Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-05-17

The steA her s. b. Barker, which was Ia
Ashland harbor during the winter, left
Bayfield, for Duluth aud is last in the Ice
between Apostle islands and Duluth, She
has coal and provisions Tor three or four
days. Capt. Flynn oil Duluth is the owner.
The Barker Is not considered stauneh
enough 10 withstand hard squeeze, but
nifty escape from her perilous positi on.
She has a crew OF six men and no passen-
gers.
The Mississippi is up TO the danger
mark all the way from st. Paul to Du.
buque. At the latter place the water Gov
ers the sidewalk on the ieyee and will 60
over the lower floors OF the stores there
nom which The merchandise has been re.
moved to safe places. The saw mills are
stopped and few inches more win shut
down the iron foundries, pillow works, fur
niture facturies and other manufactures.
Water covers East First street to a depth
a OF six inches. The Burlington freight
yards are virtually an island.
A Baltimore special says: singular
meeting took place recently at one OF the
wharyes here. The steamer Minnesota de-
lfvered on the water side large shipment
oil straw mating tSat left Hong Kong Feb.
last, by steamer Tor London, where II
was transshipped to Baltimore. On the
land side she was met by a train OF cars
from Vancouver. that discharged at the
same time the same kind OF cargo. that
had left China March 20. This makes a
difference OF iorty.eight days in favor oil
the transcontinsntal route.
The lower house OF the Hungarian diet
has adopted bill empowering Northern
railway companies to double their railway
lines In order to facilitate the transporta.
tion Of troops.
The supreme court OF Illinois has affirm.
ed the lower courts in the county boodlsrs'
cases. and the defendants win all have to
serve their terms OF sentence in the state
penitentiary.
Judge Tuley las rendered preliminary
| decision in II contested will case in Chica.
go that Is OF considerable Importance to
all children born In slavery, and to many
oil the descendants OF such children. He, in
TACT, pronouncea such children illesitimate.
and holds ths.t they cannot inherit prop
erty from the fnther.
The appropriations committee OF the
| House have agreed to report bill appro.
priating $3,500,000 for the deficiency In
the regular army pensions, payable before
the end OF the present fiscal year.
The Greek Catholics OF Chicago are
about TO get church OF their own. 1t
| will be the third Greek Catholic church in
the United States. there being one in San
Francisco and another in New Orleans.
At the annual meeting Of the Indiana
Millers' Association at Indianapolis, C. III,
EGYPT, OF Illinois, president of the Nation.
al Millers Association, said he had just re.
turned from Europe and was sure that
there would be an enormous decline in the
expectation OF -four from the United
States this year. The spring wheat crop
in the northwest was too late and frost
would probably damage what may be
| growing now. In the west he said the crop
/ would hardly be worth harvesting. Prices
4 would not be any higher because India,
Russia, Australia and Chill have heavy
crops,
Marvin II. Bovee, the noted prison re.
former. whose efforts in behalf OF the abo-
lition OF capital punishment gave him a
wide reputation, died at Whitewater.
| Wis, aged sixty-one years.
| A cyclone struck the village OF Pecatoni.
ca, Illinois, wreckins several houses and
| out buildings. One woman and three chill.
dren were injured, but not fatally, by fly
ing timbers. The storm came all the way
| fron Freeport accompanying the evening
train part OF the distance, and causing
| havoc along the route.
The climax In tine case OF the Whitman.
tic Savings Institute was reached In the
arrest of Cashier ii. +. Royce, on %
counts, which indicate that Royce's ras-
calities have been mure bold and extended
than was at first expected. The indict-
nients allege the misuse OF deposits belong
ing to Frank Frost, which was covered by
false entries, and the making of false en-.
tries for q large number oil notes and bills
receivable which were never sent for col
lection. He is also charged with appropri,
ating about $50, 600 at different times.
Beecher. III. Henry Miller and VIM. Oder
holt, farmers, had lawsuit over trivial
matter, and Miller the loser swore he
would get even. After the trial Miller, true
to his word. shoufdered his rife and went
| to field where L. C. Kinney. one OF Oder.
bolts witnesses, was blowing. Miller first
killed Kinzey's horse and then shot Kinney
twine, infiieting mortal wounds. Then the
slayer went to another field where Oder
holt was at work. 0derholts horse was
first slain by Miller, and then Oderholt
himself. II is supposed that Kinney and
0derholt attempted to shield themselves
behind their horses. When the revenge
was complete. Miller proceeded to the hut
which served as his home. and after setting
fire to the place. blew his own brains out.
JEFF Davis viii lay the corner stone OF
the confederate monument at jackson,
NJ iss. May 81.
The differences between the United States
and the Moorish governments have final.
ly been settled.
The county boodIers. OF Chicago, Adam
0chs. Michael Leyden, John E. Vaupeit,
Michael Wasserman and Henry Varnell,
will be taken to Joliet penitentiary at
once to begin their two years term OF i'm.
prisonment-
The United States senate has confirmed
the following nomination.: James NJ. Cor
pet, register OF the land Office, Grand
Forks, OAK. Fostmasters: Harry Z.
Briley. Dell Rapids. Dak.; J. r. Prender-
CAST, Webster, OAK; Daniel p. McLaurin.
Grand Forks, OAK; j. F. Ziebaeh, Scot
land, OAK; John Wetxel, Little Falls,
Mimi; William II. Clark, Jr., Florence,
Wis; J. N. Custard, Hayward. Wis.
Senator Allison has introduced an
amendment to the Indian appropriation
bill to pay Daniel T. Hedges and Edward
b. Spalding executors OF c. +. Hedges.
Sill, 1929. found due by the court OF claims
for provisions furnished by Hedges to the
Yankton Sioux Indians to prevent their
starvation.
fall of rocks occurred in mine at
Stassfurt, in Saxony, Germany, and NUN
| bers OF miners were bun led under the heavy
mass. Eight teen were killed outright and
many were injured.
Judge b. f. Dunwiddie. OF Monroe, Wis.,,
tells Of remarkable case which has lust
been brought to his notice. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Heidner reside on iarm in olarno
township. Their two children, Edward
and Mary, aged eighteen and sixteen,
respectively, have never been athletic talk
commercially. Occasionally they manage
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