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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-02

Not long since il was rumored that
Gen. James Longstreet had become
so reduced in circumstances that him.
self and family were likely to suffer
for the actual n"ecessaries of life unless
succor was soon extended. Acting
upon this rumor, the Atlanta Consti-
tuition recently printed an article in
which the raising of a relief fund
was earnestly suggested. Upon the
article being brought to the attention
of Gen. Longstrest's wife she at once
wrote to the Constitution asking q
withdrawal. of the generals name in
that connection, and stating. though
far from rich, he is able with what he
owns. to live in comparative comfort
the remainder OF his life.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-02
Foreign News

The king OF the Belgians has recently in.
sured his own private poverty in the roy.
al palaces at Brussels IND at Laekep for
$1,75O, coo. =
It is believed that the terms for a loan
OF s1O, 500, 900 from Blsichorder, the Ber-
lin banker, shave been Substantially arrang-
ed with the government al Mexico.
A few nights ago the editor OF, the Pail
Mall Gazette in London held a three
hours conversation with his correspond.
emit in Vancouver, the distance being
1913 miles.
The surgeons at Havre have been unable
to extract the bullet in Louise Michel's
head. Lucas. who shot her, says II he
has killed an anarchist queen the revolu-
tionary party will disappear.
The consul general Of Spain atNew York,
officially and emphatically denies the
truth Of the rumors published in some
newspapers in regard to the unsatisfactory
condition Of affairs in Cuba and declares
that these runners are entirely ~unfounded.
He says that peace prevails OF the whole
island.
The oncyclical on the social condition OF
the working classes on which the pope has
the principle OF state intervention in favor
Of artisans and will exhort Catholics to
support their governments in efforts to
rate the condition o the working classes.
Mayor Jones was sworn in as-provincial
treasurer ut Winnipeg. At 4 meeting Of the
cabinet council 1t was decided that there
would DO no immediate dissolution Of the
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-02

The reaper, mower, and binder
manufacturers OF the United States
met the other day in Chicago and
formed an association to regulate
prices, production, ETC., which is prob
ably less ironclad than a full-1edged
4trust," and less likely to excite the
suspicious Of the public, but the nine
teen concerns which have joined say
that the association is for "social
ends only" This transparent state
ment is simply a confession that they
are unwilling to face the odium oil
monopoly, even though it may not be
of the most dangerous kind, and un-
less public opinion car be brought to
take a very different view OF ''trusts"
they will certainly have hard shedding
in the United States.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-02
Crimes and Criminals.

Alfred B. Osgoodby, whose career in
connection with the late Minneapolis News
is fresh in Twin City memory, is placed on
trial at Albany. N. Y, charged with using
the mails for s%windling purposes.
At Chicago, James w. Sykes, until re.
Gently we'll known seed merchant and
proprietor of a large warehouse, was plae.
cd on trial before q jury in Judge Horizons
court, the charge being the issue OF fraudu-
lent receipts.
Isaac N. Stanley, who was paying tell Ter
OF the National Bank of Commerce at
Cleveland, o., embezzled 500, 900 OF the
banks funds in 1865, and lost the money
in wheat speculations, was sentenced to
five years in the Ohio penitentiary by
Judge Welker, OF the United States district
court. The prisoner made q clean Breast
OF his crime.
Alfred B. Osgoodby of Buffalo and else.
whore is now on trial in the United
States district court at Albany on a
charge OF using the mails for swindling pur.
poses. Osgoodby, alias PROF" Cur tbs,
and Maj. R. Cranston, alias C.. HI. Roberts
& Co., were indicted for conspiracy to de-.
fraud the country newspaper publishers
and other persons. Only Osgoodby is on
trial, the others having avoided arrest.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-02
Miscellaneous News Notes.

