The Hope pioneer., 1886-02-26

tions ofpostmastersto to thesenate: Thomas
=. Coon, at kilbourn Cish, Wis; John Nc
Ausland, at Miles City, Mont; James Ben.
ton, ,at Colfax, Wash.
1 The brother o. the late Vice President
Wilson is very i'll and entiely destitu te in
4 Washington.
A bill will be reported to the house pro.
viding that lands shall not be conveyed to
the Pacific companies until the cost OF sur
veying has been paid.
The body OF Rev. Jesse B. Braly of Nor.
| tonville, KY, was found encased in ice in
the river below st. Louis. He had com.
mitted suicide from fear OF the result OF an
investigation then going on in relation to
his private affairs.
| The Renfrew. Manufacturing Company o,
Adams, Mass, which is one OF the largest
manufacturers OF ginghams and table
cloths in the country, have raised the
wages OF their operatives 10 per cent, to
date from March 1. The men had not
asked for more pay.
The strike OF hosiery operatives at Lei
cester has ended in a compromise. The
Sunderland ship builders threaten to open
their works to unemployed workmen unless
the hands in the strike accept the terms OF.
fered them: Messrs. Morgan, the bankers,
have donated $500 to the Mansion House
relief fund. The fund now amounts to
f52, ,OOO... j.. IslGH
The examination into the death OF Mr..
Bartlett, Il merchant OF Pimly, England.
to whom it is alleged cloroform was admin.
istered by his wife, SO that she would be
able to marry Rev. Mr.. Dyson, Wesley.
an minister, with whom she had been init.
mate, has been finished, and Mrs. Bartlett
and Mr.. Dyson were both committed for
trial on the charge Of numbering Mr.. Bart.
lett.
P. E. Sarrazin & Co., cigar and tobacco
| manufacturers, OF New Orleans, have
| brought suit agninst their creditors, pray
| ing for respite OF six, twelve and eighteen
| months. Their assets are $15S, 900, and
| their liabilities 100000.
Mrs. Hendricks, OF Indianapolis, has been
annoyed by spiritualists, who send her let
ters purporting to have been addressed to
her from the spirit land by her husband.
One person in New York wrote inclosinp a
letter from Mr.. Hendricks, claiming that it
was genuine and written in his own pecul-
lar style. There was an undoubted resem-
blance, but Mrs. Hendricks characterized
it as only clever piece OF imitation re-
markin! that she could easily detect the
difference.
At Salt Lake City, Thomas Birmingham
and James Bowen, convicted OF unlawful
cohabltatlon, were sentenced in the district
court to six months imprisonment and to
pay fines OF $500 each. Abram H. Cam
non took the witness stand when his case
was called. Upon being asked whether two
women were his wives and whether he had
lived with them, he replied, 'They are,
thank God. l have lived with them as
charged" He was convicted. Henry Din
moody pleaded guilty. He promised ODE.
dience to the law, and sentence was sus-
pended.
The governor OF Illinois has offered re-
ward OF 5000 for the arrest OF the parties
who hung Miss Georgia Aldrich at Wind
sor.
- A. Hopkins absconded from Chaplin &,
Cores wholesale liquor establishments
Chicago, with So, 500. Soon after the firm
received ~ draft for 81 700 from Hopkins
who is at Montreal.
A we'll known Minneapolis gentleman re-
ceived q letter from u friend who is con-
ducting an exhibit at New Orleans. The
letter states that there are very few visi-
tors i'll attendance, and that all the exhib-
itors are heartily sick OF the affair, and
would be glad to get out OF it ii they could.
The managers of the institution are cut.
ting expenses on every side, and the enter
prise is almost u dismal failure.
David Shelly, IL wealthy farmer living
near Shirley, ILL.,, armed with two shot
guns, secreted himself in the oat bin OF his
barn. The members OF his family dis.
covered his whereabout and attempted to
take him to the house. He jumped from
his hiding place and fired n number of
shots, infiicting probably atal wounds up.
on his brother, Levi Shelly, his wife, sister
in-law, and his son, aged seventeen. He
then set fire to the barn which was entirely
consumed.
Thn orso 0et l. k-a -
New York in refusing to accept deposits OF
silver until he is able to count it isin strict
accordance with instructions issued by the
United States treasurer. Similar instruc-
tions have been sent to all .the assistant
treasurers, the object being to insure great
er protection in the handling of govern
ment funds.
The president has nominated Lieut.. Col
Nelson B. Swcetzer, Eighth cavalry, to be
colonel Second cavalry; First Lieut.. Ed
ward +. Wood, Eighth cavalry, to be cap
Eighth cavalry, to be first lieutenant;
John Christian Franks, United States
marshal for California.
John Bell, aged sixty five, and member
of a we'll known upholstery firm OF Pitts.
burg, was decoyed into hunco room and
became so pleased with the workings OF
the game he went to bank, drew $4,000
and returned. He was knocked down.
and when he recovered he found both
money and thieves gone.
Detroit, Mich, claims to possess the old
est man in the world in the person OF An
drew Lucas, an ex-slave, who Is 1877 years
OF age and still vigorous.
| Samuel Kancher at Yankton has invent
| ed a wheat huller that cleans the grain OF
its outside covering, leaving the interior
1,fo pt Sc ftar
process.
Marcus Frazier, Manager OF the Globe
| Lille Insurance company, has been arrested
in Des Moines for using the mails for illegal
purposes, his death assessments being
based on Imagination.
George Cabot Ward OF New York who
has been suffering for sometime from gener-
al paresis, was adjudged by u sheriff jury
and three comm issioners appointed by the
supreme court to be OF unsounl mind and
incapable OF taking care Of himself or his
property. Mr.. Ward is u well known broker
The wife OF Prof Waldo OF Yale college
wandered away while insane, and was kill
ed by fall in the presence OF a sea rch party
1t is thought that her insanity dates from
| the birth OF her last child, three months
ago. She was a native of Philadelphia and
u niece OF Judge Fullerton OF New York
Emerson c. White OF Cincinnati has
strong backing for the appointment OF
commissioner OF education to succeed Mr.
Eaton. Educators in Ohio generally IA vor
him.
Marshal Campbell has been confirmed by
| the senate.
Admiral Jouette has seized Cuban fiji.
clustering vessel fitted out at New York.
| A delegation representing ex-Union sol.
diers who have been prisoners OF war ad.