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The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08
Washington Gossip.

Senator Stanford pays to his special pri-
vate secretary the whole Of the salary he
receives as senator.
Miss Maggie W. Young Of Iowa, a clerk in
the sixth auditors office, was promoted
from 81, 200 to Sl,400.
Treasurer Jordan of the United States
treasury at Washington, took charge Of
the s"ubtreasury in New York.
James W. WALL ce of Tennessee and John
G. Townshend OF Maryland have been ap-
pointed special examiners in the pension
Office.
Gen. Bea1e, Of Washington, one OF Grants
closest friends, owns the moststriking turn
out in the city. His horses are dun and
sealbrown and wear s~ilver-mounted har-
ness.
The name of Lieut.. T. w. Remey, United
| States navy. has been dropped from the
navy register for 1886, which is now ready
for the printer. Lieut.. Remey, while serv-
ing as the executive officer of the U. S. s.
Portsmouth, disappeared Feb. IT, 1885.
All efforts to discover his whereabouts
have failed, and it is supposed by the navy
department and by his friends that he was
drowned.
The grave of L Enfant, the French engi-
neer officer who laid out the magnificent
plan on which Washington was founded, is
in a garden on the Riggs estate. w. w.
Corcoran, who says he refnembers L'Enfant
quite distinctly, says there is no individual
who has a better claim to a grave and a
monument in the public grounds at Wash
ington than he. It Is proposed to find an
available spot aud erect a monument
The following Northwestern patents have
been issued: Albert L. Adams, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, hammock. John f. Black
more, a~ssignor OF cna-half TO o. M. Bruce,
Walnut, Iowa, fence wire carrier and
stretcher; Edward A. Brandenbury, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, fountain attachment for
pens; George w. Gushing, st. Paul, Mimi,
arch for locomotive fire boxes; Alexander
G. Decker, a~ssignor of one-half to j. g. ID.
Ayres, Keokuk, Iowa, ~currycomb; James
b. Erwin, Milwaukee, Wis, hydraulic, ali
compressor; John Horey and G. Marshall,
Rosendaie, Wis, bob sleigh; William II,
Hunter, Farnhamyille, Iowa, cultivator'
Samuel G.. Lawson, Portland, Oregon, glass
tube cutter; Christian Lempert, Jackson
vile, Oregon, combined wardrobe and
trunk; Minos Miller, Knoxville, Iowa
barrel truck and support; Rudolph ". Q
Rehmenklan, Minneapolis, feeding coal tC
furnaces; Joseph w. Terman, assignor o
three-fourths to III. IS. Butler, Des Moines
Iowa, traction engine; Luther j. Vande
Under and A. Nv. Nash, Garfield, Iowa
spring bed.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08
Foreign Gossip.

6. r. Ainslie, superintendent OF the Vel
lowstone division a Glendive, was pre-
scented with n $500 sealskin overcoat on
Christmas.
An English observer thinks France is APP
preaching a serious crisis in it's DINNER
cial and financial affairs, owing to the eX-
t~ravagancc of the government.
Archdeacon Farrarand Rev. H. r. Haweis
have returned to London from their Amer.
lean tours, and are writing lectures on
their experience in the United States.
1t is announced that Miss Mary Glad
stone, daughter OF William E. Gladstone,
is to be married TO Rev. Harry Drew, Il GU
rate OF the church Of England at Hawar-
den.
Earl Cowper, who was lord lieutenant OF
Ireland under Gladstone's administration,
has written to the Times in regard to the
Irish question. He says: Home rule for
its own sake is not desired by the Irish.
Any one can see by q p~erusal OF the Irish
newspapers published during my W term
of office in Ireland that they do not reveal
a single mention of the home rule scheme,
but are solely involved in discussing the
question of rents. The strike against the
payment Of rent will soon be a bigger diff
Guilty for the government to deal with than
was ever the home rule question, and must
eventually interfere with imperial interests.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08
Condensed General News.
The Failures of Last Year.

