The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-22
Forest fires are destroying millions oil
feet OF pine IN the White mountains.

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der five years OF age died in New York, in
one day, recently. ~
Rev. W. w. Downs was arraigned in Bos-
ton on a charge OF bastardy, preferred by
Alice Watson, and was bound over in $500
lot trlal at the present term. Frank w.
Ames and Charles Roberts were accepted
as MS bondsmen. Mr.. Downs preserved
nonchalant bearing and pleaded not guilty.
: Prof.. Dodge, the statistician OF the agri.
cultural department., says concerning the
various estimates made from his last re-
port on the wheat crop; "Though the
average condition OF spring wheat on the
hrst day OF last July was 90, it fell to SO
at the time OF harvest, which is only three
points higher than the present condition,
and represents a loss OF less than 6,O00,-
oQo bushels as compared with the result OF
last years harvest. There is great risk OF
further damage during July and August, but
that already reported means only loss Of
o,ooo, 900 bushls in spring wheat, and s.
OOo, 600 in winter wheat, or n total loss OF
II, 600, 600 in wheat during June"
The Comte de Paris is an honorary
member OF the association OF veterans OF
the Fifth New York volunteers (Durzea
zuaves). While on Gen. McClellan's staff
during tho Peninsular campaign in 1869,
he saw much OF the regiment. The good
conduct OF the regiment in battle WAS
personally commended by the prince, and
pressed his admiration OF its behavior.
The veteran association met q few days
ago and appointed committee to prepare
and forward to him resolutions expressing
regret at the action of the French govern.
ment in expelling, him from his native
land. IS rs -, ! n =. -
, Livingston. Mont, Special. The range
outlook is becoming less cheerful every day.
The ground is that dry that what little
water there is is fast disappearing, and the
grass on the bottoms APPOINTMENTS streams
will soon be eaten up. For the past two
weeks the temperature has been hugging
the hundred point, the greater part OF the
time being 103 and los, one day 10 was
reached.
The Lonsdale company's cotton mill at
Ashton, R. l., shut down in consequence OF
the strike OF twenty spinners, locking
out 500 employees. -
By order Of Archbishop Ryan masses for
the colored people will hereafter be cele.
brated in the cathedral at Philadelphia.
/ Philadelphia has raised S14,941 toward
proposed monument to Gen. Grant,
The Rhode Island hotels are on the verge
OF bankruptcy on account OF the prohibit
tory law. -.
The postmaster general has added 453
postoftices, the business ha wing sufficiently
increased, to the list OF money order Offices.
Congressman Ira Davenport OF New
York has paired and gone to Europe.
Senator Stanford OF California, it is said,
will soon resign his seat in the senate.
HE is tired of public. life."
A dispatch from Minnedosa, 100 miles
northwest OF Winnepeg SAYS that recently
number OF Fins employed on the railway
ut Shoal Lake became intoxicated and dis.
orderly, and were put out of q hotel, upon
which they drew their knives and rushed
on the crowd. Ayoung man named Coopei
was standing near by and was attacked by
Fin, who plunged his knife to the handle
into Cooper's breast and then escaped to
his tent, a short distance out OF town.
Cooper was carried into the hotel in O dy.
ing condition. e
Nine ladies and gentlemen, exploring
Mammoth cave, strayed from the guides
and got lost. The ladies swooned and the:
gentlemen narrowly escaped falling into a
chasm before they were rescued.
Salt Lake City exported about 100000
pounds Of bullion, recently.
At the last moment before reporting the
sundry civil bill to the senate, the commit
tee on appropriations struck out the $1O,.
600 which had been provided at the request
OF Senator Sabin for government display
Mt the Minneapolis exposition. The rea-
son Tor it was that O dozen other exposi-
tions in different parts Of the country, find
ing that such provision was made for Min.
neapolis entered demand for similar
sum, and the committee decided to refuse
them all. * ~ :,
The Kansas state Prohibition conven.
ton nominated the following ticket: Gov
ernor, Q. 81. Branscombe; lieutenant gov.
ernor, L. M. Huston; secretary OF state, N.
B: Klaine; auditor, G. Il. Lanston' color
ed); attorney general; W. N. Waite; treas.
urer, William Crosby; superintendent .!
public schools. Mrs. DR.. Sulbut; associate
Justice, E. w. Peyton. At the New Hamp.
shire Prohibition state convention Col.
Joseph A. Wentworth was nominated fol
governor.
At MERGED, CAL, twelve Thousand tons
OF wheat and five wheat-laden cars at Hoff.
mans warehouse were burned. Loss,
$25O,O0O.
Senator Sewell, from the committee on
military affairs, reported fayorably Sena-
tor Teller's bill to appropriate S2SO,OOo
for the establishment and erection OF a
military post near Denver, Col.
There is an understanding in the senate
thai when the river and harbor bill shall
have been perfected, item by item, a me.
ton will be8offered to make horizontal
reduction, bringing the aggregate appropri.
the house bill. This will have the effect OF
putting every item into conference. The
proposed reduction will be fixed at the rate
OF 20 OF 80 per cent. .*
Senator Teller submitted proposed
amendment to the sundry civil hill to ap.
propriate $37, 500 for the purchase OF the
school and farm at the Carlisle Indian
school.
The following Northwestern patents have
been issued: Charles N. Brown, Melbourne,
Iowa, submerged pump; Mary E. Cole,
Let's, Iowa, sash fastener; Edwin s. Davis,
Winona, Mimi, wagon body; Charles K.
Dow, Manchester, Oak, separator shoe
foS threshing machine; John II. Edwards,
st. Paul, Mimi, drive chain; Charles G.
Gilman, Eldora, Iowa, fire proof floor arch;
machine: Riley 8. Knapp, Platteville. Wis.,,
pump; Charles E. Phifer, Jessup, Iowa
animal poke; John E. Taylor, Walia Walla,
Wash, a steam generator; Solomon Van
from, Candy, Mimi, spinning attachment
Tor sewing machine; Joseph Wolf Milwau-
kee. Wis, box fastener; Charles T.. Wood,
Oshkosh, WIS, dust removing apparatus.
The president has pardoned R. Porter
Lee, now confined in the Buffalo peniten-
tiary for embezzlement. He was sentenced
in November, 1882, to ten years for EN-.
bezzling the funds OF the First National
Bank OF Buffalo while he was president
thereof. The president thinks that The
ends Of Justice have been attained in hia
case. ..3ss5 ISL s. 4535
Repres entative Jerry Murphy OF Iowa in
troduced a bill to remove the charge OF de
sertion from the military record of vii
liam Names, Of Company F. Twenty.sixtk
Iowa volunteers. gs5i Al 4
Tur key has Just succeeded in scraping uI
q few thousand roubles for Russia on thu
war indemnity account. That war indem.
nifty as originally agreed upon amounted
to /, 400, 900. 900 roubles, Of which i, 100,.
600, 900 roubles was to be paid in terrific.
rial cessions. This latter business " az
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