The Dickinson press., 1891-11-28
g. Henry Stratton, the dime museum
faster. is dead. He undertook to fast
for forty days and the above was the
roru1k

A Northern Pacific train was wrecked
near Wadena. Seven oars of wheat haC
their contents dumped out on the
ground.
The new county of Williams, il
N. D., has just had an election fol
county officers. Williston will he the
county seat.
w. B. johnson, night operator on the
Great Northern at Wahpeton, has been
arrested for selling tickets and not re-
porting them.
The Twin Cities are invited to send
delegates to the water ways convention
called in Detriot during the month OF
December.
As the result of the miners meeting
at Washington, Ind, 500 more miners
have struck. making the whole total
about 4, 900.
The Old Homestead aotel at James.
town, N. Y, was burned. Three serv-
ants and one child are thought to have
been burned.
A fire originated in tie cold storage
house of the Pabst Brewing o.. at
Seymour, Ind, burning nearly block
Of buildings.
An excursion of the business men of
Aberdeen leaves today for Norfolk,
Neb., to examine the workings of the
sugar beet factory.
A Montana stockman of Fort Benton
Montana. was drugged and robbed of
SO, 900 in Chicago last night. His name
is Clifford Martin.
Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Go. will i'm
midiately erect o new wholesale house
in St Paul to take the place of the one
recently burned.
The ghost dancers in Indian Territory
are becoming disgusted. The Wichitas
have danced for nearly year, but have
now turned infidels.
The water famine in New York is
growing serious. There is not enough
water in Ridgewood reservoir to last
more than fifteen hours.
Thirty.six tons of pennies are piled
up in the sub b.treasury vaults in New
York City. The officials do not know
what to do with them.
Florida has an immense crop of
oranges this year variously estimated at
from 5000, 600 to 100000 boxes. The
price is now $1.15 per box.
The Mcintyre Syndicate at Water
town, s. d., has purchased the city
water works. The Mcintyre Syndicate
is boring with big augur.
There are seven threshipg machines
at work in Ramsey County near Devils
Lake. Threshing will be continued as
long as the weather permits.
A San Francisco dispatch states that
John l.. Sullivan was shot at that place.
1t does not say how he was shot, how
ever, in the neck or otherwise.
The board of trade directors of Chi
cago are trying to find the operator who
sent the bogus telegram claiming the
Russian ukase had been issued.
The Stearns County farmers alliance
met yesterday and passed the usual reso.
scoring the railroads and want.
ing money for 2 per cent per annum.
Governor Hovey, of Indiana, who
has been sick for several days is no bet
ter. He had sinking spell and his
physicians pronounce his case almost
hopeless.
The missing real estate man, Charles
A. B. Weidie, of st. Paul. was found
in North Minneapolis He was in bad
shape from want of care. His mind is
affected.
A prisoner in the Bay field, Wis,
Jail on the charge of drunkenness,
drank bottle of medicine intended for
another prisoner, and died from the
effects.
The government has sent several
agents to the border line between the
states and Canada to see if something
cannot be done to stop opium snug.
Cling.
The treasury department. has been in.
formed of the arrest, at Watertown.
N. Y, of four Cinnamon, who were
making an attempt to cross the Ameri-
can border.
Professor Libby has presented to
Princeton @, llege library the library Of
the late Professor Guyot, which CON
sists of 5000 books and pamphlets and
1000 maps.
Mich COWS are becoming scarce in
Southern Minnesota. 1t is hard work
for the creameries to get enough cream
to make what butter they have local
demand for.
Mrs. Arnold, a handsome blonde Of
Winnipeg, ran away with a gambler
named Ford. The husband traced them
to Great Falls, but the woman refused
to return home.
It is the opinion of Private Dalzell
that Sherman will be re elected, and
that Mckinley is in the field for the
nomination of president; also that Fora.
ker is not in the race.
Senator Hansbrough called on Score
tary Blaine and in conversation stated
that he could see no way to prevent the
Chinese from coming into the United
States from Canada.
George Zoeckler, ST., one of Wheel
ing's, W. Va, most prosperous business
men, blew out his brains while laborinp
under a fit of dependency. He leaves
an immense fortune.
A London woman kills her three little
girls by cutting their throatt
and then suicided. The husband tried
to kill himself when he discovered the
shocking tragedy.
Mrs. J. g. Blaine, jr., is very positive
in her assertions that she has no inten-
ton Of dropping her divorce suit. She
made application in the courts at Sioux
Falls about four weeks ago.
Duluth held special election yester.
day to decide whether the city would
purchase the plant of the Duluth Gas
and Water Works It was thought the
proposition would carry.
A woman and her paramour trudgei
all the way from Denver to Butte witt
wheelbarrow and three children. Or
arriving there the man refused to marry
the woman aud she had him arrested.
Druggist Moore and wife have re-
turned to Wahpeton together. having
become reconciled. She was the woman
who ran away with another man ant
was caught in Minneapolis in compan.
with him
The great Mormon Church choir, 3O(
strong, which takes part in the service
at the Temple in Salt Lake City, vii
Welt Chicago during the Worlds Fai
and compete for the first prize in tn
Eisteddfod.
j. NJ. O. Tyner, formerly of Nortl
Dakota and who now resides in Mime
apclis, is in Washington getting ou