The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1886-12-10
News Notes.

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News Notes.
During 1856 the building record of Minneap.
oils aggregated ll,925,Sl5.
John Z. Owens, the veteran comedian, died
Tueasday morning at his home In Baltimore
city, aged about sixty years.
Omaha, Nebraska, has gone wild over tho
reported discovery Of coal In the city limits.
Real estate has advanced so per cent.
The Herzog opera house burned on the morn
ing OF the 9Th at St. Paul. The loss on the
building was $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
Florida is sending fresh cucumbers to mar
ket; in Minnesota the ice is thick enough to
bear teams; in California grapes are being
gathered, and Maine is shiyering under several
inches Of snow.
Miss Mollie Smoot owes her reinstatement to
government position in the pension sfiice at
Washington to the persistent efforts of her
uncle, s. L. Campbell, Of Wabasha, Mimi,
attorney for tho Manitoba railroad.
Dispatches from Australia state that large
findings Of gold have been in South Australia
diggngs. In tho region of Feetelpa 5000 men
are already congregated. The largest nugget
yet found, it is said, weighed thirty ounces.
Michael j. Hass, last Saturday, jumped from
the Brooklyn bridge into tho East river. The
affair was kept secret and the facts did not
leak out until late He said that in the period
between leaving tho bridge and striking tho
water he was not conscious.
About 250 citizens OF Chicago, Marshall Field
presiding, met last Saturday aud subscribed n
million dollars to build an opera house greatly
exceeding the usual size. The idea is to pro-
vide AL auditorium more suitable for national
gatherings than the often used exposition
building in that city.
Tho will of ex-President Arthur was admit
ted to probate in New York, Saturday. It di-
vlded his estate equally between his son Chester
and his daughter Ellen, the former to assume
full control Of Ills part when no is 80 years old
and tho latter when she shall be %. The es-
tate is worth $l50,00O.
Train No. east bound on tile st. Paul, Min
neapolis & Manitoba, while taking water We'd
nesday morning, at Melrose, MinD., was run
into By its second section, domollshing the Ca
boosc, damaging three freight cars and badly
batterlng the engine. Nobody responsible.
Another seam Of anthracite coal, seven feet
six inches In diameter, has been struck at
Bauff, Northwest Territory. This seam is only
one out Of six in that locality, tho smallest be-
ing three feet in thickness. The six seams
contain coal enough to supply the eutre North
western territory for the next fifty years.
Representative Miller, Of Texas, has intro
duced bill TO amend the national bank act of
July IL, 1852, so as to provide that national
banks having capital Of $75, 600 or less shall
not DO required to keep on deposit at the treas
ury Of the United Statos bonds in excess Of
$4,000, as security for circulation; that banks
having capital Of not moro than g. $15O,COO and
not less than $4,000, shall keep on deposit
$4,000; and banks having capital OF $780,
600 or more, shall not be required to keep on
deposit more than $25O0O.
A sale Of a tract Of land in Mexico 100 miIea
long and six miles wide has been consummat-
ed. John D. Miles Is the purchaser for a SYM
dictate, the composition Of which he will not
divulge. The Rio Bravo Land and Cattle com.
pany are the sellers. The purchasers are fiye
residents of st. Paul and three Of El Paso, Tex,
They acquired ninety -nine-year lease to the
tract, which extonds from point fifty miles
from Paso Del Nortc Oh the Mexican side of
the Rio Grande and extending down the river
parallel with its course 1870 miles. The price
paid was something over s50O,O00. It's pro-
posed to establish monster cattle ranch on
the tract.
William Knapp deserted from the First Unit
ed States cavalry during the war. while on
duty at New Orleans He eluded arrest and
some years ago settled with his family ut Grove
town, Ind. 1t recently occurred to him that
he could obtain back pay, and he wrote to
Washington, asking for information in regard
to obtaining it, at the same tins detailing the
circumstances Of his desertion. He was iu-
formed that he could get no back pay until the
taint of desertion was removed. He accord
ingy decided to 60 to Chicago and surrender
himself, believing that he would be released
without much trouble, owing to the length OF
time which had elapsed since his desertion.
He walked into the cavalry recruiting Office
and informed the officer in charge Of the cir
cumstanccs. He was at once placed under
arrest and taken to Jail, where he awaits the
action OF the war department.
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A Mysterious Shooting.
FARGO, Dak., Dec. 5.-Considsrable excite
ment was caused at Moorhead to-day over a
mysterious attempt to assassinate well known