Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-01-22

~ WIS ING originator OF the
p,elec. 70 create A sea in the Sahara desert i,
ou'uns canals tarough the low sand hills which
separate the desert from the Mediterranean sos
~ ~ aul.S -eignt years OF age and an officer
The nephew Of Sir Alexander Csmnbsu :,
Canada, arrested at Chicago on 4 cbsrg, :,
being concerned In a conspiracy "a yob a..
pos.ofhce department IN Canada, was tstar
AT Birmingham, England, recently sn
persons out OF employment adont.a . rns1.
mon asking the corporation to furnish employ.
,lenL a procession later, marched throngb
me streets aud halted before a bakesv Arsr
usan stole q loaf OF bread, and was promptls
arrested Violence is feared.
George stickney, the defalcatinv ,ras.rror .,
Union county, Oak, has turned over about a,
oo worth OF personal property at Elk Point
70 ms bondsmen, but has as vet faiIeJ 70 fpIsr
~ promise to transfer the real estate held in
me name OF his wife and son. Stiekney',
1net@aees are now found to be nearly si276G
ihe suspension Of Oliver Brothers & Phil.
hps' The largest iron firm in pittsburv. Al.
pears 70 have been due rather to a desire on
= PaIt OF the firm TO force an extension Of
sieuIt man 10 any irremediable financial en-.
oafrassment. The assets IRE generally thonrbi
70 Do considerably in excess Of tho liabilities
According to the terms of peace agreed nm.
on between Corea and Japan, Corea il to nav
ospan an indemnify Of s700,0O 0 for the taassa.
sIe OF Japanese subjects and the burning ~
the Japanese embassy. A Japanese ga rrisor
OF niteen hundred men is to Be permanently
Corea, capital oi
The Union Insurance company OF Philsdel.
phia' at the annua meeting reduced its CAPT.
@i 70 the extent Of s9OO,OOO This action wa.
made necessary by losses through fraudulent
nshSactons OF one ofits agents, Lorenzo Dim.
lcs, OF the hrm Of Crosby & Dimick, Buffalo,
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fostofices established: Dakota-De Groot,
ramsey county: Westbore, Mcpherson county.
rostoihces observation-disclosures Lake, Sher.
purne county, moved to Clear Lake. Post
masters C0mmissioned-Erily Rowell, Antioch.
Dak George Sttes, Moorhead, Iowa; G. B. De
ppI9ot, DE Groot, Ramsey county, Oak. q. J.
Bodies, Westboro, Oak.
IL ID understood that Lieut. Darlington sent
The secretary Of war formal charges against
zen HaZen, founded upon statements recently
made by the latter to Lieut. G~arlington's dis
crSolt Tho charges, IL ia said, are conduct
uhoecomlns an officer and gentleman, and the
lying and SANDER.
The report OF the embarrassment Of Oliver
Bros. d Phillips, the greatest iron firm in the
city OF Pittsburg when IL its connections are
considered, few about like wild fro and set
the town wild with excitement, as such an
event was recognized as a catastrophe I'M
equaled by any previous failure. 1t is impos-
sible to guess at the liabilities Of the firm.
100000.
Postofices established; Iowa-Conroy, Iowa
county. Northumberland, Lewis and Clark
county. Postmasters commissioned-Henry G.
Hansbrough, Devils Lake, Oak William H.
kephart, Miller, Oak J. D. Hunter. Webster
City, Iowa, Mary DemIing, Virginia City, Mont
Iohn M Hubbard, Houghton, Wis; Archie
Douglas, Hickory, Iowa; c. s. Douglas, Fonta-
ma, Wis. j, O. Englebert, Conroy, Iowa; B.
Wilson, Rimint, Mont
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, notlong ago Meriden's
poetess-bride, thus expresses herself under
the shadow Of a coming event, desired by the
sex feminine: II want her to be fne-looking.
