oensure motion, The 'swhips" negotis-
tons in the lobby disclosed strong tendency
on the part Of doubtful radicals to adhere to
the government, they seeing that II the tories
obtain power, peace or evacuation policy viii
be far removed The government "whipss
are now confident of thirty majority.
Last years deficiency bill appropriated s25o.
COO. which the senate cut down to s2OO, 900, for
building military posts. Atlanta sad Fort D. A.
Russell got this sum, equally divided betwee y
them. The sundry civil bill this ysar appro.
priates for the construction Of buildings aud
the enlargement Of military posts, % the score
tary Of war may think necessary, GIGS. 90:
s15, GOO Of which sum may be used for the
purchase Of site near Atlanta, Ga. for the
erection Of ten company post. Il q Intended
that e150,O0O Of this appropriation shsil be
equally divided between Fort Smelling and Fan
Antonio, Texas.