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huskins corn from the stalks in a field on
| their tarin, some ten miles from EUina,
! Mo. when they were ros,rated by n shock
| OF lightning, One OF the sons, Luther L.,
age,: sixteen, was instantly killed, anot they,
William T., severely injured that his
lie is despaired of. and the third, Ben.
famine s., is missing.
The commission appointed to secure
from the Indians on the Unatlla reserva-
tons III Oregon their consent tn the provis.
ions OF the act OF congress pass ed on
March 3, 1885, providing for allotment %
lands in severalty to those Indians, has
been successful in every particular. Steps
will now be taken to carry out the provis.
ions oi the act.
The Fenian brotherhood. which has been
in secret session i'll New York, for several
days. have deposed O'Donovan Rossa ana
elected DR.. Hamilton Williams in his place
President Cleveland spent Thanksgiving
day very quietly at the White House, enter
tanning no one. Several of the cabinet 9th
GERS entertained Al few personal friends. but
there was no formal dining.
Gen. Clark has been able to figure out
| Democratic majority of fifteen i'll the
next house, and i've members-one each
| from North Carolina, Virginia, Iowa. Wis
| consin and kansas-who were not classed
with either OF the leading parties on poit
cal questions, anj two, perhaps three ont
OF the five will probably vote with the ina-
| jority.
The will OF the late Margaretta s. Lewis
OF Philadel phia bequeaths over $500
600 to religious and philanthropical pur.
poses.
w. c. Stevens, OF GAINESVILLE. Wis. who
narrowley escaped killing E. w. Rowell re-
Gently, has entered II plea of emotional in
sanity. 1t is claimed that Rowell was
eritninally intimate with Mrs. Stevens.
The official vote cf the state of North
Carolina, declared last Saturday the 27th
/ inst, shows the election OF the following
! Democratic congressmen First district
. Louis {. Latham; Second. F. NJ liiuwons;
Third L. W. Mct lammv; Sixth, Alfred Row
land; Seventh. j. :. Henderson; Eighth w.
II. II, Cowles Ninth. \. d. j Johnston. In
the Fourth district John Nichols, labor,
and in the Fifth j. NJ. Brown, Republican,
are elected.
In New York q man, on whose person
papers were found indicating tnat he was
from Detroit and was named james II.
Farnsworth, committed suicide by hang
ing in his room in an East side hotel.
Lieut.. Creel is arrested at DEVILS Lake,
Oak, for too promiscuously tiourislllng
his revolver.
Harry Wilkes wins the big trotting race
at San Francisco in 2:15, with Guy Wilkes
second.
4 The last beer statistics from Chicago
shows that, after drinking 900 600 barrels
ot domestic brewing. the citizens have to
draw on Milwaukee for nearly six hundred
thousand barrels more.
/ W. w. Wright of Geneva, n. Y, received
an autograph letter from ex-President
/ Arthur on the day of Mr.. Arthurs death.
, The handwriting is bold and distinct.
! j. Il B. Sachs, wholesale boot and shoe
dealers and manufacturers, assigned at
/ Cincinnati, to NJ. j. Mack. TIE liabilities
are $500, 900, and tn. assets 5000, 900.
Reports from Boscoe, Dakota, show that
one Fred Anon found u bottle containing
horse medicine which he supposed was
whisky from which he and two comrades
drank. The dose acted as an emetic on
the Others, but Anon died. He was eight
cen years old. 1t is thought the bottle
contained aconite and belladonna.
The late Francis Palms of Detroit left
fortune OF s25. .00O.O 900. He never owed
| dollar in his life His daughter is the lady
Senator Jones fell in love with.
An effort is making to have the govern
ment Indian warehouse transferred from
New York to Chicago.
George Paul, who succeeds J. Riccard,
suspended at Iowa City, is IA prominent
T! Democrat well known all over the Hawk
eve state and endorsed by every Democrat
OF any importance in the state.
The Inter Ocean has information that
| deliberate attempt was made to assassina a .e
! Harry Gilmer, the witness who gave evidence
i at the recent trial OF the anarchists, direct
ly duplicating Spies and Schwab in the
throwing OF the Haymarket bomb. Gilmer
was shot at while on the threshold OF his
! own home, and the bullet passed between
his legs, lodging in the bottom OF the door
The snot was fired at distance OF less
than ten feet from the living target, and
the assassin's precipitance was the only
thing that saved Gilmer's life.
Acting Surgeon General Baxter of the
army. has submitted his annual report to
the secretary Of war. The report Shows
for the army year of exceptional freedom
from disease, although it has been one Of
| unusual hardship and activity for troops
| stationed on the Southwestern frontier.
The threatened strike at the government
printing office has been averted. Public
Printer Benedict has informed the commit
tee OF bookbinders that he will grant their
request, and give the work Of manufactur-
ing tablets to the bookbinders and take it
away from the women who have been do
| ing it for the last few weeks.
It is stated at the treasury department
|
| ready for general distribution in limited
quantities in short time.
The president has appointed the follow
ing. named postmasters: George Paul, at
Iowa City, Iowa, vice Jacob Richard, sus
pended; Frederick 3. Smith, at Columbia
OAK, vice John r. James, resigned; Henry
J. Dane, at LIE Sueur, Mimi, vice John NJ.
Farmer, commission expired.
The Duluth fire loss is $500 900, with
about 800, 900 of insurance.
Judge Treat, of the United States district
court at st Louis, in giving additional in
structions to the United States grand jury
on the subject of election frauds, made
this important point: Under the federal
and state laws the state judges of election
are subject to the federal law, and a will
ful violation oftheir duties is an indictable
| offense. Ii the state board OF registration
revisers had stricken from the list Of vot-
ers the names or name OF persons without
having first fully satisfied themselves that
the PERSONS so stricken off had no legal
right to vote, then the members OF the
board had committed an offense against
the federal law, and were subject to in
precinct OF which he is not a resident is al
so indictable, and the jury were instructed
| to SO find.
ne nationalist leaders neld q private
meeting at Sligo, Ireland, and discussed
their future course OF action. Messrs.
O Brien and O'Kelly, members OF parlia-
ment, went to Riverstown to address a
citing. A platform was erected and the
chapel bell was toled. Mr.. O'Brien made
q speech, in which he denounced the gov
ernment, and declared that the Irish won Id
be able to overcome the unworthy schemes
for repressing opinion. The police threat
ened to arrest him, but, although he defied
them, he was not molested. Mr.. O'Brien
then went to Ballygate, whe re priest ad.
vised him not to talk. He persisted, how.
ever. and the meeting was dispersed by the
police.
The pope has divided the diocese OF AL
ton, ILL.,. forming the Southern part into a
new diocese With the sea at Belleville. The
bishops OF Richmond and st. Paul have
submitted to the pope a scheme to build
Catholic university in America. 1t is
proposed that this university shall endow
a theological faculty at once. and that
other faculties shall be added later on.