Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-02
Ge,,,r.lSrvs Items.

John Markay ~ said TO have disposed oi
his caiie TO Jay Gould for ell 600, 600
Mnekay originally asked $4,000, 600. but
Gould refused the eable at these figures hat
finally offered s. ,0O0. 900, which wes neoept-
ed
Lieat II. W. shafIer. United States navy.
is missing. He obtained four day lcave oi
absence to visit his family at Rockville Nd.
previous to the departure Of his vessel the
Swatara, which is ON the point Of sailing; but
kilograms from Rockville say he has not
been there.
Southern Illinohi farmers are complaining i
the raTagts of cliilcb bugs. which they claim
are more numerous end destructive than
ever before. A committee of fifteen will meet at
Louisville Clay couny to devise means Ia
get nd OF the pests. Prof Forbes, state en-
tomologist, will Address the meeting.
While son OF Sidney X Ayers was blowing
on one Of the historical mounds OF his IA
theirs farm near DeltOn, Wis, the piow
strlck ngainst an obstruction which proved
10 be 20 all appearances the petriiied body OF
human being. Both arms and lower limbs
IRE missing but tEle head and shoulders arr
most perfectly defined. The outlines Of the
face are almost distinguishable.
Mr.. 0'ConneIl, chief clerk of the New York
court Of common pleas, has lodged a coma
plant with the authorities IL Ireland, ia
which he says his steps are constantly doggcd
by detectives. and asks to be relieved Of this
unwarranted surveillance. He alleges that
siece his arrival In Ireland he has visited NJ
lifdons ard charitable institutions in Cork,
and everywhere be has gone detectives have
Swallowed him.
The Lake Superior gold shaft at Ishpening.
Mich, is being SUM rapidly as possible.
syndicate of Dstroii capitalists, at the
head Of which Is Gen. Russell A. Alsger. sent
an expert TO examine the mine His report
was favorable. and the syndicate will buy a
controlling interest of 50 1000 shares. paying
- per share. The iest Of the stock IS prin.
ciPally held by local capitalists.
The report of san Francisco grand jury
has created a sensation. The city govern
ment is severely criticised Crime i declared
TO b. organized for offensive purposes
Twelve or fifteen hunjred Of the criminal
class control affairs To offend this Grim
iD8l element Is to invite complete political
ostracism. The Chinese quarter is declared
to be hideous and filthy beyond measure, and
yet the evil gpreads instead Of being sup.
pressed.
Although the figures for the Northern Pa
ciac railroad are not yet made up, they ere
so nearly complete that the company IL as
s1rrd Of q surplus Of nearly half a million,
which Is the largest that it has ever had for
a single year. The gross earnings. rs pub
lished a Few days ago, put up Sl5.923. 6io.
Thie il a Rnin OF 90 O36 10 over the previ.
Gus year, and probably the largest gross in.
crease rported by any company in the coun-
try this year.
Information has been received from critten-
den county, Ark, TO the effect that the grand
jury which has been inyestigatingthe Danish
ment of Is negroes by an srine,l organiEHl-
ton has made its report The result il the
return Of nearly 40 indictments. The grand
jury found that anonymous notes had been
sent TO a number of white men by negroes.
giving the whites five days TO leave the
country. Upon reo.iying the threatening
epistles, the whites met, armed and escorted
out Of the county the negroes implicated.
William MeMiehaels. q young reporter for
the St Louis Post Dispatch, elopcd with
sixteen-year-old Frances Paupeny. a memtcr
Of the best Carondeiet families, aud the pair
turned up recently in Belleville, H., looking
for a marriage heenHe. On account of the
girls youth the license was refused, and
then the reporter tele,yraPhed to her father.
requesting him to give his consent. The
father armed himself with a pistol and
went TO Belleville Meeting the. reporter in
the county clerks off,e, he tried To shoot
him, but was prevented. The father storme,l
and swore, but was finally prevailed upon TO
consent, and the pair were married.
Joseph Schwab departed from his home in
1oHd pu TIVE -DtH pi
last september and has not since been heard
from. 1t was reported by the steamship
company which sold him his ticket that a
person hearing Joseph Schwab's name had
crossed the ocean in one 81 their vessels. His
brother in Alsaoe had been looking for him.
but he did INST come. sept. 20 the body Of a
murdered man was found in Chicago and
taken to the morgue. No one appearing 10
identify the remains. they were photographed
and placed in a vault. Not long age the
Odd Fellows Of Waterloo instituted searcI,
Tor n missing brother The picture of the
dead man IN Chicago reseInbled their man 80
much that they believe,l II was be. Then
came the search for the murderer Every
clue was followed. and finally a man was ar.
rested in France charged with the crime In
the prisoners possession was found return
steamer ticket bearing Joseph Schwab'
name. also Schwab's witch, finger rings and
some Of bis clothes The investigation is being
pushed by Mrs. Sehvab, who is now in
W.