r.. G. Dun & Co. report that the total
number uf business failures in the United
states during 1885 was 1857, with La
biities Of a little more than $l2+, Ooo,-
600. as compared with 10, 96S in 1884,
with liabilities Of 1920. 0O0. 600. While
the failures for 1855 urr only 3 per cent,
less in number than in 1884, the liabilities
have decreased nearly 80 per cent. The
number of traders reported in business in
1885 was go, $50, OF these, N in every
eighty.six failed. In 1878, with $4,000
traders. one in every sixty-four came to
grief. The average amount OF liabilities OF
each failure was, in 1885, $l1,67S against
$50, 632 in 1854. and So, 1863 in 1873.
1t is seen from these figures that while bus
mess casualties decrease but slightly, th"y
are far less significant in amount and i'm,
portanCe. In the Western states there
were !, 3O2 failures for $2S.041 ,091 against
1869 failures for $54.S72, 9S3 in 1854.
In the Pacific coast states and territories
there were 1890 failures for $4,000, $50
against 1871 failures for $l3,O71,99S IN
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08
Crimes and Criminals.

Warren, one OF the Ferd Ward gang Of
swindlers, has made Intellectual efforts to
compromise with the governments.
In a fight at Evansville, Ind, between
rival factions Of boys, William Weishing
was killed by John Busch, aged seventeen.
A scheme for the temporary suspension
OF silver coinage is said to have been agreed
upon by the president and leading Demo
Gratis.
r.. r. Garrett, who assassinatcd Deputy
Sheriff Clay Davis near Blossom Prairie,
Tex, while Davis was taking hiG to jail,
wasrun down by officers and killed.
At Omaha, the jury in the case OF the
state vs.. Jim Reynolds for the murder ol
James and John Pinkston, father and son,
at their homestead claim. returned a ver-
dict at Sidney Of murderin the first degree.
The dominion police are looking for
counterfeiters who have been operating in
that country successfully Tor some months,
Many bogus dominion and Bank of British
America notes have been adroitly palmed
on.
Policeman KendalIo OF Boston was arrest
cd on the charge o. numbering another 20
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08
Change in Civil Service Rules.

The animated contest now going on as
to the confirmation OF the postmaster OF
Chicago has incidentally brought out the
interesting fact that important modiica-
tions of,the civil service rules, a~pprovedby
the president as long ago as Nov. ~, have
only just reached the civil service commits
~sioners. and are yet in the hands Of the
printers, and not yet promulgated.
Among the rules thus modified are the fol-
lowing.
That the local boards OF examiners shall
in the future only certify three names to
the appointing officer, and no name can be
certified to him more than three times, ex-
cept IN special request OF the appointing
Office.
Under the old rules the names we're to be
certified four times, ans the appointing Of
ficer was obliged to appoint four out OF
seven names certified 70 him, while now be
will appoint three out OF six. This makes
It easier to get rid Of persons thought not
TT to be appointed. 1t Is further required
that two OF the persons vonching for the APP
plicant must be residents OF the city in which
the service is TO be rendered. This is de-
signed to discourage applications from
persons rssidipg outside the place OF APP
~pointmenl. Quite glnnmher OF other inter-
csting changes of iotaii are made.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08

Devils Lake (Dak.) Special: William
Oswald. a notorious character, shot and
killed Patrick McWeeney, one Of the early
settlers and until recently night watchm an
of this city. The murder occurred in Boring
& Doyle's saloon. The best version Of the
murder, as developed in the evidence be-
fore the ~coroner's jury, is as fol.
lows: The shooting resulted from no i'll
grudge, since Oswald and McWeeney wer e
ordinarily on good terms. When Nc.
Weeney entered the saloon Oswald re-
marked, Pat, you Irish - OF a,
come UP and drink with me- Nc
Weeney resented the appellation. Os-
valid struck McWeeney in the face
with the butt OF his revolver. McWeeney
knocked Oswald down. Oswald, in a half
recumbent position, fired three shots at
McWecney, the second piercing his body
near the heart aud causing almost instant
death. Oswald fled to a house ofill repute,
where he lived, and was captured without
resisting.
McWeeney was married about a year ago
to Il Miss Gillicuddy OF Grand Forks, and
the marriage has a tinge OF romance. Nc
Weeney was one of the party indicted for
the Ward murder, and while in Jail at the
Forks Miss McGilicuddy, with a wOman's
sympathy, sent choice food to his cell. Her
sympathy soon ripened into love.
McWeaney's wife is almost frantic with
crinf
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08
Personal Mention.

