Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-05-13

| beyond the reach Of ordinary political sx.
| element have received conclusive assur-
anees that kindred people regard with
warm fraternal sympathy the attempt to
settle, once for all, the troubled relations
between England and Ireland, which ex-
| hibit the only great failure OF the political
genius OF our race to confront a master
| difficulty, and to obtain in reasonable
degree the main ends OF civilized life.
Gov Hubbard and family are vacatiug
] their quarters at the Merchants and are re-
| moving to their home in Red Wing, where
they will be after May /
During a quarrel atCroke, Traverse eoun-
| ty, Theodore Wise was shot and killed by
p. o. Bingstrom.
A fire in the woods on the Red Eye, near
Verndale burned 100, 900 feet of logs.
Charles Knapp OF Campbell, Mimi, is ar
rested charged with issuing fraudulent
/ wheat tickets and is subsequently injured
1 by falling from a train.
Maj. A. E. Alden, distinguished Min.
nesota soldier, dies at Seattle, Wash.
The state treasurer reports S32s. 27l.66
in the state treasury.
| Rev. NJ. B. Lowrie who has been preach
| ing in the Presbyterian church at Lake
City for several months, has been hired by
| the society for a year, and will soon move
his family there.
| The Rev. W. NJ. Bowdish, of the Mime
sofa Methodist conference. and for three
| years pastor OF the Methodist church in
| Lumbrota, died of consumption in Chat
field. lie was buried at Anoka.
| Gov. Hubbard has received a draft for
| SAG, S04. SIS from the United States treas
nrer, being the 5 per cent. fund due the
1 state for internal improvements. This
| will be partially employed to pay for the
/ hfiiJp hnil HIM f.rdaral NV tl,a 10 AZ lauiSl
ture.
! A competitive examination under the
rules OF the United States vilservice com
mission OF applicants for the classified pos
4 tai service will be held in the United States
| court room at the custom house, st. Paul,
at 10 a. m, on May %. Applications for
examination must be made on blanks pre-
| scrIbed by the civil service commission five
| days before the examination occurs. The
| blanks can be obtained from Ed. S. Bean
1 secretary OF the boarl OF examiners.
DIR. James w. Routh, died in st. Paul re,
Gently.
Stephen Hicks, an old and we'll known
citizen OF Hastings died, in the S0th year
! OF his age.
At Northiield, two lads about ii years
OF age, named Wager and LiliiIn respective
1 ~, we're fooling with a revolver. The latter
placed the muzze OF the weapon to the
shoulder of Wager, when the revolver was
accidentally discharged. The ball entered
Wagers body at the shoulder, passing up
| into the neck and out at tho back. The
\ boys recovery is extremely doubtful.
Col. VIM. ii. Shelley, well.known citi,
zen of St. Paul, died suddenly in Washing.
ton where he had resided for some time.
The double wedding OF Miss Mary G..
Smyth to George c. Squres and Mss Lou
Use Smyth to Lieut.. +. +. Glenn, Of the
| twenty-iifth infantry, at present stationed
at Fort Smelling, took place in st. Paul.
The survivors of Company b. First Min
nesota volunteers, residing in Washington
county celebrated the twenty-ffth ami
versary OF the musteringin OF the regiment,
the celebration consisting OF a banquet and
| social at the Sawyer house. There are now
forty-seyen survivors; OF this company, -
OF whom live in Saltwater and vicinity.
Albert Riege of Bird Island, is arrested
and jailed at Beaver Falls, charged with
/ shooting Henry Schultz.
| Civil Engineer Rogers diyulges extensive
| plans of j. j. Hill To push his lines north
| westward.
| Ex-Register OF Deeds Hultsrou makes q
confession of his robbery OF TIE county
| treasury at Willmar.
Several persons wounded in the tornado
at Riee's Station are brought to the hosp
tai at Minneapolis.
A. I. Marsh of Minneapolis is taken in
charge in New York Tor insanity.
Peter Swenseid is arrested in Nelson
| county Oak, charged with horse stealth.
in Rushiord.
the Farmers and Merchants bank at
Perham has settled all liabilities and with
| drawn from business.
Prairie chickens are unusually numerous
this spring in the southern part OF the
state.
| On March 81 the commissioners OF AHaka
county appointed an assessor, who at once
took the oath of Office, but neglected to file
1t inside the requisite ten days prescribed
by law. On the 18th day oil April tie
board met and appointed another Inaa.
| The first appointee appealed to the attnr-
| ney general, and that official decided
| against him ON the ground that his oath
was not placed on file.
At Sank Rapids Bishop Whipple pledged
| himself to raise funds and rebuild Grace
church, OF which Lothing was left but the
bel. building committee consisting OF
Col. j. H. Holt, NJ. II. Trace and Senator
| g. ID. Backman WAS chosen to attend to
the work.
Willie Wager, thirteen years OF age, living
a few miles north OF Mortified, visited a
neighbours boy named fillmore. of about
| the same age. They fooled with self
c@cking revolver, when Lillimors said:
This is the way would shoot at man"
at the same time putting the revolver o
the shoulder OF Willie and pulling it. The
bah went in above the collar bone on the
left side of the neck. going downward ami
coming out between the shoulder blades
near the spinal column. The boys wound
is serious, but he may recover
Geo. Cross was arrested at Sioux Falls
for stealing horse.
| Residents around Lake MinnetonlSa are
making preparations to prosecute those
ho persist in fishing before the dat fixed
by law. May 10. The prosecutions will be
under the law OF 1873, which prohibits
fishing before that date in any lake within
| the boundaries OF Ramsey, Hennepin or
| Washington counties.
Sylvester B. Chase n well known and
| highly respected business man OF MinmeaD.
! oils met tragic death at lake Calhoun by
being thrown from his boat and drowned.
The First Congregational church in East
/ Minneapolis was totally DESTROYED by fire
A loss of s25 900, with $13, 900 Insurance
At St. Paul, Sunday evening. the2d inst.
| Charles Lightbourn, printer, aged eighteen
| years, shot and instantly killed his sister
/ Mary Lightbourn. The brother and sister
supposed to be unloaded.
Most OF the labor differences in st. Paul
have been adjusted.
The loss by the burning OF the Athcneum,
| as cstimnted by the German society of st.
| Paul. which associa Son owned the building.
is $4,000. This is divided rs follows:
Building $4,000 library, 81 900; fixtures,
| $4,000. The building and contents we're
| insured for Sill 900 of which 81 500 WAS
on the fixtures and furniture.
Intelligence has just been received of the
death OF Hon. William Home OF Red Wing
at Neponset. Mass. lie settled ut Red
| Wing in 1857.
Sir Charles Dixie promises 20 deny under
oath the charges OF immortality against
| himself
Mr.. Gladstone's mail has so greatly in.
| creased the duties OF Mrs. Robinson, the
| postmistress of the village Of Harwarden
that he has raised her salary 500 year.
The German minister OF worship has OF
| ficialy notified the lower house of the Prus-
| sian diet of the governments agreement to
revise the May laws aud OF the pope's as
sent to the proposal that the government
be notified of all appointments made by
| the Vatican.
\ After a conference between the congress
| sional COMMITTEES on the labor tronbles and
the representatives OF the Knights of La
! Dor. the latter agree to declare the South
western strike of.
Martin Irons says the Knights have not
expelled him.
The visiting committee of the Montana
| Stock Growers association arrive in st.
Paul and are entertained.
The late Capt t. J. Barney OF ST. Paul