The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-03-12
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O0uiM anu prlMAt0 Oh ireland, mas con.
vened the synod for the 23d inst, to obtain
! nm expression Of opinion OF the church on
the political situation in Ireland.
Charles Russell, attorney general, went
TO buckingham palace to be knightsd. After
waiting an hour he received word from the
queen that she was iatigued by the duties
OF the drawing room which she had been
holding, and must postpone the ceremony.
Russell withdrew from the palace in indig.
nation. and snys he will refuse knighthood.
It ie believed that the queen was irritated
by his pronounced home rule views.
There were 227 failures in the United
States reported to Bradstreet's during the
week ending 9th, against 2OS tho preceding
week, and 222, 221, 2OS and 172 in the
corresponding weeks Of 1885, 1884, 1888
and 1882 respectively. About as per cent
were those Of small traders whose capital
was less than $1,000.
The Cuyahoga Paper company at Cuya.
hoga Falls, Ohio, has made an assignment.
j. A. Beauvais OF Montreal, dealer in
clothing, has assigned; liabilities, $43, 900.
Thomas Christie and Horatio King, clerks
in the First National bank Of Bradford,
I'a., have been arrested on charge Of en-
bexzling 100000 from that institution,
most OF which was lost in oil speculation.
King had charge theindustrial accounts,
and Christie the co.r espondence and remit
tances.
A fire in the gas house Of the Augusta,
Ca, factory resulted in slight loss. A fall.
ing wall buried niEe men, instantly killing
Councilman n. Z. Hill, the owner Of the
factory. Master Machinist w. C. Allan
died an hour aftcrward, and John Edwards
will die.
The light house on Sand Point, Escanaba,
Mich, was burne,l. Mrs. Mary G. Terry,
ISvtpk Ln. T.
John NJ. Whaling, formerly Of st. Paul
$4,000 worth Of bonds from Mrs. Stannartl
OF Washington on false prctcnses, waived
examination and the case goesto thegrand
Jury. Whaling says he has written con-
tract with Mrs. Stnnnard which he has thus
far fulfilled.
j. B. Belohrodsky, the brewer, who was
arrested at San Antonio, Tex, on q re-.
quisition issued by the governor of Illinois,
charging him with embezzlementa at Chicago
In 1881, has been released ON q proclama-
tion OF Gov. Ireland, who revoked his ex-
tradition on the ground that it had been
improperly used as q means OF collecting
an alleged debt.
Clarence Gray, alias Isham Collins, who
murdered H. H. Scott, while attempting to
rob the latter's store at Paradise, on
Christmas, 1884, was hanged at Winnemuc-
ca, New.
A professed exhorter named Muncall
recently began n series OF meetings in the
Indian Territory. lie was quartcred at
the house OF an Indian citizen and slept in
IL room with several other members oil the
family. During the night Mungall made an
assault upon q young orphan girl in the
room, but before he could execute his pur-
pose he was discovered and taken prisoner.
The next day a party Of neighbors took
him out for a trial and returned without
him, saying he had Escaped"
William Secor who was president of the
Bank OF Agusta, Ga, which failed in Janu-
ary, 1885. and who was extradited in
December last, forfeited his $40, 900 bonds.
The trial OF James T. Holland at New
York, for killing Tom Davis, the confidence
to the jury ut 7:3O, and it was after 8
O'Clock when the Judge returned to the
court room and received the jury's verdict
of mot guilty." Holland grasped the
hand OF each juryman with warmth, and,
after receiving an ovation from the people
present, walked out IL free man. He will
return to Texas in a few days. The jury
minutes after retiring.
Henry Labonchere' Radical, moved in the
house OF commons that the house resolve
that the llcreditory chamber Of legislation
Is inconsistent with the principles Of repre-
sentative government. The motion was
rciccted-2O2 to 1856. Labouchere and the
Parncllites voted with the minority.
Many Liberals abstaincd from voting.
The majority consisted mainly of Conserv-
atives and prominent members Of the
government. The Parnellites received the
announcement Of the result with loud
cheers. OConnor exclaimed. 1.-THE writ
ing on the wall"
A laboring man in the gallery OF the Par
is bourse threw a bottle containing an ex-
plosive liquid down among the brokers on
the floor, and with his revolver fired three
times i'll the same direction, shouting
give lanarchie!" The bottle did not ex-
plodc. One OF the bullets slightly wounded
man. The disturber was arrested. The
name Of the prisoner is Petrovich. He
said helong intended to blow up the bourse.
He failed to mix the explosives properly.
80 he decided to use u revolver. He is be-
lieved to be insane.
Poundmaker ana other braves were
liberated from the penitentinry at Stony
Mountain n. w. Ter. They will so west to
their homes in charge OF Rev. Father La
combc.
Marshall Mcclure has disposed OF the
OF jamestown and w. r. Kellogg.
NIS. OcH. 11uHCOCk HAS TCIlOVeU Co Tile
house OF Lieut.. Eugene Griffin, on Govern.
or's Island, who. besides having been her
husbands aide, is connected with her by
marriage. No preparations have been
made as yet for her to leave the island.
The funeral OF Mrs. Rich, who was killed
at St. Paul by her husband, took place at
Cobleskill, n. Y, on Saturday the 9Th inst.
Gen. Sherman, in letter to St. Louis
lady who asked a contribution for chari-
table purpose, says he leaves st. Louis
chiefly because he ia taxed to death and
can't stand it.
B. Swankin, n wife-beater in Manchester,
Ind, is stripped and cruelty beaten by q
mob, and driven from the place.
The Western Union pays s14o, 900 back
taxes due the state of New York.
The light house on Sand Point, Escana.
ba, is burned, together with Mrs Mary G..
Terry, the keeper.
Queen Victoria has been persuadetl1 to
modify her determination to remain in re-
6fe4ent. She has promised to hc present
at the laying OF the corner st ,ne ofthe new
college OF physicians, and driving Of the
first pile oi the new Cowes briige and the
opening OF the colonial exhibition. Her
majesty, however, decisively declined to
hold court at Buckingham palace. even for
q short period in the spring.
Frank Flood an American claiming to be
the heir and decendant OF the celebrated
Henry Flood, has brought suit ut Kilken-
ney to dispossess William Flood OF the
property known as the Kilkenney estates.
Henry has also instituted suit to recover
from William $500, 900, the profit realized
= during the twenty-seven years the estates
have been in his possession.
Eau Claire 1umbermen predict very late
log drive onaccount ofheavy snow and ic..
The Northern Pacific reduces the mini
mum freight rate, and issues o special east
bound live stock tariff.
Hank Keefe is released from Jail in Mime.
apolis. 10 proof accruing that he murder
cd Mclean near Eau Claire.
Justice Mech oi Chicago files his declara.
tion in his libel suit against Rev. DR.. Kit.
ridge, Presbyterian clergyman.
Secretary Lamar recommends legal &C.
tion to recover 1852, 800 due the govern.
ment from the Union and Central Pacific.
Special telegrams to Bradstreet's the
past week reveal further improvement in
come lines at cities where gains have been
noted within few weeks. This is more