The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-08-07
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Harvest is In full blast In Minnesota.

VI 1oVus $tsVVVsVVV IN tne puuite QeDt QuktuR
the month Of July. #
Wheat closed in The Chicago market Wsiner.
day at s7ss for August, S9Ss@90 for Septem-
ber, 9s11s for October.
The recent fire at Cardsnas, Cuba, destroyed
property to the amount Of $1,000 900 half Of
which was merchandise.
monument has just been unveiled to tie Il
memsry Of Rebecsa Nurse, who was hanged
as witch at Salem July so, 1862.
Grasshoppers around Tifftn, Ohio, cut the
twine with which wheat is bound BY self bind.
ers, entaiine large amount Of labor rshind-
ing.
Col. John F. West has retired fran the con.
troll Of the Nicollet house in Minneapolis and
will devote himself exclusively to the West
hotel.
The Gulf OF ST. Lawrence fisheries are total
failure this summer. No fishing vessels are to
be seen off the coast all having left for New.
ioundland.
The supreme court commissioners, appointed
for the purpose, have reported in favor Of the
proposed cable road system in New York city.
1t includes routes.
1t took 5000 yards Of mourning stuff to draps
the White House, 1000 yards for the treasury
building, 5000 yards for the interior and Il,
600 yards for the capitol.
James Hall. All aged farmer lising neat So
vsanal, caught his foot in fonce he was
climbing, and hung head downward for three
days before lie was rescued. He will die.
The latest computations of the wheat product
this year put the total at So, ,OO0, 600 bushels
against 5l3, COO 600 last year. shortage OF 1884,
O00,G 600 bushels This shsald bs assurance Of
prices much above the present figures.
New York paper whcl, has kept the tally,
finds that cut Of the 1888 pestu,asters Of tie
elass to We appointed by tho president, he has
as yet filled but $50, and OF the $1,000 Of lower
grade, the postmaster general has appointed
$500.
A large and apparently iaexhaustibls bed OF
bituminOus coal has been discovered within
three miles Of the city limits of Lanpasas,
Texas Samples taken from tho vein show a
fine quality Of coal, equal il not superior to the
Indian Territory article.
1t is anticipated that cx Senator ConklIng
will be requested to deliver the address upon
General Grant before congress next winter. !
1t will 10 an inspiring occasion, and no do,iDt
the effort will be the most notable aud brilliant
| ever deliver by the eloquent orator.
special to the st. Paul Glsbe from Bis
narck announces that charges OF .'incompe-
teney and acts unbecOming the dignity Of the
court will soon be preferred against Judge
Francis and will be signed by nearly all the
members Of the bar in that district, irrespectiye
Of party.
An attempt was made TO burH the csurt
house at Laporte, Ind, bstwecn and o. clock.
Friday morning. A fire had been kndled In
the rear Of tho building inside the storm doors
with kerosene and pine sticks, and was upder
good heaiway when the light attracted the at
tsntion Of policemen.
The signal service Office at Washington has
begun the establishment OF the new flag signal
system for small towns. The ilags are Of white,
with different eenters, TO indicate dif1erest con-
ditions; as red sun to indicate higher tem-s
peratlre; rod crescent, lower temperature;
red star for stationary temperature, etc.
T. W. Teasdale, the general passenger and
ticket agent OF the Chicago, st. Paul, Ainne-
apolis 4 Omaha railroad has prepared for free
distribution pamphlet upon the life and ser.
vices of Gen. Grant from West Point to his
death on Mount McGregor. All that il neccs-
sary to procure tho book Is to iuclose four cents
IN stalups to Mr.. Teasdalc, TO pay the postage.
on tie same.
The latest society sensation in I.onl,on IL
caused by the announcement that Lord Chief
Justice Coleridge is about TO marry an Ameri.
can lady, whom he irst mot OH The steamer On
which hc returned from the United States three
years ago, and who threatened to hiring an ac-
ton for breach Of promise il he did Vet marry
her. Society is very much agitatoa ever tho
approaching event, and his lerdship's SOUS aud
daughters are said TO b. very angry.
p. Fl. Smith returned this a,ornlBg frenr
Minneapolis, Where he has been for two weeks
past, receiving treatment for lis eyes. WAiis
out on his farm hs had the misfortune to be
stuck in the oys with piece OF stick, and the
injury was so severe that ho found it necessary
to place himself under the trsatmsns Of an ep-
ticisn. The latter assured hini that il he had
waited tweuty.foar hours longer ho would
have lost the sight Of both organs. Ono is now
almsst well, but The visisn Of the sther 10 per-
haps partially impaired for lfe.-Fa-gs Re-
} publican.
Forty members Of the Calumet Club OF Chi
cago have subscribed $500 each for the pur-
chase Of the painting Of General Grant by Le
Clerc. 1t has been in the possession Of tbs
Calumet club since 1t WAS executed, and ii will
remain in Chicago. New York parties recently
offered $4,000 for the painting. and tho club
had about decided to accept tho Offer. It is a
full length portrait Of Grant, and tho general
pronounced it the only likeness Of himself
which lie considered good. It was Csnlplete.s
three years age, shortly before the death Of the
artist.
Judge MeAlltstsr, Of the United States dis-
trict court for Alaska, recently decided in the
case Of an Indian convicted Of the murder sS
his wife, also AL Indian, that alaska il not In
dian country, and therefore the prisoner could
not be discharged for lack Of Jurisdiction.
4 Under the general statutes Of the United States
a federal court has no jurisdiction over an Of
fense committed by one Indian against another
in Indian country. Judge McAllistsr wesla
seem to be right, for Alaska was q Rsssian
: province when We bought it, coataiaisg Es-
:. quimaux, several thousand Indians and BUS