The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1888-03-30
PARAGRApHIC NEWS.


PARAGRApHlC NEWS.
Erie switchmen at l1lmira, N. Y, are
on strike
The Burlington road filed bill in the
United States court ct Chicago to COM
pei the Rock Island road to handle it's
freight.
The $500" road does not propose to adj
vance its freights as long as one single
line from Minneapolis to Chicago re-
mains outside the association.
The postmaster-general has decided
that, Canada having concurred hereafter
packages of periodical publications, Sec
ond class matter in United States dom
estic mails, may be exchanged by mail
with Canada regardless of the weight of
the package.
The Ohio legislature has decreased the
Dow liquor tax to $3.50 straight.
AS result of liquor prosecutions
every saloon in Concord, N. H., are
closed.
The school children Of La Porte, Ind,
have raised about s1U0 for the Mount
Vernon suffers, besides sending them
large amount Of clothing.
The Rochester accommodation train,
going east, was wrecked Thursday six
miles east of Rochester by striking
snow drift. No one was hurt.
Manager Gooding, of the MINNEAPOLIS
base ball club, proposes to give the
players 10 per cent. of the net profits as
on encouragement to success.
The body of Mrs. H. D. Abrahams. of
Sheffield, Iowa, was found in the cellar
OF her house, the face buried in water.
She committed suicide while Temporary
insane.
Upwards of 40, 900 election tickets were
printed for the recent city election at
Moorhead for the use of about 8OOvo
There were forty-seven different combin-
ations.
Liberty county Georgia, has not a sin
gle real estate mortgage on its records,
and 1T is said that there are two other
counties in this state in the same happy
condition.
Capt. Clark and wife have resigned
from the Gospel army at Hastings, and
go to Saltwater to enter in other business.
This practically closes the agitation in
Hastings.
The second game between the New
1orks and Washingtons at Jacksonville,
Fla, was won by the New York club
Thursday. the score standing 2 to in
their favor.
Governor Ross, of Texas, has an-
nounced his intention to call an extra
session in few days for the purpose of
determining what disposition shall be
made Of the treasury surplus of SO, ,OOO,-
GOO.
Work will be resumed on the fourth
state normal school at Moorhead as soon
as the weather permits. When finished
the structure will be an imposing one
and will cost about 100000.
A Sunday school convention of teach
ers and pastors of the Eleventh district
OF Minnesota has been in session at Moor
head the past week, conducted by Rev.
5. Sherin, state secretary, St. Paul.
The Waltham Cheese Factory company
has just been organized at Austin, with
Moses Bolin as president. The company
will erect buildings and be prepared to
commence operations in short time.
Hauling is about the only work done
IN the lumber camps of the state now, no
attempt being made to skid logs. Logs
cannot be hauled from the place where
they are felled because Of the unsatisfao-
tory condition of the roads.
Gen. John P. Rea, commander n-chief
of G. A. R., is at Springfield, Ohio. A
large camp fire was held in his honor.
In his speech, Commander Rea advo-
Gated the pensioning Of every Union SOL
dier.
Minneapolis Matters.
o. N. Ostrum has been chosen presi-
dent of the newly organized Swedish
American bank
The Central Baptist society refuses to
accept the resignation of Rev. f. T.
Gates, it's pastor, but is willing to grant
him vacation.
Thomas Lowry, in answer to suit
brought in court, AYERS that he is not the
president of the motor company, as has
been supposed, and has no ,s1k.ial con-
nection with it. OF course he doesn't
say who the president is.
Although the court held that the syn-
dicate which purchased the wheat in the
burned ST. Anthony elevator were not
responsible for the deaths of workmen
killed by the falling wall, the syndicate
are doing what they can for the victims.
Friday they paid $1,000 to the father of
c. p Anderson, who was killed.
Foreign.
twenty-five hundred houses were de-
stroyed by the fire at Mingyan, upper
Burmah
Tho Republique and the Journal Des
Debats urge the government to take fresh
steps against Gen. Boulanger
Count Pasi, King Humbert's aide-de-
camp, has gone to Florence to welcome
Queen Victoria in behalf of the royal
family.
The Austrian government has received
note from Russia denying that Russian
troops are being concentrated In the
Crimea.
The Dominion government has decided
to abandon for the present the scheme for
the construction of canal on the Can
adian side at Sault Ste Marie
Matters Regarding the Strike.
Seven hundred loaded freight cars
bearing c., B. & @. seals are side-tracked
along the Chicago, st. Paul & Kansas
City railroad between Dubuque and St.
Paul.
A Chicago paper thinks combination
wit soon be formed between the engin-
eers, switchmen and brakemen Oh the
"Q' which will result in strike of the
latter two classes. s
The Burlington company has sued the