Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-02-02

hour walk at Bangor. Me-, Herty was
declared winner, with 1l3 miles.
AT the Chamber of Commerce dinner
at Boston the solid business men OF
Boston were well represented and the
chief topic was the shipping interests.
La Blanche and Pat Brennan fought
four rounds at Buffalo, the Marine
failing to knock to Brennan out and for.
feiting $50.
O. jackson, AZ miner, was shot and
killed at Roslyn, w. T., by Tom Bran.
non, also a miner, who came from Chi
cago five weeks ago.
AT North Attleboro, Mass, the stables
of the celebrated Mt. Hope farm were
burned, with twenty head of imported
cattle. Loss, $500 0
The Minneapolis water mills got very
inferior service last week, those using
steam getting out the bulk of the flour.
The weeks production was 81, DOC
barrels.
The Arkansas senate passed the bill
authorizing the governor to offer a re-
ward of 81, 900 for the arrest and CON
yictlon of the murderer or murderers OF
John NJ. Clayton.
The body of j. w. Doyle of Vandalia,
Mich, who has been missing since Jan.
., was found in the woods zeal Sher-
wood last Tuesday. The cause of his
death is unknown.
The house ways and means committee
met for the purpose. of beginning consid-
Grafton of the senate tariff bill, but adj
journed until Saturday without any
progress being made.
The president has approved the act in
regard to water reserve land in Wiscon.
sin, and the act to increase the maxi
mum amount of international money
order from $50 to $500.
William A. Slater transferred to the
Norwich Conn., academy $40, 900 as a
permanent fund. the interest of which
is to be used i'll defraying the expense
of the Slater memorial and museum.
Napoleon Baum, a farmer reading
near Valparaiso, Ind, attempted suicide
by means of strychnine, owing, it is
thought, to domestic trouble. A physi-
clan was called in time to save his life.
South Haven, Mich. parties concluded
thep purchase of the entire plant of the
Benton Harbor Novelty Manufacturing
company's works and will proceed at
once to remove the same to South Har.
Dor.
The latest phase of the fight between
the Dakota governor and the legislature
is the proposal that the legislature re-
peal the laws creating the offices of aud
itor. treasurer, attorney general and rail.
road commissioner.
Allie johnson, the 1O-year-old son of
George Johnson, Jr., died at Elvaston,
His, Tuesday, under peculiar circum-
stances. The body was found to be
s~hockingly bruised. and foul play is sus-
pected. A jury is investigating.
The annual report of the commissioner
of patents shows that the total receipts
of the patent Office for the last year were
81, 1lS, 516; total expenditures, 1914, 108;
net income of the office, S144, 405. The
patent fund in the treasury on Jan. /,
1888, amounted to So, 401, 898.
Mr.. Preston, the Haytien minister,
has informed the secretary of state that
several vessels are being fitted out at
New York for an expedition against
Hayti, and the matter was referred to
the treasury department. with the result
that the collector of customs at New
York was specially instructed tosee that
no violations of the neutrality laws are
committed at that port.