Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12
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railway t-ains are gradually disappearing.
J.. Case. owner OF Jay-Eye-See aud
Phallas. has received and rfused an offer
from Louisville parties of $500 0 for
Phallas.
Tr~aeklayers OF the two countries met on
the International bridge at the 500. The
Americans went ahead and made the first
crossing.
Bishop whipple is credited with saying
that as long as an Indian has an aims
house to 90 to he will be a pauper; in cth-
ei words. an Indian won't work.
Al Duluth. the failure is announced nf
Il. E Silbert. proprietor OF the Model res
taurant. His liabilities are between S3,-
600 and $4,000, and his assets merely
nominal
Mrs. Senator Sabin gave q grand recep-
ton on the 9Th. Mrs. Sabin had with her
the vile of Justice Miller, OF the supreme
court Mrs. Senator Davis and Mrs. Sena
tor Teller
Ernst Hoempel, a German employed in
the construction OF the ice palace at st.
Paul fels from the northeast corner Of the
structure to the ground, a distance OF six.
ty,fye feet. and died.
The owners OF the Pacific railroads late
" investigated are wiling. it is said. tohave
the government ioreelose the mortgages,
having made all that they are able to
out of the roads.
At a meeting OF the business men oiLake
City an associatian was formed to be
knowna as the Lake City Improvement and
Realty company. Articles OF ineorpofa-
ton have been drawn. Tn capital stock
is $4,000. Tn sole object IS to promote
the material prosperity of Lake City,
At Newark, \. j., the shoemakefs' trades
union. numbering several hundred mem
bers. decided to Withdraw from the
knights OF Labor. The reason assigned is
the bad management on the part Of the
national and local leaders.
In compliance with the law passed at the
last legislature the Bank of Spring Valley
has changed its name to 'Strorg,
Farmer & Edwards, Bankers with w.
H.. Strong, b. +. Farmer and f. Y. Ed
wards as partners.
City Collector onahan OF Chicago. in a
letter to the mayor and city council re
garding the operation in Chicago OF the
high license system, says that while IL has
not greatly reduced the number oisaloorIs.
it certainly prevented tn overwhelming in
crease.
The American Association for the Adj
vaneement of Science at its last meeting
adopted unanimously a resolution recon-
mending to congress that steps be taken
for the preservation OF some OF the re
mRrkable archaeological eariosities OF the
West, and il is probable that the subjsct
will he laid before the proper COMMITTEES
of congress during the present session.
The principal glass factories throughout
the country are practically closed, and
the $4,000 persons employed in them are
idle. The trouble originated in the fact
that while the East for a certain amount
nj uannay tha HnnrInuar pwnrll
~ 100 dozen OF a stated article, in the
West. for the same amount OF money, 125
dozen OF the same article were produced.
The wholesale dry goods firm OF Auer-
bach, Finch & Van Siyek of Sc Paul is no
more. It's successor is that Of Finch, Van
Siyek q Co. Mr.. Auerbaeh retiring from
active interest in the business, though his
capital win remain. and he, with n. W.
kitson. viii be specialpartners. The new
firm will consist OF George r Finch, W. H..
Van Slyek, Z. A. Young and c. j. McCon-
vile. Mr.. Young has been a partner for
several years, and Mr.. McConyiIle has been
at the head OF the STAPLE department.
General Order No. 4 was issued from the
national headquarters of the G.. A. R at
Minneapolis. The order includes the ap-
pointment OF assistants, one from each de.
partment. to the inspector general, Ira NJ.
Hedges, Hayerstraw, \. Y, and requires a
general inspection during January aud
February. r. II. Branton of Minneapolis
has been selected as inspector for the de-
partment OF Minnesota. Earl NJ. Rogers OF
Viroqua for the department OF Wisconsin.
and G. o. Eaton for the department OF
Montana
The Sixty-eighth general assembly OF
Ohio convened on the I'd. The house
elected Z. Z. Lampson speaker, David
tanning clerk and the balance of Republi.
can caucus nominees. Thirteen members
OF the Republican senate caucus made
nominations FOR officers. selecting j. C.
Richardson Of Hamilton president pro TEN.
The other Republican senator's ignored in
the caucus combined with the Democratic
members and organized the senate by elect
ing officers headed by T. F. Davis as presi-
dent pro tenn. Six OF the Republican eau
Gus nominees were defeated and the other
four elected. The governors message was
read in both branches.
Since smallpox has been declared cpl
demic in San Francisco and the pest house
filled with over a hundred cases, impro-
vised hospitals ave been erected 10 the pub
lie parks. in the plaza. and in Clay and Kear-
ney streets a tent has been pat up to accom-
modate patients unable to receiv admis.
sion to the receiving hospital. DIR. 0'Don.
nell. ex-coroner OF San Francisco. a noted
sand lot orator. recently addressed a large
crowd denouneing the action OF the city
authorities in putting up the tent as an
outrage. He then swore out warrants for
the arrest OF Mayor Pond and the health
commissioner. DR.. Gale, who were shortly
afterward taken into custody. the charge
being the maintenance OF q public rui.
sanee. The officials we're released on bail.