The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-12-20
WASHBURN LEADER.
BY r. II. COPELAND,
WASHBURN, : = NORTH DAKOTA
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMs.
It is feared Parnell may lose his eye
sight.
The Koch lymph is being tried on
lepers.
The Poet Whittier celebrated his SD
birthday.
Eighteen men we're killed in a mine in
Belgium.
The heaviest snowfall in five years at
Pittsburg.
Floods did $5OO,OOO damage on Van
cover island.
A storm did much damage in the New
York harbor.
Col. Charles Fuller died at Appleton,
Wis.,, Wednesday.
The independent party convention at
Cincinnati was postponed.
The Helena, Mont, board of trade re-
solved in favor free coinage.
Indications are for an early settlement
of the Alabama miners strike.
Snow has parlyzed train service in
Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio.
The Michigan Grange objects to
government loans on real estate.
The Central school at Muskegon,
Mich, burned Sunday. Loss $4,000.
The house passed the apportionmen-
bill for 1856 representatives in the house.
Gen. Alfred H. Terry of the United
States army, died at New Haven, Conn.
General Miles discredits the report of
an engagement between troops and In
dams.
The Federation of Labor will support
the painters in their demand for eight
hours.
James N. Henry, Chatham, Ont, has
been discovered in a defalcation of
$4,000.
The engineers on the st. Paul road at
Milwaukee demanded an advance and
threaten to strike.
The re-apportionment bill will be
favorably acted on by the census COM
mittee of the house.
Mclean defeated Kemp in the scull-
ing match for the worlds championship
on the Paramatta river.
Peck, Martin & Co., New York brick
dealers, have failed with liabilities $500
600 and assets 100000.
Three thousand Indians are coming
s1k1 d. ps1~0 or~o-nvy ~ otH0ls0~on ~
General Brooke's order.
President Harrison has been officially
notified that the Worlds Fair proclama-
ton may now be issued.
Sixty thousand dollars in mechanics
liens have been filed against the Pacific
Short Line at Sioux City.
Secretary Window had a long confer
once with the senate finance committee
regarding the financial outlook.
Kansas City negroes have the Messiah
craze, being led by a voodoo deserter re-
Gently arrived from Bismarck, N. d.
VIM. Matteson, a Northwestern brake.
man, was killed at Kasota, Mimi, Thurs
day morning while switching in the
yards.
Edward Mcdonald, superintendent of
a bridge gang at Pratt, Wis.,, was fatally
injured by a falling derrick Thursday
morning.
Banker Prettyman of Chicago and his
cashier, G. s.. Johnson, have been in
dicted for embezzlement in receiving
deposits when they knew the bank to be
%insolvent.
In a quarrel about the transfer of some
property Wednesday, Phillip Maloney
was fatally shot by his brother-in-law,
Walter Mosher, at Amigo, Wis.,, who was
arrested tonight. T.
(, The officers deny the reported failure
of the Iowa, Minnesota and Dakota Ele.
vator company at Luverne, MIMI, and
say the rumor was started by local cred
itors who wanted to annoy the company.
Twelve million ounces of silver bullion
is to be purchased during the calendar
year, not exceeding 100000 ounces in
any one month, in addition to the
amount now required to be purchased
monthly.
Jerry Bouchart, a young Frenchman,
had a dispute with a man named Turner
in q West Superior saloon Thursday.
Bouchart was knocked down by Turner
and probably fatally kicked and tramped
on. Turner is still at large.
Mrs. Edward A. Milford, wife of the
we'll known railway ticket broker of Chi.
cago, shot herself this afternoon in her
apartment in the Marquette apartment
some time and for several DAYS has been
very respondent.
Stole 3 $1,000 From q Widow.
Sioux CITY, Ia.., Dec. H.-Edward L.
Bradbury, a stockman who is we'll known
here, was arrested to-day on a charge of