Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-15
n,.ee,,nnaau. Sew. Items.

Tho grand Jury at Green River, Wys,,
| reports no bill against the Rock Springs
rioters,
The Virginia supreme court granted "a
writ Of error in the famous Cluyerine muir
der case.
The new physical laboratory OF Johns
Hopkins university in Baltimore, willcost
S1e0, o09.
The Philadelphia Acai3eny Of Fine Arts
viii probably raise the proposed mud OF
$500, 600.
Old spot. = the horse Grant rode during
the siege OF Vicksburg has been soldfo Sill
~ a esEsps agent.
Arnold Pierre, a Chicago newspaper man,
cowhided A. w. Cooper. 81 the T,mes ataff,
Philadelphia. Tor leering at a female &c
quaintancc Of the former,
To settle a controversy two Boston lew
yers fought four rounds in the ring, Nc
Carthy, a noted pugilist, being timekeeper.
They tore each other up badly.
in Concord Edward G. Stickney, New
Hanipshire's strong boy, put q twenty
five. pound dum.5ell up owe his head 455
consecutive times, using but one hand.
Ex-Collector Simmons of Boston has
sued the Boston Beacon for damages sus-
tanned by him through the publication of a
4 kNA WIN III NAAatN mp FAhN - w AAHAs
lie wants $50. 900
From one Dakota red potato planted
May 20, Albert Chamberlain OF North
! Abingdon, Mass, harvested on Sept. 20
two bushels, one tuber alone weighing two
| pounds thirteen ounces. (
IL is greatly TO be feared that the refusal
of the grand jury at Green River. Wyo., TO
indiet the rinalcaleFs Of the Rock Springs
massacre viii bear OWL results and lead to
further outragna OF the same unhappy de-
scription.
A. =. Low, OF the Geological museum, has
returned from Lake Miotassini, where he
completed the survey OF that sheet OF wa
ter. Instead of the lake being OF greater
proportions than Lake Superior, he ound
Thai Il was only 125 miles in length and
tom 30 10 go miles in width.
The 18th Inst. was the biggest dayip Pitts
burg's history marking the completion and
opening OF the Davis island dam, the con
struction OF which was begun by the Unit
ed States government seven years ago, and
which cost 81, 900 900, Fifty thousand
strangers were there IRON abroad to wit
ness the ceremonies.
The Democracy of Massachusetts nomi-
natcd the following ticket. and endorsed
President Cleveland Governor, Frederic
o, Prince; Lieutenant Governor, III. III. Gil
moro; Secretary aiState, jeremiah Crowley
Attorney General, Henry Is Bradley
Treasurer and Receiver General, IL, NJ,
Cross; Auditor, james Il. Delaney,
About 700 glass blowers are now on o
strike in Philadelphia, the demand for q
new scale averaging about $i.50 a week
| higher than had been paid having been re-
fused. !. y stated that there Was also dis
satisfaction ama.g the hands because OF
the refusal Of the firm to discharge some
~non-union hands. The firms affected by
4 the strike are calender & Sons, Rohrbeck.
er 4 Hqman and Gin < Murray.
Prof. 4. Qraban4 Bell, Of telephone fame,
has organized d popmal school Tor the ed
ucatioD of teachers foF the deaf and dumb,
and proposes 60 pay the entire sxpsnse 81
the institution. IL VIII be an experimental
affair. but he win lend hls snfira energy 10
the work. In describing this scheme 10 a
| party OF his friends, Mr.. Bell said only Ia
per Ssa. 81 the deal children in this coun-
try were beisg ..ught to use their vocal or
gans, while Is per Gene. we're given occa-
sionai instruction in their use, leaving 6s
per cent. who received no instruction at all.
A reunion was held at indianapolis OF the
survivors Of the State constitutional con-
yention Of 1865. OF these SO are yet
. alive, and ~ answered the roll call.
Prominent among them wefs Vice Presi-
dent Hendricks. Hon. W. II. Esslsh, seSic-
tnry of tbs convention, W. 1. Holman,
Gen. Gecyge Whitfield Carr, president OF
the convention, sisn, Wilfam Tucker
Dunn OF Washington, Judge Horace u,
Boole, formerly Of the supreme court,
Amops the absent are Gen. X. III. Milroy OF
Wyoming Territory, Gen. 4. u. Hovey and
| Christopher &. Graham, Red Wing, Mimi.