The Dickinson press., 1888-01-21
THE NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS
Interesting Items Briefly Chronic|ed
For Our Readers.

o. S. Clifford telegraphs from Wash
ington that he is on the committee on
Indian affairs and will see that the Dawes
bill receives prompt attention.
The United States Law and Order
league has issued q call for its sixth an
nual meeting to be held in Philadelphia
on the 2lst and 22d of February next.
Tho report of the arrival at New York
Of the steamship Tonawanda from Sa-
vannah, which was reported in distress
off the New Jersey coast is an error.
The Republican State Central commit
tee, of Pennsylvania, has selected Har-
risburg DIS the place for holding the mex
state convention, and April 25 as the
time
A woodsman was attacked by a crowd
of roughs at Ashland, Wis. and bruised
and beaten. Whisky was then poured
over his clothes and set afire, burning
him seriously.
At the National league meeting
throughout Ireland, the reduction of jul
dicial rents announced by the land com
mission has been declared insufficient.
During the year there were landed ut
Castle Garden 81 1868 immigrants.
\ white man and u colored woman
We're frozen near Helena during the
storm.
Eunicc Cottrell, aged l1o, and a great
%grandchild of King Phillip, died ut Nor
wich, Conn.
Delegate Clifford thinks the present
congress will do nothing toward admit
ting Dakota into the Union.
The president has signed an order di-
rccting the removal of the land office
from Lake City to Montrose, Col.
Scarcity of coal is daily becoming more
apparent at Philadelphia. Dealers pre-
dict it will he selling at from IS to $40
per ton in a few days.
Traffic Manager lIawley denies that
the Minnesota Il Northwestern has an
nounced or will announce !, 900 mile tick
cts ut S25 with s. rebate.
Thursday, Jan. 26, has been selected as
the date for the complimentary banquet
to he given i'll Boston to Senator Sherman
by the Home Market club.
Reports from Central Minnesota indi-
cate that the snow is 50 deep on the
ground as To make it almost impossible
for farmers to attend to their ordinary
winter work.
Loggers complain Of too much snow in
the pineries. On some of the streams
they are troubled with three feet of snow,
which is about two feet more than they
think they need.
Gen. Bragg, of Wisconsin, is in Wash
ington, and it is said his visit is for the
purpose of comforting with the president
and secretary of state relative to the
Mexican mission.
The thirteenth annual convention of
the Commercial Travellers association of
the state of Indiana, beganat Evansville,
Ind. Between 1000 and 1,500 members
are in attendance.
Speaker Carlisle will visit Atlanta Jan
90, and deliver an address upon tariff re.
form.
The socialist have gained entire con-
troll of Chicago District Assembly 81,
X. of l..
The horticulturists of Southern Mime
sofa met at Rochester on Saturday and
organized the Southern Minnesota Horti-
cultural society.
A freight train, consisting of eight cars
and an oil tank. went through Il bridge
on the Illinois Central railroad near Par
k%ersburg, Ill, Saturday.
The report that the Canadian Pacific
had gained an entrance to New York via
the Rome, Wntertown g. Ogdensburg and
Ontario s. Western, has been denied by
the officials of the latter roads.
The dedication of Texas new capitol
building at Austin will occur May IA to
10. President and Mrs. Cleveland and
many other distinguished people through
out the United States have been invited
to attend the celebration.
The British steamer Nortigern has been
wrecked in the China seas with a loss of
twenty-onc lives.
The new tariff on wheat issued by the
Duluth makes u rate Of 5 cents per 100
pounds per car load.
a bill has been introduced in the Ohio
legislature fixing passenger rates at 2
cents per mile cn all railroads in the
state.
Senator Davis, of Minnesota, has intro
duced q bill to restore Maj Reno to the
regular army with the rank of major, at
such time as Il vacancy shall occur in the
line for which a civilian would have to
be named.
The complaint of the scarcity of freight
ears has ceased During the two last
two weeks OF December the st. Paul
roads had some trouble in furnishing all
the necessary ears, but with the let up in
business which always follows the close
of the year the trouble has disappeared.
G. N. johnson succeeds the late Daniel
Manning as president of the Western
National Bank of New York.
There is a revival of roller skating at
Duluth. The Parlor rink will be repaired
and used for that amusement.
1t is rumored that the postmastership
of Washington has been rendered to John
w. Ross, formerly of Illinois and now a
resident of that city.
The Burlington & Northern club house
was opened ut La Crosse Tuesday night.
1t was erected by the company for tho
use of the employees of the road.
Joseph l.. LeClaire, a brakeman OH the
Watersmeet branch Of the Chicago &
Northwestern, was killed at Waucedah
Wis. His body was cut to pieces.
August kienitz, a German farmer liv
ing near Cambridge, in Isanti county
Mimi, was frozen to death Tuesday
night two or three miles from town.
The municipal improvements of Roch
ester. Mimi, for the past twelve month.
foot up 100000, including Il system o
water-works, electric light plant and
$50, 900 Jail.
At one of the gravel pits on the new
short line of the st. Paul g. Duluth roat
the other day, workmen, while loadin.
cars, came across a large piece of cope
ore weighing 1000 pounds.
The old government building at Whit
Earth reservation, formerly occupied a
a school boarding house and girls dormi
, tory, caught fire and burned to tn
ground. Tho loss is about $40, 900.