The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-10-11
Miscellaneous news Items.

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A tannery in st. Paul was burned, and the
building, with Its contents, was entirely de-
stroyed, entailing q loss Of about $4,000,
with only o small amount Of insurance. A
small frame house adjoining the tannery,
owned by Theodore Erikson, was also de-
stroyed, with q loss Of about 5000 and no
insurance.
The administrator OF the estate Of the
late Amos }. Smell, who was murdered in
B.. Tascott, on Feb. 8. last, and who have
offered q reward of $40, 900 for the appre-
hension. of the murderer, now offer an adj
ditional reward Of SIC, 600 for the recovery of
the papers and documents taken from the
Smell residence at that date. The offer Ia
made over the name Of A. J. Stone.
The Inman line Steamer City o New York,
which arrived at Queenstown. made the pas.
sage from Sandy Hook in seven days and %
hours. Her circulationpumps were defective
and for four days only the starboard engine
could be worked. She met severe gales dur
ing which two passengers were thrown to the
floor and had several rigs broken. During
the gales another passenger became insane
and it was found necessary to put him In o
straight jacket. H.
An attachment against the property OF
William r. Foster, Jr., the missing counsel of
the New York produce exchange gratuity
fund, has been obtained hy the counsel of the
produce exchange In o suit to recover $780,
600. The attachment was granted on afh-
davits of the officers of the fund. It is sup
posed that Foster has fed to Canada. The
Bayport which has been attacked, it is
now claimed, does not belong to Foster, but
his creditors are prepared to prove that it
was purchased with their money.
Within four days the Northern Pacific has
moved to St. Paul and Chicago over thirty
trains Of stock, over 600 cars. The boys
have had no end Of sport over the error in
transmission which noted the beginning of
trains were meant. At the beginning less
than twenty train loads were in sight. This
has been nearly doubled, making o process
sion marketwards of unprecedented size in
the same time. In the who lie movement, now
nearly past, there has not been an accident
nor unusual delay. ~ r,
One of the evidences of civilization and ec
fects Of education upon the Indian is the fact
that as many Of them as can afford it are
discarding the method of simply wrapping a
blanket around their dead when they bury
them, and ore patronizing the undertakers.
They buy the cheapest cases they can get,
but prefer them to the blanket. The marble
just completed a neat marble slab bearing
the inscription, MARY, Daughter of WINES
helix. and wife Of Stand Straight, Died Sept.
Is, Aged 20 Years." Some of them are
staunch temperance advocates and will not
touch a drop ofliquor of any kind. j..
Hiram McChesney. was appointed receiver
Of the Traders bank, corner Madison and
La Sale streets, Chicago, by Judge Shepard
under a petition fled by Thomas p. Tollman,
the cashier. Mr.. McChesney gave a bond OF
5000, 900 and was ordered to take charge of
all the effects that belong to the bank or ore
held by 1t in trust. The news was received
with q great deal of surprise and fioated
around with tho y,o,,o1 cuiffpnoo ~ a r,,rc1u
among the lawyers and caused more than
one to excuse himself from a case and hurry
around to protect clients who were the banks
creditors. The liabilities are on the verge Of
100000 The capital stock is 100000
divided into 1000 shares, Of which Mr. Rut-
were no other shareholders. For six months,
he Gays. Mr.. Rutter, the president, has been
an invalid and incapable Of attending to the
affairs of the bank. -una
Bishop VIM. Taylor, the distinguished
African bishop of the Methodist church ex-
presses his views oHI the Disappearance az
Henry Instantly, the African explorer. Hes
says; From his knowledge az The conditions
OF things IN africa &c was highly probable
that Stanley had gone into the interi0r 5of
copptry where he could not be heard
from in q year or two, and that Interested
persons were taking advantage ofhis absence
TO create friendship for individual schemes
~ Vl&0utAc bcuFCLAH& pal CIcby twuOSe I0ul
object was something else chan the recovery
or assistance Of Stanley. A desire for public
sensations, perhaps. prompted many Of the
publications respecting the explorer. Thu
bishop did not belive there would be any
special cause for alarm if he was not heard
from for o year or two yet:
The report was current that three persons
had died during the day, of yellow fever at
Gallipolis, a town on the Ohio river, $50
miles below Pittsburgh. Those who died are
Capt. w. K. Hall, a prominent citizen, who
was taken sick a few days g while visiting
at Catlettsburg, KY; a Mrs. Shelter and
Miss Anna Robinson. A son of Capt. Hall is
also i'll. Physicians are ~reticent but say the
symptoms are those of yellow fever. Citizens
are terror stricken. DR.. Hutton, at Camp
Perry, has telegraphed to Surgeon General
Hamilton as follows: cover fifty worthy des-
titute people in camp, discharged and unable
to get away. I cannot turn women and
children into the woods to 'starve. Please
divert, some charitable funds here to aid them.
Shot gun quarantine will not allow them to
go South of Atlanta" In response to this
telegram Dr.. Hutton was authorized to fur
nish transportation upon governmentvouch-
ers to all such persons as are unable to leave
the camp. - -. :-~,... a..