Judge Gresham, in the Iowa Central
railroad foreclosure case, decides rebates
to be illegal.
The governor OF Missouri has vetoed the
bill providing for the holding OF q consti-
tutional convention.
Patrick J. Towle OF Chicago fails, being
indebted to Anthony Kelly OF Minneapolis,
to the extent OF SIS. 600.
The Buffalo Rubber company has failed,
giving preferences for $50, 600. Liabilities
will probably reach 500, 600.
At Boston, Franklin Role, commission
merchant, under the style OF Franklin
Role & Co., has failed. Liabilities, $780,.
600; assets unknown.
Word comes from Put.in.Bay island
near Cleveland. that the wine cellars there
were destroyed by fire, causing the loss OF
about $75, 900. on which there is an insur-
ance OF $780, 900. ~ T..
A Lexington. KY, special says the trot-
ting stallion Happy Medium, valued at
$40, 600, died on the 26th. He was foaled
in 1868. Thirty. nine OF his get have rec
ords oil $50 or lower. He was owned by
Gen. ". T. Withers. - -
The reports to Bradstreet's Of business
failures number 259 in the United States
against 3OS last week and 24S this week
last year. The total Of failures in the
United States, Jan. 1, to date, is 1,172
against ], 1856 in 1887.
At st. Paul John Wilkins, formerly OF
Cleveland, Ohio, and of wealthy and re.
spectacle parentage, is sued for divorce
by his sixth wife, Mrs. Lille B. Will
kins. All OF the other five wives are living,
he having contracted marriages with them
under assumed names.
Rev. Mr.. Bagley OF Portland, Me-, in a
recent prohibition sermon said that more
drunkenness prevailed there than ever
before, and that there a drunkenness
in the primary and kindergarten schools.
The authorities have since visited all OF
them, giving the results OF their investiga-
tions to the newspapers. A boy OF twelve
years was found in a primary school al.
most dead drunk.
Gen. Crook, commanding the department
OF, tho Platte, has officially announced TO
that department the death OF Col. Alexan.
der Chambers, OF the Seventeenth infantry,
who died recently at San Antonio, Tex.
After a resume OF his brilliant career, he
concludes with the remark that 1.-THE serv-
ice has lost a gallant officer, whose ambi-
tion it was, during a long military career,
to be at his post OF duty"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-02
INDUCING Too Much In FIG.
ureS,

There . a singular disposition On
the part Of many highly estimable
men to indulge to excess in figures,
not Of rhetoric, but literal.fgurss Of
arithmetic. Thus, the Christian News.
England, gives the following from the
note.book Of 4 recently deceased mfn-
iister 81 the Evangelical Union persua.
sion: Since I was born. / have slept
in 276 different beds. Since I was mind
years Of age, + have travelled on 70 III
80,452 miles. and by various convey
ances 49,O41 miles. During my life, i
have heard $50 ministers and probar
TONERS preach. Ihave heard sermons
in lO9 different places. have preach
ed in SO chapels. also IN IS halls, 49,
schoolrooms, 80 houses. and ia open
air al places, Ihave, delivered 5,676
lectures and sermons. Have read
300 volumes of books; have been iii
s84 burying-grounds; have been id GA
minister's houses; have read the Bible
through Ga times.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-02

According to the latest reports to
the controller OF currency, the 1910
national banks of the United States,
with a capital of $3.50, 1885, 94. had
loans and discounts to the amount OF
ST., 574, 766,436 and their entire re-
sources were So, 624, 1876, $50, includ-
ing $3.50, $40, 643 of specie, OF which
$73,677,376 was gold coin and $780,
431, 900 U. S. bonds to secure circula-
ton and 50, 2O3, 900 to secure de-
posts. The entire issue OF national
bank notes was $167, 165,O1O In
addition to their capital stock they
had q surplus fund Of $175,24e,4o9
and other undivided profits to the
amount of $40. 500, 219.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-02

legislature until q redistribution Of the
CONSTITUENCIES was made. Dates Tor the
ministerial elections were fixed. The nom.
ination takes place OF Feb. 8, and the
polling on Feb. 16.
In the divorce court. London. in the case
OF an English woman named Turner, who
had married an American named Thomp-
son and who had the marriage annulled
by an American court, the Judge held that
the woman having married an American
and lived with. him in America was en-.
titled to the same laws as her husband;
and therefore the decree pronounced in
America was binding in England without
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-02
WORST IN 1HIRTY-FIvE YEARS.
Eighteen Inches Of Snow In New
York and Trains Blocked I'm Can
ada, New England and Elsewhere.

