Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-03-04

mercial union with Canada was passed
by the house.
The monthly weather crop bulletin
shows conditions more favorable than
those of last year.
A fine flow Of natural gas has been
struck at Hartsville. Ind, and ct Ter
wells will be, drilled.
The Deadwood reduction works were
destroyed BY lire Friday night. Loss.
$50, 900; insurance, S35 600.
Otto Fink, a well-to-do farmer living
neal Wabash, Ind, in Jail for stealing
horses, has confessed his guilt.
Lowe, who killed Richard Roach near
Bassett last September in a quarrel, has
been acquitted by a jury at Ainsworth,
| Neb.
Anton Fischer, for many years regis
lister of deeds for Sank county, Wis,
committed suicide at Baraboo, by taking
poison,
Steinitz,. the champion chess player.
at Havana, Cuba, played simultaneously
against nineteen persons, and won all
the games.
Policeman j. Geraghty, who was
thrown from n patrol wagon during a
riot at the recent strikes in New York,
died last night.
Smallpox has broken out near st.
Thomas, Ont. Four deaths have already
occurred and twelve persons are down
with the disease.
The doors of the Bay State Sugar Re.
tinery are to be closed permanently by
the trust and the building ~dismantled OF
its sugar machinery.
BY the death of a relative in Sweden,
Hjatmer AK, a porter in the Hotel Keo-
kuk, Keokuk, Ia, has become the pos.
SCISSOR of 80, 200 own
Thomas Il. Vines, clerk, who had
himself shipped in a trunk to st. Louis
with S4.062 stolen from his employer
has been declared insane.
There is a rumor to the effect that the
Green-glass Blowers league of the
United States is to disband and return
to the knights of Labor.
Mahlon ID. Miller and Frank P. Blair
of st. Paul, and l.. l.. Strong of st
Joseph, will build a double teack cleo
trio street railway at that place.
The Pacific Coast Steamship company
has bought out the West Coast Steam
ship company, regaining control of the
steamers Pomona and City of Pueblo.
JONI T.. DllllNdn, WHO Cdfne over ueTi
as Richard Manslield's leading man, an
who made a hit as '.Joseph Surface,
sailed for New York to fill an engage
ment with Gillette.
A report has reached Denison, Tex.
of a find of a rich vein of coal within
seven miles of that city, in Panel coun
ty, Chickasaw Nation. The vein is sale
: to be over 30 inches thick.
Il rI.. II tA. -
ing of the National Association of Anna
teur Athletes of America began in the
presence of a vast assembly at Madison
Square garden, New York,
The boilers of Amos Kent's saw mill
I, New Tangimoa, La, exploded, demol
ishing parts of the mills and adjoining
, buildings, and injuring several persons
The boiler was thrown 24D yards.
Senior nublan having resumed charge
of the Mexican ministry of finance, th
Opposition press has ceased its attack.
upon the financial policy of the govern
t ment, having implicit confidence in thu
minister.
I'll Four new indictments for grnnt
: larceny and fraudulent issue of stool
3 have been returned against Ives an
:! Stayiief. and it aonvietsd Of the Tense
I q oiAp c"oy t1io oChpClSC Sdn 10 LII
posed on each.
Certificates of election we're issued by
Governor Wilson, of. West Virginia, to
j. d. Anderson Democrat from the
Third congressional district, and to J
1 NJ. jackson Republican, from TIL,
: Fourth congressional district of tn,
t state.
Two masked men entered the farr
house of Hartman Umberger, near Jer
a nerstown, Pa. compelled him to open
= trunk containing $4,000. and when h
: refused TO give them the money she
= = him dead. lTmberger's aged wife wi
y messed the killing.
!, Hon. John NJ. Thurston of Nebrask
: was elected president of the Republica
: National league. A. b. Humphrey {
!. New York. and p. G. Lounsbury of Co,
necticut were reelected secretary an
treasurer. The executive committt
was empowered to revise the constit,
ton.
A national convention of the mast,
v painters is in session at Washingto
City. st. Louis has two representative
r Probably the most important busine
will be- the consideration OF the gradir
of employees. There are about 2,0t
n master painters in this country. an
!, about 10000 i~ourneymen are am ploye