The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-01-02

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uties made vacant by the death Of
Bishop Freppel.
Judge George McOlaine, Of st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, was found in the courthouse
yard with his head crushed in, his arms
and legs broken and his body msngled.
It is supposed he fell from q high wall
surrounding the yard.
A report from Gilbert Island. in the
Pacific, states that the rscent tidal
waves engu]fed several islands and
caused great loss Of life and demoral-
lied many buildings. On one island
over eighty natives persisted.
Rev. Dean McNulty, of Patterson, N.
J.. made the rounds of the saloons on
Sunday morning to discover the violat
ors of the Sunday law. In each saloon
Re found city officials and prominent
citizens engaged in drinking.
On Thursday 1000 clerks of the cen.
sus bureau will be furloughed for thirty
and eixty days, and within two weeks
another batch will. be similarly dealt
with. This action has been made neo-
essary by lack of an appropriation.
Albert Herrick, the brakeman who is
charged with causing the terrible wreck
on the New York Central on Christmas
eve, has written q letter to the superin-
tendent of the road explaining what
precautions he had taken to prevent
q collision.
None of the officials of the department
of state have any knowledge of an agree
ment made with the government of
Italy to pay any indemnity on account
of the New Orleans affair. as reported
by The London Chronicles correspond
ent at Rome.
A dispatch from Hamar, Norway.
gives an account of an international
five. mile skating contest A Norwe-
gian, Hagan. was winner; time, Is min
ntes, II seconds. An Englishman
named Smart was second; time, Is min
utes. 10 2-5 seconds.
O. E. Mckinney, state railroad ON.
missioner of South Dakota, is in Chi.
cago. To q reporter he stated that
South Dokota is q republican state;
that the farmers alliance is on the
downward course. and that prohibition
is likely to be, repealed and high license
substituted.
Leopold Stoker. an Austrian, died at
Avon, ILL.,, aged IS year,: He came to
Bordertown, N. J., with Luoian Murat
in 1925. Soon after his arrival he On.
valet de chambre. and remained q close
companion until the kings death.
John J. Nathan. an old time circus
man, died in New York aged about 76
years. He entered the circus ring
about sixty years ago. and for nearly
half q century was prominent in the
business, having at various times been
a partner of Barnum and other we'll
known showmen.
Rev. I. p. Wilmington of Minneapolis
has attained fame by advocating q pro.
ject to resume the ancient project OF
tithing. He maintains that one-tenth
of every mans income should be given
to the church, and this rule, according
to MI. Wilmington, should apply to all
Glasses of people.
General Rathbone. fourth assistant
postmaster general, states that the
records of his Office showed the total
number of po%stof6ces in the United
States to be sc, OO7, the first time in the
history of the department that figure
had been reached. OF the above num-
Der about 2, 800 or 5000 are presidential
Offices.
O. M. Switzer of Aberdeen, who was
acquitted of grand larceny o few days
since on the ground Of responsibility
because of the opium habit, has quietly
left the state. and the other charges Of
theft against him have been dropped.
The high standing of the accused mans
wife and family materially aided him in
securing freedom.
Hon George Fl. Walsh, chairman of
the North Dakota Railroad Commits
sioners, of Grand FORKS, is in st. Paul.
He says the Great Northern has been
furnishing plenty of cars for track buy
ers lately. Said he land it has proven
of the g reatest possible benefit to our
almers. 1t stirs up active competition
and gives farmers the advantage of bet
ter prices than they would otherwise
get. The people in our district are still
threshipg and will be until spring, if
good weather continues. Fully one
third of the grain is still unthreshed.
Mrs. Charles F. Browne, of Bloom
ington, ILL.,, has written to Attorney
General Tabor, at Albany, N. Y,
claiming CHARLES F. Browne, the cele-
brated humorist known as Artemue
Ward, as her husband. In her letter to
the attorney general she says: II had
ten children, but only three are living.
I am entitled to that property Judge
Barrett probated in 1883 in New York
City. he Gays the first will don't say
anything about his father, mother,
brother, sister or cousins. 1 am 70
years old, and poor. I need it, and
that would be the best way to settle the
estate" Mrs. Browne says she sent af.
fdavits to Mr.. Mclaughlin, clerk of the
surrogate court. New York, proving
her claim. Her husband was grand
worthy patriarch Of the Sons of Tenn.
perance. and q Mason.
Heavy Rains in the West.
Portland. Ore, Dec. 27.-An I'M
usually heavy rain has fallen in western
Oregon during the past three days,
causing q rapid rise in the
Willamette River. Merchants along
the water front of this city
are preparing to mov their goods to q
higher ground. If rain continues for
twenty four hours longer much damage
will result along the lowlands.
Made an Assignment.
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