The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13
Miscellaneous Items.

The last COMPANY of militia has left the
Spring Valley (lll.) mines, and sixteen more
men have gone to work. No further trouble
is anticipated.
The lower house of the Connecticut legisla.
ture defeated the bill giving women the right
to vote on questions pertaining to the sale of
neutrality-suspicious..
The national white lead trusts have pur-
chased the plant Of the Collier White Lead
company, St. Louis, and the Southern White
Lead company; consideration, $500, OOO.
The opium seized at the Minnesota Trans
fer several months ago will be sold at public
auction July 1 by order of the United States
district court, There are four hundre pounds
of the drug in possession of the treasury Of
ficials.
Capt. A. M. Sherman returned from Court
Oreilles reservation, in Wisconsin where he
has paid $50, 900 to the Indians on pine con-
tracts. The Indians are more than ever ad-
dicted to gambling, which they commenced
ut once on receipt of the money. Seventeen
poker games were Immediately started, the
indians at each game grouping themsel yes
aroun a blanket spread on the ground.
A decision involving $40, 900 to the tax
payers of Dubuque was rendered in the state
supreme court. In 1883 a tax offs per cent
was ordered to aid the construction of what
is now known as the Chicago, St. Paul &
Kansas City railroad. A portion o: the tax
vas paid by property owners. Others re-
fused to pay and brought suit to restrain
further collection. A permanent injunction
was granted by tho district court and the
supreme court reversed it's former decision
and has ordered collections of the remaining
$14O. 600.
The Minnesota Grand Lodge of Odd Eel
lows in session at st. Cloud closed the most
profitable and enjoyable convention ever
held by them by e~lecting the following off,
GERS: q. M, G.. M. Sprague, Sank Center; ID.
G. NJ. Henry Ungermnch, Rochester; G.. W,
j. H. Grass, Fergus Falls; secretary, A. L.
Bolton, st. Paul; treasurer, Charles Girls
void, St. Paul; g. r., two years, D. Kelly;
G. r., one year, j. G. Cockburn, Minneapo-
lis; G. c., W. G. Nye, Minneapolis; G. NJ,
John Herman; G. c., Henry Stanley; G.. G.,
F. w. Denton; G.. H., H. Parker.
Republican campaign orators are prepar-
ing to swarm into the territories. Congress
man Dorsey ofNebraska has organized q tour.
ing party, which will leave Omaha July 16
for San Francisco, over the Union Pacific.
They will return two months later by the
Northern Pacific, stopping to make speeches
in Washington. Montana and the two Oak
otas, and separate in St. Paul about Aug.
IL. The most prominent members of the
party will be Congressman Mckinley and
Burrows, both candidates for speaker and
extreme protectionists. Maj. Mckinley has
long been anxious to visit the Northwest and
solve for himself the mystery of the revenue
reform sentiment there.
Snow fell on the last day of May in Wis
consin. The temperature in Milwaukee was
33 deg. Railroad men report over a foot of
snow south of Fond du Lac, on the North
western road. Crops have been considerably
spo lied by the late frosts. Reports from all
parts of the state are that the now fall vas
fairly heavy, with cold, unreasonable wealth
err. In Sank county small vegetation suffered
very considerably. In many localities of the
state the strawberry crop was completely
destroyed. In the tobacco district OF south
ern Wisconsin the Seeding tobacco is COM
ing out all right. but all the plants that were
set have been killed by frost. Small grains
and fruits are badly damaged in the tier of
lake shore counties. In the potato counties
of Central Wisconsin the field potatoes will
come out all right, despite the severe frosts.
The fruit and berry crop suffers most in
Wisconsin.