Boston, Jan. 26.-Reports from various
points in Maine. New Hampshire and Ver-
mont state that the heaviest snow storm
for years prevailed. Snow fell from fifteen to
eighteen INCHES, and travel is greatly imped.
ed. Many trains are entirely suspended. 1t
is the worst snow storm in thirty.fve
express which lett Boston were
left at Concord and will remain until morn.
ing. Several other trains are in drifts as
hi gh as the smoke stacks. Traffic north
and east OF Boston is nearly paralyzed.
No through trains have been able to get
over the Boston & Maine road to-day.
Two express trains are showed in at Bid.
deford. 1t is expected to be worse to.mor-
low. The second section of the Montreal
express, via Rutland, is showed in in the
mountains somewhere. Thu train from
Chicago via Albany, due here at11 o'clock,
will be five or six hours late. =
Rutland, VT, reports the storm still
raging with q high wind tonight, and
trains from and for Boston Cancelled. The
drifts at Shelburne are twelve feet deep.
Concord, N. H., reports all trains on the
White Mountain division OF the Boston &
Lowell railroad at a %standstill; the wind
has increased, and traffic will be suspended
several days. The upper harbor at Boston
is full OF pack ice, and navigation serious.
ly impeded. Hyannis, Mass, reports
four unknown sschooners ashore on Point
Cannon. At Chatham, Mass. the winds
have been switching about alternately,
driving ice away from the shore and bring
ing it back again, carrying a number OF
vessels with it. One large three-master has
been making signals of distress all day,
but sho could not be succored. At Mont.
pelier, w., twenty inches of snow have
fallen and the wind is blowing d gale.
Afternoon trains are not expected to ar
rive. Fairlee, VT, reports the severest
storm ever known in that section, and ex-
tending all over the state. Freight trains
are all Cancelled and passenger trains are
either blockaded or from five to fifteen
hours late. Advices from the numbering
camps tell Of fearful suffering. Numerous
sheds have been unroofed by the blizzard.
Dennisport, Mass, reports several wharves
demolished by the gale. The schooner
John F.. Morrow is drifting. rap.
idly upon Monomoy shoal, and two un.
known %schooners are flying signals OF dis.
.tress, and apparently leaking badly. At
Keene, N. H., the railroads are snow bound.
It is blowing hard and drifting badly. At
Highland Light, Mass, a number OF YES
sells are in peril on Vineyard shoals. Atug
has gone to their assistance. Franklin
Falls, N. H., reports the worst storm for
twenty five years. Travel of all kinds is
almost suspended. Twenty inches ofsnow
has fallen, with the wind blowing q gale
and the snow drifting very badly.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-02
American Wives of Foreign
Statesmen.

st. Louis Republican.
The two most powerful Republican
statesmen in France are married to
American women. Waddington was
married TO an American woman in
England and Clemenceau was married
to a Yankee girl on her native heath.
Washington is the son of English par
ents, but q native of France, and q
thorough renchman in tastes and in-
stincts. Clemenceau, when he was ex-
lied from his country in the time Of
the little Napoleon, settled for a while
in the United States and taught
school in Connecticut.
There was a bevy Of manageable
young girls in his set, and all were en-
gagged to wed but one. He persuaded
the one to accept him, and the last
engaged was the first to be married.
Clemenceau FASTENED home at the
breaking out of the Franco-P russian
war, fought for his country, and when
peace came he took an active part in
politics. He is called an extreme
Radical in France, but in this country
he would pass for a Conservative. He
is a thorough Republican, and is am
bilious to plant the main stems of the
United States Constitution in France.
Mrs. Clemenceau is the head OF the
house, and has the pleasure OF know
ing that her husband is one Of the
mostdomestic and best regulated men
morally in French public life.
Some eminent British politicians.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-02
L. N. Griffin of Bismarck was,

