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water 10 minutes. On being dragged
on board he fell bsck unconscious. The
other two sank with the boat. which
4 was heavily laden and ballasted with
iron.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
The Chamberlain city council has
Imposed $500 license On original
package houses, to DO paid quarterly.
| The heaviest rainfall for number Of
years occurred at Yankton, S. D.. Sun.
ldav and Monday. che precipitation
being little, over three inches. Dam
age from flooded cellars and loss Of live
lstock bY lightning, about ST. 500.
NORTH DAKOTA.
| John Costello, of Mimic. has sold bis
tree claim and is going into the real
estate business.
Capt. Hugh Maloney will enlarge tho
Ingalls, house-one Of the most popular
hotels in Grand Forks.
b
M. J. Moran has been elected alder
man in the Third Ward in Grand Forks
to I'LL the vacancy created by the resig-
nation OF Jas. Ryan, and in the Fourth
ward W, B. Wood takes the place OF
AID. Ed. Kennedy, resigned.
Among the laws that went into effect
in North Dakota July was the one
making it a crime to sell or to give to
minor under 16 years of age CIGARS or
cigarettes Of any kind or form. except
on the written order Of Z. parent or
guardian, or tobacco in any form, the
penalty for violation being imprison.
ment in jail not more than thirty days
or a fue of not more than $50. or both
such fine and imprisonment.
The shocking catastrophe resulting in
the death Of the Mccarthy family at
Fargo. is now familiar to all. Only q
few weeks ago old comrades buried
Captain Me- Carthv. and now his children
are taken away at one fell swoop by the
resistless and angry storm. They were
all good Miss Belle McCarthv, the
eldest, being especially noted for her
ability as photographer. and confden-
tlal desk clerk with Colonel Dodge,
who could hardly be more grieved at
the loss ofole of his own family. Miss
Belle was good girl. as all who knew
her will gladly testify. To the manned
and grief stricken mother and the two
remaining children, the full sympathy
of the community goes out.
WISCONSIN.
One of the prominent farmers Of
Wisconsin gave us some interesting
figures q few, DAYS ago. He purchased
IS sheep last fall paying $40 for them.
He sold $40 worth &C wool from che
aock, $34 worth of mutton and has As
sheep and lambs left. He considers
sheep husbandry a very profitable branch
of farming. 4sit ..fss,;s
There are no children under Is years
of age. as prohibited by law. employed
in Wisconsin at present. so far as in~
yestigation will show. During the last
year there were forty.nine violatIonsaof
the law discovered and the children
promptly dismissed at the word Of
warning from the inspectors Of the
State Labor Bureau. "a
In recent number the Catholic Citl.
zen, OF Milwaukee, makes an interest.
ing estimate Of the Catholic population
OF Wisconsin. After careful figuring
our contemporary comes to the conclu-
sion that the Catholic population IS now
$40, COO. This total is made up Of 146..
600 Irish, 200, 600 German. 10000 of. the
descendants Of the first Catholic settlers.
and 104 900 made up FROM other sources.
This is gain Of 1872 600 since the census
Of 1880.
B The strike among the lumbnrmen at
Ashland has been confined to the ASH
land, Washburn aud bayfield, mills but
II the strikers win here the same de-
mand will be made Of all the country
mills. Three thousand men are out.
Neither side will talk compromise yet
and each faction ls confident Of ulti-
mate success Mill owners say they
can better afford TO laE idle all summer
than TO shorten hours aud cut lumber
at a loss. The strikers are led bv local +
politicians who have nothing 70 loss
+ and who hope to 90 TO the state senate
and assembly from Ashland this fall. i 81,
The board Of public works. of West
Superior Monday awarded contrscts al I
follows: MEG Quaid s. MURPHY, West
Fifth street. from Newton Rto ,Robart-'3II
son. So ,0ss 44; Vestg ss;ecoud atreet, front
Baker to Robert 4. rNortll
Ibth street, from 2SO Omahs s,f5s