". G. Conner, Gould's partner, is worth
So, 600, 600.
Hon. John B. Raymond is dangerously
i'll with typhoid pneumonia at Fargo.
John L. Sullivan gives such evidences OF
a desire to reform that New York sports
are ~dumfounded.
Lieut., Colonel Anderson D. Nelson, U.
S. A., died OF pneumonia at Thomasville,
Ga. He was stationed at Fort Smelling,
and by fortunate purchases at an early
date in st. Paul and Minneapolis, made a
large fortune. Col. Nelson was a brother
Of Gen. Nelson, who fell at the hands OF
Gen. jeff C. Davis of Indiana, while the two
were stationed at Louisville, in the early
days of the war, and was United States
mastering officer at Fort Smelling dur
ing the organization OF nearly all the Min
nesota regiments which served during the
Rebellion. The announcement ofhis death
will be a painful surprise for many OF the
volunteer officers md soldiers of this state.
While a strict disciplinarian and a stickler
for the faithful performance OF the minut-
est duties, it was soon found that he was
one of the kindest-hearted as well as most
honorable officers in the service.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08

A week or two ago there came to
Dublin a young mar who could speak
no other language than the Irish, and
who had to be accompanied by an
Interpreter about the streets OF the
capital of his native country. The
youth WIS born on the island ofBofin,
off the Connemara coast, where out OF
some 600 or 700 inhabitants only
nine speak English. On this island
they possess q rich treasure of tradi-
tions, folklore and old poems.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08
Incident Of Burko-Cleary PrIze- Fight
in Chicago.

Probably the most exciting glove con.
test ever witnessed in Chicago occurred
Monday, Dec. 2Sth, in which Jack Burke
| of Chicago, in three rounds, Knocked out
Mike Cleary ofNew York. Over4 600 people
were present. A moro than usurious per
ccntage of the crowd were enthusiastic a d
mircrs Of Jack Burke, the Irish lad
The programme said Marquis of Queens
bury rules small soft gloves and six rounds.
Both men wero in prime condition.
Burke tipped the scales at 165 pounds, and
Clearly about the same.
The men faced each other, SPARED nn in
slant for an opening, and a moment later
Cleary went to grass from a terrific back
handler from Burke's left, which struck him
| square on the eye and brought blood. The
round finished with some Intellectual at
tempts on Cleary's part to get in his right
on Burkc's face.
The second round panned out favorably
for Clcary, who got a ~stinging counter
with his left on Burke's cheek. He tapped
him gently twice more and the round closed
with some cautious spaIring on both sides.
When the men stood upfOrthe third round,
Burke's whole aspect was eloquent OF vigOr
and confidence, yet Clearv, pale and supple,
looked we'll his match. Early in this excit-
ing bout Cleary got what later on proved to
nave been the blow thatd decided the contest.
The New York man forced the fighting at
first, but Burke soon crowded in on him,
impetuously forced him into his corner,
hit him two rattling blows on the face with
his left, then, parrying Cleary's right with
his own right glove, struck the New Yorker
heavily on the neck. Cleary staggered and
seemed dazed for q moment, then reCOy-
cred himself with an effort and forced
Burke desperately to the opposite side
Of the ring. 1t could be seen that
the New Yorker was breathing heavily
and shook slightly with suppressed excite
ment, while Burke, perfectly cool and col
lected, watched calmly for his chance. 1t
came, and quick as n flash his right arm
shot out, and Clearly fell like a log. The
blow caught him fairly, just under and be-
hind hisleft ear, and knocked him senseiess.
MY God, he's killed him, " some one mutter-
ed. Thehuge mob was perfectly silent. Burke
stepped up to his fallen adversary, and
when after he failed to move for II few sec
Onds, but lay stretched at fulllength on his
back, the tender hearted Irishman stopped
over and shook him gently, his face eXhib-
iting genuine alarm. A little later Cleary's
PROSTATE form showed signs of life and
the crowd rose with wild cries of Burke"
Burke" 1t seemed as though the plat
form would be torn to pieces when the
champion climbed over the ropes and walk
ed j~auntily to his dressing room, every
whit as steady as When he came out.
Cleary's second picked him up and helped
him to his dressing room, where he revived
in a few minutes.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08
A Word to Claimants of English Estates

