Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-08-26

they have been set forth in the CORE
spondence and reports already made public
But in a matter involving possible warfare
it is held TO be incumbent upon us to b.
sure that there is nothing OF importance
behind the official information in hand
and to this end the best Efforts oil this
department are turned. The foundation
once firmly laid. the decision will have te
be made whether the differences found tt
exist shall be reconciled through the fur
Their efforts of diplomacy or by war; but il
no event will this government assent &c
the doctrine that an American citizen car
be arrested, tried and punished abroad
Tor an offense committed within our owr
domain.
IL is explained by Treasurer Rauch o.
Garfield county, Wash. that his shortage
| OF $l2, 200 only represents money loaned
to his friends from the crib.
Fire destroyed twenty-six OF the princi
pal business houses of.Folsom, Cal. Loss,
$3.50, 600; insurance $50, 900.
Senator Mahone's seyenteen-year-old
daughter is delighting people at New York
watering places with her splendid horse
manship.
Col. W. H. Merritt is made postmaster
| at Des Moiaes.
There were 1872 failures in the United
| States reported to Bradstreet's during ths
week ending l4th against 12i in the pre-.
ceiling week, and 160, 537, TIA and 30 in
the corresponding weeks oil 1855, 1854,
1888 and 1888, respectively.
The acknowledgement made q requisi.
ton upon the treasury department foi
$3.50, 000for compensation of postmasters,
| readjusted under the act OF March 3, 1883,
The department will not begin the pay.
m pf aIaf uact mt aft nj
The state department thinks the Mexf
| can difficulty can be amicably settled il
everybody keeps cool.
George F. Smith, OF Iowa, has been ap
| pointed a postofiice inspector.
A hnil storm passed over Ada fewdays
| ago. The crops of Frank Seigne, Charles
Gaethe, Ole Thorse and Others, to the
amount OF 5000 acres, were totally de
stroyed.
| The president has decided to appoint
| William III. Webster. chief of the division
OF medical examiners of the pension bu.
reau &c the position OF chief examiner o.
the civil service commission. This posi-
ton has been vacant since the promotion
| OF Mr.. Lyman to be commissioner.
Two English army officers are buying
horses for the British government at Re
gina.
Capt f. ID. Longsford was disemboweled
by swordfsh which he was trying to cap
ture near Gloucester, Mass.
Sells Bros circus tent was blown down
at Edna, Wis, and number of persons
seriously injured.
Dr. Bliss, one of Gariields physicians, is
dangerously i'll at Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
An alligator ate up tramp in the barn
of l.. 7. Thursby, near Orange City, Fla.
Henrietta Brush. worth $3.50, 900, wen,
into court in New York, and compelled j..
Andrews to marry her. The girl is very
handsome.
The marquis of Lorne, on behalf of the
Canadian exhibitors at the colonial eNhibi
| tion in London, presented to Sir Charles
| Upper, the Canadian high commissioner
an address expressing appreciation OF his
efforts to promote Canadian interests.
| The presentation was followed by a lunch,
at which there were 100 guests.
S. II. Thompson and j. L. Cole have I'll.
Ell suit against Finley Hoke. the abscond
ing bank book keeper at Peoria, ILL., The
case represents SEQ, 600 indebtedness
secured by "a trust deed on the property
rented by the Hale Sloan Grocery company.
Rev. DR.. George Charles Hollis, one OF the
| most prominent Lutheran clergy men OF thu
country, died at his residence in Mount
Vernon, y. \.
The amount OF 3 per cent bonds held to
secure national bank note circulation in
Guided in the 140th call is s., $50, $50.
Postoiiices established: Dakota Nesson,
Flannery county. Minnesota-Dumont
Traverse county. Name changed: Dakots
Battle River, Custer county, to Hermosa
Postmastcrs commissioned: Dakota
Chamberlain, w. Gillian. Iowa-Walnut
w. Hopper. Minnesota-Ealley, A. Ben
son. observation-disclosures Falls, W. +
flanagan; Stockholm, +. Peterson.
On March %, 1856. there were / 81 post
offices in the State OF Minnesota. and with
the new ones created, there are now about
1,l50. OF all these presidential and the
different elasses-but about 400 have beer
filed With Democrats, and the admnistra
tion is half over. There are forty-nins
presidential offices in the state, and but
twenty eight of these have been filled
Those remaining in the hands OF incum
bents in offices when Cleveland became
president are: Ada, Albert Lea, Alexan.
firia, Anoka, Austin, Blue Earth City. Fer
gus Falls, Glencoe, Granite Falls, Hastings
kasson. lie Sneur. fitehfield, I.uverne,
Marshall, Montevideo, Morris, Mortified,
0watonna, Pipestone Red Wing, st,
Charles, st. Paul. Sank Center, Saltwater
Tracy, Wadena, Wilmar.
The Chicago Farmers Review reports that
the corn crop has been burned up, too,
except in Minnesota.
Archbishop Walsh OF Dublin, in an inter.
view, said. lie believed that the land pur-
chase question would never be settled ex.
eept Michael Dayitts naturalization prin.
ciples Of just compensation to the actual
holder, rather than on the principles Of
Henry George. lie committed the scheme
of DIR. Dale, as set forth in the Contempor-
airy Review Of June, accepting MIR. Glad
stones bill as minimum starting point
for the establishment Of statutory par
lament in Dublin and to leave il an open
question with the people of England, Wales
and Scotland to decide whether there shall
be one, two or three parliaments. The
statement that the pope disapproves of
the attitude OF the Irish clergy toward the
Nationalist was founded upon malice.
The Irish cause was safe with the pope.
William McMaster OF Toronto has given
the Baptist church in Canada another
$3.50, 200 Tor educational purposes.
Messrs. Morris, Earle and Pugh. rs
solicitors for Attorney General Garland,
have filed his answer to the bill recently
filed by J.. Harris Rogers against Attorney
General Garland. Senator Harris and
Others, for settlement OF the affairs of the
Pan Electric Telephone company. Mr.
Garland in his answer denies in detail
every material statement in the bill, and
calls attention to 1.-The seand;,lous aud
impertinent matter in the BILL" He says
he must decline to answer such portions
unless the court directs him to do so.
Senator's Pugh, Vest and Butler have
gone to Europe, and Senator Evarts is at
work on his Vermont farm.
SENATOR Jones OF Florida, during his long
absence from the senate in Detroit, drew
his salary with great regularity.
The Irish Times reiterates the statement
that Parnell will shortly become Catholic.
Mrs. Morrel and her five children were
poisoned recently in New York by eating
corned beef tainted with the metal in which
it was packed.
The State OF California is printing the
new state school text books, which will
cost 80 per cent less than the books now
in use.
Fort Du Chesne. the new post in the de-
partment of the Platte, is at present in
command by Mai +. w. Benteen, Ninth
calvary, Troop d and T., same regiment,
and companies b, F, ] and X, Twenty.
first infantry.