Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-05

Ex-Lieus Gov. CSuchon Of Manitoba died Al
Winnipeg recently.
Tho weeks fsslnrcs numbered go, against
214 the week preyiona
Madison runor has IL that villas has accept
ed the postmaster geDeralship
Patrick II. Winston was confirmed as regis
ter OF the Lewiston idaho land Office.
II 10 stated that Of the class OF 1884 at Yale,
forty-one members have travelled in Europe
since graduation.
The burning oftas National s,eAier brought
ths Washington engagement TO the wallack com
pauy to an abrupt close
In a St Louis designation house Thomas
Bostwick, 6 saloonkeeper, killed Mrs ]. b
McGue and committed suicida
William yseks,n Moore OF TriadsIphia Pa,
claims 10 have escaped from an eleven years
imprisonment BY his relatives.
Mr. Jay Gould's daughter Nellie e 10 marry
Mr.. Washington Common, hor fathers partner.
sheis eighteen, and has sso,oo,ooo in sight
LAbouehers says that the Princess Beatrice
and Prince Henry win reside with Bestrce1s
mc'her The qtieen will keep an eye on Henry.
Mira Gen. Tom Thumb ends her widow.
nODu tIhHDLlN, Alt N kOlDA W marty yum
MAgri, who 10 . well-formed pigmy. ~Itisaloye
match.
Little Rhode Island sports an army OF 100
men, commsns.ed by Ave brigadier generals.
hfty-6ye stan officers and sixty-seyen inferior
officers
An effort viii be made at the present session
OF the Canadian parliament to have MAnitobs
and the Northwest Territory represented IN the
dominion cabinet
Congressman Prices Amendments to the river
and harbor bill, Increasing the appropriation
for Superior harbor from $4,000 10 $500
passed the house.
MI. Il r Hotchkiss, the inventor Of the eel
ebrated Hotchkiss machine shell gun, whose
death in PARIS recently has been announced,
left = fortune Of s5,oo0ooQ
Bishop Gillespie, OF tho Episcopal diocese Of
Western Michigan, 10 vigorously opposing the
skating Kinks, but il inclined 10 let the pro-
gressive euehre craze slide
Justics Harlan, when practicing law in Lou
lsyille, once charged an insurance company
$500 for advising the presiden, Of the coui-
pany 20 change four words In q polics. And
the judge got the check
A petition for the release of Edmund Yates
from prison in London on he ground Of III
health has been favorably received by Har-
court, home secretary. IL IL thought the re-
lease Of Yates will soon be ordered
The Irish Times asserts that threatening let
ters have been received al Marlborough house
and Al the home Office from professed Renians
warning the officials that the visit OF the prince
OF Wales win be attended with danger
In the suit brought in New York by Mrs
Catherine NJ Burnham against MACY 4 Co, for
falsely srresting her while shopping and sub
jectng her 10 .he humiliation OF q search, the
jury gave The plaintiff a verdictfor 5000
In the divorce suit brought in London by
tho young earl OF Durham against his wife, ne,
Miner, on the ground Of insanity, the arch
bishop Of York deposed that Miss Milner't
conversation reached the ordinary standard Of
intelligence
Under the mediation Of the grand duke 81
sase-Weiiner, the emperor Of Germany has Of
Tered TO recognize the right Of the duke Of
Cumberland 70 the throne OF Brunswick, on
condition the luke renounces his claim TO the
throne Of Hanover
The Minneapolis building appropriation was
passed in the civil sundry bin in the house.
The Grand Marais lighthouse appropriation
also passed. This gives sa,552 20 fully com
ttNtN NV Hho NN@JAAtAb ~ ~ In ~
The army engineers
Bishcp Warren, Of the methodist church,
who married Mrs. nin, the widow Of the Cat
tie King, Is iaboring hard on behalf Of the
Denver university fund Mrs Warren has
agreed to give sl00,oco, on condi:i0n that the
citizens subscribe a like amount
Forty thousand dollars is appropriated by
the civil sundry bin Tor the care OF the Yellow
stone. Park This covers every expense for
its protection and improvement, including the
pay 81 the Superintendent and his assistants,
his salary being fxod atsSuW and the others
at $500
John Smallwood, a prominent member OF the
law and order organization OF Letcner county,
BY, met xcClellAnd Adams, a desperate, md
Adams was killed Adams killed two men in
January and deaed the authorities Small
wood was not arrested.
The National Theatre in Washington burned
the a5th inst The theatre building. OF which
only the crumbling walls remain, Was owned
by W. W. Rapley who also managed the thea
TIRE. He estimates the value OF the building al
slO0,OU, and furniture, scenery and proper.
ties at $4,000 and says his insurance IL about
$4,000
PostoFices Observation-Disclosures Terri
tory; Laekman. Kitsap county. Postofhces
Observation-Disclosures stoner's Prairie
Dane county; mail n Verona. Postmasters
Commissioned-,Dsnie X Johns Groton, Oak
G. X. Ingam, Alton, Iowa: n. W. simmons,
Boone Iowa; t. j Ross, Nevada, Iowa; NJ
Purtell, Cumberland, Via
A terrible explosion occurred at the British
royal school OF gunnery at Shoeburyness,
while artillery officers and scientists were test
ing q new patent FIRE fHse Three men were
killed outright, and several fatally wounded
nent officials a the government laboratory OF
Woclwich The yictia.s we're frightfully man.
gled
decision Of the lower court il the case Of Mel
con Bennett against the Northern Pacific TX
press company. Bennett sued for $4,000, the
value OF a package OF m~oneythipped from Port
land 20 Ainsworth, and stolen from the agents
safe on the night Of arrival The lower court
found for Bennett in fun amount
In an interview in Paris, stephens, the Yeni-
an leader, affirmed that he was invited 10 at
seen leading delegated, who were determined
Ireland He has induced several delegates 10
suspend further dynamite operations until an
other conclave can b held, which he viii call
at Paris He viii then expound a plan for an
organized rising in Ireland
Excess Of values Of exports over imports of
merchandise for January, s3s,34s, ese; sever
mopihs ended jan 81, 1885, st47, 67a,sO7;
twelve months ended Jan. 81, 1856, si3S96,-
Ga Total values Of imports OF merchandise
for twelve mouths ended Jan 81, 1885, s6i7,-
l66, 81, preceding twelve months, s6e4, 4@,-
GA Total value OF exports Of merchandise
for twelve months ended Jan. 81, 1885, 755, y
$50; previous twelve months, s7ss,sls,s70
Senator Dawes, with several other mem
bers Of his committee on Indian affairs, had =
lengthy pleasure trip 10 the Pacific cos, last
summer at the expense ot the government on
prctense Of examining into the condition OF
certain Indian tribes Now, on q further pre-
tense that mora information Is needed, tie sem
ate has voted permission 70 Mr.. Dawes, And
such Of his friends in the COMMITTEES as he may
select, 20 make another pleasure trip Of the
came character next summer.
Representative J. Warner received & com
municAticn, addressed to himself and others
from Prosidsnt-elec; Cleveland. relative to tao