l.. N. Griffin of Bismarck was ar.
rested, charged with. assaulting M. p.
Motif. OF the Settler, Farmer.
At Aberdeen, fire destroyed the
store OF F.. HI. Willis, the billiard hall
OF P. Abelin and the Germania. Loss,
$1,000.
DR.: John R. Logan, a young physi-
clan Of Grand Forks, narrowly es-
CARED asphyxation. The gas pipe
leaked in the roc m in which he slept.
Aberdeen Building and Loanassocia-
tion's annual report shows that $780,
900 has been loaned for the construc.
tion Of dwellings during the past year.
A conservative estimate places the
amount that will be loaned during
1888 at $4,000.
A prisoner in the territorial peni-
tentiary at Sioux Falls, is a money
lender. He made a loan Sof $500 re.
Gently on a farm in the vicinity.
The question, OF the legality OF the
recent local option election at Sioux
Falls, which was brought before Judge
Palmer's court on a writ Of certiorari,
was decided in the affirmative. The
liquor men will take an appeal to the
supreme court ofthe territory for
final determination.
Six persons persisted in the recent
storm in the vicinity Of Faulkton.
Two little German boys, eight and
twelve years old, were. outsin the en-
tire storm and all through the night.
One of them is likely to lose a little
toe hut otherwise they are all right.
|, At Mitchell, the wife Of Eeverett
Smith, Of the United States land Of.
flee. died suddenly ofheart disease.
At Aberdeen, the. Farmers, Mutual
Live Stock association, q stock insur-
ance organized last spring, is about
to wind up it's business. Since Dec. /
few of the members have paid their
assessments. The claims for losses Of
stock now amounts to about $4,000,
and there is not more than 5000 with
which to meet them. No charges are
made against the officers.
The Hyde county treasurer has
turned over all his property to meet
any deficit that may % found in the
public funds BY the examining COM
mittee now at work. There is q def.
cheney, but how much is not yet
known.
Mrs. Fred sassler, u Willoughby
township, near Gary, who became in
sane over the tate OF her two boys,
who were lost il the late blizzard,
died, and was buried q few days ago.
The boys sought shelter ID ascnool
house, taking their cattle with them.
and we're saved.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-02

The prosperity of the State OF Cali
fornla during the year 1887 vas as
marked as any previous IL months
within its history. Some 800 miles OF
new railroad have been laid; the as
sessed value of property has increased
$132. O0O. 600. The wine and brandy
products were very large, and no less
than SO. DOC 600 pounds OF canned
goods and over 35, 600, 900 pounds
of green fruit were shipped. 1t
was also the banner yearfor immigra'
ton and tourists.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-02
The Electric LIGHT.

Tall young fellow with q CULVER OF
heavy leather slung carelessly over
his shoulder was creeping up q pole Id
Broadway at q o'clock q few morn
ings ago. The nails in his boot heeiSs
clicked against the projecting spikeas
as he made his way step by step tot,
ward the top. When he had thrown,
one leg over the iron cross-pieces and
caught his foot on the upper bar the
electric light at the top went out with
a whizzing protest. A brief interval Of
darkness followed and q glowing
point of burned-out carbon fell hiss-
ing into a pool Of water in the gutter.
Then the silver light burst forth again
with increased brilliancy and the
young man sought the street. He
stopped a moment to count the new
points in his CULVER, and the reporter
asked him how he liked the business.
Good enough; but it's lonesome.
All the same I've picked up q little
electricity in these eleven months I've
been climbing poles nights. You see"
he went on, EVERY man can't climb,
and lots of 'em who can wouldn't
fuss around electric lights for $50,
much less $12, a week. So the regu-
lar men who have worked with the
company any length of time, and
kept solid with the boss, have moth
ing to do but to do their work and
draw their money Saturdays and no
fear of being bounced.
"But here's what I hate" ard the
young fellow held out his hand to
show a red sea across three fingers.
That's a burn, that is, and if I've
had one I'll bet I've had a million. on
these fingers. Some way or other a
fellow always gets his hands on the
hot end OF the points when he's taking
'em out. My Clippers have got so
tough now, though, that / wouldn't
be afraid to put up money that I
could hold that cigar of yours half q
minute without squealing. That chap
that picks up the red-hot bar of iron
up at the museum in the Bowery used
to work for the company. I'll take
my oath he did!"
"Did you ever get a shock2" asked
the reporter.
"Once, and that's all. I'll tell you
how I came to do it. Mind. I'll give
it to you straight. You see, / was
working the line down Nassau street
last fell, and one night in August or
September-no, August-about a week
after our association picnic it was-I
was perched up on the top Of a pole
down near William street, singing
something or other, I don't remember
what just now, and two girls, regular
daisies, came down on the other side.
So'says ! to myself. 'Tll give them a
scare, and with that I chucked q
peant and 1T landed right behind them.
Well, sir, you can hang me if one Of
'em, the smallest, didn't jump a rod.
When they see who it was as chuck
ed 1t, I sung out, 'Ah, there!' just for
the fun OF the thing, and l leaned over
and began to laugh. But / caught
hold Of them wires, and, holy Moses! I
got q dose that'll last me, Pm telling
you. 1t came and went sudden like. I
guess / only touched that connection
but it knocked me out for q week. I
thought I was q smart Aleck, / did,"
said the young man as he started for
the next pole, s.but I was too fresh, I
was."-Cor. Chicago Times.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-02

