Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-26

made TO inc secretary II eAplaineu phE
italy by errors made in tho certificates o
the county clerks to the governor, and tbs
fact that in Ward county two distinct setf
OF returns were received, one in which
the three disputed precincts in Minot were
counted over with these omitted.
Visits OF the Grand Commander.
Commander. in Chief Rea. OF the G. A. r.,
is on an extended our of the Eastern
states. His programme, SO far as mapped
out. is as follows:
Pittsburgh Jan. 16, Lancaster the 18th,
Washington the 18th and 18th, New York
the goth. Philadelphia the gath,
25th and 26th, Upon the 31st he will
visit st. Johnsbury, VT. On the
LIST and I'd OF February he will
be at Concord, N. H. On the Sd he will be
in Rhode Island. He will be In Water
bury. Conn, Feb. z and 8, Boston the sth
and 9th, and on the 10th he will visit
Portland, Me. The programme for his re-
turn trip has not been definitely fixed. he
will be gone some six weeks and after his
return he will visit some OF the Western
states, Kansas, Michigan and Illinois.
The following pensions have been grant.
ed: Wisconsin-Widow of j. Murphy,
/ N1uuLhCUW NlAo" Vi IL VI
kora; mother Of w. Thompson. Mansion.
Original: T. Wilcox. Knowlton; C.. L.
Beaumont, Emerald Grove; J. Parker, Fisk;
II. b. Kinnsmon, Ironton; A. Ahrens, Two
Rivers; C. Bradbury, West Bloomfield; l..
| Carter, Darien; l.. Z. Mcintosh, Rice Lake;
c. w. Baldwin, Ahnapee: ]. w. Garner,
Port Andrew; ". w. Martin, Tunnel City;
j. w. Potter, Sparta; d. Russell, Chetek;
f.. Gray, D~eshkora. Dakota-R. Ellis.
-- r.Nlo. Asuaafn- Uf1n~ "a
s. Swaziland, Detroit; j. Thompson, st.
Paul; S. w. Lent, Minneapolis; G. Wallace,
Blue Earth City.
The schooner William Parsons, which
sailed for Georges banks Nov. 70, with
twelve men, and the schooner Peter d.
Smith, which sailed Nov. is with q crew oil
twelve, have been given up for lost. Many
of the men had families, and five widows
and nineteen children are left.
Rev. DR.. Alfred s. Patton. the editor
and proprietor OF the Baptist Weekly. died
in Brooklyn, n. Vat the house Of his son.
in.iaw, W. S. Abbey. DIR. Patton was the
author OF several books, among them,
"Kincaid, the Hero Missionary" ''The
| Losing and Taking OF Man. Sonl," live
for Jesus" and many pamphlets published
by the American Tract Society.
At Kansas City, John Hinson. said to be
a nephew of Gen. Gillhall OF New Orleans,
was stopped by two highwaymen on the
street aud on his attempting to resist
them no was shot in the stomach. The
pistol shot aroused the neighborhood, and
Hinson was carried to the Ohio Home,
only a few doors distant. A doctor pro-
nounced his wound mortal.
A permanent organization OF the wool
conference in Washington was effected by
zals@ssl
President, George L. Converse. Ohio; vice
presidents, L. II. Ammidown, Utica, n, Y;
John Mcdowell. Theodore Justice, w. L.
! Cowdin, +. ID. Wright, A. c.. Miller, John
Phillips, Jr., and w. g. Benedict; secre-
tary, II. L. James; assistant secretary,
William Batteson.
The Pennsylvania Railroad co mpany
aud the Pennsylvania company have de-
cided to construct an elevated railroad at
Pittsburg to run from the union station
in Pittsburg to the outer depot in Alleghe.
NY. a distance of nearly two miles. The
object OF the elevated road is to do away
with the present grade crossings in the two
cities, which have resulted in numerous
fatal accidents. .
Tim Barrett is sentenced to hang by
Judge Lochren at Minneapolis for the
murder OF Street Car Driver Tolleison.
The Northwest was visited on the 18th
by one OF the worst billiards ever known.
The storm extended from the Rocky
est in Dakota and Minnesota. The trains
we're at a stand still. and the blockade
continued several days.
The twentieth anniversary OF the Wom-
ans board of Missions was held at Bos-
ton with ITO delega tes in attendance from
various parts OF the country. The society
has 112 missionaries W it'll mission schools
in large numbers in various parts of the
world. The receipts were Sl23, 229, with
expenditures OF S120, S35.
P~ostmasters commissioned: Dakota: J,
B. Bertrand, Canton: Columbia, j. H.Tay-
Tor. Minnesota: Alexandria, C. Irwin.
Litchield, A. d. Ross. Wisconsin: Beaver
Dam, j. p. Nc Gill; Burlington. F. r. Reus.
chleim; Chippewa Falls, L. F. Martin; Oar.
~lington, j. Meehan; Prairie du Chen, f..
Whaiey; st. Killan, Katharine Flasch.
Fourth-class postmasters appointed-Da.
kota; Scranton, +. j. Bochmer. Wiscon.
sin: Little Sturgeon. B. Lyon.
Mrs. jeremiah Porter, whose death Is
announced from Santa Barbara, Cal, at
the age OF eighty years, was the first
school teacher Chicago ever had. and will
be remembered by soldiers OF the Rebellion
as one OF the bravest nurses that ever
graced a battlefield.
Circulars were sent out Il 100 OF the
most prominent Republicans OF Iowa, in
Guiding the governor, all the state officials
and leading legislators, questioning them
rs to their choice for president. Replies
from seventy have been received. Senator
Allison leads the list not only for first but
for second choice. Out OF the seven
ty h answered, thirty-eight named
Allison as first choice and eighteen as sec
ond choice. Mr.. Blaine is the first choice
OF twenty.three.
BY a fire on South Meridian street n
dianapolis, several firms were burned out.
All the firms carried heavy stocks and
rough estimates vary from S750,0 600 to
1000, 600. The firm of Tanner Il Sulli-
van, timers supplies; c. b. Coners' Sons,
o~yeralls; Mckee, Il Branham, boots and
shoes, and Pearson & Wetsell, queensware,
were burned out. D.. p. Erwin & Co.'S
dry goods house. To the north OF Erwin's
was located the wholesale grocery house
OF George w. Stout & Co., and both build.
ings-handsome four-story structures.
stocked with valuable merchandise were
destroyed.
P~ostofices discontinued: Dakota.
Dundee, Walsh comfy. Postmasters
commisioned-Dakota Fargo, w. E.Juda.
Minnesota: Luverne, l.. II. Way; Lake.
Eeld, s. j. Moe. Montana: Red Bluff. w.
A. Tanner. Wisconsin: Kenosha, ID. A.
Mahoney; Bear Valley. Margaretha Ded.
rick. Fourth-class postmasters co minis.
sioned-Dakota; Warren, J.. G. Waltham.
Iowa: Wayland, s. Wise; Eldon, j. L.Crod-
dy. Montana: Thompson, Mrs. M. Muir.
ray. Wisconsin; Alvern. NJ. Schmidt; OF.
wet, D.. 0'Connell; Shortviae, Mrs. Ii. c.
Walker. Minnesota: Esterbrook, j. E.
Ronman; Rockville, H. L. Ahles.
The committee OF public lands sent to
the secretary OF the interior requesting him
to issue no more patents or certificates to
the Hastings & Dakota company until the
house had taken some action. Mr.. Lind
will draw q bill to forfeit all such lands
which have been settled upon since the de-
fault OF the company's lands. but to give