S NNh'SA bAaAAl dIh bdDhbtt u aAAIhIt=
ing men without loving them. Women should
be IN love with the world and be able 10 meet
its responsibilities, to find a charm in the So
clety of many instead Of in the companionship
of any ono man" :.
In the criminal court at Milwaukee, Dallerc
Desarmiers, the alleged Catholic Missionary
from Canada. who was convicted during the
present term of crimlnally ~assaulting a little
girl, was up for sentence, Desarmiers asked
the privilege OF making q statement, which the
court granted. After mumbiing over a few
remarks, however, he broke down,
and was thereupon sentenced TO two years OF
hard labor at the house Of correction.
Secretary Teller has caused Q thorough ex-
animation of the complicated question of
titles to the lands upon which the Irish immi.
grant colonies are situated in Minnesota. Tho
matter was brought 20 his attention by Bishop
Ireland and has been looked after carefully by
Maj Strait The land oaice finds that the
titles TO those lands are inextricably confused,
and nothing can be done by the interior de-
partment to settle them. Legislation will be
necessary by congress
A shocking crime occurred at Frankford-o on,
the Main recently. A police commissioner
Rumpff, who has been active In the
prosecution of socialists, was found dead in
front of his own house, stabbed in two places.
assassin is unknown. A eva Of $3.50
is offered for the discovery of the murderer
dagger with which the deed was commit
tod twice penetrated the heart. As there was
no robbeey, it is presumed that vengeance was
the motive Of the crime.
At a dance at Sand Creek, Black Hills, Jack
Curry, Alex Black and Troy Mitchell began to
have fun by shooting out the lights, when jim
got his Winchester and winged two Of
them. Curry got away, but next morning went
TO Davis, armed with a Winchester, 10 kill jim
Both men drew down and fred, but misSed
Curry's gun would not dicharge the shell, and
he turned and ran, Davis firing after him till q
ball crashed through his right sholder. Mitch
ellis wound will prove fatal.
In the reichstag, during the discussion of 3
bill for a law for the protection of working
men, Bismarck declared il was impossible to
a normal working day, and askes how
workingmen could be IndemDiiied for hours Of
labor thus lost He said employers would be
unable to indemnify their men without conduct
lng their business at a loes. A normal work.
lng day would, he said, involve a reduction Of
and even IL feasible, it would be neces.
sary to erect a Chinese wall around Germany
to prevent the importation of foreign produc-
The river and harbor committee had an all
day session, with decidedly unforeseen and
results for the Northwest. The com.
mittss sTnropriated $4,000 OF the s50,OO0
20 complete the Winnebagoshish dams,
600 for the improvement OF the Missis-
sippi, from st Paul down 10 the Des Moines
and $4,000 for the Hennepin canal
the latter object s500,O00 was asked. and
the comm ttee, after negiecting the item for 8
year, was expected, from current expressions
Of opinions to refuse its admission into the bill
AT West Side, Iowa, the sheriff demanded OF
the assignee of the Exchange bank and assis-
liant cashier that they open the vault door IN
the bank, that he might obtain some papers he
had attached, and, on their refusal, the sheriff,
by a blacksmith, dug a hole through
he side OF the vault, got in and secured the
assets of the bank, which consisted Of a few
basketfuls paper and worthless notes TO the
AMOUNT OF aooof aS,eo0, and a lot Of notes left
here for collection. The prospects are that
he creditors of the bank will get about 10 cents
1n the dollar.
The house committee on military affairs has
Gen. Slocum to move to take from
he speakers table the bill passed last year by
he senate providing for the retirement OF Gen.
Grant This is the bill which is almost iden-
in terms with hat passed for the retire
ment OF Fitz John Porter, which the president
vetoed Con. Rosecrans is opposed TO the
and will speak against 1t shouldIt be taken
M The sentiment of the house, however, has
greatly since the latest developments
n Grants misfortnnes, and there seems now TO
be- some chanoe Of the bill getting through the
house as II passed the senate.
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