Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-01-14
Premier salisbury has directed Minister

Premier Salisbury has dIrecteu Mlnister
West at Washington 20 do oil in his power
20 hasten the conclusion OF the new extra
dietion treaty With the United States. 1t is
.ssparted that the queens bench will an
nounce the favorable progress Of the nego-
tiations toward the completion oil this
treaty
Cyil Service Commissioner Eaton willre-
tire on Feb. /,
Among the nominations sent to the
senate was that OF Judge Orlando Powers
Of Michigan, 70 be chief Justice OF the su.
preme conrt Of Utah.
John c. Lee of Philadelphia, the Repub.
lean whose appointment Gs secretary OF
legislation at ConstantinopIe, was askd
by Minister Cox, and whose name was seat
to the senate by President CLEVELAND, has
declined the offer, and his nomination has
beer withdrawn.
A petition from Mrs. Sarah 4. Kelly OF
Honesdale, Pa, has heen introduced in the
senate. She sets forth that xe@ IL a widow
In needy rir&ur StHE.es' 49, tbat she has
lost rine relatives in =. = ra.arny Gar-
ing the war, lhC,uding ashland, father,
several brothers aud u. 1shers-in.law, and
other kins rc,i: She d 80 not ask n pen
siou, but as she Is a UOet Of no small abili-
~, wantG congress to ,,rpoint her THE
bard o. the nation, " with nsalary sufficient
TO live in rnspertability.
Thomas y. koene, the actor, while at
tending "a rHctyt!cn at knLsas City, by the
Owl.r OF Exc altered q. rapture OF u small
blood.vrssel in the head. He was taken
TO ! e hotel and was confined for some
days.
T. c. Crawford, the New York Worlds
Wnshin Lton correspondent, gets $1,000 q
year.
Il is understood here that Walker Blame,
the oldest son OF the ex-senator, VINO has
been assistant attorney before the court
OF Alabama claims, will soon go TO Chicago
to practice law,
President Cleveland contributed 500 to
the Grant monument fund recently. Ac-
c%ompanying the contribution is the hope
that the association viii succeed In its OBJ
ject,
Lieut.. VI. j. Jenkins, Fourth cavalry
having rendered his resignation; has, been
directed TO proceed TO Fort Mcdowell for
the purpose OF transferring TO the proper
officer the public property for which he is
responsible.
Letters received in Washington recently
that Gen. r. S. Mackenzie, who
was retired from the ARM two years ago
on account OF insanity, IL not expected 20
survive long. lie IL now in s. private in.
sane asylum near Philadelphia.
The horse Of Postmaster General Villas
was entered Is burglars, and $3.50 worth
OF personal property stolen.
Pulitzer, theproprietor OF the New York
World, bought 100000 worth Of govern
ment bonds the other day.
Cor gressman Houk, OF Tennessee educa-
ted himself while working at the cabinet
n.aket's Grade, and by reading by freight
at night,
The fshk at Fargo between Cardiff and
Brady was a draw-supposed II hippo
dTome.
Queen Victoria is irats because Of the
tacit refusal of the courts at Berlin, Wen
ra and st. Petersburg TO recognize the
right Of Prince Henry of Battenberg, the
husband OF Princess Beatrice, TO the title
OF royal highness." AS a responsive de-
fance the queen will not admit the right OF
Count Gleicher TO reassume the title and
rank OF Prince Victor Hohenlohe LANCE
berg, which he renowned on ma frying nm
aunt OF the present marquis oil Hartford.
The courts of Europe are taking a liyelyin-
terest in the quarrel.
Sarah Bernhardt's ~impersonation OF
Marian Delorme the past few nights at the
Porte st. Martin theater, Paris, has been @
brilliant success. Critical observers, how
ever, have noticed at moments unex pected
signs OF weakness. The explanation oithis
which has JUS. been given TO the public,
adds q pathetic entered TO the great
| a~rtiste's triumphs. II appears that her
son Maurice is critically i'll, and the actress
is worn out with watching and anxiety.
Thirty deaths from smallpox occurred in
Montreal and suburbs the week ending
Jan. I'd. There were thiTty-sevsn deaths
during the previous week.
Capt. II. Streatield has been appointed
military secretary to the governor general
of Canada, in place OF Lord Melgund, re
signed.
Tho Connecticut supreme court has up
held the action OF the New Haven electmen
refusing TO allow students ofYale to vote.
B.. s.. Smith, who recently aied in Vienna,
ILL.,, aged eighty-four, had been married
seven times and had twenty-three children
Jay Gould ownes 2,400 acres OF coal
land in Crawford county. Kan.
Postmasters commissioned Dakota
Clear Lake, ii. oTAmundson; Estelline, c
L. Gould. MonStna-Park City, Alice st.
John. Observation-Disclosures III. Lobe
ser; Doylestown, Il. NJ. Kehoe; Hewitt, +
/ Cramer; Worcester, DR.. WEIGH.
On April Z. 1888, win be held the ami
yersary OF the centennial OF the first per.
manent settlement in the territory north
west OF the Ohio river" in what is ROW
Ohio. The chief celebration viii be al
Marietta, where the settlement was made
The wholesale business Of Portland, Or.
last year amounted to $40, 100000. TIT
export business by rail east, to the sount
and coastwisc, was 81, 900, oOe.
The New York church in which Grant
old pastor, Mr.. Newman, used 10 preach
:. - ..ln - COON nnn IL IA huilf al car
rugated iron.
Senator Miller OF California is very sick.
The register and receiver of public land
at Pueblo, Col, reports to the general LAM
Office that he recently had a hearing in z
cases OF Illegal homestead cntries. whic
had been investigated by special agents c
the department. None OF the claimant
appearing, the entries were cancelled.
Commissioner Sparks, OF the general lau
office. charges{that Gen. j. A.. Williamson
one OF his predecessors, IL a knaye, an
while holdina 1he Office was In league wit
rascals. He Bays. also, that ten. william
son ia n lobbyist, and is regarded ms a sogg,
stupid lawyer. As Gen, Williamson is
fighting man and does not relish such r
marks as these, there will undoubtedly
a circus the Isst time the two men meet.
In D TO a request from Senate
liarrtSon, chHlrinhh on Tue senate tOthuii
tee on territories, dov. Zulick OF Arizon
has furnished a statement OF tho territori'
debt. The statea,est shows that the e
ri.,ery has 0utsssaeing warrants a%tnountir
10 Sf2o,sfs, upon which IL pays interei
at the rate Of 10 per cent, per snnum. I'll
indebtedness Of she counties oithe territor
aggregate 81 f0i $40.
The Mississippi legislature met ut Jacl
son recently. In the senate Lieut.. 90
Sands presided. Hon. r. o.. Reynolds WI
elected vice president, Gen. j. A, Sharp wa
elected speaker.
: George Ellis, publisher 81 tho Bo-to
! Daily Advertiser and the Evening Recor
has resigned. tits stated that Henry Cab,
Lodge will take his place.
/, Judge Seward Smith, lately Of Dakot
has become insane from oyerwork,