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

Bradstreets journal In Its commercial sum
ary saws: Tn general commercial situation
roughout the country, AZ reported by specia
Slegrsms from leading trade ~cenJers, corrobo-
hes the view Expressed last week that, while
ere Is a feeling abroad Of greater confidence
bspecting the outlook for business, there ia
htte apparent basis therefor beside the ad-
hnced price of wheat, which, in turn, is, OF
burse, the approximate cause of the gain in
adian corn, oats, dour. and particularly so for
he movement in hog product
There were AS failures in the United States
exported TO Bradstreet's during the week end
hg 18th against AS IN the preceding week, and
u, 81, and 2l0 in the corresponding weeks
1884, 1888, and 1882, respectively. About 81
Der cent were those of small traders, whose
Iapital was less than 5000. Among those
Embarrassed were: John J. Cisco X Son,
bankers, and Joseph r. Wallach, wholesale
\ bbons, New York city; Oliver Bros a Phil
lbs and the Oliver a Roberts Wire company,
Pittsburg; Gregg & Son, shoe manufacturers
froy, n. "; Farmers Bank, Elizahe'htown,
Pa B. Moog, wholesale grocer, Mobile; The
John ". Lowell company, Agricultural imple-
ne ITS, Salt Lake City.
James G. Blaine Jr. will enter the Yale class
pfISS9.
The Hudson river is free from ice TO within
twenty miles Of Albany.
Miss Mackey's dowry as Princess Colonna, it
lis said, is TO be $4,000 francs,
John Russell Young, backed bylJohn Mackay,
is said to banker for the New York Times.
Fire in No. 50 West Fifty-third street, owned
bye Van Vechten, caused a loss OF $4,000.
A Verdict OF s3,5OO was obtained in New
York against the Central Railroad OF Minneso-
"a
The agricultural appropriation bill will rec
onmend the expenditure of $4,000 less than
lasl year.
The Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific are
fighting Tor the control of the south shore Of
the st Lawrence.
At Koukouna, the Twin City hall and two
buildings adjoining were burned Loss, S.
90; insurance, $500
The body of Jerome, a well. known merchant
Of Lincoln, Neb, has Just been found on a dis
secting table in that city.
The will of Clarissa Rindge Of Cambridge,
Mass, disposes OF property worth 5000 600,
most OF 1t going to her son.
Sanford s Voorhees,, convicted of wrecking
atrain near Hubbefl, Neh, has been sentenced
to nifty years IN the penitentiary.
Mrs Mary Hewitt, the famous wife Of a man
also famous in literature, still lives, at the age
Of eighty Ave years, in her Tyrolese home.
T. welldone and wife, a young couple
from South Carolina, were drowned while
fishing OF Lake Mineola, near Altoona, Ala.
A b. Campbell, claiming to be a nephew Of
Sir Alex Campbell OF Canada, is under arrest
at Chicago, charged with thieying from domin-
ion mails.
Benjamin F TAFT, clerk OF the Cincinnati
police department, was arrested on a warrant
charging him with embszzling $4,000 Of the
eity's funds.
Miss Emma Bond, Of Milwaukee, who never
fully recovered from the horrible outrage OF
two years ago, Is now in a dying condition from
thcodects Of a fall
Fire broke out in the store OF +. W. Thorn
ton, Fayetteville, N. @. Loss, sll5, goo; insur-
ance, $4,000 Warren Prior's jewelry store
was also burned
Tn total amount of the Harvard college
fund is "a, SOC, 9sS; income for the year, $780,
800; against expenditures, s767,S94; receipts
for the year s25s,4S1
Samuel L Williams, a farmer, near Red Key,
sN1s AAo btru fuuIutFbu Inc presumption
y that he was killed for a large sum OF money
nc was bringing from Buffalo.
Sarah Bernhardt viii petition for a divorce,
having had an offer of marriage from an Eng
ishman under circumstances so strange and
romantic as TO be almost incredible.
Damasi Desarmicos, the Catholic priest from
Canada who two weeks ago attempted to out
iIase three young girls in Milwaukee, had his
uiai' and was found guilty by the jury
Frank Van Amburg, n deaf and dumb man,
committed suicide at Anamosa. Iowa, recently
oy throwing himself before q Chicago & North
western freight engine, while switching.
A charivari party was fired into by some one
IN the house OF Joseph A. Dibble, q farmer and
iruit tree agent of 0sceols, Mich, Ed Mann
vas Killed and three others were wounded.
Rev. Kennedy Kreighton, pastor of a Toron-
70 church, WAS preaching on Paurs conversion
mo had Just finished reading the words ''and
with paralysis.
Hirrm Richardson, one Of the oldest citizens
Of Rockford, Ill, died recently. A year ago he
arranged the details of his funeral, selecting
hls pail bearers; but three ofthem, old settlers
died before him.
Prof Benjamin silliman, OF Yale college,
dled at New Haven. He retained consciousness
nmost 70 the last His death was caused by
neaft disease, which induced dropsy and
uratmic poisoning
AT Dursnd, Ill, half q dozen young mon en-
gagged in a drunken row in a billiard hall
saess, balls, pistols aud knives were freely
pnssd John Van ~Valkenburg and Matthew
ooyie cannot recover.
frank Hawk, who skipped from Letcher,
OAK last fan, with $500 belonging TO Basset,
uuenung ~ Co, was lodged IN jail at Mitchell
ne was arrested in Minneapolis recently, by
q Weed OF Sioux Falls.
a man named Henry wurst tho agency bar
Der at Standing Rock, Oak, was found recent
Y oy some Indians, with bis hands, face and
W. frozen. He was UNCONSCIOUS all day, and
:" considered to be past recovery.
The strike Of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, &
ohicago brakemen, which was inaugurated re-
oenty still continues, the strikers being rein
tofecd TO some extent by the arrival Of the
strike began.
Allen Brewer, afarmer residing about two and
half miles south of Richiand Center, Wis, not
having been seen since he left his home on the
en inst, 70 go to Mascoda, search was insti-
.ses,s WINCH hiaiiy led 10 tho finding of his
BODY IN a slough near Muscoda
Tho oldest and most eyys.sqsive stock boil fac
Tory IN the United States at Collinsville, Ill,
was burned Fifteen thousand dozen bells
were destroyed. The loss Ia $4,000, with no
Insurance The factory was known a. the l.
= Moore factory, but owned by O. b, Wilson.
Lieut. John s. PaIke, Of the Twenty-frst
United States infantry, stationed at sydney
puaIracks, Neb., was married Thursday 10 Miss
henrietta II Brooks. The bride is the only
aaushf.r Of Hon, Lloyd Brooks, A very prorai.
uen' pioneer OF Portland. Oregon.
The Democratic caucus in Connecticut legis-
azure nominated William II. Barnum for
7 lited states senator. The Republican caucus
Fa'.uA1ed oryLle H. Platt The Republican