The following letter from Thomas F.
Bayard, secretary of state explains itself:
Department OF State, Washington, Dec.
20, 1SS5-Sir: e / have received your letter
of-,inquiring as to the act Ofparliament
passed in August last, and said to refer to
the so-called Lawrence Towneley estate.
Many letters of a similar character
have been received both by this
department and by the legation at Lon
don. The prevalent idea OF the writer's APP
pears to be that the estate in question con-
sists of eight hundred millions of dollars,
more or less, which are lying in the Bank
of England, awaiting distribution among
unknown heirs, among which are persons
OF the name OF Lawrence and Chas in the
United States.
lam informed by our minister in London:
First-That there is no money In the
Bank of England belonging to any Towneley,
Lawrence-Towneley or Chase estate, or any
claimants under those names.
Second-That there is no such estate in
England as the Internationally estate,
nor any known family OF that designation.
T~hird-That the Towneley estate is q
landed property in the counties OF
Lancaster and York which is now
and has been for O very long time
in the possession OF it's rightful owners,
who are completely protected therein by
the law OF England, and that there are no
unknown or American owners OF any part
of it, or any ground whatever for any such
claims. / have also received from our le-
CATION at London O few copies OF the act
In question, which is q voluminous docu-
ment OF 2SS pages. The names OF Lawreflce
and Chase do not occur in it. 1t is an act
to adjust the equities arising under certain
successive marriage settlements and other
c-onveyances executed at various times
between 1886 and 1877 in favor of the
persons therein named. An amicable suit
in ~chancery is being conducted Tor this pur.
pose, and by direction of the court this act
was, obtained in aid OF it's decree.
Thestatement widely disseminated in the
United states that this act affords an oppor
tunity,. or that there is any opportunityfo ion
the prosecution OF any American claims to
this property, is entirely incorrect. This
department is unable to furnish copies o.
this act, but it can be examined here by
claimants or their lawful attorneys. and
could probably be obtained from London
by any importing bookseller. The price o.
it in London is 1897 per copy.
You are strongly advised to pay no at
t%ention to any reports or statements o.
associations in reference to claims on the
above-named estate, nor to pay any mon
ely TO agents for pressing the same. Nei
Their this departmentnort the legation nLon
don can ~ncourag or aid n investiga
tions in this direction. / ain sir, your
obedient servant, T. F. BAYiRD.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08

NJ. Francois P. Jules Grevy has
been reelected president of France.
NJ. Grevy has been a discreet and wise
official, and has followed very closely
the popular sentiment of France and
the majority in the National Assem-
oily. The reverses suffered by the Re
publicans in the recent election have
made them cautious, and they have
avoided any course likely to arouse
partisan and factious feeling. 1t is
doubtless owing to this fact that,
while N. Grevy is not entirely salts
factoryto any party division, he isnot
as unsatisfactory as other public men
might be, and there was no organized
opposition to his election.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08

Reference is frequently made to the
fact that the lawprovides forthedivis
ion of Texas into four States, each
of the largest size, and for their ad,
mission to the Union; but this presup-
poses the consent OF the people, which
thus far cannot be obtained. Down
in the big Lone Star State, there is a
general desire to have Texas remain
the largest and becomethe most popu,
lous State in the Union, and nothing
will induce the people to consent to
the partition of the State.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08

