Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-03-07
NEWS DIGEST.

Charles r. Woods, Il retired major
general was found dead in a bed at
Newark. Ohio.
LLOYD Breeze lost $1,000 in Detroit
since Christmas by publishing the
Ere'it'g1 mes. which suspended Thurs
day.
A gas war at Savannah. Georgia has
resulted III a reduction of the price of
the article to 50 cents per thousand
feet.
The scouts in the PENNSYLVANIA oil
fields are said to have organized a club
to control the market for their "
benefit.
John r. Mclean has been appoint
ed receiver OF the Cincinnati and East
ern road, and has sent forward his
bond.
\ train on the Burlington road was
wrecked near Charlton, Iowa. last sat
urday evening, injuring six persons Sc
we're Y.
Francis Z. Warren. nominated by
the president to he governor OF Wvom-
ing. is a merchant and banker in that
territory.
Juslus Schwab. the notorious social
list of New York. has been held in
$500 each on charges of melting riot
and of resisting ME police.
james l.. Clark. who died Friday at
Oshkosh. spent twenty-five Years in
building up Il matci!-Spiint factory,
which he sold tor s:'5n.tam.
Wurklutn al various silOEs scattered
along the Wabash road have struck
against I'LL increase in the lDnrs Of Ia
Dor or a Reduction in Wages.
Stephen klalS.n m!nrsuperintendent
at Galena. H.. has discovered in Rice
township What is thought to he an in
%eXliauslible vein Vi lead ore.
Mrs. Crunlal. OF Bloomsbury. y. j.,
died from Il fast OF torty-eiyht days,
during wh:rl time her weight de-
creased from 20 hounds 10 .21.
Presiden,-rlccl Cleveland has written
to Representative Warner expressing
fears Of a financial crisis unless the
coinage Of silver dollars be stopped.
A medical college at Des Moines
bought from his mother the remains Of
Cicero Jefferson. who was recently
lynched for the murder of his father.
Stephen Clarke. afflicted with hydro
phobia, was lodged i'll Jail at PictoE,
Ontario, where he takes every oppor-
1unity to tear and bite his own flesh.
The annual report of the Illinois
Central railroad for 1854 shows a de-
crease Of SS73.9lO in gross revenues and
in net revenues a decrease of S443,-
Bl3.
Mr.. Hendricks. accompanied by his
wife. private secretary, and a half-doZ-
Ell personal friends, left Indianapolis
for Washington in a private car Thurs
day.
The grand jury in New York. with
out s~ummOn!ng ODOlOvan Rosa to
+nn4ifr @N,,,,l ~, i,liot p,n,,t nrnirSt
Yseult Dudley for assault with intent
tokill.
Mary A. Lincoln, of AGawam, Mass.
Laws claim to the land on which Bath,
Me-. is built. She has written to Gov.
ROBBIE Offering TO accept 81 600 900 and
60 halves.
Gas with a pressure Of twenty-five
feet to the inch has been discovered in
aWcll bored for water on a lot aujOin-
ing the Dayton railway depot at Cln-
cinnati.
Albany, N. Y, was visited by a de-
structive fire which consumed railway
and manufacturing property valued at
abcul SD 600. Several acres of ground
We're burned nvcr.
Rumors have reached the Dakota
towns that tlr WinncbaGo reservation
has been opened to settlers by order OF
the president. and there is a wild
scramble TO secure farms.
Ortiz Stein, who slew George Freder,
lcks in Kansas City, is said to have
been the leader in a general Jail drliv.
cry at Independence. but a colored
prisoner divulGed the scheme.
G. II. Todd. who pleaded guilty to
emheZZling Sll5.OUO from a trust com
pans at Philadelphia. for which he was
bookkeeptr, received a sentence of
thir1y-lWo months in the penitcntiary.
The petition Of a Chinese artist of
Chicago to be allowed to adopt a white
babe Was denied hy Judge P~rtndergast
for the reason lIiat the child would not
receive suitable education and nurture.
The legislature Of British Columbia
has passed a bill. to take effect within
two weeks, imposing upon Cl!naInrli
attempting 70 enter that prnv'nce zine
of so or imprisonment for six months,
The Ohio conSislury Of Scottish
Rite Masons has III scd a large sun
with which IL purchase and motel
for it's purposes The Seventh l'itsNv-
terrain church, on broadway. Cilrrln-
natl.
4 party of cowboys s:nrp-ti an tx.
press train at Mingusville. Montana.
and made The conductor dance on the
platform while they fired occasional
shots at his feet. The entire gang was
arrested.
The lieutenant governor Of Kentucky
granted Il thirty day respite 10 William
Neal. The last of the Ashland murder
ers, and he WAS transferred under
guard from Grayson TO the Jail al
Mount Sterling.
y meteor of enormous size. throwing
I on smoke and flames messed over Y IL.
! toria. British Columbia. Monday morn.
ing. and was seen bv many persons &c
sink into the Sea Of Ilaro, sending I'm
cloud of spray.
A.Frenchman claiming to be Il mem,
her of the original Bo,Aparte family
has applied to the governor of New
jersey for protection against nannle
Mrs. John L. Sullivan has filed al
application for divorc,. from her pugi
liStic spouse. She SAYS that her hus
band is a drrnkard and a brute. anC
declares that lie has frequently heater
and threatened to kill her.
Nearly one thousand men employed
in the railway shops at Moherly, Mis-
souri,. marched out Friday and held
meeting 10 discuss their grievances. re
fusing to obey IN order o the mas
ter mechanic to return to duty.
Southern iron ON the basis of S14.5
for forge. is still competing with III
from Pittsburg that orders for stee
for large lots and ST for small.
S. D. Street. for two terms clerk 0
the courts at Council Bluffs, is 1oln'
to be a defaul,er for $4,000, and ha
been held for trial for embezzlin!
school funds. RumOrs of his defici