The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-12-09
and others seriously burned. A miners
caralessnesa WAS the cause.

0CCE0UdEy VuiUl0y Hh6 lU6uCu Hu OTO6I
for the discharge OF ali the employees in all
the civil establishments OF the Washington
navy yard, with the exception Of q foreman
and a clerk for each department. ..%
The following Dakota postmasters have
win, Duelle county, vice George c. Nelson,
removed; Sarah A. Williamson, Greenwood,
Charles Mix county; p. u. Krjbs, Leola,
MCPHERSON county, vice E. G. Dunning,
removed.
At Waterloo, Iowa, Walter F. Eddy, the
only son OF DR.. d. w. Eddy, was drowned
in the Cedar river, while skating Thanks.
giving morning.
The weekly statement OF the Bank OF
France shows q decrease of is, $50, 600
gold and 1915, 600 silver.
Taylor Mckenzie and his three ions were
husking corn from the stalks in a field on
their farm, some ten miles from Edna,
Mo-, when they were postrated by a shock
OF lightning. One Of the sons, Luther L.,
William E., 50 severely injured that his
life is %despaired OF, and the third, Ben.
famine g., il missing.
The commission appointed to secure
from the Indians on the Unatilla reserva-
tions in Oregon their consent to the provis.
ions OF the act of congress pas sed on
March 3, 1885, providing for allotment OF
lands in severalty to those Indians, has
been successful in every particular. Steps
will now be taken to carry out the provis.
ions of the act.
The Fenian brotherhood. which has been
in secret session in New York, for several
days, have deposed O'Donovan Rosa and
elected DR.. Hamilton Williams in his place.
President Cleveland spent Thanksgiving
day very quietly at the White House, enter.
tanning no one. Several OF the cabinet Off
GERS entertained q Jew personal friends, but
there vas NJ formal dining.
Gen. Clark has been able TO figure out a
Democratic majority OF fifteen in the
next house, and five members-one each
from North Carolina, Virginia, Iowa, Wis
consin and Kansas-who were not classed
with either OF the leading parties on polit.
cal questions, and two, perhaps three out
OF the five will probably vote with the ma
jority.
The. will of the late Margaretta s. Lewis
OF Philadelphia bequeaths over $780,
600 to religious and philanthropical pur-
poses.
w. c. Stevens, OF GAINESVILLE. Wis, who
narrowley escaped killing e. W. Rowell re-
Gently, has entered q plea OF emotional in
sanity. 1t is claimed that Rowell WAS
criminally intimate with Mrs. Stevens.
The official vote Of the state OF North
Carolina, declared last Saturday the 9th
inst, shows the election OF the following
Democratic congressman: First district,
Third, K. w. McClammy; Sixth, Alfred Row
land; Seventh, j. s. Henderson; Eighth, w.
II. H, Cowles; Ninth. A. D. Johnston. In
the Fourth district John Nichols, labor,
and in the Fifth ]. M. Brown, Republican,
are elected.
In New York a a on whose person
papers were found indicating that he was
from Detroit and was named James III.
committed suicide by hang.
ing in his room in an East side hotel.
Lieut.. Creel is arrested at DEVILS Lake,
OAK, for too promiscuously 1ourishlng
his revolver.
Harry Wilkes wins the big trotting race
at San Francisco in 2:15, with Guy Wilkes
The last beer statistics from Chicago
shows that, after drinking 900, 900 barrels
OF domestic brewing, tho citizens have to
draw on Milwaukee for nearly six hundred
thousand barrels more.
w. w. Wright OF Geneva, N. Y, received
autograph letter from ex.President
Arthur on the day OF Mr.. Arthur's death.
The handwriting is bold and distinct.
]. & B. Sachs, wholesale boot and shoe
and manufacturers, assigned at
to NJ. j. Mack. The liabilities
are $500, OOO, and thu assets $500, 0O0.
Reports from Boscoe, Dakota, show that
Fred Anon found q bottle containing
horse medicine, which, he supposed was
whisky, from which he and two comrades
l~1~1~ NNl~ -. c4k~l - >-~.~ -
the Others, hut Anon died. He was eight
cen years old. 1t is thought the bottle
aconite and belladonna.
OF $25, 600, 900. He never owed a
dollar in his life. His daughter il the lady
Senator Jones fell in love with.
ment Indian warehouse transferred from
New York to Chicago.
George Paul, who succeeds J.. Riccard,
Democrat we'll known all over the Hawk.
eye state and endorsed by every Democrat
of any Importance in the state,
The Inter Ocean has information that q
deliberate attempt was made to assassinat e
Harry Gilmer, the witness who gave evidence
at the recent trial OF the anarchists, direct.
~ duplicating Spies and Schwab in tho
throwing Of the Haymarket bomb. Gilmer
was shot at while on the threshold Of his
own home, and the bullet passed between
his legs, lodging in the bottom of the door.
The shot was fired at q distance of less
than ten feet from the living target, and
the assassin's precipitance was the only
thing that saved Gilmer's life. 7
Acting Surgeon General Baxter, of the
army, has submitted his annual report to
the secretary of war. The report shows
for the army a year OF exceptional freedom
from disease, although it has been one Of
unusual hardship and activity for troops
stationed on the Southwestern frontier.
The threatened strike at the government
printing office has been averted. Public
Printer Benedict has informed the commit.
tee OF bookbinders that he will grant their
request, and give the work Of manufactur-
ing tablets to the bookbinders and take it
away from the women who have been do
ing it for the last few weeks. .,
1t is stated at the treasury department
that the new 81 silver certificates will be
ready for general distribution in limited
quantities in q short time.
The president has appointed the follow
ing. named postmasters: George Paul, at
Iowa City, Iowa, vice Jacob Richard, sus
pended; Frederick B. Smith, at Columbia,
Oak, vice John r. James, resigned; Henry
J. Dane, at lie Sueur, Mimi, vice John NJ.
Farmer, commission expired.
The Duluth fire loss is $500, 600, with
ahorf t7O0 000 ~ in~a1rance 81