The honest poor of the cities who
vent to bed on Christmas eve with
out supper and woke on Christmas
day not knowing where their break
fast was to be obtained, will be glad
TO learn that the murderers, thieves,
and other criminals in the iails and
penitentiaries Of the country had ele-
CANT dinners and entertained them
selves after a sumptuous repast, with
plays and games. Some of thesepoor
people may not understand the mer-
its Of q Christian charity, which pro-
vides turkey and oysters for the con
victs and leaves the poor to starve,
but this is doubtless the result Of the
stupidity engendered by poverty
When their misery drives them into
crime they win doubtless e the sub
5eet in It's true light.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08

New Years resolutions cover q
great numbey Of things. When a mar
is about it he might gust as we'll pro.
tect himself at all points. One may
protect himself juridically against
strong drink, penuckle, dominoes,
pool, high dice and beer, yet what
shall it profit him if he leaves billiards
open? The careful self-reformer
should resolve that in 1856 he will
not give temptation a chance to get
into the double corners.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08
General News Notes.

Frank Kwapil OF Ahnapee, Wis, Jailed
for SIS, 900.
The Edgar Thompson blast furnaces
have closed down, throwing zoe men out
OF work.
The public debt decreased about 9,0o0,-
600 during December.
There have beer 9, lib miles of new rail-
road track laid in the United States dur
ing the year.
Vanderbilt's heirs will keep up the fight
and oppose the entrance OF the Baltimore
e. Ohio into New York.
A Platteyille, Wis, man was resuscitated
after having been apparently dead for two
days from aconite poisoning.
There were 3 1902 failures in the Western
states last year, with liabilities OF $685.
047, O97, a decrease oil nearly 80 per cent.
James d, Whitmore & Co., ~stationers
OF New York, assigned giving preference to
the Whiting Paper company OF Holyoke.
Mass, for S23,343.
The Iron Trade Review says that among
| manufacturers throughout the country the
| prediction is made without exception that
1886 viii be a year OF widespread pros
perity.
The State Teachers association at Des
| Moines resolved in favor OF free text books
in schools, TO be provided by the school
fund, and against a state school book
printing house.
Mrs. Bette Cheek, wife Of s. L. Cheek, the
real estate agent who absconded from Gin
ton. No., a few weeks ago, having forged
deeds of trust amounting to near $40, 900,
died at Clinton recently.
Army officers direct from the Indian Ter
ritory report that the boomers and cattle
men have been driven from the territory
A few cattle still remain on the Cimmaror
river, but these are not large in number
and could not be driven out at this seasor
without great disaster TO the cattle
The Chicago Journal oil Commerce was
levied on, to satisfy q judgment against
William Baker, manager and publisher
entered in favor OF the metropolitan
National bank, for $1,607.5 30. Mr.. Baker
has made an assignment to his son Georg'
B. Baker, a member OF the firm OF Abbot
& johnson.
Judge Sidney Smith OF Chicago has SEN
a letter to his legal adviser in the contes
against Carter Harrison for the mayoral
ty, virtually abandoning the contest OF
tho ground that there. was no reasonabl
probability OF it's settlement before the ex
piration OF the term OF Office. This actor
win probably bring the contest TO q close
particularly as H~arrison's majority look
large enough TO more than cover an,
further fraudulent votes discovered.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-01-08

At the recent banquet given at Sta
ten Island y. X. to Robert Garrett.
President Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, in We've Of the in
tended prolongatiun Of theroad or its
connections to Staten Island, Mr..
Garrett, at the very outset of his
speech, alluded to the policy Of his
roadas regards its employees, and de-
cIared that "the time has come in
America when capital, If it expects to
BIZ taken care Of by labor, must in
turn provide the means for thorough
" taking care Of labor" and that he
believed the Baltimore and Ohio Com
pany had more completely and more
satisfactorily solved the problem Of
the relations Of labor to capital than
any other corporation in America.
This is significant as coming from the
representative Of Accompany 50 large
and so successful; and Mr.. Garrett
averred that the relations between
the Company and those in it's employ,
ment were Of the pIeasantest charac'
der