The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1886-03-26
ITEMs OF FIxTRRRsr.

Governor StoneMan, OF California, has ap.;
pointed George Hearst United States senator,
Vice John f Miller, deceased.
Secretary Mccormack, Of Bismarck, Is In
washington 70 see about bis confirmation and
some other territorial appointments. q
+: The government has commenced proceed
ings in the United States ceart at Cincinnati
to test the validity Of the Bell telephone patant
Reports about the health Of ex- President
Arthur are said to be greatly exaggerated. MI.
Arthur is very sick man, but his condition Is
not serious.
The democrats Of Minneapolis have nomf-
nated Dr. A. A. Ames for mayor, and the re-
Puollcans have re-nominated g, A. Pillsbury,
Both have accepted.
Ihe proposed Hudson Bay railway project,
svo.a, WIN extension to connect with the Milwaukee
throughout the Red River valley.
Inc rumors Of the serious illness of Secre-
tary manning Tuesday evening, grew ont of
the iact That he wrenched his ankle severely in
gong up stairs and was taken homo in cal.
The strike on the Gould southwestern system
stlll conunues, and seems to threaten serious
consequences to business and traffic. nnm.
Der OF establishments at Kan sas City have closed
and others have reduced their forces, The
prospects for settlement seem more remote
than ever.
I'D. Martin, suspected of the murder Of Buc,
Moore at the stock yards in st. Paul, was taken
before Judge Cory Tuesday morning, but as
the state was not ready to proceed, the case
was adjourned till April s, by mutual consent.
Hon. D. p. Stubbs, OF Fairfield, Iowa, appear.
ed for the accused.
The wreck Of the Oregon will considerably
undermine tho public confidence in the infali-
blity Of the water-tight compartment system
as at present employed. Only one of the Ore
gon's compartments was damaged, but that
one was 80 large that as soon as 1t had filled
Hka or To t.
dent that II these compartments are to be Of
any service in seriousemergencies they must be
built considerably smaller than those Of the
Oregon.
Iver jacobson, OF Cooperstown is in St. Paul
consulting with Northern Pacific officials to
see what measures can be taken to hurry up
the payment of surveyors fees upon the rail-
road land in Griggs county that 1t may be
taxed this year. He says 1t will make differ
ence Of $4,000 in the amount the county can
collect aud that the Northern Pacific officials
seem to be doing all in their power to hasten
veyOr- generals office of the territory, which
does not seem to have sufficient force to push
the work along. Unless the plates are filed by
April l, the lands cannot be taxed until nsxt
year.
Second Comptroller Maynard has settled an
important question arising from the act of
April %, 1872, which directs that every volun-
teer soldier who enlisted for three years prior
to July %, 1851, under the presidents procla-
nation OF March g. 1861, and the orders OF the
War Department issued in pursuance thereof,
and was actually mustered into the service for
three years before August q, 1861, and who was
honorably discharged, shall bs paid tho full
bounty of $lO0 unless already paid. The Sec
ond comptroller holds that said bounty is pay
able to the heirs of every deceased soldier who,
if living, would be entitled thereto, whether
he died before or after the passage Of the act