The Washburn leader., 1891-07-25
LATEST CONVERSATIONS.

President Hill is back from New
York.
The miners troubles at Briceville con-
tinue.
It is reported Henry M. Stanley and
his wife have parted for good.
Bert Wells withdraws from the man
agement of the Hotel Dacotah at Grand
Forks.
A noted burglar escaped from the
county Jail at Cincinnati, lea wing q
dummy in his cell.
James Brown Potter is said to have
secured divorce. and Mrs. Potter and
Kyrle Bellew are said to be married.
Dr. Logan, of Grand Forks, found a
lady's gold ring, with ruby settlngin the
omach of turtle caught in the Red
River.
John Kindle was probably fatally in
iured by falling from the top of the st.
John Block. through the hatchway,
down 70 feet.
Louis Agard and Hoegan were held at
Bismarck at $500 bail each for selling
liquor on an Indian reservation without
the consent of the government.
Mrs. Joseph Fuller. wife of promi-
nent sheep raiser of Emmons County,
deliberately committed suicide with
shotgun.
Restraining orders have been served
on all saloons in Dickinson, issued by
Judge Winchester, of Bismarck. No
arrests were made.
It has been discovered that quite a
number of recent marriages at Upper
Sandusky, o., are not legal, as the Offi-
ciating minister was not legally Or
dained.
BY order OF the judges Of the Mime
sofa supreme court the state law library
will be closed for repairs during tho
month of August.
According to the report of the re-
ceiver of the American Loan and Trust
company, of New York, filed with the
supreme court, the assets are 81, 293 ,512
Three hundred metal polishers in
Chicago have struck for shorter hours
and minimum rate of wages. Seven
teen shops are affected.
Samuel w. Lewis, the Wall street
broker, charged with stealing $50. 900
from his wife, has been convicted Of
of grand larceny in the first degree.
DR.. C. w. Hewitt, secretary of the
Minnesota board of health, will leave
this week for London. England, to at
tend the international medical congress
to be held there.
The work of putting inHa new floor at
the Minnesota capitol has begun. The
sidewalks and steps at the front entrance
have been torn down. It will take a
month to complete the work.
At London, the council of arts re-
ceived the Chicago Worlds Fair dele
gates, Messrs. Butterworth, Handy and
Bullock, accompanied by Commissioner
Mccormick. A collation. and speeches
followed.
The assets of the Merchants National
Bank. of Fort Worth, Tex, which
closed it's doors Monday are said to be
81 200, 900 and the liabilities $500, 900.
Depositors and creditors will be fully
protected.
Mrs. Parnell, mother of Charles
Stewart Parneil, while fondling .
strange dog on Thursday evening at her
home at Ironsides, N. j., was badly
bitten on the left hand. The dog was
at once killed and the wound cauterizsd.
Anxiety is felt for the steamship
Endymion. which broke her crank in
midocean July 13, and was lying to for
repairs. She declined an offer of assist
ance by the Taurus, of the White Star
line, and nothing has since been heard
of her.
William Heislop was probably fatally
stabbed at Fairview, Pa, 9 small! VII
lsge near the summit Of Wilkebarge
mountain, by George Alliebough. Both
had been paying attentions to 2 young
woman, and Although stabbed Heislop
in the presence of tho girl because shs
preferred the latter.
Henry A. Smith was sentenced to the
Ohio penitentary. and within an hour
afterwards his pardon was recon-
mended. He and his first wife could not
live together, and separated; she wrote
her brother she had secured divorce.
Then he married again and was arrested
for bioamy.