The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-04-14

turned the WeapOn on himself Dut IL
missed fire. Earl is fatally wounded
and Miller, when taken to jail, became
a maniac.
Foreign Gossip.
Three deaths from cholera have &C.
Cured at Constantinople.
Forty or fifty Newfoundland sealers
are carried to sea on an ice tOe and
many Of them perish.
M. De Burlct charged with forming
a new Belgian cabinet, will retain his
portfolio as interior minister.
1t is said the powers have been COM
municating with a view to united eff
forts against anarchists.
At Montedoro, Sicily, a fight between
the wOrkmen and police resulted IN
the serious injury of three villagers.
Americans at Blucfields demand a
provisional government in which the
United States colony shall be repre-
Sented.
Right Hon. Leonard Henry Courtney,
a Unionist member Of the house of com
mons, who was formerly chairman Of
the committees and deputy speaker of
Tic IOuSc duul cSSCu Il LIolAlS
ing at Liskeard, in Cornwall recently.
Mr.. Courtney advocated the election OF
a new set of peers, one for each county
and country borough Of the kingdom.
The hereditary principle alone, was
not sufficient to keep the upper cham
Der in touch with the people.
A dispatch from Rio Janeiro says the
government of Portugal has replied to
the demand of President PeiXoto for
the surrender Of the insurgent refugees
who sought an asylum on their vessels
after their surrender in Rio Habor.
Portugal refuses to surrender them. It
maintains that to comply with the de-
mands of the BaZilian government
would be contrary to the principles or
humanity and opposed to all precedents
of international law established in slml-
lar cases.
In the Far West.
A paper mill at Everett, Wash, has
made a shipment Of 100 tons of paper
to Australia.
A farmer at Luckianute. Or, has
sold $4,000 pounds of dried apples at
7 81 cents per pound.
A woman in Orange county, Cal,
recently became the mother OF a IT,
pound baby boy.
A large white wolf was recently shot
zeal Cottage Grove, Or. 1t had killed
thirty sheep in three days.
Ensenada, Lower California, experi-
enced the first snow fall in the history
Of the town during the storm that
swept over the south a few days ago.
During the year ending March 5 there
were more rainy days than clear ones
at Seattle, Wash. Rain fell on 1913 days
leaving 172 on which no rain fell.
Advices brought to Victoria by the
steamer Danube say there has been an
unusual snow fall up north and that
the signs indicate a good salmon run.
The crows nest cutoff, by which the
Canadian Pacific will gain direct en-
trance to Spokane and other Washing
ton cities, will be completed this year.
Arizona wool growers have decided
TO reduce the wages of herders to $40
per month, to take effect July l, n
to reduce the price of shearing to 4
cents per head.
The shines of the Eureka and Nor
gan mills on Carson River, New, have
been sold to a Chicago corporation. 1t
is proposed to work them over by leach
ing.
A vast deposit of carbonate of soda
has beer discovered near Virginia City,
Neb., beneath that celebrated bed of
white sand so familiar to all dwellers
on the Comstock. A shaft sunk in the
sand, and at a depth of six feet a de-
post of carbonate of soda was eneoun-
tered, which is of unknown depth.
A. monster political demonstration
has been held at Derrymacash, near
Laurgan, County Armagh. The prin-
ciple speakers were William OBrien
and Michael Davitt, both of whom\ex-
pressed perfect confidence In Prime
Minister Rosebery, and declared that
they were determined to give him fair
play in the house Of commons.
Referring to reports that preliminary
negotiations are in progress between
italy and France looking to the estab-
lishment Of a commercial entente be-
tween the two countries, the govern
ment newspapers express the opinion
that Premier Crispi would not be likely
to attempt any commercial treaty ne
cotiations with France so long as the
Drotectionists are in the majority in the
executive legislative councils Of that
country.
miscellaneous Items.
A South Dakota contingent for Cox
ey's army is being raised.
The New England maple sugar crop
was a failure.
A bandits cave was discovered near
Winfield, Kansas.
John Kendrick Bangs, the funny man
of Harner'S Monthly. was defeated for