Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-11
GENERAL NEWS NorEs.

The New Orleans sxposition has closed
The taxable real estate in New York city has
Increased sS5,2ll 3SS during the past year
A train Of thirty one cars, loaded with straw
berries arrived in Chicago from the Ceutralia
fruit district
The Penn glvaria Steel company has ?, 100
men on its pay roll. the wages Of whom in the
sggrsgats tn0unt n $50 900 per month
rho Hessan fly and chinch bugs are making
sad havoc IN Kansas wheat, aud IL ia not he
Asvsd that the state will harvest over fifteen
90 twenty million bushelR
Az Detroit Judge ChcsmaH granted divorce
10 Mrs PsrmsIia Hopkins, wife o. Mark Hop
kns, tha ~ Clair millionaire, on the grounds
~ cruelty Hopkins made M opposition.
The eleventh tier Of stone has been put down
on the Bartholdi pedestal on Bedloes Island
40 The present rate % progress the pedestal
may 70 completed in tho last week OF July.
4 telegram from C p Kindred announces
that be has been successful in negotiating the
loau for tho g. Paul, Brainerd a Northwest
crn The amount u understood 10 be g., 0OO,-
COO
There "a an organized effort 10 Vermont to
seeare the 4efeat Of senator Edmuads az the
senatorial election Of Issd Rx-Gov. smyfh Is
a leading candidate OF the opposition 70 Ed
mHnds
Although Commodore Eittson's colt faks
failed 10 capture the tw5-year-old race al
Jerome PARK the commodore had his revenge
in the Metropolitan handicap, which his four
year old crack Rataplan won.
The legislature Of Massachusetts, has Crap
pied with tEIe telephone monopoly, ADD has re-
dueed charges b 81 = moath requiring the
telephone company 20 furnish Instruments 70
any one who viii pay for them
Within the next two weeks every window
giass factory west o. the Allegheny mountains
will c.0se down for The summer A reduction
In WAGES Of y per cent will be insisted upon
when the factories resume.
Gem Berry, IL r. Wells and H. s fart
Minnesota delegates 10 the national conferences
OF charities arrived recently, and, were in At.
tendance, together with W. W. Campbell and
OK senator Wilkinson, on the opening session
Of the conference
Thomas Dennison, Of Baltimore was TO mar.
ry EsteIls De Hovsn in that city The people
came 70 the church; the minister was ready.
suddenly it was announced that the WEDDING
was on. Dennison eioped with Rose whitney,
cousin Of Esteile De Hoven, whose brothers
swear vengeance.
The old ofscers Of the Northwestern rail,
road were elected at the recent annual meeting
The gross earnings FOR the fscal year ending
May 81, iSeS-those for the month OF NAV
being subject 70 correction---wers s23, 81, 2ld
The total gross earnings for tho preceding year
we're s@o,0SO,p14, decrease OF 81, Ia, A04
Representative Hewitt, OF New York, who ia
large iron manufacturer, speaking Of the
strike Of the iron workers at Pitisbars, said
he did not believe the strike would affect any
interest IN the vicinity OF New York He does
not blame the striking wOrkmen for opposing
reduction below the 8gures they believe
themselves entitled To- but they we're III al.
yised 70 strike during such condition OF trade
~ nov existed, and he was now afraid that
sufficient pains bad nos been aiken 10 inform
them Of tie true state Of their employers AZ.
fairs beforehand =