The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-06-04

IN the rebellion just closing. After the
battle of Batoche he refused to follow Rieps
example and surrender, but escaped, and until
now his whereabouts had been unknown.
Dumont has been described az one of the
bravest of men, fearless and resolute in every
| undertaking, and the beau ideal of horse
man. He is five feet ten inches in height, q
| splendid specimen of rugged manhood, and
| one of tho most experts shots. He has invari-
| ably been selected as leader on the buffalo
hunts. He has been married to a half breed
for many years, and has earned competence.
The Romance of victor Hug6's Daughter:
| Details Of the romantic career of Adele, the
daughter Of Victor Hugo, are published at
Halifax, N. j., the facts being furnished by
| Robert Nation, O. G., a Well known criminal
| lawyer, who acted for her professionally on
several occasions, Adele's story, as told by
When a mere girl, living with her par
ents in Brussels, she became acquaint-
belonging to wealthy family, then
staying in Brussels. They became en-
Ing to the opposition of Pinsen's family The
affair was kept private, and he promised
| to make her his wife publicly in due time.
Meanwhile, he was gazetted lieutenant in the
British army and ordered to Halifax. just
previous 10 tlllS Il0 WIOG0 uor 10 IooG 11m Ill
| London where they would be formally mar
ried, but before she reached there Pinsen
had started with his regiment for Hall
fax. She returned to Brussels and shortly
afterward clandestinely left her home re-
York, she made her way to Halifax; and lived
there nearly three years. Pinsen proved rel
creaft, repudiating all knowledge Of her, and
becoming engaged to tho daughter of J: W.
Johnston then premier Of Nova Scotia, which
|
his regiment to Barbados, and has not since
been heard from. Adele, while in Halifax,
followed him day and night, at times in male
attire. The girl was placed in New York or
Boston insane asylum.
Gen. Sheridan on the Apache Outbreak.
In reference to the trouble with the Apaches,
Gen. Sheridan thinks the hostiles will soon be
overtaken and punished He said: The band
of Apaches now on the warpath are bad lot,
and nothing short Of humiliation would in
sure the section Of country over which they
are roaming against further murderOus ex-
petitions The country is SO exposed and so
sparseiy settled that no defense can be made
| against the Indians, and their hostility is only
learned after they have slipped away and mur-
dered isolated settlers. The mountainous
character of the country makes it easy for
them TO steal upon the settlements with
out notice of discovery, and the passes and can
| yOns with which they are familiar assists thei r
escape and makes it difficult for the troops to
pursue them In addition to the depredations
presence in Arizona and New Mexico is to ter
rorize the country and prevent it's Develop
| ment by hndering immigration. | do not be-
lieve these hostile Araches will sur :nder, and
the probable result will be, if overtaken by the
| troops. humiliation It will be difficult to
| ptrv xuol1
that each buck can take separate path an d
| meet his comrades at any one of dozen points
There is a sufi cient number of troops to han
| die the hostiles, bnt the trouble is to find any
considerable body of them together.
Governor Rusk's Appointments.
Gov Rusk appointed H. Fl Giles of Mad
4son, member of the state board Of charities
and reform for five years, commencing April
| 1, 1885. Giles has been member Of the
| board for fourteen years. Acting under re-
! Gently enacted law the governor also appointed
| Col George W. Burchard of Fort Atkinson,
| who is at present president of the state
| board of supervision, special agent to SET
| tie the claims of the state against the general
| government for many thousand acres of land
due the state under the swamp land grant
Col Burchard was selected because he pos
| sesses peculiar knowledge of the questions
involved in the case, which was gained while
| acting as private secretary to Gov. Smith. The
| appointment takes effect June 1, at which time
| Col Burchard's term member of the state
board of supervision will expire. Col. Nick
Smith, editor of the GAINESVILLE Gazette, has
been appointed member of the state board Of
| supervision for five years, from the LIST Of
June, 1885, to succeed Col Burchard
Marshal Of Southern iowa.
The president has appointed Edward Camp
bell, Jr., to be United States marshal for the
southern district Of Iowa The appointment
of Campbell is in place of G. L Williams, who
was originally selected for the Office but whose
commission was withheld in order to allow the
president further time to consider fully the
wishes of the residents of the district It
was found that while both gentlemen were
strongly endorsed for the place, Mr.. Camp
bell was evidently the choice Of the larger pro
portion of the democratic party of the state
Before Campbell was appointed, Williams was
| consulted and acknowledged that Campbell
was the better man for the place.
Mr. Campbell is native OF Pennsylvania,
| sixty-two years of age. For twenty years he
was clerk Of the court Of common pleas Of Al
legheny county, N Y; He went to Iowa IN
This is the only public Office he has held in
Iowa. For ten years he served as chairman Of
the democratic state committee, and in that
| capacity became widely known"
Twenty-Two Lives Lost.
The steamer City of Rome, of the Anchor
line, reached New York, having on board be-
side her 1921 regular passengers two French
! fishermen, the only survivors of the crew Of
the French fishing bark George Jeannet, which
| was sunk by the City of Rome in collision on
| the banks Of Newfoundland May Is. The
| names of the rescued men are Hubert Albert