Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-06-03

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The house committee on banking and
| currency reported favorably Representa-
| tive Warmers bill establishing government
| Repositories in s.. Paul, Minneapolis anG
\ other cities.
Mr.. Glasscock kills C. NJ Hatch in o
! quarrel at Urbana, Ill.
Henry Ward Reecher, 1t is understood,
has asked the president to withdraw the
nomination of his son to be collector at
| Port Townsend, Or, as it is probable that
he will be rejected
| The bill recognizing the customs service
abolishes the Galena district in Illinois,
the La Crosse district in Wisconsin, the
Duluth district in Minnesota, the Superior
district in Michigan, and the Burlington
| and Dubuque districts in Iowa. The reason
assigned for the adjustment OF the dis
tricts is that it costs more to collect Gus
| toms at these ports than the aggregate OF
the duties collected.
At the close OF business in the New York
custom house on June 81, 1876, the cashier,
| William ID. Robinson, reported that his ac-
count was s., 900 short. skilled detectives
we're Immediately employed, but 1t probably
will ever be mystery, except the bare
| fact that one So, 900 coin certificate dis
appeared. At that time Chester A. Arthur
was collector. He was charged with the
loss, and the senate passed bill to re.
| imburse him for the So, 900 stolen and the
So, coo short. The bill authorizes the ac-
| counting official Of the treasury to credit
ex-Collector Robertson with Sl3, 600 which
was stolen from the cash room OF the Gus
tom house in March, 1888.
calamity beiell the inmates Of Smiths
hotel, a house of i'll repute one mile from
| Rhinelander Wis. The building was burn
| ed to the ground together with four in
mates-J. A. Smith. Daniel Doyle, Mrs.
Doyle and Maggie Proffit-whose charred
| remains were taken from the debris. One
man pamed Clark, who jumped from a sec
| ond-story window, is now lying at the
| Rapids house in dangerous condition.
The eoroner's jury brought in a verdict
that the inmates came to their death by
/ being burned in the house, set on fire by IN
cendiaries, beloved to be the Waterman
and Fiddler Kelley, alias Fred Wescott.
man representing himself as j. l.. Say
re- agent for the Barnes Sale and Lock
Company OF Pittsburg, called at the Law
| office Of Lloyd A. Howard at Warsaw, y
| v, stating that he was examining the out
put OF his firm and repairing where neces
| sary. He learned the combination hao
4 not been changed, and he opened the SAFE
and stole $3.50 cash in United States ex
press stock certificates OF deposit, and
notes to the sum o: $4,000 and dis,
! appeared.
| The supreme court OF Nebraska dis
| barred l.. G. Burr from practicing In any
| court of record in that state for two years.
| This sentence is punishment for unpro
fessional conduct in aiding Mat thinner
| man a condemned murderer, to escape.
| Burr managed to get Zimmerman before
| United States commissioner on writ o!
| habeas corpus, and Commissioner Lowell
| who had no jurisdiction whatever released
| Zimmerman on 81 900 bail. Lowell lost
| his Office for his conduct. Burr is a promi
nent lawyer, and is mayor OF Lincoln.
The presidents wedding ceremonies will
take place at Folsomdale, which is one o
the most isolated spots in Western New
York.
| The Yale corporation have definitely de
termined not to give Miss Alice Jordan the
| degree OF bachelor oil law, because she Is
woman.
Az the Chicago packing house proprietor,
| but one win return to ten hours on June
"Azov" wheat, recently imported from
| Russia, is doing splendidiy in Manitoba.
The Cuban buget, for a wonder, shows
surplus of S125, 900.
The Dominion Senate at 0ttowa, defeat
ed the Chinese bill. This means that China
men can come and go as they please. The
people Ct British Columbia ought TO have
| been satisfied with the measure as it was
| instead of risking it for the sake OF a few
| trffiins amendments, to the death which il
| has met.
The committee on postoffices has under
| consideration the nomination OF William
! A. Burke to be postmaster OF Stanton,
| Va. against whom serious charges have
! been made. Burke, it is alleged, embezzled
| Sc, 900 while treasurer OF a manufacturing
| institution.
Al.
| Iowa reported the nomination OF Johf
| Leaman to be postmaster at Dennison,
| Iowa, with a recommendation from the
postofiice committee that it be rejected.
| This is the second repor5 OF the kind on
| the Dennson office.
John d. Ham, whose pension bill was
| vetoed by the president, is resident OF
Menasha, Wis, and the citizens OF that
| locality, irrespective OF party, have made
earnest appeals to the senators and
representatives to have justice done him.
The dominion government viii build a
railway between Cause and Sydney, c. b.,
eighty miles cape, to develop the mineral re-
gion and give the people connection with the
Canadian railway system.
A Streator, H., firm has sold over 900
pounds Of putty since the recent storms in
| that vicinity
Snow to the depth OF several inches was
reported in various towns in Northern
Vermont on the eth, and fears are enter.
tanned OF severe damage to crops by frost.
| J. A. Jackson and o. Allen of Tallapoosa
| county, Ala, kill each other during quar-
| rel.
Lieut.. W. r. Johnson has been assigned
to duty at Newport, r. 1.
4. A. Hobart, superintendent of the
| Eastern division of the Omaha, resigns.
The forest fires extend sixty miles along
| the Wisconsin Central above Chippewa
| Falls.
the \. Y. Sun announces that Miss
! Francis Folsom, bride elect OF the presi-
| dent, her mother. Mrs. Folsom, and her
uncle. Mr.. benjamin Folsom, have arriv.
ed. They came comparatively unaunounc.
! ed on the White Star Steamer Nordland
| Col. Lamont met the steamer in revenue
cutter and the party were transferred to
the cutter amid the shrill salutes Of steam
whistles and a waving ofhandkerchiefs and
| hats quite unusual at so late an hour oil
night.
Mr.. Gladstone announced that the gov.
eminent had decided to modify clause No.
"a OF the home rule bill excluding Irish
representatives from Westminster, pro.
yided the bill passes its second reading nd
was referred to a select committee for
| ment. The meeting cordially appro we'd the
position taken by Mr.. Gladstone. Mr.
| Gladstone also declared that he would at
| the autumn session OF parliament intro
duce an amended Irish home rule bill A
number Of the Liberal dissidents, who did
! not care to risk compromising themselves
| by attending the meeting have hailed with
undisguised satisfaction the attitude o
| apparent Cancellation adopted by the pre-
mier. These now openly proclaim their in
tention to return to their party allegiance
and vote with the government for the
second reading.
The annual sale OF Shorthorn cattle be
longing to n Z. Clarke, ID. B. Searle and
c. A. Gilman OF st. Cloud took place at
the fair grounds in Minneapolis. The of
ferings consisted OF twelve head owned by
y. p. Clarke, and sold at AN average Of
Sl74.20; eight head belonging to d. B.
Searle sold at an average OF $l35, and
twenty-five head belonging to G. A. Gilman
sold at an average Of $97.62. The whole
sale amounted to ssh
The lava from Mt. Etna is advancing |
toward Nicalosi at the ate OF forty metres !
hourly, and is now within one kilometre o, |
the town. The adjacent country is also |
n-enaeed, and the people are fleeing from
their homes. All the streams and water
courses in the district have dried up. and q |
engulfed the old convent outside ofNicalise |
The king has sent 20, 900 lires for the relic |
OF the sufferers from the eruption.