The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-08-09

low Kansas City, and q like sum from the
mouth of the river to Sioux City. 1t also
asks for $50 900 to continue surveys, ex.
aminations and pay personal expenses o.
the commissioners
1t is doubtful whether Congressman w. L
Scott of Pennsylvania will be able to take ar
active part in the campaign. He is seriously
i'll at the house of his daughter at Long
Branch. He is q man of slight physique, OK
tremely nervous, the head of great business
enterprises. He aspired, besides, to be thu
chief adjutant of the administration and the
executive of the campaign. He has broken
down. ~
The lecture delivered by Prof. Goodwin
Smith at Winnipeg on the question of our
most successful. The audience was unani-
nous for reciprocity.
For the last ten days the weather has
been bitterly cold in some parts of Inver.
nesshire, Scotland, and there was q fresh fall
of snow on the Grampian range. Snow com.
pletely covered the Glenfeshie hills, and in
the Corries it lay to a depth of SIX inches.
The Thermometer registered Al deg, ON the
grass. The effect on the principal moors in
Scotland will be disastrous. > ,
Ex-senator James C.. Fair was attacked at
San Francisco by q man named Eisfelder, who
drew a revolver, and was knocked down by @
blow on the head from the butt Of the ex.sen-
ator's pistol. Eisfelder had threatened to
publish a scurrilous article against Mr.. Fair
if the latter did not pay him $4,000. The
difficulty occurred on the steps of the Nevada
bank.
Mr.. Noyes, postmaster at Goodwin, Mimi,
together with his wife and two other ladies'
went in bathing in the Grow river. Mr.. Moves
assistance could reach him, was drowned.
He was q young man, twenty-seven years of
age.
A few months ago William K. Shdw, g.
stranger, opened q wholesale liquor house in
Sioux Fall, Oak. Lately William Roth of
Norwich, Conn.,, arrived, and had Shaw ar
rested on a charge of adultery, claiming
that he was living with his (Roth's) wife. It
seems from the best information obtainable
that Roth, who was cashier of the Shetucket
National Bank of Norwich, Conn.,, was on
Feb. 25, 1885, sentenced for four years in
the penitentiary for perjury for swearing to
a false statement of the condition of the
bank, but was recently pardoned by Presi-
dent Cleveland. During his imprison ment
eloped with her, bringing up in Sioux Falls
last spring.
Thepostal authorities are after William
Raines Colby, formerly Of Chicago, Sbut now
of San Francisco, for the robbing of q mail
car in 1874, near Austin, Tex. Colby, in
1875, under the name of Raines, was pastor
OF a Baptist church, at. Hearne Junction in,
Texas, where he robbed a mail car, for which
crime he was sent to the penitentiary. He
count of a severe illness which he thought
to be fatal. After that he figured as a spir-
co, Boston and ch4cAgo. Shortly after he
was pardoned out of the penitentiary it was
discovered that he was the man who COM
mitted the robbery near Austin mentioned
above, and it is for this crime the authorities
want him.
Among the passengers on the steamer
Rotterdam, at New York, was the Rev. J. v.
Dundas OF Rice county, Mimi, who declared
that he had no dutiable articles in his bag
gage. A custom officer, however, found in
his trunk a fine white Indian crepe shawl and
a quantity of men and ladies' underwear, and
5000 cigars in boxes snugly fitted in q false
bottom OF his trunk. The trunk was seized.
Matthew Byrne, q young stable helper Of
Staten island, jumped from the Brooklyn
bridge. He is severely injured and may die.
The cause of the leap Is supposed to be unre-
quilted owe.
Lightning struck the house of Lawrence
Mclaughlin at Hardwood, ten miles west of
Faribault, Mimi, during the late storm, kill
ing Mrs. Mclaughlin and her two sons Pat
rick and Lawrence. ~
The Swedish Lutheran church at Centre
City, Mimi, was struck by lightning and
burned to the ground. The church was
erected in 1889 at q cost of over $40, 900.
Insured for $40, 800. 1t is believed that
steps will be taken to rebuild at once. The
heavy rain which continued to fall during
the fire saved the village from total destruc-
ton. A number of outhouses and barns were
struck by lightning and destroyed in the
vicinity. The storm was one of the most
in memory. i
Early one morning at Blair, Nebraska, G..
Tucker, engineer of the Acme mill, who
sleeps in the building, was awakened by
~ away several sacks Of -four. Tucker fred
at the burglars, and one Of them fell. They
picked mp the wounded man and carried him
away. A big pool of blood was found ON the
floor. 1t is believed that the man is fatally
shot. -
T~wentyeight petitions, signed by over
!, 1000 people, have been received by Gov.
Hemple, Of Washington Territory, asking
him to commute the death sentence Of Mrs.
Pyle, waiting execution at Walla WalIa,
Wash. 1t ID the first case in the history of
the Northern Pacific coast where q woman
has been sentenced to death.
Mary Flynn has filed q petition in the dis
trict court OF Iowa for $4,000 damages
her uncle, Michael Flynn, o wealthy
farmer Of this county. The petition charges
Flynn, who ia her guardian, with hanging
her to q tree until she was nearly dead. Since
the alleged assault the girl has been living |
with relatives here. !
IN reference to the dispatch Of Secretary
Bayard to Gov. Morehouse Of Missouri, that
papers concerning the application, by the |
British government for q respite for Maxwell |
been sent BY mail, John J. Martin, one
Of Maxwelfs attorney 3, says that il came
about through the efforts Of Maxwell father
Lord Salisbury. He claims that testi-
ID now obtainabls which win clearM Max
well.
The list 81 fatalities on sc. Paul's cable
was Heightened by the death Of
William Thompson, q soldier Of the regular
army, b owas run over and killed. The |
sar was coming down the hill at . rapid rate,
when II had neaTed the corner, Thomp-
Ion attempted n Jump on without singaIng 1
Tie gripman. His Dot struek the side plat
on the grip car, but the force OF tho mos
ZION swung him around and he fIl bofween
bhe cars, when the wheels Of the rear car
over him, killing him almost instant