Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-08-05


Ezra Baird was nominated recently Tor
the position. by Delegate HALEY, and is a
resident Of the territory. He was selected
rom four candidates sent by the attorney
general a short time since with the COM
ment that they were all equal and capable
men and well endorsed
The resident has passed the oleomar-
Earine bill over to Attorney General Gar
land to pronounce upon its constitutional.
ty.
United ireland OF Dublin, Mr.. Parnelrs
organ, says: The marquis OF Salisbury win
be compelled ere long to produce his mana
els, Difing the past year the Irish peo-
pie have submitted TO the bitterest priya-
lions and extortions patiently. The judi
cias rents are becoming daily more impos-
sible for .he tenantry to pay. ana more I'M
expect any redress from an En-
glsh parliament. It is not in hui
man nature for the Irish tehantry to longer
refrain from helping themselves. Land
lords will fight for their rents With FIRE,
sword or crowbar thus obliging Lord Sal
isbury to pray parliament to assist the
landlords by some new-iangled coercion
act. Then viii come the ting OF war.
The Frceman's Journal proposes that
the people of Ireland collect a fund by
shilling subscriptions to erect statute on
College Green, in the city ofDublin, to Mr..
Gladstone.
A new island has been found in the
North Pacific by British steamer on her
voyage from Sydney TO Shanghai. 1t is
two tsr three miles long. rises from 100 To
$50 feet, and is well wooded.
The funeral oi Hobart Pasha was con-
Quoted in Constatinople with great pomp.
The pope paid 5000. 900 for the Palace
Miganelli, and will ct it up as printing
office.
Rev. Mr.. Anderson, minister OF the Cos
pei and also editor OF the Toma Enter
prise, Wis, has just been tried by the
church committee on charges OF whipping
his wife and using profane Language, The
charges were sustained by this committee.
Mr. Anderson was one 81 the instiga tors OF
the charges against the Rev. Mr.. Fnlner,
late pastor OF this place, who was tried for
being too intimate with n disreputable
woman, the charges being also sustained.
Now Mr.. Anderson claims that the present
pastor has used insulting Language. to his
wife, and must be tried for that and other
matters not appropriate for a minister.
The Revere House at lie Mars, Iowa, was
burned. The loss will be SIS, 600; insurance,
5000. The origin OF the fire is believed
to be incendiary.
Peter Shell, young man. arrived at
Pittburg on the truck OF a Pullman sleeper
attached to the New York and Chicago limit.
ed express, having ridden from Fort Wayne
in that way. He says that he was en- route
to Washington to see his mother who was
seriously i'll. A subscription was started
by the passengers, which Melted quite n
sum, and after breakfast he was started
La Al Ia a DILL
car. The distance between Pittsburg and
Fort Wayne is SEQ miles, the limited max.
ing but four stops.
Brig Gen. benjamin G.. Barney, Mexi-
cen vateran and ex-president of the socie-
ty OF the Army OF the Potomac died sud
denly in San Francisco.
Tony Pfeiffer kills Patrick Harrington in
a fight ct Dubuque.
The bondsman OF Thompson, defaulting
cashier OF the Provident Savings bank, st.
Louis, will pay the stealage on receipt OF
evidences OF the crime.
Frank johnson Is committed to Jail at
Barron. Wis.,, charged with incest upon his
daughter.
Forest fires in Maine have caused $751;
600 damages.
Portland, Oak, dispatch OF the gath
says: Latest reports confiDe Yesterdays
hail In this region TO an area Of sif by eight
miles, with few scattered Gslds outside.
The highest estimate OF % bushels per acre
gives total loss in this area OF about
$50, 900 bushels, which, with at least one
fourth OF the land not being III grain. win
allow for the scattering losses beyond the
heavy storm limits and place the loss, at
the present price Of wheat, at about $3.50
600.
Miss Pierce Of New Bedford and sewall
Faunee OF Boston were killed while explor.
ing he famous snow arch in the White noun.
tains, which suddenly gave way. Last
summer the arch fell within twenty min
utes after several sightseers had been I'M
der il.
In the libel suit ofCyrus w. Field against
James Gordon Bennett the shtrff's jury
awarded the plaintiff S25, 200 damages.
The defendant was condemned to pay all
the costs OF suits also.
James +. Moore, formerly chief clerk of
the land department OF the st. Paul &
Sioux City, has been appointed land com
missioner in the place OF James IT, Drake,
whose resignation has been accepted by
Marvin Hughitt, president of the road.
st. Thomas Oak special Ten Thousand
acres OF wheat tributary to that village
we're destroyed by hail
An old man Was discovered digging
east OF Butte. Montana, and as there are
no mines In that locality several inquisi.
tive persons went out to see what he was
digging for. They found him gathering up
gold Nuggets from the bottom OF q six
foot h ole. When done he had cigar box
almost fnll, worth several thousand dol
lars. The old man explained that he had
buried the gold there twenty years ago,
and had. been out of the territory since.
He did nnt known his indanfity m
is supposed to be one OF the early day
road agents and that this was his share OF
some treasure box captured.
Mr.. Howard Vincent has written a letter
to the newspapers in which he quotes from
his yearly reports while director OF crimin-
al Investigations, in order to prove the ur
gent necessity oil an extradition treaty
with the United States not directed especi-
ally against Fenians and dynamiters. Mr..
Vincent concludes his letter by saying that
the whole civilized world is watching the
United States senate.
Pittsburg dispatch The damages by
Monday mornings storm on the 26th inst,
will probably reach $350,00 The storm
was the most severe known for many years.
From almost every town along the rivers
reports are coming in OF great damage.
Houses were flooded and struck by Eight.
ming, crops destroyed and fences washed
city suffered from landslides and washouts.
c. NJ. Thomas is nominated associate
justice OF the Dakota supreme court.
Report has reached here that Albert
Hanson, son OF DIR. w. p. Hanson OF Mil
YANKEE. is under arrest in Denmark for
political offense OF some kind
Hubert o. Thompson, the prominent
Democratic boss OF New York, was found
dead in his bed in his apartments al the
Worth hotel, Broadway, by DR.. Charles I.
Roberts, who says that it was due to
sudden attack OF cerebral appoplexy. Mr..
Thompson first became active in politics
in 1871, when he joined the young mems
Democratic club and became an opponent
OF the old party leaders In 1872 he was
n member OF Tammany hall, but withdrew
from it because OF his hostility to John
Kelly. His career since then as the leader
OF the county Democracy is well known to
the public.
On April >, 1883. the body OF Carmel
Faraeh was fornd near Stapleton, l.. /.
with n stab wound in the chest and
sword cane lying near by. His money
$40o, and his watch and chain were gone.
The dead mans brother-in-law, Antonio
Fereonio. was suspected ofthe murder, but
no proof was forthcoming, and a verdict Of
suicide was rendered. Ferconio, who had
been arrested, was released and disappear
ed. The latter has just returned and con-
fessed to John Farach, Carmel's brother
that he killed Carmel in a duel. Ferconio
said that misfortune had attended him
ever since he slew Carmel.
He Tells His wife's Fortune.
The Elmira Gazette hints at plan
by which tortiine-tellers NAV make