The popular novelist, Rider Hag-
gard, is the brother Of the secretary OF
the British legation in this country,
whose marriage at Washington IN
1886 to Mrs. Carrie Carroll, lady
considerably older than himself, caus-
ed much talk at the time. The mar
riage was not a happy one, and q d.
vorce-the second one in the wife's
case-was the result.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-02

The Bank OF England, the Bank Of
France and the Imperial Bank of Ger.
many held together on December 31st
q specie reserve a~ggregating $780,.
635.315. This vas gain OF SIS, 1877.
541 over the 31st of December, 1886.
The Bank of England held 500, $685.
40; France, 1851, oil, 900; Germany,
$195.17O,O 600.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-02

Small pox has prevailed in San
Francisco this winter, but not to an
alarming extent. Up to the first Of
January PAT cases were reported in
that city. OF the total number OF
cases, the Chinese furnished 10 OF
which IL were dead or dying when
found. This leaving 22S cases and
IS deaths among the white popula-
tion, showing a death rate of only 8
per cent.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-02
!. DAKOTA

The ice a nival at st. Paul is pro
crossing to the satisfaction OF it's par.
Elephants, especially the younger por.
ton. The visitors from abroad are
not quite SO numerous as ON former
occasions, owing to a variety Of
causes. principally fear of blockades.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-02
The Record of Casualties;

At Newark, Ohio. fire broke out in o. G.
shoe store. The loss on building
and stock is estimated at $3.50. 600. D. l..
Jones, hardware; Crane Brothers, mill.
merry, and w. W. Sprague. ~jeweler, suffered
heavily from water and smoke. : y. 49,
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-02

4E~EEE W&Ett-#EE&F& 49, HI-H@E+M hTsErEEE
The house committee on el ections de-
cides against White ofIndiann, whose seatiA
contested by Lowry, but did not give
Lowry the seat.
Mr.. White Of New York, introduces q
bill in the house for the protection andad.
ministration Of the forests on the public
lands.
Il withdraws from disposal the unsurvey.
ed public lands embracing natural forests,
and all public lands returned by the public
survey astimber lands; and provides Tor
the appointment Of q commissioner Of for
ests and four assistant commissioners,
whose duty It shall be to classify
forest and timber lands and
to determine what portion 81
those lands shall be permanently retained
In the reservation for climatic and other
economic and public reasons and what
portion may be disposed Of Lands which
are more valuable for agricultural than.
timber purposes shall be restoredto home.
stead entry and sale.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-02

a 6u"DCOLuHllGGeo FepOCVSu JAFOTdDly 10
the house postoffice commits Representa-.
tive Anderson's bill relating to the tele.
graph lines OF the Pacific Railroad com,
panies. w
Senator Davis introduced a bill provid.
ing for the application of the immediate
transportation act to Duluth. The bill was
drawn by w. W. Billson at the request oil
Collector Moore. Senator Davis alsointro.
duced a bill providingthat the act o. March
3, 1887, relating to persons who took part
in the late rebellion, be SO amended as to
allow pensions to such persons or their
heirs or children, providing that they have
suffered from injuries or disabilities incur
red in the service Of the United Sta tes since
entering the army
Senator Spooner presented petition
from the citizens al Superior, Wis.,, pro-
testing against the passage OF the senate
bill granting to the Duluth, Superior &
Wisconsin railroad the right to build q
bridge at the head OF Lake Superior, be.
tween Connor's Point Wis.,, and Rice's
Point, Mimi,
Among the bills introduced in the senate
were the following:
Mr.. Call, to prohibit subjects oiforeign
governments from catching fish within
three marine leagues Of the coast or within
any OF the bays or headIands ofthe United
States. Vessels violating this provision
are to be forfeited or held until such fine
as may be imposed by the United States
courts il paid. Mr.. Hoar, to change the
time VI meeting Of the long session 81 con,
gress to the first Monday Ii 90.
tober and OF the short session to
Plumb, for the extension OF the southern
and western boundaries OF Kansas 30 az
to include the public land strip. Mr.. Viii.
son OF Iowa. to amend tho p~ostoficaE mn.