Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-12-31
.CONDENS VIEWS,

Interesting Happ j of ths PAT
Week Gnlledl from tie A.
ISOLATED Press
Madame Modjeaka q bstter.
Secretary Foster and Nj. Mills ara
both reported better.
Stephen B. Elkins, the new secretI,r
Of war, il 80 years old. He was horn Is
Ohio. q. q r. =
Dol. John T. Hathaway. governor q
the National Soldiers Home 81 Milvsu.
kee, is dead. :.
Mr.. and Mrs. 3. Hatton, ct Clinton
Iowa, celebrated the fitch anniyersss7
Of their wedding. So.
Mason City, Iowa. feels confident a.
securing branch Of the Des Noines
and Northwestern Railway.
Edward Russell. aged SO years editor
Of the Davenport Gazette until 1e77.
died in Minneapolis yesterday morning.
A collision ct Eureka. Mo-, yesterday
morning on the Missouri Pacific, demof.
ished twenty oars and injured three
trainmen.
Charles Unoles, the first oolored man
ever raised to the Catholic priesthood.
was ordained by Cardinal Gibbons in
Baltimore.
Judge w. Tourgee, who has been i'll
at Denver for some time, is considerably
better, and it is believed he will recover
in short time.
Judge Blodgett, Of the federal district
court for Northern Illinois, will resign
to accept the presidency of the Illinois
Insurance 90.
Anton Rubinstein, the Russian pian.
list, has accepted an offer of $125, 900 for
series Of fifty concerts to be given in
the United States.
Freeport, ILL.,, authorities have for.
hidden the killing of sparrows within
the city limits. Over 5000 birds have
thus far been killed.
Rear Admiral Thomas Patterson, q.
s. N, died suddenly at New Brighton,
s. L, Thursday night. His death was
entirely unexpected.
The grand jury at Grand Forks has OK.
onerated r. NJ Sprague, who was
charged with swindling the First Ma
tional Bank of Larimore.
The republican state central commit.
tee of Minnesota held meeting in st.
Paul yesterday. Not any business of
Importance was accomplished.
Minnie O. Hanson, of Goshen. Ind,
secured q divorce from her husband in
the morning, and was married to F. L.
Morehouse, of Elkhart, in the evening.
The steamer Ruby, with provisions,
left Dubuque, Iowa. Friday night, for
New Orleans, the first boat that ever
left Dubuque for that port so late in the
year.
Don NJ. Dickinson, who has been on
Q visit to Mr.. Cleveland, says that Mrs.
Cleveland is in perfect health and that
there is no foundation for the reports
that she is sick.
The press representatives in st. Paul
and Minneapolis will make all the neo-
essary arrangements to entertain visit.
ing newspaper men to the national re-
publican convention.
Alta meeting in London of the Viz.
ginia bondholders q motion to accept
the agreement between the Virginia
state debt commission and the Olcott
committee was adopted. -
Mrs. James 9. Blaine, jr., says that
she is being prosecuted by number of
private detectives, who are constantly
following her. It is believed that young
Blaine employees these men to do this.
At Roaring Springs, KY, yesterday
Ben Davis shot James Dunn dead and
fatally wounded George Dunn, q
brother to the murdered man. The
killing was the outcome OF an. ancient
feud.
Gov. A. q. Johnson has arrived in
Washington from Grand Forks with .
memorial to congress. asking protection
for settlers in the Red River Valley
threatened with ejeotment by the Great
Northern Railroad. 4
At Devils Lake the water tank of the
Great Northern burst and portion fell
on Patrick McNamara, who was I'M.
loading coal close by. He was in
probably seriously injured.
Serious charges have been placed be-
fore Governor Merriam rejecting on the
management of the Rochester Asylum.
It will be remembered that charges were
recently made against this same instita-
tion by q North Dakota man who was
cOuuuou tQ0I6s 9F III 80 S53
An old man named Jack Smith quar-
relied with Wright Poland ct Buckhorn.
La. TO get revenge Smith and his
three sons and four other men went to
Poland's house in the night time, sum-
moned Poland and his wife to the door,
and shot them dead.
Postmaster General WaDamaker has
placed price upon the heads Of the:
five men who stole the mail pouches
from the wagon in Chicago q few even
ings since. Mr.. Wanamaker offers $500
reward for information that will lead to
the arrest and conviction Of any one Of
gang. S5{
About half the wheat crop IL the SEQ.
tion Of Forman. N. d. is still un-
threshed. The weather has been mild,
thawing every day. Some Of the farm
ers are making an effort to get the:
threshers to start, in order that they
can get their threshing done before
spring work commences.
The regular term Of the United States