Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-18
Indian Story of RieI.

A Montreal special says: C~rowfoot, tho
celebrated Blockfeet chief, has been telling
to a government agent how Rel urged him
to Join in a general Indian war. He as.
serts that Riel visited him in Montana in
1880, saying that he Intended to unite the
Nets, Crees and Blackfeet and the Ameri
can sioux under Sitting Bull on the border.
At that time Sitting Bull was in a bad
odor in the United States, owing to the
Custer massacre. An interpreter who was
with Crowfoot during the interview with
Riel corroborates the story told by the
Blackfeet chief, and adds hat Riel told
them that he was backed by influential
persons in Eastern Canada. Crowfoot
complains that the grass on his reserve at
Blackfeet Crossing has been destroyed for
two years in succession by fire from sparks
from the Canadian Pacific locomotives,
and that his claim for compensation has
not yet been settled at Ottawa. Other
wise, he processes to be well satisfied with
his treatment.
Solicitor General Goode, who has been
specially designated to conduct the suit
against the Bell Telephone company to
test the validity of its patent, has secured
the services Of the following named gentle
men as special counsel to assist in the
prosecution of the suit: Hon. A. G. Thur
man OF Ohio, Grosvenor Lowery Of New
York, who is a specialist in electrical mat
tiers; Messrs. Eppa Hunton and JEFF Chand-
Ter OF Washington and c. ). Whitman, a
patent attorney OF Washington.
T. ?. O'Connor, Home Rule member of
parliament, having been returned from
two observation-disclosures and Gal
way City-and having elected to sit for
former place, William Henry O'Shea, for
mer member from Glare County, has agreed
to contest Galway City as Home Rule
candidate, and Mr.. ParGell will support
him.
Mr.. Thomas Barring, OF London, and the
Hon. John Barring, eldest sor Of Lord Bev-
elstoke, are in Montreal on their way to
Ottawa to visit the governor general.
The operation of parcentisis thorasis, a
very delicate operation in surgery, was
successfully performed on Senator Miller of
California recently. A large quantity
OF fluid was drawn from the cavity of
the plera, giving the senator great relief,
and his condition is much improved.
The bill ~prolonging the operations oil the
anti-socialistic law of Germany is likely to
be defeated in the reichstag.
Gladstone expects to carry his proposed
land bin through the commons by amajor-
ity OF thirty.
Gen. Poe, Major Allen and Major Mac
kensie, the board of engineers appointed by
the secretary OF war to report upon the ef
feet OF the erection OF the proposed stone
arch bridge at Minneapolis upon the gov
eminent work, FOR the preservation of the
falls OF st. Anthony, have submitted their
report to the department, and Secretary
Endicott has given his final decision that
there is no callfor interference by the gov.
ernmcnt with the construction of the
bridge.
Lord Salisbury and the other members
of the retiring ministry were booted at
Portsmouth while retiring from Osborne
whittier they had gone to deliver the seals
of Office to the queen.
Prof. Charles d. Morris. formerly OF the
University OF the City of New York, and
for the last ten years professor OF Greek
and Latin in the Johns Hopkins uniyer.
sity, died in Baltimore.
Hon. Thomas Broderick, mayor Of
Wilkesbarre, Pa, died a few days ago. lie
was sixty-nine years OF age.