The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-06-04

The collection OF internal revenue during
the first nine months OF the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1886, amounted to $685.
303 666 being an increase OF SO, 135, 7S2
over the receipts during the corresponding
period of the last fiscal year. There was
an increase OF S733 1S0 or spirits an in
crease OF 81, 1876, ,425 on fsFmented liquor.
The only decrease was s56, ,095 on mis-
cellaneous items. The receipts for April,
1886, were $176,o47 greater than those
for April, 1885.
The bill reported to the house relative
to the transmissios OF obscene matter
through the mails, is accompanied by u
report which states: The law upon this
subject has been construed in so many
ways by the courts that the dealers in OBJ
scene and filthy matters have been able TO
evade and to violate it. The amendments
proposed are intended to make the pro-
visions OF the actso definite that they can
not be disobeyed with impunity.
Secretary Bayard's recent note to Mr..
West which the latter cabled to Earl
Rosebery, British foreign minister, has
been made public. 1t requests that Eng
land shall restrain the extreme exercise OF
what Canada considers to be her legal
rights in the matter of seizing American
fishing vessels, and forbidding additional
seizures during the diplomatic discussions
OF disputed questions. thenote is couched
in calm and judicial terms throughout, and
assumes the intention OF both countries to
secure the removal of the cause for dis
pute.
1t is probable that lawsuit will grow
out Of the presidents purchase OF his coun-
try home. Although it was purchased and
the papers made out without the nterven-
tion OF a real estate agent, Major G. A..
Armes, q retired army officer, who is in the
real estate business here, claims commits
sion amounting to $537 for orhaving brought
the property TO the presidents attention.
Ex-Congressman Joyce OF Vermont is to
practice law in Washington.
The Metropolitan African Methodist
| Episcopal church, one OF the largest churches
in the United States was dedicated recently.
The adopted citizens OF the Cherokee ma
tion are petitioning the United States gov
ernment to prevent the distribution of the
$500, 900 lease money to Cherokees by
blood only.
Mrs. Holt, whom Secretary Lamar is to
marry, is one OF the richest women in
! Georgia.
| The trial OF Adam Guckenberger. OF
Marshfield, Wis, for outraging Mira. George
| Kundert, at Sherrys Switch, in February,
resulted in conviction. The sentence inn
| posed by Judge Webb was ten years at
| hard labor III the penitentiary.
l.. G. Ptiefer a. Co., tanners at Appleton,
Wis, have failed. Liabilities, $4,000;
assets $4,000.
| McAffee, the ex-bigamist, is remarked to
his second wife at Hudson, Wis.
Articles OF incorporation OF new rail-
road between Dubuque and Kansas City
1 L.. loI No aSNrsof ffNPo aYl
Ansel Oppenheim, Sam G.. Stickney, A. +.
/ Schiffman, Frank Skipwirth, Robert G.
/ Wright, w. HI. Knowlton, all OF the Min
| nesota & Northwestern, and also George
| b. Burch, president OF the Dubuque and
| Northwestern The name OF the incor-
poration is the Chicago. St. Paul q Kan
| sas City. The capital stock is $50, 900,
900. The business commenced May 70
/ and win continue for fifty years.
/ BY fire at Sioux City Mr.. l.. H. Moore
| lost his entire stock. The following also
| lose on stock: K. e. Selmer boots and
shoes; E. p. Hill, groceries; John Tucker,
meat market; Cordwan & Knickerbocker;
cigars and tobacco. All are we'll insured,
Mrs. Susan Fox while preparing supper
| in the town OF Lind, Wis, was burned to
| death, her clothes catching fire from the
4 stove.
] Hon. Levi p. Morton gives Gen. Scho-
field a stunning banquet in New York.
Christinson is arrested at Racine, charged
/ with being accessory to the murder oil Mar
shall Schultze.
The general assembly OF tho United Pres
| byterian church, at Hamilton, N. T.. elects
| Rev. j. L. Bountree as moderator.
A deficiency OF $50, 900 is found in the
accounts of j. III. Dean, counsel for the
board OF managers ofthe American Baptist
Missionary union in New York.
/ Augustus Fulton, the only colored stu
dent ever sent from the United States to
the Propaganda in Rome, has been ordain-
ed. and will return TO this country to take
charge OF a colored Catholic church in New
! Orleans.
The total amount invested in the Cana
dian fisheries is $6,697,0 600.
! A review and sham battle, in which 5 :
600 troeps participated, took place in
Phoenix park, Dublin, in celebration OF
the queens birthday. Earl OF Aberdeen,
lord lieutenant, and his wife, drove in state
to the park and were accorded an ovation.
A report is current in court circles that
prince Albert Victor, eldest son OF the
prince Of Wales, will soon be betrothed to
the princess Elizabeth OF Anhalt. The
princess is represented to possess remarka-
BILE beauty.
Fire at Butte Mon, destroyed stables
owned by Remitlard Il Parsons, on lower
Main street, the blacksmith shop Of Fred
o. Brien, the saddlery shop OF j. r. Gun
ther, coopers, etc. a saloon and three or
four cabins in the rear. The fire origi-
mated in Parsons kitchen. The horses in
the stable were saved. One cow was
burned. Parsons family was barely
saved. Loss, $1,000; Insurance, $25,
600.
Crop prospects in the northwest are not
quite as favorable az week ago. With the
exception of the April rains, which came
when seeding was about uthalf-completed, the
weather has been quite dry, except in O few
localities. and complaints are becoming
numerous that the crops are suffering for
want OF moisture.